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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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    May 04, 2013

    Make-up artistry by Lancôme: Lessons in Colour Layering


    Lancôme
    creates the most electrifying mix & match colours. Three products, a multitude of shades in harmonies of fuchsia,
    orange and pink, for infinite combinations... Anything is possible, simply follow your desire!

    Thanks to the perfect affinity of their formulas, there’s simply no limit to the ways you can superimpose Rouge In Love and Gloss In Love. Associating their textures seems to create a magnifying glass effect which amplifies the expression of their pigments. Vernis In Love takes on the challenge of creating the most daring manicure imaginable.

    Love your lips!

    Apply Gloss In Love alone using the applicator tip to perfectly define the lip contour. Then kiss the Rouge In Love stick, placing it against the centre of your lips. Accentuate contrast effects by selecting a lighter shade for the central part of the lips: the lively pink of Flash n’ Fuchsia gloss collides beautifully with the fiery orange of Doux Farniente lipstick. Play around with the most daring of duos for a voluptuously plumped pout.

    Petal Effect

    Even the most delicate flowers assert their originality by pairing very pale tones with very dense pigments. Select two contrasting lipstick and gloss shades to recreate this surprising effect. Apply a light veil of a gloss such as Blink Pink then define the entire lip contour with the intense red of Under The Rose with a brush. Simply press your lips together to melt the two colours: a guaranteed petal effect!

    Burning heart

    Dress lips in softness with an initial layer of Rouge In Love before applying gloss to the centre, accentuating the cupid’s bow. Fall In Rose enhances lips’ intensity and goes beautifully with Under The Spotlight gloss. This heart of gloss at the centre of lips is sure to grab the spotlight!

    Mouth-watering tone on tone

    Choose two fairly close shades of Gloss In Love and Rouge In Love. For peachy-toned lips, first suffuse lips with shine using Peach Show gloss, then enhance the lip border by applying Rose’mantic lipstick with a brush. When you press lips together, the two textures blend to create an all-new orange shade that’s deep, lacquered and simply mouth-watering.

    Two-tone kiss

    With the current trend for mixed nail colour, why not apply the same principle to lips for an energised look? Just like a nail varnish base, apply an undercoat of Just Strass Gloss In Love to boost your lipstick’s colour. Apply a lighter, more luminous shade like Rose Flaâneuse lipstick to the lower lip and contrast with Be My Date! on the upper lip. The quintessence of colour block make-up... 

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    May 04, 2013

    Make-up artistry by Lancôme: Lessons in Colour Layering


    Lancôme
    creates the most electrifying mix & match colours. Three products, a multitude of shades in harmonies of fuchsia,
    orange and pink, for infinite combinations... Anything is possible, simply follow your desire!

    Thanks to the perfect affinity of their formulas, there’s simply no limit to the ways you can superimpose Rouge In Love and Gloss In Love. Associating their textures seems to create a magnifying glass effect which amplifies the expression of their pigments. Vernis In Love takes on the challenge of creating the most daring manicure imaginable.

    Love your lips!

    Apply Gloss In Love alone using the applicator tip to perfectly define the lip contour. Then kiss the Rouge In Love stick, placing it against the centre of your lips. Accentuate contrast effects by selecting a lighter shade for the central part of the lips: the lively pink of Flash n’ Fuchsia gloss collides beautifully with the fiery orange of Doux Farniente lipstick. Play around with the most daring of duos for a voluptuously plumped pout.

    Petal Effect

    Even the most delicate flowers assert their originality by pairing very pale tones with very dense pigments. Select two contrasting lipstick and gloss shades to recreate this surprising effect. Apply a light veil of a gloss such as Blink Pink then define the entire lip contour with the intense red of Under The Rose with a brush. Simply press your lips together to melt the two colours: a guaranteed petal effect!

    Burning heart

    Dress lips in softness with an initial layer of Rouge In Love before applying gloss to the centre, accentuating the cupid’s bow. Fall In Rose enhances lips’ intensity and goes beautifully with Under The Spotlight gloss. This heart of gloss at the centre of lips is sure to grab the spotlight!

    Mouth-watering tone on tone

    Choose two fairly close shades of Gloss In Love and Rouge In Love. For peachy-toned lips, first suffuse lips with shine using Peach Show gloss, then enhance the lip border by applying Rose’mantic lipstick with a brush. When you press lips together, the two textures blend to create an all-new orange shade that’s deep, lacquered and simply mouth-watering.

    Two-tone kiss

    With the current trend for mixed nail colour, why not apply the same principle to lips for an energised look? Just like a nail varnish base, apply an undercoat of Just Strass Gloss In Love to boost your lipstick’s colour. Apply a lighter, more luminous shade like Rose Flaâneuse lipstick to the lower lip and contrast with Be My Date! on the upper lip. The quintessence of colour block make-up... 

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    April 14, 2013

    Collection Avant-Première de Chanel: Starlet, Paparazzi, Cinema & Provocation

    This entry features 3 new Chanel shades from their latest collectiom, the Collection Avant-Premiere - centred around movies and stars...hence the names, and the very classic and glamorous shades.  All the formula on these polishes are richly pigmented, I applied 2 coats in each of these pictures which show the full color intensity of the polishes. 

    Do note that these polishes are part of the permanent collection.  Though there are news that Starlet is LE.  Provocation is a re-release from last year's Fashion's Night Out collection the Twin Sets.  (click here to see my full review and swatches) 

    These are the 3 I bought to complete the collection. 

    Cinema - tomato red, creamy.  A very soft focus glamorous red.

    Paparazzi - warm plummy rosy shade with gold sheen

    Starlet - peachy pink with fine shimmer 


    Swatches here

    all are 2 coats, no top coat. 



    I think Paparazzi is my fave, it is quite unique (to me).






    comparison of Chanel reds in my collection


    Pirate - most cool toned, almost jelly consistency

    Cinema - creamy, soft red, not as intense as Dragon, looks neutral toned compared to Dragon and Coromandel

    Coromandel - one coater (but I applied 2 coats here), brightest, with slight sheen

    Dragon - looks slightly cool toned here, but more neutral in real life, brighter than Cinema

    I must say that Cinema applies brighter than it actually looks in the bottle. 

    Hope this overview has been useful.

    Next on my Chanel list are the Les Beiges collection!  I want the brush and the powder! Then the summer polishes....

    Sorry that I haven't been able to blog much lately except spamming nail polish swatches, a little out of sorts and can't seem to get down to 'serious' blogging about makeup products and new launches.  I will be fully back soon! 

    Thanks for reading, happy Sunday!

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    April 14, 2013

    Collection Avant-Première de Chanel: Starlet, Paparazzi, Cinema & Provocation

    This entry features 3 new Chanel shades from their latest collectiom, the Collection Avant-Premiere - centred around movies and stars...hence the names, and the very classic and glamorous shades.  All the formula on these polishes are richly pigmented, I applied 2 coats in each of these pictures which show the full color intensity of the polishes. 

    Do note that these polishes are part of the permanent collection.  Though there are news that Starlet is LE.  Provocation is a re-release from last year's Fashion's Night Out collection the Twin Sets.  (click here to see my full review and swatches) 

    These are the 3 I bought to complete the collection. 

    Cinema - tomato red, creamy.  A very soft focus glamorous red.

    Paparazzi - warm plummy rosy shade with gold sheen

    Starlet - peachy pink with fine shimmer 


    Swatches here

    all are 2 coats, no top coat. 



    I think Paparazzi is my fave, it is quite unique (to me).






    comparison of Chanel reds in my collection


    Pirate - most cool toned, almost jelly consistency

    Cinema - creamy, soft red, not as intense as Dragon, looks neutral toned compared to Dragon and Coromandel

    Coromandel - one coater (but I applied 2 coats here), brightest, with slight sheen

    Dragon - looks slightly cool toned here, but more neutral in real life, brighter than Cinema

    I must say that Cinema applies brighter than it actually looks in the bottle. 

    Hope this overview has been useful.

    Next on my Chanel list are the Les Beiges collection!  I want the brush and the powder! Then the summer polishes....

    Sorry that I haven't been able to blog much lately except spamming nail polish swatches, a little out of sorts and can't seem to get down to 'serious' blogging about makeup products and new launches.  I will be fully back soon! 

    Thanks for reading, happy Sunday!

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    April 11, 2013

    Daring Digits Speicher


    Hi hi!

    This is another Meimei's Signatures exclusive shade - Daring Digits Speicher (link here!)  When I saw this, my thought is 'shatter glass' I love the irregular flakes and also the combination of the blue holo bits.  It seems so cliched to swatch them over a black, but this really shows up the complex glitter and color combination. 

    The base itself is clear..it is a little on the thick side.  The bits are all evenly and densely packed in the bottle, so even a single coat gives you serious sparkle. 

    Color description:
    A delicate clear base polish with lots of thin gold and silver flakes in irregular size with blue iridescent flakes and blue/purple duochrome micro-shimmers.


    close up of the bottle


    Shown here with my fave Nails Inc leather effect black - Love how the blue bits pop and the clashing texture/ finish! 

    Each bottle of Daring Digits contains 16.5ml of product, and retails for S$12.50 at Meimei's Signatures. (link here!)

    I hope that my swatches have been useful!

    Thanks for reading!

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    April 11, 2013

    Daring Digits Speicher


    Hi hi!

    This is another Meimei's Signatures exclusive shade - Daring Digits Speicher (link here!)  When I saw this, my thought is 'shatter glass' I love the irregular flakes and also the combination of the blue holo bits.  It seems so cliched to swatch them over a black, but this really shows up the complex glitter and color combination. 

    The base itself is clear..it is a little on the thick side.  The bits are all evenly and densely packed in the bottle, so even a single coat gives you serious sparkle. 

    Color description:
    A delicate clear base polish with lots of thin gold and silver flakes in irregular size with blue iridescent flakes and blue/purple duochrome micro-shimmers.


    close up of the bottle


    Shown here with my fave Nails Inc leather effect black - Love how the blue bits pop and the clashing texture/ finish! 

    Each bottle of Daring Digits contains 16.5ml of product, and retails for S$12.50 at Meimei's Signatures. (link here!)

    I hope that my swatches have been useful!

    Thanks for reading!

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    April 11, 2013

    Daily Lacquer "Michiru"


    Hi hi!!

    Here we have Dai
    ly Lacquer's Michiru
    from their 'Outer Planet' Collection.  I really love this combo of glitters.  The mint base, the mixture of blue, white, green and turquoise bits is just too cute.  You can purchase Daily Lacquer polishes from Meimei Signatures. (link here!)

    Color Description: 
    A lovely mint/aqua colored crelly polish filled with blue hearts, blue holo gllitters, green dots, and blue holo moons.  Michiru is the essence of soft beauty and she loves her beautiful Haruka with silent intensity.

    Close ups - 



    I applied a sheer color base to make the base more even.  Here, I used two coats (yes that's two coats!) of Essie Turquoise & Caicos - bad Essie, but perfect sheer base for Michiru.

    I applied two coats of Michiru, and didn't apply any topcoat.  I had used this combo last week, with a topcoat, which smoothes the surface of the polish.  So if they are looking a little gritty here, you know why.  A topcoat will just smooth everything out. 
    I didn't have to fish out the glitter bits, because they are all quite evenly distributed in the base. 



    Shown here is a sample bottle for my review purposes.  The actual retail bottle (comes with cute bow on the cap) is 13.5ml, and retails for S$15 each.    Each bottle is handmade, and there might be slight variations with each batch.

    You can purchase Daily Lacquer from Meimei Signatures.  (link here!)

    I hope these swatches have been useful, and thanks for reading!

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    April 11, 2013

    Daily Lacquer "Michiru"


    Hi hi!!

    Here we have Dai
    ly Lacquer's Michiru
    from their 'Outer Planet' Collection.  I really love this combo of glitters.  The mint base, the mixture of blue, white, green and turquoise bits is just too cute.  You can purchase Daily Lacquer polishes from Meimei Signatures. (link here!)

    Color Description: 
    A lovely mint/aqua colored crelly polish filled with blue hearts, blue holo gllitters, green dots, and blue holo moons.  Michiru is the essence of soft beauty and she loves her beautiful Haruka with silent intensity.

    Close ups - 



    I applied a sheer color base to make the base more even.  Here, I used two coats (yes that's two coats!) of Essie Turquoise & Caicos - bad Essie, but perfect sheer base for Michiru.

    I applied two coats of Michiru, and didn't apply any topcoat.  I had used this combo last week, with a topcoat, which smoothes the surface of the polish.  So if they are looking a little gritty here, you know why.  A topcoat will just smooth everything out. 
    I didn't have to fish out the glitter bits, because they are all quite evenly distributed in the base. 



    Shown here is a sample bottle for my review purposes.  The actual retail bottle (comes with cute bow on the cap) is 13.5ml, and retails for S$15 each.    Each bottle is handmade, and there might be slight variations with each batch.

    You can purchase Daily Lacquer from Meimei Signatures.  (link here!)

    I hope these swatches have been useful, and thanks for reading!

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    April 11, 2013

    Nails Inc Leather Effect is LOVE!


    Hi hi!

    A couple of weeks back, I spotted these Nails Inc Leather Effect nailpolishes at Sephora (they were all launched at Sephora, along with Butter London and Ciate polishes)...and I picked up the Leather Effect ones, I had swatched them in store, and think that I like the 'leathery' effect - they feel a little grainy to the touch.  

    It is quite interesting, and potentially a love/hate nail trend.  I have never really paid attention to the current "textured" nails trend... so I was pleasantly surprised that I like this after swatching them.

    A topcoat is not necessarily with these Leather Effect nails.  They dry pretty fast like a matte polish, and as they dry, the leather effect starts to form. 

    I bought my leather nailpolish in two classic shades which I know I would wear often - nude and black.  After all, these are the usual leather colors, no?


    Swatches: 

    What do you think of these leather effect nail polish?

    They last a good 4-5 days without any topcoat, and retail for S$22 each.

    Hope these swatches have been useful, and thanks for reading!

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    April 11, 2013

    Nails Inc Leather Effect is LOVE!


    Hi hi!

    A couple of weeks back, I spotted these Nails Inc Leather Effect nailpolishes at Sephora (they were all launched at Sephora, along with Butter London and Ciate polishes)...and I picked up the Leather Effect ones, I had swatched them in store, and think that I like the 'leathery' effect - they feel a little grainy to the touch.  

    It is quite interesting, and potentially a love/hate nail trend.  I have never really paid attention to the current "textured" nails trend... so I was pleasantly surprised that I like this after swatching them.

    A topcoat is not necessarily with these Leather Effect nails.  They dry pretty fast like a matte polish, and as they dry, the leather effect starts to form. 

    I bought my leather nailpolish in two classic shades which I know I would wear often - nude and black.  After all, these are the usual leather colors, no?


    Swatches: 

    What do you think of these leather effect nail polish?

    They last a good 4-5 days without any topcoat, and retail for S$22 each.

    Hope these swatches have been useful, and thanks for reading!