Life: Moncoeur

Today I went to a magical place called Moncoeur, right in time to see the Christmas decorations....Let's let the photos speak for themselves xxx

Life: Pumpkin House in Taichung

My dog and I went to the Pumpkin House restaurant next to Museum Art Parkway in Taichung.  We met a lot of people, had a lot of conversations, and took some photos.  I wore the dark brown colour from the YSL Saharienne couture palette and sprayed my Dolce perfume.  Imagine it and enjoy xx

Dolce Fragrance from Saks

Since my former boss asked me to bring her from the US a big bottle of Tom Ford's Black Orchid after smelling it on me, I was inspired to get a perfume myself.  I had the chance to smell Dolce and Gabbana's new scent, Dolce, a few months ago, and it was absolutely divine!  I decided to purchase the holiday set which includes a body lotion and shower gel.  I ordered from Saks in Boston and they are including a mystery makeup bag as well, so that'll be my 8th makeup bag!!

I'm also trying this out from Sephora:

Enjoy your shopping this month, ladies! xx

Sweater from Versace

I've been feeling quite overwhelmed with the legal case so I decided I needed an extra boost.  Such as this black wool sweater from the Versace Fall Winter 2014 collection.  I ordered it from the Versace boutique in Bal Harbour.  It would look great as part of an all black outfit with a pop of colour accessory-wise - perhaps a McQueen skull scarf or a colourful Hermes bracelet!

MORE YSL Couture Palettes + GWP from Saks

After buying 2 couture palettes from YSL, curiosity got the better of me and I checked out the others.  #5 Surrealiste has that colour like Mac Parfait Amour, only Parfait Amour's swatches look too bold and Surrealiste's swatches seem closer to what I really want.  #7 Parisienne has a colour similar to Mac's Star Violet, which was also on my list of eye shadows that I was interested in, and I believe the palette has an interesting pink, though different swatches vary.  I decided to jump on this while the Saks Beauty and Fragrance Week is still going on so that I could get another tote bag.  I ordered from the Saks in San Fran again :-)

YSL couture palettes + GWP from Saks

Saks Fifth Avenue is having its bi-annual beauty event and as usual, I was mystified by the beautiful tote bags.  I decided to purchase a few items.  I decided on the white tote bag after much indecision because the creamy off-white main colour looks very chic.  I ordered these from the Saks store in windy San Francisco!  They sent a YSL gift with purchase too, which is a makeup bag, and you know that I collect makeup bags!

YSL now has couture palettes for eye shadow and they look amazing.  I had been doing some research into eye shadows for my Mac palette, and I had been interested in Mac's Brun.  It's a hat's off to my uni/grad school days.  My mum had a gift with purchase from Estee Lauder which included 2 eye shadows and one was dark brown.  It was my go-to for clubbing, social events, you name it.  It's what I was hoping for when I bought Mac's Espresso (which turned out to be more of a chocolatey brown which isn't really dark), and now here we have it in #4 Sahariennes!

I had also had my eye on Mac's Idol Eyes because I wanted a true dramatic silver colour and it looks like my dreams are fulfilled with #8 Avant Garde! I'm not into having more eye shadow palettes just for the sake of collecting, so I definitely do my research beforehand.

 

T-shirt from Versace

Feast your eyes on this t-shirt with the beloved Medusa head from the Versace Fall Winter collection.  It looks sophisticated because of the black and white and also very modern, I feel.  Immediately I knew that it would be perfect with my white True Religion boot cut jeans and nail polish like in the picture below!  You could wear it to a dinner with friends or on a day of sightseeing around museums or on a walk near the waterfront!  I ordered it from the Versace boutique in Soho :-)