All The Things I Can't Live Without...

Ha ha yesh, I've been obsessed with the trend lately and I finally found the courage to wear bright lips out! Kudos to Sophia (retailtherapy) for doing that all along. :) Presenting 2 LOTDs that I've rocked last week!

LOTD #1: Orange Lips

Close-ups:

The main focus here is my lip colour, which is NYX's Round Lipstick in "Heredes". It is still my most favourite bright lip colour to wear out, cos it's this gorgeous burnt siena-orange colour that compliments my skin tone very well. Because my undertone tends to be very yellowish, I find corals and orangish shades look better on me than plain or bluish reds.

I decided to go with the whole orange look by sporting orange-coral eye makeup (MUFE Aqua Cream 05, orange eyeshadow) and orange blush (MAC's Streo Rose MSF). The winged eyeliner and lashings of mascara complete the look.

And I loved how my hair colour turned out in this picture! Maybe wearing orange makeup would be too startling against black/dark brown hair, but I find that it goes very well with my straw-coloured hair! It's like camouflage, ha ha!

And one silly face for you (my failed attempt at the duck-billed pose).

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LOTD #2: Chanel Rouge Allure Laque in "Dragon"

Omg, ever since I've been into the red lips look, I've been LUSTING after this liquid lipstick. It's SOOOO gorgeous!!!

And expensive.

Which explains why I went to a Chanel counter to try it on first. I tested it as a stain, cos I was out shopping with my friend and I didn't wanna scare anyone. It still looks fantabulous IMO (my friend got tempted to buy it too, ngah hah!)~

The whole look I had on that night:

And my OOTD(night):

I find simple clothes work best with red/bright lips - another reason I found courage to test out the smokin' red Chanel laque that night!

Me loves Chanel~ *grins*

And ending the post with the normal silly face~

Sorry for the grainy picture; I took this with my friend's camera when we were out walking. Guess I'm thick-skinned enough to camwhore right in the open!

Does anyone own Chanel's "Dragon" (I know Sophia does~)?? Do share your experience or love of it with me, I'm dying to hear about it! Thanks for viewing guys. :)

Revealing all the NYX lipglosses that I've gotten in my last Cherryculture haul when they were having 20% off!

From left to right: Mega shine lipglosses in "Candy Shop", "Cosmo", "Plush Red" and "Vixen". Last one is the Round Lipgloss in "Vamp Red".

Given my 'thrifty' nature, this is actually the most number of lipglosses I've bought at one shot, and it all started with me lusting after MAC's Venomous Villains "Wrong Spell" lipgloss. I've had these for about a month already and I've been testing/playing around with them. Ha ha, it's lots of fun colouring my lips with all these dark colours; too bad I can't wear them out in SG.

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Swatches of the glosses on my hand:

Left to right: Candy Shop, Plush Red, Vixen, Vamp Red (round lipgloss) and Cosmo. The shimmer-free swatch on the top right is of my first NYX Mega Shine lipgloss that I got in "Natural".

Here are the lip swatches:

1) Candy Shop

This lipgloss is the least pigmented out of all the NYX lipglosses I got. The rest are kinda like liquid lipsticks but "Candy Shop" has got a very nice sheer wash of pink colour with enough shimmer and shine.

Please excuse the screwed-up labels in the following images, I don't know what went wrong with the editing programme. But the top left pic is of my naked lips, the bottom left is with the lip gloss and the right pic is pretty self-explanatory. :)

2) Plush Red

I really like Plush Red a lot; it's the lip gloss that I've used the most amongst the 5 that I've bought. It's like really bright red liquid lipstick but I like suing it as a stain as well.

3) Vixen

Hah, this was the supposed dupe of MAC's "Wrong Spell" and yep, it's downright vampy. I don't actually think I'll dare to wear this out like this, most probably I wear it as a stain instead. It's too outrageous for conservative SG. Maybe I should be thankful I didn't get the MAC one, but I haven't tried it so i wouldn't know. =x

4) Vamp Red (Round Lipgloss)

It's pretty similar to "Vixen" but "Vamp Red" leans more towards the maroon/plum side while "Vixen" is more brownish. Also, the round lipgloss is significantly more diluted than the Mega Shine glosses, so it can apply streaky and uneven.

And oh boy, do I hate the smell of this lipgloss!! It smells like Mama Lemon Washing Detergent, and I feel that it even tastes like it. Aside from it's not-bad vampy colour, super eww! Never buying the round lipglosses again. =___=

5) Cosmo

Okay, basically what the labels are saying is that it looks super good on the lips, but once you wipe the gloss off, it leaves semi-permanent silver shimmer on your lips. Not sexy at all! It's like you're having silver foil pasted on your lips. I wasn't too fond of this lipgloss, cos I don't fancy frosted lip products in the first place.

But I must admit, it looks pretty in the lip swatch. Maybe it's one of those glosses that photographs better than when viewed in real life.

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And this is currently my favourite bright lip colour to wear out.

It's basically applying "Plush Red" all over my lips, letting it set a little, then blotting most off. After which I layer on Milani's Lip Mixer lipgloss (which I got from under-twenty20), cos it's sheer and shiny enough to give a nice finish and it's thick (lasts long!).

I like how it's not too bright (like attention-grabbing, in your face bright) but it's got enough colour to brighten my whole complexion. Plus, it makes me teeth look a little whiter.

Thanks for looking at the swatches and reading this entry! I hope these images helped you if you're considering in getting some NYX lipglosses (get the Mega Shines, they're sooo much better than the Round lipglosses). Talk to you guys soon~

Just wondering if anyone will be going for the mega flea market which is on this weekend at the Expo?

I'll be going straight after class, early in the morning, just because of Smoochiezzz's booth there (click on the link for more preview pics!). Look at the stuff she'll be bringing there!

e.l.f cosmetics, both studio and the $1 line~

OPI polishes are going at $8.

Marc Jacobs Braclets~

Nyx stuff!!! *squeals*

And heard she's bringing MAC cosmetics and brushes, and selling them at very discounted prices too! There's also clothes and shoes from Forever21 and Gmarket that people didn't claim. :)

I'm not advertising her flea sale cos I'm her fan/supporter or what; I just feel that the things she sells are authentic, cheap and really good. Since it's such a good bargain, why not spread the word right? And not forgetting there'll be other booths around, selling equally nice stuff I should think.

Anyway, anyone wants me to CP anything? Do leave a comment, with your handphone number, quick alright? I'll be checking once before I leave school tomorrow, and I'll sms you to confirm the stuff you want. Please note that I'll be happy to get the stuff for you guys, but payment should be done through internet bank transfers and promptly after I have confirmed your stuff. We can meet up to pass you the stuff, or through mail if meet ups aren't convenient (given that I'm still having school).

The flea market will be on from tomorrow (Fri) till Sunday though, so no hurry. You guys can always go down when you have the time. :) Hope to see some familiar faces then, cheers!

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Okay, I'm took a whole afternoon swatching and taking the pictures of all the NYX stuff that i got from their US $1 sale 2.5 months back. I ordered them through a spree website and they took an amazing long time to arrive, even though NYX did warn us that they will be slow in sending the items out. But it took them, like, 2 months to package the stuff to VpostUSA, who sent over the stuff really quickly (in less than 1 week the package reached the spree organizer in SG).

Anyhoo, I still received my stuff. I've almost forgotten about them. Some items went OOS when NYX packed the orders so instead of the original 14 items I ordered, I got 11. Enough to entertain me for a few months~ All in all, I paid S$30.80 for these, so that comes up to S$2.80 each. That's like freaking cheap!

First up, I got 1 duo-sided eye pencil (Black and Gold) and 1 eyeshadow trio (T26A Dune)!

Oh my gosh, the trio compact looks really good. I like the long narrow mirror on the lid and how they even shielded it with some plastic wrap. Actually, I ordered the T26 trio with a white highlight, a light blue and a dark blue pan but I think that was before NYX cleared out their stock and reorganized their inventory. Apparently, they gave me their new T26A trio, which is this "Dune" palette. Not complaining though, cos one can never have enough neutrals.

Pigmentation is not bad, though I feel that NYX products are often powdery. My blush in "Mauve" is powdery and so are these eyeshadows. So you've gotta tap the excess off if you don't want fall-outs. However, I'm pretty impressed with the eyeliner pencil. I've read reviews that said they were hard and difficult to go onto the eyelid but this pencil feels soft to me. The gold colour went on beautifully, didn't have to apply my pressure when swatching. The black was a bit more resistant though, think I'll have to 'break it in'.

Then the 5 single eyeshadows that I got...

Top, left to right: Jazzy Bronze, Snow Cone and 24 Karet.

Bottom: Peach and Salmon

Swatches, left to right: Jazzy Bronze, Peach, Salmon, 24 Karet, Snow Cone

Swatches, left to right: Snow cone, 24 Karet, Salmon, Peach, Jazzy Bronze

I know. I should organize my swatching, but I'm messy in person, cannot be helped. And what the reviewers said seems to be true; the singles are better in quality than the trio. These are less powdery and they feel really smooth and silky. Pigmentation is amazing, as in the pictures. I especially like Jazzy Bronze, cause it's such a nice rusty red colour to wear out. 24 Karet is a true copperish gold, I kinda wish i got this before Everbluec's gold contest ended! Snow Cone and Salmon make really good highlights, due to their amazing shimmer.

Last but not least, my 4 Chrome pigments!

Top is Penny and bottom is Nymph

Left is Beanie, right is Chaotic.

Swatches, left to right: Penny, Beanie, Chaotic and Nymph

Swatches, left to right: Beanie (wet), beanie (dry), Penny (wet) and Penny (dry)

Swatches, left to right: Nymph (wet), Nymph (dry), Chaotic (wet) and Chaotic (dry)

6 words. I have never regretted getting these.

These things are AMAZING! The pigmentation, when wet, is crazy. It's so intense and shimmery. Beanie has got some chunky glitter though, so gotta beware of fall-outs. Now I only need to learn how to apply these... I've got this morbid feeling that they will fly right off my eyelids when I'm outside.

Hah, sorry for the long rant and all the pictures. I hope these helped if you're planning to get some NYX stuff -they're seriously worth it- and hope you enjoyed the post! Cheers!

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Feistyskies was just asking everyone the other day to share their recent hauls/buys, so I shall happily oblige her. I ordered a few stuff off cherryculture.com back during the christmas period, when they were having their 20% off and it finally arrived a few days short of a month.

Gahh... I swear I'm gonna go broke soon... T3T

Here's the envelop with all my stuff. Look at the amount of stamps on it, gah ha ha ha! My sis was urging me to give my mom the stamps, since she used to collect them.

Left to right: L.A. Girl Nail Polish in "Groupie", NYX Blush in "Mauve", NYX Concealer in a pot in "Beige" and NYX Mega Shine lipgloss in "Natural". I guess form the pics you can see how much a NYX junkie I am. I absolutely love their cosmetics - such good quality at such affordable prices. If only I lived in the States... (I'll go broke even faster) ...

Here's the concealer. This is my virgin pot of concealer! Yes, I can finally hid my awful eyebags. *goes on to demonstrate*

Can you see... err, the difference? The left eye is with the concealer, the right isn't. The product is pretty good - it's creamy but it dries to a powder form, and it has decent coverage too.

Ai yah, here's a clearer pic. It's pretty obvious, left is with, right is without. It looks a bit pasty here cos I don't use foundation and I haven't dusted on my face powder yet.

Here's the blush. It's a pinkish, dusty rose colour, really pretty.

Hand swatches of the blush and the concealer.

The colour payoff is really good, albeit it a bit powdery. However, after trying it a few times, I think the colour doesn't really suit my skin tone, it's too pinkish and dark. Anyone wants to buy/trade this? :]

And my favourite product of the haul, the lip gloss! Look at the bow on top of the cap, it's so cute. I get mesmerized by it every time I use the gloss.

On a serious note, the lipgloss not only proves to be pleasing on the outside, it's good on the inside too. This lip gloss is one of the best lip glosses that I have used so far. Now I understand when people say that sometimes, the product is so good that you don't feel like you're wearing it at all. This holds true for this lip gloss. I think I will do a review for this lip gloss soon, cause I definitely must list down all the good points of this fantastic product!

And here's the whole look, after I've put on the blush and powdered my face. Au naturale is the way to go. Ohh, btw, I'm wearing my GEO contacts cos my glasses warped out of shape that morning due to my laptop dropping on it. I only have my clumsy self to blame. =___=

Hope you guys enjoyed the entry, do leave a comment if you have any questions ok? Cheers~