Let's hear it for the boys

It seems that these days you can put 'boyfriend' in front of anything and you have a whole new trend to play with. Fun times!

Boyfriend tee
Pioneered by Alexander Wang, you can either pay luxe prices or just upsize to a Large from American Apparel and bung in a couple of shoulder pads (or not). Wear with a short skirt, opaque tights and lace-up shoe-boots


Boyfriend jacket
These have been knocking about for a few seasons thanks to Stella McCartney and her cool tailored blazers. How to wear now? Over the shoulders as seen at the Celine pre-collections and on Alexa Chung at London Fashion Week

Boyfriend jeans
No explanation required but we love this look with a tucked-in blouse and high-heeled ankle-boots


Boyfriend shoes
Brogues are really hitting their stride now and strike the right boy-girl note with mini-dresses and woolly tights or skinny cropped-at-the-ankle jeans and a polka-dot sweater.


Boyfriend scarf
No, not his nasty acrylic football scarf but one of those silky polka-dot or paisley scarves with fringing to wear over a denim jacket or chunky sweater-dress. We like Tootals scarves - find vintage ones on Vintage-revived.com


Boyfriend watch
A nice chunky watch - new or vintage - worn baggy with a three-quarter-sleeve blouse or shrunken schoolboy jacket.

[PICS:
Tee: Alexander Wang
Alexa Chung: Fashion Confidential
Jeans: The Sartorialist.com

Brogues: ASOS
Scarf: Vintage-revived.com
Watch: ASOS]

Super Spiderific!

I have totally fallen I love with the the spider designs. Pretty much most of the halloween designs have incorporated at least one of the spiders.

This lace design is also one of my favorites.  So I have done atleast 4 halloween Mani's with the lace. The lace below is done the Konad Black Gold color where the spiders are black.

Both designs re pretty basic.

1. Paint blush over full nail

2. Paint tips.

3. Stamp tip design over tip or along the time line.

4. Stamp on little spiders

5. Add a crystal to each big spider!

Super spideriffic!

Chanel Nᵒ5 Christmas EDT

I receive an email from Chanel newsletter about their latest Chanel Nᵒ 5 Christmas EDT Spray. This time Chanel designed an elegant and luxurious metal chasing and at the same time it is practical because it is refillable!

The newsletter informed me to redeem the sample and I saw the chasing, nice. How it's gonna refillable. According to the SA, the black metal chasing is to cover the glass bottle and once finish you can remove the glass bottle from the black chasing by pushing from the bottom. I was in the rush to dinner so I did not snap the actual bottle.

I got the sample of this EDT spray and I guess I will use it tomorrow!

The selling price for Chanel Nᵒ 5 Christmas EDT Spray is RM268, 50ml. I am a perfume freak so if financially wise allow me to get this I will grab it before I fly back to Kota Kinabalu next month!

Love,

Joey

Some Excitement – Shu Uemura by Tsumori Chisato

Today was a tiring day for me maybe not enough sleep last night because I woke early in the morning to pick up my dad. Tomorrow need to wake up early because my dad has to go for his follow-up checking at the hospital. I should be sleeping by now but just cannot wait until tomorrow morning to share some excitement with those who like Shu Uemura and those like to collect their limited edition stuff.

From Miu blog, she had been post about Shu Uemura 2009 Holiday Collection by Tsumori Chisato. Once I read about the post I can't stop thinking about the brush set from this collection. Just happen to pop by Shu Uemura store today and check when the collection will be available, unfortunate it is not available for sell today but nice SA told I can put my hands on the sample set which just reached the store.

Muahahaha....I got my hands on it however they don't have the whole collection yet so brush set I have to wait for you.

I like the rouge collection and the mirror but I have to spend wisely this time because I officially no more income this month will think about it should I get it…..

What about you? Anything you want to get for yourself for this coming X'mas? I saw the MAC 2009 Holiday Collection not bad as well.

Love,

Joey

Is the Final Count Down

Too be exact, it's only left 10 days to move back to Kota Kinabalu, Sabah but it seem like I have not pack anything and think again there will be mover help us to pack so I basically just need to throw those I don't want. The moving company will send over some boxes for us to pre-pack something personal like cloth and something even more personal like lingerie (*shy*).

I just got to know we has the plan to renovate our house mean we need move to a temporary home while the renovation in progress! Although we going to pack everything again (lots of work) but nothing better than we can stay together with family!

Things I gonna do before I move back to Sabah:

1. Meet up with friends.


2. Trim my eyebrow at Shu Uemura
   

   This time I will snap a photo of the eyebrow shape and show it to anyone who will do my eyebrow trimming at Sabah. Kind of hard to get a someone good in eyebrow shaping even in a big city like KL, that's why I always get my eyebrow trimming done by Shu Uemura makeup artist.
   

3. Cut my hair Because John – my hair stylist is the best so far, he knows what kind of hair cut suit me! He never disappoints me.


4. Final shopping
   

   Stuffs I need to use to do manicure and pedicure (my own hands and maybe some family member to practice)
   

My Dad will come over tomorrow for his follow up checking with the ophthalmologist at Hospital Selayang. I hope everything fine! Besides that, we meet with hubby consultation doctor last week and he suggested hubby to take the radiotherapy treatment, and now what hubby going to do is to continue his healthy life style NO BEER and EAT HEALTHY more healthy than usually. His meal mostly veges and fruit. We believed he will get well soon.

Love,

Joey

Remove Your Mask -KOSE Seikisho Mask White

Halloween is near and I know some of us might need to wear a mask to party but did you know we also wearing a mask in our daily life as well but this one you might not able to see until you use some sort of peel off mask to remove it. What I saying here is the old keratin aka dead skin and dirt on our face.

I have using Kose Seikisho Mask White since high school time to remove the dead skin. Why…because I found it good and suitable for me who crazy for even skin tone. What it does is to remove old keratin and dirt in pores simply by peeling. What's more, it not only removes harmful aspects, but also adds beneficial components to the skin. The mask contains Japanese and Chinese herbal extract with whitening ingredients. I like the herbal scent from this mask, its smell good to me.

This mask really did well in removing old keratin or dead skin we called it. Let's the photo tell the story now. Although the peel off mask powerful to remove the old keratin and dirt on your faces so it should be painful/hurt when you peel it off? Nope, I do not feel hurt at all when I peel off the mask from my face!

CLICK PHOTO TO ENLARGE

I always stock this up during Kose Sales but what I read from Jess blog, Kose counter is having promotion for this mask and you can get it at RM60 a tube until 31^st Oct 2009, normal price if not mistaken was RM85.

Now is time to remove your natural face mask….the dead skin!

Love,

Joey

Blood Dipped Tips

I'm Finally getting around to blogging the tutorial for these pretty basic and fast nails. I originally found the base nail design (bloody tips) on another nail blog. SADLY.........I cant remember where I originally saw it, though I have searched. SO if any one recognizes this design...

PLEASE COMMENT BELOW WITH LINK, i want the designer to be properly credited.

Any how, when I saw it, I loved the design immediately. So, when Halloween designs were swirling in my head, I remembered the wonderful bloody tips! Here I simply added the skull, and created an accent nail

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EDIT FROM ORIGINAL POST:

Thank you Trinca for finding this picture and web page. Nihrida created this amazing manicure: the original manicure I used for my inspiration.

Very Beautiful, and the red is SO VIVID, way better than mine.. If I had I remembered where I found it in the first place..I'd have read to see what red she used. Please visit her website to see all her amazing work. I'll never forget her website now....because I'm gonna add it to my Blogroll.

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Here's what you'll need:

Black base color, red polish for accent nail, and tips. White & Black SP polish, and plates from the BOO! Kit. m13, m28

here's how to create the look:

1. Polish all nails with 2X base color

2.Stamp images. I do this first because the painted tips take a while to dry. Rather than wait the drying time before konadding, save time, konad first!

3. Polish tips with red in a sloppy bloody pattern, being careful around the skeleton image.

Of course this idea occurred to me AFTER this konadi....on the next Konadi I did for my M-I-L. But, i think it would look great on these nails!

Nails Night Out

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Beauty industry top mavens and cosmetic elite join together to paint the town red and their nails too, for the first stop on the Nails Night Out national beauty event

Nails Night Out kicks off in New York in partnership with today's top lacquer brands including Rescue Beauty Lounge, Rescue Beauty Lounge, Nailtini, Priti NYC, Color Club Nail Polish/Forsythe Cosmetic Group, Barielle, Jesses Girl Cosmetics, Nailtini, OC Nail Art, Carol's Daughter, White Lies l Color Truths and PeaceKeeper Cause-Metics.

New York, New York (PitchEngine.com) - Nails Night Out is a gathering of bloggers, beauty editors, creative directors, lacquer lovers, and beauty/cosmetics junkies for a night filled with polish splendor. Traveling the nation, Nails Night Out will stop in multiple cities to fulfill their mission of spreading color and beauty to the world. Join self - admitted nail polish addicts for their first stop on this national beauty event, Nails Night Out NYC! on October 24, 2009 at the Beauty Bar NY from 7:30pm - 9:30pm.


Nails Night Out has been featured in AllLaqueredUp.com, 52flavors.com and more with top beauty bloggers all abuzz for this first ever lacquer focused series of events. Ji Baek (Founder, Rescue Beauty Lounge), Michelle Olson (Founder, Nailtini), and Kathleen Highland (Owner, OC Nail Art) are the specially invited guest for the inauguration of this colorful affair. Girls will expect a night filled with new color launches, polish swaps, crayola inspired martinis, beauty talk, desserts and gift bags to die for. Supporting women from their expression in color to their well - being, proceeds from Nails Night Out will go to benefit Breast Cancer Research. Tamara Odom (Nails Night Out Organizer) states, "Nails Night Out is for the kind of woman who loves nail polish,makeup, and color. She raves to everyone she knows about the latest in lacquer, she sets trends and takes cues from her favorite celebrities and she knows that nail polish is an ultimate accessory."

Join Nails Night Out as they kick off Nail Night Out NYC! on October 24, 2009 at the Beauty Bar NY from 7:30pm - 9:30pm. For more information on how to attend and tour schedule visit http://event.pingg.com/NailsNightOutNYC and join the conversation at www.twitter.com/nailsnightout

And The Winner Is...............

Thank you all for emailing me some of the most unique and beautiful KONADicures out there. I have selected the konadicures which really caught my eye. Because some people just have beautiful nails...no matter what they paint them like, it was hard to decide on my favorite konadi.

Here were my top three favorite.



Reader Joan S of BC, winner of the Boo Kit found my Favorite Konadicure, one posted on the polish or perish website.

The following 2 are the winners of the Tatoo Ta-boo OPI kits

Reader Paige Kennedy found this image on Kroniclesof a Konad-er blog. Awesome job -error>powerliftchick.

Bonni Yang Of Canada found this beautiful image at wow wow nails.

Thank you so much for all of you rewsearching the variouse Konadicures out there and sharingthem with me. I hope the search cultivated some inspiration for your konadi's as well. Please- send me your photos f YOUR konadicures....I'd love to feature them on my blog!

This post was longer...I couldnt stop raing about all the previous konadicures....but my blogger CRAPPED OUT ON ME.......NICE! didn't save much but the images.....running out of time....so I have to post it as brief as it is ;(

Please click all pictures to link back to the VERY TALANTED artists who created these konadicures!

This Give-Away has been GENEROUSLY Sponsored by OCNailart. So, that awesome Boo! Kit Joan just won.....it's available exclusively @ OCnailart!

Halloween Happy Nails!

Cant help it...I just think these nails are happy!that's why I called them Halloween Happy nails. I used elements from the new Boo! Kit and the Coraline kit. I think any of the Coraline kits are great for Halloween too.

Here's what you need:

1. Plates m28, m13, & co6
2. you will also need a sheer base pink/blush

3. A konadable black polish, and any orange color for the tips and accent nail. Again I used a color from the tattoo taboo OPI kit

1. Paint sheer blush over all nails

2. Paint orange on the tips and over entire accent nail. I used 2X coats.

3. Stamp black Coraline tips. I used 2 different tip designs and alternated them every other tip ( not including the accent nail)

Follow with a spider stamp on each nail. I added two for the thumb so it would cover more. It make for an interesting design if each spider is in a different angle.

4. Use the Jack-o-Lanteren for the accent nail.

This is a pretty fast design if you freehand the orage tips over the blush. If you are not as fluent with painting your tips...you could do that FIRST, then clean the smile line with an acetone soaked brush, then pain blush on bottom 1/2 of nail. But I think here the Coreline tips help cover any small imperfections,
and it is a very forgiving design because of the space inbetween each graphic. Some of the other tips HAVE TO BE PERFECT and can be trickier.

Cute stuff: Little red shoes

M & S sent us a picture of these, ahem, heartbreaking shoes. A little bit Wizard of Oz, a little bit Moschino, a little bit Vivienne Westwood for Melissa. Just add a short velvet dress and glittery ankle socks.

Good Food and Friends at ZEN Japanese Restaurant

When I am free or not working the only thing I will hunt down is FOOD, the good one and the best thing is you enjoy it with your friend. We like Japanese lately so we went to Zen Japanese Restaurant at Sunway Pyramid shopping centre.

Erm...I got to watch out my weight!

Love,

Joey

We've Been Crystallized

Sorry we've been M.I.A. We weren't gone far, just got sucked into the vortex also known as the Swarovski-Crystallized website. Specifically, we're obsessed with its Personal Stylist tool. We've been experimenting with the jewels it suggested for us, based on our hair, eyes, skin colouring and taste in clothes. Not only does it give you a selection based on your choices but you can customise them as well. Such fun! You see why we were gone so long, no? Now imagine if Swarovski made make-up palettes...

Essie & Nubar Nail Polish from Beauty9 Expo

Yes, nail polish again! This time I really stock up because I can't say no to the promotion price!!!! I have no time to work around to other exhibitor booth too busy but I can foresee if I doing so I will broke by now!

I like the Nubar nail polish colour too because the colour range is more rock. Essie is more elegant. Anyway my mood of nail colour will switch according to my mood. No matter what kind of nail polish colour just grab whatever you like and match it with your look.

Love,

Joey