The one thing that is never missing from the Chinese New Year festivities is the wonderful splash of colours. During the New Year, red is considered one of the luckiest colours to don during the 15 days of visiting. But as much as people try as best to wear red clothes, I dont think they really want too much red on their faces, save for the classic red lips of course.

For the first two days of visiting I played with different colours according to my outfits. Though not red, they were still bright, gorgeous and lucky! Haha.

Day 1 colours was more attuned to the browns and golds. I bought me a new Paint Pot recently from M.A.C and Day 1 of the CNY was the best time to break it out.

Base colour: M.A.C Paint Pot in Rubenesque
Inner and Outer colour: Colour palette from Beauty Buffet
Gel Eyeliner by Kate in Black
Too Faced Lash Injection Mascara

The full look – a very subtle, fresh faced look.

Day 2‘s outfit had a little more funky colours – fuchsia pink and teal green. Pssst! Isnt my maxi dress awesome! I got it at a steal for just 25 dollars!

But since we were kinda busy being super spies and in a rush to our next secret mission location, I didnt have time to go wild with my eye colours. I did, however, manage to find the seeeekrit formula for perfectly splayed out lashes.

Magnificent curl, beautifully separated and awesomely long lashes, owing to the combined power of Too Face Lash Injection Mascara and Blinc Kiss-me Mascara with its special tubing formula. I love how the Blinc Mascara really enhances your lash length! It also separates your lashes when it dries eventually. I love it! Plus, on top of it all, it’s so fun when you can just “pluck” the mascara tubes off at the end of the day with just a little soap and water. Their tag line is, “Stop painting your lashes. Tube them!” How cute. Bottom lashes are coated with Maybelline XXL volume+length microfibre mascara.

I realise I dont have that many groovy colours in my eyeshadow stash. I stick with the basics of golds, browns, pinks, greens and blues. But there is one NEW collection coming out this March that I would like to get my hands on. Check out the eyeshadow palette with the colours that match exactly to my dress! Wheeee!

Too Dolly Eyeshadows by M.A.C:
TOO DOLLY Frosty Midtone Mint
STATELY BLACK Rich Blue with Silver Sparkle
YOGURT Soft Pale Pink
ROMPING Rich Magenta with Pink Pearl

The pigments on the right look faaaab too! I’ve been meaning to get some because they are just the best things ever and now they’ve got these great colours. I want MILK (a frosty pale silvery pink) and DEEP BLUE GREEN (a rich, deep bluish green). Greens just go so well with Asian skin. So purty!

And if that’s not enough, they even have glitter eyeliners! *swoon*

HER GLITZ (blackened gold with multi-dimensional glitter) and GIRL GROOVE (clear/white teal reflects and multi-dimensional glitter) sound yummylicious!

Wondering what’s the deal with the Hello Kitty designs on the cases? That’s because it’s a collaboration between our favourite M.A.C and Hello Kitty! Wo0o0ot! And here I thought the colours would be too sweet and cutesy for my liking. Instead, it’s turning out rather funky, edgy and girly all at the same time. I cant wait to see the awesome stuff!