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Your Say: What was your “Makeup Lightbulb Moment” that made you say Hallelujah? Here’s mine!

January 28, 2014 Paris B 54 Comments

When I was down in Melbourne visiting Tine last year, we spent most of the cool afternoons at home, chatting about various topics from blogging to makeup and we got to reminiscing about the good ol’ days. Thing is, I’ve known Tine quite a while from early blogging and beauty days so we had a lot to reminisce about.

And one of the things we talked about was that “Makeup Lightbulb Moment”. You know that moment when you put on a makeup item and suddenly it was HALLELUJAH! Angels sing, you are amazed at how much better your skin and you look and you go “So this is what makeup can do! I look like me but better!” 😀

You know that moment? 😀

Well I had my lightbulb moment a little late in the day. I’d been wearing just powder or powder foundation for a while with a touch of blush. I was a very simple low maintenance gal… well back then anyway 😉 But one day, I came across an item I’d never thought to use and that lightbulb came on. So, THIS is what makeup can do!

What was it? Ah… take a guess… It’s something I obsess about till today 😉 In fact, it was such an interesting discussion that Tine and I have done a little collaborative post to tell you what our makeup lightbulb moments were.

Have a sweet tooth? Indulge without the kilos in the Miss Candy L’Oreal Infallible Color Eyeshadows

December 24, 2012 Paris B 40 Comments

Here’s an announcement for the ladies in Malaysia – We finally have some L’Oreal Infallible Eyeshadows! 😀

I remember when these first came out. I was champing at the bit to get my hands on them, but they were nowhere to be seen locally, or even regionally at the time. I eventually got a motherlode thanks to a very lovely and generous friend from Canada, and I told you about them months ago (review here). Later in the year, another very generous friend sent me more, simply because she saw them in her local Priceline store in Australia and knew I was crazy about them! Ah those were some gorgeous shades that I never got around to reviewing, because I wasn’t sure if they were still available.

loreal infallible eyeshadow miss candy

A few new colors came out a little while ago under the Miss Candy collection in Europe which I tried to get hold of, but couldn’t. I later picked up 2 colours through a friend in Singapore. What this longwinded tale is about is to say that HURRAH! Everyone in Malaysia now gets to know what I’m talking about and raving over! 😀

L’Oreal did not make too much fuss about this Miss Candy collection but if you head down to the counters you will see it. Just a small little collection with some light coloured glosses, and 3 L’Oreal Infallible Eyeshadows in Sassy Marshmallow, Naughty Strawberry and Tender Caramel. I got some reports about the appearance of these thanks to lovely readers on Twitter a while ago but I did not have the chance to check it out till recently. When I did, I picked up Tender Caramel to complete my Miss Candy collection!

Locally, the Infallible shadows in the Miss Candy collection are Sassy Marshmallow, Naughty Strawberry and Tender Caramel. When the collection was launched in Europe, it was Sassy Marshmallow, Naughty Strawberry and Innocent Turquoise. I’m not sure why ours was substituted with Tender Caramel but I believe it might be to do with preferences of local women. Tender Caramel is a very gorgeous, very wearable eye colour and one that will appeal to most. Innocent Turquoise (which I incidentally own) is less likely to fly off the shelves.

So psychology aside, lets take a look at some swatches, some thoughts and a very quick look I did with the scariest colour of the lot – Naughty Strawberry a fuchsia pink. Boy, that stumped me for a bit! Its not a colour I’d voluntarily pick up (it was sent to me) but I was pleased to be able to get it to work 🙂

Have you already seen these and picked up any? What’s your take on them?

L’Oreal Lash Architect 4D hopes you bring you to a whole new dimension

September 3, 2012 Paris B 28 Comments

If you thought 3D was all you had to worry about, L’Oreal now introduces the concept of Lash Architect 4D – a false lash effect in 4 Dimensions. Honestly. 4 Dimensions? Is the Dungeon Dimensions a reality? (Discworld fans, wave your hands 😉 )

l'oreal lash architect 4d waterproof mascara

In all seriousness, the 4 Dimensions L’Oreal refer to are – Volume, Length, Texture and Curl. Basically, this would be everything you ever need or want in a tube of mascara…. And its waterproof. That should make it 5D, right? 😛

This mascara caught my eye not so much because of its claims, but because of the pretty metallic teal colour of the tube. What can I say, I’m shallow that way 😛 I happen to find this particular shade of teal very soothing, and paired with the metallic cap, I say its a very attractive piece of work.

The problem with mascara is that it is one of those things which need to be used. Staring at the lovely packaging isn’t going to make my lashes look any better. So do you reckon the performance lives up to the packaging?

Insta-Updates: Random makeup in my bag

August 10, 2012 Paris B 31 Comments

This morning before I flew out the door, I rooted about in my bag to see what was adding to all that bulk and weight. And all these spilled out. Oops!

random makeup

Hmm… its no wonder my bag was getting weighed down! In there were some random purchases I made over the past couple of weeks (yes WEEKS!) and also a couple of items I collected from makeup mule friends 🙂

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