Hollywood Celebrity Inspired Makeup Look

A while back I got tagged by the beautiful Yana from ShazreeyanaShukri to do a Inspired Makeup look. I admit I was definitely interested but I didn't know who to choose. I LOVE Angelina Jolie and Yana did a great job with an Angelina Jolie inspired look.

After a week, I happily did my version of the Inspired Makeup look, uploaded it and all and then saw the Hollywood Celebrity part. OH GOOD GOD! *bangs head of keyboard*

I did a Celebrity Makeup look alright but not Hollywood's. I ended up with a Hamasaki Ayumi Inspired makeup look. So Yana, my apologies but now you know that I'm not the brightest banana in the bunch. Oh wait, banana comes in combs not bunches. Ah nevermind.

Ahh, you gorgeous thing, you!

I'm not exactly a fan of Ayumi. Her screechy voice makes my fingers fumble for the remote after 3 minutes or so. But she is perfect. She's utterly gorgeous. If there was one thing I could ask God. I'll ask for the name of her plastic surgeon. It's either that or why He created mosquitoes. *shrugs*

I'm more of a fan of Amuro Namie or Utada Hikaru. If there's one thing I noticed, it's bloody hard to find Ayumi with lots of eye make up. Either that or I'm not as good with Google as I thought. She mostly emphasize on her eyes and how HUGE they are.

Oh another thing, keep in mind this is an INSPIRED LOOK. Note the inspired. I am not claiming I look anything remotely like her etc. If I did, I would be digging my nose and my bank account would still be getting fatter. For now, I can dig all I want but my bank account is going nowhere.

So here goes.

I started off with my office make up; eyeliner and a little glittery eye shadow. Apply dark brown. Apply alot.

Panda look is IN. Ok, not really but just wanted to show you how much brown was used and blended with nude eye shadow. Draw eyeliner on both upper and lower lash line.

Use a liquid eyeliner to line over your pencil eyeliner and wing it! Then add false eyelashes like you're gonna die. Your eyes should look something like that. Dust off fall outs, apply foundations like a mad person, add some light pink blusher and light light lipgloss.

And there you have it. It was actually really easy to do this look, no fancy colours, no fancy super blending. Just brown and black. Two foolproof colour. I must admit that my aim wasn't really to look like a photo copy of Ayumi but rather to make the eyes look bigger. To the people who knows me, they will tell you how small my eyes are in real life.

Now hold your breath, open your eyes as big as you can and snap as many pictures as your lungs can hold out. Excellent!

Wig is hot. My hair is in a mess, I badly need a haircut and I'm too poor to go for a haircut. Dang it! So anyway, here you have it. My not-so Hamasaki Ayumi inspired look. Ahahahaaaaa~

Blue and Gold EOTD

Tuesdays are are World of Warcraft's maintenance day. It's also me and JH's movie day but since we watched the King's Speech yesterday, I sat in front of mirror and did funny faces at myself. It's a habit of mine to make stupid faces at myself everytime I see the mirror; I can't help myself and it makes me laugh.

I'm also hoping to take a short break from WoW after some *ahem* majorly embarrassing incident. No, no one died. Oh wait, yes they did! I somehow managed to cause the entire group to wipe. Wipe here as in to die, not the car washing, dish washing, glass wiping wipe. It wasn't entirely my fault but a big chunk of it was since I'm one of the healers. *sigh*

Long story short, I cried on the desk and slink off to the bedroom to sob somemore. No one curse or yelled but the guilt! Oh the guilt! Later the night, I dreamt the members of the guild signed a petition to get me booted from the guild.

It's weird to cry over a game but the embarrassment was too great. I'm still new to the game, having played for a mere 5 months but I do consider myself a good healer. I'm great (if I do say so myself) in heroic dungeons but in the raid, oh God!

Enough of being whinny, after so long, I decided to do an EOTD. In one of my most hated colour - GOLD. I love it hanging on my body but I can't stand it on my eyelids. I used Pinky Doodle Doo's 120 colour palette for this look since mine doesn't come with gold.

The colours are beautiful and vibrant but it's also very chalky. Be prepared for fallouts.

I don't have an explanation as to why I repeatedly use the colours I hate the most or know that I don't fit other than curiosity. I really lazy so I didn't bother washing off my eyeliner. Pile a gold colour base on it. Mine is from The Body Shop and expired with the dinosaurs. Don't ask.

My initial look was to have a "golden" eyelid. Gold on my yellow skin? Hello, jaundice! No go. The only thing that ran thru my mind was that I was screwed this time. I didn't have any make up wipes with me and my dad was sitting outside. I didn't wanted to show him how odd I look with all the gold eyeshadow.

So I had to add a little blue and then medium blue.

Draw my eyeliner ala Cleopatra (toned down version), dust my eyebrows and I'm almost done. Applied MAC Vera-vicious on cheeks and took a step back, snapped a shot and laughed. I really looked like those typical Chinese Opera actors getting ready for the show with my slit eyes. The eyes!

Put on your falsies, put on your wig and ta daaa! Usually for EOTD I don't apply make up on my neck. I do that everyday but for EOTDs I'm a little to lazy too. I'm wearing my pajamas so I had to cover that with a scarf.

I need inspiration!

My Hong Kong Trip

It was erm.. okay. Hong Kong is a great place for cosmetics, branded bags and food. Unfortunately, my budget was a measly RM650. Imagine that. I think I deserve some kind of award for going to HK with that little money. Like seriously. With that kinda budget you could probably tell that I didn't get any mind blowing cosmetic hauls or any branded bag.

What's the one thing me and JH's grandpa have in common? We both have roads named after us! Except mine's in HK. AHAHAHAHAGAAAA!!! *cough cough*

Air ticket was another RM700 for me but JH paid for the hotel which was right in Tsim Sha Tsui so that was great. The rooms were clean, a little musty smelling but no complains! The transportation system was fantastic. It was the thing I loved best about HK. Not the cheapest but it was worth it. The buses and the MTRs - super convenient. It also helps that JH really did his homework before the trip and we knew exactly where to go, how to get there and which bus or MTR to take despite never being there.

Tadaaa, you like it? You like it??

We stayed in a little hotel right next to the Chungking Mansion. The view is best described as never before seen! You can probably guess that we kept our window blinds down for the remainder of the trip.

The Spring Moon was too posh for me to take out my camera and snap so here you go, scones from the Mermaid Bakery. Not the best...

The food! I never eaten Dim Sum so good in my entire life. Now that I've tasted it, I know that what I've been having is almost crap in comparison!

My aunt was kind enough to take us to The Peninsular's Spring Moon. It's roughly about HK$50 (RM22+) per dish of 4 little items. We has 9 dishes and it was mind blowing. To me, that was the highlight of our entire trip.

Picture from google; I've always remembered him for his seaweed eyebrows..

It's a place frequently frequent by HK movie stars. But we only saw two that day. An old Lau Ching Wan and his Miss HK wife.

No younger, single and preferably male movie star there unfortunately. Not that I could recognize anyone anyway. The only reason I recognize this guy was because he used to star in comedies when I was younger which was pretty much the only time I saw Cantonese movies on tv.

Kiss me Heavy Rotation Enamel; MUJI concealer, small OralLab lipbalms, Perfumeria lip balms and some weird lip gloss I got on impulse..

The only thing I got from Sasa was the Kiss me Heavy Rotation Enamel in #2. It was only selling for HK$49 (RM21) and our good old Watson here is selling it for RM39.90 or RM35.90 on offer. I bought my old one for RM39.90. Ouch!

Bonjour was selling them for HK$49each!

Bought little chap sticks for HK$4.90 each and Perfumia Gal lip balms that I've been using for the past 5 years that has been long discontinued back home for HK$35 each.

Saw plenty of Dolly Wink eyelashes for hell alot cheaper than Malaysia. They were like going at almost half of what Malaysia was selling. Maybe RM40+? I didn't buy any. Not with JH's laser eyes on me.

On our 2nd last day of shopping, JH bought me a Coach wallet; A small bag I bought that came with a magazine. It was on offer at HK$45

Wish I could buy more gifts home but transportation and food has already took a chunk of monies from me.

To save, we ate at Food Courts in department stores. Yes yes that's pathetic right? Got an earful from my manager who went a week before me. She recommended to eat at the little restaurant all along Tsim Sha Tsui because they're famous. The prices was horrendous though. It was a good HK$50 (RM22+) for a plate of fried rice. In Malaysia a plate of fried rice is at most RM5? *cough* Being poor, I opted in eat in food courts instead.

Although manager recommended eating there, she hated HK food. She said it tasted bad. We, on the other hand, loved it to bits. The food in the department stores were actually REALLY good. The meat; pork, beef was so tender it was heavenly. It cost us HK$32 - HK$35 for a HUGE bowl with free drink. We share one bowl because it was so huge I couldn't finish it on my own.

The weather was not so kind; it was chilly and very cold. Occasionally dipping below 10 degrees Celsius. Something I'm not able to handle. I don't have any fancy winter clothing because I've never been to anywhere during Winter. HK was my first.

JH's mom was fantastic; she borrowed me her jackets, gloves, cashmere sweater to keep me warm so that I don't have to buy any. My anemia was a problem especially when my hands couldn't generate any heat despite rubbing them or anything. The gloves couldn't help, keeping them in my pocket didn't either. They were almost always frozen. Which I use to bully JH by touching him unexpectedly.

I developed severe skin allergy because my skin dried up and cracked and little red bumps appeared and they were super itchy. I scratched like a monkey every where I went. I used my Egyptian Magic cream but it turned out useless. I think my skin couldn't absorb it well.

Meet Stitt, the one on the HK$500 note and Stephen, the one that got shot at during the war..

We went to the HSBC tower to go meet Stephen and Stitt. They are really famous, so famous that you'll find Stitt on HK$500 notes. They are the two majestic lions in front of the HSBC towers. JH said that we'll get lucky if we rub their front paw. Not too sure if that's true but the paws does seem more worn out. I rubbed. After looking left and right and doing it as discreetly as I could.

A more magnificent view of Stephen, our lucky lucky lions!

I must admit that thru out the entire HK trip, me and JH were lucky. We had fantastic luck with transportation and we avoided two major mishaps that could have cost us a LOT of money.

A piggy bank competition and these are the winners; My favourite "Lion"

Once, on our way to catch a boat to Macau, I remembered our passports. We ran all the way back. I thank God that we remembered before buying the ticket and spending an hour on the speedboat to Macau only to get kicked back at the Immigrations. I didn't have a single identification on me. No ID, No driver license, nil.

Another favourite, and to think these were made by primary school kids!

2nd, was when we bought our tickets back to HK and the display stated that it was a 8:00PM ride. The tickets we bought was for 7.30PM. We had less than 3 minutes to get on board and I didn't realize. JH saw the time and asked me to run. I ran. I didn't ask why but I just ran and we made it just on time.

For some strange reason, I was reminded of Bunny when I saw the Bling Pig.

We headed to The Peak later that night and according to the guide book we were to take Bus 15 that will take us to the tram station. Or we could walk, its just 10 minutes away. We boarded the bus and paid HK$9.80 each. I complained about the price since it was for less than 5 minute bus ride. 5 minutes turned 20 minutes then turned half an hour. We were halfway up the mountain when we realize we boarded a bus that takes us directly to the Peak. Lucky!

Some fancy place we saw while walking to the Ferry. It looks fantastic at night! Like some fairytale mansion

Like every tourist do, we headed up to the roof of one of the malls to catch a glimpse of HK at night. It was HK$25 and not very worth it. When the wind blew, it was 0 Celcius and my teeth sent out SOS in moorse codes.

Then again, it was VERY pretty but we spent less than 10 minutes up there. We ate at a nearby restaurant while watching the horrendous queue of people waiting for the tram. It was about over 100 people queuing in the bloody cold! We wondered if they knew about the bus service. Again, we took the bus down and there was probably less than 6 people on board. Took us directly to the Ferry service and we walked a few minutes to the hotel.

To come, MACAU!

ROTD

I am not trying to offend anyone, this is just my honest opinion.

If there's one thing I hate, I hate answering emails about Limb Lengthening (Don't ask me why I'm answering them >.<) ;

"Hi I am 22 year old male currently standing at 169 cm. I would like to know the procedures in limb lengthening"

"hi my age is 27, i am 168 cm and i hoping to be about 174-176 cm"

"i'm 24. still a student. i have tried many methods to increase my height but nothing really works. recently i found out at limb lengthening surgery.
i am thinking of going for it. about the side effects i don't really mind as my goal now is to increase my height. my height now is 150 and i want to know how much can i grow taller with this surgery "

My fingers itch to tell them all to go borrow Elton John's platform shoes or even the Spice Girls'. They are great for stomping on grapes too. If they liked designer brands, the Vivienne Westwood ones are 9 inches and famous for Naomi Campbell falling off them. If all else fails, there's always the torture rack in the Tower of London.

I know I am not the shortest nor am I the tallest and I probably won't be able to understand how it feels being short. To me being tall means you look better in gowns and hey, no one will ever look down on you :D, being short on the other hands means you'll be forever young and you're automatically considered 'cute'. Being in between means you're neither here nor there. Gowns are not always pulled off and you're too much of a giant to be considered small and cute. Sheesh.

Hell, now I've always wanted to be atleast 170cm and strut around looking "down" on people but that is so not going to happen unless I'm wearing high heels or my friends are standing in a hole.

Then again thinking back, if I was ever given a choice, I wouldn't mind being petite. I will happily wear the cutest little dresses you've ever seen with frills and laces. Not always together I mean.

It's not that I have a problem with people trying to be tall but by breaking your bones and being wheelchair bound for 6 months to a year is. It's okay if the person has one leg shorter than the other but if you have perfectly healthy legs and you consider doing it because you want to be 3-4 inches taller, it makes me think either you're too rich and too vain.

If any of you have broken your legs/ hands before, if you remember the pain then and then think of doing it on purpose. And paying lots of money to do it. And being a nuisance to everyone (in more ways than one)

Limb lengthening procedure is not a one off thingie, there's no do it today, go home tomorrow. It's a 6 months or more long procedure and can cost up to USD60,000 in some places (China is cheaper) which includes multiple surgeries. As any surgeries, there are risk that comes with it. Risk as the legs will not grow at the same length again, infection, damaged nerves and blood vessels and even fat embolism that can result in death.

I've read some forums that some people are extremely happy with the end results and have no regrets doing it. Well, good for them. Really.

There are always things that we're unhappy about, some things can be changed, some can't or at least it's a little harder to. Or a lot more expensive anyway. My way of living is to make do with what God has given me.

If Life throws lemons at you, make lemonade. You can always add some cut peaches into it, a small decorative paper umbrellas, add more ice and turn it into ice blended lemonade, add soda water to the lemonade..

It's tempting to throw it back and tell Life to make its own lemonade but I'll probably just ask all my friends to go stand in a hole.

Tia Amelia

'Rub a dub dub,

Thanks for the grub'
- Shen

Phew, I'm full. Mom's Vietnamese styled prawns are delishious! And she's not even Vietnamese :P Hope everyone had a good Reunion dinner.

Before the Hong Kong post, I decided to upload some pictures I've been meaning to post up. One of them being about a Made in Malaysia 'almost miracle cream' everyone's raving about. Everyone meaning the cafeteria ladies at work. After searching high and low, I finally found a seller online and happily bought it.

It took the lady ONE week to post it to me. I have absolutely no idea why I even bother to pay for express post when registered post would have been faster. Her excuse, I didn't state which product I wanted despite that it was stated clearly in my order mail.

Nevermind. So anyway, the cream promises fairer skin without peeling, lightening pigmentation, healing pimples and the sorts. Sounds too good to be true for a mere RM24.50(5ml)? You bet it is. For me anyway.

I tested this out for a good 2 weeks before deciding to call it quits. It smells a little funky in the sense that it smells like some cream you get from the hospital. Not necessarily in a good way. Smells.. plasticky?

Plasticky or not, after 2 week, this is the end result;

Bewarned!

I don't have fantastic looking skin, never did. When I was 12 years old, you probably can't find a spot in my face that doesn't have a pimple. LMAO! That's one reason, a pimple or two doesn't bother me.

Being 26 years old, my pimples have come under control and it's not a problem now but after using Tia Amelia, tiny pimples grew by the busload. It was like a rave party! It doesn't have a head for me to squeeze anything out and it was a little painful.

Despite that I was hoping my skin would adjust to it and continued on, it doesn't seem to be doing anything for me - I quited. My pigmentation never lightened anyway.

Before all the haters out there do the happy dance, know that my skin is back to normal. I know what works for me skin and to get it back under control, I use back what I was previously using.

Oh, the old Daiso Charcoal mask I bought a year or so ago broke, if you're wondering how...

Never knew it could do that, not that I mind since the mask did no shitz. It was just a black coloured mask that couldn't dry and pulling it off could make you pee in your pants type.

After effect was having a red face from all the peeling. Nothing else.

It is just RM5 though. Hee....

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God dammit, I wouldn't have even paid RM2 for it!!