Tag: Would you rather....

I've seen this on quite a few youtube channels and blogs, so I figured I would give it a go.

1.Would you rather go out with messy hair and nice makeup or nice hair and no makeup?
I have actually done both of these things!! I know, bad beauty blogger! If I had to choose though I suppose I would go with nice makeup and messy hair, the messy look is kinda in at all times right?

2.Would you rather shave your eyebrows or have your eyelashes fall out?
For me, this is a no-brainer. While I would look awful with no eyebrows, I could easily draw them in till they grew back. I'm not a huge fan of fake eyelashes so it would suck to have no lashes.


3.Would you rather be forced to only shop at MAC or Sephora for the rest of your life?
I would rather shop at Sephora, while its no MAC they have various brands to try out. I imagine if I only had MAC I would get bored. Variety is the spice of life, isn't it?


4.Would you rather wear lipgloss/lipliner look or 80's perm?
I actually had the misery of the 80's perm, my lovely mother had my hair cut really short and permed it....such bad memories. So I think I would choose the lipgloss/lipliner look.


5.Would you rather leave the house with an obvious foundation line or overdone blush?
Both of these can easily be taken care of, but for me I would go the route of overdone blush before nasty foundation lines.


6.Would you rather wear mc hammer pants or biker shorts in public?
I am a bit self-conscious of my lower half so I think I would rock the hammer pants, bike shorts would just show-off what I am already trying to hide.


7.Would you rather have a bad orangey spray tan or really weird tan lines that cant be covered?
I definitely don't want to look like an oompa loompa, so I would deal with the weird tan lines.


8.Would you rather have a bad haircut or bad hair color?
You can always dye your hair again, but hair takes a while to grow back. So I would pick the bad dye job.



9.Would you rather have YOUTUBE or TWITTER taken away forever?
As much as twitter has introduced me to the beauty community and new friends in it, I love youtube for not only just beauty videos but tons of other fun stuff. So you can have twitter.


10.Would you rather give up using makeup brushes or mascara?
I actually just really got into using brushes, I used to use the applicators they came with or my fingers. So if I had to I would forgo the brushes and keep my mascara.

I tag anyone who hasn't done this one already! Hope you all have a lovely day!

Japan: HATO bus tours

This past Wednesday marked my the start of my final week of summer vacation, its funny how fast a month can go by! Starting next Wednesday I go back to work and get to give my students their midterm tests, sounds like fun right? ;) So before I have to go back to waking up at 5:30am I figured it would be nice to do something I haven't done in my 5 years of living in Japan; a HATO bus tour. For those of you not living in Japan or not familiar with HATO bus, its the most famous domestic bus tour service in the Tokyo/Kanto area though I hear they now have a few tours in Osaka. The tour that my friends and I went on included 60 minutes of walking around Asakusa, a 2 hours houseboat ride down the Tokyo river including lunch, and Tokyo Tower. I had been to Asakusa and Tokyo Tower before, but it was nice to hear new things about them from a tour guide and practice my Japanese. I think the most interesting part of the tour was the houseboat ride and lunch, there were so many great views of Tokyo from the river.

Here are a few of my pictures from my tour.


Our group in front of our bus in Asakusa.

With our omikuji (fortunes slips), can you guess who didn't get 吉(kichi = good fortune)?


The Tokyo Sky Tree, which is currently under construction. Its the tallest structure in Tokyo now. Will be open to the public in Spring 2012.


On the roof of the boat in front of Odaiba, the big building in the middle is Fuji TV.


Tokyo Tower, this used to be the tallest till they started building the Sky Tree.


Have any of you taken a HATO bus tour before? Where are some places in Tokyo/Japan that you would tour if you had a chance?

TNOTW: Del Sol Reckless

This weeks toes is a case of me shopping my nail polish collection in an effort to save money and rediscover my old favorites. I bought this polish about 6 years ago while I was shopping with my friend in Seaport Village. We had discovered this store that had all sorts of items that changed colors in the sun and being a child of the 80s and 90s this only made me feel nostalgic. does anyone else remember those Hypercolor t-shirts? I had a pink one!

So here are this weeks nails, indoors or under artificial light they look like this silver/white color:





But outside in the sun they change to this pretty pink color:










Ahh the fun of interactive nails! You can check out the rest of the Del Sol polishes here.

Fashion: F21 find!

This month I have been on a bit of a spending cut back in an effort to save for various other things, however this past weekend I met up with my shopping partner in crime in our favorite spot; Ginza. Among the shops in Ginza that I enjoy checking out there is a F21, which I prefer much better than the one in Harajuku. To try and keep to my minimal spending I have told myself that I cannot buy anymore clothing for summer and then I came across this shirt. While I generally am not a super girly girl, I really liked the design and its simplicity. It will make a nice transition into fall piece and was a steal at just 1500yen!

I can't wait to start adding a few new pieces to my fall wardrobe, sadly fall wont start here in Japan till about October!

Makeup: Urban Decay Naked Palette

After seeing many many many blog posts and youtube videos on this I knew it was something I really wanted, so thanks to ulta.com and my lovely mother in California, I present to you the Urban Decay Naked Palette. This is actually my first urban decay makeup so I am pretty excited to try it out. This palette contains 12 shades in all, many of which are neutrals which are my favorites to use. In addition to the eye shadows I also get to try out the urban decay primer potion (UDPP) and the 24/7 liners. I am really curious to know firsthand how the UDPP compares to the Two-Faced Shadow Insurance (TFSI) that I currently use. It seems as though there are two main groups, those who think they are basically the same product and aren't different at all and others who think UDPP or TFSI is better than the other. I won't include swatches here as mine never turn out that good, but you can check really nice ones out here on temptalia.com.

I look forward to posting some fun FOTD posts using this palette!

Has anyone else tried this or other urban decay products, I am interested to hear what everyone thinks!

Blogger Love : Gigi's Gone Shopping

I follow many various beauty and fashion blogs, among them is one called Gigi's gone shopping. On her blog she goings to store like Gap, J.Crew, Anne Taylor Loft, H&M, Target, etc and does fitting room reviews. In addition she posts about great deals and sales that can be found at the various stores. Despite living in Japan, I really like her site. She often tries things on that I probably wouldn't have given a second glance at and inspires me to step outside of my usual box. About a month ago she held a scarf giveaway each day for 5 days and I was lucky enough to win the last one! Its from H&M and goes great with my wardrobe! if you don't already read her blog, you should definitely check it out. You can visit it, by clicking here.

Makeup : EOS lip balm

I am sure many of you have seen this product being used by countless bloggers and youtube gurus, so like many I was curious to see what all of the hype was about. I was doing some shopping on target.com and decided to add one in my order just for kicks. Only instead of getting just one, I got four! They only had a 4 pack of them, it included 3 of the smooth spheres in summer fruit, honeysuckle, and sweet mint and one of the smooth sticks in vanilla bean. Needless to say I am set with lip balm for a while! So far I have only used the summer fruit smooth sphere. Its a nice lip balm and of course it smells (and tastes) great and has very unique packaging, however the actual product is just like any other lip balm I have tried. This doesn't mean I don't like it, I just found that the actual lip balm matches up to most others I have tried.

Has anyone else tried this brand? What are your thoughts? Do you have a favorite lip balm? I would love to know.