By: fallen angel

Had sometime during my confinement month and feeling extremely bored decided to try something. There was a make up challenge at a make up forum and decided to give it a try. The inspiration was from a soda can.

This is my inspiration from Mountain Dew

Urban Decay Book of Shadows vol 2 for the eyes (homegrown & perversion). Laura Mercier foundation and blush. Lancome juicy rouge nude lipstick. Bobbi Brown gel liner. Majolica mascara in black.

With my cutie pie (look at mom she had green eyes, LOL)

It’s been awhile since i’ve used Shu Uemura cleansing oil. It all started with my friend bought a big bottle and came with a free miniature and she gave it to me. She was rambling to me how good it was that i just had to try it. As you can see the miniature is quite a big bottle not the super small ones. I have to say i love the size and it’s great for traveling. You just need to use a little and the bottle can last quite long.

I just use it as a make up remover as i have that feeling of it’s not clean enough and worried that my face will be oily (even though it does not feel oily) Basically i’ll double cleansed (re wash my face with a cleanser) After a few times using it, i notice that the make up does not come off as clean as i would like it to be. All this while i was thinking maybe it’s the black eye liner or my super black mascara that i’m using that is just super difficult hard to remove. It always leave a smudgy grayish mark underneath my eyes. So to me at that point i didn’t think much of the product and i was wondering why everyone is so wow about it. I end up trying out my mom’s Loreal  make up remover instead. Affordable and it does the job pretty much the same, in fact at some point i think it was cleaner.

If you are wondering why was i trying out make up remover from everyone? It was because i’ve tried so many times using make up remover and it just doesn’t do the job as much as i like it and i ended up with bottles of them hardly used. So this time i wanted to make sure the brand that i buy does the job well. I’ve tried from over the counter products and branded ones and i’ve got sick and tired of it.

If you are the everyday make up person you want to ensure that you have a good make up remover so that your skin can maintain well, and of course with a good skin care routine that suits you.

All i’m saying is that maybe this product is just not for me. Maybe for some other skin type or someone else have better experience with it other than me.

I used to be a Bobbi Brown fan(didn’t follow their product for sometime) and I remembered long time ago one of my friend told me that they have a good make up remover. One day i pass by the store and decided to check it out. To my surprise the sales was introduced me a new cleansing oil. He told me it’s new in the market and it’s really good. He tested it on my hand. Put some make up on the back of my hand and wipe it with the cleansing oil. It wipes off nicely without leaving the skin oily and no black residue. I told him that it’s just like the Shu Uemura cleansing oil it doesn’t really wipe off entirely when it’s on your eye. He told me, i can try it on you now if you don’t believe me with black eyeliner and mascara. So i told him to bring it on (just another sales tactic i thought)

Well… it did turn out quite well like he said, and i was bought by it. I got myself a bottle Rm 145 and decided to give it a go.

The conclusion, I love it! It does “the job” as i like it and i don’t even feel that i need to double cleansed after using it. No paranoia that makes me feel as if my skin is oily after using it or any dirty black stain under my eyes. For Rm 145 200 ml i would say it’s still a affordable quality buy for a make up remover. I bought mine i think some time mid of last year and i still have half the bottle left (i use it daily) If your not the type that use it daily i think it can even last you longer.

*Unlike Shu’s when you apply the cleansing oil you need to rub and let the oil sink into your skin then then the make up will slowly come off. For Bobbi it immediately comes off after u sprit some on to your hand/skin u can see the make up start to run straight away.

So far this is one of the best cleansing oil (make up remover) i’ve used and it’s worth the investment.

Till next time…

x

The Eiffel Tower.

Our trip to Paris Dec 2009 just a few days before Christmas. It was a extremely cold winter.

The Louvre Pyramid in Paris, France, in the court of the Louvre Museum, is a 20.6 meter (about 70 foot) glass structure which acts as an entrance to the museum. It was designed by the American architect I. M. Pei and completed in 1989. It was seen in Davinci Code movie.

Outside of Louvre Museum.

Louvre courtyard

Inside the Louvre Museum was the Mona Lisa painting. It’s protected by bullet proof glass and a security guard beside it and tons of people crowded to take a glimpse of the painting. This is the best picture i can get.

Beautiful ceilings inside the museum.

and….

A lot of nudity paintings and sculptures. It seems that back in the days the Italians, French & Spanish painters embrace the human body a lot.

The famous Notre Dame Cathedral. And there’s no hunchback there

Inside Notre Dame. It would be lovely to have a church wedding there. They have the longest aile.

The streets of Paris.

So long for now, will put up more pics later.

Till next time…

Book of shadows vol 2 by Urban Decay

A make up palette that i’ve been looking for a long time. There it was when i found it on my trip to Paris at Sephora.

Urban Decay always comes up with a chic and edgy design for their shadows.

Book of shadows vol 2 glides out in a drawer style. It is quite popular in the UK and the States. What are people raving about it? Well… it’s about the colors! And you have that in one palette on the go. It comes with their very popular in travel size eye shadow primer “Potion” and glide on eye liner in black & brown. I bought a regular size for the “potion” and i love it. Much better eye shadow base than the Mac i’m using. It brighten up your eye shadow colors and most important thing is that it doesn’t smudge. I don’t feel my Mac shadow primer really brighten up the shadow and i feel it still smudge my colors. I especially love it cause i wear eye liner very near my lash line and usually by half the day it kinda get smudge on the bottom of my eye but when i use potion it doesn’t &keep my eyes clean throughout the day ^_^

My favourite color is Flipside, Jinx, AC/DC, Midnight Cowboy, Homegrown erm…. well most of it, LOL.The palette consist of colors in all the range. From day to night and highlights. Urban Decay’s shadows has very thick pigments. All you need to do is lightly apply the shadow. Otherwise it will look very thick. A little can go a long way.

Usually i’ll just wear a light color all over my eyes with some eye liner, mascara and i’m done. Or if i feel like wearing a little more color i will just add a little definition on the outer corner of my eyes with AC/DC so that there’s some depth in the eyes.(don’t have to look smokey all the time) With a palette like that it has great combination and all you need to do is to play around with it and try to mix and match. I haven’t tried everything yet, as soon as i do, i’ll take some pics and review about it.

The whole palette cost around Rm230 i think in some other website you might able to get it around Rm180. It is not available in Malaysia. For that cost i think it’s still very affordable for such a wide range for a color palette. It’s great for traveling and in fact for anything. 1 palette on the go!

Till next time…

Vacation

I was reading the newspaper one day and i came across this ad. Air Asia is having another promo at least that’s what i thought.

Let’s see, Rm 99 where to ?

Hm….. Malaysian Airlines??? Let’s get a clearer look.

Yup it’s the MAS logo.

I guess some people are jumping into the bandwagon or just run out of creativity. I don’t think i want to comment much on this i’ll just let the picture do the talking. I’m just not a fan of copy cats.

Till next time…

My latest obsession, the addictive popular tv series that’s hot like a bomb now, Gossip Girl.

“Spotted” Gossip Girl blog

Base on a teen drama book series written by Cecily von Ziegesar. The series was created by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, and premiered on The CW on September 19, 2007. Narrated by the omniscient yet unseen blogger “Gossip Girl”The series revolves around the lives of privileged teenagers attending an elite private school in New York City’s Upper East Side.

My favourite character is the bad boy you love to hate Chuck Bass (Charles Bartholomew “Chuck” Bass) played by Ed Westwick. Chuck resides with his family at the Plaza Hotel on the Upper East Side and attends school at the Riverside Preparatory School for Boys on the Upper West Side. Chuck is largely friendless, but is tolerated by the others because of his family’s enormous wealth. He is described as having flamboyant fashion sense, with a penchant for scarves. Lazy and vain, Chuck’s only interests are sex and money, and he is frequently chided by his father for lacking ambition and performing poorly in school. He is the resident bad boy of the Upper East Side, originally portrayed as a Casanova type. Despite his rich irritating ways, he has a good heart. I guess someone that’s rich, powerful and charming has it’s ways. I have to say, i like his signature scarf, It’s Chuck Bass

“What is there in for me?”

Also well known for his fashion. Only what the Upper East Siders will wear o_0 Or maybe it’s just Chuck, hehe! His famous quote “Because I’m Chuck Bass” Full of confidence and full of himself i’d say. Well i guess when he says it in his mellow voice and mysterious eyes somehow it’s just charming, you will just hate to love him, lol.

A lot of people doesn’t know that Ed Westwick is British. He’s just speaking in an American accent in the series. He trained at The National Youth Theatre in London and was recently seen in the role of Alex in Alfonso Cuaron’s “Children of Men,” opposite Clive Owen and Julianne Moore. He just turn 22 on June 27, 1987. When not filming “Gossip Girl” in New York City, Westwick lives outside London.

Ed Westwick is also currently dating cast mate Jessica Szohr (Vanessa Abrams)

Jessica Szohr (full name Jessica Karen Szohr) is a model of both Caucasian and African-American descent. Jessica Sohr was discovered at age 16 where she began working as a Kohl’s Department Store model, and that ultimately led her to acting, where we know her from Gossip Girl.

Chase Crawford (Nate Archibald) plays Vanessa boyfriend and Chuck’s best friend.

Ed Westwick and Chase Crawford are also housemates in real life. They must get along really well since in set and off set they stay and hang together.

I have never been addicted to a tv series before but i guess we all like or need to have some drama in our lives.Too bad i’m finishing season 2 soon. Season 3 is just currently started in the States, so it will be awhile till the dvd set comes out sigh. More drama in college i suppose and more twist and surprises. Of course the story is exageratted  with rich and powerful socialites in the upper east side. That’s why it’s a drama. Just like how people would chase Korean series and Hong Kong series. Some people may think it’s bitchy, hey… we all hope to have some Blair within us or hope there’s a Chuck Bass around ;P (watch it and you will know what i mean)

This is B, you know you love me, XOXO – Gossip Girl

Source: Wiki, Gossip Girl Insider

Shisedo Marjolica Marjoca lash expander

A more affordable range by Shisedo, Marjolica Marjoca. Available at your local drug store (got mine at Watsons) More affordable and with cute trendy packaging.

Introduced by my cousin sister one day telling me that their mascara is great. Doesn’t give you that black eye effect at the end of the day. You know how it is when your make up is fresh everything looks beautiful but half way through the day, mascara clump is dropping a bit and worst your eye liner maybe smudging (probably is ) You start to look like a panda without knowing it.

My cousin is one of those lucky ones that’s born with panda eyes + eye bags (SO NOT!) She’s very particular about her eye bags and eye circles so ensure that when she tells me, hey it doesn’t give you that effect you bet i trusted her. She always conceal her panda eyes nicely and the last thing on her mind is smudgy eye liner and mascara to spoil her day.

One day we went shopping together and we bought the mascara together. I bought the volume mascara and she bought long and fluttery (whatever that means ;P) Excited to try it out. After a few days only i remember oh let’s

use it. To my surprise when i opened it, the mascara wand is a comb not your typical brush. Felt weird at the beginning but what the heck let’s give it a try.

Clean and clear lashes. As you can see i have long lashes but it’s not thick nor is it curly.

I’m using Shu Uemura lash curler to curl my lashes. By the way it’s a great lash curler. I bought the set with the small curler. They are popular with the lash curler because it has that nice curve to your eyes. Depending on how your eyes is usually the big curler can curl everything and if it can’t, use the small curler to get the hard to reach insider corners and outer edges. It’s especially good with asian eyes cause made by Japanese Great for me! I have slanted eyes.

Right side, left side.

Marjolica Marjoca volume mascara.

Start combing from the inside.

One good thing about the comb is that it can reach your small little hair and it can comb out all the lashes at the same time. Making the lashes fully extended and has volume.

What you can do is go through it 2-3 times to get the volume and length you like.

This is how it look like, ooo i look fierce! lol. If you have hard lashes like me, they never stayed curled so what i do is after the mascara dries i’ll use my eye lash curler again, and since it has mascara now it will stay longer in shape. To achieve bigger yes, line your eyes with black eye liner. You can see from the 1st pic that now my lashes are well define, extended and with a touch of curl.

I’ve been using it for about 1 month now, and yes it doesn’t have clump droppings at the end of the day and stays clean through out the day and night. The staying power is strong too.

Why is everyone so obsessed over mascara and lashes?

If your one of those people that’s lazy still want to look decent. Just simple eye liner and long lashes will make you look awake (rather than sleepy) And always put some lip balm or gloss for that sexy pout. Keep it moisturized.

For those that likes to glam up, nothing beat that sexy sultry eyes with batting long eye lashes Cause the eyes speaks it all.

Hope you enjoy the review.

Till next time…

When you are in Ipoh must have…. famous Ipoh chicken hor fun (noodle)

Smooth tasty chicken…… makes me hungry just looking at it.

It is well known for it’s smoothness. You are suppose to eat it with the chicken and bean sprouts.

Famous beans sprouts. They are shorter, crispier and juicier.

Closer look, hmmm yummy! I can eat the whole plate by myself

There are so many places you can find Ipoh hor fun in Ipoh. But this is one of my personal pick which is call Cowan Street Ayam Tauge And Koitiau which is of course located at Cowan Street. It is just off the road of Hotel Excelsior. By the way it’s only open at night. Whenever you drop by the land of grace, this can be one of your destination for food. But if you are looking for chicken noodle during the day, there is another one near by Cowan street as well. Just a few blocks away, at Theatre Street, you can find another popular tourist chicken noodle, Low Wong and Onn Kee. Low Wong is open for night time only as Onn Kee is open for lunch and dinner and the kopitiam is air conditioned.

Happy eating, till next time…

Michael Buble album: It’s Time

It’s pronounced as Michael Buble’ (boo-blay) Another one of my favourite jazzy artiste. A very good rendition of an old song to a new jazzy tune, a duet with Nelly Furtado.

Originally from Canada, born 9 September 1975 in Burnaby, British Columbia is a Canadian singer and actor who took Italian citizenship in 2005. He found worldwide commercial success with his 2005 album It’s Time, and his 2007 album Call Me Irresponsible was an even bigger success, reaching number one on the Canadian album chart, the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, the Australian ARIA Albums Chart and the European charts. Bublé has sold more than 20 million albums worldwide.

Source: Wiki

quando-quando-quando

Quando means when in Spanish. Nothing beats a nice tune with sweet lyrics.

Enjoy the song till next time…