Hey guys, how are you doing? I've been so caught up with work lately that I can't find the mood to blog anything. On my rest days, I just want to cuddle on my bed or spend some time with my family and my dear puggy.
So, I've bought a Groupon voucher for a mani pedi session somewhere early of the year, wanted to do it for CNY but the appointment sessions were full. Drag and drag and drag, I've finally found the time to go and do it yesterday (more like because the voucher's expiring, LOL). Yea, sometimes I can be a hardcore procrastinator ;)
Tadaa! A selfie after what seems like forever. Felt as though my hair grow pretty quick.
I've been following this instagram account, @nailsbyarelisp because she has some awesome nail arts and sometimes she shares videos of how-to(s) so that you too can experiment it, double awesomeness! So, I've found this and I'm loving it. Simple yet bold enough to create the statement look. I usually find my nail arts online as I don't quite fancy those provided by nail salons, too much colors and floral thingy.
And it turned out pretty awesome, I'm a happy girl! For my toes, I went for something plain and simple yet elegant. I told him that I wanted a translucent kinda white but not too light, so he first paints on white and then layered a translucent white so it looks like a shining pearl surface. I just love the overall finished look! ❤
I hope you like this look as much as I do and I'll be back with a product review and blog posts on the continuation of my France trip in Toulouse!
*hint: the product review has something to do with beautiful skin, you don't want to miss out! (: *
I heard from a lot of people that Krabi is a-must-visit in Thailand for its beautiful beaches and
a whole lot of sun tanning.
As promised, here's my post about my recent weekaway at Thailand last August. I know it took me a while to blog about it but I had been occupied with university stuffs and was waiting for the remaining photos from my friends. So, we've been to two places in Thailand, Krabi and Bangkok. Since our first stop was Krabi, I'll do a post on it first and then I'll do another on Bangkok! (:
There are a few things that I have learnt of Krabi island:
1. You can't visit the islands on your own, best you could do is hire a private boat
but will still be accompanied by a tour guide.
2. Beautiful beaches? You have to take tours around to visit them but it's TOTALLY WORTH IT!
3. Lunch buffet provided by the tour agencies are yummy.
4. Every island is very commercialized but well taken care of and SUPER BEAUTIFUL.
5. You will need A LOT of SUNSCREEN to avoid sunburn.
After we landed, we grabbed a taxi to our hotel but stopped at a tour agency to purchase some tours while we are there. Day 1, we will be snorkeling and doing some kayaking around the Hong Islands. 2nd day, city tour and elephant trekking and 3rd day, snorkeling and island hopping around Koh Phi Phi (MUST visit). It was crazy on the first day as after we have arrived at the resort, we had only 5 minutes to get changed while the van was waiting for us. I'll let the pictures do justice on how beautiful the islands are.
The pier on Ao Nang Beach
Paradise Island
Don't know which babe is he checking out.
Crystal clear H2O
I think I've gained some arm muscles after all that kayaking.
I don't want to go home!
A bit of vain moments with the boyfie ❤
The islands were all so beautiful that I don't want to go home. I don't mind the sun tanning if I could just stay there like FOREVER, that's how amazing they are. For the city tour, we visited a few places such as the hot spring, emerald pool, Tiger Cave and the elephant trekking. We didn't get the chance to soak in the hot spring as it was raining slighty, the water wasn't that warm and we had only 30minutes but the Emerald Pool was awesome. Super, super, super clear water! And it's au naturale, how awesome is that?
My trusty travel partner (:
After all that mesmerizing water moments, we went to the Tiger Cave. Apparently the view is amazing up there, so we decided to picked up the challenge to get up there. 1237 steps to the top, seems easy isn't it?
After 200+ steps, we were like "okay lah, seems not bad lah but the steps are a little steep" but after 400+ steps, I just want to jump down from the cliff. The steps were steep and high at the same time, it was some badass workout alright. I was panting away like nobody's business while dragging my almost dying body up step by step like a snail. It was a torture! But I seen a lot of them did not give up and those that were coming down said that it'll be all worth once you reach the top. So, I continued my sadistic journey.
Once I reached the top of it, I realised what they said were true..
The view was amazing!
On the top of Tiger Cave
But what I looked forward most was the elephant trekking.
The lake where they elephants take their bath
It was a great experience but that would be my last ride on an elephant because we actually seen one of the elephant caretakers whipped the elephant in front of us because the elephant did not want to move. It was so cruel that the girl that was riding on it shouted "NOOOOO!" loudly. It was really a sad scene. *sigh* So, I've decided no more elephant rides.
And after all those activities, it's always good to get back to our resort. In fact, I love the place we stayed in. The service was good, the place was quiet and chilly, and there were 3 little cute dogs. They have 3 pools, although small but we could have it all to ourselves as there weren't many guests there. I would go back to the resort if I ever visit Krabi again as it was worth the price we paid, affordable, clean and spacious.. Maleedee Bay Resort.
My view from the balcony
And of course we girls would love some massage and self-pampering time before we hit Bangkok so on our last night in Krabi, we went for a little massage and some mani pedi after a good dinner. Did I mention that pasta, spaghetti, wine, cocktails and beer are DIRT CHEAP in Krabi? 189thb for any pizza or spaghetti, 90thb for a glass of wine and 100thb for a glass of cocktail. It was so crazily cheap that we just gulped down alcohols for every dinner.
200thb for the manicure and 150thb for the pedicure
So, that sort of sums up my experience in Krabi. The images of the beautiful islands and the relaxing ambiance there are still strongly lingering in my mind, makes me want to go back there badly. Maybe some time in the future I would go back there. Some time, some day..
So, recently my Korean classmate / friend went back to her hometown during our semester break. And my first thought, "TONY MOLY!"
It's one of the famous makeup brands in Korea, widely used by the Koreans as it is of good quality yet affordable. I've been hearing about this makeup brand for a little while now from some of my friends and I've always wanted to try their gel liner even though I have never used one before (I'm currently a loyal eyeshadow user!) I've seen the product on my friend, and the color was nice, not too dark like the typical gel or liquid eyeliner from other brands. For me, I've always prefer something more natural looking unless I have to strut the runway or something.
So.. After a whole week of waiting...
Me Tony Moly "Backstage Gel Eyeliner" is here! :p
I've chosen no.12, Pearl Black.
The brush is in the tip of the bottle, so there's no need for a purchase of your own brush and it is easily stored!
Pearl Black has some glitter in it, bling bling time! :D
What was my verdict on this product? Highly satisfied! The texture was smooth yet easy to manage, which is awesome for newbie noobs like me who have no whatsoever experience in using gel liner. The color was a shade of dark grey with a little glittery touch, perfect for both chic casual and glam look. Best part of all, it's water, sweat and sebum proof! Good for girls like me who applies eye cream before makeup, it prevents the "tint" that you have on your upper lid after some time and there's no need for touch ups! (Perfect for lazy girls like me! Teehee!)
I rate this: 10 out of 10
(For it's price which is only RM23!, the easily manage texture, the brush that comes with it and the whole experience of using it, no wonder it's one of the BESTSELLERS!)
The end look of it after a whole evening, no smudges, no panda look!
Girls wouldn't be girls if they just buy what is needed right? I'm pretty sure that most girls would buy the extra something something that might come to use in the future when there is discounts! I know I would, most of the time! :D So, other than that gel eyeliner I bought, I've gotten something else with it.
Tony Moly's Perfect Eyes Eyeliner!
I've chosen the color, Pearl Khaki.
The box packaging was really adorably sexy like the pencil itself, decorated with a shiny surfaced of zebra stripes that adds on to its glam! Too bad I had thrown it away :(
My verdict? The product was easy to be applied on. Just like the gel eyeliner, it was stated to be water, sweat and sebum proof BUT it smudges easily after a while :( On my first trial, I ended up looking like a panda after a few hours as it smudges all over the bottom of my eyes.
I rate this : 5 out of 10
(The price was OK, the color was perfect and it's texture is smooth and easy to be applied on but it smudges and no girls would want to rock the panda look!)
I shall end this post with my manicure and pedicure of the week! Rocking the cobalt blue with the lovely ombre shades of blue to celebrate the month of June! ❤
