NOTE: I have been using selected products from the KMS FREESHAPE RANGE for the past month, and before I post my actual review, I will be sharing the official & technical information regarding this brand first.

The complete FREESHAPE Range & Fact Sheet [Click on pic to view full size]

Products which I will be reviewing:

A picture after the very first time I used both the shampoo & deep conditioner - I just quickly blew dry my hair, no combing, and no styling at all. This pic was probably from way back in December.  PRETTY AMAZING.

Stay tuned for my review.

Thanks for reading!

p/s featured KMS products were given to me for consideration.

Hi hi!

Decided to try out my newer eyeshadow palettes in a series of LOTDs...there will be more to come :)

This entry features my SUQQU palette, which I have shown here, and after using all the four colors, I must say, the quality is there -- I can't explain what is so special about the formulation, but the pigmentation is impressive, there is no fallout at all (even with the matte navy shade) and the shimmer is just very elegant.  I tried to keep other eye products to a minimum to bring out the eyeshadow palette.

My thoughts on using the eyeshadow palette

I do suggest using a eyeshadow base, as usual, so that the eyeshadows adhere well to your eyelids.  This is an eyelook which I would easily wear everyday, there is some definition to my eyes, and of course, I can always just use only the matte navy blue if I want an all out smokey eyelook for nights out.  This matte navy is so smooth, and despite it being matte, it went on my lash line very smoothly (I used a pencil brush to apply) and I created a soft winged out look at the outer corner. I used a black pencil liner to further fill in the space in between the lashes, but the main liner is done using the matte navy eyeshadow.  I also continued with the eyeshadow liner on the lower outer lids.

In these close ups, you can see the pretty shimmers of the metallic brown shade on my lids.

The eyeshadow palette also comes with two eyeshadow applicators, which I didn't use in this LOTD, one of it is a dual ended natural hair brush, that feels really soft and dense.  Something that I can actually use if I don't want to bring out any of my eyeshadow brushes.

This picture shows the various shades used on the different parts of the eyes.

everything I used

face: Clarins Skin Illusion foundation, La Mer Powder

concealer: Collection2000 lasting perfection 01

eyes: NARS eyeshadow primer, NARS Larger than Life black pencil, SUQQU eyeshadow palette

cheeks: Illamasqua Rumor to contour, Guerlain bronzer as blush, Guerlain Cruel Gardenia as highlighter

lips: Chanel extrait de gloss 52 Genie, Chanel Glossimer 287 (from last summer)

* note on the lips combo *

REALLY loving this combo, I get to use up my lipglosses, the color is natural and shimmery, not sticky and really moisturising too.

SUQQU products can be purchased at www.dollyleo.com  if anyone is interested.

Thanks for looking!

Yesterday I bought another Chanel nail polish from their permanent line, and it's Coromandel, a bright chilli red with orange undertones.  It is so bright, my camera lens seem to be blinded and neutralising the brightness or something, because I feel like my photos are not picking up the vibrancy of Coromandel.

And I am very amazed to find that Coromandel is a stunning one coater, I just used one even coat, and the color reaches full opaqcity. I next applied a topcoat, so it looks even more glossy.  The shimmer you see in the bottle is a lot more subtle once the nail polish is applied.

If you want a classy red nail polish from Chanel, do check out Coromandel -- it is easy to go straight for Dragon, but this is really quite the stunner! I am glad I got it, and I am now planning my next Chanel permanent color purchase  (a girly pink perhaps?)

Currently moving and re-housing my makeup & nail polish collection, will post an entry about this frivolous organising soon.  Stay tuned.

Photos & Swatches:

A quick comparison of bright reds in my stash.

very different from the deeper reds in my collection

Hope this has been helpfui, and thank you for looking. :)

When I first saw news of this Deborah Lippmann nail polish duo on Karla Sugar, I knew somehow, I had to get it.  Thankfully, the duo is on sale for USD$29 (original price is USD$40). Unfortunately, it is only exclusively available at Barneys.com, which happens to ship to most countries (the shipping fee is quite insane!!!!) .  I managed to round up a few girls to purchase this too, so we could share the shipping (stil expensive, but to a level were we can justify the purchase).  I was very happy when the package arrived within a week.

This is truly a nail polish collector's item - I love Lady Gaga, and I love Deborah Lippmann, so when they come together in the form of a gorgeous nail polish set, I MUST have it.

The box that the polishes come in is a super cute black box with very cool graphic.

The duo consists of a black creme nail polish, and a holographic flakey topcoat.  The flakey topcoat has predominantly red and blue flakes, and somehow they also have a green/ yello sheen.  I also spotted a few glitter bits.  My pictures do not capture all the complex goodness of these topcoat.  I have my whole range of Inglot flakies and a few Essie topcoats, but no dupes at all for this special topcoat.

The black creme nail polish is very smooth, and super black without any purple/ green undertones.  2 even coats gave perfect jet black payoff.

Lots of photos and swatches below:

That's all and thank you for looking!

This is my first SUQQU purchase, and I am a little excited... much thanks to Jennifer who helped with the purchase when she was in Bangkok recently.  This is also the most expensive eyeshadow palette in my stash...I am thinking it is most likely a one-time purchase, just to see what all the rave is about, try it out, sigh and ahhhh with contentment, and that's about it.  I love my makeup, but I don't think I will run out and buy the rest of them.

I chose the palette in 01, which is mainly a neutral palette, with a matte navy blue.  I think this would give the palette more versatibility, from very light day looks to a smokey night look.  The combination of matte and shimmer shades is also another plus for me.

The eyeshadows look ultra smooth in the pan, and I touched the matte ivory shade with my fingers as I was taking these pictures, it's really fine, and the powders feel very silky.  I swatched everything else with my Shu Uemura brush, because as you know, I don't like doing swatches with my bare fingers (for fear of any oils/ contamination etc and really, I hardly apply eyeshadows with my fingers anyway).

Lots of photos of this lovely palette - I will be doing an LOTD sure, and there will be more pictures of this palette in action.

[even the little dust bag it comes with is a suedette material]

GORGEOUS

That's all, and thank you for looking!

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This entry will feature one Megan Miller collection nail polish.  There are 10 colors from this new nail polish company (well, I use the word 'new' because this is the first time I heard about Megan Miller).  The most striking thing about the nail polish is the rather unique packaging, the cork bottle cap, and the piece of natural straw string thingy tied around the neck of the bottle.  When I posted this nail polish on my instagram, many people commented on how cute and the nail polish is.

I will be showing you how the nail polish applies, and comparisons to some other reds in my stash.

Framboise is a deep wine colored red nail polish color.  The brush is slim, which I like for my fingernails anyway.  The color when it is actually applied appears lighter than it looks in the bottle.  You need 3 coats for full opacity - I will be indicating in the pictures below, which are two coats and which are three coats.

Hazel has a lovely swatch entry of another Megan Miller nail polish in the shade Roja a true bright red shade. [ link here ]

Megan Miller is exclusively stocked at Meimei Signatures.  Each of these 15ml nail polish retails for S$16 each, or if you buy the entire collection of all ten shades, they are S$150 a set.  [ link here ]

Link to Megan Miller Nail Polish Singapore facebook page [ link here ]

Swatches are taken without any top and base coats.

2 coats

3 coats

Comparisons

Framboise has a clear wine/ purpley tone which the other deeper reds shown here lacks

It is really up to your preference which you prefer, but I personally like a deep true red without any brown, pink and purple undertones.

but this Framboise is a very classy deep red shade

just an FYI

information taken from the website

The Megan Miller Collection is environmentally friendly and crafted of the finest ingredients, this collection of custom colors goes on smooth and wears practically forever. It started as a vision of a rustic, natural elegance which utilizes the finest materials to provide that experience. The idea grew from the style and design infused into the product by our founder Megan.

The cork-and-raffia-topped bottle looks as cool on your vanity as the hues do on your fingers.

One-of-a-kind Bottle

Our polish is custom formulated with all colors being custom designed specifically for our line. Our polish is environmentally friendly and consists of the finest ingredients. It is elite in performance providing smooth application, fine finish and premium durability.

Our bottle is also custom designed specifically for our line. It is custom fitted with its own natural cork top. Each piece is hand tied with all natural raffia providing a unique feel and look to every piece. This truly makes each piece a one of a kind.

Our logo is a peacock feather. Inspired by the display the peacock portrays when its feathers are in full bloom, the Megan Miller collection aims to inspire you to show your grandest side with confidence and ease. Like the peacock, we look to blend a natural elegance in order to make you look good, feel complete and ‘Be Colorful’.

I hope this entry has been helpful, and thank you for looking.

p/s featured Megan Miller nail polish was given to me for consideration.

Quick swatch of RMK's nail polish which is released together with their SS2012 Sprinkling Color Collection, I got mine in the color Purple Holographic.  A pretty light pearlised purple.  I don't think it is very holographic... perhaps very subtle, and if you look really hard.  It also applies sheer, but very very smoothly.  RMK nail polish usually lasts a good weeks on me with minimal tipwear.  It contains 12ml of product for $25 if I remember correctly.

It looks almost pearlised, and very pretty on its own (3 coats for 90% opacity some tip wear still peeking through, but 2 coats give a pretty sheen).  I think it would be pretty as a layering option too.

It is really pretty, not very unique -- but the formula is really one of the best ones I like out there.  Do check out the other colors if you drop by a RMK counter.  I believe the collection is out now.

To see more photos of the whole collection, and most of the items swatched, click here.

Photos & swatches below:

2 coats

3 coats

p/s RMK product was given to me for consideration.

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This will be a review of the Sensi-Touch nail polish remover wipes.  These are just like wet wipes, except they are soaked in nail polish remover, and you use one of these wipes to clean off all nail polish on both your hands.  A couple of days ago, I had used an older packet of this remover wipe to clean off my Chanel Peridot, and I was uber impressed by how effective it is.  So I think a proper review of this product is totally timely, since I have an entire box of it.

I shall ramble and review this product, and all the photographs and product demonstration will follow afterwards.

My thoughts on the remover wipes:

• They are super effective.  I had tried it out on red nail polish (as shown in the demo later) and also a rather shimmery nail polish (Chanel's Perdot) and on both ocassions, one wipe is enough to clean off everything.  The area of each wipe is enough to clean off nail polish on both hands, though you might want to 'space out' the area of the wipe, so that you will constantly have a clean area/ corner to clean off each nail.
• They are not drying at all.  As you will see in the demo pictures, my clean fingers look moisturised, and not dry.  The wipes are soaked, rather wet, so there is enough remover for both hands (and if you are removing a very light color, enough for both hands and feet too).  The formula of the remover is a oily based liquid - not those alcohol types - and this might very well explain the non-drying factor.  This also means that the wipe stayed moist throughout the whole removal process.
• The rose scent is just nice and not over-powering.  The product also comes in a non-scented version.
• Each packet of wipe comes with a swab which you can use to reach the cuticles and under the nails to remove all traces of nail polish.  This is very useful indeed.  Even if you don't end up using these swabs you can keep them, and next time you are painting your nails you can dip these swabs in nail polish remover to clean up any mistakes.
• I won't recommend using this wipe for glitter heavy nail polish, if you have glitter nail polish on just one finger, and the rest are regular nail polish, it's still ok, but all ten nails?  I can only imagine the mess, as all the glitter bits are stuck onto the wipe and go all over your hands as you clean off every nail.
• At $12 a pack of 15 packets, these are a bit of an investment, so I would really only use this if I am travelling, and/or in some random situation whereby I might need to remove my nail polish in a hurry, and don't want to go out especially just to buy a bottle of nail polish remover.

Bottomline: These are really effective products which would come in handy for frequent travellers.

Where to buy them?

Meimei Signatures [ link here ]

How much?

$12 for a box of 15 packets

Photos & Demo:

I only use this one wipe to remove nail polish from one hand, so there is still plenty of clean area sufficient for the other hand.

Hope this has been helpful.

Thank you for looking.

p/s Sensi-Touch remover wipes were given to me for consideration.

Just before the Lunar New Year, I had the chance to check out the entire RMK SS2012 collection, and swatch the products.  I have a couple of these new products with me, and I will be posting more close ups and possibly LOTDs when I get to using them, but I just want to quickly show the pictures and swatches of everything I played with that day.

I checked the RMK website, and it is stated that the collection is named Sprinkling Colors, and it's easy to see why.  Lots of clear crisp bright colors, and mixture of shimmery and irisdecent shades.  RMK products are of superior quality and everything is very finely milled.  I also like that their shimmery products are done very classy, and not at all messy or too dramatic.

The collection consists of three blush duos - the orange one is really unique.  Each duo comes with a base color, and a highlight color which you can use as a highlighter (duh) and also to blend out the edges of your blush color.

There are also four new shades of lipsticks, and if I remember correctly, the EX shades are the limited edition ones, while the other two are additions to the permanent range.  As you can see in these pictures they give great color payoff, and also are quite shiny and moisturising.

Next, we have three spring/summer eyeshadow palettes - and I have received the one in the shade 03, which is my fave among those I swatched.  I will be posting a LOTD soon using this palette.  These palettes come with high quality brush applicators which are made of natural goat and squirrel hairs, so you can actually do professional looking eyelooks with these palettes.

Swatches & Photos of each individual palettes

There are also four new nail polishes, all bright and cheery shades with a hint of shimmer.  These polishes have a jelly finish, and you will see what I mean, when I post my feature entry on one of the nail polish.

The following two products are new shade additions to the permanent range of single eyeshadows and eyeshadow quads.

Price & Collection information will be updated as soon as I received them.

Hope this has been helpful.  Thank you very much.

p/s all pictures here are taken with my iphone4.

Hi hi!

Some random chat tonight, before I start this short work week tomorrow... some makeup rambling and raves here and there, a couple of LOTDs. and NOTDs, hope everyone had a great weekend, regardless of whether you celebrate the ocassion or not!

We had a reunion lunch instead of dinner, so on CNY eve, my sibs and I went to Chinatown to walk about, but we soon got bored (after shopping for some retro dresses) and went home instead.

90% of the pictures in this entry are taken with my iphone.

I didn't do a lot of visiting, only to a couple of close relatives' house, while the first day, most people came to my house, where my folks did nothing but COOKED the entire day, I swear.  The only good thing is, they are kind of enjoying it, and didn't really ask for my help.  Hur hur.. so I was able to just slack about the house.  I also painted most of the girls nails (my sisters, my cousins and my mom),  so everyone was sporting some sort of CNY manicure.

We also had a few sessions of Blackjack, which was fun this year, because I won some money.. hehehe maybe over $50.  Not bad at all!   I also took some OOTD pics of my sister and cousin, if you have been following me on Instagram you would have seen most of these pictures. Speaking of instagram, I started a new hashtag #sgigtag in conjunction with the sgig (singapore-instagram) ---- a way to collate Singapore based makeup and beauty related pictures.  Most of the onsugar girls here have been tagging #sgigmakeup, which is really cool, and it is fast growing in number!

This is what I wore for DAY ONE (MONDAY) - got bored waiting around at home, and I curled my hair for fun.

I used the Hourglass Mineral Veil Primer ---- my friend gave me a sample sachet of it - and I have never done this with a sample before, I actually squeezed out the contents in the tiny packet into a little jar.  That's because I didn't want to waste every single bit of this AMAZING thing.  It made my face quite smooth, and did help my makeup last longer and fresh looking the whole day without touching up.  I might need to pick up the full sized product soon.

On my eyes, I am using my NARS Mouchourie eyeshadow duo, Guerlain Blush G, Soap&Glory Naked Beige lipstick.  I had on the Hourglass primer and Shu Uemura Smooth Fit foundation.

[disclaimer - didn't know my face is turning out so shiny, but this is about 6 hours after makeup was applied

and I had not blotted nor powdered at all]

I sported this nail polish combination for the past two days:

(Used Nails Inc Caviar topcoat and base coat), and SpaRitual Solstice & Orly Liquid Vinyl.   It is a messy reverse French Manicure.  It is pretty wicked, because the base gold color is very bling and totally contrasts with the creamy ultra black tips.

On DAY TWO, I wore my hair super duper straight, and went for the same foundation combo, and more convinced than ever, I need the Mineral Veil primer.  :)

On my eyes, I had on NARS Isolde eyeshadow duo, Benefit Coralista & Sugarbomb on my cheeks, Revlon Lip Butter in Red Velvet on my lips.

I have since changed my nail polish to Chanel's Peridot, because my nails were looking a little worn out from too much cards playing, and I think I needed a fresh coat of paint.  I removed my nail polish with a remover wet-wipe (Brand: Sensi Touch) --- and I will be posting a review very soon.

While we are on nail polish, this new set of three Dior shades are totally LUST WORTHY and I am definitely purchasing all of them when they are released!

I have a couple of review entries and exciting feature entries coming up as soon as I have time to post them.  Stay tuned!

Wishing everyone a fantastic year again!

Thanks for looking. :)