Wednesday 30 April 2014

My first NARS haul



The other day I did a proper cosmetic shopping at a NARS shop for my first time in my life!!!
Thinking back about my cosmetic life, I started to wear makeup when I was 15. Since my mom is not a cosmetic woman, I had no clue how I should wear makeups. Back at that time, gradually my friends started to wear makeups and then I imitated them. There are soooo many information about makeups in magazines and on the internet. I did look at them but I was not that much into it. I really liked to get makeups by someone. haha
There is a limit for a high school girl to buy cosmetics. I bought relatively cheap stuffs. Since I was really busy to study most of time in a high school, I seldom wore makeup. After I entered my uni, the situation didn't changed dramatically maybe because my uni is for women. These means I have a lot of cheap cosmetics which I bought a long time ago. I know I shouldn't use them but I just can't throw them away. I kida feel I out to use them up. Even though occasionally i bought some cosmetics, I haven't done like going to a proper shop and listening to cosmetics information just for buying beauty stuffs. Normally I bought them at a duty free shop in an airport. So it was really exciting moment for me to sit down a chair inside a bright shop and got some demonstration by a stuff. 

 この間生まれて初めてNARSのお店でお化粧品を買いました!私の化粧人生?を考えてみると、化粧をし始めたのは15歳の時。ママはあんまり化粧をするタイプの人じゃなかったから、どうやって化粧すればいいのかなんて全然わからなくて、でもその時期ちょうど周りの友達がだんだん化粧をするようになってきて私も彼女たちのまねをするようになりました。化粧に関しては雑誌にもインターネットにもすっごくいろんな情報があるけれど、それを研究するってほど興味関心はなくて、ただただ友達とかに化粧をしてもらうのが私のひそかな楽しみでした笑
高校生が買える化粧品なんてただがしれてて、安いものを買ってたな~高校生の半分くらいは勉強で忙しくて化粧はあんまりしてなくて、そんな状況は大学にはいっても変わらなくて(たぶん、女子大に入ったからかな・・・笑)だから今でもいっぱい高校生の時に買ったやすい化粧品が残ってるんだよね。使わない方がいいってしってるんだけど、もったいなくて使いきらなきゃいけないっていう義務感のもと最近使ってます。大学に入ってからももちろん時々化粧品を買ったけど、ちゃんとお店に行って化粧品を買うなんてしたことなくて、いつもだいたい免税店でちゃちゃっと買ってたから、明るい店内で椅子に座ってお店の人に試してもらうっていうことにわくわくしました(゜゜)




The main reason why I went to a NARS shop this is that to get a dark, matte, red lipstick and a bronzer. To be honest, I didn't know an existence of a bronzer before I started to watch Zoella's vlog. For an Asian, my skin is a bit pale. Right after I put foundation on my face, I look like a sick girl. I thought it might be a good idea of using a bronzer to be more healthy looking.  
I have few red lipsticks but recently I've been feeling that they don't suit me.... Again while I was watching Zoella's videos, I really wanted to get a very dark, matte one like she often uses. The main problem is that some products she uses are not sold in Japan... :( I showed a pic of what I liked the most to a stuff and he pick one for me!

今回NARSに行ったのは赤リップとブロンザーを買うため。実は私Zoellaって名前の子のyoutubeを見るまでブロンザーという存在をしらなかったんだけど、ちょっと色見があまりない私の肌を健康的に見せるために有効的じゃないかなって思ったの。
赤リップは今何本か持ってるんだけど、なんかあんまり似合ってない気がして・・・これまたZoellaって子のyoutubeビデオを見てたら、その子がめっちゃかわいいリップつけてて、でもそれは日本で売ってないやつだったから、写真を撮ってお兄さんに見せてみたようなやつを見つけてもらったの



NARS, Pure Matte Lipstick 3504



NARS, CONTOUR BLUSH 5181



NARS, Lipliner Pencil 9003 

I was a bit concern about a lipliner pencil.... I just simply worried if I licked it, it would give me some bad effect on my body because I just couldn't accept to lick anything from a pencil.....
However, he draw a beautiful lip line with it for me. I kinda felt as if I was persuaded by him that this lip liner is really good. haha The thing is I have to practice to use this amazing product properly.

あんまりリップライナーってものを好きになれない自分が昔からいて・・・もしも鉛筆と呼ばれるものをなめたら、体になんらかの悪い影響がでるんじゃないかって心配になっちゃうんだよね。
でも、これを使ってお兄さんがすっごくきれいなラインを書いてくれて、いいなってなんだか説得されたような気分になりました笑 これからこのラインをうまく使いこなせるように練習しなきゃ!


NARS, LIP GLOSS N 1671 


He gave me this free sample of their new lip grosses. 
Before he put a bronzer on me, he used this powder to make my skin smooth.
NARS, Light Reflecting Loose Setting Powder 
This powder actually made my skin smooth and bright. Even though I was really tempted to get it, I decided to think about this again. You know just to share this information with you :)

So this is my first NARS shopping haul!
I'm really excited to use them and become pretty me! hahahaha X

新しいNARSのグロスの試供品もらっちゃった!
ブロンザーをつける前にお兄さんがこの
NARS, Light Reflecting Loose Setting Powder 
っていうパウダーを肌がなめらかになるようにつけてくれて、ホントになめらかになったしつやが出たの。買おうかなと思ったけどちょっと今回は考えることにした笑 ちょっとした情報としてね

初めてのNARSでのお買い物はこんな感じ!
はやくたくさん使ってもっとかわいくなろ~っと!あははは

Tuesday 29 April 2014

BI-FACIL


I'm not a super duper cosmetic beauty girl to be honest. But I do have interests on them. What I believe most about cosmetics is that 'be natural'! Personally I think daily basis skin care is more important than putting a lot of make-up stuffs on my face.
Don't misunderstand me! I do like to wear makeups but what I want to tell you now is that we should remove all before going to bed everyday!
So far it was really difficult to meet a good makeup remover. Every time I just couldn't remove my eye makeup even after washing my face.... 
But tadaaaaa!!!!
Here we go! I've met this amazing makeup remover!

私は俗にいうめっちゃ化粧が大好きな女の子ではないけど、興味はある!基本的な信念は「自然体」で、個人的には厚化粧はあんまり好きじゃないんだよね。
もちろん化粧自体は好きでたまにつけまつげとかもするんだけど・・・とりあえずいいたいことは、日々のクレンジングが重要だと思っているってこと!笑
今まで良い化粧落としに出会うのってほんと大変で、いつもちゃんと洗ってるのにアイメイクはまったく落ちてないっていう事態が多発してたの
でも・・・・・
ついにこの素晴らしい化粧落としに出会えたの!!!!!


LANCOME BI-FACIL point makeup remover




You've go to shake it before use. 
使う前にふるの



This is what it looks like after you shake it. 
ふるとこんな感じ

Unfortunately, this is only sold in Japan.... But again this is really good!!!!
This remover specialized in point makeups. I haven't met a good remover for whole my face. If you have your recommendation, I'd love to know! X

これは日本限定だから、旅行行った時に免税店で買おうっていうことがたぶんできないんだよね笑
でも、ホントにすっごくいいからすっごくオススメ!これは、ポイントメイク用なんだけどまだ顔全体に使う普通の化粧落としでいい感じのものに出会えてないからなにかいい化粧落としがあったらぜひ教えて欲しいな(*^_^*)




Sunday 27 April 2014

My wallet story so far


I've been thinking what I should post on this blog.... I have soooo many favorite stuffs but I don't have good photos of them...... stupid me!
When I was a high school student, I was really addicted to take photos of everything. But somehow I noticed many people do that, I can get photos easily from my friends' facebook haha

Anyway I'm gonna tell you about my wallet story today as far as I have photos to show you

何を書こうかな~って考えていたんだけど・・・たくさんお気に入りのものあるんだけど、いい写真がないことが多くて、あちゃ~って感じ・・・
高校生の時はほんとなんでも写真撮ってたんだけど、ある時周りの友達がみんな同じ写真を撮ってることに気づいて、だったらFacebookから拝借すればいいやって思ったら、写真撮るのやめちゃったんだよね笑
とにもかくにも、今回は写真がある限り私のお財布ヒストリーを紹介します(^^)/



Oh I feel I'm not a girl for doing this kind of blog because I have no idea these specific names.... Well what all I can say is that this is a Prada white wallet which I bought in Hawaii. I used this one until last month. Before this, I used the same type of Prada wallet but the different color, very very vivid pink. Very unfortunately, it was stolen right after I bought it. I guess I used it just for 3 months or so.... Poor me! I have no clue at all how I lost it.....
I really like this type because it is not that much big comparing to other brands' long wallets. It can easily fit my small hands :) 

公式が名前がわからなくて、あ~私ってこういうブログをやれる人間じゃないのかなとか思っちゃった・・・ とりあえず言えることは、ハワイで買ったプラダの白い長財布!先月までこれを使っていました。このお財布の前は全く同じ形で違う色、ビビッドピンクの長財布を使っていたんだけど、買って3カ月もしないうちに盗まれちゃったの・・・・めっちゃ残念・・・・一体全体いつなくしたの盗まれたのかもわかんないの。
この形はめっちゃお気に入りで、手がちいさい私でも使いやすいです!


I bought this Prada tri-fold wallet for my holiday in Hong Kong. I don't wanna carry a big wallet when I travel. I personally didn't like to fold bills and I was a big fan of a long wallet but after I started to use this pretty wallet, I completely changed my mind. It is really easy to carry!!! When I used a long wallet, I had to carry a relatively big bag just because of my wallet, but I definitely don't have to do that with this pretty one! Also I love this color! Cute but a bit elegant pink color!
Oh my! Again very very very unfortunately, this one was stolen in Malaysia.... Stupid me left my bag in a car... You can guess what happened....


この三つ折り財布は香港で旅行の時ように買いました。旅行中はあんまり大きなお財布持ち歩きたくないからね。個人的にはお札を折るのがいやで長財布が大好きだったんだけど、このお財布を実際に使ってから心がわりしました笑 長財布の時はお財布のためだけに大き目の鞄を持ち歩かなきゃだったんだけど、このお財布だったらそんなことしなくていい!そして、この色!かわいいけどちょっとエレガント!
・・・・またもやかわいそうなことにこのお財布はマレーシアで盗まれてしまいました。馬鹿な私は車の中に鞄をおきっぱなしにしていたの。

I really wanted to buy the exact same one again but in Japan it was sold out. Even though I do know I love Prada, I feel like my future Prada wallet would be stolen again. I started to look other brands wallets. It seems like now the trend is long wallets. Not many types for tri-fold wallets. 

全く同じものを日本で買おうと思ったんだけど、売り切れみたい。私の一番お気に入りのブランドはプラダなんだけど、またプラダのお財布だと盗まれそうだから心機一転違うブランドのお財布もみはじめたんだけど、最近は長財布が流行みたいだね。そんなにたくさん三つ折りの財布は売ってなかった~

Then I met this cutie one.


I know! This one is not a tri-fold one but I just fallen love with this! I'm still looking for my ideal tri-fold wallet but now I decided to used this one :) Moreover, I kinda hurried to buy my wallet at that time because in Japan tax rose in April... 

三つ折りの財布じゃないってことはわかってるんだけど、ただ一目ぼれしちゃったの!三つ折りの財布はまだ探してるんだけど、とりあえず今のところはこれを使おうと思って!4月に増税だったからちょっと急いでかっちゃった笑

Anyway this is my wallet story! I really like my gucci one right now.
Hope you like this post X

私のお財布の歴史はこんな感じかな~とりあえず、いまこのグッチのお財布はめっちゃ気に入ってる!
この投稿きにいってもらえるといいな~ばいばい!


 p.s. I do know my English is not perfect but I think posting English is really good for only me to keep up my English. If any of you notice some stupid mistakes, please let me know! Also I post in Japanese followed by English so that more people understand my blog... To be honest, I feel a bit wired to post in two languages.... well yeah I'll continue this!

My first post on this blog!



Nice to meet you all!
I'm excited about this first post!
My name is Ayah. I'm thinking to post my favorite stuffs on this blog now on.
I was born and raised in Japan. Oh currently I live in Japan too! Since I have studied English for many years, I speak a bit of English as you can tell. I haven't decided which language I'll use for this blog yet, but maybe I'll use both of them depending on posts. I'm thinking to share how I study English so I may use English for the English theme post.
Well I don't know what I should writeeeeee....... so I'm gonna stop.
Anyway I'm excited about the future blog and hope many people like this! X

みなさんはじめまして!
初投稿とてもわくわくしてます!
私の名前はAyahです。このブログでは私が好きなものをアップしていこうかなと思っています。
生まれも育ちも日本で、今も日本に住んでいます。英語をずっと勉強してきたので、少し話せます!日本語と英語どっちで投稿するか迷っているのですが、私の英語勉強法について投稿する時なんかは英語を使おうかなと思っています。
どんなことを書けばいいかわかんなくなってきたので、とりあえず終わりにしよっと!
これからこのブログがどんなふうになっていくか楽しみです(*^_^*)
気に入ってもらえるといいな~!