KATE Tokyo: The Eyeliner Brand I've Been Using For 7 Years

My very first liquid eyeliner was actually KATE's Super Sharp Liner.

In fact, I did a quick search on my blog and found the first make-up blog post I ever did, in the year 2009. THAT IS ALMOST SEVEN YEARS AGO? My goodness!!!

The above photos are from that very first make-up post, in which I also shared about KATE's Super Sharp Liner.

I'm really glad my makeup skills have improved quite a fair bit from seven years ago. Those eyebrows (or lack thereof) are atrocious.

One thing that's unchanged after six years though, is that I'm still a great fan of KATE's eyeliner products! What I find really commendable about KATE TOKYO is that the brand is constantly innovating and coming up with improved products all the time, which is probably why KATE Tokyo has remained the No.1 Makeup Brand in Japan for so many years!

The latest KATE TOKYO BLACK SHOCK COLLECTION is no exception!

Unfailing precision is coupled with long lasting definition in the new KATE DIGITAL MEMORY LINER and KATE VIRTUAL LONG LASH. These new eye makeup releases from KATE TOKYO boast intense, stay-true black coloration creating strong, dramatic eye looks for the modern trendsetter.

KATE DIGITAL MEMORY LINER, $20.50 (Available in BK-1 Digital Black)

I may have just found my new Holy Grail liquid eyeliner: KATE Digital Memory Liner! To me, a liquid eyeliner needs to be exceptional in three areas: Easy application, good staying power, and intense coloration. 

KATE Digital Memory Liner is all of the above three, and even more!

With its flat tapered brush, application is such a breeze when you use KATE Digital Memory Liner. It's very similar to the KATE Super Sharp Liner, and allows me to draw very precise, very thin lines, which is my preferred style of eyeliner.

I compared it to another liquid eyeliner I own, and you can see how much more intense and dark KATE Digital Memory Eyeliner is, in comparison! 

 The super fine tip of the firm brush allows for effortless and steady application of the formula. This brush has been artfully designed for amateurs and experts alike to effortlessly create fine or thick lines!

This is pretty cool: Depending on your preference that day, you can rotate the eyeliner to achieve a thinner defined line, or go for a dramatic thick eyeliner look!

KATE Digital Memory Eyeliner makes it so easy to define my peepers dramatically. Look at that intense black definition! I was also very happy to find out that the staying power of KATE Digital Memory Eyeliner is fantastic as well, it is resistant to water, sweat and sebum! Even after wearing KATE Digital Memory Eyeliner out for an entire day, it stayed as intense and dark as it was upon first application, and barely smudged at all. Very impressive!

Despite its great staying power, it is easily removed with just warm water (around 40 degrees celsius) alone. Yet more brownie points for KATE Digital Memory Eyeliner!

In the same KATE TOKYO BLACK SHOCK COLLECTION, KATE has also released a new mascara: KATE VIRTUAL LONG LASH!

KATE VIRTUAL LONG LASH, $25.50 (Available in BK-1 Hard Black)

The new formula is generously packed with KATE TOKYO’s new ‘Hard Black Pigments’ for intense, long-lasting black colouration with every swipe!

The applicator wand is perfectly poised to  pack on the formula – all bristles are precisely positioned to spread lashes apart even as they are generously coated. The compact brush ensures that all lashes, fine or short are caught and layered with the lightweight formula for maximum impact.

Both straight and curled fibres feature in the new KATE Virtual Long Lash to simultaneously curl and lengthen your lashes at the swipe of the wand. It's really jet black and gives my lashes sleek definition!

KATE Virtual Long Lash will give you jet-black, lush voluminous lashes and complete that dramatic, edgy look!

The KATE TOKYO BLACK SHOCK COLLECTION will be available from February 2016 at selected FairPrice Finest, FairPrice Xtra, OG, John Little, Sasa Cosmetics and Watsons stores!

Ice-cream Making Workshop at Tom's Palette + K-Palette Limited Edition Eyeliner!

i must admit it: i'm a horrible cook! the only thing i can cook without messing the kitchen up is instant noodles. hahahaha. but i'm pretty damn good at cooking instant noodles okay! it's an art. anyway, i had the chance to attend an ice cream making workshop at Tom's Palette together with Fel, and i jumped at the opportunity!!! who doesn't love ice cream??? and i didn't know that making ice cream could be so simple, even a noob like me can do it!

Fel came over to my place first, then we cabbed down to Shaw Leisure Gallery, where Tom's Palette is located! i've heard of Tom's Palette and their homemade ice cream quite a few times, but never had the chance to try their ice cream, so i was really excited to be there for the workshop!



so we had a demonstration by the experienced staff on how we should go about making our ice cream, before we jumped right in and started making our own, we all had work stations and ingredients all prepared for us already! and courtesy of Tom's Palette, i'll be sharing the recipe for making easy home made Horlicks ice cream that you can even try yourself at home... read on!!!


so proud of ourselves, with our home made Horlicks ice cream that tasted really really really good!!!!!! YAY!!!! actually, the ice cream recipe that we followed is like the easiest recipe ever la. most of the flavors found at Tom's Palette are much more complicated than that, LOL. so you must go down to Tom's Palette to try their unique and really damn yummy flavors!!! and that's me with Elfaine, the lady behind The Sample Store, who got this workshop organized for us. thanks Elfaine!!!! ^____^


i ended up buying a pint of the Salted Egg Yolk flavor together with Granny's Favorite! which is cookie dough with chocolate ice cream if i remember correctly. the two of them make such an awesome combination! i know Salted Egg Yolk ice cream sounds kinda weird, but it's REALLY nice!!!


Tom's Palette has been featured in so many publications before!

Fel and I are happy campers! after the ice cream making workshop, we went for a food tasting lunch at Oversea Restaurant at Shaw Leisure Gallery again (i LOVE that place!!!) but i'll post that up in a separate entry soon! too many pictures. hahah. ice cream followed by the best lunch ever. what a perfect Saturday!

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Tom’s Palette
100 Beach Road #01-25 Shaw Leisure Gallery S(189702) 
Tel: 6296 5239 or 9070 7701 


http://www.tomspalette.com.sg/


 Operating hours: 
Mon-Thurs 12-9.30pm 
Fri-Sat 12-10pm 
 Sunday 1-7pm 
(closed on the last Sunday of the month) 

 
part of my outfit, H&M printed skirt, and stockings from Risque! i love them, they are adorable! thanks Ling! think they're not up for sale on the site yet, but should be soon! :P
Fel and i enjoying our Horlicks ice cream! 
and i told you the recipe is so simple you can even do it yourself at home.. i tried it again at home, and it was a success!!!!!! YZ was so amazed with me hahahahahahaha

multiplied the ingredients x 3 so that i could make a bigger portion instead :D and i tried it with Milo powder.. just as yummy!!

some tips to take note of when trying the recipe at home:


*try to use full cream milk and not low fat milk cos it will affect the consistency/creaminess of the final product!


*it's whipping cream, not whipped cream, so don't buy the wrong one! whipping cream is a thick cream in a carton form!


*when heating the milk, just allow it to steam lightly, and then stir in the Horlicks powder!
*let the mixture cool down for about half an hour before freezing it, cos you don't wanna spoil your freezer by putting hot stuff in it!


*leave the whisk in the mixture when setting it to freeze! so that you can use the whisk to churn the ice cream more easily afterwards :D it took my mixture at home about 3 hours to really freeze into a nice creamy consistency! do check in every hour and give it a churn to keep the ice cream softer!


*the ice cream will keep for about 3 months without any preservatives, so you don't have to worry about it spoiling fast!

HAPPY ICE CREAM MAKING, leave a comment if you have any questions or inquiries about the recipe/steps!

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and other than Tom's Palette, guess what. my favorite K-Palette eyeliner now comes in this super super chio BRIGHT PINK packaging that's limited edition, especially for Christmas!!!

the pink packaging is specially designed by a Japanese model, Shiho Takechi, and it even comes with a Bonus Music CD containing K- Palette’s image song “Beautiful Girl”, sung by Japanese band, Thmlues! so cute, only the Japanese would come up with something like this!

this is Shiho Takechi, she's so pretty and doll like!!

and you can watch the promotion video for K-Palette X Shiho Takechi here!

now i won't have any trouble locating my eyeliner inside my makeup pouch anymore. it's so bright and pink i can spot it immediately!




my look with K-Palette Super Black Eyeliner, this is really my holy grail eyeliner that's so easy to apply, and even easier to cleanse off! love it so much!

K-Palette limited edition Super Black Eyeliner (Waterproof) in Pink exclusively available at Sasa, retailing at SGD20.90!

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randomly, i just bought (yet) another lens for my Olympus E-P3, and it's the 45mm 1.8 prime lens, which is pretty darn good for taking portraits... it's mid telephoto though so i'm not sure how much i'd use it.. but for the price ($430 from Alan Photo) it's definitely a good buy!

and my test subject.. always my fat chihuahua cos she just lies there..... and does nothing! she's the perfect test subject! hahahaha. awesome depth of feel and bokeh from the lens.


she is SO fat but SO cute. i know you love her too.

OKAY. this entry is getting way too long. update again real soon! i'm so excited cos i'm going on Spongbob at Sea with Star Cruises tomorrow night LOL YAYYY WHO LIVES IN A PINEAPPLE UNDER THE SEA??? SPONGBOB SQUUUUARE PANTS!!!!!!!!

:D :D :D :D

do go and try the ice cream recipe and tell me how you fared with it!!! have fuuuunnnn!!!