Last week, I went a bit crazy over makeup. I got quite a few items from Smoochiezz's Pushcart at Jurong East Central: http://smoochiezz.livejournal.com/666427.html#cutid1 The Pushcart is till the month of July and you may proceed to their warehouse at Toh Guan if you are still interested in checking out what they have to offer. Or you can always purcharse them online @ http://www.smoochiezz.com/
Smoochiezz Pushcart Haul
Okay, these are what I got from the pushcart. M got 3 nail polish: 2 China Glaze and 1 OPI at less than 10 bucks each. I got one blush/bronzer compact Elf Studio Range in Blushed/Bronzed. I love the Blush colour, it is absolutely stanning. OPPS, I forgot to take a swatch photo. Sorry guys. The blushes are $6 each.
Next, I got the Tickled Pink E.L.F Studio Blush. The colour looks so pretty on the pan (they don't allow swatching). BUT when I got home and swatched it, the colour payoff was NOTHING? I'm quite disappointed with this one.
I also got a couple of NYX round lipsticks in colour Jupiter, Chic and Blush. I've tried all of them. I hated Chic. I ended up looking like a Pink version of Ronald Macdonald when I tried it out. Okay, maybe it is because I don't like over the top colours on my lips. Anyway I hated it so much that I gave it away (I nearly binned it). The swatches for Blush (top) and Jupiter(below) are below. Jupiter has this sheen that isn't really as over the top as reflected in the picture. It does look superbly awesome on the lips in moderate amount. They are sold @ $4 each.
MAC Semi Precious
This collection was release last Thursday 7th July 2011. When I was at Tangs Orchard (because they had the 12% rebate thing going on) at about 3/4pm, the displays weren't even put out yet. I actually walked pass like 2-3 times looking for the collection before I approached the MAC BA for advice. I did play around with the MSF, Blushes and Eyeshadows. Unfortunately, most of them are either too shimmering (especially the eyeshadows: they look like they will have a lot of fall out of shimmers!!), not the colour that I will like to have or they are not as pigmented as I'll like them to be.
I ended up with a MSF Semi Precious Rose Quartz. ($48)
Look at the shimmer fall out!
I got this because I felt that the shimmer of the MSF ,when not swiped over the middle "precious stone" part, can be quite manageable. And I kind of like the idea of being able to play around with the shimmer to work around with different finishes and different looks.
Left to right: MSF without middle precious stone portion, precious stone portion, together
I was back in Orchard last Saturday and went to play with the lipsticks and glosses. I ended up with Gem of Roses (@$28). It is this wearable pink lipstick which is rather sheer. I liked how the lipstick looked at the BA in MAC Ion Sephora and grabbed it. I actually went to MAC Tangs Orchard to check out if they still have it and its already out of stock there. (no 12% rebate for me boo hoo)
Okay, it looks quite red here but I promise that its not really as red as my swatch picture. Its really this dark pinkish medium sheer colour that I feel is extremely wearable. It provides just a hint of colour.
Okay, I'm actually at home resting from a cold I caught over the weekend.
So till then,
J
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