Beauty+Recipes

Before that! I was at the ANIME Show or something when i was heading to the Sephora sale.. ahaha! How dope!!!! I a never a fan of anime, but I find them very fascinating, and how these people are so in love with anime is just amazing!

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Ok! Lets get with it!!!

It was super crowded and people were stopping so that adib can get my photo..sooo embarassing but what the heck! I promised im bring you to my brow adventure! hahaha!

So, you need to fill up simple particulars..

He can be a good blogger..ahahah!

How it went?

I went in, wrote my particulars and waited for at least 5 mins until one of the staff came up to me and directed me to a small room with a dentist chair and a nice white light switched on as i lay down. The walls are very creative! They are made up of pvc-like criss-crossing each other. The smell of the store smells really fresh. The lady, Cindy who is the beautician was very friendly. She call me " Sayang" it means dear in Malay. She is so warmth.Cindy began by suggesting me the type of brow trimming i am going to get, which is called "Thread and Tweeze". She said it is the newest practise and she told me the price clearly and i understood it very well.

I told her it was my first time, and

she said: huney you the pain in bearable trust me. You know how women go all the way for beauty?

I said: Yes of course!

she said: Well, this is very mild and minor, there are many procedures which are far more worst than this.

I smiled, and trusted her.

So, next she removed my brow pencil drawn on my brows, applied somewhat look like a powder, grab a mirror and showed me how she is going to execute into trimming my brows. She had two wooden sticks, normally a manicurist would use it to press down cuticles. And showed me the shape of my currennt eyebrow and what she is going to do to them. I nodded with agreement and there she began.

Was it painful?

Cindy threaded my forehead facial hairs plus in between my brows and my "nose top area". I would say on top of my eyebrow, it is alright. I do not feel a pain. Almost felt that "hey threading is alright". Cindy then asked me " how is it? is it painful?" I said its alright. She cared. Thats good. But when it came to the part which is under my eyebrow- OUCH! It hurts! Before that, she did taught me how to press my hairline, and two fingers to press down my eyelids so that it would not be too painful when she threaded. So, yes it is painful. But bearable.. but painful..ahaha! Then after, she tweezed my brows. I think my brow was so numb from the threading pain, i didnt feel anything. She tweezed my eyebrow like a machine..."TwezTwezTwezTwezTwez" super fast and im DONE!

What was your first reaction?

Before i recieved the mirror, Cindy said " well the pain you are experiencing, will be a total worth while." And i was shocked and was super happy to see my brows sooo well groomed! I am sooo shock! I went out, Cindy recommended me a product all the way from Italy which will boost the growth of my brows. It is $45, and i was really on a budget, so i told her i will get it the next time. She claim the product helped her grow her lower lashes which was not even there the last time. I am going to get that product though. She also said that my brows are thin and i should grow it more, then the shape will be fuller.

How much is it?

The Thread and Tweeze is $20 before tax and $21.40 after tax.

Would I go again?

OF COURSE! I am going to sign up for the small package which is $90 for 5 sessions, which i pay only $18 per session. Amazing. I got Cindy's name at the payment counter, shook her hand and said i will be coming back to you again, Cindy. She is so pleasant, so nice, so warmth. I feel like i been there like forever. My first time is definitely nothing but good impressions of Browhaus.

I apologize if this post is long. I hope this helps my readers.

Love,

Diana

I bought it when there was a promotion on buy 2 for $20. I apologize that i do not know the usual price of it, if anybody do, please mention it on the comment box ok? So i got one and my bestay had his. So, i thought this would be a great highlight colour. So, i purchased it. When i first swatched it, it is super pigmented and was really happy with it.

It is somehow chalky especialy when i apply it on my highlight area. Even with a fluffy blending brush, it does appeal chalky. Hmm..or maybe it is the colour's effect.

it says that it can be applied wet or dry...so i tried picking up the colour, and spray fix+ on my brush bristle.

Why Adorebeauty Loves it?

Its inexpensive and i love the cute packaging and that it has more product in it than MAC does. I also do love the fact that it is so smooth to touch with.

Why Adorebeauty Hates it?

Its chalky! Well it shows. And when it is applied wet, it became very powdery and has this small particles which feels like an eyeshadow which could not be applied wet, even though they do state that way. Well, my experience with it is certainly not a good one i suppose.

Overall Rating?

Love

Diana

This is a great recipe when you have ample of left over breads in the pantry and dont know what to do with it..This used to be called a poor man's food...hah!..Enjoy..i had fun doing this..so easy..and soo niceee...

Ingredients

5 cups bread about 1/2 large loaf ( I use hot dog breads..it absorbs better)
2 1/4 cups milk
4 large eggs
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp cinnamon  - abit more is nice
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup dried cherries (or raisins)

STEP BY STEP..HERE YOU GO!!

1) WHISK MILK, EGGS, SUGAR, VANILLA, CINNAMON.NUTMEG POWDER( IS NICE TOO) AND SALT

2) DO THIS IN A LARGE BOWL

3) CUT BREAD INTO 1-INCH CUBES ( U CAN USE RAISIN BREADS. ANY OTHER FLAVOURED BREADS IF YOU FEEL LIKE IT..IT GIVES U A DIFFERENT FLAVOUR...YOU CAN PUT NUTELLA ON THE BREAD AND GIVE IT ABIT OF CHOCALATE FLAVOUR AS WELL!)

4)  SOAK THE BREAD IN THE MIXTURE AND ADD RAISINS (MAKE SURE YOU SOAK IT COMPLETELY)

Then move them into a ungreased baking pan

Put it in the oven at 325 F or 175 C

Bake for 45 mins , to check use a sharp object ( toothpick) and if the bread is moist and nothing sticks on the toothpick means its cooked

*** TO HAVE A BETTER TEXTURE BREAD PLACE THE PAN IN A BIGGER PAN WITH HOT WATER COVERING AT LEAST 1/4 TO 1/2 OF THE BREAD PAN

THIS METHOD IS CALLED THE HOT WATER BATH..AND IS ESPECIALLY EFFECTIVE IN HAVING A GOOD TEXTURE

AND THATS IT!!!..YOU GET A GOOD DELICIOUS SATISFIED BREAD CUSTARD PUDDING

SERVE IT WITH ICE CREAM OR VANILLA SAUCE

OR EVEN CUSTARD

I bought a ready-made custard in supermarket..the simpler the better! u can do your own sauce

use ur creativity and it bring wonders!!..try eating with honey or maple syrup.works as well or even chocalate sauce..yum!

This recipe is our family's favourite...my mum makes the best!..this recipe is from her however

it still cant meet my mom's standard at all!...but i think im satisfied with the result..its very yummy. People here loveeesss it!!...haha ASIAN DELIGHT..nothing beats that...eating this makes me feel more at home...hehhh..

Ingredients

1/2 Pumpkin

1 Palm Sugar ( Prepare brown sugar for add ins)

Sago

1/2 tin coconut cream

1/2 tin coconut milk

STEP BY STEP..HERE YOU GO....

1) CUT YOUR PUMPKIN INTO CUBES

* BECAREFUL OF UR FINGERS WHILE CUTTING AS ITS PRETTY HARD..I ALMOST CUT MY FINGER! ARGH!*

2) WASH THE SAGO WITH WATER AND DRAIN THEM

3) GRATE THE PALM SUGAR OR CUT THEM INTO PIECES

2) BOIL THE PUMPKINS OVER STOVE AND REMEMBER 3/4 BOIL ONLY AND NOT LET THE PUMPKIN BOIL UNTIL ITS SOFT

3) TEST IT WITH A FORK TO SEE WHETHER ITS BOILED THEN ADD COCONUT CREAM AND MILK

4) PUT THE COCONUT MILK AND CREAM INTO THE PAN TOGETHER WITH PALM SUGAR

5) REMEMBER TO KEEP STIRRING AND ADD THE SAGOS

7) ADD PANDAN LEAVES FOR AROMA AND FLAVOUR

8) WAIT FOR IT TO BOIL AND KEEP STIRRING UNDER MEDIUM HEAT OVER STOVE

ITS NICE TO SERVE IT HOT OR COLD..I PREFER IT HOT!..YUMMY..HAPPY TRYING!

Heloooo..hws it going people?...I am proud and honoured to share this blog with my lil's sis aka bestfriend also! heh!...well I am keen in having my own blog all about food and had been dragging until my sis open up doors for this opportunity. First and foremost I am not an EXPERT in cooking, I started learning a year ago..when i WAS FORCED TO cook for my own survival here in down under. It started off with different renditions to my instant maggie mee...and MY STAPLE bread ...and now im trying all simple recipes..easy to do...*idiot proof..haha this is a great opportunity for beginner;s like me to try out smthg new...it has been a new hobby of mine eversince!...

The internet had been my source other than my mom and granny whos the masterchef in the family!!!..However theres alot of recipes that is not accompanied with pictures!!!..we need visuals HELOO!!..ahha..so hopefully my uploaded pictures will roughly guide you along if you DAREE to try out my recipes!..hehehe

Good luck and happy trying!!!...

I was browsing through the internet today to find my work related researches and bumped into this. How cool and dope is it? It a mouthful to read. Take your time, you can always come back to re-read it again ok? But heres something i wanna share with you all to know how it all got started with the ever so famous MAC.

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HOW A RANGE OF HOMEMADE MAKEUP BECAME A TRAILBLAZING global brand is the story of two Franks, partners in life and business: Frank Toskan, a fashion photographer/makeup artist and Frank Angelo, a successful hairdresser. Toskan was the makeup guru and Angelo the entrepreneur.

The flamboyant Angelo was running a successful chain of hairdressing salons in Toronto when he met Toskan. His first venture was a little movie business for neighborhood children that he ran when he was seven. The Franks met in the early 1970s. Their quest for better qualitymakeup for their fashion shoots sent Toskan into their kitchen at the back of Angelo’s hair salon in the Toronto suburb of Cabbage Town. “Commercial cosmetics weren’t working for me, so I had to develop my own,” he says. Toskan enlisted the help of future brother-in-law and nineteen-year-old chemist Vic Casale and they worked on a tiny range of lipsticks, eye pencils, bases, and powders.

Initially, the product was only distributed among friends in the fashion industry, but word soon got out about the dense pigment, the non-oily finish of the foundations, and the color range. The demand inspired Toskan and Angelo to liquidate their property assets and invest the proceeds in Makeup Artist Cosmetics. The business was formally
established in 1984, with Toskan as creative director and Angelo as marketing director. MAC moved out of the kitchen into a 10,000- foot manufacturing plant that they grew out of within twelve months.

From the very beginning, MAC took a very clear position in the marketplace. The buzz about MAC was built at fashion shows, through Madonna video clips, on the cutting edge of the arts. Originally for makeup professionals, the brand became even more desirable because of its real links to the fashion frontline. The brand also stood for diversity, with its extensive color ranges to suit “all sexes, all races, all ages.” Says Toskan: “I have always resented the image of the nineteen-year-old beautiful blonde, white model being shoved down people’s throats.” To prove the point, MAC’s
first spokesperson was 6’7” drag queen Ru Paul.

“MAC has broken the traditional industry way of selling product,” says Toskan. MAC’s radical approach also included going against the traditional cosmetic retailing strategy of high advertising spend and gift-with-purchase promotions. Toskan and Angelo’s business model relied on a formula of low prices and word of mouth, no advertising, and no gift with purchase promotions. “I always believed in earning your customer, not buying her,” says Toskan. MAC’s first big break was being offered space in a Toronto department store in 1984, albeit a very out-of-the-way counter. MAC
continued to retail differently, with its black-clad trained makeup artists as sales assistants who were, for the most part, not working on commission. Without this sales pressure, the MAC people could concentrate on giving service that would keep the customers coming back.

Apart from maple syrup, MAC is one of the few Canadian exports that has had success out of its homeland. MAC’s first U.S. sales were through the prestigious New York department store Henri Bendel, where women would wait in line for hours on weekends for the lip pencils. MAC opened its first store in New York’s Greenwich Village in 1991. Growth was exponential and caused serious problems for Toskan and Angelo. “We had created such a demand for the product that we were not able to respond,” says Toskan. MAC was also dealing with product being sold in North America only to be taken offshore and sold in other countries, particularly in Asia, and sold on the black market for three times the price. There were also the challenges of expanding globally and negotiating to open new stores in retail environments the Franks knew nothing about. All these business distractions meant less time for product development and marketing and more time on company infrastructure.

Enter one of the world’s biggest cosmetics companies, Estee Lauder, which had never distributed another company’s products before. William Lauder, a senior executive at Lauder, recognized the potential for growth in this cult brand. “They started a category that no one saw coming,” he says. In December 1994, Estee Lauder bought a 51 percent stake in MAC for $38 million with a view to outright acquisition. The deal was kept secret as Toskan and Angelo were terrified that an alliance with an industry giant might impact on the brand’s street credibility, that MAC would be
“Lauderized.” The deal went ahead with MAC continuing to drive its image and Lauder focusing on the business side.
The marriage between David and Goliath was initially a happy one. The Franks worked on their ranges, promoted the brand, and kept up MAC’s VIVA Glam AIDS campaign. Then came the shocking death of Angelo. In 1997, he died of a heart attack while having routine surgery in Florida. At the time, Toskan described Angelo as “the guy who pushed me out there. I was the more insecure one who wanted to stay in the background. He was my pedestal for many years.”
By then the company was turning over $250 million annually.

Toskan sold the whole company to Estee Lauder for an estimated $60 million in February 1998. In December 1998, Toskan resigned as creative director of MAC, no longer wanting to be a part of the company that he built. Estee Lauder has continued to drive sales globally with MAC now sold in forty-six countries with sales of more than $500 million. Viva Glam, the MAC range of lipsticks that donates all proceeds to AIDS research, has raised in excess of $32 million. Toskan still lives in the Toronto area. by Emily Ross & Angus Holland, exclusive online extract from 100 Great Businesses & the minds behind them. Buy Online

And how does a MAC PRO looks like in New York?

Makeup Art Cosmetics (MAC) launched in 1984 when two Canadians, makeup artist and photographer Frank Toskan and beauty salon owner Frank Angelo, opened a single counter in the basement of the now-defunct Simpson's department store in Toronto. Staffed by professional make-up artists, determined to become the ultimate color authority in make-up, and blessed with an outrageous sense of drama and theatre, M.A.C gained huge popularity among professionals and consumers. The Estee Lauder Companies bought 51 per cent of M.A.C in 1995 and the rest of the shares in 1998. Sleek stores, a vast array of color options, and a sense of professionalism and artistry are still the hallmarks of M.A.C that now has more than 750 stores in 50 countries. By Tuija Seipell.

Thats your daily FEEDS of information! Hope i educate you in a way, next time you go to MAC, try and test the BA/MUA there..haha!

Love,

Diana

So you can see from Part 1 to Part 2, the previous episodes, it has grown alot...mush bushier than it looked in the images at least for now, i am surprise, i have very thin brows..ahahah or maybe due to so may shaving these past few years. Anyway, i am going to have my brows done this saturday. Hopefully it is shape-able. And i will further update you all soon.

But here it is:So I drew just to get out of the house right. haha! If you can see, there are many hair redundant growing out of my roots. I went to Suntec and visited browhaus and grabbed one of their services pamphlet. And i want to present to you ladies the specs and the services offered so that you know the prices as well to be prepared for :) I am contemplating whether to go browhaus or some other place. hmm we shall see.

Want curler and longer lashes that no mascara can do?

Want you lips to look like Jay Z.

Where is browhaus?

I hope this helps to anyone whoe has enquiries regarding browhaus. Have you tried it yet??

Love,

Diana

Well, firstly it is obvious i bought it from Coastal Scents. I did not order it myself, I actually had Lin to help me with the orders, because she is a pro on that and i am such a loser when it comes to purchasing online. haha! Doesnt this brush look like MAC 227? Well it is nothing like it because i am not going to compare it with MAC's quality as they are very different. We are comparing a $60 brush with a less than $5 brush. So, if you wanna purchase this brush, you can go here.

"This brush offers complete coverage with its dense semi firm sable hair blend.

Why Adorebeauty Loves it?

Its affordable.the bristles are soft, dense and it picks up colour really well. How could i not love this brush? The bristles are synthetic therefore, mac 227 is definitely way softer. But this brush fits perfectly on my highlight area. It is amazing at blending out the colours as well! The pink wood handle is so light and adorable! Gripping the brush is great too. I have never encoutered any bristles shed at all for so many times i deep clean and spot clean it. It is just amazing.

Why Adorebeauty Hates it?

I just do not like the plastic ferrel..thats all. It makes the brush look all plastic-ky.

Overall Rating?

Love

Diana

Mystery Shopper Program. I want to blog it out, but i figured i will prolly blog too much till im too lazy to do so. So, i film it so you girls get a rough idea of it. I am excited with the stuffs i got though! :) If you wanna see what i got, you can see the images then skip the video because my video is all me talking y'all~ haha!

Well, i hope you enjoy watching these images. haha! Tomorrow, is the day i have to start wrok..urghhhh~~ dragging myself.

Love

Diana

Im off to my INUOVI evaluation!

Love,

Diana