Kanebo and Chanel haul-Takashimaya 16th anniversary

i decided to drop by Taka today to take advantage of the 15% storewide sale today. i think it might be limited to the cardmembers only. not sure.

woah.. so many people. i went to Chanel first because i just wanted the Glossimer 122-Nebula. i don't know why but i seem to be transparent to Chanel staff. it has happened to me at Paragon Metro and at Taka. the Dior staff on the otherhand are wonderful. once i had this really really cute guy that went like:"welcome to christain dior!" ahh... service...

heneways, i hurried down to Kanebo because i want to try their e/s. have always be held back by the $77 price tag. now i am really tempted to pre-pay for the fall collection, 03-Medium of Night. i got Lavender Coral because the colors are so pretty together. i also want to try the Impress skincare line so i got the Skin Brightener cos i'm obsessed with exfoliating and i was recommended the serum for my oily but dehydrated skin. i prolly haven't paid much attention to my skincare lately except the regular SKII Miracle Water, aloe gel and alcohol free toner but my skin's changing so i'm on a testing phase again. sighs.



the brightener was out of stock so i'll have to collect later. everything else are freebies. that's for spending so much at one go. eep!

here's the Mao Mao conquering another plastic bag. the minute i unwrapped the big silver bag she was immediately on top of the wrapper. *shakes head*



i painted my nails last night and i love it. i do wished that it's a little bit darker. more navy-ish.

Online and Pigment hauls

my Fyrinnae package came today. i'm so excited! i cannot wait to try them out tomorrow. i took a picture but now i have a problem. the interface in this here blog has changed and i cannot find the 'add photoes' clicky button thingy. or anything else for that matter.

*goes off to explore*

i'll be back when i figure this thing out.

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oh bugger, the tabs still wouldn't load properly. i've decided to add pictures manually via html codes "_"

my Fyrinnae package came wrapped up in the most adorable panda wrapping paper. i bought a few colours from their endangered species line, namely snow leopard and meerkat but they sent me koala free!



i've done a small swatch test and i have to say i love all the colors. however, as their site had stated, it's better to pat than to sweep on the colors to achieve maximum effect.

as opposed to the above, my Meow Cosmetics package came wrapped in the kitchiest leopard wrapper. *loves*



i kinda "pressed" all the e/s pigments using toner into a lip palette for ease of use. i kinda like most of the colors, except a dark purple that i dug out and threw away, as well as the gold in the corner. it got flaky after i pressed it. i'm going to replaced the spaces with another liner that is still in the ziplock bag.



i ordered almost all the shades of the foundations in 'naughty' and some in 'frisky' and 'fierce'. i really like the foundation, it's very finely milled(i can see the powder flying when i whisk my brush) and feels light as air.

now all i have to do is wait for my Aromaleigh package to arrive before i make my next purchase again. i've run out of the foundation samples from Meow and i still need to sample another few shades. :P all the ones i bought were too dark!

besides makeup i also bought me some cloth panty liners and the ladycup from Tiny Tapir, which arrived just in time for me to use. TMI coming up!

the cloth pads all washed and ready for use.



they're really comfy and didn't make me itch. might be a bit bulky though so no wearing skintight pants/tights.

the LadyCup is a menstrual cup that you pop inside yourself much like a tampon. however what it does is that it stores the secretions rather than absorbing it. it promises to have an even lower risk of TSS than tampons.





it was a bit wide to manuveur inside but once it's in it's rather comfortable. also, no more pads for me! i try not to be responsible for disposing of plastics into the environment. i might however buy the smaller ladycup instead. :P

so that's all i have bought online for now. blogging is so tuff when you have to type in codes.. arrgghh!!

color me rainbow

let me just say that this is not going to turn into a beauty blog. i'm probably not going to put up pictures of the EOTD or FOTD. i'm talking about it now because it has become my current obsession. so much so that i have been reading beauty blogs for months.. since last year.. not sure when. i'm not even sure how i came across them but it has since accumulated to me buying a whole lot of samples from Meow Cosmetics. A LOT. i have been been interested in mineral makeup for a while but the drugstore brands always have talcum in them (me dun like) and i'm not about to invest in a whole pot since i have no idea which color foundation to choose. (i always find foundations prescribe to me a bit lighter than my neck, although i agree that my face is lighter than my neck since i use heavy duty sunblock)

to cut the long story short. Meow has 86 foundation shades! even better is that they sell them in 1USD samples. ah ha ha ha ! i selected almost all their range except for some cool/nuetral pink tones. (me is yella)

all the foundations and concealers are named after cat breeds. how cute is that! i have to get them. i got me some chartruex, manz, korat, abynissian, siamese, mau, sphynx, bengal and ocicat. some of these are probably going to be a but gray on me but what the heck, how many times will you be about to go to a counter and say,"can i have a pinch of that to try?"

also, check out their eyeshadows. they have so many to choose from. i showed the site to the DH (in china btw) and he immediately knows that i will buy something. :P

yes indeedy, i went berserk and selected like 20 over shades but i stopped myself shrt since i have never used any MMU before. in the end i narrowed it down to 14. it's still a lot. and i got them in puuurl and sparkle. no matt.. oooopps.

i was originally lemming for the 88 eyeshadow palatte. i'm a sucker for colors. it's like when i bought my caran d'Ache 120 color pencils i kept staring at them. i kept staring at the 88 eyeshadow palatte. it says,"buy me buy me buy me..." all the them. but i shall resist. i have bought MEOW! MEOW! MEOW!

which now gives me the excuse to get some more brushes from Beauty & Minerals. it's big, it's fluffy, most important of all it's PINK. i need me some flat top for my new minerals. eh heh heh heh.

these were introduced to me via Askmewhats. she also introduced these fabric panty liners to me. the shop also sells Mooncups! wOOt! i've been lemming after them.

i've actually already registered and have all that i want selected in the shopping cart. i just have not checked them out yet because i'm reluctant to spend any money. the reason will be revealed soon.

i went into a Dior quint obsession for a while. they feel so comfortable on me eyes, except that they tend to crease on the edge of my eyes especially the glittery stuff. which led to me looking and booking a Too Faced Shadow Insurance. in the meantime i got the invisible powder and the other glittery eye primer. to cut the long story short, i got all of that in 2 months. maybe that's not a lot to some of y'all but to me it is, since the DH also helped me haul a bunch from Etude last christmas