Topshop Crayon Pencils Review

I love that Topshop has come out with its own range of make up which is rather affordable unlike their range of clothes which are bearing prices not too far from high-end fashion these days ( =__= )

Here's their not-so-latest collection of Topshop crayons:

Crayons are rather like eye-liners, except that they are rather thick and can't draw defined lines like an eyeliner can. However, it is a lot more smoother and thicker to apply than a normal eyeliner and its great for creating that ''smudged eye look''.


I bought two colours to try, i.e the Black Jack & Tarnish (because Imma a big fan of brown eyeshadow/liner)

Tarnish (the dark brown) looks rather black here but in real-life its more of a dark-matte brown colour.


Here are the swatches:

I really love these crayons, they create a really lovely smudgey look and blends really easily on the skin. However, I definitely won't recommend this for girls with oily skin if they don't put on eye primer coz this smudges really easily :( . Aside from that, the colours are VERY awesome, and the black contains just a nice touch of glitter for nightime.

I never draw the directly on my eyes with the crayons, I always use a sharp tip side-ways brush to shape the  outline of the crayon. I find that just directly drawing it on your eyes can give is a very messy look if you're not too careful!

I'm thinking about one-day doing a makeup video just showcasing my makeup in real life (I'm not ready to show the world my bare-face just yet! lolz)

Bacon Mashed Potato Recipe

I know this blog is too random, from makeup, clothes, travelling, to bacon recipes but I swear this is just an off track for a wee while! I''ll get back to blogging about make up again pretty soon ^^


I had a potluck with my Bf's family not too long ago and most of us had made homemade dishes <3

What his sister made which put the rest of us to utter shame :'( Please dont ask me how she made this.

This is mine and the boyfriend's. It's Bacon Mashed Potato for now but I haven't thought of a 'zing' name for it as of yet! heh.

Ingredients: 

Mashed Potato

Bacon (pork)

Cheese (I just used normal Kraft cheese slices, nothing fancy) 

Cream Cheese 

Milk 

Salt (wee bit) 

To feed about 10 people I put in roughly around 5-6 potatoes for this dish. As usual have them mashed, and after mashing, throw in lots of cream cheese (I used 2/3 of a block) , some milk (however much you want to taste creamier. Keep adding and tasting it as you go) . I added a tinge of salt as well just for extra flavour. 

Cut your bacon into small bite-sized pieces and fry them lightly beforehand. They don't have to be fully cooked. Then, layer the cheese on top of your mashed potato, throw the bacon on top, and oven it for 10 mins 

This is a super feel-good recipe and great for potluck (coz its easier to make than a lot of other fancy Chinese meals ahem).

Etude House Blusher

Bought this coz its on sale and I've run out of blusher. My face is has a light tan, so I really advice people with similiar skin to go for a light pink blusher as opposed to a darker blusher as it will only make your face look dull (believe me I've tried)

This one is pretty good, its pink colour is not too overwhelming on the cheeks .

This colour shade is labeled as : #3: Pink Girl Fit

In fact, its on offer now for only RM26 (its about U$ 4.20?)


  The super cute pattern on the blusher before I've completely wrecked it from constant usage

  Le self-vain pic of me after applying the blusher (don't worry, the photoshop effect I put on is still the same colour tone blusher in real life)




Anyway, I can't resist but........

Found a picture of my friend's Buddha Cat in my camera! I think a think for obese animals, I just wanna roll them over everytime I see one (but this kitty is FIERCE)

Don't you think the picture is very 9gag worthy?

Penang Oh Penang! : Straits Quay

Straits Quay (pronounced as Straits Kee, I know, I'm super chinese, I keep going kuay, kuay. English can sometimes be a super confusing language =___=)


Went there not too long ago with the boyfriend around Christmas time. It was my second trip down to Penang in a year, I really love Penang a lot! Its just got this awesome uniqueness about it blending the olden 19th century days and even the newer architecture is always trying to relieve and keep true to the 19th century. In a nutshell, its an absolutely vintage town in our 21stcentury :)

We went there for dinner at ate at this place called 'BellaMarino", a middle range italian restaurant that serves pretty decent italian food :)

Lagsana and my seafood pasta respectively

Then, Ed & I passed by this little treasure in Straits Quay called "Sugar":

A bit of a backlog post that should have been up around Christmas time. OH WELL!!

We were standing at the entrance of Straits Quay in this picture. There is actually a gorgeous Marina Bay behind with a lighthouse as well, with boats parked at their bays but I totally forgot to take in a single picture (FML) .


Anyhoo, this place is really worth a visit if you do drop by Penang, Malaysia.

Much Love!
xxx

MEH.

Been having a pretty ''meh'' life lately, its mostly been about work, work, work, weird shit that happened to me last weekend, and then its bad to that vicious cycle that always seem to start on monday. I wish I could find a job I'm totally in love in and can't wait to spring out of bed to get to my second favourite place in the world :D

Still, there are snippets randomly showing up during the week which I absolutely love. Celebrated my best friend's 25th birthday just last weekend. How time flies!!


We had it at this little italian restaurant called ''italian tomato''. Its still relatively new and rather empty located along Jalan Maarof, Bangsar. This lil thing ain't getting enough attention! Food and atmosphere is actually pretty great, I really highly recommend their pizza's which I think if big enough for two :)


Knew about this site from this link

My Sangria <3 RM29

Very awesome salmon pasta , RM25? 

I had the brinjal pasta which was on offer, but I must say, it needs a lot of room for improvement :( lacks flavour., RM20

forgot to take a picture, but a friend of mine ordered this after reading the site and we all ABSOLUTELY LOVE this lamb shank. RM38.90 I think. 

the birthday girl's cake!

Spot the birthday girl *rolls eyes if you can't* 

This pic is so chio. I love our hair colour (though I admit mine does need a lot of re-touching). We look like we're in ViVi magazine *tears*


I promise I'd update a lot sooner with more reviews soon. Gotta buck up for 2012!