CNY & Noche Silencio

A post dedicated to the remaining pictures from my January.

CNY! Didn't take many photos cos... Well, isn't CNY the same every year? Here's one of my cousins gambling.

Our mahjong korner.

My darling nieces who've grown so big!

And their mommy. :)

Well. Yeah. That's all the pictures I have from CNY haha.

Right on to Noche Silencio!

But first, a rosti dinner at Marche. I always order the same thing everytime I go there. I think in recent years the standard of food has dropped though. :( The rosti has become increasingly oily and less crisp and a little more mushy. Plus the food is becoming increasingly overpriced as well. :(

Mushroom soup with our heap of croutons.

Televeners! (Plus Haowen, haha.)

Tried to get to SMU early-ish but it was already packed by the time we arrived. :( (Spot people sitting on the floor.) This was the salsa workshop that was conducted before the actual performance!

Tried to take pictures of Laina dancing, but failed like a Twitter fail whale cos I brought my pancake lens plus the lighting was so dim. :(

Post-performance!

Unintentional paparazzi-esque shot (which I love).

The HUGE mistakes eraser we got her from Smiggle teehee.

Bimbz.

LJ5.

I lurve my crazy fwenz.

Things to note:

1. The distance from Shar's lips to Laina's face

2. Shar's expression

An attempt to replicate a photo that we took together when we were 19 (?). Unfortunately, Mummy, Cel and I got our numbers wrong, haha.

Hairpee picture of Cel and Shar to end the post!

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Sleek VS NARS; Of make-up and other frivolous things

Sometime earlier last month, Kevin finally came back from the UK!! And along with him, he brought back some goodies for me... :D Well anyway, just prior to his trip, I happened to chance upon a youtube video by gossmakeupartist which mentioned Sleek Makeup's blushes. From what I understand, Sleek is a UK drugstore cosmetics brand that churns out pretty good products! So I did a little more research and decided to order a blush and an eyeshadow palette. :D

It's been said that Sleek's Rose Gold blush is a dupe of NARS' Orgasm. Since I'm such a huge fan of NARS Orgasm, obviously I had to order Rose Gold and do a comparison!

Sleek on the left and NARS on the right. (As you can tell, Orgasm is very well-loved by my sister and I. This is our third Orgasm blush!) In the pan, the blushes look quite different, Sleek Rose Gold appears a lot more peachy than NARS Orgasm does.

On the skin, they look a little more similar. Rose Gold is A LOT more pigmented than Orgasm is. Orgasm's a little sheer, while a little of Rose Gold goes a long way. You can still see how Rose Gold looks more peachy here, but frankly when worn on the cheeks, they look pretty much the same to me!

The verdict? Considering that the colours look extremely similar (to me, at least), and Sleek blushes come with 0.27oz of product while NARS only gives you 0.16oz of product, PLUS Sleek costs USD6.50 (+ shipping) while NARS usually costs anywhere between SGD40-45, the choice should be obvious. Unfortunately, both these brands can't be bought off the shelf in Singapore haha, but the Sleek website offers international shipping!

I also got the Au Naturel i-Divine (USD10.50) eyeshadow palette. :D Here with the blush for size comparison.

Comes with 12 neutral/earthy shades inside!

A few swatches of random colours that I picked out. The matte shades come out a little meh, but all the other shades are gorgeously pigmented and swatched really well! I'd say this was a pretty good buy for the price! :) Unfortunately, I've only used this palette a couple of times so far and have been neglecting it cos of something else I purchased... (See below.)

Also got Kevin to bring back a Cambridge Satchel for me teehee! :) It's a little tiny though, and considering how I usually carry relatively large bags so that I can throw lots of stuff in, this bag took a bit of getting used to. :(

And also, I caved and bought the Urban Decay Naked Palette! :X (Which is why I've been neglecting the Sleek one.) I guess this palette doesn't need much of an introduction. :) It's really as great as everyone else has made it out to be, and definitely something I don't regret purchasing! For some reason, Sephora increased the price of the palette from $78 to $80 though! :( But I guess even then, for what you're getting in this palette, at $80 it's still a worthy buy!

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