Product Review: Silk Naturals

Silk Naturals

COST:

about $12 bucks. Will last you months probably. A little goes a long way.

ITEM: 

Perfect Harmony Foundation in Buttery Gold, Medium Coverage

COLOR:

"Buttery Gold is for women with strong yellow undertones- it does have a hint of beige in it, but is primarily yellow. It's also nice to have a sample around as a nice booster color if you need a little extra yellow in your blend. Winged Butter, Manx, Abyssinian, and the MAC NC series" - www.SilkNaturals.com

THOUGHTS:

I wanted to LOVE this foundation when I saw how many people were wearing it and how amazing it looked in photographs. It was SO wow-in-your-face-smooth looking that I didn't hesitate to buy the kit. As this is a foundation that you mix yourself to find your own right color, it came with a sifter jar, a scoop, a baggy of medium coverage formula (white powder), a baggy of buttery gold foundation (brown powder), a sample of their perfecting powder, and tips and how to's about the foundation. I was pleasantly surprised when they included a sample of Babydoll blush, which they SAY is a dupe of Mac's Dollymix.. but I think it's a lot close to Nar's Angelika. I did what Vanessa from NessasaryMakeup did, I dumped all my white powder into the sifter and put in the foundation scoop by scoop (i used 7 scoops), testing the powder along the way. You basically put in the scoops, close the lid, shake it up, then put it on your face to see if it's a match, if not, keep doing it. Easy, kinda annoying, ladadada.  Uhh.. this foundation just sat on my pores. In pics my skin was great, in real life, pore haven. I was driving with my boyfriend and asked him how my face looked. He asked why I didn't put any on my nose because my pores looked huge. I was like.. dude.. that's because of my foundation. My pores aren't even THAT visible when I'm not wearing foundation. I blotted on some of my MUFE loose powder and asked how do I look now, then he said Ohh they're gone. LOL.

PROS:

- Make your own shade! Awesome!

- Looks AMAZING in pictures, very smooth.

- A little goes a long way

- Good coverage. It says medium but it covers up pretty fully. I'd think any heavier and it would be MASK like.

CONS:

- Enlarged my pores like a microscope in real life. It just... SAT on my pores

- If you don't shake it up well enough and just put it on, specks of the actual brown powder will get on your face in darker thin streaks (lame)

- Got slightly oily after school (only had 2 classes that day)

I tried this with and without a primer. Pores looked the same. It was so weird. This never happened to me with powder foundation before. I probably won't get this again.. or even finish using this. It's great if you have super small pores and have the time to mix it, but I'd probably only use this on special occasions when I know there's going to be pics taken. Other than that, sorry! 

Look how much brown is left? I only used 7 scoops so if you like this foundation, this kit would last you like.. 2 months, 3 months if you're thrifty, and when you run out of your mix, just order a refill of the white powder, which only costs $5.75. I estimate you could finish using this brown bag in 3 more uses, so that's a total of only $18 bucks total on your face for the next 9 months after your first mix! Cheap to me!

My reviews suck but I like to feel like I'm helping. I'll post up EDM review after I get my other samples and Ly-Na and what my momma said about it (lao niang would know right?) HEHEHE! 

lao niang = roughly translated to old misses.. almost grandma ish hahah.

I should really take a pic of my mom and dad STANDING next to each other. It's hilarious. My tiny petite mom with her designer shoes and designer-of-the-week purse strutting with small steps while my huge gorilla dad lurks over her with massive strides and big bear hands (just as furry too). His favorite shirt is a light yellow with a flowery print. What a gangster! :)

That's all.

Katie

quick blog

I've been a mineral whore lately. I've tried Silk Naturals, EDM, and I have a second batch of EDM on the way to play with, along with 2 diff orders of Joppa, which has gotten quite a lot of good reviews. We shall see! I love playing with new things and opening up new packages. Oh so fun. 

Uh. I hate tomatoes. My cousin made me a sandwich which was oddly nice of him and then I realized after I was done that he had snuck a slice of tomato into the middle. Asshole!

It's ok. I didn't taste it so no gagging reflexes occurred. 

:) Yet another pointless entry. Tooty Mc Looty!

Katie

Not one of my stated topics

:) I know I made a list.. but I couldn't find the picture I had of my cousin's current costume. So that'll have to wait. So what's this entry going to be about?

- Prop 8

- Eotd

- Text messages

Ok, short and sweet. Prop 8. NO ON PROP 8. Seriously, how retarded can some people be. I see all these old timers struttin their stuff at intersections around my home town and it's like.. COME ON what do YOU guys have to do with it? You obviously have grandkids because you're forcing them to hold those posters up WITH you, what are you hoping to accomplish? Your seeds have already been spread and chances are THEIR seeds have been spread, you just don't know it because they don't want to tell you they've had sex. Those little tikes are all.. YES TO PROP 8, well, I find most of the time they're brainwashed by their parents to think knowing gay people will make you gay, which by the way, is a moronic idea. Those who support Prop 8, what's it to you? It's not like they're doing anything to affect your lives. Are you saying if your child was gay, you wouldn't want them to marry? Must suck to have such a close minded family. *tear* I just hope all of you who support Prop 8 know that maybe 10 years from now, if Prop 8 is accepted, it'll just be knocked off again. The vicious cycle will keep repeating itself. Just let it go. Plus.. I'm tired of hearing those stupid cars honking at you sign-holding freaks from my room at fucking 8 in the morning when I'm not in school. 

Eotd! GREENS!! OOOOH!! 

I hope my bulbous nose doesn't poke your eye out when you're looking at my flixs. LOL. I had my traincases pulled out and was playing with my greens because I've never really played with them before, even though I have a guap of green stashed in there in the form of piggies and shadows. Ok SINCE I was playin around with this look, I used my UD Surreal Skin foundation because it was coming right off anyway. SEE? Doesn't it make my face look wonderful? :( Too bad that finish doesn't last long for that foundie.. I just hope UD improves the formula someday, I'd love it so much. Ok.. I'm not positive.. but I'm going to TRY and remember what I used.. I just grabbed diff shades of green from my case to use.

Eyes:

Painterly Paintpot (all over)

Chartreuse pig (all over lid)

Gilded Green pig (outer V)

Humid (deepen V and outer corner of lower lash line)

Vanilla pig (brow bone)

Bio Green (blend vanilla into gilded green and humid)

Jade Shadestick (base for lower lash line)

Emerald Green pig (over base on lower inner lash line)

Face:

UD Surreal Skin MMU in Supernova

Springsheen blush

Lips:

Dior #227 Lipgloss (my faaaaaav)

The blending sucks because I was just packing on colors without thinking but I guess it turned out ok.. I don't like how green looks on me though. Something's just off about it. 

Ok. Text messaging. 

I sent this to my friend Kristina, the QUEEN bee of all there is to know about Target, as she's always there. LOL.

Innocent question no? She asked me about ELF, I asked her about Target.

Her reply was the answer that i was looking for plus.. at the end plus one..

...... NO HOE NO! NEVER!!!! 

Oh that whole wanting money back thing was her story about how she opened up something she bought from Target, thought it was crappy, returned it to target and said it was crappy and wanted her money back. LOL.  That's all for now. TOOTS A LOO!

-edit-

WOOO almost forgot. My MINERALS entry will come up soon. I've tested out both Silk naturals and EDM but I wanted to try more shades of EDM before concluding my shit. I've worn SN to school and back. I'll basically give the Pros and Cons of both but for now, you'll have to wait. Woohoo!

-Katie

What's to come once I glue my brain together!

What's crackalackin readers! 

What? No update from me since Wednesday? Yea yea I know, that does sound strange, as I almost always find SOMETHING to write about, no? Well, you'll notice my entries dwindle down towards the weekend time because that's when I head down back to my home town. Yes I have my lappy with me but I generally don't use it as I spend Friday night driving, all of Saturday with my manfriend, and Sunday is always completely reserved for my parents! Seriously, I love being home because my mom's cooking is THE shit. I would seriously grow and extra ass GLADLY for her if she just feeds me. She's cooking downstairs right now and my stomach is giddy with excitement.. oh.. the food.. oh.. 

*wipes drool*

Ok no seriously now. This isn't going to be a long post but the next one will be, FO SHO! I would post it all now but I left my camera back home and can't take pics of the things I want to show you guys. :) You must wait!

Topics:

~ My new nail polish

~ My 2 cents about Ly-Na as I see it floating around 5 bloggers sites now

~ My HAYLO-WEENER costume, very hoe-riffic

~ Silk Naturals

~ New lashes I accumulated

~ Rant about Boeing (yes the aerospace company)

~ Prop 8, idiots here in Cali, obviously a rant

~ How I do that DO-DO-DEWY look on my cheeks (YEAAA I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE WAITING FOR IT)

~ My staple and finger story that happened on Friday

~ Entry about what I did Saturday and cool people like me, HAHAHA JK JK JK!

~ My cousin Eddy's halloween costume (... lol..)

~ Product review on my current toner as I'm now done using the bottle

~ Product review for my Chanel moisturizer

~ List of stash, so you guys can drool over the colors.

Once I put up a list of all the colors of eyeshadows, blushes, shit, shit, more shit that I have (primarily MAC, NYX, CG, Lancome, a little Bobbi Brown) you guys are welcome to ask for swatches. It's not like I'm using up my colors anyway, I'm just a person with a really bad collecting habit. 

I think my next post will actually be about my cousin's halloween costume as that's the easiest.. and MOST amusing. He does it all for shits and giggles and I know you guys will love it. If you're in the Rowland Heights and Chino area, you guys'll have a chance to actually see it in public, but I won't say where yet or what he'll look like. Not until the next post! I'll even post up what he was last year. LOL. 

You all best like my blog! :) I put in a lot of hard work.. you know.. what with clicking on the pre-made layout.. and and.. that's it. HAHAHAHA!! I think I'll post a new column.. or box thing to the right that'll state what I'm going to talk about next.. make my own life easier because I tend to forget things very easily (right sarah?). Ohhh I can't wait until halloween.. the pumpkins, the costumes, the smell of fall.... the warm fall-y theme, YADIGGIN ME? I love pumpkin seeds.. mmm...

that's all for now! tata titties!

Katie

who updates more than once a day? i do!

Whoever reads this must think I have WAY too much time on my hands as I very.. VERY often post multiple times during ONE day. :) I can only TEEHEE at you, because it's like AHAHA and then a AHEM.. and then a kind of hiding swishing motion. 

(did anyone get that?)

Angie: I realized that every comment I've ever gotten from you has either been helpful, or a wonderful compliment. Thank you SOOOO much for caring, and most of all, completely understanding everything I write and feel!  :) Katie hearts Angie

So and update is in order to lighten up this blog's mood! :) As it turns out, my manfriend read my post this afternoon and called me because of it. How weak is this, when I heard his voice I was all WAHHHHHHHH YOU DON'T LOVE ME SOB SOB SOB. He's all "shhh shhh, no, that's not it! I was just really mad at you and I didn't want to talk to you but that doesn't mean I don't love you anymore!" 

Ok.. I'm paraphrasing the quote really.. it's something like that. I was too busy doing the whole WAHHHHHHHH thing. Oh, he made me burn my left over pizza. We were just talking and I completely forgot I left the pizza toasting.. and well.. it was very crunch, sorta crispy, kinda black-ish. LOL!! It wasn't all bad, just the sides were black. 

:) The party is still on! I was going to drive down to see him after class tomorrow morning (only once class on thurs) so that would mean I'd arrive a little past noon, but he said he was gonna do stuff with his friends for his bday. "They're gonna make me do stuff I don't want to do" ..... umm.. ok. Sure. Should I be worried? Or do guys still do stupid things like.. stick tampons up their noses and think it's funny? My bf wanted to try that once. LOL!! 

Ok so I've been switching foundations around for the past few months. Let the story begin. 

This was my first foundation. Shiseido Hydro-Liquid Compact. I was young, my skin was the same shade as my mom's, so naturally, being the wonderful daughter that I am, I swiped it. LOL!! I THOUGHT it was great.. but I was young, what did I know? Now that I think back, it was streaky, cakey, broke me out. NEXT!!

Tarte Smooth Operator. It was ok. More like a tinted moisturizer if you ask me. The way it's packaged makes it kinda messy at the top over a small period of time. I don't remember why I stopped using it, but it must've been a good reason.

Cover Girl Smoother Tinted Moisturizer with SPF 15 and MAC Mineralized Skinfinish in Medium. I used to just use the TM as an actual moisturizer after I washed my face (uhh..) and buffed on a thin layer of the MSF and that was that. It wasn't bad. I was doing this when I first met my bf. It wasn't GREAT coverage, but it was nice to sorta even out my skin tone a little. I still like the MSF but I don't really use it anymore. I have it in both Medium and Dark. I used to use it for contouring but left it alone after I discovered different bronzers and my beloved Emote blush after seeing a tutorial with it from MUT.  I tried using Dark today and you know what, it's a lot more natural than my current ones! Yea.. wth. Don't know, maybe I'll keep switching it up.

The beloved Dior Forever SPF 25. You see.. my first actual dior foundation was Dior Pure Light, but a few days after I got it, I wanted something with more coverage and that's when I discovered Forever.. or rather.. the MUA insisted on slathering it on my face.. which wasn't such a bad idea. I love this stuff, it's heavy coverage but it feels so light! I just recently got my sister into it and she completely loves it. 

Mac Studio Fix Fluid SPF 15. Ok, I admit it, I strayed from my Dior Forever. At first it's like.. WOW!! This shit is NIIIIIIIIIIICE! But then you realize why people talk crap on mac's foundation in the first place. Lots of tiny bumps start appearing out of nowhere.. it took a while for my skin to go back to normal. I'd only wear this on super special occasions because I'll admit, it's got a nice look to it if it's put on right. It does feel heavy though. 

Estee Lauder Double Wear SPF 10. Ok.. THIS was thick. I'd say thicker than the Studio Fix. It had nice coverage and the color was a good match but it made me oily after a few hrs.. which is not good. My skin gets oily very easily so it's probably better for somebody who has drier skin.

Urban Decay Surreal Skin MMU. THIS STUFF WAS LOOOOVE! Made my skin looked so dewy and flawless, I got lots of compliments. Only thing is.. this got oily. FAST. Faster than any other foundation I've ever tried. Color range isn't that great either.. but I loved it while it lasted.

MUFE HD Foundation. Great in pictures, hated it in real life. It just looked weird to me when I looked at myself in the mirror. I already did a review on this but if you haven't read it, you should, because I don't remember what I wrote. LOL. Good in pics though, I'll give it that much.

MUFE Mat Velvet +. I originally bought this in shae 35 before I bought the HD foundation above, but it ended up being too dark, so I bought 40, which was TOO LIGHT! So I had to put off using it until I lost my tan. After kicking aside the HD foundation and going back to Dior but kicking THAT aside too, I went back to this one and so far I'm loving it. I've been using this for a few days, no bumps, no complaints. Very good coverage. But I like the scent of Dior better, this smells... plastic-y. 

Oh, so I've been using this new concealer for a week now, and I think I might be kicking my Maybelline Rewind concealer the curb and saying adios to MAC studio fix NC30 as well. We'll see how it goes in the next week, just in case, before I make a recommendation.

Ok so even though I obviously have a lot of foundation to choose from, I wanted to find something that reminded me of the affect Urban Decay Surreal Skin MMU gave me. As it is really hot and humid here in LA, I wanted to go back to powders instead of liquid. I remember trying Bare Minerals back in the day but that junk broke out my sensitive skin like no other! 

I've emailed Vanessa from nessasarymakeup a few times about the foundation she wears in some of her pics because her skin looked SOOOOO good! The ones that fascinated me were the ones where she wore Everyday Minerals, Silk Naturals, and My Minerals Bath and Body. I've seen so many girls from ABB wearing EDM.. so might as well jump on the band wagon. SHOUT OUT TO ABB-ERS! LOL, I know you're reading this. I find that most bloggers are from ABB..... ANNNND... most started independently blogging when they got sick of Phil's rules and banning. Now.. I'm not saying anything about that, but just my one cent there. 

I gave in to temptation and ordered starter kits from both Silk Naturals and Everyday Minerals. I was GOING to get MMBB.. but I stopped myself because come on.. what am I going to do with all that foundation. If my orders end up being crap, it's no big deal, one was a free sample kit and the other was only 8 bucks I think.. something like that. I'll try Joppa or MMBB next if I don't like it but I WILL talk about these babies once they come knockin on mama's door. 

:) My halloween costume came in today! Along with my white fishnet stockings too. I'll post pics next time after Friday. Umm.. bf is going to be some kinda goth thing.. in like.. 6 inch boots or .. i don't know. Weirdo. 

Hope this wasn't too long! 

-Katie

shit happens

Yup..

yup..

yup.

So to put it all into perspective.. my boyfriend doesn't love me anymore, I rush ordered a costume for a party that I'm no longer going to, and I ditched class today because when shit happens with the boyfriend, I tend to become a sedentary rock that doesn't want to move or go anywhere. They turned off the water at my apartment complex at 9 AM and it won't be back until 4 PM because they're replacing old pipes with new ones. 

That's pretty much the summary.. if you don't want to hear my BOOHOO-ing, just scroll down to the next post, it's more happy and non-shit related.

---the start of my story---

Ok.. so I'm pretty sure my boyfriend no longer loves me. Why? Well.. ya.. I did start the chain reaction of anger sparks.. but he's seriously overreacting. It all started when I was back down in the OC this past saturday. I had spent Friday night at my boyfriend's house and we just hung out on Saturday, shopping, doing whatever we do. We went to eat at Nick's work place, ran into him when he was off work instead, and ate at Dolphin Bay instead. MY food was good.. but Christian ordered something he considered NOT so good. Hahaha. Anyways, on the way back to his house, we were just talking. Bringing up things from the past, and just talking about the present and stuff. This is where it hit rock bottom. I told him not to get mad because I wanted to tell him something about the first time we met. I told him that at first.. I had only agreed to meet him because the day we met, I had some free time so it was convenient to hang out, and that at a certain angle in bad lighting, he had some of the same characteristics of the guy who I used to like, Nick. That pissed him off big time. I mean.. I know that's a bad reason to agree to meet someone.. but that's not who I fell for. When I did meet him, he was looked NOTHING like Nick, his personality was different and he wasn't what I had expected. In all honesty, I hadn't even counted on falling for him, my initial intent was to get him to like me and drop him. I know.. wth right? I did it to the guy before him and I was seriously going to do that to him because I was sick of getting heartbroken, so I guess that was my REVENGE.. which backfired. I totally fell for him. The way he smiled.. the way he laughed.. the way he talked.. his stupid NOT FUNNY jokes.. how he rambled on and on about cars as if I knew wth he was talking about. He had that cute little shaggy emo hair going on when I first met him and a lip ring that was kinda sexy.. but a pain in the ass when it came to kissing. He liked anime, he liked cars, he liked doing things for himself, he liked looking good .. or rather.. at himself in the mirror.. he was into shoes and shirts (not so much anymore). He was adorable! THAT'S who I fell for.. not who I thought he'd be when I met him.. but who he became to ME when we hung out more. It's true that my reason for wanting to meet him was shallow and lame.. but even he admits he never had the best intentions either at first. He wanted a bang-and-go.. yet a few weeks later he asked me to be his gf at the anime expo.

He was so angry when I told him.. and asked if I was sorry.. I told him that I'm only sorry for having that shallow reason in the beginning.. but I'm not sorry for telling him. I wanted to tell him. He needed to know. I know some of you guys think it was unnecessary to tell him.. but I wanted to. 

We were supposed to go to a halloween party that i was invited to up near USC by my friend Maria.. and when we were talking to Nick, we found out he was going to it too. There were a lot of diff parties going on at USC so the one he described sounded diff from the one I was invited to. When I got home and checked the invite again, I texted him the info and asked if that was the same one. I told my boyfriend everything so he wouldn't worry or feel like I was talking behind his back.. which also backfired.. because now he thinks I've been talking with Nick behind his back and that I'm cheating on him with Nick. WTF???? WHY WOULD I DO THAT? Then he goes off and accuses me of only wanting to go to the halloween party to get attention from people. He made criticized my costume and kept saying how I'm only there to show off and how I only wanted the party to be all about me. Uhh.. NO. It's a costume party.. where people wear COSTUMES. I guarantee there will be girls there wearing sluttier and more ho-ish costumes than me. I'll admit mine reveals a good portion of my waist but I'm not showing cleavage or being provocative. Hi yall. I'm a sailor. Complete with a gilligan's island sailor hat. I was excited about this party.. it's my first halloween party.. I haven't dressed up since 7th grade.. I even told him he could invite his friends to come.. but in the end.. it just ended up with the conclusion that I'm a whore who only wants attention at the party, even though I rarely (almost never) go to parties.

I kept telling him I was sorry and repeated everything to him over and over because he kept asking me to repeat details.. and when he asked me what I was thinking, I said "nothing, it's whatever" because i was tired of the whole thing and still had to study. He got mad that i said that.. and ever since monday.. he hasn't called me.. or picked up my calls. 

I know he was out all of yesterday because his older brother told me he wasn't home yet and had his dad's cell.. which I called but nobody answered. 

I never meant for this to happen.. 

so I was supposed to go down to pick him up tomorrow to bring him up here to LA so he can spend the night and we can go to the party together on friday.. but that's not happening anymore, and I don't feel like going by myself or with friends. If i don't get fat, I have a costume for next year I guess.

I played my nintendo DS like.. the entire day.. checked my phone.. nothing. I don't expect any or even a few comments on this post, I feel bad enough and I know it's my fault. His birthday is tomorrow.. I bet he's partying it up all week. 

That's the end of my sob story, if you're reading it. I hope nobody judges me based on this post... because that would really suck. Nobody's perfect, not that I ever tried to be anyway.

Katie

For Juicy Couture lovers

So I popped in to check on my email and Sephora sent me an email about their newest products.... by JUICY COUTURE! VERY cute designs might I add. Here's some eye candy for you die hard juicy couture fans!

Pave Lip Gloss ring $68

Only comes in a size 7

Light pink gloss inside, built in mirror, love note etched inside

Bowler Lip Gloss Charm $58

Light pink gloss, built in mirror

Lip Gloss Heart Pendant $78

Light pink gloss, built in mirror, love note also etched inside

Front of locket is the famous scotty dog symbol and crest

Barrel-Stripe $58

Barrel-Velour $58

Barrel-Crown $58

Manicure Set-Crown $54

Single Zip Pouch-Crown $78

Wristlet-Velour $78

Single Zip Pouch-Velour $78

Soft Train Case-Velour $128

Brush Set-Stripe $78

Hard Train Case $348

Canvas Tote $78

Just an FYI, if you order any of these items on Sephora right now, shipping is free, not sure how long that'll last. Ummmmm.. I think SOME of these are really over priced. I'm not going to pay $68 for a lip gloss ring and I'm def not going to shell out $348 for the hard case that looks like it's only 1/3 the size of my current train case. Are you insane?

I'd loveee the soft train case though, THAT'S cute.

The color scheme reminds me of the sidekick they released back in the day (i make it sound so old LOL)! 

That's it for now, bloggyalater!

-Katie