Nails for school!

Hello all~ School's in again! gosh... I'm not over my holidays :( Feeling quite down about it. SOOOOOOO what does a girl do to cheer herself up apart from shopping and eating? to do her nails! haha! I decided to do it myself because you know, when you are studying, even staring at a wall seems fun. Decided to take a break and paint some girly nails! :)

For those who wanna do some nails too, I used 5 items for this design. 

From left to right:

1.Sally hansen as hard as nails strengthener (Acts as a base coat as well)

2. Sally hansen diamond strength- fast dry top coat 

3. OPI- I've got a date tonight (LOVE THEIR PINK OMGAWD)

4. Faceshop- White nail polish

5. Some nail deco- super small shiny balls? I used sliver as I didn't want to have too much going on!

SO YAY for me! Pretty nails to kick start my school!

XOXO,
Cynthia

I WANT PERFECT SKIN!

HEYYYYYYY! Happy new year dear girls! erm and boys? haha! Don't know if any boys read this blog. Since this is a super girly blog I suppose... Not? HAHA! Sorry, don't be offended ok! you guys can leave a comment and correct me. I stand corrected. hehe

(sorry with the poor quality of the picture took it with my webcam haha. It's like 1am over here. I couldn't sleep so I thought I should blog HAHA! I promise I will use my ACTUAL camera camera... next time! TEEHEE!  It's me trying to look stress haha~)

SOOOOOOOO! perfect skin!!!! Thats like a dream.... AHHHHHH! Imagine life without going with makeup? ok I'm exaggerating. Minimal makeup maybe. haha!

I want perfect skin because:
1. I'm too lazy to put on makeup everyday.
2. I want people to recognise me without makeup.
3. I want to look pretty everyday!!!!

Everything damage our skin. The sun, polluted air, air-con, weather, fried food... I can go on and on about this but I think you all get my point. Many think that we can fake a perfect skin with makeup. Yes, you are right! Provided that you are a skillfully trained makeup artist with all the equipments like air bush foundation and stuff. Anyway, you need to have good skin for easier application of makeup. It's like why painters paint on white canvas.

(I'm being super brave ok! This is a picture of me without makeup!)

After understanding the importance, let's get down to work!

Step 1: GOOD FACIAL WASH AND FACIAL SCRUB!
Facial wash that I'm using: White powder wash by kose
Facial Brush: Olay professional pro x
Facial Scrub: Natio Gentle Facial Scrub
Gosh I can't stress how important cleaning your face is. Should you not clean your face properly, dirt and oil is gonna pile up on your face and clog up all the pores causing you alllllllll sorts of problems. Anyway! There are plenty of facial wash in the market with different purpose! I like whitening facial wash as the sun in Singapore is CRAZY! I love Korean and Japanese facial wash products as I find them the most effective. The problem is WHEN do you wash your face with facial wash? DEFINITELY wash before your daily skincare routine at night! Should your face be normal/dry skin type, you can wash with plain water in the morning. If it's oily, go ahead and use the facial wash.

This is the one that I'm using. It's super cool! IT'S IN THE FORM OF POWDER!!!! HOW DO THEY EVEN? OH GOSH THOSE JAPANESE ARE GOOD! All you do is wet your hand, pour out a little and clean!

IT'S REALLY POWDERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! OMGAWD

For me, I used to wash my face with my hands until they started producing facial brushes. Neutrogena wave brush was like a joke to me. Felt like it wasn't clean at all mannnnnn! Than Olay to the rescue! The brush tips are so darn fine and it really improved my skin alot! My nose used to have little blackheads but the condition improved so much after one month of consistent usage. 

Anyway! it's totally waterproof and has two different speed with a replaceable brush head. I was quite skeptical but I just bought it anyway... This is awesome. ZERO regrets.

And it's super important to scrub away/exfoliate those dead skin cells off your face once a week!

I bought this my last haul! hehe... I find that it's not as rough as the other scrubs that I have tried. Feels clean and gentle on skin!

Ok step 2: Tone and moisturize!

Toner and moisturizer works hand in hand. Toner cleans the very last bit of dirt on your face, however can dry up your face so apply moisturizer after! HYDRATE AND HYDRATE! 

I'm currently using this Korean brand of toner and moisturizer called Dr. G! I find the products are easily absorbed and it's really good! The moisturizer came with a scoop omg! I LOVE IT! (I find it disgusting to scoop directly from the jar with my fingers...) 

That's about it! The BASICS!!!!!! 

Now... for the advanced! 

MY MORNING ROUTINE!

I would wash my face with water followed by some toner. After that, I would use this day cream- Natio renew radiance day cream. It feels oily at first, but after it will not be after it's absorbed into your skin. I would also use facial sunblock before I leave my house as the UV rays will cause us to age prematurely and damage our skin. 

My makeup remover

Do you know that you have to use makeup remover to remove sunblock on your face if not your face will age 5 times faster???? OMGAWD! I'm currently using Chanel makeup remover. I feel that it does clean pretty well but its super oily :( The good thing is this is a all in one cleanser! It's a face+ eyes + lips makeup remover! BRILLIANT! 

My Facial Mist!

For people who spend a considerable amount of time in air-conditioned rooms, it reallllyyyyyy dries up your skin. It's really important to keep it hydrated! I use this Natio refreshing facial mist. I used the face shop facial mist previously but the fruity smell was too strong for my liking. This Natio facial mist doesn't really have a smell and it can be absorbed into your skin in less than 5 seconds. The good thing that it doesn't only refreshes your skin, it FRESHENS your makeup! HOW COOL IS THAT!

Lastly, wanting to get a perk me up? Need to go on a date tomorrow? Or a job interview? TA-DA I introduce you my favorite part of my skin care regime. FACIAL MASKS!!!!! I use this thing called ampoule first follow by my masks as I find that my skin becomes really nice after that! It's supple and really hydrated. Helps prevents oily skin and wrinkles haha! ready to see my collection???

I keep all of my skin care in my mini fridge as I find that it closes my pores... 

Anyway, I use this brand of ampoules- ceutical! I love this so much that I bought ALOT of them. It's quite cheap! you can find them on Gmarket hehe! I have collagen (prevention is better than cure) and hydrating and whitening... Idk what I just bought alot! see the white boxes on the first shelf? yeah those are my ampules haha! I find that it's cheap and effective...

Ok NEXT! my facial masks! It extends all the way below the chin and you hook it onto your ears! Tightening effects! NO NO NO DOUBLE CHIN! too lazy to take a photo so I just grabbed it from sasa's webbie hehe!

How do we go about with this pampering treat?
Wash- tone- ampoule- mask (massage the remaining essence into your face after)-tone (to remove the remaining essence that can't be absorbed into your face) and lastly moisturize 

Oh Oh! Never forget the eyes as they are windows to our souls :) I LOVE BEAUTIFUL EYES! I use eye cream and eye mask!! In case you are wondering, yes, I have foot masks too. haha! My feet needs pampering after the torture! It's actually more about preventing cracked heels as I find that SO NOT SEXY. Here's a picture of my foot masks because I feel like it! HEHE! WARNING: MAY CAUSE DISCOMFORT! hahaha! SEE YOU NEXT POST! 

XOXO,

Cynthia

Review: Biore cleansing oil-in-cotton

Hello all!!!! did u guys had an awesome christmas???? I did despite being super sick hehe! It's the flu season here in Singapore so I caught some serious flu virus... was down the whole week before xmas week. I quarantined myself at home for the whole week as I was too uncomfortable to go out and I didnt wanna spread it to others. (SO CONSIDERATE RIGHT! haha)

Anyway, I was feeling better so I decided to meet my friends hehe! But I look damn sick and pale. :( Instant remedy: MAKEUP! HAHA 

I was going for the natural look. hehe! so I had bb cream, concealer, foundation, blusher, pressed powder and blot powder on. My eyebrows look damn nice right!!!! I went for eye brow embroidery the day before. I shall blog abt it when the eye brow project is done ^.^

Ok...Back to the intent of this post. Review of this super convenient makeup remover: Biore cleansing oil-in-cotton. I dont like anything with oil as I find that it's super easy to form milia seeds (a.k.a oil seeds) Since this is like SUPER convenient I did the rash thing (which I always do) I bought it. 

I actually bought it when I was shopping for stuff that I need to bring for my holiday trip: China (I NEVER thought I would say this but China is fantastic). I didn't want to carry my makeup remover there as I felt that it takes up alot of space (lame excuse). haha! so YAY! I had a reason to buy and try this product.

(A photo of my literally trying hahahahaha)

After the first wipe~ REALLY NOT BAD!

So here's a photo of my half cleansed face. To let you guys see how CLEAN this product can get your face to be. 

This photo is w/out flash. (Inserts 9gag idk what im doing dog... haha! just inserted this for fun! In case u guys can't see the difference from the previous photo) 

So I used like 5 pieces to ensure that my face is TOTALLY clean. If you guys are wondering why not stop at the 3rd since the 3rd is barely used. I'm sure if you clean harder it will clean everything. WRONGGGGGGGG! having good skin is the most important thing of all. If you sleep with makeup on or didnt clean it enough, your face will age MUCH faster. like 5-10 years faster! SOOOO HORRIBLE! (my aim is to age beautifully haha) In the end I cleaned and cleaned until I can see nothing on the tissue. Call me kiasu. 

Anyway! I rate this product a MUST HAVE for TRAVELING! coz it's really too convenient! Also, you can use it for your eye makeup all. It can really clean and doesnt have that oily feel after usage. I rate it a 8/10 coz it's really value for money as well! Wallet friendly and good. It's a steal! hehe! 

XOXO

Cynthia

NOTD: Simple X'Mas Nails!

Hello everyone! MERRY X'mas! Sorry I haven't been blogging much :( I went to China for my holidays and that place is awesome. Yes, China is awesome. Didn't expect myself to say that but that place is BEAUTIFUL! and than I fell sick after I came back. So happens that 3 of my family members at home were sick when I returned and I caught it from them. THEM. ok?!?!?! I did not carry some weird illness back. But yea I got really sick  :( I stayed at home for a WHOLE week coz I didn't even have the strength to go out. And PORRIDGE EVERYDAY... omgawd that was the worst combination ever. 

ANYWAY! For those who are concerned I feel so much better already! :D Thank God for my recovery just in time for x'mas! :) What do I do when I feel better? Not to parties or shopping, but to paint my nails :) Of course after I ate my pizza and drank my bubble tea. hehe! I can't tell you how good it felt omg it was like fireworks and love and glitter all mixed together. teehee! Since x'mas is around the corner, I did my nails x'mas style. Since I just recovered I don't have the strength and energy to be all bubbly and energetic. So my nails are pretty low key, just like how i'm gonna be for the next few days. 

I kept it simple and classic for my hands as I didn't have that urge to go all cute this x'mas. Probably it's the fever getting my head. teehee!

There's abit more of a party going on down at my toes as I felt that it's not easy for them to stand out. They are quite poor thing, always get outshined by the shoes. Not this time! I had painted more of the white for a more x'masy feel and added glitter polish on top of the white so the whole thing won't look like it has too much going on. Sorry that there wasn't even any lighting... will take a nicer photo next time! So what do you think of it?  

How does your nails look this x'mas?

p.s. I got a beats headphones from my parents! HEHE! not because of x'mas but it's because I was THAT sick. yea my parents are weird. They don't give me presents during occasions. They give me presents when I'm sick... usually... well, only when I'm major sick. HAHA! blessing in disguise? idk... it makes me feel better :) Will post more photos when i'm actually out hehe

XOXO
Cynthia

Review: Essence 3-in-1 Concealer

Hi friends! It's been awhile and I'm back with this review on a budget friendly product!

Alright, you might have had a glimpse of it in one of the previous posts where I briefly talked about it. But after using it for about a good 5 months of so, this post here, will be my verdict.

The thing about this product, was that it started off pretty well. It was my first time trying a color corrector, and have always been intrigued by Coastalscents CamoQuad Color Corrector (that's alot of C's), but never really got around buying it. And when I saw Essence's version of a color corrector at such an attractive price, I got it.

As mentioned, it started off pretty well. I liked it - decently. It was handy, and travel friendly, and definitely one of the things that I'd throw into my make up pouch. But after a few weeks of using this, I realised that it was starting to dry out my under eye area (I use the salmon color for my under eyes) and also, it began settling into the fine lines, making my under eye area really patchy. :( I guess this could be due to the fact that the product was drying up in the pan - despite the fact that I snap it shut after daily usage. I'm just pushing the blame to the packaging of this product.

The good:

• Pocket-friendly pricing.
• Handy, small and compact enough for you to chuck into your pouch.
• Really does color correct. 

The bad:

• Gets cakey after 3-4hours. Under eye area becomes patchy.
• Settles into fine lines
• Product in pan dries up really fast. Packaging does not help in any other way.
• Slips off easily, compared to other face regions.

And no, I probably wouldn't get this again. Think I might have lost faith in color correctors. =/ 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LYNETTE!

IT'S NETTE'S BIRTHDAY!!!!! WOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!


Here's a birthday song for u!

happy birthday to you! happy birthday to you! HAPPYYYY BIRTHDAYYYYYYYYYY to lynetteeeeee. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO U!


Let's go celebrate it tgt soon okayyyy! :D


XOXO
Cynthia

Long hair, go or no go?

HELLO EVERYBIRDEEEEEEE!!!!! 

Noticed something different abt me??? 

All girls like to ask this! IT'S A TRAP!!!!!!!! hahahahaha

ok fine... u may not notice... NAH! MAKE IT VERY OBVIOUS FOR U ALL OKAY!

(A picture of me during one of my birthday celebrationS!)

IT'S MY HAIR!!!!! It's longer now! And BLACK! hahahaha

why??? Singapore's weather is so fucking hot and all... why would I want long hair??? well there's a few reasons:

1. I ALWAYS had short hair... since I was born... my parents didn't want me to have long hair because it's quite hard to take care of it. 

2. I wanted a change. I had like medium hair length, short, and super short! but never long.

3. To irritate my project mates. They regard me as a BRO so yea this is to add on my femininity or whatever there is... haha! 

I would say that this is a good change? I kinda like it coz I look prettyyyyyy! HAHAHA! SO SHAMELESS!  

From the side! 

If you guys are wondering, HOW CAN MY HAIR GROW SO LONG SUDDENLY? duh it's hair extensions... and this is how it's braided on...

It doesn't feel uncomfortable at all.Ok probably the first few days. Once I got used to it, its actually nothing much. I wanna see how I look with long hair so I went ahead to get the hair extensions. Why don't I grow it myself? Well, my hair take ages to grow because I have natural curls.... to wait for it to grow this long, I will die first.

Come come let me answer a few questions that u guys might have with regards to hair extensions

1. can you wash it?

Duh you can! it's just more inconvenient as you have all these braided stuff... All you need is extra care and be gentle. 

2. Can you dye it?

My extensions are all natural i.e real human hair. I can dye, curl or straighten it if I want to. Basically it's like normal hair. 

3. Do you feel any discomfort?

I have low pain tolerance, so it kinda hurt when the hairdresser kept pulling my hair to braid it. Also, for the first few days, it's kinda troublesome as I'm not used to it. It's a pain to wash and comb my hair. I got so irritated I almost went to take those extensions out the next day. But I thought of the 200 dollars that I spent I just tolerated it. haha! I took 1 week to get used to this... cut me some slack as I had short hair all my life ok!!!!!!!!! oh and the thought of those extensions being some real human hair is kinda scary. like those horror movie? the hair will try to strangle you or something when you are sleeping... HAHA! sorry I'm a weirdo. Well, I just don't think about this. Use my bimbo-ness and think about how good I look instead hahaha! OH OH! And Singapore's weather is FUCKING hot. So the long hair doesn't help! 

I know that it's not easy for someone to just go and do the extensions as you might worry about alot of things. Unable to take care of it, not getting  used to the look, scared that people will judge you and those. And yes I did thought of those. Many people especially girls (those bitchy ones) always come and irritate the hell out of me by saying things like, "OMG CYNTHIA! WHY IS YOUR HAIR SUDDENLY SO LONG
? HAIR EXTENSIONS HUH! (than they go and touch it all) OMG EEEE DON'T YOU THINK IT'S DISGUSTING? just let it grow like mine la!' I didn't type this is caps as I'm agitated. I typed it in caps because they always say this kinda stuff damn loudly in public. -.- 

I gotta admit I was quite pissed off at first. If you are gonna answer your own questions than don't ask me anything. And I don't like people touching me, be it my face, my body or my hair. If you wanna touch go touch yourself and leave me alone. Anyway, coming back to the topic about people judging, the answer is to simply ignore or rather, embrace it. Come on, do you have natural brown hair? or your eyelids are naturally coloured? or your iris is fucking green? or your nails are naturally pink? So tall without your heels? Your boobs are naturally this big? Your nose is naturally sharp? (sorry this is meant for the bitches that I met... not u) All of us put on makeup and stuff to make ourselves look better. some even put on cosmetic lenses into their EYES and you say extensions are what? gross? at least I won't get any infections or go blind. The point I'm trying to put across here is, you have to feel inferior or bad at all when people try to put you down. As long as you are happy, you are fine the way you are. :)

Anyway, I did my hair at angel xin, the branch at city plaza as it's nearer to my place. (too lazy to travel hehe) this is webbie: http://www.angelxin.com.sg/ you guys can go check it out! Their service is not bad as they would match your hair colour so it will look super natural. I dyed my hair black before doing the extensions and there wasn't any match. So they actually went to dye the extensions to match my black hair without any surcharge! so awesome right! They were also super patient and nice. I would rate it 4 stars out of 5! (Minus one star as the deco of the place is horrible. There are A LOT OF ROOM for improvement for the deco of the place.)


XOXO
Cynthia