Long overdue: Secret Santa Gift Swap!

Posted by ilyana | Filed under Make-Up & Beauty

I meant to write this post earlier but due unforeseen circumstances i.e my amazing family surprising me with a farewell party/bbq over the weekend, I probably won’t have been lucid enough to write a few sentences, let alone a full length blog post lol; we were unanimously high on an extremely potent mix of charred chicken wings, spicy marinated calamari and bottled milk tea. All of us slept at 4am that night/morning (!!) so I was really in no shape to blog.

Last Christmas I took part in a Secret Santa gift exchange organized by the sexy Pam! Mel and I were partnered up (in secret of course) so we had no idea we were each other’s Secret Santa! We only had a few days to shop for each other before mailing it to ensure the package arrived before Christmas! Mel didn’t have enough time to shop for me so she sent me another package after Christmas and I just received it this week so that explains why this entry has been waaay overdue lol!

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Here’s what she sent me in the first package: masks from The Face Shop, something hot from MAC, samples from Laura Mercier etc, NYX Lipstick in B52 and Hello Kitty pocky & candy!!

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She got me the MAC Prep and Prime Face Protect SPF 50!! This primer allows a smoother application of make-up by filling in your pores, fine lines and has spf in it too which is brilliant! I’ll do a review once I start using this baby.

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I was SO excited to see the Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Lip Tars in the second package she sent! I have heard about how great and how pigmented they are but never got the chance to try them until now. Mel sent me three lip tars in all the colors I wanted omg, thank you so much! The color you see here is the lip tar in Grandma. HAHAHA it looks and sounds like a really safe, foolproof shade but just a dot on your lips is enough for a full blown coral lip k, don’t underestimate your dear old gramps!

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Pageant is an almost porn star pink, it’s actually very similar to my YSL Pink Fetish lipstick but with a touch more fuschia in it.

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And the shade I’m really really excited about: Indashio. This is not your momma’s lipstick…unless she has a thing for fierce poppin’ coral-reds. I can’t wait to try this one out! It’s time to stop doing the sickly pale lip and bust out that red lipstick!

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Mel sent me two other NYX lipsticks: Aphrodite (a frosty lilac shade) and Perfect (a brownish-nude). I am happy to announce that I have enough lipsticks at my disposal to run my own dysfunctional bridal make-up company, can’t say I’m complaining ;D

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SWATCHESSSSS YESSSS REJOICE FOR I BRING U MIGHTY SWATCHES. Left to Right: OCC Lip Tar in Indashio (look at how it gleams in the light omg), NYX lipstick in Aphrodite, NYX lipstick in Perfect.

I stupidly forgot to swatch the first NYX lipstick in B52 Mel sent me so that will go in another post I guess :/ I didn’t swatch the rest of the OCC lip tars because my hands got really sticky trying to swatch Indashio because I, too, forgot the universal rule of “Less is More.” Anyway, unlike Indashio, the swatches of the Pageant and Grandma are widely available on the internetz, like on Temptalia for instance!

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MORE KRYOLAN STUFF! I’m so lucky omg. Kryolan Aqua Pearlshades in Anthracite and Gold. They’re cream color eyeshadows and they are made of awesome.

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Top: Anthracite, Bottom: Gold. I think Anthracite is nothing short of spectacular *_* I have searched far and beyond the realm of the living for a nice smokey foolproof gray and have found nothing I was willing spend my money on but all is good now since I’ve got Anthracite yay! I can forsee Gold being used often as a highlight in the inner corner of my eyes whoo hoo!

Thank you so much Mel! I hope you’re loving the package I sent you as much as I’m loving yours <333

Sorry about my brief absence everyone! This is my last week at work so everything’s just been extremely hectic for me which is why I am WAY behind on everyone’s entries but I do promise I’ll try to do all my commenting by tomorrow. It sucks having full internet access at work but no time to do anything else except work -_- It’s just frustrating! It’s going to end soon anyway and then I can focus on blogging full-time woot!

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16 Responses to “Long overdue: Secret Santa Gift Swap!”

  1. Melanie Says:
    January 26th, 2010 at 11:51 pm

    hehe.. yay! glad you liked them.. =)

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  2. Blair Says:
    January 27th, 2010 at 12:06 am

    I love your pics!!! You take such amazing pretty ones!!!!

    What’s the price range like over in SG? Only the falsies are OOS over here, the liners are still available but that was because Sasa just received a shipment.

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  3. miss wiggle Says:
    January 27th, 2010 at 1:59 am

    OOOh Kryolan! I’ve heard raves about their pigmentation and lasting power on Youtube! Do let us know how you like them. :)

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  4. amynaree Says:
    January 27th, 2010 at 4:35 am

    great secret santa package!! Arent’ secret santa’s fun? Why can’t we have one for every month? haha i have always been curious about OCC lip tars but have yet to get my hands on them :)

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  5. Sue Says:
    January 27th, 2010 at 8:29 am

    so many pretty things! OCC & Kyrolan! OMG! please do a review soon! :D

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  6. AtelierGal Says:
    January 27th, 2010 at 8:49 am

    I love NXY in Indian Pink, try it if you’ve got the chance :)

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  7. Catherine Says:
    January 27th, 2010 at 9:39 am

    What an awesome package!! Glad you found a bit of time to blog last night. =)

    Duuuuuuuuude, so I know you’re uber busy and your last week is going to be really stressful from work + finishing up plans for moving… but I really wanna see a FOTD with Indashio!! LOL. It looks freaking amazing!

    Hope you’re doing well!! Also, re: Chanel Couture, LMAO!! WTH were they thinking? Especially that … foofy green … thing. o_____O;

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  8. ilyana Says:
    January 27th, 2010 at 9:55 am

    @ Mel
    You are amazing! Thank you so much for the packages <3

    @ Blair
    As far as I know the lashes are like $30 I think? I’m a bit ehhh at the price but everyone seems to be going nuts over them lol so I think I might consider getting a pair if and when they restock.

    @ miss wiggle
    I’ve talked about the kryolan aqua color face/body paint in one of my previous entries and they are great!

    @ amynaree
    They absolutely are! Lol if we had them every month I think we would all grow broke ;P The OCC lip tars have really really good pigmentation, you only need a dot literally to cover your lips.

    @ Sue
    Hey sue! Thanks for dropping by, I’ll def. do a review soon!

    @ AtelierGal
    I have Indian Pink actually! I love it as much as you do ;D Anything with pink and gold is divine!

    @ Catherine
    I was dying while writing this entry lol urghhh I was so tired!

    I WILL TRY. I cannot promise but I will try lol! Indashio is fricking fierce! It’s so bright and fiery, I love it.

    OMG LOL you saw my tweet regarding Chanel couture! Urgh I was so disappointed, who the heck would pay thousands of dollars for a piece of that?? Everything looks so frumpy.

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  9. nlngstar Says:
    January 27th, 2010 at 1:28 pm

    Kryolan Aqua Pearlshades in Anthracite is gorgeous! aww… I spotted the green tea, haha, is it nice? Mel is so sweet!

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  10. makeup morsels Says:
    January 27th, 2010 at 1:44 pm

    Indashio is freaking gorgeous! and the kryolan pigments are off the wall intense. Are those only available online? man they’re really pretty *caving* The bottled milk tea sounds heavenly haha no wonder you were tired though. Enjoy your last week of work :D

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  11. kristie Says:
    January 28th, 2010 at 1:25 pm

    wow what an awesome secret santa you had! i have the mac prep+prime and i use it every single day~ total love. and i’ve also heard how amazing the lip tars are. for some reason i’m not very bold with lip colors though ;p. and i loveee how awesome the aqua pearlshades look~

    have a good last week at work! :)

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  12. ilyana Says:
    January 28th, 2010 at 10:06 pm

    @ nlngstar
    The green tea is yummeh! It’s powdered green tea so it was really convenient to make ;D

    @ makeup morsels
    I’m not entirely sure about them being available exclusively online, is there a Kryolan cosmetics store near you? If there is, you should check them out! Milk tea is awesome and thank youuu I’m having such a tough time at work this week ;_;

    @ kristie
    Mel is sooo generous, I love her! Ooh I can’t wait to try out prep+prime then! I think you’d look really good in bold colors though! The pearlshades are pretty!

    Thanks hun <3

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  13. yumeko Says:
    January 28th, 2010 at 10:29 pm

    wow everything is gorgeous
    and kryolan! i havent tried anything from threm except for their concealers! hope to hear more of what u think

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  14. evie Says:
    January 29th, 2010 at 11:22 pm

    NICCEEEEE swap! haha…
    ooh i’m not good with bold colours hehe always going off about in less striking colours just not sure if i can pull it off….

    and the primer looks gooddd!!

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