Maybelline Mineral Power Loose Powder - Quick Review

After realizing I had bought Maybelline's Mineral Power Loose Powder in not only there Translucent shade but also in Ivory and now having used both products recently I decided to give my opinion of the product.

First off, I have dry skin that tends to get a bit shiny throughout the day without the proper makeup powder to set my look, this powder did close to nothing for me. I found the Translucent shade a bit odd because as it has a white-pink color to it, it does not appear to look that way once applied (hence it looked a bit translucent on as intended). The other odd thing I found about this shade is that it didn't seem to work as well as the Ivory shade did for me... so, it might be that way with the other non-translucent shades in this. However, both shades did not seem to do anything for me after about an hour or two after application... it left my face looking shiny as though I had never applied it at all.

This loose powder was definitely not what I was hoping for so I'm not going to recommend it to people... unless you like having little to no coverage and don't need to set your liquid foundation or moisturizer. Even the stubby applicator brush got tossed aside when I got this as I replaced it by using my own foundation makeup brush. I didn't think that this powder had made me look cake-y until I had used the wrong makeup brush one day and my mom basically said "your face looks cake-y today", LOL (no sh*t! haha).

Uncharted 3 Game Review

I decided to do a new type of post today which is a bit outside of what I normally do on here, and I'm only doing this since I got a PS3 this past x-mas. So, I got three Uncharted games with it which I finished playing Uncharted 3 awhile back but I thought I'd do a review on it now that I've played a couple other similar type games. Although this is a third installment of the Uncharted series I didn't feel that it was necessary to have played any of the previous games in order to understand what was going on in this one so, you won't feel lost which is a plus.

I just jumped out of a falling cargo plane in the middle of a desert... and lived, WHAT!

Adventure games are definitely the type of games I enjoy playing the most and I felt this one was relatively easy in my opinion with clips and movies in between and during game play (similar game play as with the Final Fantasy series if you're familiar with that). It has nice graphics although at first I felt like all the men characters looked a bit like Bruce Willis, heh.

I didn't like that I couldn't really span the camera angle out further away and that it doesn't really automatically adjust on its own which makes game play a bit difficult when in pursuit of an enemy (or maybe I'm just not use to playing on a PlayStation, heh). Loads of gun shooting in this, especially in the later half of the game... which isn't really my thing but it's kinda fun when you get a gun that really blows things up :P

I love how most of the scenes end during the beginning levels as there's always a unique way in which they have made you escape from the towns usually so, you generally don't end up having to back track in this game. I didn't have any issues with lag or glitches, there is some loading parts here and there as with most games on PlayStation it seems so nothing too annoying, and there may be a few times where buildings and such may abstruct your character from getting a better view at your surroundings.

By the end of the game I began to wonder what happened to the other two characters in this... or maybe I just missed that part, idk. Anyhow, the ending of the game (slight SPOILER alert ahead!) is a bit disappointing I thought since it felt like a typical romance soap-op scenario but... that's kind of how this game is so, don't be fooled by the weird mafia-like intro at beginning of the game. Overall, I wasn't sure I would like this game or even get around to playing it, but now I can safely say that I do recommend this game if you're into fairly realistic shooting adventure type games... or maybe even if you're not into shooting games like myself then this may be one in which you find you enjoy ;) I've only played a handful of PS3 games thus far but this one is definitely at the top of my list.

I Caught Vivitar!

Before you start saying "WTF Miso-Happy?!" to my new digital camera... let me clarify... it is a USED digital camera from eBay, but new to me of course. Anyway... I won this Vivitar ViviCam 4100 as a Best Offer (total cost ended up being $13.37) so, yes me and the seller haggled the price like crazy but... it was actually really fun, haha.

My new... err, used cheap 4MP cam ;P

First off, I totally did not need this camera and some of you may already know I have a pretty sweet camera already but... I wanted a change and while this wasn't exactly what I had in mind (AT ALL!) I wanted to see why this is currently the best ranked Vivitar cam via Flickr.

Now before you start saying things like "meh, get outta here with your 4 MegaPixel USED cam", I really think you should checkout these photos by Gussie_j, herb36, and auroral tempest who all used this camera to take really nice looking pictures. Another thing you should know... the number 1 ranked camera (probably due to its ease of phone/cam use) on Flickr is... the iPhone 4 which, only has 5 MP (so, think about that!).

Who knows, maybe I'll give this cam a makeover, or perhaps something similar to this ;D

Simply Basic Ikat Nail Tutorial

Among being sick this week I was a bit lazy on doing my nails as I decided to reach into my purse and pull out the same red polish which I had used on my nails previously. So, without removing my polish I began to paint over my nails (hence the subtle two toned red appearance below) and create this adorable and pretty basic looking ikat nail design. I actually really love this look and I hope you enjoy it too :)

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Step 1: Base Coat: Nailtiques Formula 2 (1 coat).

Step 2: Second Coat: 10 Professional Nail Lacquer, in And The Winner Is... /427 (2 coats).

Step 3: Striped Ikat Design: It's So Easy Stripe Rite, in White (you're going to make a rough diamond shape on the nail by keeping the line strokes going vertically, ultimately the lines should touch together as you continue making the uneven lengthened lines, see my guidelines below for additional help).

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Step 4: Top Coat: OutTheDoor in Clear (1-2 coats).