Oh Christmas and Year End Sales, what damage have you done to our pockets!

A quick recap on our December haul:

For Ayah - A new set of perfume

For Mama - Oh! Lola for me, and about 10pc CPs to get the stash going ;)

For our Wee One -

1. After a 'healthy' discussion, a booster seat for feeding.

2. Munchkin fresh food feeder.

3. A supersized playmat.

4. A hand blender for making Umar's meals.

5. On the go thermos for making Umar's milk.

6. soapnuts for Umar's CDs

7. More CDs for Umar!

Out of the blue, a make up review..

dah lama tak review makeup kan? i recently found a long-lost love, hence this post :D

presenting, Eyeko Fat Balm!!!!

i bought this just b4 i found out i was pregnant (which has since led to a looooooooong pause on any cosmetics purchase, until recently ;)) n loved it to bits! its actually a lip balm, n a fat one at that (hence the name) but it's also tagged to be used as cream blush. n i AM a sucker for multipurpose cosmetics, so i must of course have it. i have one in strawberry, will post real pic when i have the chance.

the thing i love most is while its moisturising as a balm, and the tint is suitable for my complexion, it being a cream blush is not sticky much. just pat pat pat on the cheeks, blend blend blend blend, then pat pat pat on the lips, smack once, twice, then ur already done! it's effortless to do my face nowadays, which is crucial since other times are spent playing with umar ;)

the not so good news part is that when i head to its website, www.eyeko.com, i realized it's no longer there! upon further investigation i noticed that the brand has rebranded itself and has since focused on the eyes only, which i think is a little nonsensible. i mean, have u ever heard of a cosmetic brand that focused on only one area of the face? don't give me empro please hahhaha i know there are brands like that!

more googling, n i found out that some online shops still carry this gem, but yeah, they don't ship to malaysia. kalau rajin ada je personal shoppers at lowyat.net yg take orders to buy for you, which is how i get my eyeko in the first place :)

Date Night

last night was a date night. umar dah balik bermanja dgn maktok awal2 lg kat kedah last weekend. i'll be heading back to kedah for raya haji so then only i'll be picking him up. but for now, it's back to being 2.

watched hangover 2 last night. super hilarius, but also superrrrrrr gross. i mean it. G.R.O.S.S. a little review, this time round it's stu's bachelor party gone AWWWFUULLYYY wrong. think thailand, thugs, transgender (gawd it looked like a lab experiment gone wrong!). enuf said.

but the highlight for me is this:

super HAWWWWWTTTT!

a dad as hot as bradley cooper? check!
FUSCHIA diaper bag???? check!

it's a Ju Ju BeAll in fuschia blossom! upon more research i.e. googling while watching tv there's actually another 2 version of this print:

IN ONYX BLOSSOM

IN COBALT BLOSSOM

but he chose to wear bright bright pink! u just made my day :D

all pic googled

me and things non pharmacy related

u know how i adore things non-pharmacy related. i mean, how exciting can a pharmaceutical product get physically? white box orange box blue box white pill round pill green pill rectangle pill... booooorrriiinnnngggg...

the most exciting that i ever saw looks somewhere along this line:

serius bosan ok.

speaking about mideastern cuisine and tarbush restaurant, the one thing i adore most is not the meals, but the beautiful mosaic tables. MashaAllah memang laaaa sangat menarik sampai ada hati siap menggoogle macammana nak buat mosaic art sendiri, heh. berangan okk. iyelah kalau nak beli tu side table kecik pun mau parah jugak poket.

pic googled

lawaaa... and it is actually quite doable, but u have to have the appropriate mediums and tools, annnddd the patience to cover the whole surface. but me being me, ehem. tak tau la bila kurun baru nak attempt.

:D *sengih kerang busuk*

sori ye. kesian blog ni kurang kasih sayang muah muah muah.

a few things:

1. trip to bandung telah berjaya. happy sangat dapat kirai duit dgn jayanya. not so much of sightseeing, loads and loads of shopping. but since its a family trip, 160kgs of luggage limit saved the day ;)

2. shuhada dah nak sampai dari egypt malam ni, yeay!

3. baru dapat tgk solomon kane and book of eli. verdict for both: SO-SO.

4. the shopping bug didnt leave even after bandung. heck when did it ever leave haha. shopped online and offline for more tudung, cosmetics and shoes. my current wishlist:

its a limited edition Stila Girl Travel Palettes! stilacosmetics.com is launching 1 new palette each month til december, and the best part is, its only USD10!!! unfortunately the online shop doesnt ship to malaysia, unlike benefitcosmetics.com. SEDIHHHHHHHHHHH

5. a colleague who juz had his 2nd kid, and another very pregnant colleague reminded me that, after kids, you'd want to spend more for them and wouldnt care much for yourself. with that being said, my parcels akan sampai next week, yeay!!!!

6. rasa dah lama tak balik sp, walaupun my colleagues noted that i balik kampung a lot. almost every month ada balik kampung trip, be it hariz's or mine. next weekend balik sp with my sista yo! durian fest!!

i always dread going to work after days of cuti. well who doesnt? right after my very short balik kampung stint i had to go for a three day course, just to find papers on my desk piling up come friday. gila banyakkkkkkkk....

sedih. masa ni la rasa nak jadi surirumah (LAGI!)

baru baca lightning thief (kali ke berapa tah). i never said anything about it here right? well i read the book first, n watch the movie a few days after that.

the book, is very good i might say. while it is targeted towards teenagers, i find some new words i never thought of looking up into the dictionary. new word for today:

kleptomaniac: a person who is not able to control the urge to collect / steal things.

i love new words.

u know, all my life i never feel compelled to love what i'm doing right now. come secondary school, all i thought of doing when i grow up was picking up TESL and teach english, although i know i certainly wasnt the best in my class. it came easily enough for me, n i never forgot about it. but i know, i'll make a lousy, and a very garang teacher. so i might as well just drop it and carry on.

anybody want to open a franchise pharmacy n hire me?

haha.kidding.

the movie, everybody was saying it sucks. but i think its not THAT bad. well it is diverted from a lot of things in the book, which is much more interesting. but if u enjoy it as it is, its quite ok. but there's a finality to it, like there's not gonna be a sequel. somehow.

havent bought the rest of percy jackson series, since the last book takde in mphonline the last time i check. ingat nak beli sekaligus je, u can better discounts if u buy from the website.

later, nak siap makan char kuey tiaw. i know i know, dah pukul berapa nih? baru 8.15pm ok. but i'm not quite used to eating later than 8 most of the days. now, dont ask me why i practise all that but none of the flabs recede. just to keep it from bulging i have to do that! darn the stick thin girls who eat all they want.

cheh. emo tetiba. tak kira. nak keluar makan!

finally, an update.

hmm where do i start..

1. went back to my hometown for 4 days and overdosed on durian everyday. which meant, extra, EXTRA hot days since sg petani is a lot hotter than kota damansara. n doesnt rain too.

2. totally ditched my makeups (and skincare on some days, come to think of it) and went au naturel. n hey, i didnt have any breakout for that 4 days (which is uncommon due to my has-a-brain-of-its-own hormone nowadays) so hurray for that!

3. watched a few movies: princess n the frog, tooth fairy and imaginarium of dr parnassus. movie 1 is ok if u like musicals, and happy endings. which i totally dig. :D movie 2 is so-so. not bad but its already a few children movies that dwayne johnson starred in. so.. its starting to get a little boring. movie 3: a very far-fetched imagination. sgt sgt pelik. but that way it glues u to ur seats, or carpets, wherever u might be sitting.

4. oh, still cuti today so i can get my housechores sorted. sorta. i'm taking a break from ironing while on house season 5 rerun, n hariz is out at the barber's. too bad i dont have any experience cutting the boys' hair (they just took turns trimming their hair with the trimming machine-four boys and an ex-army for a father-n that is before they discovered some barbers can make their hair look like christiano ronaldo's). kalau tak, i'll definitely experiment on his hair too.

5. n oh yeah, my mom beat me to cutting fatin's hair. garn! that's twice already!

mainly mane.

am heading back home tonight with my sis. good news is i get to snip some hair, not so good news is i dont get to cut as much as i want, bad news is i dont get to go get my own haircut!

got home and found that nabilah had cut fatin's hair short (which was what I intended to do the last time i got back!). so instead, i just need to trim things in place properly for fatin, and trim both shuhada's and nabilah's hair and bangs.

me? i dont trust my hair (or my skin for that matter) under their hands hahahahaha
(cue evil sister laugh)

nah... they know better.

my hair's more manageable now, thanks to loreal elseve smooth intense conditioner. look mum, no more tangles!
somewhat the same, just that the name elvive is not for asian market
pic credit to loreal.com.au

so thick n yet so easy to rinse, its a saviour for my health-gone-down-the-drain hair. tangles have been a big problem with me, duly noticed by any hairdresser i went to. the one salon that i really like was in plaza masalam in shah alam, where they have a separate room for the hijabis, n what else they use but loreal products! i've yet to try the mask, since there's other more, ehemm, pressing matters that need to be addressed.

i'd love to post a pic of my hair (ends) here, but.. mm.. ada hati yang perlu dijaga, n i'm not even sure if there's any guys (or anybody else for that matter) reading my posts. but hey, i'm not affiliated with any beauty product companies ya, juz to clear that up.

tak banyak nak pack (kata bawak balik barang sikit je kannn), nak pegi jenguk dapur. later!

not again! another cosmetic review.

the christmas sale had made me crazy on make up spree, i'm almost glad its over. but hey, CNY sale has started!! when its gonna end (n let me please please pleaseee keep some money on me)????!!!

let me review another thing that i snagged online during the last sale.

CLARINS LIP COLOUR TINT in #18- Candy Pink

pic from strawberrynet.com

first off, if you're not a fan of scented cosmetics, this is definitely not for you. but i never minded. the raspberry smell is quite refreshing, i might add. its like dipping into icecream, yummo! its a semitransparent lipcolour that glides smoothly on your lips with a creamy sheen. and the slim tube is quite heavy for its size, not some plain plastic.

at USD20 (about RM78) a pop, i'm not sure if i'm gonna get some other colours of this if its not on sale (i got it for a total steal (a warehouse sale price in Malaysia), RM29!!). the fact is, i don't know if i ever get anything if its not on sale. call me cheap but i really love good bargains!

read more reviews here and here.

back to work!

oh, i was around at work yesterday already. ingat nak put another post last night but seing desktop on a 47" adalah terlalu besar gila babi, not to mention takde privacy.

we're in subang right now, not at home, which explains the humongousness of the tele. bila hariz dah bercita2 nak ada TV sebesar dinding living room, i juz had to put my foot down. the main thing is, memang la i'm shortsighted (kok ye pun nak perli hahahha), buuuutttt.. the living room is not panjang u see, i dont have go far to get to the other side of the wall. so its gonna be like watching wayang with u sitting at the front row.

ok. enough intro mengarut.

i'm happy to report that my stila bargain purchase was such a hit its becoming my staple for day to day look. the eyeshadows are marvellous! no wonder most of the beauty blogs i read gave good reviews on stila eyeshadows. satu swatch on my fingertips dah cukup for a vivid eye colour, the colour payoff is THAT good.

i'm still considering jumping brand for my skincare, now that i'm bored with garnier (i.e. only halfway through the tub!!!). philosophy's Hope In A Jar is on top of the TO TRY list now, though i might have to buy it only online. but i might revert back to bobbi brown face base, which was wonderful while it lasted with me. hati kata jangan jangan JANGAN try clarins, knowing it'll burn a huge hole in my pocket. practical me said to give the whole clinique range a go, since its like only RM1 / ML for basic mosturizer. but the more practical me said if i want to be a real cheapo, why not juz use olay instead since its done wonders to my mother (n i can end up dapat kulit gebu macam dia)?

never tried this, maka sangat teringin, termasuk lah its purity made simple cleanser

penah pakai, dan sangat suka, nak patah balik tak?online diagnosis said i should use this instead if i am to be a clarins user

bought a 30ml bottle from reena and it saved me from a season of total flakiness!

cilok dari mak and OhEmGee muka licin gila

pictures from drugstore.com, my.clarins.com, bobbibrowncosmetics.com and clinique.com

hows that for total serabutness in my head?

oh ya, i only focus on the mosturizer since cleanser and toner aku boleh pakai basically anything.

that sums up like 5% of what i'm thinking today * terbayang my thoughts macam highway time balik raya yang sesak gila*

esok cuti yahuuuu! (yahuu??!! baru je cuti seminggu???!!!)

later! :D

hello early weekend!

again, watching (literally on the tv) 2009 went by sambil mesej2 panas kenapa bajet farmasi selangor kena slash. heard the fireworks but wasnt too bothered. yelah, dok tepi bukit la katakan. dekat tapi jauh je dengan the curve tu. kalau aku p tak pasal2 jangkit org hahaaha

apart from the sayup2 bunga api, no shouts or countdown heard around my neighbourhood... aahhh tenang... mcm dok kat kampung. masa christmas ada pulak countdown and org mabuk berparti. agak nya senyap sebab org semua pegi the curve.

hnnssshh. rindu nak kuar rumah. rindu nak p OU. rindu nak p layan nephew2 hariz, si kecik fawwaz pipi tembam yg aku suka gigit2. ntah aku dah boleh kuar umah belum. org tua2 ckp time tgh mengering ni la dia cari rumah baru. but how kering is kering?

oh mannnn kena batang idung sendiri soalan bodoh yg aku selalu tanya orang lain.

spent time browsing spring make up collection for 2010, n this anna sui's version of spring is sooo not inviting. luckily its not replacing the permanent ones. i always loved the texture, packaging and smell of anna sui's make up. my anna sui lippie tgh last lap dah, kena beli baru???!!!

different colour for different finishes: black (glossy), blue (sheer), purple (pearly) and red (pigmented)

pic courtesy of http://atouchofblusher.blogspot.com

mine, yang dah tinggal stubs.

pic googled

hello!! care for some news?

its a little too dusty in here, isnt it?

i've been neglecting this space for a while, i know. terasa mcm takde mood jugak.

anyway, i really cant wait for my shopping date this sunday with my lil sis. shuhada is in her fourth year dentistry, n the very tight schedule really stressed her out. what else is more rejuvenating than a shopping spree?

as if this christmas and year end sale havent made enough damage to my pocket.

first off, big bad book clearance.

just a few of my purchases. but my favourite has to be this:

sgt best!!!

then the online purchases. God knows how much i spent online, but the bargain was soooo irresistable!!

my best purchase so far:

this set was the ultimate bargain!

i got the whole set, i mean the whole, full sized set, for only 65 ringgit! how can i ever resist, when i get the lipglaze and majorlash mascara in the set as well? u have to pay like 85 bucks for the lipglaze alone if its not on sale. n i'm sooo loving it! the tinted mosturizer (50ml) is in shade 1, and is perfect for my colour. the eyeshadows are kitten, wheat, golightly and mystic. nice if u r like me, who likes the natural day look. the convertible lip n cheek is in peony (but its the only small sized one - but still, the size of the eyeshadow pan!) which i feel is flattering on any skinshade. thats why its in this set, all the best buys of stila!

then there's the dresses, fabrics buat baju kurung, the shawls, perfumes, heels, but oh, i juz got a pair of heels that i liked. thats why i cant wait for my shopping date.

i'm soooo not done shopping yet!!!

later yeap, getting ready for tonight's movie date! toodles!

three syllables:

OH.EM.GEEE!!!!!

have u seen this?

or this?


this?!!!
or this?


these???


or THESE????!!!!

pic cred:britishbeautyblogger, makeup4all and temptalia

all these is from spring 2010 collection from DIOR, YSL, Lancome, Chanel, Clinique and Guerlain!!!! semua blushes lawa!!! argggghhhhh
*died and went to makeup heaven*

compressing a few things in one.

so many things passed my mind which made me think, oh, i wanna blog about that, tapi last2 ada dlm kepala je.

1. tak sabar gilaaa nak tunggu sherlock holmes. robert downey jr is soooooo hot!!

2. tgh pk2 should i put new moon in my must-watch list. in my honest opinion, new moon ialah buku yg paling tak best antara 4 buku twilight (walaupun ok la jugak, tp kalo nak compare that 4 kan). but i must say, this twilightbeauty's palette in rosalie is soooooo pretty!!! i want i want!!

rosaliemortal glow blushing creme
pic credit to twilightbeauty.com

3. had fun listening to the songs i grew up with during my ssp years last week while helping farina refresh her mind on which track to play for our reunion. gelak2 rasa mcm nak pecah perut dgr lagu2 lama. i wonder what happened to all the boybands we used to(???!!!) adore?

pic cred: fanlisting.com

one of the boys i liked, J from 5ive. i sooo have a weakness for longish face, square jaw, stubbles annnddd brow piercing! and not to forget, muka mcm kaki pukul. kahkahkah

pic cred: availableforpanto.com

this was taken from one of the episodes in i'm a celebrity get me out of here (UK). stil a hotbod, rambut je kurang hahaha

4. had sooooo much fun berjimba masa reunion. we have outdone ourselves in being as loud as we were that night. everybody put their best foot forward, food was awesome, goodies sgt best and of course, i had the greatest companies for the night! love love love u guys!

my favourite pic :)

put ur hands in the air!

sorry la sayang.. i've been neglecting u dah seminggu dah ni. sorry ye *kisskisskiss*

kesian blog ni. kurang perhatian rupanya (macam tuan punya dia jugak). ntah la, tak rasa nak tulis apa. nak update pun... nothing interesting. i think.

bila baca blog reena, teringat yg i havent reviewed a book in a loooooonnnnggg time. the last i had a new one was a 2in1 book by nora roberts, 'dangerous'. tu pun i think, masa bulan puasa. other than that, i've been rereading harry potter 1 through 7 again. and again. and again. u know, like, baca dari buku satu sampai buku tujuh, then, ulang balik buku satu sampai buku tujuh. berapa kali khatam i've lost track.*kalau lah macam ni khusyuk nya baca Quran...*

normal kah?

dari kecik mmg aku ni tak berapa normal agaknya. mak cakap, dulu masa aku takde adik lagi (ie b4 4 yrs old) mmg asyik telek children's encyclopedia and dictionary. tak payah mak aku suruh aku mmg suka telek (dan koyak) buku. n dalam banyak2 my siblings, aku la yg paling dapat perhatian penuh dari mak untuk learn how to read and count (nama pun anak sulonnnnggg), hence, b4 age 2 i've known how to spell simple words. and, nak tambah tak normal lagi, dah la pi tadika 2 tahun, on top of pegi tadika, i went for night tuition for BM, english and maths when i was 6!

mcm sama dgn muka aku time kecik hahaha.. gaya sama dah

rambut agak sama, juz my hair time tu stock sebijik macam topi keledar - pendek
pic googled

sapa kata aku normal angkat tangannnn!!! :D

clutches or stilletos?

i adore all things kisslock. ada satu time tu sampai mimpi2 (lagi!!!) sbb tak dapat satu kisslock wrislet yg hanya tinggal yg display.

of all designers who design clutches, i adore ones from christian louboutin the most. why?

pic credits

super awesome tiny stilettos for his kisslock clutches! cantikss!
that means i can wear stilettos and dont hurt my feet! hehehe.. later!

hello darlings! rindu tak? hehehe sori laaa.. malas nak update. recap:

1. went to subang parade while waiting hariz balik keja. bump into a senior colleague who went:

anis ni kalo jumpa je asyik siap bermekap. my impression sllunya mak datin je yg rajin p mekap2 kat counter ni. anis nak jadi datin ke?

assumption paling pelik penah aku dengar. ada je kengkawan aku rajin p beauty counter tp bukan datin punnn...

2. hubster balik keja sabtu malam dan buat muka terkejut bahawa bini kesayangan dia telah mengemas rumah persis org nak datang melawat. selalu mesti nak tunggu dia buat sama2, katanya. ok fine lain kali i'll wait :D

3. terlupa ada invitation openhouse on sunday. instead, p berdating dengan jayanya berdua. tengok surrogates. ok la, mcm sci-fi lain. tp ending dia membuatkan aku pk, 'huh, dah abis?'
balik umah mengadap pulak taking of pelham 123 sambil makan aunty anne's pretzels and vienna bagels (gila banyak makan!). pun dapat reaksi sama dari aku.

huh, dah abis?

tp denzel washington tetap hot di hatiku. saw screening of the book of eli, i want i want i want!!!

4. sangat kecewa sandal yg disukai hanya tinggal yg display, dan ada sedikit flaw yg menyebabkan hariz was against me taking it. sudahnya, malam2 mimpi2. sedih.

kecewaaaaaa!!!

tadi p cabut gigi. sakit wooooooooo!!!!

on mc again today. dunno if i'm gonna use my mc tomorrow.

maka sekarang berlingkar tgk g.i.joe utk kali kedua. not so bad. well a hot fella in an action movie is (almost) always interesting. n i couldnt believe its sienna miller until i watched she being a blondie part. and its the cute guy from third rock from the sun playing 'the commander'?!! besar dah budak tu.. cute! i've always been a fan of cartoons (still am) and g.i.joe didnt miss my attention. aku yg pelik sbb hariz tak ingat cne lagu katun g.i.joe tu, aku yg ingat hahaha (pls dgr kat youtube for the cartoon version) i've always wondered if they included the song in the movie. tp takde.

kecewa.

baru tgk the proposal during the weekend. sandra bullock is always a favourite in a comedy. sgt klakar. meleleh air mata aku sbb gelak masa scene she rapped lagu get low in the woods. that song used to be aired in hariz's car for quite some time when we're still dating!! brings back happy memories ^_^

nak sambung tgk cerita. karang nk p masak, hariz dah nak balik! :D later!

when clinique had a promotion out of womens weekly about them giving away 7-day foundation sample, i couldnt resist getting some for myself as i was conveniently around their counter.


the SA was thorough enough to ask me hows my makeup regime and threw in some tips for my skin as she spotted me having uneven skintone between my Tzone and the rest of my face. her unforgettable saying:

'u should exfoliate more than once a week la sayang. tgk ni, foundation susah nak lekat. kulit dah cantik, tapi kena jaga juga.'

kantoi la pulakkkkk that week tu aku malas nya ya rabbi nak cuci muka pun, apatah lagi pakai exfoliant yg menyebabkan i have to double cleanse.

fyi i'm using ginvera marvel gel to exfoliate, puas ati dpt tgk kulit2 mati tu nmpk atas tangan kan. baru tau betapa byk benda mati atas muka hahaha.. the downside of this product is u have to really clean all the 'debris' yg bergentel2 tu smpai really squeaky clean, or else nnti jerawat naik. so after marvel gel, i have to use scrub to clean them. jadi dua keja la kan?


time2 aku rajin almost every other day buat (it can be used everday) so nampak la muka berseri2 skt, tapi kalo sindrom M melanda habis laaa..

ok so the SA swatched some foundation near my jaw for match and recommended Perfectly Real Foundation in shade 63 (Fresh Beige) as i wanted the sheerest of coverage since i dont really use foundation much.

i used it during raya to see how it fares throughout the day. the verdict?

colour selection: good match!
coverage: ok. if u want it sheer then fine, because it wont cover up freckles taik lalat whatsoever. if not, stay out of this range.
staying power: my blush stayed on well until the evening which i considered a success!
cons: it does have this weird smell that a lot of foundation has, but with clinique somehow the smell is quite prominent. luckily tak kuat sgt and dissipated after a while. another thing it seemed to cake a bit near the base of my nose, and a lot of reviews seem to have the same prob.

since the SA gave quite a bit more than a week's worth of foundation, it'll last quite a while with me. i havent had any foundation since my MAC, so lets see if i havent find anything more interesting than this! :D