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About Me

My name is Sophia, and I am in my early 30s. I am from Singapore and I am the sole writer of this blog.

About this Blog

I started this blog in 2006, I like to use a wide range of brands though I seem to have a growing preference for higher-end brands in recent years. I also like to share interesting things I have come across about makeup and beauty.

Currently The Makeup Blogette receives 39,000 unique views monthly or 2,238,932 views and counting.

My Makeup Style

I like classic looks (neutral tones on eyes, anything goes for lips & cheeks), though occasionally I try out dramatic/ statement looks.  I believe that a flawless base is the key to achieving great makeup looks.  I also believe that if you don't have great skin to start with, fake it with a good foundation routine, and even greater skincare.  I am currently loving Clarins & Lancome skincare products, and Vichy NormaDerm for tackling with breakouts.

What Cameras do I use?

Most of the pictures you see in post 2010 entries are taken with my Canon G-11.  Previously I was using Canon Ixus 80.  I do post some pictures which are taken with my iphone4 which I will state in that particular entry.  I have stopped watermarking my pictures as of 2011, because I think watermarks are ugly in general, and does not prevent people from stealing my pictures if they wish to.  I just take it as a compliment that my pictures are even worth stealing in the first place. I might look into getting a Canon EOS next year, not just for blogging purposes, but I also like photography in general.

My Favourite Makeup Brand(s)

It is hard to name just one, but I like NARS, Chanel, Illamasqua and the ocasional Guerlain, Dior & Urban Decay item.  I own quite a stash of MAC items, but recently I have stopped catching up with their collections, and I much prefer to splurge on a few really outstanding items.

Where to find me

Twitter (link button above!)  Email (stated above!)  Instagram (makeup_blogette)

I have no official Facebook fan page, and currently have no intention to start one at all.  The Makeup Blogette remains my personal hobby and property, so as such, I don't believe in having a Facebook fanpage for it.

Final Disclaimer

I bought/ paid for all of the products mentioned in this blog. I am not affliated to any company. If certain products are sent to me for review purposes, I will say so and express my honest opinions about them. In any case, I will only review and showcase the products which I have personally tried and tested, and enjoy using. I do not get paid to review anything.

No ads, no paid links etc please.  I am in charge of all content and pictures here.

I am not a makeup artist, nor do I have any professional training in makeup.

 

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    July 28, 2012

    Giorgio Armani Eyes to Kill Intense - My Current Collection & Comparisons

    Hi hi!

    As mentioned in this entry, I will be doing an overview - seeing as I think I have more or less completed my collection so far, I think I already have all the colors which I wanted, and unless there is a new collection coming - these 13 gorgeous pots will keep me happy for a long time to come. 

    I first came across the ETKs when they first launched in Hong Kong early last year.  Started with 2, and gradually throughout the year, I purchased more and more during my travels and when kind friends helped with ordering and purchasing.  The quality of the ETKs are amazing, and the colors are intense and long lasting.  I normally use them dry, with a fluffy brush like the MAC 217.  There is a little fallout, but it isn't very serious, and you can easily just sweep off any bits with a powder brush.  I like to use the darker blackish shades as a base to make a pale eyeshadow look pow-wow, as shown in this tutorial HERE. 

    Product Description

    This innovative hybrid texture, which is not a powder, nor a cream acts like a smooth, lasting color film. Each shade is intensified with a second pigment for a multi-dimensional effect. In just one swoop, create a wet, shimmering smokey eye. Base color covers eyelid, and second pigment adds drama to the contour. 

    The technology: Color-FilTM,  for the first time in an eyeshadow. A new high resistance bi-polymer enables the formula to perfectly fit the color to the eyelid with cushiony suppleness, for a never seen comfortable long wear.

    Twenty four hour color wear, crease proof, flake proof, waterproof and sweat-proof,  Eyes To Kill Intense Eyeshadows slide on, stay on, but wipe off in an instant. Apply wet or dry with fingers or the Armani large eye contour brush.

    My ETK Collection

    Left to Right

    Row 1 #02 Lust Red, #03 Purpura, #04 Pulp Fiction, #05 Gold Blitz

    Row 2 #06 Khaki Pulse #09 Rock Sand

    Row 3 #13 Black #15 Cooper Black #17 Silver 

    Row 4 #21 Obsidian Grey, #24 Smokey Cooper, #27 Oxidised Silver, #28 Rose Platine

    #09 was gifted to me during an Armani event,

    #17 is LE from last Christmas collection,

    #21 is LE from the Bronze summer collection

    #24, #27, #28 are LE from the latest Aqua Collection

    Row 1 #02 Lust Red, #03 Purpura, #04 Pulp Fiction, #05 Gold Blitz

    Row 2 #06 Khaki Pulse #09 Rock Sand

    Row 3 #13 Black #15 Cooper Black #17 Silver 

    Row 4 #21 Obsidian Grey, #24 Smokey Cooper, #27 Oxidised Silver, #28 Rose Platine

    not going to crowd the pic with ample shade names annotations but here they are

    Left to Right 

    Row 1 - #13, #24, #15, #02 

    Row 2 - #03, #27, #04, #09, #38, #05

    Row 3 - #21, #17, 07

    Row 3 is the sort of random ones... 

    Row 1 are the blackish tinged ones 

    Row 2 we have the reddish taupey shades, and the golden metallic browns

    As you can clearly see, none of them are really the same, and none of them look the same when applied on my eyes. 

    Left to Right 

    Row 1 - #13, #24, #15, #02 

    Row 2 - #03, #27, #04, #09, #38, #05

    Row 3 - #21, #17, 07

    and one with annotations, in case you want to save the image in your camera roll for easy reference :)

     

    Sabrina from The Beautylookbook has an excellent comparison entry here

    Iris from Rouge Deluxe has a very informative comparison entry here too

    and to see all of my eyes to kill related entries, click here

    Honestly, if I have to only keep one type of eyeshadow products, I will keep all of my ETKs.   

    Shall end this entry with some sneak peek pictures of a special Giorgio Armani press event I attended earlier in the week. 

    It was a lovely and elegant afternoon, totally enjoyed the good company, and basking in all the new upcoming fall makeup pieces.

    The event was for their new Maestro foundation.  

    I will be featuring this new foundation in a couple of weeks. 

    Hope this entry has been helpful, and thank you for reading! 

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    July 28, 2012

    Giorgio Armani Eyes to Kill Intense - My Current Collection & Comparisons

    Hi hi!

    As mentioned in this entry, I will be doing an overview - seeing as I think I have more or less completed my collection so far, I think I already have all the colors which I wanted, and unless there is a new collection coming - these 13 gorgeous pots will keep me happy for a long time to come. 

    I first came across the ETKs when they first launched in Hong Kong early last year.  Started with 2, and gradually throughout the year, I purchased more and more during my travels and when kind friends helped with ordering and purchasing.  The quality of the ETKs are amazing, and the colors are intense and long lasting.  I normally use them dry, with a fluffy brush like the MAC 217.  There is a little fallout, but it isn't very serious, and you can easily just sweep off any bits with a powder brush.  I like to use the darker blackish shades as a base to make a pale eyeshadow look pow-wow, as shown in this tutorial HERE. 

    Product Description

    This innovative hybrid texture, which is not a powder, nor a cream acts like a smooth, lasting color film. Each shade is intensified with a second pigment for a multi-dimensional effect. In just one swoop, create a wet, shimmering smokey eye. Base color covers eyelid, and second pigment adds drama to the contour. 

    The technology: Color-FilTM,  for the first time in an eyeshadow. A new high resistance bi-polymer enables the formula to perfectly fit the color to the eyelid with cushiony suppleness, for a never seen comfortable long wear.

    Twenty four hour color wear, crease proof, flake proof, waterproof and sweat-proof,  Eyes To Kill Intense Eyeshadows slide on, stay on, but wipe off in an instant. Apply wet or dry with fingers or the Armani large eye contour brush.

    My ETK Collection

    Left to Right

    Row 1 #02 Lust Red, #03 Purpura, #04 Pulp Fiction, #05 Gold Blitz

    Row 2 #06 Khaki Pulse #09 Rock Sand

    Row 3 #13 Black #15 Cooper Black #17 Silver 

    Row 4 #21 Obsidian Grey, #24 Smokey Cooper, #27 Oxidised Silver, #28 Rose Platine

    #09 was gifted to me during an Armani event,

    #17 is LE from last Christmas collection,

    #21 is LE from the Bronze summer collection

    #24, #27, #28 are LE from the latest Aqua Collection

    Row 1 #02 Lust Red, #03 Purpura, #04 Pulp Fiction, #05 Gold Blitz

    Row 2 #06 Khaki Pulse #09 Rock Sand

    Row 3 #13 Black #15 Cooper Black #17 Silver 

    Row 4 #21 Obsidian Grey, #24 Smokey Cooper, #27 Oxidised Silver, #28 Rose Platine

    not going to crowd the pic with ample shade names annotations but here they are

    Left to Right 

    Row 1 - #13, #24, #15, #02 

    Row 2 - #03, #27, #04, #09, #38, #05

    Row 3 - #21, #17, 07

    Row 3 is the sort of random ones... 

    Row 1 are the blackish tinged ones 

    Row 2 we have the reddish taupey shades, and the golden metallic browns

    As you can clearly see, none of them are really the same, and none of them look the same when applied on my eyes. 

    Left to Right 

    Row 1 - #13, #24, #15, #02 

    Row 2 - #03, #27, #04, #09, #38, #05

    Row 3 - #21, #17, 07

    and one with annotations, in case you want to save the image in your camera roll for easy reference :)

     

    Sabrina from The Beautylookbook has an excellent comparison entry here

    Iris from Rouge Deluxe has a very informative comparison entry here too

    and to see all of my eyes to kill related entries, click here

    Honestly, if I have to only keep one type of eyeshadow products, I will keep all of my ETKs.   

    Shall end this entry with some sneak peek pictures of a special Giorgio Armani press event I attended earlier in the week. 

    It was a lovely and elegant afternoon, totally enjoyed the good company, and basking in all the new upcoming fall makeup pieces.

    The event was for their new Maestro foundation.  

    I will be featuring this new foundation in a couple of weeks. 

    Hope this entry has been helpful, and thank you for reading! 

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    September 04, 2011

    Random Haul: Illamasqua Sale Items

    This Illamasqua haul happened because my sis made me order Writhe bronzer for her after she used mine once. She said it is the perfect glowy bronzer for her face.  And while we were at it, I could not just order one bronzer, and pay the shipping just for one item.... that explains these little goodies that went into the shopping cart as well.  I think they are all from the £5 sale section.

    The three items are

    Insanity nail polish - bright bright orange

    Trollop powder eyeshadow - matte peachy coral color

    Dual cream eyeshadow - taupey brown color

    I had a further 10% off all the sale items... so they work out to about SGD$10 per item excluding shipping.

    That's all for this quick & random entry.

     

    The new illamasqua Theatre of the Nameless collection is now out.  Is anyone getting anything from that collection?

     

    thanks for looking!

     

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    September 04, 2011

    Random Haul: Illamasqua Sale Items

    This Illamasqua haul happened because my sis made me order Writhe bronzer for her after she used mine once. She said it is the perfect glowy bronzer for her face.  And while we were at it, I could not just order one bronzer, and pay the shipping just for one item.... that explains these little goodies that went into the shopping cart as well.  I think they are all from the £5 sale section.

    The three items are

    Insanity nail polish - bright bright orange

    Trollop powder eyeshadow - matte peachy coral color

    Dual cream eyeshadow - taupey brown color

    I had a further 10% off all the sale items... so they work out to about SGD$10 per item excluding shipping.

    That's all for this quick & random entry.

     

    The new illamasqua Theatre of the Nameless collection is now out.  Is anyone getting anything from that collection?

     

    thanks for looking!

     

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    October 07, 2010

    Little Haul: Kate Cosmetics & Giveaway Preview

    Just a few items I bought from Kate (available at the larger watsons, John Little Marina Sq, BHG).  I was attracted to their  lasting colour eyes which remind me of the MAC grease paintsticks.  These feels less greasy, and the color range are mostly pastels (think light blue, silvery white, pale pink).  There is also a black one with silver shimmer, and a brown which I really didn't need.  So I got this color, GY-1 which seems to be a dark grey brown with gold shimmer.  I am thinking whether  this would be good for a quick smudgy smokey eye, or just a base color for my other powder eyeshadows.

    All the items I bought here are going for 20% off now at BHG and John Little, so go grab them now if you are interested to try out.   The lasting color eyes and the gel eye shadows are all $14.50 each at usual price.

    And a preview of the little giveaway which will be up live end of next week: one lucky winner will stand to win

    one Kate Gel Eyeshadow & Kate Lasting Color Eyes, both in the shade GY-1.

    That's all, and thanks for looking.

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    October 07, 2010

    Little Haul: Kate Cosmetics & Giveaway Preview

    Just a few items I bought from Kate (available at the larger watsons, John Little Marina Sq, BHG).  I was attracted to their  lasting colour eyes which remind me of the MAC grease paintsticks.  These feels less greasy, and the color range are mostly pastels (think light blue, silvery white, pale pink).  There is also a black one with silver shimmer, and a brown which I really didn't need.  So I got this color, GY-1 which seems to be a dark grey brown with gold shimmer.  I am thinking whether  this would be good for a quick smudgy smokey eye, or just a base color for my other powder eyeshadows.

    All the items I bought here are going for 20% off now at BHG and John Little, so go grab them now if you are interested to try out.   The lasting color eyes and the gel eye shadows are all $14.50 each at usual price.

    And a preview of the little giveaway which will be up live end of next week: one lucky winner will stand to win

    one Kate Gel Eyeshadow & Kate Lasting Color Eyes, both in the shade GY-1.

    That's all, and thanks for looking.