Latest obsession: Urban Decay Naked3 Palette

My brain has been telling me - go get the Naked 2 soon! - and yes I was almost sure that I would be getting it for Christmas this year (actually it seems like I'm getting myself a lot of things for Christmas this year). Then, Urban Decay dropped this bomb. The gorgeous Naked3 Palette will be out very very soon. Initially, I thought it was just a plain rumour and that the photos that I saw roaming around Googleland were just of fake palettes from China. Today, I saw JulieGBeauty's tweet on the palette, and then I saw Temptalia's posts on it. That was when I realised, "CRAP. THIS IS REAL."

Let me now present to you the beauty that is Urban Decay Naked3 Palette.

(via Musings of a Muse)

(via Temptalia)

(via Temptalia)

Before I start on my paragraph on how badly I need this in my no-need-makeup-already life, here are some posts that you may want to check out to find out more about the breathtakingly, jaw-droppingly, amazingly, desirably, exquisitely, yes you get my point right, gorgeous palette. Temptalia already reviewed this and she have two excellent posts up. Talk about efficient.

Temptalia (Review + Swatches): http://www.temptalia.com/urban-decay-naked3-eyeshadow-palette-review-photos-swatches
Temptalia (Comparison against Naked and Naked2): http://www.temptalia.com/urban-decay-naked3-eyeshadow-palette-swatch-comparisons

OK. Don't talk cock already.

This needs to be in my life. Do I need another eye palette? Perhaps not. Do I need this eye palette? Most definitely. A beauty addict's brain works in an amusingly strange way.

First of all, the metal casing is not any ordinary metal casing, but a ROSE-GOLD metal casing. If you are like me and you have been watching YouTube beauty/fashion gurus' videos since 2007/2008, then you will know that there is an OBSESSION with rose-gold everything. Maybe I used to hate this colour in the past, but after years and years of YouTube videos, I have become completely sucked into the world of rose-gold marketing (the other colour is mint green! Stop it YouTube gurus!!). Hence, this palette fulfills my need for a cleverly packaged cosmetic product.

Next, look at the range of colours Urban Decay is offering in this palette. The colours are more different to the original Naked than those in the Naked2 are. The reason why it took me so long to convince myself to get the Naked2 was because the colours are so similar. Some shades in my Naked palette don't even have a dent in them, so how can I purchase another palette with almost similar shades right? Naked3 is, thankfully, a palette that is visibly different. I'm quite sure many Urban Decay fans will appreciate this kind gesture. This palette consists of rose-hued neutrals (hence the casing, getit getit?) and the usual suspects. It still has the taupes, browns and beiges but the pinks and plums add to the variety and usability of the product. Moreover, there are so many gorgeous matte shades included! From the swatches, the matte shades look AMAZINGLY PIGMENTED (I need to bring your attention to Limit and Nooner. GORGEOUS.). See how this palette fulfills my need for a palette that complements my Naked palette?

Also, all 12 shades are TOTALLY NEW.

I cannot take it. I MUST GET IT. The list of Christmas gifts to get for myself has been edited this morning (especially after I read Temptalia's post) - that pair of Superga can wait. Urban Decay Naked3 Palette is number one priority.

Now, I can predict a problem.... will this run out as soon as it's launched in Singapore? This prediction brings fear to my veins. I need to call Sephora soon.

WISH ME LUCK GUYS. GET YOURS TOO!

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Taobao and Qoo10 Haul (November 2013)

Another post to document the damage I did to my bank account. LOL. Seriously ah, why Taobao soooooooooo amazing?? 

Just so you know, Taobao is having a crazy sale on 11th November 2013. It's called a "Double Eleven" sale and it's similar to a Black Friday sale. Many Taobao sellers will offer discounts on their items (50%!!!). So get ready your ib device. HEHEHE. 

Also, I have people asking me how I get my Taobao stuff. I've written a post on it. I got all my taobao stuff via 65daigou and they are amazing. Refer to this post: http://fitrina-inamorata.blogspot.sg/2013/07/how-to-purchase-things-from-taobao.html  

Ok lah, don't random talk already. HAUL TIME. All the prices stated DO NOT include shipping charges. 

I got these shades because I'm into the whole "mirror-shade" thing now. 

Price: RMB5.8 (S$1.22)

Link: http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z10.5.w4002-1052821559.37.bNmyqK&id=20332451871 

Random cross necklace that was effing cheap.
Price: RMB3.30 (S$0.69)
Link: http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z10.5.w4002-1052821559.17.gulweO&id=14338054861

I love pairing collared tops with statement necklaces. So stock up time!
Price: RMB5.50 (S$1.12)
Link: http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z10.5.w4002-1052821559.37.wuj4zQ&id=35465130379

Scarves for my Taiwan trip at the end of the year!
Price: RMB10 (S$2.11) I got it in white!
Link: http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z10.1.w4004-4115723239.18.BcezMX&id=35487201808

The 2 scarves were bought from the same web address.

Price: RMB15 each (S$3.16)
Link: http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z10.1.w4004-4115723239.4.BcezMX&id=35056702515

I think I was too excited about the Taiwan trip so I bought 2 leather jacket?? HAHA. But whatevs, they will be useful anyway. These jackets are not cheap, but they are definitely cheaper than those sold in local stores.

Damn chio leather jacket (Topshop inspired!).
Price: RMB119 (S$25.05)
Link: http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z10.1.w1028-3694086619.9.prGoKM&id=20090090875

Random cute sweater. I love my sweaters and this was cheap soooooo..
Price: RMB23 (S$4.84)
Link: http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z10.1.w4004-4025469378.24.yEzxPZ&id=35199086297

The other leather jacket! This looks less warm but it's oversized and it will look amazing layered on top of sweaters. YAY!
Price: RMB79 (S$16.63)
Link: http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z10.1.w4004-4153144473.18.1XiMqZ&id=35394044905

My two other purchases are from Qoo10 and there's this sudden influx of local sellers selling work-appropriate skirts and shorts. Local = shipping from a Singapore location = no need to wait so long. Most of them are below S$15 and the quality is quite good! Much better than forking out almost S$30 for a blogshop purchase or more than S$50 for a store purchase.

I got myself this blue structured skirt. I can't wait for it to arrive in my mailbox!!
Price: S$12.90
Link: http://list.qoo10.sg/item/OFFICE-LADIES-SKIRT-EUROPEAN-DESIGN/412588900?selectedOptions=

Lastly, I purchased another pair of this Zara-inspired shorts. I have one in houndstooth print and this time round I bought one in dark blue.
Price: S$13.90
Link: http://list.qoo10.sg/item/9-NOV-NEW-DESIGNS-ADDED-FREE-SHIPPING/412603485?selectedOptions= 

I'm now still waiting for my ASOS package which is supposed to reach me by 6th Nov? :( WHERE IS IT!!

Happy Sunday guys! :)

Review: Etude House Lovely Cookie Blusher in #01 Strawberry Mousse

Finally, I'm down to reviewing the Etude House items that I got from the recent Etude House Warehouse Sale. This post will be about the Etude House Lovely Cookie Blusher in #01 Strawberry Mousse and I'm sorry, but I kinda hate this. :S 

Before we start on the negativity, let's get the details in. 

Normal retail price: S$12.90

Sale price: S$5

You can get this on Qoo10 for S$7.50 (excluding S$1.50 Korea Normal Mail fee): http://list.qoo10.sg/item/ETUDE-HOUSE-LOVELY-COOKIE-BLUSHER/401372262 

NOW ONTO THE REVIEW... 

Packaging: Very cutesy and princessy. I'm not really fond of the dome-shaped packaging because it fits weirdly in my makeup bag. I prefer a flat packaging when it comes to blushers and bronzers. Nevertheless, it's cute and it stands out from all my other blushers.

Brush: Instead of a brush, Etude House included a cushion-like puff, topped with a pink ribbon. It's cute lah I know but the functionality of this is close to none. I'm sorry if I offend a lot of Etude House Lovely Cookie Blusher fans here but really what's the point of a puff when #1 you cannot a proper grip and #2 you either apply way too much or you apply way too little. I actually have another similar blusher from another brand and after less than 10 applications, the pink bow was detached and I have no other proper grip for a more controlled application! I'm waiting to see when this pink bow will be detached but then again I don't think that will happen because I'm not going to use it ever again.

Ingredients List

Colour: #01 Strawberry Mousse is a matte pale pink. It's supposed to be a strawberry colour but I have never seen a strawberry (or strawberry mousse) so pale. Strawberry foam, yes maybe.

Pigmentation: This will be great on porcelain skin. Or generally people with REALLY pale skin. Only then will you see the pink hue. To be honest, this is relatively pigmented for a matte blusher. So yes, it's good if you are blessed with pale skin.

Application: I tried two ways - with the given puff and with a brush. Application with the puff was a nightmare. I swirled and then applied the puff gently on my cheeks and immediately I'm greeted by my reflection that had too-white cheeks. NOT GLAM. Ok, so I thought maybe it's my mistake, let's use a brush! WRONG. I used a brush and I barely saw ANY colour. So I either looked too white or I looked like I had no blusher on. NOT GLAM x2. It's also too white to act as a highlighter. I tried to use it sparingly on my upper cheek area and it only looked like I have two white stripes. Aiyoh, I really don't like this product.

Longevity: No review on this because I immediately topped it up with a proper blusher and bronzer.

Will I buy it again? Not really. The other shades look pretty and all, but the packaging itself is not to my liking. I also detest the puff so NEXT BLUSHER PLEASE.

Once again I must reiterate, if you are a fan of this blusher, good for you! It's really rare for me to hate a product and this is one of those rare moments. I admit it's also partly because I chose the wrong shade for myself but hey this review is BASED on this wrong shade. So if you are a fan, please take this post with  pinch of salt and ignore the post. THANKSSS.

Have a great Tuesday guys! Such an amazing rainy day. Singapore is not hot today!! :D

Bangkok 2013: Food, food, FOOD! (Part 2)

Finally a continuation of my food adventures in Bangkok. Just a disclaimer though - I'm not a food blogger and my food posts serve more as a guide and a collection of memories rather than a recommendation. Hence, my vocabulary will tend to stick to words like "OMNOMNOM" and "delicious" HAHAHAHA. To me, the pictures do most of the talking? :) 

Seriously though, I hope my posts give you readers some ideas on where to go! Food in Bangkok is almost all excellent so you can't really go wrong with any stall! :) 

To read part 1 of my Bangkok food trail, go here. 

We went to Chinatown to search for some amazing food and we found it! The journey there was torturous though, so much traffic!! 

We walked past a really really crowded seafood restaurant but nope we didn't want to have seafood so we just walked on and found this really crowded area in a small alley. I'm so glad we stopped there because the food was glorious! 

I'm not sure of the restaurant's name and location because we just stumbled upon it. So here are some photos! 

The next day, we decided to have a good breakfast/brunch and Yinghui highly recommended after you Dessert Cafe and so off we went! We read online that there was always a queue so we went a little bit early and HAHA we were their first customers.

Anyway, I will highly HIGHLY urge you to visit this cafe (they have a lot of branches! Refer to their website here) because the toasts were DELICIOUS. So sinful, but ARGH SO GOOD!! You can really taste the butter and even though it's possibly going to cause a heart attack if eaten frequently, you just can't stop! I'm dying to have one right now!!

My favourite has got to be the Shibuya Toast. Prices can be a little steep for Bangkok standard but if you compare it to brunch places in Singapore, this place is a complete bargain!

Let me rant about something. I don't understand how certain cafes in Singapore dare to charge more than S$20 for eggs benedict??? And then you get two minuscule servings of poached eggs on english muffins? WTF IS UP?! If you want to charge me more than S$20 you better put in effort to whatever you are serving to me! No side salad?? Just poached eggs on english muffin with a terrible hollandaise sauce and you charge more than S$20?? Daylight robbery. I understand you have high maintenance costs and whatever but you WILL NOT get repeat customers if you practice such dishonesty. What happens after is not a surprise AT ALL - the cafe closed down because only flies came in to enjoy their food. DUMB.

Ok rant over.

Just look at how much I'm getting for what I paid. Two scoops of ice cream?? EXCELLENT! Yinghui and I are both big eaters but we couldn't even finish one Shibuya Toast and one Matcha Toast (We ordered two to share!)

Matcha Toast was also a delight. Please try this in Bangkok! :D

In Bangkok, it's actually quite difficult to find a place that sells Phad Thai. I was googling for the best place to have Phad Thai and this restaurant was the most recommended online! Even Misstamchiak recommended it so yes we have to go!!

Thip Samai Restaurant

Samran Rat, Phra Nakhon Bangkok 10200, Thailand

This restaurant specialises in Phad Thai and other variations of the Thai noodle dish. We were queueing and waiting for our table when we noticed that it's like a Phad Thai churning factory. Two men were in charge of just frying the noodles, a lady was in charge of portioning then two men were in charge of just coating the noodles with egg. BAM BAM TEN PORTIONS DONE. Super fast!

Orange juice in Bangkok is so sweet and refreshing. Gotta have some form of juice every time we dined!

The star of the night - Phad Thai! There's really a difference to this Phad Thai and those in Singapore. This was moist and slightly on the sweet side, while those in Singapore are more like a lighter and sweeter char kway teow.

We didn't eat ours with peanut because lol we didn't know we could ask for peanuts until we were done with our phad thai. But it was still extremely good!

Our last meal in Bangkok was from A&W. LOL. We just had to!!

I ordered fried chicken waffles for breakfast (yes breakfast!) and wtf I was not expecting my ice coffee to be served in such a huge-ass mug. O.o

Curly fries for breakfast!! The awesome thing about A&W is that they serve EVERYTHING on the menu even during breakfast. You can have the usual breakfast set or you can have your burgers. Anything you want on the menu, you can order it!!

The sinful fried chicken waffles burger that was very satisfying. :')

So that's that! It was such an amazing trip with great friends and great hotel (YAY GLOW!), and especially great food. Can't wait to come back to Bangkok again for more amazingness! :D

Hopefully my BKK posts have been useful! Thanks for reading guys! HAVE A GREAT SUNDAY! :D

Bangkok 2013: Food, food, FOOD! (Part 1)

Whenever I go to Bangkok, I just focus on food and shopping. Massage is great, of course, but you can't do massages daily (you are going to wreck your blood circulation). Food, on the other hand, needs to be taken care of at least 3 times a day. SO YAY FOOD.

My food trail in my recent Bangkok visit will be divided into 2 posts. We ate A LOT but hey a full tummy and is a happy tummy.

Our hotel was located at the Pratunam area so of course we had to get some amazing crepes! I hate buying crepes here because the aisle is extremely narrow and the crowd is insane. But it's worth the hassle.

This lady here is damn smart. We initially asked for just one banana chocolate crepe. I think she realised that the four of us knew each other and we were about to share one crepe, so she added extra servings of banana and spread more nutella. Of course, she charged us more also. LOL. But whatever, it was a very good crepe. :)

Location: extremely near Glow Hotel Pratunam. You'll definitely pass it if you're going to Platinum Mall, it's just on the way to the overhead bridge that brings you Platinum Mall! 

SabX2 Wanton Noodle

4/32-33 Soi Petchburi 19, Pratunam, Bangkok 

This restaurant was our first stop and it was so good! The pork leg is extremely popular and will sell out by noon. So come early for the pork leg rice! This is also the place where I consumed my first huge layer of pork fat. It was surprisingly good and there wasn't a weird smell. I'm craving the pork leg so much now! The wanton mee was of course rather delicious as well but I much prefer the pork leg!

I think this place is a tourist MAGNET. Even the lady who took our order knew how to speak Chinese.

GLORIOUS PORK LEG. NOMNOMNOM.

We celebrated Yinghui's birthday on the first day too! She was recommended this Baan Ying Cafe & Meal by her colleagues. This restaurant specialises in omelette rice and mango sticky rice. We wanted to order mango sticky rice but the server told us that they were not serving that item that day because the quality of mangoes wasn't up to par. Wow A+ for quality control!

Baan Ying Cafe & Meal

2/88, Sukhumvit Soi 19 Rd, 5F, Terminal 21 Shopping Center, Bangkok

I ordered the normal omelette with some sort of spicy sausage topping and wow this is fusion food done right. The sausage was really spicy and it had hints of lemongrass! The omelette was soft and definitely tasted like it was mixed with some sort of chicken stock. VERY YUMMY.

The tom yum was quite disappointing. It looked scary in the picture but it wasn't spicy at all.

Thai Milk Tea to wash everything down. This was so sweet (as with all drinks/sweets in Thailand) but I just wanted to keep drinking because of how fragrant the tea was.

This was a random purchase from Platinum Mall's food court. We were so tired of shopping that we decided to take away our lunch and have a feast in our hotel room. The mango sticky rice was great! Every single time I buy mango in Bangkok, it will be sweet. MY HEAVEN.

Somtam Nua

392/14 Soi Siam Square 5, Rama 1 Road, Bangkok 

Somtam Nua is a highly recommended restaurant on Googleland. Every lifestyle blogger recommends this place and so I wanted to try it out as well!

Finding the restaurant was freaking tough. It was located near Siam Square and very near Siam Station, but it's hidden in one dubious corner. We almost wanted to give up searching, but finally we found it and we had to wait around 20 minutes for our table.

The restaurant itself is called Somtam Nua, so of course we had to order their Som Tam (papaya salad)! This was S-P-I-C-Y but so refreshingly spicy. NOMS.

I don't really remember the name of this dish but it was a chef's recommendation and I love the combination of sticky noodles and pork floss!

We ordered their fried chicken wings too and this was simply divine. I think the next time I'm in Bangkok, I will visit Somtam Nua again and order one portion of this just for myself. :D

Mango Tango

Siam Square Soi 5, Rama 1 Rd, Pathum Wan, Pathum Wan, Bangkok 

(it's very very near Somtam Nua. Walk out of Somtam Nua, turn left and walk straight). 

This is a must-go for mango lovers. Sweet mangoes on every plate! I didn't really like their small servings but whatever, the sweet mangoes made up for the medicore serving and service.

A visit to Chatuchak (JJ) Weekend Market will never be complete without a serving of the famous coconut ice cream!!

There are a lot of such stalls around but you need to find the best one!

Location: Walk towards the huge clock tower in the middle of the market. You will find a nice lady selling coconut ice cream there and HERS IS THE BEST. 

Each of us were given a cup of refreshing coconut juice too. :D

Next on our list was to try the red velvet waffles at Greyhound/Sweet Hound Cafe. We went to the one at Siam Paragon.

Sweet Hound

 1st Floor Siam Paragon

To be frank, I thought it was just alright. Nothing too fancy and my tastebuds weren't too excited. I expected a stronger cream cheese flavour but nope none of that. The sweetness of the waffle overwhelmed the entire dish and it was just meh for me.

Ah, this is the end of part 1! I'm glad I divided my Bangkok food adventures into two parts because if not, I'll be so much hungrier!! Moreover, I just had a root canal treatment so I can only feast on water, porridge and soft bread now. :(

Part 2 will be coming SOON! :) Have a great day guys!