iPhone wallpaper tag

hi♥  

Lately I've been addicted to instagram,, turning into an addict... lol 

I got tagged on Instagram to show my lock screen wallpaper~ I had my wallpaper set to an image that I made a while back, after doing the tag I got a wonderful response from my followers about this wallpaper so I wanted to share it with you :)

The reason I decided that I wanted to make my own wallpaper is because I was looking for a nice minty green-ish blue-ish colored wallpaper for my computer desktop but I couldn't find any that I liked so I decided to draw a rose using a photo of a real rose as a reference using a wacom tablet, then added the image to a polkadot background in the shade I love~♥  

drew a rose on PS

wacom tablet makes it easy to draw on the computer :D

testing out the wallpaper~ looks ok I think ^^;;

If you have an iPhone, please feel free to save this image from your iPhone and then set it on your wallpaper :)

Hope you like the wallpaper too :)

XOXO

eki

eki draws: Vampy Morrigan sketch

Back to picking up a pencil and drawing again~ ^__^

Drawing of Vampy in Morrigan Cosplay~ she is one of the best Cosplayer that I heart and admire♥

Still in a sketch process I started to color it with the Prismacolor color pencil once its more done I will show it to you again :)

eki draw~ 益若つばさ Tsubasa sketch :)

Hi :)

I sketched Tsubasa yesterday cause I found my sketch book :p and I posted the sketch on twitter with Tsu-chan's twitter @tsubasamasuwaka and to my surprise she retweeted my tweet and commented back!! XD I was super shocked and nervous since she said "天才！♥欲しい！" which said "Genius! ♥ I want!"

lol 

so I cleaned up and finish the sketch for her but Im not sure if she'll respond back but I would love to send it to her she since I am her huge FAN! XD Its alittle bit off and I got lazy on the hair so I donno if its good enough for her though... X3

Need to practice more and maybe when I paint her something she will really want it!! so back to practicing :D

sorry I've been slacking on blogging... been taking lots of "me" time since Ive been stressed and been going crazy so I really needed time to regroup, clear my mind & now try to start fresh again!... hopefully lol :D 

I have tons to blog about so I will get that going!! thanks for always stopping by and reading my blog♥

XOXO

eki

eki draws, Candy Doll gloss winner & updates :P

Hello~♥ its been a while again! Im sorry about the lack of posts this month... Just got over a flu + PMS =__=;; I was in a really bad condition having those two at the same time it was not fun at all was stuck in the bed for 3 days feeling miserable.. lol D;  well Im so glad to be better and healthy~ makes you really appreciate having good health cause it is something that you forget to appreciate, having good health! so I am thankful to be back feeling like myself again :)

I wanna announce the winner to Candy Doll lip gloss winner! 

Raspberry Jam 

Please contact me with your info♥ ^__^

Thank you so much for entering everyone! Dont worry if you didnt win I am going to have Melliesh lip gloss giveaway next and more giveaways planned :)

So being sick made me miss drawing again so while I was sick I drew again! :D It been way too long since the last time I picked up a pencil to draw so its a little sloppy my hands definitely not used to holding a pencil for too long anymore it starts to hurt T__T I told myself that I need to draw more often again cause I forget how happy art makes me feel in the inside :) 

side by side with the reference photo of Marilyn Monroe her face is a little bit off but over all I think it looks ok for being drawn by a on and off artist lol :P

just a peek at my messy jewelry making area been working on the creation a little by little since I delayed the opening of the store last week but to my flu +__=;; I wanted to let you know I am re-opening ekiLove this Sunday! I am truly sorry about the delay and I always appreciate your patience cause I am never on time when it comes to ekiLove... :sigh: just gets overwhelming sometimes running a store on your own having to have to manage all by yourself is alot of work, have to have so much time, dedication and love for it.. so I admire other ladies who run self owned stores out there as well~♥

Just a peek at new lenses I just got today from pinkyparadise~ will make a formal post about it soon ^__^

also: I feel bad that I havent gotten out my hair dye review/tutorial video posted yet... I've been having so many unexpected delays this month nothing seems to be going as planned but I promise to get it edited and up in soon its just long since I over talked too much so I need to cut and paste the vid.. lol

 I also made my favorite hair product vid so I will get both out at the same time :D

Oh I just noticed I now have over 4000 followers! THANK YOU SO MUCH for following my blog and reading my none-senses,, makes me truly happy to know that my blog have been helpful to some and entertaining you with my randomness and to know that my blog have a propose haha :P I should do thank you giveaway for this special event~♥

my promise:

I hope to get back to blogging more often again like I used to once I am fully healthy and back on top of things! Thank you so much for always stopping by and reading my blog ^__^

XOXO

eki

Random things, things that make me smile

Hello, long time :3

I have been away due to being not 100%, was sick with flue like symptoms on top of its that time of the month and on top of that I had sever migraine for few days that just didnt want to go away... so with that said I had rough week and was pretty depressed :/

but instead of feeling sorry for myself I like to try to make my self happy by doing the things that puts a smile on my face :D

1. I like to look at happy, colorful kawaii things :3
always puts smile on my face♥

I like to look at pretty images and browse wallpaper app on my iphone.. LOL
so here is some of the wallpaper I thought was so cheerful :3

I love colors, mixed colors are always eye catching for me
this candies looks super yummy and pretty


haha such a cute rilakkuma looking bears


Love simple cute happy illustrations

sooo cute!!! this puts a big smile on my face :D

aww looks like same kitty,, feels bad cause looks very uncomfortable but still cute :3

I had a hamster once and it was super cute~ love the way they eat kawaii~X3
but it was a sad day when hammy died....

2. I like to doodle but never have the inspiration to do so :/
but always fun getting lost in time while drawing~

first I doodle in my sketchbook

too lazy to scan so I took a photo of it and CG'ed over the photo
my be next time I'll make full CG when I get inspired to draw :3

3. this is a weird one.... Stamping! I donno but something about stamping is fun,, its relaxing and playful at same time :D I need to buy my own carving set so I carve my own stamp next time~

stamping away X3






simple things in life makes me happy but sometimes I forget to look around because your mind gets too full and occupied with too many things,

but take your time with the things that puts a smile to your face♥

what makes you happy? :3


take care everyone!!
p.s to my love ones and supporters thank you so much for all the support and LOVE you have given me. My life is so much sweeter because of you guys♥

XOXO
eki

more sasa haul, love packages, EOTD smokey close up and drawing

Hi there!♥

I hope everyone is having a really nice Christmas eve today, mine is very relaxing finally after having really hectic past months I feel like I am finally taking 'me' time :D

I am sorry I am not making much posts and videos I really want to make some time for them but most of the time I am just too tired and drained to do so... :/
but my new years resolution is to make a better blog and take more time for my blog so I hope I can keep that resolution! hehe :3

ok so I am a total sasa.com addict I had about 5 packages from there at one time like seriously I have a addition problem with sasa. I check their website like every 4-6 days to see if they have new products and ends up making a purchase... because of their free shipping offer I cant resist LOL X3

but most of the items I bought will go into goodie bag with my ekiLove orders so I dont feel bad buying more items♥ :D

but really, if you want good price with asian products and you cant really get your hands on one, sasa is the way to go! Also popular items do get sold out fast but if you subscribe to their restock email alert it will notify you once its stocked again :)

ok so here is my haul from sasa

Catena eight cups of water crystal collagen eye mask

I bought all three type in

Whitening and Repairing
Anti Wrinkle and Firming
Cell Repairing and Mark Removing

I have review their crystal collagen eye mask before and this stuff is really cheap and quality mask, feels really relaxing on your eyes and I think it works really well. :)
here is my review

my beauty diary mask whitening box set

This is really good value for 13 mask and if you havent tried out their mask you get to sample them in one box set.

This set includes 13 mask per box of
4 Japanese cherry blossom
4 black pearl mask
4 red wine mask
1 white peony tea mask




My beauty diary mask brightening box set

This set includes
4 Aloe mask
4 Bulgarian white rose mask
4 natto mask
1 Platinum Nanocolloid Mask




sasa LED mirror

This mirror is on sale for $9 if you make other purchases at sasa.com :D
I was really intrigued by this mirror cause its have light up LED lights built in it! and it looks so much like Jill Stuart design so princessy and Hime like I had to get it♥




It comes in really nice packaging looks very expensive and gorgeous, it feels well made and very pretty also nice size for a compact mirror it is like 4X3 inches.

The pink jewel on the side is the light switch :D

its def worth buying if you need a kawaii compact mirror, the bonus is that it light up
how cool is that now you can put makeup in the dark LOL!!








some love packages I got recently,

first one is from Sandra! She purchased item from ekiLove and she was so sweet and super happy with her purchase she sent me a return love package!! X3
She left me such a wonderful testimonial in ekiLove and have been super sweet from the beginning, I didnt expect to have her send me a package but she surprised me with such a thoughtful and loving package!

THANK YOU SO SO MUCH sweetie!
you are so sweet and thoughtful I hope you are having great Holiday and a christmas so far!
I hope you get my love package soon too! :)

I am so blessed to be around such amazingly sweet and caring people in my life, as much as the darkness I have gone through out with my life, I have been shed with so much LOVE and positivity in my life. Always remember to stay positive, be caring and compassionate to other people & living things and it will be rewarding in the end. ♥ :)



she made me handmade card!!! I LOVE handmades they are always made with lots of love and you can feel that love come out of them :)
so kawaii!!
yummy snacks for me to fill my stomach with! Hawaiian pineapple chocolate is amazing! thank you!


some beauty stuff!! I heart juicy so thank you so much for sending me your favorite perfume and mascara!


kawaii message!

ahhh korilakkuma strap! so kawaii X3

also Catherine sent me some winter necessities love package!

some warm a fuzzy pink stocks, Organic green tea lip balm and Loccitane lotion!
Thank you so much all of this items they are much needed in this freezing snowy weather!



also I got so many sweet comments on my smokey eyes that I think looks draggish but you guys think its beautiful so I wanted to show you a close up of it, I will do a tutorial on a smokey sexy look one of this days :)

basically I have used black shadow all over the lid with layered with copper shade and gradually mixed the gold on the center to the inner of the eyes with white liner like Urban decay yeyo that I have used here along with it on the bottom lash waterline cause the false lashes can look too heavy to balance out the eye.

for the falsie I have used 2 strips of lashes layered to create the drastic sexy eyes along with winged liner :)





finishing off with some drawing I did few days ago for my sisters bday card hehe :D
she is a anime geek just like her older sister LOL currently she loves Haruhi Suzumiya she even cosplayed as her for halloween ^0^

so I thought it would be nice to draw her fav character on her bday card♥
Since I never draw anymore My hands are really rusty from drawing, I never have time now to draw but I really enjoy drawing and I really need to get back into it asap!!

Reference picture of Haruhi that I used
so kawaii


my take of Haruhi

sketched with mechanical pencil then lined with a ballpoint pen and finished off with a sharpie LOL

happy anime character always makes me smile too so happy looking arent they :D

well thanks for stopping by and I hope you are all staying warm and have a
MERRY CHRISTMAS
to you all♥

XOXO
eki

sketch, face mask review, makeup school days photos *LOL*

Hello there~
Im trying to draw more often now so here is a sketch of the day! Im going to stop calling it doodle from now on since most of you told me this was not a doodles LOL :P

thank you So much for the encouragements on my art and talents~ X3 really makes me want to do more of what I used to love now because of the kind words from all of YOU ^0^


my must have art tools for my sketches are:
mechanical pencil .5mm
pentel .5mm HB lead
really good art eraser
sketch pad

now on to my mask review
the faceshop Vita C mask sheet
with skin tone brightening Raspberry & strawberry extracts
it says:
deep penetrating formula with vitamin C

Helps brighten dull skin tone and fights free radicals to retard aging

Patented Phytolex Nanoliposome effectively delivers beneficial ingredients deep into the skin and helps protect tired, rough skin from the environmental damages.

The initial feeling off this mask a tingling and cooling sensation felt ok with that, the mask is super HUGE it didnt fit my face too well also the liquid is really thick. After the mask my skin felt really soft it wasnt too sticky next day I woke up and it was still soft so I thought this product was great but that night after I washed I noticed that I got small tiny bumps all over my face, I dont know if its a allergic reaction to this product since its high in acid? :/

did anyone else experience negative effect from this product? but to make sure its this product that gave me reaction Im gonna wait few days and try this mask again.

but overall my face did feel nice right after the mask
I give this product 3 out of 5
con:
smells like perfume I dont like that
gave me tiny bumps
mask is too BIG

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2 new creations in my store :D
made with eki love

ok so I was going thru my old photos in iphoto library :D

here is alittle bit about me I have certification of makeup artisrty and lifetime membership graduated in 06 from Joe Blasco a makeup artisrty school located in two location one in Hollywood, CA and another in Orlando, FL they are a makeup artisrty school for mostly Film and movies so I learned alot about inside of Hollywood makeup artistry with special F/X and prosthetics.

It was very interesting school everyday you go the the school 9-5 and we were not allowed to wear any makeup to school since we train with a partner on our faces so it was tough at first since I never left the house without any makeup >_<

here is me and saida she was my partner in class, she is really really creative and artistic with background in theater. We goofed around alot with makeup it was great time :D

me as twoface done by saida
this process took about 5 hours to do with prosthetic mask and paint.

me with asian kung fu master hair work LOL X3
everybody was cracking up to this hehe

me with bald cap getting my face life casting so that I could get my face sculpture for the prosthetics.
pretty weird exprience couldnt really breathe and its heavy on your face, but really neat seeing your face on a sculpture.

My classmates with instructor not all picutred in the photo, all of my classmates were ladies so it was really nice to be around I had lots of Fun there.
If you would like to find out more about Joe Blasco visit their website here


Also great giveaway by the makeup snob

she is holding a great giveaway so go check her blog!
in the giveaway you can refer me to her site if you like :D

click here