Food Post: Things eaten out and made at home! (Sept/Oct 2016)

Nomming All Day Long! That should be my rap tag line, "Nomming all day long!". For those who may not have noticed I haven't done monthly collective food posts like this consistently in a while so I've been finally getting back on track and damn do I have a lot of nice things to share with ya'll! The last few months were both filled with eating my favorites as well as some new things and revisiting places I've loved but haven't been back to in a while!

If you'd like a photographic induced food coma, please go right ahead and scroll through this delicious and colorful post!

Continue below for things eaten the last two months!

Food Post: Things eaten out and made at home! Home made thai food, pizza, Dian Xiao Er, Ichiban Boshi, Matcha Cafe and more!

The 7 Deadly Sins of Beauty Tag!

Deadly Sins! What sins are you guilty of? Beauty sins is what's up for today's blog post! I've been wanting to do Tags every now and then and this one has been on my radar for a bit. Browsing online I've noticed two versions for this where a few questions are different so I've gone with a mix replacing two questions from one version with those from the other as I didn't find them as relevant.

This tag tackles the 7 biblical sins which are greed, wrath, gluttony, sloth, pride, lust and envy with beauty related questions! It's nice to do things like this once in a while so I hope everyone enjoys reading my answers to this tag!

Continue below for my answers to the tag!

The 7 Deadly Sins of Beauty Tag! Photo source here!

Review: Kiss Me Heroine Make Long and Curl Mascara Advanced Film in 01 Black!

Advanced Film Mascara! For those who may not know my holy grail mascara that I have repurchased at least 1-2 times a year for about 4-5 years now has been from Kiss Me Heroine. I've loved both their Long & Curl and Volume & Curl formulas, both which are super black, super waterproof and both add lots of volume and length! I repurchase both types and in the last year I've tried 3 other versions from them, the Impact Frame and Curl, Long & Curl Super Film and now this Advanced Film version. 

I'll be honest, the first two the Impact Frame and Super Film versions were utterly mediocre. The Impact Frame had a wand that clumped on far too much mascara and at best gave too natural looking lashes as the formula would not build. The Advanced Film had a brush that held too much product and the formula also didn't layer the lashes properly which meant more time applying for very very 'meh' results. Hence I was quite on the fence about purchasing this new version but then again, they product my holy grail mascara so I just HAD to try it!

Continue below for my full review!

Kiss Me Heroine Make Long and Curl Mascara Advanced Film in 01 Black!

Date night: Teal smokey eyes and thin crust pizzas at Alt Pizza!

Date night with pizza! For those who didn't know pizza isn't a 'cheap' food here in Singapore...not at all! Even take away pizza meals for 2 could buy you a casual restaurant meal. That plus considering the huge variety of local foods in Singapore being available very cheaply at hawker center and food courts, pizza isn't eaten very often by most folk here. Pizza companies and authentic Italian pizza places have grown in numbers the last many years and it's very easy to find places all over Singapore making pizza properly and in different styles too!

My boyfriend had tried a pizza joint called "Alt Pizza" which his family sometime ago and with his recommendation we headed there for dinner!

Continue below for the date night and my look!

Date night: Teal smokey eyes and thin crust pizzas at Alt Pizza!

Rave Review: Glamourflage Lip Balms (Mellow May, Bijou Beo, Daisy Delight, Bella Blaze)!

Glamourflage Lip Balm! For those who cannot live without a good rich luxurious lipbalm...HIGH FIVE! Since I was young, my lips tend to get very dry very easily. I must mention that I am extremely hydrated, I drink the most liquids out of all my friends and also colleagues and even at home but still my lips are always on the border of being dry or are dry most the time. For me it's key to have a thick layer of lipbalm before sleeping every night.

I've tried so many brands of lip balm, most from the drugstore and a lot from random high end, medical and trending brands. Many balms have been just okay or keep my lips hydrated enough to feel 'normal' but are not rich enough to heal my lips back from a dry spell. I gave this brand a chance when I saw it selling on a local beauty site and ever since then I've yet to try anything else better.

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Glamourflage Lip Balms (Mellow May, Bijou Beo, Daisy Delight, Bella Blaze)!

Holiday Special: Day 2 in Patong, Phuket Thailand! (May 2016)

Day 2 in Phuket at Patong Beach! For our second day during my trip to Phuket Thailand with my boyfriend back in May over his birthday we spent the day mainly on the main strip of beach followed by a really great local seafood dinner! Although Patong is known as one of the tourist filled areas of Phuket, we didn't encounter a super packed beach or streets at the main street during the time of our visit!

Continue below for our fabulous day at the beach!

Holiday Special: Day 2 in Patong, Phuket Thailand! (May 2016)

Food Post: Everything eaten the last few months! (Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Korean bbq)

Collective food post! For more than 6 months I haven't done a food post! My last one was for January of this year so here is a collective food post from then until now! I've kept eating out to a minimum and at the same time this year saw me trying out a lot of new places which has been exciting. If you are a foodie of any degree please go take a look through this glorious food post! The majority of the photos are from meals out and a few from home made meals.

Continue below for the delicious food post!

Everything eaten the last few months! (Pad thai, char siew wanton noodles and rice, spicy chilli chicken, steak and fries)

Review: Laneige Special Care Lip Sleeping Mask!

Lip sleeping mask? In my constant hunt looking for another great product to standby to use as I have always on the verge of being too dry lips I came across this product! Much like Laneige's very popular Water Sleeping Mask which is for the face, this is the equivalent but for the lips! I bought mine off Qoo10.com when there was a group buy and I got it for about half the price of what it retails for in Singapore!

Continue below for the full review!

Laneige Special Care Lip Sleeping Mask

Day out in town: Tanuki Raw for lunch and Paris Baguette!

Bowl of goodness! For the last many months I've been finally adjusting to a more equal work and life balance. No one can really make you understand how to do it, and it's all about trial and error. I'll admit it hasn't been easy and some weeks you feel like you're just waiting for your rest days just to put your feet up and get stuff done that you can't do around your work days. Some weeks back I decided to give a place a shot which I'd been seeing all over local instagrammers feeds and it was pretty much an afternoon along Singapore's much famed shopping street Orchard Road.

The place we went to is known for their Japanese style of rice bowls with different types of meat, I really wanted to try the beef slice and foie gras option which they are known for!

Continue below for our day out in town!

Day out in town: Tanuki Raw for lunch and Paris Baguette!

Holiday Special: Day 1 in Patong, Phuket Thailand! (May 2016)

Awesome first day in Patong Phuket! No guys, I'm not on holiday right now, this gorgeous holiday to Phuket, Thailand was from back in May for my boyfriend's birthday and was an advanced treat ahead of our 4 year anniversary which is in June. So I basically have two types of holidays I love, visiting busy cities or beach side towns! The last time I was in Phuket was a few years before the tsunami in 2004 when I was a child. I decided on staying in the much popular Patong area which is about half way down the west coast of Phuket Island.

On our first evening we checked into our gorgeous resort hotel which was a short walking distance to the main street. We headed straight to have a local dinner, check out the area around and we finished the night with cocktails and some minimart shopping!

Continue below to see our first day!

Day 1 in Patong, Phuket Thailand! (May 2016)

Review: Maybelline Clear Smooth BB Stick in 01 Fresh!

Clear Smooth BB Stick! For those who live in hot and humid weather all year round it can sometime be quite a pain to apply foundation when there's a high chance of it largely melting off through the day. BB creams and BB base products have become more common and popular as time has passed and is quite favored in Asia as the Asian types of BB creams tend to be very long lasting through the weather here. Considering stick foundations are known for being quick, easy to use and tend to have heavier coverage,  this product is the combination of BB formula and stick foundation!

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Maybelline Clear Smooth BB Stick in 01 Fresh!

Special: Celebrating Grandma's 82nd Birthday at Corner House!

Happy birthday Grandma! My grandmother turned 82 earlier this year in July and to celebrate I brought the family out to have a fine dining experience at the much famed Corner House. Some years ago as part of my apprenticeship for my Hospitality Culinary Diploma I was a trainee at a fine dining place at the very internationally known Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. The executive chef at the outlet I was at is now the chef and owner of Corner House which is located in the Botanical Gardens. It was only in recent months that Michelin Stars were given out in Singapore and Corner House was awarded one star! 

I'd actually been wanting to give Corner House a try for the last two years since it opened in 2014 but as time passed and I was so busy with life things that I didn't ever make it a reservation but knowing my grandmother's birthday was coming up I proposed to my family and we made it a date!

Continue below for our amazing and beautiful lunch!

Special: Celebrating Grandma's 82nd Birthday at Corner House!

Cotton Candy Eyes and Ramen Dinner at Ippudo!

Candy colored eyes and rich ramen! Having worn mostly neutrals the last year for work the times I was free and going out I would do either simple but bold looks or more fun colorful looks! Here I did a cotton candy purple inspired look with a touch of blue which I love when it comes to eyeliner. For dinner my boyfriend and I had delicious rich bowls of super authentic ramen at the famous and popular Ippudo which is an International franchise specializing in Japanese ramen noodles! Since this trip, we have gone back two more times and would love to go back again!

Continue below for my bright look and dinner!

Cotton Candy Eyes and Ramen Dinner at Ippudo!

Holiday Special: Day 4 in Bangkok, Visiting Chatucak Weekend Market! (March 2016)

Chatucak Weekend Market! No visit to Bangkok is complete without a visit to one of their large markets, the most famous being the Chatuchak Weekend Market! Located a walking distance from Mo Chit BTS, it houses more than 8,000 stalls and sees 200,000 visitors over the weekend which is when the market is fully open. It is open from 9am-5pm on the weekends and limited hours of 6pm-12am on weekdays. 

It's not recommended to go during the weekdays as only a tiny fraction of the stalls are open. The market is HUGE and you must get your hands on a map which is available at the police station on the way to the entrances from the train station or at the various entrances to the market.

Continue below for the visit to the market!

Day 4 in Bangkok, Visiting Chatucak Weekend Market!

Review: Kate Brown Shade Eyes in BR-3!

Brown shade eyes! Because there is literally no such thing as too many neutrals or variations of 'nude' shadows! This series of small eyeshadow palettes was available from the japanese drugstore brand kate the last two years but this particular design of shadow is no longer selling now in Singapore as I've noticed kate tends to over haul their small palette shadows every two years. I skipped the cool and warm toned palettes and gravitated straight to this gorgeous rose nude trio! All the palettes came with a 'fake shade' powder which is basically a small nose shading powder!

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Kate Brown Shade Eyes in BR-3!

Review: Etude House Snowy Dessert Pudding Tint in Lychee!

It's time for Dessert Pudding! For those who are fans of asian make up brands and like lip stains and tints this product is a coming together of the cuteness of asian beauty products together with a strong sturdy lip product. This product was released back before December last year which was around the time which I got it. This product was so cute and alluring that although I rarely buy pot lipcolor I just had to get this to try!

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Etude House Snowy Dessert Pudding Tint in Lychee!

Special: Ramadan 2016 Visiting the Geylang Serai Bazaar!

Belated Ramadan Bazaar Post! Every year it is a tradition for my boyfriend and I to visit the large bazaar that pops up for a month long at Geylang Serai which is next to/ around Paya Lebar MRT. This bazaar coincides with the monthly fast which many muslims do every year. The stalls mostly open from noon to midnight as the fast breaks around 7pm here in Singapore and that's usually around the peak amount of people getting food and drinks. Ever since I visited this bazaar back in 2012, I've made it a point to return multiple times every year since as there are usually new stalls selling new trending things.

Continue below for the many visits to the bazaar!

Special: Ramadan 2016 Visiting the Geylang Serai Bazaar!

Date night with japanese lunch, pizza and churros!

Fresh Pizza, Fresh Churros! This post has been long delayed! It's from a date night I had with the boyfriend back in December. It was the first day I wore my teal sequin top from HnM which I love and actually have the matching skirt to! There's just something about shiney teal that I just LOVE. I recently spotted a bomber jacket with this same finish and color and I'm sooooo tempted to get it for a crazy shiney all inclusive teal outfit! The night from this post was when I finally tried an old Italian restaurant not far from my boyfriend's home which is nowhere near where I live and their wood fire oven pizza was so damn good!

Continue below for the fresh and yummy date dinner!

Date night with japanese lunch, wood fired pizza and fresh churros!

Mytical purple eyes with teal eyeliner!

Purple and teal! There are pretty much three shades of eyeliner that I love, black, dark brown and teal! Teal and turqoise for some reason is my favorite shade of blue. I could wear navy or teal eyeliner literally all the time. I find that blue tones are so complimentary to brown eyes and just look smoldering without being so dark like eyes completely rimmed with black. This eyeliner from L'oreal was purchased some time back but I've absolutely loved it and use it on my waterline whenever I feel like going for a pop of color without extra shadows.

Continue below for the look!

Mytical purple eyes with teal eyeliner using L'oreal Super Liner Gelmatic in Turbo Turqoise!

Holiday Special: Food, Beauty and Shopping Haul from Bangkok! (March 2016)

Bangkok Hauling! This haul has been long awaited! It's from all the way back in March of this year when I had visited Bangkok for a much needed break with my mom and we did quite A BIT of shopping! This time I didn't go as crazy with the make up but we spent more time eating and getting bags and clothes.

It's a shame that Bangkok is restructuring many areas in the city where street vendors selling clothes and accessories will be moved as well as temporary food stalls that pop up only at night. This was announced a few months ago in part of their effort to clean up and make the city more organized for both the vendors and easier for tourists and patrons to enjoy the stalls. Whatever the case, I will always travel back to Bangkok year after year!

Continue below for the haul of beauty, clothes and snacks!

Holiday Special: Food, Beauty and Shopping Haul from Bangkok! (March 2016)

Review: L'oreal Lipstick in Fuzzy Taupe!

Fuzzy taupe lips! For those who know me in person, I rarely am seen wearing lipstick on a daily basis due to my dry lips and how they tend to dry out easily despite being the person who drinks the most water. When I do slap on lipstick on my free days or for special occasions I either go for nude or hot pink. Personally I always prefer a brown toned nude as pink toned ones simply look super red or rosy on top of my natural lip color. Hence when I found this baby at Watsons some months ago and swatched it, I just had to pick it up!

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L'oreal Lipstick in Fuzzy Taupe!

Holiday Special: Day 3 in Bangkok, Siam Square, Street Food and Central World! (March 2016)

Siam Square Street Food and dinner at Central World! Day 3 in Bangkok with my mother earlier this year was basically a day of lots of food and walking around from mall to mall! We started off our day at Siam Square which is in the center of Bangkok and our favorite place to get lunch and to shop before walking to the malls near by and then talking a longer walk to Central World mall where we had dinner at our favorite hot pot thai restaurant.

My favorite part of the day as you will see below was checking out all the street vendors outside the large malls. Especially outside and along Central World mall! Freshly grilled, deep fried and cooked snacks from late afternoon till late at night!

Continue below for the foodie focused day in Bangkok!

Holiday Special: Day 3 in Bangkok, Siam Square, Street Food and Central World! (March 2016)

Rave Review: Addiction Blush in Romantic 15!

Blush Mix on the cheeks! For many outside of Japan, the brand Addiction is not very accessible. It's avalible online only for those residing outside the country and I had the help of my best friend two year ago now to send me some goodies. I HAD to get a blush and I ended up choosing this iredescent mid-tone pink which I'm super glad I picked out.

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Addiction Blush in Romantic 15!

Food Post: All things eaten during the January 2016! (Home BBQ, local delights, Thai food)

Fresh, chunky, colorful FOOD! Those who have been following me for sometime would definitely know by now that I love sharing things I've eaten! January was an amazing month for food for me and the boyfriend. We had some great variety although we didn't eat too many new things. I love a good back yard BBQ, meat that has been cooked over charcoal is just far more delicious than something from the oven. Here are snapshots from January, they aren't from that many meals but I've got multiple photos for you to drool over!

Continue below for the delicious shots!

All things eaten during the January 2016! (Home BBQ, local delights, Thai food)

Rave Review: ZA Liquid Foundation shade 21 or OC00 (water based)!

Water based, light and natural! For the longest time although I had used pan after pan of ZA's perfect fit two way foundation powder it took me several years before I tried any liquid foundations from them. After my great love after trying their True White liquid foundation (my review here) which was lovely, I decided to go ahead and give their other liquid foundation which is water based a try!

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ZA Liquid Foundation shade 21 or OC00 (water based)

Holiday Special: Day 2 in Bangkok, lunch in Siam Square, Beautrium and the Gourmet Market! (March 2016)

Siam Square and visiting the Gourmet supermarket! Day two of my trip to Bangkok with my mom back in March consisted with having a huge delicious lunch at our favorite restaurant in Siam Square and then shopping around the area! Ban Khun Mae is a very popular and well known restaurant serving Thai food in Siam Square, they are opened all day and we headed for lunch. While in the heart of town, we spent most of the day at Siam Paragon and the amazing large gourmet supermarket there that has EVERYTHING!

Continue below for day two in Bangkok!

Holiday Special: Day 2 in Bangkok, lunch in Siam Square, Beautrium and the Gourmet Market! (March 2016)

Pretty Powerful Pink look! (lunch with the girlfriends and lobster roll dinner)

Pretty Pink eyes and food with friends! For me nothing beats catching up with friends and quality food. I'm someone who has a huge appetite and am literally constantly trying to loose weight I've gained from over eating. OH DEAR. Sometime ago I managed to meet up with two lovely lady friends of mine and we had a good lunch at my favorite Crystal Jade outlet in town. After our 'little' lunch later in the evening the boyfriend and I tried a new place which I specially went after in order to try their lobster roll!

Continue below for the wonderful foodie day!

Pink make up, lots of xiao long bao and lobster roll!

Review: Victoria's Secret Beauty Rush Flavored Gloss in So Jelly!

Glossy, shimmer and oh So Jelly! Like most girls one of my first ever make up type product was lipgloss and lipbalm. I've always liked glosses, the shimmery, super glossy and sweet smelling kind that turns a lot of ladies off when they get older. However in recently years I don't often wear glosses as it's the most annoying things when it's hot and humid and you're constantly sweating and the wind blows and your hair gets stuck in your gloss. I do have a soft spot in my heart for certain shades when it comes to lipglosses and recently while wondering through Victoria's Secret, looking for nothing in particular I saw this shade and HAD TO GET IT.

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Victoria's Secret Beauty Rush Flavored Gloss in So Jelly

Rusty, bronzed and simple pretty warm eyes!

Warm, rusty and simply pretty! For those who live in temperate climates with spring, summer, fall and winter it seems like burgundy shades, rusts shades and cranberry type colors get very popular with the latter half of the year. However in Singapore where it's literally summer all year round wearing darker, rustier and reddish type shades are a matter of trends than season. I've always like warm shades but didn't always like cranberry tones until the last two years. Here is my simple rendition of a wearable pretty rusty bronze eye.

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Rusty, bronzed warm pretty eyes! (sleek eyeshadows)

Rave Review: Mustika Ratu Penyegar Face Toners (Jasmine, Cucumber, White Rose, Rose, Lemon Lime)

Gorgeous tonic waters! Besides my obsession with pressed powders, I have a freakish love for toners or in Indonesia commonly called 'tonic' water. Their supermarkets are filled with all sorts of local brands selling toners scented or made with local ingredients like jasmine and lime. The moment I smelled and bought my first tonic water when visiting Bandung Indonesia two years ago (check out my holiday post here) I knew that I had to get my hands on more of this amazing product the next time I visited or my boyfriend did.

Continue below for my full review!

Mustika Ratu Penyegar Face Toners (Jasmine, Cucumber, White Rose, Rose, Lemon Lime)

Holiday Special: First Evening in Bangkok, Audrey's Cafe & Bistro! (March 2016)

Touch down and back in Bangkok! As always I was back in Bangkok last month was my mom! It's become a yearly affair that we visit Bangkok for short food and shopping trips. For those who have never visited, Bangkok is the epitome of tourist friendly, with tones to visit, experience, eat and buy! This trip was my first 'break' since starting my new job back in last November so it was much looked forward to. We arrived in the late afternoon and by the time we made it to our rented apartment and checked in we only had time for dinner that night before resting.

It was such a coincidence that a highly recommended pretty cafe was walking distance from our place which unfortunately isn't located near a BTS (train station). Luckily there were sooo many western, japanese and local bars/ restaurants just around our place!

Continue below for our first evening!

Holiday Special: First Evening in Bangkok, Audrey's Cafe & Bistro! (March 2016)

Review: Maybelline Mega Plush Volum' Express mascara!

Mega Plush Lashes! I've yet to meet a girl online or offline who doesn't want great big long and thick lashes! For the majority of girls who wear make up having a good coat on the lashes seems to be a universal want. Maybelline has always been a brand I love going to for a solid waterproof mascara, especially concerning the types they release in Asia for the most part. One of my first favorite mascaras was their "the magnum volum' express' which has a dear place in my heart so I've given many of it's successors a try too!

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Maybelline Mega Plush Volum' Express mascara!

Food Post: Things eaten during December 2015!

Crave, see and eat! It's time again for another late food post! This one's from December so finally we're out of 2015 with my collective food posts. The month of december was filled with familiar and some new eats. My boyfriend and I have made a steady habit to visit several Chinese restaurants in Chinatown for our 'proper' China chinese food fix as Singapore chinese food is VERY DIFFERENT. Also we dabbled and tried some new places and food which all went really well!

Continue below for the full yummy post!

Things eaten during December 2015!

Review: 3CE Glossing Waterful Foundation in Nude Beige!

Glossing, Waterful and Moist! Almost two years after my purchase this review is finally being written! Oh my, it's been waaaaay overdue! So basically about two years ago when I first managed to get my hands on a few 3CE or 3 Concept Eyes products...items from this brand were only avalible online on local webstores or from the brand's own site as well as being sold online by some very smart people and by small beauty shops carrying various bits and bobs. This particular foundation caught my eye as it boasted being very natural looking, moisturizing, giving that very famed 'dewy' korean look and I knew that even though I probably would powder it down I wanted to try it!

I ordered mine from a seller on Qoo10.com who carried various products from the brand. Now this can be much more easily purchased through Sephora.sg, in store at various beauty shops around Singapore and also online at competitive prices.

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3CE (3 Concept Eyes) Glossing Waterful Foundation in Nude Beige!

Special: Day out to Universal Studios Singapore!

Castles, rides and toy shops! Nothing brings out the inner joy and child in most of us like a good day out to a theme park like Universal Studios. In Singapore, this single theme park is located on sentosa island which is the south of singapore which can be reached either by a bus, from a mono rail train ride or by sky luge. Some months back my lovely friend and I had a chance and we both went to the park together! We spend a whole day from morning till night ending with a delicious dinner at chilli's after our long day at the park!

Continue below for the photos from the day!

Day out to Universal Studios Singapore!

Rave review: Addiction by Ayako single eyeshadow in Nostalgia 015P!

Bring out the Nostalgia! For those who may have missed out, I did a big year end haul some time ago where I showed a bunch of products my best friend sent me from a Japanese brand called Addiction by Ayako. This brand can be purchased by those not in Japan from ichibankao.com. This brand was created by someone who used to work for NARS so there are similarities when it comes to packaging. I got my friend to get me me range of products to try which included this gorgeous single shadow. 

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Addiction by Ayako single eyeshadow in Nostalgia 015P!

Special: My Grandma's 81st Chinese Vegetarian Birthday Dinner!

Bold make up and delicious vegetarian food! This post is sooooo late! It's from last July when my family had a delicious chinese vegetarian dinner for my grandma's birthday. Her birthday fell on a friday which is a day every week that she takes fully vegetarian so we ended up eating at a popular vegetarian restaurant in town. Some of the dishes were so good I still can't stop thinking about them and would love to go back to have them again.

Since this dinner was for a special occasion I wore a new blue and white cheongsam inspired dress and matched it with a simple blue smokey eye!

Continue below for my make up and the dinner!

My Grandma's 81st Chinese Vegetarian Birthday Dinner!

Rave Review: L'oreal Super Liner Gelmatic in Turbo Turqoise!

Turbo Turqoise Teal! When it comes to eyeliner, two colors will always draw me in. Like most girls I love and appreciate a good solid rich black and then there's teal which I always grab to line over my regular eyeliner or for the waterline for a pop of color! When it comes to eyeliners which are in the pencil form I always stick to gel pencils as I've had no luck with other formulations no matter how "smudge proof" or "waterproof" they claim to be. Gel pencils have always been a winner for my super watery eyes so when I saw this gorgeous blue toned liner from L'oreal I had to get it!

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L'oreal Super Liner Gelmatic in Turbo Turqoise!

Food Post: All things eaten at home and out in November 2015! (chinese takeout, Indonesian, Japanese)

Eats, eats and more eats! My food post have been quite delayed the last few months due to work commitments and having to slow down my blogging. Things are definitely going to be a slower on my blog but I definitely am not going silent for huge chunks of time! This food post is from all the delicious edibles I had during the month of November. It was a month filled with lots of new eats like having Dosai at a joint I've only patronized for prata, eating at a new Indonesian place, having a late night Japanese supper and having korean fried chicken with my brother!

Continue below for all the yummy food shots!

Food post for November! Indonesian goodies, japanese, indian, local and more food bits!

Review: Kate Mineral Powder Foundation in OC-C!

Powder me up with Mineral Powder! It's definitely no surprise to long time readers that I'm a powder freak! I must have pressed powder with me at all times. My favorite type of foundation is pressed and powder as I love being matte. Setting my liquid foundation with pressed powder is also a step I never skip unless the foundation truly has a dry touch finish, I find that most liquid foundation will eventually melt off, sweat off or fade due to my oils at the end of the day and powder keeps everything in place and looking great.

Currently there is only one pressed powder that I've repurchased year after year from ZA, their Perfect Fit two way foundation powder as it's been my favorite. However recently I've purchased  powder from many different brands, giving them all a go since it's the one product I really manage to go through and finish regularly!

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Kate Mineral Powder Foundation in OC-C!

Special: Lunar New Year Celebrations, Outings and Food 2016!

Let's welcome the year of the Monkey! Happy Lunar New Year to all my fellow followers who celebrate Chinese New Year! It's that one time of the year when Chinese all over the world try to be around family to celebrate and to spend time together. As I always tell people, the Chinese New Year is like Christmas, Independence day and New Years all in one for the chinese people! For my family it's usually a private affair, my immediate family has dinner together and I love visiting Chinatown multiple times before the new year day itself as its bustling and so full of temporary shops and sellers.

This post is super photo heavy from my visits to Chinatown and the meals I had with family at home as well as at my favorite restaurants in the Chinatown area with the boyfriend!

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My Lunar New Year Celebrations, Outings and Food 2016! Visiting Chinatown, shopping around, meals out and reunion dinner!

Review: Nars Lipstick in Funny Face!

Stunning lips with Funny Face! Yes, believe it or not...this is my first NARS product EVER! I've of course seen, watched and heard so much about the brand. Everyone seems to be in love with the sleek black packaging, the sheer glow foundation and especially their blushes and most recently the new Audacious lipsticks! Nars wasn't sold in singapore until about 2 years ago but I still never picked up anything as the prices are so marked up. 

Finally when I was at the airport in Bangkok when I was traveling with my mom last year, while searching for a blue toned fuchsia lipstick and looking through all the brands at duty free, I found this baby and just had to get it!

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Nars Lipstick in Funny Face!

Day out: Admiring pastries at MBS, visiting the Hermes exhibition and a Thai meal at Bugis!

Day about town with a gal pal! Here is a post of a totally fun and girly day out. We spent time at Singapore's famous 'Shoppes' at Marina Bay Sands just looking around, window shopping, making comments, looking at pretty cakes and so on. We ended up having a really filling tea time break before my girlfriend brought me to check out a free exhibition by Hermes and then to Bugis (which everyone knows about and has gone to but me) where we checked out lots of the shops and had a delicious Thai meal!

Continue below for my fun and yummy day out!

Admiring pastries at Marina Bay Sands Shoppes, visiting the Hermes exhibition and a Thai meal at Bugis!

Special: Year End Collective Haul 2015! (Chanel, Shiseido, Clinique, Bourjois, Etude House)

Year end collective haul time! Last year I did a big collective shopping haul and not surprisingly I have one yet again for the end of 2015! I've started a new job that's been going great since November and so my blog has slowed down a bit recently as I've been getting used to my new schedule. I did give myself the go ahead to spend lots of money in December as I've been very good the last half year on a low buy period. I rarely ever indulge in high end products and made up my mind that I was going to satisfy myself with products that I've wanted forever and still had on my shopping list!

Everything in this haul was purchased over November and December on many different occasions! I finally got myself a fancy, expensive skincare product which I've been thinking about getting for a long time. I picked up two drugstore foundations on a whim, ordered three holy grail lip balms, finally managed to get a black beauty blender, picked up the super pretty clinique cheek pop blush, bought a lip stain product on impulse and got a gorgeous lipgloss from an unexpected place.

Continue below for my collective beauty haul!

Year end collective haul 2015! Makeup, skincare and other bits!

Review: Que Origin Shower Bath Gel in Lavender, Lemongrass and Rose Geranium!

"Embrace Earth's Essence" with Que Origin! Last year was the year of shower gels for me! I've never been one to bother much with body washes, lotions or scrubs but last year I really made an effort to try out new products and I've come to find body gels as a treat I like having around for the days I need a pick-me-up. I'm a huge fan of 'natural' scents such as fruits and herbs so when a new brand here in Singapore called Que Origin contacted a few weeks back about trying out their all natural bath products formulated with natural oils I had to say 'yes'!

To get to the point, Que Origin's philosophy and products are all natural. They are all formulated with natural oils, infused with botanical extracts and are most importantly free of many types of known harmful chemicals. Products are also not tested on animals and do not use animal by-products. The oils used are from Australia and the products are manufactured in Korea. 

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Que Origin Shower Bath Gel in Lavender, Lemongrass and Rose Geranium!

First look using Chanel Les 4 Ombres baked eyeshadow in 226 Tisse Rivoli!

Smokey taupe eyes with Chanel! Ever since my first Chanel beauty purchase last year I've been in love with the baked quad I picked up in the shade 226 Tisse Rivoli. I was immediately entranced by the swatches from this quad, being so rich, multi-dimensional and absolutely smooth and gorgeous. Ever since my purchase I've used this quad in many ways. All the shades are beautiful used together, alone or together with one other shade from the quad. I discovered that I really loved creating a lightly smokey eye using all 4 shades in the quad and that it was so effortless and easy!

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First look using Chanel Les 4 Ombres baked eyeshadow in 226 Tisse Rivoli!

Food Post: Everything eaten in the month of October 2015! (Ribs, Roti, Pho, Bento)

Drool, chomp, chew! I've never been one to turn down food, I actually often run after food, make time just to eat and actually make a big fuss and complain when I'm hungry or just craving food! For those who are familiar with my food posts this one's for the month of October! Yes, I know I'm behind but I can't skip out on any of the my months as these last few months have been GOOD food months for me! 

In this post I'm featuring two meals from meet ups with a few girlfriends (which I rarely see as a group), trying out some new places near my home, a supper of pizza after work, lunch alone and a home made meal I got my boyfriend to help me cook for my girlfriends when we all managed to come together to my place!

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Food Post: Everything eaten in the month of October 2015! (Ribs, dosai roti, fried chicken and prata, cumin and chilli grilled sticks of meat and mushrooms)

Haul: Things purchased over October and November! (Forever 21, H&M, Charles & Keith, Swatch, Asos)

Collective haul time! I've really done my best the second half of 2015 to keep shopping to a minimum as I do spend mostly all my own money on clothes/accessories. Here is a post consolidating all the things I've purchased throughout October and November! I had nothing in particular that I wanted to buy but I came across so many things that I loved and ended up buying.

Coincidentally I ended up getting quite a few things that were shiny and pretty that sort of when along with the year end as well as my love for holographic and duochrome things! There were a few items that really were meant to be mine and I'll be pointing them out down below!

Continue below for all my shopping bits!

Haul time! Clothes, shoes, bags and swim suits purchased the last two months!