My history in beauty

Since my aim is to turn my blog into a beauty blog, i figured, i should say this now rather than later.

You can read about my makeup story here.

Obviously i have a certain love for makeup, thus when it came time to think about what i want to do with my life (after graduation), what i want to be, where to start my career, i naturally chose the beauty industry.

My first job after I graduated, I became a Marketing Executive for Bobbi Brown and La Mer. To also mentioned, Bobbi Brown and La Mer is under the parent company, Estee Lauder Companies. I joined early 2013 and left August 2014. Now, i am not attached to any Beauty brands.

Having worked for Bobbi Brown before, i have accumulated a fair number makeup from them, and some from other sister brands. I have learn Bobbi Brown’s style when it comes to makeup, and its habits. This is the same as skincare tips and habits i learned from working with La Mer.

Thus most of my tips and how i apply my makeup rings with a little bit of Bobbi Brown and La Mer’s philosophy. While i would say i am bias to the brands due to sentimental values, it does not affect my judgements. I use the products because it is good (and because i have them). Every brand has products that are good and bad.

Basically, what i am trying to say is that, yes i have worked (past tense) with Bobbi Brown and La Mer previously. So yes, i have alot of products from those brands and a fair few from sister brands. But no, it will not affect my judgement and what i write about. And no, i am not being paid.

So, with that, i shall end my little disclaimer.

Thank you.

in progress

As i have promised in previous post that i will try to be consistent with my posts, here is a quick update. I am currently working on a post, that would be for beauty & makeup junkies alike. Which would take some time on my end, as i wish to adorn it with pictures and all that jazz, and well, to actually type it all out. So do bear with me. I swear i am not being lazy.

To leave you with something, i took a look back to my old post (way back in Nov 2011), and came across my post about my Bad Beauty Habits and my need to break them. So here is a quick progress: (progress in BOLD PURPLE) and i guess i would grade my progress 1 (being bad – no change) to 5 (mission accomplished)

Bad Beauty Habits

1. Pinching/picking/touching my pimples, black heads, white heads... less, but no, i did not kick this habit [2]
2. generally just touching my face! again, less, but still [2]
3. frowning ALOT! i think all my answers might turn out the same, less, but i still do have this habit. [2]
4. not being consistent with my daily skincare routine well, currently i am still working out a routine that is right for me, so i can’t answer this yet. [2]
5. sleeping with makeup on (tho im MUCH improve on this, its still happening) OH. apart from too-drunk-to-remember nights, i am good with this! so i would say, mission accomplished for this. [4.5]
6. need to wash my makeup brushes more often i would say i score fair for this, could be better, but i pass! [3.5]

things i tell myself i SHOULD do, but i don’t:

1. drink MORE water! i would say i score above average for this. [3.5]
2. eat more fruits and veg mehhh… [1]
3. moisturize more! again, fair. [3]

And to wish you good night, here is a random picture i took in Bangkok, Rod Fai

and it begins..

I have finally secured myself a laptop i can use to blog with ease (and by secure, i mean i took my dad’s old but new laptop as he has upgraded his to a desktop). You see, my past laptop died a sad death, and i have not replaced it since. How you ask have i been keeping myself entertained in this internet-age world. Well, i have this really shit hand-me-down computer from my father (because he upgraded his), and i have just be dealing with that thing for movies/TV streaming purposes and light searches on the net. And yes, i do realize that i have mentioned my father/dad twice in this short paragraph. Well, now three times – what can i say, i am a daddy’s girl. Four times.

ANYWAYS, I would attribute my lack of update to not having a proper laptop to sit and blog with (and upload pictures), well that and my laziness that happens time and time and time again. *excuses excuses*

But with that being said, and as the title suggests, i do plan to blog more frequently and regularly now. My target: 1 post per week, or a minimum of 2 posts per month! Wish me luck. I feel i would need it.

Until i have good content for ya’, i shall leave you now.

Something new,

This blog is getting a face lift.

Bear with me, I will be back.

and i will blog.

;)

UPDATE (20/06/14, 3:22AM): face lift is still ongoing

• Blog has been given a face lift (the main parts). It took less amount of time than I expected.
• I have also scanned through all my old post - my my, how my English improved, as well as writing style. Just a quick mention, I have removed some of my older posts. I removed them because I want my blog to stick to a certain theme, and most of my post are pure rants. I just didn't want them up anymore.

Watch this space.

Yes, I'm still alive

Sigh. I will never pass for a blogger.

How do people do it? Finding time to sit and write about things...not to mention the picture taking and editing (which I suck at)!

I know so far, my picture quality is not great. I take photos with my phone (Samsung Note 2) and the most "editing" I do is through Instagram.

Until I get that sorted, am afraid I don't think I will blog as much as I want too (ie: about beauty products and such). If I am going to do this, I want to do it right. And accessorize the content with pictures.

Until then, I am sorry to announce, this is going to be one hell of a wordy blog (or one with shit pictures).

And just to prove a point (about the post being wordy), here is a tag!

I found this tag online: here

40 MAKEUP QUESTIONS TAG

SKINCARE

1. How many times do you wash your face daily?
   Twice, morning and night. Sometimes, if my skin is feeling extra dry, i will skip washing my face in the morning (just splash some water).
2. What skin type do you have? (dry,oily,combo)
   This is abit of a hard question for me to answer. Here is a backstory:
   Originally, i have combo to very oily skin (and being in adolescence, i thought i had to keep washing my face - thus striping it of its natural moisture);
   As i hit about 18, my skin started to stabilized a little, but since i was consistently trying to get rid of the oils on my face, my skin as become SUPERBLY dehydrated (still oily and pimple prone) - but my skin flakes and peel, but remains oily and shiny;
   About a year ago, i had a major breakout! Not even exaggerating! It was horrible! I did not know the cause (did not change anything in my daily) and nothing seemed to work. So i went to a skin specialist. i was on daily medication for bout 6 months, now on alternate days. This medicine (Roaccutane 10mg) is pretty known in the pimple world. It has cleared up my skin ALOT, but it has also made it VERY dry. So right now, my skin is dry.
3. What is your current facial wash?
   I switch between Origin's Checks and Balance, and La Mer Cleansing Lotion
4. Do you exfoliate?
   I used too, but now with my dry skin, i do not. And if i do - i use a really mild one (meant for daily).
5. What brand do you use?
   To exfoliate or in general? if to exfoliate, it will be NuSkin (their gentle scrub), or if i want a more invasive scrub, i will mix my Bobbi Brown Buffing Grains with my cleanser.
6. What moisturizer do you use?
   Again, i switch out between Bobbi Brown Hydrating Face Cream and La Mer Moisturizing Lotion
7. Do you have freckles?
   No.
8. Do you use eye cream?
   Honestly, i know this is important, i tend to always forget this step! i need to work on that.
9. Do you or did you have acne prone skin?
   Yes. Especially when i first hit puberty.
10. Did you ever have to use Pro-activ?
    Nopes.

I am going to split this in to 2, Skincare and Makeup. Catch it in the next post. :)

xoxo - rawrrr

A change in direction

So, I have been thinking..

I might just turn this blog into a beauty blog rather than personal lifestyle. I mean for sure at times I will blog about personal things but for the most part..I am more interested in talking about beauty related topics.

And looking at my previous post, it has been very beauty-centric already. So why not?

Cheers.

a hiatus

well, it is pretty obvious that i am on a hiatus. (i speak to my non existent readers)

much has to do with work, i come home pooped all the time, i just do not have the energy to blog.
and the other bits are due to laziness and plain, i have nothing to blog about.

but i am still alive, and i do not plan on closing this blog just yet. i still need my outlet for if and when i am in a mood to put feelings into words. or just to express myself to no one in particular.

but for now, i just do not have the time nor the energy nor the mood.

if you are interested, right now i am most active on Instagram and Dayre (where i blog my short post). you can follow(?) there?

till next time.
xoxo

new series!

im just going to start a new picture series on my blog!

u know those kind of Of The Days pictures?! well, im going to be doing that!

Picture Of The Day (POTD) / Picture Of The Night (POTN)- a random picture that perfectly sums up my day or night!
Outfit Of The Day (OOTD) / Outfit Of The Night (OOTN)- if i do dress up!
Face Of The Day (FOTD) / Face Of The Night (FOTN)- if i decided to go crazy with my makeup or a face that sums up the day/night!
Eyes Of The Day (EOTD) / Eyes Of The Night (EOTN)- if i really like my eye makeup that day!
History Of The Day (HOTD)- a random past picture or history that i was remembering about and worth the mention!
Buy Of The Day (BOTD)- a random/ not-so-random buy that i like to share! 
[colored words are linked! CLICK!]


just to add more pictures to the blog! its so dead!

SIDE NOTE!

i found out that my old blog! dangerous-cy.blogspot.com was REMOVED!!

nooooo!!! :( :( :(

sad! :(

at 1.12am

so, i decided i want to restart my blog! to be more accurate, i felt like blogging BUT MY PREVIOUS BLOGGER ACCOUNT WAS HACKED! as in the email address was stolen from me and Google wont give it back! :(

i just hope that the blog dont die off..so i can still go back to re-read it, eventho as a visitor. sigh~

so anywho, im here with my new blogger and this would be my new space to rant! ShamWOOHOO!

but after spending an HOUR or so on the blog template! the mood to blog and upload pictures and what-nots left me! yeah that happens alot! bear with me! :)

oh! just FYI! ive transferred most of the sidebar info from my previous blog here! so its about the same as the previous!
but there are some updates! like for "My Wish Upon the Star" column is shorten :P as some of the listed items, ive got em' :D and some i decided i dont want anymore!ROR
in terms of my TV addiction for both columns, it was increased! cause im a TV whore that way! :)

but anyhow! i WELCOME ALL (i speak as tho i have lots of readers =_=) to

PURPLE MONSTERRRR!

rawrrr~

thatss me.

;P