Hi babe You take very good-looking pics. They are so clear and the quality is nice. May I know what camera you are using, or have you mentioned it before? I am starting on my blog Onsugar. You are truly an inspiration.

Ahh...I need madly too. I like the top left picture (: You look so fresh!

love the lips more hahha

Love the look Sophia !
@ pearlicious: not trying to be spokesperson for Sophia he he.. I believe she's using the Canon G-11 ( a super powderful camera..! )

pretty!!

@Beautyarbox - thanks for pointing out the camera model!

@Pearlcious - Yup, it is a Canon G-11, it is pretty awesome, but I am only starting to explore its potential! LOL... and I also used a little 'curves' effects in PS to make the picture quality even better...like the 'contrast and brightness' but don't think it's very obvious (which it isn't meant to be noticed!) LOL And try to experiment with different times of the day for lighting and all.. I prefer clear natural daylight to take pics... but that's not always possible, so I depend on the camera settings to achieve similar effect. Do share your blog link with us once it's up and going!

Madly looks great on you! It doesn't show up as much on my skintone, just enough for a light flush but I like how the shimmer isn't scary on the skin. Looking at it in the pan it's like so glittery. haha.

i wish i have your skin tone because you seem to be able to pull off almost any lip and cheek colour. *jealous*

Thanks Sophia and beautyartbox I appreciate ur advices!
My blog is up already, u can check it out at:
http://pearlicious.onsugar.com
Do check it out when u can doll

@Sara - I think that Sin and Orgasm are way more glittery than Madly.. IMO.. hehe.. and agree with you on the light flush!

@idakz - aw, thanks girl!

wow! that last pic(bottom right hand corner) is super flattering! U LOOK GORGEOUS GAL!

@amyrleex - haha... good angle only la!

great pics, your makeup and skin look flawless!

babe, your skin looks good. And Madly looks divine on u. I habe recently gotten Gilda and its really pretty too. Can I ask how u apply the Stick foundation? I bought Shu Uemura Nobura stick foundaion but no idea how to use it. Do u apply with a foundation brush or fingers? Thanks

@hwimein - I usually glide the stick directly onto my face, like draw big circles on my forehead, cheeks.... and then I use a brush to blend and buff it. I tried with fingers too, but I find that brush distributes the product and blend more smoothly. Fingers are more ok for liquid foundation.
I did an entry on how to apply this stick foundation here:
http://retailtherapy.onsugar.com/Initial-Rave-APPLYING-Maquillage-Lastin...

hope you find it helpful!

I love, love, love your eyes! Anyway, what contact lens are you using?

Hi, I simply love your lotds...how you play with the eye colors as well as the nude and bold lip colors!!
I'm inspired now to try out a dark smokey with black. Can you kindly recommend and advise me which black eye shadows to get? I'm looking for dark deep black with good pigmentation and one with a metallic sheen if it ever exist??

@Lieslee - Thank you for commenting!

I think that Shu Uemura has a good range of eyeshadows, especially black metallic ones, and i-nuovi as well.
MAC's Carbon is a good deep black, but it is matte.
If you have existing dark eyeshadows, you might want to consider using a black cream base to darken the eyeshadow color and intensity, that might make for a nice smokey eye look too.

Hope this helps!

Thank you for the recommemdations! Will get around to check out the goodies soon!

Loved it when I swatched it yesterday. Just has to pick it up. It looks really good on you!