Birthday Beauty Haul 2016

Birthday Beauty Haul 2016

Shoes Cosmetopia Digest   Saturday, April 16, 2016

It was my birthday yesterday. Despite having made up my mind - and convinced family and friends - to avoid cake this year, the lovely chef at Le Meridien MADE one very quickly once he found out what was going on, and I cut it at 10:30p.m. with complete strangers joining in. Sadly, I only have iPhone photos from the celebrations. Will show you my purple EOTD once I'm energetic enough to resize those photos.

Scroll down to check out the beauty products to which I treated myself this year.

Birthday party FOTD with smoky eye makeup

Birthday party FOTD with smoky eye makeup

Smoky eye Cosmetopia Digest   Friday, April 17, 2015

Ft. NARS foundation, Cargo eyeshadows and Rimmel lip colour.

It was my birthday on Tuesday, and I did a smoky eye makeup look for the party at night. It has been a while since I did a smoky look. I opted for very deep grey-green eyeshadow, to match my dress, and paired it with a medium pink lip. I kept the rest of the face matte and mildly bronzed, though I oiled up as usual after a couple of hours. I also wore my current-favourite pair of earrings.

Check out the FOTD I wore to my birthday party below.

Estee Lauder and Dior birthday haul, and presents

Estee Lauder and Dior birthday haul, and presents

Skin care Cosmetopia Digest   Tuesday, April 15, 2014

It was my birthday yesterday so I took the day off for a bit of much-needed "me-time". I had ended my shopping ban in the last week of March to pick up some treats for myself. The beauty goodies are mostly skin care and a powder compact - I only use pressed powder foundation, which itself gives me a dewy look soon enough, given how oily my face is. If I dared to use liquid or cream foundation, my face would be swimming in oil, even if I set it with powder. Besides, pressed powder applied with the Beautyblender Pro lasts longest on my skin, keeps me matte for longer and saves time on "setting".
Enough about the glories of pressed powder foundation; here are a few things I hauled, and a few prezzies I received.

A lovely day! (OOTD, NOTD and the Accessorize joy and heartache)

A lovely day! (OOTD, NOTD and the Accessorize joy and heartache)

Nail art Cosmetopia Digest   Tuesday, April 16, 2013

I had the most lovely day yesterday. Here are some pictures.

The dress

Look what arrived! Early birthday presents :)

Look what arrived! Early birthday presents :)

MUA Cosmetopia Digest   Friday, April 12, 2013

These arrived today. And, you know what? I've been whining so loud about my MUA-order-lost-in-post story that a beloved relative sent me a MUA palette! It is the Glamour Days palette and I absolutely love all the shades.
I hadn't heard of Miners Cosmetics UK before but I love the look of these two sets. The shades look so very good and I can't wait to try them all out.
The first (left) is the Masterclass Party Eyes set - it contains three shadows, a highlighter, an eye pencil and a mascara.

The second is the Jewel palette, which contains three shadows, two lip glosses and a blush and two applicators.

I shall swatch them all once I get over just looking at them and pinching myself. If only we hear the words "nothing to worry" about my Gramps on Tuesday, it would be the nicest present ever.

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