The FOTD was done using my new Sleek 'Storm' palette :)

This was my first ever pure, bright gold eyeshadow, and I really wanted to do a look that incorporated it, along with the dark blue eyeshadow in the palette.

I'm pretty fascinated with the gold colour, and I want to try it with a nice, dark brown next time. I actually used the matte brown colour in the palette as a brow powder, which turned out pretty nice.


Here are some pictures with the camera flash on.



I also want to share the last few bits of my eBay haul that have finally come in after the post office hold-up over the Christmas holidays.


I heard about Invisible Zinc from Jen at My Funny Valentine, and decided to try it out when I saw a sample sized tube on offer with a magazine. I have used it twice now, and I'll be testing to see how it holds up in the Malaysian heat and humidity. Review coming soon!

I'm not sure if you can see the brushes in this brush roll clearly. They are a dual eyebrow/eyelash comb, sponge eyeshadow applicator, lipstick brush, angled eyeliner brush, a large and small shadow brush, and a powder brush.
I purchased this brush set to compare with the Sigma brush set that I recently purchased. Look out for a review and comparison soon!

My Sleek palettes! Clockwise from the top - Circus, Storm and Original. I won't do any swatches, because they're all over the internet by now, but I will post a little review on these palettes soon!

My false eyelashes! I paid only USD 2.50 for these beauties, and I'll be trying them out in a few of my looks soon! So excited about these lashes! I hope they look good! I'm in the process of trying out different types of eyelashes to figure out which style I like the most, and these are part II of my experiment :)

I recently bought off eBay:

A black faux snakeskin bangle

NYX Round lipsticks in 'Snow White' and 'Fig'

Barbie Loves Stila All Day Liquid Eyeliner

Benefit Creaseless Cream Shadow in Strut

Bare Minerals Foundation in Light (I had Fairly Light before, but it came off looking a little white so I thought I'd try a shade darker this time)


The Bare Minerals foundation now comes in a new 'lockable' jar, so its contents don't spill out when you take the case out with you. I haven't had much trouble with spillage, but that's probably because I don't take this out with me. I am going travelling soon (Bali, here I come!), so it should prove quite useful!

The colour looks a little dark, but when I swatched the powder, it turned out quite light, and slightly yellow (which is fine for me, but those with cooler undertones may want to try another shade).


Here's Benefit's cream eyeshadow. I'm actually really excited about this after reading Beau Nelson's recommendations and tips on how to achieve Kristen Stewart's look. I blogged about it here. According to him, cream shadows are really good for breaking down makeup when you want to quickly create a new look, and also act as a good base for your powder eyeshadow to grip onto when applying eye makeup.

I will be trying this out soon, and I'll let you know how it performed.

These are swatches of the two NYX lipsticks. They're really pigmented and very beautiful and creamy. I'll try them out really, really soon and post some pictures!


This is a swatch of the Stila liquid eyeliner. I'm not quite sure how I feel about this one. The texture of the liquid itself is really light, like a magic marker. And as you can see from the picture, it will bleed into your skin.

I only did a light swatch of it, but the liquid is so light that it bled into my skin right away.

The upside is that it has some pretty good staying power. It should say water 'resistant' though, not waterproof. Splashing water onto it doesn't affect it, but as soon as I rubbed my wet finger into it, it came off. Not promising, considering I bought this in anticipation of my Bali trip.

Anyway I will be posting more about these products as soon as I have a chance to use them, so stay tuned  :)