Since my first entry on this blog, I've been forgetting to update on the products I bought at Ulta recently. NYX's Super Skinny Eye Marker in Carbon Black is true to what the reviewers online said: it isn't black enough--it's more like a dark gray--and it dries too quickly, which makes it harder to apply more to get the look or effect you want. The two Smashbox Be Legendary Lipsticks I bought are great colors, but not on me, unfortunately. I had to decide on which one to return so I ended up keeping Tempt Me and returning Melondrama, along with the eyeliner.

I've been wanting to try a red lipstick (I've never worn red on my lips before) so when I got to Ulta, I figured I would look around first to see if I could find a berry or dark red that would hopefully complement my skin tone. (I'm not ready for bright red yet, haha.) Well, I looked through several brands of lipsticks and I could not find one that was the color I was looking for. So I just returned the eyeliner and the lipstick and headed out to go grocery shopping.

After I shopped for groceries I stopped by the cosmetics aisle to see if I could find a red lipstick that I wanted to try. I saw quite a few that I liked, and I ended up having to choose between 4 different shades of red from the Maybelline Color Sensational Lipcolor collection. At first I thought I would buy two lipsticks, but I just bought one after much consideration. The shade I decided I would try was Red Revival.

And I just tried it on before I took my shower, and wow, do I like how it looks on me! It's true that red lipstick makes your teeth look whiter. While I had it on my lips, I kept wanting to smile even though I have ugly teeth, haha. I think this lipstick is more of a dark red than a berry red. I haven't been able to figure out what a berry red shade is supposed to look like.

Well here's a photo of what the lipstick looks like on my lips.








(Sorry for the bad yellow lighting, the shade really is a red and not fuschia or magenta, although when wiping it off it looks magenta. Or maybe it's my natural lip color plus this lipstick that makes it look the way it does, I dunno.)

I started watching a K-drama called Glass Mask two days ago, and I am hooked. The first episode was so intense and sad that I cried. If a drama can already make me cry on the first episode then it's a keeper. The only downside to this drama is that it'll be 100+ episodes, and it's still airing right now. There's about 96 episodes out though so I have something to watch when there are no new and subbed episodes of Flower Boy Next Door or Queen of Ambition. I've cried a few more times while watching this drama, and I know that it will make me cry more as the story continues. It's gotten even more interesting because now the girls are older--seniors in high school, I think--and Yi Kyung, the nice one, has two cuties (one cuter than the other) vying for her attention. I just wish the mean girl, Seo Yeon or whatever, was nicer because the actress is pretty but her character's so so absolutely, incredibly ridiculous (to put it nicely) that I want to stab her in her pretty face.

The other day Nu'est released the music video for their song "Hello" and although there are kissing scenes in the video (wae JR wae?!) it was a good video and I love the song. I also checked out the other songs on their mini but I didn't really like them. Maybe I need to listen to them again because I wasn't really paying attention the first time, oops.

Teen Top also released their new music video and I thought that the video was better than the song? Haha. It's a bit random, what with Chunji eating cans and cans of pineapple slices, and Niel salsa-dancing by himself, for example. But the song feels weak to me. I think lackluster would be the right word to describe it. Since it's a full album, I hope the other songs will make up for what this one lacks. I really hope so.

- halsu isseo

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