Beauty Bought: When I was in Singapore

Assalamualaikum pretty ladies!

I'm back from Singapore! Well, I'm a month late of posting this blog post. I didn't get to take a lot pictures as I am either overwhelmed or either way too cramped to take pictures. It's a little early to tell you girls this but I'm officially a CEO for this company I am eager to built and develop, Zestberry Technologies!

So that's the reason why I'm being sent to Singapore for an exposure trip to see how the industry is all about! Also, joining the Innovfest Forum, d'oh. Here's a few pictures that I did get to take pictures and the ones that I'm willing to show it here.

On Day 1 was awesome, I did have a little mishap of pulled muscles, blisters and feet cramps, but I didn't care, I want to do more of exploring so we did go to Orchard Road spending time there, I did bought a beg-purse kind of thing for the dinner held on Tuesday.

At night, we went to Orchard Xchange and had our dinner at Popeye's, I tell you, the chicken is good! I wish I did take more pictures but I found my phone to be too bulky to whip it up, so none :( We also went to Mustapha Center in Little India around 11pm, I went there just to get some socks, bandage support and a hair comb. A few necessities that I need during my trip, not my idea of shopping! LOL. And I found that Little India is not so hygienic because I was dying to go to the toilet in the center, I found a big lump of poop of the size of a large plate on one of the toilet stalls! EW! That was enough to make me puke.

When we wanted to go back to our hotel, it was already late, around 12.30AM, so taxis are hard to come by and we wanted to take a taxi that would take the 7 of us, so of course we're looking for a big taxi. Then our friend, who is of Indian descent was approached by an Indian driver, I didn't hear any gist of it because I was a little bit far away from him. Then our friend decided to follow the driver to his van and so the rest of us just went along on his trail. It was kinda scary because we went to 2 dark alleys and I said to my friend who is, say, the one that supervises the organization that incubates our company, "you better protect me if something bad is happening"

He was, later I found out, a gypsy taxi driver so finally after walking for a couple of blocks, we found a line of parked vans, this was scary, although it wasn't so dark, we didn't know what we're getting into. I was afraid that gang members would show themselves up from the parked vans! But Alhamdulillah, we were safe, although the van that the gypsy driver has is a little funky. Stickers all over the interior, zebra and tiger prints on our seats, mini fans as air-conditioning, a freakin' disco ball in front.

It was risky but it does somehow raised the bar for going to Singapore, I'm not sure I'll experience something like that again if I ever go to Singapore again. LOL!

On Day 2, however, the day was tamer then what we had on our first day since it's the day that the Innovfest forum starts, I had a wonderful time there and there was a lot of genius ideas and takeaways that I received! We did have a celebration dinner for the forum as well, there was some inspiring speeches as well, the dinner was kinda funny because it was my first time of seeing someone so tipsy. 

After leaving the dinner around 9pm, we went out and walked to Clarkes Quay which is very near to our hotel. I loved the place as it has a vibrant environment and some quirky lighting, we also went to a bar because our friends who are non-Muslims wanted to get a few shots before moving on to other parts of the place, it was kinda awkward for me as I was wearing a hijab and I actually stepped into a bar. I was going to order a fruit punch because it was put in a non-alcoholic menu, but a friend warned me that it might pack a few "punches". So I just ordered a can of Sprite just to make sure it's not tainted with alcohol.

I watched my friends taking tequila shots and I was intrigued by what I saw, I did smell the scent of the tequila shots, I found them to smell so icky, although I don't have any problems of people drinking it, I do wonder WHY they drink something that smells so icky. Haha.

Day 3 was also tame and tamer than Day 2 since I asked my friends that they should accompany me to Plaza Singapura as I did to them when we go to Orchard Road and didn't even buy a single thing there that would satisfy my shopping desires, LOL! I didn't shop for myself though, I only shopped for my mom's wishlist because she wanted to buy the hard candies from Lollytalk. The shop assistant was flabbergasted by how much I bought and gave me way too much freebies. 

On our last day, we went to Ayer Rajah for a work visit to the incubation centre there. I met with Sze Ming from Gamurai, I had a little crush on him just because he was very sweet and very tall! LOL, we did went to incubation studio for Games Solution Center and also Playstation Studio, which was such a privilege, though we didn't get to go inside Playstation Studio because it was a top secret kinda place.

So, I guess all the things I bought in Singapore was either necessities or food, but the one that I bought for myself and such a non-necessity was this makeup brush travel set from Ecotools! I love the brushes, so smooth and fluffy.

 I guess I rambled on more than I planned to, so hoped you like my post! Again, I apologize for the lack of pictures despite the awesome experience I had. Oh and btw, I have a dayre account, you can check out my username imahaziz91. I do find it neater and more convenient to blog there instead of searching for time to blog here.

Beauty Bought: Collective over the months

Assalamualaikum pretty ladies!

I haven't been naughty as this is actually my haul for the span of 3 months? I was so hung up with other stuffs to even remember about shopping for makeup, I do hauled a lot of hijab shawls and blouse/dresses for my upcoming semester. But I'm too lazy to even take pictures of it. LOL!

Three of them are basically repurchase, which is the Essence's I Love Stage Eyeshadow Base, Rosken's Bio Serum and Garnier's Whitening Face Scrub. Let me dwell on these 3 repurchases before I go on to other pruchases.

Rosken's Bio Serum - I really love this face oil as somehow I see changes within my skin. Though it doesn't really help with most of my acne scars but it helps not to have those dark scars mark. Eversince using this as my moisturizer, my skin has hardly become so oily anymore, therefore making my skin hover onto the normal-type.

Essence I Love Stage Eyeshadow Base - It is my favorite eyeshadow base of all! I actually finished this whole tube. It lasts me more than a year, so for $4.90 a year, it does save a lot of your money! I do love MUA's Eyeshadow Primer to, although cheap, it is such a hassle to buy stuffs online.

Garnier's Whitening Face Scrub - It is merely because I need a new face scrub to brighten my skin.

Okay for other purchase, I do need a thorough review, especially with Eden's Rosa T Oil. One of the nail polish is a gift from my dear friend, I do love the color he chose though! I'll review the make-up remover from Silkygirl soon enough!

Beauty Bought: Throughout the year, from United Kingdom

Assalamualaikum pretty ladies!

This would probably give me a reason to create a very long post because I've just hauled, I don't know, $150 worth of goodies and it's by far a lot for me to handle but don't worry, the purchases was made between September 2012 to May 2013, I've just received it now from my bestfriend of which I've abused her address for shipping some UK products I want to try to avoid hefty shipping fees. 

I thought I only made just so little purchases, but when she gave me all of my packages, I was pretty much overwhelmed and realized with regret of how much I really spend. But nevertheless, most of the stuff that I bought below, safe to say that I'm refraining myself from trying out each one as I might just give some of it away.

This is the whole purchases I've made throughout her time in the UK. It was so overwhelmingly a LOT! I'll go through the hauls by brands down below. 

Brand: Missha

My bestfriend went for a holiday in Korea, so I didn't want to miss the opportunity to actually ask her to buy me some of the stuffs that are too expensive here. She got me the Missha's Perfect Cover BB Cream for just $10 where as if I buy it in Brunei, the cheapest I could get is $35, so it's not such a bad deal. She bought one for herself too but it wasn't suitable for her sensitive skin, so she gave me her big 50ml BB Cream.

Also, the tints are $5 each and if I were to buy it in Brunei, it would cost me $26, so I'm saving up a lot of money! I really love these tints and my collection of these tints are complete! I have all four of them now! Yahoo!

Brand: It's Skin

I've heard good news about the serums, so I asked my bestfriend to buy two of which is more suitable to what I need, I'm currently using the green one though, which is suitable for excessive sebum secretion, I don't know if I'm glad to purchase it because as time goes on my skin has reverted into normal skin so I hardly have breakouts and excessive sebum secretion. But oh well, let's see how it goes.

Also, I don't think I need more lipbalms because I have so many that I still haven't opened, but I just can't help it, I love macarons and this is perfect for me! It smells like grapes too!

Brand: Sleek Makeup

I bought this when I still wanted to try Sleek Makeup, but I did try some of their palettes a few months ago and I was a little bit disappointed with the Au Naturel that I don't even want to buy more of it. So this is the last purchase I will make from Sleek Makeup. I hope.

Brand: W7

W7 is a brand that I'm very intrigue with as it produces makeup that are dupes of higher ends makeup such as Benefit and NYX. The Mega Matte Lip cream is actually similar with the NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream. The packaging, the smell and I can tell by just applying once that the performance is pretty much the same. I wonder if they were manufactured in the same factory.

Africa blush is beautiful! I will post up a more detailed review on it soon!

Brand: Benefit

My first Benefit product, when I received this, I was afraid that it would be too dark on me as I chose the No.3 color, I am always confused about my skintone as sometimes it can lean on light-medium or just medium. But I'm currently testing this, so far, I am still impressed.

Brand: Maybelline

I know I can get Maybelline's stuff here in Brunei but that tint is not available in Brunei and I don't really want to buy a $20 mascara where I can get $10 mascara in UK, I don't mind waiting for these because I still have tons of cheap mascara that works well with my current need. I know Maybelline's mascaras are known to be dramatic, but I really love me defined lashes that is nice for an everyday look. So I might just use this for special events.

Brand: Sunkissed Cosmetic

I don't even know why I wanted to purchase this, it's not like I need MORE neutral palettes, but they were from 123beauty.co.uk and it was dirt cheap with free shipping, so I can't really say no to that. I haven't try this, I'm not sure if I want to keep this or just give it away.

Brand: Technic

A palette that seems so similar to Sleek palettes in terms of packaging and even size! I bought three of their palettes, but I gave one away to my beloved Bruneian blogger-bestfriend, Nisnis from Frugal or Perfection so you can follow her if you want to know about the other palette.

Brand: Body Collection

I am a palette hoarder, what more can I say! :P

Brand: Real Technique

It was mostly raved in the beauty blogging world, it won't hurt to buy something that I really need to try out their brushes.

Samples: It's Skin and L'oreal

Well, samples, I'm not sure when I'll be using these but I'll try to use the L'oreal CC cream samples as I'm very excited to use it.

So that was my haul from UK, it's a lot I know, I don't know if I'm allowed to buy more eyeshadow palettes now as I seem to own more that I can use. I will post the reviews on these stuff after I've finished reviewing other backlog posts that I can't seem to finish. LOL!

Beauty Bought: Peep My Toes!

Assalamualaikum pretty ladies!

Another procrastinated post, this is supposed to be posted up before Raya but it's already Zulhijjah! I went crazy with shoes as I seem to have hardly any in collection and I usually buy a pair or two each year and wear it out till it's unwearable and buy more.

So I decided to be a shopaholic for the first time, I went on and bought all these 3 pairs.

I realized that I went for the open-toed shoes, 2 of them wedges and a pair of heels. All of them were in conjuction with the Raya sale so all of them were discounted.

I bought this at DMK at Delima for $19.90, I think? I actually haven't worn this AT ALL! I am saving this up for something special though, I'm not sure yet of what the special something is, but I still haven't had a reason to wear this baby out yet.

Marie Clare from Bata store also at Delima near Teguh Raya department store, I can't remember what the price was as it was being paid for by my mommy and she bought two pairs of the same, the other for my sister. This was the only thing I wore throughout Raya.

I went to URS store at Times Square Mall, a shoe label called Vern caught my attention and I really love this casual wedges, I can basically use this for semi-formal events and also to school without being so overdressed. So I've been using this everyday, I think I should buy another set of shoes for casuall-type outfit.

Beauty Bought : Giveaway Winning from Sprinklerain!

Assalamualaikum pretty ladies!

I was pretty much surprised with the mail I've received from Ka Sheila of Sprinklerain because I didn't really expect Ka Sheila to put it in DHL Express Mail. I was actually expecting a few mails but I was expecting them to be in small packets because I'm still expecting my laptop accessories.

I really love the wrapping paper for the packaging, it was too cute to actually rip it off, but then I have too, I was too hyper-ed when I saw the name of the sender on the packaging.

Sorry about that I had to cover my name and address for security reason, of course. Hee. I was happy enough that I thought I just received a makeup bag, makeup remover wipes and the Bioderma Water. Then when I opened the makeup bag, I didn't expect to have more makeup in it!

I also love the card that Ka Sheila gave me, I really love the ink pen, I'd love to look for that pinky glitter pen, it reminds me of my childhood, lol.

What I received:

1. 17 Oil-Blotting Paper

2. 17 BB Magic Cream in Translucent

3. 17 Vava Voom Waterproof Volume Mascara

4. 17 Super Fine Foundation Powder in Light Beige

5. 17 Trio Eyeshadow in Black Slate 

6. 17 Blusher in Pinky Rose

7. 17 Colour Shine Lipgloss in Pink Fruity

8. Watson's Luscious Cheek & Lip in Pink Cherry

9. 17 Makeup Remover Wipes

10. Bioderma Sensibio H20 Solution Micellaire

I can't believe I receive so much, thanks Ka Sheila, it was very generous of you! As you can see, it's all about Boot's own cosmetic brand, which is 17.

I've been loving all of the products you gave me, especially the mascara and the cheek & lip tint. I loved the combination of the bb cream and foundation, I'll set up reviews on the stuffs I received, I still haven't tried the Makeup Remover Wipes and Bioderma.

Beauty Bought : My first trip to KL

Assalamualaikum pretty ladies!

I had a surprise getaway with my family to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for just a few days at the end of May. I think I went crazy with spending all my money on the trip. I had fun, I will post up a more detailed blogpost on my next post.

Anyways, I've actually missed out a few things on my haul post, where I've actually bought a few blouses, maxi skirts, hijabs and a messenger bag. I'm not sure if my readers are particularly interested in what my fashion sense is, I could tell you now that it's very simple.

While I was in KL, I stayed at Cititel Hotel at Midvalley, the Midvalley Mall itself is very busy mall, I can tell you now that I've actually haven't gone through the mall thoroughly, everytime I went down to the mall, I will still end up be surprised of finding a few stores that I'd like to explore.

I am currently on a quest to find the perfect nail polish for me to wear when I'm on my "holidays", I was so happy to see SASA, Inglot, MAC, Bobbi Brown, Shu Eumera(sp?), Clinique! It was makeup heaven, I tell you!

I've also encountered Daiso, I know Daiso is somewhat a cheap store, I didn't expect all the stuff in the store to be RM5 each! I've made quite a few nasty purchases. I bought those pink pliers and I don't even know what to use it for! LOL! But I guess it would come in handy in the future. I also made a few purchase on the makeups there but I wasn't sure about the quality, so I didn't buy a lot, I wanted to buy some for a swap that I'm currently collecting for, but I was afraid of the quality of the product would do me no good. 

I've also bought a cheap Android tablet somewhere in the Lowyat area for the purpose of developing our Android app for our Final Year Project and bought two books at MPH Bookstore that would help me, InshaAllah to get through the project. I think I'd make a review on the Android tablet itself!

In terms of makeup, I was glad that I didn't do much damage, I bought a palette from Elianto on which I will review it soon! I might make a few FOTDs out of it. I also purchased a foundation from Rimmel and I think I regret buying it because it is 3 shades darker and it is quite on the warm side. But anyways, reviews will be up soon.

I also went to Sephora but I just bought a few NYX stuff as when I went to the Benefit's stand, I was unimpressed with all their stuffs there. And the fact that they are very expensive that I didn't go for their products, maybe next time!

Beauty Bought : Collective Haul through May

Assalamualaikum pretty ladies!

For the month of May, I've refrained myself from buying makeup, I think the only makeup I bought was just the tinted lipbalm from Maybelline in the 2nd Picture. But let's see what I actually bought according to the pictures.

1st Picture:

4 different colors of refill ink for my marker

A notebook for the seminar I've joined recently.

2nd Picture:

Pantene Anti-Dandruff Shampoo (Mini size)

Maybelline Baby Lipbalm

Sunsilk Anti-Dandruff Serum

3rd Picture:

Optix Clear Contact Lens

4rd Picture:

Fair & Lovely Anti-Marks Cream

Rosken Bio Serum

5th Picture:

Clean & Clear Clear Fairness Moisturizer

Pantene Anti-Dandruff Shampoo (Big size)

Lady Speed Stick in Orchard Blossom

Sumber Ayu Body Scrub

6th Picture: (Reading Materials)

101 Rekreasi Hati

101 Doa Makbul

Kembara Hamba Mencari Cahaya

7th Picture:

3 different Hairties from EGO

8th Picture:

Cute Contact Lens Cases

9th Picture:

Screwdriver
Thermal Paste

So if you guys have any requests for reviews, just comment below, inshaAllah I will try and get to it, as I still have a lot of things on my plate.

Beauty Bought : Well, not quite a beauty bought.

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One last haul, that I made in April is somehow not beauty-related but more towards to indulge the geeky side in me.

I've bought the power source extension that I would bring to school because since I'm a computing student and spend all my time in this special lab where only a bunch of us knows how to enter it with the pincode, so I put all my stuff there, heck, I even place my laptop there all day, while I go to my usual lectures and tutorial, because it's safe there.

So, having to think about the amount of stuff that I need to charge, I decided to buy the extension so I can just put all my charging devices in one place, instead of going here and there inside the lab just to charge them.

I've totalled 2 mouse devices so far, since I love the agility and the weight of this cheap mouse, I certainly am keeping this safe in a bag so I won't be careless in taking care of the gadgets I own. Also bought an earpiece set, which I very much love and intend to collect a few of it since my mom is the one selling it.

Also bought a $2 mouse pad which I actually bought before but then I've misplaced it. I remember it being so smooth but somehow, I hardly use it now because it doesn't have that smoothness that I seek when I place my mouse there.

Lastly, as it's already a general knowledge in my blog that my laptop has decided to die on me, so I've picked up a set of screwdriver so I can literally screw around with my laptop, I think I am quite a techie these days as I am able to unscrew and screw my laptop without any supervision at all.

So, that's a long post, I hope you girls are entertained by this post, lol. I am planning to buy a harddisk drive, which my mom is selling too, so I'd definitely use my next pay to buy it. As I've actually and literally spent all my May's pay towards buying the spare parts for my laptop.

Beauty Bought : The Second in April

Assalamualaikum pretty ladies!

This is my second haul. Although I have to admit, at least it still is moderate shopping. But don't worry, I'm going to make a haul post soon on what I bought in May and also a major haul that I ordered from UK. So I definitely have a lot of reviews to make that could fill up my whole remaining 2013. LOL.

This is what I bought from Winmark, which is a very exclusive drugstore. There are times that things from Winmark are exclusive there meaning it's not available at any other stores. But I never really bought anything there unless it's something I really want.

I bought an Eskinol Papaya Toner, which comes with full recommendation from a fellow blogger, Nisah. Though I have to admit, I'm still not sure of whether I like this toner or not. Then I bought a deodarant that I really liked so far though when this one is finished, I'll try something new.

Enchanteur is most probably a brand I really like the smells of, they have this flowery and powdery scent that seems to remind me about sleeping, lol

Going to my favorite store, which is the Paloma, I went in and actually bought a lot of stuff there, but there's only four of them that are for me to try out and my first lip product from Essence! I think I will purchase more of these Essence lipstick because I definitely love them.

Then, a haul I made at the Airport Mall, I was very drawn in by Tonymoly's blush, though I don't think it does show up on my cheeks so well but as an everyday wash of color on my lids, it definitely is my holy grail.

Also picked up the Clariderm's Astringent, this time with lesser intensity so I don't have to deal with the peeling too much. Hope you like my haul!

There's actually another haul post up.

Beauty Bought : First in April

Assalamualaikum pretty ladies!

This is probably late to the party, but I've hauled this in April. The first purchase I made for April.

I basically just bought a liquid eyeliner, blush amd lipstick from Catrice. Also cheap body mists from Intimate Secrets but I bet they are rip-off brand for Victoria Secret judging from the name and also the spray bottles they came with.

This haul isn't super exciting but I'd definitely review on each of the products mentioned above. So far, the eyeliner is pretty much a let-down for me.

Beauty Bought : Essence and Catrice

Assalamualaikum pretty ladies!

After such a long time, I've been to busy to even go to shops and buy makeups and when I do, I usually don't have the power in me to buy a lot more than I would usually buy. Not really in a spending ban, but I seem to have limited amount of time to browse through these shops T-T

So today, I'm bringing in my first and certainly not my last haul from Catrice! I still am not sure of what I should buy first from Catrice, any recommendation girls?