Some ELF purchases.






Contouring Blush & Bronzing Powder






I really love this! I've been using this almost everyday.
The contour shade works nicely on my skin tone and I feel like buying another one! Don't wana run out of it. :D
The blush is so-so. Easily dupeable I feel. Oh and I don't think the blush looks good when used together with the bronzer.


Peachy Keen, Tickled Pink and Coy










Sadly, I'm disappointed with both the ELF Studio Blushes. They are hardly pigmented and you have to apply like 87347862 times before the colour shows up. Annoyed with myself for not reading up on reviews before buying. Craps.

Coy is quite a dark colour. Looks quite different from the online swatches. A little purplish and I don't have any blush like this. But almost 2 months after receiving it, I haven't even used it on my face yet. Haha.


Golden Bronzer






This gives me a nice sheen.
It's alright. Quite value for money I guess.


Feather Proof Moisturizing Lip Liner





Upper lip is without any product.
As you can see, Bark is quite my natural lip colour.
Natural Blush is this nice light pink shade
Both are great for use with most lipsticks I own.
Got Bitter for the day when I decide to wear some crazy bright colour.
Frankly haven't used them out before so don't know how good it works in preventing feathering.


Eyeliner Brush & Eye Shadow Brush




I have gotten both these before couple of years before and I guess they were okay.. Until BOTH OF THEM came apart after a few days of use. I mean, the metal part disconnected from the handle. Sucks right.
I thought I'll just give them another chance. Hmm.. Haven't broken after 2 months so I'm hoping they have better quality now?
I use the eyeliner brush for my brows and I quite like it. Brows are more defined and have this really straight clean line on the outsides.
The eye shadow brush is not bad. The shape is just right for packing on colour and the bristles are pretty soft. But it sheds a lot. I wonder how long it'll last me.


All the above came up to slightly less than SG$30 (inclusive of shipping and local postage).
I'm pretty broke now but such buys gets me just as excited!

:D

Ben & Jerry's is so yummy.. :)



Dad knows I like B&J's and he usually buys them in packs of 3 mini tubs as you can see above.
Thought I'd share a quick tip with you guys!


The tub is made up of cardboard and cap is plastic.
So.. Recycle the cap!



I've collected quite a few caps over time and well haha, it also serves as a reminder of how many tubs I've consumed. Hmm and I didn't even keep every single one of them.



I did a little video about it cos I found it hard to show you just with photos.
Plus, I'm tempted to do more videos to make sure my spoken english sounds okay. It occurred to me, after the whole Ris Low thing and after coming across several Singaporean Youtubers, that while I can think that their english sucks, mine really isn't much better.
I want to be one who can speak both singlish and articulate "Queen's English" (as Ris said repeatedly in her videos) when the situation calls for it. This is bad but I really feel less respect for someone at work when his/her english sounds bad. Definitely don't want people to have that impression of me.

Give me time to improve on my english, people!
Oh and also sorry that the vid is a little choppy cos I'm not that comfortable talking to a camera and there were a lot of awkward pauses. Haha.



The plastic spoon provided with the ice cream can also be recycled! Find ways to make it useful!

Go recycle something! :)

Got some NYX off a cherryculture spree.




NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencils - Milk & Black Bean



Thought I'll just try the white and black first. I would say it is an essential!
Melly, with Milk I can get the yellow to show on the lids!
Plus it's such a sticky base, my eyeshadows stay true to colour after an entire day of perspiration.


NYX Round Lipgloss - Real Nude & Pinky Natural





These are more pigmented than I had expected. Really quite nice. Haven't tried them on lips yet but think they should be quite good. :) The sweet fragrance doesn't really bother me much.


Tempted to buy more colours for both the Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencil and the Round Lipgloss.

(above two credits to kinokuniyapromotions.blogspot)

I didn't take a picture of my own magazine cos I had expected to buy more to get the other colours. But I've since decided that I'm going to leave it up to fate and not go chasing after eyeshadow colours round the island.

I would prefer to get my hands on the Blue, Black and Green but.. I only have the Rose Brown.
Oh well.





Eyeshadow pan on one side..


Mirror and applicators on the other.


The swatch.

It's quite an interesting colour I would say. Looks a little bit like my Penny shadestick.
Not a colour I would use often though cos sadly, this doesn't look very nice on me. Will find a way to make it work eventually.

Hmm.. Where is my magazine? I really ought to read it. Lol.

Our small Lumiere package..
From back in July. Lol.



They were having some sale back then and it seemed like a great time to place an order!


I've never tried Lumiere MMU but Mel (plus many other MMU users) likes it so much that I needed to try it.
She prefers the Veena Velvet formula and Fairly Light Golden matches her pretty well. So one 12g jar each for us!

Melly was so nice to let me get the almost-free sample baggies so that I could try out the other formulas and shades. Yay to you girl!



I got:
Fairly Light Golden Flawless
Fairly Light Golden Luminesse
Fair Warm Cashmere
Fair Beige Veena Velvet
Wild Rose Blush

I did a swatch of the foundation samples I got on my arm back then. But I didn't upload and label them immediately so haha. I can't remember which is which. But anyway!

I've since transferred them into 5g jars, oh except Fair Warm. But I've ran out of sifters so it's quite troublesome and wouldn't choose to use them if I'm in a rush.

FLG Luminesse is darker than the Flawless and VV, just like the reviews I've read online have mentioned. It's still okay on my skin but I really don't like the formula. Would prefer EDM's Ori-glo.
I like both FLG Flawless and VV, though I haven't really decided which I prefer. Have been using VV more just cos it's more convenient to use. Mel says that VV is creamy but I haven't concluded if it's because of the way it smells. Haha.

I thought I ordered Fairly Light Warm Cashmere actually. I went back to the website to check but there's only FL Warm on the sample baggie page and not on the individual foundation section. So I don't know if they gave me the wrong one or there's no FL Warm mix in the first place. But it's definitely a little too dark. Will use it one day at home to try out the formula though.

Fair Beige VV is a little too pink, as expected. I chose to add that into my list just to add a bit of pink tone if any of the shades turn out too yellow.


I quite like Lumiere foundations but guess that it's only worth it to get during sales. Haha. Shipping is not that expensive too - only USD$6. :)

I have allowed these photos to sit in my "unsorted" folder for the longest time, waiting for the day when I got more stuff from the MAC Color Craft Collection, before I assigned them a folder of their own.

(Yes I'm quite neat!)

Unfortunately, I didn't manage to find work or any tutees.. and my allowance is hardly enough to keep my head above water.
So obviously, I only have this one item from the CC Collection.

Not sure if I'll get my hands on more eventually, but seriously this post is going up now and I'm clearing these out of the "unsorted".

And that one lonely item is Triple Fusion MSF.





Swatches: (L to R)
Mixed, Bottom, Middle, Top


I actually got it at MAC Taka before the launch at Tangs.
Don't know what possessed me to buy it that day but I would definitely say this is one of those terrible sinful impulse buys.

I didn't even open it until 3 weeks later or so. After many trips to various MAC counters and swatching everywhere, I realized that it isn't my top choice and I would rather have other MSFs like Smooth Merge or M Blushes like Improvise.

Why didn't I go back and do an exchange?

Well.. I usually will stuff the receipt in the carrier with the respective purchase. At home, purchase is removed but carriers remain sitting on my floor all over the place. A huge mess!
So I refused a carrier in my attempt to save the earth and prevent a mess, dumping the MSF + receipt in my bag. Since I change bags so often, I reckoned I must have found all those receipts a nuisance and trashed them all.

Although there's a mess, at least I could find my receipts. Sucks!

Save the earth, waste my money!

The nice bronzy colour doesn't really show up on my skin (noting that I'm not that dark.. about NC20) if I use a light hand but if I apply more, the shimmer gets OTT and accentuates my pores.

I definitely find myself reaching for Refined MSF more often than Triple Fusion MSF.
And if I want a highlight, those Etude Marbleades are so much more subtle than this.

Will find ways to use it though. Maybe for eyes or something.

SIGHHHHHHHs.

Crystal Jade Korean Restaurant.
(tempted by mel! lol)

I didn't check where the restaurant was until we got to Centrepoint. It's on the 3rd floor, opposite Anthony's Hair Boutique.
The lunch sets ($8/$10) are available from 11am to 3pm.
Pretty worth it cos I loved the side dishes!




It was even better since Hans doesn't eat veggies, it was all mine! Muahahah!
Well no, not really. He kept eating the potatoes from the salad dish and I thought it was only apples and raisins. Sheesh. I don't really like salad creams anyway.
I didn't care much for the celery dish either. Yucks.



Hans' Hot Pan Pork Collar at $10. Super yummy!
The meat was nice and tender and well-seasoned.




I had the $8 Saba Fish Rice, which turned out a little too salty for my liking. Also, I was a little disappointed when it came with the same sides as above. So boring.



Haha no. I'm not dating a married man.



I curled my hair!
I had done it once before, on one side, when Hans was over at my place and he said he preferred my hair straight.
But I risked meeting him late on this day (sorry dearie!) to flip my ends out and put some curls in my hair. Couldn't get an accurate pic of how it looks like but I really liked it!
To my surprise, Hans said he likes it too! Phew!
I thought I might have to pacify him cos I wasted time doing something ugly and ended up late again.



I found some long-forgotten eyeshadows that I had and again chose this day to swatch and try them out (I know..bad choice but I couldn't help it).
I love love this lilac and I paired it with this dirty dark brown/green, which I had hated when I first got it.
And I have NYX Circe lippie on.. I love!



The colours I used.. Not including highlight of course. :)
Both very pretty matte colours.




These are reaaaally old ets eyeshadows. The ones with the round grey containers were not even in counters when I first joined, so I can only imagine how old they really are. Surprisingly, I prefer the textures of these as compared to the ones that were sold when I first joined (the square containers) and also to the ones sold now (the super tiny rectangular pans).
I got these during the training day for the current range of makeup (iirc) when they dumped a whole stash of tester makeup for us girls to choose from. I think I have some lip stuff and eyeliners/mascaras from this clear-out also. Some nicer colours were picked up by the fastest fingers but I'm quite happy with what I got. Most of the ones I have are so new, that the ets brand can still be seen embossed on the eyeshadow.

I obviously don't have much money to buy new makeup and all that. So finding these makes me feel like I got more new stuff and that gets me excited. Can't wait to try them all out. Yay!

I was playing with makeup and ended up with my new fave eye makeup combi for church/school or other casual tee-shorts-slippers occasions!



You all probably can't even see it but I mainly used matte neutrals with a shimmery base. Pretty!

Eyeliner but no mascara since I was only going to Hans' place and I usually remove makeup there at night.. so that I can quickly bathe and sleep once I get home.




Lol and I love my nails right now!

It started off as an accident and I was desperately trying to cover up but yay to ending up with this!





I kinda went overboard with the right index finger cos obviously my left hand isn't as stable but it's not that bad right?

Loves!