Ahbengshop – Restocked!

We’ve brought in a bunch of new stuff and we’re working on uploading them still, but for now… The prettiest and hottest Cubic Hearts casings have been restocked! Also brought back the kitties! Get one now, meow. P.S. For each purchase of any cubic casing, you get to receive one free crystal dust plug of your choice of color (choose from 11 colors)!

BeautyAsia 2012 – Day 1 (Quick Coverage for Nail Polish Lovers)

Quick BeautyAsia Update This year’s BeautyAsia convention runs from 20th – 22nd Feb (till Wednesday), at Suntec Convention Hall (on the 4th Level, you can’t possibly miss it) and opens from 11am till 7pm. Prices China Glaze at $5 / 8 (depending on retailer, there’s 2, Ugateway ($5), and another more exp stall (United Nails Supply) which sells the latest Prisms collection, but $5.5 price is only applicable only if you buy above 12 bottles). Misa at $5 each – Plenty of colors! ORLY at $6 (does not include latest collection), Deborah Lippmann at $19, Zoya at $7 but are all subjected to 7% GST from Ugateway. Orly UV GelFX avail too but not sure…

Vanity Trove: January 2012

I’ve made a purchase for 2 months’ worth of Vanity Troves, so here’s a look into what I got for January… First up, Yadah! Cosmetics Sampler set, from Korea. The Yadah! Set contains: Click on the links to read more about the items YADAH Brightening Mask YADAH Cleansing Nose Sheet YADAH Sunscreen Cream (SPF 15/PA++) YADAH Brightening Ampoule YADAH Pure Green Emulsion YADAH Pure Green Toner YADAH BB Cream (SPF 20/PA++) And also a full sized item, the YADAH Angel Liptint, which can also be used as a blusher. “Angel Liptint is naturally extracted colorant from plants such as Red Tomatoes and Gromwell flowers. It uses safe ingredients that is able to enhance the lips…

SOLD: Chanel Silver + Crystal Teardrop Earrings

Have an extra pair for sale as my gf (whom we originally purchased it for!) received the same pair for her bday, so I had to sell this off. Brand new in box, never worn. Bought from Rue Cambon and delightfully wrapped with a Camilla on top! (box says 31, Rue Cambon!) (This pair in pictures are mine – the ones i’m selling are still in the box) SGD $270 Please email me at evonnz at gmail.com. Meet ups only.   Thanks! Earrings have been sold to a lovely lady. ♡ And Happy Valentines’ Day to all! ♡

Moo x Facebook Free Name Cards!

Placed my order on 25th Jan, and it’s here today (6th Feb) from the UK! These cards are love. Moo.com, in collaboration with Facebook, lets you print up to 50 different cards (using 50 most recent cover photos from your Facebook account) and these are super useful for me as other than being a designer, I also blog and have multiple online shops! Full color, Front and back! While space is limited and I could only customize that much on my free cards, it still makes for great conversation starters between new acquaintances (I’ve printed out cards featuring photos from my favorite holiday location – Japan, and my most recent one in Europe with the…

Buys in Italy & Barcelona!

Travel. Cannot escape from buying things one. *full of excuses* hehe. So some significant purchases in Italy and Barcelona… Ferragamo Heels Have never been a fan of Ferragamo, but which girl doesn’t love shoes, especially when the heels are so pretty!? Costs 318 € before VAT refund. This was at sales price marked down from $450 IIRC. Bottega Bracelet I saw it in pink… And the rest was history. Happy color! Costs 160 € before VAT refund. I got one more happy color purchase in Italy, it was such an exciting moment!!! But I’m not gonna talk about it here : p moving on. Chanel Earrings Was super happy when I went to Chanel in…

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.

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…

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…

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…

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…

Steady x Agnes B Mook / Monster Hunter Mook

So I haven’t been purchasing mooks recently, frankly nothing much to buy… Till I spotted this on KinokuniyaCBJBPromotions (really love the website!). The main reason was that… IT COMES WITH A ZIP! The material was nice to touch too – fairly smooth and it’s roomy with long handles for carrying on the shoulders – this is just nice for my EU trip. *whew* Lightweight, Zip, soft. Pink hearts with glittery silver “ab” monogram all over the bag. The Steady x Agnes B mook costs S$19.30 before 20% discount – S$15.44 after discount. There’s a storewide 20% discount for the public going on till 28th December (Eeps that’s today). While I was in Japan back in…

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…

Quick Japan Loot (July 2011) Review

It’s been almost 6 months since I came back from Hokkaido/Tokyo in July 2011, so this is really overdue PLUS I’ve reviewed quite a fair bit of the stuff I’ve used, so here goes: FANCL HTC COLLAGEN TABLETS Don’t really need to explain why I bought it – the bottled ones are TOO HEAVY to carry back! So this became the best buy from JP whenever I’m there – at 1500+JPY per packet it’s much cheaper than SG’s (I can’t even remember how much!) FUJIFILM INSTAX FILMS Just because it’s made in Japan, DOESN’T mean its ALWAYS cheaper! The first time I bought instax films from Japan, the exchange rate was 13. something. Now it’s…

Cult Nails Clairvoyant, Ozotic Mish Mash 532, Glitter Gal Lizard Belly, Color Club Untamed Luxury & De-luxe-cious

First of all, an awesome combination. Ozotic Mish Mash 532 over Chanel Black Pearl (dies happy even if I walk into the path of a speeding car while staring at my nails non stop. Morbid. HAHA) Both polishes dry super fast, and no problems with application. : D Next, Cult Nails Clairvoyant (Unicorn Puke) It was previously known as Unicorn Puke. Super cute name! (For the people who don’t know – Unicorn’s Pee refer to an superbly awesome un-dupe-able color or a color that’s super nice AND super hard to find.) Super pretty in the bottle with all those opalescent flakes! I took extra care to wait for it to dry before layering so as…

ahbengshop.sg is now live! huat ah!

Shop now now now now nowwwwwwwww! Support ahlian’s hard work okay. *huff* hahahhaha — ♡ — Risque.sg is also holding an XMAS SALE! 20% OFF STOREWIDE! : D

Instagram Randoms [.cn]

Instagram randoms from China : D                

China Glaze Eye Candy Collection for Holiday 2011

Bought the entire set off eBay for a few cents off the normal retail price. Just eBay it. Alternatively if you want fast shipping and cannot wait to get your hands on them, they’re available on nailvibe.com as well. Weirdly enough, though the Eye Candy collection is supposed to come with silver caps, I received 2 bottles with black caps instead. The eBay seller didn’t give me a comprehensible answer so I left it at that as they worked well anyway. Blonde Bombshell Material Girl Love Marilyn Lorelei’s Tiara Marry A Millionaire Some Like it Haute When I got “Some Like It Haute” I thought it reminded me a lot of ORLY Mineral FX’s Rock…

Cherry Culture Haul + Swatches!

Cherry Culture goodies arrived too!   – Milani 3D Holographic Nail Lacquer in 511 Hi-Tech ($4.99 USD / $3.99 ON SALE!) – L.A. Color’s Color Craze in Twilight (NP469) ($1.50 USD) – Nyx Girls Nail Polish in Emerald Forest (NGP 185) ($3USD / $1.50 ON SALE!) – Nyx Girls Nail Polish in Under The Moon (NGP 221) ($3USD / $1.50 ON SALE!) – Nyx Cream Blush in Tickled ($6.50 USD / $4.99 ON SALE!) – Nyx Round Lipstick in Perfect (608) ($4 USD / $1.99 ON SALE!) – Nyx Round Lipstick in Snow White (569) ($4 USD / $1.99 ON SALE!) – Nyx Round Lipstick in Electra (513) ($4 USD / $1.99 ON SALE!) Milani…