How to Diffuse Curly Hair -- the Right Way

How to Diffuse Curly Hair -- the Right Way

Follow this step-by-step guide to get frizz-free, defined curls

Curly hair guru Ouidad shares the exact steps you should follow to get gorgeous curls. She covers the products to use, the temperature of the blow dryer and even exactly what to do with your hands. Pretty sweet, huh? See guide

Best Makeup Finds for Under $5

Best Makeup Finds for Under $5

Beauty products so cheap that they're almost free

No money? No worries! You can find these cheap, editor-approved products at your local drugstore. See buys

My Beauty Diary Mixed Berry Mask Review

I bought two whole boxes of My Beauty Diary Masks in Hong Kong previously. They are really cheap there (~RM25 per box of 10 pieces). The downside is that you have to buy a whole box which contains 10 pieces of mask of the same series and you don't know if it works on you or not yet. On the bright side, you can always give them away as souvenirs to your friends. Sharing is loving or so they say, you must share nice stuffs with your girl friends lol :D

I started to use the Mixed Berry mask sheet to give it a try. Here's a description of what it does:

For dull, dehydrated skin. Helps to even skin tone, brighten skin and tighten. They are suitable for all skin types.

The main ingredients are:

Mixed Berries (Blueberry, Raspberry, Mulberry...)
-> provides malnourized skin with the necessary vitamins from mixed berries
Green Tea extract
-> softens and effectively brighten your skin

I absolutely adore the berry sweet scent. I can feel my face instantly brightens after usage but I'm not so sure about the tightening effect, not so apparent in one use. My skin feels soft and did not break out the next day. Usually I will apply the mask for 30 minutes and in the mean time took a short nap with it.

The essence is just enough and it does not drip from the mask which is good. It also feels light on my skin and left no sticky feeling after I removed the mask. You can opt not to wash off the essence after application as it says so in the pack but usually I will just massage the essence into my skin before rinsing off with water.

I'm definitely repurchasing them because they are super affordable and I can see instant skin brightening effect after using it!

Note: Beware of fakes as they're really popular in Asia that there tends to be fake masks in the market.

Vivi Magazine February Issue

Japanese magazines usually comes a month or two early, probably to prepare the readers for any change of trends. This February issue is evolving towards spring styles. The models are using bronzers to make their skin sun baked for spring.

Wedding Dinner's FOTDs

I attended two weddings over the weekend. Very exhausting I would say, but it was fun prettying up yourself for dinner :)

For the first wedding, the colour code for the guests were black, white or pink. Well, I wore a black floral dress that sort of fits into the theme. Anyways, I matched the blacked dress with dark greyish smokey eyes. The wedding reception was small and the venue was a romantic setting with ribbons and cupcakes. Lovely!



That's me at home still in my tees...XP

Items used are as listed below:

Eyes
MAC Assemblage Quad
MAC Feline Kohl Power Pencil
Taiwan fake lashes
Red Earth Brow Pencil

Face
Clinique Liquid Foundation
MAC Triple Fusion Mineralize Skinfinish
ELF Contouring Blush and Bronzing Powder

Lip
MAC Creme d'Nude lipstick
MAC Young Thing lipgloss

So, for the next wedding, with no theme, I just paired my eye makeup with whichever dress I wear for the dinner. I selected a cute baby doll lacey purple dress and went with a purple smokey makeup.

Items used are as listed below:

Eyes
Daiso Purple Eyeshadow Palette
MAC Feline Kohl Power Pencil
Taiwan fake lashes
Red Earth Brow Pencil

Face
Clinique Liquid Foundation
NARS Angelika Blush
MAC BBR in Blonde Mineralize Skinfinish
ELF Contouring Blush and Bronzing Powder

Lip
MAC Creme d'Nude lipstick
MAC Boy Bait Cremesheen Glass

I really love my contact lens color! I'll wear them wherever I go right now. They're from the Geo lenses collection in code YH-305 (Grey). I'll update on where I get them in another post ya...stay tuned!

Hauls of New Year

New Year usually marks new beginning for most people. Well, New Year means purchasing new stuffs to start the new year afresh for Chinese(that's for Chinese New Year though, and it applies to cosmetics too!). Some of my friend's new year resolution is to become prettier, change hair style, change fashion style and anything that applies to becoming a better self, hehe...

Back to my hauls, I have been wanting to show off my new Urban Decay Book of Shadows II for the longest time. Brought back from US just a few days ago, I have been admiring it endlessly. The colours are all wearable and very pigmented, there are a wide variety of colours; from neutrals to smokey, warm tones to cool tones...most of all they come with two mini 24/7 eyeliners in zero and bourbon! The travel size UDPP is a plus. The large mirror comes in handy too :)

The ultra Urban Decay haul. You must be wondering why I buy so many UDPPs. Well, they're for my friends XP

FOTDs coming soon with this palette. I can smell it! :D

Just want to compare the new and old UDPP package, the new one is so much nicer!

Warm & Cozy just hit Penang shores recently. I was disappointed to know that there are many missing items on the counter. The tinted lip conditioners which I wanted badly was not there. But the must have from the collection is 2N lipglass, a repromote from the previous N collection. I'm still thinking of whether to get myself Siss and Warm Me Up lippies. They're are so lovely!