Rachel’s Wedding 04-02-2012
Rachel’s big day! She looked really resplendent in all her dresses and her red cheongsam for the day (tea ceremony) was gorgeous and fits her so well! I like! Plus she really worked it out for her wedding man – figure was perfect. If only I had half her sportiness… haha. Used for manicure: Zoya Raven Skinfood gold polish Gelish Top Coat Studs (I think Ying mentioned they were from Arab Street?) Actually it is not recommended to use gelish top coat over normal polishes as it may cause shrinkage or wrinkled nails, but mine felt fine (well it is day 1 after all) and even if it doesn’t last too long, it’s fine with…
Kiko Milano Polishes Swatches
Some Kiko polishes I got in Rome, Italy. 245 (red) This cost me 3.90 Euros. The rest (below) are all 1.50 Euros (some promotion going on in store… I saw Kiko in Barcelona again but this time round they had no promos on the nail polishes, so I got make up instead! Prices in Italy and Barcelona were all the same.) 299 (teal blue, pearl-ascent) Reminds me of Zoya Kotori. But this is not as sheer. 301 (purple, pearl-ascent) The two above are pretty nice colors, but didn’t wow me much… saved by great brush and nice formula (and friendly price!) 293 (creme purple) 342 (creme teal) URGHHHHHHHH this one…
Accessorize Polishes (from London!)
From the moment I reached Europe I have been popping in and out and in and out of Accessorize shops to the extend where when le husband sees one he will automatically point it out to me. Hahaha. Anyway I was there only for the AWESOME polishes! (Which unfortunately, Singapore shops don’t carry.) At £4 per bottle they’re pretty okay priced – but it’s a pretty small bottle at 10ml (then again, 用不完 one). And the brushes… they’re okay but the one for Aztec drives me nuts. They have some really great colors. (I was dying for Pink Spice and Aztec ever since I saw Iris of Roguedeluxe’s post on them – Am still lemming…
Random Polishes from Europe! (swatches – GOSH, Models’ Own, H&M, Douglas)
So I got quite a number of polishes from all over the cities I visited in Europe… Basically Kiko in Italy, H&M, Accessorize and Models Own in London, etc etc… Here’s some of the single bottled ones I got! Model’s Own Pro – Green Envy (London) The shimmery green on the bottle caught my eye – and I got it instantly! If I recall correctly, this cost me £8, which works out to about $16 SGD at the time of my exchange rate. It’s supposed to be limited edition but it didn’t seem to be selling out anytime soon. From what I’ve read, the difference is just that this Pro range is the big 3…
Lancôme Hypnose Doll Eyes Mascara
I saw a new mascara which I didn’t recall seeing in Singapore on the shelves of the EU airports (transitted at Paris, Oslo, Rome…) and picked it up after I double confirmed (thanks Val & Kas!) that it wasn’t avail in Sg yet! Aiyah always like trying new things you know. Haha. It costs me 26 €, which works out to about $43.88 SGD at x 1.688 conversion at Rome’s airport. I got the non waterproof version in 01 Black. The mascara is scented with a lovely floral smell (which Kas told me!) consisting of: magnolia, turkish rose and jasmine petals. It’s a nice scent! The comb is conical and pretty big! But it makes…
EyesCream Gel Pencil / EyesCream Liquid Eyeliner By MSH Labo
Picked up these eyeliners by MSH Labo (I got the LoveLiner too!) in Japan over at Donki : D (Seriously, I do some major shopping there every time I’m in Japan. I think I spend too much there each trip. THEY HAVE SO MUCH STUFF TO BUY!!!!) MSH Labo’s EyesCream website: http://www.msh-labo.com/eyescream/ EYEScream ah, not eyeSCREAM! (haha…) They come in some seriously shiny and hard to take picture of packaging. *sweats* Liquid Eyeliner, 1000 JPY Comes in 2 colors, Coffee Black or Brown. 0.1mm fine tip, contains 0.55ml, and it’s fragrance free! Gel Eyeliner (In a pencil form!), 1260 JPY I thought this was really unique! It comes in 4 colors, and I picked up…
DollyWink Otona Series Eyelash No. 11 Pure Sweet
Eyelash No. 11 from the stash I got a while back. Neatly fanned out lashes, somewhat invisible lash bone (if you take a look at the lash itself closely, it’s sparsely invisible where there are no lashes – the lashes make up the black portions you see. I like it, but this one isn’t as natural as I thought it would be. Nonetheless, it’s quite nice and feathery, not too stiff at all. I think depending on application (you know sometimes when the lash bone goes out of whack on one of your fake eyelashes the application makes you look very wide-eyed? that happened to me on one eye cos I didn’t put it back…
Picture Polish Denim
Got a bottle of Denim from Susan (Subtle Shimmer) as I’ve actually wanted it for quite some time but didn’t have enough girls to spree with me. It’s an indigo jelly base packed with lovely blue glitter! A very unique shade this is. Application was alright, but do give it a bit more time to dry inbetween coats as I didn’t and thats why you see bald patches on my swatches. > _ < !!! They cost SGD $17 each from Subtle Shimmer, or if you’re a beauty blogger you can get it from her at $16.50. : )
Nail Art Supplies from NailTat
Some stuff I got from Nailtat Tokyo! (They have outlets in Shinjuku and Shibuya) Finally decided to post this up because even Ying posted hers so damn fast! (My trip how many months ago already man!) Hope I have enough time and wont be too jet lagged to do my nails for CNY! You can source out the NailTat outlets from their website here. GIVEAWAY! I have ONE set of Luminous Change Gel Nail Stickers to give away! This is actually good for smaller/shorter nail beds as it’s pretty tiny. Just leave a comment! Will send them out when I’m back on the 23rd of Jan.
DollyWink Otona Series Eyelashes No. 9
This is Eyelash No. 9 from the stash I got a while back. It’s criss-crossed, set on an invisible lash bone. Wore this out for (a simple BKT) dinner and loved it. It’s just so natural looking (read: messy looking)! Featuring/Wearing Freshlook One-Day ColorBlends in Pure Hazel. I have no idea how this turned out looking so green really. Close Up: Love the invisible lash bone, and it’s pretty sturdy and well made as compared to say… Luminous Change where the lashes falls out pretty easily if you don’t handle it carefully (and by carefully, i mean removing the eyelash from the box with a pair of SHARP TWEEZERS and poking the lash bone to…
More Deborah Lippmann Polish Swatches
Ordered some Deborah Lippmann polishes from Luxola.com last year during their Christmas sale! There was 35% off : D So I got them for about averagely 22 bucks each? It came with a free sample bag! Thank you Luxola. I got: (from left to right) – Good Girl Gone Bad (S $35) – I Know What Boys Like (S $33) – Pop Life (S $33) I quite like shopping with Luxola.com, awesome free / next day delivery and great customer service (they will sms you to inform you that they’re on their way!) and they offer really good prices for those Sleek palettes too (compared to Ebay prices)! (Unfortunately I already have a lot…
VanityTrove, BellaBox, Glamabox
Okay so these beauty boxes are going around and new box brands are coming out everywhere (new craze, like how groupon spurred so many coupon sites to sprout) and I’ve been looking at them (I like receiving stuff in the mail! *coughs* addiction *cough*) and most recently I saw reviews on Bella Box, and read about GlamaBox on 8 Days. Heard about VanityTrove from a close friend. BellaBox, $15 per month Bella Box sounds really affordable, and images on the site indicate that you’ll get an assortment of really nice brands (OPI, OCC, Korres…) But those are usually past months’ items. Hmmm. I didn’t purchase this, and after reading reviews I felt it was rather…
OPI DS Temptation, Orly Androgynie & Oui!
Happy new year everyone! : D OPI Temptation ↓ Super, duper gorgeous purple + blue glass flecks (should I describe this as glass fleck? It’s shimmery, but it’s really different from shimmer.) it’s like OPI DS Magic with purple flecks/glitter bits in it. Very, very very very pretty. But better layered over black or a dark purple shade as it’s quite sheer it seems. Orly Androgynie (Holiday Soiree 2011) ↓ Dark black jelly with a mixture of glitter and hexagon bits too. It’s really pretty in the bottle, but on the nail I think the black kinds of covers over the glitter and hexagon bits over a bit too much –…
Picture Polish Festival (Flakie) vs Nubar 2010 vs Cult Nails Clairvoyant
Everyone’s coming up with flakies recently but they’re still pretty rare as compared to say, Shatter polishes. Which is everywhere now and frankly, I’m not really a fan of shatter polishes. But flakies… *heart goes thump-thump* I fell in love with Nubar 2010 and it was … my precioussssss. In fact I got myself an extra bottle just for backups. LOL! Then Picture Polish came out with Festival (multi color flakies) and it looks pretty different from Nubar 2010, which was more gold / orange flakies. Now the most glaring difference is that Festival’s flakies are very sparse – 3 coats of it equals to 1 coat of Nubar 2010 in terms of flakies landing…
Achievement Unlocked! Ombre Turquoise-Blue hair!
FINALLY!! FINALLY!!! Thanks to John Tham from SalonVim’s Kungfu and MANIC PANIC Hair color!! Super awesome hair dyes, I swear. After 5 hours of Bleaching, dyeing, blowing, washing, treating… woohoooooooooooo!!!!! Yeah I am damn fat now. *weep* *crops photo off strategically* LOVE IT, LOVE IT LOVE ITTTTTTTTTTTTTTT! Peacock, My Little Pony, Mermaid, Ugly kelp whatever! I LOVE IT! I was walking along Orchard road to Sephora and felt like this: HAHAHAHA. Damn cute pom right? If anyone is interested in getting their hair colored, I suggest Salon Vim at 313! I love my stylist John Tham (for his excellent work lah), please look for him and see if you can get a discount with my…
Make Up Store Winter: Pure Collection
Thanks to Make Up Store (Thanks Doreen, Gwen & Elaine!) for their invites, I got to preview their latest collection, for Fall/Winter 2011! Presenting… The Pure Collection. This collection sees the release of soft muted colors, in beige/browns and a really delicate shade of purple… with an exceptional orange in this otherwise toned down collection! The details they paid to the press event was super full of effort. They held it in a showflat off River Valley, with private parking and it was really comfy and cushy with ample seats. Even their drinks were topped up with special “M” shaped sticks which I almost mistook as a straw! +1 for effort! Was a really…
DollyWink’s New Otona Series – Nov/Dec 2011
So DollyWink launched their new Otona (it means adult in Japanese) collection (out already in Japan Nov 2011, N/A in SG Watsons yet) and it’s super pretty! This range sees a more matured, softer and natural look for their eyelash collection as compared to the previous “dolly cute” series. This new collection sees 6 new designs of falsies (3 upper, 3 lower, seems to compliment each other respectively), Eyebrow Mascaras (new!) in 3 shades, Eyebrow pencils in 3 shades, Eyelash Glue in transparent & black, a new purple eyelash case, and duo colored eyebrow powder in 3 shades. The new upper falsies (9, 10, 11 – Click to enlarge) at 1260 Yen each box (contains…
OPI Nicki Minaj Collection
Fell in love with the 3 bright colors the moment I saw them! (Thanks to Susan of Subtle Shimmer!) And I got them from Tammy (Timtam00.blogspot.com) at $12 each. They’re scheduled for release in 2012 Jan, but they’re mineeeeeee now! *HAPPY* Did it on ‘em Green-yellow, not overly neon but still attention attracting! Gorgeous wearable yellow and it’s opaque in 2 coats! Some have compared this to the murky green-yellow from the Shrek OPI Collection, but I didn’t collect that… I found a comparison swatch over here anyway. Pink Friday Bubblegum pink with blue undertones – bright, but not too loud. Super pretty and I think is a suitable shade for almost all…
Had an AWESOME XMAS this year!
Everyone’s super in the mood of giving – Plus my honeymoon is happening soon (4th Jan)… And I got into the whole holiday mood like super early in this month. After the interesting gift swap party at Changi V Hotel with really awesome friends, I met up with more pals from online! I spent my single days / attached & weepy days with these people… watched them get married and they watched me get married too. Super awesome right? Okay la maybe not Mag, but she’s one of the sweetest girls I know! You look at her and you know she won’t murder you one day lah. Haha. We brought our blythes out! We got…
L’Oreal Color Infallible Eyeshadow
Got darling Anne to help me grab some L’Oreal eyeshadows for me from HK since I always can’t seem to find the Infallibles in store. > : | (Eh, how come on the packaging it’s printed as “Infaillibles”? I’m thoroughly confused but nevermind that as long as the eyeshadows aren’t fake.) She got me 3 shades! 006 All Night Blue 013 Burning Black 005 Purple Obsession They each cost 89 HKD, which is around SGD $14.83 after conversion (SGD $1 = 6 HKD). They came with a free small brush each! Decided to swatch it over 4 diff areas… LimeCrime primer, Make Up Store High Tech Lighter in Venus (peach base) & Make Up Store…
