We had an enjoyable stay at the Conrad Hotel last weekend. It was the closest alternative to a get-away without physically leaving the sunny island. All we did was eat, drink (not alcohol but soup from Golden Peony and Oscar’s) and be merry (read: a lot of shopping, albeit mainly xmas shopping for colleagues) during this jolly season.

Concealer

After using so many different brands of eyeshadow, I’ve figured that drugstore brands are equally good (i.e. very smooth, pigmented yet buildable colour). My favourite so far is Silkygirl’s blockbuster quad in Bare Classics. The best part is its price…it only costs S$11.90!

There’s also another brown Japanese eyeshadow quad that I found at Sasa recently. It has very blendable browns and comes with the most glittery white eyeliner gel I’ve ever seen – totally great for parties. I’ll take a picture of it and post it here soon.

I usually use the lighter shade of brown over the entire socket and the darker shade at the ends. Sometimes, I’ll also line my upper lashline with the darker eyeshadow. I find that it helps my eyeliner to stay on longer.

Eyeliner
After blending my eyeshadow, I’ll move on to eyeliner. My holy grail is MAC’s Powerpoint in Engraved (it’s black, not blue as shown in pic) because it glides on easily and the colour is very intense.

I draw a thicker line on my upper lashline and wing out the eyeliner at the end. The wing effect varies depending on the thickness and angle that you draw, but practice makes perfect. Depending on the shape of your eyes, this may or may not suit you as well.

After drawing the upper lashline, I slowly glide the eyeliner on the waterline (i.e. inner corner of the entire lower lashline). I like my eyes fully lined, while others may only prefer to line say 1/4 of the waterline. Once again, this depends on the shape of your eyes. For some people, fully-lined eyes may make their eyes appear smaller.

Mascara
I usually finish off my eye make-up by curling my lashes with my Shu Uemura eyelash curler and applying mascara. On days when I have no time, I skip this step altogether.

I’ve been using Majorlica Majorca’s mascara base as well as their mascara. I like intense colours, and that’s the very reason why I love this mascara.

P.S:
You may have realized that I left out blusher and eyebrow pencil in this post. I’m not particularly fussy about these two items and I do without them most of the time.

But if you must ask, I like MAC’s pinch o peach blusher as well as Majorlica Majorca’s PK333 blusher. 😉

I never took home economics in school ( I took music as an O level subject under the music elective program and started MEP lessons since Sec 1) and I was just never interested in cooking. Anyway, I embarked on a path to self-discovery about 2 weeks back and there’s no turning back. It all began one day when I was at home and feeling a little bored of the food in my neighbourhood, so I decided to go grocery shopping!

My first attempt at chicken & mushroom spaghetti (pls excuse the newspapers. I was too lazy to get hold of my placemat haha). The verdict – it actually tasted fabulous!! That’s not bad for a start, especially for a fastidious eater like yours truly.

Since my first experiment, I have tried other easy-to-prepare dishes too, such as:

1) Fried Udon with minced beef or minced pork and vegetables with oyster sauce;

2) Spaghetti bolognese (silly me then realized that spaghetti tastes much better with minced beef :P); and

3) Herbal chicken soup (super yummy!!!)

Not only can I handle household chores, I can cook too! I think I’m certainly on my way to becoming a great housewife! LOL.

Housewifely duties aside, here’s an outfit that I wore recently to meet my uni friends for lunch at Waraku Pasta (I like!!).

Updates on Kyoto will be up next!

We then make our way back to Vinetoca at Tokyo Midtown to attend the birthday party of a famous Japanese rock star who is also the music producer for many renowned Japanese artistes. Despite the language barriers, we had a great time chatting (thanks to M-san for translating) and dining with the guests. I was also given the honour of presenting said rock star with his birthday present before the night came to an end. 🙂

With disappointment written all over our faces, we reluctantly took out our cameras to capture what was left of the auction earlier on.

Oh well, better than nothing right? 😛

The view at Mount Fuji was just magnificent. No words can describe the grandeur and majesty that it exudes. These photos were taken at the Mount Fuji Visitor Centre before we proceeded to the 5th station. 🙂

Cute Mount Fuji origami folded by us 😉

With the glorious snow-capped mountain against a backdrop of autumn colours, it was no surprise that every photo turned out looking like a picture-perfect postcard. We were mesmerized by the picturesque scene.

See what I mean?