Bless'ed are the Meek top, ANNIEPOPSHOP brown/gold cuff

Is this the most serious you've ever seen me in blog photos or what? Haha

You know you've neglected your blog when you start receiving Formspring comments that say "gotta stop leaving for months at a time :(" and for this, I sincerely apologise :( it's nearly that time of the year again for the all important final exams and the two I have looming around the corner pretty much will determine whether or not I will graduate this year. Pretty nervewracking stuff! So before I leave for another month, I owe it to this formspringer to put up a lengthy and photoheavy post, something I surprisingly haven't done in a while (:

While I've been away I've spent it doing what I do best - shopping in vanilla scented stores adorned with fairylights and lots of pink. I can't remember the name of the store below but I found it walking through Chinatown with Jermz. It drew me right in with all the Glasshouse diffusers displayed near the doorstep. I squealed like a little girl when I stepped inside, as you do.

Unfortunately I didn't buy anything that day but it really did trigger my sweet tooth seeing all the cake and cookie shaped lipglosses. The next few weeks I found myself eating every macaroon you can think of (name a colour.. and I've eaten the macaroon equivalent..) I also had an incredible day on the park with my girlfriends, a bottle of wine and heaps of Adriano Zumbo sweets. What a perfect date!

And moving on to the cosmetics, its been a very long time since I've indulged in more lip products and nailpolishes - these are the two things that I have a ridiculous amount of but I really started to feel the withdrawal symptoms seeing wonderful and obscure shades of lipsticks popping up in Halloween makeup tutorials all over YouTube. This was when I realized, my addiction to the internet means that there really is no escape.

Bobbi Brown creamy concealer in beige, MAC's Prep + Prime base

MAC Film Noir lipstick, MAC Style Curve lipstick

MAC's Kissable Lipcolours in Vanity Fair, Strut Your Stuff and Love Peck.

L.A Girl Glitter Collection Nailpolishes - Inspire and Celebration

Almost every time I wear lipstick I become a victim of dry lips which leads to lipstick feathering but these so called "liquid lipsticks" from MAC have made a raving fan out of me! MAC's Kissable Lipcolours give the same coverage as a regular lipstick, stays creamy minus the stickiness and comes with an easy to use sponge applicator. It is the new answer to my prayers and the Bobbi Brown eye shader brush feels heavenly on my lids!

To see swatches of all the lip products, click here. To see swatches of nailpolishes, click here
Who is also ecstatic that Montana won AusNTM? I know I am!

DIY YSL

YSL Arty Ovale Ring in Turquoise

Unfortunately some time during my blog hiatus and the frenzy of my mid-semester exams I misplaced my Green YSL Arty Ovale ring. I admittedly did mope a little over the loss but with work piling up I had to carry on with the million and one things I had left to do.

And now in return of my hiatus, I have somehow stumbled across two new additions to the YSL family - the first is possibly the most affordable YSL ring, an easy DIY which I'm excited to share with my lovely blog readers! :)

All you need is:

1. One empty YSL lipstick and...

2. The mighty strength to pull it all apart (with the help of pliers if you have pansy arms like me)


and you've got yourself a new accessory!

This wonderful DIY was inspired by Madame Broschinka

As for its turquoise friend, a few weeks ago Jeremy went to Singapore and without even knowing that I had lost my ring, he came home and surprised me with a new Arty Ovale which I've been wearing to death. I'm also slightly obsessive over Ben & Jerry's ice cream and he bagged me a few delicious lip balms while he was there! Thank you for thinking of me, thank you so much for the gifts :)