New Polishes of Jan 2013/ NOTM

Hey everyone! Hope that the first month of 2013 has been treating you well!

Now on to the fun stuff :) Here are my recent nail polish purchases!! 

I recently got this Nicole by OPI polish from Watsons called A Gold Winter's Night. It's kinda like a clear base with tiny lilac coloured glitter, and gold, lilac, blue and green long glitters suspended. Super pretty and a lot cheaper than normal OPI polishes at $12.90!

The next polish you see here is Butler Please by Essie. It is from their Winter 2012 collection. It is such a pretty periwinkle electric blue, if I described it correctly. The pictures I took with my camera here completely does not do the colour justice AT ALL. But anyway, here's a pic with flash: 

And one without flash, under indoor lighting.

And here's how the blue is supposed to look like (3rd from the left) :

And here's me wearing it (with flash):

This next one is China Glaze's Dynasty. I got it at a bazaar in school for only $5 :D It's a sheer pinkish-red base with silver glitters in it. Suuuper pretty. It totally caught my eye in the sunlight. haha

I ordered 2 polishes from Smoochiezz from OPI, and they are from the OPI X Mariah Carey Collection. Photo here:

They actually came out with 8 colours in total, with 4 of them with a new "liquid sand" formula. The 2 colours I ordered are both liquid sand. This one is in Can't Let Go:

This one is in Stay The Night:

I've tried swatching these yesterday, and they dry matte, and really feels like sand on your nails!!! So cool!! I will post a NOTM once I've used it.

And here are the last 5 of my polishes. These are from Julep's Winter 2012 Collection. I saw good reviews of Julep online and so went ahead and ordered them. 

I will try to post NOTMs when I've used these. 

Have a happy Febuary and CNY for those who celebrate! Thanks for reading!

Rui Ting XOXO

Real Techniques brushes in SG!!

Hi everyone! Don't know if you have heard of the Real Techniques by Samantha Chapman brushes, they have launched an online shopping site for Singapore! ( Link to the online store here )I've heard really good things about their brushes, especially from the creator herself. ( http://www.pixiwoo.com/ ) They have free delivery islandwide too! Prices are quite reasonable, so go check it out! I have yet to purchase any brushes, but I hope I get to!

Happy midweek!

XOXO Rui Ting

My New Year Resolutions: 2013

Hi everyone!

Happy last day of 2013! In the past few days, I've done some reflection on the whole year, and here's what I want to achieve in the next year:

1) Be a more assertive/open person

I'm not very good at asserting my own opinions and/or views. And my mum is totally not like that all. At times, I felt like it was ok to just be the quiet one, as long as it didn't invovlve any extra efforts. And I'm also a born-shy and always-in-the-shadows type of person. But since my mum is a really big part of my life, I look up to her in 1 way or another. Also, being more assertive can also help in my studies a lot in terms of not being afraid to ask questions, which also brings me to the next point:

2) Being A LOT MORE hardworking and be LESS LAZY

I need to totally BUCK UP and STUDY A LOT MORE and not just DURING FINAL WEEK. Lol. I think that's a lot of students' problem too.
3) More exercise and/or dance

I really need to exercise more for health's sake and I really reall REALLY love dancing. I danced ballet since I was 7, and recently stopped for 1.5 years and counting. I really really miss dancing, especially on stage. I love the feeling when you finish dancing and everybody applauses so loudly. It just feels so good and I really miss that feeling.

The last but certainly not the least,

4) Make many many MANY more new friends, especially in school

Happy new year everyone!

XOXO Rui Ting

Doll to Doll Cosmetics 1 Month Anniversary Giveaway

Hi everyone!! I'm blogging to get extra entries for Doll to Doll Cosmetics 1 month anniversary giveaway!

Here's the link to the giveaway: http://www.dolltodollcosmetics.com/doll-to-dolls-first-month-anniversary-giveaway/

Happy Holidays everyone!

Nails of the Moment: Christmas Eve 2012

Hi everyone! I'm back with a new post; my current nails. I will call this series of posts " Nails of the Moment "

I painted my nails a nude colour with a really pretty shimmery top coat.

Can you see the pretty shimmers? It's really subtle but really pretty!

I used the Original Nail Envy from O.P.I as my base coat.

For the main colour, I used my mum's polish from Cosme, the colour is BA 842

Isn't the details on the cap sooo pretty? I love the intricate carvings!

The shimmery top coat I used is O.P.I's I Juggle.. Men. It's a really pretty topcoat that has really tiny micro shimmers reflecting blue and pink, suspended in a whitish-clear base. It's really pretty! I love it! It's a much cheaper alternative to YSL's La Laque Couture Premiere Neige Top Coat, as reviewed by Makeup Blogette, Sophia. (http://retailtherapy.onsugar.com/Yves-Saint-Laurent-La-Laque-Couture-Premiere-Neige-Top-Coat-26372269 ) 

To add some shine to my mani, I topped it off with my fav top coat: Seche Vite. It adds a wonderful shine and makes my nails dry in record time!

Thanks for reading! Merry Christmas everyone!!!

Rui Ting XOXO

Christmas/ Birthday Wishlist 2012

Hey everyone!! I haven't blogged in forever!!! I've been busy... haha

Here's my birthday/ Christmas wishlist!

1) Jeffrey Campbell Skulltini loafers
http://www.solestruck.com/jeffrey-campbell-skulltini-red-gold/index.html

2) Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX80 in White
http://www.panasonic.com.sg/wps/portal/home/products/digitalav/digitalstillcamera/advancedstylish/LUMIXDMCFX80

3) Urban Decay

- Naked Skin Foundation
http://www.sephora.com/naked-weightless-ultra-definition-liquid-makeup-P374830

- Naked 1 & 2 Palette
http://www.urbandecay.com/naked-palette-eyeshadow-by-urban-decay/245,default,pd.html
http://www.urbandecay.com/Naked-2-Palette-by-Urban-Decay/282,default,pd.html

4) A set of makeup brushes from Sigma
http://www.sigmabeauty.com/

5) Le Teint Touche Eclat
http://www.sephora.com/le-teint-touche-eclat-illuminating-foundation-spf-19-P375365

6) Red by Taylor Swift (Target Exclusive)
http://www.target.com/p/taylor-swift-red-deluxe-with-6-bonus-tracks-only-at-target/-/A-14237117#?lnk=sc_qi_detaillink

Thank you for reading and merry christmas!!! (If we survive 21/12/2012 :D)

Rui Ting XOXO


All picturs taken from links provided by Google or from the links provided

A weekend without my mum; I lost my mummy!

Hey readers! I needed somewhere to rant, so here goes!

 

My mum is off to Hong Kong for work for almost a week, up until Friday. Coincidentally, I have my marketing assignment due this Friday too. I told my mum before she left that I would need her help with my work. She gladly agreed but I totally forgot that she's gonna be away this whole week!!! I'm gonna need to burn the midnight oil for 2 whole nights straight again =( I normally stay up really late, but just cause I do not wanna sleep. But when I do stay up late because of my work, I get really tired and sleepy the next day. And my back aches like mad the next whole day. I wish my mum was here to help me!!

 

Ok, onto some really fun things that happen to me. Last week or so, I saw that Maybelline needed some people to do phone surveys, and will be given a goodie upon completion. So I signed up! ( Duh, free stuff!) And they called me!! Woohoo... One free goodie bag coming soon!!! Also, sometime ago, I entered Elizabeauty's VanityTrove giveaway ( view here: Openbox: August VanityTrove + Giveaway ) And guess what? I'M THE WINNER!!! WOOHOO!!!! I have never really won anything in my whole life, except that one time during the lucky draw for prom. This is my first "grand prize" win!!! Oh yeah!!! :D Also, Makeup Blogette recently had a blogsale, and I manged to buy a palette for my bestie's birthday from her. I was told it was sent on the 2 of September, but I haven't even received it after 3 working days! So I emailed back to ask about the status of my delivery. She replied saying that it just got delivered yesterday :/ But guess what, she added in a free palette just because of late delivery! Although I do not know what is it yet, but still, score!!! =D Also, on Friday, I met my sister after school to go window shopping. It's kinda embarrassing but I forgot to use a belt when I went out of the house, so when I was walking around, I literally had to hold up my shorts the whole time I was walking around. So I dragged my sister to help me look for a belt. We searched F21, Cotton On, random clothing shops, nothing! Before we met my mum for dinner, we headed to New Look for 1 last look. And they were having their Buy 2 Get 1 Free for every single thing in the whole store!!! So we rushed in to look for a belt. And I found a really cute one, that's red leopard :) And of course I had to pick 2 more items to take advantage of the offer. I found some really cute ribbon hair pins but couldn't find a 3rd item. So my sister was like " Just pick something for our auntie since there are so many items that are her style!" So I bent down to search through the racks of funny looking headbands in hope of seeing a nicer one for my auntie, and there it was. A really long necklace with a skeleton hanging on it. I normally don't go for "morbid" looking things, but this one was different. The eye socket holes (or whatever you call it) were heart-shaped! And it had really cute nostrils!! Haha LoL. I was so happy!! I just grabbed it and headed straight to the cashier. Normally when I tell my mum about my purchases, especially with her $$$, she goes mad. But this time, she didn't even scold me! She was indifferent! ( Not about the skeleton though. She hated it lol) And that's good enough for me :D

 

What an eventful weekend for me! I wish the good luck had continued though :/ Oh well! Love it while you still have it! If you want me to haul my "lucky" weekend, please let me know! I'll be glad to!

Follow me on Twitter @RTlovesSelGomez for more daily ranting and on Instagram @tonycyndi29 for more photos!

 

Until next time! XOXO Rui Ting