Hi,

I bought these 2 lipsticks from ebay.com.sg, and the seller is of course, based in S'pore.  This saves me a lot of money on postage.  I spent a total of $65 (registered mail) for these 2 lipsticks, and considering that each is selling for $42 in the stores (or used to), I say I got a fair deal.  I also made sure I purchase from a reputable seller (her user name is germ1123), and the whole process is very smooth sailing.

I got myself No 1 which is Nude Beige, and No 19 which is Frivolous Pink.

Here are some pictures:

From left: No 4 Sweet Honey, No 1 Nude Beige, No 19 Frivolous Pink, No 7 Lingerie Pink

No 4 Sweet Honey shown below is more 'tan' than No 1 Nude Beige.

No 1 Nude Beige is a really pretty nude color, I think this will quickly become my FAVOURITE nude/ skin color lipstick.

No 7 Lingerie Pink is a peach toned pastel pink.

No 19 Frivolous Pink is more pink, but still very wearable depending on your skin tone.

Yup, hope this comparison is helpful. If you get the chance to swatch them in real life, you find that the color may look harsh and unflattering, which is what I thought months ago when I first tested them at the counter. However, on the lips, the color blend in nicely with your lips and look softer.  This could be due to the silky creamy texture of the product.

hmmmm -- I don't think this will be a regular feature but just whenever I feel like it.

**  There are also stuff which I accquired too much recently for me to justify it being part of this list....

This doesn't mean that I don't like my other stuff, but just that these 10 items are the current flavours of the month.

I bought so much during Color Craft, I feel bad to say that I haven't got to using much of Smooth Merge, Daft Pink and Style Demon yet.

But if I have to really narrow down to 10 items, and these are what I have come up with.   And it's all about the blushers!

1. FADE OUT CREAM
2. MAC 116 BRUSH
3. MAC SMOKE & DIAMONDS EYESHADOW
4. MAC IMPROVISE BLUSHER
5. NARS MULTIPLE STICK ORGASM
6. ILLAMASQUA PANIC BLUSHER
7. MAC CREAM STICK PINK VIVID
   
8. MAC CREME CUP LIPSTICK
9. MUFE MAT VELVET+ 20
10. MUFE SUPER MATTE LOOSE POWDER 02

* Think I forgot Natural Flare eyeshadow from Color Craft....

I would like to feature nail polishes too, but I can tell you which colors I keep coming to.

• CG agent lavender
• CG secret periwinkle
• OPI FOR SEPHORA metro chic

I will feature another 10 faves soon!  :)

So I was saying I went out for dinner, and my cousin was there, she just came back from her Masters studies at Cambridge U, I gave her a little list of UK stuff to buy... but ended up with only 1 item..I am now kind of tempted... to save up for a Nov trip cos she is going back again for her grad ceremony.  What a great reason to go there again for me! :)

But I digress.  The one item is a Barry M lipstick.

It's number 146, which is Dolly Pink on the Barry M website.

And here is how it looks -

And it is much more wearable than it looks in the tube, which is a bright fuschia pink.  But if I were to compare the texture to a MAC equivalent, it would be a LUSTRE.  So it is not like the 129 - Palest Lavender which is more like a creamy Amplified Cream.

This is how it looks like on my lips:

Ok, it prolly looks pinker if the lighting isn't so orangey.  Will feature this color again in the next LOTD entry.

And that's all I have to say for now.

Woot to the almost weekend!

So I was saying in my previous post, I went to the beach.. that was on Saturday morning.  I made the silly mistake of not puttng on any sun block (tsk tsk I know) and this is the result:

BEFORE:

My fave eye shadow combi of the moment, All that Glitters and Smut.  St Germaine Lipstick and Pink Fish TLC.  And Perfect Topping MSF.

AFTER:

BOO!!  I burn rather easily, and I really SHOULD have used a block, but I covered myself with an umbrella most of the time (trust me, I looked ridiculous!) and I played frisbee for maybe 10 minutes?  Whatever.... SUN and my skin don't go together at all.

Yea, that was me, posing posing posing.  LOL and my cousin in the background, trying her best to throw the Frisbee.

Kind of had an unexpected haul yesterday.  Went to an expo sale, and kind of stock up on some beauty related essentials.  Like toothpaste, hair color kits, body lotions, nail tools and also surprise... a Maybelline Mineral Blusher in Original Rose.  Haven't opened them though.  I bought the toothpaste and matching toothbrush for whitening purposes.... because... when I was wearing St Germaine, I realised it makes one's teeth look really stained and yellow.  Ok. my teeth aren't very white... but the lipstick just makes them look worse.  I also bought a ELF eyeshadow brush.

On Saturday I also did a BACK2MAC, for Bubbles lipstick (which is limited edition from Sugarsweet)  which is a whitish frost/ palest pink lipstick.  It is also in the glaze formula, so expect very sheer payoff, and it is good for like giving a sheen over whatever colour you are using.

And I also bought a RIMMEL liquid foundation.  It's called LASTING FINISH, which claims to last up to 16 hours.  Well.  Let's see how that goes.  I don't think I will use it yet.. I have been buying and trying lots of different drugtore liquid foundations and so far I haven't been disappointed.

(Picture taken with my mac, hence the weird mirror image effect. LOL)

And on Sunday, me and my siblings went to Uniqlo... which is a Jap based clothing store -- kind of like GAP... selling basics and stuff...it just opened in Singapore.. and  man, everyone went NUTS over Uniqlo.  I have personally shopped there before on my overseas trip (like London and Hong Kong), so I am interested to see the collection locally. Naturally like a typical Singaporean... queueing is part of the deal whenever something NEW arrives.  Also, I must say, Shopping (and EATING) are typical Singaporean pasttimes.   Because there just isn't anything much one can do around here!  We don't have lotsa of theme parks, sprawling countrysides, natura parks, gardens etc...90% of this tiny island is a concrete jungle consisting of apartments, commercial buildings, shopping malls, eating places and cinemas.  So...I try to get out of the country whenever I have a stretch of free time.

The Queue suckers that we are.  My bro is only 15, but look how tall he is, and I am already standing at 5ft 9in (175cm).  :p

And here is a random picture of the Delicious crab dinner we had on Friday.  It is called Shimmering Crab (sounds like an eyeshadow, don't you think?)  and basically it is cooked in this super creamy sauce (like a Alfredo/ cabonara kind of sauce) with losa pepper and the chopped fried garlic bits sprinkled over on top.  YUMMMMS!

That's all, and I hope you all had a nice weekend like the one I had.  Thanks for reading!

OK.... serious damage done yesterday after my little spree.  I have to preface the following with a disclaimer.  I DID NOT have to pay full price for all the MAC stuff. As I mentioned before, I got a 25% off the prices.  So all these cost less than S$200 after the discount. Which is quite OK considering I got 10 items.  My sis bought the Shimmermoss eyeshadow for herself.

I am sure you are all familiar with the Sugarsweet collection, and have heard enough of me going on about what I have been wanting to buy from this collection, so I will just show the pictures and list the items:

Everything.  The MUA put everything in bag by the time I got there, and all I did was check the items.   I bought everything which I put on reserve.

Perfect Topping MSF, Peppermint Patti Nail Laquer, Butter nutty Shadestick, Dear Cupcake e/s, Aquavert e/s, St Germaine Lipstick

Gorgeous St Germaine Lipstick. I have a feeling I need to apply this rich color with a LIGHT hand.

Perfect Topping MSF.  Good for me this particular one has more of the lilac/purple veining, which I love!  And the texture is very fine, not chunky....I can totally use this as a blusher.

Peppermint Patti.. which I hastily applied on my finger, that's 2 coats.  It isn't as sheer as I thought it would be.  So that's good.  And it is totally different from the OPI Garguantan Green Grape....

Besides the Sugarsweet stuff, I also bought a few other items.  I got my first VIVA GLAM lipstick... I think this is Viva Glam 5? Anyway... pretty nude, mauve colour.

I bought a couple of eyeshadows.   All that Glitters - the goldish brown neutral colour, and Smut, the darker brown.  I need more browns.   HAHA.  And my sister bought Shimmermoss eyeshadow.

Because I bought so much stuff, the girl put everything in this HK bag....  which is cute but not something I would use.

Some swatches... I am not very good at swatching.  On the left, there is Shimmermoss, Aquavert (which you can hardly see), Dear Cupcake, Smut, in the middle row, there is All that Glitters, and Butternutty, and the 2 lipsticks on the right.

Swatches on my fingertips - from left to right, Dear Cupcake, All that Glitters, Aquavert and Smut.

And the following is an overpriced, glammed up Havanias slippers.  My first pair.  My sister owns a couple of Havanias... but I never saw the appeal of these overpriced rubber soles.  Besides I could never fit a pair that fit me, they are always too big or too small and the straps are always too 'loose' and 'flappy' for my feet.  But I did managed to try on this pair which fits decently, and it's limited edition apparently.  I like the gold plated name tag...yup. The sucker that I am.  My sister bought the same pair too.
Nail polish - OPI vodka and caviar.

BF is flying off to SF on 18 April... and I am constantly updating my shopping list for him..... decisions, decisions, decisions!!! And folks are coming back from their Europe sojourn soon, so more Superdrugs.BarryM stuff coming my way.

I am going to the beach now!!  Of cos I am not wearing my new slippers, just going to wear my ratty old one from french connection.  :)

Hi!

Just a quick post on my look yesterday... and also my new short and green nails.

OPI Gargantuan Green Grape

I had to apply 4 coats to get it look creamy, opaque and non-streaky.

Look of the day:

I used the MAC spiced chocolate quad for this look, except for the reddish copper color.

Cheeks, Intenso blush and Lips, Lollipop Lovin'

That's all, and thanks for reading!!

Hi!

Just some rambles and reviews of stuff.  I have been posting very often this week, and it's off to another busy term from tomorrow til June -- which means I will be back to my once weekly posts.

First off, we have the Chanel base. I tried it today -- on half of my face, cos I want to compare how it feels next to the Canmake makeup base which is like.. only 15% of the Chanel price tag.

On the L (white one is Canmake) and the R rose/beige color is the Chanel base.  You can see the difference in texture right away, so I shan't bore you with explantions.

First thoughts:

• Canmake feels richer, like a moisturiser.  Makes my skin feels smooth, like a protective layer. Fragrance free too.  And my foundation does feel like it went out smoother.
  
• Chanel smells AWESOME - I know I ranted nonstop about the scent for the 100th time.  You don't feel like you have applied anything, it is very light, and works into the skin. 
  
• For both products, I can't see a change in my skin color.  I also can't see a difference in the texture of my skin, in terms of covering pores, or watever.  In terms of texture, yes, with the canmake, you can feel a slight layer, but not in a bad way.  For Chanel, the texture is 'invisible'.  Great if you don't like having the feel of heavy foundations/ bases etc etc etc.
• I like both, but because of the hefty price of the Chanel base, I might not use it everyday to 'preserve' the product.  Canmake is a great everyday base.
  

The Ben Nye concealer wheel comes on next.  I have gotten questions from my friends who know I am having this industrial strength concealer meant for stage make up.  Honestly, I don't have major spots to conceal, except for the usual spots and dark circles.  But this is what I did and I will share some of my thoughts on this product.

Before

This is the area I am trying to cover.  Some spots & blemishes.

After

When I am done with the concealer.  This is what I got.

I usually start by dabbing my brush in the greenish/grey tone to 'correct' / neutralise the areas of concern.

Then I use the shade on either side of the green tone to conceal...

I used my BE max coverage concealer brush, it is very similar to the MAC195 which is released with the Studio Sculpt Collection.

I think it is quite obvious which side is all covered.  Hmmm... it's MY right undereye.  Like I mentioned, I don't have that much of issue with undereye circles and bags, so maybe you can't really see the difference.  And with this concealer, you just need a little bit.  Dab lightly on the area you are working on.  And if you get carried away, just use a sponge or your foundation brush to blend/buff away the 'patch'.    I highly recommend this product.  When I am feeling fancy, then I would use different concealers for different areas, or even a highligter thingy to brighten up the undereye area.

Next up, Barry M close ups. I really prefer to take pictures in normal daylight.  But these pictures seriously don't do the shadows any justice AT ALL.  This one, I think is No89, is beautiful.  It is a dark brown, with purple duochrome and gold specks.  I don't know how to describe it... but it is really pretty.  Used on it's own, you can't see the whole range of colors, but with a dark base, you get to see how the colors flicker and shine at different angles.  Loves it!

OK obviously the lipstick is way too pale and it looks different from in the stick.  Oh well. Make it work by using a light hand to apply and then putting a gloss over.   :)

Look of the day -- and because I am feeling fancy, I decide to use a pair of Half-Lash from Shu Uemura it's called Mini Purple.  There are purple and yellow hairs on the lash.  Kind of matching the colors on my eyes.  I used both the Barry M pigments to create this look.

And Trend Alert - Green Nailpolish. I got mine in Gargantuan Green Grape.  I am lemming Peppermint Patti from the MAC sugarsweet collection, and I just ordered China Glaze's For Audrey on ebay.  Check out MissChievous' blog for some comparisions.

That's all, let me know if you want more information on stuff I mentioned,  and thanks for reading.

Which finally arrived after 3 weeks because the first time, the seller forgot about it, and it was out of stock, but is finally here!!

LOVES IT!!!  I will do a few looks with this palette, and my first thoughts... The colors are really pretty and unlike most of what I already have.

And I got 2 birthday pressies from my old friends!  Went out last night, total blast in which everyone had too much to drink, and too much to talk about.

First up, we have the YSL mascara, and the YSL Lip Twins... Yes, my friends know me well.

And next up, is a Marc Jacobs bracelet, the charm can be taken out and used as a pendant.

Once again, the pictures don't do these goodies any justice.  I am supposed to be doing my work now, but I have been sooooooooo distracted the whole day, being all tired and also find myself playing with my new stuff.  I had to update these, but too lazy to whip out my digital camera to take proper pictures.  But I will ramble more about them later this week.

Thanks for reading!