My deepest apologies to the occasional visitor to what is now a ghost town of a blog. Being a natural procrastinator and a lazy girl, i really havent been updating much.

Nonetheless I felt inspired (ok bored enough) tonight to put up another post =)

This one's about STRONG LIPS.

Of late, ok not really of late, but strong lips have been quite a trend for the past few seasons. YSL launched their black lipgloss awhile back, followed by Lancome, and recently, MAC launched their Style Black collection featuring black tinted glosses, jet black lippies and a gorgeous deep purple one.

Well and good if you're gonna be wearing these for halloween, or for a really glamourous event. But what of the average gal on an average day out?



Here's my attempt at a strong lip, or at least stronger than what I'd usually do. Im ok with bright reds, hot pinks, peachy corals, but this is my first attempt at a deep maroon. Turned out pretty fine.

However, you know that rule of thumb where you do a neutral eye with a strong lip? Thing is, for someone with small chinese eyes, it's not very flattering to have big lips and lightly done eyes. So I paired this up with a slightly smokey shadow. I do think as long as you dont do a full smokey eye, you will end up looking bold but polished. (and without the beady eyes)

Just make sure you head out the door with a lotsa confidence and a big dose of attitude. Cos with bold lips, you can be sure you'll draw a few stares =)

More about the products i'd pick for bold lips in the next post. I promise. SOON. heh

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I have many LE pigments, including spiritualize and reflects purple duo from the latest MAC metal urge collection!



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( Colours of the rainbow! )

ok i know this is kinda random on a makeup sorta journal, but..

is it just me or do these look like gummi kids instead of gummi bears?

I was steadily munching my way through a pack of Haribo's Kiddies' Super Mix when I paused a moment before i decapitated a gummi bear..

only to realize that:

a) it's not exactly a fat bear
b) it doesn't have bear ears
c) fuck it has a face
d) it REALLY looks like a little kid.

i kid you not.

judge for yourself:




i couldn't quite capture the details on most of the colours but the purple in particular stands out.

eeps.

they're REALLY chewy and yummy and tasty though. hrm.

gummi kids anyone?

Im mad on baking things. Cakes, cookies, souffles, meringue, pie, you name it ive probably baked it before. including savories like baked fish and chicken.

SO after all this baking, i decided it was time to proceed to baking cosmetics. hoho.




( Colours of the rainbow! )

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This is a great website where you can grab samples for free! They do have lotsa products, and the ones i've grabbed which i love most are the BRTC bb cream samples as well as the deluxe sized samples of liole and goowoonsesang bb creams!

All you gotta do is sign up by clicking the link above, and start adding samples to your cart. You just have to cover postage and they usually get the stuff out to you within a day or so. =)

For some reason, I'm inspired to post up a blue eyes fotd pic.



Please excuse the bad photography, and the unruly eyebrows as that was the week before they got threaded.

Anyway, as you can see, lash growth serum + a great mascara REALLY works wonders! No need for falsies!

here's what I used based on what i can remember. this pic was taken some time back


Eyes:
Loreal HIP liner in midnight blue
MAC mutiny pressed pigment (all over lid)
MAC freshwater eyeshadow (outer 1/3)
MAC Deep truth eyeshadow (crease plus wing)
MAC shroom eyeshadow (highlight)

Lashes:
one coat of talika lash serum (always use this under mascara to protect my lashes)
one coats of charming cat mascara
one coat of maybelline volume express
topped with another coat of charming cat mascara
and lots of combing between the coats with my trusty tweezerman lash comb!


Face:
Etude house magic bb
Neutrogena blush

Lips:

i really cant remember.

Smashbox
Clinique
Stila
MAC
Too Faced
Bobbi Brown
Maybelline
Loreal
The Balm
Everyday Minerals
Victoria Secrets
NYX
BRTC

Smashbox brush roll
Stila & MAC gel liners
MAC eye shadows
MAC mineralize skinfinish
Loreal Infallible lipsticks / beauty tubes mascara
Stila blush
Stila false eyelashes
VS beauty rush lipgloss

and MUCH MUCH more!

and FREEBIES!


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( Colour me beautiful! )

So what have I been up to of late?


i got the coastal scents empty blush palette awhile back. I very much prefer this to the mac blush palette, not only cos it holds 8 blushes, but also cos it comes with empty pans!

So ive been pressing my own blushes, and even a highlight mosiac powder!


This is a mix of mineral bronzer, and some highlighting mac pigments such as vanilla and fairylite, with physicians formula eyeshadow pearls


Everyday minerals make it count blush


Everyday minerals snuggle blush

pressing the blushes helps me to store them more efficiently, plus it makes the loose mineral blushes much more convenient to bring out for touchups.

I'll put up another post on what I use since it's quite impossible to bring a pan out without it being nicked into pieces.

this is the eyeko cream that's been raved about in a number of beauty forums.

Ive been using this for quite awhile now and i LOVE THIS STUFF!

it gives a really lovely glow when mixed in with liquid foundation/bb cream, and works great as a highlighter when used alone on cheekbones. gooood stuff.

CHEAP too! just 5 GBP shipped ANYWHERE in the world.

i'll give a more detailed review at a later date when i can muster the effort haha.

tata!

oh btw! i am selling samples of this at $4.50 mailed each =) incase anyone is interested. cos one jar is seriously ALOT.

Im sure many of you out there have the same problem with lippies that i do; mainly that it doesnt last very long before a touchup is in order.

Well, loreal has not so recently launched their inFALLIBLE lipstick/lipcolour range, and that seems like a godsend to solve this problem! They only have the lipstick range in singapore, but the range of colours is a tad sad. Nonetheless after swatching a few times and realising that the swatches took FOREVER to get washed/rubbed/scratched off my skin, i made a command decision and decided to get the lip colours from the US.

I got about 4 colours and a total of 8 pcs. (haha backups) my mom loves this product too!


( Salvage operation )