Down with flu; Colourful Polka NOTD; Avon mousse eyeshadow

ARGH! My nose won't stop running and it annoys the *toot* outta me. I hate going to bed with my nose all stuffy and blocked! Hope everyone's feeling better.

A quickie update anyway. First up;

Ignore the bow

I need a haircut and fast! But first I re-coloured my hair. It's my usual Garnier Hibiscus coloured hair dye. It's really funny how JH has a tendency to point at any flower and call it a Hibiscus. XD

JH: Look, hibiscus! *points at roses*

Couldn't stand the faded copper colour. Was thinking that perhaps I should save some money by colouring my hair black again. I'm worried about it looking boring, aih decisions, indecisions.,,

Fresh Con's Perky Brown

Was initially a little doubtful on the colour. Before buying this, I saw some blog with a girl wearing this and it was so.. err.. noticeable? Wanted a natural looking brown and not something to make people shit their pants when they see me with my glow in the dark brown eyes. Luckily, it came out all right. Yay. I'm glad! Still loving the green better though. Heeee~

Avon mousse eyeshadow in Velvet Taupe

I saw my colleague's Avon catalogue and got all excited - for nothing. Sheesh, JH was sweet enough to drive me to town early in the morning, took a stroll around while waiting for the shop to open and finally when I did enter, there was almost no testers for anything. Not daring to buy any face powder without first testing it, I sat there staring at the sales girl wondering what to buy. I was too embarrassed to walk out without buying anything and I didn't wanted JH to feel as if we came for nothing so I picked something, anything. Was a little desperate and ended up with the mousse eye shadow in Velvet Taupe.

There was only 2 colours left in stock which was Silken Sand and Velvet Taupe. Silken Sand is golden brown-ish coloured and Velvet Taupe was gray-ish purple. I got mine for RM18 after discount (used my colleague's member card :D)

Went home to swatch it and ta-daaa... so sheer. Uh-oh. Used it on my eyelids. It's so smooth and glides like a dream. If this was a cake, it'll be all fluffy and buttery. Unfortunately, it took me 3 coats to even get the colour to show. Dream cake turning nightmare-ish. In a few hours time, it does the David Copperfield. It disappears.

I read online that some of the other colours shows up better while some are really sheer. Now I know why Avon was having a sale on this one and why there was stock left. For now, gonna try using it as a base and see how it goes. Wish me luck!

Colourful Polka NOTD

I personally don't like this NOTD all that much but strangely my colleagues and sister loves it. Odd. Maybe they were being polite but I highly doubt I'll re-attempt this.

Ps: I know the blog looks a little funny right now. bare with me. You wouldn't know how much hair I lost doing something as 'simple' as changing the damned background.

Avon Peach Mousse Blush

Our company had a booth at this year's University Science Malaysia for the Green Lung Carnival and I was stationed there today. I nearly pass out from the heat. Was feeling dizzy and nausea towards the end of the shift and I thank God I don't have to go tomorrow. This heat is driving me nuts.

Damn, the list of ingredients were really long :P, I missed out the first part

Nearby our local Uni there was a shoplot selling Avon cosmetic and being curious of their latest promotions, I dropped by with my colleague, Miss C. We browsed around and I saw the mousse blusher. Temptation. It was selling for RM20 and I secretly or not so secretly drooled. Since I never had a mousse blusher before and it's been a while since I last bought anything new, I decided to get it.

The blush in Peach mousse; swatch

The total price after discount was only RM15. Wheee! Since it was my first time using a mousse blusher, I found it a little hard to handle. Worst the bottle was pretty deep; girls with long nails are gonna find this annoying but it'll be okay if we use a brush I guess, I used my finger instead. Guess which :D The one with the shortest nail of course; the one that broke. Hmph, so it's finally good for something afterall.

I love how natural the colour is on me but I hate it for the fact that it makes my pimple scars seem to stand out and it's a little too matte for my liking. LOL! But bought is bought so I'll be making this work, a little of my TBS Shimmer Wave in Peach should be able to fix this along with some concealer.

Oh the background cloth used in the photos was a gift from Miss C. from Sarawak. Going to make it into a skirt :D

Avon Glazewear Lip Colour

Here I go again, after lunch today I decided that I wanted to go check out Avon, Elisa and Kern agreed and off we went. It's a little weird as to why, I've never bought any cosmetics from Avon before and I'm really not sure why I even wanted to go there. Perhaps the temptation of Avon Glazewear Lip Colour still lingers on my head even after so many months. I should never have bought the catalog home and put them in the toilet. I kept flipping through it whenever I'm in the toilet. That must be it!

My sinful indulgence
picture of toilet bowl from betterlifestylesinc

Inside the Avon store, surrounded by empty display cases and ugly deco, sat two ladies on the counter. I flipped through the catalog and found what I was so called searching for.

Full-color, high-shine gloss. Full coverage, lightweight feel. Moisturizing formula with vitamins A, C and E. Precision doe-foot applicator. .15 oz. net wt.

The Glazewear Lip Colour were selling for RM21.90 each! I gasp, I could have swore they were only RM18.90 each just a few months ago and they even had the buy 2 for only RM30 promotion. At a closer look, it was RM21.90 each but it was buy one FREE one. So it's actually just about RM 10.95 for one! Whee!

They were trying to clear stock I guess since the was only 4 colours left; Tickled Pink, Darling Pink, Honey and Peach Fizz.

With E's help, I chosed out Darling Pink (medium pink with gold) and Peach Fizz (Peachy Orange with Shimmer). It has a hint of Vanilla scent and the colours are actually pretty sheer. Both colours I got was pretty natural and I initially thought it didn't look glossy enough. But the staying power was pretty okay and it didn't flake off after a while so I was happy with that. I hate nothing more than lipglosses that 'balls' up and flakes off after a while and my itchy hands won't be able to stop rubbing them.

So far I have no complains, sure the packaging ain't all that pretty compared to Chanel or Dior's but it's really for a fraction of their price. The colours isn't all overly shimmery or glittery (at least not the ones I got) so I'll be able to use them during work without anyone staring non-stop at my lips. Not to mention, they are so bloody cheap.

In the end, the bill came out to RM19.70 for both. Imagine that, RM9.85 for one! I went out of the door grinning like an idiot.

Since it's my first time using these, I do hope to hear other reviews from others if you have bought this before.

Due to my wonderful laptop, I can not differentiate the colours between the 2 pictures, if it's peachy, it's probably Peach Fizz, if it's pinkish, it's Darling Pink. I'm so sorry!

EDIT: JeanJean asked how long they last and whether they dry out on your lips in a few hours. My answer is they last for as long as you don't lick them off. I need to consistently re-apply my lipgloss while in the office cause I like to eat so I have a tendency to wipe off my lipgloss before I eat or something so initially I wasn't able to tell how long they lasted for.

Came home and fell asleep on my bed the instant my head touched the pillow, full make up on. Ugh. When I woke up, my lipgloss was still on and it still felt moisturising and suprisingly has not dried up or flaked off. It did feel mildly sticky but apart from that, there wasn't any complains.

Ingredients:
POLYBUTENE DIISOPROPYL DIMER DILINOLEATE HYDROGENATED POLYISOBUTENE PETROLATUM LANOLIN MICROCRYSTALLINE WAX/CIRE MICROCRISTALLINE POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE CALCIUM SODIUM BOROSILICATE ACRYLATES COPOLYMER BIS-DIGLYCERYL POLYACYLADIPATE-2 BUTYLENE/ETHYLENE/STYRENE COPOLYMER ETHYLENE/PROPYLENE/STYRENE COPOLYMER BARIUM SULFATE SILICA CAPRYLYL GLYCOL OZOKERITE EUPHORBIA CERIFERA (CANDELILLA) WAX/CIRE DE CANDELILLA PARFUM/FRAGRANCE SACCHARIN MAY CONTAIN: MICA TITANIUM DIOXIDE IRON OXIDES RED 27 LAKE RED 7 LAKE YELLOW 5 LAKE RED 6 LAKE YELLOW 6 LAKE BLUE 1 LAKE CARMINE RED 33 LAKE RED 21 LAKE YELLOW 10 LAKE BISMUTH OXYCHLORIDE

@Padios
I hope you dad will get well soon! Do keep us updated about him :D

I now wonder if all your over-spending was because you were stressed out about your dad >.>;;