NOTD - The Face Shop

Did a NOTD with this dark maroon-red polish from The Face Shop.

My fingers looked bruised here. Don't know why. Two coats of polish without top coat. In fact, it looks a little black in the photo.

 The polish bottle against my current nail polish remover from Elianto. This remover doesn't have the strong smell which usually comes from remover. Instead, it's strawberry-scented which is quite yummylicious =)

Polish in RD303. Hope you enjoyed this short post!

Kose Happy Bath Day Haul

Got this Happy Bath Day Hair Colonge awhile back and the Mist Colonge was a complimentary gift with purchase. Smells of roses in my hair and on my body. XD

Leopard Prints Nail

I was inspired by AMW's post on leopard prints and decided to do this nail art on my toes. 

Products used from left: Etude House BL505, Etude House brown polish with glitters, O2 Skin black polish and a clear top coat to seal it off.

It looks ok from afar, but the black polish is smeared as I applied the top coat before it completely dried =P

Pardon my ugly toes..

 It's my first attempt at leopard prints and I can say I'm quite happy with it!

I miss blogging!

It's been exactly one year since my last post. I've been slacking for so long, I thought I should get back to blogging. Wanted to document my 'make-up' journey and also bits and pieces of my life, so that one day when I look back...at least I know where have I spent all my money..LOL.

Been thinking of doing this post about showdown between 3 BB creams that I have thought of buying after reading Haru's post about non-Korean BB creams, you can take a look here.

My bff advised me to get a sample of each brand to try before purchasing the full sized item. The 3 brands are Dior, Biotherm and Clinique.

From L-R: Diorsnow (3ml), Biotherm White D-tox (5ml), Clinique (teensy bit- they didn't have a sample size, so they gave me some of the BB cream in the mini container that you see above)

The samples

Swatches, from top left (clockwise), Clinique, Dior & Biotherm. Please pardon my freckled hand >_<

My bff, who's a fan of Dior kept persuading me to get Diorsnow but I resisted the urge, as I need to try out all before deciding.

My verdict after trying out all 3? As below..

Dior: Not too heavy, quite liquidy in texture, easy to blend and not too oily. After applying it in the morning, I topped it off with MAC loose powder and I only need to blot maybe after lunch time.

Biotherm: Almost same texture as Dior but lighter in colour. Easy to blend as well. Almost the same staying power as Dior. I would say the coverage is lesser than Dior.

Clinique: Texture is creamier, not so easily blended. Felt a bit dry but made my face oily in shorter span of time as compared to Dior and Biotherm. Coverage is so-so, not very fantastic and colour is very light as well. Perhaps this came in the mini container and caused it to be exposed to air easily, the cream was dried up after one week. Boo.

Overall, I would say Clinique is out of the race, it's a tie between Dior and Biotherm. Dior is definitely on the higher price side..I'm still undecided on which one I should get. Currently I'm using Skin79 and Cybercolor BB creams but finishing soon. Shall update once I've decided on which one to get!

NOTW Etude House Petit Darling Nails BL505

Another week another nail colour =)

This time it's the Etude House Petit Darling Nails in BL505.

Taken with flash. It's a little streaky on the second coat.

Taken without flash

BL505

I thought the colour itself was a little plain and added a little glitter to it.
o2 Skin Glitter Nail Polish

This is how it looks with the glitter

What do you think? Better or worse?

Have a nice week ahead!

NOTD: Etude House Petit Darling Nails in PK005

Tested the Etude House Petit Darling Nails in PK005.

I would describe it as a rose pink shade? I'm not really good at naming colours, I only know the basic ones. *embarrassed*

Taken without flash

With flash

Without flash - different angle

With flash

Thanks for dropping by =)

Etude House Haul

I was bitten by the Etude House bug in July and got some stuff there. Pity my purse..

My collective haul
Bought the LUCIDarling Fantastic Gradation Eyes in #1 Gradate Pinky Silver

I love pink but this is my first eye shadow palette in pink!

Shot without flash. Clockwise from top left, base in a light pink-white shade, liner in black with shimmer, highlighter in silver and the main shade which is a lovely pink. It came in a pallete with mirror, 1 sponge brush and a mini eyeshadow brush.

Shot with flash.


The back of the palette has the graphic instruction on how to apply the different colors. Nice touch!



Also got a Multi Eye Shadow Brush. It's got a unique shape as compared to the eye shadow brushes I already own, so this is a good addition.

I always buy fake lashes but I only use them on special occassions. I don't know why? This is Etude House lashes in Vivid long.

Some nail polishes. This shot below is with flash. 2 bottles of Petit Darling Nails & a bottle of Dear Darling Nails.

The colors from left: PK005, 24, and BL505.

Etude House in Singapore is the only cosmetics brand that I know of, that gives you a sample as soon as you step into their shop. It doesn't matter even if you are browsing without buying. But I did get the below freebies after buying those stuff above.

Total Age Repair Royal Essence sachet, a cute pen, a mini Precious Mineral BB Cream (that can be hooked on to your phone/keychain/etc) and mini bottles of O2 White toner and lotion.

Look how cute is this mini BB cream?

Some details on the BB cream:

I've not started using any of the above stuff yet, because I have too many things that I bought and kept and totally forgot about! =/

One last look at the cutie free pen =)