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

Yeah, I know the title sucks but these are my 2 Nail-of-the-dayWeek (NOTWs) that I've been sporting after CNY. A quick post, cos I don't have much time on my hands and I've got tons of school work to catch up on. Sometimes, I hate my lazy self.

NOTD #1 - Skin Food's Nail Vita Polish

I don't know, they don't give names to their polishes (or at least if they do, it's in Korean and I don't read Korean). It's along the brown, neutral, mushroom-like range of shades and I love love LOVE this polish. Ha ha, besides the point that it makes my fingers look like yummy blocks of chocolate! :d

It glows differently under different lighting, because it's got these minuscule gold sparkles floating around in its rich brown cream base colour.

Under indoor lighting:

Under strong sunlight:

Had to show you guys the large picture, cos the gold shimmer is just so pretty! I was a tad reluctant to take off this polish after wearing it for 1 week.

But I had to cause it's my routine, and I changed it to this:

Yep, it's the "long time no see" Absolutely Alice fro OPI!

I was rummaging through my drawer to see what polish to put on for this week and the brilliant blue and gold sparkles caught my eye. This is actually just 1 coat of Absolutely Alice; I had painted a dark blue creme base underneath it. I think it intensifies the blue glitters so much more and my camera actually had problems focusing on my fingers due to the glitters sparkly everywhere!

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And my haul for this week:

Ha ha ha! I spammed on the Heal Pharm nose strips. Previously when they had the offer on both the white and black versions, the whole onsugar blogosphere (Chantana especially, ha ha, thanks for the recommendations dear!) was raving about them. I bought a pack of the charcoal black ones to try and I immediately regretted not getting more, especially after they took off the promotion.

And now these white packs (not the black ones) are back on their S$2 offer! So I had to grab a few (one pack is actually for my friend to try out ^_^). I think these will easily last me half a year, so no more worries about nose strips for the time being!

Please go grab yours before all the stock run out, because I know a lot of Watsons branches already has these OOS!!! Thanks for viewing this post, take care people!

Ha ha, that took quite a while, but let's continue with my CNY LOTDs!

Actually, there's only 1 more but I've got some cute doggie pictures which I can't resist not putting up.

Day 7's LOTD

(cos I finished up my visiting on that day while I slaved away in school on the other days)

Wait... Ha ha, you probably can't see the eye makeup with all my fringe in the way right? xD That's the problem with sporting heavy bangs, the makeup is all lost in the hair. =3=

Close-up of the eye:

It's a super simple look, cos I was in a hurry. Just used a glittery loose eye shadow all over the lids, some highlighting at the tear duct and brow, liquid eyeliner and Silkygirl's purple pencil eyeliner for the bottom lash line!

Here's a better pic, probably you can see the purple tinge more.

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Anyway, here comes the cute doggy pics! I wore the above look to a relative's place who had Bubbles, the cute tiny short-haired Chi Hua Hua!!!

Ha ha, she kept going round and round in a tizzy fit whenever I stepped into the kitchen, so it was really difficult to snap a cleat shot of her! I had to sit down and wait for a few minutes before she calmed down.

After which, she came snuggling up to me~

(aww.. bulbous eyes, how cute!)

And the epitome of the fondness we had for each other.

I pushed her away cos I didn't want her consuming all my BB cream and loose powder, but she seems to have taken a liking to the taste of cosmetics?

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Ha ha, last but not least, the nail colours I was sporting for that CNY week:

ORLY's "Space Cadet" on my fingers, and a bronzey-olive nail polish from Skin Food on my toes.

I love it when "Space Cadet" changes its colour to kinda match my toe nails. It's quite amusing, though it makes me look retarded (kept staring at my nails).

I'm trying my best to keep the posts coming despite my heavy school workload, but thanks for popping by and viewing this entry!

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

I initially wasn't gonna publish this post as the dye job was done 1.5 months back and there wasn't any drastic changes in my hair colour. My previous hair colour was already quite bright (amazing results from the Rodica Hristu colouring workshop) so this dye job was done just to refresh the colour and lighten my roots.

Before pictures:

Omg at my fuggly roots! :O

But thanks to my mom's powerful DIY hair dyeing skills and this:

[Credits to shop-pladge.blogspot.com for the pic!]

I covered up my roots nicely and got this:

Be prepared to be blinded by my shiny bright hair, ho ho ho!

Ha ha ha, very bright right?

But it's not that bad in normal room lighting...

..and under the sunlight.

(Gawd how I love root-less coloured hair QAQ)

The Hoyu Beauteen hair dyes are still the DIY dye of choice I'll turn too, because it works beautifully and it's really cheap (S$8.90 at Watsons). But for people with more sensitive scalp, you might wanna be more cautious and do a patch test before hand, cos most of the dyes contains bleach inside, so it can be a bit harsh. Personally, all I felt was a slight stinging as the bleach worked on my hair, and that's because I tend to go for the very light colours (thus higher % of bleach).

That's just my 2-cents worth of hair dye experience. And I love blinding you guys with my flashing hair halo~ Ha ha, love you all, tootles!!!

I haven't been spending much lately as I was saving up for an iPhone. Plus no pocket money during the holidays = even less spending power.

But things have come around! First up, I've finally gotten my iPhone 2 days back (after waiting for half a year). It's an indispensable device to me, cos I love my music and I love my apps. :) And, I've started receiving pocket money again, yay! Plus, I've sold a whole bunch of pineapple tarts (pity I didn't a pic of them, cos I made a whole mountain load!) so I've gotten some extra spending money.

Ohh, and Chinese New Year is just tomorrow...which means ang bao!

So I went to get the 2 items that I've been eyeing for the past month and finally justified buying (come on, they're necessities!).

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Item #1, liquid eyeliner! This is the Wink Up Essence-In Pen Eyeliner. I had to get a replacement after using my Silkygirl Precision liner for more than a year (and it finally dried out).

They claimed that Hyaluronic Acid, Collagen and Pantothenic Acid has been added to strengthen the lashes and the skin around the area... but how effective is that gonna be when the substances are the last 3 ingredients in the ingredients list??? *is skeptical*

But I'm definitely digging the sleek red packaging and the fine brush tip!

Time to test!

As you can see, the fine tip really allows precised and thin lines to be drawn. I could feather out the lashes singly in the eye pic that I drew. And more pressure can be applied to get a thicker line ala Pikachu~

This eyeliner is water-resistant and quite stubborn to smudging when you rub against it. However, I've only used it twice so I can't say much about its waterproof or lasting properties. But so far so good (and that's a plus cos I'm an extremely picky person)!

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Item #2, a new foundation! This is the Bourjois "smell-so-good-I-wanna-eat-it" Healthy Mix Foundation.

Here's the pump and I got it in Shade 52, Vanilla.

I was quite excited to get it cos this would be my very first foundation, giving that all I've been using thus far are BB creams and tinted moisturizers. It's true, I really feel like slathering some on my tongue every time I apply it onto my face - it smells so refreshingly intoxicating!

Coverage is about light to medium; it's light and moisturizing; the finish is dewy but it sets to a semi-powdery finish. I've only worn it once, so I can't attest to its "16 Hour" claim and I don't know how it does in sweltering weather yet. We shall see, but for now, I'm really satisfied with it.

Here are the pics of the foundation after 6 hours of wear, when I test drove it yesterday.

(I didn't toggle with any picture settings this time, maybe only brighten the pic a bit as it was night time when I took the pics and the room was kinda dim. What you see is how it looked on my face.)

In normal room lighting:

Dewy..but not oily. The shine at my cheeks is partly due to my MSF which I used to highlight. But my nose and the area around it does tend to get a bit oilier than the other places.

With flash:

So that's that for now, I'm really excited to wear the foundation out to visitations during CNY!

Here's wishing everyone and your families a HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR! It's time to get hoppin' (Year of the Rabbit) and hope everyone eats lots of barbeque meat and pineapple tarts!

P.S. Super excited at what looks I'm gonna be doing this CNY. Last year with makeup was fun~~~