Inspired looks

I wanted to do an entry on inspirations and inspiring people initially but ended up discussing about some other stuffs. LOLX! It's okay, I will blog about that topic soon because recently, I have met a lot of inspiring people who give me a lot of hopes, motivations and inspirations.

As for today, let's talk about makeup and some of the inspired looks that I have done with only Youtube as my guide. Yeah, like it is not for everyone out there, right?

Anyway, here are two of the looks I re-created using my existing palettes because I am not rich enough to be getting all the exact products.

Gold, chocolate and black smokey eyes!

Inspiration - Jessica Harlow.

Here is my version - I used gold from my Naked Palette instead of bronze because I am in gold-craze mode right now. I skipped the black because black looks horrendous on me.

The brown shade on my crease is MAC Midnight Madness and honestly, I used a little of the gold shade on top of my UD's eyeshadow.

Pardon the ugly shirt tough.

The second look is something more adventurous because I experimented with my new Sigma Paris Palette.

The main reason that I have gotten this palette was because I loved the teal and bronze shades in the palette and well, it could be my favourite beauty gurus.

Rambles aside.

Inspiration - Dulce Candy.

No, she did not use the Paris Palette. I was trying to be adventurous though because I figured out the palette has all the shades except for pink. I don't have any pink shades because I don't like pink eyeshadows. I re-placed the pink eyeshadow with NYX Powder Blush in Pinky.

Adventurous, huh? Blush as eyeshadow. Oh, I topped it up with a slight coral shade from Sigma too. Here's my version.

Am considering to wear this look to BFF's wedding.

I have to wear a red dress for her wedding and bah, I don't want to do normal everyday brown look. I wanna be bold and seen during her wedding. Hahaha.

Any suggestions? Would appreciate your thoughts on what kinda eyes' make-up that would look great with a red dress.

 Have a great week, people!

Swatches from Sigma Paris Make-up Palette

OMG... I was thinking to myself, "I should do this, I should at least do swatches!"

Initially, just like any typical girl who is very much in love with all her make-up products and feeling really sayang to use them, I contemplated if I should even set my hands on the beautiful palette itself. In the end, I gave in to my desire and well... I pretty much tried out every single eyeshadow as well as the blush, contour and highlighter.

Lemme talk about the eyeshadows. I wouldn't say they are all very smooth or velvety. If you were to ask me, I'd say Urban Decay's eyeshadows are more smooth. Anyway, I shan't compare because it's not a comparison entry.

Of all the shades available in this palette, I personally think that Sigma did a pretty good job. Some of the shades are really smooth and for those with shimmers and glitters, they do feel a little rough. Some of the shades are not super pigmented but they are alright because they still  show up without base or primer.

I will try to describe each of the shade just in case you are interested.

Oh, the swatches are not done with any base or primer. Hence, if you still manage to see the shades coming through, that proves the eyeshadows are pigmented and of good quality.

We'll start with the cool shades in the palettes.

Eiffel is black with a lot of glitters going on in it. The unique point is that there are multi-coloured glitters in this shade - red, purple, blue, silver and maybe there are other colours. I don't usually go for black eyeshadows because I am scared black eyeshadows may look horrendous on me but Eiffel has proved me wrong because even though it is black, it is not scarily blackest of black. I guess soft black is right adjective to describe this shade?

Judging with our naked eyes, Seine is just a typical navy blue shade. Actually, Seine is not just our typical navy blue eyeshadow because up close, there are unique soft shimmers in it. If you're worried of fallouts, I guess you don't have to because when I was applying this shade, I noticed very minimal fallouts. Even with shimmers going on, it still sticks to my skin although there is no primer or base.

Lourve is the only matte shade available in this palette. I was pretty doubtful of super matte eyeshadows because I've heard that matte eyeshadows do not really show up upon application. Yes, I was right but not completely right. Lourve is matte and although not as pigmented as the other shades in the palette is still shows up without base or primer. It is matte sapphire blue. Well, when an eyeshadow is matte, you can expect no shimmers or glitters or anything in it so, rest assured if you're finding a nice blue eyeshadow, it is available in this shade.

Orsay is one of the unique shades in this palette. It is a soft shade of seafoam blue. You may even say it looks teal or maybe turquoise. This is a quite pigmented shade if you wanna know. Although there are chunky glitters in the shade itself, it doesn't feel rough anything.

I am not very adventurous when it comes to eyeshadows. The only shades I would wear if I am feeling adventurous would either be purple or maybe dark green. Yeah, that is how adventurous I am. I've never worn blue, yellow, orange, pink or red out of the house. That's my life for you.

Anyway, I love the fact that Paris Palette has warm shades as well. I don't know about others but personally, I think the neutral and warm shades in this palette are really unique! You'll know in a while.

Elysées as what we can see from the packaging is a shade between burgundy and auburn, if you know what I mean. I was telling stupid sister it is something like maroon but it is not. Well, let's just say it is dark brown since you can actually see the actual shade differs from the swatched shade. Erm... maybe it is just my eyes. LOLX! There are shimmers going on in this shade but don't worry, the shimmers are not overly excessive.

Notre Dame has to be the shade that I would wear everyday! It is muted khaki shade with shimmers in it. I think this shade looks great on the inner eye or just to brighten up your whole face! If you are a brown lover, well, what can I say? You'll love this shade.

Triomphe, I would say, is the most unique shade ever in the palette. Initially, I spotted grey in the Triomphe but when I swatched it, it appeared to be a little purplish brown. This is one of the most multi-dimensional eyeshadow I've ever seen! There are shimmers in this shade as well. Exceptionally pigmented!

Last but not least, Versailles is a frosted white shade. It is very pigmented and when I first touched it, all I could think of was how smooth this shade is. Just like other shades, there are a lot of shimmers going on in this shade as well.

Those are the swatches for the eyeshadows. Let's move into the blush, contour and highlighter.

I don't know about others but personally I think Rouge works well as a blush as well as contour.

Interested? Head over to Colours Cosmetics Malaysia now!

Limited stocks on hand!

To Paris!

When one of my BFFs told me she is going to Paris about five months ago, I was totally jealous. Yes, very jealous but of course the jealousy is good because it gives me motivation to work harder and earn more bucks. The reason is simple - Paris has always been in the Top 5 list of places I want to visit.

If you don't know, here are the pictures of the places in no particular order.

Previously, Singapore was in the list but hey, I've been there several times and yes, I will still be going back there for few more times. I love Singapore as much as I love myself. LOLX!

So, today, it's about Paris!

Since I know very well I won't be able to go to Paris at the nearest time because I am nearly broke, I might as well, bring Paris closer to me.

How does that sound?

Before you scream, "No, it's impossible!" right into my face, well... technically, I know I can't do so but literally, yeah, I can bring Paris to myself.

Why?

Simple!

The infamous Sigma in collaboration with 7 make-up gurus from Youtube, has finally came up with Paris Make-up Palette inspired by the beautiful city of Paris.

Have you seen the palette yet or have you gotten it for yourself yet?

If you are unaware, this is a limited edition make-up palette from Sigma.

My parcel came in the mail yesterday but since I don't have internet connection at home for the time being, I couldn't update at all. Yeah, so much for sharing the internet with others and I ended up having no internet at home at all. Luckily I am on mobile broadband or else, I think I would have been dead without internet by now. Bother, bother, bother!

Anyway, here are pictures of the secured packaging in the parcel.

I had really fun time trying to get the parcel out of the packaging. It took me a good 10 minutes to do so. Well, the process was fun because I was so looking forward to 'undress' the parcel ever since I ordered it about 3 weeks ago.

Best of all, I got a free eyeshadow together with the palette.

Precious pink, aye? I think this shade could double up as blush as well since, well, it's pink! The name of the shade is Grasp I believe.

After spending the next 10 minutes to 'undress' the parcel, finally, I saw the palette, yes!!!

I can finally die and go to heaven in peace because the packaging is just so beautiful... I know I've seen it online but I never thought it would be such a beauty in real life as well... OMG... my heart just melted when I saw it.

I fell in love with Paris and also the palette.

Now, I know why Paris is known as the City of Romance and Love.

Aside from the beautiful packaging, another reason that made me wanted to get this palette was because of my favourite Youtube gurus. Lame but true. This kinda advertisement always work on a noob like me. LOLX!

If you don't know yet, three of my favourite gurus are in the picture above. I don't know about you but for me, I personally like Dulce Candy, Christine and also Jen.

Jen from From Head to Toe must have been one of the most humble and friendly gurus that I've ever known, come across and communicated with. Yes, Jen is really friendly and she actually did reply to my queries several times on Twitter and at the same time, I sent her a picture of her when she was featured during Lioele Malaysia's product launch.

Anyway, I'm not gonna rant about how amazing some of these gurus are. Here are several pictures of the close-up shades and make-up brushes available in the palette itself.

Gorgeous, isn't it?

It comes with 8 eyeshadows, 1 contour shade, 1 blush and 1 highlighter with 2 brushes. The name of each shade is shown in the pictures above. You may click for a larger view.

I shan't say more. You can always be the judge. LOLX!

Just in case you're wondering, these are the brushes that come together in the palette.

Sigma F40 Large Angled Contour Brush and F35 Eye Shading Brush - one of the reasons I wanna get the palette as well. I need brushes because my current blush brush is gonna meet her fate real soon. LOLX! I own one of Sigma brushes that I have purchased at a discounted price and believe me, the quality is really good!

I'm gonna end my rambles and rants about this palette as of now because I have yet to do swatches as well as to test the eyeshadows, contour, blush, highlighter or brushes.

If you are interested in the palette, please pay Colour Cosmetics Malaysia a visit because I believe they have one final palette available.

Other than this palette, if you are interested in other Sigma brushes and NYX products, there are ready stocks available. From time to time, they will have pre-orders for certain brands.

No, I'm not affiliated with them, so, I don't think there will be discount codes or anything. LOLX!

I'm gonna end my entry now.

Happy Thursday, people!

I can't believe Friday is coming again! Time does sizzle!