MAC Cosmetics - Colorful new year

7 hours to go and I'm well prepared for the new year. How? - I collected loads of eyeshadows, lipsticks and glosses over the last few years, as well as various highlighters and glitters to spark up every event.

My all time favorites are the Holiday Pigment Sets by MAC. The usual jars are far to big to ever get used up by a non-professional makeup lover, so I got the sets from 2006 and 2007, making my pigment count increase to 21 colors. The most remarkable are the following:

- Vanilla (bottom row, second small jar from the left): white powder, golden iridescent shimmer when applied to the skin

- Old Gold (bottom row, third from the right): reddish brown/neon green duochrome, beautiful as neutral eyeshadow with a twist

- Softwash Grey (top row, second from the right): light lavender/blue shimmer which give a soft gorgeousness to brown eyes

- Violet (top row, very left): electric violet in a frost texture, not natural at all, but truly attention-grabbing

- Dazzleray (bottom row, third small jar from the left): warm golden sparkle with a touch of orange, lights up every eye corner

- Reflects Gold (bottom row, first small jar from the left): yellowish golden glitter

- Reflects Blue (bottom row, first from the right): blue glitter, ice queen effect guaranteed

I didn't buy the 2008 sets though, the Reflects Glitters were enticing, but the pigments themselves were very disappointing this year. I don't like colors with white shimmer throughout the line. Every cheap brand has eyeshadows with white shimmer, doesn't really look good... hopefully next year's sets are more interesting again.

ALDO, Godiva and Chomel

What stroke me about accessories in Singapore was the high level of design and quality you got for a few bucks. In Vienna you would get crappy quality and designs for the same amount of money... I'm a fan of Subversive jewelry, but it is far too expensive for me as a student right now and I don't have access to any Target. So when I found a necklace at Sgp's ALDO that reminded me a bit of the signature layer look, I had to get it! It was on sale anyway...

Since I love goth looks the colors fit perfectly too. The second piece I got is this faux gold-pearls necklace. The quality looks good, but it isn't though... the pseudo-gold coating wore off after the first sweaty day on my neck.

Take a look here: ALDO Jewelry. It's the US page since the Singaporean one only provides store locations. However, the Sgp shops had a bigger range of necklaces than the US page. The Godiva bag in the back is empty. I had to get 8 pieces to try whether they would be tastebud-blowing as their prices suggest. The crushing result: NO! The chocolates are nice, but the 1-2 bucks versions in the supermarket taste just as well. I might try other pralines or their chocolate elixir sometime later when I feel like having too much money in my wallet though.
Before I left Sgp I had to get a Chomel real pearl necklace. The following one was just ~25€. Ok the color is not real... but they look pretty good for the price. My flash pic washed out the different colored sheen to a monotone grey, but I guess you know how black pearls are supposed to look like. They're more colorful in real ;D

Really colorful stuff coming up the next time

Chaos in Austria!

Hello from Austria! This blog will be about fashion, design and make up. My love and passion haha. A lot of things fall under design, a picture of my breakfast could be design, but I will limit myself to the most interesting/beautiful things.
I'm currently in rural Carinthia. Snowflakes and freezing temperatures outside (for someone with subtropical genetics, that is). 4 days ago (Christmas) didn't show much snow though... anyway, that's the Christmas tree I'm facing right now.




















It's actually standing on a desk, the presents are already unpacked ; ). The theme was blue and silver. I would have preferred a different kind of tree (speak faaat branches and needles) with lots of bling decoration and edibles. However, it's not my house...
On another note: Why the freakin h*ll didn't I buy more cosmetics and those super cute clutches in Singapore, where nice things are relatively cheap??? Lots of bling included! - Answers: Theoretically I didn't need anything, I was blank and my suitcase was most surely overweight back then... *sigh* reality is not nice. One day I'll come back, empy suitcased and loaded with cash hahaha (one can dream, no?). In the meantime I will show you the must-gos in Singapore, Vienna and Taipei. An exchange term of 4 months (Singapore) can create a third home for ya!
I miss the beach... Sentosa is mostly artificial and surely hasn't the cleanest water, but it was nice being so neatly located.


































Now these pics are good enough when all you have to do is hop into the subway to have some beach and sun. Beautiful, and CHEAP! ;D When I was there I had no time. University... now I have more time then ever (holidays) and dunno what to do. Being in the wrong place sucks so badly, urgh. The next post will introduce you to the materialistic side of Singapore. Beautiful things to come...