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I can't tell you how much I've missed Singapore. I know it sounds extremely contradictory to the previous post but superficially, everything here is better. Sure, the scenery and weather is slightly better than Singapore but food, service, people etc. Singapore is waaaaaay better.

The flight back was pretty horrible, just like any other flight but since this was my first holiday with a friend, I had the time to leisurely browse duty free and spend my allowance on what would seem to others as exorbitant and unnecessary items. Yeap, makeup.

It's SO MUCH CHEAPER AT DUTY FREE I COULDN'T RESIST. Plus, the higher end brands all have travel sets, which are freaking nice and not that expensive. 

Case in point, this Dior travel set. It's so beautiful i feel absurdly happy whenever i look at it. I'm not so sure about the quality of the shadows because I haven't had the chance to try them out yet but since they're Dior, I expect they'd be pretty good.

This set, with 6 eyeshadows, 4 lipglosses, one blush/highlighter/bronzer and one mascara, cost $98.50. It might sounds crazy but one Dior eyeshadow palette in Sephora is already over $90 so i'd say this is a steal. Plus, the packaging is lovely.

I also got this lipstick when I went to Aussie. It's grubby looking, as do the rest below, because i've used them already. It looked so dark in the tube and i just bought it because i mean, if you're going to splash out quite a bit of money for a high end lipstick, you might as well get a colour that you can't find in watsons. After swatching it i was pleasantly surprised because it's pretty sheer and it comes off pretty berry toned. It kinda reminds me of the clinique black honey line.

But anyway, this was only $35, as opposed to the $48 you'd normally have to pay. Same goes for the Chanel lipstick.

Chanel lipstick in Boy.

I've bought this lipstick before but because my expenditure for the month was particularly high that month, i gave it to my mother.

I absolutely love this colour it's the nicest pink shade. It doesn't make you look like you have lipstick on and it glides on so smoothly i love it omtian.

There was also a MAC counter at the departure hall so i picked up a few things as well. The lipliner was $20 if i'm not wrong and the lipstick was $23 as opposed to $28. I'm not too sure how much lipliners cost at the normal counters so i can't provide a comparison soz.

 A horrible photo of a swatch of the lipliner.

While i'm taking photos of cosmetics i got at duty free, i might as well just post pictures of the other cosmetics i got on the trip.

I got a shitload of mascara to try/as backups. I love the covergirl lash blast volume and the maybelline falsies but you can't get them in Singapore so i bought two of each. I also got the Maybelline stiletto mascara to try because they were having a sale and it only cost AUD10/S$13. My sister also passed me her extra fairydrop mascara because i love it but she's not that big of a fan. 

LASTLY, what i'm MOST EXCITED ABOUT. When we went to Chadstone, which is a giant mall, we went to INGLOT!!!! I feel like kicking myself for not having bought more because they are so much cheaper than MAC and are way more pigmented. 

This palette cost me AUD50, which means it's S$13 per eyeshadow. MAC eyeshadows are $28 a pop and these are HUGE. They have some freedom palette system where you choose the eyeshadows and they pop them into a palette for you. The shadows don't have names, only serial numbers, which are at the back of the pan and i'm not going to take them out so there. FYI, the cover is magnetic and it's pretty strong so it won't fall off and mess up the shadows.

OKAY I NEED TO UNPACK AND SLEEP AND DO CRAZY LAST MINUTE CHRISTMAS SHOPPING TOMORROW SO BYE. 

MERRY CHRISTMAS IN ADVANCE!