Flamingly Gorgeous: Mac Flamingo Lipstick + November Newbies

NOVEMBER IT IS! How are you lovelies?

Today I'll be sharing with you how happy I am for having new makeups as soon as November came. Even the money for buying them didn't really come from my pocket. Who are those generous people? You'll find that out later. I really love it whenever "ber" months come. I don't know if there's a psychological reason behind that but happiest months for me start from September til February.

As you all know, I keep mentioning from my previous posts that I miss my best friend as she's staying in Singapore. One of the things I look forward to for this month is seeing her once again though for sure her short stay will make her so busy. Since she's she'll be here I smell reunion and bonding once again.

Whenever she comes home she sees to it that she has gifts for everyone. She's the most generous person I know, and I even remember she got the "most generous" award when we were in 4th grade. Well she still is.

A few  weeks ago she sent me a message asking me what shade I want. My bezzie's exactly the opposite of me & my vanity. She just likes what I have, use my lippies or get it but when it comes to cosmetics she's really clueless. She said she's too anxious to enter Mac Cosmetics store coz for sure she won't have any idea what to buy, or even where to go. I told her I want a coral pink shade if she can possibly find one. I want a lippie that I can wear everyday, on a normal day, without getting too much attention.(I'm a sucker for coral pink & peachy lips).

When she sent me this picture, I was like OMAYGASH!!!

I actually didn't know what she picked but I gave her few options. Shades like Please Me, Modesty, Angel, Flamingo, Jazzed, Ever hip or if it's possible I want Viva Glam Nicki.

She then sent me a picture of Sephora's paper bag as proof that she already bought the lippie. Since I couldn't wait and I don't think I can bear the agony of wondering and imagining what the shade is, she gave in and told me she got the limited edition lipstick shade "Flamingo". **me: jumps up and down!!!!**

photos from bezzies iphone, sent through Facebook chat.

AAAANNNDD THE LONG WAIT'S OVER!

When I got the lippie last Friday I couldn't resist swatching it at the back of my hand and put it on my lips! Such a gorgeous lippie!

Flamingo is a light milky bright coral shade which has been repromoted for All about Orange collection from last year's Spring trend. I haven't done any research before and I've found out it's a lustre, so the finish is more of like a tinted lip balm with better pigmentation if you apply it twice on your lips. Though I'm not a fan of balm-like finish, it reminds me of my favorite lipstick, Maybelline's Angel Rose. So yes, though it's a bit glossy, I'm in love with this lippie. It's bright in person, more of like a neon peach (is there such thing?) but whatever it is it's too bright but then when applied it becomes glossy and balm-like.

It looks orange from the tube, but once applied it's pinky coral with a glossy finish.

Here's the infamous picture of Mac Cosmetics 2013 Spring Collection

All About Orange. According to Mac Cosmetics Website:

"Orange. It's vibrant energy and modern edge ignites fashion and beauty big time in Korea, the rest of Asia and the world. It's one of the new global super shades that pops with sizzle and cool sophistication. MAC translates the trend with international impact into a colour collection for face, lips and nails."

More lipstick shades to try: Me want some Razzle Dazzler!!!!

Razzle Dazzler - a light peach cream peach (Lustre)

Sweet & Sour - Soft peach cream (Cremesheen)

Tangerine Dream - Warm orange cream (Lustre)

Sushi Kiss - Mid-tone coral cream (Satin)

Tart & Trendy - Bright neutral orange cream (Lustre)

Neon Orange - Bright clean orange (Amplified)

The test drive's on the way of course. I wore this lippie during our mini reunion and dinner.

They're my high school friends, the people I've known for more than 2 decades. Well, some things didn't change. Even when we talk to each other it's still like the same, we're like kids again. This time I've brought my husband. Surprisingly they all get along well since my husband has officially met them a decade ago, when, according to my husband most of them were still thin and how come they're all fat now. We laugh so hard coz of that. This isn't their first time to meet coz they were all there on our wedding day, and we usually hangout whenever we have time.

My bestfriend also tried to apply the same Flamingo lipstick she gave me just to see

what will it turn out on her lips. While mine appeared to be coral pink, it turned to milky pink on her. The outcome of the lippie's shade really depends on every person.One thing's for sure, this lipstick is perfect if paired with smokey eyes. I've found some runway pictures wherein it was used by some runway models. It looked different on their lips, it's more peachy like.

I still have so many makeup looks in mind to try and to pair with my new lippie, and I wish I'll have time for those. By the way for this dinner date with friends here's my FOTN and the makeups I used in one collage.

Products Used:

FACE

Nyx High Definition Face Primer

Jazzy Cream Foundation in CF-04

Sephora 8hr Wear Mattifying Compact Foundation in Medium/Peach

EYES

Sephora Custom Eye Palette in Smokey Bronze

Etude House Gel Eyeliner in Strong Black

Sephora Black Eyeshadow from the Custom Eye Palette for eyelining

Christian Dior Eyeliner in Noir

Avon Extralast Mascara in Black

Revlon Eyelash Curler

CHEEKS

Maybelline Mineral Powder Blush in Dusty Rose

LIPS

Mac Flamingo Lipstick

NEW MAKEUPS for NOVEMBER!!

Say "Hi!" to my new and still my HG foundation from Jazzy Collections and another powder foundation (which I got from my bezzie) from Sephora. It's my first time to try Sephora's powder foundation and it matches my skintone well. Since it's in medium tone it's just right because I really want my face to appear darker than those pale-white faces I see.

I got two more lippies! One is from Victoria's Secret from my bezzie, the shades name is Mauve and the other one's from my other close friend Doc Edsie, it's Pinkerbell from Wet n' Wild! I'm dying to have it for a long time since it's the exact dupe of Mac's Viva Glam Nicki.

I'll review it next time.

I also got Sigma round kabuki brush. It's really meant for mineral powders but I love how soft it is and I'm currently using it for my two new foundies.

ANOTHER NEWBIES!!!

I'm just too lucky to have generous aunt. I've been receiving too many branded bags from her, and nope she's not my two other aunts who gave me two Louis Vuitton bags. Talk about luck. :) But then coz of them I got many branded and designer bags. When I was young I don't mind brands and designer goods, but during high school and college my classmates used to tell me I'm really lucky. Most of my bags that came from them were Guess, Xoxo, Liz Claiborne, Coach and DKNY. Now another new set of Xoxo and Coach! :)

It'll be my first time to wear sling bags/body bags, but this Coach bag is beautiful.

The reason why I don't have sling bags is just I'm not comfortable wearing them. I'll try using it on my son's birthday and I'm not sure if I'll like it or not.

 NEXT UP!!
 Details and ideas from my son's first birthday! It's red, black and white and Mickey Mouse Themed!

FOTD: Candylicious

This year marks the 2nd year of my escapade in Singapore. If not for my bro I could have totally forgotten it, and I realized it has been two years since I flew in there. I soooo miss Singapore! Not to mention I've stayed there for 57 days and it's still too short! It was my first international flight and it exceeded my expectations. I do apologize for not having a thorough or longer post about it, that time I had a tough battle with depression and my mind flew somewhere. I really had a crisis that time, confused and lost. Well just like what those famous Britney memes said, if she made it in 2007 (the head shaving issue), so can you. Yes, so did I. Now I've never been so happy. 

For my old post about my trip in Singapore here's my article about Singapore - Malaysia Beauty Haven

For this particular post I'll be reminiscing my first and second trip to Sentosa Island with my best friend and my Singaporean friend James (best friend's boyfriend) and give you a virtual tour, then share with you my FOTD inspired by Candylicious.

SENTOSA MAINLAND

To get to there you need to ride Sentosa Express mono rail or a cable car from Mt. Faber passing through Harbourfront. Since a cable car ride's too expensive I rode the Sentosa Express mono rail instead from Vivo City. Btw, Vivo City is like Mall of Asia with less attractions and amusements outside but still very beautiful for its cleanliness.

Cable cars going to Sentosa Island. This is Vivo City.

You can play in the water all day if you want to. Look at that happy little girl.

I'll bring my little Draven there once he's big enough to travel and remember everything.

While riding the Sentosa Express Mono Rail, here's what you'll see from its big window glass.

Visiting this secluded island you'll get to see this beautiful place divided into four stations: Sentosa Mainland, Waterfront, Imbiah, and Beach. 

In Imbiah, you'll get the sight of the biggest Merlion they have in there! You can even go inside and take a peek of Sentosa Island from its open mouth.

The derp me in front of the Merlion

BEACH STATION

In Beach station there's 2 artificially made beach. Palawan (yeah sounds like from my country) and Siloso. I've been only to Siloso and it's stunning coz it's clean. It's not a typical beach coz it's actually for dining, parties, water sports and shopping. Few people were swimming there when we came. Some were wearing bikinis but they aren't really swimming, as there were no people swimming around, and most people on the shore were tourists like us, all covered up in our casual wear.

Imagine the time and effort the Singaporeans have exerted just to make this man made beach.

The long stretch of sand itself might really take a long time.

How much more for the water. For sure it isn't salty.

 WATERFRONT STATION

Once you arrive in Waterfront there's the famous Candylicious which is still a part of Resort's World SG and Universal Studios. There isn't so many attractions there unlike Beach station, but for sure most of those who'll enjoy Waterfront's attraction were kids. We were about to visit Resort's World coz if you're a foreigner you just have to present your passport then you'll get a free membership card and you're now entrance-free, but if you're Singaporean you have to pay. Since we have James with us and he has to pay, we've agreed not to visit it anymore.

Candylicious is like a dream. When I saw it in person I feel like a child again. Those hanging lollipops were so beautiful, it's like you're really in dream land. I took so many photos of it as requested by my young cousins. The place smells like chocolate and candies, really sweet. Even if I didn't buy any from the store the sweet scent had satisfied my sweet tooth. After two years, seeing these makes me wanna go back, and makes me realize I was so young and so fat! Look at that round face and chubby cheeks I used to have... I remember how tight those skinny jeans used to be on me and now I couldn't wear it coz it's too loose.

You'll see lots of chocolate brands, candies and more. Definitely "eye candies". I've seen some of it and the other attractions in Singapore through pictures from my colleagues from Lasalle who had been there, and I told myself one day I'll gonna see it in person. It felt surreal and I couldn't help but take lots of photos. More pictures to share with you lovelies: (BEWARE OF ANOTHER PHOTO SPAM!)

Aside from candies if you're craving for chocolates then it's still the perfect place. Expensive confections to mainstream ones, name it, they have it. My eyes went big upon seeing those big bottles of Hershey's. I loved it since I was young for my ice creams, cake, frappes and chocolate milk drinks. Unfortunately for the Nutella lovers out there like me, this isn't the place to be. But Nutellas were really cheap in SG! I remember I brought home 8 big jars of it for my cousins plus one big can of Hello Panda (we don't have that here!) Yum!  You just gotta look somewhere else in SG through malls or mini grocery stores.

More pictures in different view

FYI, those hanging candies were fake though. If I'm not mistaken there were only three large trees filled with colorful man-made lollipops. It's so bright in person I was looking up the whole time. Now for the colorful makeup inspired by those beautiful candy-bearing trees:

Pink, orange and yellow shades for my upper eyelid, green, purple and blue for my lower lids. For lips, it's pink and orange ombre. I love it.
 

upper picture: without flash

lower picture: with flash

when I look down, my eyelids were like the color of autumn leaves.

My friend Chiniqua Champagne said it's a perfect color for fall.

My sister in law said they're like butterflies :)

It's too vibrant and not for faint of heart. During the process of doing it I used a white base for my eyes and lips. I remember the horror on my son's face when he saw me, he was crying frantically and my mom's laughing so hard. Once done, it's so colorful I can even join the casts of Hunger Games and be BFFs with Effie Trinket.

Products Used:

FACE

Estee Lauder Cyber White Radiant Bright Foundation in 03 Cool Vanilla

Christian Dior Diorskin Forever Compact in Beige Eclair

F21 Two Way Powder Foundation

Sugar Skull Cosmetics 10 Correct and Conceal Palette

EYES

Sugar Skull Cosmetics 120 Rainbow Palette

Sephora Customizable Smokey Palette

Victoria's Secret Very Sexy Eyeshadow Mosaic in Eye Candy

Elf gel liner in black

Nichido Pencil Eyeliner in black

Avon Extralast Mascara

False eyelashes

CHEEKS

Mac Hello Kitty Blush in Tippy

LIPS

Pink and orange eyeshadows from Sugar Skull Cosmetics

120 Rainbow palette

I also love how my eyes and lips matched my earrings.

    

Speaking of candies I have another favorite eyeshadow palette from my friend Janel. It's shimmery and colors were sheer so even if I use white base for it it won't pop out that much. I love it only for highlighting my brow bones and lower lash lines. I discovered the shimmers were useful and if used it makes me look more awake. It's Victoria's Secret's Very Sexy Eyeshadow Mosaic in Eye candy.

I miss Singapore so much that I even have recurring dreams of going back. My almost 2 months of stay made me feel at home. Though I'm aiming for South Korea to be my first international flight and country to visit, I have no regrets for targeting Singapore first. There's still so many countries that I want to visit but first let me go back to this garden city once again. I want to see more tourist attraction, eat more exotic Singaporean food and shop all the possible makeups I could find!

Have you even been to SG too? How's your experience with Sentosa Island? Also, what tourist attractions can you still recommend from Singapore? I might wanna visit it next year.

I'm excited! My bestfriend and James were coming home by the end of this month!

Aside from the fact that I miss them, I can't wait for my jar of Nutella!