Just painted my nails with a new shade this afternoon and am in love with the color and glitters. I first saw this polish when someone posted their NOTD on instagram and I immediately hunted this polish down to get it. Just something about the turquoise polish with the pink and white glitter that drew me in and I made the purchase for my first indie polish. 

The polish was very smooth, very easy to work with, even my beginner painting skills had no problems with it. Just that you might have to fish for the bigger glitters a little. I think I might just get some more of these polishes to try out, which will not be good for my wallet.

Femme Fatale cosmetics is an Australian brand and can only be found online for us Singaporeans, so for those of you interested, you can check out:
http://beautysofly.com (where I got my polish from), http://www.shoppe-eclectic.co, http://www.harlowandco.org, etc. They all stock Femme Fatale Cosmetics polishes.

Hey everyone!

I'm finally back on the blog after being away for almost half a year! Gosh its been long. And the reason for not blogging for that long was because I decided to concentrate on my schooling, just giving it my all for the last leg of my education. (and I tend to get distracted with blogging from time to time, lalala) But all that is over now, and I've spent the last few days basking in my freedom. I've been shopping, buffet eating, went to USS for the first time ever with the boy, all that exciting stuff. And now I'm back to being in front of my computer doing what I love. Blog, I've missed you!

Amongst all my mugging, I still managed to keep my interest in beauty products aka shopping. I figured that since I was just gonna be home all day, it was a very good opportunity to try new skincare products. Because if I broke out from the new products, who's gonna see anyway. Funny the way my mind works. So i almost totally revamped my whole entire skincare routine, from cleanser to toner to serum, and I absolutely love my new skincare routine. I haven't got completely clear skin that I feel like I don't have to wear makeup at all yet, but its definitely helping me get my way there. 

One of the main important skincare item that I'm in love with now, is the Lancome Super Serums. For the few weeks that I was having my papers, I religiously used the samples that I got every night and my skin was always glowing every morning, no matter how much stress I was in and how I always break out whenever I'm stressed. (I'm surprised myself that my 7 day sample lasted me weeks) So immediately after my exams ended, I hightailed my way down to Robinsons @ Centerpoint and bought myself, this Super Serum set. Robinsons was having a 10% off all beauty products, and together with rebates, I think I only paid about $200~ for this set. Plus they were giving away this 9 piece freebie set if you spent more than $200.

All these goodies for only $200+! Original price for the set alone is $238. 

The set came with 30ml versions of Lancome's Visionnaire and their new Advanced Genifique, plus a Genifique mask and sample sizes of their Genifique Yeux Light Pearl for eyes and UV Expert.

I really liked both the Visionnaire and Genifique individually but I feel that they really work much better when used together. Thats why I got this set. If they didn't have the set, I would really just have gotten Visionnaire only as out of the 2, Visionnaire works much better for my skin. 

I should be posting up my whole new skincare routine soon, so keep a look out for that! Am also contemplating a move to a new domain and also maybe making some youtube videos, what do you guys think?

Anyway, excited to be back and blogging! And thank you to everyone who is still following my blog after it being empty for so long! I couldn't thank you guys enough, lots of love!

On the day of Covelli's High Tea session, before we made it down, Michelle and I went shopping! There were too many sales going on around Orchard and we couldn't resist. 

First stop was Anna Sui. At that time, Anna Sui counter at Isetan Scotts were having a private sale where most of their products were going at really good prices. Ahh, and I bought an eyeshadow. *covers head in shame* I know that I don't NEED another eyeshadow. But with that price! And that color!

The eyeshadow was 50% off, so I only paid $17.50 for it. Plus, they had an offer if we spend above a certain amount, we'll get a lipstick and a nail polish. So I got a free lipstick! 

Anna Sui Eye Color in 101

The eyeshadow has this mother of pearl like packaging, really pretty!

Lip Rouge G in 602. It looks like a really bright orange, but actually applies really sheer. Feels kind of like a tinted lip balm.

One thing I like the most about Anna Sui products are the packaging! Isn't that pretty!

Next, I popped by LUSH to quickly pick up their Jumping Juniper Solid Shampoo. I was researching online which shampoos were best for oily scalp and this was on the top of the list at one website I saw, with really good reviews from everyone. So I was really excited to try it as I seemed to have really funny scalp problems these few days. Some days my scalp would be really oily (like when I was researching for oily scalp), then some days it would feel really dry... Sighs. 

After using it once, I'm really impressed with how it works. I thought it would be like crumbly, and break up when it touches water. But it really works like a bar of soap. It lathers up really well, just one lather was enough for my whole head. 

Though I like how the solid shampoo feels, Jumping Juniper was a little too strong for my scalp. Maybe because my scalp was really that oily, so it really stripped my scalp of oils and made it feel a little dry. 

Now I'm itching to go back to lush to pick up another one of their solid shampoos. Maybe Reincarnate, or Soft, or maybe try to see if Soak and Float works when I feel like I have dry scalp. Hehehe.

Next, I heard from my friend, Charlene (http://sunbathing-muffins.onsugar.com/), that Korres were having a 40% off sale. And I really  wanted to pick up their blush in Natural, since Temptalia raved about it. I do already own one of Korres' blushes in Pink and I love it so I knew that I'll love the texture of the blush.

Korres Zea Mays Blush in 15 Natural

Its a really pretty neutral shade. Just perfect for my skin tone to give a nice radiance glow. Love it, can't wait to use it!

And lastly, while I was at Aldo with Michelle helping her pick out a pair of shoes. I ended up buying a pair as well.

TA-DA!

I can't believe I found it in my size! I've been to almost 5 different Aldo stores and they all didn't have my size left for these wedges anymore. Because they've been around for awhile plus these were on sale. I was so happy when the lady said they still had it in 35! Last pair! These were originally $159, but were going on sale for $79.50, but I had an additional 10% off because they had an offer if you buy 2 sale items, you get an additional 10% off. So I had a really really great deal for these. And they are so pretty. I can't wait to wear them out, I don't even care if they are super high. 

Michelle (http://icefrostdiary.com/) was kind enough to bring me along for this food tasting event at Covelli: Italian Bistro and Wine Bar. We were there for their Hi Tea Treats set which comes with the Chef's choice of savoury and sweet delights plus your choice of tea. And the set only costs $9.90! Isn't that a great deal?

Covelli's Wine Bar:

Just beside Covelli was ESYE, a ladies fashion boutique, also owned by the ESYE group which opened Covelli. 

For High Tea, you can have your choice of tea from this menu (click for larger image):

I chose a white tea, Bai Mu Dan White Symphony, because I've never tried white tea before. Whereas black tea and green tea, I drink regularly at home. Their teapot is so cute, with the rose on the cover.

Bai Mu Dan White Symphony, tasted kinda like Chinese Tea. It was very mild and soothing, and I quite liked it.

Apart from Bai Mu Dan White Symphony, I also tried a couple other teas that they offer

Dakota Sunrise was a fruity option. A much milder fruity taste as compared to another tea they offer, Grandma's Garden. One of my favourites among those I've tried. 

Dakota Sunset was one of the tea choices which my friends and I really wanted to try. Because it has CHOCOLATE in it. Like real chocolate pieces. With tea? I've never tried that before. So that was really interesting. Unfortunately, I didn't like it. Somehow when the chocolate melted in the tea, there wasn't much chocolate flavour left, but just left the tea tasting kind rich? and murky? To me, tea is supposed to be soothing and calming, so I didn;t enjoy this at all. Couldn't even finish my cup. 

Grandma's Garden was Michelle's choice of tea. And when the tea was served, we could all smell the fruity berry smells coming from her pot. Smelled really really good, and according to her, the tea tasted a little sweet and most of the fruitiness are just the smells and can't be tasted in the tea.

Victorian Rose Tea was a black tea with rose petals. Simple rose tea. I might order this if I go down for high tea again. Just something about nice and simple rose tea that appeals to me.

Lord William's Promise, you can really smell the spearmint in the tea. 

Their Chocolate cake's texture was more similar to a brownie, very rich, very chocolate-y. 

Their peanut butter pie was one of my faves I think. Just pure peanut butter indulgence.

Wildberries Cake was a much sweeter choice. Though their cake didn't have much flavour, the cream on the top was really yummy. 

This was the cake that surprised me. We all thought it was a pumpkin cake of sorts. But it was actually carrot cake with cinnamon. I'm totally not a carrot cake person, but I did enjoy eating this. Try it if you get a chance.

For the savoury, there was the Duck Bruschetta. Yum-my! The duck breast was really tender. Yumm.

And the Tomato Bruschetta with the herb pesto. I'm a huge fan of herb pestos. Yup, anything herbs I love. And this was delicious! I'm thinking of recreating it myself at home. Shall see how that goes. 

Had a really lovely meal there. And on the way out, I was browsing through their menu when I saw their list of risottos!

I want to try their mushroom risotto! When I saw the magic word 'Porcini', I was suckered in. Now I just have to find the time to make it down again. 

Covelli Italian Bistro & Wine Bar
181 Orchard Road, #B2-13/22,
Orchard Central, Singapore 198785
6238 6400 / 8181 8023

My outfit of the day for the event (not the best photo, but oh well. that was the only full length mirror I came across, that I remembered to take a photo haha):

Top: H&M | Jeans: Zara | Belt: Massimo Dutti | Shoes: LoveBonito | Bag: Loewe | Toes Nail Polish: Orly Glowstick

Hi!

I'm here updating on what I've been busy with these few weeks. Well, okay, what I've been busy with should not take weeks. But I've been lazy so its taking much longer than normal hehe. Since I'm in no hurry (don't really plan to find a job at the moment), so I'm just taking my time, and enjoying my holiday.

1) I've been re-organizing my closet

Within the last few years, my sister's and my style has changed quite a bit. So there are quite a few items in my closet that we really don't wear anymore. Plus, we have a lot more clothes now that we can't share all our clothes anymore. We used to be the same size growing up, so clothes were always shared, really easy. But now she's taller and I'm more petite, so things like pants, skirts, dresses are growing in numbers because we're both buying for ourselves. Ya. You get the point. Bursting closet means I really need to rearrange some stuff.

I'm not totally done with my closet yet, so just a few photos of some new organizing ideas I had.

Underneath my shirts, there was still space! So I went to Ikea and bought this:

It was this huge box, with an open half flap. My mom has one of these for the longest time and she loves hers because its really easy to access, she uses it for her wallets and nick nacks.

TA-DA! Its like having a whole new drawer to put stuff in. And the cover will help keep your items inside dust-free, which I love. I don't mind it squishing my shirts a little because they're just t-shirts, so that's ok. 

Right now, I'm keeping my new sweaters I bought from Paris inside. (Till my next winter trip!). All my scarves. There'll be more, I haven't packed the other half of my scarves over yet. Plus some cloth pouches which could be used for packing and stuff. 

Really convenient! And I can't stress how much I love the cover, its so easy to open and close, keeps dust at bay...

While I was packing, I found these 2 pretty perfumes bottles I forgot I had. I spotted them at a sale years ago and couldn't resist buying them. But now they're just sitting in a corner in my closet because I don't know what to use them for. Should I use them for room sprays? Can I make my own room sprays with essential oils? That seems like the only way I can use them. I don't really fancy pouring my perfumes into them. 

2) PHOTO FRAMES!

I went crazy at Ikea and bought a whole lot of photo frames because I want to decorate my wall! The walls in my room are really really empty and I'm starting to hate that. So I started thinking of ideas of what I wanted to do, plus some pinterest photos really inspired me. Basically, I plan to cover my whole wall with photos. Hehe. Some photo frames with my own photos. Some with some of the post cards I bought. I managed to find some really pretty vintage post cards from the flea market in Paris for super cheap. I love how vintage looking they are. Here's some photos from pinterest which I got my photo-frames-deco-idea from:

I kinda like how a mess of different kinds of frames can come together and look really great. Maybe after I'm done I'll take a photo and show you guys how it looks. Hopefully I have enough artistic skill so it would look half as good as those in the pinterest photos. Eek.

3) Running Man!

I plan to finish watching Running Man while I still have time now! All 100+ episode! Kekeke. I'm at episode 31 now. And it is SOOO addicting and SOO funny. Even my mom loves it. For so long, I refuse to start watching it because I know I'll get addicted. Till about a week ago when I realised that almost all my friends watch running man and LOVE it. I could resist. I started watching. Gah. 

Think my favourite member is Kim Jong Kook, so funny how whenever he appears they play the 'Sparta' sound effect. And <3 Monday Couple, though I know in recent episode they are no more *cries*

Do you guys watch running man too? Let me know who's your favourite member :)

Now back to cleaning and packing!

Ok, well, I've been back since last...Thursday? But gosh, the jet lag was really getting to me, it was quite bad. Like I won't be able to sleep till about 3-5am and would only be able to get up way after lunch time and still be really sleepy the whole day. Hahaha.

Weirdly, we weren't really affected at all when we got to Paris. Except for the first day, where we just crashed back at the hotel immediately after dinner. 

But I'm back now, and busy organizing the photos we took from Paris. Paris is really an amazingly beautiful city, and I think you should at least visit it once in your life. Or maybe more than once hahaha. We had a great time there, the sights were amazing, the food was great, the weather was wonderful. Omg, I miss Paris already *cries*

So while I'm still in the midst of organizing the photos we took on our trip, here's some which I've posted on twitter/instagram/path:

In just a little under 2 weeks, I'm going to be in...

PARIS!

All I'm going to do is just sit and stare at the Eiffel Tower.

Just kidding. Of course I'm going to go do all the tourist-y stuff. Eiffel Tower, Louvre, Arc de Triomphe, etc. 

I'm so excited! Been wanting to visit Paris for the longest time and I almost can't believe that we're really going. So now my days are filled with trying to come up with our itinerary for our trip. So many things things to prepare! Places to see, where to eat, where to shop. Oh gosh. 

If you guys have been to Paris and know any places that I absolutely have to go, please let me know! I'll be eternally grateful. :)

Another one of the blogger events that I've attended before-my-exams-but-haven't-had-time-post-yet.

Maybelline had this blogger event to launch a few of their new products which you can find in stores at the moment. There were so many bloggers there and it was really nice seeing so many familiar faces.

On top of introducing to us the new Maybelline products, they also had a fashion show prepared for us by Love Bonito. I've grown to really love buying clothes from Love Bonito too, so watching the runway presentation of their clothes was really a treat. (Do any of you loike buying clothes from Love Bonito as well?)

During the event, Maybelline introduced to us several new products (All of which you can find at local drugstores which stocks Maybelline now):

Out of them all, the product I was most excited to try were the Jelly Glow blushes. At the event, I managed to swatch 2 shades

While I received 2 different shades from Maybelline

(L-R) Shade 07, Shade 05

After trying the blushes for awhile, I'm still somehow unable to describe the texture of the blushes because its not quite like anything I've tried before. Its not a gel, nor is it a cream, nor a mousse. It has the most unusual texture. But its so smooth and easy to apply. A joy to use really. But I would recommend that you use it only when you have some sort of base on, like foundation. As on bare skin it doesn't last very long. However, used on top of foundation, it lasts a good day for me. I usually brush a little powder blush over it too.

Both blushes are very versatile because you can always sheer out the colors so don't let the bright coral scare you. If you apply a thin layer, its actually very natural looking. Out of the 2, I reach for 07 on days when I'm just using BB cream and wearing my specs, so the very natural look. And shade 05 when I want a more coral cheek. 

Another new product is their Master Liner in White. 

This eyeliner is meant to be used on your waterline which will open up your eyes and make you look more awake. You can actually also use this on the inner corners of your eye to brighten up your eye if you're not comfortable with lining your waterline. I know I wasn't comfortable with lining my waterline for quite awhile, it wasn't until recently that I took to it because it does make my eyes look bigger and I've gotten sort of better at the make up thing than I used to be. So its always good to know that 1 product can be used in many different ways.

My favourite item out of them all is the BB WHITE! 

The new BB White comes in 2 shades, and I use 02 Natural (I'm a MAC NC25-NC30). 

My favourite thing about the new BB White is that it comes with SPF50! With the sun burning so hot all year round in Singapore, we need to protect our skin! And I really don't want to get any more tan than I am now, so pile on the sunblock. Having a BB cream with SPF50 was great, because I used to use a seperate SPF50 sunblock, after which I would apply my BB cream. So having this is like saving me one step of using a seperate sunblock. 

It gives sheer coverage but I've only used it as a base for my powder foundation so I prefer a sheerer coverage BB cream so that it won't feel like I have alot of makeup on, plus it won't feel cakey. It works well, makes my powder foundation last longer.

So now if I'm not using liquid foundation, my foundation routine would be moisturiser -> BB White -> ZA 2-way cake (another fave!)