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Drivel In Brief: Before the Booker 2012
I mentioned a few weeks ago that an offline friend had challenged me to read more contemporary literary fiction. And a few folks had e-poked me to blog more bookish things, which I immediately and...
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Je Joue
Post title is le fromage. Sorry.Jouer offers a new spin on the Laura Mercier / Trish McEvoy / Bobbi Brown / Burberry nexus of flattering, understated, polished makeup, but with this USP:...
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Skincare Old and New
I don't blog much about skincare because my routine doesn't change much; I've even dropped the monthly 'empties' posts which other bloggers do so well, since I tend to use up and repurchase the same...
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Prestigious Preview
The adjective is very much not mine, it's Karl Lagerfeld's. And the only thing to mar my latest, and favouritest, purchase: Shu Uemura Mon Shu Girl Prestigious Bordeaux Palette.Proper swatches etc. to...
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Closer Look: Becca Lychee and Dragonfruit Beach Tint
So I succumbed to two of the three new Beach Tint shades... Lychee will replace Nars Gaiety and Dragonfruit the Sleek Pumpkin Blush by 3 trio in my wardrobe.natural light, full sun *sob* Shown in...
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Autumn/Winter 2012 Wardrobe: Purchases
To those...three(? I think?) of you who liked outfit pics, apologies for the recent lack. I no longer have the just-right expanse of evenly lit cream wall I did in Hong Kong.... Not that this will stop...
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Holiday 2012 Swatches: Suqqu, Shu, Guerlain
SUQQU FLOWER BOUQUET COLLECTIONTwo coffrets, each containing a limited edition Blend Eyeshadow palette, a Mascara Volume Long N 01 (black, 4g) and travel sizes of Reset Cleansing Cream and Refining...
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Matte on Matte FOTD
Hmm, drop an E or two and that title might attract a different crowd....Anyway, belated Becca Raspberry look, paired with an all-matte daytime smokey eye courtesy of my beloved Rouge Bunny Rouge...s....
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New and Notorious
N.B. I've added the rest of my Shu Uemura holiday swatches to the earlier post, so please hop over if you want to see the other palette, lipsticks and liner.This is a very similar look to yesterday's,...
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Flappy Halloween
This is very small beer compared to the plight of those in Sandyland -- may you and your loved ones stay safe, warm and online -- but my personal woecake is that I'm spending Halloween at home this...
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Shu Uemura Prestigious Bordeaux Liberation and Comparisons
Firstly, darkly depotting Dora. Thanks to a comment from Stephanie, I set to without the aid of heat and was done in all of half a minute. All you need is a sanitised pair of tweezers. :)1. Push down...
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Seasonal Baking
Because clearing out picture folders and also autumn fetish. I am quite indifferent about cooking (whaddya mean, I have to do repetitive food prep three times a day just to stay alive?! BORING) but...
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Prestigious Bordeaux Looks Part 1
aka Exploring Dora? The Vampire Dora Diaries? Anyway....1. I set out to use all six shades in the palette, and kept the overal shape soft-but-defined, in an attempt to translate my current hankerings...
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New YSL Glossy Stain paper swatches and comparisons
Since I first tried these last December, the YSL Rouge Pur Couture Vernis À Lèvres Glossy Stains have become one of my favourite lip formulas, genuinely innovative lacquers which I never have to touch...
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Ellis Faas Paper Swatches: Eyes
Swatches of the lips and cheeks here, made an embarrassingly long time ago. Since then the Ellis Faas site has become even more awesome-fied with skin swatches and what-not, although I know many of you...
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Autonal
NB I've updated the new Glossy Stain post with skin swatches of 24 and 25.Anyway, the rutrollson. I am officially cutting myself off from neutral eyes and roseberry lips today, and hope to share some...
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Fyrinnae Week Part 1
So I'm on Fyrinnae Week as part of a pledge to ditch the neutral-eye-rosy-lip rut I've been mouldering in lately. I know MiraSundari is also concocting deliciousoutrageous things for her Kick The Rut...
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Autumn/Winter 2012 Wardrobe: Knits
Disclaimers: photographing complex yarns is tricky. At least I captured some cool colourshifting effects?If you want to read up on the yarn I used / modifications I made, all the geeky knitty gritty in...
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Fyrinnae Week: Midweek Tonal
Typically for me, by midweek Shiny New Creative Project has devolved into a mini (or maybe a meta) rut of its own. My brain it is lazy, my bed it is comfy.Disclaimers from Part 1 apply. Unless...
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Vapour Organic Beauty Swatches, Review and Look
Vapour Organic Beauty is a green brand (cruelty-free, certified organic ingredients, minimal recycled and recyclable packaging) which has been garnering raves for the past few years, mostly for base...
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