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Hi! Thanks for visiting ^_^ My social media platforms: Instagram: meowmier Youtube: http://goo.gl/U5SnNM (formerly under the username francesvlogs but I don't have access to that anymore). I don't really do videos anymore simply because I think blog posts are more informative. Hope you enjoyed your time here! :)

Monday, June 13, 2011

Who's a procrastinator?! *raise hand!!*

Hope you guys didn't like I did XD

Today was pretty sunny out, and I got off work early cuz I had an exam in the evening (still have to finish this one course before I'm off to pharmacy school! And yes you still apply/get admitted even without completing all the prerequisites, just make sure you get your grade in before the deadline).

So guess what, of course I was procrastinating, even with my exam only a few hours away XD
And guess what else I did! I camwhored!!! XD lol vain me vain me!

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Who else likes to study on the floor? XD

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Who on earth poses with their textbook?! ... apparently I do...... *nerd*
And yeah it's microbiology. Any science person out there? ^_^ 

Forgot if I've ever mentioned... yeah I got my hair dyed in Taiwan... it's a light golden brown now. And I hate it. LOL. I specifically asked for cool ash! What the f happened?!

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This pic pretty much says it all. I WAS BORED. LOL.
(I wrapped myself comfortably in my pink blanket XD even though it was sunny out it was a little bit cold in my apartment)

So in the end I think I did okay on my exam. Will find out soon enough XD

In conclusion... this is a complete pointless post. And I wish my face would STOP breaking out. It hasn't stopped ever since I came back to the US. And just now as I stepped out of the shower there's a new one on my chin!! Not even a pimple, it's really itchy. Think I might have reaction to something.

Oh actually, there is one thing I wanted to mention!

Fanny from Fashion Parade created this random post for some of us girls!

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She created this post just to tell us how much she likes our blogs, how sweet is she?! >_<  I am seriously touched. Seriously, who does that????!!!??? Thank you so much again girly <3
If you guys haven't checked out her blog, go take a look, she has tons and tons of stuff on it ^_^ 

Okay I'm going to bed, gotta get that beauty sleep!

Oh and I wish you girls who are having exams... GOOD LUCK!!!
(If you're a guy... why are you reading this?!?!?!?!?! GO AWAYYYYY lol I'm kidding!)

Night guys ^_^

<3 Frances

Saturday, June 11, 2011

New shoes! =D

Hello everyone!

So as I mentioned in an older post... I bought a LOT of shoes in Taiwan. Six pairs to be exact O_O And they are all department stores shoes. $$$... bye T_T But I'm not at all reluctant to spend a lot on shoes cuz I have poor feet and weak knees, lol!  And I don't feel bad at all about buying those shoes, cuz I rarely shop for shoes in the US. Well first, no disrespect there, but I think most shoes here are kind of ugly... ON ME. lol have to stress that it applies specifically to me! LOL. But more importantly, US shoes just don't really fit me. I cannot wear any US heels without feeling excruciating pain. Maybe it's because my Asian feet structure are just too different from the Americans. Asian shoes are so comfy ^_^  But anyway, let's just the video speak for itself, shall we? ^_^


Please watch in HD!

I'm definitely NOT a girl with great fashion sense, but this is MY style ^_~  lol did you notice all my shoes are very similar style? LOL

Hope you guys likey! Took me FOREVER to edit. T口T

Happy Saturday! 

<3 Frances

Blog Sale

*** First come first serve!
*** No returns/refunds please! So please think carefully, and ask questions first!  
*** For international buyers, please add $2 dollars to shipping price listed. 

If you are interested, please e-mail me at theprettibrowneyes@gmail.com. I accept Paypal only

1. AquaLabel Milky Mousse Foam (Moisturizing Cleanser)
*****SOLD*****
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Price: $8 (retails for around $10)*****SOLD*****
Shipping: $4
Reason selling: It gives dense foam I really don't like the "moisturizing effect" provided by this cleanser... O_O
Condition: Used three or four times. 98% product left. I smells so nice though.

2. Skin Food Mushroom Multi Care BB Cream
*****SOLD*****
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Price: $7 (retails for around $14)*****SOLD*****
Shipping: $4
Reason selling:  I have other BB creams I prefer and reach for more often than this one, and I don't want it to go bad lol
Condition: Used quite frequently, I'd say there are still 95% product left.The tube is a little dirty >< (see first pic)


3. Maybelline Pure BB Mineral BB Mousse
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Price: $12 (retails for around $20)
Shipping: $4
Reason selling: I don't like this at all! lol.....
Condition: Used, I'd say there are 98% product left.

4. Dolly Wink Cream Eye Shadow (Rainbow Crystal)
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Price: $8 (retails for around $10)
Shipping: $2.00
Reason selling: Too much glitter for my liking!
Condition: There's a dent in the middle which doesn't really show up in the camera!

5. Dolly Wink No.3 Natural Girly False Lashes (One pair only)
*****SOLD*****
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 Price: $8.00 *****SOLD*****
Shipping: $2
Reason selling: cuz I don't wear it.
Condition: One pair I have used so I'm taking them out. The pair I'm selling are brand new/ never worn. Glue unused (although I did open it to check if I've used it so some of the glue did come out of the tube). Original packaging (plastic case with Tsubasa!) will be included.

Thanks for checking this out =)

<3 Frances

Friday, June 10, 2011

Other beauty products I got+things I wanted but didn't end up buying in Taiwan =P

Hello beautiful ppl!

Lol the greeting makes me want to sing Christina Aguilera XD you know that song from Burlesque?

"all the beautiful ppl shining like diamonds  ♪ ♪ ♪"

... No...? ... okay XD

Anyway! I haven't been blogging as much as I'd have liked -__- cuz I'm so busy. In fact, so busy that I was so excited when I got off work today that I could finally go home and do dishes and take out trash and actually cook for myself (been eating out >< one of the worst things you can do to your health) LOL. Yeah, pretty insane. So I prob will just be posting intensively over weekends.

Anyway! Here's the part II of products I got from Taiwan. Yeah I know I know I already showed a lot of products in that first post, but of course I ended up purchasing more products after that... so... XD Okay, let me introduce you... the rest of the beauty-related products I got from Taiwan!



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Loreal Base Magique Transforming Smoothing Primer

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Loreal Touche Magique Highlighter (I had hoped it'd be somewhat like YSL touche eclat but no no no they are completely different!)

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K-Palette Real Lasting Eyeliner. Which I will use when I run out of my Dolly Wink liquid liner.

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Majolica Majorca mascara and primer of course! Must buy when I go back. LOL. By the way this primer saves my DW Long Mascara! Which I kind of stopped using cuz I got tired of having to curl my lashes AGAIN after applying mascara. This baby solves the problem ^-^


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Kiss Me lengthening and curling mascara. Very excited to try this ^_^ will get to it when I'm through with MJ and DW mascaras.

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I didn't buy this, but my cousin is a huge fan of this eyelash glue and insisted I should own one lol! Plus it's the limited pink edition... XD Not sure what brand it is.

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Biotherm White D-TOX correcting base. Got mine in green you alllll know whyyy... I have a lot of redness on my face. I use a lot less foundation when I use this base ^_^ still need to wear it more; haven't been wearing foundations still cuz my face is still recovering from breaking out so I'm still wearing BB creams.

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Biotherm Aquasource Eye cream. To be honest I don't think it's worth the money... I thought my last eye cream (Kiehls, the avacado one!) worked much better. I might even go back to buying Kiehls after I'm done with this tube.

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I also got a lot of samples from Biotherm (they only give out samples if you purchase over a certain amount =_= since I purchased Mother's Day's presents there as well, I qualified! lol)

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CONI gel exfoliator. Works exactly like the blue one except even better. It's like a higher grade of the blue one cuz it contains gold foils lol.

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Got a BUNCH of these little jars to store my samples =D I hate opening up sample packets and not being able to use them up in one go and have to paper clip them. Haha.

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My Beauty Diary masks! Not sure why I got them cuz now I'm a believer and regular user of natural yogurt masks. lol. By the way I'm trying out Bubbi's chocolate mask tonight! it's sitting in my fridge now I'm so excited! XD

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I feel like a lot of ppl are gonna freak out seeing that I buy these products? LOL. But anyway, I've gotten questions in the past asking me if my double folds are natural? The answer is yes, they are (to be honest I found this an interesting question... If I'd had surgery or created the fold... I wouldn't have little folds like these are you freaking kidding me LMAO!!!) But I also have answered honestly that sometimes I do have problems with my folds... for example... when I'm really tired, or when I cried the night before. Hahaha. you know, just when my lids get puffy, sometimes my folds will move to different places. This is when I use these things to fix them so they're back to normal. I use the glue if I'm going out (pretty invisible on me) and the tape if I'm staying home. I don't use the whole tape, I cut it in 3 cuz that's enough to put my lid back in place. I will leave it on for a couple of hours and take it off and my fold will be good to go. lol. So since I use these to "fix" my folds instead of "creating" folds, please don't ask me questions about how I create natural folds cuz I honestly don't know >.< But anyway, you don't even really need this specific glue. Any eye lash glue would do. I just like the brush applicator that comes with it :P

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Jealousness eye brow pencil. This was my new favorite thing to do my eyebrow! "Was" my favorite until I got my hair colored and now the color is completely off *sob* I don't normally say some product lasts all day long, but this brow pencil does! and so much easier to use than my Anastasia brow powder in my opinion lol.

Last thing... I got... a book =D
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It's a makeup book written by 小凱老師. If you watch Taiwanese variety show 女人我最大 then you will know who I'm talking about. I don't even know why I bought this, cuz everything in the book is pretty basic (you can pretty much get everything on youtube) and I've even read the entire book while I was sitting at the bookstore flipping through it. To be honest I feel like this is more of a product promotional book rather than an instructional book, cuz for each look it used completely different sets of products (mostly high-end too). But I get it anyway cuz this book is so beautiful >_< I guess it's like a collection thing XD Photobucket

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You're supposed to be able to cut the pages and mix and match looks you desire! But of course I can't bring myself to do it lol

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My favorite look =) So Christina Aguilera. lol!

I might have left out some stuff here and there, but it's okay these are the more exciting ones =P

And... I'm not done yet XD hahaha. Now I want to tell you guys the products I REALLY wanted, but didn't end up getting for various reasons:

1. Clinique Age Defense BB Cream
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- I thought this BB cream was pretty unique cuz it gives a matte finish. Matte finish! What BB cream does that?! Usually BB creams give very shiny dewy finish. Plus it blends into my skin really well. I didn't end up buying it cuz I still have my SKIN79 BB creams which work really well... So... I'm gonna finish that, and hopefully get to this product next year? XD

2. FANCL Washing Powder
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- My skin just feels so amazing and fresh after using this cleanser. Too bad I already bought the Hado Labo cleanser which is gonna last me for a year =( Will definitely buy this next time.

3. Jill Stuart #1 Baby Blush
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- This blush is $1300 TWD (about $45 USD) even more expensive than the JS foundation! WTF Where is the justice?!?!?!?!!! Maybe it's because it comes with a brush. I'd rather just buy the blush without the brush to save money -_- But anyway this blush palette is just gorgeous. But I just cannot spend $45 on a blush. So I'm just gonna drool after it for the rest of my life. XD


By the way guys... I'm officially on a shopping ban  >_< I bought way too much in Taiwan. I haven't got into my shoes haul! O_O so... yeah...UNLESS there's 15 or 20% off at Sephora (LMAO), or I have gift cards or run out of essentials (will be using up all the samples first!), then I can buy. Otherwise I'm not purchasing anything or I will die like a pudding that has fallen 40 stories!!!! >_<

Okay now I'm really done. Hehe off to shower and test out the chocolate mask =D

Have a great weekend guys ^_~

<3 Frances

Sunday, June 5, 2011

Products I've been enjoying! =D

Hi! ^_^

Two posts in one day!!!!! YER!!!!! (hahaha wow it's rubbed off on me... watch too much Bubzbeauty XD)

I decided to make a sort-of "favorites" video, cuz I LOVE watching those on Youtube! Hope you guys enjoy :)

Please watch in HD!

Products mentioned: (in case you didn't want to watch the video =P)

1. MAC LiquidLast Liner
- the longest lasting eyeliner on me to this date. On good days it can actually last all day on me, on days where I tear more or laugh more, it would smudge a bit but it's not too bad.
- Use an eyeliner brush to apply this eyeliner- it gives the effect of gel eyeliners. Don't use the brush that comes with it it sucks.
- I haven't even touched any of my gel eyeliners since February. The only other eyeliner I use nowadays is the Dolly Wink liquid eyeliner, which I use to tightline and tightline only. Why would I go back to using any of my gel liners if I find a product that wears so much better? =P
- Works best WITHOUT a primer! =D

2. Aveda Hand Relief
- Best hand cream EVER. Period. Because of the nature of my work, I have to wash hands constantly (hand washing policy sighhh) and wear gloves. My hands were SO dry. This baby helps SO much and even improves the skin of my hands! =D

3. Aveda Pure Abundance Hair Potion
- Don't know why it's called hair potion when it's not even in liquid form lol. It's a powder form.
- Two ways to apply:
1. Sprinkle some in your palms, rub them together they kind of melt, then work into your hair.
2. Sprinkle some directly into the roots of your hair, then work it in with your hands.
- Super weightless and gives a little texture. Doesn't last all day still have to ruffle my hair a bit throughout the day.
- Don't think it works as well in humid environment.

That's all! What are your favorite products? =D

<3 Frances