Alexander Wang inspired creepers! :D

After a really bad experience on eBay, I wanted to stop buying shoes for a while....until I saw these babies on sgselltrade. MYGOSHHH, SHO PRETTY.

It was going for S$23 with meet-up, and it is BRAND NEW. :) Normally if you preorder this, the price will be a ridiculous range of S$40-S$60.

LOVE THEM SO MUCH. CAN'T WAIT TO WEAR THEM JUST LIKE THAT, OR WITH FUNKY SOCKS. :)





Nothing soothes a bad day like a good fabulous pair of shoes. :)

OOTD Featured on The Dernier CRI :)

The Dernier CRI contacted me on Instagram, asking for my OOTD photo to be featured on the website! :)


Here's the link: http://the-dernier-cri.tumblr.com/post/16736581018/http-fitrina-inamorata-blogspot-com

And here's the link to the tumblr featuring many OOTDs on Instagram: http://the-dernier-cri.tumblr.com/

Haul and Review: essence (eyeliners + nail polish)

I have heard of essence from so many local beauty bloggers and I cannot wait to get my hands on them! Finally had the chance to stop by Ngee Ann's hugeass Watsons and TADAH the essence booth was there to welcome my arrival. :) Perhaps me pouncing on the booth will be a more appropriate description.

I didn't know what to get, but I heard good things about the eyeliners and nail polishes so I settled on those.

I got myself essence Metallic eye pencil in 01 Black Knight and essence Longlasting eye pencil in 12 I Have a Green.

The first pencil was S$2.80 and the second one was S$3.30. WHAT THE FREAK?! Yes I know, the prices are REALLY cheap. This brand puts all drugstore brands to shame, SERIOUSLY. You may be thinking, bah! maybe the quality is not that good since the price is so meagre. YOU GOT THAT WRONG! The quality is beyond awesome. I AM STOKED AND I WANT TO GET MORE.

01 Black Knight is a unique gunmetal colour with bluish hue.

12 I Have a Green is a bright emerald green!

Swatches with flash.

Look how pigmented they are! I still cannot fathom how such a lowly-priced item can give off such good pigmentation! IMPRESSED.

The metallic eye pencil smudges easily with a light-handed swipe. I guess that's the downfall of this item. The longlasting one certainly is longlasting, as seen in the next few photos...

Even after some intensive rubbing, the product managed to stay put.

I am very impressed with the eyeliners and definitely going to get more colours! So cheap and such good quality. \o/\0/\o/

I also bought their nailpolishes, evidently the brand's most popular item as most of the colours were wiped out already.

I bought 78 blue addicted and limited edition Ballerina Backstage nailpolish in 05 Grand-Plie in Black.

The normal line nailpolishes go for S$2.80 a bottle and the limited edition one was S$3.50 I believe (with twice the amount!).

Swatch of 78 blue addicted - a sheer (buildable) blue polish with a mixture of fine and chunky glitters in a variety of shades of blue.

The problem with this is that the first application is very sheer. This photo was taken after 3 applications. Of course, that wouldn't be a problem because the colour is very buildable.

The glitters are very enticing. I can't wait to apply this soon! :)

Swatch of 05 Grand-Plie in Black.

The photo can't capture the real beauty of this colour. It's a very pretty black polish with fine red glitters! I believe this will look extremely captivating under sunlight! :D

essence has become my favourite drugstore brand already. I'm going to sweep all the eyeliners the next time I'm there!

Red coordination

Chinese New Year has never been a festive affair for me. It starts with phonecalls to Indo to wish all the maternal relatives Happy Chinese New Year, and then it is me home alone as all others make their rounds. I can't visit my stepdad's family because that will be weird since they all hate me, so I just stay home, be a sloth, and await angbaos. And Chinese New Year ends calmly that way.

I wanted to spend the second day of Chinese New Year with kengyang, mainly because I feel sorry not being prepared enough to visit his family. I'm never a family person, so such an act is terrible uncomfortable, and I told him that and he very sweetly gave me the okay sign and gave me another year to prepare myself (I'm assuming the second part of this sentence *gulp*).

I have no bright red stuff in my closet, and the only festive thing I have was this dark red sweater. Better than nothing. Turned out, kengyang was wearing a dark red cardigan. YAY TO TELEPATHY. Ok that's just not needed but WHO CARES IT'S MY BLOG.

With my new Charles&Keith sandals. Second time wearing them and they hurt a little less now.

We went to IKEA for our lunch! The original plan was to get the LOHEI set (S$9.80), but nobody around us was eating it, so erm, we decided to scrap that idea and just get what we really wanted. :D

Like CHICKEN WINGS AND SMOKED SALMON. :D Yes, no meatballs in IKEA.

Town was less packed (H&M was a bloody market though) and it was much breezier. The hard truth was that the small shops, which usually sell awesome stuff at awesome prices, were all closed due to CNY holidays and so we ended up getting bored.

In the end, we went to Orchard Central to enjoy the view from the roof garden on the 11th storey (or was it 12th?).

Photos, photos, PHOTOS.

Plaza Singapura went all out with the CNY decorations. My eyes almost couldn't take the orange-ness of the entire place. This decor is too much lar.

My outfit of the day!

Shades: H&M

Sweater: H&M

Shorts: Cotton On

Sandals: Charles&Keith

Rings + Necklace: Gmarket and Forever 21

Tomorrow's another holiday for me, thank you MTV! :D Time to take a good rest and get ready for Thursday's CNY celebration in the office! :)

Review: Coastal Scents Camo Quad

Since smoochiezz show room didn't have my Holy Grail NYX HD Concealer in my colour, I decided to try other concealers. I was desperately needing a new concealer and I decided on Coastal Scents Camo Quad in Medium.

There are 3 colours available, in Colour Corrector, Light and Medium, as seen below:

(Photo credited to http://plustique.blogspot.com/2010/07/camo-quads.html)

To be honest, I didn't have high hopes for this product. It was retailing for S$10 at smoochiezz and so I thought it was going to be like the fake Coastal Scents concealer palette that I got off eBay.

Ingredients list.

The packaging is very compact. Not bulky and not too tiny. It's also flat enough to fit into any reasonably-sized makeup bag. I especially like the back part of the product. The plastic does not feel cheap at all and I think it's durable enough to last me quite a while.

There are 4 customable and blendable cream shades available, from the lightest white to a medium-dark brown.

The white is not useless at all. It's actually a good colour to use on the inner corners of your eyes as a brightener. If you don't like the cream consistency, you can always apply sparkly eyeshadow over it for an instant wake-up oomph to tired eyes.

A distraction: for those who yearn for bigger eyes, the trick to getting them is not just loading on the eyeliner (sometimes too much eyeliner can also hide your eyes). You can make your eyes look bigger by applying pearlescent white/cream colour on the very inner parts of your lids. I usually do it just on the bottom lids. This works because by doing that, you are faking the existence of more "white parts" (no idea what those are called) of your eyes, and this immediately creates larger eyes! :D

OK BACK TO THE CAMO QUAD...

Here are some swatches of all the colours from the Medium quad, first one with flash and second one with normal lighting.

DOES IT WORK?

Yes it does; very well actually. I am pleasantly surprised at how effective this concealer turns out to be. It does its job of concealing excellently and even the toughest and reddest pimple can be covered. Definitely a heavy-duty concealer.

I actually had a very bad skin day yesterday because of too much seafood during reunion dinner. I'm mildly allergic to all seafood except fish, but since it was reunion dinner and the bloody stew was so expensive, I binged on scallops, abalone, oysters and all those sinful things. So I suffered and got bad rashes on my face.

I applied the concealer on my face and I immediately felt better because my face was sufficiently concealed. By that I mean my blemishes and rashes were artificially gone, but my skin still looked natural and not cakey.

I also particularly love the consistency of the cream concealer. It feels like cream, but dries to a powder finish. Rather excellent for days when you want to skip the powder and go for the dewy look.

Overall, this is a surprise find that delivers its promises saliently. Definitely will purchase again! :D

Review: NYX "Stay Matte but not Flat" Powder Foundation

This NYX "Stay Matte but not Flat" powder foundation is part of the HD Studio Photogenic line, of which its concealer has been highly raved by me! :)

I bought it at Smoochiezz showroom for S$15 - a steal in my opinion, considering that drugstore foundations are at least $20.

I bought it in SMP03 Natural, and I have to say this is the powder foundation in which the shade is closest to my skin colour. HIP HIP HOORAY.

One thing to note, I think Smoochiezz only brought in the first 5 colours. I didn't see the next 5 in the showroom; maybe they were out of stock or something.

Ingredients List

The packaging is quite bulky, but I admit I'm surprised at the amount of product given. I thought I will have a meagre amount of product to use, but to be frank, there is a lot of product!

The sponge given is also of good quality. Not those cheap sponges that some companies include in their products just for the sake of putting them in. This sponge is dense, picks up a reasonable amount of product and transfers beautifully on the skin. The thing I like the most is how when I bend the sponge to reach the nose contours, there are no cracks! Usually sponges given in foundation compacts are of so horrible quality that they start to fall apart after a few uses!

I feel confident about this powder foundation already! :D

The colour is a bit yellow here because of the terrible lighting in my room.

Coverage-wise, it's a really above-average powder foundation with reasonable coverage. No complains about coverage at all because I don't fancy foundations that have FULL coverage; makes me look like a mannequin or botox gone wrong.

What I am really digging is how it delivers its promise beautifully. My skin definitely stayed matte but not powdery. There's still some luminosity coming through, and so instead of looking too made-up, I look more natural. And yes, it does feel like silk on skin!

So far so good! I'm seriously hoping that this does not break me out because I like how it feels on my skin. *PRAYS HARD*

OOTDs for PI Week 3!

I finally survived a reunion dinner. It has been 8 years since I have been to one, and I'm fortunate enough to come out alive! Must be all the bling from my bandage skirt! :D

Best outfit of the week. I really should get more tight jeans. HEH.

I feel like transformers wearing this. hahahahahahaha.

Trying to be corporate but fail. :P

AND DRESS-DOWN FRIDAYYY. :))

Smoochiezz Haul Once More :D

Right before F'Friends yesterday, us girls went to Smoochiezz showroom for some beauty products lovin'. Came home with this awesome babies!

China Glaze was 3 for $10! (Selected Items only!), of course I had to grab 3. I also got myself a new concealer as my Holy-Grail NYX HD Concealer was out of stock! :( Since I was running out on powder, I bought NYX HD Studio Powder to try as well! :))

I bought Sneaker Head, Senorita Bonita and Your Touch! Awesome colours at cheap prices. Can't beat that!

And since Chinese New Year is around the corner (tomorrow actually), more money will be collected and YAY TO MORE SHOPPING. :D

Shame shame (Happy Chinese New Year!)

I find myself no longer doing things that I normally do. Must be all that feelings of jadedness from work. Blogging, very sadly, has become a burden. I must really be quite honest. It has become a product of conflict between passion and responsibilities - what I really like to do and what I really am supposed to do.

I hope this constant fatigue will die down as I familiarise myself with work.

I have listed what I want to blog about by Wednesday though (yes, MTV gave us all an extra day of holidays FUCK YEAH):

• More OOTDs
• Recent smoochiezz haul
• Review of a new foundation
• Review of a new concealer
• Random work + friends blogposts

YES I WILL NOT BE LAZY!

Wishing everyone a happy Chinese New Year! :)

Review: "Coastal Scents" 15-Colour Concealer Palette

I succumbed to temptation and ordered a Coastal Scents Concealer Palette off eBay for $20. I think I have just been conned. There is NO WAY this is Coastal Scents Concealer Palette, hence why I used quotation marks for the brand name.

I thought to myself, maybe the quality will be okay even though it's a fake? Let's see...

Looks-wise, they look highly promising.

What surprised me the most was this white shimmer cream, preferably used for highlights above the cheekbones or down your nose bridge. I did not expect this to be in the palette at all!

To be very honest, I wanted to hate it, but I ended up loving this highlight cream. The glitter bits are very finely-milled, not chunky at all. I can already see this is as a staple for events! The pigmentation of this is as seen in the photo, quite remarkable actually. And it glides on the skin very easily. Such a good start to this review!

Here comes the most useless things in this palette... the colour-correcting creams. So for those who are still confused as to why you put coloured concealers (other than your skin colour), here are the reasons why: you apply green-tinted concealer to get rid of redness, for example your very ripe pimple; you apply purple-tinted concealer if you have dull skin, the purple tint inside will cancel out the greyness.

These 2 are practically kids' chalks. The texture is so bloody chalky! I don't see how I want to layer chalk on my face! Terrible product, terrible texture, even more terrible after-feel. It really feels like someone drew on your face. Gosh.

Moving on to the highlight of the palette - the concealers themselves.

After the colour-tinted concealer fiasco, I didn't have much hope for the concealers. However, I was mildly surprised. They are okay concealers that have almost mousse-like texture, and they dry off to a powdery texture. Rather interesting, I must say.

Pigmentation is a disappointment though. If you have serious imperfections on your skin, don't rely on this palette, get some heavy duty concealers instead (liquid concealers are usually more pigmented and give more coverage). I tried on my redness and it was kind of a let-down.

This will be good for those with almost perfect skin, but have sudden imperfections.

The powdery finish is really too surprising!

Moral of the story: buy makeup palettes off eBay with caution. This is definitely NOT a Coastal Scents product.