Archives for December 2011

Thank you for an EPIC 2011 : A year in Review

December 31, 2011 Paris B 38 Comments

2011 crept up on me quite sneakily but the last few days of the year seems to be have just rushed by – where has the time gone? I have however, managed to squeeze in some milestones this year, made some new friends, joined a band of bandits, tweeted up a storm and had my share of ups and downs 😀

Its been quite an epic year for me on the blog front, culminating in the MWS Readers’ Choice Awards and the Awards Party that just quite frankly, blew me away 🙂 I shared some of my “Best of 2011” picks yesterday but today its about YOU! 😀

None of this would have been possible without every single one of you who have dropped by whenever you could to say hi, leave a comment, offer a suggestion or just chat. This one’s for all of you.

2011

Thank you!

And like in 2010, by way of a thank you for all your contributions to the MWS community, here is a round up of your favourite posts (based on comment count) 😀

Did you miss any? Let’s find out 🙂

MWS Picks the Best of … 2011

December 30, 2011 Paris B 38 Comments

I will have to confess that I thought there would be more days leading up to the year end but evidently there isn’t. Long and short of it is, I forgot and didn’t prep a “Best of….” beauty product post as I’ve been doing in previous years.

Oops? 😛

Not too late though but like everything else, things are a little different this time. So, here’s the best of 2011 as seen through my eyes.

best of 2011 blush

# 10 – Best Blush

I’m a blush fiend and I can’t deny it 😛 I would have said the Diorblush because I really like them and no one else seems to talk about them, strangely enough. I’m going to remedy that soon 🙂 However, textures and colours aside, the best blush must be the one I used the most in 2011, and interestingly enough, it’s the Benefit Bella Bamba blush! It just works so easily and effortlessly for almost every look possible. Buy! 😉

Your Say: 2011 Resolutions : How did you do this year?

December 29, 2011 Paris B 22 Comments

did you keep your resolutions?

I’m not sure how many of you remember this, but on 1 Jan 2011, I issued you a challenge.

We listed down our new year resolutions for 2011 for posterity and tasked ourselves to see if we could stay true to them for 2011. For those of you who shared a resolution, how did you do? My resolution was to stay organized – did I succeed?

The Lipstick Bandits Wish You A Happy Sparkly New Year!

December 28, 2011 Paris B 42 Comments

Ladies, we are just a few days to the end of 2011! Sqeee!! 😀

The Lipstick Bandits have come up with some ideas for creating a festive lip this year end so if you have a New Year do to attend and haven’t planned your look, we have ideas for you! 🙂 I decided to take things down to the drugstore (or pharmacy as we call it 😉 ) and source you an affordable Holiday combination. I realize not many people dare wear the red lipstick outside of special occasions and less so a sparkly lip so finding something affordable is a good thing 🙂

sparkly lipstick for the holiday season

We were tasked by the Lipstick Bandit Head Honcho to wear a red or berry red (to be honest, I only read red hence my choice :P) and a sparkly overlay, the more sparkly or glittery the better. Unfortunately, sparkly and glittery aren’t quite in my lip vocabulary and I did want something affordable so I trawled the pharmacy until I came on this by ZA which I’m afraid has to do.

The choices I picked were the Revlon Colour Burst lipstick in True Red and the ZA Plumper Lip Gloss in 06 Whitelights. Here we go 🙂Continue Reading

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# 10 – Best Blush

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