Viva Woman Apr Viva Bella Giveaway

Those who know me will know that I am obsessed with having long, thick and fluttery eyelashes. And I will do anything short of getting eyelash extensions, to achieve and maintain the kind of eyelashes that you can do butterfly kisses with.

Of late, I've been obssessed with Eyelash serum, and in the past 2 months, I've made 3 such purchases.
1) LashFix from Watsons
2) Canmake Eye Lash Essence, after its reported overnight growth.
3) Talika from an online spree which I have yet to collect

Now I am on my way to try to win another LashMantra Eyelash serum from ma FAVOURITE BEAUTY BLOGGER, through one of her fabulous giveaways. Visit (here) for more details, and try not to contest for the LashMantra Eye Lash Serum.

I need it for research and review. :P

I mean what else am I going to do with 4 Eyelash serum?

Viva long lash!

The truth about wine and food pairing

I have always wondered, when connoisseurs pair wine with food, is the wine supposed to bring out the flavour of the food, or is the food supposed to bring out the flavour of the wine. 

Today, I faux pas and learnt it the hard way that it is the latter, when I said, "Hmm, this sauvignon blanc made my chicken really yummy," and everyone at the table cracked up.

M.A.C. Hello Kitty makeup comes to town

Unless you were born before 1950 or if you have a PhD (you are excused from anything if you have a PhD :p), you should have heard or read about the unexpected union between quirky makeup brand, M.A.C. and Hello Kitty, the pink sweetheart with a red bow from Sanrio.

So move aside, Majorlica Majorca, because M.A.C Hello Kitty is in town and is on the prowl! Meow~



Hello Kitty Mild, meet Hello Kitty Wild! Sweet and innocent or out on the prowl: when she's good, she's very good, but when she's bad, she's unmistakably M·A·C!

I had the good fortune of being invited to the M.A.C. Hello Kitty cocktail soiree that celebrated the debut of the adorable collections of colours, finishes, glitters and accessories. The M.A.C. kitty collection features the iconic cat in a pop art design packaging, with limited-edition colour in intense hues that are a signature of M.A.C cosmetics.




Topless men kitties (I was told later that they were known as S&M kitties - complete with leather pants and nipples) were the hors d'oeuvres at the event, as they stood around to take pictures with the celebrity-studded audience.

I simply couldn't give this a miss, could I? Oops, I look a tad too happy.




In between ooh-ahhing over the kitty-oriented cocktails, canapes and accessories that were served, we were bowled over by the huge array of kitty accessories that sprung out of this collection.





Being the beauty junkies that we are, Val and I also had a smashing time dipping our fingers into the limited-edition makeup palettes with quirky names such as Lucky Tom, Too Dolly, and Pink Fish.

While neither Too Dolly nor M.A.C.'s glitter pigments were my cup of tea, considering that I have the type of face that simply cannot wear too much makeup and colours, I was really sold on the Lip Glass.

Unlike some cheapo lip gloss that melts into a "greasy mouth syndrome" (think oily lips after eating oily chicken wings), M.A.C.'s lip glass works like a lip gloss but it sort of dries up to leave a beautiful glaze over your lips, making it look luscious and shiney without that sticky & wet feel that most lip gloss have.

I was given the colour Mimmy, a nubile peach pink with a slight hint of glitter, that is coincidentally so me. Use it on its own for a barely-there oh-I-am-so-beautiful-naturally look, or slick on a nude lipstick shade underneath for a an understated city chic.

You can tell how yummylicious the lip gloss is from the above picture, with me looking as if I was trying to crunch it all up for dinner.



The nice folks at M.A.C also gave us a matching eye colour each.
Isabelle -> Mimmy(the lip glass) and Concrete (the dark brown eye shadow)

Valerie -> Nice Kitty (the lip glass) and Nanogold (the pale golden eye shadow) that works beautifully as a base on Asian skin tones.

I'll be re-creating my own M.A.C Mild kitty look soon. So stay tuned~

Till the next time I blog. Images are a courtesy of Valerie, and here's the link to her blog...just so you know who's the real camwhore here. LOL~

The world's most fashionable feline stars as the new M.A.C. icon

Teaser:

1) What is 5 apples tall and weighs 3 apples?
2) What has no mouth because she speaks from her heart?"

Answers to be revealed after tonight...
I can't believe it, but I am actually excited about this. Very excited.

I know I am a little too old for this, but ah lian-ness is a tenacious characteristic that clings onto you for life.

Culturally sensitive bras

A friend once lamented, that of the women he has met during all his travels, Asian women are the most obsessed with maximizer bras. Regretably for most of us , our genetic makeup has made underwires, (THICK) cotton paddings and (BIG) and gel inserts a necessity.

So once not too long ago, on one of my never-ending quest to better maximizer, I chanced upon a Very Sexy® Demi multi-way bra with Gel-Curve® from one of the world's most glamourous lingerie maker, Victoria's Secret. It looks like this:

And it reads like this:

• Seductive cleavage.
• Ultra low shape hides under low-cut necklines.
• Gel-Curve® padding for lift and cleavage.
• Wear 5 ways: strapless, halter, crossback, one-strap or regular
• Swell Level 4: Padded for extreme lift• Hidden underwire :D:D:D
• Orig. $53. Clearance $19.99

Swell level of 4 with EXTREME lift. Sweet. Sounds to me that the kind of cleavages that spill out of a Victoria's Secret catalogue is no longer something that I can only gaze upon in teary admiration.

With the gel-curve padding, I get to bounce around really convincingly.

And you get to pretend to be a whole cup bigger for only $19.99. Double yayness. I dunno about you, but it sounds like a dream to me.

Sad to say, the supposed super bra fell short of my expectations when it arrived. To be honest, before I I checked the tag, I thought they had sent me something 2 sizes too big, and while the size turn out to be fine on me, the cleavage was still almost non-existent. So, unless the product clearly states that it gives you a swell level of 20 times, you can forget about looking like any of the blondies in Victoria's Secret catalogue. I blame it on cultural differences because it appears to me as if an American cup B = Asian cup B, American Cup C = Asian Cup D.

I mean how else is it logically possible for petite Jolin Tsai to own a pair of G-Cup assets, while Pamela Anderson's renowned record-breaking titties are only a double D in size?

So yes, we are obsessed with trying to look bigger because of our inherent shortcomings, but with a need comes innovation, and I daresay that we are also extremely innovative in coming up with ways to deceive men and the rest of the world with regards to our cup sizes. While VS and some other American brands have failed, some of the wonderbras Japanese and Taiwanese brands have the ability to create something phenomenal (read: you can hold a pencil in between) out of almost nothingness.

With all these god-sent garment floating around in the market at such reasonable prices, I'd say why not. After all, we have nothing to lose, it's just the men who will begin to "wonder where it all went" without the wonder bras.

The cry of Red Shoes in distress

Hi,


I am a gorgeous pair of red satin bow back red heels who has just arrived in town from UK. ASOS to be exact.




With a pointed front, slim 4-inches long legs, a svelte body encassed in a smooth coat of red satin and a suggestive bow to back, I can bring you from boardroom to *ahem* bedroom, if you like. I can make sure you will be the star of the night, the center of attention. I am like the trophy girlfriend that any man would be proud to dangle off their arms.


Like a mail-ordered bride, I was ordered to satisfied the lust of my owner. It was love at first sight when she first saw me...I mean my picture. Not that I wasn't pretty enough for her, but she was so overwhelmed with thoughts of whatever she would be doing with me, that she forgot to read the fine prints.

She prefers the US Size 8, ie a UK size 6; but yours truly is a UK size 8, ie a US size 10.

In a nutshell, she couldn't fill me up and I wasn't tight enough to satisfy her.

Rather than being sent back in disgrace, she has decided to help me find a new owner.

Here's me, the picture that made her fell head-over-heels in love with me.

And there is that of my black sister. I begged my owner to put an image of her beside me, just so that my beauty would seem more apparent.



Never been sullied, never been worn around; only been tested. (ie foot was inserted in once, and that is not counted)

Heel height: 4"; US Size 10, UK size 8.
Call me if you like me, I can be yours for just S$38.

Faux pas...

Animal prints were the rage on the runway for Fall/Winter 08, with leopard, zebra, tiger prints spotted on bags, stoles, dresses and hat trimmings.



But it becomes faux pas when you turn up for work in a tasteful ensemble of satin leopard blouse with black high-waisted pencil skirt, and your senior turns up with an equally glamorous looking leopard print dress.



It is not so bad if the both of you just sit at the 2 far ends of the office and try not to be seen together as far as the day progresses.

But it gets awfully embarrassing when the both of you are scheduled for a meeting with your client who manages an international beauty brand, together with her entire suite of advertising and retail personnels. And unfortunately for us, this client is a well-groomed woman who knows her Marc Jacobs from Dior and Versace.

So we fibbed and said that we just came from a PR pitch for Night Safari.