Wish-List Wednesday - Nars and Smashbox Holiday Palettes!

I am so excited to share with you these "wish-list" products that I have been eyeing lately. The first product is the Smashbox "Click You're It" Eye Palette. It comes in a beautifully packaged, red box that includes 15 eyeshadows, 5 cream eye liners and a mini Photo Finish Lid Primer. It also comes with Smashbox's "Get The Look" cards that gives you some eye makeup look ideas for the upcoming holiday season. 

 

Smashbox is one of my favourite makeup brands! Although they are quite pricey compared to other beauty brands, their makeup is always of the highest quality. I'm not sure if they selling this in South Africa yet, but this retails for $49 so I'm guessing that they will probably sell it for between R550 - R650 in South Africa (that is if they stock it).

I really like the shadows on these palette. From the picture it appears that there are a good variety of colours that you can use. I like that the cream eye liners can be used as a base for eyeshadows or as a gel liner, which ever one you prefer and I think that its great that they included a mini version of their Photo Finish Lid Primer. I've used their Photo Finish Face Primer and I love it! So I am quite sure that the eye primer is going to be awesome as well.

I think that this eye palette is such a great Christmas gift for ladies that love their eyeshadows because of the variety of colours that you get in this set and the high quality of Smashbox's eyeshadows. The only critique I have on this holiday palette is the name. Click You're It? Mmmm...

The second "Wish-list" product I would like to share with you is the Nars Danmari "All About Cheeks" blush set! Look at this beauty! I've been dying to try out some of Nars makeup products, especially their blushes because I've heard so many people rave about them! This palette is perfect for blush lovers like myself since it includes 4 of Nars's most popular blushes, namely Orgasm (middle top), Desire (right top), Super Orgasm (middle bottom) and Sin (right bottom). It also includes a highlight colour, Hungry Heart (left top) and a bronzing powder, Casino (left bottom)! This retails for $65 which is quite pricey, but if you consider the fact that each Nars blush usually retails for $27, then getting 6 blushes for $65 is a steal. These blushes aren't as big as the single blushes, but they only slightly smaller, of the same quality and its all in one palette! Nars blushes are well known for its high pigmentation and silky texture so it's really worth the splurge in my opinion since a little goes a long, long way! I like that this palette comes in Nars signature, sleek, black palette that they normally use to package their blushes and eyeshadows, just in a much larger size.

I know that there is one Nars store in Hong Kong, so I'll be heading there to check out this palette since we don't have Nars in South Africa. Between the two holiday sets, I think that I would rather purchase the Nars holiday palette since I do have alot of eyeshadows and not much blushes in my makeup collection.

I'm interested to know which one between the two you prefer, or what you think of these holiday palettes if you own them already. Please let me know in the comments below :)

I'm in Hong Kong!

I know I am guilty of not writing my "Wish-List Wednesday" post last week, but I was frantically busy after my last exam on Monday, packing and seeing all my friends before I left for a month to visit Hong Kong. For those that don't know, I was born in Hong Kong and moved to South Africa when I was a few months old, so although technically I am a Hong Kong citizen, I am quite a tourist when I'm here. I can speak the language and all, but the locals can hear that my accent is slightly different, and from the way I dress and behave, they can clearly tell that I'm not a local. I haven't been back since Christmas of 2007, and I still have grandparents here so I wanted to visit Hong Kong before I start working next year.

I took a long flight from Johannesburg to Hong Kong on the Friday. It's a 12.5 hour flight (excluding my domestic flight from Cape Town to Johannesburg), so it was quite long and grueling. I personally enjoy the idea of flying more than the actual flying itself since I tend to get motion sickness quite easily (TMI?). Luckily I slept throughout the entire flight so I didn't experience any.... uh-hem... discomforts...  LOL!

I took a few pictures while on my flight (when the seat belt light was off of course!) that I wanted to share with you. My aunt made a comment that she wasn't interested in visiting the Cape Point any longer since you are never able to see the distinct line that separates the Indian and Pacific Ocean. Personally I have never seen it myself when I paid Cape Point a visit, but I was so freaking happy to see the distinct line while I was flying from Cape Town to Johannesburg. I swear it was the most beautiful sight ever! Thought I would post this for those that haven't seen the line either.

I thoroughly enjoyed the domestic flight because the views were so breathtaking!

So I was quite jet lagged, but I think that my body has finally adjusted to Hong Kong time. It's a 6 hour difference between Hong Kong and South Africa and the lifestyle is completely different here! It's really a place that you have to experience yourself. It's a super culture shock if you've grown up in South Africa or any other Western country may I add.  It is currently Autumn here (opposite to the season in South Africa) and it was so hot! It was more hot than Cape Town! No jokes! I was sweating buckets (or should I say perspiring since I'm a lady) because its hot AND humid. In Cape Town I have never worried that my makeup would melt off my face since it is a bit dry and makeup happens to cling very well to dry skin, but here I have to do every fool-proof trick I know to try keep my makeup looking decent all day! I will be sharing with you what I've been doing in further posts while I'm here :)

I thought that while I was here I would do a few posts that are related to Hong Kong for those who are interested in travelling here some time. It's a wonderful city to visit and it is true when they say it is shopping haven! I'll do posts on some goodies that I have bought here too. These will include accessories like bags and shoes (every girls favourite!) and beauty products as well!

So look out for future posts if you're interested in travelling to Asia any time soon, or you just want to find out how I'm doing :) I can't wait to visit the NARS counter! Whoop whoop!