Burberry Lip Mist Natural Sheer Lipsticks review, swatches, photos, staying power

Burberry Lip Mist Natural Sheer Lipsticks review, swatches, photos, staying power

Swatches Cosmetopia Digest   Saturday, November 30, 2013

I received the Burberry Lip Mist Natural Sheer Lipstick sampler palette when I hauled a tonne of makeup through OrderMakeup UK (see here). I love lip samplers; you can swatch them at home and use the shades a few times before you decide whether to buy or not. I had a Dior Addict sampler palette which lasted more than a dozen uses each (swatched and reviewed here).
This Burberry Lip Mist palette comes with four shades, which I have swatched for you below - Copper, Rosy Red, Feather Pink and Blueberry.

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

Dress parade: Debenhams and Zara buys

Dress parade: Debenhams and Zara buys

Zara Cosmetopia Digest   Saturday, March 23, 2013

It has been one of those slow Saturdays and I've just finished my book. So I thought I would share a couple of things I bought last week from Zara and Debenhams. The black dress with leopard print and the blue trousers are from Zara while the first two dresses are from Debenhams. Yes, the leopard print dress was on sale and it is crumpled as well as too large for me (it is medium). But I wanted the print even if they didn't have my size. I'm hoping to emotionally blackmail request my aunt to alter its waist for me - she's a whiz at sewing.
I also bought a couple of shirts from Zara. Apologies for the very amateur posing and photography.
P.S. Do vote on the poll at the top of the sidebar! I'm going shopping for my giveaway next week.

 

Fashionable knee-length day dresses for spring and summer

Fashionable knee-length day dresses for spring and summer

Lifestyle Cosmetopia Digest   Monday, January 21, 2013

^{I adore dresses. I prefer them to skirts, jeans, trousers, capris, leggings, tunics, shirts, saris... anything else, really. Until I turned 20, I wore jeans only while travelling. It was mostly casual dresses to classes and the odd skirt and jumper the rest of the time. Dresses are the comfiest of all clothing - no elastic, belt, buttoning, pins or other tight restraint necessary to keep the garment in place, though there are dresses that come with all of the above.}

I love this silk dress and its silk shell within. I bought it in Singapore for $189 on Boxing Day sales. I am not someone who usually goes in for frills and flounces - at least, not after my eighth birthday. But I love the frills from the collar downwards on this dress. This is not a day dress, so I wore it to my birthday dinner, with strappy sandals and a gold box clutch (in picture). It buttons all the way down the front, but thankfully these buttons are brass-coloured and look very vintage. You need to wrap it in tissue to prevent wrinkles and only ever dry-clean, but it is worth the trouble.