saw this new nrwzd video with the title 必學森林系彩妝 yesterday. wasn't exactly interested initially, but i watched it eventually because i was kinda bored.
it turned out that 森林系彩妝 means having a very natural makeup look, as though you're walking in the forest. so natural that it makes people go "she's wearing makeup, but 又好像 not wearing."
the main points of this 森林系彩妝: 1. no obvious/harsh eyeliner 2. no falsies [if falsies is a must, choose those super natural kinds] 3. no harsh brows 4. no over concealing of imperfections
p/s: 森林系彩妝 isn't the same as 裸妆. CLICK to watch the videos.
decided to have a go at this because it sounded mad easy and fuss free.
the minimal products used[ in the exact order they were used]:
1. shiseido sun protection eye cream 2. kose sekkisei sun protector [more on this later] 3. stila illuminating tinted moisturizer 4. laura mercier undercover [to conceal dark circles] 5. chanel natural finish pressed powder [to set the concealer only] 6. mac impeccable brow pencil in dirty blonde 7. bourjoirs volume clubbing mascara 8. mac beauty powder in shell pearl
more on shell pearl. this is from mac give me liberty of london collection and it had a supposedly soft launch on friday.
i was damn lucky to chanced upon it. more on the buying part in another entry.
back to this. the beauty powder isn't exactly a blusher. of course you can use it as one, if you're fair enough. because it applies pretty sheer and with a sheen. you can also dust it all over your face for that glowy effect.
anyhow. i didn't use any blush today. merely dust this on my cheeks. really love the sheen and very very subtle flush look it gives.
however. it does accentuates your pores if you're not careful.
overall, i like this 森林系妝. reasons being: 1. fuss free, easy 2. minimal products 3. don't look like you're got makeup on, unless someone scrutinizes your face and yet don't look as washed out, 没精神 as when you're 素颜.
when i met winnie for lunch today, she said i really look like i didn't have any makeup on. didn't even notice that i applied mascara.
hence i can say that this style is going to stay for some time. at least a week that is.
now for the sunscreen. i got this at metro because my usual beaute de kose one wasn't in stock. decided to give this a try since it's a new whitening sunscreen [$46].
it comes free with a tiny whitening 2 way cake which i already gave ma. and this 2 way cake is going to be launched soon, if i'm not wrong.
see! it's endorsed by 松岛菜菜子. i think she's really DAMN PRETTY can??!! like since my secondary school days. and that's despite her age.
in fact, i think she's the CHIO-EST japanese star! haha.
moving on.
i finally decided that it's time to deep cleanse ALL my makeup brushes. so i got this johnson's baby soft and shiny shampoo at watsons to do the job.
all cleaned!
check out my pink stippling brush! isn't it cute?
sorry.. the ones sold at mac are all white and black. only mine is pink and black.
why? i used it to apply nars exhibit a and left it there untouched for quite some time without cleansing it. and now i can't get every bit of the colour off even after multiple washes.
haha. it's alright. it's clean anyway. and it's CUTE!
honestly, cleaning with my mac brush cleanser is so not enough. even though i clean them pretty frequently with the brush cleanser, i actually still had to spend at least 1/2 hour today cleaning all of them, especially those face brushes.
they are MAD dirty. damn gross.
so, dear friends, please at least deep cleanse your brushes [including those free brushes in palettes] at least once a month.
lastly. i'm going to start typing my birthday post soon. i did that that day, but blogger got screwed up and i ended up losing 80% of the completed entry.
that post should come after i revealed the answer to the "contest". yesh. so... anio~
superman at
10:37 PM
Saturday, March 27, 2010
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now this is going to be fun. i've been asking around some of my friends this question: "guess how many blushers do i actually own." and i got all sorts of answers.
so.. let's have this "guess the number of blushers" so called contest. since i sort of stock take them recently.
here's the only one clue given:
as to how to take part in this, you just have to either text/ email me at tikiboom@gmail.com. [please do not leave offline msges on msn because i will NEVER receive them.]
simple isn't it?
the dateline would be this 31st march. i shall reveal the correct answer on 1st april.
here's a little prize for the person who gives the exact, correct answer.
DHC eyelash tonic which i've been using for a while. somehow i think it works if you ask me.
GOOD LUCK! =)
p/s: those, who i've revealed the answer to, obviously can't take part. duh?
superman at
2:10 AM
Friday, March 26, 2010
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26 march
so here i am.. telling myself that i ought to stop being lazy and start to blog about what i did on my birthday and random stuff.
i was so damn touched when i got this.
it was way too~~ early.. but seriously it meant a lot to me! thanks darling!!
anyhow, i had a slightly dramatic birthday this year. i actually spent the first hour or so crying. haha!
i sort of read about the story behind this 王菲's mv called 旋木. it was so touching that i just couldn't stop crying when i hear the song or play the video.
well. i'm bad at narrating stories, so i shall skip that.
so, i actually emailed sunya to tell her about the mv and stuff. it happened that she knew of it beforehand.
then i went to bed and woke up feeling like FREAKING RIDICULOUSLY overjoyed. because of a damn stupid dream. again, i had to email sunya right away just to tell her that.
obviously, i subsequently told the rest of my friends about it. and they all went = ="".
stop. digress a little.
i was telling sunya i don't exactly care which part of the world she is in in the future. because we're like so updated about each other's stuff and we email as though we're texting each other. and of course, we reply at mega fast speed, that's unless if we're busy.
back to the day.
met up with muay fan in the morning and she gave me my surprise present. seriously, i can only trust her to prepare a surprise for me. her surprises are always FAB!
the surprise present: - mac 188 brush, meant to be used for cheeks. i've been lemming for this for the longest time!!! this is by far my favouritest among the three.
muay fan had to play some guessing games because she was very worried that i would get it before she could give it to me.
- ysl blush in sable corail she said that as a collector, i ought to have a variety of brands and colours. that explains why she got this for me. i tried it today and it's very nude a colour. nice!
- chanel quadra eye shadow in mystic eyes mmm.. eyeshadows are a must for the present. she loves buying them for me, though she knows very well i hardly use them. ha.
she also threw in an ed pinaud eyeshadow palette which came free with a magazine. there was a huge hoo ha when the magazine was out on sale. everyone was grabbing it just because of the palette.
also, a urban decay makeup remover which was a gift with purchase.
i didn't expect her to spend that much on my birthday. so when it's her birthday, i'm going to go mia! hahahaha.. just joking!
after which i met up with winnie and bacca because winnie wanted to get a itouch. and just nice, shu umuera sent me a epicentre voucher.
yup. i must say shu umuera birthday vouchers are all damn decent. like.. they are something which i can/ will use, instead of giving me a bunch of i- don't- know- what vouchers.
actually i did call up mac from time to time then to check if those collections i was aiming for were in town. and i sort of knew that none was scheduled to launch.
but. i still decided to walk to tangs just to check stuff out.
and. TADA! i saw the MAs packing the give me liberty of london stuff!!!
of course had to chiong up and asked if they were on sale. and they were! despite their official launch date being today [more on that later].
and. immediately call/sms muay fan to inform her of it!
not kidding. she literally flew down. bacca and winnie were just so amused that we two could get so high over makeup.
actually it didn't take us too long to decide what we wanted especially since we already did our "homework" way beforehand. got kenneth to get our stuff and he was nice enough to inform us of the event that would be going on today at tangs orchard.
and we went? hahaha.
by right, the model's makeup should be done relatively similar to the one the poster girl is wearing. i can't say the model's one is as fab.
but damn! her face is FREAKING small can??!
the sonnet scroll encircled with a liberty print which was given out by the model. it's basically 3 posters with that liberty print.
my loot of the day.
- mac beauty powder in shell pearl
- mac blush in dirty plum totally love how kenneth applied it on me, along with prim and proper. he's damn good at makeup okay!
- mac blush in prim and proper muay fan is loving it now. i have yet to use it, but seeing how it turns out on her, i'm kinda disappointed.
was expecting a nudish blush, but it isn't. it's more of a peachy colour with decent colour payoff.
don't get me wrong. the blush is very nice. it just didn't turn out to be the colour i would prefer it to be.
- mac blush in full fuchsia [riveting collection] i LOVE this. with the stippling brush muay fan gave me, it gives me the one of the nicest flush look!
i know it's such a shocking pink. but i heart very very pigmented blush. you know... my exhibit a??
i think i'm getting very extreme now. it's either i go for very bold, bright colours or i go for very nudish, subtle colours. hahaha. can't seem to strike a balance!
- mac nail lacquer in blue india this colour is just so~~~ special that i HAD to get it.
- queen helene mint julep mask got this on ebay.
- egyptian magic cream got this from the same ebayer to share with 阿姨. it's very moisturizing. i try to keep a small container of it in my bag.
moving on. my bro came to join us after his track and field and i treated them to dinner. = =
birthday cake of the night. yummlicious!
that's about all that happened that day. i didn't get a present for myself yet. wait till end of may comes.. as for why the wait, you just have got to keep staying tuned till then!
in the meantime, i'm so excited about the to be present!
*phew* i'm finally done with this super long post. anio~
superman at
11:07 PM
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
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I'm sooooo~~~ DEAD. even muay fan can't get me out of this. because she isn't doing that well on her side too.
mac certainly wants us dead. with THAT many collections coming out from now till april.
here's the list of stuff i WANT to get:
1. mac riveting collection: - full fuchsia blush, $35
2. mac art supplies collection: - pearlglide in almost noir, - pearlglide in black line, - pearlglide in designer purple, - pearlglide in petrol blue, [this is by far my favouritest!]
p/s: click on the link to see the swatches. pearlglides [$26 each] are damn smooth, damn chio, damn bling bling!
riveting is already launched in mac nac today, so i probably would head down and get full fuchsia on fri.
the latest news is that give me liberty of london and art supplies collection will be out at tangs next friday. so.. i'm planning to chiong on the very day with muay fan to get our stuff.
like muay fan says: "let's take a deep breath and be prepared."
god bless us.
p/s: photos taken from temptalia.com.
superman at
11:52 PM
Saturday, March 20, 2010
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my nail colour rocks! but. the photo captured it to be more coral-y than it is pink. actually it's more of a hot pink colour.
here's what i used on my nails:
1. the face shop nail colour in PK 105 i think this was from muay fan. and it surprises me with its easy-to-paint formula. not all tfs nail lacquers are like this.
2. poshe treatment basecoat, which i got from PINC.
3. poshe fast drying topcoat, also from PINC. when it says fast drying, it literally is FAST DRYING. like.. within 5 minutes.
i don't do much waiting between coats and once i apply the topcoat, i just got to stop all finger activities for that 5 minutes. afterwhich, i can do pretty much anything.
it's MEGA AMAZING!
along with my nails is my favourite lavender aromatic room & pillow spray from lemongrass house [in 313]. nice smell~~~
p/s: i can't be bothered to retake the picture so that i get a more true colour reflection of my nail colour because i'm damn sleep now!
superman at
12:29 AM
Thursday, March 18, 2010
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i meant to go get a facial done today. but it ended being such a fucked up experience.
anyhow, the summary is that this "very nice" lady told me how bad my skin is.. given my age, my pores are mad fucking huge, my face is so saggy blah and blah. she even advised me to stop spending money on branded goods and start investing in facials and treatments.
and she said that we can't exactly pin point how bad my skin is because i had on VERY THICK makeup.
what the fuck! yours tons thicker than mine! speak for yourself okay! same goes for your HUMONGOUS PORES!
since she said that my skin appeared to be okay looking because of my VERY THICK makeup, then i ought to just slap more foundations and correcting stuff on my face. the effects are immediate what.
as for saggy face, i can just go for botox! immediately 紧绷到不行!
*roll eyeballs*
nope. i didn't end up storming out of the salon nor did i scream at her. i don't have the guts to do such things.
yes. i've got no balls. it's obvious, isn't it?
how i wish i could be as 毒舌 as muay fan's friend. here's what happened to her once:
she got stopped by this lady who was promoting some facial treatments while she was with her friend. so as usual, her skin got 批评到不行, something about her going to look like 40 odd if she doesn't buck up and go for facials.
it came to a point that her friend couldn't take it anymore and said to the lady: "excuse me.. i think my friend's skin is tons better than yours. her skin is already considered pretty good for girls, so if you're saying this, what are all the other girls with obvious skin problems supposed to do? 去死吗?"
*lady taken aback*
"btw.. i think you ought to go sign up for some makeup course. honestly, your foundation looks mismatched and your makeup is like really thick and heavy."
omg. don't you think that was like.... FABULOUS, AWESOME???!
anyway, if the lady today is going to call me again to check if i'm interested in signing on the package with them, i'm going to say "mm.. 我考虑了很清楚.. 我决定让我的脸继续烂下去, 继续垮下去."
then. click.
*roll eyeballs* i was REALLY FUMING MAD. so mad that i had to meet muay fan straight away and explode everything to her.
whatever.
something to look forward to: we've finally agreed to meet for dinner next sunday. by we, i'm referring to robby, zei, muay fan and i.
i'm not exactly clear how things would be coz zei suggested that we could sort of celebrate my birthday. but i thought that wasn't that great an idea. especially when we haven't seen each other for like donkey years and i don't wish to have robby feeling obligated to get me something.
oh well.
i'm loving this song recently. if i'm not wrong, this was the song used on my uncle's wedding last year. oh.... so sweet!
don't you agree that this is such a touching song? i'll just start tearing when i'm listening to it. especially when certain images start to replay in my mind.
superman at
11:47 PM
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i'm tired!!! yet i doubt i'm sleeping anytime soon.
went to OG private sale to get a pair of shoes for bacca. damn. the crowd was insane. so were all those queues. i doubt i'm going to any of their private sales again.
after which, we went to tangs closed door preview.
loot of the day!
yesh. i used up my $60 shu uemura voucher and got a blush brush and a cream eyeshadow.
bacca's eyes nearly popped when she saw how much the blush brush was. it's $92 fyi. haha.
oh c'mon... it's handmade and it's made of pony hair!
here are the four blush brushes i've got. so happy that i've got four different ones. honestly, different brushes are used to create different kind of looks.
notice how seasoned my mac one is.. the mac wordings on it got scrapped off.
so, the SA was nice enough to give cleansing oil samples. damn useful when going for holidays.
then there is the estee lauder cyber white protector which is meant for sunya. will got mail it tmr since i ought to be free. excited not sunya??
had ice cream at haagen dazs! i can't remember the name, but the one in the first photo was mega nice!
that's about all for today. i think i've been buying quite a fair bit of stuff this month. so.. NO MORE SHOPPING till late may!
SAVE SAVE SAVE!!!!!!!!! I NEED TO SCRIMP AND SAVE!!
superman at
12:43 AM
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
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OH MY! i simply can't wait to go to universal studios singapore! pray hard that it would turn out to be fun and not all boring and small.
but. i guess it's still a long way before i would finally go. afterall, i'm a crowd hater.
also, i'm praying damn freaking hard i would see my favouritest pink panther in there! and best if i get drowned by all those pink panther merchandise! hahaha!!
p/s: the photo is especially nice because it was taken by ld!
superman at
11:12 PM
Monday, March 15, 2010
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i was just thinking.. actually i don't take that long to get ready to go out.. esp given what i've got to do and stuff.
so here's what i did within 1 hour today, which was how long it took to me to prepare and stuff.
10 minutes: a quick shower 30 minutes: makeup 10 minutes: bun my hair [just felt like doing that today] 10 minutes: change, pack bag, shut down com
i don't take that long right??!
as i was saying, i bun up my hair today. i thought that would make my horrendous fringe look better. surprisingly i did it in 10 minutes. and it's HUGE.
when i met pet, she was like "omg.. howcome your bun is sooo~~ big?? how many did you 垫??"
i 垫 the usual 2 毛毛 scrunchies leh.. totally got no idea why it was this big today.
anyway, the funny part is, i literally got to hold on to my bun when i was chasing after the bus. because it was like throbbing up and down. hahahaha!
as to why i want my bun this big, simply because the japanese have theirs this size!
my loot for the day. the bag organiser came free with the copy of 女人我最大 and a bottle of kanebo blanchir night moisturizer [my second bottle].
now.. the little story behind the bag organiser. the other day i was out with muay fan, i wanted to get a copy of the magazine at kino. but muay fan said that she read on this blog that there's supposed to be a freebie [a bag or sth] that comes with the mag, and she sort of insisted that i asked the staff about it.
it turned out to be ture. however those that came with the freebie was out of stock. so i reserved a copy and picked it up today.
gosh. i'm damn thankful that muay fan was that insistent that day. because i've been wanting a bag organiser for damn long!
p/s: i can't stand bags that are disorganised! your bags aren't exactly your rubbish bins which you just dump every other thing into.
i know this isn't exactly nice looking and kinda nua, but at least it serves its purpose of getting your bag organised. so, i'm willing to use it.
anyway, you're just "throwing" your stuff into that bag organiser and throwing the entire bag organiser into your bag. so, as long as your bag is okay looking, it's good enough.
agree?
inside the bag organiser:
- wallet - paul frank purse to hold miscellaneous cards - phone - itouch - elmo pouch from usj to hold mirror, tissue, lipbalm, lipstick blah..
talking about my mirror. i'm like FREAKING sad!!!
look what happened!
i just can't be bothered to explain what happened. but here's the outcome.
damn it. i'm going to ask bai baba for thinner tmr and see if it gets the stains off.
i doubt i would use it again if the stains can't be gotten rid off. it's just damn disfigured. my poor kitty!
the comforting thing is i still have got 2 hello kitty mirrors. one exact same mirror which i got for backup from japan. the other is from mac hello kitty collection.
i'm so~~~~ going to get ANOTHER exact hello kitty mirror again. going to figure how i'm going to lay my hands on one!
superman at
11:54 PM
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just a very short post.
was out with muay fan last sat. we didn't buy anything [if i remembered correctly], but we had a mini feast!
DURIAN FEAST at goodwood park hotel! look at the durian oozing out of the roll! gosh!
here's what we had: - durian roll - durian puff - durian mousse cake - durianmisu
so far, none of their durian pastries really made me go WOW. except for the durianmisu. omg. it's just HEAVENLY!!!
i'm so going back there again to have the huge version! and also to bring some home for bai baba and my bro.
p/s: i was never into tiramisu. this is the FIRST "misu" i love.
yesh. i said that i wanted to buy cockles back on sat, but the cockles that day looked kinda disgusting. so, that shall be postponed to this coming sat instead. ha.
check out what muay fan did when we went out one sunday. hahaha. she went totally crazy and swatched all the urban decay liners at sephora.
it was her. not me. hahaha.
superman at
11:57 AM
Friday, March 12, 2010
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let me begin with complaining!!
damn. i was in such a happy mood because i met muay fan during lunchtime to grab stuff from the latest mac collection [more on that later].
then, on my way back, i decided i was too lazy to go to ah ken just to have my fringe cut, so i opted for this damn jean kiat salon at sun plaza.
afterall.. it's just a fringe. how bad can it get?
WRONG! it turned out to be DAMN BAD that i was cursing and swearing like hell.
i told that idiotic ass [i mean to be THIS mean, cause he totally ruined my day! and fringe!] that my fringe has got to be covering my brows.
with that, he went ahead and started his nonsense. he, thought i wanted a slanted fringe when my previous one was nothing but straight cut. so... that smart ass realised what i wanted was a straight cut, he started correcting his mistakes.
what happened? my fringe got even shorter. it's above my brows and.. it's fucking not straight! it's CROOOOOKED.
tmd. i totally looked like i cut my own fringe.
i bet my fringe would have turned out TONS BETTER if i had simply put a bowl over my head and just cut it myself at home. not joking here.
wah.. i really could feel my face turning real black.
nvm. after i got out of that damn salon, i took out my mirror to check if i've got hair on my face.
FUCKER didn't have use the hairdryer to clear up those mess on my face. and FUCKER didn't even have the decency to let me know that my face was literally covered with hair.
WAH!!!! I TOTALLY EXPLODED.
so i came back and bombed everything to sunya. and to make myself feel better, i bought 2 essie nail polishes i've been wanting on ebay.
texted muay fan about the damn incident and she asked if i was ever going to visit that damn shop again.
oh please. not only I am not going there, ALL my xiang qin fu lao are NEVER EVER going to step into THAT shop.
seriously, i feel like crying whenever i see my fringe in the mirror. the moment my fringe grows another 1cm, i'm flying down to ah ken to have it rescued.
FUCK.
alright. i feel so much better after cursing like mad.
this is actually launched exclusively at tangs orchard and vivo. the rest of the stores would be launching next week if i'm not wrong.
as per normal, the main thing i'm looking out for in a collection would be the blushers. this time round, four blush ombres are launched and these are something really new in mac.
also, the blush ombre in ripe peach is literally flying off the shelves. you can't get a single pan on websites [not ebay] or at mac stores in other countries.
obviously i've got to lay my hands on one.
i've come to realise that for blushers, swatching them on your hand isn't enough. so i would try to have the MA to try them on my face.
since muay fan have been buying from kenneth, i got him to try 3 blush ombres on me.
ha. he's really very "winnie the pooh". anyhow, he's quite nice and i suppose i shall look for him next time too.
btw. the nail colour on my thumb is malibu peach which is part of this collection as well. it's very nice and unique. but. i didn't buy it.
i way prefer essie tart deco. which i just ordered. great!
the other blush ombre i got was in azalea bossom which is a light cool pink. this is nice too, but ripe peach is still my favourite of the four.
i didn't get the other two because they kinda work better on darker skintones. yesh.. so that's basically what i got. just ripe peach and azalea bossom.
but here's what i got the other day when i was out with pet.
finally decided to start depotting my blushers, so i got a mac blush palette.
okay.. i think i'm going to leave the depotting to muay fan. haha. lazy.
i got a new blush in blushbaby in the refill pan and was totally excited about it. have been wanting to get since i saw it on tiffany d's blog.
this is closer to what it looks like in real life. it's a beige-pink shade and both muay fan and i think it's damn lovely a colour.
alright. i supposed many of you wouldn't be appreciating this colour. but well.. trust me. it's fab.
but. look at this.
it's way beyond expiry! damn disappointing to know that all those blushbaby refill pans are all manufactured in 2006.
so.. i've got to go back to nac [the only store that sells refill pans and empty palettes] when the riveting collection comes in. i want to exchange that for the full fuchsia blush.
yup. i know i've just "cleared" one collection, but i can't help feeling excited for the upcoming ones!
superman at
6:09 PM
Monday, March 08, 2010
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Guess what i'm carving for??!
1. COCKLES!!! oh my.. i really really want those not totally cooked cockles, dipped in a mixture of chili, garlic and lime!!
p/s: bacca and winnie, please remind me to buy cockles this sat!
2. DURIAN PASTRIES!!!!! the durian fiesta is back at goodwood park. I WANT TO GO!!!!!!
haha. i'm sounding real crazy here.
and something else even more crazy. i think i can start to pack my makeup bag. that would be so fun huh?
superman at
8:41 PM
Thursday, March 04, 2010
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caught alice in wonderland at cine today with bacca. i think it's not too bad. mad hatter's makeup is so~~~ sophisticated!
and i wore falsies today! loved them because they went on nicely. ha.
considering if i ought to bring them along for holidays. but the removing makeup process is damn sickening!
got some birthday treats from tangs and shu uemura. shu uemura is actually giving me this $60 voucher with a minimun purchase of $120. damn shit. i asked that stupid SA like in jan if they were still giving that voucher during birthday month, and she said no.
wth. i don't actually have anything to get from them. but i probably will give in and get their gel liner, brush, blush?
oh. my skincare/ makeup craze is back. fast huh?
yea. anyhow, if any of my friends are interested in getting something from shu uemura, i don't mind sharing the voucher. that's if we hit $120.
mac is launching the spring forecast collection next friday, exclusively at tangs. have yet to decide what i want.
btw. i'm pretty into lady gaga these days. hahaha.
so i'm comtemplating if i ought to get this even though the colour isn't actually my cup of tea.
superman at
11:33 PM
Wednesday, March 03, 2010
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the last entry was about my hands, now, i'm complaining about my fingernails.
they are HIDEOUS! chipped.
what's worst? my thumb and index fingernails are yellowish! because i happily ate dried longans yesterday. how fab that is.
anyhow, i'm loving my fitflops despite it causing a blister on my left foot. but it's really comfortable nevertheless.
also, i'm loving that lavender aromatic room & pillow spray which i got last week at 313. whenever i spray it on my pillow, i drift off to sleep much faster than before. and i sure SLEEP LIKE A PIG.
fyi, people tend to either like lavender or rose, but hardly both. so for me, you've got the answer. i hate the smell of roses.
LAVERDER ROCKS! for me that is.
shall head off to mask then bed. so happy about having the day off tmr. it's SHOPPING time!!!