Friday 6 November 2015

Sigma Warm Neutrals Eye Shadow Palette




Ordered this from Luxola I think? Anyway, I thought the colours are very versatile and I was looking for some girly pinkish look. The only other eye shadow palette I have is the Naked 2 from Urban Decay which I love. I'm eyeing the Smokey palette now but..... #selfcontrol  

Half of the shades are shimmery. The colours are not very true to the picture especially on my skin. Maybe my yellowish skin alters the colour outcome. My brush pics up aplenty of the powder. It looks like it's picking up more than my other shadows. This is great. I don't need to apply so many times. 



I think I applied Cinnamon, Cozy and Warm Stone in this picture. All blended out nicely of course. Cinnamon is a very nice transition colour for me. I have been using it when I want to sport the more neutral look, on my less smokey days. Or when I want to sport an extremely smokey eyes, I will use this to blend the darker shade out into the brow area. I will be using this palette to help me with my Halloween look! So excited for that. My first time "dress up" ever, or should I say "face up" since there is no costume involved, just gonna make up my face. Hopefully it will be scary/ugly pretty instead of just ugly hahahah. 



Sigma Warm Neutrals Professional Make Up Collection 

Pros:
Lovely colours

Cons:
Due to my skin tone, I probably need to apply it on my hand first to see how it will fare on my lids since it doesn't really look like what I see on the palette. 
Not exactly cheap. I forgot how much it is but probably more than half of Urban Decay Naked palette. Probably because Sigma is the well known make up brushes that people usually use? I guess so. 

Verdict:
You should get these if you don't like your other shadows or if you are looking for specific shades on the palette.






Friday 30 October 2015

Etude House Bling Me Prism


So I was browsing online and thought I needed these hahah. 
Got two colours: #01 Honey Glam which is a golden beige shade and #04 Bling Bold which is a golden brown shade. 



The applicator tip is pretty unusual for an eye shadow. But it's probably due to its creamy texture. It's good that it's not in a pot where you will need to either use your finger or a brush. Both will be so tedious to clean up thanks to the fast drying cream and the plentiful shimmer.



Both colour payoff is very strong. Very creamy upon application. You can still blend it after you've applied it but they dry off pretty fast so if you need to smudge it, smudge it fast. One thing I don't really like is the shimmer. It's too much. It's too metallic shimmery for me. 


This is after application which I've already applied other shadows on top. Just used some dark brown powder eye shadow on top of it and I applied the gold beige cream on the inner corner of my eyes,  all super blended out thinly. A word of advice when you use this: start with very little instead of smudging the whole applicator on your lid. Dot little dots on the part you want them to be on. Since the texture is creamy, it'll serve as a semi primer also, letting your powder shadows sit better. I love how it turned out in these pictures but in other lighting it doesn't look as flattering hahah. It's all about the angles. :)


Etude House Bling Me Prism
#01 Honey Glam
#05 Bling Bold

Pros:
Very strong colour payoff
You only need a little bit every time you apply so that small bottle will last very long

Cons:
Too shimmery for me
The effect is a little too strong for my liking but maybe I'm just pro lighter looks

Verdict: 
I probably won't repurchase these. If you like the strong look, this is the one for you.




Wednesday 7 October 2015

Eyeko Waterproof Mascara and Eyeliner



Was so excited when I saw these on the magazine. Seems like they will be super waterproof which is going to be perfect for my beach trips. Got them from Sephora, there was a purchase mascara + eyeliner deal. Not sure why it came with a guitar pick. That was a little odd. 




Nothing unusual about the mascara. Just like the typical brush wand. Exactly the kind that I prefer. 


Eyeliner comes with a sharpener at the tip. 


Pretty easy to glide on and black enough. Seems promising already.



Had both the mascara and eyeliner in this picture. I tried using  a new app and it kinda over filtered it hahah. So I don't really like the mascara. I've tried better ones. This mascara droops down the lashes. I think it's probably because it's too wet or still new? I need to dry it out a little. Hopefully it will improve as I use it more often. 


Looks pretty lengthy here. Top view is always impressive but from the front it's not that noticeable because it droops down my already curled lashes. 


Left pictures are the freshly applied mascara and liner. Right pictures are what they look like after I took a shower. The mascara is still there but the lashes dropped down further. Eyeliner is still there also but faded off a little. The lines are not distinctive anymore. I'm rather disappointed. I was hoping these are really really waterproof. Well, they ARE waterproof, but they are just like any other waterproof liners or mascaras I have. There is nothing special about them. I was expecting them to do a better job than the normal ones that I already have. 


Eyeko Waterproof Mascara

Pros
Lengthens lashes pretty well.

Cons
Droops down lashes.
Not more waterproof than other waterproof mascaras.


Eyeko Waterproof Eyeliner

Pros
Easy to apply.
Glides easily.
Comes with sharpener attached.

Cons
Not more waterproof than other waterproof eyeliner.

Verdict: 
If you already have a reliable waterproof eyeliner and mascara, don't bother getting these. 





Wednesday 16 September 2015

Etude House Color In Liquid Lips


Finally my new obsession came in the mail. Been waiting for some time for these to be delivered. I should have ordered just one colour. Don't know why I ended up getting two. I think because it was cheap enough that I got 2 for the price of one (retail pricing), thanks to all my vouchers and points.

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It looks like a normal lipstick at a glance but it really is a gloss style. It comes in a typical gloss applicator and with a hole in the center - wonder why. This is the best smelling lip gloss I have ever inhaled. Second best was the old school Lancome Juice Tubes which smells like Fox blackcurrant candy. I've only used the purple coloured one so I don't know if the others smell the same. This one smells very familiar.. I can't really put a name to it but I think it's the Woody orange popsicle that I used to swallow by the dozens. Thanks, dad, you instilled a great sugar consuming habit on to me hhahah.





Ordered shade 204 and 205. Both looks ok on me. I gave them a try in the retail shop and I loved how they looked on me. I think the Etude lighting really makes them look super gorgeous. It looks nice still, now, but I think it looked better in the shop hahah. These are great as blush! I love how natural it looks. It's not matte, but not overly glossy as well. Doesn't feel dry but not exactly moisturising either. I think it has half tint properties. It's pretty lasting but not as lasting as the typical tint. 


This is what came off after a soft peck. I did this right after I applied it. It's considered pretty great compared to normal lipsticks. You will have to reapply after a meal or after an hour or so if you keep on drinking. 



#205 shade in this picture. Really looks different from what I see in the shop hahah. Lighting makes a lot of difference. I used it on my cheeks as well. The lighting dulls down the blush but it is pretty noticeable in real life.


Picture I sent to Jan to show her that it's also great a blush - again, not very obvious in this picture but I don't really like OTT blush so this is great for me. Just the way I like it. Finally I found a replacement for my Benefit Cha Cha Tint - I'm using that as my main blush. 


Me in #205 and Jan in #102.
I think my range is the Orange OR range and Jan's is the Beige BE range. Tried the other colours, so far none suits me except these two. Couldn't be bothered to try other orange. I think there are a couple more.


#205 again here.



#204 here. Lighting really makes a difference. It's supposed to be darker than #204 but because the sun is brighter here it's making it look lighter. 

Wearing Clio Tinted Tattoo Kill Brow for my eyebrow. 
Click here for review.

Wearing Eyeko Waterproof Mascara.
Click here for review.


Etude House 
Color In Liquid Lips 
#204 & #205

Pros:
Doubles up as blush and it's fantastic at it.
Not drying.
More long lasting than normal lipstick.
Smells delicious #nomnomnom.

Cons:
Could be more lasting, need to reapply from time to time.
Not transfer proof so it'll probably stain your straw and mugs.

Rating: 4/5


Friday 4 September 2015

SG50 Flea


So we had this SG50 flea some time back. Funny thing is, I wonder why wasn't the flea on the actual day itself ? Could it be because they anticipated lots of people going away for the long holiday? 



Made few more Insta pouches the night before. Absolutely love them. Jan bought the big insta bag. I've made another one since then. Jan, wheres my feedback!! You better write me a raving review hahaha.


Took some pictures for my Etsy listing. Love the grass colour contrast. Pouch comes with a long enough key chain and 3 mini rings for your keys. You can detach the chain which is really convenient if you want to just use the pouch for your cash, coins, and cards.


The wind was gushing madly on that day and we couldn't display the earrings flat on the table so we had to dump them on the baskets which is really not ideal. It drizzled for a bit midway but luckily it stopped after 5mins or so. Few stalls were already packing up, not sure if they decided they were done with the flea or they were preparing to move to the carpark area - which is the contingency plan. Luckily we didn't have to do that. It would have been a stuffy situation. 



It was supper sunny then. We started setting up the booth around 1245. Rushed to opposite to get some lunch first. Had trouble finding our table and then Conrad said it was better to move the table to another spot which is a good idea so we took so long before we could go and grab our lunch. I went up to grab sunblock. Definitely feeling the sun spots forming on my cheeks. Hope the Gili trip won't be burning new ones on my chub cheeks. Really am not liking them. Wearing my Uniqlo sun hoodie which I'll be dragging to Gili. Hopefully that'll save me from most of the sunburn.


They were giving out some kacang puteh and we chose ice gems. Are they super appropriate or what. I'm loving this picture. It will be the cover photo of www.iheartmacaroon.com soon.



Friday 28 August 2015

#Playingwithnails

So these are the nail nonsense that I enjoy doing when I can be bothered to look nicer. Cant find the original pictures anymore so most of them ive screencapped from instagram. Just realised that they are not clear. Maybe instagram used to diminish uploaded picture quality? So annoying.













Tuesday 25 August 2015

Lime Crime Velvetines: Bleached



SO... Sa wakas! Finally!!! My long awaited Bleached is here! Thanks Jan for ordering - my Lime Crime representative hahahah. Lime Crime was having free shipping then and it was the perfect moment. I thought I had to wait for ages till the next time I lay my hand on this. 



So my Bleached doesn't have a label like the rest. Hopefully i won't grab the wrong stick when I'm in a hurry. It does look lighter than the other ones though so it's pretty easy to tell it apart, maybe I need to compare it more to Riot. Smells like the other Velvetines - vanilla-ish, which is great, much better than having it smell like very artificial berries I guess. 


All my Velvetines swatches. I think I'm done for all the colours for now. These are probably the only 4 colours that suit me. Maybe till my skin gets lighter which I doubt is possible because I was even tanner once upon a time hahah. 



Met up with Jan at Nanas again and this is what Bleached look on us after our meal. I removed my Cha Cha Tint but it probably still has an orangey residue on my lips so Bleached look a little coloured than it should be on my lips. It looks different on Janice. More nude pink? She had Wicked on before this so maybe it darkened Bleached a little. I think it looks a little orange on me in this picture. 


Maybe it's the lighting that is dulling the colour hahah. 


Another lighting and a closer look. Looks pinkish here. I think finally I can say I have found my nude or light pink shade that I can carry off. It looks alright on my skin finally. Applying Velvetines definitely takes practice. Certain shades I feel you need to spread them out and and certain shades you can just pile on especially if you have very smooth lips. Less is most of the time - definitely more. 


It doesn't look obvious here but I dabbed Suedeberry in the middle portion. Looks better in real life, feels more alive, has more dimensions, not too flat. Maybe its because the splash of orange wakes me up. Riot with Red Velvet at the centre probably will look nice. Has yet to try that out. 

Lime Crime Velvetines
#Bleached

The pros and cons are similar to the other Velvetines I have.

Pros:
This shade suits my yellowish skin tone - doesn't look very off looking.
Very pretty matte shade especially for you who love this look.
Long lasting.
Easily removable at the end of the day.
Smells lovely.

Cons:
Probably too little if you use it everyday, it won't last very long.
Highlights your lip lines.




All the Velvetines on me. Red Velvet really stood out. I would say Suedeberry is still the one that looks the best on me. Riot is a little too dark for my skin. I will use it when I'm feeling a little emo or semi goth hahah.

Review on Red Velvet and Suedeberry is here.
Review on Riot is here.