Baby Doll Dress Photoshoot Preview

I....I should be blogging about the Lolita Tea Party that I went to the other day, but I shall wait for my friend to blog about that so I can link you guys to her blog lol

I'm sure she'd have a more in-depth account of the event. She is, after all, one of the hostesses :)
I think she planned a successful event and I'm happy for her ^^

I'm so tired from the photoshoot today.
But at least I had very yummy cake to snack on. Though that resulted in a bloated face throughout the photoshoot lol.


I have.....2 people who's going to edit the photos. Two people with different styles and perception of beauty. I will also edit some photos that I'd love to edit LOL.

Some easy ones though, that won't need much edit, because I'm still a noob at it.

Here are some photos:

I edited this :) Just smoothed the skin and edited the lighting.

For this shoot, I was too lazy to pile on makeup on the face, so I told myself it can just be photoshopped lol. I just used concealer and my mineral loose powder. Another reason is that my friend was planning to use flash photography so I didn't want any SPF on me.

So yeah, simple makeup only. Just to cover most of the scarring I have on my face. On my eyes, just a white sticky base and brown-gold eye makeup. For the lips, I lined my lips a bit and finished off with my Dior Lipgloss. In some of the shots I forgot to re-apply. Sigh.

Really need a proper makeup artist to do touch-ups.

The lashes stand out too much lol. They're my natural-looking falsies though. Maybe next time, I'll use the more extreme ones.

Edited by photographer/Maj. Looks very studio-like!

The colour reminds me of Glee. Is it just me? The background, I mean.

This makes me look like a Disney Princess.
Cross between Alice and Sleeping Beauty.

Very creepy. Edited by Maj.

This looks very book-like.

What would the title be?

( 'w' ) ........looks very classic, this edit.

It's after this shoot on the floor did I rip my skirt. DAMN.
Of all times.

It's not obvious, but it's ripped LOL.
Twice actually.
Sigh.


LOL. And another shot I liked (and edited):

Toto liked grass more than posing. Nisah is sad :(

This wasn't meant to be a serious photo but I thought it looked nice LOL.
Way better than some poses I did XD

I mostly had fun with my friends. Thanks to Maj, the photog and to Tin (or Ten) the assistant/baker of the day. She baked yummy matcha sponge cake.

Good thing this wasn't a modeling shoot or the client would have fired me already LOL.


Took close to 300 shots but yeah, only some were good :)
That is the life of photoshoots.

Unless you're very pretty, thin and flawless and knows all your good angles.

I guess.

LOL.

Will post more in the future :)

'til then!

-Nisah-

P.S: I'm so tired, I actually jumped a few times and hurt my feet ):

Baby Doll Dress :D + Korean Food For Dinner

I went to get my dress from the tailor today :)
I'm actually really, really satisfied with it. I feared the worst, you see. So I guess that's good to not put my hopes too high. Sure, it's a different interpretation than what I had in mind, but to have put blind faith into a place I've never made clothes from before, it was a risk that paid off.

Right? Don't you think so?

Sure, it's not perfect, but I think it's cute. Really cute :)
Dad always nagged that the clothes I made always had no other use other than photoshoots or certain events, so I made sure this time the dress can be used on another occasion.

For this dress: PREGNANCY DRESS.

It has elastic bands around the tummy area so win-win :D
Plus it's so cute :)

I'm sure my future husband wouldn't mind. Whoever he is.

The only beef I have with this are the white parts, apparently it's like fabric for school clothes so :/

Ah well lol.
Maybe in the future I can alter it.

I should've made the sleeves detachable :O

Anyway, here are some pics of me in it LOL

Forgot to put on the shoes. I assure you, it's shorter.

I just finished fixing this wig last night ( ;w; ) it's been tangled so much, I cut a bunch of tangles off.

I'm surprised at how well it fits the dress.

Someone said it reminded her of Alice in Wonderland.

Sigh. It made me feel like I should have done the video shoot in this dress instead LOL.

Without the wig. I find this dress suitable for the Lapis Lazuli necklace too.

Blue....again.
Sigh.
I don't even like blue ):

Feeling blue I guess.

Honestly, I wouldn't mind going out with this dress.
Sure, people might think I'm pregnant but who cares XD

I'm sure my babies will be cute.

If I can have kids.

Yesterday's Dinner

I had some Korean Spicy Rice Cakes from Seoul Garden. It was nice :)

But I had a tummy ache today.
I wonder if it's from this :O lol

Maybe because I ate a lot.
Look at the side-dishes!!!
SIX SIDE DISHES.

LIKE OMG WTF.

Will definitely go there more often :)

It was yummy. Thank goodness there were no shrimps. I HATE shrimps.

Okay :)

Might blog again later!!

Have a nice day!

-Nisah-

P.S: My maid got angry coz I told her I was charged $80 for making the dress, headband and the non-poofy bloomer. I'm sorry I was afraid to haggle ( ;w; )

Oh yeah, extra pic :)

I Got Mail!!

Yep, I got three packages in the same day :)

It was exciting since I've been down recently.

Like, very down.

Two prize mails arrived and my order from BeautyJoint arrived :)

The order was packaged very securely, it was so hard to take it out from the bubble wrap XD I guess that's a good thing. They arrived safely :O did I waste my money for the insurance? lol. I'm planning on ordering something else (next time) from the same site.

Unless I can get better deals elsewhere.

I wish e.l.f offers shipping abroad ):

Prize Mails and Order :O

The first one is from a Youtuber. This is her channel :)

She is very nice ( ^^ ) corresponding with me, making sure it arrives to Brunei safely. And it did!!!

It's a very soft brush.

Can't wait to use it with my mineral powder!

It's quite big. I hope it fits my brush case :)

e.l.f Mineral Powder Brush

These are the two things I ordered from BeautyJoint :D
Really liked the jumbo eyeliner. I really think it's quite effective in making the eyeshadow more vibrant. Due to its sticky texture, it really helps.

I don't think it creased on me when I did a test but then that was only 4 hours.
I'll try again next time to see :)

I wouldn't mind ordering more of it!! I DO need to get a sharpener for it though.

As for the eyelid primer, it's only 5ml and I'm like....what. Seriously?
But I guess you wouldn't need much of it.

I used it on one eye and I think it also prevented creasing but again, I only tested it for 4 hours.
As for vibrancy of the shadows, I think I'd need to use a more vibrant colour to test that.

L.A Colors Jumbo Pencil and e.l.f Eyelid Primer

e.l.f Eyelid Primer in Sheer

Jumbo Pencil in Sea Shells

The ingredients.

It's cruelty free :)

 Other than that, the prize mail from Sasa(dot)com arrived.
There's four samples, two each of the same samples.

It's SkinPeptoxyl Fade Away Cleanser and Neutralizing Toner.

So far, I really like it, but I'm trying to stick to my AC White Clinic regimen.
It's quite natural from what the ingredients say and that really appeals to me.

It's more natural than the AC White Clinic Bubble Cleanser I guess.

Unfortunately, one of the cleansers leaked.
I think 1-2ml of the 5ml sample is gone ):

But it's okay.

SkinPeptoxyl :)

Simple Ingredients.

Apparently it's available in SaSa Malaysia. If the prices are nice and reasonable, I'd buy it.
But I'm just saying this prematurely because it didn't dry me out.

But again, this is just my first impressions.


Overall, I'm really happy with the mail packages I got :)

LOL.

For once, yes.

God, I'm very dizzy right now. I got sick ):

I really should go see a doctor. Sigh.

Okay.

'til then!

-Nisah-

Once Upon A Time... (Part 1)

....my skin was like this:

Only eyeliner on this. Was playing around.

This also makes me miss my short hair :O LOOK HOW HEALTHY LOOKING.
2010 was definitely the best I think LOL.

Well. Part of 2011 was too, but meh.

Anyway, this was around September 2010.
I didn't really use much makeup. Well, I did, concealer and a powder that was veryyyyyy old. lol.
But it didn't do bad to my skin somehow.

I mostly don't wear makeup when going out during this time I guess.

My face was a lot pointier too D:

Handsome too ;D

Acne generally haunted my forehead, my chin area and the nose. Some big ones on my cheeks sometimes but they heal fast too. Like, scars would disappear easily without the need of Bio-Oil or something like that.

I didn't care much, I guess.

I forgot what cleanser I used and stuff, MAN.

And then....2011 came.
My makeup interest skyrocketed.
I started being more interested in it.

I blame that on watching Youtube I guess D:

Plus, with doing more photoshoots, I want my makeup to look better.

Having a boyfriend also made me want to look better.

This was April 2011. Just eyeliner.

Looking up old photos makes me want to cry lol.
Sigh.

Seriously though. When did it start getting worse? Was it really after my visit to Skintologist?

Let's see.

Pardon the horrible eyebags. Sigh. This was September 2011.

And then, it gets worse.

......

I DON'T WANT TO POST IT ( ;w; )

I'll...

Add it tomorrow ( ;w; )


That's it for tonight ( ;w; )

*to be continued*


-Nisah-

Nail of The Day

Say what?
Nail art?

Or so-called anyway.

My sis did it :) I...even though I'm an artist, I suck at working with my own nails.

The Pink Thing

 Really failed on the accent nail here LOL.
This was me and my sis' crappy work LOL.

Tigger Nails

I like this one :) it reminds me of chocolate.

I need to get a top coat ): dammit.
Base coat too.

These won't last long, would they ):

Ah well.

'til then!

-Nisah-

"Wanna Be Sweet?" Etude House + Grocery Shopping Haul

Random opening yeah? With this title.

Tomato juice right now, is my best friend. Even though, my skin is peeling like hell. I dunno if it's done a good effect as of yet, but it IS the "Blood of Youth". I mean, Just look at how red it is!!

Blood. BLOOD OF TOMATOES!!

The carton of the one I drink right now. TIPCO :)

Personally, I think it's more liquidy than Dimes Tomato Juice, but a lot expensive also. But still cheaper than the organic one I saw. Maybe the organic one would taste better, who knows.

OH YEAH. I saw this guy get two cartons of tomato juice tonight D: ENEMY. STAY AWAY FROM TIPCO!!! IT'S MINEEEEEEEE.

Just kidding ;)

Tonight I decided to do a test of the Dolly Wink retractable liner. I was like, "OH GOSH, CAN APPLY SO THIN!!!" I was amazed. Actually, it was my skill rather than the liner itself.

HAHA, JOKING.

It was easy to control. And it was also still quite opaque even with over my shadow (which you can't see here lol). Unfortunately, it DID smudge, but just a little. Nothing so sad. It didn't fade, just smudged, especially on the lower lash line.

Freshly applied. So thin!!

So, tonight we went to Hua Ho Mall to get my sister some bras. I got myself one cute one also. Just $8, so ;3 actually there was a $3 one, but it was too thin. Even though I have no boobs (considering how fat I am) I don't think I'd want a thin one D:

Male readers, close your eyes.
Since my period is coming sooner than expected, better get ready.

Might as well, right? lol.

Bra and Womanly Needs.

After grocery shopping at Hua Ho, we went to Times Square. It was already around 9 :O wow. So late. I had some maki sushi and my Mint Milk Tea. I ordered Okonomiyaki but it came late, so I just tapau-ed it *ate some for late supper*.

This is my sister's order. Haru Maki. Spring Roll. LOL. I didn't eat it.

My Mint Milk Tea that was smiling :)

 Other than the bra and the...womanly needs, I also got this tea :) Haven't tried it. But I DO love the brand!! So, I'm excited.

The Nutrilite thing is from Amway. I decided to try and balance my mood with B Complex. I shall try it tomorrow.

"Food" Section.

 Other than that, I decided to get a moisturizer. I asked for moisturizer, the person recommended this. Okay lah, I'll try it. I hope it's okay :) it has sakura ): I'm afraid I might be allergic, but hopefully not. I mean, I HAVE walked amongst sakura trees!! D: I didn't sneeze or anything!

Have you tried this brand before?

 OHH, and here it comes!! The grand finale of sorts.
My Etude House Haul!!

Mini haul? Meh.
I decided to just use my $20 voucher for tonight. It was quite late, didn't get to browse long enough ): So I just went to get nailpolishes and a lip liner.

Wanna be sweet??

Goodies inside :O

6 polishes and a lip liner :)

 I feel bad for the sales assistants because it was so late already ): had only 15 minutes to browse. Just quickly chose colours, didn't get to swatch the polishes.

I can tell you, only two of these are opaque at one coat.
Two at two coats.
Maybe one at three.

And one that I looked forward the most, even 4 coats didn't do it D:<

LIKE WTF.

Just horrible ):

Okay, I'll tell you. It's the Mint Green one.

Sad. I wanted a Choco Mint nail theme but that failed. It just looks like a faded white, very pale. Like, it's pretty, but not that pretty. Nor was it perfect either ):

I'm gonna redo my nails tomorrow. I might just decide a Tigger theme :)

This amounted to BND$22.30.
Which means.....

*drumroll*

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TA-DA!!!!!

I'm a "princess" now!!

 Tee-hee. But it didn't say how much discount I get :O
Except for birthday discount.

Some say 15%, let's hope so.

Oh yeah, I was checking the lip liner and...

So short. That's the max it can go.

For $4.90 I guess...it's okay.
The refills are the same price too, but dunno how much in one refill box.

I hope it's more than one.

Oh yeah, the nailpolishes are $2.90 each.

I want to try the matte ones which are $4.90 each.

I guess next time, I'm gonna get a top coat and a base coat, dunno if I want from TheFaceShop or Etude House. But yeah :)

I guess I'm happy with tonight's things.

My mood swings are calmed down today too.

Thank goodness.

I'm happy :)

So yay.

I'm gonna go drink green tea :)

Thanks for reading (do I even have readers?)!!!

'til then!!

-Nisah-

Dry Skin Woes. Early Period Woes. Missed Period Woes.

No, I'm not going to post a pic of it but just imagine, cheeks with lots of scars and active breakouts and to top that off, dry flaky skin.

I guess it's from me using the Nixoderm (I have to stop for now) and I had to steam my face for a bit. That was yesterday.

Today, it was less dry, but still dry toward the night.
As of now, I mean. I'm using SkinLab's Concentrated Vitamin E Cream again to combat it. It's not the most moisturizing but it would do for now.

I had two consecutive emotional breakdowns (which I won't elaborate here) and just tonight, I noticed a (TMI here, so I'm sorry) discharge with blood. I'm like, so wtf-ed because that means I'm two weeks plus early for my period.

My friend said it must be either stress, poor nutrition and other stuff. All of it, I guess.

I'm not happy about it. It also made me realize that I missed my period in March.

Like. How come I never realized that.
My April time of the month was a couple days early....

...and now, two-three weeks early?

That would explain my horrible mood swings.

So horrible. So very horrible.

I don't know.
There's definitely something abnormal with it. I'm not happy.

I never realized I haven't been taking care of myself properly.

I just didn't realize.

Maybe tomorrow, I'll either have a product swatch and mini review maybe.
I tested out the Dolly Wink Retractable Eyeliner (I guess that's what it's called) and I was amazed (at the swatch) at how it didn't smudge, budge...I even had a hard time removing it.

I guess I should try it out on the eyes if my mood is stable enough.

'til then :D

-Nisah-

P.S: I know it's short and uneventful but yeah, sorry ):

Dressmaking? + Food Pic Dump!!

Hey!! ....I just noticed that I have a habit of blogging at night. Like, midnight.
It's fun though somehow LOL.

I guess today I have better mood swings....or rather, lesser dangerous ones. I did kinda snap at my dad LOL. But compared to these last few days, it was bearable. Although, I did have these headaches and breathlessness, even some suffocation. It's kinda annoying. I felt like collapsing/fainting.

But I somehow pulled through.

We went out to eat at the Thai Food Restaurant tonight, my dad wanted to treat my mom for Mother's Day. Since I didn't really eat properly these last few days, I decided to have rice and side dishes. It was nice :D I actually really enjoyed it. Though I made the mistake of ordering HOT Milo. I had spicy food so...it wasn't  a good match!!

Here are the food pics:

CAMHO with sis. LOL.

Sweet and Sour Fish. It had pineapples :O

Green Curry Chicken. My FAVOURITE!!

Mixed Veggies? Didn't eat it much.

Sis' Pineapple Fried Rice

Fish Tom Yam. Yummy!!

After that, we went to look for a tailor to make my dress.
It was SOOOOO journey-ful but funnily, in the end, we went back to the restaurant BECAUSE the tailor shop was actually close by!!! We went back to Lambak and THEN back to Serusop. LOL. We went round and round. I think dad was trying his best to not piss me off so he wasn't that pissed off. We actually went around Lambak and none of the tailors knew how to sew it D:

Unfortunately I can only make the dress tomorrow, because the female tailor wasn't there ):
I have to wake up early ):

Awwww.

However, they did tell me it won't take long to make the dress :D I told them that I might want a separate bloomer. Better that way, no?

But here's what I had in mind for the dress:

Had to quick sketch because I had to show my friend LOL

I had to do lots of revisions to this dress, because I didn't calculate how much fabric I needed LOL. It was actually cuter than what I had imagined though, ONCE I added the dress pattern to the dress. I couldn't envision it in my head just by looking at the fabrics. Although the blue might be a little bit....too blue. But since it's only just a little on the dress itself, it should be fine? I plan to make a big head-eater bow. If the tailor doesn't mind making it, I'd ask them to make it LOL.

1 Meter each for the plain fabric, and 4 for the patterned one. I THINK. God, I hope so.

This was the original design I had in mind LOL.

I dunno, I just hope they're not gonna be angry at me for buying blue fabric instead....OH. I can see now what SJ sees. With the blue for the outside part and the pattern for the inside. Oh, it does look pretty. OH SHIT.

D: but then, blue doesn't suit my skintone very much unfortunately ):

So I'd be fine with this.
I hope. I HOPE it goes well. I'd love a dress I "kinda" designed that is successful. Sure, the Wa Loli my sis sewed for me was my design but then I didn't get to really choose the fabric. To be fair, this one wasn't my choice either  LOL. Meh. I dunno, one day I'll design a better one.

Oh yeah, tonight I decided to like, "make" an shadow palette XDD
The e.l.f custom eyes had magnets on it already, I just didn't have a metal palette for it. So yeah, just chose to be practical and BAM, Redondo Palette.

Redondo Palette.

Covered it using a square Japanese box. It was from a mirror. So yeah.

So yeah :)

You know, I also found out the new bra I got, one of them got the wrong size. I'm usually a B85, but I accidentally got one C85 but it fits well. Oh my, did my boobs grow?

( =w=; ) I guess that's good. LOL.

My skin is getting flaky, it's annoying. If I use a BB Cream, it'll show and emphasize so much. So tonight, I decided to moisturize, conceal and then use a mineral powder foundation. And it works. It looks like it offered enough coverage like a moisturizer, sunscreen, BB Cream, concealer and a pressed powder. LOL. I dunno, I guess it's the powder foundation. It works.

So I guess until my skin doesn't flake off, I'd stick with the simple routine.

Okay, I am tired and I wanna watch BlueXephos' videos :D

'til then!!

-Nisah-