PrizeMail, Dinner Out and theBalm Replica/Fake Makeup??

So today I got one of the post office cards to get your packages.
I got excited. I thought my soaps from SoapyLuv arrived.

But it's not it :( I think the soaps will come this week. Hopefully.
Instead, I got my prizes from a recent Youtube giveaway.

So I went to get it with my sister. I actually forgot about how to get the things. I was sick too, still so my stuffy nose makes it difficult for me to speak or hear clearly.

I actually made a video. A rather awkward one because she asked if I would do a prize mail opening video :) and I was fine with it. I just dislike the fact that my voice sounded so nasally.

I'm quite excited about the nail art kit the most.

Here's a pic of the prizes:

Thank you for this, SakuraNailArts!

In other news, I had dinner out at Grazie Mauri the day before yesterday.

Chilled Cranberry Juice

 It's just boxed juice unfortunately, lol. I asked.

Pizza di Salumi?

 My sis ordered this one, she likes it very much I guess.
As for me, I love the one in this pic:

I forgot the name but basically it's blue cheese and some veggies.

 For my main dish, I ordered a beef fillet with mushroom sauce. It comes with veggies and potatoes. I asked for medium.

Looks yummy.

It came medium...or was it rare? LOL Didn't care.

 Unfortunately, the beef wasn't seasoned so it was bland and chewy. It actually hurt my teeth.
I brought it home, salted it, cooked it again with the sauce and BAM, tastes a whole lot better.

They need to somehow cook the sauce with the beef itself :/ so the flavours mix. Well, that's my own view on it anyway.

And then I had dessert.
I think for this dessert, my friends like it.

For me, it was just okay.
I can make something similar to this and it tastes even better.
Seriously.

But I do like the addition of the strawberries and the vanilla ice cream.

It wasn't as delectable as I expected it to be I guess.
High expectations met with mediocre results.

Fantasia di Maria

 But then again, I was sick that day.

Maybe it's my tastebuds BUT I could taste the pizza perfectly.

Anyway, I had my long lost froyo soulmate ( ;w; )
Mochi!!

Butterscotch with strawberry mochi and kitkat bits.

It was nice. The hint of butterscotch flavour and the sourness of the yogurt really comes through.
Unlike Tutti Frutti which really tastes like ice cream.

I should become a food critic.
Like, totally.

I wish I had the gall to actually comment to the chefs.
#NoBravery

I went to Citis Square to visit the art exhibition by UBD students a.k.a some of my friends.
It was the last day.

I was underwhelmed when yeah, some of the works are just form 6 standard.
I guess it's not much of a loss if I don't take art as a major.

MAN, I wanna go abroad D:

Look of the day. Yesterday.

 My sis complains when I braid my hair.
Too childish??

I just used concealer + SPF-ed moisturizer.
No powder.

Today I went out without makeup.
Couldn't care less.

Just packed on sunscreen.

I ordered these but I ended up not eating them.

I've been losing appetite recently.

I guess it's because I'm sick.

I've been sick for a long time.

Longer than usual. It annoys me to no end.

Oh yeah, got this. No, actually, mom got me this.

I thought it was BND$16 something at first...turned out to be BND$23.

I just hate it when they don't label products properly at Guardian. I felt really bad to buy this actually.

Might as well label the price ON the product. Sheesh.

KP, go away!!

Yes, I have KP.

I applied this last night and I think it worked a bit.

Slowly.

I also had my sister paint my nails last night.

Yes, I'm holding a banana.

It looked pretty against my pink nails.

Got banana?

I HATED the nailpolishes.
I don't know why but it dries so slow.

And the white one from Etude House.

I don't recommend it to act as a base.
It's just impossible to work with.

OH YEAH.

I found out that theBalm Cosmetics has been replicated!!

Say what??

This bothers me because I haven't got my replacement from SaSa Malaysia.
And paranoia says DOUBLE CHECK it next time.

Just in case.
>_>; it hasn't arrived so it's not in stock yet.

But I do know that SaSa has been selling replica brushes that look like EcoTools too so...

Well, I doubt they would break the trust of the company (theBalm) by doing so but anything can happen. Thought theBalm never contacted me back when I emailed them. Phooey.

Hm.
In other words, I'm just worried.

But I'm also tempted to check the quality.
Maybe it'll pop out somewhere, someone getting this.

People do say some of the replica makeup are actually quite good.
Plus, if they actually say it's replica, it's up to the buyer to buy it or not, right?

Safer than eBay which sells replica makeup most of the time but people claim it to be real.

As for me, will I ever buy replica makeup?

If it looks cute.
LOL. Cute wins me over.

But in all honestly, theBalm Nude'Tude palette that I have is all buttery soft. And no, I didn't use it because I'm supposed to get a replacement.
I just cleaned the palette before SaSa Malaysia contacted me back.

It was so dirty :/

They also have Shady Lady Vol.3
I wonder if Meet Matt(e) will be next?

Who knows.
Just be careful when you buy theBalm palettes online next time!
Okay?

Okay.

I'm dizzy now.

Take care!!

-Nisah-

MASSIVE Miri Haul (Part 2)

Okay, so here's part 2 of this "massive" haul.
Honestly, I was supposed to buy some clothes and shoes...but somehow I ended up not doing any of that.

But at least I didn't focus on one shop.
The biggest mistake I did was use up RM100 at ONE accessory shop *shoots self*
Damn cute things. DAMN THEM ALL.

Anyway, after going to SaSa, I went to buy some magazines at Popular. I couldn't find CLEO at all and I was annoyed. I did buy ViVi and SCawaii though. In the end, I had to buy CLEO at eMart as that was the only place that had the magazine!! It cost RM9, which is a lot more than Popular (they sell CLEO at RM7.50 or RM7.70, I forgot) but it is still way cheaper than in Brunei.

Beauty and Fashion Mags~

So yeah, basically I went around to look for CLEO...

Well, after that, I went shopping for my cousin's wig thingies. She just needed the things to take care of her wig.

So I got her a wig brush, a wig wax and a wig cap.

The extra brush and the tweezers are for me.

I also noticed that this shop sells some Baviphat for super cheap D: like... RM15 for a BB Cream?
LIES.

I'm pretty sure they're the fake ones LOL.

Well, after that, I went to The Body Shop.
Actually I wanted to check the price for the starter kits but they didn't have any D: what.

So I got a small Body Butter and a soap.

Spiced Vanilla Soap and Cocoa Butter Body Butter

If you noticed, the soap is in old packaging. The sales assistant was nice enough to tell me about it when I was about to pay since I told her I don't have discount code. How nice ( ;w; )

Plus it's just soap, what's the packaging got to do with it, right?
It smells delightful.

As with the Cocoa Body Butter. It's weird but Brunei doesn't sell the Cocoa range here D:

After going to Body Shop, I went to Watsons.
And OMG.
I was so happy ( >w< ) I even forgot to buy makeup.

Watsons Haul Part 1

Part 2

Okay, well, I guess you can count the lip balm as makeup.
But I bought mostly medicine stuff XD;

Well, I've been having stomach problems so my dad told me to get ENO and my daily dose of ACTAL.

I did plan to get the Nano White Intensive De-Pigmentor Serum so I was glad it was on sale~ Save a lil' bit of money.

Bought the wrong T3 Mycin because I went away when I asked my mom to get it for me. But I'm sure it'll work the same?

There's Nexcare...and Garnier Pure 3 in 1 cleanser. I bought it because it was on sale and I was curious.

I've been using both the cleanser and the serum and so far, I like it.

Last but not least, SkinFood.

The reason why I had to use up my last RM50.

I was actually planning to get the Peppermint Foot Cream (that I believe is RM24)
But they only had Almond...Foot Cream.

It was RM30+ nearly RM40 I'm sure.
Then somehow, they pushed the foot mask too.

And me, being dumb just said yes.

And darn, Total was RM50 and some cents.

I wasn't thinking.

But then I also decided to redeem a gift.
And I chose the hand cream ;O

Reason I'm broke.

I haven't tried any of them yet though.

So yeah, that's the tale of how I ended up using nearly RM400 to shop.

The bad thing is that I missed out on two things in my list that day:

1) Eye cream or gel
2) Empty pots from Super Save.

Darn.

But overall I'm happy.

The bad thing is that I'm itching to shop online.

DAMMIT.

I have to borrow from my sis I believe....

NUUUU.

Ah well.

Take care!

-Nisah-

Cut My Hair :O + Acne Update (Scars BEGONE!!)

It's been really long since I had a haircut ):
I think last time I did, it was in January. Yeah, I remember that it was before going to Skintologist. But then again, I only cut my bangs :s

I have reservations about getting haircuts.
It's a silly reason but I can't cut my hair very short unless I got over him.

Because well, the main reason why I kept it long in the first place was because he wanted me to keep it long. In the end he said I was free to do what I want with my hair but honestly, I like it long now.

But yeah, the ends of my hair were damaged and stuff, plus I wanted to have blunt bangs.

My older sis decided to have a haircut so I went with her :O

This time I specifically I wanted my bangs properly sectioned and stuff. I also didn't mind cutting the ends of my hair. Basically the hairdresser could do as she pleases XD;

What I liked the most were the head massages~~

For the shoulder, it was kinda painful. I have low pain tolerance so yeah~

In the end..the results are~~~

Okay, you can't really see it LOL.

Basically she cut off about 4 inches of damaged ends, thinned it out, cut bangs and shiz.
If my hair was naturally straight, it'd be nice but no, mine is naturally wavy~

And fudging THICK.

I didn't wear makeup out, just sunscreen so I Photowonder-ed this photo up.
Shabbily.

OKAY THEN ;O

Okay, so here's an update on my acne and acne scars~
It's been....let's see....3 weeks since I last saw the doctor and I have used the acne gel 2 times, every day. I'm running out of the gel.

What I've noticed is that it heals my acne that's popped fast but at the same time, it doesn't prevent it.

But at least it's manageable but again, it's not miraculous.

Here's how it looks like now:

*kinda disgusting, so if you don't wanna look at it, look away!!*
EDIT: Made it smaller so I don't scare people.

It's honestly better in real life.

Really!

Well.
It ain't nice, but I've kinda accepted it.

But it'd be even nice if it'd just go away.


I mean, I can't deal with both trying to stop breaking out AND lightening the scars.

It's a bit hard ):

If you have any advice about acne scarring, do tell me!


-Nisah-

MASSIVE Miri Haul (Part 1) + Future Giveaway Sneak Peek ;3

Hey there :) I hope nobody managed to see the rant I posted last night....which I have removed. I might put it back up again once I edited it...

I thought today would be horrible but no, it's so awesome I almost want to cry
( ;w; ) finally, a 16th where I don't feel like killing myself!

Gosh. This is meant to be positive, POSITIVE ;O

Anyway, I went to a lot of places (stayed at Bintang Megamall but you catch my drift!), got a lot of things in my list, and some, purely impulses. I was also not being selfish for once! LOL. I mean, I went shopping for other people too (and for future readers~) and yeah, some of the things I'm glad I got and some, I question why I got it.

I took out some money from my bank yesterday (usually my parents won't allow) and I decided to treat myself after all the shiz that's been happening to me. I read Xiaxue's blog post last night and I decided that I've been attracting all these bad things on my own ): well, partially anyway.

So yeah, BE POSITIVE is the new drive right now.

Sadly, BE POSITIVE also cost me a lot of money ( ;w\ ) but it's okay, can get it back one day.

First place I went to is this accessory shop. It was having a sale~
I saw Minipols first and got excited. I got two, and my sis bought one for herself.

Minipol :O But it's somehow bigger than the one my sis gave me...

With that I also saw two Galaxy S2 cases.

I saw it, and I wanted it.
Despite the horrible colours.

One's too brown, one's too neon LOL

Because it was cute ):
Unfortunately I accidentally damaged the Rilakkuma one when I was trying to clean it up a bit. The Hello Kitty one has a scratch I can't ignore.

I also bought a necklace....for no reason. It was Hello Kitty so yeah D:

I hope I have clothes that fit it XD;

I also bought these two cute cases that can pass as makeup or pencil cases.

Pink with some cute cartoons :D

Black with a cute cat :3

Actually, this is part of my future 100th Post Giveaway ;) well, one of them anyway. The other is for my 100th Follower Giveaway. 

100th Post Giveaway is up :D Click here !!

I'm planning to kinda survey a bit before buying the things I want to put in, just for the convenience  of the future winner? Like I plan to put a lipstick at first but then maybe some prefer lip glosses or even just normal lip balm.

I also plan to make it international (God, how much does Brunei Post charge :O) so I don't want it to be too heavy. This is because I see some international hits and I thought it'd be unfair to them.

I'm also on a budget since I don't work, so I guess I can say the giveaway will be partially from my parents and from me XD; fair?

But I want to make sure it's worth it :) and that people would like it as it is. But I'll talk about that more in another post~

*To be alerted of my giveaway post, do follow my blog ;) easier that way. Be a public follower btw~*

For once (despite the massive sale they're having), I only got two things from SaSa. Temptation was huge but until I get my defiled Nude'tude's replacement, I'm not giving too much money to that shop. Sigh. I hate how the things are arranged there btw, it's like brands are scattered every where. To be fair, they are arranged according to type, some things I mean, but I'd like to browse one brand if possible at the same place, like Sasatinnie for example, scattered EVERY WHERE. I got so dizzy and the shop was hot D:

So yeah, I got this:

Peach Clarifying Peeling Gel

....and a box of  lower falsies :O

FINALLY LOWER FALSE LASHES!!!
Chose a dramatic one. Next time I'll get the more normal looking one.

I also took the chance to ask the SA about the mask I bought in this post, asked if it was a moisturizer or a mask to wash off after 30 minutes. Finally one of the senior SA managed to answer me: it's a sleeping mask :)

So basically either way, it acts like a moisturizer because come on, you're gonna wash your face in the morning anyway LOL.

Yep, yep~

Today I had this:

Heaven-sent Sugar Bun Meal

I LOVE the rice oh-so-much I want to cry.
CRY.

I wonder if the one in Brunei serves the same one?

OH OH, I revamped my phone.
You see, my S2 all this time looks like a boy's phone. All black with a frog hanging, so...

Girly-fied!!!

EGAD.

Okay then.
That's part 1 :D

Will update part two tomorrow maybe, if I feel like it.

*owwww, my left eye hurts, it stings D: I wonder why....*

Okay then, g'night ;D

-Nisah-

Love For Soap + Food Pics + Woah...

So yeah, long time no blog. I've been procrastinating, unfortunately.
I've had lots of ideas on what to blog about but, I just didn't feel like blogging. Plus, the internet just sucks nowadays D:

My sis came back from the UK yesterday, and that meanssssssss.....SOAP.
And this hair thing she got me. Supposedly, it'll make my hair more volume-y. Well, if I feel like cosplaying Adele, I might use it LOL.

LUSH :D Inside it is....

Porridge

Honey I Washed The Kids

 To be fair, these are leftovers XD Well, she cured them long enough. She didn't use it of course. I know I love Porridge, and now I get to try HIWTK!!! It smells so nice. Not as honey-like as I imagined but then she put both soaps together, so yeah, the smell might have changed lol.

She got my older sister and my bro-in-law Sea Vegetable. I wonder if I can ask for a sample ;P

I'm still waiting for my order from SoapyLuv. XD I hope it doesn't melt during transit!!!
Ordered six soaps so... :O

She also got me these!! *blurred photo, so sorry*
I love this soap :) it just fits the hand and has enough exfoliating/massaging feel on it.

I'd love to give one...to...him...but that's impossible LOL.

Chocomania Heart Soaps!

 This is Bumpits?
LOL.

Such a cute packaging!!

Still cute inside~

Covered in pink paper, is this!!

I tried it on my head, it does stick very nicely!! Looking forward to using this. One of these days.

So, I'm sure you know how much I love bar soaps/handmade soaps right now right?
Yeah. It's enough to get me on cloud nine actually :)

My brother told me my skin looked better last night. Oh really? LOL.
I hope so ):

I started using my HadaLabo Tamagohada Cleanser again. So far, it's not so harsh on my skin as last time I guess. It has AHA+BHA. I just need to remember to use sunscreen. Right now, what I'm using is the cleanser, C+M's Whitening Toning Lotion, the T3 Mycin Gel and then I change moisturizers every now and then. Though right now, I'm using the AC Clinic White Trouble Essencializer. The smell is not as offensive as before lol.

I'll see if it has a good effect on my skin. Yeah?

My brother told me to use OXY Cover as concealer but it stinksssss. Sigh.

I had a feeling my SkinFood Rice Concealer Tip is well, bacteria-filled D: so I froze it. That's the only way I can control the bacteria I think because I noticed I've been breaking out more on the places I concealed. I guess.

I hope that'd kill them.

Oh yeah, FOOD PIC DUMP!!!

The other day I went to Excapade with my family :)
Shared this with my mom :O

Salmon Head. Scary but yummy.

 And this is for me :)

Chirashi Don

 After this overload of raw food, I decided to lay off the raw next time.
It was good but not as good as just one raw fish.

This also has egg (that's cooked) but I wasn't a fan of it. One of the reasons is that it SMELLED. I dunno if it's the fish or the bowl itself. Or the rice. It just tasted kind of OFF. Like...it went bad.

It bothered me but I finished it anyway.

Somehow I've been having bad tummy aches until today :O

I also made No-Recipe Lasagna!
We only used two cheeses, no meat, just spaghetti sauce and lots of onions and some garlic LOL. We also made last minute white sauce.

It tastes nice.

Oily from the cheese D:

Reminds me of Pizza Hut's, without the meat.

 The other day, I went on a movie date with my besties from MS.
We watched Snow White and the Huntsman and The Avengers.

I KNOW. Late on The Avengers thing but hey, apparently, I wouldn't mind watching it five times like my friend did. The friend who was watching with me said it's her third time watching and she still won't mind watching it again.

I was fangirling Captain America and Bruce Banner.
I really need to watch the Captain America movie now >_<;

As for Snow White...all I have to say is WHY BELLA. WHY.
It's so hard for me to refrain from making references on Twilight. Made my friends laugh because of it BUT....Charlize Theron did a gooooood job :D

So did Thor---I mean, the Huntsman.

This is what I had before the movie LOL.

HOT POINT!!

Sea Honey Coconut!

Mix, Mix, Mix!!

 Refreshing dessert (or in my case, appetizer) for a hot day!

Veggie Baked Rice! They had too much onion on that day. DO NOT WANT!!

 LOL call me random but here're pics of the chocolate I ate yesterday..
Thornton's!

Orange....zest...thingy.

OOOOH.

AAAAH.

WOOOO.

SEXY.

It was good. LOL.
I gave half to my younger sis.

Oh yeah, I also tried the Seaweed Ionic Clay Mask from The Body Shop last night. It was my sister's.

My skin liked it :O I wonder how much they sell it here.
It dries fast though.

I have reservations about The Body Shop products now lol due to my bad allergy to one body mist.. but if maybe the masks they have suit me, I might just chuck out some money on them lol.

Oh yeah, I saw on my Facebook feed today that Urban Decay decided to sell products to China? Well, I think they'll lose more customers that way. Loyal ones too. Why they did it? To me, it was irrelevant and for money, no matter how much they try to sugarcoat it ):

I haven't even tried their products but it just seems....off.

Ah well.

OH AND LOOKIE AT MY LUNCH!!

Hoopa from Hommed Baga!

YUM.

OKAY THEN.

See you! Have a nice day!!

-Nisah-