Halloween Nails!

Happy Halloween! You can't even begin to imagine how long nail art can take for a (semi) perfectionist to complete. Looking at my nails you probably think that it's pretty simple, maybe an hour at the most to do. Well, it took me ages to do and redo, multiple hours to be precise. One of the reasons why I prefer getting a manicure rather than doing it myself. Anyway, here was what was on my nails this Halloween, a pretty basic manicure. Some blood drips and a spider web which to me, points towards the Vampire scene. Basically, I applied the regular base coat then proceeded to paint my nails black. But the polish I used had this slight sheen to it, like toned down shimmer. I really liked the effect i had on my nails rather than plain old glossy black. I used the red polish a drew a messy thick line at my nail tips then took the skewer sticks (because I could't find any toothpicks) and added a drop of red polish then dragged a thin line to the tips. I prefer thin lines rather than a thicker one because it looks a lot more real. For the web, I used a striper to make curved diagonal lines then joined them up with little dashes. Finally, just added some top coat to seal in the design and I really really recommend you don't skip this step especially for the blood nails because those might smudge easily if not totally dried. The top coat helps prevent that while adding a glossy sheen. I'm not entirely sure my explanation is understandable but if not I think the pictures above are pretty self-explanatory. If you have some glitter or sparkly transparent polish you should use them for one (or both all up to you) of the remaining nails. It's what I would have done but I didn't have any. How did you spend Halloween this year? I went to Nights of Frights 2, kinda like a spooky theme park. The haunted house I went to was pretty disappointing, I wasn't scared at all. Wish I went for the other one since there were two of them. Other than that it was fun, there were loads of people dressed up with creepy theatrical make-up and you could take pictures with them and the rides were fun too! Hope everyone had a great Halloween this year.

Talk soon xx

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Happy Deepavali!

Hey everyone! Yesterday was Deepavali so I thought I'd share my outfit with you. For anyone wondering Deepavali (or Diwali) is a Hindu festival. This year was pretty special considering it's the first year I'm wearing a saree. Granted it's a half-saree set  that everyone is just so dead keen on reminding me about but nevertheless it still is one! And just so you know, I absolutely loved it! I think the colour and design and everything is just gorgeous. We bought the material in India and had it sewn here. The top is a halter neck with a bareback and then the bottom half is just a regular long fitted skirt. It's basically a two piece outfit with that scarfed wrapped around it to give an illusion of a saree. I could wear it without the scarf if I wanted to. Two days before, my friend and I caught the LRT to KL Sentral and managed to find our way to Little India to get henna done on our hands. It was pretty nerve-wracking since we were using public transport by ourselves and the fact that we were clueless about that part of the city. A little help from google maps and some walking later we made it! It wasn't nearly as scary as I thought it would be and it didn't take that much time to walk either. Basically, we were really proud of our efforts. I got a manicure done as well in a really pretty deep purple. My friend helped pick it out and I absolutely love it because it compliments the yellow tones in my saree perfectly. Not to mention it goes well with the henna too. I got the design for the henna online and then the lady who did it also added her own twist. We didn't have too big of a celebration this year for Deepvali. Just invited family and friends over for lunch and dinner, it was day well spent with them.

Talk soon xx

Update #7

Wow, it's been quite a while hasn't it. According to blogger, my last post was in November last year. I honestly didn't plan to take such a lengthy break. I haven't kept up with any of the blogs I followed much less my own, this year has been pretty exhausting and not my best. Form 4 is a whole new ordeal with new subjects, new schedules and obviously a lot less leisure time. Right now, we've just finished my finals and I'm feeling relief that the school year is almost over but also little sad because that means I've spent a whole year away from blogging  Anyways, I thought I'd give my neglected blog some love cause I'll be frank, I've missed this a lot. What better to start off my return then to examine the little changes in my life since I was last on here. Well, let's start off with studies. I can honestly say at this moment that I adore Biology. It is such a strange thing to admit because last year I was pretty nervous for this particular subject. I mean when I heard about seniors as well as my own sister dropping it after a year, I was pretty hesitant to to include it in my studies. But, in the end, I decided what the hell and just took it. No regrets. Out of all three science subjects I'm taking, Bio has my back. Physics is more or less fine and I absolutely despise Chemistry but Bio has a special place in my heart. I can only hope that spot is there to stay *finger's crossed*. A new year means a brand new series to get totally and utterly hooked on. And 2014 has introduced me to a new toe-curling series known as Reign. The trials and tribulations faced by Mary, Queen of Scotts. Gosh, I love that title....Queen of Scotts, has a nice ring to it don't cha think?  I guess that living the royal life is a long, long way from fairytale. Even if they are all princes and princesses. Totally recommend it, makes me want to start Game of Thrones just so I can add more Kings and Queens into the mix. Now let's talk about bands, this year I kinda found my way back to The Script. I loved them when I was younger but after a while I just kinda strayed away. Moved on to newer things y'know? Hope isn't to be lost as I have found my way back! I forgot how beautiful and relatable their lyrics are, some songs are just so on point. The Script is such a fitting name for them if I'm being completely honest. Lastly, a pretty obvious change is i got a haircut. It's pretty short. Like a little past my shoulder. I was pretty nervous of it at first but I'm getting used to it. It took a while to realise that change isn't all that bad. (The picture above was taken on my birthday, before I got the haircut a couple weeks ago, in case you were wondering).

Talk soon xx

New gem!

Honestly, I used to think watches served only one purpose....to tell the time? Yeah, I was never much of a "watch person". Though I have to say that kinda thinking flew out the window couple years back. The main reason being the introduction of the infamous Rose Gold Michael Kors watch. I bet a bunch of you were dying (paraphrasing here) to get your hands on it as well. I don't know why but I just thought it was such a classic piece. Only turn off from the beauty was the hefty price tag. But because of that specific piece I wanted a watch with a chain-link strap not the regular belt-like-hole-punched ones. Two reasons for this, a) cause it looks infinitely more chic and b) because the belt like ones look ridiculous one my tiny wrists. That's probably one of the reasons I never wore watches, they always kept sliding up and down my wrists because they never fit right and my dad always had to punch more holes it so that they could fit but doing so the excess strap looked so weird just hanging there. Anyways, after my last one which I had for four, yup FOUR years finally stopped ticking, I thought it was about time to get a new one not to mention I had PMR coming up so I needed a watch to sit for the exam papers. So in comes this beauty, courtesy of my dad of course. I was planning on getting an ICE watch but my dad and I couldn't agree on any of the designs so we wondered around and found this gem at Guess. We had a hard time deciding between this or a white one with gold detailing but we eventually settled for this because as the sales lady put it "who can go wrong with black?" Agreed! We had to remove some links and it fits perfectly for the first time ever! The great thing is you can always go back to add links as you grow, I keep all the spare links in the pouch it comes with. Isn't it adorable, it's a black quilted pleather bag with a guess charm on it. I really like my watch, the face is a simple, classic design...just my style! I totally recommend checking out Guess if you're on the market for a new watch. Talk soon xx

What's in my clutch?

Recently I've been attending a couple of parties and this clutch accompanies me to every one. So today I thought I'd share with you what I usually bring with me inside my clutch. The clutch itself is a black faux leather bag with gorgeous heart shaped detailing and a leather tassel attached to the silver zipper. It actually comes with a chain strap so I can turn it into a sling bag if I want but I usually prefer carrying it without the straps (which is why I'm sneakily categorising it under clutch). My mum bought this from me from H&M a couple months back and I've only just begun to use it regularly, hence this post! Okay so first things first, my phone. Always have that on me when I leave my house, pretty self explanatory. Next is my iPad, this isn't always in the clutch but sometimes dinner parties can get a little dull so I bring along my digital distraction to keep me occupied. EarPods are brought for the same reason, in case I get bored and because I always always bring my earphones with me even if the only time I get to use them is during the car rides. I like music a lot that way. Next, I keep a little purse in my clutch. I don't bring my regular purse because it's a bit big and anyways I don't need much for parties, just a little money and my I.D. Lip product or products of choice is inside as well. Whatever I choose to wear for the night, I chuck it in for touch ups later on. I'm really liking Revlon's lip butter in Berry Smoothie lately, such a pretty berry colour. Lastly, tissues. I always need to keep a pack handy because I suffer from horrible sinus and not to mention I'm a clutz, so useful for any mishaps. These are basically all my essentials, sometimes there are more things and sometimes less, really just depends. Hope you liked this post, talk soon. 

My first ever perfume

Yup, I've never ever had an actual perfume. I've dabbled with body sprays and body mists and all of that good stuff but never an actual perfume. So I decided to change that and for my birthday I asked for 'Dot' by Marc Jacobs. It couldn't have been more worse of a timing actually because a couple days after receiving Dot, Marc Jacobs released 'Honey'. Oh well, I guess bad timing is a personal trait of mine. Anyways, back to Dot, my initial reaction to it was that it was sweet, like really sweet. I usually tend to go for muskier woody scents so I didn't really like it at the first sniff because it wasn't something I was used to. However, after using it for a while, it grew on me. It's a deeper kind of sweet, floral, slightly musky scent and perfect for evenings out or a fancy dinner. It was described as the older sister to Daisy by Marc Jacobs and to me that description is spot on! Whereas Daisy is fresh and florally, Dot is slightly more mature. Not exactly the scent most teenage girls go for but in a way I quite like it, it isn't my absolute favourite, No. 1 scent but it isn't awful either. My mum on the other hand loves it and borrows it all the time so maybe a gift idea for your mum? I got it in the full size I think, the 100ml version. To me it has a pretty darn good lasting power, I would say 4 or 5 hours maybe before it starts to fade but I can still smell it on my wrist at the end of the day. So now moving on to my favourite part, the bottle! Is it me or does Marc Jacobs come out with the cutest designs for their perfume bottles. Dot has adorably taken after a lady bug with a red bottle and black polka dots all around it and gold detailing for that added flair. I love it and the fact that it looks so pretty on my dressing table doesn't hurt either. I think I might ask for Lady Gaga's Fame next year, or maybe Taylor Swift's Wonderstruck? Which is your favourite perfume?

One Republic!!

Hi guys!!! I'm still a little excited from last night so please bear with my exclamation marks and exaggeration and overall annoying enthusiasm haha.

So as you can probably tell I went to One Republic's concert last night and it was fantastic! I wasn't for a second bored during their entire set. My friends and I came really early so that we'd be first in line... we were second, but hey we managed to get right in front of the stage! They sang song mostly from their album Native (which is really good by the way, you should check it out) but they threw in a couple of oldies like stop and stare (my absolute fav) apologise, all the right moves, good life and others which I can't really remember at the moment. That was amazing cause it was like a flood of memories gushing back all at once from my childhood. One Republic, among other bands sang/sung (?) (gosh how did I ace English) my childhood favourites so it was an amazing feeling listening to them again and this time live. 

Also! As you guys can see....I GOT ZACH'S GUITAR PICK!!!! He flung a couple towards us but the one I got was given to me to a really kind/amazing/god bless him crew of One Republic. I was over the moon when he pressed it into my hand. Such a great token to remember tonight by. Ryan's vocal skills were incredible like I'm not even exaggerating, he could play the piano so well and is such a great performer. He engaged the crowd with humour and stories and kept us all pumped throughout the concert. And Zach!!! Wow can he play the guitar! He was so cute and he noticed my friends and I, pointed to us, waved at us and said he loved us (Y'know by doing that heart sign). And since the concert was on Halloween, they all wore masks and stuff and the beginning and few extremely lucky people got to take hose masks home when they flung them to the crowd. It was kinda cool to be at the concert dancing next to witches and ghouls and vampires haha. sighhhhh last night was amazing. I've probably overused that word but it really was. It went by so fast and honestly I couldn't believe it ended when they left the stage. I think I have had my fill gushing about One  Republic and the concert so I'll end here, talk soon and how did you guys spend Halloween? Oh, and Happy November!