So i will be going on a trip this friday, to the US. Which part? San Francisco. Reason being i was suppose to go there last year but my dad had changed jobs last year and its not very nice if you take leaves when you just entered a company right? Yeah, i remember i was utterly sad. very sad. but yay me! going this friday 13th november. i used to live there so i have friends there and we are definitely damn excited to be meeting up. :D we're going to have frozen yogurt while we sit down and talk.(i dont eat yoghurt but ill definitely find something else to eat HAHA)

Im not going to stop blogging here for goodness sake! i have won custody over my mac laptop, so i can bring it overseas instead of leaving it in singapore which SUCKS right! :0 So with my computer around, i can make videos(bringing my camera) and edit them in my computer. definitely will be hauling there so *grins*

Also, i have created a .. well not really created since that account is pretty old (since 2006) and its my personal youtube account. I used to create that account just for fun, posting comments, but i kinda of made it my vlog channel. about life, and everything in it. :D (sounds so advertorial) so yeah! i have made an introduction video alrdy, but damn youtube for disabling the audio. so its like silent during the video >:(

http://www.youtube.com/jazzDa

http://www.clarachan.tumblr.com (a blog dedicated to my vacations and personal randomness)

be sure to check it out!

PS. i tried to film a video to post this update but..

1. its kinda of too short haha

2. my camera died on me while filming.

:o

See you in the states! &;lt3

CLARA

HEY THERE! Sorry ive been on hiatus recently cos of school. Exams OVER and now its the december hoidays! Im going to be a Sec 2 kid next year! :0 THE thought of it makes me sound real old. The funny thing is, we have HOMEWORK. OVER THE YEAR END HOLIDAYS. And we are not getting the same teacher next year so this is so weird. anyways! today i went to ion to just shop around again to kill time as i was waiting for my guitar class to start at park mall. (hehe, i walked all the way from ion to park mall, and i was wearing converse, so my legs are like killing me even now and i have blisters cos that converse of mine is too small.)

I went to stage first, and wow. you know my phobia of SAs. so i went on my phone to heavenlygorgeous 's post (aka Mya)on the stage concealer and i memorized the full name of the concealer before stepping into the shop. i then walked straight to the couter and LOL the floor was like "wooden-like"? i dunno. i stepped and it was sooo loud. so then the male SA doing his makeup at the chair saw me and gave me like the question mark look. haha. anyways, i went straight to the counter and said " Can i have the studio perfect camouflage concealer in ginger?" after i said that i felt a sense of relief. she was like "Oh ok," and then went to take the concealer. so while she was taking, i just glanced around stage and i have to say its very stage-ish. its like what a backstage makeup place would be! so cool! I looked at the product packaging and i thought of mac instantly. it is so MAC! :0 its weird. really. So after i paid i walked as fast as i could out of the shop. i really need some antidote to cure my phobia of SAs.

So then i went to sephora, and i went to the burt's bee section. (the un-hair care, all the creams..) and i was like omg, wheres the shampoo? i looked around and then i felt stupid when i saw from a distance some other burt's bee product but was with the "hair care" heading. i was like "OH" cos i went up close the products and read every products' name at the un-hair care section. eeek.

i was looking something for dry hair because my hair is dead dry. it looks straight and sleek in video because i had my hair rebonded permanently. but then your natural hair will grow. and i have really dry hair growing like mad cows in my fringe. So i was looking through the shampoos until i saw "more moisture" i picked it up, read the back, and knew i had to get it. so i got it. HAHA.

ok, enough rambling. pictures!

the description on the box

see the texture? its creamy(+lightweight!), and it wont cake! which is why i love this baby!

Left: No concealer (trust me, its the lighting, i have worser dark eyes)

RIght: With the concealer.

im not going to say more! you can request for a review if you want to!

NEXT!

(sorry for the upside down picture.. )

just so you know ^

the applicator^

I tried this today, and i am in love with it! my hair feels SO SOFT!

So everytime when i head to ion, i will never leave empty handed, because i will leave with this muji sweet that i LOVE LOVE LOE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE

(as you can see its almost finished)

close up shot! everyone go get it ok! it looks like SUGAR but lemme tell you, its not that sweet and i love love love it!

XOXOXOXOXOOXOXO

CLARA :)

So after seeing xbeanie's request, i ran to the kitchen to paint my nails and then i grabbed my camera and took pictures!

OMG! I LOVE THIS NAIL POLISH!:D GO GET IT! ITS WORTH $19!

*omg, i almost dropped my polish on the floor!phew*

in the sunlight:D (its evening now)

normal natural evening light^

white light^^

Can i also add that this is my first MAC nail polish?:D

I love everything about this nail polish, the colour, packaging.. and THE BRUSH:) its thinner than OPI, and its slighty softer too, i like :D

Hope you guys liked this (esp xbeanie! go get the nail polish if you havent sis!)

XOXO CLARA

Woah, that was a long title! :D

anyways! here is my long awaited MAC voucher haul #2! im typing this while im uploading the video hehe:)

So i went to MAC yesterday, and i was served by the same lady that served me the previous time i hauled for my first mac voucher haul. And this time, i got her name, shes LYIA:) as usual, she had pretty dramatic and nice sexy eye makeup on:) She wasnt wearing a name tag, so i referred to the receipt:)

Anyways, this is what i got from mac only:

L to R: Smolder Eye Kohl, MSF Natural in Medium, Nail Lacquer in Seriously Hip, Brow Set in Show Off, Nude Rose Lipstick

First off, MSF Natural, my colour is in Medium,which i initially thought was too light but....

as you can see from the above picture, it is very powdery smooth and fine:) blends so well! the MUA Lyia helped me choose Medium which i thought it was too light, but then when i wnt back, it blended so BEAUTIFULLY into my skin it didnt matter if it was too light cos you wont be able to tell!

Smolder eye kohl: didnt take a picture. Smolder does smudge, so i have to be careful! with this pencil, i find lining waterlines are so easy cos i dont really have to press hard to get the colour out! <3

Nail Lacquer in Seriously Hip:

^in the sunlight

in room light^

Brow Set in Show Off:

On the left, is without Show Off; On the right, is with Show Off:)

I LOVE THIS STUFF!

Nude Rose Lipstick

Swatch on my lip(sorry for the distorted smile)

I THINK THAT EVERYONE SHOULD GET NUDE ROSE!! Im dying to go out and get one more, when i bought it, it was the 3rd last one. i should have bought like one more!! :D this colour is so nice! i never thought i would wear pink on my lips, cos i thought i would look weird so i always buy corals.. but woah! MAC changed my mind! im definitely gonna look for dupes of this cos this lipstick is limited edition! :(((

Now on to drugstore(collective) haul items:

Overall:

DOWN TO UP:

Silkygirl Funky Eyelights Pencil in 09 Lime Green, Loreal Super Liner in Noir Black, Mini Bourjous Blush 08, Sasa Foundation Brush, Mini Bourjous "pigment" 12, Revlon colorstay foundation in 340 Early Tan.

sorry i was too lazy to take pictures already after i took so many pictures regarding mac products. hehe, im a very lazy person :D

Anyways! You can read learn more about them by watching this matching video!

XOXO CLARA :D

SOO!! im very excited because my end of year (EOY) exams has just ended. Today is Friday, and i dont have to go to school because its MARKING DAY! :) And i couldnt film videos because my camera was with my dad on a business trip, so that explains why my youtube has been so "quiet" lately. I feel sooooo good now, omg, its like FREEDOM!

So i will have more time to blog, and i just realised i have been tagged a few times, so i will get to that really soon...:)

SO ANYWAYS! This isnt really like "new", but i got my nails(toe) done about last week cos my mum sent me for a pedicure cos she had a package and she just wanted to quickly finish it by sending me there too LOL. The colour i chose was OPI's Russian Navy, such an elegant, feminine colour. it is mainly dark blue/navy blue, with a touch of purple and pink shimmers in it(which you wont be able to tell cos i didnt have my trusty camera with me and had the lousy iphone camera. PSST!) SO anyways, everyone has to get or at least try this colour!!!

So this is what they look like:

and if youre wondering, thats my ballet tights, hehe! and below is a picture of how it looks like zoomed in, (sorry, i tried my best!)

And then anyways, straight after the eoy, my 2 BFFs went to change and we went to ion! :) WE PRACTICALLY WENT LOCO!! CRAZY! And then after that my BFF, donny(nickname), wanted to venture and start out on nail polishes, so we travelled to many places, like ion, isetan, to see nail varnishes, and once time they were looking at the nail colours from chanel counter, no one was there to look at the counter, so i felt a sense of relief. i spotted one nude lippy and woah, i wanted it. but anyways chanel nail varnishes are very pretty! To be honest, i expected them to be more expensive than their price of one which was $32.

Then after that i went to the shop i asked retail_therapy about (thanks alot!) in her opi matte post, where it was a steal for 2 for 32!!! way cheaper than what you will pay for if you buy two from the opi retail store.. my bestie chose a bright red colour(forgot the name!), and she asked me to choose one since it was 2 for 32. so i choose a dark red, and the lady there was telling me it was a classic red. Its called "Got the blues for red" oooh, love it. previously i was choosing between this and a BRIGHT PINK (forgot the name despite looking at the opi website NOW). also, i was looking for Sand in my suit, because that was the colour i FIRST wanted when i knew about opi, but, no, i couldnt find it!

Nonetheless, i am very happy! and here is a picture of got the blues in red! on my nails! heehe painted them just for you guys to see! i have to clean it away later because its not the school holidays!

-painting in progress-

back! i didnt bother cleaning up lol!

in the sun^

normal light

under white light!

hope you enjoyed this!

(and btw, the red is just swatches, it is not my notm)

XOXO

clara :)

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2. Copy the logo and place it on your blog.
3. Link to the person who nominated you for this award.
4. Name 7 things about yourself that people might find interesting.
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I was nominated by Jay, also known as feistyskies. THANKS DARLING! :D

This thing is probably going to be so random. HERE GOES!

1. I pay for adult fare but still eat child meal on the plane and i dont plan to stop.
2. I laugh at myself sometimes when i fall; or when i recall something that i did out of the blue in the past.
3. Im known among my family as the "hor fun" (chinese type of noodles) girl as i eat it probably every week. But no it is not my fave food, Mac&Cheese is! <3
4. The first thing is look at when i see someone is her top.
5. I love Hong Kong drama and i am currently obsessed with Kevin Cheng :D SO sad he isnt 13. BUT 20 40!!!
6. I DO NOT know how to hold the chopsticks and i hold it weirdly such that one finger is like 'pointing'

People I've nominated:

1. AdoreBeauty
2. icyabstract
3. feistyskies (haha, right back at you!)
4. retailtherapy
5. xbeanie
6. maddymadeline
7. heavenlygorgeous

Im actually 1h and 4 mins away from the contest ending so i think i better speed up.

So anyways! sorry diana, this took me so long such that i had to do this on the end date itself! ;( This is my contest entry post!

I HAD SO MUCH FUN DOING THIS! everytime i each put those colour i get happy and then i always get ready my blending brush to blend those bad boys(harsh lines.). I would have NEVER thought of playing with such bright colours because im afraid i look like a clown's face in the pool in the end. but i was proven wrong! I think that with such practice, it will make perfection someday! and i will have to thank Diana! <3 thanks sis! :)

This are my inspiration:

(This was my very first inspiration but then i saw feistyskies something like this so i thought hmm, thats okay:) )

ANd to Jay: YOU DID A GOOD JOB!! <3 :)

But i still used this picture and the above to get my inspiration:

And obviously :

:D

The long story before i show you the pictures:

So another reason why i couldnt do this look earlier was because i was lacking of some colours. i have them, but i needed something more pigmented. so i went to plaza sing before my guitar lessons and i saw the john little sale kinda of thing in the middle of the mall. i told myself to head to watsons to get the funky eyelights pencil first in green. when i was wlaking past, i thought i saw something familar.. it was like everyday minerals, i couldnt see if it was though cos it was that far. but those somehow appealed to me, so i thought i would check them later. so i was in watsons, and then i grabbed the pencil, and then headed to rimmel to check them out again. cos i love rimmel:) (using their foundation). I swatched the lipstick(not the moisture ex) and then there was this nice nude shimmer shade. i picked it up, and then wondered if i should get it. lucky i said no. because it was REALLY eveyrday minerals. i bought the walkee talkee blush, and i know alot of you are going to be telling me that i shouldnt have gotten it since it was $12. but because i couldnt resist, and then i wouldnt be making an online purchase until a long time later.

so then anyways, i went to sasa, and then i was trying to find the new dodo shadows, or something like that. but then i didnt find it. (and plaza sing's sasa is sooo freaking small.)

i rant bout this sometime in another post- most probably my Reward Haul that i sponsored for myself. (reward for myself cos i thought i did decent not too bad during the term3 examinations. 4 A1 ; 1 A2; 1 B3(ART LOL) ; 1 C5 (yes.. chinese.)

ANYWAYS ANYWAYS. SO ARE YOU READY!! I AM!  once again, thanks diana for organizing this and good luck to everyone!

(yes, i did not make my bed yet, i set an alarm[even though i can NEVER WAKE UP FROM AN ALARM BUT MY BODY THIS TIME DID) at 7am so i can wakeup and start my work.

<3 teehee! <3

PRODUCTS:

EYES

"Mini Bourjois" Creme Blush 08 (base)

SIlkygirl Funky Eyelights in Green(?)

"Mini Bourjois" Eye Pigment(?) Purple

Majolica Marjorca SIngle Shadow in RD422

SIlkygirl blockbuster Palette in Colour Pastel 02 (i used the soft pink for the under eyeline)

Maybelline Impact Express Smooth Pencil Shadow in Blue

Majolica Marjoca White "paintpot" (for tear duct area)

Icing Palette (Blue in the middle) dust(ed) on my upper lashline

Silkygirl Lash Prism in Blackest Black 01 (i need to finish using this! :D)

FACE

Everyday Minerals Walkee Talkee Blush (gurrrgeous)

Maybelline Expert finishing loose powder in 01 porcelain (to matte face)

LIPS

Neutrogena Norwegian Formula Lip Balm

MAC "Florabundance" Lipglass

<3

ALL THE BEST TO EVERYONE !!! <3 THANKS DIANA! :)

XOXO CLARA

Its my very first favorites! I couldnt think of 6 products to be my fave, cos this month i am supposed to be on a make up ban which i only managed to the first week. then i kinda of died.

August wasnt a very good month for me, i was feeling all sad and all that yuck about school. But God wouldnt be so unfair, and He isnt unfair so in the end my parents brought me to MAC to spend those vouchers;) <3 So thats why you would be able to see some MAC products, ENJOY reading!

1. MAC Florabundance Lipglass. Omg. This is it. This is my dream kind of lipgloss. This gloss is a peachy pink tinted gloss. I love how its so pigmented and that the colour you can see from the container is ALMOST exactly the same as when you put this baby on your lips. Im definitely going to look more into lipglass rather than lipsticks from MAC because of my Mac lipstick incident. ahhh :(

2. Neutrogena Lip Moisturiser Norwegian Formula.How i came across this lip balm is by watching maddy's video in one of her videos. Click here to go to her blog. Basically this amazing lip balm doesnt have that waxy feeling which i always hate about lip moisturisers. Instead of the waxy feeling, this gives your lips the oily feeling and for me it i dont mind that and it makes me look like i have a clear gloss on:) GO GET IT GIRLS!

3.Liese Juicy Shower. Can i say i love this product. Everything about it- packaging and product wise. This is my HG hair moisture spray. When sprayed and left to set in(you can set it faster by combing gently), you can smell raspberry smell as that is what the fragrance is for it. PS- I think liese makes cute products!

4. MAC MSF in Sunny By Nature. Regular readers/viewers should know by now that i have this "thing" for peachy blushes. This MSF gives me the right amount of peachyness, and has golden shimmer that compliments my yellow/olive skin very well. Natural and i will look into MSF again:)

Thanks for reading! <3

The reason why i wrote " MAC Voucher haul #1 " is that i have not spend all of my vouchers as i am planning to spend them during MAC MAC collection. Not sure about Dsqaured still. hmm.

Very freaking okay, get ready, f***king excited about this (im sorry, i dont use vulgarities but i felt the need to over here!). Its the feeling of money dropping down from heaven. but just that its like vouchers:) Yesterday, i was planning my haul, and actually i included Studio Fix Fluid and i took about 2 hours of straight thinking and researching if i should get it because alot of people broke out from it. In the end i gave through since i didnt want to risk my face. This particular question still is in my head: Am i allergic to silicone? i am currently still not sure since i didnt try Revlon's Smoothing Primer which is silicon-based and Studio Fix fluid which has more than 1 silicone in it. the only way to find out is to put that stuff on my face. but as i said, i dont wanna risk my face. besides, i am still in my teenage years so puberty has no ended and pimples still pops out randomly unlike most adult skin. I also do not have the answer to if i have acne skin since my mum has it and i have most of her genes: dry hair, oily skin......

And she only started having her acne at ... 18 years old!! so i dunno, and i worry about this everyday. No kidding. She told me she used to have perfect skin before her acne. ahhh!!

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At mac, if you heard me ramble before somewhere, you will know that i HATE HATE it when people follow me around like as if theyre GLUED to me. And then i also hate it when MUAs OR OR AUNTIES OR OR SAs see me, a young 13 year-old girl, shopping at cosmetics section or skin care sections(which i feel more comfortable)stare at me and give me the " youre too young to be here " look. when i went to mac for the first time during March(ish) i had that feeling so i still have it everytime i go to a Mac store :-| but today, i met this kind malay/muslim MUA which looked like she was in her 20+ and kinda of look like diana's bestie. HAHA. she had the most beautiful eyes that sparkled at me. those eyes were accompanied with bright eyeliner on her eyeline:) so preeety <3 when i asked her for help, she comes to me and asks me with that " im home!" feeling. very friendly. before i entered mac i told myself to check for thier names on their tag but i FORGOT! OMG! -.- regretting it now and wished i could go back in time.

Anyways here's what i had gotten:

TOP row (L-R)

1. The Body Shop Cheek Colour in 02 Golden Terracotta SGD24

2. MAC Cremesheen Lipstick in Creme D' Nude* SGD28

* im pissed right now cos its in the ICU. the lipstick came with a crack and seconds after swatching it on my hand the top part slant. ARGH. tried diana's method and i did it for 1hour instead of 30 mins and after a while when i took it out i lightly swatched it again and *tadah* boo. slanted AGAIN. so now its gonna be in for the whole night. since tomorrow i have sometime as i only need to be in school at 9pm for teachers' day celebration! :D

3. MAC Lipglass in Florabundance SGD28

Bottom row (L-R)

1. The Body Shop Mineral Blush Brush SGD27

2. MAC Studio FInish Concealer in NC25 (i cant believe im this light! oh well its concealer haha) SGD27

3. MAC Sunny by Nature MSF SGD46

Now putting my camera into hard labour.

dont ask me why the water vapours appear. i opened and i got that. and btw, this lipstick BROKE. AND is in icu. how LUCKY :-\

PREETY.

Sorry i forgot to take zoom ins for tbs. you can request for a review and it will definitely be in there:)

swatches!

above two: Florabundance lipglass. IM LOVING THIS! :D

L to Right

Creme D Nude, Florabundance, Sunny by Nature, TBS Cheek Color 02

Sorry about that little faded swatch of Creme D Nude, it was here where i found out it broke so i had to stop. but its a pinkish nude colour:)

Here's the matching video:

and to be honest, im kind of scared to buy another mac lipstick now cos my creme d nude lippy stil is in the icu even after following diana's method. maybe it has to be placed back in after every use? i hope not:(

PEOPLE WITH DULL SKIN LOOK OUT!

This tutorial will show you how to enlighten your face and make you look like you have Kim K's skin:)

Basically, this is an LOTD since i wore this to the MAC store today. (more mac rambling later in another post) I thought i looked flawless, and when i touched my skin, it felt smooooooooth. *ahhh* i couldnt feel any ANY "jerks" on my face if you get what i mean... ;)

Pictures!!~

And for me, this thing lasts, i went back home to clean my face after about 5 hours, and as i wanted to check if it was still there, i went to clean my face directly onto the wet towel and it was all of the foundation stuffies. eeeek but yay:)

Products used:

Garnier Light SPF15 Whiten & Protect Moisturising Cream
Nivea Sun Protection Lotion SPF50
Za Concealer Perfection
Rimmel Lasting Finish Mineral Loose Powder Foundation
Everyday Minerals Base in Toffee(with EDM Angled Blush Brush)
Maybelline Angellift Two Way Pressed Powder Foundation(to set)

And here's a shot with MAC!

WEE:D

Here's the matching video! :

ENJOY!! :) i love not hearing my voice! haha lol:D