Hello everyone!

I have a piece of not very makeup related news to share sometime this week (and no it's not Diablo 3) but while I prepare the best way to announce or mention that, here's a LOTD I had done using the Kate Cosmetics Real Create Eyes Palette that I had recently received.

Phew, what a long sentence!

I started the look with a mind to follow the step-by-step application method listed in the pamphlet but mid-way through I somehow reverted to my preferred application method (in terms of color placement and all). Oops. Guess some habits die hard!

The colors give an almost translucent look to them while still carrying a soft pigmentation, enough for definition but not too strong that it is harsh. What I like most though is how the Clear Jelly and the main color (green in this case) carries very pearlescent shimmers that really enhances the look.

From afar the shadows don't appear very strongly though they do brighten the eye area.

Products Used:

BROWS / FACE
K-Palette Liquid Brow Liner (with powder) in 01
Skin79 Gold BB Cream
Cezanne Powder Foundation

EYES
Urban Decay Primer Potion
Kate Real Create Eyes Palette in GN-1
28 Color Palette (crease and highlight)
Clio Professional Brush liner in Black
MAC Powerpoint Liner in Engraved
Dollywink Mascara in Volume

CHEEKS
MAC MSF in Redhead

LIPS
Make Up For Ever Rouge Artist Natural in N5 Nude Beige

Highlighted products were provided by companies/distributors,
I was not obliged to use/feature them in LOTDs.

Side-tracking a little but aside from putting the spotlight on Kate's Real Create Eyes Palette, I am also wearing Make Up For Ever's Rouge Artist Natural in N5 Nude Beige (mentioned here). This lipstick is fast becoming a favorite of mine since I reach for it so often these days.

Bringing it back to the Kate palette, here's a rough diagram of how I placed the colors from the palette:

White opacity - Clear Jelly (A) applied all over lids.
Champage shade - Shade C applied on the inner lids
Light mint green - Shade B dabbed on the centre of the lids
Darkest brown - Shade E to give an outer-v definition.
Grey brown - Shade D blended up from the lash line

Overall I do like this palette and I think for GN-1 at least, shade B really does make it a whole lot more awesome with the pearlescent green dimensions. The Clear Jelly itself carries some shimmer and pearly effects but I wouldn't use it often. While I personally didn't experience any creasing during my wear, perhaps oilier lids might find the Clear Jelly to cause creasing for them.

The very fine shimmer particles did migrate a little to the under eye portion but since they are so fine and small flecks, it really didn't bother me. I did not notice any fading in the intensity of the look on the lid over time.

As I had mentioned before, these shadows are lovely to own and if you are a fan of such translucent, pearly and soft shades, these Real Create Eyes Palettes from Kate Cosmetics are worth a look!

Thanks for reading!

Somewhat a continuation post from the earlier haul, here are the other 2 random items I had picked up along with my Essence loot.

See what I mean by I am obsessed with nail stuff right now!

The Decorative sticker was about S$12-ish if I'm not wrong and it's basically gel stickers that you stick on and it comes with cute little jewels and designs to further decorate it.

I haven't removed it from it's pack to properly inspect how it works but the gel portion has a soft rubbery curve to it, instead of being a clear flat piece of film.

There are a lot of other designs but I thought this looked really cute.

The next item was something I picked up at the counter. You know, those displays that are placed to deliberately distract you as you wait in the queue? Well, that worked for me this time.

I didn't spot Nail Inc at the Watsons I went to and I wasn't thinking to get magnetic polish so this random purchase just happened.

The magnet is a sole piece without any extra knubs to prop it up etc. There are also instructions on how you can use the magnet to get various designs.

This was my first try at using magnetic polishes so I did a terrible job with it and failed the first time around. The swatch below was just 1 coat of the polish, fairly opaque!

I only painted the ring finger and have A-England's Saint George on the rest of them.

The reason for failure was that the polish had somewhat dried before I could hold the magnet over. You can see very faint black lines above, almost indistinguishable.

The second time, I tried it on my right hand and did it a lot quicker, holding the magnet over straight away without screwing the polish cap back on.

It worked! Well... in a partially fail fashion because the effect was more concentrated on one side but slowly and surely I'll get the hang of it. Don't judge from my swatches but the Golden Rose magnetic shades are quite lovely.

Here is a better shot of this particular polish on muxe.net.

My main gripe, it's so much more expensive here! Well it's not that expensive in polish terms but it is going for about S$15 locally when it retails for, I believe, about 3 Euros or so in Turkey. Tsk...

After this trial experiment, I found a Magnetic polish 101 entry on Scrangie which is very helpful for those new to this.

I think I will have a go at them again, soon... and I don't envision myself using the gel packs just yet. Perhaps nearing the end of April where I may have a reason to head out with flashy nails.

Till then, what are your thoughts on magnetic polishes. Any brands to recommend?

Thanks for reading!

It's the weekend!

And what better way to celebrate then by introducing color to my eye look. There is no rule on having to wear neutrals to work but to be 'safe' I can wear colors smokey styled, but probably not bam-color styled. However on weekdays I am far too groggy/tired in the morning to bother and prefer to throw on similar neutral combos I know I can't go wrong with.

I wore this look yesterday (Friday) and found out after that it coincides with the green-themed Hari Raya. A quick Selamat Hari Raya to all that celebrates this festival! The thought to use green wasn't planned but more of me grabbing whatever. Guess in a way it worked out with the occasion.

Ps, i don't actually wear this top so much.. It seems whenever i take photos for my blog, i am in this top. Lol...

Products Used:

FACE/BROW
- Make Up For Ever HD Foundation
- Lumiere Invisi-Veil
- K-Palette Liquid Eyebrow in 01
- MAC Browset in Showoff

EYES
- Etude House Proof 10 Eye Primer
- 88 Metal Mania Palette
- NYX Single Shadow in Mermaid Green
- Rhomlon Black eyeshadow
- MAC Powerpoint Liner in Engraved
- Majolica Majorca Lash Bone
- L'ancome Mascara in Fatale

CHEEKS & LIPS
nothing on when picture was taken.

Highlighted products had been provided to me by companies/distributors.

I decided to do a break down of the eyeshadows used again as when I mention the 88 Metal Mania, it's hard to say for sure which eyeshadow I used.

1 - Metal Mania: All over lid
2 - Metal Mania: Inner half of the lid
3 - NYX Single Shadow in Mermaid Green: Lightly on outer half
4 - Rhomlon Black Eyeshadow: Darken outer-v
5 - 28 Color Palette: Blending between lid and highlight
6 - 28 Color Palette: Highlight Shade

Just a sidenote... Not sure if its just me reading too much into it but the MUFE HD Foundation sure does make the complexion look good and natural.

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I went out with this look to the expo with my family. If you follow me on twitter you would have seen my feed on which sale I was heading to etc. I hauled quite a bit, though no cosmetics or toiletries were involved. I was thinking along the lines of getting attire for work so it was all clothes and a bag, would you guys be interested to see such a haul?

Thanks for reading! (:

Lookie here!
I found photos of this Look of the Day that I somehow never managed to post. This was from quite awhile back (pre-auburn hair), I do like the look so belated or not I'll just post it up anyway!

I was in my neutral phase (since when I was ever out of it, right?) but I wanted to spruce up the look as well so I decided to throw in a pop of lime green.

Pardon the brows, looks like I didn't have time to fuss much with them during my final projects period.

Products Used:

FACE/BROW
Maquillage Lasting Stick Foundation UV
Lumiere Invisi-veil Powder (to set)
K-palette Brow Liner in 02

EYES
Etude House Proof 10 Primer
Benefit Creaseless shadow in Skinny Jeans
ELF Studio Eyeshadow in Mystic Moss
Revlon 12-Hour Colorstay Quad in Nude Elements
Rhomlon Eyeshadow in Black (tiny bit in outer corner)
28 Color Palette (highlight)
Silky Girl Funky Eyelights in Lime Green
MAC Powerpoint Liner in Engraved
Majolica Majorca Lash Enamel Glamour Neo Mascara

CHEEKS
I Nuovi Blush in Dolly

LIPS
MAC Lipstick in Shy Girl
Elizabeth Arden High Shine Lipgloss in Tropicoral

Highlighted products had been provided to me by companies/distributors.

With this post I do want to mention that I have been loving the Elizabeth Arden High Shine Lipgloss in Tropicoral. It's this one right here, from the goodie bag that Elizabeth Arden had given to me.

I find it really comparable to the MAC Dazzleglasses in terms of the way it looks on, the shimmer and glitter but it's not as thick and not as sticky. Though my dilemma about this is that I think this color is a limited edition release?

I had wanted to blog about it and do a comparison on this to MAC's Smile Dazzleglass, but figured if it was limited edition it might be a little evil to do that? Let me know if you guys want that comparison or if you know if this shade is in stock etc.

I have browsed the other Elizabeth Arden High Shine Glosses and it seems the finish is different with different colors. Some are cream, some have shimmer, it seems to vary.

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Another mention, seems like Benefit's Creaseless Shadow in Skinny Jeans is getting a lot of love. See Chantana (everbluec) and Kim (ladeekim)'s recent LOTDs featuring this product.

Chantana - LOTF: Skinny Gazette
KIm - LOTD: Skinny Jeans

I do love that shade, it's great to slap it on alone or use it as a base color. I particulaly like using it under ELF's Mystic Moss eyeshadow since they are almost the same shade. Skinny Jeans tends to give Mystic Moss a stronger base and make it smokier-looking.

Thank you for reading!

This was the look that I had worn yesterday, to the blogger party.
I didn't post it up yesterday because I was too tired to type another entry out. However, I did want to get this up eventually because I really like it and it features an pretty cool product.

The feature or main product used is the ELF Eye Transformers. It's a product from elf that looks like this, for those who haven't seen it:

The colors itself are rather pale pastel shades, when swatched alone they are sheer and don't provide much color. However, if you swatch these over a darker base (or I guess any color really, but it works best on darker shades), the ELF shadows literally transforms your base eyeshadows/cream shadows.
In this lotd, the colors that I used were the green (extreme left) and a bit of the gold/yellow/orange shade (2nd from left)

Products Used:
FACE
- Revlon Colorstay Liquid Foundation
- Revlon Translucent Powder (to set)
- MAC Solar Riche bronzing powder

EYES
- Urban Decay Primer Potion
- MAC Eye Kohl in Tarnish (as a base on the lid)
- ELF Eye Transformers in Pastel Illusions - green and yellow gold shade
- Maybelline Eye Studio quad in Autumn Spirit - lightest color right at the inner corner
- Revlon Mineral Eyeshadow Trio in Sunlit Jade - green shade blended under the eye
- Rhomlon Eyeshadow in no.28 - black
- MAC Powerpoint Liner in Engraved
- Majolica Majorca Lash Bone Primer
- L'ancome Fatale Mascara

CHEEKS
- MAC blush in Eversun
- ELF Healthy Glow Bronzing Powder in Luminance

LIPS
- MAC lipstick in Peachstock
- Majolica Majorca lipgloss in BE210

I took the photos with flash so the green is a bit washed out and isn't showing up as pretty as it actually is. Bummer.

I absolutely love how the green shade turned out over a black base. It almost looks like a blackened green and reminds me of the shade that reflects off some beetle 'shells'; that really opalescent green. I haven't tried the other side of the palette but I think this product is very interesting indeed. I have layered the yellow-gold over a medium and dark brown and it does give a nice effect.
I believe this is a great product to help transform some of your everyday looks to something a little different.

Random tidbit: I was actually inspired to whip this thing out after Kas gave a pretty indepth review about it coupled with gorgeous swatches of the product.

A quick note and update on the giveaway, I'll have the winners posted sometime tonight.
I have to be out and about running some errands but once I get home I'll type the entry out. I have already drawn the winners using random.org.
More info about that on the winners entry.

Thanks everyone for reading!

I've been requested by archiefan1123 (on youtube) to do a Sea Green Eye Tutorial.

When I think Sea and Green, I think more of teals but still more towards the green factor, thus I've thrown in some blues, some greens and some teals to achieve this look:

To see tutorial on youtube, click link below:
See: Tutorial: Sea Green Eye Look

Oh my gosh, can I tell you how much I absolutely love this look.
I know it might sound conceited, but whatever, I really do love it and I might just wear this a lot more often when I feel semi-dramatic.

As requested by archiefan1123

EYES:
- Majolica Majorca Cream shadow in GR732
- 88 Color Palette (colors mentioned in video)
- Revlon Colorstay Liner in Navy
- MAC Powerpoint Liner in Engraved
- Majolica Majorca Lash Bone
- Revlon Luxurious Lengths Mascara

FACE:
- MAC Bronzing Powder
- LA Girl Blush in Bronzed Baby

LIPS:
- Maybelline Blush Studio Mousse in Pink Marshmellow
- Maybelline Shine Seductress in 203

So that is it, hope you guys like the look (:

This LOTD was from the day that my computer had crashed. And honestly I was just about to hit the "Create Post" button before my computer hanged on me, so that definitely annoyed me a ton. However here I am, re-posting this entry once more.

I don't think I have ever mentioned this before but I am a fairly big fan of Reality TV Shows or America Drama Series such as Heroes and Pushing Daisies.
You're probably wondering what has that got to do with this lotd? Well, recently I was watching an episode of America's Next Top Model (Cycle 11, episode 12 to be exact) and during the judging panel, I noticed that Tyra Banks had on this very pretty teal smoked out eye look and I just had to do a recreation of that.

Here's a screenshot of the look. It's not the clearest image but it gives you a rough idea of what I had been inspired by.
Unfortunately, I did not have a teal color that was quite like hers, so I decided to use something sort of like it, but more blue-based then green.

Here is the look that I had came up with.
And honestly I don't know why I looked so "orange". It isn't my foundation... so I'm guessing it's the lighting because in person I look pretty normal.
And the colors look a little more royal blue then blue-teal but oh well, you get the idea.

Products Used:

Face:
- Everyday Minerals Foundation in Medium Beige Neutral
- Revlon Powder Blush in Smoky Rose
- Elf Healthy Glow Bronzing Powder in Luminance
- Everyday Minerals Silk Dust Finishing Powder

Eyes:
- MAD Minerals Shadow Base
- About Face Cosmetics e/s in Float on A Cloud and Acidic Reign
- Rhomlon e/s in Black (no.28)
- Revlon 12 Hour quad in Nude Elements (highlight)
- MAC Powerpoint Liner in Engraved
- Revlon Luxurious Lengths Mascara

Lips:
- NYX Round Lipsticks in Circe
- Nivea Caregloss (nude)

So that is it and thank you guys for reading!
I shall return to brainstorm for my assignment which is due tomorrow.
School can be so annoying sometimes.

Hello lovelies.

I was supposed to post this LOTD yesterday, however I got a little carried away with watching Survivor and America's Next Top Model that I had completely forgot about it! So this entry would be for yesterday's lotd and it was just a really simple neutral green eye look. I was initially going for a "nude" eye with liquid liner look but I guess I changed my mind.

Also, I feel that the lighting always washes my photos out, however if I take it further from the window, the picture would be too dark...
And flash on a SLR Camera = blinding. SLR means either a pro or semi-pro camera.
If you're wondering why I own an SLR, that's because I'm an aspiring photography. ha!
A little bit of a self promotion over there.....

Anyway, on to the looks

And also, I've noticed that my lashes are fairly long now.
I don't know if it's because the Canmake Lash essence is working, or if it is the Majolica Majorca Lash Bone (lash primer),
but either ways, I'm liking it!

Oh Blimey, my cupboard is open.
(trust me when I say "Mind Your Language" is getting to me)

Here's the list of products which mainly consists of Revlon, lol!

Face:
- BRTC Glossy Shining BB Cream
- Revlon New Complexion Loose Face Powder
- Everyday Mineral Silk Dust
- Revlon Colorstay Mineral Blush in Deep Bronze
- Canmake Cheek Gradation in 04
- Elf Healthy Glow Bronzing Powder in Luminance

Eyes:
- Revlon Colorstay Mineral Eyeshadow in Tiger Eye
- Revlon Colorstay 12 hour quad in Spring Moss
- Rhomlon Eyeshadow in Dark Brown/no. 38
- Revlon Colorstay Liner in Black Brown
- Revlon Luxurious Lengths Mascara
- Majolica Majorca Lash Bone (primer)

Lips:
- Revlon Renewist Lip Color in Naturally Revealing

To add, here's an update about the whole laptop incident.
I've received word that repairing my laptop would cost about S$1.9k or so and that is just, insane. From the looks of it I'll most probably be getting a new laptop. I've discussed this whole "too expensive to repair and better off getting a new one" idea with my parents but my dad still has the final say and I would only hope that he sees it from my point of view.
Also, if I do get a new laptop I'll not be getting a pro no more. Why?
I don't see the point or difference in the current macbook and macbook pro aside from the lack of a color processor in the regular macbooks.
I'm sorry if that was a little "foreign", but in short, the two laptops are fairly similar right now in terms of capabilities so I might as well settle for the regular one as it's cheaper and SO much lighter.
A pro is just too damn heavy and I really do feel myself getting shorter.

Either ways this has been a fairly lengthy entry so I shall take my leave now.
Oh, and I did a few hauls lately (again), and I'll probably post them in another entry :D

One more thing! ha. I can't help that I blog exactly the way I speak, not remembering everything and constantly saying "one more thing",
I did a video on my current situation on youtube with my CRAPPY phone camera, just because I felt that some people wouldn't check to see what's going on and might feel that I'm lazy, so yeap.
Watch the video here!

I've said all I have to, so thanks for reading!