[Make Up Review] Make Over Ultra Hi-Matte Lipsticks

To begin with, I never meant this blog to be such beauty blog, nor I’m a beauty junkie. But I can’t resist to not write this review and spread this good news worldwide LOL. So pardon me if this review looks amateur, because........................ it does.

My Journey with Lippies

I do a really basic make up, and lipstick is one of them. For around one and half years I stucked with only Wet n Wild Megalast Lip Color (in Cinnamon Spice) which I don’t really satisfied cause it doesn’t do the “Megalast” claim. I didn’t look for other ones cause I just didn’t care much about lips make up. Then I used Etude Soft Touch Auto Lip Liner (in Natural Berry or No.5) as my daily lipstick. I love it’s soft pink color. The color is just right, not too nude and not too intense. Oh, I love it! The texture is super light which is no wonder cause it’s a lip liner after all. But then again, it doesn’t last long.

Lately, I start to concern more about lips make up. I looked up for Indonesian local lipstick since it’s way far cheaper. I tried Purbasari Matte Lipstick (in Diamond or No.81). After all this long-time hype, I just have intention to buy.  It does last long and has good performance against oily food. The color is intense. But the texture is thick and drying. I have to put my lipbalm on before applying it, or I’ll get flaky lips.

How I found MO Ultra Hi-Matte

Actually I found it on a whimp when I went to one of department store. I was looking for MO Intense Matte Lip Cream but it was still not available in the town I live (it sucks, right?). Then I was tempted to try MO Ultra Hi-Matte testers. I fell in love with the texture right away. It claims as ultra hi-matte but doesn’t feel drying at all. But I began to underestimate it’s lasting power. At the time I reached home, I had dinner. After that, I looked at the mirror and I still can see the lipstick! I was surprised.

Despite it’s non-drying texture, it can last quite long. It still holds well when I drink and eat. Even when I ate snack that I squeeze fingers to left no remain of the flavors, the lipstick were still there! When I ate oily foods (i.e gorengan), it did fade, but not completely fade. You still can see your lips colored, but not as intense as you first applied. Still, I find it very amazing for such cheap lipstick to beat that oily foods.

I finally bought it in shade number 004 (Red Heatwave) simply because this color is the only one that is not too pale nor too strong and suits my medium skin tone. I do still feel the color is a bit intense for me, while I’m looking for nude one for daily use. So, I use lip brush in applying to get very soft layer and soft color. And the lasting formula doesn't even reduce a bit!

MO Ultra Hi-Matte in Red Heatwave (credit: as tagged)

Conclusion

Pros:

(+) Not drying. Even when I don’t use lipbalm. It claims as ultra hi-matte, it does have matte finish with amazingly non-drying formula.

(+) Longlast. Holy grail!

(+) Light weight

(+) Intense color

(+) Cheap. It costs IDR 89,000 (around USD $6.7) in retail price. But you still can get cheaper price if buy online. I got it at IDR 75,000 (around USD $5.6) through Shopee app with free shipping. Such a beat at the price!

Cons:

(-) Fragile.

Where to buy:

Guardian, Watsons, and kinds (also tons of product sold online through instagram, shopee, etc.)

Blessing

A friend once asked me, "When was the last time you feel blessed in life?" He added, "For me, I think God's bless came to stop at the time I was graduating from high school. Since then, I barely achieved anything. Like literally, anything".

His saying drag me to think about blessings in my life.

The very first time I realized I was showered with blessing was after I graduated from elementary school (well, no doubt I feel blessed I was born healthy in such a loving family, but that’s not the context I’m about to bring up). I was accepted in the best middle school in town. Considering my primary school is an average one, I can say that was quite an achievement.

The blessings continued. I was accepted in the best high school in town also. I was choosen to join school organization (OSIS) which I had dreamt since I was in middle school.

I became the only student in my class to be accepted in state-owned university through national test of college entrance (it was called SNMPTN at that time). I joined Industrial Engineering Department, not an easy one but I made it. I actively paticipated in student’s organizations.

I didn’t graduated with cumlaude title. But I got a job just 2 days after my final project seminar. Yes, before I even officially graduated. It’s not a big company. It’s a newborn. But then again, this company flew me to South Korea when most of my friends still could only dreaming going there (the country was very famous because of Hallyu wave back then).

I got special grade promotion just 2 years after joining the company. I met the love of my life in the next year. Getting married at 25 has always been my dream ever since I was in college. And here we are counting the months to finally tying the knot :) (tho’ just a couple days away before I turn 26 Lol~)

For those who think I’m showing off, believe me, I’m not. Just because I don’t tell you any hardship in life, doesn’t mean I don’t go through one.

There are many people out there who are granted with much more blessing than I am. Those who can achieve PhD at such young age, those who can travel the world, those who have born-gifted amazing voice (I envy this one, seriously), those with many stalls open under their name, and the list goes on and on. But still, there’s no reason for me all of us to not being grateful despite any circumstances. Everybody has their own story to get through. Rather than crying over unachieved target, let’s us take some time to recall all the blessing God has given us.

Be positive. Be grateful :)

Unfair

Interviewer :  What thing do you hate the most?
Me              : Thing that I hate the most? Well, umm...............................mmm.................

(30 seconds past in silence)

Damn, why can’t I think of it?! For God’s sake, I ain’t an angel. There must be something I really really hate. But what?? Come on, think about it, Fildzah! My mind mumbled.

Interviewer : Just think of anything that you dislike

Me           : I don’t like people who can’t work in team”, I lied. “People who can’t trust teamwork, people who can’t understand their role in team.

It's true. But I lied.

In my opinion, the most hateful thing is an emergence. We have to be to at least in a sort of situation that torn us apart. If a person mentions one specific circumstance as the most hateful thing without ever being in there, that’s just a mere assumption. The feeling will be different, and the questioner will notice it. A person with reality can describe every specific detail of condition and emotion, while a person with assumption can just picture it. “If I’m in that situation. I’d be blahblahblah..........”

I’m a phlegamatic person, and we, the phlegmatic persons, avoid emotional arguing. I hate dramas. I tend to stay away and step aside from any upcoming conflict.

Until one day,

I had plan to take leaves from office. I had worked overtime to finish my job earlier, so I left no overload task for my co-workers. I prepared everything well before taking leaves. But then, my superior suddenly arranged a meeting during my leave day. I know he did unintentionally. When I told him I was going to take leaves on that day, he said “How can you take leaves for personal matter and put works behind?” His words hurted me. This condition hurted me.

On another day,

Me and the other team members had been worked overtime for two days consecutively. Then on the third day, I skipped lunch because my boss assigned me a task that need to be finished as soon as possible. After break time was over, we review the task. He found a mistake (not a big one, seriously) and he burst into anger. He yelled at us, belittled us, humiliated us. Do you know any kind of way a boss insult his subordinate? You name it, he did it. I was hungry, tired, and insulted. It hurted me. My face was getting red, I was about to tear up but I pushed all my strength to hold it. I know I made mistake and I feel sorry for that. But, I also didn’t feel appreciated at all. Like I did nothing, while the truth was I skipped my break time just to finish the task.

We don’t always get what we want or tretaed the way we want to be, I know. But that’s not the case. What I want to say is that’s my journey on finding what I hate the most.  I experienced it and I really really really hate being treated unfair. Period.

What about you? What thing do you hate most?

"Mexican Phenomenon"

One day, during free time at office, I argued with a friend.

Friend   : Mexico is in Europe, right?
Me        : You're kidding, right? For God's sake, who on earth doesn't know where Mexico is??
Friend   : That's not like something we all have to know
Me      : Yeah, but Mexico is a famous country (It's not like we were talking about Mauritania, or Republic of Sierra Leone, or Federated States of Micronesia. Can you even guess where these countries are?) Didn't you have Geography at school? I bet you're the only one who doesn't know it.

I confidently challenged him and ended up asking some people at our floor about whether they know in which continent Mexico is. And the result surprised me! Out of 8 people we were asking, only 4 people knew it. Yes, just half of it! The other people weren’t sure or even had no single idea about it. I baffled. I lost words.

Perhaps, we were all ever be in the same situation, when we thought a common thing for us is common thing for worldwide. The truth is, it is NOT. Ever since I realized that, I always call such circumstances when people judging others for not knowing something as “Mexican Phenomenon”.

At times, we unintentionally (or do we?) say thing like “oh come on you don’t know this kind of thing?” or in Indonesian “yaelah kayak gini aja nggak tau”. Where in fact, there is no standard for people to know certain things. There are too many variables; point of interest, sensibility, environment, etc.

Because if there are too many standards, then there is no standard.

I begin questioning, do “common knowledge” really exist? And what about "common sense"?

Writing

It's been more than 4 years and I decided to start blogging all over again. Saying start all over but not making a brand new page, why? The question popped up. When I had a look at my old writings, I realized I was real happy back then. Though people would say it "alay ", I would rather call it "gone mad". Yes, we were mad back then. And happy. Period. So I was left with no reason to delete it.

I stopped writing those "gone mad" things just after less than one month I made the blog. Oh, yes, I was so lack of consistency. I had no strong willpower. And it continuous, still.

I can't write. I barely make my mind up and speak my thoughts up. That was what I told myself and people a lot this whole time. The anomaly is, when I read a writing (friends' essay, body email, messages, etcetera), in english particularly, many times I thought that the writing should be this way, not that way, or the sentence is better like this, not like that. So, I was thinking, why don't  I make the writing myself?

The opportunity came on the day the company I work in was welcoming it’s 6th anniversary. Many competitions were held during the pre-event, one of them is essay writing competition. We had around 15 days to prepare and submit the essay. I searched for references right away after being informed the theme for essay. I was on fire. I searched for journals, papers, market researches, and so on. I read them, made a writing framework, and tried to develop it. At the time I reached about 200 words (it was supposed to be 1000-1500 words), I stucked. I lost words. I didn’t know what to write anymore. “It’s not working. This isn’t for me”, the whisper approached.

But I convinced myself that I was last-minute-person, so, yes, it would take a while for my brain to generate ideas. I shoud have taken it slow. I decided to give my brain a break for.................... almost two weeks! Yes, I ended up sleeping late to work my essay out on the very night before the submission day. I even still did it at office at working hours to finalize the essay and give a final touch of eye-catchy title. I Eventually submitted it exactly 2 hours before the due date. Hafyuuuh

I was quite satisfied with my writing. And frankly speaking, I put a big hope in there. On the day the judge called me to inform that I was the 1st winner, I yelled at heart “I know it!”. Don’t take me wrong, I didn’t mean I’d say I know I was gonna be the winner. I mean I’d say I know my writing is good not that bad.

A friend of mine knew this story and I told her I’m gaining confident in writing right now. And I want to practice my writing (and my english not to mention). She suggested me to write a blog. I did, actually. Long loooong time ago. And it ended up on hiatus. I don’t think this one will work either. But giving it a second try wouldn’t be a sin.

So, let’s start the practice for only God knows how long :p

P.S: if you're curious about my essay, go visit here.

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