TheHoneyMonkey

Monday, July 13, 2009

Natural Glowy, Everyday Look

Want a sun kissed look to go along with the season----SUMMER? Well you've come to the right place!
Through a two part video I will show you how to accomplish a face with a sun-kissed glow. Whether you are fair, tan, or dark it doesn't matter! I am using some 'high-end' products in this video, but there are MANY alternatives in your drugstores!! Concealing your under eye circles/dark shadows is a very important step. This will make you look wide awake and also highlight your eyes. While using a MSF or a bronzer ( remember to use a LIGHT hand!!, you're not going for the SPARKLE, but for the G L O W ) I suggest using a duo-fiber brush because the duo fibers help you (those with a 'heavy hand' while applying makeup) pick up minimal to perfect amount of makeup on your skin. So that way you actually SAVE your products (:

Here are the photos and some alternatives: All picture descriptions are describing products from left to right.

1) MAC Lip Conditioner (try using a conditioner with SPF; like Dior's Lip Glow or Burt's Bees) 2) NYX Lip Smackers in Orange Soda (YSL Lingerie Pink or Revlon's Bare Attitude) 3) Neutrogena's Shimmering Blush ( MAC bare slimshine)

1) Shu Uemura eyelash curler 2) Shiseido The Mascara Base 3) Estee Lauder DoubleWear Mascara 4) MAC Studio Finish with SPF in NW 25

(Front to back) 1) MAC (blush brush) 129, Origins Foundation Brush (try walgreen's Ecotools), and MAC 188 (duo fiber; coastalscents.com has great ones!)

1) Cover Girl Pressed powder (you need a powder one shade lighter than you really are) 2) Chanel's natural prsesed powder in Beige 70 3) Givenchy's PrismeAgain! in Impertinent Rose 4) MAC's MSF in Regined (NYC has good bronzers similar!)

1) Neutrogena's Ultra Sheer Sunblock with SPF 70 (Costco Bundle!!! Save $$) great alternative to the Shiseido one I used. 2) Pond's Dry Skin Cream (favorite drugstore moistrizer) 3) Shiseido The Ultimate Sunscreen Lotion SPF 50 Pricey, but really good! Thanks mommy<3

Part One: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__-lrIqL8hY

Part Two: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRssyBggqBg

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Are you going on vacation outside of the US?...

Cause if you are..well then you obviously need some sort of gadget to keep you on the go with charging your electronics! Ex: Cameras, hairtools (straighteners, curlers, irons), cellphones, iPods (mp3's), navigation systems, portable/nonportable gaming systems, computers, & anything else that needs to be charged/plugged in to the wall/plug outlet!
My plug gadget is from a brand called 'Travel Smart'. I'm not entirely sure where I got this from because my dad gave this to me when I went to China a few years ago. Let me tell you...I bring a whole bunch of electronics on vacation because I cannot live w/o them! ESPECIALLY if I'm out of the country! The last time I went out of the country was about 3 years ago (I'll be going out again in about 2 years :D..more on that later!) and we had gotten our cousin in Guangzhou (city in Canton, China) a Gateway laptop and we wanted to charge it up so that we could set up everything for her. I brought along a power charger for US line thing...it can charge up to 4 different things at a time..so basically 4 open outlets for you to charge things.
You will see what I mean in my video (:
Perhaps you can find something similar on ebay? I'm not too sure...sorry on that part. But I know that if you are one to travel so very often or are very nomadic, you will need something like this!
People who travel often should travel with: http://cgi.ebay.com/POWER-ADAPTER-TRAVEL-ADAPTOR-PLUG-CONVERTER-AU-EU-US-UK_W0QQitemZ250447605876QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3a4fd73074&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C72%3A1234%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50
People who travel often should NOT travel with multiple adapters like these: http://cgi.ebay.com/POWER-ADAPTER-TRAVEL-ADAPTOR-PLUG-CONVERTER-AU-EU-US-UK_W0QQitemZ250454714300QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3a5043a7bc&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C72%3A1234%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50
So yup! I hope this helped for those of you who were looking for items like this one! (:
Till next time!xoxo
PS: Wanna see the video?? Visit my channel: www.youtube.com/thehoneymonkey Title of vid: 'Are you traveling somewhere outside of the US this summer?'

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

MAJOR Purebeauty/Ebay (to be continued) HAUL

I have gone crazy! I think...(: I've done soooo much damage on my cardd. Okay! So anyways---just an update blog on what I've bought & What I'm getting in the mail...soon. *All ebay products have no pictures included because they are coming through the mail as we speak!

NOTE TO ALL MY SUBSRIBERS**: I will make a video of this as soon as everything comes in & I get everything listed (: So stay tuned!! I'll put a twitter post of when my video is up and running!

Purebeauty:

1) 2 oz. CHI Silk Infusion 14.95 I WAS SOOO RIPPED OFF! But I love it! It was the last one...and I went ahead and ordered a 12 oz (HUGE) for 19.99 on ebay! FREE shipping!!

2) 1.7 fl oz Joico K-Pak Reconstruct Shampoo & Conditioner 3.95/ea (a JuicyStar07 inspired buy) Picture is shown up there ^

3) Not reallly a purchase but with every full priced purchase; you get an airplane approved CHI set which includes a 2fl oz Infra Treathment (conditioner), a 2fl oz Infra Shampoo, a 2fl oz Silk Infusion, & a 2 fl oz 44 Iron Guard

picture is up there ^

4) OPI's We Will Always Have Paris, Banana Bandanna (a MakeupbyTiffanyD inspired buy), & Sephora by OPI's Metro Chic (a lollipop26 inspired buy) 1st pic: with flash, 2nd pic no flash 3rd pic trying to show names..with flash

5) Going to pick up a full size CHI 44 Iron Guard--it's on sale! for around 9 dollars! 5 dollar discount !

Ebay<3!!

1) Haha...I love the Joico K-Pak sooo much, I went ahead and ordered a 2pc set; 1 1L Shampoo & 1 1L Conditioner. for 29.99! plus like..11.99 shipping

2) CHI Silk Infusion...told you about this up there ^

3) CHI's Nano Digital in Blue. Retails for like >$200...ridiculous. Got it for 79.88 or something like that for DoCurls.com but on ebay! Go check it out. I had to pay for shipping too ): so dont' get too excited!

4) I'm getting a new phone this summer; and I have an idea of what I want (REALLY BAD) Can't say which one because I don't wanna spoil the surprise (x YET. But I'll show you guys as soon as I get it. hint* I'm getting it LATE August.

5) So in order for me to listen to music or w/e on that phone, I need to have a 2.5 mm earphone set..which I don't have...I have the standard one for iPods which is 3.5 mm. No can do. So I bought a 'jack' for it to adapt 1.69 FREE SHIPPING! and got some matching 'in-ear' headphones for 4.49 GBP (Great Britain Pound) ahha..first time ever to order something from Great Britain.

6) Don't you hate it when you have to use the airplane provided headphones just to watch movies, listen to music, & play games?? I do! So I also got a airplane headphone jack for 3.5 mm headphones (standard) haha 3.98/ea free shipping! lol...I'm a bargainer when it comes to shipping fares cause I dislike them (:

7) MOST EXCITED ABOUT* I have always L O V E D customized little anythings lol like EVERYTHING with my name on it cause it's SOO you haha. I don't know. I just have a thing for those. So I searched up like 'cell phone link charms' or w/e on ebay...but no avail---those charms didn't look nice. So I googled it and found a site called: http://www.addalinkofcharm.com/ and each letter is 2.98/ea and you obviously need a strap to hold the letters! So I got a pink strap (SOO cute!) which has a little danglinging heart to keep the charms from fallling out. that is also 2.98/ea. I wanted a black one..but my phone is already black so I wanted something to pop! And Pink is one of my fave colors so yeah. If you are interested in ordering from this site and you actually do! Receive 20% off your entire purchase using the code : happyforme ---this code is especially for 4th of July so I was lucky (:

XOXO!!

Thursday, June 11, 2009

RANDOM!

So my mom was looking at my nail polishes and she pointed out two colors...that are VERY similar to my room colors LOL...take a look for yourself!

My room's walls are this light light 'peppermint patty' or widely known as 'mint green' ..but my room's green is like almost WHITE but if you come in here..you can see that there is a hint of green to it. My room is then bordered with pink! Green is comparable to my Hey! Get in the lime OPI and my Coney Island Cotton Candy OPI colors! haha can you see that too?! or is it just me??

flash..

NYX + more Haul !

I'm NOT sure how much ULTA/NYX charges for their NYX products...this is just how much the store I went retailed for their products..

Here are the swatches/pictures and names of the items I bought today:

1) from left to right..

i) NYX Girls Nail Polish in Azure, Candy Peach, Jordana Yellow Out Topcoat, Love Affair, & Crystal Glitter $1.99/ea

2) Beauty Treats All Over Blush 03 $1.99

swatch:

3) NYX Lip Smacking Fun Colors for Lips in Orange Soda 1.99

Swatch: so pretty! Super nude!

4) NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil (VERY comparable to MAC shadesticks!, super pigmented, what you see is what you get) I think I got mine for 2.99 each haha there was a sign that said I couldn't try these on my skin...but how could i NOT try them ?!

5) NYX; Ultra Pearl Mania in Mocha Pearl (: (ALSO, very comparable to MAC's pigments! HighQuality pigmentation here!) I think that NYX's brand is very comparable to MAC's don't you? Except for the price that is...(: 1.99

6) Red Cherry Lashes in #412..I forget who always raves about these on Youtube..99 cents

7) Nabi Nail Lacquer 1.50/ea

ForwardPost: Sorry, I can't tell you the exact store where I purchased my haul because...well it's the only one of it's kind in my city. If I told you, that would just completely give it away..so sorry!

Another thing; the striping brush is from a brand called 'Magic' and that was $.99/ea and the crystal nail file was like a dollar..i believe lol

This coming Tuesday..I am getting my earspierced :D along with my little sister. I'm excited!! and then on Wednesday I'm visiting my older sister and her boyfriend up at their college and along with his family! Can't wait to shop at their downtown district! Haha, I'll tell you more on that soon! Saturday..I'm getting my wisdom teeth looked at! :O

UPCOMING VIDEOS!! BE ALERT!:

~Makeup Storage/Collection?

~Nail Polish Collection

~ABOUT ME lol...personal and makeup wise +anything else you guys request! Just post up a comment on any one of my videos!

XOXO
PS: I tried out some of the NYX blushes...but they are quite chalky...):

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Gel Nails/Threading experience

I got my nails done today!! Gel nails! (: They're MUCH more comfy than drugstore acrylics/falsies. It was quite the experience cause well I don't even know how to explain it! I went with my friend, Amanda, and we just decided to try out this new spa, Jolie!, on ocean ave. The interior design was lovely! The lady was so cute (: . She was soo patient cause I messed up my thumb on my right hand TWICE..So the last time--she applied some OPI Quick Dry Drops :D I purchased from her the OPI Hey! Get in Lime. It's GORGEOUSS. & then I headed over to the mall, and decided to get my upper lip (aka 'Mustache' ?) threaded at one of those kiosks. It didn't hurt!! I just wish I knew what she applied to my skin after she threaded cause...I got hives. Not a lot. But just enough to look like I had some infectious disease. My hives disappeared after like 15 minutes. Which is good. I heard that that happens to a lot of people who thread for the first time. Is that true? Oh well. I'll post some pictures of my nails!