Ben Nye Loose Powders

Hey guys! :D

Recently, I've been discussing the cult-favourite Ben Nye Luxury Banana Powder with my friends, and how everyone seems to rave about them! They have such an array of shades to choose from, unlike the standard 'universal translucent' shade that is most common. I love that there are so many colours- which also means that most of us can choose our shades more accurately!

Last month, I decided to get most of them around my shade to try out, and so I'm here to swatch them for you guys! I've only received them last week, and have already tried them a couple of times.

Without further ado, the shades I've purchased: 

Buff, Cameo, Rose Petal, Neutral Set, Fair and of course, Banana.

How they look like in their sample pot sizes:

Swatches swapped once, in correspondence!

How they look blended out:

I find that these are really mattifying, and they do not cake on me. They keep fully-made up face fresh without extra sebum for 4-6 hours, which is slightly more than how powders keep my face matte (usually 1-2 hours, yes im super oily!)

These powders come from different price ranges on different sites. The one I found most affordable and most customized (sizes, shades available, shipping) is from www.makeupmania.com.

The Ben Nye Face Powder, USD$6 for their smallest size:
Sizes Available: 0.9oz, 1.5oz, 3oz, 8oz
9 shades available to choose from!
Click here to view.

The Ben Nye Luxury Powder, USD$12 for their smallest size:
Sizes Available: 0.93oz, 1.5oz, 3oz
4 shades available to choose from!
Click here to view.

The Ben Nye Luxury Powder in Banana is a dollar more expensive,
USD$13 for their smallest size.
Sizes Available: 0.93oz, 1.5oz, 3oz
Click here to view.

All their powders looks and feel the same on first glance, but when applied, the Face Powders leave heavier cast on my face, especially the Neutral and Fair shades. However, the Luxury Powders are very natural on me.

If you feel that you'd rather also try them out themselves, they are also available in their sample pots sizes, as I have purchased! They are really affordable at USD$2.99 for 3 small pots! Click here to view full details!

Thank you for reading! I hope I have helped in this post, see you soon! XO

The Laneige Beauty Road Event July 2015!

Hello everyone!!!! This morning, I woke up especially early to attend the 'Laneige Beauty Road' at Orchard Ion!!!!! YES I'M THIS EXCITED SO THE NUMBER OF EXCLAMATION MARKS IS NECESSARY!!!!!

Hahahahahahaha. Ok serious stuff.

The Laneige Beauty Road is held at Orchard Ion B4 Atrium from 24-26th July 2015, 11am onwards(:

Just in case you beautiful people wanna go! Ok so.... I arrived REALLY early, like at.. 10am even though they only opened at 11. I did it for 3 reasons - I wanted to see how their specialised makeup artists set up and their products (yup, i wanted to go see see how they work, and the new products so I can improve myself!) Another 2 reasons were that I was expecting a huge crowd, and some serious jamming due to the peak hours for travelling.

None of them happened :(

But anyway, I wasn't surprised that the booth was already set up professionally, and their staff were amidst briefing. I tended to my own pre-event extra time, and checked out their deals!

The 2 deals that caught my eye:

The Limited Edition, BB Cushion Therapy Pack, $59: Judging that the BB Cushion is already originally $59, the remaining 5 piece deluxe samples are given to you as a freebie! :D

The K Beauty Lip Set, $48: You may select your choice of 2 lippies (two toned/ serum/ silk intense series), and receive another 4 pieces deluxe samples together in this deal! The lippies are retailing at $24 each.

The deluxe samples contain their quite recently released products, like their Lip Mask (the pink jar) and their reformulated Water Sleeping Mask! If you have already been eyeing some of their products, or are an avid user like I am, then I'd say these are a steal! If you spend above $100 and $230, you will receive additional freebies as well!

Their clean and organised gondola booth! I instantly spotted some new items, can you spot them?? I'm a sucker for such displays, and I just COULDN'T RESIST....

A SELFIE WITH THE TWO TONED LIPSTICK. Hahaha X)

Right after this, I was about to head back when I met this lovely girl, Cloud, and we had a lovely chat. This is where I heard about the events that will be taking place today and also, for the next few days.

Suddenly, as if it was like a stroke of midnight (more like a stroke of 11am!), a silent but swift queue formed out of nowhere and we were stunned. Look at the 2 adorable mascots!

This is the queue for the 'Key of K-Beauty Event' : The first 100 customers get to pick a key each, have a 20% chance of opening a large BB box that contains the prices! That means, only 20 out of the 100 keys will be able to open it!

Upon reaching the BB Box, and I really must mention the 2 emcees for this event are super adorable and funny! You never really notice that you are queueing because they are engaging and fun (:

And nope, not in luck today! :(

Cloud and I proceeded to the next event, the 'BB Cushion Bracelet Event' where you're given a tag/ paper bracelet to fulfil 3 stamps! The 3 missions that you will have to complete:

1) Like the Laneige Page on Facebook

2) Go to the Counselling Zone / Makeup Zone to find out which BB Cushion is right for you

3) Share the enjoyable moment using their Selfie Photobooth! 

Pictures from the selfie booth!

The first 200 people to complete these 3 missions will receive a Lip Palette! This I was psyched about!

Picture taken from online source, for reference only.

Colours:

YR25 Neon Orange : A warm orange with hint of red (reminds me of Lady Danger from MAC!)

YR24 Twinkle Coral : A pinky-coral shade (the lightest shade here)

LR05 Flash Pink : A milky-pink shade with hint of blue undertone

R17 Red Flame : A dark vivid red with blue-undertone (the darkest shade here)

It was already 1pm when we completed everything, and we ran up to Sephora for a little errand for some of my staples (I will talk about this in the near future!) By the time we wanted to split, it was 2pm and time for another event. We went "Ohhhhhhhhhhh, we might as well".

The 2 cute emcees teased us a little when they saw us back at the area, and I was asked if I am a blogger! I answered yes, but was too shy to announce it to the crowd in Ion. :P

Anyway, the third event is the 'Special Dart Event': You are given 3 darts and they should be aimed at the highest points available! Different points give you different gifts, and of course the higher your score is, the higher tier category it will be from! I misaimed all 3, and the emcee and I had a good laugh about it :x

Gifts available:

1) Sleeping Beauty Kit

2) Active Water Kit

3) BB Cushion

* Your score should be more than 1 million in order to get a prize.

Oh oh oh! This one!!! I got my 2nd gift here. 

The Beauty Road Logo Event, held at 2pm and 5pm. You should not miss this!

This is First-Come-First-Served (10 people at 2pm, and another 10 at 5pm daily) and you MUST change your FB profile picture to the Beauty Road Logo to get the prize and I was lucky number 9! It should look like this:

Picture taken from online source, for reference only.

Feel free to screenshot and/ or grab this picture to fill your display pictures! Do make sure that you do this BEFORE you reach their reception or you might miss your chance and would have to re-queue.

Before I end this post, I need to TELL YOU THIS. Laneige has launched new colours in Singapore! From the whitening and the pore-control series:

#21P : Finally, MY SHADE! Something between #13 and #21 (for me, at least). #13 was too fair, and #21 was too sand.

Newer colours for the tanner babes: #31 Brown Beige, #33 Coffee and #35 Cocoa Beige.

These are already available (confirmed with their staff at the event!) in their Boutiques:

1) ION Orchard - 2 Orchard Turn, #B3-66A S(238801)
2) Plaza Singapura - 68 Orchard Rd, #03-77 S(238829)
3) Suntec City - 3 Temasek Boulevard, #01-312 S(038983)

4) Parkway Parade - 80 Marine Parade Road, #01-20 & 21 S(449269)

5) Jurong Point - 1 Jurong West Central 2, #01-59/79/80 S(648886)
6) JCube - 2 Jurong East Central 1, #01-04 S(609731)

Last picture!!!!! Too cute to not snap a picture with.

Today, I received the Serum Intense Lip Palette and the BB Cushion (RTP: $59). I'm a happy girl! Thank you Laneige and the people who made this happen! You just made a whole lot of people happy (:

Thank you for reading and see you soon!!!

MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Highlighter in Lightscapade

Hi guys! Singapore just had our yearly GSS (Great Singapore Sale) and I've picked up quite a few products; today I will be writing a short post about a jewel I've found recently and that's the Mac Mineralize Skinfinish Highlighter in Lightscapade !

Lightscapade is described as a soft candlelit beige with multidimensional shimmer. I've been going crazy with highlights lately because it gives me such a dewy finish without feeling oily (yes, I'm super oily and acne-prone!)

Exterior Packaging- Look how pretty it looks sitting in its dome-shaped case!

The marbleised colouring of this correcting highlight powder is EVEN MORE GORGEOUS. I love it.

When I wear this, I feel that its really soft in both its application and finish - it has shimmers but they are so micro that it did not look like I was SHINING, if you get what I mean. Even though it may seem white against my skin at first glance, I feel that this highlighter seems to lean on to a subtle blue-pink hue underneath the white, as opposed to it being a full white. It's also really versatile, and I feel that it can be layered over any blush. However, because of how light this shade is, I only highly recommend it for super pale to fair skin tones. It will however, work for everyone as a undereye / tearduct highlight and I've tried that myself too!

Shine bright like a diamond ;) Hehehe. When I swatched this, immediately I thought of another subtle-glow favourite - the Laura Mercier Highlight in 01. Below is the swatch of them side by side: 

Left being Lightscapade, Right being Highlight 01.

They are both really fine powders, with a subtle micro shimmer in it that gives me that soft glow. I really love that about highlighters because that would mean its super natural makeup application! The Laura Mercier Highlight 01 leans more beige/peach than the Lightscapade.

Even if I had to give a recommendation to get either one, in this case, it depends alot on what you want: If you'd prefer just a soft and natural glow - then go with the Laura Mercier. Else, if you'd like a little brightening properties in it, then pick up the Mac Lightscapade! I love them both equally.

You can get both of them in Singapore's Sephora Ion Outlet, and here are their price comparison:

MAC Lightscapade, 10g, is SGD$46
Laura Mercier Highlight 01, 7.5g, is SGD$58

Sometimes, I do hauls at 10-30% discount! So drop me an email if you're looking to buy some items and we'll work something out.

Illamasqua's Brow Cakes

Hi beautiful people! I'm sorry that I haven't been around lately and my last post was more than a week ago. I've been really busy at work and decluttering my vanity! In addition, I finally purchased the Ikea's Alex Drawers in 9 compartments. I'm about half done cleaning my house, but decided not to disappear too long, away from blogging!

So today will be a relatively short post (Or that I try to, hehe), I will be talking about one of my all-time favourite brow products mostly- something my friends frequently ask because of its unique shades and high staying-power!

Presenting... The Illamasqua Brow Cake!

Outermost Box Packaging > Exterior Casing

How their interiors look like, 

From L-R: Stark (My newest red-hair influenced addition), Gaze, Thunder

My all-time most recommended shade is in Thunder, the most versatile colour for us asians! If your hair is jet black, then I would recommend Gaze. Before I had my crazy red hair, I like to mix thunder and Gaze up, keeping gaze more pigmented in the 2/3 most outer corners of my brow. Now, I mix Stark and thunder for a softer brow look without it looking too out-of-this-world.

These babies are a little dry when I tried to swatch the colours on my wrist like an eyeshadow. But I promise these go on very easily and are really blendable + buildable.. most importantly, they STAY. Even on my oily skin, in this humid crazy Singapore weather, yes this stays (as long as you blot it correctly and not scratch/ rub on it).

Clean Undrawn Brows

Brows draw with Stark

Brows draw with Gaze

Brows draw with Thunder

In Singapore, the ONLY place you can touch their products is their little store in Robinsons Orchard. (to the best of my knowledge till date). My most recent addition was purchased during the June/July GSS period as a bonus set - SGD$50 w/o Gst for my own choice of brow cake and eyeshadow pact. Here is a picture and a swatch of the eyeshadow I chose (:

The eyeshadow colour I chose is in 'Forgiveness'. Forgiveness is a mauvy-dull brownish red. Somehow when applied it looks alot darker, and pigmented than in its pan. The shadow is a tad dry, like the brow cake and I'm not a fan of such powdery-ness for shadows, but this builds on and this wont be an issue.

The last time I've checked, the brow powder cakes retail for SGD$39 w/o gst, and the powder eyeshadows are going for SGD$36 w/0 gst, each. BUT I have recently found them priced SGD$10+ lesser online and this online website ships to Singapore for a minimal fee (or free shipping if you spend over a certain amount - from what I can recall, is not hard to hit) 

Click Here to shop Illamasqua Brow Cake at SGD$27.10. 

Click Here to shop Illamasqua Powder Eyeshadow for SGD$25.50. 

Sometimes, BeautyBay has site-wide offers, and you can even upgrade your shipping to premier service for a minimal fee if you'd like! Right now, they are having a huge sale of up to 70%... which some items include one of my favourites like for example Urban Decay!

Don't say I got good lobang I never share ah! :P