Estee Lauder Palette & My Beauty Diary Masks

Good day all! Today's post is catered to my more feminine audience. In my bid to be more effeminate, I'm on a journey to expand my repertoire of skills... to prettify myself.

Yes, I know some of you may be thinking right now, "Cheh-wah, using such flowery words to make her sentences pretty, just say lar she wants to learn to use makeup!". But see! Makeup can not only be used on faces, but can be applied editorially as well! Editorial makeup that is~

But before you put makeup, you need to make sure your face is dewy and healthy so that it minimises the actual need for makeup. After all, natural beauty trumps cosmetic beauty! Which brings me to my first purchase - a COLLECTION of face masks from My Beauty Diary!

Some of you may know the infamous Taiwanese brand of face masks from using it yourselves and by the expensive price. I however, bought it at a discounted price because of the bulk number. Ta-dah!! My entire collection of face masks! I even have this yummiliciously named one called 'White Chocolate Truffle', omigawd!

I really have to thank Lee Kuan for introducing me to this mask though. She was so sweet and bought a couple of boxes back from her Taiwan trip for me. After using the first mask, I was hooked!

Unlike some other brands that leaves my face sticky and indecent for public exposure (at least until I wash it off the next morning), this mask produces immediate effects! I have tried the Red Wine and the Lavender masks, and my latest haul includes: Yoghurt, Sake, Apple, Black Pearl and Bulgarian White Rose.

I love the scent that the masks have as well. Unlike some that have an overpowering chemical-y smell to it, this one is subtle and leaves a gentle lingering scent, even after toning! I get a headache when I use things that have a strong scent, especially if it's a scent I don't fancy, so this factor is quite important to me. No more Skin Food/Face Shop masks for me now!

After using your face masks, your face is smooth and supple. Now you're ready for makeup magic!

My other haul is an Estee Lauder pallete - the 'Professional Makeup Traveler' set for a steal! With 3 shades of lipstick and 2 shades of blushes included, that makes the most number of blushes and lipsticks I have ever owned!

(I own 1 lipstick from Shu Uemura in the palest nude I could find, and 1 blush from Stila from a few years back)

The entire set consists of - A gold clutch travel purse (that I will now use for dinners, mwahaha!), a blush brush, eye shadow brush and lip brush, 6 wonderful shades of eye shadow (some have a little shimmer which is marvelous!), 2 shades of blushes and 3 shades of high gloss lipstick.

I have yet to test how well it perseveres throughout the day, but I have tested it on my eyes and face. The colours are rich and although I did not use the brushes included, the palette of colours blended very well and didn't leave a cakey feel.

I guess that's expected from Estee Lauder, but further updates soon on how well it can last without touching up from a night of clubbing or worse, a steamboat dinner!

On another note - Luke finds it utterly hilarious that I seem to be undergoing my 'makeup discovery' phase of my life now, when everyone else has gone through it in their adolescence. In fact, he finds it so funny that now I'm hilarious not only to him, but his family members too... (=_=). But hey! I guess it's better that I'm going through it now, rather than after all my eye bags and wrinkles start to appear.