Happy Halloween!

I've only been to 1 Halloween (1987), I was dressed up just wearing my praying outfit (a mukena and sarung) and went door to door for some treats. I was in my senior year but that didn't stop me from being a 5-year old.

Fast forward to the future, I still adore Halloween and the idea of going out in costume. I so understand the temptation of being someone else, dressing up as a monster or fairy and all that.

Happy Halloween. May you stuff yourself with all the sweetness life can offer!

Nifty Storage Solution

The best thing about going shopping is finding stuff you need without you actually shopping for it. No, it's not like you go to a makeup store and says, "aww, I just remember I need to have that particular shade of nude/pink/coral/red lipstick." The gem of my mall wandering was this wooden tea box. It's made of a regular plywood but what's drawn me to it was the craftmanship. I went ga-ga when I saw it and just decided to bring it home. So there it is now, happily housing the content of 2 makeup bags, in my bathroom. I could see that this would well be a heirloom when my baby girl said she wanted it when I'm done with the box.

FOTD - October 28, 2008

I must say it's hard to post regularly every day. I don't know how other bloggers do it.

Here's my look today. I've been using mineral make up from Everyday Minerals in the past week. It seems that the foundation (I used a combination of Golden Medium, Buttered Tan and Medium Tan) works quite well with my prescribed sunscreen lotion. Neat. Now I just need to stock up.

I tried a mixed of MAC melon pigment, MAC love connection e/s (the solid one) and Revlon Espresso on my eyes but I wasn't too happy with the result.

On lips I used MAC "O" and Dior gloss. Look pretty good!

Cheeks : Fashion Frenzy and EM Waffle Cone.

FOTD - October 11, 2008

A quick post on my look when I went to the wedding last Saturday.

Pink and green

My closet's a total mess. Kasih has a fever when I have already played hooky at work planning to take my kids to the beach or to somewhere else fun before they start school again next Monday. It's almost noon and i just finished getting ready. It looks like all the plans will be off, too as my girl wants me to take a nap with her.

Lips : MAC Vivacious l/s & Too Fab l/g (dress camp collection)
Cheeks : MAC Nuance

FOTD Oct. 7

This is the look inspired by one of the Cult of Cherry looks. I used my La Tulipe palette, MAC love connection, Revlon pinking of you blush, MAC bronzer, Russian red lipstick and Cult of Cherry lipglass.

More picture :

EID Celebration - Oct. 1

Sorry for such random postings, as I said before, there were tons of photos I would upload that was taken during the holiday.

Early at 5 a.m on October 1st, I woke up the kids to get them ready for the morning prayer. We went to Arcici Sport Field since Uda thought that place was quite nice. I disagreed. The rows weren't managed well, so when everyone stood up, instead of having tidy rows we had crooked lines. It was a bit disorganized. Not to mention the lady in front of me, who carried a baby, suddenly got out of her praying mat and just moved to the end of the line, causing other women to scrambles hurriedly to fill her spot. In Islam, when we pray together, it's important that there's no blank space in between prayers as it's thought it would be filled with the devils.

I had my period so I just sat amongst the prayers, next to my lovely 5-year-old Kasih. She looked like an angel in her pink outfit.

The night before, at my dad's house, we all went out and had a firework party. It's something that the authority frowned upon and there were actually a fine if you're caught doing this, but Eid festival without fireworks were no fun! Besides, it's an event that they're going to remember till they're old.

EID FOTD - Oct 1

This was taken during the Eid sermon. I did a natural look using my Dior mini quint over MAC Layin' Low paint pot. 

Kasih was wearing her new pink praying outfit. She has become quite camera-shy lately, hence the pouty face.

In Bed with Queen of Giggle - Oct. 4

It's bed time and the lil dragon kept wanting the big blue blanket. Not so fast, I said. Not without a fight! Series of tickles attack later, she posed for her victory picture.

Spending spree with Eid money - Oct. 4

No Break is what 7-11 to us Cempaka Putih residences. I don't know if it has other branches outside of my area but the store has been a blessing for late-night snack supply and last-minute-oh-we-run out of milk/soap/bread. 

My kids have been going in and out of the store for the past few days spending their Eid money. It's just fun watching them ringing up their purchase at the cashier. 



Overheard on a recent visit between Kasih and the cashier : 


How much?
Rp. 3750
*sad confused face* But I don't have three thousand rupiahs
*mommy to the rescue* You have Rp 5000, you certainly can pay those.
*glad face*

FOTD Oct 6

I've been using fresco rose paint pot for several days now and I'm happy to report that this is a purchase I would never regret.

Back-to-Work Headache

It's first day at work and I could hardly get up. I stayed up 'til 3 am downloading songs to my new muse W880 and then had to stay up a tad later because Kasih had a fever (not down yet at 10 am) and woke up at 7:28 am, a couple of minutes before my alarm went off.

I've made a promise to post plenty of pictures during the Ied holiday. Well, I did take pictures, just didn't have the time to post them. So expect lots of pictures in the next post, fellas!