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March Favorites

March 29, 2011

This is one of my favorite posts to make as a beauty blogger! Every month I would use different makeups and try out different skin cares. This is a good way of displaying my monthly affection.

Eyeshadows: Loving Taupes

Chanel soft touch eyeshadow in Taupe Grise

Nars eyeshadow duo in Kalahari

Blushes: Pink and Peach

Nars Blush

Mac Blush in Mighty Aphrodite from wonder woman collection

Lipsticks: switching between beige and pink

Chanel Coco Rouge Shine in Aventure

Clinique Color Surge Butter Shine Lipstick in Baby Baby, a cheaper version of CRS

Mascara: Kiss Me Heroine Make Volume and Curl Mascara

This is my 10th tube..absolutely the best mascara for Asian Lashes!

Skincare: Philosophy Microdelivery Peel

A near perfect product to keep my skin congestion free and radiant

Drugstore Products

Say Yes to Carrot Conditioner – thhhe most moisturizing organic conditioner

James Brown Rich Moisture Conditioner – almost as good as my Frederic Fekkai shea butter conditioner

Shower Gel: Lush – The Joy of Jelly

Feels like tofu smells like heaven

One disappointment: La Prairie Cellular Hydrating Serum

At $280 a pop, the price does not equate to its performance- it didn’t hydrate my skin any better than any other cheaper product could

Fashion Accessory: Tiffany Key necklace

Watching the girls wearing key necklaces in Gossip Girls reminded me of how much I loved my Tiffany Key

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Labels: La Prairie • LUSH • My Favorites • NECKLACE • TIFFANY

My Vanity Table

March 28, 2011

I love looking at other beauty bloggers’ vanity tables. This is what mine looks like, very girly.

Love the glass panel, perfect for displaying some of my perfumes.

Anna Sui makeup organiser

Anna Sui brush holders

Anna Sui Vanity Mirror

Royal Doulton Vase

Juicy Couture candle in jasmine

Mirrored frame

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Labels: anna sui • HOME

Chanel Nail Polish in Intermezzo

March 28, 2011

This week I am wearing Chanel Intermezzo, one of the 3 nail polishes released by Chanel for spring 2011 collection.

To view my swatches for Black Pearl, click here.

Chanel Intermezzo is a very elegant and classic white shade – it looked opalescent on my nails. The gold and pink shimmers are quite noticeable if I look closely. I do like this shade, it is a nice break from the dark shades I usually wear. But I can only see myself wearing this shade in spring and summer time when my hands are more tanned.

The formula of this one is not the best Chanel can do! It is quite sheer and streaky. In my photos I applied 4 coats of it because I didn’t like my nail lines to show through.

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Labels: CHANEL • NAIL POLISH

NARS Nouveau Monde Swatch

March 24, 2011

NARS Nouveau Monde is another must have eyeshadow duo from Nars – it is part of the NARS Spring 2011 collection. When it comes to eye shadows, I know Nars will never let me down. The beauty of Nars duo eyeshadow is when you look at the color combination in the pan, sometimes they do seem odd to me. When you have them on your eyes, this is the moment you realise Francois Nars is a genius for makeup creation.

The combination of Nouveau Monde was beyond my expectation the moment I applied them on my eyes. The lilac shade is just perfection. It is not frosty, neither too silvery nor too bluey, just a perfect lavender shade with a taupe undertone. I was a bit wary about the moss shade at first – it can look too warm on me. Surprisingly it complements the cool toned lavender shade.

NARS Nouveau Monde on my eyes. I applied the lavender shade all over my eye lids,then apply the moss shade in the outer corner.

The thought of wearing lavender and moss shades to the office has never crossed my mind until I found this one. I would totally wear this color combination to work tomorrow – glad tomorrow is Friday!

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Labels: EYESHADOW • FOTD • NARS

New Summer 2011 Makeup Collections

March 22, 2011

There will be lots of exciting new makeup collections for summer launching across the world soon. So far I have set my eyes on these absolutely beautiful makeup collections..can’t wait to check them out in person!

NARS Summer 2011 Makeup Collection

If I can place an order over the internet now.. I will be buying everything except for the blue trio.

CHANEL Summer 2011 Makeup Collection – see how gorgeous the model looks in the promo pic!

BECCA Halcyon Days Collection, again I can’t get over how beautiful the model looks in the promo pic.

Have you started checking out any new makeup collections? Which collection do you look forward to the most?

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Labels: BECCA • CHANEL • NARS

Equipment Shirt fixed my Monday Blues

March 21, 2011

With all the trends going on, I am obsessed with classic silk blouses the most. I just purchased my first Equipment Shirt and wore it for the first time today (to work). Just a quick intro on these shirts, they were created by Christian Restoin – does the name ring a bell? He is the partner of former French Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld, who always looks sooo effortless chic in Equipment shirts.

Equipment shirts are made of premium silk – it is so light and velvety soft, and literally feels like a second skin on your body.

I bought the shirt in xs, and it is still a lot bigger than I expected it to be. It almost feels like an xl on me haha..Since I wore it to work today, I just paired it with a pencil skirt.

Shirt: Equipment in Dune

Skirt: T by Alexander Wang

Bag: Miu Miu

Shoes: Bally

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Labels: ALEXANDER WANG • EQUIPMENT • LOTD • Miu Miu

Giorgio Armani Eyes To Kill Silk Eyeshadows

March 20, 2011

Giorgio Armani’s Spring 2011 Collection of Eyes to Kill Silk Eyeshadows are arriving in Australia soon. I can’t wait to get hold of them. In the meantime, I have rekindled my love for the Eyes to Kill eye shadows that I bought from Giorgio Armani’s 2010 Holiday Collection. I might as well do a quick review and swatches of them to share my appreciation of these beautiful eye shadows.

The texture of these are beyond amazing. They glide on your skin like a soft cream shadow, and they are a dream to blend like a silky powder shadow. They are super pigmented when applied by fingers or they can be applied by brushes to sheer them out. The color, the sheen, the sparkle last on me for the whole day without any creases.

I bought 2 Eyes to Kill silk eye shadows from the 2010 Holiday Collection.

No 15 NOIGA has an intense metallic sparkle finish.

No 13 NOIFA has a velvety matte finish.

Swatches on my hand. No 15 is a warm gold with a khaki undertone. No 13 appears navy from the pan, but is more of a charcoal black on the skin.

Swatches of NO 15 on my eyes.

Overall look

Swatches of NO 13 Noifa on my eyes.

Overall look

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Labels: EYESHADOW • Giorgio Armani

Dior Rock Your Nails Nirvana Swatch

March 19, 2011

This week I have been wearing Dior Nirvana on my nails from Dior Rock Your Nails Collection. Out of the entire collection the color of Nirvana caught my attention the most; it appears as a turquoise-green from the bottle, a unique shade I haven’t yet had in my nail polishes collection.

Formulation of Dior nail polish is second to none – 2 coats give you a flawless and smoothest cream finish.

It lasted a week on my nails without a single chip. The picture below is Nirvana on my nails on the 7th day. Compare to the swatch above, I think this one is more of an accurate swatch of Nirvana. It is more of a green color than turquoise.

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Labels: DIOR • NAIL POLISH

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