Not surprisingly, some voice actors are wonderful singers. Check out this version of Thank You sung by the voice actors of Hisagi and Tosen. They sound almost identical to the original.

Then there’s this disaster by Aizen and Hinamori.

Aizen is just down. right. creepy. They need to make the song a key higher or something for the poor guy. I feel like he must be gasping for breath after every phrase.

My fav:

Byakuya and Renji!!! ♥

If you have an iPhone, check this out: DECOPIC iPhone app. No more trying to sneak into those photo booths for fear of being laughed at (seriously, I do feel rather silly using those photo booths along with high school children)! Just take a photo and use that app to add stamps, glitter, frames, and words to create a photo that looks absolutely 可愛い!

Here’s a sample of me:

Wahahahaha! There are tonnes of other cute things you can add to your photos, just don’t overdo it!

By the way–totally unrelated–what’s up with WordPress’ new look?? It’s so difficult to get to my dashboard from wordpress.com. What happened to the old user-friendly drop down menu? I want that back!!!

By the way, I’ve again changed the color of the foundation…this time from Warm Sand to Sand, which is a shade lighter. Thank god for Sephora’s return policy. So many MUAs told me that Sand is too light, but c’mon…it’s NOT too light…it’s a perfect match to my skin! What’s with the fondness with looking tan in the face?? NOT a good look for Asians, in my humble opinion.

Anyway, on to the actual review.

Let me just begin by saying, I really really love this foundation. First of all, the texture is just amazing. It’s light and soft. It goes on very smoothly and looks natural on my face. Even with a couple of layers, it doesn’t look cakey. It doesn’t provide much coverage, so to me it’s more of a finishing layer than an actual foundation, you know? My HG finishing layer used to be Bobbi Brown’s Sheer Finish Pressed Powder (which is awesome), but it’s more, ah, powdery and can become visible on the skin if layered on.

On that note,  I still have to use concealer for blemishes, but that’s fine with me because I don’t like having a thick layer of foundation that completely covers my face anyway. You can get medium coverage if you put on a few layers, and it doesn’t look cakey. However if you want to have heavy coverage, this foundation is not for you.

Another thing I noticed is that with my daily application for close to 2 months now, there’s still a lot left in the pan. Usually my pressed powder would’ve hit pan by this time—yeah I use a lot, hehe. So even though this foundation costs slightly more than the pressed powder, if you factor in how long it lasts, it actually turns out more cost-effective in the long run.

Do I recommend this foundation? You bet!

Ever since I read about Majolica Majorca, I’ve been aching to get my hands on one. The Lash Expander Frame Plus, to be specific. I got one at Watson’s at Queensbay Mall. Then, I went into Sasa and surprisingly found dejavu mascaras for sale there. Remember how I had to scout on eBay for dejavu Fiberwig? It was right there, rows of them! Much as I wanted to stock up (Fiberwig is my current HG), I only got the other mascara, Lash Knockout.

I love Majolica Majorca’s packaging…it’s so pretty! I was especially intrigued by the unusual shape of the brush, too. Lash Knockout, on the other hand, looked like a middle-age version of Fiberwig.

So here’s a comparison of the brushes of these 3 mascaras:

Dejavu Fiberwig

Dejavu Lash Knockout

Majolica Majorca Lash Expander Frame Plus

Based on their descriptions, Lash Knockout is a volumizing mascara, while Lash Expander Frame Plus is supposed to “create an eyeliner effect”. Umm, okay.

Here’s a short summary of my thoughts after using them…

Lash Knockout does add some volume to my skinny lashes, but it tends to clump more than Fiberwig. I guess it’s not a fair comparison since they’re designed to serve different purposes. The texture is pretty much the same–it goes on dry-ish and you can see the fibers clearly on the brush. I like how it’s just as easy to remove as Fiberwig. Warm water, and poof it’s gone! I find that I get the best oomph effect if I use both together.

Lash Expander…now, I have mixed feelings about this one. Texture-wise, my first impression is that it’s very wet–or I should say, watery. It looked gorgeous on my lashes, lengthened and volumized (though it leans more towards lengthening) them, but there are 2 downsides: 1) it stings my eyelids, and 2) it’s hella hard to remove! And I mean seriously difficult to remove! I tried my usual Clinique Rinse-Off Eye-makeup Solvent and it didn’t budge one bit. Then I used Estee Lauder’s Take It Away Total makeup remover, which is supposed to remove waterproof makeup, and it still took me a while to remove it! In the end I think I lost about 3 lashes in the process~ :’( Eyeliner effect? Unfortunately it stings my eyes too much for me to try applying it too close to my eyelids, so…pffft.

So, my verdict is that Fiberwig is still my HG for everyday use, and I will combine it with Lash Knockout for special occasions. I might try Lash Expander on and off to see if it always stings, but for now it’s definitely not my go-to mascara.

The finalized sketch looks like what I’ve posted in my previous post so I’ll skip that. I used the elliptical ruler to draw her sword, but everything else was drawn free-hand, so you can see slight trembling here and there. :p Shaky hands, hehe. Wasn’t coffee, I swear. Be glad I’m not your surgeon.

In the process of inking Nel

Here’s the challenge…spot what’s wrong in the screenshot!

… *tick* … *tick* … *tick* …

Check out her hand!

If you didn’t notice it in the first screenshot, I’m sure you can tell in this one. Her hand and sword hilt are mismatched! Her thumb is where the hilt of the sword should be…yikes! Such a big mistake! Can’t imagine how I didn’t notice that in the sketch and while inking! OTZ <– This, by the way, I learned from Sin Yee and Keng Yee…it’s a stick figure of a person bowing low on his knee. Cute, ya?

Sword corrected

Thank goodness for digital art and layers! Since the sword was drawn on a layer on its own, what I did to fix this was to move, scale, and rotate the layer, then do a little damage control afterwards.

So finally, the finished piece:

Nel, completed

Adding facial features

I’m going to call it a night while feeling pleased with myself. :p

You’ve probably noticed that I’ve mostly drawn male characters from Bleach. I drew Rukia in my first Bleach drawing, but like all first attempts, it could use lots of improvements. Beng requested that I draw a female character next. One with lots of boobs. That leaves us Matsumoto Rangiku, Inoue Orihime, and Nel Tu…. *drumroll* So…my next project is Nel Tu!

Here’s what I’ve done tonight:

Screenshot of sketch in Sketchbook pro

With that, I’m signing off for the night!

A world (from another dimension?) of dinosaurs opened up and fearsome dinosaurs overran our world! They destroyed everything in their path, including eating people (doh?). Troops of soldiers were formed to kill the dinosaurs, and I was a soldier in one of the troops that got deployed for a mission. It was like being in the Halo game, or any other first-person shooter game. I remember carrying a huge gun (at one point the gun was purple!) and a light brown backpack that had straps across the chest and stomach. It was so awesome blowing away dinosaurs! There was this one species that was green, shaped like a T-rex, with the size of a Velociraptor. Except, it behaves like a Dilophosaurus…and spits poison from its mouth. Thank you Jurassic Park!

Halfway through our mission, I received word that my village had been overrun by dinosaurs and flash flood. Panicked, I rushed back to my house and found it to be empty. At this point there’s this weird sub-story about my brother being a vampire, but I’ll skip that part because it’s so absurd and unrelated to dinosaurs. So anyway, after our mission, we headed back to camp. Strangely, the camp was situated in the other world…and there were dinosaurs there too! Except those dinosaurs seemed to live along humans in peace. Doesn’t make sense!

The first thing I did when I got back to camp was to search for my family, and turned out they managed to flee the flood in time and were now living at the camp. I took my brother on a tour around the camp, showing him the different dinosaurs. I remember clearly telling him to beware of the green dinosaur which behaved like a Dilophosaurus. Apparently this was a new world and so far we have only encountered a small set of the living creatures in the world, and I felt sure that there were other species out there which we have yet to see. Just as I thought that, someone yelled out and pointed at a tree far away. There was a huge blue bird that looked like a parakeet perched on the tree…I told the guy to stop yelling so that we don’t attract the bird’s attention, but it was too late! The bird flew over to us and landed on me. Doh.

As I fell to the ground on my back, soldiers around me immediately pulled out their guns and aimed at the bird. I held the bird back with my hands and yelled “Stand down! Stand down! Cease fire!”. I guess I was a commander of some sort? Super cool. As I wrestled the bird I was thinking that there had to be benevolent species of creatures in this world, so I didn’t want to rashly shoot the (potentially) innocent animal…

Then…I woke up.

How cool is that?!