Easy Breezy Coloured Lips With Katy Perry & CoverGirl

Hi Huneybees,

After their launch of the Star Wars collection last year, CoverGirl introduced another collaboration with Katy Perry, namely Katy Kat Matte. CoverGirl is not available in Singapore (why not?!), but you can easily get them online and ship over, or like me, Airfrov it!

In the collection, there are 11 lipsticks and 4 mascara shades. I've tried their mascaras before and they didn't impress me much, except that there is a blue mascara shade. It wasn't enough to persuade me to buy them, so I only went for the lipsticks.

The lipstick shades are: 

• Sphynx
• Pink Paws
• Magenta Minx
• Coral Cat
• Crimson Cat
• Cat Call
• Kitty Purry
• Cosmo Kitty
• Maroon Meow
• Catoure
• Perry Panther
• Purrsian Pink
• Tame Tiger

I did some online searching for the swatches before deciding to settle with the 4 colours that are not so easily found. So what do I think of these demi-matte lipsticks?

Well, first up, I was a little disappointed in the packaging. Just plain white cover with large Arial Bold wordings, doesn't scream Katy Perry for me. At least a holographic, prismatic sticker label or some cat footprints might be better?

Each of the lipstick has a peek-a-boo window at the bottom, so you can see which shades you are holding, flick it to the bottom and you will find their names with a cat hairband logo. I do love the cheeky cat names for each of them. What I've gotten is Perry Panther, Coral Cat, Cosmo Kitty and Maroon Meow.

Coral Cat adds a tinge of peach to your usual safe nude colours and allows you to add a pop of colour to your daily makeup look. There's nothing matte about it, just make sure you scrub those lips before applying the lipstick.

Cosmo Kitty

Remember Katy Perry's E.T. music video? This bright pop of purple will definitely transport you to the alien territory and party all night long. Pair it with soft earthy shades of eye makeup and a flick of cateye liner, you will be definitely be the spotlight of the night.

Maroon Meow

Yes! I see a Cat Woman behind those dark maroon lips. Though I was hoping to get a dark, deep red shade like red wine, but it turned out to be a bending towards the cooler blue tones. It was a disappointing shade for me, but well, this does go pretty well with smokey eyes...

Perry Panther

Alot of brands have launched their own versions of black lipsticks in the recent year and every one has their own formula. Perry Panther didn't really wow me with their shade of black though. Probably it's the demi-matte formula, I find that I can't seem to get full black lips, no matter how many layers I apply. It just keeps giving me a faded dark grey. =/

All in all I love this twist to matte lipsticks. Matte lipsticks are never the best formula to pull off without having your lips looking like it's chapped. This demi-matte formula is creamier than the usual matte lipsticks and is more hydrating with a touch of sheen.

They are created with shea, aloe, and avocado butter so you can get a smooth and easy glide for your lips. They are not very long lasting though, I always have to touch up my lips after a meal. But nonethless, this affordable line might just be your introductory venture into coloured lipsticks.

You can get them from Target online: http://intl.target.com/p/covergirl-katy-kat-matte-lipstick/-/A-50593415#prodSlot=medium_1_2&term=katy+kat and go to https://www.covergirl.com/beauty-products/lip-makeup/lipstick/katy-kat-matte-lipstick for more information. 

Have you tried the lipsticks before? 

Do comment and share too. =)

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Have They Really Run Out Of Ideas For Music Video?

Hi Huneybees,

What's your latest favourite song on your playlist? Sometimes, I'm fascinated more by the music video rather than the music. It's always fun to see what's the latest image of a certain artiste is, how the female singers' makeup was done and try to replicate the same look.

It's my own creative process in creating new and fresh looks, but it seems like the music videos' production crew, might have been running out of ideas. There seems to be a trend of having special celebrity friends coming in, to act in the music videos and with that, create a hype. It feels as though, they know the song is not that great and hopefully with this hype, their album can be shot right up to the top ten charts.

Don't believe? Look at these few music videos below...



At first, it does seems like a fresh and playful idea to have Tom Hanks (someone you wouldn't relate to music) lip syncing to a high beat "I Really Like You" by Carly Rae Jepsen. Together with the surprise appearance by Justin Bieber towards the end of the video, it's all youthful and wonderful song to be humming to this summer.

Taylor Swift as Catastrophe, Selena Gomez as Arsyn, Karlie Kloss as Knockout, Kendrick Lamar as Welvin Da Great, Martha Hunt as HomeSlice, Jessica Alba as Domino, Serayah as Dilemma, Lena Dunham as Lucky Fiori, Hailee Steinfeld as The Trinity, Ellie Goulding as Destructa X, GiGi Hadid as Slay-Z, Hayley Williams as The Crimson Curse, Zendaya as Cut-Throat, Lily Aldridge as Frostbyte, Ellen Pompeo as Luna, Mariska Hargitay as Justice, Cara Delevingne as Mother Chucker, Cindy Crawford as Headmistress

But things seem to have gone mad when Taylor Swift revealed her "Bad Blood" music video. You get tons of special effects, as though a quick flash summarizing movies like Sucker Punch, Sin City and Hunger Games. Together with the endless the list of celebrities appearing, I was so distracted to catch all them, totally not focusing on the music at all~

Beyoncé, Kanye West, Nicki Minaj, Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry,  Rita Ora, Chris Rock,  Alexander Wang,  music video's producer - Diplo and even Madonna's sons David and Rocco, made special appearances in the video.

Then came Madonna's "B**** I'm Madonna" music video, She have garnered her team of A-listers as well and it started to seem like it's a secret challenge amongst the singers to #ShowOffYourConnections . Her video was as though running through the mind of a forever-high person, with "hallucinations" of her favourite artiste. It was all over the place and looking at the comments posted, it was a failure...



Though these videos seem to be star studded and looked fun to see these celebrities crossing platforms, but I really don't wish to see another. Maybe they should take a backseat and do a simple video like Maroon 5's "This Summer's Gonna Hurt Like A Motherf****r". Shot it on your smartphone, flash your amazing butt and swear like it's the end-of-the-world (Yes, saying this sarcastically).

What do you guys think?

Music to your ears vs visual therapy, which do you prefer?

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Taylor Swift Should Be A Victoria's Secret Angel Too!

Hi Huneybees,

This year's Victoria's Secret Fashion Show was brought to London for the first time on Tuesday at the London's Earls Court Exhibition Centre. The extravagant creations of bejewelled bras and "angel wings" were definitely not to be missed, but Taylor Swift's performance was one of the highlights, in fact, this tall, lengthy babe should be walking the catwalk show too!

Other than "flirting" with her BFF -  Victoria's Secret model Karlie Kloss, both Taylor's outfits spell subtle sexiness for this 24 year old starlet. Be it black lingerie ensemble with a lace combo or the soft sweet pink silk nightgown, she was looking every inch like an "angel" with her model-sque figure. Don't you agree?

Here's a snippet on what went down at the show:

Wonder who will be performing at next year's show.... 

Photo credits: http://www.whosay.com/

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Grow a Mo & Raise Funds This Movember

Hi Huneybees,

It's November and it's time to "Shave It Off" (*cues Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off") as Movember kicks in. Movember is an annual month-long charity initiative in November that encourages men to grow a moustache (Mo) to create conversation and raise both awareness and funds in support of often-neglected men’s health issues, such as prostate and testicular cancer.

To kickstart the campaign, Singapore's favourite footballing sons - Fandi Ahmad and Nazri Nasir teamed up with Gillette at Robinsons The Heeren for the "Big Shave-In".

These 2 footballing icons treated their fans to a rare sight as they took part in a live shave-in. A life-sized artistic portrait of Fandi was concurrently shaved to lead and motivate new registrants in a big way to do their part for Movember.

Movember began in 2003, when brothers Adam and Travis Garone and friend Luke Slattery decided to bring the moustache back into fashion for a month. They convinced 30 friends to grow a Mo for the 30 days of Movember, formerly known as November.

Surprised by the amount of fun they had and the many conversations created by their Mo’s,
Adam, Travis, Luke, and JC Coghlan (one of the 30 friends) came together to make their Mogrowing an annual, official charitable endeavor for prostate cancer. Inspired by what the women in their lives were doing for breast cancer, Adam, Travis, Luke, and JC felt that the moustache was the perfect hairy ribbon for men’s health.

From there, Movember has grown into the world’s largest non-government funder of prostate cancer research, with official campaigns in 21 countries including Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada, UK, South Africa, Ireland, Finland, Netherlands, Spain, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Czech Republic and now Singapore and Hong Kong. To date, over 1.13 million Mo Bos and Mo Sistas have raised $166,355,200 to change the face of men’s health.

You guys should also join in the shave-in and it's not too long to start growing a Mo while raising funds over the course of thirty days. The funds raised in Singapore goes towards the Singapore Cancer Society, in the areas of awareness and education, survivorship, research and health aid for men living with prostate cancer. To-date, Movember has raised over $166 million in funds to support prostate cancer research and men’s health programmes globally. So, let's start growing!

In its third year, the Movember campaign finds its roots in all things Singaporean, celebrating the spirit of familiarity and national identity through a movement run by locals, for locals.

Register for Movember Singapore at sg.movember.com or follow Facebook.com/MovemberSingapore.

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Celebrate MTV EMA's 20th Anniversary By Selecting Your Favourite EMA Moments

Hi Huneybees,

The MTV EMA is in its 20th year running and in celebration of the 20^th anniversary, MTV is giving YOU - the fans a chance to pick the greatest moment in the 20-year history of the MTV EMA, one of the biggest global music events of the year that celebrates the hottest artists from around the world.

20TH Anniversary Greatest EMA Moments

The 20 best moments has been revealed across MTV's network of international channels - MTV’s Top 20 Greatest EMA Moments, and now you can choose your favourite moment at top20.mtvema.com. The greatest MTV EMA moment of all time to be revealed in a countdown -special - Your Top 20 Greatest EMA Moments, scheduled to air on Monday, 3 November at 7.30pm (WIB), 8.30pm (PH/SG) and 9.30pm (MY), and Tuesday, 4 November at 8pm (TH) on MTV.

The Top 20 Greatest EMA Moments feature antics and performances from the biggest names in music, including:

• Beyoncé
• Katy Perry
• Lady Gaga
• U2
• Kanye West
• Taylor Swift
• Robbie Williams
• Madonna
• Miley Cyrus
• Justin Bieber
• Amy Winehouse
• Snoop Dogg
• The Spice Girls
• … and more...

2008 MTV EMA: KATY PERRY

My favourite moment has got to be the Katy Perry's summer loving fruity and colourful moment, but guess Lady Gaga's Monsters have been hard at work. So if you don't want your favourite singer to lose out, you should head on over to top20.mtvema.com to pick your favourite MTV EMA moment of all time!

2011 MTV EMA: LADY GAGA

The 2014 MTV EMA will air across MTV’s global network of more than 60 channels reaching nearly 700 million households around the world as well as through syndication. In addition, its convergent programming and content will reach the entire interactive community, via MTV’s more than 200 digital media properties around the world. 

The 2014 MTV EMA will broadcast on Monday, 10 November at 2am (TH/WIB) and 3am (SG/MY/PH)* from the SSE Hydro in Glasgow. It repeats on the same day at 7pm (WIB), 8pm (SG/PH) and 9pm (MY), and on Tuesday, 11 November at 1pm (TH). Global hip hop superstar Nicki Minaj is set to host the 2014 MTV EMA and she will be performing with Ariana Grande, Ed Sheeran.

Follow @MTVEMA and check #MTVEMA on Twitter and find them on Instagram or Facebook. 

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Olivia Ong, Lee Wei Song, Ian Fang and Xu Bin At The Right Note Competition Finals To Name The Winner

Hi Huneybees,

Ms. Olivia Ong (The Right Note Campaign Ambassador), Mr. Lee Wei Song (The Right Note Campaign Ambassador and Judge), Ms Sarah Wong (Winner of The Right Note Competition), and Mr Abhishek Chuckarbutty (Marketing Director for Reckitt Benckiser Singapore and Malaysia and The Right Note Finals Judge)

Over the weekend, The Right Note Competition finals took place at Bugis Junction. After a thrilling month of intense competition with over 600 online entries at www.strepsils.com.sg, Ms. Sarah Wong was named as winner of the competition with her impressive rendition of Adele’s Skyfall. She walked away with SGD5,000 cash prize, as well as a single composed specially by Lee Wei Song. 

R to L: Zulkanain Bin Mohamed Kamal, Boon Hui Lu, Sarah Wong, Olivia Ong (The Right Note Campaign Ambassador), Claire Marie Lim, Andrew Teo

The rest of the finalists, Andrew Teo, Boon Hui Lu, Claire Marie Lim and Zulkanain Bin Mohamed Kamal received $500 cash prize each, as well as a certificate signed by the judges Lee Wei Song, Abhishek Chuckarbutty, Marketing Director of Reckitt Benckiser Singapore and Malaysia as well as ambassador Olivia Ong.

L to R: Mr Abhishek Chuckarbutty (Marketing Director for Reckitt Benckiser Singapore and Malaysia and The Right Note Finals Judge), Mr. Lee Wei Song (The Right Note Campaign Ambassador and Judge), Ms. Olivia Ong (The Right Note Campaign Ambassador)

L to R: Vernon A of The Muttons (Finals Emcee), Xu Bin, Ian Fang, Justin Ang of The Muttons (Finals Emcee)

The event was hosted by The Muttons and campaign ambassador - Olivia Ong performed her popular single, “同 化” as well as a group duet, “Wonderland” with the top 5 finalists. MediaCorp artistes Ian Fang and Xu Bin also graced the event.

Andrew Teo, Zulkanain Bin Mohamed Kamal, Sarah Wong, Olivia Ong (The Right Note Campaign Ambassador), Boon Hui Lu, Claire Marie Lim

If you are interested to see the 5 finalists video submissions, here are the links:

• Winner of The Right Note Competition: Wong Pei Yong, Sarah 黄佩蓉
  Video Submission: Cover of 听你听我 (Zhang Hui Mei)  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9gceVXdo8Y

• Finalist #2: Boon Hui Lu 文慧如
  Video Submission: Cover of 细水长流 (Liang Wern Fook) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc2Mr12tyZA
• Finalist #3: Lim Jin Ling, Claire Marie 林金玲
  Video Submission: Cover of Stay the Night (Zedd ft. Hayley Williams) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anp1c8C1zn8
• Finalist #4: Zulkanain Bin Mohamed Kamal
  Video Submission: Cover of Heartbreaker (Justin Bieber) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCnjpwZC7_Y
• Finalist #5: Andrew Teo Zhen Yang 张振扬
  Video Submission: Cover of Geek in the Pink (Jason Mraz) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spFPNnhsyqE

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