Product Review: TONER

Product Review!!

Quick Blurb:
I've mentioned this product before in my daily routine post way back then but I've finished a bottle of this stuff plus a half so now I can officially give you my views on this shit!


COST:
$9.99 at any health food stores, I usually get mine at GNC because it's the closest ya know?

ITEM:
Thayers Rose Petal Witch Hazel with Aloe Vera formula

COLOR/Texture/Whatnots:
Smells DEVINE! I love the scent of roses and it's not overpowering! At least not to me. Doesn't sting at all because it's ALCOHOL FREE which is always a plus.. but it also has aloe vera formula in it so it actually makes your face feel so REFRESHED!

THOUGHTS/HOW?:
LOVE THIS SHIT!! It's been a staple in my daily skin care routine since like.. last year. That's how long this shit lasts! I always tone my face with this after I give it a good scrub and I just feel so clean and awake! I've used this on the bf on a few occasions and he didn't seem to mind it. HASN'T BROKEN ME OUT AT ALL!! LOOOOOOOOOOOOOve this. Hate the bottle though. High leak risk. It's not packaged well so if you're traveling, I recommend that you store this in a diff container unless you want everything leaking out.

PROS:
- smells DEVINE
- Easy to use
- DOESN'T STING LIKE A BITCH
- REFRESHED FEELING FROM THE ALOE VERA
- ALCOHOL FREE
- No break outs yet!
- Will last forever!
- 10 BUCKS for a whole year? WORTH IT. CHEAP.

CONS:
- packaging sucks monkey balls
- nothing else!

TOTAL HG STATUS FOR ME. Check it out if you get the chance! If you're a total makeupalley fiend.. it has above a 4.0 rating from MANY users!

day 2 of Yorba Linda fires..

Hey everyone! 

Just a quick update about what's going on as I know many of you have heard about the fires here.. right after I put up that last post.. the police actually came to our street and told us to get the fuck outta there. It was insane.. we packed up (my sis took 5 suitcases).. we were throwing stuff into our cars outside and it was SO hard to breath.. the air was so thick and you can taste the ash in the air. The sky was officially black and brown.. in fact, when I looked up again last night at the sky, the moon was red, so you know what that means. You know how sometimes in the morning, there's that foggy haze that you have to drive through to get to school? Yea.. it was like that.. but brown and ashy.. ridiculous.. I had to turn on my headlights and fog beams but even then I had to drive slowly. My family decided to split up 3 ways, it's easier and less stressful and we wouldn't inconvenience people too much you know? My mom and dad got a hotel in Rowland Heights, my sis went to her bf's house in Cerritos, I went to my apartment here in LA even though i'm only 30 minutes away from the Sylmar fires.

Is my house gone? I don't know yet.. all I know is.. Sarah lives a block away from me. She texted me and told me a house 2 houses up from her was burning down. So.. that's how close it was when I left. Last I heard.. it swept over my residential area and down over to my old elementary school. I don't know.. all I can do is wait. 

My aunt owns two houses up in the hills, one she actually lives in, the other she left open for rental that wasn't currently occupied. When she left because of the mandatory evac to come to our house, her first house was on fire and her current house's backyard was in flames. Sarah lives only a block away from me.. and when I was leaving, she texted me and told me a house 2 houses up from hers was burning down.. so that's how close it was before I left. Sarah also told me that two of our old high school friends Pierre and Mark basically just lost their homes as well to the fire. 

All I could do last night was watch the news, check the comp for updates and play comp games to easy my mind. I'm checking now and it looks like the fire has gotten worse overnight. 

Cross your fingers and pray for my city.. I've never been so scared in my life.. I cried when I first met up with my boyfriend in Garden Grove. 

I'll keep you guys updated.

Katie

Yorba Linda Fires....

Right now I'm on my sister's comp in my hometown Yorba Linda.. if you live anywhere nearby you might see the smoke. I have pictures but that won't be up until a while later.. the sky is black and brown.. no blue. The sun almost blends in with the color of the sky right now. I just came back from the doctor's because I'm getting sick and just that trip alone made my hair smell like an ash tray. You can hear and see sirens going off and on. I know the fires are near Gypsum Canyon, which is the PV of Yorba Linda and also at the Black Gold Golf course which is in YL but closer towards Brea mall. I doubt my family will need to evacuate but I'm crossing my fingers for my uncles and aunts up in the hill area.

Damn allergies. I feel like somebody just punched me right in the middle of my face.

Love to you all. Stay safe

Katie

PRODUCT REVIEW: MUFE CONCEALER

Product review!! LOVE THIS SHIT

Before I begin...

I was looking for a new concealer because I just wasn't happy with any of the ones I was using.. nothing was HG status for me yaknow?

COST:
$30.. I know.. it's PRICEY. Double the price of MAC's studiofinish concealer.

ITEM:
Make Up Forever Full Coverage Concealer

COLOR/Texture/Whatnots:
Doesn't smell at all. I'm shade 4. It's not too liquidy or thick at all! Spreads on easily and hasn't been too cakey at all either!!

THOUGHTS/HOW?:
LOVE THIS SHIT!! COVERS LIKE NO OTHER! Best of all.. it's oil free and it claims to be waterproof but I find it does slip off if I splash water on it a few times and rub a little. Stays perfect when I sweat though! I've been using it for like.. 2 months now.. and I STILL have a long way to go! This thing is going to last me.. hmm.. I'd really estimate until March. I love how it's a tube too, more hygienic that way in my opinion. You don't even need a lot to get good coverage!

PROS:
- No bad smell
- Easy to use

- Not cakey

- Covers like a dream
- oil free!

- No break outs yet!

- Will last forever!

- Packaging is simple, easy to carry and hygienic!

CONS:
- pricey
- nothing else!

TOTALLY buying again, it's officially HG for me now. The price sucks balls but it's worth it to me. 

HELLO OUT THERE! Grocery shopping!

Hello all!! 

:) That was a long hiatus.. at least for me. I just can't keep away from blogging, even though it's about nothing! About that midterm.. I would've gotten an EXCELLENT score on it.. if it hadn't been for my negligence.. and I missed something completely obvious. It's ok though.. my paper should make up for it! 

So me and the boyfriend went to Mitsuwa to do my weekly grocery shopping.. plus snack-picker-upper.. I just wanted to share with you guys some of my favorite snacks!

Roasted green peas and hot rice crackers are a staple in my cabinet. I hate the wasabi green peas.

UMMMM.. anything by Calbee is DELICIOUS, nuff said! MMM.. those Onion Garlic chips are delicious too.

DELICIOUS SHIT RIGHT HERE! I love eating instant noodle dry and out of the bag.. this is like.. pre seasoned shit :)

Pre-made bentos are the best! Our fav has always been the Chicken Karaage.

The boyfriend playing Naruto

Like his hair? I dyed it for him!

HEH.. I'm steppin on him!

... lil nigga is TINY AS HELL! :)

So what have I been up to lately? After midterms I went to visit my manfriend! We went to hang out with Jason and Matt as usual. Alex and Phuong came later, surprise! They played games while I lost.. many times. Phuong was bored so he started drinking some J&B.. he started out with like.. 3 shots but then kept goin until 5. Safe to say he kinda passed out. Lol, first time Alex tried to wake him up, he sat up, said 5 more minutes, then knocked out again. Same thing happened for another 5-6 times. I tried Oxy for the first time and it was ok at first. However.. later on I started feeling sick so I had to lie down. We decided to leave and throughout the whole car ride, I was barfing like mad!! 8 times to be exact! I haven't barfed since 7th grade! SHOCKING! Never touched Oxy after that.

This past monday, the boyfriend and I were bored so we thought HEY! ROLL! I know, so bad! Blue fuck you will really.. fuck you! Jason had one and we stayed up like the troopers we are! MARCH! LEFT RIGHT LEFT! ok, half/most readers probably won't understand what most of this blog is about. :) No worries! 

Who's going to TAO (Together As One) ???? Can't wait till EDC next summer.

OH!

So my boyfriend.. hehe.. I want to put his dick in a blender! I was laying down in his bed last friday and he came up to me and wrapped me up in his blanket burrito style and just SAT on top of me. I was like.. wth are you doing? He said "I'm wrapping you up like a tortilla."

.... Tortilla? I said "You mean.. like a burrito.. tortilla's are flat.."

DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE LIL FUCKER SAID? "ehehehe.. like YOU!"

Then he proceeded to jump off, run out the door, slam the door.. and left me like a the mad burrito that i was.

Revenge? Yes. I sat on top of him and tweezed his facial hair. HEHEHEHEH. The end! 

Katie

Recipe for starving college students

WUDDUP CHANGALINS? 

Today's a blog catch up day! This one will be a recipe I kinda.. formed. My apt fridge was empty so I went out and got random stuff to make. :( A starved Katie is not a happy Katie. 

I call it.. ok.. I couldn't think of anything so I just asked the boyfriend while he's playing Naruto.. and he calls it..

Lonely Friday Night Pasta in one pot!

Ingredients:

- your choice of pasta, mine's Anthony's Small Shells

- tomato sauce

- pepper and salt

- Worcestershire Sauce

- Basil

- Oregano

- 4 cloves garlic, chopped (i love garlic)

- half yellow onion, chopped

- Aji Mirin (optional)

- Lawry's Spaghetti sauce season mix

- half pound ground beef

Open your pasta and put in as much as you need, I did about a cup

I think you all know how to boil pasta. I like to salt my water when I'm boiling, I just like it like that. A palm full should do, depends on your pot.

Wait for water to boil, then toss in pasta

Strain pasta, dump all the water out. (i lost my strainer so.. yeaaaa..)

Put pot back on stove, pour in some oil. Dump in your chopped garlic! MMMM!

Chop up your onions and toss those in too! Cook until soft.. who wants hard onions right?

Once onions and garlic are well cooked, toss in your ground beef, cook cook cook!

I actually put in some Aji Mirin here to cook the meat, it gives it a nice taste, COMPLETELY optional though. Up to you and whether or not you even use it!

Good time to toss in a little salt and pepper

Open your can of tomato sauce and pour that shit in there! I hate this brand, don't get it. It was a last resort thing.

Pour in HALF this packet and a TABLESPOON OF OIL plus ONE CUP OF WATER (only cookin for myself!) If you don't.. it'll be too thick.

Season as you like. I only did one dash of oregano (strong!) and two dashes of basil (mmmm)

Pour in 1 and a half tablespoon of worcestershire sauce.. could be done when you're cooking meat or when you're making the sauce.

pepper and salt as you like again.. serve!

The end. Easy, people probably know how to do this already but this is for people who are starving and want to try something easy.

FUNNY STORY. 

My mom gave me a new can opener.. which works like shit. How do i know it works like shit? Well.. I used it for the first time on that can of tomato sauce, and it cut a centimeter.. stopped cutting.. cut some more.. stopped cutting.. very uneven and YES i know how to use a can opener.. it was WEIRD. In the end, I got half the can cut open while the meat was cooking.. so being desperate.. I used a fork to push up the lid but it wasn't cut enough so I was like.. FUCK IT.. I pushed the lid down, hoping it would bend.. well it bended faster than I thought and the can ended up exploding in my face. YUP. Tomato sauce on my face, shirt, glasses.. you name it. 

:) Adios! Next blog!

I totally lied, PRODUCT REVIEW

Yea I totally lied when I said I was going to be MIA, not here, studying, you know you know.. what can I say? When it comes to school.. my attention span just seems to shrink! ;D You guys know what I'm talking about.......... ok no really I hope I'm not the only one. LOL!! 

PRODUCT REVIEW

Before I begin..

Bought this at Mitsuwa in Costa Mesa like.. MONTHS ago but never did a review on it (or mentioned it lol).. and I found it in my drawer when I was looking for my lotion. Figured.. HEY, I should tell people about this before they go out and pick it up!

COST:
about $5-6 bucks, can't remember, I just remember it was cheap. The concept fascinated me.

ITEM:
Kose Softymo Super Black Pore Cleansing Gel

COLOR/Texture/Whatnots:
When you squeeze out the gel, it's a light charcoal color but when you smear it on your clogged pore areas, it will almost appear clear and you'll think wtf? It's ok, let it dry, it will start turning a lighter grey from the clear so you know where to rub it off. Smells a LOT like citrus/oranges, very pleasant! 

THOUGHTS/HOW?:
Wash your face FIRST, then squeeze a good amount onto your fingers and smear over your nose, whatever, etc. Message/foam it for a few seconds on your skin. Leave it alone for 2-3 minutes so it can dry. Scrub it off with your fingers, then wash the rest off with warm water. The gel can only be put on DRY SKIN. Ok.. the whole scrub it off with your fingers.. do it as close to the sink or whatever as you can.. because believe me, it's going to get MESSY. I have bad eyes so I get really close to the mirror to see and I totally missed the sink when I was scrubbing it off.. so all this black ashy stuff littered my countertop. It was gross looking. Even if you're careful, it'll still make a mess, the scrubbed off parts don't stay on your face, they WILL fall no matter what. After washing, my face felt clean but nothing special. I looked at my pores after a few uses and nothing's changed, so I'm very EHHH about it. It was cheap so I'm not too heartbroken.

PROS:
- Smells yummy!!

- Easy to use, doesn't take a lot of time

- Ch-ch-CHEAP

CONS:
- Didn't do shit for my pores
- Messy.

I wouldn't buy it again, on a point scale, I'd give it a 2 out of 5 just because it smelled good. 

I'm hungry, time to make a sandwich!

Oh, remember my PSP? Since I was stuck on a game on my DS light.. my bf stole it and won't give it back. HMPH. Just because the only game I've played on it was the Sims Island one.. well I guess he can break in the buttons for me. Oh so lately I've had the urge to play SF Third Strike.. like REAL playing. I know the concept but bf never plays with me much. Caved in, bought my own ps2 plus anni version of the game. I know.. I have a lot of tech stuff around my house and apartment, it's ridiculous. 

Ok, my stomach is like.. RAWR BITCH RAWR right now. Ta ta again!

Katie