Quick Peek: Clinique Chubby Stick in Curvy Candy

It's no secret that I love Clinique's Chubby Sticks, and going by a Clinique counter this week, I came across 8 new shades!

(I'm not sure when exactly they finally arrived here in Malaysia, but it must have been only recently. They now cost RM58 each, up from RM50 previously. Dang.)

Clarins Joli Rouge Brilliant in #07 Raspberry

For the first time in my life I've inundated myself with expensive lippies and this is one of them.

I've been looking high and low for Clarins Joli Rouge Brilliant ever since Lisa Eldridge used it in Hibiscus for her Pink Flushed look. Which is, by the way, topping my list of favourite looks of all time for spring and summer. 

Oh heck, let's pause and watch it here:

Guerlain Rouge Automatique in #167 Guet Apens

A huge ouchie on the pocket but oh so gorgeous, I ended up blowing the last of my bonus on a Guerlain Rouge Automatique lipstick before I left Malaysia. Blame it a friend for coming late for dinner. I ended up spending 30 minutes at the Guerlain counter trialing all of the shades that caught my eye. I swear, I walked in for a Meteorites Compact and ended up walking out with more than I bargained for.

"You must have been possessed," a friend remarked when I told her about it later. "Is it worth the RM114 though?"

Loving: Warm nude shades ~

I have a girlfriend who's crazy in love with nude lipsticks. She loves playing up her eyes, and hence, tends to stick to brown and nude lipsticks so it'll work easily into her entire look.

And every time I meet her, I fall into loving nudes all over again. But I love me some pinks and peaches too. Cos I'm greedy like that.

That got me thinking as to what shades I had in my stash (either peaches or pinks) which were still "nude" enough that I could wear them, even if I wanted to play up my eyes.

And I came up with these four easy-to-wear warm nude shades to share with you lovelies. If you love nudes too, but want to just add that little bit of colour for your lips, I think these would work really well.

(UPDATED) Review: Revlon Lip Butter in Peach Parfait

From the moment I read about the Revlon Lip Butters online, I've been wanting them. Bad.

And dear Kahani was kind enough to help me haul four shades back from Hong Kong when she was back over the Chinese New Year holidays. No prizes for guessing which of the four I've been playing with the most.

Lovelies, meet Peach Parfait.

Happy Chinese New Year!!!

Hello lovelies!

With the Chinese (or Lunar) New Year just around the corner, it's been busybusybusy all the way for me. And so soon after Christmas too.

(In case you're wondering about the picture, it's the year of the dragon this time round!)

So here's wishing all of you who are celebrating, a very Happy Chinese New Year! Hope this year will be a great year for you, and may it bring you closer to the things that mean the most to you in life.

Us So Loverly girls will be taking next week off to be with our families and friends (Kahani will be back from Hong Kong!), but expect us back the following week!

Love,
Syen, Kahani & Eli

PS: Psst! You might wanna read on for some honeylicious news.

Have yourselves a Berry Christmas... with Sleek MakeUP

Hello lovelies,

Lookie what came in with the mail last week?

Sleek MakeUP's The Berry Collection. As it's a Limited Edition collection for Christmas, I thought I should let you girls in on this ASAP.

Here goes.

US Haul Part I: Sephora ~

Hello lovelies,

I am back! Didja miss me? Shameless, I know. But ah well... *winks*

And now that I am back from gallivanting across the United States, I bring you photos of what I've hauled back. I bought quite a bit of stuff, so I think I'll have to spread it out over several posts. Beginning from what I picked up from Sephora(s).


Hope you don't mind me bragging about my hauls. After all, what's a haul if not to share and show off a little, right? *tee hee*

Here goes...

Sleek Pout Paint in Pin Up vs OCC Lip Tar in NSFW

So, it's the question everyone wants to know, how does Pout Paint measure up to OCC Lip Tars?

Actually to be honest I have no idea how OCC is going to keep justifying their hefty GBP9 price tag when Sleek Pout Paints are selling the same quantity at half the price.

In a nutshell, Pout Paints are thicker and dryer than Lip Tars, making them harder to spread and so harder to mix and work with. So Lip Tars are slightly better formulated.

Lip Tars are also minty which I prefer to Sleek's redoxen flavoured tubes. However, not everyone likes mint and some girls find it irritating.

Finally, Pout Paints outlast lip tars. I slicked on Pin Up for housework, lunch, grocery shopping and although it came off on everything, its colour just appeared undiminished.

Read on for swatches and a face shot

Playing with Sleek Makeup's Pout Paints

We were lucky enough to receive several tubes of Sleek Makeup's Pout Paints to play with from the lovely people in London who promote this brand. And play is right, it's genuinely fun mixing and swatching these paint-like tubes.

This is more of a "first take" than a full review as swatching and removing these on my lips would leave them sore. Even on my arm I had to use a cleansing oil to get these off, so my guess is they wear a really really long time.

We were sent two colours, Pin Up (Red) and Peachy Keen (orange) and two mixers Peek-a-bloo (blue) and Cloud 9 (white). Interestingly the release said that the blue shade was to add depth and warmth. Read on for swatches!

Quick Peek: Dior Addict in Taffetas

For all your sheer-shimmery-balmy-lipstick needs.

Review: MAC Gem of Roses Lipstick (Semi Precious Collection)

I hope this review doesn't come too late for you girls who are considering this lipstick.


Because Gem of Roses really is quite pretty.

Review: Poppy King for No. 7 in #2 Power

No. 7 next to Lipstick Queen's Saint

My apologies to those saw this post without a writeup earlier today. Was stuck in a meeting and couldn't paste the review til afternoon.

My best friend acceded to my selfish demands and brought back the No. 7 Poppy King Lipstick in Power and the lipgloss in Allure from UK last month. Let's take a peek at the Power lippie today.

The Helmer + My Makeup Organisation ~

So last week I told you I was considering a few options for extra makeup storage space. I'd been considering the Ikea Helmer, and after checking it out firsthand, I decided I liked it enough to bring it home.


And so now, my dressing table has a little partner-in-crime. I do love my makeup corner.

Monday's Lust List: Five things I want this summer. Mostly blush.

Ah summer.

One of my favourite lines of summer ever, are from Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird.

"Summer was our best season: it was sleeping on the back screened porch in cots, or trying to sleep in the tree-house; summer was everything good to eat; it was a thousand colours in a parched landscape; but most of all, summer was Dill."

Isn't that line just beautiful?

Inspired by Tine's List of Lusts which I came across the other day (which absolutely didn't help at all that she spoke of nothing but blush), today's my turn to give my Lust List a go. Not necessarily specifically summer collections, these are just items I'm eyeballing this time of the year.

A current favourite: Estee Lauder Signature lipstick in Dune Rose

Hey dearies,

The weather in Kuala Lumpur has just been going nuts over the last week or so. One minute it's blazing hot, and the next it's a thunderstorm. Which has kinda resulted in me being a little under the weather. One minute I was fine, and the next I was feeling feverish and blegh.

Anyhoo, here's giving you a look at one of my favourite lipsticks at the moment - Estee Lauder Signature lipstick in Dune Rose.

Can You See That? Why I Culled my Lipstick Collection

Remember how I showed you my lipstick collection a few weeks ago? Well, the original count was actually more than 12 -- somewhere around 24, I think. But, it was clear that some of them had to go.

Squint at the picture. Can you see what I saw?

Guess not. Click on the jump to get a better picture.

Loving: MAC Ultra Darling Lipstick

Apologies for the lipstick overdose of late here at So Loverly, but I suppose this is what happens when all you've been buying are lipsticks, lipsticks and more lipsticks!


And one of which is the MAC Sheen Supreme lipstick in Ultra Darling. And what a darling, indeed!

My Lipstick Collection

I cleared out my makeup collection the other day and did a lip count. Are twelve lipsticks too little or too many? Four of them are in a wee palette though so I am not sure if they should be counted or not.

To get an idea of what colours I go for, check out the swatches after the jump:

For the love of a Boy ~

It comes as no secret that Chanel's Rouge Coco Shine in Boy was named after Capt Arthur Edward "Boy" Capel, the great love of Coco Chanel.

And I had certainly had my eyes on the lipstick for months now. When the Rouge Coco Shines were finally launched in Malaysia this month, one Boy was mine for sure.