Make-up Review : Essence's Lipstick in All About Cupcakes

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I've been procrastinating in doing blog posts nowaday, I'm sorry! But I'm still enjoying my holidays right now though I'm actually just staying at home and watch Big Bang Theory all over again. I've actually been in love with Essence lipstick in All About Cupcake.

I bought this with an intention of just trying out since it seems so creamy and matte-looking unlike the rest of the colours where they have shimmers. So this is the only one I've made.

It is in a simple plastic packaging, looking very cheap but hey, Essence have proven that they have cheap packaging but has good quality.

I'm very torn in describing the colour of this lipstick as it is between a MLBB shade and a nude cool-toned bubblegum pink. I guess it is a MLBB shade when my lips are so pale but it is a nude bubblegum pink when my lips appeared to be darker.

The texture is very creamy with a sheen to it. It is also very moisturizing and it doesn't dry up your lips, it could last me to about 3-4 hours before I have to reapply, which is fine by me as with this lipstick, it's not such an annoying thing to reapply, because I love it so much! It also has a candy scent.

I wanted to buy more of the Essence lipsticks but I don't really like the shimmery texture. But I would buy more of these as soon as I have my makeup budget.

Make-up Review : Catrice's Defining Blush in Love & Peach

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I've always been intrigued by Catrice, I have to admit that I still haven't start to actually really explore the brand despite the affordable price that Paloma sets for it. I  haven't tried their retractable pencils yet, though I'm not sure if they do have it though.

Since I'm lacking a nice collection of blush, I decided to purchase this blush in shade Love & Peach. Although I haven't tried out many blush, I think I'm more suitable to cooler-toned blushes as it gives a nice glow impact on the whole.

This is a peachy coral blush. I really love coral blushes, well, I only have one before this but I like how it looks like on my skin, so I definitely would buy more shades on the coral side..

I like the texture of this blush, very soft and not so chalky. However, the color is beautiful but it is very subtle, I guess less pigmented I would say. But I think it's okay because it won't get you into trouble as you can build up the color up until your heart's desire. But it's too bad that it doesn't last long, around 5-6 hours it would fade. I think I'd prefer my Silkygirl's blush more than this, but I just can't get my head around buying a blush from that brand as it's just too expensive for the amount of product it gives.

Although I was a little disappointed with this blush, but I still love how it looks on me. I'd definitely buy more in other shades.

Make-up Review : Tonymoly Cristal Blusher in No.5

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Another reviews for you girls, I found the mood to write up a review for all you ladies. As some of you might have noticed in Instagram, my makeup has been consistently on a barely there but there makeup i.e. less smokey eyeshadows, thin eyelining and neutral lip colors.

I was on a lookout for a skintone eyeshadow shade, I've been surveying and actually asked a few Bruneian bloggers of their favorite skintone shade, I seriously thank them for their cooperation and though I love what they have recommended, I might just buy them soon enough when I have enough money to buy makeup. I actually found this blusher that I just fall in love with, AT FIRST SIGHT!

I think, it's technically a bronzer of some sort, the SA informed me that this is a blush but it is so sheer to be a blush, I mean, I don't think it would show up on me, do they? LOL! I really love this shadow, it may be a bit lighter than my skintone, but it matches perfectly for an everyday neutral barely-there look.

The texture is quite buttery, I always use my ring finger to apply this and it is very smooth and not chalky at all. I would say the color is matte, but it has micro-shimmer in it, it is so micro that I don't think people could actually see it, it would've made a nice subtle highlighter underneath your browbone and your inner corner but as a highlighter above your blusher, I don't think so. I tried to put it on my cheeks, it's hardly noticeable.

As an everyday wash-over your lid colour, this is amazing, it doesn't crease and very long-lasting, it's on more of the expensive side, but since I'll be using this every single time I apply eyeshadow, I think it's worth it since it has a large amount of product.

Product Review : Intimate Secret Body Mist

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I know I'm not that good when it comes to reviewing perfumes and body mists. However, I really love these body mists so much that I'm putting it up for reviews. I bought this from Paloma, my friend made a big hassle out of these body mists that I was very curious to try it out. After all, it costs me around $4.90 per bottle.

Apart from the cheap price, as a VIP member, we do get our 10-15% discount, so it is much cheaper. I was tempted to buy all, because it is much cheaper than Victoria's Secret Body Mist, though I know the ones floating around Brunei is not the original body mists, but I love the Mango Temptation's Body Mist, I've been using it sparingly because I'm afraid to finish it up.

So anyways, I've bought two of them, as they are the ones that I'm more attracted to, which is Sensual Vanilla and Sheer Attraction. I like the fact that these body mists hardly has that obvious alcohol scent. Most body mists that are sold here has too much alcohol, especially those brands from Indonesia. It's very watery and I can relate these body mists to those ironing sprays? That's how the consistency is.

I guess the longevity of this product is short, for only an hour, I think. What I like about these mists is that they aren't overpowering no matter how much you spray, it won't ever be too overpowering. Like I said, it's more watery than alcohol in it.

I like Sheer Attraction more than Sensual Vanilla, it has notes of Melon, Plum and Freesia. It's more fruity than floral, it has this sweet subtle scent and it really does reflect my personality or my signature scent as my friend told me that most of the scents I go for are usually scents that smells like I've just been from a shower or a bath. LOL.

The Sensual Vanilla however, has a sweet sickly but still subtle scent of vanilla, it also has a floral note to it, I can't pin it down though. But overall, I still like it, I just prefer the Sheer Attraction more.

What I like about the body mist is that it seems to also moisturize my skin too, lightly, but it doesn't leave a sticky residue. 

Do you have your favorite body mist?

Gadget Gossip : My Laptop

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A new section for my blog! I can't wait to write up about gadgets in this section more :D

So, I'm more to buying stuffs for my laptop rather than buying makeups these days. I hardly even hauled any makeup for this month of May(shocking, I know!), except that I've been buying too many skincare products lol.

Ever since my laptop died on me, I was able to pick up the courage to actually screw open my laptop. I've done it several times that it doesn't bother me so much when I see my laptop out in the open where I can see the motherboard and such.

To me, it's such an achievement that I was able to open all this up and manage to source out any few problems that's hovering in my laptop. It costs me $300+ to fix this baby up to make sure it looks good and new.

Some people actually told me that it's better to actually just buy a new laptop but I don't think so! For a girl like me who studies in computing, any cheap laptop does not justify on how I use my laptop. I use my laptop for programming, a little bit of designing, gaming, surfing the Internet and blogging. Also, I think of this laptop as a tool for me to do everything. I even use my laptop to revise for my tests and exams.

But to me, the $300+ is justified, I mean, imagine how much I would have to spend if I were to ever actually send it to the nearest repair shop. I could see thousands of dollars going out just to fix this baby.

This is the culprit to the mess that I'm going through, the fried motherboard. There's a few other stuffs that I bought from eBay to restore this laptop to its former glory.

- Motherboard US$129 + US$30

- Bottom Case US$70.61 + Free Shipping

- Hinges US$9.99 + US$9.99

- Battery US$23.72 + US$13.48

Altogether = US$286.79 or B$352.75

To Bruneians, most of you know how much is our university allowance and I pretty much spent all of it to restoring my laptop. I've actually heard a story where a girl actually send her laptop to Singapore so they can actually fix the motherboard because the in the girl's laptop, there was pictures, videos and stuff that she thinks of was of high value. 

And it costs her $2000+ to fix it. She could just gotten a new laptop or just screw off the internal harddisk and take it to make it as an external harddisk. She can actually ask someone who knows how to screw open a laptop to retrieve the harddisk for free.

Then just buy a new laptop, done. So can you see where I get off with this story? If I send this baby out to a repair shop, $2000+ can easily be ripped off by me. Minus shipping the laptop from-to Singapore, which would cost around $200 using DHL, there's the extra $1800. Then a motherboard can cost you about $200, but you have the $1600. 

I'll stop here and you can make it into a conclusion how ridiculous it is.

But fortunately, I have a friend who is so nice of him to actually help me with restoring my laptop. Although there was actually a few of my friends who are willing to help me fix my laptop, I always turn their offer down and ask this friend to help me because of the trust I have of him handling my laptop.

This is my baby, I worked with this baby for 2 years and running, I don't want just any person to handle it. LOL! All I need to do is to reformat the laptop! I don't mind investing and spending all my money towards my laptop because of the fact that it helped me through thick and thin throughout my years in ITB, so why should I abandon this laptop.

So, I'm not just a pretty face that uses laptop with such ignorance of technical knowledge anymore. One way or another, I'm glad that this laptop made such a chaos in my life as I've learnt a lot of things on how to fix this baby. My advice to all you ladies out there, it's nice to have a friend who actually has technical knowledge on how to fix your laptops and other gadgets because you save more money that way.