HI again,

My gf and I were at the Stila and byTerry counters at Tangs yesterday, and she was doing some research for tinted moisturisers, and I of course, got distracted swatching the products.  So I ended up with getting a new Stila smudge pot in this Limited Edition colour, it is basically a black cream liner with gold flecks inside. The gold flecks are very shiny, but they don't look OTT, if that is possible.  It retails for S$33 each.  I like Stila smudge pots, they are creamy and the color is very intense, I have one in Brown, and that is one of my very fave brown liners to use. So, I know I can't go wrong with this black one embellished with gold flecks.  Not sure if it is really gold though. LOL.  And did I mention it is Limited Edition??  Grab it!!

Well, you can't see the glitter/ gold bits in the pictures, but trust me, they are there!  Haha.  Loves!  I think I can just use this liner and glam my eyes when I don't want too much going on.

And on a side note, I am sooooo totally investing in byTerry products... maybe that should be my new year resolution!  Stop buying random endless beauty products and just get the really fine quality ones.  For example, I am totally lemming their skin enhancers, liquid blush, and matte loose powder.  They will cost something like $400+ cos the skin enhancer is $167.  Boo.

And on a totally contradictory note to what I have just mentioned, my youngest sister (17 years old) just left for her Paris/ London (she is also going to Cambridge and Goldsmiths College for her artistic insipiration mission) trip, and she brought along my long long list of Superdrugs haul list - she said she doesn't need to buy any makeup since we are totally going to share and rave about them.  Haha.

Hi!  Another post today...

I went to inuovi at Far East plaza after my brows session. I was going to carry out the Mystery Shopper Program and I bought one eyeshadow with the product voucher.  I knew that I wanted to get the Metallogy(?) eyeshadows, and I swatched all the neutral shades like crazy in the store.

Like Di mentioned, at the time I was there (almost 5pm) there was only one BA in the store.  Although she was busy with doing the brows of another customer in the store, she was rather attentive to my requests, and I asked her questions anyway as she was doing the brows (which I supposed must annoy the other customer).  The store was bright and clean, but the blasting crass music from the nearby shop or stall thing was quite irritating...and I noticed that there was a group of 3 girls who seem interested in  the eyeshadows but because the BA was busy with the brow girl and also getting my stuff, she couldnt attend to them and they left shortly. Out of curiosity, I asked her "wah you are the only one here", and she told me the other girl went for her dinner break.  So I guess it isn't anyone's fault, we all need to eat, right?

Well, I hope to hit the Vivo outlet sometime this weekend, and then send in my replies on Monday.  I think I might want to get another Metallogy eyeshadow, cos I am really really impressed  by the texture and pigmentation.

Here is what I got today which is Platinum -- a white eyeshadow with the metallic sheen, which is a color I can use all over my lids.  The shimmer is not chunky and well, I just really love how 'creamy' it feels and also how when I blend out the color, it gives a pretty sheen.  I also like the sleeker packaging of this range of eyeshadows.  When you open the product, you can use the inside of the cover as a mirror because it is so silvery reflective.

I tried the blush creme thingy at the store and found that while the texture is nice (much like a stain and not sticky) the color doesn't seem long lasting, and easily smeared off when I rubbed it.

More inuovi updates over the weekend!  Thanks for reading.

Hi hi!

*Update --- I realised I somehow posted this entry twice and I deleted the other one (which Diana commented on, she said she can't wait to go for her session @ browhaus), in case you are wondering.

If you remember, I have been keeping my brows rather 'bushy' of late.  Firstly, I usually trim my brows every 2 months or so, when I meet my bff, and we hang out and stuff.  In between our meetings and visits, I maintain my brows on my own, I usually pluck the obvious stray hairs, and that's super easy to do so, because the shape of the brows are already 'fixed'.    Then you recall my brow gel-hairy brows phase from a couple of weeks back... and well, to show you a pic of how my brows look like when it's time I need to get a proper trim.  As you can see, there are lotsa of stray hairs, and the hairs are quite long. But the overall shape is still intact, and I can still get away with just filling in my brows without looking too umkempt.

And post triming and tweezing.....you would notice that my brows look fuller actually, not so much because they have been filled in with the pencil, but the hairs are now going in a much neater way  due the way they have been cut.

Yup, so me loves my new brows!  The moral of the story is, if you get a good  brow trimming, it is just like a good haircut, it will grow out nicely even in between the maintainence, and a pair of nice shaped brows frame your face.  Very important indeed.

Thanks for reading!!

Hi!

I haven't posted an entry in days, that felt like a long time (to me, at least).  On Monday I attended my school's prom night, and I was asked by my students to do their makeup and nails~ In all honesty, it was a promise I carelessly made while we were preparing for the examinations and we talked about the prom and how they were going to dress up and stuff, and well, so I ended up on Sunday evening painting my students' nails (for 2 of them) and also doing their makeup on the day--Monday (for about 5 or 6 of them). The makeup session turned out to be a whole afternoon of powdering and shading and bronzing etc etc.  But it was fun being in the midst of all their excitement.  After they got ready and left, I went home to get ready and joined them fashionably late at the hotel for the prom.

Then the next day, my bestie also had her school prom, and she brought her daughter over my house to do a little mom-daughter glamour session.  That was fun!  Because we went to JB together over the weekend, and her daughter was 'missing' me as I painted her toes a girlish pink while we were in the car.  This time she brought her little makeup kit along (with Barbie palette and gloss) so we did a little makeup swap (well, I gave her 2 bottles of my hot pink nail polish and did a little nail art on her finger nails).

And the past couple of days, I had to attend 2 full day conference, so that explains the lack of activity around here.  So on this super rainy and chilly afternoon,  I shall try to catch up with all things MU related.

Some pictures of all the makeup sessions the past few days:

The prom pictures

*Take note I don't normally post 'work' pictures ie students/ colleagues etc here, but since they have graduated

and it is a fun occasion, so I make the exception in this case*

This is the mother-daughter glamour session.  I dabbed some Dazzleglass and pink eyeshadow on the little girl for fun.

Yes, so I really had fun doing their makeup, and even though I am nowhere near professional, I think I 'experienced' what it is like to be a MUA, the deadline, rush to be ready by a certain time, the setting up and cleaning up, sitting there doing face after face, is really a tough job.  After the whole affair, I felt a little worn out.  However I also felt a certain sense of satisfaction when I see the girls all dolled up and happy and ready to go out and enjoy the evening/ night.

On another matter altogether, I am nearing 300 followers (295 as of now), and I did promise a giveaway once I hit 300.  I am also 2 or 3 weeks away from being an Onsugar member for 3 years.  This blog though, is of course, less than 2 years old.  I started out at the Sugar network because I was catching up on celeb gossip on Popsugar, and then I started writing about beauty stories etc etc... and one thing led to another and here we are.

I have some items ready as the prizes (Rimmel's Airy Fairy, Barry M Dazzledust, Lippaints, Majolica Majorca, inuovi etc etc) I am still planning and thinking how many prizes to giveaway, but one thing for sure, I will ship wherever you are.  This is because when I first started out here, my 'followers' -- I dislike using this word - are mainly from the States, girls whom I was already talking to on the Sugar network.  I will work out the finer details in the meantime, and more news will be announced.

In my previous update entry, I did mentioned something about guest-writing for Temptalia.. but I got kind of lazy, so that idea is scrapped. As for the Elizabeth Arden review updates, I have been using the products, but I think the sample amount is too little for me to do a full and fair review, so I shall wait for the full size products to be sent before I say anymore about that.  I am also going to do my inuovi Mystery Shopper Programme tomorrow (I got an extended deadline) so looking forward to that. And I am also slowly picking up some photoshop skills from my sister - that's kind of exciting, I can adjust the colors of my pictures to make the colors appear truer to life, that's useful for swatching and testing etc.

Yup, lotsa of stuff happening, and thanks to everyone for reading, and keeping in touch!

I thought of naming this entry FOUND!! (insert whatever is found), but that wouldn't be very original, would it?  Haha....

But I was at SASA (Wisma Atria) just now, and I came across this US brand The Balm, and it is abit like Urban Decay/ Two Faced -- you know, cute products, names, packagin etc... And if I am not wrong, Linn has their Shadow Lady eyeshadow palette?  MakeupbytiffanyD also made a couple of tutorials using that palette. I didn't check out prices though---too focused on taking sneaky pics with my phone.  The whole set up looks very new, and well stocked so I think it is a recent addition.  Have you checked it out yet??

The little 'palettes' are mainly blushers, or eyeshadow/blusher combo.

Yup.  So that's a quick update! Hope you this helpful.

Hi!

So today my friend drove in to Johor Bahru (in Malaysia, just across the waters from Singapore), and the main reason for me to tag along is to enjoy some cheap eats, and also stock up on my contact lenses (I get to save more than S$100 on my supplies).  We started out early morning to avoid the traffic congestions, and it felt like a little adventure, cos I haven't been to Malaysia in about 2 years.

I only changed enough money to pay for my lenses, and didn't expect to do any major damage while shopping, so I thought my 'pocket money' would be sufficient.  When we went to 'Jusco' and I saw a MAC store there, I knew I had to go in and check out the stuff.  Of course, I compared the price, and found that the eyeshadows are S$3 or $4 cheaper compared to SG prices (RM$58 each, and S$1=RM$2.43, so you do the Math).  I just got ONE eyeshadow, thinking that I may not have seen it in Singapore before (but I later saw it at our local MAC counter at Sephora haha).  I was surprised that they packed the eyeshadow in a very cute holiday bag.  And I also grabbed some flyers and postcards at the till before leaving.

The eyeshadow which I got is Mineralised (Lustre).  Although it is rather glittery, it is also pigmented, reminding me of Tempting e/s but a more grey toned brown.

And the next item I saw at Watsons and I got to grab a few of them.  I first learn that it is available while reading debx (I think so?)'s post on getting Airy Fairy lipstick by Rimmel.  I am keeping one for myself, and perhaps sell one, and save one for my upcoming giveaway.  It costs RM$9.90, which is less than S$5!

**Update: My bad, the lipsticks are RM$19.90 each -- which still works out to maybe S$8....SO, this is what I call drugstore prices!  For those who didn't know the hype about this lipstick, it was apparently highly recommended to lollipop26 by her viewers, and she got it, and she lurved it, saying it is a very good nude color which is not too pale.  So I checked out our Rimmel counters but have never seen Airy Fairy :)on the shelves.

At first glance, it reminded me of MAC Viva Glam VI, or NYX Thalia, but on the lips, it is slightly pink.  Nude Pink?  I thought the color would be paler, before I actually see this product for myself.  The texture is rather smooth, and there is a scent to the lipstick.  In the pictures below, take note that the actual color is more 'natural'.  I took both pictures without flash, as you can see, in both whitish and orangey lighting to show how different it looks on the lips.

Yup, those are the only makeup I bought, I think.  Hahaha.  I also got some toiletries, such as the Netrogena deep cleasning facial thingy which is half the prices we have here (compare RM$12.50 to S$11.50).

And finally, my little LOTD and outfit 'report'.  LOTD is a very simple one eyeshadow look (no surprises there) using inuovi's Techno eyeshadow (love love this!!).  I blended out the edges with MAC Dazzlelights e/s, and lined my eyes with Loreal superliner. On my cheeks, I used inuovi's blushers--- I mixed 2 colors together--a orangey and a pinky blusher.  Lips (YSL RV No1).

Tank from Zara, Top from FCUK.

That's all, and thanks for reading!

Hi hi!

This entry will be a compilation of stuff which I got some time ago (early Oct I think) and also today, mainly shoes and accessories.  Do let me know if you like reading about stuff like this, or I should stick to makeup rambles.  But I thought it would be fun to share good deals, and also my take on cute stuff that I like to wear/ use.

Firstly, I bought 4 pairs of shoes from TOPSHOP.   You may recall that I have huge sz9 feet, and finding pretty shoes in my size is very difficult in Singapore.  So whenever I discover new places that sell pretty shoes in my size, I am all over it.  Charles & Keith do carry sz9, but often the sizes run smaller, and the comfort level isn't always very high - so it is not often I find a nice (and cheap) pair from C & K.  Other places to find shoes for my big feet include Holland V shopping centre (the old shops on the 3rd floor), New Line (at ION), River Island (expensive though).... and so on.

Anyway, I digress.  I first bought the white pair (faux snake skin with stud details) when I needed a pair of 'dainty' flats to wear to a wedding, and then when the sale started, I trooped down to TOPSHOP on the first day of the sale, and grabbed the other 3 pairs which were going for 50% off the usual price, and I ended up paying less than $100 for all 3 pairs.  And aren't they cute, and make my large feet look less freaky?  Haha.   I have only been wearing the black pair so far, because I don't want to wear out all the shoes at the same time.  I like how I can wear them for work and also for going out.

Next, are some clothing items which caught my fancy at Zara.  Zara is an evil place to step into.  I like to roam the store in the middle of an afternoon, when it is nice and peaceful and run my fingers through the racks (ok, I think I am sounding quite crazy.... but you know what I mean).  I like the clean lines and colors of their clothes.  So once in a while you find good deals from their Women Basic range.

I like the following top with lace details (S$39.90), but I figured I don't need yet another 'dressy' top.  But it is kind of sexy in a subtle way, right?

*In the following pic, do you notice how the fitting room look crowded - due to the multiple mirror reflections - but there were only my sis and I and she took some of the pictures.  Just thought it's quite funny to see the illusion of the fitting room filled with so many people.

And this dress I bought.  I think it is quite classic, and also flattering--fitting without being skin tight.  In particular, I like the panel details on the dress, which gives the body an elongating and slimming effect.  I might pair this with some kind of hosiery and a little heels though. At S$89.90, I think it's fairly good price, as this dress is suitable for many occasions.

Then I wandered off to Forever 21, and picked up these two cute necklaces for S$9 each.  I like the little assorted charms on each of them.  The keys on the necklace reminded me of my Tiffany key necklace.

And some of you might have already known about my shopbop.com haul from twitter and the earlier post.   I was surfing at Nordstrom a few days ago, because they now have international shipping, and was eyeing a few of the Marc Jacobs bags.  Then I decided to check out shopbop for some reason, I think to compare prices and stuff.  That's when I realised they have free shipping (even for international shipping  with $100 above spending).  Needless to say, that was a big advantage.  So I browsed the Marc Jacobs bags section, and found 2 cute bags for myself.  My gf told me the stuff will arrive in 3 days, and true enough, the package came this afternoon (I ordered on Monday or Tuesday evening).   That's indeed amazing.  As VS, you got to pay cut-throat prices for regular shipping and their express shipping is even more exhorbitant.

A detailed look inside the bags.

The stitching on the outside of the bag, which you can see in the close ups, spell out the letters M, A, R, C, etc ....

An idea of the size of the big bag.  Roomy enough to throw my laptop, umbrella, books, etc etc, and also good for shopping, and a quick getaway.  The material is very durable, and washable.   Yup... and I am 176cm tall - in case you are wondering - so carrying this huge bag doesn't dwarf me much.  In fact, I think if I carry a too tiny clutch, I end up looking "elephantique" (I just made up that word!!)  So, I really like my purchases.  And yes, the prices are cheaper than store prices.

Ok, I think this wraps up my long haul. I think my next major shopping thingy might be in Dec, present shopping or something.  Other than that, I think I am DONE.  I should stop.

What are your fave places to shop?

Hi Hi!

I was putting on my usual neutral eye look this morning, and I decided to give my YSL RV a rest and try some bolder colors on my lips.  So I went for an orangy coral.  I am using MAC's Ravishing (Cremesheen, LE).  And I am kind of surprised that I got quite a few compliments at work.  Haha.

So that's why I am sharing these pictures.

On my face: Clinique Superfit, MAC MSF, MAC Studio Sculpt concealer, Conjure Up -- which I applied a little too liberally.

Eyes: All that Glitters, Style Snob, and Vanilla, Eyeliner Loreal Superliner Carbon Black

Lips: Ravishing Lipstick

Next, a cheesy posey picture.  The lip color is actually more coral, orangy than the pictures show.

On another note, a huge package just arrived at my house.  Going to rip that open, and go gaga, and maybe I would share them in the next entry.  Nice rainy day to chill at home, no?

Thanks for reading!

Hi!!    (Credits to my youngest sister for helping me to crop and edit all the pictures in this entry.)

This entry shall be about NARS products which I own.  Well, I must say the products I own are pretty limited to mainly the powder products, such as eyeshadows and blushers.  I don't have any NARS lip products, nor pencil products.  I store all my NARS stuff in this little container together with my YSL lipsticks and MAC quads (which I have obviously taken out when the picture was taken).

I think the most 'attractive' part about NARS is their range of blushers.  If possible.. I want to collect all the NARS blushers. And I think some of their eyeshadow palettes are also super pretty and wearable.  I also like their packaging.. Every of these little power pan contains a mirror, even the tiny eyeshadow container.  Although they are expensive, I feel like NARS is a guilty pleasure that I like to indulge in.  So whenever I go to places that sell NARS I spend a long time swatching and planning what to buy.. and when my friends or family travel, I always have a 1 or 2 item NARS wishlist for them to get.

First we have the "orgasm" products, namely the powder blusher, and the multi-purpose cream stick.   This is like the IT color from NARS.  Many people have said it is a universal color which suits everyone.  It is a pretty pinkish peach color, with gold shimmer.  Of late, I find that the gold shimmer is a little too much for my liking.  The Orgasm blusher is my very first NARS product.  I bought the cream stick last year in HK.  If you see the swatches, the cream stick is pinker than the powder counterpart.  I like the texture of the cream stick, it is not too creamy, and feels powdery after application.

Honestly, I prefer Deep Throat blusher (which my sister has, but not pictured here cos she brought it out with her today), Deep Throat is pinker and brighter.

Next, we have a couple of other blushers and THE bronzer:

I like how Laguna bronzer is not too crazy pigmented like the blushers which means I can dust it all over my NC15 complexion without looking muddy or orangey.  Mounia is crazy pigmented and I use it on days when I have the time to blend out my blusher... but Sin is my fave, and Diana has reviewed this blusher too, she is another fan of Sin.  :)

Next, we have the eyeshadows.  I find that NARS eyeshadows are a hit or miss.  Some of them are creamy and pigmented, while some colors can be chunky glittery.  I am trying to build up a NARS neutrals palette/ stash..more on that later. Haha.

As you can see, Night Star is very glittery and chunky.  The 'base' color doesn't have good pay off.  If you see NARS colors on the website and their color description, you can pretty much tell which are the glittery chunky ones, and you might want to stay away from them.  The rest of the brown colors, however, are impressive in terms of color payoff.  And you get a lot of product in one pan, twice that of MAC, I think.  (You get 3.5 g of eyeshadow)

I also have a eyeshadow duo call Aprils' Fools (don't ask me why).  It contains a pale gold color and jade green color.

And lastly, NARS 2-way foundation.  I hit pan on this....I use this sometimes to set my liquid foundation using a fluffy brush. The powder is very finely milled, and reminds me of Dior powder foundation.  If I ever get to a NARS counter in person I would like to try out their liquid foundations!!

My gf is going HK next week, and this is my NARS wishlist for her:

1. (THREE) Eyeshadows in Ondine, Ashes to Ashes, (and one surprise which might be part of the giveaway), Cyprus, Fez *** All are neutral shades***
2. (ONE) Blushers in Mata Hari, Angelika or Desire. 
   

So....I will update this NARS rave entry if I get the above items when she comes back.  :)  If you have any questions about the products mentioned, leave your comments below.

Thanks for reading!

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