Makeup Review : Essence Sun Club Bronzer for Blonds

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I'm on the road for recovery as I've just went through my surgery yesterday, Alhamdulillah it went well.

This is a friend's bronzer but I'm lucky enough to wear it out for a day and give you a review for my first ever bronzer review.

I've never really dared to buy bronzers, only because I never really know how to use and most people I've seen from tutorials, used it to have that sunkissed tan look, hardly for contouring, I'm basically blessed with a tan all-year round, why bother, I say. But when my friend bought it and let me test it too, I think I'm sold.

This bronzer is basically for blondes or lighter/pale skin. As I'm neither, I wasn't sure if this was going to show up on me as the color of this bronzer looks like my compact powder.

As you can see, it really is very light for my skintone and I can pass this ups as my setting powder, but with much heavy-handed application, I was able to contour my cheeks and my nose to give a more structured look, heck, I look 5 pounds thinner, lol. 

The texture is very nice, not so powdery, almost to the point of creamy. I would definitely buy the brunette version, which is basically a darker version of this bronzer. The bronzer lasts all night when I wore it, it is something I'd definitely use. A cheap matte bronzer for everyday's use.

Personal Pictures : My December so far

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So I think I feel like I need some time off from updating about beauty and just update about what happened in my personal life. I'll soon be having a surgery tomorrow, InshaAllah, it won't disturb my blog posting as it will only be an outpatient surgery. But anyways, when December comes, it was a weekend and all I can say is that I started my December with an awesome time with my two lovely friends.

A FOTD for your girls, I didn't wear a lot of makeup. Unfortunately, the camera washed out my blush and my first ever look using a bronzer.

This is on our first day, we went to Time Square and Airport Mall, I had my first Sharetea, I've seen people in  Instagram and Facebook going crazy over this drink "Wintermelon with Rock Salt and Cheese" I must say it's one of those savory drinks that I really love! I tried the Cocoa version too, but this is much better. 

Also, I've watched Pitch Perfect and it was awesome! I love their renditions of those songs, I think I'll watch it again soon, lol. Though I think Brittany Snow doesn't fit as a redhead gal.

The next day, we went to Techxpo in ICC, I didn't take pictures while in there, as I was so excited with all the offers there, there's new laptops from Asus, I wish I can afford a new laptop, LOL. Also, there were new Android phones from Huawei, a brand that is always associated with B-Mobile, the phones are very tempting, but the fact that I have to buy a new line with it, is just not what I currently want, I still love my DST line.

We went off to Taman Jubilee, I haven't been to Taman Jubilee ever since I was 9-10 and I'm 21 now, but it's nice that the place is under good maintenance. We had fun taking pictures, playing with the swings and slides, we felt like kids again! LOL, it was a nice sentiment.

The next alternate day, we all went to Tasek Lama, a nice brisk walk around the park and up the hill, lol. I tell you, I lack stamina so by the time we reached the top, my head was throbbing. LOL.

Then a nice refreshing coconut drink, yum!

Personal Post : Baking

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This is a non-beauty related post, so I hope you enjoy!

For the past few days, I've been baking and this is somewhat an achievement as I've never baked before and I hate baking! LOL.

We are famous in our circle of family and friends for making one of the best homemade pizzas, but I didn't bake these, I just  like to show it off here because it's a Tuna Pizza, I didn't even have a slice as I'm not a big fan of seafood, I ate a slice of Pepperoni Hawaiian-inspired pizza, it was delish, my little brother made it, let the XY genes handle the pizzas.

Then we've made the nutella cupcakes, it's a little dry on top, but the crust that it formed made it more delicious as there's two texture in it. Soft and crusty, yum! These are my first cupcakes that I've made,  sad isn't it? But at least it's that good :D

Tried to top it with the nutella spread, darn it's so sweet, I won't recommend it to the kids.

The next day, we made mini pavlovas and teamed up with some whipping cream on top, it tastes delicious as the pavlova is too sweet and the whipped cream are just bland, so it creates a quite nice chemistry.

Hahaha, tried to work the nutella cupcake with the whipping cream, but no, didn't work, tasted like you've dipped milk into the cupcake.

Then the next day, we've made another batch of mini pavlovas, this time, I used a piping bag to design the pavlovas.

A cute meme-like picture from a friend of mine, it's her son in the picture, I've actually posted about him a few weeks ago, I like his expression, it really looks like he was salivating looking at the pavlovas, LOL. For non-Malays, this basically means "Aii, pavlova. Aunty Dna, can I have some?"

Oh just so you know, most people won't recognize me as Imah or call me Imah, it's a nickname from amongst my family, so my friends and lecturers actually called me Dna as in (Dee-Ann-Ay) by pronouncing the letters. Weird right? I don't even know how to redeem myself to stop people from calling me a childish nickname.

So these pavlovas, I've play around with the piping bag and since I don't really like the taste of the whipping cream, we decided to make durian cream, basically, durian flesh blends into the whipped cream. It's very yummy, up with the fruits' seasons, a way to use the durians.

This is a big pavlova my mom made, covered with the durian cream. YUM!

Make-up Review : IN2IT Retractable Eyeliner in 01 Black

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I think we all have a penchant for black eyeliners, I hardly have a pencil liner as I prefer retractable eyeliners, so far I've bought another Silkygirl retractable gel liner which has awesome pigmentation but low lasting power, but I'll try to get on the reviews with that soon, InshaAllah.

I bought this for RM11+, very affordable as I think it was on sale, I was trying to actually find a replacement for my Essence's black longlasting pencil, which is very impossible, as nothing can beat the performance of that particular black pencil.

I have a fondness for retractable pencils, as I don't really like the normal pencils that needs sharpening, which explains why most of my pencils that needs sharpening isn't being loved and used by me, so definitely won't buy any of that.

The colors are acceptably pigmented, the texture is creamy and dries to a semi-matte finish, I've tried using this on my waterline, tightlining and on my lash line. It doesn't last long on my waterline, at least for 2-3 hours? I haven't tried setting it with a black eyeshadow, but nevertheless, my eyes are watery, so I think its rather useless, however it does stay unmoved over my lash line, using it to create a cat eye line.

Although, if you didn't set it with eyeshadow, it would definitely smudge onto your undereyes. A fairly acceptable product that I might not ever repurchase.

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