Maybelline Magnum Volum' Express Review

Apologies everyone! I know I have been quiet on this blog for the longest time! That's cos my Goddess has been busy with her new work place (ok, not so new anymore since it's her 9th month, or is it 10th there now). And every weekend is busy spent doing housework and cooking new recipes (as you can see from her Instagram posts), or if not working :( 

So no life right? She's not even going out to watch movies or shopping on weekends now that the Horny Devil is preparing for his Masters exam. 

Anyway, amidst all the busy weekend, my Goddess still managed to find time during weekdays to shop for makeup, and the latest item to her collection is Maybelline's Magnum Volum' Express.

She has read so many people using it on Instagram and blog, and it seems like quite an amazing product, so she decided to try it for herself.

The mascara promises volume - something that my Goddess is always on the lookout for. Her lashes are considered long, but she would like them to be more voluminous and dense. After 3 coats of the mascara on her top lashes, and 2 coats on her lower lash, this is the effect.

It's more obvious when the eyes are closed.

Eat, Eating, Ate at KL

Remember my Goddess DIY-ed her own Galaxy nails for her cousin-in-law's wedding? Here' the post!

The wedding was held at KL, so the whole Koo family including the boyfriends of the 2 sisters went on a road trip to KL. Prepare your tissue. This post is all about good food that will make you drool!

 My Goddess worn her tattered 3/4 jeans - the fake Abercrombie & Fitch one - which she bought like in 2008 during her first overseas trip with the Horny Devil to BKK with her twin Nora and his buddy Kevin. She wore if for a while during her uni days but stopped after a while, thinking the jeans looked too rugged for her. 4 years later, she still could fit in! Phew~

As they went on straight onto the new highway from the Woodlands Checkpoint, their breakfast stop was at one of the Rest & Relax stops.

And if you have driven down the highways before, you would have known that the food there are usually very sucky (except for the one A&W stop!). The stop that they were at had thousands of flies. So many that it just turns your appetite off.

Look at the congregation of flies! Eeew~

In the end, my Goddess ordered only the Beef Dog, which is also very yucky.

The Horny Devil's doesn't look yummy at all too.

The Body Shop Year End Party

Wondering what makeup looks to wear this coming Christmas? Come learn from the pro Larry Yeo, on the latest year-end trends. You will also get to do your part for charity with the gingerbread man decoration as Gingie will be given to the kids at Stamford CareHut. Come do you part where you will look good, feel good and do good all at the same time!

Volume Rebonding

The Horny Devil has been complaining that my Goddess' hair is very messy, thick and wild like mine. My Goddess also felt that her curls are growing unruly now that her hair is getting longer, and so she decided to go for the much raved about in Korea's volume rebonding.

Again, she went back to her Korean stylist who did her Korean curls, Mira at Salon M-i. Who better to do volume bonding with than with a true-blue Korean since it was founded there!

At the salon, still pondering if she would have made the right choice since her curls were only 3 months old

How volume rebonding is done is quite similar to normal rebonding. But instead of going straight into the straightening tongs after the cream solution was applied and washed out, big rollers were used in between. This gives the hair the so-called 'volume' in volume rebonding, and the ends slightly curled.

DIY Cat-winged Mod Look

Last week was the Horny Devil's colleague's wedding. Guess La Belle Couture which my Goddess engaged for her wedding (gowns/pre-wedding album/makeup + hair/ actual day photography) left positive impressions and so many of her friends/ acquaintances, including this colleague engaged their services thereafter. 

Very sweet half-do with braids - the in style now!

Didn't managed to get a good shot here but the Chinese cheong-sam inspired modern day gown is really unique!

Ah Lian & Ah Seng weds

Seems like the last weekend was a popular and auspicious time to get married. There were so many wedding pictures posted up on Facebook! My Goddess and the Horny Devil were also involved in one wedding that they have helped match make 2 years back.

This was the first and probably the only time which my Goddess and the Horny Devil will be brother and sister of the bride and groom concurrently. And so my Goddess especially cherished the moment which she can ‘tekan’ the groom and the Horny Devil!

The pretty sisters all ready to tekan the groom and his brothers!

Smokey eyeshadow

My Goddess is always awed by nice makeup, and especially now that she's on Pinterest, there's just so much inspiring makeup and pictures out there that she could pin and keep track of. Follow her on Pinterest if you are keen to find out her fave styles and what she pins.

Anyway, she was really mesmerized by one of the smokey eyes done. Being the experimental and adventurous her who always try to create different looks, she decided to try it out for herself at the company's D&D.

Isnt this just beautiful?

And so she did. Doesn't look as good as the picture though, but she's satisfied with the results. Furthermore she didn't have the exact colours - dark purple and white. Think she needs to get a white shadow one day - it's really useful to brighten up the eyes!

More Wedding Sites to Recommend!

I know my Goddess' wedding is long over. It's almost coming one year!! However, she has yet to delete her blog subscriptions to those inspirational wedding sites, and don't think she will ever delete them as they are all so pretty to look at!

My Goddess recently came across another interesting blog while she was surfing around for reno inspirations. Ringology is the blog name - interesting, simple design with loads of oh-ahh pictures! She has dedicated some posts to wedding ideas too. Totally love one of her recommended site - style me pretty.

They've got everything you need inspirations for - hair (loving every single style), make-up, colours, bridesmaid dresses, decor, photography and even how to DIY your stuffs! If you don't believe it, see the mag for yourself!

The Horny Devil's 30th Bird-day

The Horny Devil recently celebrated his 30th birthday. 30 was a big thing to them as it is the big 3-0, whereby you are supposed to hit certain milestones as a full-grown adult already.

The Horny Devil had big expectations for my Goddess, especially after he planned a surprise V-day dinner for her. Furthermore, he has the perception that my Goddess would be so busy with her own things that she would do a lousy celebration for him.

Stress and wanting to do a good and memorable birthday celebration for him, she thought of letting him spend his big day to people who matter to him most - herself (of course!), his family and his friends.

Thanks to their tidy and comprehensive guest list, she got down the numbers of his friends and contacted them. She also went around searching for value-for-money hotels that fulfill the criteria:

1. Doesn't cost a bomb
2. Look luxurious and not cheapskate
3. Have a roof-top dining area that opens to late

Through her research, she realised there are so many cool boutique hotels in Singapore! Maybe they should start doing staycations more often to boost the Singapore economy!

Anyway, here's a recap of what happened over the weekend.

First, my Goddess told the Horny Devil that they are going out for a nice dinner on Sat night to celebrate his birthday.

And so, she borrowed her family's car and went to check in at the hotel first.

Makeup is an art-gic

Makeup is an art plus magic. The more you practice, the better you get, and the more styles you will experiment. It is magic too because it can hide your flaws and bring out things that you don't have like better complexion, bigger eyes, sharper nose etc. this is why my Goddess likes to doll herself up.

Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Review

Remember in my last post not too long ago, my Goddess complained that her eyeshadow doesn't stay and she wished for a Urban Decay Eyeshadow primer for her birthday? Knowing that no one would actually get for her, she decided to get one for herself.

And the packaging of the primer has changed - it's no longer the stick tube which other users reviewed that they can't get the last bit of the primer out. It's now in tube form, which means you can squeeze every single drop out now! No more wastage, more value-for-money!

As it is supposedly a magic potion, it comes in a cute potion like tube. Even the packaging is in velvet and royal purple.

Let's hope that it can really work magic too!

Peacock Eye Makeup

Her World, and many other beauty sites, recently wrote that peacock eye makeup is the hottest beauty look this season (http://www.herworldplus.com/beauty/updates/beauty-updates-peacock-eyes-look-wild).

By peacock makeup, I don't mean this.

Which is damn scary with the little dots.

Wickedly Awesome Christmas

This year, my Goddess didn't spend Christmas with me in Singapore :C She went ahead to have a good time with the Horny Devil in Malacca to attend his ex-colleague wedding.

Wanting to save her remaining pittance leave days to emergency days, they set off only on Sat morning. This only gave them 1 day and 1 night to spend in Malacca since they had to come back Singapore the next day evening to catch the musical Wicked which she has bought the tickets months ago.

The usual 3-hour journey took them 6 hours altogether, thanks to the unnecessary jam at the Tuas customs and uber slow traffic due to the rain.

Their bus reached the hotel only at 3plus and they only had 3 hours to walk around before the dinner.

Makeup Stash Christmas Giveaway!

Makeup Stash!, a blog that reviews makeup and beauty products is giving away some of her makeup freebies this Christmas! To win one of her listed items, you just need to like her Facebook/Twitter and write in what memorable gift have you given or received in her blog post: http://www.makeupstash.com/2011/12/makeup-stash-christmas-2011-giveaways.html

My Goddess is always game for freebies! And so what's her memorable gift? I would say it's her gift of makeover to her twin!

Her twin doesn't put on make-up regularly. Even if she does, it's just foundation, concealer and mascara. As you know, putting on makeup is an art that needs a lot of practice and trial and error. When my Goddess heard that she actually spent money on Groupon for a makeup course, she offered to teach her some makeup tips, and do a makeover for her for their friend's wedding.

So after knowing what her twin was going to wear for the night, she began to research on websites a suitable makeup look to go with her dress. After a night of research, she decided on this.

Inspired by Marjolica, this is a perfect year-end smokey eye look that is sweet and dreamy at the same time.

Beautiful Wedding + Perfect Mascara

My Goddess and the Horny Devil attended one of the most beautiful weddings ever. Think it should be most girls dream come true.

First it was a march down the isle of Chijmes.

Mascara Review

Read my Goddess' review on a new mascara she bought this weekend!

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I heart Genefique!

Ever since my Goddess got her hands on her first sample bottle of Genifique, she hasn't stopped using it ever since. It's like better than miracle water! After a few weeks, the fine lines on her face disappeared. Powered with her Laneige moisturiser and Fancl Tense Up Ex, her skin became more plump, clearer and radiant!

Even her colleague and the Horny could see the difference! She didn't need much makeup and could still look fresh and radiant, even with those late nights!

She even introduced Genifique to the Horny Devil and now he's a fan of it too! His lines were also less visible, his skin smoother and more radiant. What a miracle just in time for the both of them for their big day!

And so when my Goddess saw on Lancome fanpage that they are looking for ambassadors for Genifique, and the 3 selected will get to win a year's supply of Genifique, she signed up for it immediately! What better way to show her love for Genifique by saying good things about it and then win more Genifique?

And sign up she did. And to her pleasant surprise, my Goddess was selected to take part in the shoot! Thankfully everything worked well for her. The shoot was initially scheduled in the day time on the last day of my Goddess' work! And of course she couldn't take leave and almost couldn't be part of the shoot.

But the SPH and Lancome team was nice enough to postpone the shoot till after work. And so yay for my Goddess!

And so the shoot went on rather smoothly. My Goddess loved the makeup done on her! And I love it too! Think the whole makeup was rather natural even with the slightly thicker eye makeup. That's the kind of eye makeup my Goddess has been trying to achieve!

With the help of makeup, my Goddess' eyes looks much bigger, and her face slimmer. woohoo~

And here are the shortlisted pictures after an hour of shoot. Which is your fave?

herworld.com Makeover

My Goddess saw an online ad on FB by herworld.com, recruiting for people to do free makeovers. In a matter of greed and fun, as well as the opportunity to meet new people and promote Paper Polly, my Goddess readily signed up.

And who knows, she was called up to be one of the 5 models for the makeover workshop.

They met up at 1030am in the morning at Ion and had fitting sessions.

Unfortunately, the New Look at Ion had such limited selections and sizes, my Goddess couldn't find much suitable dresses that could fit her party theme and makeup. So unlike the other girls who had such beautiful dresses,

My goddess had to settle for a cream/white frilly one that's M size. Totally not her style :( Well, it's a free session, so what more can she expect?

She was one of the two selected to be the 'live-demo' models.. Wonder what's the criteria.

The 5 models

Pictures taken with the hairstylist, Fashion editor, and makeup artist.

Posing for herworld.com 'Spotted' section

This was supposed to be her makeup for the day. My Goddess was expecting something dramatic and similar. In the end, it turned up really light and almost not visible. Guess the dress didn't really suit the dramatic look, sadly.

The Horny Devil was nice enough to go down and support her.

So my Goddess treated him to Happy Lemon!! The bubble tea shop that my Goddess loved in HK, 'Ugly Centre' (Argyle Centre).

And my rewards for spending my afternoon there for the makeover session is actually quite good. Besides the free makeover (which unfortunately, I have no use of cos I went back home straight), there were like many goodies!