September 21, 2010

I did this look over the weekend actually when one of my dear friends who's been away from the country came over 10 months came to visit me. I really like neutral eyes and bold lips; this is the type of look I always go back to. The bold lips could be red, bright pink or dark wine like Chanel's Rouge Noir Rouge Coco (total HG by now).

This look is the exact opposite of the look I posted yesterday with the drama focused on the lips. I think that I personally prefer bold lips on me than bold eyes. But I also like variety. Oh, and I love Chanel's Inimitable mascara, it does a great job at curling my lashes and the burgundy shade really brings out the gold and green in my golden brown eyes.

Face
LW Portfolio concealer - Light
Nars Sheer Glow foundation - Punjab
Ben Nye powder
Chanel Plum Attraction

Eyes
Painterly p/p - base
Blanc Type e/s - all over lid
Copperplate e/s - crease
Solar White e/s - highlight
MUFE #39 - lower lashline
Smashbox Heartbreaker l/l - to line
Chanel Inimitable mascara in burgundy

Lips
MUFE 13C l/l
Chanel Rouge Noir RC

September 20, 2010

Happy Monday lovelies! I had a busy weekend but quite enjoyed it. We attended a close friend's b-day on Saturday night and another friend who's back from a 10-month stay in Egypt came over for dinner last night. Overall, a great weekend. I still need to work on my damned P.Eng summary which I keep putting off coz I'm super lazy. It will be done next weekend though.

I went for a dramatic smokey eyes and pale pick lips. I hadn't done a super smokey eye for a bit and loved the result. All the girls at the party loved my makeup too and got some request to do makeup for another one the girls who's b-day is next week. Hope you guys like this too :)

Face
Annabelle Mineral Foundation - Barely Beige
Sculpt powder
Chanel Plum Attraction blush - really make sure you dust this on, it's reaaaaally pigmented!

Eyes
Black GPS - base for lid
Painterly p/p - base for crease and above
Later p/m - inner and outer lid and into the crease
Young Punk MES - middle of lid
Poison Pen e/s - above crease
Vanilla p/m - tear duct
Blanc Type e/s - highlight
LW Smokeye kohl in black - to line
Lancome Hypnose mascara

Lips
In Synch l/l
Going Casual c/g







and here's a pic from the house party. Left to right: my baby sis, my hubby, me and the birthday girl:

September 19, 2010

For my second installment of the Tried and True series, I selected one of my makeup staples. By staple I mean that I use this product Every-Single-Day! I acquired Blanc Type e/s when MAC first introduced their Matte2 e/s formula in late 2007. I love matte2 eyeshadows and every single one that I have in my stash is a winner in my eyes. I love that these shades are matte yet apply smoothly not patchy like other MAC matte shades.

Blanc Type is very similar to MAC's Brule in terms of colour (a light ivory) but I find it applies much better. I started using Blanc Type as my brow highlighter instead of Brule as soon as I got it. As you can tell by my picture, this shade gets a lot of love from me. I prefer matte shades as brow highlighter and hence use this one everyday:

September 18, 2010

Happy Saturday gals! I had a makeover appointment over at Chanel today so my day started pretty good indeed! I love the makeup the artist did on me, as requested by me he did berry red lips and subtle smokey eyes. We were chatting the whole time as he was a big fan of foreign films so the overall experience was great. Here's the look he did on me:





I really liked the skin routine he did on me, I think I might eventually switch my skin care to Chanel's. It's just so luxurious and everything feels amazing on. Oh, and I got so tanned this summer than my Vitalumiere shade is up to 040 from 020, lol! Go me!

And here's what I hauled all together:


left to right: Inimitable mascara in Burgundy, Plum Attraction blush and RA gloss in Emois

I wanted Plum Attraction since Chanel's fall collection launched back in August. This is a gorgeous plummy shade that goes very smooth. I love how Chanel's blushes apply. Here's a closer look:


Inimitable mascara is new to Chanel and I have never tried their mascaras so I thought why not start with this one. I got the burgundy one as it's best shade on gold brown eyes.


Last but not least, I got one of the new RA`Extrait de Gloss to try and I went for the pinky red shade of Emois. The applicator on these glosses are shaped to frame your lips as you apply. I will let you know my thoughts once I use all of these products.



That was it! Hauled any pretties lately? Please share in comments.

September 17, 2010

Zoya Edyta is another polish that's been in my possession for over two months and finally I felt the urge to wear it. I'm telling ya, start of fall season has been very inspirational for me! Zoya is one of the most unique shades in my stash. It's a darker olive green shade with gold shimmer and applies very smoothly. One of those polishes you could do only one layer and get full on colour but I did two out of habit. I absolutely love this shade. I'm not the biggest fan of green nail polish shades but this one is so dark and sophisticated. I couldn't stop checking out my own nails today, hehe!

Here's a two coat swatch for you guys:

September 16, 2010

We're back to our weekly scheduled blog polls as of today! I'm trying to keep up with the blog postings despite things being super crazy with work. I only got home now and it's 8 pm. I've been at work since 7 am :/ I really hate end of season in construction, it's totally overwhelming for us and we're under staffed right now.

Anyway, today's poll discussion is about falsies. I have "still" never tried false lashes! I think I'm just lazy and not ready to experiment with them. I have pretty long and full lashes which is probably another reason for my lack of experimenting motives. I do want to try some extreme lashes like MAC #44 soon hopefully.

Do you wear false lashes? If so, how often do you sport them? What are some of your fave brands of lashes?

September 15, 2010

As promised in my I'm a Rebel FOTD, I decided to swatch all my vampy/fall shade lipsticks for you guys. Dark lips were all I wore as a teenager and after taking a few years off from the vamp look, I jumped back into it a couple of years ago. I think I'll forever be a closet goth, lol! I'm from the school of thought that anyone regardless of their skintone can wear these bold vampy shades, it really is just dependent on your comfort zone.

Tip: Now, what you want to do when wearing dark shades like these is to use a lip liner first and fill in your lips. Two of my favourites dark lip liners are Annabelle Bordeaux and MUFE 13C. You also want to make sure that your lips are well moisturized as you don't want cracky lips like the last two pics I have here, lol! I didn't take any of these two tips myself today as these are just swatches for comparison purpose.

Keeping all that in mind, here are the swatches:


1. Lancome French Touch l/s: This is a new shade for Lancome fall collection and is probably one of my most wearable vampy shades. It's a softer burgundy with brown undertones but reads more dark red on my lips as mine are a pinky red shade. If you have dark lips, this will be more of a brown burgundy shade. The texture is very creamy and soft with slight shimmer, you could get away not wearing lip liner with this one.


2. Nars Afghan Red l/s - This is one of my top favourite lipstick shades ever! Afghan Red is a beautiful soft wine shade. This is again a very wearable fall shade suitable for all skintones. Afghan Red is a satin finish which in Nars wrold means it goes semi opaque, is buildable and the texture is super creamy.


3. MAC Rebel - One of the hidden gems of MAC's perm line, Rebel is a dark plummy shade with strong pink undertones. It swatches like a dark fuchsia on my lips. Rebel is a satin lipstick which in MAC word means that it goes on very opaque but is a bit drying. But the shade is so beautiful that bit of dryness is worth it.


4. Nars Damned Matte Velvet Pencil - Nars Matte velvet formula is my favourite lipstick formula ever created. Damned is a dark magenta shade, similar to MAC Rebel but with more red undertones where Rebel has purple undertones. Nars Damned is the one dark shade I wear with smokey eyes all the time. I love this with burgundy smokey eyes, very smoldering and sexy. Good job Nars!


5. MAC Kirsch Mattene - I adore MAC's Mattene formula, I really wish they'd make all their mattenes perm. Kirsch is a lovely deep wine shade released with Cult of Cherry collection in 2008. Mattenes are completely matte but not drying like MAC's regular matte and satin formulas. Kirsch is a bolder shade for folks who want to venture into deeper fall shades.


6. MAC Night Violet Mattene - Another Mattene love! Night Violet is a matte dark violet shade as the name implies. This shade is definitely not for the faint of heart but of course your can always wear it as a stain. But what's the fun in that?


7. MUFE Rouge Intense Artist #13 - This is the only metallic fall shade in my stash. I picked it up on a whim at Sephora last week and never thought I'd love it this much! #13 is part of the Pearl finish of the Rouge Intense Artist which makes it shimmer to metallic borderline. This lipstick is a warm toned dark red with gold particle which makes me think it'll be great for the holidays.


8. MUFE Rouge Intense Artist #48 - OMG! This is the most gorgeous straight up burgundy lipstick ever! I think I just about fainted when I first tried it on! I would say it's slightly warm toned but can be worn by both cool and warm toned ladies. This creamy and opaque lipstick is everything I wanted MAC Kittenish to be; In fact MUFE #48 is Kittenish' boss!


9. Chanel Rouge Coco in Rouge Noir - Ok, I will admit that I only picked this one up because of the name. This is one of those classic Chanel shades that I always wanted to get and I love their Rouge Coco formula; hydrating and long lasting. Rouge Noir looks like a brownish boring shade in tube but is much more flattering on the lips. This is another shade not for the faint of heart. I would pair it with neutral eyes and lotsa mascara. This shade has earned me lotsa compliments the 2 times I've worn it so far.

Arm swatches - forgot to included my beloved Damned :(


Left to right: Rebel, Afghan Red, French Touch


Left to right: Night Violet, Kirsch, Rebel


Left to right: Rouge Noir, #48, #13

Hope this looooong post was helpful to you guys! Any fellow vampy lip lovers out there? What are some of your favourite shades?