Quick look: NYX Round Lipstick in B52!

 Hi again! Just another NYX round lipstick from my NYX haul last year! This shade is called "B52" one of the popular shades that is more of an everyday color!

NYX round lipstick in B52!

Rave Review: Canmake powder cheeks blush in PW 18 & PW 24 (swatches!)

 Oh gosh, I've been wanting to post this for a bit! Waited until I'd actually got a chance to wear both colors to speak about the pigmentation and wear! Every chance I get to swatch these blushes I always want them all! They are fantastic in all ways and I hope for more in the near future!

I only brought PW24 (bronze shade) with me on a week long trip I took now a week ago back to Phnom Penh, Cambodia to visit my classmates...I'm not into bronzing at all but I thought this would be a nice sheen to the cheeks when applied sheer.

I was completely taken in by how gorgeous it looked sheer and packed onto the cheeks! It's a go-to blush now!


Continue below for close ups, swatches and a FOTD with PW 24!

Canmake Powder Cheeks blush in PW 24 & PW 18!

Canmake Powder Cheeks blush in PW 24 & PW 18! All in Japanese!!!

Food: Mix stir fry veggies, fish cake & egg lunch!

An extremely quick and easy dish whipped up a few weeks back for lunch at home...


A mix of leftover vegetables (fresh but odd quantities) like green mustards, carrots and white onions together with sliced up tofu fish cakes. All this stir fried with pepper and oyster sauce and then several eggs beaten and poured on top...so good with hot rice!

Look at that yummy goodness...mixed vegetable and tofu fish cake stir fry!

Great stuff...best served with hot rice!

Do you have any quick stir fry dishes for lazy days?

Feel free to comment! Thanks!

Special: Late CNY FOTD and my family gathering!

 For those of you who celebrate the lunar new year, happy belated new year! I've been traveling the last week to see friends and classmates in my previous school before they all jet off and disperse around the world, hence late posts!

This was the look I decided to do spontaneously on the first day of the new year. I used a matte pink blush as part of the pink eyeshadow look, kept things fairly natural but definitely hints of pink all over just because it's close to red!


Continue below for close up photos, products used and photos from my visit to relatives!

Rosy pink Chinese New Year Look for 2012~!

Vamped up neutral eye with a muted matte pink!

Review: Laniege water sleeping pack!

Something that I've been hearing more and more of on blogs and youtube...the Laneige water sleeping pack mask!

I've actually been using this for more than 2 years...before it was advertised in Singapore if I recall properly. I bought mine on silkair flights when they weren't available locally yet. I think I've gone through 3 tubs now...the third and now fourth have new (and nicer) packaging!

They remind me of a similar products Za, Neutrogena, Biotherm and Estee Lauder have...these gel like mask are meant for hydration of the skin. They can help perk up dull looking skin but don't have any strong long-term effects such as whitening or anti-aging.



Continue below for the review!

Laneige water sleeping pack mask....

Special: Chinese New Year Goodies! (Food + pic heavy!)

To those who don't know...this coming Monday, the 23rd of January is the lunar new year! Or chinese new year or simply the 'new year' to the chinese diaspora! 

It's a time for family, food and traditions, food is the one thing I'm most interested in! Here's just a bunch of photos of snacks and goodies we've bought so far...and directly below is a photo of a yu sheng which is a appetizer dish.


The different ingredients have meanings, we shredded our own fresh ingredients, raddish, pear, carrots, cucumbers, abalone, jellyfish and much more for freshness instead of using just the ingredients provided in pre-packed yu sheng which we use.

The yu sheng or lo hei prepared for tonight's pre-reunion dinner (reunion dinners are the day before new years day, which is tomorrow!)

Just check out the entire aisle of cny snacks and goodies! To fill living/dining room trays!

Quick look: L'oreal color appeal eyeshadow quad in Summer Caresses (swatches!)

Just a quick look at something my mom bought maybe 2 years ago now! Totally discontinued, no where to be found in Singapore anymore as most things in permanent lines in the US/Canada or Aus. This quad was from the Color Appeal line and has some easy to use shades!


 Continue below for lovely swatches!

L'oreal color appeal quad....the packaging was ONCE lovely.

L'oreal color appeal eyeshadow quad in Summer Caresses...

 A small mirror and sponge applicator is included...I really find the small mirror better than nothing!

Things to trash! (last months of 2011)

Similar to local blogger Haru of Rouge Deluxe she has a post called 'operation use it up' and I'm going to start a 'things to trash' post. I've taken photos in the past few months of things I've used up before throwing them away. Since then I haven't posted about them yet, most are skincare/hair care.


Here's a bunch I've collected from the last quarter of 2011...short rants on the products are attached!

All 14 items shown have been finished by this post!

st ives apricot scrub, Previa shea butter treatment, the body shop rainforest shine conditioner

•  $5-6  Love the scrub, I've had times when I use this almost daily for bumps on the sides of my face. No so much anymore as my skin's improved. This is great for oily and bumpy skinned days.

• Handed to me by my mother for dry hair, although it smells like chocolate it didn't soften or change the texture of my already normal hair.

• $16.90 - Had to use a lot of the conditioner to coat my thick hair, I didn't get any scent/soften from it, would not buy this again.

Food: Jaffa and Bourbon biscuits from M & S!

 Some lovely biscuits I picked up from Marks & Spencers last year. I'm a fan of anything chocolate that's not too sweet and orangy flavors. I've had jaffa before but from a local uk brand when I was in england.

Marks & Spencers Jaffa Viennese and Bourbon Biscuits!

Review: Clinique Full Potential Lips Plump & Shine mini duos (duty free only/ swatches!))

It's my last semester in highschool, yipeee! Can't wait to get out but I'm definitely going to be missing somethings!

This I picked up for the second time. I first bought this exact set in Korea 3 years ago and then again a year later in the duty free in Italy. It's only sold in duty free but I've seen a few sites carrying this.

They are mini versions of Clinique's full potential plump & shine glosses, they are so useful to have and come in very wearable shades!

Note: There's one duo missing from this photo directly below. I've got a photo of all five near the end of the post. (it was a duo that went missing, it was old and ready to be thrown out! )



Continue below for the review and swatches!

Clinique full potential lips plump & shine mini duo lipgloss set! Duty free only!