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Day 25 of 30 : Etude House Miss Tangerine Sweet Shower Lips Sweetberry Blossom No. 2

July 15, 2011 Paris B 14 Comments

So opinions are divided as to whether I can or cannot wear nude lips. I personally lean towards not quite pulling off the nude lip look, because I do prefer my colours 🙂 Even if I were to wear a sheer lip, I’d still go for something with a hint of pink or rose in it. Today’s lip feature is a coral coloured lip and a purchase made on a whim.

etude house miss tangerine sweet shower lips

I don’t usually pay much attention to Etude House – all that pink in the store makes me feel a little ill. However, when I was in Korea, I had to stop in and after battling the crowds (honestly! Was everything in there free??) I came out feeling a little dazed and holding a Miss Tangerine Sweet Shower Lips lipstick in No. 2 – Sweetberry Blossom.

Oh hello, clicky pen!

Aruba, Jamaica… Shake up the cocktails! Sleek MakeUp wants to take you on a Caribbean holiday

July 13, 2011 Paris B 50 Comments

Holy bright colours Batman! 😀

sleek makeup caribbean collection

If you can’t head down to a Caribbean island for a getaway, Sleek Makeup brings the Caribbean to you – if you dare of course 😉

This Limited Edition summer collection comprises the Curacao i-Divine eyeshadow palette US$10.50 (look at those colours! 😯 ), Pout Polish in Bonaire US$7.80 and Aruba Blush US$6.50. Not colours for the faint-hearted!

sleek makeup curacao i-divine palette

Sleek Makeup Curacao i-Divine eyeshadow palette – Quick! How would you wear these colours?

I’m the faint hearted sort. So I hmmed and hawed at these for a bit before delving in. Had to, y’know. They are limited edition and all and I wanted to make sure you get your hands on them, if you like bright colours like these 🙂

Now, while you think about how you’re going to wear these, I’m going to show you a couple of swatches and photos below including a few looks I drummed up very quickly using the Curacao palette. Yes, I actually made use of that red shadow! 😯 A picture heavy post so grab a drink, sit back and let’s take a cruise to the Caribbean 🙂

Tip: Makeup to help tired eyes look less tired

July 12, 2011 Paris B 30 Comments

makeup to hide tired eyes

Any working girl would be able to identify with this one 🙂

Waking up early in the morning, putting on your concealer to hide your dark circles from a late night before, or perhaps just a bad night, and putting on your eyeshadow and then wondering why you still look tired, because your eyes look red-rimmed. Here’s a quick tip to help you out of that quandary 🙂

I learnt this one from Toru-san, RMK Makeup Artist and I’ve been using it everyday since I learnt it because it just works!

Looking for a nude lipstick? Go Gaga with M.A.C Viva Glam Lady Gaga 2 Lipstick and Lipglass

July 11, 2011 Paris B 53 Comments

I’m sure many of you now know that you can recycle your M.A.C product plastic packaging by returning 6 pieces to M.A.C in exchange for a lipstick of choice, right? And when you have gone to make your exchange, you might have been told that you can choose from any one in the range… except for the Viva Glam lipstick.

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Know why? The M.A.C Viva Glam lipstick is a charity effort by M.A.C where all sales of the lipstick goes towards the M.A.C Aids Fund to support men, women and children living with HIV and AIDS and to spread information about the disease. I first paid attention a few years ago when one of the hottest sellers was the M.A.C Viva Glam V fronted by Pamela Anderson. The colour was a lovely shade of light pink and I actually bought it – partly because the colour was lovely and partly because of the contribution to the Aids Fund. It felt nice to do something and get something out of it without going too far out of my way.

The Viva Glam lipstick has been an annual affair since 1994 and this year it is fronted again by Lady Gaga – the music icon of our times it would seem. I can just see your mind ticking and yes, Lady Gaga was one half of the dynamic Viva Glam duo last year too alongside Cyndi Lauper. This year the music superstar gets her own campaign 🙂

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This year’s Viva Glam lipstick and lipglass comes in tones of beige – opaque enough to cover even my pigmented lips. And an interesting change from the pinks, and reds I associate with Viva Glam

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