MAKEUP HAUL & DAY IN THE LIFE HONG KONG v2

The PIMPED OUT interior of the 1010 phone shop in Hong Kong.

All of them are done up like this:

wooden and marble flooring,

black leather seats,

vintage mirrored trunks as tables,

every new gadget on the market on display,

expensive air fresheners,

iPads for every shop assistant to use with customers,

stylish shelf decor, e.g. fashion & architecture coffee table books,

AND

a guy who stands at the door to ask you what service you need before discreetly broadcasting it to his colleagues so that by the time you get up the stairs, you can be served correctly and immediately.

To put this into perspective, this is an equivalent to the Vodafone or 02 stores in the UK, or the AT&T or T-Mobile stores in the States - you go in to pay bills, get help with your account, start up new phone contracts, etc.

Things are a little glitzier over here, huh?

Some recent purchases:

L'Oreal Superliner in Black

L'Oreal OpenEyesPro in 08 Smoky Brown

Chanel Vitalumiere in Clair 20

Sunglasses from Cotton On

Bobbi Brown Facial Oil samples

Can I skip the yadda yadda and just say that everything pictured = favourite. Cheapo sunglasses that I won't cry over if I sit on them (regular occurence) and my new favourite foundation/eye palette/waterproof gel liner/facial oil for winter.

Hong Kong is full of very blingin' Christmas lights.

What makeup have you been loving for Winter?

DO YOU WAGYU?

Wagyu beef pizza & spicy Wagyu salad at one of my favourite Sunday brunch joints on Wyndham Street in Central. When I used to walk around this area as a child, it was rather dodgy and you would not have predicted that 15 years later, a melange of sleek clubs and bars, amazing restaurants and laid back cafes would be lining its streets.

Have you tried Wagyu beef? Isn't it the bomb dot com?

"Foie Gras of the Sea" - Luxirare™

(Scarf & dress from Hong Kong, boots from Easyspirit/Nine West, jacket from Topshop, bag from Coccinelle)

Just a quick post to show an outfit of the day that I wore to grab some MORE sushi. Sorry about the humidity fogging up the camera! I titled the post because the lovely Luxirare described Uni (raw sea urchin) as the foie gras of the sea and I thought it was a cute description. Definitely a love-it-or-hate-it dish, the texture of the Uni is soft and smooth with an oceanic scent and the taste is a rich, buttery fish flavour.

Do you enjoy Uni? Have you tasted it before?

REVIEW: Bobbi Brown Pot Rouge (Cabo Coral)

I couldn't resist picking this up as I walked past the Bobbi Brown counter in Harvey Nichols in the Landmark mall, which now has a twinkling Christmas tree in the lobby.



I know that it's winter and TECHNICALLY I should be wearing a rosy mulled wine stain on my cheeks but I was getting bored of my sensible "winter" powder blushes and decided to embrace the warm weather in Hong Kong (it was 25 celsius when I arrived) with a new coral cream blush.

Also, I love coral blushes :) MAC Peaches is my current favourite powder blush.

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Bobbi Brown Pot Rouge for Lips and Cheeks in Cabo Coral

PRODUCT

This is a hardened cream product that softens up with a quick swirl of a fingertip. In terms of texture, it is less sticky and gooey than the Stila Convertible Colors (love these though), more creamy than the Topshop Cream Blushes and gives a more dewy finish than the MAC Cremeblend Blushes.

Cabo Coral is a very peachy coral with much less pink in it than its sister Pot Rouge, Calypso Coral. I would go as far to say that this looks and applies like a sheer pastel orange, whereas Calypso Coral is a peachy pink which leans towards the pink spectrum.

As the name suggests, it is designed for use on both cheeks and lips for anything from subtle stain to a full-on flush. You get 11ml of product which I think is fairly generous as you need the smallest amount for great colour payoff - I don't think I'll be needing to repurchase this for years!

I paid HK$210 for this product.

APPLICATION

(a) CHEEKS

The lip balm style pot begs for a fingertip application but I have found that this applies best on CHEEKS with a regular foundation brush (i.e. the MAC 190 shape). I gently stroke the product with the brush and apply it to the whole cheek for a brightening kiss of coral on my cheeks. It is comparable to NARS Turks & Caicos Multiple Tint, but is less of a orange jelly tint and more of a sheer peach yoghurt flush.

Mmm peach yoghurt.

(b) LIPS

Contrary to my cheek method, I use my fingertips to apply this to the lips. Instead of swiping it on, I find that applying a bit of lip balm before pressing the colour onto my lips with the pad of my finger works best, otherwise it can be quite drying.

The colour on my lips is similar to MAC's Ravishing lipstick but is more of a pastel peachy orange. It is also similar to MAC's Freckletone lipstick but again is a bit more pastel and peachy.

Worn on both cheeks and lips:

VERDICT

This is a lovely cream blush in a sleek container that contains a generous amount of product. It definitely satisfied my craving for a true peachy-orange blush as there are hardly any pink, brown or rose tones in this!

Although this could be built up into a truly tropical colour, I enjoy wearing it as a sheer flush of product across my whole cheek. It is a bit drying on the lips but is a cheerful pastel peach colour which works great with a bit of lipbalm.

Staying power on my cheeks is excellent - I had class from 9am-5pm today and the colour was still there when I got home and I still looked healthy and glowing. I think this would look GORGEOUS on tanned skin but I like how it looks on my NC20-25 skin too.

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If you have any questions then please feel free to leave me a message in the comments :)

Do you have a favourite cream blush?

HONG KONG - A day in the life

The Landmark mall in Central

A kitschy-cool musical note dress (Dolce & Gabanna)

A beautiful friend from high school starring in the latest Tod's campaign...

She's the one on the right :)

PRE-SUSHI: HUNGRY

POST-SUSHI: HAPPY

sorry for blurry sushi photos, i was too hungry to use any photography skillz. outfit is topshop hat & jeans, shoes & top from hong kong, bag from coccinelle, watch from storm watches.