Fashion design Graduation at Temasek Poly

Ohh! Recently I got a makeup job at Temasek Polytechnic for the graduation of the fashion design students!

By god, I was awed by their fantastic creations! They hand-made everything themselves, down to the necklaces and bags....
I saw my potential wedding dress design over there too! :D

There were 24 models to be made up, divided into four main groups. I was assigned to do the foundation. Man! It was back aching work; we had to stand and bend at an awkward angle.

After they were all made up, it's show time!

We went back stage of the auditorium to help do touch ups for the models and take pictures!

Damn! I look horrible... But do take a look at the clothes. Very nice right?



That's me, Joey and Erly.
When did I become so TAN???!!

After that, we snuck to the front to watch the fashion show. It was fantastic! Reminded me a bit of project runway.

Overall it was a fun and nice show. Graduation! How not to feel proud of oneself?

Why does curly hair look and feel drier

Having straight hair for the longest time, it is oh so tempting to get your locks curled and being the IT hair of the season. VoluME! Curls! and more VOLUME!

Before you know it, you've got curly hair! However, you are not too excited already because it somehow feels drier and doesnt look as shiny as before... :( and maybe, more volume than you want....

Haiz.... why? oh why????

As I've mentioned earlier in my post on curls: it takes more effort to maintain as compared to straight hair. Be it the merest hint of a wave, man made or natural.

Question: Why does curly hair look drier?

This is because light refracts in all directions on curly hair, so it gives the illusion of less shiny locks even if your hair is 99% healthy. (let's leave a leeway of 1% to benefit of the doubt for errors)

Question: Why does my (curly) hair feel so dry? Especially at the ends?

Sebum (natural oil) is produced from your scalp. It usually will be able to 'travel' till the midlength of your hair and keep it smooth and shiny and protected. So, the longer you keep your hair, the harder it is for your natural oils to reach the length of it.

On top of that, with the ends not having sebum protection, mechanical abrasion and careless handling result in the ends being damaged easily.

Besides, 1 in 3 ladies can't resist having their hair chemically treated. So, prior to any other processes, the hair is not 'virgin' anymore to start with.

So, you whine, "that means I can't have curly locks like Goldilocks, or long hair then?" SOBZ..

Of course you can!! MOISTURE MOISTURE AND MORE MOISTURE is the key to maintenance, for curly and long hair plus regular trims. Every 3 months or so would be good for ladies.
If you are not willing to go the extra mile for it, then I suggest you don't even try...

How far you are willing to go for your hair is important in helping you to decide if you want a change of style.

Note: Infuse moisture only on mid lengths to ends only. Always use conditioner after shampooing.

Why then does the models' hair in magazines look so pretty and shiny and curly? And long and nice and princessy? I want! I want!

Don't be fooled by the looks of them in magazines.. Heard of photo imaging? One of the best and most powerful tool in photography. Besides, the models are pretty savvy at handling their hair and they have hair stylists to do it for them for every shoot.

P/S: I'll be glad to do this for you everyday if you can afford it too! :D

Tip: For heat styling, it is always a must to use pre-heat protector before hand. Heat temporarily seals in the cuticles and moisture so that explains why hair looks so smooth after flat ironing or thonging.

Cheers!
Gerra :D

Basic steps to makeup

Girls! In this society where impression counts and the nicer looking girls get more treats, it's really time to start experimenting with some makeup!

Step 1: Cleanse your face

Step 2: Toner, moisturizer and sunblock (moisturizer/sunblock acts as a base prior to foundation so that makeup does not come into direct contact with your skin)

Step 3: Concealer (dab concealer on required areas only i.e under eye circles, blemish, red spots) and pat blend in

Step 4: Liquid/cream Foundation -- Dot on red spots or uneven areas of skin usually along the or on the nose, under eyes and corners of the mouth.
Moving from inside of face outward, blend well into skin using clean fingers/nylon brush/wedge sponge.

Blend at hairline and jawline

Note: Foundation is not necessarily required to be used all over the face for your daily work/shopping routine.

Tip: Liquid foundation offers a medium to full coverage and it is easy to use. (my personal favourite) For light coverage, opt for a powder foundation. The new mineral range is great!

Too much foundation on good skin makes one look too 'made up'... Go for light loose powder ones instead or none at all!
For those with God given good skin, you may just want to concentrate on the eye and have fun with colours!

Step 5: brush loose powder lightly with a large brush to set foundation. You can go without the loose powder for a more dewy look.

Step 6: Blusher on apple of your cheeks

* Once skin tone is evened out, the skin will lack colour. Bring it back with bronzer/blush or both.
How to apply bronzer: Apply using a big fluffy brush on the forehead, cheeks and nose. (where sun naturally hits) follow with blush.

Tip: Creamy blush creates a dewy complexion better than powder ones.

Step 7: Do your eye makeup. For simplicity, eyeliner and mascara are sufficient.

Tip: Pencil liners are easier to use as compared to liquid ones. Choose a soft tip one so it draws easily onto your lids without dragging the skin. Follow the top outline of ur eye. Fill in the bottom if you want bolder and more intense eyes.

Night of the Stars Dinner & Dance

Fashion for Dinner & dance: Night of the Stars!

ME: Yellow Mini ruched dress : This fashion
Faux fur shrug : Bugis street
White clutch : Aldo accessories
White super high platform heels : Bugis street

HIM: Black High cut suit : Domanchi with deep V neck tee : Topman
White loafers : Aldo

This was a most entertaining night! The MC, Justin, that the party committee hired was just absolutely fantastic and hilarious. He successfully engages the audience and got us roaring in laughter. I mean belly aching laughter! Never heard of him until this night and never going to forget this wonderful MC.

Anyone thinking of a wedding event or party, hiring Justin is a highly recommended choice though I don't think his fees are cheap... Be sure to invite me to attend!

For this night's entertainment, there was sing and dance performed by people in glitzy costumes! I love watching them and maybe I'm going to fall in love with musicals from now on... A group of acapella singers and they were damn good!


We got the Best hunk and Best Babe award! Shortlisted amongst all the nicely dressed up people on this night. Embarrassing no less to get this 'trophy'... ~.~ll


In this fast moving pace of life, we are the stars in our world.


Here's a blur glimpse of silly botak Justin.

Look at his face. He is acting out what we should do to get the best babe award. It was ridiculous and none of us followed him. We did our own versions.

I was the last to go. I just had to be a little more daring than the other girls (not as daring as Justin the man) and I got the prize! Lol!

Function was held at Marriott's and the food was 'ok'. Just the usual course of Chinese dinner...

But thumbs up for the wonderful entertainment!

Playing with hair extensions

Rummaging in the drawer for goodies...



Orange hair to match my orange top! I LOVE THIS!!!
This is a clip in extension you can remove anytime anywhere.

Hair extensions in my opinion(those that last for months)....HORRIBLE

The last time I did try out hair extensions, I was eager to have long hair.
I went to city plaza to check out the price as from many reviews, many girls go over there to get CHEAP and beautiful extensions... Now, you don't need to go all the way there.
you can find in many places those china hair extensions shop in bugis, far east plaza etc...

**Curly ones are $2 per strand!! Damn! that was what I wanted. so it's kinda double the price from the straight ones at $0.50(bad quality hair) or $1(better quality) per strand.
Imagine the few miserable strands of hair make up one one single 'strand' glued together.. How many would I need?

There are 2 options for the extension. The clips kind or the braided kind. Braided ones are double the price! *horrified* but supposedly able to last up to 6 months... whereas for the clips, maximum 2 months and you've got to have it removed or else the hairs will tangle and it will be very hard to detangle.

I told her to try out $50 worth of fake curly hair..
Guess what? It only covered the bottom part of my nape area.. not even halfway through to the back of my head! so added another $30 worth of curly hairs to the outline at the sides.

Result? DISASTER

It was damn fake I tell you. The ends were ultra thin and too long. I thought, if I were to complete the whole head so the style would look more even, my head will be so heavy from all the clips and I don't think I'll be able to sleep at night. If I chose to get the braided ones, it'll cost me a bomb!! Totally out of budget.. I might as well grow out real hair!

They charge for removal of the hairs! Forget it!

I was extremely displeased. I went home and chopped half the length off myself! It was like cutting up money... SOBZ but I had to do that so it'll be more even and less fake.

The girl clipped the extension to my hair too tightly. My scalp hurts. Washing is a major problem. I feel unclean. Constant stress is on my scalp. I could only take it for 1 month.
It is not good to have such tension on the scalp. It causes traction hair loss.

My advice: I would buy a nice long curly wig or those DIY clip in extensions. It is a much better investment as you get to keep your 'hair' and use it when your mood fits.

Look how happy I am above!

My style icon: Janice Dickinson

I love Janice Dickinson! She is bitchy, vain, smart and successful! Full of plastic and not afraid to admit it. In short I love her style! Imagine, if she were to be my mum, does the word C-H-A-O-S come to mind?

In the video, only she can make falling out of the chair look graceful..

Car Boot Flea

What happens when females buy too much of something?


We get together to sell stuff on the 8 days celebrity Car Boot Flea! (and one poor male having to drive us there and help to clear junk willingly.)

He fears having to bring the junk back more, which acts as a source of motivation for him.

It was an extremely HOT and sunny day and our skin were burning in the process...

Posing for the camera with the magazine...

Our wares... It just looks kinda 'junky' all over the place. The clothes rack was brought along by Jo, an experienced car boot flea-er no less! This is apparently her 2nd time but my virgin first!

Looking good posing as the basket girl?? Dropped my handphone in the process of posing! Sheesh!

Free redbull! so happy! WE were dying of thirst and hunger... and behaving quite aunty-ish; carrying umbrellas and fanning furiously, sitting down with our legs propped up.

Best aunty-ish stunt of the day: Having one Carl's Junior meal and having multiple free soft drinks refill to be shared among us just by using their cup!

We were touting and selling our wares!

100% auntie!


Amidst the throng of people, we found this!


A mini dog!


In fact, the owners wore pink too! Just like it!
We were actually quite worried that it will accidentally get trampled by the shoppers... Tsk tsk.. Dangerous..

And then we found this!


Say hi!

This is absolutely adorable! I always feel happy when I see animals. I ALMOST feel like I can communicate with them.. When I stroke their fur and say hi to them, I kinda expected them to say hi to me back! Just like Dr Dolittle perhaps??? I must be going bonkers...


See how fat it is? Snowy white fur.... HAving a good life eh?


At the end of the day, we had pretty good earnings (had enough cash to treat ourselves to MOS burger and more left over) but very bad sun burn!



Big patch of burned skin... really itchy man.


To end it all, I committed a terrible sin. I bought new stuff while clearing old junk!! One of it is this pair of gold heels that's supposed to be from a reputable brand NUE



I got no idea and have never heard of this brand but what the heck, it's cheap ($25)! IT's new and it's pretty looking!

The original price from boutiques was supposed to be over a hundred! But it was being sold here at the car boot flea by china people. As you know china people always have ways to get such good stuffs at a fraction of a price... AMAZING! Comes with original paper bag even...


It even looks good when I wear it with my PJs!

hahaha!!!

Girls will always be girls.....

Truths to Hair Myths

Here's some truth to bust some myths...

Myth 1: Cutting hair makes it stronger/grows faster

Hair grows from the scalp.

What it actually means is that, our hair naturally has different lengths and the hair ends are of a smaller diameter.
So, when it is cut short, it appears to be thicker. If you are trying to grow out your hair, the uncut ends will have been months or even years old, exposed constantly to the weather and physical conditions. These hair ends are prone to breakage without proper care. So, when cut off, it seems that your hair is healthier. When there's less breakage, you may find your hair seems longer too!

A healthy diet plays a part in healthy hair. Include sufficient vitamin B and protein in your diet for better hair growth.

Myth 2. You can repair split ends

Split ends can never be repaired unless u cut them off.
Products used on already split hair only temporarily 'glue' the ends together until the hair is washed or combed.
So in order to prevent this, constant care must be given before the hair is split too much and you need to cut a chunk off!
After every chemical process, it's always advisable to do the accompanied treatment to replenish the moisture.

Myth 3. Frequent shampooing dries my hair.

In this hot and humid climate its best to wash your hair once a day! Complete with conditioning for ladies! Or males with longer hair...when your hair is clean, you get lesser scalp problems or the yikey stinky smell..the key is to choose the right shampoo and products for your hair to replenish moisture not 'oil'.

Myth 4. Frequent shampooing makes my hair fall out more

We are often put off by the amount of hair that comes out during shampooing. But in actual fact, shampooing only removes the loose hair already detached from the scalp.
Shampooing has a stimulative effect on the hair so those who don't wash your hair often, do so now!

Myth 5. Brushing your hair 100 strokes is good for it.

I know this is just an excuse to skive!
When your boss asks you what the hell you are doing, brushing your hair when you are supposed to be working?!

You reply,"Boss, brushing your hair a 100 times a day is good for your scalp! (Boss happens to be balding) Now I'm into 34 times, 35, 36.......39, 40....

Being the workaholics nowadays, what better time to do so in the office. Nah! Having to brush your hair 100 times before going to bed is exhausting!

Anyway, this is bad for your hair! Try brushing your pet 100 times a day and see if you'll wear a hole on it..

Myth 6. Pull out one grey hair and two will grow..

I ll start pulling all my hairs out now! It's not true and it damages the hair follicles.

Myth 7. Dandruff is the cause of a dry scalp.

It is an OILY scalp that causes dandruff. So please do not try to oil your scalp thinking it's dry. You might worsen the condition.
Use an anti dandruff shampoo for 2 weeks or so.

How to use it correctly: shampoo your hair first in the bath after doing the proper lathering and massage, leave the foam on for a while before rinsing off. i.e: proceed to soap your body after and rinse everything off to save time.
when the dandruff is cleared, usually after 2 weeks or so or when you don't see flakes, revert back to your normal shampoo.

Myth 8. Colouring hair makes it fall out

There is no scientific evidence to support this. Contrarily, colouring hair to make you look good boosts your morale greatly!


Adapted from: The Hair Bible by Philip Kingsley