All The Things I Can't Live Without...

Actually, the HOTD and LOTD had nothing to do with each other but it started with me playing with my hair, so I just did my makeup along with it, ha ha!

When I was mugging for my last paper last week, I got distracted (as usual) and tried curling my hair. I didn't know if it would work since my hair cut is now asymmetrical, but I guess it turned out ok. Like so, below.

(silly face, bleehhh)

Fast forward a few days later, I curled my hair again and this time, I coupled it with a smokey copper look.

Or least I tried to make it smokey, but it didn't really come out as want I wanted it to be.   -___-

And a smile for you, heh!

I do like coppery, orange makeup. I think it reflects summer very well. And I think our Singapore weather has been trying too hard also - it has been so freaking warm!

I was perspiring like crazy after doing my makeup and hair. Cannot tahan. -__-

But I hope you enjoyed viewing this post, thanks for popping by! Take care in this insane weather, y'all!

I've been wearing waves to school lately, because I've gotten kinda sick of straight hair (love the sleekness but no volume at all!). And also, I've been inspired by this girl guy! :D

*squeals*

Tell me is he not eye-candy or what! Ha ha, I absolutely adore Jang Guen Suk and his adorable acting in "Mary Stayed Out All Night". But I think he can't really pull off the rocker act though - he's too cheery-pop and soulful-ballad. And though I think he looks smashing in the wavy rocker hair, I still prefer him with short hair, like this:

Ha ha ha, so boy-boy! Too much eye-candy, gonna start nose bleeding soon. Uhh, but yeah, back to what I was doing with my hair. This is my take on it!

The side:

And back:

I love love LOVE the volume this style gives my hair, and it looks so relax and out-of-bed. Plus, I usually curl my hair the night before and go to bed with it. The next morning, the curls would have loosen into waves like this, and I can just spritz some hairspray on and go out! No need to flat iron my hair, which takes me 10-15 mins every morning. :)

Anyway, jut showing what simple makeup I had on that day.

As always, I'll be rushing out of the house so I don't have much time for elaborate looks. Normally, it's just a sweep of eyeshadow, black eyeliner and blush. I had on some matte Stage lipstick here though, which left a lovely stain after a few hours of wear. And I love highlighting my face with my "By Candlelight" MSF.

And you can probably tell my fringe is getting dreadfully long. My bangs grows out too fast, and I actually self-trimmed this about 3 weeks back. If not, I'll have to go to the hair dresser's every month just to get it trimmed, so troublesome. Anyhow, thanks for looking! Sorry for the picture spam, and take care everyone~

[Warning: LOTS of selca-whore pics! Please don't view unless you don't mind your internet slowing to a crawl.]

I remember telling you guys a while back, that I would experiment with curling my hair with the straightening iron that I have. Haven't gotten around to do it due to the mountain of schoolwork but I finally tried it yesterday, since it's like term break and all!

In the end, I just ended up looking like some Jap gyaru wannabe.

Office lady much???

Here's how the curls came out. For a first time curling mid-length hair, I thought it wasn't too bad at all.

(Pardon the arm fat-fold)

Then, of course, since we're in the mood, might as well do some cliche poses!

Part 1) The Aegyo pose

Korean version (aka the infamous "Gee" pose)

Japanese version (aka pursed lips, Ayumi duck-mouth pose)

Part 2) The Emo pose

Part 3) My favourite part, the candid shots!

NG 1

Intermittent break...

...and NG 2!

Ha ha, I had lots of fun doing the weird poses!

And then, because of the incredibly warm weather, I tied up my hair and.. tada, another style!

The very simple makeup I had on:

- L'oreal gel eyeliner, Covergirl Lash Blast mascara, some random pink blush, Stage WonderLuxe Lippie and NYX Megashien Lipgloss (no foundation)

- GEO Contact Lenses in Grey

Sorry for the pic spam!!! I had so much fun doing the hair and taking the pics that I snapped 190 pics in all, I think. Ha ha!!! Thanks for looking~

I really haven't been updating lately, many apologies to everyone!

It's just that school has been so hectic, haiz. *deep breath* People like Regina (littlefrozengirl) and Madeline (MaddyMadeline) would totally get my drift. This semester of my Uni life is the worst - there's so many modules to take, each one heavier than the next, and so much reading/research to do. Blargh! Sorry, I'm just releasing some stress, sorry if my ranting bothered you.

But I'm still reading the new posts that you guys put up! Just that I don't have the time to comment. Still enjoying them loads though!

Anyway, here's just a pic of my HOTD today~

Instead of my usual sleek, poker-straight look, I straightened my crown sideways and sprayed on a lot of hairspray to give it a messy, rocker-like texture. Was rocking out the look with a winged eyeliner, I'm trying out the new L'oreal Gel Liner I got at the L'oreal sale. :) There's simply no time to do LOTDs anymore with my school's timetable.

And candid shot!

I toned down the brightness so that you can see the 2 pimples around my nose. For someone who doesn't get pimples much, this speaks tons about the stress that I'm feeling. My skin is exhibiting all the pent-up ugliness inside. I'm trying to take things easy and chill though~

I probably won't be updating much these few weeks. Expecting some new nail polishes though, so maybe I'll post those up when they arrive and I have the spare time. Till then, everyone please take care and chill alright? Thanks for reading, tootles!

I, seriously, have got no idea what to do with my hair. LOL!

It's been almost a week since I've snipped off my long locks, and for someone who doesn't EVER style her hair, I'm at a loss at what to do now. Please don't misunderstand, I still enjoy stunning people with my not-so-common hairstyle, but this thing needs styling! When I bother to style it, I'm like "Omo, Taeminnie!" *gush gush, fangirl mode* When I don't style it at all, my head looks like a mushroom. Period.

So do I have to keep blow drying + straightening/curling + hair spraying everyday? I don't know - maybe I'll tire of styling it, or maybe I'll get used to styling it. I'm at the crossroads right now. But my consolation comes whenever I see a picture of Taemin! The regret of cutting my hair and the weariness of having to style it everyday disappears as soon as I see Taemin in his full hairiness glory!

Like this, he was sporting a new trimmed version when he performed on Inkigayo (korean variety show) last week. Omg, he looked so good when his hair swished and swayed as he danced!

[Pic credited to weareshining.wordpress.com <- click to see more drool-inducing hair Taemin pictures]

I figured my hairstyle is actually closer to the above style than to the initial "Lucifer MV" style I wanted.

Case in point, here's his hair in the MV:

[Pic credited to hotspicykimchi.wordpress.com <- click to see awesome screencaps of the MV]

And here's my hair:

After I've straightened it with my hair iron. You can see that the crown of my hair is more similar to the 1st Taeminnie pic than the 2nd one, just that I have an additional tail. I did think my hairstylist took his layering too seriously and thinned my hair too much, such that it isn't as full as the style in the MV. But then again, guys usually have thicker hair than girls so Taemin's spock of hair probably allowed him the fuller cut.

Anyways, no complaints on my side, since I get a hybrid of his then and now style! Wheeee, Taeminnie's hair, banzai!!! (I have some scary hair fetish going on here...)

Since I'm onto my hair, might as well show you guys my LOTD and OOTD I did when I returned to school a few days back.

Smokey grey eyes, winged eyeliner and e.l.f's "Peachy Keen" blush (which you obviously cannot see here, since it got got all washed out by the sunlight).

My Taemin-wannabe spock of hair!

And my OOTD!

(Excuse the dirty mirror =x)

I take pride in wearing a pair of purple-checkered pants, woots!

Anyway, I was indulging on my daily dose of korean pop gossip news when I saw this!

Ha ha ha ha! Apparently, I'm not the only one infatuated with Taeminnie's hairstyle. G.NA, a korean singer that debuted only a few months back, also copied his cut!!! Albeit she did cut of half of her tail...(wth was her stylist thinking, leaving her with only half a head of tail?!?)

So, a new hair trend emerging? I'm curious to know. :) Thanks guys for reading my hair fetish (lemme glomp your head, Taemin!) + kpop spazz entry!

Continuation with the previous post on why I looked like a humanoid doll/poodle in my 2nd LOTD pic.

Well, that's because for this and next week, GWC's Sephora is having free hair styling services! That means complimentary curling or straightening with Sephora's hair irons and Fekkai products. And as slaves beauty advisors, of course we'll have to get our hair done to set an example.

Which is why one fine morning, my assistant supervisor grabbed and pushed a whimpering me into a chair and started curling my hair. This was the result at the end my 12 hr work day and after a vicious comb-through in attempt to loosen the very springy curls.

Ahhh, it looks okay here cos the curls have already loosened quite a bit after my comb-through and by humidity. But it was maggi mee-like springy while I was working in store, my face was fixed in a grimace 80% of the time due to the trauma.

But one thing I can vouch for is that the Sephora Curling/Straightening tongs are friggin' awesome!!! Seriously, the tongs give you bounciest, springiest curls ever and they can last for a whole day without loosening if you don't comb through them. All of us were really awed at the tongs, which can curl and straighten hair equally well. But they come at quite a steep price too - ahh well, price for quality.

Salute the amazing hair tongs and its amazing price tag!

Ha ha, so I've learnt my lesson well and when I spotted my assis. sup the next day, I sneakily crept away from her. If she moved to the front, I'll weasel to the back; if she took a step towards me, I'll be trying to serve some customer. It's not like I hate her hair styling - in fact, I think she's really talented in this area - but I'm really not into tight curls and it dries my hair out horribly.

But after hiding for 1/2 a day, she went "Cheryl, come and do your hair! No use hiding."

*frightened eyes darting all over the place, looking for an escape route*

In the end, I still got hauled by my collar over to the styling chair and she proceeded to do this on my hair.

Yeah, I kinda think she took pity on me and my fear of killing my hair and put my hair up in a fancy bun instead. Gosh, this felt so much better than tight, dry curls but after she was through with me, everyone asked if I was getting married.

=____= Cos the hairstyle was really like some bride's in some wedding magazine, those complicated bun styles with a poof at the crown of my head, and my bangs all front and down. Like so...

Face of a blushing bride??? Ha ha ha ha, everyone kept teasing me which really didn't help on the blushing bit on my part.

After saying all that, in the end I really still do appreciate all the effort my assis. sup had put into styling my hair and how she put in a thought for me when she did the 2nd style. I really do think she's very talented (her makeup skills are really good and she can curl her own hair with just a mirror, no external help needed) and I wish I could tell her that, but everytime she works on me, I end up being all dumbstruck and embarrassed and all I ever do is to start giggling hysterically or to hang my head in shyness. And I think I kinda hurt her feelings, which I'm very remorseful over now.

How I wish I can hold my head high, look her straight in the eye and show everyone her work proudly, but I just can't bring myself to do that. I don't know why, maybe it's not in me to want to do that kind of thing.

................ whatever, life goes on.

Thanks for reading this entry and sorry for the rant! Cheers everyone! :D

Another first!

I got my first bottle of China Glaze nail polish and Seche Vite top coat through a Transdesign spree 2 days back. Previously, all the nail polishes that I've been using were S$2 Rainbow polishes, some random cheapo brands from those neighbourhood beauty shops or most recently, L.A. Girls which is a drugstore brand. China Glaze, OPI and ORLY were considered branded to me, since they are easily sold for S$20 a bottle here.

After shipping and handling charges, these came up to about S$10 each. I got FYI, in the China Glaze holographic OMG collection.

Since I got the Valentine's Day edition of Seche Vite Fast Drying Top Coat, it came with a free sheet of nail decals.

Close up of the CG nail polish. Not sure if you can see the holographic effect in the bottle..?

Maybe a bit more obvious on my nails.

Argh, my lighting is really bad, the camera can't pick up the effect much. If you look at my nails from far or under normal lighting, it looks like a neutral taupe colour, almost like mannequin's hands. But if you look more closely, you'll see a slight greenish sheen and very fine silver glitter particles. It's really pretty. And my gosh, the Seche Vote Top Coat dries like PLASTIC on your nails! I was awe-struck at the finish - spent the whole day rubbing the smooth surface of my nails, so addictive! Ha ha, it's really good too!

I am sorely tempted to get the Konad Nail Stamps now...

I painted my troll-like toes too. :D Holographic toes, nice~

And my HOTD for yesterday:

I went all Sailor Moon with the freakishly hot weather - fried my brains, it did.

Thanks for reading, cheers!

In honour of the wonderful Apple Cider Vinegar (ACV), I shall name this post after it.

Shall reveal what I use it for now - I conditioned my hair with it.

Like omg, I don't know how many of you actually know this but it works FANTASTIC as a hair conditioner and clarifier! I thought the most you do with ACV is to masak, or to clean the house. The most extreme use of ACV I heard eons ago was to drink a tablespoon straight out of the bottle - tongue-paralyzing, facial muscle scringing, eyes watering-ly good for our health, but use it to wash hair??? I thought my hair would shrivel up and fall out from my head, because face it, when you drink this stuff, your tongue feels like shriveling up and dropping off too.

But weirdly enough, it works. I diluted the stuff out from this bottle...

... 1 part ACV to 2 parts water, shampoo-ed as per normal and then rinsed my hair with it. And to be honest, the whole bathroom stank. Even my mom who was in the kitchen 1 floor down asked me what I was doing in the bathroom. ("I'm using the vinegar, mom!") Then I left it in my hair while I soaped and washed myself, after which I rinsed off the vinegar with lots of cold water.

And the bathroom still stank.

But you know what? My hair didn't, and it was so smooth and tangle-free that I didn't have to use any conditioners. I was like "WTF, WTF, WTF, WTF..." the whole time I was rinsing my hair in the smelly bathroom. No problems combing my hair, and when my hair dried, it was in this amazing light and flouncy state! Seriously, I'm not lying when I say that was one of the few times I saw my hair actually bounce (most of the time it lies flat on my head).

So yeah, I think anyone who's gungho enough should try this out. I didn't experience any change in hair fall but on the other hand, I wouldn't use use it too often. Maybe once a week to clarify my hair of all the gunk I put in it.

And here's my HOTD, since I went to Tampines Central to shop. Weather is still headache-inducing-ly hot.

Hope you enjoyed the post, cheers!

Weather was so friggin' hot, so I tied up my hair.

Messy bun with a zipper headband. :] Really makes a difference, the temperature drop, when you put up your hair.

And so since I was heading out, I did a very simply black-eyeliner-nude-lips look.

No foundation, no tinted moisturizer whatsoever. Only a bare face with minimal pink blush, the smudged eyeliner and NYX's Circe lipstick. It's far too hot to wear any makeup IMO.

Stay cool in this boiling hot weather, everyone! Cheers~

I went to the CC near my house to donate blood this afternoon. Ahh, it's an annual kinda thing that I've got to do, sometimes I even donate twice a year. Depends on my mood I guess. :} But I don't feel right if I don't do it at least once a year so, this year's quota has reached.

And guess what? I got a pretty yellow bandage to cover up my wound! I've always wanted the yellow one, but all the colours I got the previous times were pink, purple or green. Finally!

Excuse my plain, makeup-less face. I try not to put on makeup everyday, better for the pores I feel. But my cheesy smile is still there, and so is the cheery yellow bandage! :D

Gahh, I love how it matches my Mr. Happy (it was given to me by my colleagues when I left a part time job). Happy grins on both bandage and soft toy makes me grin stupidly to myself. And I think my obsession with yellow soft toys can be seen clearly here... At the back is my beloved dog soft toy, Dougy. He was my bed companion for 5 whole months when I was interning in Thailand for my Final Year Project.

And the damage done. Sorry if I freaked anyone out with the "gruesome" pic, but I think it's kinda cool. Donating blood really doesn't hurt, but your arm does feel a bit sore after that and you'll be walking around with a small puncture wound for a few days. Nothing a bit of good rest and food can't heal though. xD

And since CNY is approaching, I've been spending my weekends in the kitchen baking pineapple tarts to sell and earn a bit of extra (cosmetics) pocket money. A good hair updo will keep the hair from flying into your face and the nape of your neck cool in this sweltering heat.

A messy bun on the lower right...

... and french braid on the left. :D

So that's what I've been up to these few days, I'll be posting a small haul I got from the Robinson's sale a few days back. Cheers, everyone!