makeup stash

yup, the most uncreative title..

i have been wanting to share some of the fab make up for the longest time and never gotten around to doing it..

here goes...

im always a fanatic for make up.. whenever there is a limited edition, the temptation to buy will creep up against mi... so im always broke T_T

tis rose design is pretty isnt it... there is a small white portion at the top left hand corner which you can use for highlighter purpose.. kind of a two in one solution...

blushers and lipsticks have always been my soft spot.. i couldnt resist the nice colours that pop upfor each season... n the collection grew... no matter how hard i tried to use, i always always cannot finish then new colours took over..
i love the colours from SHU UMERA too! they have fabulous pink shades that i am in love with :D

a very light and quite good coverage for loose powder..
there is also another fab two way powder from Chanel - Matt Lumiere which i do not have it with me now..

i have tried many powders - from the cheapest consumer brand like Cover Girl (does it ring a bell?) Maybelline, ZA to Majolica to M.A.C to YSL, Lancome, CD, Chanel remains my favourite..
They have the finest powder feel and provides good coverage and gives a non greasy feeling throughout the whole day..
thats how much i love their products..

thereafter, i discovered the magic of foundation...
i used to hate foundation a lot.. firstly i find pore clogging.. secondly i find it so hard to apply.. it doesnt even out properly (back then i din noe the magical use of brushes)... especially its a hassle when you are in a rush for work.. lastly i hate the thick creamy feeling on the face.. at least powder texture is so much lighter..
so foundation has been a no-no for me all along..
accidentally i had my first free bottle and decided to try it one morning when i was feeling damn free.. after all, i have heard raves about how gd coverage foundation is.. (believe me, i am not a supporter for cream base product.. i hate BB cream in fact..)
THEN i realised OMG how can this product be so LIGHT and FREE! it blends so well into my skin until i feel that it was the first time i see my complexion to be nearly perfect. (i SWEAR on it )
the one brush, all the past creamy hatred feelings faded away...
it was like discovering the essence to makeup for mi...
from then on, you can guess how many frens are being influenced by mi towards Lancome foundation..
to a point seriously i tink Lancome should pay me for some advertising fee.. because i advocate by it..
but no la, i am not so fortunate enough.. though i still wish one day, they can chance upon perhaps this entry and give me some SPONSORSHIP.. HAHAHAHHAHAHA

and yes Lancome (not that i am totally brainwashed by Lancome but they really do have some amazing products..) again.. an inspiration from a col... i din noe and din bother to check out the usage of a base primer.. after my col explained the logic of using a primer to me and after i have tried on the texture of this base, i was quite captivated.. it smooths out the complexion in general and makes your pores look less visible.. but please do not overly apply it becos the texture is quite smooth which leads you to feeling almost nth.. but over application will make ur makeup result to be cakey.. this comes from several trial and error experiments from myself.. n i tot all the powders cannot sit very well with this primer and i thought oh well, there's goes my money into waste.. not wanting to waste this expensive product, i tried on being less generous and it works quite fine fr then on..
it works especially well with foundation (yup Lancome Teint Miracle again)... if u hav always been trying to find the perfect complexion look, give it a try :) you may like the result..

sorry, this post might have bore those non makeup fanatics and GUYS in general to death :D

THATS ALL!!

food indulgence

another food post...
which is what i have been pretty much doing lately..
meeting frens to check out new interesting places.. fabulous cakes n cookies (which seriously is not one of my craze..), endless brunch sessions, high tea, dinners...

不肥是假的！！！

brunch with my fav gers on a saturday morn... 

went to wild honey for this.. had it once and i tink its quite fab.. but the serving was HUGE... too full for words.. 

but we went to Carpenter and Cook after that still -_- dun ask me how.. but we managed to continue eating thereafter.. 

it was quite a difficult session for mi to wake up.. therefore no pics of me because i did not have the energy for make up.. 

i slept at 530AM BECOS OF MJ.. and had to wake up at 700 (but snooze till 8 den i woke up with a start.. that explains y no make up..) to meet my gers at 9am.. 

an impromptu ketupat cum hokkein mee session at my hse downstairs..
who can imagine 6 ketupats for supper?!?! none of us can actually.. but the very cute bf of xuan ordered 4 more ketupat on top of the 2 we had juz ate..
i am NEVER a ketupat fan.. n i ate the most ketupat record of my own for that night.. although i cant grumble much because the remaining is stomached by the very cute bf of xuan.. HAHAHAHAHA

yes, on top of 6 ketupat, he ordered ONE full chicken, chicken cutlet (by me) and of cos satay and TWO BIG plates of hokkein mee..

the very cute story is the poor bf tot that sian n her hubby were not leaving THAT soon.. he got a shock when he came back from ordering and sian was preparing to leave..
nonetheless, everything became his supper of the supper for that night..

I have to mention this! because jus one try from sian's courtesy and i fell in love with pine garden's brownies..
i am never a sweet tooth person.. but when it comes to these brownies, i cannot resist..
its so soft and chocolaty inside that you MUST definitely try if you have not..

Another cake that makes mi succumb is the chocolate pound cake from Freshly Baked at Killiney Road.. no pic because all were devoured before any pic cld be taken.. or rather i forgot about taking pic la..
thats another paradise food..

now that i have all the time in the world, i went exploring some places with xuan.. she brought me to this coffee place at some old school old school place.. quite vintage and i like it... though im not much a coffee person..
artsy feel.. i like being in artsy feel places.. n wish i had my camera with me.. hahaa

and finally the brunch from the artsy coffeeplace...

i feel like i can really lead a countryside life.. everyday just spend my day away enjoying life as it is... but too bad SG is a place where you will wake up to reality very soon..

continuation to my ramencraze

i think that is my dead spot... i cannot imagine a month without at least ramen once..

at least for now.. its my current food craze..

its funny tat at different stages i find myself liking diff type of food.. and once i like it, i can hav it continuously for a week, a month, 6 months so on and so forth without getting sick of it... thats how crazy i can be..

i have tried a few ramen places - from ramen in sakae sushi, sushi tei, ajisen ramen (i would say it typically sucks, not sth that could satisfy if you have serious ramen craving.. i dun even noe their ramen can be considered as authentic ramen or juz chinese noodles cooked in japanese broth.. cldnt even tink of an apt description for those deceptive ramen in these sushi places..), marutama, IPPUDO, menya musashi etc etc... what i missing is the Champion Ramen that im still completating if i sld give it a try when there are extreme contrasting comments for the ramen there...

conclusion is IPPUDO won my heart right right down... my all time FAV is the spicy miso tonkotsu... i tink it has the most delicious soup broth i have ever tasted for a ramen.. so much that it slurps.. and so much that it had me going back there once, twice a month at least... my frens are the poor souls who have to accompany mi to ippudo 80% of the time they jio mi for dinner.. HAHAHA... especially my POOR SIS.. but she is the most acoomodating becos she likes there as well la...

y am i so crazy about ramen? i dunno either.. i tink it pretty sticks after i was back from japan when i discovered ramen can be so delicious.. it sticks even more after i was introduced to ippudo.. then my craze lives..........

I like how babies touch my life n heart..

one delightful thing that I enjoy doing nearly every week is seeing and playing with the darling ger..

* can't insert pic! becos I cannot figure how to do the stupid google + thingy *

anyways I have learnt how to feed a baby n came to know 原来喂奶是这么的辛苦的。妈妈的伟大是无人可以取代的。

still, to me, babies r the joy of life..

I wish I can get to see all my frens babies as often as I like.. wishes do not come true that easily..

原地踏步

was catching up on all the good frens blog n find that how time flies..
haven been blogging or even bothering to find the time to blog when I hav this tiny tiny spare time to blog..
I guess its all due to major laziness.. n e sudden 词穷.. hahahaa

not tat everything has been boring.. but suddenly I feel I lack e momentum to write anymore.. tots couldn't get translated v well into words.. so I choose to escape n not blog..

I have been to Korea but I hav nv blogged abt it tis whole year.. photos sitting in my camera the longest time n I haven even sort them out.. frankly, I dunno wat I have been busy abt so much do tat I hav stopped my blogging.. I rem how I used to love taking so many photos.. now I'm juz plain lazy.. bought an expensive camera, loving it to max but nv gotten around to fully utilizing it lately.. it sat v alone in e cupboard..

dwelling n tinking for the longest time.. I feel with all the time that has passed n I'm still in square one.. surprisingly I have come to terms with the stagnant events in my life.. though I can't deny fr time to time, the sadness still sneak up on mi.. helpless in not knowing how to move it forward..

there r so many dreams.. all felt extremely unrealistic.. all I did was sitting in my world n envying wat other ppl have done for their lives..

sometimes it's e simplicity that makes the joy in life.. I can nv learn that.. no matter how hard I try, I can nv b a simple ting.. so it leads mi to wondering perhaps if I can shed all away, will I be happier??
actually I will never know.. hahaa

so now I'm making a pact with myself to continue to do things that i always enjoy doing..
I hope amidst my upcoming busy schedule, I can still find e time to take my favourite photos n blog n share.. 

happy valentine's day!!

actually i have many many things to blog about.. and many many photos.. which i cldnt find time to sort through and blog.. very sad indeed..

so i can only blog a HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY to all my lovelies out there.. i remember how we used to set dates to meet.. how we prepare the presents for each other...
but i also understand that things do change over time when we have no choice but to grow up..
i still miss those girly times we spent together during vday.........

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i gradually learnt one thing in life, its the thought that counts.. and it works all e way up to the heart and remembers that thought forever..

its strange enough how i cldnt realli remember how i actually spent my vday for the past few years.. except for the first fateful year i bumped into dear BF.. when i tink now, i have no recollection at how other vdays were spent seriously..
except for a momento one where we cook for each other.. it stayed in my heart and memory forever because it felt the most heartwarming.. no expensive restaurant dinners, no expensive gifts.. but a kawaii to the max plush dog he made for mi as a surprise plus the lunch we cook for each other..
somwhow this memory is much more precious than all the others..

today, he managed another surprise for me which took me totally off guard... very touched at his thought and gesture although a bit heartache at the cost plus the fact that i cldnt keep it forever...
yes, you r rite, gers always like to say flowers r impractical... its a way of telling the guy that the ger cares which is why she din wan to burn a hole in his pocket.. although deep down, there is always a time where the ger will appreciate this gesture very much...

thanks for the surprise because i nv suspect at all that there is a bouquet of lilies awaiting for me at the recep desk when i was summoned over... truely touched n happy of cos.. hahahaa..
sometimes this once in a while thing is what that makes the moment worthwhile..

it is also very true that you will feel the happiest at the least expectation or even better - no expectations..

life can be very simple but humans like to complicate it along e way...

ramendamen craze

Went to this super awesome ramen place at mandarin gallery - ippudo!

Omg! The queue is horrible seriously.. I seldom queue so long for food (if my memory din fail mi) but to b honest, it's kind of worth e wait because e broth is sooooooo good... Though I cannot say e same for e flavoured tamago comparing it to marutama n possibly japan..

Ippudo has like e best broth so far next to the authentic one in Japan.. It's so good until my craving for ramen continues... So much so that I went for ramen again at marutama HAHAHA

I seriously dun understand how ajisen can survive until today with such competitors... I never step my food into ajisen after my second try.. N my second time there was because I have no choice but to accommodate..

Okie so much for my blog post... I'm juz trying to show my presence n to rave abt how nice ippudo has been... Plus its kinda difficult trying to blog using an ipad.. Fingers dun feel like fingers anymore.. Sorry about this crappy post..

festive season celebrations

yes, kind of first post of 2012.. not counting those sale posts...

one year has once again gone by in a flash... i realize the older you get, e faster time passes by...

once again, im here to do a long post because i seem to get into a habit of not blogging for the longest time..

for a while, i find myself wif nth interesting to blog.. crappy life n lost for words..

for no reason today, i suddenly felt inspired to upload some photos that i have taken over the festive season in 2011.. to show off of cos the two cutest babies from my two darling frens..

i <3 these two babies to my utmost heart...
somehow by seeing them, all the troubles for the day flew away.. playing wif them keeps mi happy.. when i c e happiness in their face, it cheers me up tremendously..

had dinner at this place called jpot in vivo city.. recommended by jer.. so there it is for her bday treat... haaa.. e funny part is all of us tot it was a steamboat buffet.. i was preparing myself in the morning not to eat so much for breakfast and lunch... halfway through the day, in e chat, jer den told us that it was ala carte order.. pengsan.. i nearly fainted..
but okie la, otherwise i wldnt noe how many luncheon meat i hav to eat to recoup if it was a steamboat buffet.. basically e whole grp felt that bringing mi to steamboat is a waste of money becos i ate e cheapest food there..
(and what's worse.. i've been craving for luncheon meat ever since tat steamboat.. when BF suggested to have a twosome steamboat at hm, i was so happy that i cld buy an entire can of luncheon meat n have it all by myself.. what happened was when the luncheon meat was bought, we cld not find any can opener at hm.... -_- can u imagine the thousand storey fall of disappointment...)

then i found my love for moscato... i had my first taste of moscato back at a fren's hse.. after hearing SO MANY raves about how nice moscato is.. when i tried for the first time, seriously i was darn disappointed.. how can it even be nice?! so for the longest time, i was wondering izzit because moscato was drank from a normal cup which spoil the taste to the max..
after dinner, we took like forever to reach wine company becos of the many distractions along the way.. this is one of the distractions which took up so much of our time.. hahahaha

all the beautiful lightings along the broadway (is that what its called?)

it actually feels great.. to be taking photos once again.. i haven been taking photos for the longest time.. i dunno y either.. it juz nv happened as frequently as last time anymore..

anyway, back to my moscato... e gers decided to order one moscato since it sld b e mildest among all..

i tried and I LOVE IT!! one of e sweetest wine i have ever tasted and i din resist the sweetness.. (although i felt reali sinful aft drinking...)

actually until now i cldnt figure it out if e first time is reali due to e cup issue... hmmmmm...

its has been a wonderful ending to my 2011, spent wif my dearest gers n their fam... i always like e chill out sessions with them.. and very thankful for my bunch of gers be it JC or sec sch for always being there for me through all the down down periods...

<3 <3 <3 you gers to the max!

Shiseido Pureness Blemish Get

bought too many bottles at one go.. therefore letting this go @ $20

usual R.P is $32

real authentic product from Shiseido and brand new..

please email me @ masaki010184@yahoo.com.sg if you are interested :)

Armani Exchange Watch

bought for a year and wore only for important occasions..

very elegant and sleek design.. suitable especially for night functions..

authenic Armani Exchange watch which comes in the original box and warranty card..

selling @ $100

please email me @ masaki010184@yahoo.com.sg if you are interested :)

Shiseido White Lucent Brightening Serum

selling this at $50

R.P @ about $100

best seller for the white lucent series

its brand new - unopened packaging..

please email me at masaki010184@yahoo.com.sg if you are interested :)