I don't need sleep.

...I was gonna sleep but I kept thinking about death.
It's been a few days since it's like that. I wasn't depressed.
Well, now I am.


It's nothing too bad. I can still control it, so far...
I decided to do chores like laundry and feeding the cats, cleaning the area, washing some dishes, etc.

Kinda feel like playing games too.


Sleepy...but I'd rather do some stuff, y'know.



I wanted to clean my room and organise my makeup but my room's just too small for this.
Makes me wanna have a small room just for makeup.


Sigh.

Kinda contemplating on selling my still new UD Naked 2 because I have the MUA 'Undress Me Too' that I won from a giveaway held by Ka Sheila. It's not the same payoff, I'm sure (well based on reviews online, plus UD makes awesome shadows) but then again, I don't think I need it. I WANT to keep it for the sake of keeping it. I bought that as a birthday present for myself.

...but it's like, I kinda want MORE.


I'm eyeing this new palette I saw last night.


I don't even know about the colour payoff yet.

It's just that...I want it.



I told myself after Balm Voyage, I'll stop, but this palette is just...so cute.


Limited edition too.


But forget about that.

I'm just frustrated because I have less space now.
If I organise my makeup space well, I can at least use my makeup in a good balanced rotation.


The only palette I've made a dent on is the Sleek Au Naturel, which is funny because it doesn't WOW me. I just love to use it lol.


My sister gave me (I think I mentioned this) three of her TooFaced palettes and one Sephora (although I've convinced her to take it back because it was a gift from her hubby) so that added to my collection SIGNIFICANTLY.

Interestingly, the only palette I liked so far was the Sephora one LOL.


A review will come soon hopefully.


Makeup kinda made me depressed. Well, it added to it.


Maybe I can get a new vanity place. Or a better drawer for them.


( =_= ) sigh.




Well, maybe I should take a nap.

I don't wanna break.


'til then, take care!

-Nisah-

Drivers in Brunei...

First off, let me make it clear:
I. DON'T. DRIVE.

I've been thinking about it...because it's the ONLY convenient form of transportation in this country.
The purple buses? Do you see many locals use that? Quite rarely.

The complaints I hear from friends and some family is that the bus route is just so random and stuff.
Having had to use the buses to travel when I was in Japan, I kind of wish the buses here can be improved to mimic the system there.

It was always on time, convenient and just user-friendly.



Anyway, going back to the topic of drivers...

This was actually brought up by my lil' sister who just learned how to drive.

"WHY is the TV only showing accidents caused by mobile phones? NOT ALL accidents are caused by phones." She complained as she was driving us around to buy sungkai stuff.

"I mean, look at that." She says as she carefully drives the car. "That guy 'just masuk simpang tapi nada signal!!' How am I supposed to brake?"

"What if I did not see that, and I hit him? BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE HIM TRYING TO 'MASUK' SIMPANG?"

"In the end, they'd blame ME because I hit him, even though it's HIM that didn't use the signal."

"Plus I'm a new driver, of course they'd blame it on me."

1) They just steal an opportunity (Honestly, I dunno how to translate 'menyampati')
2) They don't bother to use the signal


These 'menyampati' people, also go against the red traffic light. I've seen this happen many times.
I mean, if they get into an accident AND die, who's to blame but themselves?


The only time you CAN drive very fast and break ALL the rules, IN MY OPINION, is when you really want to poop and pee.

Or maybe you need to hurry because someone is gonna pass away and you wanna be there before they take their last breath.

Other than that, rules are made for driving to make life safer.


As a potential driver, I am personally scared because as the passenger, I've seen many bad things happen.

Hell, I've also been in a car accident when I was young.
I guess that gave me some kind of trauma to drive.


My lil' sister was involved in small hit and run accident when she small.
That driver just rammed into the car and he drove away.

Thankfully, there was a witness.

So yeah, accidents aren't always caused by people using their mobile phones.
C'mon, PSA (Public Service Announcement), you know better than that.


Every time when I see a car speeding, I say to myself: "Maybe they really need to go to the toilet. Hopefully they won't get into an accident."


Accidents are caused by drivers, too.
Obviously.


They ignore what is taught to them while taking the driving lessons, because they think that they're pro in driving, because they think that they're above the law.


I'm not always into rules but when it comes to things involving the lives of other people, you should at least respect them.



So, will I one day drive?
I know I should, but if the roads are littered with these reckless drivers, I'd rather work hard on improving the public transportation.

I'm all for the possibility of *coughtrainscough* but that's impossible maybe.



You can't live in Brunei without learning how to drive, I know that.
So drivers out there, make it possible for the roads to be safe.

Proper maintenance should be done regularly too, to keep the roads safe. Traffic lights, lights, signboards, etc.


I'd write this for the newspaper but my rusty writing is just not right LOL.

Blogging is the way to go.

Oh, and if any of the driving terms are wrong, excuse me because I don't drive and I haven't learned any of it LOL. I did ask my sis but she finds it easier to explain in Malay.

'til then, take care~

-Nisah-

P.S: Keep your kids in line when they're in the car. Seriously.

Is this appropriate? Would you accept this policy?

Hey guys, I just wanna bring this issue up because it rubbed me the wrong way.
I went to Miri today, to look for clothes for my new single, amongst other things.

Curious, I went to SaSa to see if the new eye primer by theBalm is in-stock. It was. Along with Meet Matt(e) Nude which I didn't buy.

theBalm "Put A Lid On It" Eye Primer (RM70)

So, here's the deal.

I wanted to buy the primer, so I asked the SA, "Is there a tester?"
"No, it's new." and I was like "Oh."

Then she did something I didn't expect her to do.
She said, "You can try it out." and proceeded to open it. Just like that.

I thought it was gonna be a tester or something.

I didn't ask for her to open it but she went ahead and did so.
I'm guessing she wanted to sell the product but wtf.

Even as a customer I wouldn't want to ask an employee to open the product UNLESS they intended to make it a tester.

She kinda urged me to try out the product she squeezed out of the tube.

Hesitantly, I did.


I think I couldn't hide my displeasure on my face but she was all smiles.

Not knowing how to feel, or what to think, I said, "I'll take it...(?)"

And she proceeded to put the used tube back in and into my basket.


Did I expect her to do that? Nope.
I expected her to turn that into a tester and give me a new product.
But at the back of my head, I did think:

"What if I didn't want to buy the product? Would she put it back on the rack?"

I kept it to myself as I shopped for other things.

I also asked about the Meet Matt(e) Nude, which didn't have a tester. The same SA asked the other SAs if there was a tester OR if she could open it. It was taped shut, that was a relief since I've experienced "swatched palettes" from them before.

You can read that here.

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I went to see my sister after that and told her about what I experienced.
She was like "Wtf? Why did you buy it??"

"Because I wanted it. But I didn't expect that."

And then I went ahead and asked my mom and dad what they thought.


At the end of it, I decided to go back and ask the saleslady because it was constantly on my mind.

"Hi, I wanna ask something about the product before"

"Oh, you can't exchange or return it." She said, with a smile. Funnily, while she was saying this, at the back, they had a "Return and Exchange Policy" poster at the back.

"That's not the case..."

It was hard for me to word it out. Am I supposed to use English or Malay? LOL.

So I went ahead and asked her.

"The product before, should I didn't want to buy it, would you make it a tester?"

She just said, "Nope. We'll put it back on display since only a little product was used."

I cringed.

"Really?"

"Yep, I'll put it on display at the very back." she just said normally.

"But isn't that wrong? Is that this shop's policy?"

At that point, red flags were everywhere in my head. How many items I've bought that didn't have a seal, nor tester, were tested out by other people? Do other shops do this too?

"Before we sell something, we'd show the product."

And I was like "Holy shit, so they DO know palettes are swatched and stuff??"



I brought up the swatched palette story. It seemed like a normal thing to her.
And mind you, they sell it for full price.

I think at that time, she was on to my worries. "The product you bought just arrived last night. You're the first one to use it."


At that point, I was sickened.
I felt sick to the stomach.


I said a quick and awkward "Thank you" and went to my dad.

He said, "It's their strategy. It's how business is."

My sis went, "Ewww"



And I'm like.... "Can you imagine how many things that I might have bought from there that's been used? If it didn't have a tester?"



EWWWW.


SO YEAH.


What do YOU guys think?

Like, seriously.


I love SaSa because they supply my favourite brand, theBalm.

But wtf is this shittttt.





Seriously, should I write to SaSa Malaysia about this matter?
Or do you guys think it's okay??

EDIT: I've sent an e-mail.


Seriously!


I might not wanna buy from SaSa Miri anymore.

Sigh.


Take care, guys.

-Nisah-

Wholesale-dress.net Review (A Bad Experience)

*WARNING, lots of pictures ahead*

Inspired to warn people of this site by SusieVibes' post on her bad experience with SammyDress.com, I got reminded of my bad experience with Wholesale-dress.net.

I don't even WANT to link them to you guys. The things I had to go through was so stressful.

Basically, if you remember this post , I was ranting about the Post Office officers.

THIS. MEANS. WAR.

I ran up to my room, took out my laptop, loaded the website I ordered from and opened live chat customer service.

I wanted to know, I needed to know if they sent it all in one parcel.

After a while of chatting, we found out that they only delivered one parcel. Everything was sent already.

We told them the parcel was prematurely opened.

We could not find the necklaces, and some of the accessories from my costume dress was missing.

They told us to take photos, we did. And then we were referred to a person under Customer Tech.

After a while of checking, they reaffirmed that they sent it all in one parcel. The person even told us to check the pockets, but trust me, I looked. I burned HOLES into the parcel with my eyes.

There was nothing.

Nothing at all.

Out of the 8 items, 6 were missing.

The thing with this is that the parcel ACTUALLY arrived, it got to my hands but items were missing.

It was not missing, whatsoever.

They told us to take photos, and after a while, they concluded that someone must have opened my parcel and took some things.

This was what actually occurred with the Wholesale-dress.net (WDN) people. What did they ask me to do?

1) Take photos. Check!
2) Do a thorough search. Check!
3) Made me assume as much that somebody opened the parcel and took them. Check!

What they told me to do was to check with the post office first. While they promised to check with their shipping company. They also told me that since it was Chinese New Year, they would delay it a bit. I was fine. It didn't occur to me about their plans.

I was naive, and I believed every word they said.

So, I did my part, I wrote to the newspaper, my dad kinda met with the Post Office head honcho and the dude in charge of parcels got transferred (or suspended) and they told me they'd do their investigation. Nada. Nothing at all. I'm so tired of dealing with them.

They never told me whether it was received like that or what.

So yeah, this was my order process:

Jan 18 (Yeah, congratulating me on my future shady deal)

The receipt for PayPal was also received on that day.

Then, they were packing:

Jan 19

I remember thinking "Oh wow! They pack fast :O"

Received my ass >_>

And this was my order, a total of 8 items.

Only 2 were received (incomplete, too)

WHERE ARE MY ITEMS??

How much I had to pay.

$15 something for shitty shipping and packing. JOY.
(I frequently order from another site with free-shipping and have no problems with them >_> there was one item missing and they gladly refunded me, fast)

So anyway, I received the item around Feb 6, had a session with live "help" and got this random email:

What the hell does that mean?

So anyway,  I remembered that the dude hasn't contacted me. So I contacted them again.

Feb 8

Feb 20 (Wow, I was that dense and forgetful)

Feb 21

Feb 20 (Whut)

Feb 22

And so, I did my research around this time. I mean, with the Post Office.

There were already warning signals and stuff. My bro said "The Post Office is not gonna say anything so tell them that it was received opened. There's nothing more you can do!"

I was adamant, I really hated how the Post Office was treating it.

There's a difference between a lost parcel and a parcel received in a shitty condition, okay?

Finally used up all my energy dealing with the Post Office, I sent them another email:

Mar 5

Then, here comes the golden email from "Customer Service":

Mar 5

Who the hell uses that language to a customer??

Mar 5

I was pissed off. It's quite obvious someone else was corresponding with me now. And this person IS ANNOYING.

Mar 6

Well, someone fucking can't read, can they?

Seriously man D: (Mar 6)

I was really so pissed off then.

OH HELL NO. (Mar 7)

So yeah, after this lousy response, I responded:

Mar 7

So, by this time...I was just so annoyed, even waiting for their email stressed me out.

Oh God, wait for it, look who's back:

It's the fucking 'Dear' Correspondent. Yay. (Mar 7)

So yeah, I was appeased.

I replied:

Mar 7

Me being nice, even wished them a good day. Even when I wished them real slow deaths in my mind.

THEN:

It's fucking PLZ Correspondent again. (Mar 8)

Are you fucking kidding me?

The bewildered response is from yours truly.

I kinda went all homicidal on my next email:

Mar 8

And sooooo to conclude my fucking "Customer Service" drama:

Yeah, I was still so nice. (Mar 13)

By the time I finished trying to work it out with them, it was then that I was bugged about not knowing what to do.

Feeling scammed (3 dollars, yeah, laugh, but the way they treated me was bullshit) and feeling like sending curses their way.

So yeah, I counted the days, finally realizing that it was past 45 days.

Wrote and email to Paypal in the form of an essay....that I doubt they even read. I sent it on the same day I sent this email.

They said "YEAH GO AHEAD AND DISPUTE" (in a shorter way than their fucking automated response)

When I clearly said it was past dispute.

NOW Paypal was getting on my nerves.

I think after I replied them for not actually READING my email, they finally told me to contact "Internet Crime Complaint Centre" (IC3)

But looking it up, it was such a hassle, I just wanna send curses to both WDN AND Paypal.

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So yeah, to conclude, don't buy from this site.

If you had good experiences, good for you.

I had to deal with shit.

Not only did they told me to do MY part of the investigation, they didn't even own up to anything in the end. Yeah, they offered to send the items for free FOR MY NEXT order but I am NOT gonna pay shitty shipping fee anymore!!

It was clearly the shipping company or themselves that packed the fucking parcel poorly.

OR the fucking Post Office for all I know.

Either way, in this case, I was stupid, naive and trusting and too patient for my own good.

I let them order me around like a fool, when I could have just asked for a refund.

Sadly, what is not included in this post is my conversation with them live.

That was precious.

Oh yeah, I'd have the photos here maybe later but the dresses I ordered? They didn't look the same.

But still cute nonetheless.

So yeah, last but not least.

DON'T BUY FROM THIS SITE, PLEASE!

Take care then.

-Nisah-

P.S: I even blocked their site from appearing on ads. Although I still see them from time to time on other sites >_>; ugh, how much do they pay for advertising....

Wow, February...Just WOW.

Okay, here's the deal.

You see, my experiences with online shopping has been 90% pleasant. 

10% is missing. You wonder why? 

It's because of my brother's lack of responsibility in asking for a refund for a product that was lost in the mail. This was last year, FEBRUARY, too.

I still want to believe it'll magically appear one day, this year. But pssh, that's just an empty dream.

Anyway, due to me having university now, the only person I can rely on to pick up some parcels is my dad. He's a sweetheart for doing that. Really, for this matter, I can't blame him at all. So today, as usual, he picked up a parcel for me while I attended uni.

Me and my sis were anticipating this one parcel for the longest time. It was my first time ordering from this place, they packed everything very fast. We waited. They sent it on the 20th of January. It arrived on the 4th of February. Or so they want us to believe. 'They', here, refers to the Post Office.

And so, my dad came home, he brought the parcel. It was opened, as to be expected, since we have to open them in front of the Customs at the Post Office. However, when I pulled the stuff out, we realized, me and my sister, that this parcel doesn't seem right.

"Dad, how come there's only two dresses? Where are the necklaces?" I asked, my sis frantically looking for her necklaces.

"What?! I didn't know that. When they handed it to me, it was already open."

Everything just died down around me.

The parcel, was opened.

The parcel....was OPENED.

I asked my dad again. Surely there's a mistake right??

"...are you sure? Did they say they received it like this?" I asked him, voice getting louder.

"When they gave it to me, I asked them 'Why is this parcel opened?', but they just ignored me." He explained.

I looked at my sister, rage just boiled.

THIS. MEANS. WAR.

I ran up to my room, took out my laptop, loaded the website I ordered from and opened live chat customer service.

I wanted to know, I needed to know if they sent it all in one parcel.

After a while of chatting, we found out that they only delivered one parcel. Everything was sent already.

We told them the parcel was prematurely opened.

We could not find the necklaces, and some of the accessories from my costume dress was missing.

They told us to take photos, we did. And then we were referred to a person under Customer Tech.

After a while of checking, they reaffirmed that they sent it all in one parcel. The person even told us to check the pockets, but trust me, I looked. I burned HOLES into the parcel with my eyes.

There was nothing.

Nothing at all.

Out of the 8 items, 6 were missing.

The thing with this is that the parcel ACTUALLY arrived, it got to my hands but items were missing.

It was not missing, whatsoever.

They told us to take photos, and after a while, they concluded that someone must have opened my parcel and took some things.

I then turned to talk to my father again, and he explained to me that the person in charge of giving us the parcels actually KNEW the parcel was opened.

How?

Because before he handed it to my dad, one of the dresses slipped out and he put it back in.

He PUT it back in.

He must have been blind or super oblivious.

He did not even explain to my dad what happened.

Whether it was received like that or someone who's a kleptomaniac who happens to work in the Post Office decided to pry the parcel open and take these things out.

Seriously, don't they take oaths or something?

The thing is, it might even be cargo people. Heck, it might even be outside post offices' job BUT tell me why, Brunei Post Office...

WHY did you not say anything about the fucking prematurely opened parcel???

WHY????

MY DAD FUCKING ASKED AND YOU IGNORED HIM.

I was so outraged.

I ranted. Of course I ranted.

Then I found out that the Bandar Post Office does that often. They would often open our parcels without our permission. So, do they re-seal the parcels then? Because all this time, none of my parcels were ever opened. Ever.

We were given the choice of opening the package in front of the Customs Officers.

I asked my brother and found out that the Post Office would only open packages or parcels that they are allowed to, like supplements, medicines and whatnot.

So whose grubby hands opened my parcel?

It's supposed to contain 2 dresses and 6 necklaces.

Are they medication? Uh, no?

Are these necklaces against the religion and country? Uh, no?

I see these necklaces sold at local shops for a lot more.

So WHERE did the necklaces go?

WHERE?

At the end of it all, I decided to write an e-mail to the newspaper.

I hope it gets published.

I feel unsafe.

Where's the trust? Where's the responsibility?

And I have to rely on this postal system to send out my prize mails?? Heck no.

This turns me off to hold international giveaways.

Maybe I can have them in the form of giftcards instead >_>

Either way, I'll try post out the prizes soon.

AND pray that the grubby kleptomaniacs won't take them and send empty parcels to the winners of my last giveaway.

SIGH.

Take care, everyone.

Sleep well.

-Nisah-

This and That and A Short Rant

Too tired to think of something nice for the title.

Yesterday night I asked my dad that I needed to go get a new face moisturizer (and hmhm, a Holika Holika BB Cream) but I wasn't sure what to get. Since I "started" my AC White Clinic regimen, I decided to try it out. Their, essencializer. Or something. So I got that (unfortunately, it was way expensive than what I had in mind. Even with the 10% discount :/ sigh. I expected a moisturizer for under BND20 at least. But no, this was like more than that.

So I got this:

The box, is decaying. If only you could see the colour on top of the box XD it faded!!

I'm surprised the bottle is plastic!! I think the AC Clinic range is more to glass? Or something. This is good though, no risk of breaking it. I think.

So far, I think it's lightweight on the skin (used once only lol) I did break out at three different places but that could just be me sleeping late. Been sleeping at 3-4 AM nowadays, dunno why. Weird. This happened before. Like I mentioned before ): it ain't good.

Other than that, I also got this BB Cream from Holika Holika:

It has tea tree oil.

Well, since it's tiny, 30ml only, I wouldn't have a hard time finishing it. It was BND12.90 I think. It's not far off from the Korean price range. Unlike Skin79 and Missha (and the rest), I think Holika Holika isn't too far with their Korean counterpart, but I might be wrong.

I'm just gonna say it out here: If you bring a franchise to Brunei, make sure the price is reasonable. There's no point in promoting that it's the "best", or the latest trend or something if the price is unreasonable!! If it's just a few dollars difference, that's fine but if you doubled the price, or even tripled it, just stop. That's useless.

That's plain stupid and stupidly money hungry. Even your discounts usually are actually what the Korean prices are. Might as well just keep a discount every single fucking day.

Okay. End rant.

Anyway, I'm excited about this because when I swatched it, I liked the smell. And it blended somewhat to my skin colour, which is good (on the hands anyway), can't wait to try it out!!

I was gonna show what the gift I got for my friend here...but...

Maybe, maybe not. I dunno. Should I?

I realize like in almost all my posts nowadays, I complain a lot.
I know but you know, here's to hoping someone who owns the franchise actually stop and think.

I mean, I realize there's a LOT and I mean A LOT of old stock they are still selling on shelves. Why? Because they can't afford to throw 'em out and they'll lose money. There's also another reason why: it's too expensive and Bruneians love a good bargain.

So I guess it's safe to make sure it's not expired?

Just to be careful.

Although I'm far too nice sometimes.
I want to see the good in everybody, even criminals.

That might be my downfall but don't you dare mess with me with customer satisfaction. I assure you, I don't care if it takes months, if you do wrong to ME, you will answer to ME.
I won't stop bugging you.

Yes, I'm naive but once I know you're in the wrong then BAM. You're gonna be in trouble.

Actually, I still think I'm supposed to report Skintologist to the authorities about selling expired products. SKINCARE btw, and unfortunately, my skin is not improving at all.

Felt like my BND$840 (I think) just flew out of the window and got shat at by birds.

I went to them expecting maybe I dunno, medicine? They DID call themselves dermatologists.
Man. I wish I was more customer savvy about it.

False advertisement? I think so.

There's also no follow up on whether or not my skin has improved or not.

Hm.

I should go see a doctor about my acne. Really.
I found out a friend also went to Skintologist for her acne and no, it didn't improve either.

So what does that say?

I dunno.
It's just wrong.

At least the person who's doing my facials and stuff is nice. She's too nice, I don't feel like shouting at her ):

I feel bad.

I guess the worse part is that when they tried to sell me another package saying it can fix the acne from deep down inside the skin, I can only say in a bored tone, "Then why didn't you do this in the first place?"

And they just became silent.
Really.

Milking money from someone who needed real help? Please.

People go to you for help, you see customers as walking money.
That is just wrong.

What? Do you swim in your pool of money?


Hah. Drive a fancy car from your customer's hard earned money that's gone to waste?
Hah.

Don't shit with me, really.
Honestly, I think my skin got worse. I have a picture of before I went to Skintologist and now...
I dunno.

I just want my old skin back. That is all.
I hate having to use makeup before I go out. I really do.

Just, think about it. And if you've ever been "scammed" by them, do tell me. Or maybe your skin has improved from your visits. Everyone's skin is different. I just hate the fact that they treat our skin like "Oh, this'll be suitable etc." Really?

Please.

Okay. Should stop now, short rant became a very long one.

'til then!!

-Nisah-

What is THIS, SaSa Miri?

Let me just warn you guys, this is gonna be a rant, there might be some swearing and whatnot and usually, I'd try to keep it clean. As clean as I can, but today, I think, it's the last straw.

Okay, so, I didn't manage to go to Miri today because I was super tired.
So, in the end, I just asked my parents to get me some things.
With that, I also asked my mom to check the price on theBalm's Nude'tude Palette. You know, THAT palette.

When they arrived home, my mom didn't say that she got at first, she just told me the price and so and so. I got all the things I asked for from my dad and I went upstairs, when my mom said "Did you think of getting the palette?" and I was like "Maybe, in the future."

Deep down inside, I already kinda suspected that she got it for me. For what reason I don't know.

So yeah, after I put all my things upstairs to my room, I went down again, to see what she got.
She DID get the palette for me.

I thought she got it for herself at first. She didn't clarify.

So excitedly, she told me it was the last one, and inside I was like "OH! Thank goodness then!"

And then...she opened it.

Guess what?
The eyeshadows were marred. It had fingermarks on it, it had been SWATCHED.

I swear to God I did not do this myself. I WISH it was me but it's not.

I went from excited to disappointed. And then, it turned to disgust.

Immediately I told her that it wasn't right and I should go tell this to the SaSa Malaysia FB page but I realized that they don't have freedom of speech, as in, you're not allowed to post comments on their page, just on their statuses and whatnot. Which is kinda, well, inconvenient.

So I left my disgust and disappointed comment on one of their statuses.

With that, I also sent an email to theBalm Cosmetics about this matter.

I mean, if you were a company and found out that your products overseas were treated like that, you'd be quite disappointed too! I mean, the integrity of said company, the face of the said company, that's just shameful!!

Too bad Miri is like a two hour journey from Brunei, or I would have ran there and slapped their faces with the palette.

I mean, if it was a tester, then label it as a tester and don't try to sell it, even if it was the last one left!!
We're not that desperate to not wait for a new batch to come over!!!

My mom was in a hurry, so she asked for the palette from the sales assistant. So she wouldn't have known if it was a tester. For all we know, it was. They told her it's the last one available, and it was still sold at full price. If it was me, it's just like you buying second hand product.

Would YOU pay full price for a second hand product? I think not.
It was RM115, mind you, it wasn't like RM50 or something.

That's a lot. In Brunei dollars, that'd be BND47.92 or something like that. Either way, it was close to BND50. If it was ME, I'd rather buy a crap load of NEW stuff from Etude House, just to get a member's card.

No, that's not the worst part.
The worst feeling is that MY MOM got this FOR ME as a PRESENT.

IMAGINE IF IT WAS A BIRTHDAY PRESENT.
That you got for someone and she opens it and discovered it was touched!!!
She'd be like "Oh my, this person gave me her old makeup!!"

I didn't expect this at all.

So out of respect, I'd try to cherish this palette.
But to know that it was pre-touched, by people, it's just disgusting.

Apparently I'm a partial germophobe, I like to disinfect and clean my brushes and makeup regularly. Or as regular as I can.

So after ranting it out to my friend, I decided to try and clean the palette.
That made me hate the person who did this even more because A LOT of product, good eyeshadow has gone to waste just because I didn't know who touched it.

Fuck you, whoever you are.
If you didn't want to buy it, then don't fucking touch it.

And if this was a tester that you sold to us, SaSa Miri, you are gonna go down.
Fuck you, too. You should keep an eye on your customers, especially with expensive things like this!!

This is not the first time you guys tried to take advantage of customers.
I hope it'll be your last.

I tell you, if this happened to YOU, you'd be upset too.
Sure, I might be overreacting but hey, you do not take advantage of MY MOTHER like that!!

Imagine how she'd feel, to know that something she got for her daughter was tarnished by a stranger.

I had a hard time disinfecting the palette because all the shadows are just soft and buttery.

It's cleaned now but I'm still gonna be bitter about this.

It's nearly Mother's Day and have you no shame doing that to a mother, who works for her money.

Well fuck you, whoever you are, who dared touch MY palette before I even got it.

Even I, as a customer, would not touch, dare open something I don't plan on buying, without a sales assistant's help. If SaSa didn't know about this, fine. But if they know about this, oh man, you guys should be ashamed.

Anything for a sale, right?
ANYTHING.

Just because you knew my mom was planning on buying it, you'd just sell something like that.
My god, I hope people read this.

I am very unhappy.

Nude'tude? More like it brought out my bitchy attitude.

You should feel ashamed, whoever you are!!!

Sigh.
Peace out.

-Nisah-

P.S: I got clear lenses, SCawaii for March/April, my Nexcare patches from Miri. With the surprise Nude'tude Palette.

EDIT: My mom told me that the sales assistant DID open the palette to show it to her, but did it from afar. My mom was in a hurry and she just wanted it to be the right palette. I'm pretty sure she could have seen it. I mailed SaSa Malaysia's Customer Service about it and they were prompt to reply. They would do an internal investigation about it. They said. theBalm hasn't replied. The palette is cleaned but some smudges are impossible to clean ): hate that. I haven't used it.

Of Etude House and PMD (and other things)

I went to Etude House in Times Square tonight lol.
I wanted to get something for my acne.

My acne cleanser was running out (St Ives one, the milder one) and I read many good reviews about AC Clinic treatment so I decided to buy a cleanser in the end. Lol, I actually wanted to get a waterproof concealer because the SkinFood one isn't waterproof (effin' sad because it's my favourite one) or an eyeshadow base (God, Canmake one sucks), I even contemplated getting a neutral quad but God, the pigmentation sucked LOL.

I think (sorry, if you love Korean cosmetics) that all the Korean cosmetics out there, in terms of eyeshadows, suck. They're all so glittery. Not shimmery, GLITTERY. Yes, you read that right, glitter.

Even Japanese ones are like that. I ask them why. They never answer, just give more glitter. GLITTER THIS, GLITTER THAT.

GLITTERMANIA.

I was swatching some of them, I thought some were nice but then I got distracted by all the unnecessary glitter. There was one of them that was basically glittermania and no pigmentation. And it was a brown one too!!! Like wtf.

LOL.

*end short rant*

Anyway, I asked the sales assistant (God, I loved her, I LOVED HER) about what the products are for, etc. I was testing her too, to see her knowledge, she was knowledgeable, which was commendable. Because, to remember all the details in a cosmetics shop is hard work. I think. Yeah. Plus she was nice and patient. Helpful especially. So I asked her what would be her recommendation for the clogged pores/small bumps inside the skin.

She recommended this:

AC Clinic White-Trouble Bubble Cleanser (cutest thing ever)

Not a lot of people favor this as it is gentler than the foaming cleanser? I read it that it's like that. But I used it tonight and I liked it :O It didn't leave my skin tight and it felt refreshed, even.

With that, she gave some samples of the same range :D

 I used the 2-step toner and the Pink Powder Spot treatment!!
The Essencializer is impossible to use!!!

LOL, sorry for the lack of picture editing, I'm too tired.
LOL, and I have a Miri trip tomorrow.

Dad already warned "No MAKEUP". But that means skincare is fine right?
I joke. I joke.

I plan to get clear contact lenses, some white stockings and a pair of shoes maybe.

Oh yeah, Etude House gave this recycle bag!!
It's so effin' adorable!!

Pink and Pretty-ful

Oh yeah, I forgot to blog about this but I also got these in the same week, a few days ago.

Mint Milk Tea from Excapade! It was delicious!!

Tekka Don :D Didn't get to devour all of it. Brought it home lol.

Le Sis and Me

Love pictures like these, weirdly.

Me and My Sister again. lol. My makeup was nearly flawfree on that night.

Nearly.

On that night, I got this!
Oh my. It's a discontinued product!!
Planning on stocking on it lol.
After discount, it was around BND10.90? Or something.

Chlorella Peeling Gel from SkinFood

I think I saw this on a Youtuber. It was 50 cents only! I bought 4, I gave one to my sis.

For tonight, lol. OMG. I forgot to take pics of food. WTF.

Had Pastamania.
Didn't like Pomodoro, seriously.
The pizza was so-so.
It had good crust though.

But aglio olio and cheese sticks never fail me!!

I look quite disheveled tonight.

Dry hair is dry.

OH YEAH, I also made an order of a PMD tonight! A Personal Microderm!!
It cost around BND220 with shipping and extra disks. Not too shabby.

LOL.

So that's about it. Tomorrow, Miri :DDD

Yep yep :DD

Expect just a very small haul.

G'night :DD

-Nisah-

Unfit For Life

Unfit for a lot of things.

It's been 5 days since I turned 21.

It wasn't anything special.
In fact, I was unhappy on my special day.

Very unhappy.

We went to an expensive restaurant.
But still, I wasn't happy.

I had my requested cake.
Still, I wasn't happy.

Best cake I had in a while (last year was wonderful too)

Work is fine but I don't like it either.
Not the work itself, more to the things surrounding it.

The Body Shop finally reached out to me about my allergy (after lots of complaints of course) and I got my replacement products.
They were all things I'm excited for.

Look at these, all things I love (soap, soap, soap)

Still, I can never be happy.

I bought several things online.
It doesn't help.

Retail therapy doesn't make me happy anymore either.
I don't want to live.



It's useless.


It's true, if you can't love yourself, how can others love you?

I don't love myself.

I don't.
I hate myself.

I can never see myself living normally.
I try, but I can't seem to.

I tell myself I'm normal, I'll be fine.
But it's all a stupid lie.

Taken today, first time outside with contacts, also a painful experience.

I got sick today, missed work.

And tomorrow I applied for an absent day.
For a video shoot.

But now I feel torn.
I feel worthless.

Nothing.

I feel worthless.

Unfit for life.

God, please, give me guidance.
Why am I on this Earth?

What's the purpose You have decided for me?

I can't just be trash.
Or am I?


.......even doing this is not therapeutic anymore.

-Nisah-

Huh? Oh crap.

Today, after trying out the sample for the Rice Mask Wash Off from SkinFood, I came to a conclusion that it doesn't suit me.

It makes my face bumpy too :/
And if you remember I bought the full size.

Ugh.

I'm planning to return it and exchange for the Black Sugar one I think.
Since the price is the same :/

Too bad it didn't work out for me.

BUT you see, I made another discovery also.

On the actual purchase itself, I was supposed to get 10% you see.
Right?
I was already technically a member.

I dunno if it's like, tricks up their sleeves but I just checked the receipt and guess what?
It was full price.

I'll show you:

See? Full price.

Deception? I hope that's not the case.
I hope it's just forgetfulness.

But you see? Not everything is going well for me.

That certain someone did something really....sad and pathetic.

Returning something outside, on a doormat on the other side of the house, at night, leaving it there.
And texting that the item is outside.

What kind of man does that? Oh wait, no, boy.

I got so upset, I even wished him death.
Crying outside at night, is not a good thing.

That's it.
My month is already ruined.

MY BIRTHDAY MONTH.

But yeah, I finally put him in a box.
A colourful one too.

In a box, finally.

My leftover V-Day chocs, an alarm clock, his ring I used as a necklace (and mine too), ticket stubs and his picture, receipts that I kept when we went out. They're in this.

I might add more that can fit.

Sigh.

It saddens me because the clock is already part of my life.

But he's just being a jerk now.

I believe just like me, he PMSes too.

I really don't want to celebrate my birthday anymore.

Sigh.

'til then.

-Nisah-

How DO you get over a breakup? (That's a few months ago)

It's impossible for me and I really hate it.

It makes me miserable and depressed.

It makes me suicidal, these feelings are dangerous.
Like a bomb ticking.

Time. Does it really heal?

WELL, I NEED A TIME MACHINE TO GO THE FUTURE THEN.

That is it.

I hate this a lot.

I don't want to fall in love again anymore.
Never.

Don't want to anymore.

Every single time I nearly have my feelings gone, YOU come back like a stupid lightning bolt. Just shocking me. Out of the blue.

You reignite my feelings while you kept yours, well, fading.

I need to vent this out even more. GDI.



So much for being friends.

A-hole.

Loved you.

-Nisah-

Doctor, Help Me

So yeah, finally, after telling my mom how much it hurts, finally she had time to take me to the clinic to get my allergy rash checked. It was already drying I believe, but I still wanted it checked.

Fobancort and ....allergy tablets?

This picture is AFTER a night of applying the ointment I was provided (only a thin layer):

Disgusting yes, I know. But this looked better than it did yesterday!

What I think the ointment did was "dissolve" the dead skin layer? I dunno. I think it did that.

It didn't itch which is good.
But yeah, I haven't tried the tablet. I should only take it if the bumps on the back of my hand appears again.

These bumps that itch like a mother----er.

I noticed that the deadly body mist from The Body Shop only affects my neck and my hand, but that doesn't mean I can't accidentally affect other areas!

I don't want to give it away to someone either! I don't want them to suffer like what I did!

So, I'm still waiting for a call from The Body Shop.

They said they will, let's see.

If they don't, yeah, maybe I'll file a complaint properly, as a customer.

I mean, I LOVE The Body Shop, sure, they are expensive but I grew up with them.

Heck, that's why I'd apply for work there too.

I didn't even care much that they didn't accept me, God knows I can't sell a product.

I'm much too nice, to promote something that can affect me like the picture above.

But well, the body butter works. The one mentioned in this post, so well, I can't say they're all bad.

However, I WILL think twice about buying from them if they don't do anything about this.
I have never had an allergic reaction this bad.

NEVER.

Until I thought I was one of the lucky people who will never have an allergic reaction ever.

So yes, Japanese Cherry Blossom Body Mist, you're deadly to me.


'til then.

-Nisah-