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

I vanished for quite a while this week. :o

And I think I'll continue my vanishing act for the next few months, cause school has started and I am swamped with work!!! Hence the late posting of my CNY makeup adventures, but like I always say, better late than never!

Day 1's LOTD

Close-up of the eyes:

A peachy lid with subtle contouring and oodles of mascara - simple and clean.

I notice I always go for the more natural looks for day 1, as I don't wanna scare off my relatives. I think among all my cousins and aunts, I'm the only one who doodles in makeup. =__= So much for sticking out like a sore thumb. But at least lemme look pretty and natural while doing that! :D

Full-face pics:

Ha ha, I had to wear out a brighter lip to contrast with my clean eyes, so out came my favourite NYX "Heredes" lipstick!

My OOTD (which isn't new, but what the heck)

Day 2's LOTD

Close-up of the eyes:

Ha ha, out came the fierce look after day 1 passed. Omg at the mile-high lashes!

And 1 more pic...

...before my eyelids couldn't take the falsies anymore and I had to take them off. They were too heavy for my tofu lids, and my eyes kept drooping down like I'm half-asleep or something. Haiz, so sad, cos the falsies were gorgeous~

But I noticed that once the falsies were off, my lovely winged eyeliner was more obvious and I could show them off better.

(Besides the point that I could finally stop looking like I was gonna fall asleep anytime)

There'll be another part coming up with the 3rd look I did for the final day I went visiting, but for now, thanks for viewing this post! :D

Ha ha yesh, I've been obsessed with the trend lately and I finally found the courage to wear bright lips out! Kudos to Sophia (retailtherapy) for doing that all along. :) Presenting 2 LOTDs that I've rocked last week!

LOTD #1: Orange Lips

Close-ups:

The main focus here is my lip colour, which is NYX's Round Lipstick in "Heredes". It is still my most favourite bright lip colour to wear out, cos it's this gorgeous burnt siena-orange colour that compliments my skin tone very well. Because my undertone tends to be very yellowish, I find corals and orangish shades look better on me than plain or bluish reds.

I decided to go with the whole orange look by sporting orange-coral eye makeup (MUFE Aqua Cream 05, orange eyeshadow) and orange blush (MAC's Streo Rose MSF). The winged eyeliner and lashings of mascara complete the look.

And I loved how my hair colour turned out in this picture! Maybe wearing orange makeup would be too startling against black/dark brown hair, but I find that it goes very well with my straw-coloured hair! It's like camouflage, ha ha!

And one silly face for you (my failed attempt at the duck-billed pose).

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LOTD #2: Chanel Rouge Allure Laque in "Dragon"

Omg, ever since I've been into the red lips look, I've been LUSTING after this liquid lipstick. It's SOOOO gorgeous!!!

And expensive.

Which explains why I went to a Chanel counter to try it on first. I tested it as a stain, cos I was out shopping with my friend and I didn't wanna scare anyone. It still looks fantabulous IMO (my friend got tempted to buy it too, ngah hah!)~

The whole look I had on that night:

And my OOTD(night):

I find simple clothes work best with red/bright lips - another reason I found courage to test out the smokin' red Chanel laque that night!

Me loves Chanel~ *grins*

And ending the post with the normal silly face~

Sorry for the grainy picture; I took this with my friend's camera when we were out walking. Guess I'm thick-skinned enough to camwhore right in the open!

Does anyone own Chanel's "Dragon" (I know Sophia does~)?? Do share your experience or love of it with me, I'm dying to hear about it! Thanks for viewing guys. :)

And that was the look I wore to church on Christmas Day.

Ha ha, talk about being rebel! Everyone was all prim and proper and festive-y; here I was all in black (except for a grey vest) and sporting eye liner and black nail polish. >:}

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Close-ups of the eyes:

I did some light contouring with a brown-grey e/s and used a flesh-toned e/s for some subtle highlighting. In came my trusty L'oreal Gel Liner for the wicked looking eye liner, pop in my Geo contact lenses and we're done!

This was my finished look. I went super light on the blusher (as usual you can't see it right?) and did some contouring and highlighting instead. See the eye bags? Remnants of the exams that just passed! D: And yeah, I re-coloured my hair to make it blonder and brighter.

My feeble attempt to smile; somehow smiling just wasn't working for me that day. Every smiling pic just looked wrong or made me look fat, ha ha!

And my OOTD (told you I was in all black). It's really difficult to take a full body pic in this puny mirror of mine, so forgive me for the blurry picture.

Quizzically enough, I think my attempt to look Kpop-esque kinda worked! This aunty in my church came up to me, remarked how I looked like one of those kpop stars and promptly tried to match make me with her son (who is getting married in a few months time). =__= No thanks, ma'am.

Anyway, thanks for looking and stay healthy during this festive season! I've got more exciting posts (reviews, hauls, etc) coming up!!!

This is a really belated LOTD (I actually wore it last week), but since cut-creases have been picking up popularity lately, I shall just feature this. Also, it kinda complemented my outfit that day - I was keeping it clean and simple.

The eye makeup:

Coordinating the whole monochromatic colour code, even with my nails.

I noticed that cut-creases do give the illusion of having double eyelids, which monolid-ders like me really appreciate. Anything to make our eyes look bigger and more attractive, ho ho! Also, I love pairing the whole look with a touch of highlight - gives me just the right glow! 

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And my OOTD:

Ha ha, full body white! SNSD much???

I still can't believe that I dare wear a fully-white outfit, cos let's admit it, white makes us look fatter. But strangely enough, I feel more sophisticated and dare I say, smexy in it..? Oh well, I'm still digging the full-body white trend thing, so let's work it while we're still in the groove! Thanks for reading guys, take care y'all!

Presenting the LOTD I wore to the flea market nearly 2 weeks back (previous post)~

And featuring the cheap S$2.20 Daiso e/s quad I bought from M'sia a while back!

Smashing the myth that all cheapo e/s aren't worth anything.

Anyway, it's this quad that I featured a few months back in my M'sia trip haul, don't know if you remember it?

I know my smokey eye came out all black and grey, when all the e/s are suppose to be green - that's cos I mainly used the darkest shade at the top. I only applied a bit of the lighter green shade over the black to give the look a slight green reflux, but it turned out grey in the pictures (don't most moss green e/s turn out grey on camera??). The other 2 lighter shades were used for blending and highlighting.

Pigmentation was kind of light but after using UDPP, the colours definitely came out more intense. You wouldn't guess it's a S$2.20 shadow quad once you use a good primer/base underneath the e/s! And I super love using the white and beige shades; they blend out the dark e/s very well and the highlighting by the white is quite good! Texture is fine, not chalky at all. But like I said, a good base is required.

Finally, here's the black baby-dress I wore:

Decided to go girly a bit, and the weather was scorching hot that afternoon!

Convinced to try some Daiso e/s next time? Too bad SG Daiso's don't bring them in, so remember to khoop some when you M'sia! Thanks for reading!

[Warning: Image Intensive!]

2 weeks back, me and my friend decided to take the plunge and go for the chocolate buffet that is held everyday Friday and Saturday at the Fullerton Hotel. It was a crazy decision because 1) Ever eaten a meal that has chocolate in everything?! Insane, I tell 'ya  2) It's not exactly cheap  3) Fullerton is super high-class while my friend and I were just students. But it being a symbol of our friendship (we made a pact when we became bosom buddies at Sephora), we wanted to fulfill our promise and also our chocolate fantasies!

Here's the simple neutral LOTD I wore, using my L'oreal brown palette.

Sorry, couldn't get clear pics because of my long fringe (didn't want to mess up my hair cos I styled it already). It's just neutral sparkles with brown eyeliner and lots of mascara!

Just realized I look like a ghost here, ha ha! I think my fringe is getting too long for its own good.

My OOTD:

I feel that a loose blouse is essential for chocolate buffets - no one will see your my expending tummy, and it feels more comfortable when your my fats runneth over when I sit down. LOL!

Pic spam of the experience!

Scenic shot of Clark Quay before the deed.

Scenic shot of my friend sitting down in the Cafe before the deed.

Alright, we're both prepared! Ready.. set.. go!

Food pic spam!

Oh. My. God. These were the best macarons I've ever tasted! They were so good, I walloped 3 at one go!

This is a cup of molten 70% dark chocolate, yumz~

The cafe and the assembly area.

All the shot cups of mousse/puddings~

The chocolate fountain and the chocolate melting station.

The various chocolates up for melting, to be taken along with some tea infusion (in the droppers).

The accompaniments for the chocolate fountain.

Our faces when the bill came...

And candid shots taken in their toilet!

Here's my friend playing with the giant revolving door of the hotel when we were exiting! Damn posh, the place is.

We couldn't tahan the bitter-sweet aftertaste of the chocolates anymore after the feast, so immediately we went and had some McD fries! Ha ha, that night was super fattening but we both enjoyed it! :D

Here's what the bill came up to:

The cakes were good, the chocolate drinks were fantastic (72% molten chocolate kicks ass!), the macarons were heavenly and the service was the best! However, it's a buffet where quantity takes a back seat - rather than trying to eat half of the buffet up, it's better to try a bit of everything. And also, it's something you'll do once in a blue moon. My friend and I agreed that the next time we'll be back will probably be 5 years down the road or something. It's the experience really, not somewhere where you can fill your stomach. But personally, I think everyone should try this at least once in their lifetime!

What: Chocolate Buffet

Where: The Courtyard, Fullerton Hotel, SG

When: Every Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.

How much: About S$45 each, after GST and Service Tax

Thanks for reading guys, hope you all enjoyed the food porn~

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!

2 weeks back, when Miwitch kindly asked me if I would like to be a hair model for an upcoming hair coloring workshop her friend was holding at KPSS Pte Ltd (company that manages Goldwell hair products), I got super excited and agreed! Previously in May, I wanted to go for a session too but I was too busy working, so this time I quickly snapped up the opportunity. Plus, I heard that Chantana was going for the workshop too, so there'll be new "familiar" faces I can meet, woots!

Just a shout out, a big THANK YOU to miwitch (I did it in pink for you >3<)! Thanks, dear, for inviting me and giving me the opportunity to experience something so exciting! And also, hello Chantana~ Nice meeting you, even if it was for such a brief period of time. Here's her account of what went on that day.

The workshop was held yesterday, to train several hair stylists in the application of natural/cool brown and blond dyes and it was instructed by the very chic Rodica Hristu, a Canadian colorist. I was the first one to arrive at the workshop (though I thought I was going to be late) and it was super awkward for me, cos the room was so empty and there wasn't anyone I knew. Rodica was there however with her male friend, and after seeing me twitch nervously for 5 minutes in my chair, she walked over and began examining my hair.

*nervous glances at Rodica*

*grunt of approval*

Phew! I thought she was gonna condemn my hair or something (no thanks to my colleague who burnt my hair!). Soon, the other models and stylists started arriving and we officially began the workshop at 2 pm. I was attended by a female stylist and her assistant who were from SuperCuts at Seng Kang's Compass Point.

Point to be taken, this coloring workshop was a free-of-charge dye job for us and I know I don't have the right to complain..but I just wanna say, I didn't like that lady stylist of mine. She handled my hair quite roughly, was impatient and had a couldn't-be-bothered attitude. Her assistant, on the other hand, was so much nicer and more attentive! Anyway, that lady stylist left 1 hour before the workshop ended (cannot even wait to stay till the end huh?) and I was blissfully left in her assistant's capable hands.

Thankfully Rodica was patrolling around during the whole session and came by often to guide my lady stylist - when my stylist got my existing base colour wrong, she corrected her and tutored her on what colour dyes to use; my stylist wanted to bleach my hair to get an ash brown colour but Rodica advised against this and introduced another, more hair-friendly method. That, plus Rodica mentioned that they had a very good hair model so it should be an easy job for them! *beams with pride*

Sadly, I didn't bring my camera to the workshop, so no workshop pics. Besides, I was tied down to my chair by a heavy plastic bag-full of dyed hair (miwitch has the unglam shots, I should ask her for them) so there was no way I could walked around to take pictures. Interestingly, I observed a very young and attractive male stylist who was working single-handedly on his model beside me - his capability was praised by Rodica and she didn't need to offer him much advice, plus his looks really didn't hurt at all to look at, ha ha! Unfortunately, I think he's gay. Sad. Ahh well.

For this workshop, all the hair products used were Goldwell and oh my gosh, my hair turned out so soft and smooth! Even after highlighting and a full-head dye. Plus, the dye didn't sting my scalp and it smelt really good, not stinky at all! After my hair was all done up, Rodica kept coming over and asking the assistant and I, if we were happy with the dye job. She definitely looked satisfied with her tutoring; she kept running her fingers through my newly-dyed hair and going "So pretty, so shiny". (Plus, that good-looking guy/gay hair stylist kept eyeing the assistant and me, lol!)

Alright, pics which I took after I got back home! The workshop ended at 5.45 pm for me (later than Chantana) so the whole thing took 4 hours.

But now, I've got a headful of pretty, cool brown hair with subtle highlights!

It appears a lot more coppery above, but the colour is actually truer in the below pic. It's got a little bit of green tinge to it.

Close-up of the top, sorry for the blurry pic. You can probably see the shine and the green tinge here more evidently.

And here was my OOTD, sans the black boots that I was wearing~

Long post, whew, glad I'm done with my storytelling! Thanks for bothering to read it, hope you "enjoyed" it! Cheers~

Okay, ignore the corny title cos i couldn't think of anything else with the words "simple" and "lace"! Hmm...maybe "Simple Lace"...? Gwahhh, whatever!

On Saturday, I met up with my close buddies for a Korean meal at Outram and I wore my new lace dress out. You know, just to test run the style before school starts~ Here's how it looked like on me:

My mirror is seriously small, it's dead difficult to take a full length pic of myself! Ah ha ha ha, does it look racy to you? xD

And my simple LOTD that I wore to match the dress - I didn't wear much makeup in order not to overwhelm the whole image.

I just dusted some frosty white e/s to lighten my lids, did up the winged eyeliner with my new Maybelline gel liner and loaded up on the mascara. The blush used was Petticoat, which gave me such a gorgeous rosy glow and lasted through the whole night, barbeque smoke and all! :D As usual, I went without the lip stuff.

Here's the close-up of my eyeliner. I was trying to emulate BoA's EOTD #2 from her MV, but her eyeliner is really exaggerated so I did a watered down version.

I think it'd be awesome to do hers, cos it's so rad and fierce looking! But to wear it out is another matter, especially with a sweet lacy dress. Another thing I noticed, did her MUA forget to fill in/lengthen her brows or something...? They look kinda... lacking. I dunno, maybe it's just me. @__@

As for the Korean meal, it was SMASHING! The best Korean food I've had so far, and it's extremely affordable too! Me and another 3 friends ordered 5 plates of BBQ meat (1 beef, 2 pork, 2 chicken) and 1 plate of prawns, 2 plates of raw lettuce for wrapping, 2 bowls of rice, 1 bowl of bi bim bap, 1 giant kimchi pancake and 1 plate of dukk bok ki, and all of that costed us S$16 each! We ate till we were bursting at the seams (seriously, that's a lot of food for 2 girls and 2 guys) and the bill was so cheap! So happy, even though I ended up smelling like BBQ-ed meat the whole night! And as we were making our way back, we caught the brief display of fireworks for the YOG opening ceremony, woots! All in all, it was a nice outing with friends that ended in a very satisfying note~