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[Tips & Tricks] Smoke Gets in Your Eyes...


Contrary to popular belief, it's not that hard to create a smokey eye look... There are tons of variation to the eye-do all over the internet, but me being me, of course I'll always looking out for the easiest one to do =D I did come up with my own version during one boring night few months ago, which look a lot like Keira Knightley eye makeup in her latest Marie Claire's cover here but with a slightly different color choices... It's so freakin' easy, you don't even need fancy makeup brushes to do it!!! All you ever need is a little practice, couples of basic stuff and you're good to go =)


Okay girls, here's the list of makeup you gonna need to rock this look :-

- a very good eye primer (I use Mac Paint Pot in Painterly)
- a very good undereye concealer (I use Benefit Ooh La La)
- a black eyeliner (I use Maybelline MasterLine)
- a black mascara (I use Benefit BadGal Lash)
- a dark color eyeshadow (I use Urban Decay Naked palette - Darkhorse)
- a light color eyeshadow (I use Urban Decay Naked palette - Virgin )
- a brow pencil (I use Benefit Instant Brow in Medium)
- cotton buds

p.s : you don't have to use the same exact products like me, I'm just happened to be a huge Benefit junkie, hehe =P


Next, lets move on to the steps, which I already simplified into 6 stages with the above pictures as your reference...

1) Apply your fav eye primer to the entire eyelid until it looks even.

2) Draw a very thin line very close to your upper lashline with your black eyeliner.

3) Using your ring finger, apply the dark color eyeshadow on your eye crease and blend the color lightly with your finger to get the smokey effect.

4) Draw a thick line this time at your upper lashline and smudge it lightly using cotton buds. Apply 2 or 3 coats of your black mascara after that.

5) Apply the eyeliner to your waterline next and then using your pinkie finger, apply the light color eyeshadow to the browbone area to highlight the brow area.

6) Last but not least, finish your smokey look by filling up the brow gap with a medium shade brow pencil to make it look more neat and presentable.

I hope you girls have fun trying this look, feel free to let me know if you have any questions =) Till then, have a nice weekend everyone, adieu ❤_❤

[Giveaway] Hot & Cold...


How do you like your coffee/tea? Hot or cold? Warm or chill? I'm a mass of contradictions, I'm the kind of girl who went to a coffee shop and ordered tea instead, wearing flats when everyone else wear their highest heels and still using glasses when everyone else moving on to contact lenses... Weird, but that's just how I roll, lol =D 

This post however is not about coffee or tea, remember my little giveaway here ? Before we see who's the winner, let's take a sneak peak on what's hiding inside the coffee cup shall we? ^_~


Since I wanna try doing a lucky draw this time around, I write down the names of my followers who joined my giveaway in a piece of paper, fold it and shake the cups 4 times (to honour my blog 4th anniversary =P) before took out one of the paper from the coffee cup... Enough suspense, lets head on straight to the result!!! The lucky winner goes to... (DRUMROLLS)


Congratulation Dalina, I'll contact you for the prize delivery & enjoy your M.A.C Evil Eye palette girl!!! Before I go, I guess it's not too late to wish everyone a very Happy New Year 2013 & have a fantastic weekend lovelies @_@

[Giveaway] Fabulous 4...


Number 4 might be considered as bad luck in Chinese culture, however as my blog turning 4 this year, I can't help but feeling very2 lucky and blessed instead =) I dont have much but I have everything I need and I feel that it's only fair I share it with other people too =) This year I decide to do a very simple giveaway for my followers to celebrate it and will randomly choose the winner through a lucky draw...

What you have to do to be in the running for this giveaway? You only need to answer the question below correctly and leave your answer at the commant box with your name, follower ID and email addrees, easy peasy right? Here goes my question :-

NAME 4 THINGS YOU KNOW ABOUT ME

(hint - it could be anything you can think of or you can search for it from my blog =P)

Send in your entry now before 11.59 pm, 31st December 2012 and you'll stand a chance to win a brand new M.A.C Make Me Over Collection - Evil Eye Palette LE from yours truly which I blogged about before here... Till then, enjoy your remaining days of 2012 and good luck girls!!! =)

Paint My Love...

I had been planning to write about my deep affection towards eyeshadow shades and colors since forever but there were always other stuff to talk and ponder about so without further ado, these are my current eyeshadow palette collection; yeay!!! @_@ my previous Stila palette collection here were either expired, given away or lost =( I do have few others that I kept separately in my office and car that wasn't in the picture... 

The reason why I love eyeshadow palettes so much is because I can be creative and mixing the colors according to my mood and even the people I'm hanging out with, hee~ I love checking out YouTube for some eye-do inspiration and I have 4 sisters to experiment with, how cool is that? ^^ Sometime I remember the sleepless night I spend waiting to get my hands on some of the palette and the excitement of using it to meet my special someone @_@

Each and every palette really2 means a lot to me and have it's own story... Some of them were gifts from people that understand my addiction for colors and some of them were limited edition items that I had been lusting for impatiently, only a little amount of them were impulse buy which I learn to love eventually and yes I'm proud to say that I didn't feel any regret with my collection so far, wink2



 1 - Sephora Blockbuster Palette 2011
 2 - Laura Mercier Lingerie Collection - Eye & Cheek Palette
 3 - Benefit Annie Collection - Scene Queen
 4 - Bobbi Brown Mini Bobbi Brights Palette
 5 - Urban Decay Naked Palette
 6 - Inglot Freedom System Palette
 7 - M.A.C Make Me Over Collection - Evil Eye Palette
 8 - Lancome Color Focus Palette - Renaissance Printaniere
 9 - Benefit Smokin' Eyes Palette
 10 - Lancome Ombre Absolue Impact 3D Palette - Rubics Delices
 11 - Shu Uemura WKW Collection - Drowning in Flame Palette
 12 - Too Faced Smokey Eye Palette

Sephora Blockbuster Palette 2011

This is one of the most value for money palette I ever bought, it have more than enough colors to play with and come with blushers, liners and lip colors!!! It's the last year Xmas limited edition and no longer available but you can count on Sephora to come up with another great set in the future, they're awesome like that, hehe =P


Laura Mercier Lingerie Collection - Eye & Cheek Palette

I'm in love with this palette so much that I even bought 2, one for my mum and one for me, crazy isn't it? hehe =P The blushers are to-die-for and the shades really2 blew me away, my mum love hers very much too, she's a big LM fans anyway so she pretty much love everything they have, wink2


Benefit Annie Collection - Scene Queen

This is another favorite of mine, I can't believe I finally found blue shades that doesn't make my eyes look like it was punched by someone, haha =D The beauty of this palette is it came with Coralista, High Beam and BadGal liner to complete the look, all the Benefit Cosmetics best seller items that I heart!!! I even used it for my previous eye-over post here, super love ^_^


Bobbi Brown Mini Bobbi Brights Palette

To tell you the truth, I haven't use this palette yet but I love the fact that it is fancy enough and yet functional with it's compact size, 20 color choices, brush and mirror, what's not to like isn't it? *_* I'm eager to try out this palette soon, hopefully it will live up to my expectation!!! n_n

Urban Decay Naked Palette
Naked palette is one of the most popular eyeshadow palette in the blogsphere, it's everything but naked, with 12 earth/natural colors, from shimmer to matte, you can get from day to night effortlessly, ain't she sweet??? @_@ This is from my dad, he gave me money actually and of course I spend it on makeup, hehe =P I used this palette all the time especially when I'm traveling, it's very easy to match and versatile, me love ^_^


Inglot Freedom System Palett

I'm quite impressed with Inglot freedom system; which you can build according to your preference and style, whether you want a matte or shimmery texture, from light to bright colors, from single,duo,trio, quad to ten piece palette and last but not least you can choose either 2 different shapes; circle or square for your customize shades!!! I pick 2 matte colors, red/fuschia + black and 2 shimmery colors, yellow + orange, which is the perfect combo to create my Katniss Everdeen "Girl on Fire" inspired look here =)


M.A.C Make Me Over Collection - Evil Eye Palette

This is another palette that I haven't touch yet, I bought it from a friend who went to the Estee Lauder Warehouse Sales recently... The dark shades instantly held me captive and the palette name really drawn me to it, I hope the shades will do the justice to its name ^^


Lancome Color Focus Palette - 105 Renaissance Printaniere

I was given this palette for my birthday couple of years ago and it definitely change my view on the green color ever since!!! Thanks to Cuna; I finally have my first green eyeshadow palette, weeee~ @_@ I remember doing different eye makeup for all my sisters during that year Raya with this palette, it's certainly one of a kind memories you can't buy with money, wink2
 

Benefit Smokin' Eyes Palette

I bought this palette during my first Benefit event 2 years ago which I blogged about here... it's one of the best palette I ever own, I adore the cute packaging, the colors choices and the fact that it came with eyeliner, brow wax and highlighter!!! A lot of thinking certainly were put into making this palette, the colors also easy to blend and very pigmented... I highly recommend this palette to all of you guys; it last forever even with my constant use, I heart this one ^_~


Lancome Ombre Absolue Impact 3D Palette - A10 Rubics Delices
Ever since I was invited to join one of Lancome blogger event last year here; I start to pay extra attention to Lancome makeup line; One of the thing I realize is that their packaging are very similar over the years and they have quite a lovely color range to explore... This is one of my everyday office look makeup palette, I used it so often that even one of the shades almost hit pan which I'll probably won't accomplish with any other palette, hehe =P


Shu Uemura Wong Kar Wai Collection - Drowning in Flame Palette

This is a gift from someone dear to me and I really2 falling hard for this palette; the packaging is a real beauty with 3D images and the color selection is romantic, sweet but still glamorous enough for a night out, wink2 I love the brushes and the blusher too, this is definitely the palette for someone that you love, and I love mine very2 much and still admiring it till this day, hihihi x)


Too Faced Smokey Eye Palette
I have a very high expectation with this palette due to the Benefit Smokin' Eyes awesome-ness... Despite having more color option, I find the colors doesn't really compliment my eyes the way other palettes do; so I don't really use it that much, most of the time my sister is the one who play around with it, hee~

I know I have enough to last a lifetime but I just can't get enough, I always feel happy and excited looking at my collection, it's like my secret escape from all the troubles and unhappy things in my life ^^ I'm looking forward to broaden my makeup collection to blushers as well in the future, wink2

I have a date with spring...

This April and May, KLCC had collaborated with various fashion labels and cosmetic brands for their Fashionista Workshops which quite rare I think for a big shopping mall to organize lots of free workshops for so many brands, wink2... This is something that I really2 welcome since KLCC have become like my second home lately, hahahha =D

Anyway, I signed myself and my bff for 3 different workshops; MAC, Acca Kappa and BeneFit but I'll focus on MAC for this post ya, hehehe =P I supposed to go to this workshop with my bff but due to some unavoidable circumstances, I asked one of my classmate/blogger Asna to join me instead... You guys can check her blog post here for blow by blow detail coz I don't take lots of pics that day and too lazy to do so, wink2

waiting anxiously for other people to show up, we are the first one there, huhu~

I'm surprise this workshop actually highlighting MAC 2010 Spring Collection which have been in the market for quite sometime... I sincerely thought they will promoting their latest collection, MAC Give Me Liberty of London but it's fine with me since I'm not really a big fan of MAC... The MAC KLCC makeup artist, Apple and Syahidah are the person in charge of the session I'm in... I love the way they doing the demonstration together, very informative and easy to follow with lots of humor in between, hehehe =P I highly recommend you guys looking for either of them to assist you if you're happen to visit MAC KLCC...


spring fling~ n_n

As much as I love colors, I'm not really fond of their Spring Collection... My interest is definitely glued to their MAC Viva Glam Gaga Lipstick which I knew undoubtly will look ridiculous on me but I still like nevertheless, hehehhe =P So, I get one myself just to admire the beautiful color (it's quite sheer than I have expected) and help the needy by buying it (part of the profit will be distribute to charity organizations) I also get myself their waterproof eyeliner coz I almost finish mine, sob2 T-T (I still think BadGal is the best eyeliner ever,wink2)

 


the freebies + my haul (eyeliner + lipstick ^_^)

The goodies bag is quite okay I think (what do you expect when it's free, rite???) It consist of MAC Eye make-up remover + Salabianca rock chic bracelet + MAC product brochures... I happened to be quite lucky that day, soon after I left MAC workshop, I walk across Mixed FM promo team car, answer couple of their questions and win myself Marie France Bodyline merchandise & free sessions (which I later gave to my sis and bff) + Women's Weekly Magazine~ @_@, I'm beginning to believe this could be my lucky year, hahhaha =D (dream on, Mizz Ayna~ =P)


Mixed Fm stuff that I won, yeay!!! @_@

Lip service...



My glossiness, ngee~

Lately, I seem to make lots of impulsive purchase especially on lipstick and lipgloss... Not to mention, most of them are in nude shades, huh~ I'm still in denial and trying to pull off Angelina pout looks obviously, hahaha =D This is my latest lipstick/gloss haul from my dear friend, Miu2 who currently selling off lots of her precious cosmetics collection to buy herself a new laptop... Go help her with buying something, heehee =P

Anyway, I bought Bobbi Brown Nude Lip Palette (consist of 2 lipgloss + 2 lipstick) + Stila Kitten Lipgloss + Stila Mini Lipglaze in Vanilla and also Bobbi Brown Sheer Color Gloss in Marina Pink from her and guess what, I got Mac Lipglass in Be Seen for free, wink2 Thanks dear, love ya, muahhhhs
@_@

I don't have time to try all of them yet but so far, I had tried both Bobbi Brown Nude Lip Palette and Bobbi Brown Sheer Color Gloss... Both of the palette gloss color are very pretty but with different texture and taste, meanwhile the lipstick suit me very2 well and quite nice for my skintone... I love the Sheer Gloss, it's gave my lips a subtle rosey shades which look quite natural and lovely... I really2 heart them both ^_~

Bag of tricks...

This post was tagged by dear Suzie like looooong time ago, a little sneak peak on what stuff we do keep in our makeup bag... What I really keep in my Stila cosmetic pouch/bag/etc??? A lot for someone who only wear simple makeup, I kind of like the comfort of knowing I have everything I need, everywhere I go, hehehhe =P

My cute Stila makeup bag @_@

Treat or trick, n_n

[ The Inside stuff ]
  • Johnson's Baby Wipes
  • The Body Shop's Mini Brush Set
  • Stila Tinted Moisturiser
  • Stila Convertible Shadow/Liner
  • Stila Cherry Crush
  • Stila Multi Effects Mascara
  • Stila Angel Light Foundation
  • Stila Pon Pon Gerbera
  • H2O Rasberry Guava Body Balm
  • Stila Perfecting Concealer
  • Lip Ice Strawberry
  • Stila Shine Lip Color
  • Bobbi Brown Tinted Lip Balm
  • MAC Hello Kitty Tinted Lip Conditioner
  • MAC Cream Color Base
What's in yours??? ^_~

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