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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.

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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.

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

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Dolce & Gabbana The Bronzer 01 Natural [Photos & Swatches]

Hi!

I ordered the Dolce & Gabbana bronzer from Saks.com (about S$62) in the shade 01 Natural. It is the lightest among the D&G bronzers, and I am glad I got this shade. It is a very warm yet natural tan shade, which I can use to warm up my skintone, and also add some depth at the outer edges of my fat round face. The powder itself is amazingly smooth, and finely milled. It is not too intensely pigmented (in this shade anyway), which means I can dust it on my face without worrying that I would look like I overloaded on the bronzer.

Product description:

GLOW BRONZING POWDER

Glow Bronzing Powder is a remarkable delicate formulation, ideal for creating the warm and sensual Hollywood glow. Looks exuding warmth and sensuality are an omni-present force in the world of Dolce&Gabbana, and here impart a feeling of indulgent decadence to the skin.

Smooth powder delivers sun-kissed warmth and a natural glow. Each shade is layered with golden pearl for a subtle shimmer, adding a glistening radiance to the complexion.

Pat McGrath: "A lighter shade of bronzer will create the most natural looking tan. Build colour gradually, starting at the temples, chin, and cheeks and then blend toward the centre of the face using a large powder brush. 'Natural' is the perfect shade for re-creating the subtle warmth seen at the Dolce&Gabbana shows."

The packaging - a sleek black box, very D&G and very chic.

It contains 15g of product, quite a huge one I think.

It comes in a velvety pouch with a pocket for the brush... and the compact itself feels sturdy and heavy. It is metallic but not the kind that will become a fingerprint nightmare.

You can see very very subtle shimmer in the bronzer...but this is not so apparent once applied onto the skin, but will give a fresh glow instead.

How it looks like on my finger...

I intentionally sheered and spread it out on my hand..cos this is exactly how it will look like when applied on the face..and while I was re-sizing my pictures, I zooomed in and I could see the ultra fine glimmer of the bronzer.. it is truly beautiful! It just warms up the skintone slightly, and doesn't look patchy nor flat at all.

I am keen to try out the DG base products...but I must get through my long list of foundations to try out before I can venture there.

Hope the swatches have been helpful and thank you for reading!

Posted on September 22, 2012 at 9:06PM | Permalink | 0 Comments

Filed in: Review, haul, Dolce & Gabbana, Swatches, tan, bronzer, natural, the bronzer | Tagged with: review, Dolce & Gabbana, tan, natural, haul, bronzer, swatches, the bronzer

June 14, 2012

LOTD: Nude & Neutral

Hi hi,

I can't wait to go for my vacay. Like in, less than 48 hours. So psyched, it's unbelievable - going to TW (I have never been there), and travelling with great like-minded companions...and we have planned out everything, so the trip is going to be packed with all sorts of fun!

Anyway, today I was heading out for my manicure, at Kimberly's and so I thought I would do up this LOTD which is quite natural, and using mostly very nude shades. I will bring you through the main steps, and what I did or how I applied the products.

I recently received the Bobbi Brown Long Wear Even Finish foundations to try out, and based on the couple of times I have used it, this seems to be a foundation that is great for people like me with oily/combination skin. It is quite matte, and does last quite well throughout the day. I will do a proper full review entry after I have used this longer. In case you are curious, the shade I am using is 0.5 Warm Porcelain (the other shade which I will try just to see if it suits me, is 0 Porcelain which is slightly cooler in tone).

These are the main colors I used on my face today.

Eyes:

I used NARS eyeshadow primer, followed by Burberry eyeshadow in Trench (matte bone color) all over my eyelids, focusing more on the browbone area. Then I used Burberry eyeshadow in Rosewood all over my lids. Note that the eyeshadows are really soft, and nice to blend. I probably overblended, and I intentionally blended up quite high upwards. The placement of colors is rather casual, and slightly messy. This is followed by the usual eyeliner, eyelash application, filling in the brows and so on. I wanted to use just a pair of Ardel 120 on its own... but I am too used to these thick voluminous lashes lately, one single pair of Ardel just doesn't do it for me anymore.

For my face, I used a kabuki brush to dust the Dior Nude bronzer all over my forehead, and sides of my face. I think that this is a good way to make your face look less flat, without looking like you have actually 'contoured' the hollow parts of your face (well, I don't think there is any hollowness to my flat round face....) so, anyway, yup.. then I used the D&G Nude Blush just on the apples of my cheeks. Both the blush an bronzer complimented each other very well. I love love these two face products at the moment. The quality is immaculate, and I am really enjoying using them.

As for lips, I went for Dior Addict Extreme in the shade 326 Incognito, which is a natural nude shade, my lips but better.

close up eye

All products used:

base - ettusais bb cream, bobbi brown foundation, set with la mer loose powder

concealer - cle de peau

cheeks - Dior Nude bronzer in Zenith, D&G Nude Blush

eyes - NARS eyeshadow primer, Burberry Trench, Burberry Rosewood

liners and brows - MAC Lord it Up on lower lash line, Heavy Rotation liquid liner, Shu Uemura brow pencil, Bobbi Brown natural brow shaper

lips - Dior Extreme Addict Incognito

my holiday manicure

[Kimberly did this set of ikat print nails for me, to contact her for appointments,

click on her FB page, http://www.facebook.com/Kims.Nails.by.Kim]

and all our manicures

Not too sure if I have enough time to post any more entries after this, and I don't schedule any pre-written ones, so it might be a short while before I will get back into the updates, and sharing of new stuff. Follow me on instagram for lots of updates, LOTD, OOTD when I am in TW!

That's all, and thanks for reading!

Posted on June 14, 2012 at 9:46AM | Permalink | 7 Comments

Filed in: Neutral, Burberry, LOTD, blush, natural, Dior, eyeshadows, brown, dolce & Gabanna | Tagged with: Burberry, dior, holiday, brown, natural, neutral, eyeshadows, Blush, LOTD, Dolce & Gabanna, gelish manicure

May 27, 2009

The End of Project 10 Pan (Haul and updates)

HI!

Project 10 Pan has officially come to an end. I am not proud to say it was a total failure. I think I started it a month ago? I was serious about it, and for a few weeks, I was good. I browsed makeup, I hauled a ton of nail polish, but I didn't buy any make up. But today, I did. I didn't even expect to.

It was more difficult than I thought, to finish 10 make up items. I only used up 2 items, and I am not sure if one of them even counted. Here they are:

Canmake (Foundation base) -- definitely something I would buy again! Love this product.
MAC wipes -- which work very well, but I have since moved on to other wipes, which work just as well, but way cheaper. I am saving this package for Back2Mac.

And... let's say hello to new goodies! I bought a few stuff, but they are all boring stuff. I saw the style warriors decor all over the MAC store/counter, but was told the collection will only launch over the weekend. Oh well. i was hoping to check them out in person. I don't think I will head to MAC over the weekend anyway. In my opinion, I thought the Fafi, heatherette, and neo sci fi had better packaging and colors, IMO of course.

Sister and I browsing the MAC artbook while in the long queue.

That's me, standing in the long line for the cashier with the loot in my hand. That's my lazy to go makeup these days. Minimal eye makeup colors, and no mascara, no falsies etc.

So... what did I get??

3 eyeshadows (one i got for sister), MSF natural in Light Medium, and Pressed Blot Powder in Medium. And there is FREE GIFT. A old old limited edition quad, which my sister bought long ago.

This is the freebie product. :)

MSF Natural Light Medium, I love my old one so much, it is running out (it has a shimmery side from the Sonic Chic collection last year) and so I decided to buy the full MSF Natural. This is my very first MSF natural, as I already own several MSFs blushers.

And this is a picture of what's left of my old one.. as you can see, I hardly brushed the shimmery side. I tend to stay away from glittery, shimmery face stuff. Cos I think they make my face look oily.

Moving on to the eyeshadows, I got a bunch of neutrals. If you know MAC, you will know these colours. This is my 2nd Ricepaper. I find it way better in terms of texture and color as compared to Shroom which is a very similar shade. And then we have Vanilla, and Patina which is the darkest color among the 3 colors here.

And I got the MAC pressed blot powder, it is suposed to blot away the shin on your face without affecting your makeup, and also it doesn't add colour or coverage, even though I was told get the Medium shade. And it comes with a little puff which is great for touching up on the go.

That's all... hmmmm I don't think I will buy anything from Style Warriors... I didn't get anything from Rose Romance either. I think I am waiting for Color Craft (got to reserve the items I want and get sister to buy them). I am also wishing that I can finish using my Studio Fix Fluid so I can start using the Studio Sculpt. And I still have back ups of my Maybelline and Dior foundation. Oh, and by the way.... remember the Rimmel 16 hour foundation? It was too dark for me, even though I got it in the lightest shade. i think my sisters can use it. So... no more Rimmel foundations for me.

What is your favourite foundation?

Thanks for reading!

Posted on May 27, 2009 at 11:48AM | Permalink | 11 Comments

Filed in: fashion and beauty, make up, project 10 pan | Tagged with: Mac, natural, make up, eye shadows, MSF, face powder, project 10 pan, blot powder

May 19, 2009

Nail Colors Overview Part Two: Nudes/ Naturals

Hi again!! I don't know how many parts this series is going to be, but this part will be about nudes. If you missed my blues/teals post, click here.

FYI, I most likely will do another separate blue part though. Too much of the blues! LOL.

OK, so this will be about the nude colours. Like liglosses, nude nail colors are tricky, and we are always on the lookout for the nude shade, my 'own skin tone only better' shade. Too pale, it makes your fingers and cuticles look dirty, and too brown, it just look blah. So finding the perfect shade is hard.

If you have seen OPI nail colors, they have a gazillion nude natural shades. Keep in mind that some of these nude shades are for applying over a french manicure, and they tend to be sheer, and very translucent. These, I don't like. The colors look pretty in the bottles, but they never turn out the same on your nails, even after 6 coats or whatever, and they apply streaky!! That's because they are SHEER colors. So the colour payoff is totally different.

I love those THICK, CREAMY, OPAQUE nude shades. You just apply 2 coats and you get the POP colour. And in between the Sheer and Opaque creamy shade, you have the 'satin' looking ones. Slightly see through if you apply the first or second coat, but if you are careful, apply a third coat, you will get a shiny opaque colour pay off. Yes, that's what I have to say about nude colours.

My all time fave is OPI's Bare it in Trafalgar Sqaure. Let Them Eat Ricecake, which I got recently is turning to out be another fave. Both are equally thick and creamy, but Ricecake has a slight pink undertone, whereas Trafalgar Square is more milky beige.

OPI Let Them Eat Ricecake - Really opaque, slightly pink, and perfect for both toes and finger nails.

This is Bare it in Trafaglar Square. I might have mentioned before this is my 2nd bottle cos I love it so much. I know my mancurist hates to use this colour, cos it is such a pain to get even and smooth........ but..... I LOVE IT, and I have no problems applying it myself. My cuticles look GROSS in the following pic. Got to book an appointment asap.

This is OPI Miso Happy with this Colour. Pink colour. And this is one of those in between textures which I rambled about just now.

This is OPI Tickle my France-y which I got yesterday. Another in between sheer and opaque texture. Can you see how thick I had to paint it on? This has a slight brown tinge. But I like how this looks so far. Gonna try this out on all my fingers later.

And this is OPI for Sephora, Run with It. A nude colour with gray undertone. And it seems to have some glitter or shimmer bits, which is not very noticeable because it is the same color as the nail polish. I like this because it has thick and creamy, and you just need 2 coats.

Yup! These are some of my fave nude shades. I am kind of eyeing Sheer My Toys (or something like that) from OPI last christmas collection. Hmmm... Shall wait and see. I can't remember if I ordered more nude shades from my forthcoming haul from transdesign. Hope this has been helpful. The sun is setting, so I can't take any more of these swatches in daylight.... I will update over the weekend!

FYI, I have added blogrolls at the side of this site, and sort of group them by makeup, fashion, and I think I will add Youtube (my fave YT people), and also a blogroll just for nail polish resource and information.

Thanks for reading!!!

Posted on May 19, 2009 at 4:09AM | Permalink | 3 Comments

Filed in: Nail Polish, fashion and beauty | Tagged with: sephora, nail polish, natural, OPI, Nude, run with it, miso happy with this colour

November 28, 2008

Look of the day - Bright Eyed Natural

Hi!

Just to show a look I am really loving. Very natural and bright eyed, yet shows off my features nicely.

Stuff I used:(All MAC unless specified otherwise)

Eyes -- Painterly p/p as a base, Fascinating Eyekohl as a white base on the lids, Mylar e/s over the white lids and on the browbone to highlight. Dazzlelight e/s on the browbone for subtle shimmer. Smoke & Diamonds e/s mixed with Tempting e/s for the crease, and Wedge e/s for shadowing/contour, and Magnetic Fields e/s on the outer corner. Stila's Kitten e/s on the lower innner corner for a bright spark. *** OK this sounds like a whole shi*t of stuff just for a natural eye..... *blush*

For liner, I am using Maybelline new gel liner, that comes with its own brush, I will put another post on this later in the day. Awesome product, so cheap and comparable to MAC's blacktrack Fluidline.

But I digress: On the rest of the face, I am also using Pink Swoon for blusher, and Sephora's lipstick in ... hmmm, dunno what's the color, just a natural mauve colour.

Posted on November 28, 2008 at 9:52PM | Permalink | 8 Comments

Filed in: fashion and beauty | Tagged with: Mac, natural, eyeshadows, look of the day, neutrals

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Look of the day - Bright Eyed Natural