Lips x kisses x colours

Sorry for the long hiatus. I miss blogging, but I've been so caught up with uni works and job recently. Oh and I spent my last weekend in Sydney for our anniversary, the most memorable weekend ever.
I've got a bad infection on my eyelid during the trip and it was swollen like the size of a bee sting on my right eye. My boyfriend was really understanding (he should be :p)  throughout the trip and it got less swollen day by day and it was almost diminished by Monday, which is the date of our anniversary. I was lucky I guess, and good thing my fringe was right parting so I could cover my eyes using my hair during the days.

A picture of us at the restaurant, est.  

I am never really a lipstick person. Yes I do own a few lipsticks but never could find a favourite one that actually suits me. I've always wanted a bright red/pink/coral lip color but I still couldn't find any that I love. And I'm sure I'm not the only person that is facing the same problem. Good thing I found the Dior Addict Lip Glow, it acts like a tinted lip balm that enhances your natural lip colour. I am already using my third one so far, as you can see how much I love it. ;)

I mentioned I owned a few lipsticks, but I rarely use them. Why? I have no idea, I guess I'm just not confident enough to wear them out. I have always admire the girls that wears bright lipstick out for different occasions, I just couldn't. So I decided to try something new, and well since Priceline was having a massive sale, I went and bought the Maybelline Colour Whisper in no. 45. It's like a red colour that is in the middle of orange and pink. I spent like 30 mins trying on different shades on my hands and finally decided on that colour. To be honest, I chose that one because it has only one left at the counter. It's a natural human instinct okay? :p Another colour is YSL Rouge Volupte. I bought this last year after exams as a gift to myself. Because of my love for hot pink, I insisted to get a pink shade. I tried it and thought it looked nice, I don't know if it's the counter lady's non stop praising or just me, I bought it right away. And I've only worn it less than 5 times. Great. even though I love the texture, I just didn't really have the confidence to wear it out. :( 

Other lip colours are the normal ones, like a light coral shade, nude coral, yes I love coral. Because my skin tone goes with coral better than pink. :) 

                       

                           Nude lips. I look really pale here.                                        Dior Addict Lip Glow 

                 

              Maybelline Colour Whisper in no. 45.                               YSL Rouge Volupte

So tell me guys, what do you think of the lip colour? And what are your favourites? Share your experience in picking out the right lip colour because I would really love to know! 

With love, 

Lin 

Review: Love Alpha Mascara

So I've almost ran out of my Helena Rubenstein mascara. Unless you have never heard of it, its a very high rated mascara in the market and girls went crazy for it. I have a friend that bought 5 sets at once which I thought its pretty insane. I really like it but not love, not at that stage. :p It was quite pricey for a mascara but it works well on me so never really look for another substitute. 

My boyfriend knew that I'm running out of my HR mascara and he got this lovely Love Alpha mascara from our friend in Hongkong. She said she couldn't really tell the difference between this and HR's. 

When I got it, I gave it a try. It came with a small how-to guide but only in chinese, too bad for the non-chinese readers out there. But it's still comprehensible by the step by step pictures on it. 

At first I thought it wouldn't be as good as HR, as I've never heard of it and it just looks like a replica version of HR. The packaging was really cute, it came with a small leopard print box that I almost thought my boyfriend got me a pair of glasses.

 Love Alpha's packaging. 

Helena Rubenstein's packaging. Tell me it looks exactly the same or what! :O

The natural fiber & Transplanting gel. The fibre has loose fibre that will lengthen your lashes instantly but remember to top it with the transplanting gel. Or else your face will have loose fibre on it and it'll ruin your make up base. Bad bad bad.. Trust me you wouldn't want that. My friend was complaining about it while she tried. Sorry :p

 But other than that, its a good mascara for its price. A great dupe for HR. 

Not sure about the price but I've done some researched on ebay, apprently you can get it as cheap as $6 on eBay! Make sure you check if its trust worthy before you purchase. 

This is how I use the mascara (for the non-chinese readers outthere)

1. Apply one coat of transplanting gel

2. Add a coat of natural fibre. 

3. Apply another coat of transplanting gel. 

And viola! 

 Before with zero mascara on 

 Love Alpha mascara

               Helena Rubenstein Mmascara