Thanks to the invitation from Dior, I had the opportunity recently to get a little makeover from Galvin Lin, Dior Pro-Team Makeup Artist from Shanghai.

The makeover was at the Dior Addict pop-up booth in Paragon Atrium.

I can’t decide whether I am a matte or gloss girl – I am referring to the lips, by the way. And I can’t quite tell whether matte or glossy lips are in the vogue this Spring Summer.

Dior clearly thinks that the latter is the way to go, given that they had reformulated their iconic Dior Addict Gloss and launched 24 new colours all together!

(from left) 553 Princess, 216 Beige Songe, 433 Delice

I was going through my makeup collection, which has evidently ballooned over the last few years due to my alternative blogging “career”. I found possibly one of my oldest makeup items- a grand 8-year old – and I thought it would be fun to share little stories behind some of the cosmetics I own.

So, this post will be about my current blush collection. I believe I had more blush powders in my stash originally but I guess I had either finished a couple of the products and placed some of them in my office pouch or travel bag.

The temperature of the impending summer is bound to up by a few notches with the influx of shiny and glittery shades. Indeed, it seems that many designers have a little something to unleash the “AdR” in us with their introduction of the embellished sunglasses. For the uninitiated, Anna Dello Russo (AdR) launched an opulent accessories collection – including some bling bling shades with H&M last year.

As seen on the runway (clockwise from top right): DSquared2, Anna Sui, Dolce & Gabbana and Roberto Cavalli.

It seems that this year, there are more new BB Cream products available in the market. That is probably unsurprising, considering recent facts and figures  reveal that BB Creams constitute 26% of Asian makeup business.

Similar to the review I did last year, I have rounded up and tested 5 new products from Kiehl’s, Dior Snow, VMV Hypoallergenics, Philosophy and Lancôme.

(from left) Kiehl’s Actively Correcting & Beautifying BB Cream, Dior Snow UV Shield BB Creme SPF 50 PA +++, VMV Hypoallergenics Skintangible BBBB Cream, Philosophy Be Your Best Skin Perfecting BB Cream, Lancôme Renergie CC Multi-Lift Instant Illuminating Color Corrector Cream

So, 2012 had ended, it’s time to make resolutions again. I have taken the liberty to come up with 4 resolutions that we can try to keep, to stay chic and fabulous throughout the new year!

My obsession with purple continues from yesterday. It’s hard not to love this quirky collaboration from Printemps and Dior this Christmas.

Are your eyes glistening at the sight of this pair of purple pumps with a water brush painting of Paris?