Hey Everyone! Matching undertones, textures and complexions ought to be one of the most important things you need to know. If you want to match your skintone successfully or get the right shade of lipstick, you’ll have to be able to match your undertone, to avoid looking like a cakey…
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Powder, Liquid or Cream Foundation – What’s the Difference?
Hey Everyone! (image credits to Google Images) With so many varieties of foundation, it’s hard not to scratch your head at the shelves when you’re looking for one that’s suitable for your skin. So here’s a guide to the different types of foundation – their consistencies, the best way to…
Quick Tip: How to Remove Glitter Nail-Polish
Hey Everyone! We all know how hard it is to remove glitter nail polish. For some reason, we have to use probably double the cotton, and double the amount of nail polish remover to get it off. Yet there’s a trick to removing nail polish that works pretty much every…
Tangspiration: Why Exactly Makeup is NOT fake.
Hey Everyone, Today I thought I might write an opinion piece. I haven’t done one of these in a long time. Now, I’m going to warn you first that with opinion pieces, they’re unplanned and messy unlike most of my posts. There are no pictures, it’s just what I have…
Top 4 Must Know Online Make-Up Websites & Tools
Hey Everyone! Little do we know, there’s a bunch of awesome tools online that can help us explore more about make-up besides catching up on your favorite blogs and youtube channels. Here’s a list of my favorite make-up related websites that not only can show you what make-up works best…
Nails of the Moment: O.P.I La Paz-Itively Hot Pink Matte Nails
Hey Everyone, I think you can pretty much guess that hot pink and I go together like peanut butter and jelly. It’s my favorite color (no really?). It’s a color that’s so befitting of my personality – pretty loud, girly and strong. I love it. I’m always on the hunt for a…
Quick Tip: Where is the Lid line, Tight line & Water line?
Hey Everyone! I don’t know if you remember, but I did a quick tip ultimate guide to eye-shadow in February (I know) with a few sketches I did at the office. I did one for liner as well so if you are ever befuzzled with what the difference is when…
Quick Beauty Tip: Where do I put my eye-shadow?
Hey Everyone! I remember my first time applying eye-shadow. I had no idea what went where nor did I have any knowledge of what the difference was between the outer v and the crease. Heck, I didn’t even know what they were called. That night, I went to Prom looking…
What is the Difference between a BB Cream and a Foundation?
Hey Everyone, Here’s a question that I get often and something that I remember being confused with back when I first started getting into BB Creams and that is this: What is the Difference between a BB Cream and a Foundation? Simple. There are many differences. A BB cream can…
Ultimate Guide & Tips to Finding the Perfect Bra for You with XIXILI Intimates! & Giveaway!
Hey Everyone! I’ve always been a nervous wreck when it comes to buying a bra. I’m pretty shy so harboring enough courage to ask a sales assistant to come measure me is a challenge in itself. I mean lingerie and bras have always been a tricky issue, especially if you’ve…
Top 5 Weird Beauty Trends that Only Lady Gaga Might Love
Hey Everyone! The world of beauty can be a little crazy. Sometimes, it goes beyond crazy rainbow lashes from Shu Uemura or sci-fi theater effects into current trends like these which I found quite interesting to share. I don’t suggest you wear these out because you’ll probably gain more than a few…
Christmas Special: Top 5 Make-Up Tips to Looking Party Ready All Night Long!
Hey Everyone! Merry Christmas! While Santa is devising a way to stuff his way through your chimney tonight and scrummy christmas puddings and sugar plums are being made, I thought one way to add to the Christmas cheer would be to give you something you could do for an upcoming…
Beauty Blogging Tip – How to Take Great Pictures of Make-Up! by tea-noir.net
Hey Everyone! You’ve probably already noticed that I’m now open to guest posts by other bloggers and a lover of the photos on Ilyana’s blog, www.tea-noir.net, we decided to do a collaboration together! If you’re a beauty blogger, you would probably know that having great pictures on your blog is…
Top 5 Tips to Finding the Perfect Lipstick for You!
Hey Everyone, There are many times when I’m walking down the street and I notice a beautiful girl. Eye-make-up down wonderfully, blush applied perfectly, foundation is flawless until I see her lips and they are either basically erased or filled up with an unflattering color. I think lipsticks should only…
Top 5 Fall/Winter 2011 Make-Up Trends and Tips from the Runway!
Hey Everyone! When watching the latest fashions walk down the runway, we’re probably focusing on one thing – the clothes. Litte do we know that the models wearing these beautiful dresses are also sporting the season’s make-up trends. Here’s a little snapshot of five make-up trends for Fall/Winter 2011 including…
How To: My First Do-It-Yourself French Manicure – Be Nice!
Hey Everyone, The french manicure will always be a classic. It’s clean, sophisticated and matches pretty much every outfit but it can be pretty pricey at your local nail salon – they usually add ten to fifteen dollars extra on top of your classic manicure bill. So hey, why not…
Tangspiration: What is Inner Beauty? My Top 10 Characteristics of a Truly Beautiful Woman
Hey Everyone, Let’s be real. You could look like Miss Universe on the outside but if you’re like the wicked witch of the west on the inside, I don’t believe you can ever be truly beautiful. Whether it’s something simple like opening the door for the next person behind you…
Top 3 Drugstore Foundations and Tips for Clubbing and a Good Night Out!
Hey Everyone, I’m sure we all remember our first night out with the girls. You’re a little nervous because you don’t know what a club will be like, you’re not sure if your dress is a little too revealing but I think most of all, you’re worried about your make-up.…
5 Tips on How To Choose the Perfect Perfume For You!
Hey Everyone, Finding the perfect scent can be hard. You walk into a perfumery or your local Sephora and in front of you sits hundreds of different brands of perfume. I reckon your little nose gets tired of the scents after a while and for me at least, I walk…
How To Get Roseanne’s Flowin’ Hair. (finally, right?)
Hey Everyone, My hair has a life of its own. When I’m sad or feeling tired, my hair seems to flop down and appear flat but when I’m awake and energetic, it instantly volumizes itself. Weird. But the point of this post is here. I am much flattered to say…
Let’s Discuss: Drugstore Vs. Expensive Department Store Makeup – What’s the Deal?
Hey Everyone, Check out my Facebook Page here: http://www.facebook.com/roseannetangrs I have to admit that for the longest time, I’ve been skeptical of lower priced items. If you’ve been with me for a while, you would have noticed my constant coos of NARS, MAC and department store products that seemed to flood…
Top 5 Favourite Places to Shop for Makeup Online
Hey Everyone, I don’t know about you but I sure think that buying makeup at the counter can get pricey. Too pricey in fact. In Australia, my wallet can go on a lean and mean diet for dishing out 39 bucks for a revlon foundation at Priceline when I know…
5 Hilarious Beauty Products That are Sure to Make you Gawk!
Hey Everyone, Honestly, the time I spend on the net is probably more than a normal girl should ever spend on the internet but that makes me more prone to coming across cool and funny things, especially those related to beauty and makeup. In this post, I’ve sort of collected…
What are my Favourite Makeup Brands?
Hey Everyone! Today I thought I might blog about something quite special to my heart – my favourite makeup brands and why. Being a beauty blogger means trying out a myriad of products – bought and sponsored – but I have to say these brands that I’ll list out below…
The 5 Beauty Do’s and Don’ts That Everyone Should Know
Hey Everyone, There are just some rules and guidelines to makeup that everyone should know, so I decided to do an entry on what my top 5 beauty don’ts and do’s are. Do beware though, I might offend some people in this post, nothing personal, but please don’t spear me…
Top 5 Tips to Build Your Own Makeup Collection for Beginners
Hey Everyone! Like all of us, when I first started watching youtube videos, I was kind of lost in cyberworld. It was prom and my mom wasn’t going to dish out eighty bucks at Bobbi Brown so I could get my makeup done. So, I looked for a tutorial online…
Top 5 Best Drugstore Foundations for Beauties on a Budget
Hey Everyone! Blessed with less than flawless skin, I’ve always been a fan of foundations. Plus, with my wallet losing more weight than I can lose by only eating apples, I thought it would be awesome to list out my five favourite drugstore foundations to fuel your healthy or not…
5 Awesome Ways to Apply Your Foundation!
Hey Everyone! I have to say that I’m a foundation buff and just as there are so many varieties of foundation, there are just as many varieties of methods to apply them. Today in this post, I thought it would be handy to point out the five main methods of…
The Coolest Make-Up Advertisements, Ever.
Hey Everyone, We’ve all been swept away by the power of advertising – whether the world is trying to sell us pillows in place of mascaras. I’ve always been a fan of analysing, browsing and looking at print to tv ads and because I have a gigantic passion in make-up,…
Beauty Blogging Tip: Who needs Photoshop? How to Create Cool Graphics using Microsoft Office Powerpoint 2011!
Hey Everyone! Let’s face it. We weren’t all blessed with the inherent ability to Photoshop. I know I wasn’t. I’ve used it once or twice for class, was a bit familiar with the layers, but in totality and in all honestly, I’m Photoshop hopeless. There are just too many buttons…
5 Simple Tips to Getting Eye-Makeup Right for Pretty Asian Eyes
Hey Everyone! Let’s set the scene. You’ve only just started to explore the world of makeup, you have your eye-shadows infront of you, the same primer, the same brushes and you open up youtube, click on an eye-makeup tutorial ready to take on the world. As you apply the shadows…
5 Tips on How To Pick the Right Foundation Shade That’s Your Color at The Drugstore or Online
Hey Everyone, This is possibly one one of my most frequently asked makeup questions on the list. I receive emails and questions about helping people find their foundation shade because they can’t whip out the testers at the drugstore. Not to fret, superman might be late, but I am here…
10 Tips to Keep Make-up Fresh During the Summer in Hot & Humid Weather
Hey Everyone! I don’t know about you but I’ve been seeing my newsfeed and twitterfeed filled lately with updates regarding the hot, hot, hot Singapore weather. Although the weather would be quite welcoming here in Melbourne being about ten to fifteen degrees right now nearing winter, I thought it would…
Top Ten Tips to Becoming a Beauty Blogger
Hey Everyone! I’ve had a few personal messages of late from wonderful people just starting blogging. Just like many of you, they wonder what it’s like to be a beauty blogger and if I have any tips to start them off. So, I created this post to help everyone who…
Let’s Discuss: Are Beauty Bloggers Credible?
Hey Everyone, Let’s say you’re a newcomer to a beauty blog. You’re a little unsure who this person is, you don’t know if what they’re saying is true and perhaps you feel a little insecure that you’re trusting new media. What I want to argue for is why? In fact,…
All about Perfume: Perfume Collection and 5 Perfume Tips
Hey Everyone, I don’t know about you, but I have an absolute obsession with perfumes. If I walk into a department store, I’m instantly gravitated towards perfumes and out comes my sniffing nose to sniff pretty much all the perfumes the store has to offer. I also think smelling good…
Nude vs. BOLD Lips. M.A.C Dark Side and M.A.C Shy Girl Swatched!
Hey Everyone! If you take two lipsticks and two different people, you’ll have four different looks, not two. Why? Because makeup looks different on different people. Today, I’ve grabbed one of my best friends, Danielle, to show you what I mean. We decided well not really decided, it was sort…
Beauty News: Illamasqua in Myer – Melbourne, Australia! and Pricelist!
Hey Everyone! I just wanted to tell everyone that Illamasqua is now available in Melbourne, Australia! Illamasqua is known for their beautiful blushes, and pigmented shadows. The whole brand carries a dark, theatircal and mystical aura, even down to its slogan “Make-up for your alter ego”. From the website, Illamasqua…
Beauty News/Giveaway: What’s New and Cool at LUSH? —-GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED!—–
Hey Everyone, Whenever I swing by a LUSH store Australia, I always grab a copy of The Lush Times. This newspaper of smelly goodness is a directory of all the products that LUSH will offer for that season including new items and items that are very much loved by you…
Beauty Secrets: 10 Easy Ways to Get Pretty using Household Products
Hey everyone! It’s common to see our vanities stocked with products from the department or drugstores, but little do we know that your local grocery shop can carry a few beauty secrets too. Here are a few ways to put some household products to good use whether it be using a…
Beauty News: Spring 2011 Makeup Trends & Favourite Collections
Hey Everyone! So we all want to be updated and in the loop of what is hot this season. With Spring onboard, we’re looking into more color to tease the drab of winter away (especially this winter). Here are some Spring 2011 Makeup trends that you might want to try…
Product Fightoff: Maybelline Dream Matte Powder vs. MAC MSF Natural
Hey Everyone! I got a little request a while back by the lovely Jay, asking: Jay has been with me since the very beginning so of course anything she asks I do. Haha. Check her blog out here: http://feistyskies.onsugar.com! and this is a great question for all of you wondering…
Putting Make-Up On Someone Else! LOTD?
Hey Everyone, Thought I might do one of those blog blog..entries today that doesn’t concern a product. I’ve been doing people’s make-up lately for Meld Mag but I’m not sure I can post pictures on my blog because it is for the magazine, but I did my friends makeup for…
MAC Rodarte Collection – Why people are offended.
Hey Everyone, If you’re up with the times, you’re probably aware of the controversey surrounding the MAC Rodarte Collection and the people in Juarez. Because I took some time to understand the situation, thought you might like this informative post of why exactly this isn’t so cool. Thanks to theSPNation’s…
MUFE HD Foundation under Flash? Put to the Test.
I still spy a little white overcast, but without the flash it totally matches my skin. It probably is my horrible camera though (thanks for the heads up Sarah love!) Flawless though :) xx Roseanne
TOPSHOP MAKEUP & PRICES
Hey Everyone! I visited the Topshop makeup stand @ ION and I must say, it’s quite a selection of products – lip glosses, eyeshadow trios, tints, bronzers, blushes and lots of nail polishes. All of the blushes were sold out before I got there but I have to say the…
My Current Makeup Collection!
Hey Everyone, I thought I might blog about my current makeup collection through a series of photos. Watch the video for more in depth review! I don’t have as much makeup (i think) as some people may think I do simply because I often sell or if I can’t do…
Urban Decay’s Singapore Launch on Feb. 4 – A few prices & thoughts
Hey Everyone, Kiyoko and I infront of Taka’s store but I went to Ion for the below review.. For all of you too busy out there to catch a glimpse of the new set-up for Urban Decay’s Launch in Singapore, here I am to save the day. Well, not really.…
MAC Blot Powder VS MAC MSF Natural – What’s the Diff?
Hello Everyone! I was requested by the lovely Laura or Spinnelrain on Youtube who asked the following: Confronted with the same question when I first decided to purchase the MAC Mineralized Skinifinish Natural, of course I wanted to fufill this request. Right off the bat, in my opinion, you shouldn’t…
Great Website – sgdrugstore.com & NARS 22% discount/Too Faced 30% Discount
Hey Everyone, Disclaimer: this website did not tell me to post this up. Ever wanted to order from maccosmetics or from the sephora or nars website but couldn’t because you weren’t in the states? Well, I was browsing youtube and went on a channel who was the owner of www.sgDrugstore.com…