Let's DYE...

....it blood red.

Or rather, die trying to!

*LONG POST AHEAD BTW*

So yeah, been losing the will to blog, I have a lot in mind but too lazy to blog I guess. Feel moody here and there, unfortunately. I was gonna do a blog about how happier I am now but that's down the drain somehow.

I'm gonna go on a trip from the 21st until the 25th I think, to KK :)
I can already hear the flapping of the wings from my money~

Anyway~ Let's do a quick update before I move on to the title of the blogpost.

First thing's first:

I won this giveaway hosted by NYX Cosmetics Brunei for The Spring Fling Palette (retails there for BND$49.90 I think). BTW, right now Shop@Sarah's is having a 20% sale on NYX (and apparently an additional 5% for members) and no, I'm not paid to say this XD just telling you guys out there~

Also sale on their Urban Decay, Sigma, TooFaced, etc. Until January 13th. I'm debating on getting the Vice Palette. SO MUCH that I sold my 120 Palette to my lil' sis for BND$7 LOL.

As much as I'd like to buy from Shop@Sarah's, the online shopper in me does know they kinda mark up the price quite high. But well, if you want to try US makeup (other than the usual drugstore ones), that's the only place for you to go :) I'll buy from them if I really can't find it online anymore I guess.

So here is my derpy photo for 800+ people to see on their page:

I'm happy, okay?? Just tired.

Yes, this was around the time I hauled Tony Moly and Paloma I think. I THINK. When I went out with Moo Moo and Mars XD

I didn't wear any eye makeup that day, just face makeup.

Anyway, I gave this palette to my cousin. I actually joined so she could get it. It was either her or my other friend. Decided to give it to her but I found out after that she rarely wears eyeshadow (Yes, I know you're reading dear. Wear it often!!)

I'll have her review it on behalf of me :)

It's a very pretty palette. When it was in my hands, I looked at it with tears in my eyes LOL.

So Pretty!!!

A less tired/derpy photo of me and the palette.

Yes, I was very tired.

My order from Makeup Academy or MUAStore came :D

This order was made during their 35% off + Free Shipping around November. It arrived in Brunei around December 1st but I only got it like, last week? I think so.

Only 4 out of these 6 are mine.

I think you can figure it out by now, what the three palettes and the three lipsticks are for.

Yes, it's for a giveaway. But I will only announce it once I get back from KK.

The one that I hauled for MYSELF:

- MUA Heaven and Earth Palette
- MUA Matte Foundation in Gentle Fawn
- MUA Lipstick in Bare
- MUA Bronzer in Shade 3

So far, I love all of them!!
I've only tried the foundation once, I don't think it contains any SPF but I might be wrong. The reason why I got the Heaven and Earth Palette is because it's really ME in a palette.

It's bronze, gold, browns, taupe and some lighter shades. Perfection for me.

The bronzer is nice, comparing it to my Holika Holika and Etude House "bronzers"/contour powder.

The Bare lipstick is....very,very nude. I look like a zombie if I don't have any makeup on, but with makeup, it's perfect.

My other order from MUA that I sent to my sis in the UK also arrived but eh, I don't wanna post the photo LOL.

My order from Cherry Culture hasn't arrived D:

Other hauls I got:

My acne was acting up so yeah.

The BB Cream shown here is SPF-free!! OAO

Brought my friend out to shopping and I hauled stuff too.

I'll say TheFaceShop haul was impulse buy but I don't regret buying the eyeliner. No way. I will collect them in KK I think.

The contour/highlight powder from Etude House....hmmm.

Just got the body butter and I am running out of it already.

I. LOVE. IT.

I might just stock on 'em while in KK if they're cheaper there.

I love the herby smell, not so strong but effective. It's made in Thailand. The Body Shop's body butters are also made in Thailand. Go figure.

And lastly, the one I got yesterday~

Ta-da~

Really, Nisah? You're gonna go on vacation and you hauled something again?

Really?
Yes, I did.

I wanted a pore tightening thing but apparently this is more of a serum than a pore tightener. We'll see how it is. I might get the pore tightening one either from Holika Holika or Etude House or somewhere. Anywhere.

Got some DIY stuff from Kim Super Save....

....and that brings us to the title of the post.

DIY DYE.

Okay, so basically nobody wanted to help me so yeah, I just went for it.

First box! Look at the unevenness!! HURRAH.

I was going for blood red but apparently it turned out more auburn than burgundy/blood red.

So I did another layer the next day, and dyed random parts of my bangs and stuff, avoiding the roots (for obvious reasons).

And here it is, with flash:

My sis called me a vampire.

It's overexposed but basically, It's got a mix of orange, red, brown and black.

Weirdly, the reddest parts are the ones that were black.

My dyed ends turned weirdly orange.

AND weirdly, I got....addicted to dyeing.

I'm easily addicted to things, hence I got another box (this time, Cherry Red) and a proper dye brush thingy.

I dunno. I really wanna go full red. I just want to. I dunno.

My maid complained that I'm changing a lot.

Fashion wise, I lost weight, started wearing contacts more often, sleeping weirdly, etc.

She said I'm not originally 'me' anymore.

Well I can't help it.

The old me was always depressed, suicidal, etc.

Does she want that?

Well she got it.

I got kind of depressed the other day.

My look yesterday night.

Is it wrong that I want to look fashionable?

It's not like guys are attracted to me anyway.

I have low self-esteem, why always bring me down?

I just wish people would just let me enjoy being someone else.

Oh yeah, I've been busy taking care of Shyla and two orphaned kittens. Well, when I wake up anyway.

The reason why I need to dye my hair (LOL NO)

Shyla's been well, weird.

She's been acting weird.

She's so high-maintenance I wanna cry D: She's so picky with food.

"I'm Princess Shyla and I love my food soft"

So basically, keeping her, honestly, she eats more than me. Enough said.

The orphan kittens unfortunately, one of them died ):

Mariah, Toby and Marina.

Marina, passed away last week, exactly a week ago I think. Poor girl ):

She didn't want to drink the formula milk.

I had high hopes for her too (man, I'm slightly tearing up) coz she reminded me of Ming Ming.

Pray that Toby and Mariah survives, okay? Please.

I'll be really heartbroken if they die too ):

Been playing this too.

Yes, I'm a girl and I enjoy Call of Duty. Mostly the Zombies portion but hey, I can play XD

If you wanna play online with me, my sis and my bro, do add us on PSN: Silverduan (Highlight to see)

Other than that, I finally tried Gloria Jean's Coffee?

Yummy cake :D I love the muffin particularly!

I had Mint Chocolate Bomb (decaf) and I thought it was okay.

I prefer the Coffee Bean Peppermint Chocolate thingy.

Also bought this!

Bought this due to watching The Yogscast play it.

LOVE IT.

But I haven't been playing as often as I should lol.

It's a good game, it is :)

In a perfect world, I'd give one free code to him....but the world is not perfect.

And last but not least:

GOODNIGHT EVERYBODY!

Take care, everyone!

-Nisah-

Collective Haul + Update

So yeah, here comes a pic heavy blogpost y'all!

Kinda.

So this is basically a collective haul that I hauled in 2 weeks or so. Kinda. And some gifts here and there. Most of them? Impulse buys, not gonna lie.

I don't remember which came first but yeah, I do distinctly remember some bits here and there~

Let's start:

Talking about Etude House Haul~ (in Two Days)

First day. Uhm. The brushes and the small pump thing is from Super Save btw.

Look at My Eyes in: Lemon Sherbet, Milk Cocoa, Silver Gray

Okay, lemme explain.

I got these three for BND$9.90.

What a steal right?? They were having a clearance sale. I decided to choose a set that was most 'me'. Well to be honest, I like the yellow and brown. But the gray----I thought it was a purple.

I don't like the gray one yet. But it might looks nice layered over a white base. Or for a smokey look.

Swatches of all three.

As you can see, the colour payout for the gray one is a bit disappointing. It's more gritty than smooth like the other two. I once ranted how Korean eyeshadows are always shimmer and no colour but this proved me wrong.

The yellow would look awesome above my 'Base Hit Kit' I think.

Second item I got was:

A Missing U! Tin

I've always wanted one, reason being I needed a place to store my magnetic eyeshadows I got from e.l.f cosmetics. Plus, it's cute :D

Lemon Sugar Hand Lotion

Now this one was an impulse buy. It was on the counter. For a dollar. Last one too...so yeah, I grabbed it and the rest was history. It's decent, it smells weirdly like lemony alcohol rather than sugary.

Oh yeah, my favourite SA, Princess Tara (I think) was there and she complimented my nails XD

I told her two of the colours were from Etude House and one of them was from TheFaceShop.

I was sad the colour wasn't available anymore. The deeper pink, because I wanted to do a giveaway with it! It's okay, I'll find a dupe!

On the same day, I also went to The Body Shop.

My sis who is studying in the UK recommended me this Deep Sleep spray, however when we went there, we found out that it was banned in Brunei o.o

Why? I guess they fear people would misuse it.

So dad got me this instead:

An oil burner and an essential oil in 'Quiet Night'

Did it work?

It did make me drowsy but not enough to sleep I guess.

Can't deny how Halloween-y it looks like.

It smells nice though.

EDIT: Nearly forgot. On the day I went there, Josesphine was there too lol. I greeted her. I asked her if she remembered me. She took a while, because I was wearing my contacts. Then I reminded her that I was the girl with the allergy LOL. She immediately remembered.

I told her that I was having hard time sleeping (Like right now) and that it's taking a toll on my skin (acne D:). She asked me and my sis to smell lavender and then it wasn't pleasant. She told us, if the lavender smells bad to us, that means we're stressed.

I swatched this lovely colour called Golden Paprika. I WAS IN LOVE.
UGH.

But then I just got something from Etude House so no.

She thanked us for still patronising The Body Shop (even after what had happened).

Well, to be fair, I've always like The Body Shop. It's just a shame I got a bad allergic reaction. She told me they've reformulated the body mist now but I haven't tried it.

My look of the day on that day. LOL

Damn, it got desaturated like hell, sorry.

Oh yeah, I also got this thing...from WW Mart:

Brush Holder/Drier

Really helpful :D Other than this, I also got two other plasticky things. I used it to put my makeup palettes and my skincare stuff.

And then something happened.

My weird self got the best of me.

I wanted MORE of the Etude House eyeshadows. At least another set.

So I got it.

Begrudgingly.

I also wanted to get the flat-top brush from Super Save for my cousin BUT it was sold out D: what. The day before that, there were FIVE or SIX more, I swear!!

Wtf.

So yeah, I got this:

Look at My Eyes in: Apricot Illusion and Vanilla Cream.
Look at My Eyes Icing in: Sugar Icing

Actually, for this set, it had the same Milk Cocoa shade but the SA was kind enough to exchange one colour since I told her I bought the same colour the day before. The manager was there too :)

I haven't opened these as I find no need to, yet. I might open the Sugar Icing, to check the texture, which the SA said is gel-like.

My favourite SA wasn't there D:

But I always kinda love Etude House SAs, they're always helpful and they smile a lot more, I noticed, than the other SAs I've encountered so far.

Yesterday, my sister gave me this dress she ordered online that didn't fit her:

Lovely colour for my skintone. Sorry for the bad photo ><

Unfortunately, it's bare-back.

She said I should either sew a chiffon based fabric to the dress or wear something else that covers it up.

It's a weird dress. Doesn't show my fat stomach that much LOL.

Hair accessory/band from SJ

I wore this today when I went out, it went well with my blue polkadot shirt:

This is true to colour I think.

But yeah, you can't really see the band:

Crappy front camera.

I didn't wear any eyeshadows today, just BB Cream and my Tutti Frutti Lip Butter.

Derp.

I actually wanted to tuck in my shirt but everyone opposed D:

Too 90s?

Actually I had my hair in two tiny buns but this was after going out LOL.

Because I didn't have time to vain before going out for sushi.

Fits my mouth okay.

I had mostly vegetable based sushi. Was craving for the veggies.

Impulse Buy

I didn't mean to get them, I swear!!!

I only wanted the nailpolish but then I saw the sugar scrub!!

But after I bought it, I realized.

What was I thinking??

It was overpriced D:

Damn. Even with member's discount it was still overpriced.

But the nailpolish colour was to die for D: It's in GR505, btw.

Last but not least~

Here are the products I use mostly when I go out:

'Base Hit Kit', 'Mischievous Marissa', Petit BB Cream in 'Clearing'

My disgusting concealer palette. (Which I do recommend, btw LOL)

Either one of the lip products and also, the Sexy Mama Translucent Powder which I still don't know how to use.

So yeah....

You know, I'm contemplating on giving away the same kind of concealer palette or the 15 colour concealer palette in the future. Which one would you prefer?

I honestly do like this one, it's not that creamy. It depends. If your skin is too dry, don't even think of this palette lol. Use a liquid concealer!

I haven't found a holy grail for my foundation routine. That's smudge-proof, oil-proof, etc.

Oh and, I wanna adopt this cat :D

Her name is Pinky!

But I might call her Pinky Marina.

Look at her surprised eyes O.O

I hope she'll be a good baby.

And that she'll make me happy.

I think that's all for an update XD;

Hope you enjoyed my collective haul post!

Yes, I can hear you.

I need to not go to shops for a month.

Damn.

So yeah, good night :D

I have an appointment tomorrow with the Endoscopy specialist.

I hope everything's fine.

Take care, everyone!!

-Nisah-

P.S: If you haven't already, join my 100th Post Giveaway here!! I'll be adding some brushes because the sponge applicators are too harsh for the eyes!

Unnecessary Drama (Haul)

Tonight I had the opportunity to go to The Mall after a long time of not going. My family aren't really fans of the place so yeah. Initially, I wanted to top-up my cash card so I could buy something from sasa.com BUT I decided not to (it was too late anyway, and I might end up having to get things I don't need +hypocrite moment here+) and the money went elsewhere.

It was raining heavily by the way, and the traffic. Gosh. Luckily dad didn't go all complaining and stuff. I sat at the backseat of the back. lol. I didn't have time to doll-up much, just simple makeup. Got to use my new makeup though :D so win~

We went to Hot Point first. I think it was the first time for my bro-in-law to go there. I might be wrong. I have bittersweet feelings about the place, but hey, the food is good so memories don't matter I guess. It was dad's treat!

This is what I had:

Pina Colada Smoothie

This was really good! I definitely recommend this BUT what's up with the absence of a real pineapple? Boring!! And my sis took the cherry because last time I took hers at Swensen's!

Grilled Teriyaki Chicken with Mushroom Sauce

My new favourite :D It's really good!! The caramelised onions, YUM. It's like having two sauces so yeah!

Photowonder-ed the photos because the place was dark! And my front camera sucks D:

Tried to show off my new contacts here.

I hate how the face looks shopped when it's not  LOL

With annoying sis.

What I'm wearing (that you unfortunately can't see):
Revlon Lip Butter in Tutti Frutti, theBalm Batter Up Creaseless Cream Eyeshadow in 'Base Hit Kit', theBalm ShadyLady in 'Mischievous Marissa', SkinFood Peach Sake BB Cream, TheFaceShop Perfect  Stick Concealer #2 and theBalm Sexy Mama Translucent Powder.

The translucent powder was a bit tricky to use. If anyone knows how to use it properly, do tell me. I don't this my brush picks up anything o.o or maybe it did. I don't know!!

After a nice dinner, I went hunting for Marina's 'Electra Heart' album again.
No such luck :(

I might have to order it online.

Honestly, I only went to Paloma to check if they had e.l.f's Mineral Lipstick in stock but they didn't. Might have been expensive anyway lol. I tried my sister's 'Fiery Fushia' and I liked the formula so yeah.

Instead...I saw that essence had a promotion. Or rather, I was just checking and then asked, THEN I found out about the promotion lol.

So yeah, I decided to take advantage of the promotion. It was buy essence cosmetics worth BND30 and you can get a free small brush set. To be honest, the brush set is no big deal but it's tiny enough to bring around :)

essence haul~

I looked up online to see how much the price is marked up here. Some are reasonably priced, some are well, meh. Especially the cream shadows.

I would have gotten more but I decided to limit myself to what....is limited. I do...plan on getting a bronzer in the future. Future might be soon though lol.

Anyway, here's the breakdown:

This is in 'Coppy Right'

This is in 'It's Magic'

If these don't crease on me when I wear it alone like theBalm, it's like ooh-la-la for me. But I think it will, we'll see :) It's Magic seems like a nice dupe for 'Base Hit Kit'. At first glance.

Do I really need another concealer? Not really. However, this is more compact than my 20 colour concealer :) so if it works just the same, what's there to lose? 

An eyeshadow base. 

4ml? Really? It looks like it carries more product than my 5ml e.l.f eyeshadow primer though.

Again, do I need another eyeshadow base? Not really.

But again, can't hurt to try! But I won't be using this anytime soon.

Super creamy eyeliners!

These glide on oh-so-smoothly for the price. I don't think it's smudge-proof BUT I think it might be great for tightlining the lower an upper lashlines.

And this is where the drama was caused.

Apparently, the saleslady forgot to put in the white eyeliner. I only checked when I was in the car because everyone said they wanted to go home soon. I also didn't think of checking at first because I didn't want to waste time either.

It was while in the car (while at the parking lot, thank goodness) that I noticed I'm missing one item. I told my family. I re-checked it to be sure.

That's when they all started blaming me.

Like...

"Why didn't you check earlier? You're so clumsy! This is such a waste of time, etc."

When my dad asked me to check again, I actually shouted at him that I did.

The bad thing is, also, I was at the back, back seat. So I asked my sisters if they'd go fetch it.

But nooooo, they're like "They won't believe us, they'd only recognize you, blablabla."

WELL, HELLOOOOOO.

That's what receipts are for!! D:

I worked in a shop once, receipts are there for a reason. Receipt copies are there for a reason.

I was wearing my wedges too so moving fast is a bit hard.

I actually screamed at my mom when she told me to bring the whole plastic bag. That caused my lipstick to drop onto the road.

Thankfully, it didn't break.

So yeah, I rushed upstairs, pretty sure everyone was side-stepping me because I looked furious and well, unfriendly.

I have anger issues. Definitely.

I think I should take a management class?

Should ask my psychiatrist about that.

Did I act unreasonably? Yes.

But they also PROVOKED me. My sisters especially.

Was it my fault? No. It was the saleslady.

They all apologized. So that's okay.

If they had my number I guess probably, they would have texted.

So yeah, I'm gonna apply for a membership next time. I guess.

I dunno.

It wouldn't hurt.

Do I feel bad for acting like that?

Yes, I do.

But I only mentioned my displeasure to my dad.

That it was unfair they all ganged up on me.

I feel bad, okay. I do.

Especially since then I realized my bro-in-law was still recovering from his surgery.

But honestly though, I think my sisters just hate me.

For whatever reason.

'In The Nude'. Thankfully it didn't break, considering it's made of plastic.

Free brush set.

The brush set is cute, but that's about it.

It was an incentive to try out new makeup I guess.

I would definitely try out the other cosmetics they have. Probably ask my friend to get them for me in the US for slightly cheaper XD

So yeah, that was last night.

Sigh.

I was a lot happier these days too :(

It's not fair.

It's really not fair.


But I'm sure I'll get my happiness again.
In one way or another.

Goodnight then :D

Take care, everyone!

-Nisah-

P.S: Join my giveaway :D It's nothing much, but the more, the merrier!!

This always happens btw. Swatch-erific!