Check out my makeup inspired by Maybelline New York Fashion Week "Mystery Maven"

Recently Maybelline has created few looks which is inspired from the New York Fashion Week. There are a total of 4 looks , GI Jane, Sexy Starlet, Party Princess and Mystery Maven. Each of them has different personality and I can sort of relate myself more to Mystery Maven and hence I am going to create the look based on the color suggestion.

Here let me showed you how I achieve this look using a few Maybelline products only.

I like how the AngelLift Flawless Natural Liquid Foundation is watery yet give a decent coverage on my skin. Love how my skin feel smooth and flawless!

Angel Lift Perfect Concealer has quite a good coverage too, and matches my skin tone .

Bef0re and after I put the foundation picture , you can see my skin become more even, bright and pores are not that visible anymore.

"Mystery Maven" look is based on the deep blue mysterious seas colour. So here I used the Maybelline Hyper Diamonds in BU-1. This beautiful palette comes with a combination of blue and silver colours and it is full with sparkles and glitter! I love how the eyeshadow sparkles and glitter will fall on my cheek and gives me a sense of glam :D

The light blue was applied all over my eye lid as the base color and then I used the steel blue colour and put it at the outer corner of my eyes and blend to create the intensity of the smokey eyes I want to create. Then I put on the dark blue on my upper and lower lash lines to create the dimension that my eyes will look bigger. Lastly to highlight the bone under my brow arch I dab on on some white eyeshadow.

I use the Maybelline Hypersharp Liner to give better definition to my eyes and put on the Hyper Diamond Liquid Liner in silver at the inner corner of my eyes to make my eyes look bigger.

Here I used Maybelline the magnum Volum Express Mascara to make my eyes looked volume and awake . Pretty simple to apply, and it does not clump lashes too!

Here is my eye makeup look with the above 4 products


And since this is a heavy smokey eyes makeup, I applied this Creamy Cinnamon blusher on my cheek.

And this is how does the color of the blusher turn out on my cheek. Very natural and glowing!

This "Mystery Maven" look must pair with very strong and bold lip color. So I choose Blushing Red lipstick to get the look I want.

And top up with Maybelline Watershine Collagen Lipgloss in CP21! Love this lip gloss which is not sticky,glossy and smells so fruity!

Check out how sexy is that colour on my lips !

This is my full makeup look of "Mystery Maven" insipired from the New York Fashion Week!

So what do you think ?

Check out my most comprehensive eye test in my life at Vision Space Optometrists

Recently Acuvue approached me to do review for their latest ACUVUE® ADVANCE® PLUS which is an all-new bi-weekly contact lenses with HYDRACLEAR® to provide optimum eye comfort for first time wearers. And before I was provided with the contact lens for review, I was invited to go try and tested contact lenses via an exclusive and personalized eye test session at Vision Space Optometrist in Damansara Utama. And I wanted to blog about this to share with you guys here about the importance of taking good care of our eyes and contact lens if you are wearing one!

This is Mr. Aw, a qualified Optometrist who attended me . And next he conducted the most comprehensive 2 hours eye test on me where I was being "educate" how to take care of my eyes. And it is truly an eye opening session for me.

First I did a vision test where, this is the most common eye check provided by most optical shop where it is used to evaluate eyesight. They measure the eye's ability to see details at near and far distances.



I looked kinda funny here :P

Looks like pirates eh !

And coming eye tests that I did can be done by a qualified Optometrist and not Optician, as an optometrist was qualified to examine eyes for defects or faults of refraction, and conduct tests such as measurement of visual acuity and refraction, visual field screening, and measuring intra-ocular pressure while Optician's job was to dispense spectacles as prescribed by the optometrists. However in Malaysia, we are lacked of Optometrist hence we can see that Optician are conducting the basic eye tests here. Read an interesting article here.

He started by using Slit Lamp Biomicroscope where it is used to screen eye's health condition at the front part of the eyes, whether is there any infection, swelling, dryness, injuries and etc.

I was kinda nervous when Mr. Aw did the test on me but immediately felt relief that when he told me that my front part of the eyes are pretty healthy! Phewwww.....

Look at the chart above, from the left (healthy) to the right (serious condition). Kinda scary when I looked into details this chart.

And according to Mr. Aw many people has serious eye problem because of the hygiene in handling contact lens and lack of oxygen in eyes after wearing contact lens. And he shared to me later how Acuvue Advance Plus is different from other contacts lens in the market because of the material they used. I will write about this a bit later!

Speaking about hygiene, do you know that we suppose to change the contact lens solution in the case every 2-3 days even when we are not wearing it so that would kill the gems!

Okay back to the eye test.Mr. Aw then used Keratometer, a machine which is used to measure the curvature for the cornea (which is the front transparent part of our eyes) which is essential in fitting in contact lenses so that we know which base curve lenses to wear.

And this is the first time I came to know that my eye's cornea base curve average is at 7.3mm. Also I realised that nowadays many optical shop just sell the contact lenses without giving any proper consultation and did not even asked what is my eyes base curve. And most of the time, the bigger base curve lenses was given to the buyers as these are the more common one.

For ACUVUE® ADVANCE® PLUS contact lenses with HYDRACLEAR® it comes with two different base curve for our eyes, one is 8.3mm and another is 8.7mm. And I should be getting the 8.3mm base curve one so that it fit perfectly on my small cornea eyes.

Next he used Tonometer , where it is used to measure the pressure of our eyes with a light air. And if there is high pressure in our eyes, there will be high risk that of glaucoma.

So what is Glaucoma?
It is an eye disorder in which the optic nerve suffers damage, permanently damaging vision in the affected eye(s) and progressing to complete blindness if untreated.

Normally eye pressure ranges from 10-21mmHg , and I was told I had 12mmHg and it's normal :)



Here comes the fun part where I was checked if I have colour blind.


Can you see the above number?

I got the first few page correctly without any problem


Until I was showed this and I was figuring out what is the number !

Can you see it ?

Actually there is no number in this picture, and this test is usually used on children to see if they are lying about colour blind.

And this is a Fundus/Retina Camera where it is used to capture photo at the back of our eyes (retina) to check for retina related diseases such as glaucoma, macular, degeneration, diabetes retinopathy, retinal tear and etc.

And if you have looked closer at the picture, you will actually see Canon DLSR camera was attached at this machine and I was told this machine price is equivalent to a new Honda City car (i.e roughly RM90k) . And usually you will see this super cool machine when you see an eyes specialist but here Vision Space also have one!

Check this out, my retina is pretty clear and no bleeding!

So yes I am glad I had a healthy eye condition inside out and my eyes are ready to wear contact lens any moment :)

And Mr. Aw a professional optometrist actually suggested Acuvue Advance Plus contact lens to me as the lenses material they used is Silicone H as supposed to Hydrogel which can give less than 20% oxygen to our eyes. Silicon H is a new material which can gives 90% of oxygen for contact lens user. And I will review Acuvue Advance Plus contact lens soon after I I have wear the bi-weekly lens for exactly 2 weeks.

Thank you Acuvue and Vision Space Optometrists for giving me this opportunity to know more about my eyes!

So stay tune people for next post for my review on Acuvue contact lens and meantime do go for your eye check like how I did to make sure your eyes are healthy and beautiful!

For more information on Acuvue's contact lens , visit their
Website at http://www.acuvue.com.my/
Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/AcuvueMalaysia?sk=wall

Giveaway: Win 6 pairs of Heineken Green Room passes ft Gossip and Art vs Science

On this coming 5 October 2011, Heineken Green Room returns to break the monotony with the hottest event of the year at the all-new KL Live in the heart of KL’s business district. Details of the event as follows !

Heineken Green Room
Date : 5 October 2011 (Wed)
Time : 7.00pm onwards
Venue : KL Live, 20 Jalan Sultan Ismail, 50250 KL
Age Limit : For 18 years and above only

Featuring heavyweight US indie band Gossip and their fashion-icon front woman Beth Ditto! They are known for genre destroying and dancefloor friendly tracks tracks like ‘Standing in the Way of Control’ and ‘Heavy Cross’, which have scored the band Top 10 hits across the world.



Gossip - Pop Goes The World


Gossip-Men in Love



Apart from that, Art vs. Science which is formed in Sydney in early 2008, after Dan McNamee attended a Daft Punk concert in 2007 and convinced his former high school friends, Jim Finn and Dan Williams, to form an electro-pop dance band


Art vs Science-Parlez Vous Francais?



Art vs Science -Magic Fountain

Of course, such a high-octane night deserves equally sizzling local talents. Heineken Green Room will see the live debut of Mini Compo, the electronic punk pop project from LapSap star DJ Xu and veteran Malaysian underground artist Jit Woei (Nightlife Camera, The Beads) as well as a surprise closing set from Malaysian alt-music mainstays Twilight Actiongirl and a hot-off-the-line collaboration from openers Hypeembeats and Jeehoe spinning a back-to-back blend of electro and hard-edged dance beats.



Ticket Prices & Outlets

-Early Bird : RM128 (Limited Release: 20 August – 04 September 2011, applicable to online purchase through specified outlets only)
-Pre-Sale : RM158 (5 September onwards)
- Buy at Door : RM188
-Heineken Members Receive a RM10 discount on all ticket categories. Members will receive a voucher and mechanics via SMS (limited to purchase of 3 tickets per SMS & not applicable on online purchase)

Outlets Online at www.airasiaredtix.com and through selected branches of Victoria Music Centre and Rock Corner

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Oh yes, I got 6 pairs of passes to Heineken Green Room to giveaway to my lovely readers here, all thanks to Heineken Malaysia!

It's simple!

By simply answering at the end of this post, “Who are the two headlining acts playing in Heineken Green Room this October 5th at KL Live?”

As this giveaway is opened to my blog followers only, you have to follow my blog via Google Friend Connect which is located at the right side bar of my blog !

And please REMEMBER to leave your Follower ID which you use to follow my blog, Name and Email address for me to contact you if you are one of the 6 winners !

Eg of entry
Answer :
Follower ID :
Name:
Email :

That's it!

Start commenting Now, Giveaway will end by 3rd October 2011 12pm and winners will be choose randomly and informed by email!

Note:
1) This giveaway is open to Non Muslims aged 18 – 30 years old
2) Winners go straight to Contest Winner’s lane at KL Live on Oct 5th and gain entry.

Good Luck people and see you there!!!


More details of Heineken Green Room, check out
Website : www.heineken.com/my
Facebook www.facebook.com/Heineken
Twitter www.twitter.com/HeinekenMY

Join Estée Lauder Companies Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign 2011

Support Breast Cancer Awareness ladies and gentleman by simply joining "Estee Lauder's Get Fit and Go Pink" @CHi Fitness, Bangsar Shopping Centre on Tues, Sept 27, 2011


Be the 1st 100 to sign up for a FREE class of your choice and get door gift worth RM85. Fance your heartout with Sh'bam, get a total body resistance training with TRX or connect with you mind, body & soul with Yoga.

Call 2282 2362 to book a spot.

Check out the poster for class schedule.

The Face of Facial First Grand Final 2011/2012

The Face of Facial First Search Finals with its "Greek Goddness' theme took place at Gardens Cafe, Mid Valley City 2 months ago in Mid Valley City where this is a platform for Facial First's customers to testify and witness skin transformation.

There was special celebrity appearance and guest judges by Fizz Fairuz, TV Host&Actor, Sophie Hana, Malaysia award winning actress and Nadine Ann Thomas, Miss Universe Malaysia 2010 together with Edmund from ACutAbove.

The recruitment search was held for over 2 months from March to April 2011 at all Facial First outlets and has attracted more than 300 participants.

These participants went through Facial First personalised& customised facial programmes exclusives catered to their skin woes.


The event started with a yoga performance by Myoga. OMG, his body was so flexible like rubber band!

Ms.Beautiful Eyes: Shahrina, The Mines

Perfect Rosy Skin: Dr.Angeline Yee, Mid Valley

Ms. Radiant Skin: Xemanta, Berjaya Times Square

Miss V Face Lift: Kiwi, Mid Valley

Miss Sexy Neck: Christine, The Mines

Audience Favourite : Rozimah, Berjaya Times Square

And the 2011 Face of Facial First Ambassador is Rozimah from Berjaya Times Square outlet!

A group photo

A picture of myself with Fizz Fairuz

A picture of myself with Edmund

A picture of myself with Nadine

Me and other attendees :)

Review : L’Oreal Paris Glam Shine 6H Lipgloss

Few months back L’Oréal Paris has introduced an improved formula for its popular Glam Shine 6H , making it even better to meet your needs for that perfect lipgloss.

This new L’Oreal Paris Glam Shine 6H formula has:
Rubix Cube Polymer- This is the existing polymer for that gives these lipglosses the intense and long-lasting effect you adore.

Synamer Polymer -New ingredient! Which gives it that controlled glossy film on lips as well as a comfortable sensation.

In conclusion , this L’Oreal Paris Glam Shine 6H promises to give Extra comfort, Light and non-sticky formula , Six hours wear and hold, All-day shine for that just-applied look and making touch-ups unnecessary!

So let's see how it works on me :)

Colour tested is L’Oreal Paris Glam Shine 6H in Strawberry Mix colour

Texture : Not very sticky

Scent : sweet caramel fragrance , making me feel hungry!

Effect : With just one swipe, it gives me a very even, vibrant and shinny finishing. It also has this small shinny gold sparkles which gives me a luxurious feeling.

Review: I swipe one layer of L’Oreal Paris Glam Shine 6H over my lips and found that its sufficient to give me the quite a good & even coverage of colour & shinning-ness on my lips that I could actually forgo my lipstick for once a while (although you cant see this clearly in the above pic). I also like the fact that it comes with very very fine sparkles that are quite long lasting in my lips even after few good hours although the colour are faded by a little bit by then. As it is not very sticky & drying, its definitely very comfortable to use on my lips.

L’Oreal Paris Glam Shine 6H can be found at all L’Oréal Paris counters nationwide for only RM35.90.

RSVP to Paul & Joe Manhattan Tea Party NOW!

Paul & Joe is organising a Manhattan Tea Party in conjunction with its Autumn 2011 collection on this coming Sunday where there will be "Manhattan" Makeup Demo and you could check out the new Autumn makeup collection :)

Discover how to achieve the Manhattan Girl's look
Date : 25 Sept 2011 (Sunday)
Time : 2-4pm
Location : Paul & Joe,Isetan Lot 10

RSVP method : Quickly call to 03-5637 1881 ext 214 or email to paul.joe.msia@gmail.com

Note : Only first 30 customer who register is entitled for the door gift worth RM70


Light refreshment will be served and Exclusive Paul & Joe Manhattan Tea Party makeup set will be on sale on the day of promotion only :)