Blog sale???

Hey guys!

I'm backkkk =D Just finished my second round of PCAT lol! Now I just have to work on applications. 
Heehee I'm gonna celebrate my freedom with some shopping sometime next week XD

Anywayyy I saw some ppl doing blog sales... and I was like, ooh, I should do that! Why let my good products just sit there and wait to expire when someone might want to claim them?! =D

If you are interested, please e-mail me at theprettibrowneyes@gmail.com. I accept Paypal only and once I receive your e-mail, I will contact you through PayPal =) Please read carefully and research the reviews on your own before you decide to buy, and contact me with any questions! So thanks for anyone who might be interested! =)

*** All items are authentic, promise! =) there is absolutely nothing wrong with each product, I'm just selling them because I don't find myself using them at all.

*** Shipping prices listed are for US shipping. For international shipping, I will ask for $3 or 4 depending on the weight of the product =)
*** Items will NOT come with original packaging! I threw the boxes away already =(
*** First come first serve!
*** No returns/refunds please! So please think carefully, and ask questions first!

1.  MAC PREP+PRIME Face Protect SPF50
****No longer available ****




****No longer available ****
Retails for: $30
I ask for: $15
Shipping: $2.00
Condition: Used once
Description: Got it for my birthday >< but I just don't use face primers...

3. MAC #40 False Lashes *** SOLD***


*** SOLD*** Thank you!! You know who you are =D
Condition: Taken out of the box intending to use them, but never did.
Description: I know #40 lashes aren't listed on MAC website, but I bought it from MAC store, promise! =) You just need to ask for them. I already have a pair no idea why I bought a second pair. These are bottom lashes by the way =)



4. iQQU Jasmine Rice Scrub
****No longer available ****



****No longer available ****

Retails for: $15
I ask for:  $10
Shipping: $2.00
Condition: Used twice. Might have touched the product with my finger.
Description: You can see I hardly used any at all XD cuz I started from using the product stuck to the plastic lid and just never got to the actual product.

5. MAC Eye Khol in Smolder
****SOLD****



****SOLD****  Thank you!
Retails for: $14.50
I ask for: $8.50
Shipping: $1.00
Condition: Literally used 3 times... -___-
Description: Bought it cuz Kandee Johnson always uses this... but didn't really work for me =( I will sanitize it before I ship it out.

6. Stila Look 1 Palette ****SOLD****



****SOLD**** Thank you =D 
Retail for: ??? Limited edition... can't remember how much I paid
I ask for: $7
Shipping: $1.50
Condition: Used a few times. All shadows have been used.
Description: comes with 3 eye shadows and 1 cheek color.

7. Glamour To Go 2 Pocket Palette
**** SOLD**** 





Close-up on the lip color I used. I dipped my finger in it.
****SOLD**** Thank you!! :) 
Retails for: $19.50
I ask for: $10
Shipping: $1.50
Condition: Used once.
Description: three eye shadows, one lip color have been used. can't remember if I've ever used the blush cuz I can't really tell. But as you can see I barely touched anything in this set besides that one lip color.

So thanks guys for checking this blog sale out =) Even if I don't end up selling any at least I know I tried to find them a better home XD

<3 Frances

Quick update on iQQU

 Hello hello!

So I'm sure a lot of you have read my review on my iQQU products review and how my white blush brush had fallen apart. I just want to post a quick update regarding my brush issue =)

A while back shortly after I posted my review on iQQU, I received an e-mail from iQQU director, Craig:
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"Dear Frances,

My name is Craig, I am a director at iQQU International and I have recently read your review in regards to our products.

First of all Frances, I would like to express our sincere appreciation for your support for iQQU.  Secondly, I am very concerned that you have received our white blush brush which the handle had fall off.  Frances, we sincerely apologize for defect of our brush.  We have instructed our QC department and to ensure that this will never happen again.  We have no excuses on our part except that we are not perfect, but we will do our very best to ensure that we will produce quality products.

Frances, I would like to send you a new iQQU Blush Brush.  It"s not right that you had to glue the handle back on.  We hope you accept our gesture.  In the meantime, we hope that you will continue to support iQQU and should any of our products do not meet our expectations, please do let us know.

Again, thank you for taking for your support and especially to take the time to review our products.


With best regards,

Craig Chau
Director
iQQU International"
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Although I was sure if I contacted Michelle regarding the defected brush she would do something about it, I didn't because I was able to glue the handle back on, and after that the brush has been  in working order, so I didn't really feel the need to contact her (to be honest it didn't really bother me... I don't know why lol!) But anyways I was pleasantly surprised when I got this e-mail from iQQU.

So I'd been expecting to receive a new blush brush. And today I received a package from iQQU. I remember walking back to my apartment thinking to myself... why is it so heavy? It's just a blush brush?
I'll tell you why it's heavier than I expected =)

Dah la la... ohhh the package!



The blush brush... and ...............................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For real!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!!!
(In my excitement and haste I totally ripped the wrapping XD totally tried to put the set back to take the pic ahahahahhaha)

The new blush brush... I can totally tell this handle is a lot sturdier than my last one haha



The kind note from Craig =)

And the generous gift >_< the travel brush set!



I'm not gonna go into detail... cuz I will be testing it out and do an individual review =)
I'm so psyched to try it out!!! =D =D =D

So 5 stars for iQQU's excellent and proactive customer service!! I'm still astonished that they actually send me this gift set.

I noticed that I'm not the only person who had a problem with the white blush brush falling apart. If that happened to you, you shouldn't hesitate to contact iQQU, cuz they will take care of you =) (I'm not saying everyone who complained should expect a gift coming their way lol I'm already happy by the fact they took the initiative to contact me)

Talk to you guys soooooon

<3 Frances

Spider Girllllllllllllll....!!!

Hello =D

Since I'm busy at the moment I decided to just make a video... please be nice to me :P Excuse my stammering -____-||||||| and don't mind my voice... I know it's annoying I can't even stand hearing myself in the vid haha =_=

I did take pics for step by step tutorial but I won't have time to edit it until after the 16th. If anyone wants to see it at all that is lol or I will just skip it all together (laziness!!! XD)

I know I'm a COMPLETE amateur when it comes to this kind of makeup!! Believe me this is my first time ever doing anything like this... I had so much fun doing it though =) Hope you guys likeyyyy

 My concept sketch lol...  as you can see not everything went according to plan

Closer look at these earrings


Pics =D
 


hahaha punk spider girl eh?! wth.... LOL

The glitter/crystals are super glittery and sparkly in person... the vid/pics did not do it justice whatsoev






<3Frances

Autumn Look

Hey peeps!

Can you believe it's October already?! ............!!!!!!!!!!!!! (my ongoing shock XD)
It's gonna be a crazy month for me... hopefully I will make it to November in one piece XD
Does anyone know what they're going to be for Halloween? =) Seen so many awesome tutorials on youtube already!

Anyway here's the much belated autumn look... inspired by beautiful autumn... when I think about autumn I think about maple trees, hence the colors yellow, gold, orange and brown =) (and red but I don't have red so XD)

Can't really see the colors? XD yeah the colors were mega washed out... I was forced to use flash lights actually lol


Items used:

1. Victoria's Secret Beauty Rush lip gloss in "Carriberry"
2. MAC Slimshine Lipstick in "Funshine"
3. Fiberwig mascara
4. Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner in "Espresso Ink"
5. Anastasia brow powder in "Medium Ash"
6. Stila Convertible Color/Bronzing Duo in "Marigold"
7. MAC "Fleur Power" powder blush
8. "Half Baked" eye shadow from Urban Decay NAKED Palette
9. "Mad Hatter" eye shadow from Urban Decay Alice In Wonderland Palette
10. MAC orange eye shadow in "Rule"

Close-up on eye shadows:

Half Baked- just a gold eye shadow with more yellow tone

Rule- matte orange shadow :D

mad hatter- just a warm brown :)

1. Apply Half Baked all over lid. I chose gold instead of yellow cuz imagine sun light shining through the yellow leaves... hehe

2. Apply the orange shadow on the outer half of your lid (I kind of start to wonder... what happened to red leaves then?!?!?! O_o?? oops...)

3. No this time we're not applying the brown shadow on the outer corner lol! This time place the brown shadow along the upper lash line. Cuz tree trunks are under the yellow/orange leaves XD

4. Bring the brown shadow to lower lash line

5. Since I'm going for a softer look, I just extend the eye liner without flicking it upward. And I smudged it out really well with the brown shadow so it blends

Then I used a kabuki brush to brush off the fall-outs, and apply foundation, blush, lipstick and gloss =D

Completed look:









My camera REFUSES to pick up the color!!!! UGHHHHHH. So I had to turn on the flash light... you can definitely see the orange in person, promise. It's not obvious, but it's there =)





See the orange isn't intimidating at all ^__^

I really like this look cuz it's very warm and very autumn :)
And I hope you guys like it too :)

<3 Frances

Beauty Blender Review

Hi guys =)

How's everyone doing? Enjoying fall? (or Spring on the other end of the world? :D )
So today's gonna be a review... and it's gonna be on these beauty blenders :)

I first became interested in beauty blenders in Catalina's videos, and here's her review:


TiffanyD also has a review:


So I think both of them introduced these things pretty well.

Now one beauty blender is like 20 bucks, which is wayy expensive for a sponge in my opinion (but there are dupes by Sonia Kashuk). But I decided to invest in one because I want to stop buying those wedged sponges that you dispose after each use to save the environment. And actually for beautyblenders, they provide an address for you to mail/recycle if your beautyblender is ready to retire =) which I think is great.
- I do love using them (haven't touched my foundation brush for like a month...*guilty*) because they make blending foundation EFFORTLESS, for reasons stated in the vids... the sponges have no edges.
- It gives dewy and air-brushed finish.
-The sponge is capable of building up coverage.  
- One thing I love about beautyblender is you can actually use the clean "sides" to stiple away some of the foundation if you feel like you apply too much. Also if you overdo your blush you can also use this to blend it away =) awesomeeeee. 
- However I wouldn't use this foundation to apply concealer-- I tried, but the sponge eats up so much product, which kind of defeats the purpose of using the concealer....

The only thing I don't like about this product is it eats up so much product (like Catalina said, you need twice amount than you normally need). And about the bleeding problem-- it did bleed pink when I first got it, but I washed it very well with soap, and after about third use it stopped bleeding for good (it looks like Catalina had used hers for a long time I'm not sure why hers was still bleeding?)

Another downside of this product is at Sephora, you can only order it from online. Or you can purchase it from http://www.beautyblender.net/, which sucks cuz you will have to pay for shipping (the cheapest shipping is $8.32 for this website) (There's also a list of retailers listed on beautyblender.net)


The left one is a new beautyblender. The right one I've been using for about a month, you can see the color has faded.

I don't use the beauty blender cleanser to clean the beautyblender; I also do not use any makeup brush cleanser to clean my brushes. I actually use Dove white 1/4 moisturizing cream beauty bar to clean all my makeup brushes and my beautyblender and it works fantastic.

I've been using Dove beauty bar to wash my brushes for years, and my brushes are still in excellent condition. I have tried other soap before, but nothing works as good as this one. Because it's a facial soap, it is pretty mild/not harsh, and also the moisturizing cream in the soap doesn't dry my brushes out like other body soap. So I recommend it to anyone who's looking to save some money on cleaning your brushes :D (or Michelle Phan has a cheap way to clean brushes too if you want to check out her vid though I've never tried it XD)

I also want to mention that I tried first applying foundation with brush/fingers then stiple with beautyblenders to see if it can create the same effect... nope lol! it does make foundation look smoother but it doesn't give out the same dewy effect. lol sigh... 

I think that's all I want to say about the beautyblenders :) 

 Thanks for reading and I hope some of you find it helpful :)

<3 Frances