Imomoko+Sephora Haul~

Hello everyone! I have a collective haul today!Don't you love hauls^0^~(I do!!)Just a few things from imomoko, and some goodies from the sephora f&f sale. Hope you enjoy!
From imomoko~:

First, I got the very exciting shu uemura face architech powder foudation! (I told you all I am really into shu uemura recently, haha^0^~)

Of course, the LE palette is what really draws my attention.^_^

Beautiful design, and the foundation itself is very nice too~~^0^

Next I also got some new masks from the new Face Q line, super cute packaging!I got the whitening kind.

ok, moving on to sephora.

First, I got the juice beauty acne serum. I have been breaking out quite a bit recently, so I just want to get something that can help control acne.
This serum is very light~

Then I got the ole henriksen age defining duo. This set was a pretty good deal, so I just got it for travel.

The last skincare item I got was the Josie Maran argan oil. I really want to compare this with the kiehls midnight recovery concentrate. So I will report back on that.

I forgot to show these in my video but I got a pack of the tokidoki blotting paper(the packaging is sooo cute^0^) and a jack black lip balm in the original flavor.

This lip balm has spf25 and is not drying at all, which is amazing. It smells and tastes minty, and is kind of cooling on the lips.

Finally I got a new dior addict lipstick. These were really expensive (I know), but i just really couldn't resist because they look so pretty.
The color I got was 465 singuliere

I also filmed a video on this haul, so feel free to watch that^0^~ You can also subscribe to my youtube channel for more updates.

Thank you for reading and watching, and have a wonderful weekend^0^~
Stay pretty and stay tuned!
LOVE^0^~

Fresh & Glowy Spring Look~清新明亮春妆教学～

Hello everyone! This is my first video tutorial ever, I finally filmed this successfully. Haha, truth to say, i still like doing my tutorials on my blog better, because it's just a lot easier, doing makeup on camera is not very fun^0^~ Anyway, I hope you still enjoy this one, I really like this look, and I love the eye palette I was using in this tutorial.
Let me know what you think^0^~

I have my first final exam tomorrow, so wish me luck. I will talk to you all later^0^~
Stay pretty and stay tuned!
LOVE^0^~

Health and Diet: How to healthily loose weight

Hello everyone! Today I want to talk a little bit about this very requested topic---health and diet.
Yes, I have been on a strict diet before; no, I don't think everyone needs a diet. God made us differently, that is why we look different, and no matter how we look, we are beautiful the way we are. I truely believe that, and the reason for me to go on diet was not because I think I look awful, but just because I want to be a little more healthy. So please don't think that I am telling everyone to go on diet, you don't need to as long as you think you are living a healthy life.
First I want to clarify that diet plans do vary from person to person according to body type, blood type and so on. So what worked for me might not work for you.

ok, onto the real topic. I talked about this in a little more detail in my video, so feel free to go over and watch that, subscribe if you haven't already. But here i am just going to list my general ristrictions and my meal plans.

General ristrictions(a life long habit):
-no sweets, desserts, or fruit with high sugar content after 3:00p.m.
-no fried stuff for the first 90 days of the diet (after that, I am only eat fried stuff about 1-2 times a month)
-no soda (EVER!!)
-sleep from 11:00p.m. to 7:00 a.m. everyday for the first 90 days of the diet

Meal plans/l
1st 4 weeks:
BREAKFAST:anything I want, eat until full, but before 8:00 a.m. ONLY!
LUNCH: half a bowl of rice, lots of vegatables and some meat (which meat preferably)
DINNER (after 3:00 p.m.)：1 cup of low fast yogert and 1 cucumber ONLY!
+
exercise at least 2-3 hrs a day: you can choose to dance, swim, jog or do any sport you like

4th-6th week:
Everything remains the same excep adding some vegie to your dinner
*have to still eat yogert and cucumber during dinner

6th-12th week:
everything remains the same, besides adding a little bit if meat to your dinner, such as half a pieve of chick breast or the equivalent
*have to still eat yogert and cucumber during dinner
you may need to add on a little more exercise in order to keep loosing weight, because by this time your body has already adjust to your new eating habbit, so you may not see as obvious of a weight loosing trend as before.

Note:
1) A good way to keep yourself motivated is to weigh yourself first thing in the morning everyday. When you see yourself getting more healthy, you will be motivated to remain the plan.
2) You have to be very CONSISTENT with your plan, you can't even break your plan one day, because once you break it once, it is too easy to break it again
3) You cannot just start eating whatever after the three month, you need to VERY VERY VERY slowly add things to your diet. I kept eating cucumber and yogert to another 3 weeks after the 3 months diet, and it took me 1 yr to slowly come back to a normal diet

Hope this is helpful for you all, and I hope all of you can live happily and healthily!

Thanks for reading and watching!
Stay pretty and stay tuned!
LOVE^0^~

CherryCulture Haul~ NYX, Milani

Hello everyone! I have a quick haul for you today from cherry culture. I really love shopping there, not only because I love NYX products, but also because the website is "cherry"culture, haha^0^. Hope you enjoy!

Family picture of all the goodies:

I really want to try the Milani 3D glizy glamour gloss, because I have seen so many bloggers rave about it. So I finally got one in Designer lable, so far I am LOVING it! I love how it comes with a brush applicator and how it is not sticky at all. The sparkles in this gloss is so gorgeous!
I also got another NYX mega shine gloss in crystal soda. This is a more subtle version of designer lable, more wearable for school or work. It is not as dazzling, but still very shiney and pretty.

Swatches~

Continue with lip products, I got 2 NYX lipsticks. One is the round lipstick in circe. This is a absolute nude color. I use this when I want to completely cover up my lip color.
Another one is the NYX black lable lipstick in India. I love this one a LOT, because it is a very pretty bright pale peach color, which is something I don't have in my collection yet. I also really love the texture of the NYX black lable lipsticks. They are my absolute favourite drugstore lipsticks.

Next, I got a NYX mosaic powder in rosy. I think the pick coloe combo is so cute. However, I have tried it in the past few days, and I think this one is a little powdery, especially when you use a brush with it. But I will give it some more tries, and maybe I will do a reivew on it later.

Finally I got 2 NYX eye palettes. The quality of NYX eyeshadows are amazing, and I really am impress with the pigmentation of these 5 color eyeshadow palettes. I got one in "I dream of Barbados" and one in "I dream of St. Marteen"

I dream of Barbados：

I dream of St. Marteen：

I also did a video on this haul, you can watch it here:

If you have read my blog for a while, you will know that i like to occasionally surprise you all with a random favourites, so here it is! I am really loving the Meiji Gummy Choco candies, (yummm) they are soooo good!

OK, on that sweet note, that is all for today. Hope you all have a wonderful weekend. Thank you for reading and watching.
Stay pretty and stay tuned!
LOVE^0^~~

My HG skincare products~

Hello everyone! This is the final chapter of healthy and glowy skin. A lot of you requested me to do a recommended products video, so here it is. Hope you enjoy! If you enjoy it, please “like” the video for me, thank you^0^~

Thank you for watching^0^~
Stay pretty and stay tuned!
LOVE^0^~

YesStyle Asian Fashion haul~

Hello everyone! Sorry for the lack of uploads recently. I have been quite busy. But anyway, I uploaded my recent clothing haul from yesstyle on my youtube channel. Hope you enjoy it^0^～

Thank you for watching, stay pretty and stay tuned!
LOVE~^0^

Healthy & Glowy Skin Cha 6: Lipcare+ Girl meets pearl swatch~

Hello everyone. I have a new video on lip care today. Hope you enjoy it! Also if you have any suggestions topics you want to see during this serie, please let me know by commenting below this post or on youtube below this video.

Also, a quick swatch of Benefit's girl meets pearl requested by popblush and jennifer. Both of them are wonderful bloggers are well, so make sure you check out their blogs too ^0^~

Thank you for reading and watching.
Stay pretty and stay tuned!
LOVE^0^~

Favourite US/Eupeans brands beauty products 欧美系美妆品大推荐~

Hello everyone! I just uploaded a video in chinese about my favourite european brands makeup and skincare products. I am going to write this post in english so you can read about it if you don't understand chinese.
大家好，今天我要为大家介绍一下我自己很喜爱的欧美系美妆品，我有做一个中文的视频，欢迎大家去我的youtube频道观看～^0^

ok, let's get started! Here are all the products I talked about in the video:

First, for skincare, I really like the kiehls midnight recovery concentrate. Which i did a FULL review on, you can read the review HERE~

Next product is the Josie Maran argan lip treatment, obviously I heard about this from fuzkittie (<3 her, haha^0^). This product is so nice, very hydrating, plumps your lips a little bit and makes your lip lines look invisible. Totally worth the investment, not to mention that the packaging is super cute and the scent is amazing, it smells like green apple~

Next I have a really cheap but really nice product, which is the Queen Helene mint julep masque. This is a clay mask that can help deep cleanse your pores and dry up acne. I feel like it does a pretty decent job cleansing the pores and help getting rid of the redness around acnes. It is not extremely drying like a lot of other clay masks I have tried, so I think it's great for people with dry skin like mine.

Now onto some makeup stuff. I haven't talked about this a lot, but I really like the Hourglass Illusion tinted moisturizer. The texture is a light cream, not oily but gives you a beautiful glow. Because it does have a pearl glow to it, I think it's more suitable for people who likes glowy base makeup.

Next product is also a glowy product, but it is a liquid highlight from benafit. It's called "girl meets pear". The packaging is very cute, it's a pink tube, and when you twist the bottle, the product comes out from the top. This highlight is a pinky gold color, very flattering for just about any skin tone.

Next I am going to talk about a really cheap gel liner. If you know me, I don't really like gel liners, because I am too lazy to wash the brush, haha^0^. But I do really like this wet and wild gel liner. It is super cheap, very smooth, not too dry, and very dark. I think this liner is great for beginners are people who are not really good at gel liner (i.e. ME!!^0^)

Next I am going to introduce some lip products (my fav!!) First is a new discovery. This is NYX black lable lipstick in 115 Heiress. It's a super natural rose color. The texture of these lipsticks are AWESOME!! They are super creamy, super smooth, very moisturizing while still being very longlasting, definitely my favourite drugstore lipsticks till date!

I also really like the nyx mega shine lipglosses. I have 4 colors right now, they are (in order of the picture): 112 frosted beige, 111 lollipop, 149 juicy red and 113 french kiss.
The packaging is quite cute for the price, very good value. The glosses are non-sticky, most of them are pretty pigmented and faily longlasting.

Another lipstick I really like is from rimmel. It's the moisture renew lipstick in 140 dreamy. This is a shimmery beige rose color, extremely flattering for asian skin tones, and perfect for the summer time^0^~

Finally I am going to talk about the VS beauty rush eyeshadows. I don't talk about this much because I am not really a fan of single shadows, but this shadows are truely high quality. They are super pigmented, very smooth and not chalky at all. There is no flyout or mess when using these shadows. I think they definitely worth the price if not more.
If you don't really mind single shadows, these are awesome choices.

OK, that's all for today. Hope you enjoyed this post and the video. Thank you for your support, please follow this blog and subscribe to my channel if you like my sharings^0^~
Stay pretty and stay tuned!
LOVE~^0^

Review and giveaway: Skin MD Natural Shielding Lotion~

Hello everyone! Today I am doing a review on the skin MD natural shielding lotion. This lotion was sent to me by skin MD natural, but all opinions are 100% honest.

The Skin MD natural shielding is a natural hydrating lotion that can help increase the moisture level of your skin while shielding your skin from environmental damage. It can also help with your skin's self-recovery system.
This lotion has really light and fast absorbing testure, while being non-greasy, not sticky and very effective. It is definitely my favourite summer lotion, and because of the light texture, I think this lotion can be used on all skin types.

Texture: gel milk, fash absorbing
Scent: fragrance free
Color: mily white
Function: very hydrating, non-greasy, good for sensitive skin, soothing and plumping
Price: $18/4oz.
Overall: 5/5

Now onto the giveaway, please make sure you follow All the following rules:

Notes:
1. This giveaway is open to U.S. and Canada residences ONLY.
2. Skin MD natural will directly send the prize to you.
3. Make sure to get parent's permission if you are under 18.

Rules (required):
1. You have to be a public follower of this blog AND my youtube channel (http://www.youtube.com/user/lovesweetcrystal?feature=mhum)
2. There are two ways you can enter this giveaway (maximum of 2 entries per person)
a) you can comment on this post and let me know why you want to try skin MD natural shielding lotion
b) you can comment on my youtube video (on the giveaway video only, not on the channel page) and let me know what you would like to see more on my channel.
3. Make sure you leave me with you GFC name and youtube screen name, if they are different, them leave both with your comment
4. The giveaway will end on April 13th, 2011 at midnight. All entried after the deadline will be disqualified.
5. Enjoy and good luck^0^~

Thank you very much for reading and watching.
Stay pretty and stay tuned~
LOVE~^0^

Anti-aging Facial Massage

Hello everyone! My newest chapter of healthy and glowy skin is up. Today I talked a little bit about anti-aging facial massage.
These techniques really helped me kept my face firm and nice, so hope you enjoy it^0^~

Thank you for watching, let me know if it works for you^0^~
Stay pretty and stay tuned!
LOVE~^0^

MAC Natural Eye Tutorial~

Hello everyone! I finally have a tutorial for you all. As you all know, I used to be a "no-MAC" person, but I recently tried out a lot of mac products, and I have been really loving them. I made a mac shadow quad myself and today I am going to show you a natural look using this quad.
Obviously you don't have to go get the same colors, similar colors will do the same job.
Here is the finished look~

Well, let's get started^0^~
First I primed my eyes with MAC bare study paint pot, you can use any base you like.

Then I took the peachy color called "arena" and apply it over the base to and a little bit of peacy warm-toned sheen to the lids.

Now, curl your lashes and apply a tine line on your upper lash line.

Then take "sable" eyeshadow with a crease brush and apply that to the outer half of the upper lid;
then take "tempting" e/s and apply that to the inner half of the lid, try to focus the color along the lash line so it's more natural.

Then, bring the color "tempting" to the outer 1/3 of the lower lash line, and apply "expensive pink" eyeshadow to the inner 2/3 of the lower lash line for a subtle pop of color.

Finish off with applying several coats of defining mascara, I am using maybelline lash discovery. Feel free to add falses if you like.

And that's the final look^0^～

Eye products used:

Face products:

Cheek products:
-MAC mineral blush (rhapsody in two)-LE
-MAC blush (my highland honey)-also LE (sorry)

Lip product:
-MAC lipstick in Neon Orange (this is permanent, I used it with a concealer using the technique I talked about in my "how to wear bold lipcolor post)

A failed innocent face, haha^0^~

Hope you enjoyed the look. I am still looking to try more MAC eyeshadows.Please comment below and let me know if you have any suggestions. Thank you for reading^0^~

Don't forget to check out my new video!

Have a great weekend!
Stay pretty and stay tuned!
LOVE^0^~~