What your mama will approve of

I remembered vividly what my mum will swear by.....

Hazeline Snow - best used when refrigerated. The powdery smell of it still lingers on. The rich texture I can almost feel it.

Menard - This is the occasional luxury item in every woman's makeup drawer. Not quite a famous brand in our current  generation, despite its existenance still.

I knew if I lived in NYC, this place would be my favourite:

Bigelow Chemists is an amazing store started back in 1838. What would one find in here? They are known to have stocked heaps of toiletries with winning formulas dated back decades ago. Delighted to know prices are also kept like they were sold back in the good old days and they ship internationally now. They do remind me of an old book store.

Visit their site here.

fakies!

THEY ARE EVERYWHERE!! When you cant avoid them, join them. That's what got into me lately.

As a matter of fact, fakies (aka falsies aka fake eyelashes) have long been around since the 1960s. It's nothing new, though to the younger crowd/generation, it seemed to them like it is a GOD sent of the 21st century. But these days, gals are spolit for choice, thanks to the evolving technologies that created them: Korean made, Japan made, China made, natural hair, synthetic hair, glam look, angelic look, drama mama look, individual strands, diamond studded...



Small eyed gals can now bat their seemingly non-existence eyelids with these spider legged lashes. Men can now get to lust over those sweet or seductive eyes - a choice made at the discretion of these gals, to match whatever look they're in that day. I remembered it made a short and sweet come back during the early 90s. Back then, no one made lash glue better than Shu Ueruma, MAC etc. All we had were that precious tube that had accompanied the plain looking pair of fake lashes.

Mum used to warn us against the dangers of using fakies. That her fair share of horror experimenting with fakies in the 70s will make us stay far away from them. She said you will pull out and ultimately lose your natural lashes. And that the glue was harmful to our eyes... I also remembered lashes were only sparingly used during 1 of those makeovers that we go to. She will definitely not like to see this pic of mine...



I wondered, what spawned the comeback of the fakies. The retro fashion revolution? The quest for fake natural beauty (as seen by the eyebrow embroidery and hair extensions bubble outburst).... Lately pals and I had been talking about the invention that will spell the death of mascara and lash extensions called Latisse. Now that is what we call GOD sent.. with fakies, its still FAKE.. like how Joshua will always say.. "it doesnt look natural".. (but c'mon, its not meant to look REAL!!!)

Old town 2: Pulau Pinang aka Penang

Penang is the 2nd city in Malaysia (besides Malacca) to have been conferred as 1 of the World Heritage Sites in 2008. Just like Malacca, its is an old yet cosy town with an abundance of shophouses, that a skyscraper is an uncommon sight. Thus, the Komtar (which used to be the tallest building in Malaysia before the Twin Towers toppled its throne) sticks out of George Town like an eye sore.



In fact, you see much traces of a bygone era in George Town than in Malacca. With little signs of any life in them, these countless vacant yet dilapidated shophouses could only leave you- the passerby, to your own imagination on what/who could possibly be the previous occupant of this shophouse. Some are however, more apparent in who occupies them...







For the notable landmarks, a brief write up on their history can be obtained via the Penang Heritage Trail maps available from most hotels. Armed with a map in hand, we marched down the 2 Heritage Trails to head back in time, to as far back as the 17th century..... Needless to say, some places can evoke a sense of spookiness in ya (check out the dates)!!



The major disappointment that we had, was the lack of street hawker food that Penang was famously renowned for... Luckily we found comfort in "George Town Coffee"!! For its fragrant locally brewed and grown coffee (beans) and commercially tasty delicacies.





Overall, its was a good trip albeit the 10hrs coach ride up and another 10 back. But my personal preference is still Malacca! (judging by the amount of damage it had done on me)

His Day!

Old town 1: Malacca

finally I'm updating my blog after 2 month's of hectic lifestyle. my stash of fabric is steadily increasing and production will deem to start soon! (hic!)

Malacca is an old town, filled with lots of vintage treasures. Definitely 1 of my favourite Malaysia places to go! My sweetheart brought me there just to celebrate my big tree-0!







Christmas just passed and everyone was in high spirits. Friends gathered @ Hanwei's new home and they had so much fun with our Wii!! Now 1st on our must-buy list, is Guitar Hero World Tour!!!

And guessed what he bought me??





It was a Samsonite vintage Beauty Case!!! ARUGHHH the one I wanted sooo badly and was sooooo sad when I thought someone else had bought-it-now before me on ebay - who is none other than Mr Steph Lee (his partner in crime)!!!!





The apple pie that took me forever to bake......

It was also our dear friends, Fiona's and Willy's Solemnization Day! Now every Xmas, we have something to celebrate as well!!