Pretty Smoky Eyes from Korres

Eveyone's gotta love the gift sets because you feel like you're getting a good deal. Most of the time you are! Sephora sent me this email today (and all of you too) about the Korres Smoky Eyes Collection. It looks so nice so I clicked in.

It's $39.50 and you get:
- 0.27 Fl. Oz Abyssinia Mascara Black
- 4 0.06 Oz Full Size Eyeshadows in Plum 77S, Dark Gray 54S, Grey Brown 18S & White
- 0.04 oz 10S Eyeliner Pencil Black 1S
- 0.20 Fl. Oz Cherry Oil Lipgloss Beige Pink 32

From what I can tell, everything is full sized!

After checking out the set I noticed the Korres eyeshadow singles were marked down to $7 from $16!

Anybody tried these? It looks like most of the good colors are OOS though. Ok, so the universe doesn't want me to have it. yay, I can save money.

Eating out at home

On Sunday I went to the Temple again for the 100 days memorial of my grandma (dad's side). It was a different temple this time (in a trailer). I was mostly distracted by my nephews playing around, but it's not like I can understand what is being said anyway. It's a nice change from church every week. I noticed there was bowing every time somebody hit the gong. Is that how it goes?

That night the fam had a goodbye dinner with Grandpa (mom's side). None of it was home-cooked, but it was still good!

Seafood Chow Mein

Fried Tofu

Shrimp Noodle Spring Rolls

Rice Soup

Spicy Honey Wings (so random...)

Yay, the winner of my last surprise giveaway is Megan!! I wrote the four entries down and drew one out. E-mail me by the end of Monday. :) Viva la Juicy is yours.

Cooking: Dofu Agar Agar Jello

Some of you were curious about this Asian jello I made, so I took some photos this time. This brand is different from what I made last week. It required milk and last week's did not. Also, it says Dofu which sounds like Tofu, which can explain why it's mushier than last week's jello.

Mix the packet of powder with the amount of water it tells you to and bring to a boil.

The top part will turn white. Turn off the heat. Measure out the milk.

Stir in the milk and mix well.

Mixed and ready to scoop.

I used this brownie silicone mold and some Japanese egg shapers.

The rest was just poured into a cake pan. I didn't have any more molds. Let it cool to room temperature so you can move it to the fridge without it splashing everywhere.

Chill it in the fridge until it's set. Pop out the jellies or use a toothpick to remove them. These ended up more mushy than I thought they would be. You can hardly pick them up without it breaking. I won't be buying this brand anymore.

I think this is what I made last time. Only, this box says add milk too! I know last week I didn't add milk because I didn't have any and that's why I made it. But this box does not say Dofu, so that's promising. See how there is kind of a fruit cocktail mixed with the gelatin? The gelatin should be hard enough so that it can be cut and mixed up with other things, not mush to pieces. The edges are sharp in the photo on the box. If you look at the first box, the pieces look softer. I think everything came out like it should've in the end.

Agar Agar is derived from seaweed, but it does not taste like seaweed. It's just a natural gelatin unlike American jello.

Random---
What my parents think is romantic: Dying each others gray hair!
When I popped in tonight I didn't see anyone... Then they both came out of the bathroom with dye still in their hair and plastic on their shoulders. What a weird image. So that's what they do when I'm not around...

Quick Look: Book of Shadows II

Maggie of THE POLKA-DOTTED APPLE had a giveaway, and I won, omg! I'm never this lucky...

The holy book of shadows! I still can't believe I have it! Thanks Maggie for having an insanely awesome giveaway! It comes with 16 eyeshadows, 2 eyeliners, and a mini UDDP. I really, really have to do EOTDs now! no excuses!

LOOK at the shades! The first three rows are right up my alley. I love neutrals shiny or not. The last row contains more daring shadows that I would use on special occasions. I have never tried urban decay before, but I do have this little 4 palette one that I am saving. I like the texture of these shadows more than my NYX.

Book of secrets! Gotta love the peacock designs.

PRETTY cover! These are sold out in stores, so you'll have to look elsewhere to find it. I took a look at the new Alice in Wonderland palette, and I like this one better! This palette has 8 LE shades, and the Alice one has no new shades. I would hold out for the book of shadows III if you missed out on this one.

Silly, but I LOVE that container for mineral powder! It's been on my list of things I NEED (vs want). Glad I finally have one- a cute one too! I need it to mix up all my mineral samples from EDM. The lippies look real cute, but I haven't tried them yet. I like to keep things unused cause when I'm sad or bored I'll go and open something new.

Cinnamoroll is too cute! She put these stickers ALL over the box! :)

I was at CVS and saw these on display. This is one of my current favorites. Sometimes I think it's too sweet smelling, but overall I like it. I got one for me and one for...

another secret giveaway. It's not exactly secret- just not in the title, haha. You will get one tiny bottle of Viva La Juicy perfume + extra goodies. Rules: 1. comment "I smell pretty" 2. Answer: Who is your favorite singer/band? 3. This giveaway will end 1/8/2010 midnight cst. 4. US residents only since it's perfume. 5. Check back on a future post to see who won. It is your duty to e-mail me if you won. Prize claiming rules revealed in future post. You do not need to be a follower. When I ship this, I will unbox it for easy shipping!

Happy New Year

First FOTD for the year (5 minute look)

Had dinner with my grandpa at my Aunt's today. Me in my glasses! Just a plain look for dinner.

Maybelline DREAM LIQUID Mousse Foundation in Natural Beige Medium 2.5- the coverage is good, and the shade matches really well! I just don't like how it still feels "wet" right after you put it on. It's like floating on my face or something. When I apply powder with a kabuki the brush will just stir the foundation on my face instead of glide over it with setting powder. I have to wait too long for it to "dry." It could also be breaking me out, I dunno.

24.7 Skin Care Mineral Highlighting Bronzer Palette- can't be seen, but I used it earlier today. I do LOVE this stuff though. It looks like the shimmer bricks.

Julu Jewelry Island Citrus Earrings

smashbox Waterproof Shadow Liner in Bronze- like it but it may be dried out now...

MUFE Aqua Eyes liner in Dark Grey 21L- great staying powder, no smudges! Great alternative to black.

Définicils High Definition Mascara in Black- it's okay, not too picky about mascara. my lashes are wonky and curve toward my nose on one eye.

Maybelline Volume XL Seduction Lip Plumper in 605 (Seductively Nude)- I like the glossy shine it adds and how it plumps my lips by getting rid of the lines. I was in dire need of chapstick before putting this on, but I don't even need it now! It also gives you a little tingle like most plumpers do. Very smooth! I love this stuff!

Some people may not like the twisty lip glosses, but this one does not have a brush. You don't have to wait and keep twisting for the gloss to come up. It's plastic with 6 holes that the gloss comes out of. Favorite drugstore gloss so far!
Note: I don't rate this based on the plumping effect, mainly just smoothness or stickiness and the look you get on your lips. I don't believe anything will really plump the lips.

Happy New Year everyone! 2010 woo hoo!

Silly question, will you be saying twenty-ten or two thousand ten? Currently I'm saying two thousand ten.

Tortured by Avatar and EOTD

Today I finally went to see Avatar with my good friend from highschool. We tried to see it on Tuesday, but they were sold out so we bought tickets for the next day same time. For some reason I thought it only took 30 minutes to get there to the IMAX theater. Boy was I wrong. On Thursday there was traffic at 1pm for I dunno what, so we arrived at the theater at about 2:15? and the movie started at 1:50pm... oops! We were just like, well, we'll finally see MOST of the movie this time. So of course there were NO seats! We ended up in the second row from the front after climbing over people to get there. I've never sat that close before. I usually try to avoid sitting in the front at all costs, but I was just like "whatever" this time since we were so late! Once I was with my brother and sister and they ended up sitting in the front, and I just sat by myself somewhere else. I'd hate to do that with friends, but with family I guess I can just be rude! hehe.

Gross Alert:
So yes, sitting in the front... I had nausea for most of the movie. I almost threw up 3 times. You know when your mouth starts watering it means you are going to throw up. The third time my mouth watered it was dripping out of my mouth, omg so gross. To clarify it was only water or saliva. No actual upchuck. I didn't even eat anything yet. I also felt some pressure coming up like if I let loose there would be spew to the guy in front of me. Instead of getting up I'd rather just sit there in silent pain. I'm just weird like that. There were times I felt normal so I just tried to enjoy it while I could. I either had my eyes closed or stared at the bottom third of the screen. I kept wondering when the movie was gonna end. :(

PLUS, my nose is flat which made the 3-d glasses uncomfortable! I specifically put in my contacts so the glasses could fit better (in my thinking), but I think now it would've been better to wear my glasses so the 3-d ones would have something to sit on.

Why do they bother having those torture chairs at all? Why was I the only one getting sick?

Despite all the torture and what I could see, the movie was still good! hahaha. And my friend bought me a drink afterward, that helped! I wouldn't mind seeing it again in a non-3d way from the back row. err.. maybe i'll just go see The Nine!!

Happy New Year everyone!!!
Mine was pretty low key this year. That's good anyway due to my headache from earlier! I ended up snacking on kettle corn, and tortillas chips with a chili-creamcheese-cheddar dip while watching Message in a Bottle. My dad REALLY wanted to watch it with us. It was good, but sad! :( He loves sad songs and sad movies.

Here's a look I did sitting in front of the computer watching this tutorial by another Stephanie!

My first Eye Of The Day?
About Face Shadow Magnet
L'oreal Platinum Duo
I didn't have any light blues so I used Indigo from Ulta.
Origins Sun Tan eyeshadow
Mac Shroom eyeshadow
Lancome Definicils HD Mascara
MUFE black liner
Angel Grey lenses