Feelin' Festive

Dec 28, 2016

2 min read

When the jingle bells start ringing and it's time to choose a Christmas outfit, I've come to realize that I somehow always opt for Red. It's not that I want to kill two birds with one stone by wearing my Christmas outfit for CNY too, but now that I've mentioned it...hmm, that doesn't seem like such a bad idea after all.

I got my Christmas outfit one month in advance, all thanks to the convenience of online shopping at Zalora. And on Christmas Day itself, while getting myself ready for church, I decided what make-up look would go with the dress. I played safe and went with my usual earth tones - browns, nudes, sand - and for my lips, I decided to make them the spotlight.

In the photo above, you'd see that I've applied a coat of matte red lipstick by Makeup Forever's Artist Rouge Mat in M401. And to add sparkle, I dabbed some highlighter (Jaclyn Hill Champagne Collection Face Palette) on the insides of both my upper and lower lip - psssst, I used 'Champagne Pop'.

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Later that night, on the very same day, I had to attend a family-gathering at Uncle David's Godma's house. Instead of going all out and decking myself in Christmas colours, I chose a colour that's soother and less-flashy - blush.

I recently purchased this dress from H&M during their massive Year- End Sales, at only RM50. Although plain and simple, I fell in love with it because I realized that I didn't have a dress in this colour and since 'Blush' is now in season, why not jump on the bandwagon?

I matched my pretty simple dress with minimal makeup and decided to go with a soft-pink matte lipstick in Colourpop's 'Clueless'. I don't usually opt for pink lippies but today, in this dress, I was in the mood.

But perhaps the spotlight stealer would be the stellar rose-gold dangling choker I chose to wear out that night. My trusty Accessories-guru, Shamee, pestered me to grab em' while I still could because it's Lovisa's latest range. I was skeptical at first because rose-gold against my skin-tone is practically invisible but against good lighting, it reflects like the stars in the sky.

However, I reckon it'll look more outstanding when worn by skin-tones a few shades darker - GIRL, YOU'LL DAZZLE!

I was never into wearing chokers before; always so used to just wearing a simple necklace with a pendant or going bold with a statement necklace but never chokers. I never thought I'd look good with it (and always thought it was a little slutty) until I tried it on. It gave me edge and rhythm with the outfits I've matched it with and there was no turning back.

These are some of my selections for chokers - if you want to look a little edgy or goth; a little innocent but not so 'virginal'. Haha, if that's the way to put it.