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Monday, February 23, 2015

Saturday, November 15, 2014

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.

Monday, November 10, 2014

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

Pinching/picking/touching my pimples, black heads, white heads... less, but no, i did not kick this habit [2]
generally just touching my face! again, less, but still [2]
frowning ALOT! i think all my answers might turn out the same, less, but i still do have this habit. [2]
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]
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]
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:

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

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

Saturday, June 28, 2014

TAG: My Lazy Day

yes, my blog is still in the process of it's "face lift".

i just came across this tag video by CutiePieMarzia, and i thought that it is SO ME. and that i want to do this tag. so on with it, here is my Lazy Day tag:

Hair Products

Hair will just be in a pony tail or bun...super messy by the end of the day. So i guess, the "product" will be some form of hair tie. (i use a cheapo one from the pasar malam)
Makeup Products

What makeup? i do not bother with makeup on a lazy day, but if i must be presentable, some form of concealer / foundation / BB Cream / Tinted Moisturizer and i will TRY to rock the "messy hair look"..
Outfits

Shorts and a old baggy t-shirt/spagg top all the wayy..again, if i have to be presentable; jean shorts and a (dressy/presentable) t-shirt or spagg top.
Tea or Coffee

My first choice will always be coffee, but if it is one of those cooling stay in bed days..i would opt for tea.
Snacks

Anything available.
Pampering item

A hot shower followed by a face mask.

but in all honesty, if i am having a lazy day, i will not bother leaving my bed..unless i absolutely HAVE too..

the real me on a lazy day is me still in PJS, in bed, snacking on junk food, watching TV..and at most times, have a facial mask on:

me on a lazy day summed up in one picture

all pictures are taken from various lazy days that i posted on my Instagram.

Sunday, April 27, 2014

40 MAKEUP QUESTIONS TAG [Part 2]

here is the part 2 that i promised you all; (read Part 1 here)

MAKEUP

1. What foundation do you use?
Bobbi Brown Foundation Stick in Natural

2. How about concealer?
for blemishes, I used my Foundation or Bobbi Brown Touch-up Stick in Natural; for under eye, Bobbi Brown Tinted Eye Brightener in Bisque mixed with Peach.

3. Do you know your undertone color?
I think it is yellow (towards the warmer side) but I have a lot of red spots.

4. What do you think of fake eyelashes?

loved them, but I do not really need them nor use them, unless I am in the mood.

5. Did you know that you are supposed to change your mascara every 3 months?

Yes I know that. I try to abide by that but it usually doesn't happen. I only get rid of them when it starts to dry up

6. What brand of mascara do you use?

Currently, Bobbi Brown Smokey Eye Mascara

7. Sephora or MAC?

Both! But if I have to choose one, Sephora (just cause it has everything)

8. Do you have a MAC Procard?

No.

9. What makeup tools do you use in make up application?
a fluffy tapered Blending Brush and Eyelash curler, always.

10. Do you use makeup base/primer for the eyes?

Yes, Urban Decay Primer Potion in Eden

11. For the face?

not really, but have started using Origins CC Cream under my foundation.

12. What is your favorite eyeshadow (color or shade)?

all time fav? Bobbi Brown Heather Eyeshadow (am not PurpleMonsterrrr for nothing)

13. Do you use pencil or liquid eyeliner?

Liquid, all time fav.

14. How often do you poke your eyes with an eyeliner pencil?

Never really. Maybe when I was first starting out…I think…

15. What do you think of pigment eyeshadows?

Like them but they're messy.

16. Do you use mineral makeup?

Sometimes.

17. What is your favorite lipstick?

all time fav BOLD lips is Bobbi Brown Lip Colour in Brunt Red.

18. How about lipgloss?

Majolica Majorca in PK211

19. What is your favorite blush to use?

The Body Shop Cheek and Lip Tint, the original Red

20. Do you buy your makeup on ebay?

Nope.

21. Do you like drugstore makeup?

Yes, especially Revlon, Rimmel and NYX

22. Do you go to CCO's? (cosmetic company outlets)

Never been to one.

23. Did you ever consider taking makeup classes?

YES.

24. Are you clumsy in putting on makeup?

Sorta, better than most but not the best.

25. Name a makeup crime that you hate?

so over done that it is scary to look at.

26. Do you like colorful shades of makeup (lipstick,eyeshadow) or neutral ones?

I am more to the neutral look, but LOVE the bright, bold look- too awesome to dismiss

27. Which celebrity always has great make up?

never really paid attention to celebrities.

28. If you could leave the house using just ONE make up item, what would you use?

if my skin is behaving, it will be eyeliner; if not some sort of Foundation or Concealer.

29. Could you ever leave the house without any makeup on?

yes, done it multiple times, I just choose not too.

30. Do you think you look good even without any makeup on?

Not super good, not bad (or super bad) but good enough, well for ME at least to confidently walk out of the house without makeup.

31. In your opinion, what is the BEST makeup line?

Cant really choose, honestly each brand has an awesome product that beats the others. I cant choose.

32. What do you think of Makeup??

I love it! It is so fun to play with. And see what it can create. For me it is just fun; makeup is fun and should not be taken too seriously, whether it is to accentuate your own natural beauty, create a whole new look, too make you feel confident, or just because you love it.

Saturday, March 29, 2014

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

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).
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.
What is your current facial wash?
I switch between Origin's Checks and Balance, and La Mer Cleansing Lotion
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).
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.
What moisturizer do you use?
Again, i switch out between Bobbi Brown Hydrating Face Cream and La Mer Moisturizing Lotion
Do you have freckles?
No.
Do you use eye cream?
Honestly, i know this is important, i tend to always forget this step! i need to work on that.
Do you or did you have acne prone skin?
Yes. Especially when i first hit puberty.
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

Friday, February 7, 2014

hello 2014,

yes, i think my hiatus and the lack of blog post (for about a year and more) has killed what minute readership i have. As mentioned in previous blog post, in all honestly, writing takes time and effort - and whether you are a writer or not, one do suffer from the normal case of writer's block. but seriously, i have been too busy (with work and life) and just did not have the mood to blog. i apologize dear blog of mine.

now that that is out of the way, i should probably start with a warm hello to 2014. you can read my farewell bid to 2013 on my Dayre post here.

and HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!
since the year started and now even the Lunar New Year, i have been trying out new things and even doing things I say i wanted to pick up for ages - like COOKING.

but the major highlight for this year is my new haircut! i finally, and for the first time since i had a say in my haircut, went SHORT!

Hair done in Miko Galere by Miko.

this post is starting to be a very update-y post, which is NOT the direction i want to blog about.

Having the sudden urge to blog, I did not want to blog about an update about me and my life, I wanted a more fun blog post.

But if you do want updates, you can get them on my Instagram, Twitter, and Dayre.

With that, I decided I want to share my finally COMPLETE MAC makeup eyeshadow palette.

Finally a full x15 palette. i feel so proud. it took me awhile to fill this up, as i wanted to only get colours I will wear and will use. and now i am a proud owner of a full palette.

I decided to buy the old palette because I could not justify paying RM120 for an empty palette.

Since completing my palette, I have added more to the collection. hold your panties! It's not much, only x3 single shadows and x1 Pro LongWear eyeshadow.

L-R: (ProLongWear) Mauveless; (eyeshadow) Shell Baby, Baby Breath (wn), Groundcover

Baby Breath is a colour i use more as a blush than an eyeshadow. in fact, i don't think i have once used it as an eyeshadow! on my skin, it gives my cheeks a nice pink flush. Hey, makeup has no rules, you CAN wear eyeshadow on your cheek!

As I work in the beauty industry, I do have access to makeup and thus some of these few mentions does not have the final names, but just the working names(wn). Don't get too excited, these are colours that have long been released.

Since we are on the topic of MAC eyeshadows, i decided to also throw in some of the other eyeshadows i own.

L-R: (Mineralize) Hold That Pose!, Faux Gold; Follow Your Fantasy

L-R: (MetalXCreamShadow) Red Hot Copper, Gold Carbon, Fusion Gold

A good mix of Mineralized, Cream, and loose Pigment eyeshadows. While I am at this, I am just going to throw in the Paint Pots I have.

L-R: (PaintPots) Coral Crepe, Vintage Selection; (Pigments) Vanilla

i have also ordered the Pigment in Naked (so that is on the way), and i am thinking of getting the Pigment in the colour Melon (such a gorgeous colour, got a mini sample of it and i love it!).

My favourite colours and my most used colours from this little collection are not at all the same (well, some are), but you get my drift...i hope.

The ones that are both favourites and most used are,

Patina Eyeshadow is a gorgeous and very versatile colour! beautiful for all over the lid on its own, and a very versatile colour that easily pairs with other colours.
Naked Lunch Eyeshadow is another colour that wears beautifully on its own and paired with others.
Vanilla Pigment is a colour that looks boring in the little container, but GOSH! so so pretty! it has that shimmer sheen of gold when applied, and instantly brightens up your lid. prefect inner colour colour and to line your under eyes (to create that ever popular K-pop look). but also awesome for all over the lids just to add some colour-and-go.

moving on to favourites, this is a much longer list, and for this, i am going to skip description and such. Just look at the gorgeous colour! i need not say more! :)

Sketch Eyeshadow
Nocturnelle Eyeshadow
Trax Eyeshadow
Swiss Chocolate Eyeshadow
Woodwinked Eyeshadow
Mauveless Pro Long Wear Eyeshadow

you can see that i favour neutral colours that leans towards the purple, burgundy side. i am just a sucker for these colours, across all makeup category - eyeshadow, blush and lip colour.

what can i say, i am PurpleMonsterrrr for a reason! :)

i shall end this here.

PS: i am not paid nor asked to write this.

a good majority of the products mentioned are self-bought

or given to me as a gift from friends & family.

some are given to me at the place i work at.

Friday, April 20, 2012

a macaroon in the middle of everything.

so, this is a post that was meant to go up with this post. but due to the fact that i cant seem to upload pictures from my SD card..this was delayed!

on the 26th of October 2011,
at 12am. I was surprised by my fellow Bratwurst family with a slice of cake and wishes! much love! <3

my own family had cake for me too!

in the afternoon, the family & i had late lunch/ tea time at a place called LeVain, its like pastry heaven! and the pastas are pretty good and cheap!!

check out the arrays of macaroons! LOVE!

colourful macaroons!

yum yum yum

eating non-stop!

nom nom nom

what i wore

my birthday charm this year!
bow on a pearl!

Dinner

my birthday dinner

free cake from the owner of the restaurant!

this year I had 3 birthday cakes! Smile

it was a simple and nothing fancy birthday, but I had fun, and a full tummy!

not a bad way to spend your birthday!

this year...i want this for a cake!:

macaroons love

Monday, December 19, 2011

POTN #8

i know i havent been blogging!
since i started intern-ing, ive been home late and super tired to blog!
i have a few short posts to post up! and id do so tomorrow or something?
i should be home not too late tmr..so i might have time to update!

haha.
bare with me.
<3

for now, here's a little POTN:
of the day/night series:

My handmade mustache mug!

[18/19.12.2011]

it took me 1 whole day to find a white mug! =__=

and since i was in Pyramid and there's no craft store there,

i had to head on down to OU, Crafts Heaven to get a Ceramic pen!

once i have everything,

it took me give or take one hour to make a stencil,

and draw on the mustache on the mug!

the pen that i bought requires it to be baked after drawn,

so that it will be permanent!

and i baked it for about 30mins, and VOILA!
a mustache mug!

i have always wanted to buy cute mugs!

but see, i dont have reasons to get mugs at all!

dont use them.

but now, since interning, hehe..

(and am obviously using it as an excuse)

i needed a mug for the office,

u know to get drinks and stuff... :D

was so excited to get a mug! LOL

yes, im THAT easily contended!

ANYWAYS,

i knew what mug i wanted!

ever since i saw this picture:

i wanted mugs like these too!

but i couldnt find them..

and then i got the idea from KandeeJ to do it myself!

and so i did.

and one day,

im going to find a set of plain coloured mugs and draw different mustaches on them!

just like the picture above!

YEAH!

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

it feels good

so exams are over.

and ive been pretty much catching up on my TV series.

but here are some pictures of the days that I DO go out! Smile

[15.11.11]: the day after exams!

got reason to put on make up!

black & silver

OOFD

ran out of my cheek & lips stain

fried milk

the day was good. lunch with Elicia! got to buy my necessities, went for a facial, had dinner, manage to make it to Mandarin class, and karaoke session at Joanne's place with Ren Yi, Shaun, and Hann Lun.

[20.11.11]: family dinner

Dinner @ Betty's Midwest Kitchen

a normal Sunday dinner. SO SO SO wanted to try out this porky place! so we did. but it was ok la!

[21.11.11]: shopping day with mummy

Tofu cheese cake @ Ginza Cafe

Hello Kitty in my Caramel Latte

Jeggings, Hogwarts & Gryffindor t-shirt from Uniqlo.
HP shirts are actually for men, but i dont care! its love.

Mario Badescu!

much needed moisturizer + concealer

some nail polish and face masks

another good day. spent shopping and drinking coffee with mummy. bought my necessities and some stuff ive been eyeing (so can check-off things on my list). manage to pop in Maxis and cancel a subscription. manage to satisfy my craving for green tea ice cream also! :D

ok imma go shower now!

random fact: Malaysia Won! the football match against Indonesia! yay MALAYSIA BOLEH!

Purple Monsterrrr