Taiwanese Idol Rainie Yang Inspiration: Kawaii

Rainie Yang (楊丞琳) has been one of my favourite C-pop idols for years. She's a young and talented singer and actress from Taiwan and will always hold a place in my heart for her inspiring style. I also happen to like many of her songs/albums and am quite a fan of her dramas.

I would say her signature style is kawaii, or cute (or if you speak Chinese, keai). She always looks adorable and angelic. She can also pull off glamorous and sophisticated as well. In the last few years, she has really been maturing her look and has appeared in Vogue and Marie Claire (okay, yeah in Hong Kong and Taiwan).

Here are some of my favourite looks of hers. I hope you enjoy.



Love her smile and her shorter hair. She pulls off elegant effortlessly.

Love this dress on Rainie, and her sexy look!

In HK Vogue, showing us the sophisticated Rainie.

Looking gorgeous on the red carpet in Chanel. I love her makeup, hair, dress, and shoes. So lovely and playful.

Such a genuine smile - so radiant.

In Vogue - I love this look and this dress is so beautiful!

Rainie often appears on Tawainese variety TV Programmes and is always good natured.

There's that kawaii smile again! I also love her hair in this one.

Rainie inspires me, and many of favourite makeup looks have been inspired by her. I love her big sparkly but still natural-looking eyes and dewy complexion. I also love her attitude. She's the type of girl who is thankful for her opportunities and is always thanking her fans (sometimes rather emotionally!).

Equally, I'm looking forward to what else she has to show us. She has just released a new album, and I can't wait to hear it!







More of Rainie's music can be found here.




Does Rainie or any other idols/artists inspire you?

Visée Meets Blondy: Glam Nude Eyes Limited Edition Eyeshadows Review & Swatches

Visée Meets Blondy is Visée's Glam Nude Eyes Limited Edition eyeshadow release this 'spring'. (I say 'spring' cos they actually came out in January 2012). I did a preview here.

It's worth reading my first post about these as it doesn't really make sense to repeat info too much, so have a look if you're interested!

However, I said I was going to get one of these 3 releases... but yep, I got all 3. I actually bought N-9 Classical Bitter Chocolate and loved it so much, decided to get the other two. Since they are limited editions as well, I was worried that I would love these shades so much and it would haunt me on missing out on the other 2 in the collection.

So here they are, all three in their glory.

They all come in an extra big packaging which is mostly just empty cardboard. I guess this is to make this product appear more special. As a drugstore brand Visée eyeshadows usually come in a small plastic clear/black case that just fits the product.

But what matters most of course is what's on the inside of the packages! 

N-8 Nudish Peach (peach beige with a hint of pink)

N-9 Classical Bitter Chocolate (nude brown reminiscent of bittersweet chocolate)

N-10 Foxy Midnight (smooth smokey beige reminiscent of fur - I assume they mean fox fur here?!)

The palest shadow is actually a cream formula, but the rest are regular pressed shadows. I'm not really a fan of this kind of cream shadow, but the other 4 colours in the palette more than make-up for it! (oh, the puns...¬_¬;;) 

I love all these palettes and to be honest, they are all wearable and natural looking. I had trouble telling the difference between them. I'd say it's slight in some cases. Yes, it's hard to see online, but just as hard to see in person. It really seems it's the 3rd colour that differs between these palettes. 

All three together for comparison. From left to right: N-8, N-9, N-10

Do you love these colours or what?  Well, I'd like to announce that my next *giveaway* will be for a brand new Visée Meets Blondy: Glam Nude Eyes Limited Edition Eyeshadow in
N-9 Classical Bitter Chocolate! Are you excited or what?

Now to share a song from Rainie Yang (楊丞琳), a Chinese singer from Taiwan who I utterly adore. Mike He is also in this video, and well, he's just dreamy, isn't he?

I can't listen to this song and not feel happy! Enjoy.







Update: Enter my White Day giveaway to win one of these!