Have You Taken Part in the Giveaway??

Hey local readers,

Have you taken part in the giveaway? I know it's not a lot, but it is something from my heart.  So do join if you have not.

Well Defined Eye Brows

Was reading on TotalBeauty when I came across this article about the importance of well definited eye brows.  I used to have very busy eye brows, until my friend decided to help me do the deed.  Haha, she's wayyy too skilled for her age back then (like 18) and decided that mine looks awful.  Once she did her stuff with me, I was pretty amazed by it and really fell in love it eye brow tweezing.  Sadly though, I am not able to pick up her skills, thus my frequent visits to beauty saloons to do a clean up for me.  Now that I am giving the eye brow threading a try, I'm finding myself enjoying it too.  Pretty much the same price at beauty saloons and the look's much neater.

Talking about that, I'm due for one already! Time to scout for a good eye brow threading bar.  Any recommendation???

It's My Birthday!

It's my birthday today!! Whee... Well, because it's my birthday, I really want to share some gifts with those of you who follows me/ read my blog.  To be honest, I don't have a lot of goodies to give out, but this is really from my heart =D

The items are:
Giovanni Travel Magnetic Restruxturing Hair Conditioner
B-Fey Salon Quality Airbrush Nails
My Beauty Diary Yoghurt Mask
Etude House Cotton Swabs
Sasatinnie Cherry Blossom Garden Fairy Hand Cream
TBS Total Energy Enlivening Body Gel
Sortie Clarity Washable Cleansing Foam Sample Pack
L'Occitane En Provence Dry Skin Foot Cream Sample Pack

So if you want to grab your hands on it, please input the following in the comment box below:

Follower ID:

E-Mail:

Tell me what's your most memorable birthday like:

If you have yet to be a follower, just click the follow icon on the right hand side of the page in order to be one!

As for me, this year was rather special because I got bombarded by hundreds of well wishers on my fb!  It simply is amazing to know that your friends are willing to take the effort to just wish you happy birthday.  I know I am blessed by God for all my friends whom I have met throughout these years.

Well, like I said, this gift ain't all that great, but hey... it's good to bless others right?? heheh....

I will close this giveaway by 30th September 2010 and will announce the recipient by first week of October! So don't miss this chance!!!

p/s: current giveaway is limited to Malaysia only.  Sorry guys, maybe next time I will do international eh =p

Miserably Sick

Haven't been really in the mood to blog because I've been pretty sick.  It comes and go! Can you believe it???  Sigh, I wonder what can help to boost my body up.  Been falling sick every month here.  Any recommendations from anyone out there???

Eye Brow Threading

I am always fascinated by it.  In my previous company,  I've had Indian colleagues who always go for face threading and it piques my interest.  But back then, I was still young and am quite scared to give it a try so I gave it a pass.  In the past, there are a lot of people who go for facial threading, because the make up is not as advanced as now and tend not to stick to our skin (figuratively speaking) due to the little hair around our face.  My mom says that usually, people would go for full facial threading when it's their wedding and they need to put on make up.

Oh well, upon chatting with a friend recently, I was really up for it! And so I went scouting to see where I could go to do threading, without me driving like miles and miles off to do so. I ended up at A Listers at Centrepoint.  Mind you, I was doing a bit of research online when I came across them.  I've been wanting to try them out for waxing purposes, at their unit in Sunway Giza, but it's quite tough since traffic could be quite mad heading there after work.  So off I go to Centrepoint.

I'll be honest, I was quite taken aback by the size of the place.  It is small, like just two 2 small beauty rooms.  I was getting a little bit doubtful after a while.  A lady (sorry, bad with names) got me into the room and started doing her stuff.  I was there for eye and lip threading.  I told her it was my first time and she smiled, telling me not to worry.  That really helps because she is nice and friendly, albeit not very good in English.  But she knows her stuff and I kinda felt better.

So how did it go?  It's slightly painful, much like plucking with your tweezer, but slightly more painful.  Well, considering the fact that it's pulling a bunch of it in a go, and not one by one.. haha... I shouldn't be surprised.  And the results?  I'd have to say, it's a lot neater as compared to tweezing.  I have to say, my eye area looks "clean".  I have a lot of small hairs between my brow and my eye lines.  Usual tweezing can be quite painful and most of the sessions I went to have it "clean" up doesnt really do the work.  But I'd have to say this threading totally clean it out and my eyes looks so much fresher too.

So will I go and have it done again?  I'd have to say yes.  I'm already researching to see which one I should go.  Although A Listers does a fairly good job, I'm still new to this and I can't stop the inner experimenter in me to stay at one place!

Have you done it before? Do share, share...

Eye Make Up Remover from Stage

After my Maybelline eye and lip make up remover finished, I've been using Stage's After Party Eye Make Up Remover.  Before I get started with Stage, I gotta say this; Maybelline Eye and Lip Make Up Remover is such a darling and I have yet to come across anything that works as well as it does.  So, forgive me if I were to make some comparisons along the way eh?  

First off, I got this make up remover during Stage's promotion. It was going for RM18!  How can one miss out on such offers!! (sucker for them....sadly...).  And I love the name of it: After Party.  It really does make you go jiggy with it and then have some fun right after that... haha... well, at least, it does that for me.  Some of the ingredients listed if you are interested:

So how does it fair? 

In all honesty, it does not do as well as Maybelline.  Although it's written there Waterproof Eye Make Up Remover, and the SA mentioning that it's good for waterproof mascara and what not, it doesn't work very well.  I've tried removing my Maybelline Waterproof mascara, and I can still see residues on my lashes even after running the pad over it for like 5 to 6 times.  Sigh, sometimes I just give up and leave it as it is because my eyes were kinda hurting after rubbing it so many times.  

However, it fairs well when removing eye shadows.  So there, a plus point for it.  I just need to rub it like twice and it's clean.  I guess it just doesn't work very well on mascara.

Will I re-buy?  I would have to say no.  I tend to wear mascara on and off and I don't have a lot of patience to slowly remove my make up, so I'll have to give this a pass.  

I bought other Stage products which I kinda like, so... to be shared in another entry ... hehe

P/S:  Stage Cosmetics is a Malaysia brand and I dare say that they are doing quite well.  I love the fact that they have positioned themselves nicely in the market.  Bravo Stage, do keep it up.