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*

How I wish I had internet connection in...

I wish I had internet connection when Im travelling to different places....

IN THE MRT train!!

How nice it would be to be occupied while traveling from one place to another (especially from far end to far end), without feeling bitter if I'm gonna be able to grab the next vacant seat..

I would be focusing on surfing the net (shopping online nonetheless) instead of my poor aching feet... A very nice distraction indeed!

Being the fashion crazed person that I am, I probably would be able to capture pictures like this and share it with the world!

Tadah!

MR PIN Striped guy with lots of bling!



HE has 2 bling rings on his right hand, one on his left and an ultra bling cross pendant.


Ermmm.... Im not saying there's anything wrong with wearing pinstripes. But this middle aged uncle seems to be way over the limit; furthermore so with his mercury coated oakleys..

MY OH MY....................

*clears throat*


Sorry. anyway as I was saying, why having internet connection on the train is the best/coolest thing ever!

Because if we get bored, we can all have the chance to chat up each other in some forum and bitch about what a mundane day it's going to be, or how your boss is pissing you off lately.

The best thing?
You are very likely to be chatting to the one sitting just a few seats away from you!


Or OR!

Cyber pickup!
E.g. Boy meets gal, boy chats up gal! AND they date, get married, have many kids and they live happily ever after!

What a wonderful world.....

SO....

"Live Life Online Anywhere with SingTel BroadBand on Mobile Youth Plan! Visit www.singtel.com/youth for details."

Eyelash Extensions

I've decided it is official!! I don't like anything extended! This time its eyelashes!
But I'm perfectly fine with fake stuff though i.e fake lashes and fake hair (wigs).

The 1st extension was hair. IT was a disaster. (read older post)


My Episode of eyelash extensions:

I was just supposed to accompany Yuan yuan to city plaza to do her hair extensions. She found this hair extension place at city plaza, Angel Xin, with good reviews by other girls and she wanted to go try it out.

*It can be bothersome having to wait a year or two to have long beautiful hair.

*She can't wait.


They had this promotion: Free lash extension worth $30 with $150 spent.

Yuan decided she'll stick to plain old mascara and so passed on this free service to excited me.
Well, this was my 1st time trying and I thought it would be great as I can reduce the hassle of sticking on and removing falsies.

I was told to lie on this very uncomfortable bed. By being uncomfortable means there is no comfortable spot that I could rest my head.. My neck felt strained and I had the feeling of a sprained neck.

I decided to not be fussy about it and assumed the process shouldn't take very long..

UNFORTUNATELY

Just a few minutes into the process, a shriek came from one of the girls," ahhhh!!!!! There's a mouse!!! A MOUSE!!!! AHHHHH!!!!!!"

I was left alone, lying helplessly on the bed and I can't see shit.. (I was told not to open my eyes)
My only consolation was that, the mouse probably won't be able to climb up the bed... Can it??

It seemed pandemonium just broke out all round me.. Things were shoved loudly and stuff were being thrashed about.
Boy!! Were the girls' voices loud!! Super high pitched shrieks and it really got on my nerves.....

What could I do? Nothing. Just lying there praying my neck won't snap and hopefully for the saga to be over soon.. I was randomly asked,"Woah customer! You not scared of mouse ah? You really brave le!" (more shoving and screaming) I could only answer,"I can't see shit"


Blah blah.... BLAH....................

More whining and thrashing........

BLAH blah!!...................

I was most tempted to shove the mouse in her face... *evil*

In the end, the little mouse can't stand all the shrieking anymore and ran off to nice neighbour's place...???



Finally!!! My new lashies are done and they feel ultra stiff! ( I was more glad my neck didn't give way)

They look like this :

Extra dark and extra thick

I was told, it can last about a month if I'm extra careful..

Now the problems come..

1) When I wash my face, I can't clean the water off my face properly. The lashes are so stiff, it bends at an awkward angle and it feels prickly.
Often, the water would have gone into my eyes and it stings.

2) When I want to remove my makeup using the cotton pad, the cotton fibers cling onto the lashes.

3) When my eyelids get oily, I suspect it kinda melts the glue and drips into my eyes and it really stings like hell!!!! Tears just flow freely.. I can't just swipe it off cos I must take care not to destroy the lashes..

4) It only lasted 2 weeks, which I'm perfectly fine with it. But as you know, it's impossible for them to fall off evenly, so the right lashes start falling off more than the left.
Because it's intertwined together, I cannot just pull everything off. It hurts too!!! I must also protect my own lashes!

More just came off over the days. I thought I would be able to impress my boyfriend with this new 'plaything'. Fat chance.

It became ugly beyond words.. I was 'botak' on the right eye. Sticking on falsies made it look really unnatural cos 1 side is thicker than the other..... :(

I got fed up and decided to just try removing the ones on the left.

Disaster!!!

I got a 1mm 'botakness' off my real lashes!! I was upset.. I knew I was bound to lose some of my own but I didn't expect a lobang (hole). SOBZ!!

I suspect eyelashes are harder to grow as compared to your hair/eyebrows.
Bad mood the next few days...

Conclusion: NOT recommended!

Do Singaporeans Dress Badly?

This has been a widely discussed topic in recent times. In the Straits Times Life! section and in the weekly fashion Urban papers.

Yes, is my unfortunate answer... I already have a list of people I know in hand, who are just too lazy to dress up and may have committed serious fashion faux pas unknowingly.


Being a hairstylist myself, I do fuss about the way I look 99% of the time..Image is everything in this line. There are times of PMSes when I just feel lousy and couldn't be bothered much. BUT! I still won't be caught dead wearing my PJs out! That is so wrong!

Singaporeans often like to dress in tee shirt and jeans/shorts/berms. Is it because of the hot and humid weather that has started to fry whatever dressing up moods we are in?

For girls, wearing shorts at the right occasion is ok because we get to show off our sexy legs. With so many fashion outlets popping up all over Singapore and at affordable prices, there really is no excuse to look sloppy. No FBT type shorts please!

As for guys, I absolutely cannot stand any of them wearing 'shorts' that is grossly above mid thigh. What's with the guys wearing sports wear like 364 days a year? I can't stand the sports jerseys too.

And then there are the executives. There are a minority who really knows what fashion is about, even at work. The majority are just wearing ill-fitting shirts and pants and colours are just dull and boring.

I just saw recently in the Straits Times: "Singapore has fallen to 3rd place in World's most competitive economy"

What?!! 3rd place in the whole world? They make it sound so upsetting that we have fallen in rank.. AHHH such a stressful country we are living in.. No wonder they have no moods to dress up nicely for work...

However, I believe we are not the worst dressers in the world. But we definitely cannot be compared to New York and Paris or Milan. Fashion heart throbs!


I remembered when I was going to go to the States for my holiday, I was so excited! It was winter time and I can finally put my pretty shawls, colourful leggings, cute beanies and fur lined jackets to good use!! What's the best thing? People won't stare at you like you are an alien from outer space because they are as colourful and trendy as you!

Perhaps, the weather does play a part in determining Singaporeans' wardrobe. i.e. You have got to remove that jacket 5 minutes after putting it on. Your under arms dangerously close to dripping sweat...

BUT that is sooo boring!! We shouldn't let that deter us from looking good! You only live once right? And of course there's anti-perspirant!


Check out this pic:


I have no idea how can one even step out of the house looking like this?!! It is obvious the tee shirt is too short for him AND horribly exposing his hairy and big stomach..


In my phase of growing up, I have tried different types of looks starting from my teenage years and it was fun! I've had different coloured hair at different lengths, which includes pink, purple, green and more!
Now, I'm in my phase of looking polished. As you get older, you gotta tone done a wee bit.. :D No more green bangs...


*Flip flops: They either make or break you.

Flip flops doesn't have to be the sloppy looking ones you get from the market. Nowadays, the girl's version has lots of bling and flowers and pretty colours available! No crocs please!!! aRghh
Hawaianas brand of flip flops have plenty of pretty and cool designs for males and females!


*PJs: Noooo.... PJs are meant for the eyes of your soft toys only.

I almost fainted once when my dear friend came down in her PJs to meet me. Very courageous indeed!
Of course she was trying to be all discreet and she only had to walk past one very crowded, bright coffeeshop at night (the darkness keep things veiled) just to get something from me...

Luckily I had to rush. I wouldn't want her to have risked having tea with me at the crowded coffeshop in her garfield PJs...

P/s: Sorry gal if you happen to read this!!! Wasn't trying to be mean.



Ways to look good in Pjs...

Me in my PJs, looking swanky:

By using a waisted belt, it makes my Pjs look kind of retro....from the 60s.

Like these:








You can look good by trying to act cutesy in your pjs looking just like mummy's girl...
AWW.......



A close up of the classic checkers and teddy bear Pjs!



An artist's cap to add spice! Hats and caps are a good way to spice up an outfit!

The sort of things I love

Let me show you some of my cheesy favourite cutesy stuff in random...

Here's my ex link card, stamped on by hello kitty in kimono style!


My kitty pouch mainly for Junk papers and handphone.


My very most reluctant key guardian.. Just look at his frown.

He almost got attacked by a pug.. Whew! Pug tried to swipe it off the back of my pocket when he was dangling precariously.

Yea! Cheesy Hello kity and other what nots: Grumpy Care bear. Absolute favourite!

Lastly, fur ball dangling on my handphone.. I had this for the longest time.

I love furry stuff!

Who will guess with an ah lian (and so they say) face like mine, I'll like having accessories like these?

People often think that I'm the typical materialistic girl who only goes for expensive stuff and won't be caught dead using stuff like these... Yea Right! I'm a girl with a lot of materials/clutter.


Who says a grown girl cannot bond with her inner child. :D

What's most important is that I carry them with style. These are all part of my own style and I love them to bits!

Ain't Mickey Mouse still famous and well liked after all these years among the young and old alike?

Im so proud that I'll probably carry these with me around for the next ten years or so!

Well.... if I had to hide them, I'll keep them in my deep big bag or something... LOL!

Different types of curly hairstyles

Pictures of different curly hair styles: (for asian girls)

Some long curly styles










And some short curly styles









Courtesy of Vivi dec issue 2008

I am so into curls and waves!! 'Pencil straight' rebonded hair is so passe!

Artistic photography on dramatic makeup

These are the kind of pics that I would love to have in my portfolio!

Bold and vibrant.

Pics are taken from Ardeco book of makeup 林志玲彩妆。