Monday, September 30, 2013

September Favorites ♥ 2013!


Hey everyone! I know, September is already coming to an end and that only mean one thing - October. I especially love the last quarter of every year. Mainly because of the long break from school and of course considering Singapore to be such a humid country to be in, the last quarter of each year would be the only time that we have perfect cold weather. Apart from that, we all know that the Fall collection are already in stores and I am a huge pullover junkie. So that makes me love the last quarter of the year even more than I already do. Right, I think I should already be sharing with you guys what I have been loving in the month of September! Let's get started and jump into everything!

Make Up Product(s)

I am a huge fan of primers and I have been religiously applying them before I apply my foundation or concealer. And now you're probably wondering why I have yet to share any primers if I have been religiously using them. The reason being - The previous primers which I have used (E.L.F & Benefit Porefessional) does not really make a huge difference. I believe this is my very first primer which I have included in a favorites blog post and I am ridiculously attached to Maybelline's Baby Skin Pore Eraser. Just like what it says, it helps to minimize pores just as good as Benefit's Porefessional but considering Maybelline to be a drugstore brand, this primer is actually a heck lot better! My make up did not stay on very well when I was using Benefit's but I noticed how great the staying power was with Maybelline's Baby Skin. What I also love about this product is that it gives off a satin and matte finish which only makes my make up look more airbrushed!

Surprise, surprise! Now I know how much I've raved about my M.A.C Moisture Cover Concealer and I feel the excessive need to include it again in my September Favorites. However, I'm not going to be letting you guys know what it does and what not just because I have already done so in a couple of posts before! Basically, this is just a miracle. If I were to be stranded in a island and I'm only allowed to choose one make up product, it would honestly be this. I kid you not. I've been wearing this every single time when I apply make up on and I have also been giving the Revlon Colorstay Foundation a miss!

Moving on to the eyes, I have only one make up product to share with you and that would be Stila's Stay All Day Waterproof Liquid Eyeliner! This product is perfect for every single one of you. It doesn't matter if you have dry, normal or even oily eyelids. I have extremely oily eyelids and oil would just well up on my lids and the previous eyeliners that I've tried did not stay the entire day. So obviously, I felt that I had to search for a decent eyeliner which would not smudge and obviously not be affected by my oily lids. I dropped by Sephora sometime ago and the lovely lady working there recommended a couple of eyeliners but I feel that Stila's Stay All Day attracted me the most! It is extremely pigmented and that was definitely what I was looking for because the previous eyeliners just faded away through out the day. Also, if you're a beginner this is the one for you because the tip of the liner is very thin and no doubt sharp so it makes it a lot easier for you to apply at thin and clean line. 

For my brows I have the E.L.F Eyebrow Kit in the shade medium! You can already probably tell how much I love this product because I've hit pan and I make it a point to fill in my brows even when I do not have any concealer, foundation or just about any make up on! I feel like brows play the most significant part in framing your face and making you look a ton lot better! The E.L.F Eyebrow Kit is first of, very affordable and it is extremely build-able but at the same time pigmented. I would just use the tiniest bit to fill in my entire brow and slowly build up the ends to give it a slightly more darker and defined look! What I really love about it is that it stays on the entire day and does not make you look like you just lost your brows at the end of the day!

I have also been trying out Essence's lash and brow gel mascara. I use this over my brows after filling them in with E.L.F's eyebrow gel and this just gives my brows the clean look and it definitely sealed in the E.L.F eyebrow gel and also prevents my brows to mess up throughout the day! It is also not clumpy at the slightest and very very very very very inexpensive!

Hair Product(s)

I only have one hair product which I have been loving in the month of September! It is the Lucido-l Hair Wax in Edgy Move. My mom actually bought this for herself but I used it more than her. If you follow me on Instagram or Twitter, you know how much of a habit I have uploading and sharing selfies (which I seriously need to stop)! You will also notice that I have been wearing my hair messy with curls in it and this product does wonders! It instantly gives volume and texture to my hair which I appreciate a lot. It smells great and it does not leave your hair sticky like how some wax does. I will definitely repurchase this if I ever run out of it!

Body Product(s)

I am the most excited about this stuff right here! This was given to me as a gift for my 17th and Oh My Lord this is Justin in a bottle! It sounds weird but I am so in love with The Key. I feel that Justin's perfumes are all not for younger girls, they're probably for teenage girls at their later teens and early twenties! I am the worst at describing scents but I shall try. The Key definitely smells musky but there is like a spicy scent to it. I don't know I am so sorry but I am really that bad at it. 

I have also been loving Gucci Rush 2 at the moment! It is not one of those new perfumes but I mean it smells amazing so why not? Gucci Rush 2 smells distinctively feminine mainly because of how floral-ish and sweet it smells. It is like my go to everyday scent currently!

The final beauty and body related product I have been obsessed with this month would be the Honeymania Body Butter from The Body Shop! I literally fell in love with this the moment I applied it onto my skin. I mainly just apply it on my legs as well as my elbows because that's where my dry areas are and this actually does an impressive job at keeping those areas hydrated and very smooth! It obviously smells divine and I usually have this on at night before I tuck in because it literally melted off me when I wore this during the Believe Tour. But it works amazing when you're not exposed to direct sunlight or heat! The only downside to it is that it is kind of pricey but I mean it is after all an amazing product!

Fashion

I am in one word - obsessed with my Timberland boots! It is amaze balls, I kid you not! First of all it is more comfortable than Dr Martens and a lot less heavy! It pretty much matches almost all of the clothing pieces I have and if you follow me on Instagram, I have already posted an outfit where I was wearing my Timberland boots! It is the most beautiful pair of shoes I own and what made me fell for it would be the insides! I am in love with anything that has floral on 'em and the floral printed on the insides of it are the more darker/fall colors. So I thought that these boots would be perfect for Fall! And what I absolutely love about it is that you can totally change how your outfit looks like when you cuff your boots!

The wishbone necklace would probably be my most used accessory this month because it is very simple and pretty much matches all of my outfits! 

Food


We all know how much I love and adore Ben & Jerry's! Infact this is like my favorite ice cream company because they come up with the best and unique flavours ever! I have especially indulged quite a couple tubs of Mapple Tree Hugger because it is obviously delish! I would say that it is the best flavour for those craving for ultimate sweetness because there are chunks of brown sugar brownie and caramel in it! I would just watch late night movies and drown myself in Mapple Tree Hugger all night. 

Song(s)



Lolly - Maejor Alie ft. Justin Bieber, Juicy J 


23 - Miley Cyrus ft. Juicy J, Wiz Khalifa


Where We Started - Dinner And A Suit

That is it for my September Favorites! I hope you have enjoyed reading the entire post!

Love,
Izza

4 comments:

  1. Hi!
    I'm from Singapore as well (wassup homie) and I just wanna ask where you purchase your ELF products from because I've been looking everywhere for 'em but to no avail :/
    ...
    Lovely post!
    xx
    (jasmineglamez.blogspot.com)

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  2. love this!! would be amazing if you could check out my favourites to! _ http://www.hughesing.com/2013/10/september-faves.html x x x x

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  3. Oh my gosh, those boots are amazing!! I LOVE them! I've also been wanting to try the ELF brow kit, so I'm glad to see you like it!

    xx

    alionmars.blogspot.com

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  4. What amazing products, so jealous that we don't have that Ben and Jerrys and Maybelline product in Australia yet!
    Sarah x
    thepalettee.blogspot.com.au

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