Rock & Republic makeup haul + some other things...

mentioned a few weeks ago that I ordered Rock & Republic makeup from Hautelook. I had it shipped to my work address because I'm never home when packages get delivered to me. It's such a drag going to the post office to pick up the package especially since I usually come home so late. However, the one day that I worked from home (yesterday) the package came to my work! Ugh.

I know I could have waited until Monday to get my package, but I couldn't wait so I decided to pick it up today. I was already heading downtown to meet my sisters for a "sisters day out" so I thought, what the heck!

I wasn't impressed with the wrapping. It was sloppily packaged. However, I was more excited to see the makeup than how it was packaged.

Here are all the eyeshadow boxes. Sorry about the horrible lighting. My work had all the lights off except for the emergency lights so it was kind of scary to go in there.

Just to see the eyeshadow boxes in relation to my hands. It's huge!

The name of the colour of the eyeshadow was on the sticker that was holding the lid in place to the bottom half.

Here is the back side of the eyeshadow box.

I got one pressed powder. This box was even larger!

I got the colour Chiffon. I'm glad I did because it was a perfect match.

Here's the back side of the pressed powder box.

I decided to take these home to take better photos.

Here is everything that I ordered- 6 eyeshadows and 1 pressed powder.

For those of you in Canada I ordered these on January 26 and it arrived on February 11. So it took about 2 weeks.

When you open the box the eyeshadow is sitting in the middle. It totally reminds me of a jewelry box.

The box is printed with Rock and Republic logos and a diamond pattern.

Here is the single eyeshadow palette in relation to my hand.

This one is called Snakeskin. It's a yellow-y brown with gold shimmer.

This one is called Lawsuit. I think this is my favourite one out of the bunch. It's such a complex colour that I can't even describe it. It's a green-ish, brown-ish, purple-ish colour with shimmer. It changes colour in different angles and the colour changes depending on how much product you put on your skin. Wow is all I can say about this.

This one is called Jaded. This one is a shimmery yellow-green colour. It's the exact colour of jade. I tried purchasing colours that I didn't already have and I don't have anything like this colour in my collection. It's not an every-day colour, but this colour is gorgeous!

This one is called Twisted. I also tried to buy colours that would go well together. I think Twisted and Tempting (the next colour) will be a great colour combination. Same with Jaded and Lawsuit.

This one is called Tempting. It's a beautiful taupe-y purple that is very similar to the NARS duo eyeshadow that I bought recently in the palette Nouveau Monde. I still haven't returned that eyeshadow because I was thinking this colour would be the exact dupe for that, but the NARS one is a tad more cooler in tone. I was going to return the NARS duo for the NARS Front Row Set that Sephora is promoting right now. It has the Nouveau Monde duo with other NARS products for only $30 more.

The last one is called Caviar. I know it looks matte here, but it's a white with gold shimmer. It swatches a shimmery gold instead of white. This would be perfect for highlighting the inner corner of your eye.

From left to right (with no primer used and I just used one swipe): Snakeskin, Lawsuit, Jaded, Twisted, Tempting, and Carat.

On my fingers the colours are a lot more intense. From left to right: Snakeskin, Lawsuit, and Jaded.

From left to right: Carat, Tempting, and Twisted.

Now onto the pressed powder.

Here is the pressed powder compact in the palm of my hand.

I got the colour Chiffon. I think this is my winter colour. I may have to go to a darker shade in the summer, but I'll worry about that when the time comes.

Now I just want to mention my final thoughts on the Rock & Republic beauty products. I know lots of people have commented how AMAZING the packaging is on these R&R beauty products, but I find it to be a little garish. I only bought them because I heard the quality of the eyeshadows were amazing. And yes, the eyeshadow itself is amazing. It's so silky and so pigmented. Same with the pressed powder. I wish I was able to get the blushes too, but it was all sold out. The blushes are the most popular items in the Rock & Republic line. The package itself was not as heavy as I had expected it to be. It looked like it was made out of pure metal, but I don't think it is. I think it's plastic that is coated? I can't be sure... The black part behind the R&R logo is a sticker that is stuck on there. I think with time, scratch marks will show up on that. Another negative is that it has a magnetic closure. There's nothing with magnetic closures (see my Burberry eyeshadow below), but it's not the best quality. I'm afraid the magnet is not strong enough to keep it closed in my bag. Some of the eyeshadows had weaker magnetic closures for some reason. Plus, the hinges on some of them were looser than others. It didn't snap shut in the same way as the others... What a shame. The pressed powder was different, though. The magnetic closure was definitely stronger. But again, not as strong as my Burberry eyeshadow...

I just wanted to show you guys my Burberry eyeshadow. It comes in this luxurious velvet pouch. The shot doesn't show you the pattern, but it has the signature Burberry tartan pattern.

The Burberry logo is printed on the side.

Here is the single eyeshadow. The magnetic closure on this eyeshadow beats the R&R out of the park. I know for sure that it won't open in my purse. It also comes with the pouch so another sure way that it won't open in my purse.

Look how beautiful this eyeshadow is with the tartan pattern printed onto it.

The colour I have is Khaki No.8.

Here are the 2 eyeshadows side-by-side. They are almost the same size, but the R&R has a little bit more product.

Almost similar in colour here, but the Burberry one is a matte colour while the R&R is a shimmery colour (Snakeskin).

So I also picked out a few clothing items this week. Today I was at H&M and I spotted this really cute denim dress. It's made of faded denim and it looked so cute on! I think this will look so cute in the springtime with brown gladiator flats and my gold Kate Spade bag.

There's so many details to this dress. The waist has an elastic waist at the back so it's super fitted, but then it flares out. There's also epaulettes on the shoulders and the zipper front gives it an edge. Love it!

With all the details it's amazing how it's only $39.95. It totally looks Wang-like or even Phillip Lim.

This I haven't gotten yet, but I think I'll get it next week. It's a Club Monaco Boyfriend Coat that I've been eyeing for a while. I was going to get it on Wednesday, but I didn't for some reason. I'm so indecisive like that. It was the only XS in the store. When I went back to get it on Thursday it was gone! I asked the sales person to check if it was in the change room and he found the XS! However, he told me it was on hold for somebody else. He said that the person will most likely not come back so he told me to try it on. I tried it on one last time, but then the woman who had put the coat on hold came at that exact time and I had to grudgingly give it back. Ugh. The sales person told me he would try to see if any other store had the XS for me. He eventually found it, but it was all the way in Halifax! So basically long story short my coat is coming from Halifax and they will call me when it gets to my local store. The only reason I'm going through so much trouble for this coat is that it looks so good on AND it's on sale! It was originally $229, but it's on sale for $129. Plus, I still have some money left over from my gift card.

Last not but least I have this beautiful ring that my sister got for me from her trip to the Bahamas last week. It's a metal ring, but the inside has a pearly thing. It's so pretty!

Beauty + clothing haul

esterday I went to the mall to use a Club Monaco gift certificate that I had gotten for Christmas. I wanted to wait until all the new collection came in. However, as usual, I got sidetracked and bought a lot more than I had bargained for. I wanted to see if MAC had the Caviar Dreams palette from the Cham Pale Collection (they did not) because Ms. Molly Lolli Pop was raving about it in her YouTube video. So I ended buying other stuff at MAC.

I bought the pro palette for eyeshadows. I already have a UNII palette, but my white one was getting sooooo dirty. I just liked the sleek, clean look of this palette.

Here's all the MAC eyeshadows I have accumulated so far. I don't have a lot, but I really like the ones I have so far. From left to right, top to bottom: Vanilla, All That Glitters, Texture, Satin Taupe, Woodwinked, Mulch, Twinks, Smut, Sketch, Beauty Marked, Sumptuous Olive, Stars 'N' Rockets.

I finally got a concealer! I got colour matched to NW25. I thought I would be an NC since a lot of Asian girls are NC's... However, the colour matched me perfectly.

I got the Studio Finish Concealer.

I also dropped by Sephora to pick up more samples of Nars Sheer Glow. I still haven't found my colour. I tried so many that I've lost count. I'm pretty sure I already tried one of these already, but I forgot. Doh!

I got my first NARS Duo Eyeshadow palette. It's from the 2011 spring collection and it's called Nouveau Monde.

Although I loved it when I swatched it in the store (even Chef Caffy on Twitter told me she loved it. She's a huge NARS fan), I'm still not sure if I should keep it. The reason being that I just ordered a bunch of eyeshadows from Rock & Republic and I'm thinking that one of the colours is going to be similar to the purple one. I'm going to hold off on using this palette until that order comes and decide then. Nars eyeshadows aren't cheap so I want to be sure it's worth it to keep. I also wanted NARS' Charade so if I return this one I'll get that one for sure!

And now onto my Club Monaco haul. I wasn't able to find anything in the new collection that I loved.

I know it's hard to see here because the jacket is black, but I've been wanting this jacket since Christmas. It was on sale then for $79, but it got marked down even further to $49! How could I pass it up?!

The jacket is beautiful because it looks like a cropped tuxedo jacket, but is super comfortable. It's not made from a stiff material like most jackets are. It's 100% silk. It also has shoulder pads so my shoulders look really structured, but not over-the-top like the 80s shoulder pads.

See? It's ridiculous. It was $229 regular. I never buy anything regular price at Club Monaco because I find that their sales are crazy. It goes to show you that they mark up their clothes like crazy.

Last, but not least, I stopped by Hugo Boss to looks for something for the husband. I know Valentine's Day is fast approaching and I decided that I wanted to get him something nice. I originally wanted to get him a winter jacket, but I couldn't find any that I liked. My husband is the type of guy that never buys anything for himself. I felt he deserved it.

I bought him a beautiful purple (it's actually coming out more of a bluish purple in these pics, but it's actually more of a pinkish purple) checkered dress shirt & tie for work. Did you know that I love picking out men's shirts and ties? I love finding the perfect colour/pattern combination. I picked this out because he doesn't have a shirt like this in his closet. Most of his shirts are solids or stripes. I felt that this was so different and on trend for this year. Plus, the collars are a bit different. It buttons up more wide than the classic ones. The tie is also a slimmer tie than the classic ties. It's a beautiful dark blue with white polka dots on it.