The evolution of Frances' hair in the last 2 months LOL

Hi guys!

So today I have one of these vain posts for you where you just pretty much stare at my face from the beginning to the end. Haha. Still haven't had time to do February's hits and misses (I might do a video instead of a post cuz that might be easier/quicker) so I figured I could put this up for now since it's easy to do. Hmmmmmmm hopefully it will be somewhat entertaining?? O_o

The story goes while Frances was away from blogging, Frances' hair went through a few transformations (yes I like to talk as a third person sometimes kkk). I just realized I haven't talked about them on my blog at all!

So... please sit back and relax and enjoy my vain-ness ("vanity"... but I like vain-ness haha) *bends down and dodges all the slippers you guys throw at me*


First of all, I dyed my hair!! ... Which... isn't that noticeable. Also... my roots have already grown out. And... the color has kind of faded already. hahahha. That was back in January. Used the hair dye that I mentioned in my Feb empties post.





You can kind of see my previous highlights =/ guess the hair dye wasn't strong enough??? either that or my last stylist did a heck of a job highlighting my hair XD 



hahaha the hair is supposed to be one uniform color. FAIL!


this was taken the day I went to get a haircut. Don't know why I bothered posting these since they're essentially the same as the last few. My hair was getting really long and heavy. You guys all know I have this love/hate relationship with long and heavy hair haha.




Here's the thing...
You walked into the salon... thinking you're gonna keep the same hair style, keep the length... just need some polishing and layering....
Yet somehow... while you're there you start to think I'm spending this money! I should at least look different when I walk out of here!

Then something like this happened -_-

Yep. I got straight bangs. Not gonna lie I kind of wanted to die (dramatic much?) hahahhaa

So not me. LOL


My stylist did use a round brush to blow dry my hair. I did like that effect :)


But I couldn't stand the straight straight bangs, so in desperation tried to sweep them to the side XD luckily they were on the longer side so they kind of stayed. Kind of




Me likey the round brush effect!


From the side my bangs kind of look like they're hanging off something. As we Taiwanese would call it 西瓜頭 XD (water melon head haha). kind of awkward



I don't know why but this face makes me kind of want to slap myself? haha



Yayy you guys can see the color of my brown hair much better in this pic. You can also see I tried to sweep my bangs to the side but not all of them were compliant XD Trying out a sweater that I didn't end up buying at F21. By the way my hair usually is flatter than shown in this pic. I shook it up before taking the pic loll. Btw I feel like this hair style only looks good if you style it... either with a curling iron or a round brush. Ain't nobody got time for that XD


This was after the bangs have grown somewhat a little bit longer


I believe I was having a good hair day that day haha.


 I think my favorite thing with bangs is that it goes really well with hats and accessories :)  Ummm don't mind my weird outfit. I just threw on that jacket because I thought the cap would look weird with my over-sized Snoopy sweater. Turns out it looks weirder WITH the jacket. Ahahaha.


Then a little while later I got sick of the long layers that were weighing my hair down >.< plus the bangs were starting to annoy me since they were constantly in my face. Tried trimming them myself but they just don't flow with the rest of the hair.

So this time I DEMANDED short layers. XD As short as my stylist would let me go hahaha.

Yayy for more poofy crown ^_^ he also thinned out my bangs so they would grow more smoothly as they grow out.






Kind of looks like a little bob at the crown of my head.







This actually used to be my standby hairstyle... if you look back at my blog posts when I first started blogging (2010?) I always had short short layers ^_^ Kind of missed it.


I will enjoy it while it lasts =) Really digging my short layers for now XD but I think eventually I will grow it out. Honestly I think no bangs suit me better now.

Oh, and since I already blinded you guys with my vanity, thought I might share these pics where I waved my hair with the Hot Tools Deep Waver

This was already at the end of the day I think? I didn't set the curls with any sprays or anything so it looks kind of run-down. But the volume is still there. I really like poofy hair XD but whenever I waved my hair it always turns out a bit frizzy.






LOLz. Thank you guys for tolerating me!! Honestly, it's not really vain unless you share it right? hahaha.

I'll be back soon ^_^ I'm gonna try to be more consistent with blogging. Hopefully at least weekly???? >.<


<3 Frances

First comes rose petals, now comes sea shells!!!

Hi guys!

Quick post here. Remember few years back I freaked out about the rose petal blush by Laduree?
Guess what, now they've come back with another item that freaked me out this morning!!!



Image credit and information credit goes to Rouge Deluxe.

This gorgeous illuminating powder will be released in May in Japan.

My immediate reaction: GUERLAIN METEORITES HAS NOTHING ON LADUREE.

MAC Face & Body Foundation Review

Heyyy Wassuppppp!!!! =D

How are you guys doing?

So today I pretty much just stayed in all day doing school work... while I was at it I thought why not take some photos I need for my foundation review? XD

I can't believe I never reviewed this foundation O_o well but then again my to-review foundation list is pretty long -_-|||   home girl cannot keep up with her speed of trying out foundations LOL

So I've tried this foundation a long time ago but I just never thought about reviewing it. For some reason I wanted to try it again so I went to get some samples =)


The super famous MAC Face and Body foundation. I believe comes with 30ml and 120ml sizes.


Let's look at the consistency.
It's very liquidy, and you have to shake it up really well before you use it.


Can you see a little separation?



My MAC color is NC20, and C1 for this foundation.


MAC F&B in C1


It's quite invisible once you rub it in





Here comes le bare face. I decided why not take the picture from a more flattering angle for a change? XD


blackheads galore. Actually give it a few more days it will be even worse hahaha. So tempted to clear them out now I'm looking at this photo -_-




I applied the foundation with my fingers. I agree with other people that this foundation applies best with fingers, and it does thicken up a bit as you rub it in. It almost have this rubbery feeling as it thickens up??


Left side with F&B, right side is bare. You can see it covers the blackheads on the left side


Another half face application photo. You can see that you can't really see the foundation, but it does make a difference.



Full face effect:

Can you even tell that I'm wearing foundation?! ... guess that's a really pointless question to ask through a photo XD






Yayyy blackheads are covered!!



After about 3-4 hours:

Notice the shine on the nose XD


It blended in really well with my oils.


Besides the obvious shine from my oily nose, the foundation fared pretty well.








Honestly... after it blends in with oils, it looks even more natural XD


It doesn't look too shiny in the pictures, but I do think my nose looks kind of oily in person. Really, it depends on how you look at it.

So my overall thoughts?

First, let me just say this will be my go-to foundation/foundation choice for the no makeup makeup look. How natural/skin like is this foundation?! Seriously, this is one foundation that you can easily "fake" that you're not wearing anything. The texture and the finish are so natural!

Now, if you're combination skin like me or oily skinned... be prepared to glisten... I mean, glow XD I do look quite shiny after 3-4 hours. It really depends on how you look at it; for me, this is as good as oily can look on a person. Plus it melds in so well with your face's oil, that is very important to me.

Lasting power-wise... I'd say it's good for 5-6 hours max. After that I will just want to remove it because I do get even shinier than shown in the photos (and I think it starts to fade a bit after 5-6 hours?? I'm not sure because I kept trying to look at it under different lights and it looks different under different lighting =_= it "looks" like the coverage is still there but at the same time look a little bit patchy? especially on my oily nose). I would say this is one of the foundations that looks even better as you wear it, but past a certain timeline it stops looking good (actually... aren't most foundations like that?! haha) because your whole face is just shining (including the "normal" part of my face, not just my oily part). So you might want to powder this foundation in the first place (but then again if you do that, you will no longer look like you're not wearing anything). Regarding the claims that this foundation doesn't move or transfer once it sets due to the film-formers it contains... I don't find that to be true. When the foundation is soaked with my face oils, I can easily wipe it away with my hand or tissue. I guess it might be true for people who have dry skin? Or ppl who use it on their body? Definitely not for me though.

Another thing I like about this foundation is that this is a foundation that you can definitely work with if you have very very minor flakiness/dry patches. It kind of smooths over everything =) However I meant REALLY minor. Like the kind of flakiness that you only notice when you hold your mirror up close. If it's something bothersome then it will probably accentuate it like any other liquid foundation.

So while I super adore the no makeup look... I am hesitant about purchasing it. I'm not sure if it's the film-formers in this foundation causing my pores to clog, but I always notice super minor breakouts whenever I wear this foundation. It happened when I tried this foundation years ago, it happened again this time around as well. Really not sure if it's just a happy (or rather, unhappy) coincidence, because my skin condition has been so unstable lately.  I do ADORE how invisible it looks though, ahh!!


That's all for my review! What do you guys think about MAC F&B?
Hope some of you found this review helpful =)

I'm planning to do a February hits & misses. Let's hope I can get it out in time XD 


<3 Frances