I've set my eyes on Lavshuca's Color Select Palette in PK-2 to be the palette for this holiday.  The soft shimmers along with the gorgeous pink and grayish purple just screams winter and Christmas to me.

I first used it to create this smoky eye look for my company's holiday party.  I was completely rushed getting ready for the party, so I didn't get to take proper pictures before heading out.  At the party I didn't take that many pictures of myself, and by the time I did get around to taking pictures, I was a tad tipsy.  So really, I apologize for the redness and er, out of focused eyes.  Next to me is my friend L

Here, I had used the gray liner shade on my outer crease to get the smoky look.  Since it was dark (in person when bright flash isn't going off), I defined my eye shape with black liquid liner from Urban Decay.  Ugh, I looked so bloated here.  Please note, I only slept about an hour before I went to the party with an open bar.

I'm going to TRY to remember what else I had used.

For sure I used my Nars Oil-Free Foundation in Santa Fe, Laura Mercier Secret Camouflage to cover my pimples and dark circles, Susie NY Jewel On Multi Powder as highlighter, Urban Decay Primer Potion, some sort of bronzer, and false lashes from Laura Mercier.  I want to say I skipped blush that night since I figured my cheeks would be uber red from alcohol, but I may have went ahead and dusted on Orgasm.

Anyhow.. Here's the night look I created with Lavshuca's Color Select in PK-2.  I used the same palette to create a day time appropriate look, which I'll show tomorrow.  I wasn't so rushed, so I took some proper pictures before heading out, and I even photographed the items I used so I remember exactly what I used.

Oh.  If you want to purchase this outside of Asia, AdamBeauty.com sells it for 115 HKD, which equals to about $14.83 USD, and Ichibankao sells it for $24.00, which includes the shipping.

I was browsing beauty blogs today and came across Cosmetic-Candy.  The blog itself is so cute, and like PJ of A Touch of Blusher, Cosmetic-Candy hails from the UK, and has lots of knowledge when it comes to Asian makeup brands.

She has a category on Taiwan Cosmetics, which I'm uber curious about since when you think Taiwan and cosmetics, you'd usually think of Japanese brands at a lower price due to the NT being weaker than then Yen.  I clicked and came across this post, which featured a youtube video with a guy talking about MUGU, a Taiwanese brand.

I'll get to MUGU later, since I'm still looking at their website.  It's all in Chinese, which I er, sadly, can't read, despite er, being born in Taiwan and even taking a whole year of Chinese for Native Speakers at UCLA (got As too, woot!), so it's going to take some time.

Anyhow... I came across this video on creating a well blended smoky eye that properly accentuates your eyes, without the black being too harsh.  Smoky eyes is a tad tricky on Asian eyes, since the technique is really really different.  Most Asians just have different eye shapes than non-Asians, so the idea of applying the darkest color on the crease, then blending it up/down and what not doesn't really work.  So this video really helps.

The guy basically tells you to apply black pencil liner on top of your lash line, then gently blend it upwards.  Then blend the whole lid area with a dark metallic color.  Do the same for the bottom lash line.  Highlight the inner corner of your eye with a nude or pink shimmery shade, rather than white since white looks too harsh against the black, then finish the entire look with false lashes.  This draws attention to your eyes, instead of making it look heavy and dark like how the girl looked previously.  Hope you like this video!