Looks I love October '11

 

 

 

 

 

Pastels with a tinge of glitter ;)

Anyone who knows me well enough knows that I love to paint my nails! Few days ago, my sister and I bought some new nail polishes from Etude House in the Spring. It’s opened not long ago, if I’m not mistaken. They were having some sort of promotion for nail polishes but personally, I still think the nail polishes are  a tad expensive for their brand. But I guess Korean nail polish should be somewhat better.

These are the colours that we bought and yeap, all the colours are glitter-ish. Actually we have all those colours already. I have the magic mint (light green, in case you don’t know what it means) colour and the lavender colour in opaque by TheFaceShop. I have pink by Diva and  TheFaceShop I think. Actually I have lots of pink =S Because I never seem to be able to find the perfect shade of pink. I want something like baby pink, something soft but noticeable at the same time. I’ve managed to find it in Diva but I bought without realising that it’s not “fresh”, meaning it’s probably old stock. Manicure veterans will know what I meant (Rasa best). Haha! Actually the pink in the photo below is not really pink, it can passed as nude/beige/light pink. For the glittery teal, I have one similar (if you still remember) in Orly called Halley’s Commet ( from the cosmic range) but my sister decided to get this one from Etude House because she claimed the previous one was way too thick and dark for her liking.

 

First, I applied a coating of OPI’s nail strengthener. It can also served as a based coat. Then I applied 2 coats of Etude House’s pink. Next, I decided it’s way too plain and I wanted to spice things up a little. So I applied this super glitter-ish brink pink on 1 side of the nails’ surface.

And tadah, this is the result!

 

I know the lines are not very straight and it’s not very perfect but hey, I did it myself! I wasn’t sure it was nice at first but my sister took a look and complimented so it must be good enough. *smiles proudly*

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For my toenails, I applied 2 coatings of magic mint and lavender alternately after the nail strengthener and then a coat of the Black Shatter. Fyi, magic mint and lavender are not the real name of the nail polishes but the real names of the colour. If you don’t know, please go Google and educate yourself =P

And this is the result! I’m wearing my new LV inspired sandals.  However, the result’s kind of disappointing as I expected the magic mint and lavender to be more glitter-ish and noticeable but the speckle is too small to be seen. So it appeared rather opaque, which are like my previous ones from TheFaceShop. What a waste of money.

 

Of course, you must apply glosser as the topcoat to make everything looked so much shinier and pretty! It makes everything nicer… trust me, you need a bottle of this! :)

Hmmm… I wonder what colours should I go for for my next mani/pedi session! What do you think?

The “lazy” song

*Stares at last post’s date* I’m feeling very much guilty ehehe… I’m such a lazy blogger! Too much has happened since then and most of the time, I had to handle it personally so I pretty much wasn’t in the mood to blog. Besides, time was not on my side. I was having my finals which was like, the most important exam ever after 1 and a half years studying in Pahang, so it’s only natural that I need to *coughs* concentrate *coughs* on my studies.

I’m now officially on my year end holiday break which I’m very much grateful for. I must use my time wisely and try basking in family’s love as much as I can! I have so much to write about, thoughts to pen down but honestly, I don’t think words can do any justice to what I’ve been through. Maybe I can slowly find the right words to impart what was in my heart in time.

Besides, I think wordy posts are not what most readers of blogs seek for, isn’t it? They’d rather read a book =.= So I guess it’s about time I start talking about my Kedah trip which was during my Deepavali holidays. The bright side of being in West Malaysia is you get to have Deepavali holidays, which is about 1 week!

The bus ride from Kuala Lipis to Sungai Petani, Kedah is extremely long because I had to travel down to Kuala Lumpur first before embarking to Sungai Petani. However, it didn’t feel that long to me like I expected because something was on my mind. Anyway, I don’t remember all the exact details of what happened so I’ll just go with photos and captions.

This was taken when I was in the ferry on the way to Penang.

 

Sawat-dee kha! This was at the top floor of Village Mall, Sungai Petani. They sell a lot of Thai things there which are quite interesting but not exactly like what I had in mind about Bangkok’s marvellous shopping. Nevertheless, I got myself a floral headband!

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We went to Alor Setar for 1 whole day to visit famous tourist destinations of Kedah. Alor Setar is after all the capital.

First stop: Wat Charok Padang, Sik. This place is not exactly at Alor Setar. It’s at Sik district, Kedah. It is listed in the Malaysia Book of Records as the first temple to be built from glass bottles, where the main building including the tower consist of nearly 30000 glass bottles.

 

 

The 12 statues of Chinese Zodiac

I guessed it’s built based on an eco-friendly concept. 

 

We also went to… yeap, that’s right, a vineyard! I know right? Malaysia has a vineyard?! As crazy as it sounds, it’s true. It’s also located within Sik.

Among the successfully grown commercial grapes are Black Opal, Black Grape, White Malaga and Loose Pelite.

 

Nothing much to do there actually, we can’t pluck the grapes nor eat them so it’s basically just touring around the vineyard looking at the grapes and taking photos.

 

 

I’ve gotta say for a vineyard, the place looks quite good and well-maintained.

 

Then, we stopped at Beris Lake which is nearby to enjoy the view. It’s gorgeous and some kids were having a camp there.

 

It was sunny, hence, the umbrella! Loving this last photo… I shall end with the Chinese quote: 

 

人生就那么短，凭什么让不重要的人影响了自己重要的心情。