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I've got some more Illamasqua blush swatches for you. The boxed items below are from a spree organized by Jo and Hyd (click here to request for sprees and join the mailing list). The rest were bought from Farah's blogsale a while back. <3

L-R clockwise: Matt Primer, blush in Chased, Excite, Create, Tremble

Chased - Bright Rose Pink

Excite - Vivid Apricot

Tremble - Soft Lilac Pink

Create - Warm Peach Honey

Swatches on my inner arm:

Matte Primer. Milky consistency, spreads easily, smells sweet. Kept the oilies at bay for a few hours before I had to blot.

My first intense lipglosses! Bright, bold and glossy! Comes in a squeezy plastic tube. I find it a bit hard to apply. What's the best way? Straight from the tube or with a brush or with my finger?

About 2 weeks ago (19 Feb), a few of us onsugarettes met up for a very important mission: to raid the MUFE store at Tras Street. It was Sarah's (FacesBySarah) birthday and there was a special 30% off storewide sale going on for this occasion. Such good deals cannot be missed!

I came out of the store with the following:

• All Mat Face Matifying Primer
• Mat Velvet+ Matifying Foundation in #30
• Super Matte Loose Powder in #20

And just last week, there was a 20% storewide sale at Metro and guess what? I went ahead and bought another foundation, like as if I needed one!. Oh well! I've been dying to try this one out too, and would have gotten it sooner or later anyway.

And because of that, ahem...

There were two sales going on last week, Shiseido and Dior. Nope, I didn't make it to either cos I was stuck in the office, but I still landed myself some goodies via onsugarettes who are ever so helpful! I collected this loot from Kim (ladeekim) when I met up with her at the gym.

Dior palettes CP-ed by Fatin (SGD35 each). These were what were left on the second day of the sale, so I just grabbed both. Never really had a look at Dior before, but I couldn't pass up the chance of owning one at a much cheaper price.

Maquillage singles from Kim, MM palette from MissJo who had an extra (SGD8 each). I didn't really know the retail price of the MM palette until I dropped by Watsons one evening and saw it selling for SGD25+. LIKE SERIOUSLY?? And the Maquillage singles also retail at SGD20+ each from what Kim told me. So yeah, I guess I got a good deal.

And a backup tube of Boots No7 Mattifying make-up base from Kim from when she holidayed in Chiangmai in September!

Hurray for Onsugarettes! Special thanks to Fatin, Jo and Kim for all the trouble! <3