pure luxe eyeshadow: baby bluz

very pretty sparkly baby blue. frankly one of the nicest mineral pastel blue eyeshadows that i've seen in awhile.

pure luxe eyeshadow: cashmere

a dark chocolate with a little bit of a grey undertone. works well as a eye liner.

nyx round lipstick: circe

Prepping the Canvas: Intro

Masterpieces can't be painted on crappy canvases!

For two years, I've been wearing makeup on an almost daily basis for work. And in hot humid Singapore, it's a challenge to get my face to last through the day with minimum touching up. When I first started out, I had a horrible skin care regime (Read: occasional facial wash, picking at pimples, no toner or moisturiser). And of course, I started breaking out quite badly in those annoying little bumps all over my face, my skin started getting overly greasy due to increased sebum production and my makeup just melted after a couple of hours.

So, through trial and error I've learnt some ways that help my makeup stay on longer, while my skin remains clear (barring the monthly PMS pimple). I'll be sharing over the next few weeks what I've been doing so far and hopefully you guys will find something that you could either help me improve on or that could help you!

See you soon!

pure luxe eyeshadow: frolic

a pity that the cornflower blue doesn't show up on the skin, it ends up looking like a bluish grey.

pure luxe blush: blushing bride

very pale silvery-pink blush for that innocent-girl look

nyx round lipstick: castle

nyx round lipstick: brown sugar

nyx round lipstick: chaos

nyx round lipstick: atlas

nyx round lipstick: femme

nyx round lipstick: fig

nyx round lipstick: earth angel

nyx round lipstick: doll

nyx round lipstick: ceto

nyx round lipstick: athena

the watermelon!

hubby calls this look the watermelon! a bright, almost lime, green on the inner lid, and fuchsia pink on the outer lid. done using the Coastal Scents ® Ultra Shimmer 88 Eye Shadow Palette.

chocolate raspberry!

a look that i did last week using the Coastal Scents ® 88 Color Makeup Palette. mauve over the lid with chocolate brown over the top of the lash. a very very muted look for me, as i tend to go a lot more for bright colours and shimmer.

pure luxe eyeshadow: bikini

shimmery pink with a orange/peach undertone that goes very well with both warm and cool skin tones.

pure luxe eyeshadow: disco

very pretty hello-kitty kind of pink! for fun frivolous days when i want to just be bubble-gum cute.