How to: Make your foundation more yellow toned (really cheap way)

Background mini-story

So I purchased Revlon ColorStay (Oily) in shade Early Tan a while back. The color seemed fine when I tried on the tester under those bright lights (sigh) and the color itself in the container looked like the color of my skin but when I got home and tried it again...BAM my face turned red ok....T^T 

I was so sad because the foundation does not cause me additional break outs, does not make my skin even more oily and yasss, I liked it. Because the color was way off (and I didn't want to spend more $$ on another shade), I'd stopped using it after 2 weeks of struggling to make it work. 

Finally, I found this youtube video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDgGadauBO0

and I decided to try it out!! 

For those of you who didn't bother to watch the video: The girl said she used gel food coloring (I think) and she recommends using lemon yellow instead of yellow (I think) for a better result. 

1. Well, I couldn't find any gel food coloring so I got liquid food coloring. 
2. This brand was the cheapest I could find so I got these two HAHA
3. I can't remember the exact price now, but it was no more than Rm 3 each.
4. Because (I think)the girl said lemon yellow was better than yellow, I got 2 colors: orange and yellow...because if I mix these 2 colors together...I'll get lemon yellow right...

Left: orange Right:Yellow

Question: Why is the yellow food coloring darker than the orange food coloring?! 

Yellow=(supposed to be)lighter than orange

AH yes. The girl also said the tools you'll need are

• container (to mix the foundation in)
• those q-tip sticks
• BUT let me tell you, instead of cutting off (and wasting) a bunch of q-tips (I'd soon realized), I could just use a ear pick (seen in the photo, blurred in the back) HAHA! It's kind of like a mini spoon, and you can use it to scoop the food coloring into the container. It's also easy to clean, you just wipe the food coloring off of it after each use (which I didn't btw, I just dipped it in both colors back and forth, what's the biggie?) 

Here in the photo above, you can see the difference already!!

The lighting is off--the foundation really isn't that yellow in real life. 

• After trying it on my face, I could tell that it was still a bit too pink for me, so I just added more orange and yellow food coloring in.
• I didn't add in the colors in ratio 1:1 
• I just put in, whatever, sometimes 2 spoonful (using the ear pick) of yellow food coloring and one spoonful of the orange food coloring, you know. 

Final result

Left: with food coloring 

Right: Original

Conclusion

1. The final color is still a tad pink-toned, but it is SO much more closer to my skin color than the original color. This method really works!
2. The final color is actually a bit darker than I'd like it to be. When I apply it on, my neck looks kinda pale compared to my face. So now I'll have to use a lighter powder to adjust the color a bit. 
3. I think it's best to watch the video for yourself incase I missed out on any details: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDgGadauBO0

P.S. I tried this method with my Makeup Forever Full Cover Concealer and it works as well
P.S.S. I have Makeup Forever Full Cover Concealer #7, the sephora chick told me it is the most yellow-toned shade and still...it's too pink-toned for me WHY!

Review: Ampang Point Eyelash Extensions (My Image Holistic Beauty Centre)

Got my eyelash extensions done here

RM 138 first trial for the 'natural sets'

I believe the first trial price for the 'dramatic sets' is Rm 158 or 168 or 178

SO. This is my second time getting eyelash extensions. I had my first lash extension experience at Sungei Wang plaza. 

I went into a ratchet 'beauty salon' in Sungei Wang (literally no doors, not even a room, just a small open space with curtains set up and all that...) and had them done for Rm 89. 

                                     

This photo was taken right after I got them done (at ampang point)

I'd say it's best to get your lash extensions done at night/late afternoon once you've showered and cleansed your face. 

The  RBS (ratchet 'beauty salon) told me I couldn't get my eye area wet for the next 12-24 hours after the extensions are done, for the glue to fully set. 

My Image Holistic told me I had to wait 2 hours 'til I could wash my face (including eye area)

I felt totally dubious hearing that....from 24 hours to 2 hours?! 

Anyways I waited for a day to wash my face after I got them done at My Image Holistic, just to be safe. 

Procedure & Process/My notes

• The extensions are much more natural at MIH (My Image Holistic) than RBS because they are much thinner and sharper, more similar to our real lashes, however, still not the best extensions :P They are much more light weight compared to RBS lash extensions. I remember when I was done with my extensions at RBS, my lids felt so odd because of the weight.

• People lie. Both MIH and RBS told me that the extensions would stay in place for a month or two depending on how I took care of them. NO. The extensions I got at RBS was completely gone by the end of the second week. The lady at MIH was kind enough to tell me (although after I'd gotten them on) that because my lashes are very soft and thin, they are not strong enough to really hold up the extensions, and so maybe 2 weeks max? 

• The glue used at MIH is much better than the one used at RBS!! I can tell because not only could I get my extensions wet after just 2 hours, but I cried like 3 times right after the MIH lady told me I was done because as I opened my eyes, the glue on my left eye was still drying and it stained my eye a bit ok. I thought the tears would make my extensions come right off but they didn't. MIH extensions lashed me up to 3 weeks but by the 3rd week I had barely no extensions on. 

• MIH is more professional (duh...more expensive too and it's a place with actual secured doors and all that) and the process of getting them extensions on took about 1 and a half hours. That made me feel better because from what I've researched, 1.5 hours and 2 hours is usually the time the process of getting lash extensions should take. In RBS, it only took 30-35 minutes.........

• Better service at MIH! I had 2 ladies do my extensions (one left for her dinner break....so very professional huh) and so one eye looked better than the other and so I had the second lady readjust/reshape some parts of my extensions on one eye. She was very patient and did what I asked her to do. At RBS, the lashes came out so unnatural looking (too long and dark, like huge spider legs ok) and I was like to the lady 'c'mon I asked for a natural look'.... she just grabbed a pair of rusted old shears and cut off the bits of extensions that were sticking out too far.....thanks

• One thing I regretted not doing at MIH: I should've told the lady exactly how I wanted my extensions to look like: longest ones at the end of my eye for a cat eye look instead of having them in the middle, for a doll-like look. The lady didn't ask anything and decided herself to go for the doll like look because she thought she'd just follow the shape of my natural lashes (middle=longest) :/ By the time I'd told her what I'd wanted it was too late. Sigh

• But honestly though, MIH doesn't offer the best. I realized it doesn't matter in the end whether or not I'd gotten a cat eye look or a doll eye look, the look would probably be the same. The extensions used at MIH were the same length, there wasn't much of a transition/build up. Maybe MIH doesn't have various lengths of extensions to use to create looks? 

• I feel like I've been tricked. Before I'd gotten the lash extensions, I MIH show me the lashes they were going to use: super super natural looking. Thin, soft-ish, individual. But when I was done and looked at the extensions, they were much more bulky, about 3-4 extensions glued together (it appears) and then glued on to my lash line, they weren't the lash extensions they told me they were going to use. :/

                           

-Almost 3 weeks, my left eye, MIH extensions-

The lashes did not cause a problem at all, i.e. falling off and into my eyes , I wore them with contacts too. 

The first extension fell out by the 2nd week.

Here you can see what I mean by 3-4 lashes glued together and then glued to my lids....yeah?

The extensions are weird and they stuck out oddly . This would be the right time to go back to MIH and get a refill but...nah, not worth the money. 

-My right side after 3 weeks-

Here you can see the bulky extensions even more clearly!! (RBS extensions were much more bulky and fake than this btw)

As you can see, the extensions are being placed on to my lashes and not my lash line...are you supposed to glue the extensions on to your lashes or your lash line?! 

I guess this is what the MIH lady meant by saying because my lashes are thin and weak, the extensions won't last long (cos she was going to glue extensions on to my lashes). 

BUT. I'm sure extensions aren't suppose to be glued on to your lashes (right? I researched) !! This makes me doubt MIH of their skills and techniques. 

By the 3rd week I'd started to wear non-waterproof mascara so I could brush the extensions in place and into the right directions and add more volume to them. I used oil based makeup remover which you're not suppose to use on the extensions but whatever, I don't wanna buy a new makeup remover just for this and the extensions were looking like crap anyways.

Here is a pic of the extension...with few of my lashes ripped off!! I realized every time the extension came off, it'd take 1-3 of my own lashes with them, because the lady glued them onto my lashes :'(

Do you see that empty, bald spot and those thinning areas? Yea...thanks a lot extensions

I couldn't take it anymore....right before I was going into my 4th week with the extensions, I went back to MIH and had them removed. Because there were only a few extensions left, the lady only charged me Rm 20 for the removal. 

She was so kind and gentle with my poor lashes T^T

Overall my experience with MIH lash extensions=average. I wasn't loving it, wasn't hating it as much as I should because I hated my experience at RBS more. I wish the extensions came out more natural (no bulking extensions please) and my own lashes did not get ripped off LOL 

I'm happy they lasted for 3 weeks although by the 3rd week they were super ugly and I had to use mascara.

I'm happy the lady at MIH was so kind. 

Would I get it again? Nope.