Tarte Tareist Lip Paint (TBT) Review

Tarte Tareist Lip Paint (TBT) Review

    I know I'm kinda late on the bandwagon. I've been hesitant to get this product because I read or watched somewhere that it was very drying. But I went ahead and bought the shade TBT because mauve lips are very in, especially as a fall color, and I never owned anything from Tarte.

   I am very surprised since I had a very bad experience with the very first liquid lipstick I bought, which is the Kat Von D Everlasting Liquid Lipstick in Vampira. I was so in love with that color but unfortunately, it became a dry patchy flaky mess, so I had to return it :( I wished I took pictures of it and wrote a review on it. Tarteist however is creamy and moisturizing. It has a very similar consistency as the NYX Soft Matte Lip Creams, but this applied very evenly. You can read my review on the NYX SMLC here!

Comparison of the shade from the bottle

Right after application.

After drying. You can see I have dry spots on my lips but it wasn't emphasized.

Window light and still wet

Outside with indirect sunlight and dried

After 4 hours, before eating

After eating (I ate a chili dog. It was quite messy)

   What I forgot to do is provide a kiss test. But I'm glad to say that after it has completely dried, it doesn't transfer at all! Also, if you don't close the bottle tight enough, oil will leak and will cover the entire bottle. But needless to say, this really has been my go to lipstick color!

Beef Curry Udon Recipe

 

    It's been raining here in Calgary and my boyfriend was craving for something with curry. I usually put coconut milk and chicken whenever I make curry. But this time, it's different! I'm using dashi stock to be consistent with the udon soup, and cubed chuck beef. You can put whatever meat you like. Compared to other traditional noodle soup stocks, this will have a slightly thick consistency.

Serves 4

Ingredients

4 packs udon
3/4 cup butter
1 lb chuck/stew beef
2 large onions, diced
2 cups water
salt and pepper to taste

Curry base:
2 tbsp curry powder
2 tbsp garam masala
1 tbsp turmeric
1/4 cup flour
2 tbsp Worsterchire sauce
1 tbsp ketchup
(you can also use 4 cubes of curry roux instead)

Mentsuyu (Noodle soup stock):
8 cups water
1/2 sheet kombu/dried kelp
15g (a large handful or half a pack) katsuobushi/dried bonito flakes (more if you like a more fishy taste)
2 tbsp mirin
2 tbsp soy sauce

Toppings (optional):
egg
green onions
carrots
bean sprouts
enoki mushrooms
bamboo shoots
corn
cheese
naruto/fish cakes
nori seaweed

Procedure

1. We need to prepare the kombu for the dashi first. Add 8 cups of cold water and 1/2 sheet of kombu in a pot. Leave it to soak for at least 1 hour, up to 8 hours.

I have a whole sheet of kombu here divided into halves to fit into a 16 cup pot because I'm serving for 8.

2. In another pot, melt 3/4 cup butter and sautee the beef in medium-high heat.

3. Once the beef browns, add the onions and continue sauteeing until the onion becomes translucent.

4. Lower the heat and mix all the powder ingredients, Worsterchire sauce and ketchup.

5. Add about 2 cups of water enough to cover the beef and bring to a boil.

6. Turn the heat on the lowest setting and slow cook the beef for 2 to 3 hours until tender.

7. Back again to the dashi, bring the kombu water to a boil. Once there are tiny bubbles forming at the bottom of the pot, add the katsuobushi.

8. When the water starts boiling, turn off the heat and immediately remove the kombu. (Leaving the kombu for too long will result to a bitter taste.)

9. Run the dashi stock through a very fine sieve to get a clear broth.

10. Add the soy sauce and mirin to make the mentsuyu.

11. When the beef has cooked, add the menstuyu to the curry beef.

12. Boil the udon until it's cooked.

13. Assemble the udon! Add the udon and soup to a bowl and add whatever toppings you like, and enjoy!

You can also use the curry base and mentsuyu to make curry ramen, but with less flour to lessen the thickness of the broth.

Kailijumei Lipstick (Flower Jelly) Review

Kailijumei (Flower Jelly) Lipstick Review

My boyfriend got me this as a random gift so I can write about it here. Isn't he so sweet?

           I've been seeing reviews about this product, and this brand in particular. I thought the idea was tacky and was only for the aesthetics so I wasn't really sold on it, butpeople have been saying good things about it so I was quite curious, too. My boyfriend saw it from my "Watch Again" section on YouTube and that's where he got the idea to get it for me!

            It retails for $30 USD on their website(they currently have it on sale for $25, I don't know until when),  and $21.98 on Amazon.

 The packaging looks and feels really premium. It is made from Germany after all!

          

There is a button at the top that releases the lipstick at the bottom. I think this makes the lipstick secured in the casing so it doesn't open by itself in your bag, create a mess and destroy your lipstick!

 He got me the colour"Dream Purple"!

The inside case has a nice gold finish and doesn't feel plasticky.

 The purple flower and the gold flakes make it look very magical!

Now for the actual wear of the product.

 My bare lips. Nothing on it.

 One swipe. It definitely added a nice tint that stops me from looking dead.

 Three swipes.

 Several swipes as you would with any lipstick.

Here is how it looked like in about an hour. There is more colour to the lips!

          The product has a nice feel to the lips, as well. It adds hydration to the lips but doesn't leave a sticky residue. Kailijumei, not only because it's aesthetically pleasing to look at, is actually a great product! If you like liptints, this is definitely nice to have, and the novelty of it is a great bonus!

Lechon Kawali Recipe

    I've been craving this for a week now so I dragged my mom to go to T & T to get some pork belly. We usually get this at a Filipino restaurant which is about a 30 minute drive from us, but this time my mom and I decided to try our hands on cooking it ourselves!

Lechon kawali is a crispy pork belly deep-fried in a pan or wok (kawali). It is seasoned beforehand, cooked then served chopped into pieces. It is usually accompanied with a lechon sauce such as Mang Tomas or toyomansi (soy sauce with calamansi). - Wikipedia

Recipe:

Ingredients:

• 1-1.5 kg/2-3 lb pork belly
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 4-6 dried bay/laurel leaves
• 1 tablespoon peppercorn
• 1 small head of garlic/1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 small onion/1 teaspoon onion powder

Procedure:

1. Boil water enough to cover the pork belly.
2. Add all the ingredients in the boiling water and leave for 30 minutes.
3. Simmer for 30 minutes while skimming the floating scum.
4. Remove from water and let it cool.
5. Rub baking powder all over.
6. Let rest for at least an hour (best overnight).
7. Deep fry in high (but not smoking) heat until golden brown and fat is crispy.
8. Cool down before you start eating because you might burn yourself (I totally didn't get too excited and did that *looks away*)

Goodbye diet!

Peanut Butter & Jelly Makeup Look

Peanut Butter & Jelly Makeup Look

       Even though I do not own the Peanut Butter & Jelly Palette by Too Faced, I'm still inspired to create a similar look using the Chocolate Bar Palette which I already have. For this look, I'll only be using three colours in the palette: Salted Caramel, Candied Violet and Marzipan.

I've already done my eyebrows and primed my eyelids.

Then, with a fluffy blending brush, I took Salted Caramel in the crease and inner corner. 

With a smaller blending brush, I took Candied Violet in the outer corner and slightly below the crease. 

I then took Candied Violet again along the upper and 2/3 of lower lash lines with a liner brush.

Lastly for the eyes, I put Marzipan in the center and inner corner of my eyes, as well as the inner third of the lower lash line. 

 Then take your favorite eye liner, mascara, and/or falsies.

Finally, I'm using Urban Decay Matte Revolution Lipstick in Bittersweet.

This colour is still available in their Vice Lipsticks collection.

The purpleness of Candied Violet is more apparent from a distance because of the pink micro shimmer in it.