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Gift set season is upon us with the holidays coming up. Today, I am reviewing the Rare Beauty 4 Piece Mini Set that includes two blushes and two highlighters and will let you know if it is worth your money! Sometimes the formulas of the sets aren’t as good as the original, so I am here to tell you how it compares.

Rare Beauty Mini Blush & Glow 4-Piece Set ($34, valued at $54)

● Mini Soft Pinch Liquid Blushes: Wisdom (mauve plum), Virtue (beige peach)

● Mini Positive Light Liquid Luminizers: Magnetize (light gold), Transcend (rose gold)

These are pretty small at 0.11 oz/3.2 mL each, so they are perfect for travel. The packaging does resemble the full size with the same lids so easy to open. Rare Beauty blushes are SO pigmented, but easy to blend. The highlighters are blinding and give you a beautiful glow on the cheeks. Since they are so pigmented, these will last you a long time. To me, this set is worth the money!

I’m not even going to lie, I was blessed with somewhat decent eyelashes. However over the years with age, I have noticed a difference in the thickness, length, and texture of the hairs. With these application tricks, I have noticeably longer lashes that last almost all day!

My top fave affordable lengthening drugstore mascaras:

🖤Maybelline Voluminous Mascara

🖤 Maybelline Lash Sensational Lengthening (what I used in the photos)

🖤L’Oréal Paris Telescopic Mascara

HOW-TO:

🖤Evenly apply mascara lightly and quickly to avoid clumps. If you add too much product, especially once dried, the more likely it will appear “flakey”

🖤Blink your eyes to get each lash versus your hand doing all of the work and over coating the hairs

🖤AVOID the root and focus mid to tip. This will help keep your lashes lifted versus being weighed down at the root

🖤Once dried go back in and focus on just the very tips for added length, as well as the outer corner for a cat eye effect

🖤Gently use a Q Tip to clean up any mascara on or around the eye once dried so there’s no smearing

🖤 Try out brown mascara for a more natural look. It looks absolutely stunning on all eye colors!

I’ve been seeing TIPO coming up often on lemon8 recommends so decided to try it out! TIPO is known for their freshly made and artisanal pasta, pizza and gnocchi dishes. I visited the Tipo Strada located at Novena, with the specialty being lots of uniquely-shaped, colorful pasta options to choose from! It’s a smaller outlet with indoor and outdoor (sheltered) seats.

They have the following dining concepts:

– TIPO Pasta Bar (DIY pasta)

– TIPO Strada (artisanal pasta)

– TIPO Pizzeria (DIY pizza)

– TIPO Osteria (special menu)

– TIPO Gnocchi (specialising in gnocchi)

What we tried:

🍝 Prawn Aglio ($17.50) – picked the linguine option for this dish! Came with 3 prawns and topped with mozerella grated cheese, was a normal dish with the pasta being a tad bit to the harder side. Do note that it’s not the normal olive oiled aglio olio if you’re expecting that (or maybe it was but didn’t taste like there was any olive oil with garlic bits) 😥 I also thought it’d be good if the prawns were juicier and flavourful.

🍝 Duck Carbonara ($17.90) – paired it with the radiatori pasta option, which is similar to fusilli, better suited for dishes with thick sauces such as carbonara to absorb the flavours. The sous vide egg was runny, was a flavourful carbonara, duck meat was tender and well-seasoned!

🍹Cold Brew Tea ($7) – refreshing cooler beverage! however, I personally don’t think there’s anything specially memorable about the taste for it to be at that price point 🤣

I included the menu if you’re keen to check em’ out. I feel that it’s worth to try it once for yourself just for the novelty and decide if it fits your palette for a second visit! Share with me your experience if you’ve also tried TIPO strada 🤪

if you like alcohol, here’s a bar for you to check it out

🍰🍸Everything on their menu has a dash of alcohol – from ice cream to cakes and drinks.

🍦 you can request ice cream tastings before you decide which one tickles your taste buds. And the best part? They clearly indicate the alcohol level on their menu for your convenience.

🌕 But that's not all – they've got a massive moon inside, creating the perfect backdrop for stunning photos.

🍒 Raspberries, figs, and apples are very delicious fruits

🍓 The color is also perfect for decorating fruit sandwich

🍞 For bread, I used French toast, will be softer and more delicious🥐🥐

🧀Better with cream cheese🧈

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I’ve seen so many cute hairstyles on TikTok that I want to try on my hair, but they dont always work out for me because I have a lot of hair and it’s pretty heavy. When I saw this hairstyle, I didn’t have very high expectations, but was so excited when it actually worked on me!

I loved it so much, it’s been my hairstyle for the last week lol. All you do is:

1. Put your hair in a half ponytail

2. Pull the hair tie out a bit

3. In the space you created from pulling the hair tie out, use your finger to make a part and loop your ponytail under and out through that part

4. Pull on the ponytail to tighten it

You could leave some strands out in the front to curl or put it all in the ponytail if you don’t want any hair in your face. I’ve only tried this with curled hair, but became obsessed with how elegant and clean it looks. I love that it looks like you have your hair in a clip without having a bulky clip in there! This is a beautiful hairstyle for nice events, work, or just whenever you want to style your hair in a different way!🤎

these are my go to makeup products for my everyday look! 🤍🪩😍