Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Here's the new iPhone

iPhone yeah

Trying to blog fr iPhone

Sent from my iPhone

Monday, December 21, 2009

Food around the world


the bibimbab we had in Berlin. the restaurant is called IXTHYS



Just came back from Berlin, interesting trip. Most so, I felt that globalisation is just around us. S has a phobia in German food. Why do you need so much potatoes and meat in your diet? can’t some simple cabbage be added to the meal? (which I kindly pointed out that there’s Kale on sale in X’mas market)
Anyway, this trip consist of eating in a:

Vietnamese restaurant - i had a pho and vietnamese filter coffee
Korean Christian restaurant - the best bibimbab ever!
Russian market store - the borsch was just so good


 the currywurst with bread



and of course, currywurst, various sausages, crepes,maroon etc which you just need to have in German.

Usually when I travel, i like to have some kind of ethnic cuisine. I love how generic food melted into a foreign culture. I went to a Chinese restaurant once in Italy, the waiters loved me for the fact I spoke Chinese. And I had fun eating some kind of Italian Chinese food. I still remember that i kept thinking the Chinese food was not right, when local Italian was walking in all the time.



My home made Kimchi



I love going to vietnamese restaurant in France, Korean in Germany, Chinese in London. Cantonese cuisine in Taiwan, French in Australia. You are not looking for authenicity in these places, but a kind of hyberdisation and a type of globalisation in the food. You are trying to look for the local elements in foreign food. You are trying how a dish is recreate using local ingredients. Always, how vegetables and meat are used fasinate me. My friends don’t understand why I walked into an Argentinian restaurant in Frankfurt, but hey.. Argentinian food can be just that little different, i had a brazilian lemonade there!

I just cooked some fusion cuisine yet again. Hot pot with korean kimchi (made at home), and Sichuan Chilli soup base. oh yummy....

Lancome Spring collection - Crayon lippies?




The new collection from Lancome. The new 2010 Spring collection is called The Rose

ooo.. lovely.

I saw this article from a magazine from Hong Kong, and started really curious about it. Lancome is something i’m a bit into recently. Their quality is great, suits my skin and generally, other than the colour and packaging is too conservative. I cannot pick any fault of it. And you can find it all around the world (which is important as a frequent traveller)

What is interesting about this collection is that they’re launching a ‘Crayon’ lippes (C in the pic/bottom right) that’s very hmmm...

The colour of the lip gloss (A in the photo/top left) also reminds me of some of the dior lippies colour.



More pics from the collection



This is the 1956 design by lancome which this year’s collection got their inspiration on.

A very rare preview by Evie.

(all credits go to Me magazine, Hong Kong)

Saturday, December 19, 2009

The haul and the love(S)

X’mas x’mas x’mas..we love x’mas and it is time to gift.

Thanks so much to Jamilla for her X;mas card. This year, rather than putting all cards received aside (coz I never send cards... shame!) I duly displayed them. Unfortunately cats thought it is a knock the card game and every hour I am on my hands and knees to pick up the cards from the floor..

Anyway, I thought to those who are reading, you’ll notice I haven’t show any haul pictures for a long time.. so in a haul special.. I’ll show you some of my haul recently, nothing exciting and to say thank you all ladies who did swap, Secret Santa with me.

A super large disclaimer: because my cats love any kind of sticker that comes from the package, they have mess up which is which and therefore swaps are grouped into whatever cat find it first (and hide it last). Forgive me. I am Slave No.2 to cats (No.1 S title goes to S)




This is a collective haul from Uniqlo (and where i met miss_Waterlily at a japanese restaurant after this shopping)
My bro works in Uniqlo and it was family week, so I went in and snap as many clothing for myself and S.
I bought all essential items, Heat tech (they’re sooo goood.. soogood that it is unbelievable)
a premium down jacket from +J collection
a cashmere jumper from +J
a few tights.
cardigansn and jeans for S





This comes from Tammy from not a rich girl. She’s my secret santa and sent me some goodies. OMG! ELF blushes!!!! and face shop (never tried them before)








more goodies from Tammy (and some random samples I received from other packages)






more goodies from Tammy (oh benefit oh benefit, how can you be so pretty?) (Sing along with oh! x’mas tree)






Masks sheet that was consumed nearly as soon as it arrived at my door (oh yes those cellar tapes as well by cats)





My high end swaps/wins
Top right: a Dior blush swap with Jennifer (love you sweetheart. I’ll send you some survival package when you’re in Copenhagen)
Top middle: a little present from Yumeko (that came along with the handbag organiser)
Botton left: the Dior blush that I win from Jamilla’s giveaway. i should really put this under the x’mas tree but unfortunately the tree is destroyed every 5 sec.







Been approached to do a review for SKIN MD. and some samples. I’ll do a giveaway once I’m fully settled from my daily life chaos
and bottom left, is something I bought from cosmetic-candy blogsale (think is the black pore cleanser)







I found my natural shade!
Middle: lavshuca 070 two way compact. A bit drying but perfect shade colour. (that’s how I know I’m now a NC35)

Right: shu uemura brozne base control. I plan to use this to mix for the right shade with my existing foundation




Left: Shu Urmura UV Primer, again a swap from Jennifer
right: a Japanese primer from japan. Privacy

So that’s all from me.

I’ll try to post a review on a few of these items within this week. Been busy trying to setup 2 business at the same time. and fiddling with all these website design..

oh well. once it’s done you’ll have a look :)

and Finally

Merry x’mas to all girls! hope you have a lovely x’mas

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

calling for people who want to spree imomoko

hi girls

ok one off special. Just wondering if any girls who are in UK or Europe want to join a mail spree in Imomoko.

Imomoko is having a 15%off with all products on their site and I have 1 item that I want to haul (Just used up my concealer and want to try Kevin beautymaker)

but.. despite the cost of the kevin beautymaker concealer only cost 7GBP after the discount, the shipping is killing me.

So.. since the shipping is only 15.99 USD and it is for any order (no limitation as I understand) I am looking to anyone who wants to join a spree together.

This is how I think we can work it out:

  1. email me at kanonlin@gmail.com on which items you want, deadline 19th Dec
  2. I will email you back on the shipping price depending on how many girls join. If 4 girls including myself is buying, then the shipping cost is 15.99 divided by 4
  3. I will invoice you with paypal and you can pay me
  4. put in order with imomoko
  5. once it arrived in UK, i’ll send it out to you by local post. Again, I’ll only take the cost of local post and ask for paypal payment.
  6. Any girls in Europe are welcome to join since we’re free from custom tax anyway
Here you go. One -off special

Monday, December 14, 2009

Back from Berlin (short post)




(photo taken in Postdam, Germany, in freezing cold weather. -7’c )




just to say I’m back

tonnes of post to do, esp those x’mas special

just to quickly say a big thank you to Kay (Bihada Diaries) on organising secret santa. I had fun picking up goodies for others and on the receiving end as well

I have a very big bag of goodies that I got from blog sale..

and also i realised.

I am a NC35 now. Cosmetic Candy.. I’m joining you. pass me your foundation and we’ll share haha




Saturday, December 5, 2009

Packing for a long trip - Make up (part 2)

I am doing this Part 2 post together with my trip to Berlin. I know what I need to pack and been playing with all my foundation to make sure the best is taken with me and since Ryanair is the most horrible airline in the world, I’m carrying just cabin luggage for 4 days.. including clothing for a very snowy weather (how do I do it? I don’t know)


What to bring for Make up :




If possible, bring all of your point makeup please. That’s if really possible. The reason is there’s no way you can hit a pan with point makeup only if you wear it every day. Do you wear the same eye colour/blush everyday? not me. i alternate from smokey eyes to natural eyes, blue eyes to sparkly eyes. From orange blush to super pink blush, and rosy to peach etc. I only hit pan with 1 blush and that’s gransenbon (totally love you granesebon)

So bring all them your point makeup and that’s your reason not to spend on replacing your makeup when you are away with the same colour thing. Those saved pennies add up and will be well used in the future.

Here’s my recommendation:




Foundation




bring compact / two way

liquid foundation x 2 (bring something moisturising and some with high coverage)


powder (only if you are already using powder to finish off your makeup)


Eye-Palette




1 natural and 1 smokey, also at least 4 different sparkling colour
you can re-create with a palette of 4 colours and mix with the sparkling/outrageous colour you brought.
that’s very easy to create a new look

Eye makeup



2 tube of mascara (one for long lashes, one for volume)
eye-liner





Blush:



4 different blush in the following: rosy, pink, peach, contouring




Lips:




it is up to you. I think maximum is around 6 colours. I don’t really use lipsticks so they’re all gloss

Tools:



bring everything with you. Tools is so important that is not easy to replace

so there you go.

I’m off to Berlin for the next few days. Hope to update you with photos...

Friday, December 4, 2009

Packing for a long trip - Checking in and Skincare (Part 1)

So a few days ago, Jennifer ping me on iM to ask me more tips on how to pack for her trip to Denmark. Being the one in UK, and travel a lot seems to be the right person to ask.

Last trip that i travelled for 6 months was back in 2007, when i went back to HK and around E.Asia for my fieldwork. I packed my life away and don’t own half of the makeup now. Then it was my 1.5 month trip in Hong Kong in 2009, for various travelling again, this time, I picked quite a lot with me.

So.. jennifer.. rather than writing a 1000 words message for you on IM, decide to do a post. I think Jamilla might be able to offer a few help here as she travels a lot as well.

One thing to bear in mind is that you prioritise what you bring, i think makeup/skincase is roughly 3rd most important thing to stuff inside the suitcase if that’ all you bring. Nowadays, airlines have a stricter policy and when they say 23kg, it meant it!

The way to bring more within the limit is to bring 2 bags on board (if your airport/airline allows). This includes a cabin size luggage, and another a backpack, or a supersize hangbag. If you know you are slightly overweight (27kg) and the check in counter asks you to unload, your cabin size luggage/backpack will come in handy.

HONG KONG EXPERIENCE:




if you are boarding in Hong Kong and want to maximise the luggage you bring, this is how i do it.

Check-in Luggage:
put all extremely important items in luggage and go to a travel agent and buy an airport express ticket (if it is 1-way, it is only $70 instead of $100). This will allow you to check in 24 hours before flight.

Then put less important items (the stuff you think your mommy will help you to send over to you if you are overweight) into cabin luggage

With your supersize hangbag, only put your flight essentials (passport, doc etc) and do not load anything else.

Check in at the counter with your luggage and super size hangbag at the airport express checkin first (this is to make sure you guarantee a seat) if you need to unload due to overweight at this point, you can unload items into your supersize hangbag.
(the reason why you do not show your cabin size luggage is that you’ll be told off, their instructions say to eye-scan any additional luggage that the passenger brings into the cabin. If they spot you with 2 luggage at the airport check-in counter, they will say you are not allowed to bring both)

If you do not need to unload many things, your cabin size luggage and your supersize hangbag should allow you more room to fit anything you want to bring. (P.S. that’s why you check in early, then go home and pack again)

Then board with your cabin size luggage and supersize hangbag.

If you do not board at the airport express, but directly in the airport, you risk being overweight and cannot do anything about it. At least if you check -in first, you know what you still want to bring and have time to pack a package to yourself.

generally at the security gate, they allow a supersize hangbag plus cabin luggage. The reason why is people sometimes shop as much as a supersize hangbag at duty-free. So technically they cannot say you cannot bring an extra bag. There’s no policy of how many bags you can bring except by the airlines themselves

if you bring in this way, you should be able to bring : check in- luggage 23 kg, cabin luggage 10kg, supersize hangbag 10kg (if you can carry all)

Back to the post:

Lets do it in 2 categories:

  1. SKIN CARE
Venturing to the unknown place, you don’t know what it is like. Dry? super dry? cold? etc
My advice is bring what you know works with you best there then when they are not suitable, buy local products.
Also, my advice is to buy European brand (i.e. Lancome, Clarins, olay, neutrogena) if you want to buy before you travel to save cost. They are multi-national company, and usually their skin care line is available around the world. Therefore, it is safe to assume these skincare products will suit wherever you go to by guessing.

I totally recommend you bring these with you, the rest I didn’t mention (such as Toner) can be bought when you arrive there


Make Up Cleanser - yes. Hong kong has a better collection than in Europe. Bring a oil base cleanser (get the 450 ml Shu Uemura oil cleanser from Sasa, they’re the cheapest in the world)


Cotton - European drug-store cotton is the hardest thing you’ll ever tried. If you remember how Chinese (maindland chinese) cotton feels like, they are exactly the same except never improve during the time


Paper soak up mask - not those like Beuaty Diary, but those you pour the toner/essence. This is cheaper than bringing mask and you can buy the toner that suits the climate for face mask rescue


Moisturiser - bring your favourite (in J’s case, bring a winter one, I’d say a cream based moisturiser) and you know for the 1st month, at least you know something you use before


Lip balm - I always bring vaseline lip petroleum (my fav though is Rose Petal exclusively Uk only). When you are in really dry weather or just need a bit of lippy, it is great. Light and extremely useful

Eye cream - again bring your HG and think about it later

I’ll talk about what to bring with make up in the next post





Tuesday, December 1, 2009

What's on your x'mas list?

I have been a bit down recently. One of my employer (well I work for multiple ppl) gave me 12 hours before work asking if I can cut my pay 1/2 to work with her. So Immediately said no and goodbye my cupcake job. (but I can still deliciously cupcake at home. I learnt all the skills) How cheeky can someone do that?

So instead of bitching about that stupid woman (the cupcake Co is called Faircake, just in case you want to send her hate mails) I decide to make good use of 2 months worth of holiday and write a bit on a PhD and do some lemming over a lot of things :)

This is just a post dedicated for X’mas.. for self-indulgence

1. Samsung ST 500/ ST 550






look at this baby, do you know why I want it? because there’s a twin LCD, a LCD in the front so that you know how you look like.
Isn’t this clever?
This is just the camera every blogger needs for your FOTD
This is costing around 170 on amazon, but 130 in Hong Kong.

2.



Shu Uemura Liquid fondation in SPF 10






Keen to try again!
think this is a rather thick foundation which I used in May for the wedding
Must get it in the right shade this time

  1. iLap


this is a laptop holder for the comfort of your head, wrist and back design especially for macbook
It’ll help with the overheat issue for macbook alumniumn and hopefully it’ll solve my wrist pain when i use the touchpad

4. iPhone 3GS





do I even need to explain why i want this? just because it is cool
I am using a N95 8GB which is cool and very very useful in many ways, still i want something classy hehe
the problem is I am saving myself with a super cheap monthly rental from my mobile company (so cheap you won’t believe) and more than 1 company phones.
Iphone is rather difficult to unlock and since I’m travelling very soon again, unsure if I should really get this.

5. Pet’s costume





dao dao might hate me but I’m sure Mui Chu will allow me
I want to dress them up for x’mas to busk around ...
do you think people will throw stones at them or give me a few more bucks to dress them up as Hello Kitty?

What is your x’mas gift list then??


Sunday, November 29, 2009

Shu Uemura Nobara foundation review

I bought home the Shu Uemura foundation which makes me a super happy girl.

The NOBARA Foundation is a cream foundation in a horrible plastic container







I also bought the sponge because usually the company make the sponge just to go well on its own product

So here you go:

NOBARA Crema foundation:




The pros:




high coverage, natural look
no need for powder on top
wedding artist favourite (oh yes! oh yes!, it was the bride-zilla shopping mode)

The Cons:



horrible plastic container that you have no option to put in a normal compact case (shu uemura don’t even do the compact case for this)
this horrible version is going to be discontinued, and replace by the stick version

Stick version is good right?
Not for your money. The plastic container version holds 13g, but the stick version holds only 10g. THey charge you the same.

Price:



I got 10% off so I’m a happy bunny

the NOBARA foundation: 22.90 GBP
the sponge: 3.51 GBP

To the photos review (which says a truth better than me)








the best example of how never trust SA to fit your shade under a big big light..

even though I have Jamilla next to me when I test this.. see how different it is to my normal skin tone.

this is at least 5 shades lighter.. anyway you can see how it compares to my original naked skin





Shu Uemura VS Maybelline Mineral Liquid foundation (754 shade to 03 Sand)




unfortunately the skin tone mishap continues. But it still match my face colour in general. Look at my hand, it matches the tone on my face

I find that the Maybelline Mineral Liquid foundation matches with a bit of yellow tone.

But look at the eyes area, Shu Uemura obviously have better concealing powder than Maybelline, it hides the eye bags without using concealer




Shu Uemura VS Angelfit Liquid foundation (743 vs W7)




If you look at the area where the word ‘Angelfit printed’ you can see the red tone is not very well covered by Angelfit.

Both does not contain SPF so you need to apply sunscreen, and Primer to hide the red tone

Shu Uemura wins on coverage, again compare the eye area and you’ll see Shu covers better




Shu Uemura VS Revlon color stay (754 vs 310)




Now moving to European brand of foundation and even you can’t see it clearly from photos, it does give you pink tone
So for me it needs some kind of whiter powder to mix in and match my skintone.
Coverage wise is nearly the same as Shu, just Shu wins on providing yellow tone foundation





Shu Uemura vs Lancome Color Ideal (754 VS 03)




Finally, the very expensive lancome foundation, again with a bit of red tone once you compare it with Shu

i seriously hated this foundation coz it is just not quite right. Does it cover my spot? no
does it cover my eye bag? no
does it match my tone? no
and why it is so expensive?

So Shu won because of my hate towards Lancome color Ideal

I am going to try their liquid foundation next, perhaps after x’mas to see how well it fits. Stay tuned!

Saturday, November 28, 2009

Another giveaway Eki Love 1400th giveaway special

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sorry about all these but giveaways in Blogger world must be talked about

Eki is giving away Jill Stuart plus other goodies.

this is her link

http://ekimura.blogspot.com/2009/11/belated-1400th-follower-jill-stuart.html

Shu Uemura Nobara foundation review


I bought home the Shu Uemura foundation which makes me a super happy girl.

The NOBARA Foundation is a cream foundation in a horrible plastic container



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I also bought the sponge because usually the company make the sponge just to go well on its own product

So here you go:

NOBARA Crema foundation:



The pros:



high coverage, natural look
no need for powder on top
wedding artist favourite (oh yes! oh yes!, it was the bride-zilla shopping mode)

The Cons:


horrible plastic container that you have no option to put in a normal compact case (shu uemura don’t even do the compact case for this)
this horrible version is going to be discontinued, and replace by the stick version

Stick version is good right?
Not for your money. The plastic container version holds 13g, but the stick version holds only 10g. THey charge you the same.

Price:


I got 10% off so I’m a happy bunny

the NOBARA foundation: 22.90 GBP
the sponge: 3.51 GBP

To the photos review (which says a truth better than me)






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the best example of how never trust SA to fit your shade under a big big light..

even though I have Jamilla next to me when I test this.. see how different it is to my normal skin tone.

this is at least 5 shades lighter.. anyway you can see how it compares to my original naked skin



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Shu Uemura VS Maybelline Mineral Liquid foundation (754 shade to 03 Sand)



unfortunately the skin tone mishap continues. But it still match my face colour in general. Look at my hand, it matches the tone on my face

I find that the Maybelline Mineral Liquid foundation matches with a bit of yellow tone.

But look at the eyes area, Shu Uemura obviously have better concealing powder than Maybelline, it hides the eye bags without using concealer


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Shu Uemura VS Angelfit Liquid foundation (743 vs W7)



If you look at the area where the word ‘Angelfit printed’ you can see the red tone is not very well covered by Angelfit.

Both does not contain SPF so you need to apply sunscreen, and Primer to hide the red tone

Shu Uemura wins on coverage, again compare the eye area and you’ll see Shu covers better


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Shu Uemura VS Revlon color stay (754 vs 310)



Now moving to European brand of foundation and even you can’t see it clearly from photos, it does give you pink tone
So for me it needs some kind of whiter powder to mix in and match my skintone.
Coverage wise is nearly the same as Shu, just Shu wins on providing yellow tone foundation



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Shu Uemura vs Lancome Color Ideal (754 VS 03)



Finally, the very expensive lancome foundation, again with a bit of red tone once you compare it with Shu

i seriously hated this foundation coz it is just not quite right. Does it cover my spot? no
does it cover my eye bag? no
does it match my tone? no
and why it is so expensive?

So Shu won because of my hate towards Lancome color Ideal

I am going to try their liquid foundation next, perhaps after x’mas to see how well it fits. Stay tuned!


Friday, November 27, 2009

Blogger meetup and haul!


met up with jamilla, Yinnie and kelly last night at Westfields London. It was a long planned blogger meetup and great to see everyone.
i managed to get out from a concert organised by my boyfriend due to a very heavy slowly cooked pork served somewhere in North London. Super Yummy, but me and boyfriend is now on a vegetarian diet until this pork is totally digested.

We first went to have some food at the food court, Westfields always have great choice with food, and food court meant that there’s plenty of space to sit down and chat

so the haul. A combination for CP’s and self- indulgence because I had a no-buy for nearly 2 months (before i bought some NYX). CP is not shown here as a surprise factor.

here you go




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Tsumori Chisato x Shu Uemura LE Planet cat palette


the last one in westfields shu uemura counter


and..



10% off






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just some filer to prep my nail.. I’m into weird colour nail polish at the moment




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my haul from cosmetic candy from her sale blog and Superdrugs buy (3 for 2 darling!)



Nail INC - China Town


Barry M - Jade Green, Dark Grey, Red







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the Highlight of my day



Laura Mercier foundation Primer


Shu Uemura Nobara Foundation and sponge


(if you’re thinking of buying Nobara, please buy the old version. Their stick foundation version is 3g less than this old version)




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and finally to Yumeko



your handbag organiser has arrived in good form. I ate all candies and used the pressie. thanks so much




next post will be all about the Shu Uemura foundation





SHOP N' CHOMP Giveaway

how can someone resisit the LE of tsumori chisato x Shu Uemura? (will do a post coz i managed to get one for myself)

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http://shopnchomp.blogspot.com/2009/11/giveaway-time.html

Sunday, November 22, 2009

bargain buy! NYC pressed mineral powder




So after nearly 2 months of no-buy, I broke my no-buy (but hey.. 2 months is impressive) and bought something to make me happy. I had a very depress day when I was told I was not good enough... sigh.. well i’ll keep going..

What’s NYC?

I am not sure. I think it is an imitation of the famous NYX brand (which I heard is coming to London)

All i know it is known for their mineral powder, My Beauty SPot did a good review on this.

Where can you find them?

Superdrugs. Which is just your local shop really

How much?
big smile please

The mineral powder cost only 3.99
and the face powder is 4.99

total damage is 9GBp for 2 items (15 USD)

Pressed Mineral Powder





They offer the loose powder and pressed powder. But i choose pressed because it is easier to carry when travelling

packaging wise : is really drugstore. No fancy and it makes you don’t want to buy it

However, if you look pass the packaging it is pretty ok


my thought:

I have not tried other mineral powder but feel this is really good. No caking and gives a smooth complexion.
My skin has cleared up a lot (until I used that l’egere again..) and applying the mineral powder gives me a natural healthy look.
I use the body shop kabuki brush because it is a lot softer and good in applying
Is there any con I can pick on? nearly nil

absolutely love the fact it is only 7 USD...

my first experience with mineral powder is great so far. but won’t be replacing my liquid foundation

the shade in Natural Beige is a perfect match as well (to NC 30)

(I’ll do the face powder in a separate post)

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Beautyblender review



the product from ASOS



Beauty Blender review

I bought this back in October when i complained I should throw out my old old old iPSA Sponge .. i thought i just quickly review this HG items that should be sitting in a beauty fanatic bag

Beauty Blender, what’s this?

A foundation sponge with a round bottom and a sharp top to help you to blend in that foundation to look like a second skin.
Apparently use be celebrities such as Beyonce

the empty packaging that holds that beauty blender


Ok, tell me your damage then?


14.99 for a little sponge so that you feel so guilty you want to kill your boyfriend who did not stop you from buying this. Best place to buy. ASOS when they offer free delivery

How to use it?


try youtube. there’s tonnes of people who made a beauty blender guide on how to use
basically you dip you fat part of the sponge in your foundation and bounce it against your face
the tip is for concealer for those hard to bounce.. no no.. it’s reach area



the sponge in itself. very used.

What do you think? (except really believing that Beyonce use it)



Absolutely brilliant product. I can see why people can’t live without it. It really makes any foundation to glide flawlessly on your face. My concealer don’t cake anymore with this as well.

What I don’t like is that they tried to sell you that you need to clean it with their very special cleanser. It is rather expensive and I skip it and use my Pantene shampoo instead. it is not super clean but it still cleans it.

Also, the amount of foundation it needs, enormous. I use 3 times as much as I use with the IPSA Foundation sponge. unfortunately, IPSA foundation sponge that i used (for 4 years) is not available anymore. So I am not sure if the sponge technology is being created to make us use up the foundation.

will i buy it again? yes. definitely can’t live without it.
Will i recommend it to people? yes coz I’m evil and want you to a meal worth of money in make up haha



Monday, November 16, 2009

london blogger meetup

Hi girls.

Quickie post.

London Blogger meetup!



Who’s there:


Jamilla, Yinnie, Myself, and a few other beauty bloggers+ readers



Where:


Westfield, London



Time:


6pm



What are we doing?


X’mas shopping



I wanna come...


leave a comment I’ll contact you :)



______________
Eve, that’s a super short blog post!

err.. yes coz I lost 2 posts over the past week when I stupidly looked my blog and hence the pending posts were all gone. Back to the drawing board


Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Living in UK, surviving away from the goodness of Asia

These 2 weeks has been a relaxing week, i don’t have many cupcakes work to do so I stayed at home most of the time. I did some PhD work and just a reflect on everything I have done. Suddenly I realise I have been in UK for 11 years (Arghhhhh) and thought, if someone told me in 1998 that I will stay here for more than 10 years, I probably give you a bunch of money and ask him to go away.

To anyone who are coming/planning/staying now in UK but from Asia originally, we all have the same complain. No good food, no entertainment, no wandering down the street at night, no dessert shop to eat after dinner. Sunday is absolutely boring and never ever trust your local Chines takeaway to deliver your mommy’s level of Chinese food. the list goes on.

I thought i’ll just share a few tips on how to survive in this rather grey country. This is purely based on own experience and no offence.




My home made sushi meal. With homemade sushi (sashimi from a local japanese shop/Atari-ya and homemade miso soup, no instant soup powder)




1) Buy many cookbook and cook at home
When i was in Hong Kong, i never ever cook my own food. Cafe de Coral saves my life and i pay less than 3GBP/5USD for a good meal with tea, soup and main course serve with rice. However a decent hot lunch in UK set you from 5GBP/8USD per meal so cooking your own at home becomes absolutely crucial.


2) Get a driving licence
it is difficult to go around without a car. And if you live in London, then it is ok, but in UK,you’re dodge with strike actions, engineering work, not enough drivers to drive the trains etc, and car is a good way to get around. Also, many places in UK cannot be reach easily with public transport (i.e. the famous bicester village) so car is a necessity
There’s car club nowadays so you don’t really need to own a car. Join a car club

3) Join a cultural society in Uni and they will know
If you love say Vietnamese food and not sure where to go, join a society and mingle with them. There’ll some food expert in all cultural society and can point to you where to go. I gather my knowledge via society events about where to eat in London, and survive

4) Invest on a computer and internet
the kid which I’m guardian of stayed with me for the past 2 weeks, and all he did was watching anime. now, 10 years ago, we have no laptop (they cost over £1000) and no internet. i know of a friend can’t survive in a foreign country coz there’s no internet. Nowadays mobile broadband is cheap and if you can’t have landline at where you live. Get a broadband USB stick. Invest on a good laptop so that you can do everything on it. I think I’ll die without my macbook and my broadband.




the afternoon tea I had in Buxted Park




5) Be a tourist
Every now and then, I travel. Maybe i travel too much, but travelling helps me to enjoy the country more. Imagine you are stuck in London, you will never know about the magical view in Bath, the academic atmosphere of Oxford, the clotted cream and scone in Cornwall. Also, the cheap airlines offer to take you out of the country to enjoy Europe. (that’s the reason why S came.. he wanted to travel in Europe). There are cheap day tour offered by coach company to take you out and see. And.. the best thing of UK? sitting in a beautiful cafe surrounded by cakes and scones, with a pot of tea...


Friday, November 6, 2009

Ettusais Dark Circle fighter Dual, concealer and essence review

Since there’s tonnes of ppl interested in Ettusais, I decide to do yet another review on some other products I have.

This is something I purchase in HK when I was there in summer 09.

Ettusais is a Shiseodo brand specialising in Adult acne problem. If you have problem with oil control in humid and hot climate, or just in general, Ettusais is definitely for you. A friend who went to Fukuoka with me went all crazy with Ettusais. I was rather surprise how popular Ettusais is among girls between 20-30.

In Japan, Ettusais is a drug store brand, but in HK it is a counter brand. So if you love samples. Ettusais in HK is absolutely brilliant. I think I walked away with at least 20 samples with my purchase. (and yet to use them, haha)

Eye zone massaing essence

To use:
as a eye serum at night.

Purpose:
to fight dark cirlce (it says nth about lines ok?)

What it claims to do:
help blood circulation around eye area
also kick dark circle away with dry fine lines

Weight:
15g (rather standard...)

Price:
nearly 40 USD







the essence comes with a pump. I always think how company can produce an illusion that 15g is actually a lot








How it looks like in real life. It has some shimmering properties in the clear gel




Verdict:

Ok I’m 28. I know i’m old. I know according to the majority of cosmetic company, I shall be crazy over anti aging products. Hey, I do look 18 ok? so getting a dark circle fighter product totally ok.

but... this is rather disappointing. My dark circle is definitely there. It didn’t work the miracle
It is rather drying as well (for UK autumn climate) and I need something more moisturising.

When the SA tried it on me, I like the quickly absorb texture. But... I can’t really use this as a base for the makeup because it is not helping to moisturising at all.
My boots No.7 perfect and protect is doing the job.

So finaly verdict? don’t waste your money on this.
If you want something to fight back dark circle. the Shiseido White Lucent Eye treatment works much much better



Eye Zone tinted color essence

Now now.. this is a really interesting product

Official introduction and product use:

No alcohol, no fragrance, no Oil elements and skin sensitivity taste

Have skin tone adjustment, can adjust dark circle and blemish to natural skin tone

What it is?

According to my SA, it is like a eye cream but tinted. So it is a skin care routine rather than makeup, which is good for your eyes

Volume:
4g (very standard.. but I think Boi-ing is around 7g)




The actual product. Very convinient to put in handbag



It is like other pen-concealer, it has a brush head to apply on the eye area



Trying on my hand, do you see I have the cross scar? Courtesy to Mui Chu.
Going to use this eye essence to cover it up



Applied on the scar area, it has lightened up the scar, but yet to cover

Verdict:

this is the first ever eye concealer that is not really a makeup product. We have BB cream, tinted moisturiser which is suppose to be a skincare routine rather than makeup.
now we have Ettusais eye essence that is like a tinted moisturiser, not too harmful to the skin.

I like the idea of it. I don’t need to think too much if I didn’t take this off at night. Hey, it is eye essence, moisturising yet cover up my blemish. The texture is quite smooth, but as it is primarily to lighten up the area of your dark circle, I don’t think it helps with acne scar or blemish. It is purely for eye area and that’s it.

I probably will buy a 2nd tube of it as I like the idea. I like how it applies using the brush.

So, if you are interested, you can safely buy this.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

With Love from East Asia

So after nearly a week without blogging. I give you 2 post at a time.

Mainly is to say thank you to 2 people. Kay and Jennifer who’s package arrived amid the 3 weeks postal strike. (yes for the past 3 weeks, the postal strike in UK every weds thurs fri.. it took 1 package from HK 3 weeks to arrive.. and it has cash in it..)

First Kay’s package ended up roughly the week before.. all I did was munch through her chocolate biscuits thingy..
I swapped some BB cream to her, and she help to buy the JuJu Aqua Moist hydraulic acid serum which I was desperate to try. I have a pharmacist friend who swear hydraulic acid is really good for your skin and it is a must ingredients for good skin routine. Since JuJu says it is 100% hydraulic acid.. lets see if it will transform my skin



the chocolate cookies thingy which i ate almost immediately (yes it is empty) the JuJu acid serum on the top right and some sample from Kay.
i was quite anxious coz my package took 3 weeks to reach Japan..

The second package came from Jennifer. I saw she was offering to swap away her dior Blush and since we both have similar skintone I thought It’ll good to try (and when i met her in summer, she said it is her HG.. ) I also got a swap for a Shu Uemura Primer as I’m a primer and foundation addict at the moment..

I totally recommend jennifer as a swapper. I met her in MUA and since then she even took me to makeup shopping 1st day when I arrived in HK. The swap I got from her all come with original box.. and tonnes of samples



see all the goodies? thank you muah! and the maquillage lippies sample..

seriously for people with darker skintone, we need to sample the colour before buying. We simply can’t fit any colour they launch.. that’s how i buy my other lippes

I am currently super uber busy even I don’t need to go to work in cupcakes. I am setting up a second company, working through my self assessment and struggling with phd.

I wonder if anyone here can read Korean? I’m struggling with some korean content and need some help... it is about Leon Lai, who sung a tv theme song in Korea...

I noticed there’s lots of interest in Ettusais so I have taken all my Ettusais products photo and will do a review on them. They are mostly products with nearly no review so keep an eye on this blog..

that’s all from me.

Please vote for my friend

Remember my work at Big Bang Music?

One of our writers, Kevin Tsang, composed a piece of music and selected as the finalist in the CASH Music competition.

CASH Music competition is the one and only music composition for composer and lyricist in Hong Kong, and many such as Ivana Wong won the competition and further their career.

well.. Kevin already wrote a few music for people such as Joey Yung etc, but seeing him as the finalist in the competition is such a big joy

so to support him here’s what to do:

go to the website:

http://www.rthk.org.hk/special/cash2009/?509

Click No. 1 親疏之別

at this 姓名 please put your name

at this 電郵 please put your email

at 電話 please put a telephone number (random is ok: such as 26784390, HK number starts the first digit with 2, 3 or 9)

at 驗証碼 that’s the verification code you saw on your right

then press submit

This is a facebook book to submit Kevin

http://www.facebook.com/evieleung?ref=name#/event.php?eid=167358769535&ref=mf

Now.. if Kevin you’re reading this.. I deserve some nice dinner when I’m back next year. Or a super gift for my wedding (maybe a song you compose?)

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Ettusais Zero Pore Compact foundation review

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the shade chart and the actual foundation




Ettusais has always been my favourite brand. I fall in love with their oil control powder first when I live in Hong Kong. in the hot climate in HK, it is very hard to find anything that doesn’t need blotting every few hours but Ettusais.. wow! no blotting whatsoever. I am quite surprise how popular this brand is among my friends as well.

I went to Wales last week to sort out the wedding, and to pack extremely light, I dug out my Ettusais Compact foundation. Surprise surprise, people been commenting how great my skin look so I decide to do a post on it.

I have been using this compact foundation and this must be my third purchase. In Hong Kong, I definitely can’t do without this. Blotting paper? never exist in my handbag.

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The back fo the foundation. I use 40 Beige which is my shade.

I think this is made by Shiseido company. Ettusais is special brand for Adult acne problem. And one of the very few shiseido brand that can cater for darker skin tone. 40 in shiseido shade guide is always a perfect match for NC30


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I lost the original case so I bought a raycious case. it fits perfectly, and much more beautiful than the original as well




Price:
248 HKD which is around 33 USD

Texture:
it glides on smoothly on the skin with the sponge given. the instruction says no need to wet the sponge. Just apply directly on face

Coverage:
Average. Definitely need concealer



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my skin



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in the official website, the before and after look



Here’s a crop of a picture I took in Wales. As you see, some of the acne scar is not properly covered but the foundation gives a glow to the skin. In real life, I look like I have smooth skin

Verdict:

In the introduction of this compact, it says
‘No oily face, no sticky skin, a natural look. Non-chemical sun protection’

It has SPF 12 PA++ in it, weight 11g. and in actual term, if you use it everyday I finish the compact in 3 months.

I like it a lot as it is very comparable to my other liquid foundation, in fact, I like the finishing a little more compare to some of the liquid foundation I have. Perhaps it is just because i never use powder as a finishing touch on my liquid foundation.

If you live in a hot humid climate, I totally recommend this foundation to you.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Dao Dao and Mui Chu Special (豆豆同妹豬special)

Welcome Mui Chu (we call her Chu as nickname)

S and I been debating having a second cat for a long long time. And it became a big issue because S is absolutely spoiling Dao too much (you know.. giving him 10 kisses and listening to Dao’s order ... switch on the tap! open the door! split your legs!!), and there’s a possibility of me going back to full-time work so we decide we want a second cat as a Dao’s companion.

Mui Chu is from the prefix Tanyrallt and she was the only one left in that litter. She is extremely playful, gets along with other cats and we were too excited bringing her home.

Mui Chu is actually my pet name in my family.... S loves the name so much (in fact all older generation call me that) and decide to name her Mui Chu.

Only just 1 day, both of them are kind of getting along.


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Mui Chu and Dao in bed (and my messy clothings as well)




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Arghh... that’s just cute



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Both up early in the morning. Dao wasn’t too happy he’s grounded. Mui Chu just happy Dao is around



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For Dao Dao fans... some shot of Dao waiting for you after a day out..



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Another one.. you can see he just loves Kitty TV



Tuesday, October 27, 2009

HG Cleanser review

x’mas is coming and hence my wallet is getting squeezed every day. I decide to do another HG post


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(taken by my new Minolta 35-70mm F4 lens.. not bad at all)



ok basically they are separated into super HG (meaning I will never replace them) HG (like it but I know a good alternative) and random purchase

Super HG:

Shu Uemura Cleansing Oil

this is the only makeup remover I use. Around 3 years ago, I was using johnson and johnson cream cleanser and the cleansing oil wave just hit me. I bought this bottle coz none of the cleansing oil available in the market (Fancl, DHC etc) produced such a big bottle.
The best place to buy is SASA, but beware of their expiry date. Usually they expire within 1 year of purchase from Sasa
There is different variation of this Shu Uemura Cleansing oil, but I don’t feel any difference to them except their scent and bottle colour.
It cleanse everything. Forget the next procedure. it takes everything off except eye makeup

Muji Cotton Pad:

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Both are must have items. The first is the one recommended by Saeki and a lot more economical. One piece of cotton and be split into 4.

the other is purely for my toner/lotion use.
Why Muji? coz 99% of the cotton pad sold in drugstores in UK are rubbish. So hard! so thick! so arghhhhhhh...
the only pad I can use are from Muji.. thank god for globalisation...

HG
Lancome bi-fical or Boots Dual eye makeup remover
both takes off MM mascara easily without pain, combined with Saeki’s method, that’s even better.
I find Boots dual eye makeup remover as effective as the lancome, which is 2/3 of the price cheaper.

Random:
that’s including...

Emulsion -
any brand, I use this to take off my makeup on very late nights as I can’t be bother to wash my face anymore. I find emulsion are great for taking off makeup and no need to buy makeup remover wipes separately

Lancome Gel Eclat cleanser
Lush Angel on Bare Skin
Lancome exfolliance Clarte
Laneige Straweberry peel

these are rather random purchase so if anyone want i’ll do a review separately...








Saturday, October 24, 2009

It is a cookie day

This week super super busy... Lets start with something nice

So other than a PhD student I now work as cupcake assistant, meaning I bake cupcakes.. This week we have an order of

5 tier wedding cake
200 cookies piped with guest name as wedding favours
100 cupcakes
1 top cake

so I was put into an accelerated course on making cookies and here’s what i did:

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this is my first attempt piping and I find using the simpliest colour makes the best cookie...

I plan to make some cookie for x’mas and just learned how to ice a cake, so x’mas cake is my biggest challenge from now.

also did some sugar modelling

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I fancy making some pretty girls but think they look much better with their facial expressions

So that’s gd.. did 100 cupcakes with making the colour buttercream as well all is well and it is very easy now..

Also, my ASOS order arrived! yeah!!!

so I’ll do a review of the beauty blender.. such a good product!!

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Friday, October 16, 2009

Frankfurt trip and Maybelline Pure Mineral Foundation Review

Frankfurt and maybelline pure Mineral Foundation

So the post about frankfurt which I went just 2 weeks ago. I thought i’ll post this up before i forget...
I basically spend all my time at the hotel (doing my tax return !!!) I can totally understand why people moans, in fact I am soo overdue that I am getting a big slap by my tax office

So while I am doing my accounts:

German Apple Custard cake (and the vaseline rosy lips next to it, you can see.. Rosy Lips is my HG)

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Went to frankfurt coz S went for training. Except he whole heartedly hate german food. This is an argentian steak covered with cheese and garlice with super super nice potatoe crisp/fries.. and behind there’s the guana juice from Brazil. I love globalisation...


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I finally venture out and took a 2.5 hour with the tourist office. They operate everyday morning and afternoon. In here, i use mascara, Maybelline pure Mineral Foundation and rosy lips. Again just to hide those blemish on face...

sigh.. i look fat (we all say that right?)

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The famous Korean dinner in Frankfurt. And look at the starters! definitely much better in London. For those who don’t know, there’s a big Korean community in Germany, so you have really good korean restaurant. But not cheap. The pancake is around 14 euros
But love love the starters

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Ok back to the Maybelline foundation.

i got 030 as shade, I think they have 4 shades.
Compare to the powder mineral foundation, I always prefer liquid, not very sure why, but this is personal preference (will blog about my experience with compact foundation next post)

I bought this because i feel that I need a cheaper foundation, even cheaper than Revlon. And this only cost 7 GBP, and i bought it in the airport before i left for Frankfurt. Bought some sponge at boots, but they’re rubbish.

ok my view:
Nice and simple. Less coverage than BB cream, but better for your skin. It is quite sheer, and easy to apply. However, i need more concealer to hide my acne scar by using this.
Another little complain is it doesn’t stay on face long enough for my liking. In my previous photo, I only been out for 1.5 hrs since I apply and it looks like i haven’t put on. I think I need to get a powder to set it (lemming over Barry M powder)
It is a buyable product for girls who wear makeup, espeically in office environment. And that’s what I’ll use for my cupcake lesson.

Finally..

A big news.

Dao has a new girlfriend.

welcome. mui Chu (妹豬)

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our new additional to the Dao Dao Kingdom

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Two lip balm review - Vaseline Rosy Lips and rosy Petal salve



Winter has arrived!! at least in the UK, I finally took out my heavy coats and hang them up. for some reason.. I don’t have enough winter clothings this year to get by.. I wonder why.

Anyway, I thought I’ll do a lip balm review, reviewing two of my HG products

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Rose & Co Apothecary Lip balm



Cost:
5GBP / 8USD

Where to buy:
not everywhere, selected boots, waitrose or online

reason to buy:
this is an alternative to the normal Vaseline lip balm, except it is made from Rose petal and a lovely Rose scent

My verdict:
Great product but very pricey. 99p versus 5GBP for a rose scent. However, this is only available in the UK, and the pretty packaging.. I can’t resist
It has no colour and not as ‘oily/waxy’ as Vaseline. I use this on my skin problems if in case i have no body cream on me. Great to just put it in the bag and use it on lips or skin.
They have other products along this Rose pedal and lip balm range.. still thinking if I should get it.. it is pricey for me though


Vaseline Petroleum jelly Rose Lips




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Price:
Varies from 1.29 to 1.99

Availability:
Waitrose and some selected drugstores. Not as widely available to other Vaseline products

My verdict:
if you are on the go, and need a hint of colour I totally totally recommend this. In fact, on a quick day, this is one of the only 3 products i put on my face other than foundation and eyeliner.
This is cheap but not easy to get, and I believe not available outside UK as well. Your lips will love you by putting this on rather than a lipstick. This keep my lips from drying out.

One of the best buy and souvenir from outside UK. in fact, I stock myself with this rosy Lips and give out from time to time to people who wanted this.

Both of these products is a must have for me when I travel....

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

ASOS 25% Off all orders

This is big news.

ASOS.COM is having 25% of all orders until 21st oct

spread the words

voucher code: asosgrazia

Monday, October 12, 2009

FOTD: Guerlain Palette and dao

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Long time no see (my face on the blog)

I have finally found the ultimate way doing FOTD without buying a new camera..

I found a tripod at home so I manage to do it by setting up a mini studio at home. hehe... hence it rather nice quality photos

Except I need to do Manual focus on the camera (focus on an object in a distance, focus it, set it and change into manual focus mode)

But hey.. finally get a photo that I want..

This face is onlu make use of the Guerlain Palette which I received. Natural is the word Natural is my WORD!

i particular like the lippies colour (it went on very nicely) and the mascara which came with it (I think it is even better than my MM)

The eye shadow is pinky natural, and have 5 shades to choose from

I use my Nanoce BB cream.. the foundation I use on the run.. but you can see it is rather coarse on my face compare to my foundation which went on smoothly

So Dao is making his special appearance again! Hello Dao!!


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One last thing..

Happy birthday S.
this is your last birthday being Single.. next year. You’ll be a married man haha








Sunday, October 11, 2009

Chizu Saeki's Book review: what i follow


Since june I have been waiting for this book from my local library as they needed to bring it in for me from another London borough, Finally able to read it myself and see if it is amazing and rave about.

If you do not know what this book about, it is written by
Chizu Saeki, the beauty guru in Japan (however i doubt whether she has botox or cosmetic surgery as her skin does look a bit fake) and she wrote this simple book about how to take care of your skin.

She did write a few things we should all know by now. In particular, determining your skin type and how to care. So I skipped nearly 1/2 book and take notice in a few things. You are all welcome to get hold of and make a decision by yourself.

After reading, I think this book is really useful and I have taken a few advice from the following:

  1. Lymph Message
According to Saeki, this is where you can change the condition of your skin. Lymph points are where your body process waste.. if you are as unhealthy as me, when you message your lymph point it should hurt like hell. Many Hong Kong girls swear by doing lymph message (in HK, you can get special Lymph message only in beauty salon) you can lose weight...
I tried it on myself, works great and relaxing..

I tried the message on S.. he said it hurts like hell

  1. Cleansing process
As someone who didn’t really learn a lot of makeup techniques from mother.. my skills aren’t great in this department. My mom said I have lines because I didn’t take off my eye make up properly and according to the book, people only have fine lines around the eye because of inadequate make up removal.. residue stays there and clog the pores and area and lines appear

Chizu technique as follows:
Soak 2 cotton with water and your makeup remover
fold one of them into triangular shape and place under your eye
the other to remove upper part of eyelid
use a cotton bud, soak it in makeup remover and gently remove your eye makeup mascara and eyeliner
also remove the residue around your waterline
lastly, remove the remaining eye makeup using the triangular shape cotton which you have been placing under eye
repeat for the other eye

My old technique:
soak cotton with warm water and makeup remover
place cotton over eye for 1-2 mins
remove makeup by gently wiping it off

do you see a big difference? I was soo surprise that there was so much eyeliner at the undereye area and cotton bud!

Also she said you need to try to take as long time to take off your makeup as you put on them.. so if you take 30 mins to put on makeup, you need to take 30 to take off them (or prepare anyway)


  1. Morning cleansing procedure
Chizu recommended using lukewarm water only in the morning but do a moisture mask as well. Completely different to my old technique. which is clean with cleanser but do mask in the evening

  1. Message your face with serum
The book has specific instructions of the direction of how to apply your serum and moisturiser. Basically you massage and pull your skin to the direction to tighten it

That’s all I learn from Chizu... which I think is useful

Do I want to spend 12.99 GBP (20 usd) on this book? No... I think I better claim my tax and borrow from library..

Friday, October 9, 2009

From Jamilla with Love

Recently did a swap and bought a few items from Jamilla, all of them within a few days apart. I thought i’ll share my haul with you all. Thank you Jamilla in spoiling me with these which i never can afford

The photos are taken with holding the items in front of my macbook webcam. This is the only quick way to take photos since I no longer have a compact camera. I am lemming over the Samsung ST550.. which beautified your face and has 2 LCD which allow you to see how you look like. My old Canon TX-1 has a swivel camera like a camcorder but it was broken (out of focus) too quickly. And now I got a DSLR Song A200, which is a bit bulky to use day to day in my opinion.


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Guerlain Make Up Palette


Neutral is my best friend...



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Dior Bronze Sun Couture Palette (i thought the colour looks perfect on my already tanned skin)



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This is a aswap from Jamilla, the Armani Designer Modelling Compact Foundation SPF22 No.5


Which is very interesting, it is cream foundation but you use the brush to apply


Looks little light on me (but the correct word is glowing!!!!)



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Shu Uemura Pro Concealer 3YR


I tried very quickly on my eye bag.. and jesus...


Good bye boi-ing, good bye laneige


This is my fav..



Promise to do a FOTD next post, this is due too long



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