Throwback Thursday: iPsy Bags, Updates & Heart to Heart: Ticking Time Bomb

IT'S A THROWBACK THURSDAY YA'LL!!!

Each month, within a week that I receive my iPsy bag, I compose a post about basically my first impressions of the products. About a month later, I do another post, sort of like an update/review type thing. Here I have seven posts on my iPsy bags, from December to June and four updates from February to May. Have you checked out any of them yet? If you haven't, I have conveniently provided the links down below. Check them out!

My July bag will arrive within a few days so please expect a a post on that within a few weeks. I also have my June bag update I will post within this week. In the mean time, give these bags a look.

June: Pretty In Paradise

May: Beauty's Fresh PicksMay Update

April: Beauty RocksApril Update

March: Destination BeautyMarch Update

February: The Look of LoveFebruary Update

Swatches from Left to Right: Eyetini Cream Shadow + Base in Ambrosia, Pop Beauty Plump Pout Mini in Peony Petal, City Color Be Matte Blush in Fresh Melon

January: 19 Reasons

December: Celebration 

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Ticking Time Bomb

Maybe it's the fact that one of my high school friend recently got married; she now joins the married group which contains most of our graduating class. The ones that are left are either dating, engaged or a parent. Which leaves me, still a loner. Haha. I don't hate the fact that I'm single, I just dislike the idea that I am still living the single life if that makes any sense. I have been living fine being a single, happily enjoying life. It's just until recently that I felt like I've hit a barrier and moving no where, making no progress, which admittedly put me somewhat in a slump. If I wasn't so family oriented, I probably wouldn't care too much but it's the fact that I am Asian whose parents still instill traditional values. It's not like they're forcing me to get married right away or forcing me on set up blind dates; they're just in their own way guilt tripping me. Randomly dropping a "Friends my age are already grandparents.. wonder when that will be me" or "Wishing I have a grandchild to play with right now"... just those comments. The fact that my parents are still very traditional, they still worry about me growing old by myself. They're not big on the whole idea of living the bachorlette life for the rest of my life. They prefer me find a nice man, marry him and grow a family before they pass so I'll have someone to lean on. I know it's out of love but at the moment, I sometimes cannot help but cry because what they want, I don't think I can succeed, it's not within my jurisdiction.

There's a Vietnamese saying that goes, "Having a grown daughter at home is like having a ticking time bomb", needless to say, I have been referred to as a ticking time bomb by all of my relatives. They mean no harm by it, it comes from love I guess. At 24 though, I guess I just can't help but take it kinda offensive. I can't blame anyone but myself though so..

I'm hoping and pray hard every night that it'll be my turn soon. But hoping, wishing, dreaming, praying for it won't get me married, doing something about it will. But..well.. it's just, I can't anymore. One, there's no one compatible around me and two, I don't have the nerves to do anything about it. Haha...problematic much? I've slowly accepted the sad reality that I will grow old myself, now if only I can prepare my family for that mentality also, that'll be great.

Then again, with all the babies, toddlers and kids surrounding me, I just can't help but wanting kids of my own. If it's anything I'll regret from growing old single, it'll be having children. I've been caring for and been around kids at an early age, I've always dreamt of having my own kids, being a mother. Sigh... It's quite a dilemma.

WHAT TO DO?!? What to do?...

Throwback Thursday: iPsy Bags & Updates

IT'S A THROWBACK THURSDAY YA'LL!!!

Each month, within a week that I receive my iPsy bag, I compose a post about basically my first impressions of the products. About a month later, I do another post, sort of like an update/review type thing. Here I have six posts on my iPsy bags, from December to May and four updates from February to May. Have you checked out any of them yet? If you haven't, I have conveniently provided the links down below. Check them out! :P

May: Beauty's Fresh Picks
May Update

April: Beauty Rocks
April Update

March: Destination Beauty
March Update

February: The Look of Love
February Update

Swatches from Left to Right: Eyetini Cream Shadow + Base in Ambrosia, Pop Beauty Plump Pout Mini in Peony Petal, City Color Be Matte Blush in Fresh Melon

January: 19 Reasons

December: Celebration 

Thank you for visiting and thanks for reading all! Come back soon. :)

March iPsy Bag: Destination Beauty Update

Oh my goodness, March kinda just flew by didn't it? I blame it on being sick also...that took away two weeks of mine. But anyways, here we go with March iPsy Bag update. I do apologize that it is a very late update, but it's barely April 2nd...so it 's forgiven??? :D

Last month's iPsy Bag is called Destination Beauty, very Spring and Spring Break related. So here goes...

bareMinerals Marvelous Moxie Lipstick in Get Ready
I have never used a bareMinerals lip product before, so going in to use this, I had no reference or expectations. I stated last time that this shade was a little too dark than what I normally wear. However, the shade came out a tad lighter than seen from the tube. It's much more pinkier than expected. The lipstick feels so nice on my lips, long-wearing yet still moisturizing. I haven't worn this lipstick long enough to be able to tell you anything. I will continue to wear this lipstick and do a later post about it From what I've experienced though, I really like it, but I don't know if it's worth $18... There are a few drugstore lipsticks for half that price with similar formula. But more on that later.

Be A Bombshell Eyeshadow Quad in Bora Bora
Can I please get a round of applause for this quad?! The shades are beautiful, the formula amazing, the quality awesome, it's also compact and travel-friendly. It is a quad, with four beautiful shade that can easily give you a smokey eye to a light daytime look and one bright color, perfect for Spring. I don't want to say much about this quad right now because I plan on doing a more in-dept post with swatches on a later post. I will say this though, I really like the texture and formula of these eyeshadows. It's very buttery and soft, easy to pick up on the brush, not as much fall outs and very pigmented. They are priced at $16 from their site, and I would buy another quad...but I'm already..fully stocked.

Pacifica Body Butter in Indian Coconut Nectar
This body butter kinda sneakily grew on me. I'm not so much in love with the formula as I am in love with the scent. My gosh...the scent is like "music to your nose". Hahaha. I've been using this body butter either right after exiting the shower or right before bed. I usually don't put on lotion during the day time, unless it's in the middle of summer or my skin really, really needs it...and it shows. It is doing a fine job keeping my skin super moisturized. It is fast absorbent and doesn't leave my skin greasy or sticky, which is a HUGE no-no for me. It also doesn't feel heavy on my skin, like most body butter does. Like I said, I have nothing but good things to say about this body butter; I'd definitely purchase another bottle once I use this one up. I see it sold at Target...I wanna say Walmart too, but I'm not entirely sure, but Target is 100%. If you're looking for an (above) average body butter and/or crazy about smelling super nice, then I recommend this Indian Coconut Nectar body butter to you.

Nicole by OPI Roughles in On What Grounds?
Unfortunately I have not gotten around to use this polish yet. So I am unable to give you an in-depth review and opinion besides the fact I really, truly love this shade. I also like the fact that it is textured, very different from my other polishes. I will indeed get around to this very soon, so please look forward to a Manicure Monday post soon.

And that concludes the updates for March iPsy Bag. Hope you enjoyed it. I will definitely do a more in-depth post regarding the bareMinerals Marvelous Moxie and Be A Bombshell Eyeshadow Quad, so look out for that.

Thank you for visiting and thanks for reading. :)

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Woman Crush Wednesday, Korean Edition

NS Yoon-G - Singer ; 25 Years Old 

**I have been obsessing over her lately...you can probably tell from yesterday's post.**

March iPsy Bag: Destination Beauty

Hello, hello there! I am feeling much, much better today. I can breathe through my nose!! Thank goodness. To further make my day better, my March iPsy bag came in the mail. Gahhhh! Loving what I see already. This month's theme is Spring/Spring Break related, called Destination Beauty. Love it!

In this month's bag:
bareMinerals Marvelous Moxie Lipstick in Get Ready (Deluxe Sample)
Nicole by OPI Roughles in On What Grounds? (Full Size)
Be A Bombshell Eyeshadow Quad in Bora Bora (Full Size)
Pacifica Body Butter in Indian Coconut Nectar (Full Size)

I first heard about Be A Bombshell from iPsy when it was included in one of my bag early on. I forget what exactly what that fateful first product was, but I remembered I loved it. Within the 28 iPsy bags I have received, I know own about five or six Be A Bombshell products. I can honestly say that this brand has never disappointed me, whether it's blush, liquid eyeliner or even lip gloss. That's saying a lot. My heart literally skipped a beat when I saw the Bora Bora Quad. I really hope the quality is as great as how beautiful it looks. Cannot wait to try them. 

bareMinerals has a special place in my heart, it was the first brand of make up I was ever gifted. It was looong ago, but I still have them, for the sake of the memories. Since then, I have bought and own a couple of their products. I don't really use them as much anymore, mainly cause I keep forgetting about them. But ya know what? Natural face is the Spring trend, I think I'll pull them out and use them again. Perfect! As for their lip products, I have never tried them out even though I've heard good things about them. I'm actually excited to use this cute sample. The shade is a little dark from what I usually wear, but it'll fun.

Love nail polishes! I will take any nail polish iPsy will throw at me, whether new brands or brands I already adore to pieces. Thank goodness they chose to throw at me Nicole By OPI this time. I'm getting mixed reviews about this Roughles (Ruffles) though, but nothing beats trying it out for yourself. I'm all about experimenting and I've been obsessing over textures lately. Plus, the color is G.O.R.G.eous, definitely perfect for Spring. Win-Win-Win situation if you ask me.

Pacifica, I can't say I am deeply in love with this brand, but I don't hate it. It's just another body butter to me, nothing special to rave over. I really love the scents though, this Indian Coconut Nectar especially smells sooo much like summer. Like, I just wanna grab my swimsuit and dive into the pool already. I guess I can put this to good use once the weather starts warming up a bit more and it's officially swimming season. Soaking in chlorine all day really calls for deep moisturization.

I finally did a iPsy bag update post for last month! I remembered. Like last month, I will do an update for this month also, so be on the lookout.

As always, thank you for stopping by the blog and thanks for reading. :)