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My Secret Garden

Hey guys...

So on (one of) my birthday celebration (s. I have a few... Will blog about them all ASAP) we got the whole restaurant for ourselves (not that i booked it all or anything like that okay, i'm not that crazy. It still amazes me when some fashion bloggers book an entire venue for outfit posts but i guess if the price is right, why not? LOL. Anyway, the restaurant actually offered to open on Monday *when they're usually closed* when i inquire a booking for 20 people) so i decided to dress up to my heart's desire (nobody except my guests and the staffs to stare at me) and took crazy amount of pictures.

So here's what i wore for that day :

Dress code : flower wreath, you know how crazy i am about them! I decided to wear ethereal, swishy, feminine outfit and go all out *LOL*.

My normal photographer (hunny) can't concentrate when it's too hot (i guess his brain melts and refuse to work whenever it's too hot) and he'd keep on taking horrible pictures, one after another-and when i complain he'd get upset it's so effing annoying. October and half of November's probably the peak of hotness in Surabaya, it's literally CRAZY (so hot that air conditioners can't even cool us off)-and my bday was on October so... -___-.

That's totally the case that particular day, thankfully my wonderful friends stepped up and took their turns taking my pictures. I am impressed at how good some of them now! This first 3 set of pictures turns out to be my fave and they're all taken by one of my BFF G-she used to be HORRIBLE in taking pictures!

I mean, if i learn how to edit my pictures, this would definitely pass for something that a professional photog takes :D

She even took it to the next level and told me to pose like this and that hahaha

Since it's such a special day for me (and because i know i want to take LOADS and LOADS of photos), i took extra care for my make too ^^ :

List of products used :
1. Innisfree Mineral Moisture Fitting Base (gift from Feli)
2. C/o Estee Lauder Double Wear Foundation

3. Clinique All About Eyes Concealer

4. Etude House Proof 10 Eye Primer
5. K-Palette Zero Teka Oil Matte Powder
6. Color Concept Eyeshadows
7. Mai Doll Brown Liquid Eyeliner
8. Maybelline Fashion Brow 24 HR Coloring Mascara in Rusty Browne
9. M Lash Beauty Perfection in Pretty Woman
10. NYX Candy Glitter Liner in Baby Pink
11. Color Concept Blush On
12. The Body Shop Born Lippy Lychee Shimmer Lip Balm
13. Maybelline ColorShow Lipstick in Pink Please
14. Simply Stay compact powder for nose contouring
15. Esprique Precious Double Shine Face Powder

I love the result and it was my bday celebration so please understand why there are so many more camwhoring photos than usual hahaha

I LOVE Color Concept, so cheap yet so good... It's just that they're so hard to find here >.<

Eh, just one more with natural sunlight hehe Love how it makes my eyes (or rather, my contacts) sparkle liddat hahaha

And back to the outfit! Kathy arrived and she forced me to pose in this colorful, rustic looking door. I guess she really has photographer's eyes because the photos turns out so pretty.

Kathy and Sabsab forced me to pose like this and i was so sure that i would look crazy, but look! LOVE IT! Kathy, take more photos of me please! LOL

Lots of pretty looking stairs for photo shoots too hehehe

The only nice pic that hunny managed to get of me that day hahahaha


Outfit Details : Flower Crown : Bought at a mall in Malang :p Flower necklace and bracelet set : Accessorize Mint Green Chiffon top : J-Rep Maxi Tulle Skirt : QuinnBee Jogja (IG custom skirt shop) Obi : ITC Mangga Dua (Jakarta) White platform shoes : Bugis Street (Singapore) Hot Pink flower wristlet : Payless

Seriously you guys, Caprnentier has so many pretty nooks and corners to take outfit photos at... But they seem to be quite full most of the time so if you're shy like me... LOL

Oh, did i mention that it's actually both hunny and i's birthday celebration? LOL. Poor guys, as they got older their bdays seem to matter less and less, i'm not sure most of the guests even know it was his bday celebration too :p.

Had to drag him to take this outfit post because he was too busy trying to cool himself by downing bottles of sodas (a rare one called "Badak" *it's rhinoceros in Indonesian btw LOL*) -___-

I absolutely love the photos! Hopefully i'd get more opportunities to take such elaborate and pretty outfit pics in the future *doubt it, too lazy*. Okay, gotta work on the actual celebration post now, toodles!

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7:30:00 PM
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Darling, Even the Flowers Are Feeling Blue..

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Hey guys...

Haven't done any proper outfit posts in a while, well... I haven't worn anything picture worthy in a while as well (my holiday outfits were more comfort than style :P) but i actually have loads of backlogs on outfit pictures-just haven't gotten to sort them out yet. You probably notice that we've been posting sponsored posts for a bit lately, you know... Prioritizing. Not that i am trying to turn this blog into nothing but a bunch of advertisement of course, it's just with sponsored/ad posts we have the responsibility to work on them quickly while we can take our time in the personal ones.

Anyhoo, i still haven't dress up too much lately (so much stuffs to take care of T.T, no time to play dress up) but here's a rare one i wore for a meetup with Kathy (oh but i got to dress up again today, meeting up with my blogging friends including Kathy again haha).

Of course i just gotta wear my new La Palette bag (that i purchased in Korea) out!

I was planning on a totally different outfit (with 180 degrees difference in style as well) but then i got my period (honestly i secretly keep on wishing to accidentally get pregnant whenever my period's late *which is like, every two months* so i wouldn't have to bother going to the gynae-i still got my intrauterine devices on hahahaha. I'm so conflicted about having another baby i wish God would just make me pregnant despite the contraception so i know that it's what He wants. LOL. Why do i start spewing craps about my fertility in my outfit post??? Sorry, TMI hahaha) and i only feel comfortable wearing skirts/dresses during my period so...

I ended up choosing this extra feminine white and navy chiffon floral number

It's actually a sleeveless dress and the cape is detachable! Very versatile and cute, not that i would ever wear it without the cape, my arms... Urgh... Ew. 'Nuff said.

And of course as usual, the #FOTD or #MOTD

Most of the time i'm way too lazy to wear more than one eyeshadow color.. I just couldn't be bothered hahaha.

#EOTD

Went for a green eyeshadow because blue eyeshadow with blue outfit's just a little too matchy2

List of products used on my #MOTD :

1. Etude House AC Clinic Daily Sun BB

2. Clinique All About Eyes Concealer in 01 Neutral

3. DHC Medicated Acne Care Concealer

4. C/o Collection Pressed Powder in 01 Candlelight
5. Esprique Precious Double Shine Face Powder (to highlight my nose bridge)
6. e.l.f Eye Primer
7. e.l.f Beach Beauty Palette (eyeshadow and blush on)
8. Mai Doll Black Liquid Eyeliner
9. Majolica Majorca Lash King Mascara
10. C/o Collection Work the Color Eyeshadow Pencil in Vintage Blush
11. The Face Shop Color My Brow in 03 Light Brown
12. Oriflame Tender Care
13. NYX Matte Lipstick in Alabama

The NYX lipstick was Kathy's, she didn't like it and gave it away-and i actually like it quite a lot! I'm pretty horrible with colors, and i'm probably far off-but Pantone's color of the year's Marsala and while i find it hard to really understand what the exact color Marsala is, since it's a wine... I think deep reds can pass as marsala's color family and this lipstick's color's should be considered very on trend, don't you think? LOL. Anyway, since i am obsessed with deep, wine red lippies, i embrace the color trend whole heartedly!

If you follow my IG, you might've noticed how i wore a lot of blue outfits nowadays? Some people might think that i do that because i'm just drawn to blue colors lately or whatever, but the reason is actually a lot more OCD-related than you might think.

Most people probably paint their nails to match their outfit, well i plan my outfit based on my nail colors-most of the time. Since i don't change nail colors very fast (as in i would wait until the nail polish's starting to chip off before removing and painting my nails with a different color), i tend to dress in the same color family for a period of time (until i change my nail color). I am currently finishing off using Crystal Nail polishes from Me-Nail and the last color was this silvery-blue one :

NOTD

And so that's why i've been using so much blues lately. I just removed them though so you're going to see me in different colors soon hahaha.


Outfit details : Navy Floral Chiffon Dress : Online Belt : Uniqlo Bag : La Palette Heels : Everbest Pearl Bracelet : Next Birth Month Stone in a Glass Bottle : Bought in Taiwan

I think you can't really see the necklace in the pictures, so here's a closer pic (in a different outfit though) :

Yup, still in blue obviously haha. I just realized that the bottle's half obscured by my hair though zzz

Of course, Kathy had to pick that day when i was wearing heels to wear flats :

The pictures turned so weird (coz i looked like i was hunching to close the height difference a bit) so Kathy had to stand on her tiptoe to get a normal pic hahaha

When bloggers meets, #wefie is a must!

I'm a very girly girl, but do you know that being girly does not equal being feminine? I'm girly in the pink, frills, tutu, rainbow and unicorn kind of way-and not the soft, delicate, prim and proper kind of way!

But it does feel good to dress more lady-like once in a while for a change, makes me look a bit closer to my age, i suppose? Haha

Okay, that's all for today, folks! Gotta go and plan my next outfit!

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10:44:00 PM
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Welcoming Spring

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Hellow!

How's everybody's weekend? And for Indonesian, long weekend (Monday's a national holiday for us because it's Hindus' religious day, Nyepi) that is still on going? I had another date with Oline yesterday (if you can call it a date with my hunny, son+nanny and niece Au tagging along hahaha) and it was a lot of fun (i will tell you all about it in another post), too bad my hunny's not feeling so good since yesterday (weather's been a total b*** in Surabaya lately, it's super hot but yet still rains constantly-totally the time of the year when people get sick a lot. Totally confusing. I mean, i love rain even though it can be totally inconvenient unless i'm at home doing nothing, but i'd rather it bring coolness to the weather than the opposite) and even got a shot from his doctor (poor hunny) and spent today sleeping it off. I don't feel so peachy myself since annoying insomnia's been bugging me crazily lately (sometimes i'm up until 4 AM *sigh*) so i feel sluggish and tired all the time :(....

Couldn't be more jealous of #Undecided, G and Ave who are in KL (on an office outing but it's a total holiday for them! I guess it's part of a bonus) right now! At least i got to live vicariously though them (not to mention already spent around a million by asking them to help me pick up some stuffs that aren't available in Indonesia! Seriously, even if i don't step out of the house/city/country, i keep on shopping anyway *LOL*) and i also have another trip planned for next month, i really hope it'll get through (because i plan to go on that trip with my cousin L, who can't even be depended to really go through simple shopping plans 4 times out of 5, imagine how much harder it is to make a trip happen with her!)!!! I feel like i need an adult trip already!

Anyway... Getting to the post now :p... It's finally spring, right? I'm not so sure since, well... We don't exactly have spring in Indonesia (just summer and rainy seasons, that's all haha), nor autumn or winter, but i really like to dress as if we have four seasons too hahaha (but the beauty of living in a tropical country is if you're tired of the season's style you can always wear other season's style anytime!). I've been wearing a lot of dark and more "grown up" clothing through *the pretend* fall and winter, it's time to go back to my girly, princessy roots!

Some of my Spring style coordi lately

I always associate Spring with floral, floaty, pastel and bright colors (and Google tells me i am not so wrong)!

Style 1

This coordi was the one i wore for the little girly shopping date with #Undecided continued with a double date dinner in Domicile (which we still haven't gotten around to write about!) last week! I wanted to wear something comfortable but still pretty and spring appropriate!

I used to wear this kind of floaty, girly dresses everyday until i discover the darker, edgier style and fell in love with them too. I guess i can divide myself for both styles :p


Problem with mirror selfie : All the writings become totally unreadable hahaha! The transparent tote was the See by Chloe bag i got in Europe, i finally wear something that i feel is right for this bag!

I also wear more peachy blush, natural and softer lips (bye bye dark lips for a bit :(... i'm gonna miss ya) and eyes too. I cannot live without my eyebrow mascara now!

What i wore :
-Pink inner top with floaty sleeves : Online
-Satin and cotton floral halter dress : Random FO in TP
-Transparent and orange tote bag : See by Chloe

Style 2 :

This is the outfit i wore to go out with a few blogging friends a few weeks ago. I also did the MUC look at the same time and i was running late so i only snapped a few (highly unsatisfactory) selfies before running out of the house. And yes, i wore the same inner as Style 1, if i only wear my going out clothes for a few hours and i don't sweat i'd always reuse them *LOL*, hey... recycling you know!

Again with soft, peachy FOTD (read more about this look here)

I snapped some more pictures (that turned out better BUT blurry WTF) after i got back hahaha, sorry for the tired face and slightly crumpled top!

My lipstick's totally disappear already, it's crazy how one can look so fresh with just a slick of color and washed out once it disappeared! The magic of make up...

What i wore :

-Pink inner top with floaty sleeves : Online

-Pink loose long tank with 3D flowers : random FO in TP

-Creme tierred chiffon skirt : Online (i have four different colors WTF)

-Baby Pink Candy Bag : Furla

Style 3

I wore mostly new items on Style 1 and 2 (except the inner top and Furla bag) down to accessories, but this last look is just a simple look i whipped up for our regular movie date with old clothes (so yes, for those who are wondering i DO wear my clothes more than once! But not very often :p). It's also the brightest coordi in this post. I wore it to watch Divergent (read my full review here) btw, THEO JAMESSSSS *drool*!!!!!

Hairstyle looks a bit different because i finally got my bangs trimmed!

I don't wear a lot of make up on weekdays, just some blush on+lippies and i'm good to go!

See the big belt i wore? It's one of my secrets to hide a little unsightly bulge *LOL*. I do have a flat tummy but during (and a few days prior) my period, there's a little bump and i hate that! Some skirt bands are also very tight and pinch you waist/hips' fat, big belts like that would hide those bumps perfectly!

What i wore :

-White and black striped tank : Matahari Department Store

-Orange cropped off shoulder top : Logo Jeans

-White Belt : It's so old i can't remember anymore!

-Neon green tierred mini skirt : La Senza (yes, La Senza the lingerie store! LOL. I love this skirt so much, i also have one in sky blue :p. They were on a huge sale...)

That's all i got for now! I will have more Spring inspired OOTD soon, i bet :P. Have you been wearing Spring fashion lately?

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11:02:00 PM
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Creme de Fleur

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Hi y'all!

No, this is not a baking post, since when did i bake? You don't want me to blow up the kitchen, no? This is an outfit/make up post hahaha. I got the name from the creme colored floral dress, and began thinking... Creme flowers? Hm... hmmm... Then decided to make it sounds more French. Later i found out that there's a certain pastry called Creme de Fleur but of course i'm not gonna talk about it (never tried it as well) :p.

Today's OOTD/FOTD's from hunny's birthday :

As you already know, i was (actually still am huhuhuhu) not exactly well that day and since like a week prior, so unlike usual i didn't exactly have the outfit (nor my birthday's, but i've been planning on my birthday dinner's outfit much longer though) planned out to the nitty gritty like usual. I was too ill to care :(. I decided i wanted to wear something (new obviously. Hunny's mint polo shirt was also new. I think it complement my outfit well even though it's not creme or baby pink!) sweet and girly but not too juvenile for a change (HAHA).

Fortunately while i was scrummaging half-heartedly through my insane ~~dump~~ closet, i found this creme floral floaty cotton (which actually isn't my fave material because they crease easily GRRRR. I am nowhere near demure enough to sit prettily and keep my dress creaseless, i dunno how to anyway!) i bought a gazillion years ago (never been worn, obviously) and paired it with one of my (also new) top with floaty chiffon sleeves (my favorite kind! They are super girly and pretty and able to conceal my ~~thighs~~ arms! I actually love the design so much that i bought it in every color available. It was dirt cheap too because i bought it on a wholesaler website :p).

This pretty dress came with detachable straps that i decided was too short. I forgot that flat girls like me couldn't hold a tube dress to save their lives. It kept on sliding down though out the evening, it was completely under my b**bs at some point FML, i might use this as a high waisted skirt from now on!

Errrrm you can see how flat my b**ies are in this pic hahahaha

Pink Floaty Sleeves Top as inner : Online, Creme floral midi dress : Bossini

Paired them with my cute pastel orange (which looked small but actually housed quite a lot-except my wallet because it's too long hahaha) semi sheer jelly purse, bought online too (not from a recommended seller -___- i've stopped buying stuffs from her completely after she mixed up my order and refused to exchange them)

Jewellery also very very simple because again, i was too ill to bother :(. Put on my Hello Kitty necklace again and my new white gold ring.

Pretty, isn't it? One of the items i got from selling my fugly wedding golds hehehe. Unfortunately only the gold was genuine, the rocks all were imitation hahahaha. Still to cute to pass though!

Now to the FOTD :

#Undecided and Rosemary would scold me for my glum expression again, but i love this picture because i look less chubby!!!! ZZZZ

Unfortunately the make up (at least the blush on) showed up better at this next picture that was of me smiling super happily *rare picture, people! LOL* :

Tsk. Welcome back, chubster.

Here are the new stuffs i used for this look (dramatically smaller collection than my own birthday's collection of course haha)

Tiny set hehehe

Last time while doing my birthday look i also wanted to explain one by one the stuffs i've used, but i was in a hurry (because i really wanted to post that entry on my birthday!) so i couldn't. But this time as i'm writing a separate post for the FOTD and OOTD, i cannn... Yay!

Products used on face (combination with old stuffs :p):

1. Etude House AC Clinic Daily Sun BB (because my skin's not at its perfect condition-PMS time!)

2. Clinique All About Eyes Concealer

3. DHC Medicated Acne Care Concealer

4. Acnes Compact Powder

This is the compact powder that i hoped can replace my DHC Acne Care Powdery Foundation, so far this thing worked really well except for one thing... I got it in shade Lovely Pink which unfortunately was WAYYYY too dark for my skin! It was at least two tones too dark! I used it anyway and decided "I'm gonna go with a tan look today, i'm too pale from being ill anyway!" LOL. I did used a lot of highlighter (actually shimmery finishing powder) afterwards and it helped making the color lighter and more normal on my face (because without the finishing powder my face was darker than my neck!).

5. e.l.f Eyelid Primer

6. Red Earth mono eyeshadow in PU 050

7. NYX Felt Tip Eyeliner which is the worst eyeliner i've ever tried so far zzzz, had to top top it off with Maybelline's Hyper Glossy Liquid Eyeliner to make it non-patchy

8. Oriflame Duo Eyeliner Pencil (Black&White) for my waterline

9. Estee Lauder Signature Silky Powder Blush in 01 Tender Petal which is actually not brand new because i've used it once before on my birthday haha but i didn't get to show it off yet so here it is :

11. Guardian House Brand Lip Hop Brownie Bear Lip Balm, one of the nicer lip balms i've tried out

12. SilkyGirl Moisture Rich Lipstick in 01 Naked

Judging from the name i actually expected the lipstick to be nude. So i was really shocked when i opened it (i got it for free and i never opened it before so i didn't know how it really looked like inside) and see a darker, brick red color on the tube! It's prettier on the lips but again, not only the name i found to be misleading, on the first use it was actually one of the most drying lipstick i've ever tried *even with lots of moisturizing lip balm underneath!)! I will do a proper review in the future, as well as the other stuffs i mentioned in this post :D.

13. Esprique Precious Double Shine Face Powder as a finishing and highlighting powder. I never used this much before (only on my nose bridge to make it look higher) because it's super shimmery and white-i am pale and dewy enough already, but i found using darker face powder gave me the freedom to play around with shimmery highlighting powders without looking too pale and or like a disco ball! So, there's a good out of that very dark Acne powder i got haha!

The lippie turned more coral-ish on my lips than anything else!

Oh, not to forget the fragrance of the day of course! (As you can see from the pictures, i didn't paint my nails for once. No energy -___- plus it's only two days away from our collective birthday dinner with the BFFs, i decided i could give nails a bit of a rest instead :p)

Etude House So Lovely All Over Spray

That final product also means we've come to the end of the post! Hope you enjoyed it! (as this is Sunday i actually planned to post my weekly haul post, but i haven't written it yet and i am kinda tired and sleepy zzz so i decided to post this drafted post instead, hope you enjoyed it anyway!)

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