5 am.

I woke up a few times in the middle of the night yesterday, and I officially woke up at 5 am this morning. I'm not sure what triggered my awakening but I didn't feel like falling back asleep.

I received an anonymous question under my Formspring account and they asked what kind of make up I wear. It's hard for me to find the perfect lip colour since my skin is rather fair during winter & because I tend to apply more makeup on the eyes, the lips need to be much more subtle.

• Estee Lauder Lip Palette: free gift! @ Nordstrom.

^I absolutely ADORE this lip palette. I received it as a free gift when I was purchasing a matte face finish & it is by far the best little sample kit of lip shades I own. I apologize in advance for the blurry photo, I lent my Nikon to my brother so I have been using my easy point & shoot Canon. My favourites are the second colour, first row & first colour, second row. They are sheer & match my lip colour that just gives the right about of tint to bring out the nude shade.

• Estee Lauder eyeshadow & face correction palette: free gift! @ Nordstrom.
• bare minerals: eyeshadow in bark : $13.00 @ Bare Minerals.
• MAC: mineral blush colour in dainty : $22.00 @ MAC Cosmetics.
• Bobbi Brown: longlasting gel eyeliner in dark brown : $22.00 @ Bobbi Brown Cosmetics.
• Rimmel London: eyeliner in white : $7.99 @ Target.
• Revelon Perle: eyeshadow in snow : $3.50 @ Target.
• MAC: false eyelashes : $8.00 @ The Cosmetic Store.

^ This is my use of make up for the day. I actually didn't photograph the Clinique sheer foundation or the Estee Lauder matte press finish, but the list above is just to show you the collection of colours I use to achieve the look for my eyes.

^ The finished look. Although it appears I may wear too much eye make up due to the list above, I am able to make it look soft & romantic without overdoing it.

^ Here is a close up of my falsies. As you can see I wear glasses, 24/7. I adore my glasses & I think they give me & express my personality. It's hard for me to give them up for anything really, although I know I should give them up from time to time on special occasions where glasses clearly do not match my outfit. I call these the 'whore' lashes, since they are dramatically long, but they define my eyes very well & gives much focus on my almond eyes.

I'm ending my evening with a gorgeous black dress with frills at the top from Forever 21, black lace gloves, & my BeBe leopard Zaharas. I will photograph these later & update this post. Until then, here is a little photo booth action! x