my first globe

So right after i wrote the entry below, i went straight to the shops to look for my globe/world map! okay, my initial plan was to shop for clothes but that didnt happen when i walked in Typo just to "see" if they had globes aaaannndd they did. They had a small one, perfect for a desktop and a medium sized one like picture above. 

This was an impluse buy, i felt i like needed to have a globe and it didnt matter which map it had. I dont particularly like the map on my globe, i think its a map of cargo ships. I am going to wait on my next globe, not going to force it. 

Home Offce

I have this vision of myself when i get back from Perth for good, i work, i travel, i settle down and move into my beautiful house, where i will get an office to myself! (note future husband) I am one of those who needs her alone time and can only do work in TOTAL silence. No music. No sound. Total silence. Sounds/music distract me from thinking. I see myself spending alot of time in this room. So i went on pinterest and did a whole board for my future home office. 

White room with loads of lights

I want a white room with loads of sun light, natural lighting and wooden themed cupboards. I find white and brown very soothing. 

I want a huge world map on my wall. What not many people know about me is that i like geography and knowing where countries are at. It became a natural thing for me to love maps and globes. Sometimes during my late i-cant-sleep nights, i would look on Ebay and Amazon for globes, but none are what i am looking for. i can buy the normal blue globe, but i dont want to force it. i want to wait for the right globe for me to fall in love with and go, yes! you are worth the wait! Dramatic, i know. to be honest, i dont know why i dont have a world map yet... maybe i should go get one later.

I think it is very important that companies, offices or any work spaces invest in a good chair for their employees. You will be sitting on that chair the whole day and in the long run, something is going to hurt, either your ass, back, neck, knees and etc. I NEED my chair to be BIG, comfortable and PLUSH swivel chair. One where i can push back and stretch my legs on my table, 60%

Face of the day: 22/01/14

1. Stila Illuminating Liquid Foundation in 70 watts 
2. Bourjois Healthy Mix Concealer in 53
3. Bourjois Blush in 35 Lune D'or
4. Stila Stay All Day Waterproof Liquid Eyeliner in Instense Black
5. Burt's Bees Lipbalm in Pink Grapefruit
6. Benefit - The Porefessional Primer
7. Physicians Formula Happy Booster Glow & Mood Boosting Powder in Beige

I wear eyeliner almost everyday and to my surprise... i dont own a single black liquid eyeliner! Off i went to Sephora and of course, no one goes into Sephora and come out with ONE thing. Besides eyeliner, i needed a new foundation that matched my current skin tone. I got the Stila Illuminating Liquid Foundation, i was abit sceptical about the "illuminating" part but it turned out okay. The first itme i tried it on, i forgot to take off before going to the gym, when i got home to shower, the foundation and eyeliner stayed on good! Definitely a yes especially after sweating and all my running around.

Ombre Hair with Loreal Wild Ombre kit

It all started with wanting to look different but still maintain my long hair. It took me almost 3 years to grow my hair to the length it is now, which is almost passing my chest level. I decided to get bangs! Straight blunt bangs. The minute I stepped out from the salon, I regretted them. I realised I didn't know how to manage and maintain my bangs! The pictures below were one of the few times I actually wore them, if not I would pin them aside or part my hair in a way that it blends with my other layers.

Wearing my bangs

Blending my bangs with my layers

As my hair grew longer, I decided that it was time to cut it! I wanted shoulder length hair and bangs again and decided to think it through. I played with the idea in my head for a good month deciding that before I cut my hair, I want to do ombre. I have always liked the low maintenance and stylish bit of the ombre style and thought why not? If I didn't like it, I can always cut it off. Just my luck, I was googling how to do ombre at home. I found the Loreal Wild Ombre kit on youtube!!! It's a hair dye kit specifically for people who want to do ombre by themselves. The next day, I went to Priceline to get it, but sadly the Priceline near my house did not stock the Loreal Wild Ombre kit and I was quite taken back by the price of it, it was selling for AUD18 a box, (when converted to ringgit, it is about rm60 a box) it was a little pricey. 

I don't know what came across me, I decided to see if Coles or IGA has it. Coles had it and it was even better, it was on discount! it was around AUD13 if I was not mistaken, I picked up two boxes. I bought two boxes because my hair is very thick and I know I won't achieve the shade with one session.

I did not try it until a few weeks after it, mostly because I was anxious, nervous and scared that I might ruin my hair due to the bleaching (which I did *sad face*)

First attempt - A very light gradient.

Second attempt - this time you can definitely see the ombre effect. Because I bleached my hair from black, my hair turned brownish/orangey/brassy. It was so ugly... I had to tone it to make it look less brassy. I borrowed my housemate's purple conditioner to help tone my hair and *thank god* it did "tone" my hair a little. it was less brassy and orange. Blue shampoo to tone orange hair and purple shampoo to tone blonde hair. yeah, blue shampoo is so hard to find in Perth.

Third attempt - i wasn't 100% happy with the colour the 2nd time. I decided to redye is again, this time I was happy with the ombre effect, but I wasn't happy with my dry ends. I take good care of my hair where I deep mask my hair religiously, getting dry ends was a bit of a shocker for me. That's when I decided to stop dying my hair for at least 6 months. My poor hair! By this time, I was packing up to go back to Malaysia for my summer break and the first thing I did when I got back was get my long needed haircut! my beloved hairstylist chopped off the dry ends and gave my hair a better style to show off my ombre. 

My current hair as of January 2014

L: Straight hair  R: Curled hair

Now, I don't think I am going to cut my hair anytime soon with all the effort that went through to get to current state! I am going to let my hair breathe before I do another hair dye job. ''

Addiction

I have been wanting a deep wine colour lipstick for everyday wear. One that does not need effort to put on and goes with EVERYTHING. I asked a friend if she knows any and she said to test out Diva from MAC. The sucker i am, i got excited and headed out to MAC to test it out, but.......

The minute i walked in MAC i saw the Rihanna's MAC RiRi Hearts MAC Holiday 2013, i was drawn in to the lipsticks (usually i would check out the blushers first) and my eyes zoned into the taupey-nude-ish colour. ~The Bad Girl RiRi~ It was love at first sight. I took it, i tried it on. It was the perfect my lips-but-better colour. It a beautiful matte. I particularly like matte lipstick. I don't like shiny lips and i am slowly opening up to lip glosses (more on that later....) i held on to it while browsing the shop for other things. The sale assistant had to ask for the lipstick back from me. I get so excited and carried away some time.

MAC RiRi Hearts MAC Holiday 2013 - Bad Girl RiRi

While holding on to Bad Girl Riri (hehe), i checked out their other 2013 collection Divine Night. Plum/Mauve is my favourite lipstick colour. I think it suits my skin tone best. The one lipstick that gets most wear from my lipstick collection is my Revlon's Mauvy Night (473). The only thing i don't like about it is the formula. It doesn't last long and it runs, so whenever i kiss my niece, i leave her with a kiss mark on her cheeks. It wasn't hard to decide which colour i wanted from the Divine Night - Private Party. Its a plum mauve with a satin finish. The shade is very pigmented. I left the shop wearing this and it held on for about 4 hours with a slight fade. YES! that's exactly what i wanted. I really like the gold and black packaging. It reminds me of Revlon's packaging, i feel like i am getting an updated version of my Mauvy Night.

MAC Divine Night - Private Party

Swatches of MAC RiRi Hearts MAC Holiday 2013 - Bad Girl RiRi (Below) and MAC Divine Night - Private Party (Above)

I cant wait for tomorrow to come so i can wear my new lipstick out. Deciding on which one...will be a tough one! i might have to go back to MAC to get my deep wine lipstick i initially went for. Lol, my priorities.