tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41093175244979795502024-03-14T14:11:17.076-04:00Chronicles of a MisnomerAnother pop culture/lifestyle enthusiast and chroniclerMisnomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359940275078895124noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109317524497979550.post-88700832137818147492015-02-12T18:33:00.001-04:002015-02-12T18:34:40.716-04:00La Vie Est Belle by Lancome
Perfume: La Vie est Belle by Lancome; Nail Polish: Coca-Cola Red by O.P.I
Oscar de la Renta wouldn't have recognized me a few days ago! I tried out La Vie Est Belle by Lancome a few days ago instead of my usual Miss Dior and I must say, I quite liked how different I smelled! Variety is the spice of life after all!
If I had to describe this scent in the word I'd use: luxury. You Misnomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359940275078895124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109317524497979550.post-9345320418109883722015-01-30T00:15:00.001-04:002015-01-30T00:15:58.637-04:00Omnia Coral by BVLGARI
My small perfume collection is tiny but growing. Now I have my eye on another product (been eyeing it since Christmas actually). Check out this bad boy!
My method of testing whether a perfume should be bought or not is if someone who greets me comments on it. I wore a sample yesterday and an old family friend I ran into liked it so much she said she'd sample it when she passes that Misnomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359940275078895124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109317524497979550.post-73151839992808770502014-12-26T00:03:00.003-04:002014-12-26T00:12:04.105-04:00Review: Miss Dior eau de parfum and Starting a Perfume Collection
For Christmas I've started collecting perfumes. I've pretty much tested all the great ones available on my island. The first one I got is this little lady.
Isn't she beautiful? Her name is Miss Dior by Christian Dior and you'll understand why I call this 'her' instead of it once you get a whiff of it. If she were a woman, Miss Dior would be a modern 21st century chic woman. A millennial in Misnomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359940275078895124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109317524497979550.post-17309465231391174662014-12-15T13:32:00.000-04:002014-12-26T00:07:46.550-04:00The Importance of Perfume
Perfume is important. I've only recently learnt this fact as for the majority of my life I've been extremely allergic to perfumes. People would buy me perfume for Christmas and I'd smile, say thanks then never wear it. I later threw them in the trash because I knew I'd never be able to wear them (sorry Flower by Kenzo and Ralph by Ralph Lauren).
But lately, for whatever reason, my allergiesMisnomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359940275078895124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109317524497979550.post-79768364601110949682014-12-07T16:11:00.000-04:002014-12-07T23:58:11.059-04:00Review: Tropical Paradise by Free Spirits Cosmetics
Tropical Sunrise by Free Spirits
I promised I'd do a review once I found the perfect orange lipstick and now that I have, here it is!
Some background: Free Spirits Cosmetics is a new but expanding make up line created by Leandra Goodridge, a Barbadian entrepreneur who is also a make up artist.
Now to the review!
I've been trying to get my grubby hands on one of these products for the Misnomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359940275078895124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109317524497979550.post-70885519941493366592014-11-22T14:28:00.001-04:002014-11-22T14:31:34.245-04:00Orange Lipstick Lessons
Recently I've been very interested in orange lipstick. But I worried about how I could pull it off because I know it can be a tough colour for dark skin tones to pull off. However, I believed there must be a way. So I went hunting for tutorials on orange lipstick for dark skin tones and I found this gem by Emmy Vargas!
I just wanted to share it because it was a great help to me. I Misnomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359940275078895124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109317524497979550.post-83638350472487306632014-09-29T01:13:00.001-04:002015-02-12T18:35:16.044-04:00A Few of My Favourite Rihanna Looks
If you've been following this blog for awhile you know I'm a huge Rihanna fan. I don't just love her music, I love her fashion sense and overall representation and branding too. And its because you can never anticipate what Rihanna will do next. Just like you can't predict her tweets, or when her next album is going to drop, you also have no idea what look she's going to try next because she Misnomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359940275078895124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109317524497979550.post-32309797457775103712014-09-26T23:02:00.000-04:002015-02-12T18:36:19.375-04:00Fashion and Makeup Moodboard: September edition
Lately I've been thinking about see-through stretchy tops, high waist pencil skirts, too much gold jewellery, and late 80's/early 90's hairstyles.
Makeup-wise I've been thinking a lot about pasting on thick eyeliner in crazy colours-but only on the top lid!-,wearing fuchsia lipstick, and piling on excess blush.
Misnomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359940275078895124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109317524497979550.post-46198234324418631672014-09-05T15:35:00.002-04:002014-09-29T00:29:21.989-04:00Fashion: Top 3 Best Revenge Outfits of All Time
1. Princess Diana's sexy LBD
Source: Real Simple
The year was 1994 and Princess Diana was already bethrothed to an unfaithful man. Even worse, this unfaithful husband-to-be was also the Prince of Wales so the humiliation must have been great on her part. In her first official appearance after Prince Charles publicly admitted to infidelity Princess Diana seemed determined to make the Misnomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359940275078895124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109317524497979550.post-49775759807820606902014-06-28T20:07:00.001-04:002014-06-28T20:07:49.961-04:00Deciphering MUA Speak at the Make Up Counter
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"It's buildable"
What it means:
It's not very rich or pigmented and you need a lot of it to actually cover imperfections.
"After the demonstration, you can purchase a product"
What it means:
You are not getting any products free after your makeover. We are not the MAC counter.
"Just... keep blending tillMisnomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359940275078895124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109317524497979550.post-42405179604136998802014-06-03T18:26:00.000-04:002014-09-05T12:13:12.291-04:00Top 5 Make up Mistakes to Avoid
photo credit: nikisgroove
5. Not understanding what eyebrow shape best suits your face.
I'll confess that I'm still figuring out how to shape my eyebrows to compliment my face best. But I've found that it's foolproof to follow your eyebrows' natural shape and just keep the area around it clean and well-tweezed. Pro-tip: use concealer around your brows in order to hide any stray hairs that Misnomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359940275078895124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109317524497979550.post-32420906900418735622014-05-31T10:52:00.001-04:002014-05-31T10:54:53.356-04:00Make up Tip for Cakey Foundation
Finally, a solution to cakey make-up! Previously I had complained that one of my biggest issues with foundation is that it is too heavy for our climate, and that it also gives the face an undesirable cake effect. Well now, I've found the answer to this problem in a video by one of my favourite youtubers, Wayne Goss!
To summarise the video below, Wayne Goss basically advises us that after Misnomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359940275078895124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109317524497979550.post-25573891835220423802014-05-07T21:05:00.003-04:002014-09-29T02:09:03.123-04:00Make Up Confessions
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1. I can't pull off black lipstick but I'm forever liking pics of girls who can.
2. I dislike concealer so I usually just use more foundation on my problem areas and blend, blend, blend!
3. I'm so over matte red lipstick. I'm all about shiny fuchsia in 2014.
4. I always put on too much powder but I can't Misnomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359940275078895124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109317524497979550.post-21805398938354357592014-05-03T18:45:00.004-04:002014-09-29T02:08:11.221-04:00New Products
Hi! I'm back with a new post of some make-up products I've tried recently.
Over the first quarter of the year I purchased some new make-up products. The following is divided into the products I recommend and products that were horrid.
Favourable Products
MAC Kohl Eyeliner in Teddy
This is a gold-brown that will look either gold or brown depending on your complexion. If you are Misnomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359940275078895124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109317524497979550.post-79850548360106311212013-09-19T13:41:00.003-04:002014-09-29T02:15:30.837-04:00BB Cream and the Problem of Foundation in the Caribbean
Foundation was not created with tropical climates in mind. I have Black Opal's Foundation stick and let me tell you, it all starts out just peachy in the morning when it is not so hot yet. Plus I usually wake and get ready super early, so by 7:30 I'm finished my make-up and my face looks so polished, settled and happy. By nine o'clock you start sweating because of the heat but at first it looksMisnomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359940275078895124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109317524497979550.post-4915375219833378702013-08-14T15:39:00.001-04:002014-05-31T11:30:12.020-04:00The Necessity of Reinvention of the Popstar
The Necessary Reinvention of the Popstar in a Postmodern World
Reinvention is the only way for a popstar to stay relevant because we live in a postmodern world where everyone has ADHD (according to a friend on twitter). We don't have the attention span required to put up with a person remaining the same ol' person all their lives. You need to continually come up with new concepts to keep Misnomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359940275078895124noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109317524497979550.post-67685505298369928852013-08-10T18:29:00.001-04:002014-09-29T02:21:51.343-04:00Early Thoughts on K-pop
I've recently gotten into a band named EXO. I still do not consider myself a K-pop fan as I am not into any other K-pop groups/artists. I am not a fan of the genre, just a fan of this latest boyband under SM Entertainment (SME). That said, by way of EXO, I have been learning much about the genre in the past month. I think its important for me as a non-Western Westerner* to jot my impressionsMisnomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359940275078895124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109317524497979550.post-2120119465411473772013-07-31T18:05:00.001-04:002014-05-31T11:23:36.474-04:00Chronicles: Last Day of July
I haven't done a Chronicles: A Day in the Life of the Misnomer for some time (read: in two years.) so I've decided to do one now. I want to do one today because I had a flawless day, for the most part, and I just want to tell all my followers (read: Isabel) all about it.
3:30 a.m. - Wake up not feeling tired at all because I went to bed at 10 pm like a good girl should, eschewing my usual 1 amMisnomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359940275078895124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109317524497979550.post-67119627819667529802013-07-16T13:10:00.000-04:002013-07-16T13:44:03.577-04:00A Very True Quote From a Writer I Loathe
Like anybody can tell you, I am not a very
nice man. I don’t know the word. I have always admired the villain, the
outlaw, the son of a bitch. I don’t like the clean-shaven boy with the
necktie and the good job. I like desperate men, men with broken teeth
and broken minds and broken ways. They interest me. They are full of
surprises and explosions. I also like vile women, drunk cursing Misnomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359940275078895124noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109317524497979550.post-92139323072331771012013-07-16T13:03:00.001-04:002013-07-16T14:45:47.354-04:00My Top Five Favourite Fashion Blogs
Wow! It's been awhile since I posted about fashion! Lately I've been into skin care and make up quite heavily and my blog has reflected that. However, I wanted to make a really quick post on my favourite fashion bloggers and say why I like them so much.
5. Walk of Fashion - My blogger friend Isabel had to make the list, even though she doesn't blog strictly about fashion. She's also really Misnomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359940275078895124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109317524497979550.post-77315806385571564532013-07-15T08:05:00.000-04:002015-02-12T18:37:33.434-04:00My Make-Up Routine
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So my make-up routine has changed significantly for two very
particular reasons:
1) I am no longer employed (haven’t been for awhile
actually), and 2) I’m way more into the natural look now than I have been into
for a long time.
The former means Misnomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359940275078895124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109317524497979550.post-45581687946040215242013-07-12T16:11:00.003-04:002013-07-16T13:38:43.423-04:00I Want! I Want! I Want! (But that's Crazy)
So, I am not rich. And now I'm trying to finish up my education, I haven't been working for most of this year, in order to finish my studies as quickly and cleanly as humanly possible. So actually, I am not just not-rich, I'm pretty close to poverty as I haven't been working since March. Anyway, the problem with this is that I have very expensive taste, especially when it comes to skin productsMisnomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359940275078895124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109317524497979550.post-43889539570343048032013-07-01T11:35:00.003-04:002013-07-16T13:38:01.649-04:00Sensitive Skin: Morning/Night Skin Care Regime
I have the most sensitive skin in life.
Everything reacts with it. And I do mean everything. It scars extremely easily. A pair of sunglasses I wore several years ago still has its dark scars where it rested on my nose. I have long since misplaced those shades but thanks to my nose, I will never quite forget them. I have also been wearing standard spectacles since I was eight and every Misnomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359940275078895124noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109317524497979550.post-76042199401333204312013-06-28T12:15:00.000-04:002013-07-01T12:00:45.374-04:00Ebony and Ivory
There is so much bad make up advice out there, floating around in the world. Sometimes I think about all of the bad advice that I've heard novices and professionals alike give (no offense, but I sometimes wonder what the requirements to work at these make-up counters are). And the make up advice tends to get especially sketchy when dealing with people of dark skin tones. I have some sympathy Misnomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00359940275078895124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109317524497979550.post-67290402331914349662013-06-23T15:41:00.001-04:002014-12-09T00:45:59.842-04:00Ka'Oir Lipstick Review: Sex
It's been a very long time since I did a lipstick review - I believe Mac's Ruby Woo was the last one I did back in 2010. This blog has gone through a variety of changes since then as well. Recently I've been looking at pop culture and lifestyle more so than make-up products. This blog is kind of like a revolving door to be honest. You never know who or what's going to come through.
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