March haul (small)

[Note: just trying different picture layout/format to suit my style so each post might look different each time til I'm happy with one...in time hehe]

So to begin in Boots I researched beforehand that Miss Sporty had an offer Buy 2 for £3 on the lip balms but sadly they only had 4 instead of 5 to choose from so I opted for just 2 :(.

On the right 03 Gossip Kiss SOS and 01 Sweet Kiss SOS

All the Dr Balms are very sheer and was difficult to show through on my camera but only a light tint. They're moisterising and usually on for £1.99 each which isn't too bad. There are 5 in this collection but not all the branches of Boots or Superdrug stock every single one or just have a tester.

I have a weakness for nail polishes particularly for the pastel range of any brand. Again there was an offer on the 17 brand with nail polishes 'Buy 1 get 1 half price' which was better than the offer Barry M Gelly had so opted for these ones instead. For the Revlon polishes I got them from TKMaxx in a pack (or wallet rather) of three at the price of £7.99 plus these were scented as well!

17 nail polishes in Wave and Simply Pink. Revlon nail polishes in Peach Smoothie, Gum Drop and Cotton Candy

My sister received Revlon scented polish for Christmas so it's not the first I've seen these around. We currently own Watermelon Fizz, Pineapple Fizz and Grape Fizz so far and at first you'd get the obvious polish smells but a few minutes later and scent slowly breaks through


Red Nose Day bags designed by Lulu Guinness for Sainsbury. There are 3 designs in total (managed to find the third one after the whole event at one end of the row of tills...typical!)

I don't know if this kind of editing on the layout is easier to see individual images or maybe avoid pattern backdrop? Give suggestions if possible whilst I'm trying out different ideas myself.

Mucho love,

Tofu x

✿ The Versatile Blogger Award ✿

Thank you Jenni for nominating me for this award (my first one eeeee ^^). A fellow BBC (British Born Chinese) and her blog ranges from makeup, food to monthly magazines + the goodies that comes with them. I admire her devotion to reading every comments on her post and that's important to maintain the relationship between bloggers :D. 

This is my first time coming across an award so having researched there are rules when nominated by another blogger:

> Thank the person who gave you this award. That’s common  courtesy.
> Include a link to their blog. That’s also common courtesy — if you can figure out how to do it.
> Next, select 15 blogs/bloggers that you’ve recently discovered or follow regularly. ( I would add, pick blogs or bloggers that are excellent!)
> Nominate those 15 bloggers for the Versatile Blogger Award — you might include a link to this site.
> Finally, tell the person who nominated you 7 things about yourself.

7 things about me

(ᵔᴥᵔ) ~ I cosplay (costume play based on anime/game characters) in my own time and have been doing so since Autumn 2009. I use my skills on the sewing machine (and hand) to make my costumes or alter existing clothing.

(ᵔᴥᵔ) ~ Food documentaries are a must for me; just understanding more about food...just makes me HUNGRY! No joke it really does. Favourite show 'Man V Food'.

(ᵔᴥᵔ) ~ Huge Hello Kitty fan (and my friends are embarrassed by this and possibly trying to avoid going anywhere that sells her) my bad ;D

(ᵔᴥᵔ)~ My music taste is a mixture of heavy metal and kpop (korean pop). Doesn't show through my fashion taste to be fair lol.

(ᵔᴥᵔ) ~ I try to do nail art at least once a month and inspired by designs that are in season or based on games and animes.

(ᵔᴥᵔ)~ The amount of times I tell myself to not buy any cosmetic product in the coming week whether it'd be a lip or face product...yeah... ££££££ (Ok I don't splurge lol).

(ᵔᴥᵔ)~ Last but not least I love DIYing when I can. My other blog Easy Like DIY -cringe- has been neglected but I plan to cramp it with so much craft ideas I've been doing recently but haven't got round to organising the images (should opt for video?)

11 blogs I'm nominating
(Sorry I couldn't decide on 15 way too difficult)

 

molliemuses

nataliasowls

the-beauty-bloggers 

zombieturtlebeauty 

hollyarabella 

viviyunn 

maliberrymakeup 

lets-makeyuup 

b-is-for-beauty 

skinthead 

midnight-violets 

 
Check out their blogs as they regularly update them weekly or even daily (more than me haha) but awesome blogs to hook up to take my word for that! Again thank you Jenni for nominating me! <3

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Mucho love,

Tofu x 

It's my BURFDAY! I'm 23!! I feel...no different from yesterday!

Today is my birthday (don't know if you count the time you popped out) but 11:20am would be my official date but wooo...yeh no different really. Maybe a few tweaky bones, spines, the list...no different haha!

I'm quite pleased with how this turned out! Yes I did this myself haha!!

Sis got me this AWESOME 2D design handbag...literally speechless!!

love love love love looooove

Looking forward to spending my day out tomorrow with friends for high tea/light lunch in Covent Garden. Been meaning to go since walking past BB Bakery probably last Summer with Julia...wow...sounds like a loooong time but finally we'll be venturing there tomorrow so...a long post will be up tomorrow on all that I promise! Hopefully the place won't be too packed or else...somewhere else :D!

Mucho love,

Tofu x

DIY Chocolate Lip Scrub

I'm not entirely happy with the messed up weather and it's been snowing this month as well! Crazy -tut tut-. My lips have been experiencing the winter season again so I've decided to show you guys this chocolate lip scrub I've been meaning to do. Be warned though it's more to my "taste" so changes would be made during the process.

Ingredients you'll need :          Tools you'll need:
> brown sugar                     > clean empty containers
> honey                           > clean bowl to mix in
> cocoa                           > spoons (preferably 2)

Now for the fun part:

1 1/2 teaspoon of brown sugar, 1 teaspoon or cocoa and 1 teaspoon of honey

Mix all the ingredients together and place into small containers or any tightly sealed container should do the job.

I use my EOS Lemon Drop to moisturise my lips after washing off the lip scrub

If it feels a little too stiff I cheated a little and added extra virgin olive oil (°∀°). This should be used once or twice a week depending on how dry your lips are but DON'T over scrub as this can weaken your lips even more and it's not a pretty sight!

Things to remember:

> scrub once or twice a week never more
> you only need a small amount to rub onto your lips
> wouldn't be ideal to lick your dead skin as well so...
> rinse well with lukewarm water and pat dry with towel
> it's important to moisturise your lips afterwards with a lip balm
This was my first time making a lip scrub but it can be altered to suit you so leave me a comment if you find this "recipe" was lacking in certain areas so I can keep that in mind for when I make other flavours in future.

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Mucho love,


Tofu x 

I've joined in the Minecraft craze! :D

Yep I thought it'll be until the summer arrives with my degree over and done with but after going through some big personal problems (still am) I've decided to treat myself to this wonderful game. Cannot define this game well enough to the point I love playing the demo but just seeing everyone else play Minecraft with different skins and different textures...I JUST HAD TO!!

Still getting the hang of it but I've always like to vlog for some time but doing research for that so hopefully on my Youtube channel (putting it to good use) I'll be doing tutorials for this game and for makeup/beauty and fashion :D.

My best side...sides!! :D wheeeeeee

without armour :)

my character template for uploading onto the game

Yes HT being the initial for my blog name/youtube name :D so proud! -weeps-. Looking forward to spending my free time crafting my way to victory :D



Mucho love,



Tofu x

Blog's 1st Burfday ^^

Just realised I've been blogging for a year now marking 1st March 2012 as my first post [Link]. I completely forgot as I started blogging properly last summer!

It's me not as a sugar cube but a tofu block :) hence the nice curvy look hehe

I'm still new to this whole blogging community but I'm hoping to do more hauls, reviews and maybe FOTD (Face Of The Day) and more OOTD (Outfit Of The Day), etc etc. Just struggling with horrible breakouts due to me carelessly abusing my skin with/out makeup and I'm trying to control how much junk I consume :(.

I hope to continue posting up more interesting things for you guys to read and hopefully more followers ٩(^‿^)۶ - yaay. Just the importance that my blogs are reasonable to look at for tips/reviews encourages me to continue blogging even though I tend to stop every now and then (uni or just too lazy sorry o(╥﹏╥)o ).

What's important is I've made it past a year! Oooh yeh!

 

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Mucho love,




Tofu x

[Review] Poundland Chit Chat makeup range #1

Not really one of the places you'd expect to have a makeup line but Chit Chat is Poundland's very own. At first I didn't think much of the range due to the brand and not realising it was Poundland's own...I decided to purchase a few things just out of curiosity.

Chit Chat Cheek Tint (£1)

(dupe for Benetint and 2true's Lip n Cheek tint)

Looks deep red from the outside but very watery and the only downside of this would be that most of the product stained my finger rather than my hand (shown third slot)

This is worse than 2true's lip n cheek tint and I would not purchase this again. This wouldn't be of any use for my lips as it's heavily pigmented and it won't show up so...yeh that's £1 down the drain :( -sighs-.

Chit Chat Highlighter (£1)

(dupe for High Beam)

As this was the first highlighter I've tried I can't compare against any other brands but so far this works fine for me

I only apply this on my brow bone and above my cheekbone, just small dabs would do fine for me. A little goes a long way with this one though so have a disco ball for a face! The brush looked destroyed when I pulled it out of the pot...not pleased to use this but I only dab the product on my face then spread using my finger.
 

Chit Chat Highlighter brush: the brush has seen better days...

Chit Chat Gel Eyeliner (£1)

(a dupe for...?)

I didn't realise someone had already opened the pot so used that same area to swatch this post. The consistency is quite smooth but at least it wasn't flaking on my hand

The brush is rather small but I don't think it'll keep shape after a while so I might use my other liner brushes. My eyelids are quite oily after a few hours so I doubt this is even going to stay for an hour but I'll give this a try (at home).

Chit Chat Juicy Lipstick in Pink (£1)

(dupe for Revlon Balm Stain and Clinique Chubby Stick)

The packaging looks too similar to Revlon's Just Bitten but the lid doesn't stay put. It's more of a buttery feel like it's melting onto my lips which felt weird however the colour was quite nice as it wasn't too harsh but a nice shimmer

Chit Chat Juicy Lipstick in Coral (£1)

(dupe for Revlon Balm Stain and Clinique Chubby Stick)

I half expected the orange colour to be really bright but like the pink there's the shimmer but a nice hint of the colour intended

Again the buttery feel for both the lipsticks was probably the only negative point for me personally but I've used the Pink a few times just to give me a nice hint of pink.

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I'm contemplating whether or not to purchase the other products in the Chit Chat range but being aware of the dangers in poorly made cosmetic products I'll have to see if any problems have occurred since releasing more products lately (or so I've noticed).

Personally I prefer Superdrug's MUA over Chit Chat but there's always the idea of having cheaper products to practice with or to be a good dupe for, etc. But that's just me so everyone is different when it comes to personal preferences. :)

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Mucho love,


Tofu x