[OOTD] Pin-up inspired adventure time~

WEEEEEEEEEEEEE~
My birthday was last month and one of my friends decided to take me out as a late birthday thing since I haven't seen her in forever.
She also decided that since she was driving a bobo car (she got hit a while ago and will be replacing her car shortly) we should compensate for it and dress up. In a pin-up inspired style. With heels.
The place we went is like an outdoor mall. One of those really rich places with only brand stores around. xD It's down the road from a college also so there's tons of little hangout restaurants and stuff.

LET ME TELL YOU. 6 hours walking around in heels is not my thing. I commend the girls who do it. I'm definitely a girl who, when wearing heels, will try my hardest to strut it the whole time and not look in pain..but behind closed doors I'll be crying over my feet. xD



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☆Favorite: Lip Balms☆

Lip balms are essential to me. If my lips aren't properly exfoliated and moisturized I just can't wear any other lip products. Lip sticks will accentuate the cracks and dry skin and it's just. OJIHUGIYFVH

There's tons of lip balms out there ready to be tried out! The most notable brands, drugstore wise, I believe are EOS, Nivea, Chapstick (of course), and Burt's Bees. There's of course HUNDREDS of other brands that sell lip balms.

I've made my way around tons of lip balms but have never found one that I've used until I hit the base. Until now.

I'm a huge fan of Nivea lip products. I've tried most of them and always keep at least one around wherever I go. But, my all time favorite is the Nivea Vitamin Swirl. My mom received it in the mail for free to try out and I stole it from her~ Since then, I've used it every single day until it turned into this.

The color is a dark pink color swirled with white which actually shows up as a really soft pink color on the lips. This product is AMAZING. It smells great (super fruit :3), feels great, and keeps the moisture in! I love having soft lips (I'm sure my bf appreciates it also) so whenever I slack on keeping them moisturized, I layer it on at night and wipe it off (plus all the dead skin) in the morning with a damp towel and VOILA! Beautiful, soft lips.

I really need to get a new one...but I'm waiting for my nivea coupon to come in, haha. I'm also looking forward to trying the berry swirl which looks like a peach colored version of this. 8D

My lips with just Nivea Vitamin Swirl on. It gives off such a beautiful, natural pink color. I LOVE IT SO MUCHHHHH.

Since I'm low on my Vitamin Swirl (saving the left over product in the base for special days until I get a new one) my sephora birthday gift came just in time!

For those who don't know, Sephora gives away a different birthday gift every year which mainly contains small sample/tester sized products. This year was a Fresh. Sugar lip treatment and Rose mini lip duo.

I haven't used the Rose one yet since I was mainly concerned about keeping my lips moisturized.

The size is SUPER TINY (since it's just a tester size) and sadly, the bullet broke at the base so I had to scrape the product out and put it into a little container. 

The product itself applies super smoothly and it just feels great on the lips. It has a soft lemony scent (nothing too bad) which is nice because my bf will sometimes use my lip balms and he hates anything that smells super fruity or has any color in it. xD

There's no color, completely clear but gives a nice gloss.

The only downside is, the full sized product is a on the pricey side, especially compared to Nivea.

The full product is .15 oz and costs $22.50! So expensive compared to my $2.59 Vitamin Swirl. :(

I LOVE these two products so much and I'm sure I'll like the Fresh. Rose and the Nivea Berry swirl as well.

❀❀❀Mikichigo❀❀❀

Missha Haul + Freebies Galore~

Every year around your birthday a few companies will give you perks. I know Sephora does it (this year they're giving out mini Fresh lip treatment duos. 1 in Rose and the other in Lip Treatment), Ulta does it as well...I believe most make-up stores will do it. Missha this year (I'm not sure if it's every year or a different gift each year) was giving out travel sizes of their Perfect Cover BB cream in 21 Light Beige.

The down side is, you have to pay $8 for shipping which is ridiculous. I posted on their facebook about it and they mentioned to me that a sale would be coming my way. OKAYYYY.

The next day, everything was 30% off so I decided "mehh, why not?" And this is what I boughtttt.

A few of the products I wanted were out of stock so I ended up having to find a few last minute products.

The Premium Silk-Feel Cotton Puff

First up, the silk feel cotton puff. I read that they're out of stock most of the time so I was lucky enough to snag a few. I purchased 2 packs at $3.49 each. Regular price is $4.99 and it comes with 80 pieces in each.

Description: MISSHA Silk Feel Cotton Puff is made up double cotton sheets to keep it's original shape after using and leaves soft and light touch on the skin.

They have a little sample one taped onto the box that you can touch and try out?

It is indeed very soft, I applied some toner to it and it worked as a cotton puff should.

Perfect Brush Cleaner

Sale price $11.19, Regular price $15.99. 

250ml

Description: "Containing botanical soothing and cleaning ingredients, it cleanses off impurities and makeup residues on the brush and makes your makeup clean. It lengthens brush's life, keeping its own shape"

The directions are normal brush cleaner directions. You pour some in a bowl, soak your brushes, rinse off. 

The scent itself isn't horrible, a lot better than the japonesque one imo which has a horrid pinesol smell that lingers. I just cleaned my brushes and so far it works amazingly~ Though there's not that much product so I'm not sure if it's worth it's price.

Left: Art designing Make-up fix. Sale: $8.39, Reg: $11.99

Right: Art Designing Silky Boomer. Sale: $9.09, Reg: $12.99

The style art designing make-up fix. 80ml.

This is a spray on make-up fix that's sprayed on after applying makeup and it's supposed to make your look last longer. The description basically says that it's a powder mixture (with liquid) that creates a coating over your face. You're supposed to shake it (to mix) then spray, about 15-20 cms away, onto your face then pat. The product itself is a lot smaller then I thought. It's a bit taller than a sample sized hair product with the same volume. The container is super cute though, it's pink with what looks like snowflakes on it and the actual product is a milky white. Review to come later~

The style art designing pore silky boomer. 30 ml.

First off, NOT a lot of product. The container is a bit shorter than an airhead and maybe if you stacked 2-3 on top of each other...that's how big it is.

Description: Pore control boomer to form a shield on uneven skin for flawless and sleek skin.

The product is a white silky cream that when blended into the skin, it becomes matte. Smells a bit like their lipgloss. I doubt I'll buy again just because of it's size. Will review. :)

Make-up Double eyelid tape. Sale $1.74, Reg: $2.49.

One of my eyes like's looking wonky when I'm tired so I like to have some tape on hand. :) there's 10 pairs on each page, and 2 pages in each container, so 40 stickers.

MY FREE GIFTS.

I'm not sure what the small one is...I think it's the MISA Golden snowflake?

AND FREEBIES!

My mother is a huge freebie junkie and a couponer so all of these things are my daily loot through her. :D

That's a fullsized x-out, some biotrue..blah blah blah.

All of these were COMPLETELY free. No shipping or anything. :)

Reviews to come for some of these products. :)

❀❀❀Mikichigo❀❀❀