I fully subscribe to the idea of wearing makeup when you’re going to the beach. You really, don’t know who’s going to be taking your pictures or you might even spot a beach hunk playing beach volleyball with his hot friends. Haha. But seriously, most foundations come with sunblock, so that’s the ONE reason why you should wear makeup especially if you don’t religiously apply sunblock daily. The key when wearing makeup on the beach is to ensure everything is waterproof.

So when I went to Sentosa recently for a shoot, everything had to be “insured”. Insured with primers, that is.

Here’s the breakdown for the beach look I did:

Face
Smashbox Photo Finish Foundation Primer
M.A.C Studio Fix foundation
M.A.C Studio Sculpt Concealer
M.A.C Pinch-o-peach blush
M.A.C Dsquared Sculpt and Shape powder in Accentuate Sculpt

Eyes
NARS Eyeshadow in Pandora
M.A.C Paint Pot in Rubenesque
M.A.C Royal Assets in Smokey Eyes
Everyday Minerals eyeshadow in Hoodie
Majolica Majorca eyeshadow palette in GR750
Maybelline Define-a-lash mascara (review here)
Majolica Majorca Lash Gorgeous Wing mascara

Lips
Smashbox Oplump Lip plumper

Would you believe me if I told you that this face was the one I did for the photo in the banner above?

She made the rings specially for me and sent them all the way from Down Under, Australia! Who would have thought that you could meet such awesome people thru blogging. <3 If you're interested, she's selling the cute rings on her blog.

Anyway here’s the breakdown for this Candy Coloured Easter face of the day:

Face
M.A.C Studio Fix foundation
NARS Orgasm blush (review HERE)
M.A.C Accentuate Sculpt sculpt and shape powder

Eyes
M.A.C Paint Pot in Rubenesque
Silk Mineral mineral eyeshadow in Coral Sparks
Majolica Majorca eyeshadow in GR750
Kate Gel Eyeliner in Black
Benefit Bad Gal Lash mascara
Pink glitter mascara

Lips
e.l.f Luscious Liquid Lipstick in Baby Lip

8.30pm to 9.30pm (local time)

About 9 hours before it’s Earth Hour! Counting down to when we all turn off our lights to help save the environment.

Do your little bit by turning off non-essential lights for just one hour today. But that’s not all you can do, you can turn off your air-conditioner and use the fan to show how much you care. Even better plan a block party with some friends and enjoy the natural evening breeze Mother Nature has to offer!

Turning off these appliances will help to conserve the Earth’s natural resources, reduce your carbon footprint and lead to a cleaner, healthier environment for our future. You are just one person but YOU can change the world by taking action.

It’s all in the name of going green. As for me, here’s my pledge to going green: a green Face of the Day!

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Face of the Day

Face:
Anna Sui fluid foundation
NARS Bronzer in Casino

Eyes:
Majolic Majorca eyeshadow palette in GR750
Too Faced Smokey Eye palette in Fashion Smoke
NARS eyeshadow duo in Pandora
Kate Gel Eyeliner (read review HERE)

Lips:
Maquillage lipstick in BR302

“One must be the change one wishes to see in the world” – Mahatma Gandhi

It’s an simple but soft look that you probably could wear out to parties.

Face
M.A.C Studio Fix
M.A.C Pinch-o-peach blush

Eyes
White & Blue in Stage’s Floral Frenzy palette
ZA 10 carat eyeshadow in 104
Kate Gel Eyeliner
Maybelline Define-a-lash mascara
Eyelashes
Maxi Lens in Blue

Lips
Artistry Lip Gloss in Signature

I really liked how the blue turned out on the eyes. The colour was pigmented and gave a nice shimmery effect that dazzled on the eyes. The white was used on the lower lids and as a highlighter for the brow bone. While the shimmer of the white gave the illusion of soft snow on the bottom eyelids, it didnt do much to bring out the brow bone. With Spring coming round, I’ll be looking forward to using the rest of the other colours in the palette though. A great excuse to be playing with colours!

Is there a specific look you like for Christmas? Show me a picture of it! How do you guys like to wear your blue eyeshadow?

New year, new start.

If the new year was an indication of how the rest of 2010 will be like, I spent most of it at home, eating and nua-ing in bed watching Zombieland. Haha.

New Year’s Eve was slightly different. My New Year’s Eve was spent doing some cardio.

Dancing is always good to burn up the extra calories from the festive eating.

And then making monkey faces to say good bye to 2009.

Of course, going out on special occasions always means a great excuse to dress up. I made me a special pair of bling eyelashes and I got to wear them out!

Eye of the day
M.A.C Paint Pot in Rubenesque
M.A.C Mineralise eyeshadow Gilt by Association
Kate Gel Eyeliner
NARS eyeshadow in Pandora

They matched well with the theme that night: Black with a Touch of Gold. Thank goodness for all the inspiration from monoxious.com. Spending all that time with them, gave me loads of ideas how to dress up that night.

Not too long ago I had a shoot where I had to be “naughty”. With big hair, glitter sparkles, dark eyes, dark nails and red lips, I was a rockstar drummer.

Although most of the other makeup was the make-up artist’s, the eyeshadow was mine. Proudly showing off to her the NARS eyeshadow I had gotten with the help of a close friend, she agreed that the pigmentation was fantastic and proceeded to use it for my look. I love the intensity of it!

Face of the Day

Face
Makeup Forever products

Eyes
NARS eyeshadow duo in Pandora
M.A.C mineralise eyeshadow in Cinderfella
Kate Gel eyeliner in Black
Maybelline XXL volume+length mascara

Outfit
White balloon tee: Forever 21
Gold multi-layered chain necklace: Forever 21

Face of the day

Face:
M.A.C Prep and Prime
M.A.C Studio Fix
M.A.C Pinch-o-peach blush

Eyes:
Too Faced Shadow Insurance
Too Faced Smokey Eye Palette using Fashion Smoke
NARS eyeshadow in Pandora
Kate Gel eyeliner in Black
Maybelline Define-a-lash mascara
L’oreal Voluminious mascara

Lips:
Dior Addict Plastic Shine

Following in the footsteps of one of the hottest trends for the Autum/Winter 09 season, I decided to try my hand at being vicious, Lid Vicious that is.

After attending the M.A.C Autum/Winter Trend Presentation, I couldnt help but drool over the images and demonstration by Gregory Arlt. I definitely picked up a couple of tips from watching the master at work.

Looking to the runway, here is an example of what it’s like to be Lid Vicious. Various fashion brands including Dsquared2 turned to the dark side for their runway shows.

The girls look like they lived in their makeup overnight! The smokey, smudged effect is something I personally think is wearable on the streets. Very apt when we want to invoke the rock chick in us.

The trick is to line the bottom lids with eyeliner AND then BLEND the line out with a dark eyeshadow in a similar colour.

My take on it.

Face
Rare Minerals SPF 30++ in Medium

Eyes
Kate Gel Eyeliner in Black (must have!)
NARS Eyeshadow Duo in Pandora (shimmer white/matt black) (must have!)
Top lash: Maybelline Define-a-lash mascara
Bottom lash: Maybelline XXL Waterproof mascara
Falsies

Lips
DuWop Lip Venom

My second attempt at underlining my bottom eyelids and hey, I’m liking it! Remember, do keep the rest of the face clean if you’re sporting strong eyes.

It seems really hard to wear blue eyeshadow out on a daily basis and only one profession has their girls decked out in it. Those girls never fail to look good in it dont you agree! The key idea for daily wear, however, is to keep it LIGHT and pick a blue that is not too intense.

For this look, the Sari Blue had a hint of green which was quite unexpected. Green complements the asian skin tone really well and when blended with a light all over eye colour, is perfect for opening up eyes.

Here’s my finished product.

Face of the day

Face:
Everyday Minerals mineral foundation in Olive Golden Medium
M.A.C Pinch-o-peach blush

Eyes:
Silk Mineral mineral eyeshadow in Sari Blue
Silk Mineral mineral eyeshadow in Pearl White
Kate Gel eyeliner in Black
Maybelline Define-a-lash mascara
Too Faced Lash Injection mascara in black

Lips:
Dior Addict Plastic Gloss in 224
Venom Lip plumper

A close up of the eyes.

I really love how sparkly the SilkMineral eyeshadows are! And one reader who got the previous eyeshadow in the National Day Giveaway sent me an email saying:

Well, I was a little surprised at how sparkly it turned out to be at first! It was also kind of messy cos I’ve never tried loose eyeshadow before. :p But the colour is very natural and the glitter is just right after some time, and I like it very much! Haha… Thanks for sending it to me! Hmmm, I think I’ll most likely use it when I want to brighten up my eyes without looking as if I’m wearing too much makeup.

Awwww… I love mail like this.

But you now can get your hands on the eyeshadow and try it out for yourself! Of course, this time the eyeshadows are all BLUE. Two are the exact same colours I used in my blue tutorial: Sari Blue, Blue Pearl and Pulse Alive.

It’s easy this time around. Just leave your name and working email in a comment and the FIRST THREE COMMENTERS get the eyeshadows from SilkMineral!

Remember, the giveaway is limited to Singapore and Malaysia addresses.

Ready, steady, spaghetti, GO!

Face of the day

Face
La-Roche Posay sunblock 50++
Everyday Minerals Olive Golden Medium foundation
Covermark foundation (used as concealer)
M.A.C Pinch-o-peach blush

Eyes
Too Faced Shadow Insurance primer
Day Smoke from Too Faced Smoky Eye Shadow Collection
Maybelline Define-a-lash mascara
Kate Gel Eyeliner (review HERE)
Falsies

We were told to have waterproof makeup because obviously a swimsuit shoot would involve getting into the water. Without it, we ran the risk of mascara and eyeliners streaking down our faces like an emo goth. Highly unbecoming of beauty queens-to-be. I thus had to put the Too Faced Shadow Insurance to the test.

Here’s the product story from their website:

Your full-coverage insurance policy against all fading creasing melting blurring oil-slicked and hard-to-blend eye shadow accidents. Our silicone-based eyeshadow primer transforms any eye shadow into a perfectly blendable color-drenched intensified version of itself then locks it down perfectly until you take it off.

Promises of intensified, creaseless and lasting eyeshadow I had no doubts about. I mean, look at how gorgeous the Day Smoke colours turned out.

But what about in the water? Here’s how it fared after some time in the pool.

After splashing about in the pool (I didnt go underwater) and getting water splashed indirectly at my face a couple of times, THE COLOURS STUCK! I didnt have to do any touch-ups with regards to the eyes after the 3 hour shoot.

Did I mention I took the above picture after we got out of the pool and changed for the workshop?

The picture says it all.