Blog Challenge Day 11

Hello!
Yes, today's international greeting is English! :D

Today I'm back on my blog to complete today's challenge! Today shall be Day 11!

The Topic is....
What's in Your Makeup Bag?

I don't normally bring my make-up bag wherever or whenever I go out (mainly because I don't wear make-up outside very often) but I do carry one when I'm on vacation :) I bring the basic stuff such as:

1) My Maybelline Clear Smooth BB Cream
2) Natural Collection's Duo Eyeshadow in Cocoa/Strawberry
I bring along this particular eyeshadow because I find that the colors are very convenient and natural. When I do wear make-up outside, I usually stick to natural shades.
3) Etude House Miss Tangerine Lip Tint
I like wearing lip tints more than lipsticks or lipglosses for some reason. And I love the mild orangey-reddish shade it gives to my lips, it doesn't LOOK so striking which is good because I don't like my lips to look so striking and bright.
4) Garnier Skin Naturals in Beige
I'm currently using Garnier's compact powder, so far I have no problems with it.
5) Silky Girl Double Intense Gel Liner in Pure Black
I'm happy with this gel liner, the applicator is useful and it glides on very well.

So, what's in YOUR make-up bag? Share in the comments! :D

Day 10: A Photo of My Favourite Place to Eat and Beauty Buffet Buys

readers!


Aloha in the Hawaiian language means affection, peace, compassion and mercy. Since the middle of the 19th century, it also has come to be used as an English greeting to say goodbye and hello. Currently, it is mostly used in the sense of hello.

Just a little Wikipedia definition of Aloha ;) A little fact for you guys!
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It is Day 10 of my 30 Day Blog challenge! And the topic of today is
'A Photo of My Favorite Place to Eat'

Because of my health condition, my family and I rarely eat out for the past few years. But of course we do, and when we do, we usually go to ZEN. ZEN is our 'go-to' place for good Japanese food. I recommend going to ZEN (Sunway) for a good Japanese meal.
Another one of my favorite place to eat is at Ootoya. We only eat at Ootoya when we are on vacation at Bangkok because, well, they don't have Ootoya outlets here in where I live :( But every time we visit Bangkok, we never fail to dine at Ootoya. It's basically what we eat everyday at Bangkok, and no, we don't get sick of it. My family and I are BIG fans of the food they serve, by the way, it's a Japanese restaurant (we eat A LOT of Japanese food, it's the most suitable to my special diet). I have mentioned about Ootoya in my food post about my previous trip to Bangkok (2011)

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Beauty Buffet Buys!

(Because of the big amount of things that I bought from my Bangkok trip, I am breaking my haul into parts. Every post will feature something that I got from Bangkok. I hope you enjoy reading them!)

Beauty Buffet are mini make-up stores (real cute! but can be a little bit cram) located at BTS Sky Train stations. My family and I have been traveling around Bangkok using Bangkok's sky trains which are SO convenient. And at certain stations there will be a Beauty Buffet outlet. My sister and I visited a couple of outlets and different stations before going off to the mall.

Here's what I got:

1) Anne & Florio Nail Polish in No.71
2) Anne & Florio Nail Polish in B16
3) Gino McCray Kabuki Brush
4) Gino McCray Aqua Tint


I bought a Gino McCray Synthetic Face Brush C.26. I wonder if you can call this a kabuki brush? I find that brushes are so expensive nowadays, and fortunately I was in time for the Beauty Buffet sales at a particular outlet, I got this for 259 baht. Compared to others, this brush is way more cheaper. It's very soft and fluffy :) In terms of good application I'm not sure yet because I haven't used it but I'm glad I got it for a reasonable price.

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I also picked up a couple of Anne & Florio nail polishes. The brown one is in number B16 and the purple one is in number 71.
How it looks like on my nails. I love both colors, I'm so glad I got them. No.71 is a greyish purple, it's sort of similar to Picture Polish's Berry Nice-only lighter. No.B16 is a new color to me, normally I'm more in to blue, purple and pinkish shades but I wanted to try something new and seeing this Brown color, I thought I should give it a try. After applying it, I started to love the color alot, now No.B16 is one of my favorite shades :)
This is 3 coats for No.71 and 2 coats for No.B16, no top coat. I like Anne & Florio nail polishes a lot, I find that they look shiny and glossy even without a top coat.

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The last item I purchased is a Gino McCray Aqua Tint in Peachy Rose. I bought this at the price of 190 baht. This is my first ever Aqua Tint and I'm excited to try it. Have any of you readers tried an aqua tint before? If you have, how do you use it? Since it's my first time trying one, I could use some tips.

The tint is like a nail polish as you can see. Even the applicator is like a nail polish's one.
A 'swatch'. After rubbing in, I am left with a rosy shade.

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That is it for my Beauty Buffet Buys and my Day 9 challenge post. I hope you enjoyed reading. Don't forget to comment if you've tried out an aqua tint before :D
Have a wonderful week! Happy Sunday ;)

Cheers,
Lizzy

Day 9: A Photo of the Item You Last Purchased

Bonjour readers :D That's French for hello by the way. (I'm sure everybody knows that :P)

Well...it's DAY 9! Day 9 of my 30 Day Blog Challenge, so let's see...21 days left till I finish my first blog challenge. I have a feeling I'll be doing another blog challenge as soon as this one ends because it's a lot of fun and I've enjoyed writing these challenges :D

Day 9's topic is A Photo of the Item You Last Purchased
I purchased the February 2012 issue of Ray Magazine.

I love reading Ray Magazine, it's practically the only magazine that I read :P Ray Magazine has tips for fashion and beauty, they even have make-up tutorials which is something that I love to read through. Most of the fashion in the magazine are based on Japanese fashion.I am such a fan of Japanese fashion! All the skirts, jackets, coats and shoes are so elegant and has that vintage touch to them.

Day 8: Forever & Always and Versatile Blog Award

Hey guys!

Today is Day 8 of my blog challenge and the topic is... 'A Song to Match Your Mood'. Hmm, at this very moment I'm feeling a little sad because I just recalled someone who was and is someone very special to me. We were close but not anymore. We intended to stay close for 'forever & always" and sadly, we failed to do so.

I've found the perfect and I do mean PERFECT song to match my mood, it is none other than Taylor Swift's 'Forever and Always'.

I relate to this song so well! And every lyric matches so well with what's going in my head whenever I think about this precious someone (in a lot of times) and how I feel right now. One thing about Taylor Swift's songs, which is a very famous feature about all her songs, is that you can really relate to it. For me, this hit the spot. Even the title is perfect to how I feel.
Just by reading the lyrics you'll know exactly how I would interpret it. I was so surprised how much I really related to this song :)

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Yay! I just received a blog award, from one of my followers, Gabby. You have to check her blog out (click 'blog' and it'll take you directly to her blog) She is the pretty author of her beauty blog Gabby's Beauty Basics. Definitely check it out if you're interested in beauty and fashion :)
"Thank you for the award, Gabby!"
=)
The 3 things to be completed when you receive this award are...

1) Thank the person that gave you this award
(thank you Gabby [again!])

2) Share 7 random facts about yourself

3) Pass the award on to 7 of your favourite bloggers

7 random facts about myself:

- I carry a comb everywhere I go
- I am obsessed with anything vintage
- I must sleep with a blanket, I feel insecure without it
- I hate bland food, especially plain white porridge
- My nose itches like mad whenever there's a dog around
- I don't like painting my toe nails
- I like to doodle on my hand

Seven of my favorite bloggers:

Blogging/Expressing
Vee's Randomness
Hello Bunni
Peiyinn's Stop
Eccentricxcrush
Sesame Kiss
Tales of My Everyday Life Adventures

So I have completed all 3 thanks. Once again, thank you so much Gabby for this award. I shall be back tomorrow to write my Day 9 blog challenge and post my Part 1 of my Bangkok Haul :)
Have a great day!
Lizzzy

Day 7: Your Dream Wedding

Hello! :)

I'm back! I know I've been MIA for awhile but I'm back to resume my blog challenge. I came back from my Bangkok vacation about a couple of weeks ago (I will do a separate post about my trip or maybe a Bangkok haul post later). I meant to write this post and catch up with my followers earlier but on Tuesday which was 4 days ago I had a pain attack at my Pancreas area. For those readers who are new to my blog, I've had pancreatitis since the age of 7...I wrote a little about my history of pancreatitis in a post (quite a long time ago), click 'post' if you wanna read it.

Anyways, I recovered very fast, the pain lasted only around a whole day. I discharged yesterday and I was thinking to myself "Okay, it's time I wrote again on my blog." :p I feel like I haven't wrote in AGES!

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I'll be resuming my Blog Challenge. Today's (Day 7 of my blog challenge) topic is:
Your Dream Wedding

Whenever the word 'wedding' appears in my mind, the next word I think of is 'simple'. I've seen several movies where brides go crazy trying to make their wedding 'grand' and 'perfect'. But to me, I want my wedding that will be memorable, simple and sweet. Nothing to fancy or grand.

I'd like the wedding to be held somewhere outdoor, somewhere with a breathtaking view, somewhere with lots of trees :D (I love trees) Definitely somewhere sunny yet shady because I am one who hates sweating and getting under the sun :P

I read at a website that the largest wedding attendance was a Jewish wedding in Jerusalem where 30,000 people attended. In my wedding, I'd like a small attendance where just our closest families and friends would come. A small happy gathering.

The wedding dress, I always felt that the wedding dress is the most important thing that a bride needs to think about (and I'm sure it's true). For me, following the theme 'simple', I would love to wear a simple yet sweet gown. I've noticed that nowadays brides are wearing mini wedding dresses which I'm not a fan of. I'd like to follow the tradition of wearing a long wedding dress, but minus the train because I feel like it's sort of a nuisance :P
My mother in her wedding dress <33

Basically, I'd like my wedding to be a memorable day where I'd look back and smile. I hope I was able to interpret my wedding ideas well. Hopefully, you can get a little idea of what I'd like :) And I really hope that in the future God blesses me with a special someone and I hope to have the perfect 'simple' wedding in the future <333

Tune back in tomorrow to see the next challenge! :) Comment! :)
Love,
Lizzy
(pictures are from Tumblr.com except the picture of my Mom)

Day 6: A Photo of An Animal You'd Love to Keep As A Pet

A pet? Oh this is is easy :) I've never had a pet, besides the tortoise that my sister and I saved at the park (it died :( we named him David, or was it Ollie? :P names that we got from Totally Spies).

I have not one, but a few animals that I'd like to keep as a pet but I'll let you know my favorite :) I want a lion.

This is Aslan (whom I admire and like a lot!), some of you might recognize him as the Great Lion or King from the Chronicles of Narnia. And in this GIF, he looks sorta scary and in the same time majestic. If I saw a lion up close (which I have at a zoo), I would be terrified because I know it's a ferocious predator in reality but really, it's beautiful and majestic image just makes me want to keep it as a pet. And if I ever had one, I don't think anyone would dare hurt me because I've got a lion as a pet! :D

Life would be so cool if I had a lion as a pet!
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Another animal that I'd like to keep as a pet is a German Shepherd.
I'm actually allergic to dogs, when I'm up close with a dog, my nose gets itchy and I start to scrunch up my nose for a period of time, makes me look hilarious to watch :P I love dogs, I absolutely love the cute and pretty ones especially small newborn puppies!
But as I get older, having a protective and loyal one can be great as well, y'know like having a companion after all dogs are man's best friends. The downside in having a loyal dog is when it dies, you'll feel terrible and sad for a long time and then you'll have to do one of the hardest things in life, that is, move on :(

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Dolphins are the cutest! I've loved these marine mammals since young, along with whales but I think dolphins will make a better pet. Considering the size of a whale, like where on earth will I put it? :P But I've always dreamed of having HUGE HUGE tanks in my backyard and a glass window in my study room where I can observe with the dolphins :)
Yes, yes they are :)
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Before I hit the hay, I would like to inform you guys that I will be MIA for awhile, probably around 5 days... so I shall put this challenge to a pause for awhile. When I get back from my vacation, I will resume all blog challenges :D
I hope you guys have a wonderful new year and for all my asian readers who celebrate CNY, Happy Chinese New Year and Gong Xi Fa Cai ^^

don't forget to leave me some comments :D
Lizzy
(pics are from Tumblr.com)

Day 4: Your Favorite Photograph of Your Best-friend

Hey guys!

Day 4 is here~ Wow this challenge makes me feel how fast time flies! :P

Well, moving on, today's topic is My Favorite Photograph of My Bestfriend!

My best-friend is definitely Jesus Christ, hands-down. But since I've never seen Him before...I don't have any pictures of Him :P But there is a particular drawing or portrait, sketched by a young girl who saw visions of Heaven and saw Jesus. She drew this, which was her interpretation of how He looked like. And although I've never seen Him before, I feel like this is the most beautiful and realistic picture of Him. If you'd like to search about this young artist, her name is Akiane Kramarik. I feel peace and joy just looking at this art piece.

Next, Miss Esther Ng :D
She has a blog too, if you'd like to check it out, this is her blog!
She is the sweetest, cutest and most loyal best-friend I ever had :) We talk to each other almost everyday and I am so blessed to have her as my friend. Here is my favorite pic of her:
It was kinda hard to choose because she had so many awesome pictures, but I liked this alot! :D If you're reading this Esther, you're BEE-YOU-TEE-FOOL :)
P.S She's doing a 30 Day challenge too, head down to her blog to check it out :)
That is the end of Day 4 :D i hope you liked this post, I'm pretty sure Day 5 will be put up very soon so stay tuned and don't forget to leave me a comment ;D
I will be replying them :)

Have a wonderful day!
Lizzy

Day 3: Your Idea of the Perfect First Date

Day 3 :D

So today's topic is My Idea of the Perfect First Date. Honestly, I've never thought about this before... so this really is a CHALLENGE :)
Believe or not, I'm not a girl who's in to LOVE or puppy love :) I think at my age, I should just concentrate on my studies. But I'll share what I think my ideal first date would be like x)

My perfect first date would be like a day out with my best-friend. I would want to go out and do the things that I would do with my best-friend. The perfect date would be definitely not fancy, but fun. I'd like to do something exciting, like go see a comedy and the cinema or visit an amusement park! :D

I'm not good when it comes to LOVE so excuse-me. I already feel awkward talking about this topic. I hope I get more comfortable with the topic, LOVE :D As I am no longer a child ;)

I'd really like to hear your thoughts about this topic, so share them with me in the comment box below :)
Ciao!~

Day 2: Your Favorite Movie

Hey guys!

So last Friday I started my first blog challenge and today I'm going to do Day 2's Challenge. I know I skipped a day and the rule for this challenge is to try not to skip a day but I broke the rule :P But rules were made to be broken! ;D (my excuse) But due to school and activities, I won't be able to post every single day so I declare this 30-Day challenge to be RULES-FREE :p

Back to the challenge...
Today's topic is: My Favorite Movie!

My favorite movie hands down has to be The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. I love all Narnia movies but among the three, Prince Caspian has won it's place as No.1 :) I can't express how much I love Narnia films, C.S Lewis is my role-model and I hope to grow up writing amazing stories like he did. Narnia is the magic to this horrid life :P

Runner up has got to be Disney's Tangled! Tangled is my favorite Disney animated film. I am a HUGE fan of Disney's animated films, I grew up watching all of them (and I bet lots of people did too). Disney is a childhood thing :)

Tangled blew me away, I was very excited to watch the film and when I did, I became a huge fan immediately! Tangled is something different from all the other princess Disney films...and there are so many beautiful scenes in the movie, I really enjoyed the movie so much! I never get sick of it :D

The prettiest and the most romantic scene ever created in the history of Disney films <33

Here are a list of other movies that I love to watch:
1) The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe

2) Toy Story 2
3) You Again


5) Parents Trap

I'm a girl who enjoys movies, since young. I'd come home from kindergarden and go through my CD boxes and play a movie :) Good times good times. I hope to watch more amazing movies in the future and I'm praying there'll be great ones this 2012! I heard Tangled Ever After is coming out, and I am beyond excited :D

Leave a comment on what your favorite movie is or if you've done a post on your favorite movie, leave the link :) I'd love to read all about it!

Thanks!
Lizzy

30 Day Blog Challenge! Day 1

Hey peeps!


The first day of my 30 day blog challenge has come :D Before I start, I just wanna ask those bloggers out there, if you ever see this post and if you've done a blog challenge before, are there any rules to follow? :P I'm still so new to this whole challenge thing, so if there are rules, just comment below :)

Day 1: Your Favorite Song

I have a million favorite songs! It's so hard to choose which is my most favorite because it keeps changing from time to time. I change my favorite song almost every month.
I decided to show a list of songs that I never get tired of, I guess you can say, these are my favorite songs:

1) Anchor- Mindy Gledhill
I first heard this song at a blog and I immediately fell in love with it. It's a very slow and calm song, I love to listen to slow songs like these. I love the lyrics, it's very touching and inspiring.

2) Dream- Priscilla Ahn
I came to know this song through a movie, some of you may know it, 'Bride Wars' the comedy that starred Anne Hathaway and Kate Hudson. I love this song because it reminds me of my childhood when I had so many dreams. Again, it's sort of a slow and calm song, my kind of song. It's relaxing to me.

3) In Christ Alone- Owl City
I'm a Christian and there are so many worship songs but I think this one has to be my all time favorite. The lyrics are just remarkable and always reminds me of how much Jesus cares and loves me. I always listen to this song whenever I feel down, it rejuvenates me.

4) IU's You and I
I am a big fan of IU, for those of you who haven't heard of her or have heard of her but don't know who she is. She's a very famous young K-Pop idol, she has an amazing voice and a pretty face :) I love to listen to her songs, every one of them. But this one called You and I, which is her latest, has won it's place as my most favorite! I never get bored of it and I doubt I will in the future.

5) Enchanted by Taylor Swift
I am a total swiftie (nickname for a Taylor Swift fan), I love her voice and I love the songs she write. To me, there's always a certain feature, how do I say it? A little bit of her in every song? :P I'm bad at describing things. But what I mean is that, all her songs are almost the same but different. It's confusing, I know. However, Enchanted is my favorite! I love the word Enchanted and once I saw it on her Speak Now album tracklist, I immediately listened to Enchanted first. The lyrics are very enchanting and cute. Taylor Swift has many many good songs, but Enchanted is the one I think is best.

Well, I could go on and on about my favorite songs because the list just never ends, it's always updated every month which made it a CHALLENGE for me to talk about today's topic. Now I see why they called it a 'Blog Challenge' :P

Anyways, I hope you tune in to check out my next challenge which I will post soon. Leave a comment below and hit 'Follow' if you like my blog :) Any questions or requests? Just leave a comment.

I hope you guys have a wonderful, wonderful week. Chinese New Year is coming super soon, and I just can't wait! Can't wait to collect Ang-Paus (red packets with money inside) that is :P

Kiss kiss, hugs hugs,
xoxo
Lizzy

BEAUTY Show and Tell :D ETUDE HOUSE HAUL

Hey guys! :D

My second blogpost for 2012 is here :D I would like to show you the stuff I got from Etude House! =) This is like, part 2 of my haul post :P Thank you for your sweet comments and advice from my last post, I enjoyed reading what you guys had to say, please continue to leave comments for me because they make my day! :D

After this haul post, I'll be starting a Blog Challenge! I'm so excited because I've never done a blog challenge before so this obviously, will be my first time :) So if you want to try a blog challenge do, you can do it along with me! Link me to your blog challenges if you have done one or will be doing one. The challenges that I will be doing are taken from Tumblr, just to let you know.

But let's get back to the HAUL :D

My Etude House bag with all my new goodies! ^^ I like their pretty pink bags :) eventhough they're normal plastic ones :P

Item number #1! This is a really good buy, these are Nail Polish remover. They were on some promotion package thingy, they were really cheap! So if you want good quality nail polish remover, head down to Etude House, and quick! I don't know when their sales end. By the way, most of the items were on discount because Etude House was having some year end sale, so yipee! ^^
I'm not very sure about the prices but if I'm not mistaken, the original price is RM6.90 for one bottle. I bought both for RM8.
I love these nail polish removers because the quality is so far better than most removers that I've tried and they smell really good ^^ They have different scents, the pink bottle is Sweet Floral and the blue bottle is Fresh Floral. The pink one kinda smells like peaches :P

Item #2
I love these eyeshadows! I have very few matte eye-shadows so I really wanted to buy a few to try out. Etude House was having a sale for most single eye-shadows so I came on the right time :D

Their names are...(From left to right): Cafe Latte, Cocoa, some pale creamy shade :P I couldn't read the name because a code was stamped right in front of the name. I'm glad I can read hangul now, because all the names are written in hangul a.k.a Korean Alphabet! :)

Okay, so I've never done swatches before and so I apologize for the bad quality of my swatches :P my very first swatches! and not good ><

Close up!
Left to right: Cocoa, Cafe Latte and the creamy color :P
Cafe Latte is almost identical to my skin color :O

Item number #3! Just a regular angled eye-liner brush, I was in need of one!

Next item... Green Tea Nose Pack and Ginko Lip Patch. I have been really annoyed by my blackheads on my nose lately so I've been putting nose patches quite often but none really worked. I haven't used these nose and lip patches yet, but I really hope it works because these are quite pricey ><

The Green Tea Nose pack cost me...( I just realized I bought it for a cheaper price because it was on sale :P) RM3.96. Original price is RM6.90 for just one patch! :O
The Ginko Lip Patch cost me...RM 7.73 which is pricey even after less but I can't really judge yet because I haven't tried it out, so I'm hoping it works really well.

The last item and my most favorite item from this haul is... The Etude House Line Nuance Duo in Baby Peach and Mocha! I love this~ This is like a pen with an eyeshadow on one end and a brown Mocha liner on the other end.

I really like this peach color, it's almost similar to my Etude House Peach Beam Blush's shade.

When opened, there's the cool (it's just a normal one :P I like to use my adjectives) applicator.

UP-CLOSE :) it's a really pretty shimmery peachy color which I love!

I just realized that I did not take a picture of the other end which is the Mocha liner :P So I decided to take some pictures from GOOGLE :D

Anyway, if I ever visit Etude House again (which I hope will be very soon!) I will definitely get another one of these babies.

Don't go away yet! I still have another item but this isn't from Etude House. This is from Beauty Credit which is another Korean cosmetic store, I think it's Korean because Actress Goo Hye Sun is on almost every cover of their products :P
I got this Blackhead Clear Pore Cleansing Strips. So as you can see, I'm very determined to get rid of my annoying blackheads >.<"
The sales lady says that this one is the best but I don't know, I don't think that it's the BEST. It just got out a little more blackheads than the other ones that I've used.

Okay! You have officially reached then end of my Beauty Show&Tell or HAUL~ I hope you enjoyed this post, if you have a haul post; do leave a LINK of it in the comment box below :D
Have a wonderful wonderful week~
I will be starting my blog challenge...soon! ANY QUESTIONS? Feel free to ask, just leave a comment.
xoxo
Lizzy
UPDATED: The name of the creamy matte eyeshadow is Vanilla :) Managed to figure the name out :D