The Art of Beauty

As none of my family is in London for Xmas this year, I decided to spend it by watching the whole 4 seasons of The Vampire Diaries a.k.a movie marathon accompanied with red wine.  I love Elena Gilbert make-up look - a very simple, nothing too made up and yet looks fresh and gorgeous (that's what most teens should look like I suppose).   Recently, I have been all about bright lips and smoke eyes and since I finished the seasons, I thought I might try something more natural and more low key look.  This is my first time that I tried make up inspired by celebrities so hope you guys enjoyed it ^^ Face Primer:  Benefit POREfessional Under eye:  Smashbox Photo Finish Hydrating Under Eye Primer Concealer:  MAC Select Cover Up - NW 25 Highlighter:  YSL Touche Eclat - No. 2 Powder:  Make Up Forever HD Microfinish Powder - Translucent Eyebrow:  Illamasqua Eyebrow Cake - Gaze Eyeshadow Primer:  Illamasqua Cream Pigment - Hollow Eyeshadow: ...

Xmas Party has always been all about food, drinks and nonetheless to look effortlessly gorgeous, so I thought I would go for a simple make up look a.k.a Smokey eyes by using Illamasqua Limited Edition Sophie Smokey Eye set.  This set is very simple and you only need 4 items in total:  Stealth Eyeshadow on the lids & brow-bone, Machine Eyeshadow on the outer eye & along the crease, Sophie Eye Pencil and Mascara in Raven.  To finish off the look I used Illamasqua Eyeshadow in Vernau as a bronzer and lipstick in Obey.  Not forgotten for the nails, I am currently using Illamasqua Nail Varnish in Caress to go with the smokey eyes look.  It is a gorgeous ice blue that reminds me of snowflakes - I suppose ^^ I wish everyone as well as my lovely followers a lovely Merry Christmas xoxo

Xmas only few days to go and I thought I might share some of my favourite bright lips colour to welcome the festive season.  Since I was a kid I have always hated red and bright colours and have always stick with neutral colours.  It's only from beginning of this year that I decided to come out from my comfort zone and begins to explore different colours.  My little collection starting from left to right: MAC Amplified Lipstick - Impassioned Bobbi Brown Rich Lip Color SPF 12 - Old Hollywood Matt Finish Yves Rocher - No. 101 Framboise  Chanel Rouge Allure from Red Collection - No.  99 Pirate Matt Finish Illamasqua - Magnetism Matt Finish  My first purchased will be MAC Amplified Lipstick in Impassioned.  It is a high pigmented lipstick and a creamy texture without leaving your lips dry and stay moisturised.  This is one of my favourite colour from MAC collection as the formula is quite pigmented, you only need one glide, it's a beaut...

I was meeting up with Amy today for some catching up before Xmas break, so I decided to give my new Urban Decay Naked Basic Palette a go.  I am a big fan of Urban Decay Naked Eyeshadow Palette and their primer potion.  Well, this basic palette is a smaller version consist of 5 matte colours and 1 semi-matte.  Since I have a huge obsession with matte finish look, I have to get my hands on it (not like I need another palette).   I love this palette especially on the days where I just want to spend less time on my make-up.  With this look I completely skip the whole foundation routine and just focusing on the eyes.  Under eye:  YSL Touche Eclat - No. 02 Face Powder:  Diamond Lash Face Powder - Matt Finish Highlighter:  Mixed of Benefit High Beam & YSL Face Highlighter - Polar Light Eyebrow:  Illamasqua Eyebrow Cake - Gaze Eyeshadow Primer:  Illamasqua Cream Pigment - Hollow  Eyeshadow:  Urban Dec...

Have you ever woken up in the morning and just had that festive feeling?!?  Because that's how I felt when I woke up in the morning.  Maybe because xmas is just a week away or maybe I just woke up feeling festive no one knows.  So, I went a bit crazy with my look considered it was Monday where I usually just went for something more simple and easy.   Face Primer:  Benefit the POREfessional Foundation:  YSL Touche Eclat - B50 Under eye:  Smashbox Under Eye Hydrating Primer Concealer:  MAC Select Cover up - NW25 Powder:  Make Up Forever HD Microfinish Powder - Translucent Eyeshadow Primer:  Illamasqua Cream Pigment - Hollow Eyebrow:  Illamasqua Eyebrow Cake - Gaze Eyeshadow:  Shu Uemura ME Gold 340 on the lid & ME Purple 780 along the crease Eyeliner:  Maybelline Eyestudio Drama Gel Liner - No. 01 Black Mascara Base:  Fairy Drops Mascara:  Imju Dejavu Fiberwig - Deep Black Highlighter:  Benefit - High ...

Last week I was all about Illamasqua Magnetism lipstick, this week I'm back to my old make-up routine a.k.a Smoke eyes.  Smokey eyes has always been one of my favourite eye make-up because it is easy but still giving you that smoulder, sexy and never boring.  All you need is a black eye-liner and some dark eyeshadow colour, but nowadays you can use any colour to create smokey eyes and never forget to blend blend blend the colour to avoid any harsh looking.  When I first took a make-up lesson, I was told specifically for Asian eyes I should avoid any dark coloured eyeshadow because it tends to make my eyes look smaller in which I completely disagree.  It's all about experimenting with colours to find the right colour that matches you, and I have always avoided glitter shadow and always opted for a matte shadow.  I can't remember which brands I have used for these looks, but they included Urban Decay Naked Palette, Bobbi Brown Cool Party Eye Palette (last...

Who doesn't like Theme Park, Fun Fair and Manga?!?  Most people do and I am one of them, up until now I am still a big girl with a lil girl's heart.  Since I was a kid I have been into Japanese Manga and Anime, even now whenever I have spare time I'll read Manga.  In most mangas, especially the romance, teenage and drama genre you will always notice that most couples would go to theme park for dates (it's kinda like a ritual).  Finally one of my dream comes true when I went to Winter Wonderland with my dear one last week.   I have never been to one before, so I was really looking forward to it and to be honest I loved loved the place.   It was full with food, stores, games and even mulled wine - yum ^^.  I never thought that I would got some of my xmas presents there and they came in a very reasonable price as well.  My favourite was candy floss store and despite the evening was pretty cold I had a great time ^^ As much as I love my Illama...