Archives for April 2012

Get a Royal New Look with Dior Royal Kaki 454 Eyeshadow palette : My favourite of the New Look palettes!

April 30, 2012 Paris B 37 Comments

There are 4 new permanent eyeshadow palettes released by Dior early this year, of which I’ve already shown you two – Rose Porcelaine and Grege. I honestly thought I’d like the blue palette best, so I saved that for last. Oh boy! Mistake! My personal favourite of the 4 is actually this one – Royal Kaki 454.

dior new look royal kaki 454

Despite the rather unfortunate name and, if I’m to be honest, quite boring look of the palette, I’ve found Royal Kaki to be the most versatile palette. Its good, whether you want to go for a subtle look, or for something more dramatic. There is a good mix of light and dark shades, shimmer and mattes, warm and cool colours. If you were to try just one Dior eyeshadow palette, my vote goes to Royal Kaki. You will experience effusive language, blatant fawning and nauseating adoration for this palette in this post. I’m not sorry 🙂

Agnes b. Voyage sails into Kuala Lumpur to offer me more handbag temptation!

April 29, 2012 Paris B 52 Comments

Agnes b. – How many of you are familiar with this brand?

I’m not although I remember seeing her bags being very popular among the students from Hong Kong, when I was in University. I used to wonder what that stylised “b” stood for in a discreet corner of their bags. It was simple but nice. I later found out that it was agnes b. and I believe it is still a very popular brand in Hong Kong.

agnes b voyage klcc kuala lumpur

agnes b. is a French designer of chic contemporary designs and her collections cater for both men, women and even children. I took a look at some fashion pieces and they are simple with clean lines. Something I might like. However, we don’t get the fashion collection here in Kuala Lumpur… oh yes. We have our own agnes b. Voyage store now! 😀 And much to my surprise, prices are actually quite affordable! eeps! 😛

Insta-Updates: Seeking your feedback

April 27, 2012 Paris B 46 Comments

It’s been over 3 weeks since I started posting these short Insta-Updates posts, and I was curious how you are all finding it? Does it bother you that its not always about beauty (when you’re here to read about beauty) or that I seem to love food (and eating) that much? 😛

Simple Blogging Tips: Do you need to watermark your photos on your blog?

April 27, 2012 Paris B 71 Comments

Blogging is a lovely journey and one that teaches you lessons along the way. Some good, some less so. One of the lessons I’ve learnt is that of photography. I have always been interested in photography albeit in a small way. The rise in digital cameras and the dropping of the price tags made it more affordable for me to take it on as a small hobby. And taking pictures for the blog teaches me a lot about still life photography too.

do you have watermark your blog photos?

But do you have to watermark your photos that you upload on your blog? I think there are 2 schools of thought when it comes to this. You will have seen my photos, and you will realize that I watermark mine. The method of watermarking and my watermark has changed and evolved over the years, but I stick to placing a watermark and that is my choice.

I’d like to know what readers think too. As reader, I know that sometimes, watermarks can be quite distracting so your input will be very helpful for me and other bloggers out there wondering the same thing 😀