Hey girlies! Sorry for not posting earlier, was busy with volunteer work + work. But anyway, here's the update! The best thing is to do after assessments is to go shopping right? So I went on a rampage literally, starting with TANGS to Inuovi and Watsons. And I finally got my TANGS card haha.

What I've bought from TANGS:

1. MAC 217 (The brush that I've been waiting for literally eons to buy.)
2. Chanel Mat Lumière in Cendre + Sheer Illuminating Base (Finally got my HG foundations products.)

Then from Inuovi:

3. D27 Disco
4. D27 Hype
5. D27 Jade
6. Metallogy 06006 Tin

Watsons:

7. L'oreal Super Liner 24H Waterproof Gel Eyeliner in Black (Love this! Really long lasting power~)
8. Nivea Visage Refreshing Facial Cleansing Wipers (I think it's cheaper than usual during the time I got it.)

And the rest are from online:

9. MAC Pro Pigment in White Gold 
10. MAC Paintpot in Pharaoh 
11. Stila Gel Cheek Color in Pink Flush
12. Stila The Talking Palette
13. Maybelline Shiny-Licious in Jam-n-Jelly
14. L'oreal Color Juice in Catch Me Salmon (Who thinks these names seriously?!)  
15. Stila Loose Eyeshadow (I've no idea what the color is, but it's a shimmery.. grey purlish shade.)

And the Vichy Normaderm samples are from a magazine that my mum bought. Ah, so I'm officially going on a makeup ban. Really can't afford to spend on anymore makeup if I need to save up enough to buy presents for peeps.

And my NOTD, Color Club Revvvolution. Sorry if the picture's not up to standard nor does it shows the awesome holographic colour. It's been raining heavily these days and it's near impossible to take them under good sunlight hrmph.

The color is just brilliant. Application is smooth, literally opaque with one application. But I smoothed on two coats, along with two coats of Sally Hansen Diamond Topcoat to be sure. But, it chipped at the tip the next day, which is just heartbreaking. Oh well, it's nice while it lasted.

The reviews that I promised will be up daily starting from tomorrow. Have fun dearies!

Miss you girlies, and thought I'd just post a preview of what will be coming once the exams finish. Okay, all I want to do is to go shopping after exams! See you all after the 17th!

Another giveaway that I'd like to spread the love about. It's a really spanking great giveaway because there is... A BRAND NEW URBAN DECAY BOOK OF SHADOWS II to be given away!!! Girls really, this is much worth participating for. Because there's not just one awesome item, there's also a bunch more of goodies featured! Such as:

- A full size .05 fl. oz/1.5mL Urban Decay Sparkler Pen Lipgloss in Rocket
- A full size 0.28 fl. oz/9mL Sugar Lip Slick in Sand
- A full size 0.15 oz/4g Old Navy Lip Balm in Toffee Crunch
- A Hello Kitty Mechanical Pencil
- A Japanese Kimono Hello Kitty Mini Notebook
- A Hello Kitty Glitter Sticker
- A Japanese 'Crown' Design Loose Powder Container with coordinating puffs
- Two samples of Chanel Precision Eye Cream/Wrinkle Cream

Heya lovalies! Though I'll just spread the word on the giveaway that the adorable Ju Lee Zhang is organizing. She is celebrating her 50+ followers with some makeup goodies. I spotted NYX, Rimmel, fake lashes, some really cute hairpins and note paper (?). So follow her blog, participate and spread the love!

Belated Giveaway Celebrating 50+ Followers!

HIATUS

Hey dearies, as assessments are around the corner, I'll be heading off for two weeks to concentrate on pummeling them. I'll be posting reviews and photos after my assessments as usual. Here's a sneak preview of what will be coming up.

Cheers! Have a great weekend everyone!

So here's the second part of the haul, partially from drugstores and sg_beauty. I'm just itching for the day where my TANGS vouchers will arrive so I'll have more reasons to tear my wallet apart completely, with my dad's credit card of course. Ahem, I'll just wait patiently for that day to arrive!

Right, so onto the items starting from the left:

1) Sally Hansen Gel Cuticle Remover (um, enriching your skin with kiwi and jojoba extract)
2) Everyday Minerals Eyeshadow samples in Hoppity Hop Hop, Cotton Tale, Greeting Card
3) MAC Paintpot samples in Painterly and Rubenesque (The coverage is just wow! Side note, I got Painterly from x_beanie. Check her out if you're interested in the samples!)
4) Revlon Pinch Me Sheer Gel Blush in Peach Afterglow (mightly interesting!)
5) MAC Paints in Bare Canvas, Shimma and Mauvism (Got them off used. It'll be really interesting to compare them to paintpots.)

So yes, more reviews to go but I'm very sorry to announce that most will be done one month later, for that's when my assessments end. So bare with me ladies, I promise to work hard on them during end of November!

P.S. Does anyone knows where I can get those 5g jars? I've got a few things that I want to depot into them. Cheers!
P.P.S. Does EDM has this odd smell? It's my first time trying them out and it probably sounds stupid, but I just want to confirm, thanks!

Right, this is dedicated to the lovely peachesandsha. Hope this will spark you off in getting some Stila eyeshadow palettes, they're really worth the money! The images are slightly bigger then shown, so feel free to click them for a bigger image if you like.

The palette when it's open. There's probably a metellic strip lined along the bottom of the palette to keep it shut at all times. The four eyeshadows are housed inside. If you wish to depot them, it'll be quite a headache to for I believe they're glued to the palette. Anyway, the palette is quite sturdy and is less liable to damage the fragile eyeshadows within if one doesn't do anything drastic, e.g. dropping it on the floor. And ignore my fugly thumb, I just nuked the nail during the critique not too long ago, sigh.

Back of the palette. And without further ado, onto the swatches!

The pale beige strip underneath the eyeshadow swatches is the Urban Decay Eyeshadow Potion Primer. But it's obvious in this photo that the first three swatches (teal, golden brown and rose pink) are awfully pigmented! It's really too bad about the last one, which is a darkish purple. Thankfully it's salvageable with the UDPP.

Another picture. Can you guys see the golden flecks?! I think I'm going to swoon. The teal is definitely my favourite out of the lot, with the rose pink chasing hot on the heels. The rest are still pretty though, no doubt about that.

Will you guys just. look. at. that. The effects after smudging the golden brown over each colour. Look at it over the teal!! Just about became the next duo chrome colour that I'd swoon over, be it over my nails or eyelids. I've definitely got to try it out on someone soon!

Now all I want to do is to get more Stila eyeshadow quads. The local Sephora really need to bring in this brand! Along with NARS, Illamasqua and a truckload more of awesome makeup goodies!

This is a old piece of illustration that I did for my last year project for Design Process. I was supposed to make a clock at the end of it, and it was done similar to this, except that the rest was done via papercutting and watercolours.

My inspiration was taken from both maiko and geisha's unique dress senses and codes. I was also fascinated with their ornate details on their kimonos, and all that churned into this particular piece. I won't really count this as a fashion illustration, but it's probably the closest to what I have now at the moment. I will try to do more after the assessment though!

Not feeling so terribly perky these days with stress over an upcoming critique and much worries over my beloved DSLR. It doesn't read cr2 images as it did before, I wondered what went wrong with it anyway..

Thus I decided to apply Essie Eternal Optimist on my nails. The dusky rose pink did a small wonder to pick me up for the day. At least I'll look okie dokie for my critique next week. Application with this is albeit weird though. The formula is thick and doesn't really like to spread around with the tiny brush that Essie provided. It's a fight to put them smoothly on the nails. What you see now is 2 coats, along with Sally Hansen Diamond Topcoat.

Off to finish my artworks now!

It's from a recent spree with Estella. She's a fantastic organizer who replies promptly and does things real efficiently. So much better than the previous one that I've joined (with regards to Egad, Bad Memories!).

Right, starting from the left is:

1. China Glaze OMG (A holographic silver)
2. OPI Give Me Moor! (A vampy cherry)
3. OPI Here Today, Aragon Tomorrow (A dark forest creme)
4. Essie Eternal Optimist (A tanned pink creme, no really, it's darker than the image portrayed above)
5. Color Club Revvvolution (A black holographic)

I'm really drooling over Revvvolution. Really, it's my pride and joy of the month. I believe scrangie has some fantastic photos in her blog! This will be left to the last for application. I'm not all that hyped up over Eternal Optimist though, kind of regretted buying it in the first place now ha. But yes, I shall leave till the day when I actually have to apply a pink creme or when I can swap with someone else.

Did I mention that blingness of the holographic polishes? It's really worth an 'OMG'! I think they might just be my next new love, sigh.