okie babes… erm… im having a bad skin day… i think mostly because of exams and also hormonal imbalance… but i tried to cover up all my blemishes and uneven skin tone… hope you guys enjoy it

TOOLS:
- shiseido hydroliquid compact *not shown in pic*
- estee lauder bronzer
- face brush from i dunno where
- fasio mascara base
- clarins volumising mascara *couldn’t find zoomlash… maybe left at my bf house *
- jordana eyeliner
- silkygirl lipgloss in peach nectar *not shown in pic*
- cybercolours eyelash curler
- silkygirl brow pencil
- tbs concealer *not shown in pic*

1. start off with a clean moisturized face *please excuse my ugly skin today… never been this bad before… sigh…

2. next, apply foundation and smooth it out

*face after foundation… not so bad already…*

3. dot on concealer on your blemishes and flaws… blend blend blend *i used fingertips to blend*

BEFORE

AFTER

4. curl lashes *normally people curl from root to tip… but my weird habit is that i curl tip to root… guess that’s why my lashes look different *

5. apply mascara base in a zig-zag motion

6. apply normal mascara 1st in zig-zag motion… then horizontally… *that’s how i get extra volume*

7. draw eyeliner… *i used my fav technique - tight lining… you pull your eyelids up, and line inside the rim. directly at your lash line. and make sure it’s a really dark black line. it really makes your eyes look bigger that’s how i get my big-eyed effect*

8. apply bronzer/blusher at the bottom of your apples. *smile when you do this*

8. slather on lipgloss… *but not too much… makes you look not so proffessional *

9. draw your brows… *i dunno y i did it last *

10. practice your winning smile in the mirror… and pose…

hopefully some of my little little tips here can help you babes…

I love watching stuff on youtube. Especially some of my subscriptions coz they’re really interesting. Hmm… my top 10 favourite youtubers are:

1) angelicbiscuit [a really really cute gay guy ^_^]
2) TheHill88 [very quirky and funny girl]
3) katiesopinion [woohoo!! girl power!! guys are penises ^_^]
4) morbeck [aka chipmunkchick.. a cross dresser who plays his roles very well]
5) LisaNova [very creative babe.. pretty too]
6) littleloca [another very creative girl… plays her roles very well]
7) cutiemish [cute asian girl in the UK.. she auditioned for the part of ChoChang in HP but didnt get the part]
8) thewinekone [crazy dude… very interestign to watch]
9) amy04 [i like watching her makeup tutorials]
10) bravesgirl5 [i think she’s pretty and fun to watch]

So there… I love angelicbiscuit.. he’s sooo cute… too bad he’s gay… actually, scratch that… even if he wasnt gay I wouldnt have a chance in hell to get with him… oh well…

As there are good stuff, there are also the bad stuff…. like really.. some are just plain boring, and some are annoying…. and some just freaking nauseatingly disturbing.

Number 1 most awful youtuber that just gives me the creeps is the one and the only:
biostudentgirl
I don’t get how ppl keep saying how sexy and hot she is…. just watch her videos and you’ll get what i mean… she seems a bit fake…. and like… do real ppl actually talk like that?

Anyway, I have more videos of Smokey uploaded on youtube as well…ooo.. and i recently learned how to use the windows movie maker program… so some of them are more interesting…
Smokey’s Videos

And for those who havent watched this… watch it… sooo touching …

6 year old Heather Martin sings a song that her mother wrote for her Brother Shaun who is serving in Iraq. The song is written from Heather’s point of view.

Lyrics

You were almost sixteen when I came into the world.
Mom and Dad had you first then 3 more boys I’m the baby girl.
I sure have a lot to look up to in you, you’re really smart and funny with a big heart too.
After one year of college you knew what you had to do.
It’s just like you wanting to help with the war.
So you joined the army when I was only 4.
This time of year we talk of big plans but you’re over seas in some distant land.
You can’t be here for Christmas, I don’t understand.
Chorus:
When are you coming home, Shaun?
When are you coming home?!
We lit up the house like we always do but it doesn’t seem bright ’cause we can’t have you.
In my prayers I ask God to keep you safe.
And I’m trying to be really brave.
Tell me that the fighting’s through.
Come home!
I really miss you.

It’s hard to enjoy the holidays without you.
But we’re so proud of you and all the red white and blue.
Remember that Jesus is your best friend,
And someday our families will be together again.
Wow! You know we’ll have a great big party then.

Chorus

I want to show you how tall I’ve grown and introduce you to my new friends at school.
Maybe we could go and get some ice cream together but I really don’t care what we do.

Chorus

First, you want to open the picture that you wish to edit. Resize it to whatever size you want it to be. In this case, I have chosen a cute picture of my bf and my puppy, Smokey sleeping/falling asleep; resized it to 500×375px.

Next, create a duplicate layer of the picture by holding the ctrl key and the “j” key. You may rename it to whatever you want at this point but as you can see, I have left it as “Layer 1 copy”.

As per the picture above, change the settings to “overlay” from “normal”.

Your picture should now look like this.

Then, go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur.

Choose a radius of 4.0pixels. Your picture should start to look great already (as u can see in the background of the above picture).

Now, create a duplicate of the “Layer 1 copy”. When you do this, you will see that the “original picture” has now changed to “background” and the “layer 1 copy” has now changed to “layer 1″ and the latest duplicate will be called “layer 1 copy”. I hope this doesn’t confuse anyone. It’s pretty much common sense. This time change the settings of the latest duplicate to “screen”.

Oh no! The picture is now too bright.

No worries, fix this by changing the opacity to 50%.

Now your picture is perfect. You can stop here if you want.

For a more polished look, select the “background” layer, choose the blur tool and run it through your subject’s face.

For better precision, enlarge the picture and toggle the size of the brush.

This is how your final product should look like. Nice and dreamy looking right? You can stop here if you want.

However, I decided to go a step further and fade the edges of my picture for an even more dreamy effect. Choose the “brush” feature and choose a soft brush as you can see in the picture above.

I used white as the brush color but you can feel free to use any other color that you want. Run the brush carefully all along the corners of your picture. Your picture should then look liek this.

This is MY final product. I added the words “sweet dreams” and some hearts.

 That is the end of my tutorial. I hope you enjoyed that and have found it useful. Have fun photoshop-ing!!!

Despite the lukewarm response towards Chloe’s performance at the recent Spring 2007 shows, the label - mostly famous in Malaysia for its to-die-for Paddington bags - still tops my list in terms of wearability and good, internationally marketable designs. Sure, looks that infuse arts and abstract ideas stand out when stomping down the runaways but they are usually the practical and classic presentations that make women pull for their purses.

This time around, Chloe’s show is certainly littered with practicality and sales driven pieces. In fact, the label opts for retro charms, possibly thanks to the hype celebrity fashionistas have spun over vintage clothing.

There are the minis in colours consisting of mainly white, brown and mustard yellow (colours which I have always associated with retro, for some peculiar reasons) and even a bright neon jacket. Balloon shapes are still in, as well as volumes (cutesy puffed sleeves, voluminous jackets). Embellishments (yay!) are back and so are prints (bye bye boring pastels). The waistline is again shifting up north, with several high waisted looks went on parade.   

LOVES: Mini shirt dresses, precious embellishments. 

Picture from www.style.com

items used in this tutorial :-

shiseido hydro liquid 2way cake
shiseido highlight powder
estee lauder bronzer
MAC liquid liner
Lancome eye kohl
MAC eyeshadow in carbon
Shiseido pn cream eyeshadow in PK206
In2It lipgloss
silkygirl brow pencil start off with a clean, moisturized face

apply foundation

foundation-ed face and silly pose

draw in brows

i’ve got eyebrows now 

get a bit of cream eyeshadow on your ring finger *using your ring finger gives you a more even distribution of e/s… less force is used…*apply it from your lash line to crease and blend it smoothly

here comes the fun part!!!
take a pencil eyeliner and draw a slanting line

this is how it would look like

eyes closed

draw like your normal eyeliner but extend it to join with the 1st linefill up the line with black eyeshadow *for a more intense colour, you can use your pencil liner to fill it up2*

tada!!!

use your liquid liner to go over the edge and make it sharper. fill in any spaces and make it look neat

extend the line inwards for your lower lashline

the cats eye is completed *easy right???*

Browsing through my pics, and I found this…

What do you see? Zip? yea? It’s like a never-ending zip. Really really long. What’s that for?

See? It became a bag. Yeah a zipped bag.

Cool? It can be either for personal use or can be as a souvenir for people. It comes in different sizes like a pencil case size, a medium size, and this one. This cost 15 pounds if I am not mistaken. It makes good souvenir though. Very creative. They come in different colours too which you can choose from, but it’s limited.

director: stefen fangmeier
casts: jeremy irons(brom), edward speleers(eragon), sienna guillory(arya), john malkovich(king galbatorix), djimon hounsou(ajihad)
genre: fiction, science fiction
runtime: 104 minutes
link: http://www.eragonmovie.com/

kylie’s sypnosis:
this movie is based on a fantasy novel written by christopher paolini, set in a homeland named alagaesia where it was once ruled by dragon riders. one of the dragon riders who hungers for power overwhelms with greed has started a war where he and his man kill all the dragon riders. he, king galbatorix, then rules alagaesia with cruelty and instils fear in the people in order to prevent disloyalty. any disloyalty will be punished by death. as a result, a group of protestors, vardens to flee to the mountains in waiting for the predestined dragon rider to arrive and lead them for a war against the evil king baltorix and his assistant, a sorcerer named durka.

eragon, a young farm boy finds an object, rescued by arya from the hands of evil king galbatorix, which he believes to be a stone in the woods. out of curiosity, he keeps the ’stone’ until one fine day when the ’stone’, which is actually a dragon egg hatches. saphira is the name of the dragon. she only hatches when she has found her dragon rider, eragon.

eragon is being led by a former dragon rider, brom to meet vardens as eragon is the only hope for the rise of dragon riders. along the way, brom teaches eragon on handling and using the power of saphira. a tough journey is ahead of them as durka aims to stop them from joining forces with vardens.

kylie’s review:
after watching the trailer, i think that this movie has the same concept as LOTR trilogy. in fact after watching the movie in cinema, i realise that there are some differences. dont compare eragon with LOTR trilogy as yet as it wont be a fair comparison, will it?remember how dreadful it is to watch LOTR: the fellowship of the ring because much of the info is squeezed into that movie?

for many viewers, eragon may be a big disappointment, but for me, it’s ok. i’m actually looking forward to a sequel if there’s any( i believe there is as the ending indicates so *winks*). eragon is kind of different from LOTR as it doesnt have as much war and love scenes as the later.

this movie portrays the value of trust and friendship. the level of trust eragon places on murtagh, son of a betrayer named morzan and brom in leading his way to the vardens. friendships which bonds eragon, saphira and arya. the alliances with vardens to defeat durka and the king’s army.

this movie is worth watching if you are curious bout dragons and human being a team. remember not to read the novel before you watch the movie to minimise the disappointment. as predicted, the book is more detailed. just give the movie the benefit of the doubt….

It’s shopping again. We went to this place called Oxford Circus and again, walk around and around. Then, oh la la … we saw a shoe shop. There are so many types of shoes there. Boots, heels, sneakers - you can find it there.

Their sneakers are limited though. It’s from Sketchers and their price range is like 60 pounds onwards if I am not mistaken. I am not too sure. So, kindly buy it in Malaysia. I bought my Sketchers for RM120 in 1 Utama. Their boots are nice, with the fur and all. Aww … so nice.

I didnt buy this. My friend bought it for like 10 or 15 pounds I forgot. Enjoy~

Restaurant: Roadhouse Grill (Rome, Italy)

Few months ago, I went to this restaurant called RoadHouse Grill in Rome, Italy. As soon as we entered, this particular waitress came up to us, greeted us with a very cheerful face. You automatically feel that you are hungry, more appetite to eat. As she lead us to our table, she gave us the menu and asked if we would like to place the order right there. We told her to give us some time. She came back a few minutes later and I decided on my food already but stuck between 3 choices of cheese. She recommended one, which I forgot. From the beginning til the very end, she was very helpful, and very cheerful. So, here comes the food.

That was the food that 4 of us ordered. No complaints and this was the nicest food with excellent service that we had throughout the time we were in Italy (5 days). Yeah, I can say that it’s fab! Worth a try. The price isn’t pricey too.

Hey there, I got back from London for almost a week now and it’s time to update. The shops there are so much more bigger [d’uh obviously]. I mean, for instance, take Topshop, it was so huge that I do not know what to see. I was caught stranded there, feeling very lost. I admit that I am not a fan of Top Shop at all but then, still … I will go and look around. But this time, I dont know which direction should I head to. It’s THAT big.

Okay that is not the main point, the main point is the ear rings. I started to go crazy over ear rings not too long ago. I mean, not to say that I go totally crazy over it, but I seldom wear them. It’s just that recently, like few months ago that I got myself wearing ear rings.
But then, while talking about ear rings, I dont go round just to hunt for them or will buy if they are not worth it. So, being in London, I expect it to be really expensive. I dont even expect it to be on average price.

I went to this shoe shop. Hmm .. very attractive prices they have, like 3 pounds, 10 pounds, it’s bloody cheap, isn’t it? So, I decided to have a stroll. Who knows, I saw one acessories section. Omg!!!! Guess what? Each acessories only cost 1 pound. Yah this included the 2 pairs of ear rings I bought. Even after convertion, it’s really cheap. Of course, it is not to be compared with the ear rings in Malaysia, 3 for RM10.