Uk Trip Haul :D

Filed under blush, bronzer, brush, concealer, creme shadows, Event, eye shadow, eyebrow pencil, eyeliner, highlighter, lip color, lip gloss, liquid eyeshadow, make up, mascara, nail polishes by on January 11, 2013 at 2:41 am {18 comments}

Hello guys!

I have been shopping a lot during the holiday! UK has plenty of makeup brands that I could not find in Singapore and I took the chance of getting those things! I know I’ve been a bad girl during the holiday. When I reached home after the holiday, I felt guilty looking at my new stuffs :( But anyway I enjoyed my holiday so much and now I should work hard to pay off those shopping damages LOL :D

Suqqu

This is Suqqu counter in Selfridges Manchester. I didn’t take more pictures as I was too excited to look for products here. I had fun swatching many products. There are many items that are not available there because I think it sold out pretty quickly.

Here are my Suqqu haul; 2 eyeshadow, 1 blush and 1 eyebrow palette.

Illamasqua

These pictures are also taken in Illamasqua counter in Selfridges Manchester.  The Illamasqua counter there is very happening with 3 SAs that have dramatic makeup and dresses! The thing that gets me most excited is to see their blushes. I have Illamasqua blush in Hussy and I love it to bits. I had fun swatching at the blush counter and decided to pick

I purchased three items from Illamasqua; a blush, an eye palette and a cream highlighter.

Chantecaille

I picked this Chantecaille Classic Palette in Harrods. This palette was on sale together with the Tiger in the Wild palette. Chantecaille products pricing are so expensive even after the price reduction. I paid (£50 or £75, can’t remember exactly). Honestly I bought this only because I want to collect a product from a brand that I have never had before. I will do a review about this palette soon (I hope :) )

Drugstore Haul from Boots & Superdrug

I had fun in both Superdrugs and Boots mostly in between Christmas – New year because they are having generous promotions. I bought quite a number of products there as they are having a “Buy 2 get 3″ promotions and I will get a free goodie bag when I buy 5 products or more. Gosh I could not control myself and bought there things with me. I know I am a bad girl when it comes to shopping but I’ll give myself an excuse since this is a year end holiday :p

Real Technique Brushes

Sleek Eye and Blush Palettes

Miscellaneous brands – Maybelline Color Tattoo, Revlon Lipstain, Max Factor lipfinity, Loreal Eyeshadow, Rimmel Eyeliner, etc.

Model’s Own and Barry M are one of those brands that excites me the most in Boots and Superdrug. Their glittery nail polishes are to die for! Barry M nail polishes were about £3-£5 each and Model’s Own were about £5 each.

That’s all I have for you :)

I have many things to be reviewed and please be patient with me LOL.

Thank you for reading.

 

By: Meryl

 

 

 

Merry Christmas from Memoiselle :)

Filed under Event, miscellaneous by on December 23, 2012 at 12:07 am {12 comments}

Hi all,

First of all we would like to say thank you for all the support all these years. Memoiselle has been around for 1 and 4 months now. We could feel that we have found many good blogger friends from all over the world. Thank you for reading our post, giving suggestion and answering some of our beauty related question ;)

Christmas is around the corner. Although we are sad that both of us could not meet this holiday, We are so happy to celebrate Christmas with our family. Meryl and Monica are flying off to enjoy holiday in two different places. We will update about our holiday on instagram (@memoiselle) :) In the meantime, here are some Christmas related pics that we took.

By Meryl:

By: Monica

 

I hope you all have a beautiful Christmas!

 

Merry Christmas from Meryl & Monica

The Body Shop Winter Trend Makeup Event

Filed under Event by on December 10, 2012 at 12:46 pm {6 comments}

Hello all!
I was recently invited to The Body Shop Winter Trend Makeup Bloggers Event. It was held in epilogue ION Orchard.

Here are some photos I snapped during the event; photos are taken from Memoiselle instagram account (@memoiselle)

With the pretty Mabel from She Shops Makeup :)

I was so happy that I received lots of goodies from The Body Shop. They are very generous to give us such a nice hampers :)

1. Eye Makeup Palette

When I opened the eye palette, it suddenly reminds me of my Suqqu eyeshadow palette. The packaging is nice and simple. It comes with two mini brushes; one for eyeshadow applicator and the other one is angled brush. I like the idea that they provide us mini brushes instead of sponges. These mini brushes works well with me. The bristles are soft and dense enough to apply eyeshadow nicely.

The best thing about this eyeshadow is the texture. It’s slightly creamy and the pigmentation is just very good. There’s a slight fallout but it’s really controllable so this should not be a problem.

Smoky Copper leans more towards neutral colors, Larry Yeo suggested that fair skinned women can use the color on the top right as a base. Women with deeper skintone can choose the color at the bottom left. Smoky Moonstone has such a nice greyish taupe which I really like. I like both palettes, Smoky Copper has great neutral colors and very versatile. I love Smoky Moonstone too especially the two colors at the bottom. However the only thing I dislike is the highlighting color which are too similar.

Swatches below are taken under indoor lighting, without primers and two layers.

2. Eye Definer & The Joy of Sparkle

The Body Shop Eye Definer or eyeliner is a new item for me to try. The pigmentation is good; it’s creamy and glides on easily. I like these 3 colors very well; Golden Brown is my favorite out of the three. It’s a nice color to replace black if I would like to have a simple eye makeup.  However there’s a thing that I dislike about this.  I find that it smudges on me after 4 hours of wearing.

The Sparkler is a glittery spray which you can use all over your body. I foresee that I won’t be using this a lot, maybe only during some night event.

3. Lipstick

The Body Shop was really kind to let us have 4 lipsticks.  The texture of this lip color is good; creamy and moisturizing. I don’t find that my lips are peeling after using this. It’s more on the sheerer side so I need to apply two coats for full opacity.  The packaging of this lipstick is also nice; its outer is made of silver metal and the inner side is gold.

The Look:

Day look/Afternoon Look

This is the look that I created for afternoon look. It’s a simple look using Smoky Copper palette.

For the base color, I am using the color at the upper right. I apply it all over my lid. To create the smoky look, I am using the lower left color on my crease to create a soft smoky look. Then I added the color on the lower right on my lower crease to deepen the color.

During the event, Larry Yeo suggested that we can skip eyeliner for day look if we want a simpler look. I followed his tips and I continue the look with applying two coats of mascara. No blush were used in this look but I contoured my face with a very light contouring powder. To finish the whole makeup, I applied a simple nude lipstick (the 2nd from the left as swatched above). You can choose a brighter lip shade if you want something bolder.

Evening Look

For evening look, I choose Smoky Moonstone palette for a more greyish tone smoky eye. The base color that I applied is the color on the upper right. Then I use the color on the lower left on my crease to create soft smoky look. Again, I am using the color from the lower right to create a bolder color. You can always add on more dark color if you wish to have bolder look. In this look, I applied black gel eyeliner on my upper lid and outer lower lid. I also apply The Body Shop Eye Definer in Pure Gold in my inner lid to brighten up my eye.

I chose a bolder lip color for this look. I choose the color on the right (as swatched above). The red lipstick is more on the sheerer side, so I applied two layers of lipstick. I applied bronzer on my face to show my cheekbone a bit (uurgh I have such a round face :( ) but I skipped on applying blush as I want to focus on my lip color.

Final Thought:

All The Body Shop Christmas products are very lovely! But if I have to pick one favorite product, it would be the eye palette in Smoky Copper. The colors are versatile for every day use; for both day and night events. Moreover this looks great on many skin tone. The texture of the eye shadow is rather creamy, so it would glides on nicely and the pigmentation is really good. The eye shadow lasts for long hours. The packaging is simple and the size is just nice to be put on my daily make up bag for touch up when necessary :)

Which look do you like better?

Btw, I am currently on Body Shop Most Stylish blogger challenge. You can help me to win this competition by voting :) It’s very simple, here’s the step:

1. Like The Body Shop Facebook Page

2. Go to this link or look for The Most Stylish Blogger post :)

3. Vote for Meryl

You’ll have a chance to win more hampers worth more than $400!! And there are 30 consolation prize containing full size shower gel and body lotion :)

 

So remember to vote for me :p

 

Thank you for reading

By: Meryl

 

 

The Magic of Lights for a Bright Christmas @313 – Facebook Contest!!

Filed under Event by on December 3, 2012 at 2:24 am {no comments}

The Magic of Lights for a Bright Christmas @313

313@somerset presents the first ever Christmas Light Show and Light Art Christmas Card, together with a host of fun activities

SINGAPORE. November 14, 2012 – Bringing to shoppers an artful display of lights to create the first ever Christmas Light Show and the magical use of ‘light art’ as a paint brush to create brilliant Christmas cards, 313@somerset will dazzle its shoppers with the beauty and mastery of lights to bring added festive cheer.

As part of the light theme this year, Charlie Lim, renowned Singapore photographer introduces his remarkable technique of light art into designing Christmas cards for shoppers at 313@somerset. This method of photography uses a single source of light and paints the subject in the dark while the camera captures the image. The effect is a visual treat that creates a work of art for each shopper who participates. From 7 – 23 December, every Friday to Sunday, 12pm to 7pm, at Basement 2 (next to Din Tai Fung), the first 80 shoppers each day who spend a minimum of $150 will have an opportunity to get their photo taken. All CLUB313 members are guaranteed redemption.

The Christmas Light Show takes place on 313’s Level 1 Atrium, from 5 – 23 December, Sunday to Thursday at 6.30pm, 7.30pm and 8.30pm, with additional shows on Fridays and Saturdays at 9:30pm. This unique showcase transforms a traditional Christmas tree into a canvas for a brilliant illustration of colours through the use of light projections.

“313@somerset delights in giving its shoppers the happiest of shopping experience and this holiday season, we’ve taken it up a notch to surprise and delight our customers. We are using technology and craftsmanship to create art for our shoppers and give them a visual treat to define what Christmas lights are truly all about”, says Amy Lim, General Manager of 313@somerset.

Roving Santa and Christmas Characters
In addition to the light-themed activities, shoppers will enjoy roving Santa, Santarinas and Christmas characters when they shop on the following dates:

December 7, 14, & 19 – 21 at 6pm and 8pm.
December 8 & 9, 15 & 16 and 22 & 23 at 4pm, 6pm and 8pm

Be serenaded with musical performances from the likes of Kaze Flute Ensemble as they take everyone through the melodic series of Christmas pieces performed on a flute.

Performances are taking place on:

December 7, 14, & 19 – 21 at 5:30pm and 7pm
December 8 & 9, 15 & 16, 22 & 23 at 5:30pm, 7pm and 87pm

My Christmas Wish list – Facebook
Taking the conventional wish list to a social dimension is 313’s “My Christmas Wish List“ Facebook application. From November 30 to December 20, shoppers may be granted their Christmas wish list simply by snapping a photo of items from three stores and submitting it to 313’s Facebook www.facebook.com/313@somerset. 10 shortlisted wish lists will go through online public voting from December 10 – 20 and three participants with the highest-voted wish lists will each receive $500 worth of 313 shopping vouchers. In addition, five lucky voters will also receive $50 worth of 313 shopping vouchers each. Call for entries are taking place November 30 till December 9.

Spoilt for Choice with Redemptions

Get spoilt for choice from 16 November 16 to 25 December with the range of gifts that are available for redemption. Gifts such as the Samsung Galaxy Note II, the new iPad, Frederique Constant Ladies watch, and 313 shopping vouchers are all up for grabs when shoppers redeem their 313 Christmas points. Shoppers get 1 Christmas point for every $50 spent (maximum of 3 same day receipts). CLUB313 members also earn 1 point for every $45 spent.

Additional Rewards for VISA Cardholders
VISA Cardholders will receive a 313 voucher worth $10 when they spend a minimum of $200 in a single day from 17 November to 6 January, 2013. Limited to first 50 shoppers per day on a first-come-first-serve basis.

Complimentary Limited Edition 313 Gift Paper
From 16 November till 25 December, every shopper who spends a minimum of $50 will receive one Christmas gift wrapper; redeemed at the Concierge desk at Basement 1. CLUB313 members can redeem for a minimum spend of $45. Each shopper is limited to a maximum of 20 wrappers per day, while stocks last.

Lucky Christmas Tree Instant Draw
From 5 – 23 December, 10am to 6pm at Level 1 Atrium, 313’s Lucky Christmas Tree is the hot spot for festive giveaways. Attractive prizes will be flashed up randomly onto the Christmas Tree and lucky shoppers can walk away with $500 worth of 313 shopping vouchers in daily voucher giveaways.

Each day, the first 80 shoppers who spend $150 can redeem a “Lucky Tree” coupon for the instant draw. All CLUB313 members who meet the minimum spend will be guaranteed redemption. Redemption at B1 Concierge.

For more information on all our festive promotions and lucky draws, shoppers can call the Concierge Desk at 6496 9313 or log on to the 313@somerset Facebook page www.facebook.com/313somerset.

Get you Christmas Wishlist!

Here’s the simple step! Snap a photo of items from 3 stores and submit it to 313 Facebook page !

10 shortlisted wish lists will go through online public voting from December 10 – 20 and three participants with the highest-voted wish lists will each receive $500 worth of 313 shopping vouchers. In addition, five lucky voters will also receive $50 worth of 313 shopping vouchers each. Call for entries are taking place November 30 till December 9.

Ask your friends to vote for you and you might get your Christmas wish list! :)

Good luck everyone!

 

Get Wild with Wild Rose

Filed under Event, skin care by on August 2, 2012 at 7:37 am {2 comments}

Did you know?

Rosa canina, the very first of all the roses, has been repeatedly used as a symbol of life, soul, heart and love. The word rosa comes from the Greek word “rodon”, which means red. According to the myth the rose used to be white until Aphrodite, hurrying to save her dying protégé, Adonis, got hurt from the prickles of a rose and stained with blood its white petals. Since then, the roses are thought to be Aphrodite’s flowers and they are used to symbolize the regeneration.

Fans of Korres Wild Rose range can now rejoice as Korres introduces three NEW additions to the Wild Rose family: Wild Rose Exfoliating Cleanser, Wild Rose Eye Cream with SPF 15 and Wild Rose 24hr moisturising and brightening cream.

 

Wild Rose oil, the main ingredient of the Wild Rose range, has high vitamin C level which drives significant repairing activity to fine lines and skin colour disorders. It is also rich in linoleic and linolenic acid, demonstrating significant healing, moisturising and softening properties. In addition, it forms a protective film on the skin that helps cell regeneration and improves the texture of the epidermis.

 

Introducing the 3 NEW additions to the Wild Rose family

  • Wild Rose Exfoliating Cleanser
  • Wild Rose 24hr Moisturising and Brightening Cream

(for oily and combination skin)

  • Wild Rose Eye Cream with SPF 15

 

1) Product Name: Wild Rose Exfoliating Cleanser

Specifications: All skin types

Price: S$48, 150ml

Description: A gentle, yet potent exfoliating cleanser suitable for daily use that provides effective, soap free cleansing and brightening, without dehydrating the skin.

Its other active ingredients include a combination of natural exfoliating grains derived from Rice seeds and Cherry stones that gently cleanse the skin from impurities and excess sebum. The Wild Rose Exfoliating Cleanser also contains a natural blend of Bilberry, Sugar, Orange & Lemon extracts which is a rich source of naturally occurring alpha hydroxy acids that smoothes and conditions the skin by enhancing cell renewal while promoting skin radiance. Salicylic acid works by exerting remarkable micro-exfoliating action, removing dead skin cells of the epidermis while improving skin texture. Furthermore, natural polysaccharides in combination with Aloe extract protect the skin by providing instant anti-irritant and moisturising action.

Tested on 20 volunteers between the age of 25 and 55 years old for 4 weeks, it has been clinically proven that the Wild Rose Exfoliating Cleanser improves skin softness and smoothness while offering cleansing and brightening action without dehydrating the skin. In addition, it further enhances skin radiance while maintaining skin moisturisation.

2) Product Name: Wild Rose 24hr moisturising and brightening cream

Specifications: Oily and Combination Skin

Price: S$58, 40ml

 

Description: Wild Rose oil, the key ingredient in this product, is a natural source of vitamin C, that drives significant repairing activity to fine lines and skin colour disorders, while adding brightness and radiance to the skin. Other product ingredients include Phytic acid that works as an antioxidant, skin lightener and anti-ageing factor, Olive oil that nourishes and moisturises the skin and Grape seed extract that provides antioxidant protection.

Its secret ingredient lies in the Imperata Cylindrica extract [Moist-24] which ensures 24-hour moisturising by continually regulating the cellular water equilibrium.

Tested on 20 volunteers between the age of 21 and 60 years old for 24 hours, it has been clinically proven effective for 24 hour moisturising action and skin radiance enhancement.

 

FINALLY. The HERO in your beauty regime!

We grew up listening to stories about beautiful princesses and their prince charming. We then learnt that they only exist in fairytales. As we get older, we long for a miracle product, the hero of our beauty regime that promises youthful and brighter looking eyes that will make Snow White blush and Cinderella envious.

Korres declares that heroes no longer exist only in fairytales. Enchanting you to Korres latest magical offering with the ever powerful – Wild Rose Eye Cream with SPF 15!

Containing SPF 15, the velvety eye cream shields and brightens the eye area while simultaneously work against fine lines and dark circles.

Its other active ingredients include active agent derived from the fermentation of Black Tea which boosts the brightening and line smoothing action of the cream, thus enhancing radiance, luminosity and restoring the ‘volume’ of the skin.

Yeast extract increases the cellular oxygen consumption and improves microcirculation, energising the skin and decreasing dark circles. Active agent derived from Sorbus domestica extract activates blood microcirculation, thus decreasing under eye puffiness (eye bags) and dark circles. Sugar derived betaine stimulates collagen and elastin production enhances cellular energy, resulting in the strengthening of delicate skin around the eye area. Vitamins C and E offer potent antioxidant protection against fine lines, while provitamin B5 complements the moisturising action of the formula.

Experience the magic from the Wild Rose fairy godmother and make your dream a reality today with the Wild Rose Eye Cream with SPF 15! Priced at S$69, 15ml. 

YES, KORRES is now available online!

Beat the rush, cut the queues and avoid the hassle as Korres introduces a brand new shopping experience, a time-starved urbanista would crave for.
In addition to Korres current flagship stores along major shopping belts, Korres has launched a brand new online store!

You can now shop in comfort at Korres’s online store: wwww.korresasia.com for all your Korres needs, 24/7 at anywhere in Singapore with a computer and internet access!

Simply browse through the official website and click on the product to add to your shopping basket. Simply ‘check out’ with any major credit card and voila! You are done!

Design Your Own Discount!

For every product you purchase, Korres will offer a discount upon checkout. The discount will have an addition of 2% for every additional product purchased. In another words, the discount would be dependent on the amount of products you buy. For example, you will enjoy a total of 10% discount if you purchase 5 products or enjoy a total of 20% discount if you purchase 10 products. This promotion scheme is limited to a maximum of 40% discount with the purchase of 20 or more products.

With this new initiative, customers are free to design their own discount and save up to 40% per transaction! Terms and conditions apply.

Offer is valid only till 31st October 2012.

 

Bookmark these Links today

Shop Korres Online: www.korresasia.com

Find Korres on Facebook: www.facebook.com/korresasia


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