And this is allllll in a day's work!!!
Helloooo!
So this entire week has been somewhat traumatic in terms of workload for me and I've been cooped up at home since Sunday (with the exception of going to school on Thurs). So this is a fitting reward? :P
So here are the new additions to the family:
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Not that you need to see MORE shots of URBAN DECAY NAKED ... :P
The violet-brown combi that immediately brings Cadbury Chocolates to mind
The amount of stalking and frenzy that went into securing this palette ... OMG. And I know I'm not soooo much of a neutral-eyeshadow person but since getting my SLEEK STORM palette and breaking out my UD ALICE IN WONDERLAND palette, I've been using a lot of the goldy-bronzey shades and am really comfortable with them. Also, since I never really ventured into any neutral or goldy-bronze shades at MAC except for MAC AMBERLIGHTS sometime back, I don't quite have any MAC permanent goldy-neutral eyeshadows. Perhaps only MAC BUCKWHEAT which is said to be similar to MAC MULCH, which in turn apparently bears some resemblance to UD HUSTLE in NAKED. So for me, this will be my go-to goldy-neutral palette.
See ... still I refuse to just say NEUTRAL ... must say goldy-neutral :P
Speaking of resemblances to MAC eyeshadows, I was blog surfing and came across a review of NAKED on TalkinMakeUp which lists the MAC eyeshadow shades which are similar to those in NAKED. I can't make any comparisons myself since I currently do not have ANY of the MAC eyeshadows listed (Amberlights is long finished and B2Med!) - but the MAC shades listed are rather popular MAC neutrals. You can check out the list at the URL below:
http://talkinmakeup.blogspot.com/2010/08/urban-decay-naked-palette.html
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And moving on to KATE, I picked up 2 GEL EYESHADOWS in BR2 and GD1, that will complement alll my new neutral shades. When KATE first launched in Watsons, Sophia and I checked these out and I was little tickled by how jelly/mousse-like the gel eyeshadows were. And after seeing them appear on so many blogs (ahem ... mostly I saw them on Chantana's blog so this is a little of a finger-pointing haul :P), I decided that I should try them too!
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And then while at Sephora picking up NAKED, I checked out the SOAP & GLORY counter and this came home with me - a very delicious-smelling body scrub, FLAKE AWAY
Practically everything about it appealed to me - Shea Butter, Sugar, Peach Seed Powder, Sea Salt ... and I tried the texture and I was glad to see it wasn't ooozing with oil (like some sugar scrubs are). I tried a little on my arms just now and it doesn't leave an oily icky residue - just very smooth and sufficiently moisturised :) And it smells similar to the GIRLIGO Body Mist that Iris gifted me sometime back; the scent also lingers on for a while. Another plus point? A very generous 300ml tub at SGD$16 :)
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And finally, MAC PRO LONGWEAR LIPCREME in PERPETUAL FLAME!!! I didn't quite intend to haul one of these but after spotting them and swatching a couple, I fell for the smooth, satiny finish and the vibrant shades.
PERPETUAL FLAME is a fuschia-raspberry shade that somehow also manages to lean a little corally-red. I find its a little bit of this and that and then some more - notice I somehow always end up with at least one thing that's either a little hard to describe or a little hard to photograph. When I saw it swatched, I thought it reminded me a lot of a lipstick I totally regret not picking up - MAC IMPASSIONED - that was launched in the COLOUR READY Collection. IMPASSIONED is not available in Singapore and I remember stalking Karla Sugar because I was hoping a chum visiting US might be able to help me get hold of it. And lo behold, while having coffee and discussing our haul, I checked out Temptalia's review and BAM! she mentioned that PERPETUAL FLAME is somewhat close (minus the fuschia iridescent sheen) to Impassioned! Yaaayyyyyyy!
However, the thing is this - I realised only at that point, that Temptalia's review of the Pro Longwear Lipcremes featured way more than 8 shades that were on sale in our MAC stores (we checked them out in both ION and Tangs). Maybe the others will come later? *shrugs* At any rate, there's another shade I'm interested in (as always) - UNLIMITED (a medium pink).
What I was fascinated with was that initially, the Lipcremes apply really creamy (some with a little slip even!) but as the minutes went by, they sort of "set" and took on a smooth, satiny finish. As to how these wear on the lips, I'll be only able to tell much later. Of course, I'm never without my lipbalm :)
You can check out Temptalia's detailed reviews of the PRO LONGWEAR LIPCREME Collection HERE (Part 1) and HERE (PART 2)
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So that's all for today - I'm totally exhausted but super-pleased with the haul and I hope to be trying these out soon :)
Did you get caught up in the frenzy that's URBAN DECAY NAKED? And what have you hauled (or will be hauling) this week?
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DISCLAIMER: All products featured were purchased with my own money.
try it with TFSI and paintpot as base 
Wow, the Pro Longwear! I can say that I've never been excited by any M.A.C. releases before this, but do you know if they've brought in the lip markers and base range from the line? Great (colourful) haul as usual.