Let's talk about lips baby

Did I mention I'm a super fan of lipsticks? Especially pinkish and nudish tones. I just can't have enough of them! I probably have varying shades of them in different textures/formulations!

I'm naturally tanned and my normal lip colour often tends to look more reddish. "Heaty Red" as some people might say.

Putting on nudy or pinky shades of colour complements my skin tone, makes my lips look softer and kissable instead of overly swollen!

Did you know:

Lipstick actually provides protection to our lips and minimises our risk of lip cancer seven times as compared to men??! (University of California study)

Our lips are an extremely sensitive part of our body and we should provide proper protection for it.

Guys and girls, I strongly suggest you all invest in a lip balm with SPF to protect against harmful UV.

Nowadays, with the vast array of lipstick choices in the market, how do we know what to get?

Here's a general guideline to lipstick and its formulations:

The more pigments in lipsticks, the more drying it is.

There are 5 different lip forrmulations namely:
Sheer, Shimmer, Matte, Cream and Long lasting.

Mattes contain the most pigment and sheers the least.

Sheers
Give a natural wet look with only a hint of tint and different degress of shine. They don't last long on the lips and you don't need a mirror to apply.
Very simple and straight forward actually :)

Brand e.g. MAC lipgloss THE all time favourite!


Shimmers
a.k.a frosted with a metallic or pearlescent hue making the lips shimmer because it contains mica, a light reflector.

Brand e.g. Bobbi Brown Essentials Shimmer Lip Gloss

Cream
Gives a matt, velvety look without the heavy feel. It contains more oils and conditioners than mattes. Also commonly know as hydrating lipstick.

Brand e.g. Shu Uemura lipstick

Mattes
contain the most pigment making lip colour last longer. It gives a flat non shiny surface.

Tip: It is good to apply a layer of lip balm to moisturise the lips before applying the matte lip colour.

Brand e.g. MAC

Longlasting
Lip colours work on a time release principle. The heat from our lips stimulates the release of the colour. It contains ingredients found in our foundations, making it last. It can be relatively drying too.

Brand e.g Revlon Colourstay

With all the pretty colours and different textures of lip colours in the market, there is no reason to neglect those pouty/sexy lips of yours!

My Best Friend's Wedding

10th July, my best friend's, Jolene's wedding. It was kinda a nice and grand affair.. The bride looked beautiful and the sisters ever young and pretty.. heehee

I was the head bridesmaid and together with a few other sisters, we woke up really early in the morning preparing to set off to Jo's place.

The idea was for us sisters to wear pink dresses. Rose pink.
I had difficulties finding that light shade of pink in my favourite style and so with permission of Jo, I got a hot pink number instead :) Just appropriate as I'm supposed to stand out as I'm head 'jiemei' anyway.

The morning episode was hilarious. We totally had fun making the lives hard for the brothers and the groom. I was accused of laughing too evilly and that I must be the mastermind.


WRONG BIG TIME!

You all JUST didn't know women can be EVIL creatures didn't you? We were thinking of setting up a business company specialising in "Rent a Bridesmaid (Jiemei)" ! One of the sisters was so pro at it that we decided she should be the CEO....

Seriously! I think it could all work out! Just check out the movie: 27 dresses. You'll know what I mean.

Pictures of us cam whoring:








After the morning ceremony was over, most of us went straight to the hotel, Mandarin Oriental.
We had a wonderful room (with a nice view of the NDP rehearsal parade ground and the ferris wheel) for us all to get ready in. The room is just shiok!


The bridal suite was fantastic and the light bites just looked totally gorgeous and yummy:



This wonderfully simple but beautiful look cake....




There's strawberries and champagne




Cakes and more cakes....!!! OOO Im salivating!!!!!



Sandwiches and smoked salmon!!

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So after all the kay-po-ing in the bridal's suite, we went back to our room to bath and freshen up.

I had the honour of styling up some of the sisters' hair. Busy busy busy.
Almost didn't have time to doll myself up! (Well, for professionalism's sake, I must totally make sure that all their hair was ok before I doll myself right?)

In the end, I was slightly late for the solemnization. Thank God I still could witness most of their vows.... AWWW....

After the solemnization, was the reception and the welcoming in of guests. The hotel had the waiters serve light bites and cocktail for the waiting guests !! I did not get a chance to taste the light bites at all! I think they had prawns and smoked salmon... The classy yummy kind! :(

Oh! oh! Here is a pic of my evening attire:



It's very blurry most probably due to the lighting.

I specially got the flowery hairband from Forever 21 to match my black frou frou dress! I improvised my strappy heels. See those straps? They are actually ribbons that I used to tie it to my feet to look like it is connected to my wedge!

The sash was added to make me look more precious, like a gift??!!! HAW Haw Haw!.............

Dress was from MU and is designed in a very smart way. It has strings attached to the under side of the skirt so I can choose to either let it loose or tie it up for that layered effect, which I did, and I can also wear this dress as a long skirt!

The only thing I regretted not bringing was my shawl.. It was like the artic! Freezing cold...

We warmed ourselves gulping red wine....




The wedding favour was so pretty and delicious! I finished mine in no time.

Chocolate coated almonds in a glass bottle.
Here's a pic of the favour:




Dinner was finally served and the food was just yummy. Really different from the typical dishes we usually have at chinese weddings.

I.e: Instead of shark's fin, we were served shark's fin soup with what I think was mini abalone.

YUMMY!

Instead of the usual prawns, we were served prawns tempura style on sticks with wasabi sauce to go.

YUMMY!

Chilli Crab shelled served with Man Tou

YUMMY!

Juicy Cod fish fillet with artificial head and tail made with gluten.
We ate only the fillet.

Succulent & YUMMY!!


The service from them was great! One server was assigned for each table. Our drinks were full all the time and the plates were promptly cleared. But a tad bit too quickly.. The left overs were cleared before we even had time to think if we should have a second helping.
My friend's untouched cod fish was almost cleared by the waitress... -_-lll


Dinner ended at 11 plus pm. Pretty late huh?

Remember the room that I mentioned earlier? I would totally be staying overnight together with Zanne! My other good friend! Just nice, with free breakfast for two the next morning!

Yippee!

The other girls all could not stay over. What good luck for us!

The next day's breakfast was super nice ! It was in international buffet style and everything was just yummy. I was happily indulging myself and to add to the fact that they've got this whole honey comb for us to dig honey from! FRESH!

Till the next time!
MUACKX *Blow kiss*