Review: NYX 10 Color Eyeshadow Palette in Champagne & Caviar

I bought this online from sg-beauty for S$10, not very cheap for second-hand NYX makeup, but I was too excited about the neutrality of this palette that I grabbed it and ibanked within 5 minutes.

The first thing that I noticed was the spelling error. I don't suppose Americans spell "palette" as "pallet" right? I googled it, and realised everything is spelled as "pallet", so maybe it's a NYX thing? Spelling nazi in me is raving in this monstrosity of a spelling error, but hey, let's not be too critical here, eh?

I bought the one in Champagne & Caviar, which is a compilation of neutral eyeshadow shades.

I realise I'm gearing towards neutral shades more and more now that I'm all grown-up. What happened to my creative side?! Too frustrating but neutral shades are just too easy to apply and match!

Photo taken under yellow lighting.

Photo taken with flash.

The white eyeshadow (extreme left, bottom row) is as good as being non-existent. I had to rub hard (no sexual connotations please!) for more than 5 times before I could get a decent swatch. The black (extreme right, bottom row) is also not very pleasant to work with. The only good thing I can conjure up is that because it's so not pigmented, I can avoid messing up when I want a little darkness at the corner of the eye. *rolls eyes*

My favourite colour has to be the rich caramel brown shade (extreme right, top row). It's just too enduring with that just-right hint of shimmer. I noticed that this palette, other than the white and black, is banking on shimmers and glitters A LOT. I already can predict myself struggling to clean the glittery mess under my eyes after application. YIKES.

Swatches, taken with flash. LOOK AT THAT IRRITATING WHITE-SHADE. Its saving grace will be that I don't use white a whole lot, or almost never.

Overall, I think this palette is a disappointment. The colours look very subtle and warm and enticing online (I almost wrote appetising wtf. HAHA), and they look as good in real life. HOWEVER once I started swatching them, I know the term "don't judge a book by its cover" is NO JOKE. Some colours are difficult to work with, some are just a simple colour boiling in glittery beach. Nevertheless, I will still use it quite frequently because they are neutral shades (LUCKY I BOUGHT NEUTRAL SHADES), I'm rather fearful of hitting pan on Urban Decay's Naked Palette and this can prove to be a distraction.

Yes, the Naked Palette is so good I'm almost hitting pan for one shade. Me! Hitting pan for an eyeshadow! Can you imagine how ground-breaking this is?! Only possible with the awesomeness of the Naked Palette!

Booboo to this NYX Palette! Nice colours though!

Best of luck everyone! :)

And so the exam period has arrived.

Cram those chapters, eat up those notes and throw them all out during the exams! GO GO GO everyone!

GPA 5.0 is not everyone's to get but it's not something you can't hope for! :D

(Ya I know, there's no link between the topic of this blogpost and the photo, but I just felt that my hair was veh veh nice in this photo. TEEHEE)

Accessories Haul (Forever 21 & blogshops)

Getting the haulin' groove back. Exam stress is GAGGING MY SOUL.

Forever 21 Singapore is a bore. Why can't they have nice feather/tassle accessories like those on the USA website! :(

I almost skipped on this necklace, but when I saw the price, I went WOAH and just grabbed it. IT WAS JUST S$2. :D

I saw so many online sites selling these queer earrings, and decided to get one to try it out. How cute is this? The details are magnificent! On days that I wear this, I should pin one side of my hair up! The problem is how do I get it to stay hooked on my ear without it slipping out whenever I move my head? My sister told me adjust the metal wire because maybe my ears are too small. I tried and it didn't work. HMMM.

This costs S$7 by the way.

Some rings from a random blogshop. The seller sold all these for S$8 including shipping. My shopping signal went haywire and I closed the deal within 10 minutes. Fast and satisfying.

BIGGEST PROBLEM EVER: NO MORE MOOLAH. ARGH.

OOTD featuring Aztec-print Cardigan!

The weather is never an enjoyable topic to talk about in Singapore. Sometimes it gets so hot and humid, you just want to stay in an air-conditioned room all day long; sometimes it gets so rainy and cold, you just want to layer like a bak-chang.

Stupid erratic weather playing with my mind and mood everyday.

Thursday was a cold day after a downpour the night before, hence a cardigan needs to star in the story.

I remember buying this particular cardigan on the day that I arrived back in Singapore from Stockholm. I had to online shop so badly and I just clicked away...

It was a good buy! :D

People asked me if I bought this in some exotic Chinese city or something and asked if the patterns were hand-stitched.

That calls for a celebration! *pops champagne bottle*

I bought this for S$25 from sgselltrade I think.

There are some similar cardigans selling like hot cakes on blogshops but not a lot sell those with vibrant colours. Instead of bright yellow, mint green, fuschia and orange, the cardigan is in grey, maroon, navy and some ugly washed-out colour. Ew, so please don't buy those!!

I wore it together with my Monki tank-dress and Topshop leggings!

YAY TO BRIGHT COLOURS! :)

I am so so so addicted to 9gag, anyone having the same problem? =X

The Wonder Girls are BACKKK! :D

WHAT IS BETTER TELL ME. OMG. CANNOT WAIT FOR THEIR COMEBACK THIS FRIDAY! :D

OOTD featuring H&M laser-cut shorts.

Definitely on a roll for the month of November in terms of posting new blogposts.

I bought this pair of shorts in Stockholm's H&M for a mere 100SEK (~S$20). It was previously 250SEK (~S$50) and they only had one pair on sale, the rest was still priced 250SEK. Weird, but YEAH I GOT THE ONE THAT WAS ON SALE. :D

Paired it with my Mango wolf graphic top. It's an old top from the KL trip circa 2009. :D Miss those times man.

Awkward peekture. =/

Sadly, I did not make it to Bedok 85 today. Had a sudden high fever this morning. I'm talking about 39.7 degrees celcius high fever. No idea where that came from because I was healthy the night before! O.o

It's down to 38.1 now. Cannot rest because exams are in 11 days' time! *cries*

Brown Eyed Girls - Cleansing Cream

The highly emotional Music Video.

The story is about a pair of sisters. The younger sister is blind and she lives with her older sister and her brother-in-law. However, the younger sister falls in love with her brother-in-law. The older sister decided to tolerate it because of her younger sister's disability. But, when she shows up with makeup smeared all over her face to impress her brother-in-law on morning, the older sister cannot take it anymore and drags her into the bathroom to wipe away all the makeup.

The song is sung mainly by Ga-in, because (I think) she is the youngest in the group and the other 3 members are more than 6 years older than her. Hence, in the song, Ga-in sings and the other 3 take turns to reply to her pleas.



Their live performance. I don't understand how their live performance can sound so much like in the album. Such talents. GAWD.



The moral of the story: to KPOP skeptics, try to listen to other genres of Korean songs. Not all songs are techno-autotune-mass-generated songs that can damage your eardrums after 10 times of listening. Some are actually quite beautiful. This song is so melancholic that I always have this sudden urge to burst into tears every time I hear it.

OOTD featuring NETTED (gasp!) top!

This is the closest I have ever been to revealing my arms. I'm not hating the top, but I hate my fat arms. All the women on my maternal side of the family have elephant-leg-lookalike arms. During my thinnest moment, the arms didn't change at all. =.= EMBRACE EMBRACE.

Anyway, I got the top from scarletroom! :)

This face is only furnished with concealer and HD powder. Love facials luh. Pain, but VERY WORTH IT.

Anyway, if some of you are wondering where I go for miraculous facials, I go to Wilson Ng's mom's beauty shop. Very unfortunately I cannot remember the shop's name, but it's located at Vista Point in Woodlands! :)

I like being happy.

I like to laugh a lot.

I like to burst out laughing LOUD AND CLEAR. Don't really care about other people thinking I'm crazy. Halo, you jealous I happy is it?

DEAR LIFE, PLEASE ALIGN YOURSELF PROPERLY AGAIN SO I CAN SMILE EVERYDAY!

Addicted to Brown Eyed Girls's Cleansing Cream at the moment. It's a song not a beauty product. Shall post videos on that soon!

OOTD featuring new asymmetrical dress!

I was clicking on the links on ohsofickle's blog and I found this dress by accident on marcharies blogshop. On sale too! It was S$18, if I remember correctly.

It's a beautiful army green colour with come-hither hem. Ok that sounded wrong. I need another adjective that has no sexual connotation. It's a beautiful dress with a unique asymmetrical hem! :)

It has no sleeves, so since I don't like showing off my fat arms, I pair it with my ASOS black tee!

My mirror is VERY dirty. Gosh.

And then all camwhore shots of me me me. Love how the natural lighting make my skin looks SMOOTTTHHH. I swear it's not the makeup because nothing can cover up bad skin naturally.

Aiyoh this long fringe. =.=

I actually went to the salon yesterday, with the intention of dying my hair dark purple. That was an utter failure. More on that next time...

ALSO, I went for facial today and OMFG IT WAS DAMN PAIN. O.o I was really sobbing and almost choked on my own saliva. Whoever invented the blackhead remover tool should be knighted and then shot straight away.

ALSO ALSO, I went to watch 23:59 with the boyfriend on Thursday (his treat, so YAY!) and it was surprisingly scary. Basically, it's just a recap of all the army ghost stories that we keep hearing from our army guys. The build-up was freak awesome. But the ending was gua gua guaaaa. I wanted more but ohwell what can you expect from a horror movie?

I'm going to Bedok 85 tomorrow FOR A FEAST. HOORAH! I shall take peektures! :D

Blog Metamorphosis

I started this blog two years ago, with the sole purpose of ranting. Sometimes I will do the normal what-happened-today posts, but most of the time I tried to kill whoever ignited my wrath that day by dedicating an entire post for that person.

Then it became more of a photoblog - I grew lazy and just kept posting photos with one-liner descriptions.

Not long after, I got interested in cosmetics and fashion, and my blogposts addressed these two interests more and more frequently.

Now, I post mostly Outfit of the Days (OOTDs), recent hauls, and cosmetic reviews, with the occasional soul-searching posts.

Isn't it quite interesting how your blog "grows up" together with you?

There have been so many occasions which almost pushed me to shutting down my blog. I have people saying I shouldn't be posting OOTDs because I'm not thin and glamourous. I have people saying what's the use of a beauty blog when noone really reads it. I even have people telling me my blog reflects how much less intellectual I have become over the years (Don't ask, I also don't know which idiot and how so). But at the end of the day, pressing the "Delete blog" button proved to be more tough than I expected. Blogging has become a habit.

This brings to another topic, which is completely unrelated.

There's this constant feeling, that I get from people around me, that seems like they are not listening to whatever I'm saying or suggesting because I'm not as capable as others. It may be a mere overthinking on my part, but when you get that constantly from people around you, you know something is not right.

I can be saying something. People will stare blankly and then ignore. And then when another person who is perceived to be extremely credible and competent says the same thing that I said previously, they will exclaim and agree profusely with him/her.

I don't get it. Really.

Do I look stupid? Am I stupid? No I don't think so. It's just that I'm always in the shadows of more capable people and hence I'm supposed to be more of a supporter rather than a leader by standards of social norms.

I understand that sometimes I get very random, and I will make stupid remarks about something unrelated. That is just what I am, hence if you ignore my stupid remarks, I'm fine with it because hey! I'm talking to myself anyway. But I don't get why I get ignored on everything that I say. Maybe not only being ignored, more of judging looks on their faces and then ignorance.

I think too much. I know. That's why I have been seeing a counsellor regularly (used to be once a week, but reduced to once a fortnight now). I'm trying very hard to get the sadness out of me.

Every little hurt that is felt by normal person, I will feel it much more magnified. I take one step forward, I get hurt, I stumble and take three steps backwards.

I sound selfish now but it's a plea. Please help me recover from this illness. I don't expect much, I just want...some sort of assurance. :(

And that is completely unrelated to what's written at the beginning.

I shall end here then. Blogging about my feelings do help once in a while.