Remember what i said about the laura mercier silk creme foundation in the previous post?

I take it all back.

I tried it on yesterday during the day and ohmygosh... i nearly fainted. I LOOKED LIKE A FREAKING GHOST I'M NOT EVEN KIDDING. I literally looked like i had put a clay mask on, it was THAT bad. I would love to return it but unfortunately, Singapore doesn't have that kind of practice. I think i'm either going to sell it to my fairer friends for half the price or give it to nana. UGH SO ANNOYING. Stupid sales person. I'm guessing i thought it looked fine before because i used it at night and REALLY blended it in. Plus i used a bit of bronzer and blush so i probably didn't look so ghost like.

Anyway, I still love the laura mercier translucent powder because it's very fine and settles very nicely into the skin. Given how much makeup i have and the fact that i just spent a whole lot of money on my laura mercier products, i really shouldn't be buying anymore.

Which is why i think i have a problem. Buying makeup just isn't a logical, rational thing for me. I just seem to go cray cray the moment i step into sephora. Also, in my (sorta) defense, i felt upset today (and for this i blame my hormones) so i indulged in some retail therapy.

OPI Base Coat ($24)

Before this I used one from the face shop, which cost me a few dollars but did nothing to prevent my nails from turning yellow.

Chanel Nail Polish in Rose Confidentiel ($37)

I absolutely love Chanel polishes if not for the quality, then for the packaging. What can I say? I'm a sucker for branding and lovely bottles. I want to get the May and June polishes from their spring line but the Chanel i went to at taka was out so... another time, maybe?

I also stopped by MAC at Sephora and dum dum duummmmm!

A whole lotta extravagance 

MAC Lipstick in Taupe ($28)

This could potentially come off as old lady-like but i've actually been liking darker browns lately. Out of all the Revlon lip butters I bought, seen here, Macaroon is my favourite. 

MAC Eye Pencil in Coffee ($26)

I bought this because my bobbi brown gel eyeliner is practically a stone. It's so dry, when i try to use it, flakes come off and fall into my eye. Not only is it extremely uncomfortable, it's impossible to remove when you have contact lenses on! The past 3 times i tried to use it, i had to change my contact lenses. Hence, i decided a new brown liner was in order.

It's alot more matte compared to teddy eye kohl (left).

MAC blushes in Harmony and Melba respectively, $35 each

yeah okay i can't justify these.

neither can i justify this.

La Mer translucent loose powder ($123)

Sorry la, i just wanted to splurge on something ridiculously expensive.  

You know, I was thinking of how I was going to justify spending this much money and i thought to pass this off as a reward for my A level results. But then i remembered the epiphany i had a week ago. My results aren't the fruits of my labour, they're a gift from God. So I shouldn't even be rewarded for them because THEY are a reward. After I realised this, i stopped hankering my parents for the ysl bag i've been lusting over.

Instead, I decided to save for the bag myself. Because then i would be able to justify it. Just so you know, i paid for all the above items with the money i earned from serving coffee at loysel's so technically they're a reward for working? Ah well. 

I'm off to Manila for a mission trip tomorrow (Why do i feel like such a hypocrite typing this. I CANNOT RECONCILE TRYING TO BE A GOOD HUMAN BEING WITH THE WAYS OF THE WORLD THIS IS SO FRUSTRATING) and won't be back till wednesday. Adios till then. 

Oh Laura



I've heard alot about the brand Laura Mercier and I always thought i couldn't get it in Singapore but as it turned out, a shop at taka sells them. I was looking at their brochure and man, do they charge exorbitant prices for ridiculous services.

Anyway, i used all three products today and i really quite like it. It neutralised the yellow undertones of my skin and so i don't look as bronzed, which can be a good or bad thing depending on how beachy i feel. When i put it on though, it looked about 4 shades too light and i was this close to calling the shop and yelling at the lady who practically swore beige ivory is my shade. As it turned out, you do need to blend it quite alot but it oxidizes and becomes a little less white.

Speaking of foundation oxidizing to match your skin, I really want to try the new MAC matchmaster foundation but i haven't gotten round to picking it up. We'll see we'll see.

Laura Mercier Silk Creme Foundation in Soft Ivory ($83)

It's a water based foundation so you do have to shake it because the foundation separates and if you squirt it, water will come out.

Laura Mercier Tranluscent Powder ($69) 

This is probably my favourite of the three. It's extremely fine and is not heavy at all! I would say that it's even lighter than the MAC mineralised skin finish natural. I really like this and will definitely get another one after I finish this.

Laura Mercier Pot Concealer ($59)

I'm not so keen on the concealer because one side (the right side) is EXTREMELY creamy and when i say extremely, i mean it. You can poke a brush in it and you'll probably hit the pan at the bottom. The other side on the other hand, is so frickin dry you literally have to purposely use strength to get on your fingers or brush. And it's pretty pricey but at least you get two concealers and a powder to set it with. On the whole though, I don't like it.

I recently also bought a new chanel nail polish and i absolutely love it. When i first wore it, i felt v sanchia like. Hahahaha! Sanch is always wearing taupe polishes so it's no wonder this reminded me of her. I wouldn't say this is my favourite polish but you really can't beat the texture (and packaging) or chanel nail polishes.

when I troll my archives and read all the posts about A levels, i feel... giggly. I'm so thankful for my results and honestly speaking, it's a miracle.

In short, there's no way I deserve what I got and God is good.

TAAAAANKS GOD U DEM AWESOMESAUCE.

Cheeeeeeeeex

Recently, instead of just wearing MAC's Gingerly blush, i've been wearing a cream blush from topshop called nutmeg underneath. It looks better now because it's not so brown and less like bronzer. I use the cream blush on top of my foundation (my complexion isn't this good, makeup is a miracle worker) and set it with the powder blush.

blend blend blend 

With Gingerly on top.

It's been ages since i've last posted anything but i have my reasons. Other than the fact that I am so freaking busy, which i will come to again later, i had to send my mbp in for repair. Apple failed me for the first time ever! But the service was pretty prompt and i didn't have to pay anything because of the warranty.

Lately i've been feeling extremely tired and stretched. It's pretty ironic because it's after As and this is typically the time where you slack all day and do whatever the hell you like. I feel like i have a tendency to take on too much and participate in way too many things.

For instance, apart from working at Loysel's, I'm looking to give Chinese tuition, I'm trying my best to go for as many Krav Maga classes as possible, driving classes, i have Bible lessons twice a week (which i unfortunately, don't try hard enough to go for) and I'm doing transcriptions for MOE (thankfully i only have two more left). On top of all that, my mother wants me to go to her office to help her out because she recently fired her secretary. And of course there are social events. Because of all this, i feel as though spending time with my close friends and family has taken a back seat and i don't like it :(

I also suspect that my time of the month is fast approaching because apart from being whiney (as evinced by the entire three chunks above), i've also lately been feeling rather jaded. Blogging is good because it helps you get your thoughts in order and usually after you've typed everything down, you realise that what seemed like the end of the world actually isn't that bad. Nonetheless, this is the internet and maintaining privacy is still important. Hence i will not divulge the reasons for my jadedness (is that even a word.)

I'm just going to indulge in episode after episode of modern family and read more novels from John Wyndham. (I think Chrysalids has replaced Brave New World as my favourite novel despite how anti climatic the ending is).

bye.

All my single ladies

Meet my valentine.

Although I knew I couldn't go around school giving all my friends baked treats, I still went ahead and whipped up a batch of red velvet cupcakes (recipe here) with cream cheese icing (recipe here). FYI the hot pink heart is made out of white fondant that i dyed pink.

So i initially had plans with my girlfriends to eat junk food and watch mean girls at my place and i don't know what came over me but i just packed most of the cupcakes, walked out and took a cab sans makeup. Somewhere between packing and not bothering to slap any foundation or eyeliner on, i decided that since I wasn't in school and so couldn't easily brighten my friends' day with something i made, i would make the extra effort and go to them.

Jiamin and Jiaxin's house

Outside Cassie's house 

 Somewhere in Serangoon (I just looked to cui in this one so i had to crop myself)

Somerset MRT 

Orchard MRT 

After which, i went to meet my girlfriends at newton hawker centre (to eat duck mee!!) and it was gr88 we just bitched about every couple we saw hahah! Talk about bitter singles.

But honestly, it doesn't bug me that I don't have a romantic interest this Valentine's day. I mean, it'll definitely be nice to have a particular person to channel all that love and affection to but good company doesn't have to come in the form of a hot, interesting boy!

What I'm saying is, i'm glad that i spent Vday the way i did, taking just a little bit more time to meet those who mean something to me and telling them how much i love them.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY, BITCHEZZZ!

"You know i was at Botanics playing my ukelele right then this couple thought that i was their personal lyricist or something and started making out in front of me so i played really horribly and they moved to another palm tree" -David

Lipstick crazy

They're here! They're here!!!!! I've been waiting so long to get my hands on the Revlon lip butters especially since everyone on youtube is raving about them. I didn't even know if they were going to release it in Singapore because it was a US only thing for quite a while.

Anyway, here they are! I didn't buy all the colours because I'm not made of money and also because I wasn't too keen on the browny one and the rly barbie pink one. But I did get a good amount though.





They are pretty sheer because they're meant to be tinted lip balms. If you compare them to MAC's tinted lip balms, these are definitely waaaay more pigmented. They are also quite moisturizing so it's great if you have cracked-ish lips. It's also good because sometimes when your lips are dry, the lipstick catches onto the dry skin and it just accentuates it and looks absolutely horrific. (oh, the importance of exfoliating)

Lollipop, Sugar Plum, Macaroon, Peach Parfait

Today was "pamper myself day" so i caved and got this burberry lipstick that i've been lusting over. It's a lovely nude that doesn't wash you out, neither does it make you look ghostly or tranny-like.

YSL Rouge Volupte #2, Revlon Soft Nude, Burberry Nude Rose, MAC Peach Stock

The colour is absolutely gorgeous. From the swatches you can see that it's alot darker and pinker than the other nude lipsticks that i own. But what really sets this lipstick apart and makes it worth the entire $42 is the texture. It glides on so smoothly but it doesn't slide off your lips like the YSL Rouge Volupte ones do. I actually really dislike the YSL rouge voluptes. The packaging it lovely (as seen here) but it just slides all over the place and it collects in the cracks and omg sooo bad.

The packaging of the Burberry lipstick is also fantastic. It is pretty heavy and sturdy and there's actually a magnetic catch. Also, can you please just take a moment to look at the beautiful embossing detail on the lipstick???

Anyway, I also went to touch up my highlights, got a haircut for the first time in three years and had a manicure & pedicure with sanch today. I go all out in pampering myself sia. In that same vein, i'm going to pamper myself some more and watch modern family, cake boss and criminal minds.

On a side note, i'm really excited to go to university. I just can't wait. I hate not having an aim. I hate letting my brain rot and i especially hate having a pen feel foreign in my hand. I try to jot down as many things on my planner as possible not to remind myself but just so i can practice my penmanship. It sounds so sad and depressing, it really does.

Also, after all I've heard from Alan and Sam about uni, i'm so eager to go there and experience it for myself. In case you haven't noticed, I'm expecting it to be great. A level results are going to be out on 2nd march and i'm just praying that i'll be able to give my mom a great birthday present. I still feel so anxious even though how I do for As are quite inconsequential because I'm applying mostly to the states. I guess after all that slogging and hard work, you don't want to get mediocre results.

Just a few days ago, i was telling Sarah how vastly different our lives are now compared to last year. This time last year, I was preparing like a mad dog for I not Cupid, Arts Night and season. I went to school at 6 and went home at 10. Now, i'm sleeping at 3am and waking up past noon. It sometimes scares me to think that life is going to be even more different next year. But all this change is good. It'll be even more horrible when i start working and every year is the same.

Wouldn't it be so tragic to not be able to expect surprises or anticipate great changes in life?