Pink and Undecided: forever 21

Violet as Can Be

Hey guys...

Still in Singapore... Thought this was going to be a leisurely holiday and i can relax, blog every other day... Well, it sort of was, until KC family arrived, our schedule became super jam-packed and i hardly get enough rest, let alone have time to blog *sigh*. And thennnn my mom got the wonderfulll idea of moving to CW's condo *DEEP SIGH*, with our stuffs worth of 1 month stay plus necessities like pillows, blankets and towel. Arghhhhh watafakkkkkkk #crymeariver. Anyway. I got some free high speed wifi at TCC (yes, my "posh" hunny got a craving for a fine tea and demanded to come back here despite my swear to never return) so i thought i should post a drafted post before my blog turns into a barren land wih no activity at all. Enjoy!

You know i'm really a unicorn and i puke rainbow, right? Correction, i'm a pastel unicorn so my rainbow puke is always pastel colored as well *LOLOLOL* WTF am i writing. Anyway. Other my obvious fave color ever (PINK, d'oh!), i'm also madly in love with baby purple (and baby blue, but i still prefer baby purple) and own countless items in this lovely color :D.

One of the most expensive piece of clothing that i bought for myself (because i'm rather cheap when it comes to clothes... My theory is... I hardly wear the same item more than a handful of times, so i go for quantity over quality hahaha)-not counting the ones that my mum bought for me okay because my mum thinks the more expensive something is, the nicer it is hahahah-is this mermaidy (i immediately think mermaid due to the glittery sequins on the chest part) dress from Forever 21.

It was around IDR 495.000 or something, would hardly break the bank but still quite a lot money for a dress (for me lah)-it was love at the first sight though so i had to get it! I don't know if you notice how baggy the dress is on my (non-existent) bust area >.< i got it in L (i usually wear M in Forever 21) because my hunny's totally useless when it comes to zipping up dresses and i knew i would have to do it myself (#Undecided also couldn't zip it for me *LOL*) so i chose a size too big so i could zip it myself and then swivel it around *LOLOLOL*.

I don't think the M size would fit me right anyway (you know how brands' sizing could be madly varies in measurements that it could be very hard to determine your size for sure!) because the hook area's very tight already in L size-while everything else's way wayyy too big for my body. I dunno if i have weird measurements (which woman has the exact same measurement as a mannequin anyway? Without altering the God-given real measurements, i mean!) or whatever, the best thing i can do is probably taking it to a seamstress and take it in-something i'm more than a little bit sure i couldn't be bothered with....

Maybe i'll just wear a tight wide belt next time, i'm sure it can hide the bagginess!

Asked hunny to take a picture from the side so i could show you the pretty high-low skirt of the dress, but he still doesn't master side pics yet *LOL*

I know high low skirt/dress was a trend that died a while ago, but when did i ever follow the trend anyway? I wear what i want to wear, screw trends! I will be rocking high low skirts/dresses for a very long time, i have quite a collection (i hoard on items while its on trend but usually prefer to wear them once the hype has died because i can't stand wearing something that everybody else's wearing!) and i definitely think it's one of my fave silhoulettes ever! I just love love love the way high low skirts (especially chiffon ones) swish when i walk hahaha!

Oh yeah, this is the look that i put together for friends' wedding, it was supposed to be a garden party but the rain (more like a storm) forced the wedding indoor :(. We're supposed to be blogging about the wedding before i left for Simgapore, but #Undecided's been real busy at work, combined with her pregnancy nausea... So it didn't quite happen as planned.

Here's the FOTD/MOTD :

This one's taken after the party so my makeup's pretty much melted already due to the humidity *LOL*, since we're already home, i didn't bother blotting :p

List of products used :
1. C/o Estee Lauder Double Wear Foundation
2. C/o Erhalogy Esme Twin Silk Anti Aging (Ivory)
3. Daiso (Ellefar Color) Pearl In Eyeshadow A : Natural Brown
4. Mai Doll Black Liquid Eyeliner
5. C/o Collection No Clumps Definition Mascara (01 Black)
6. False Eyelashes
7. Estee Lauder Signature Silky Powder Blush (01 Tender Petal)
8. Oriflame Tender Care
9. Mineral Botanica Moisturizing Lipstick (010 Burgundy)
10. Maybelline Fashion Brow 24 HR Coloring Mascara in Rusty Brown
11. Esprique Precious Double Shine Face Powder

Wore a blingy nail polish to finish off the look :

Etude House Bling in the Sea (603)

The dress is actually a tube dress but of course, i don't want to : 1. Scare other guests with my huge arms and 2. I do not want to flash the guests should my less-than-ample busts could no longer hold the dress up!

Excuse the monotonous poses, what can i do-it's hard enough to hold one pose while people are watching you in puzzlement, especially during a wedding reception! (It's actually taken AFTER but you catch ma drift..)
Outfit details :
Inner Lace Top : Online
Violet High Low Dress : Forever 21
Shoes : gift from my mum
Bag : gift from CL (it's actually J'dore Dior-the perfume-'s free bag hehehe, told ya i have no qualms wearing freebie anywhere, it's not what you wear but how you wear it!)

You know how much i love flower crowns, but i don't get to wear them too often because people already stare at me when i dress up normally for some unknown reasons, i can't imagine the kind of stares i would attract if i wear flower crowns to the mall or something *sigh*, so wear them whenever i can!

Here's an extra OOTD pic with Av (who was one of the bridesmaid) and #Undecided :

I love this outfit, makes me feel like a fairy, i can float around all day in it hahaha, if only you can wear such outfits everyday in your normal life...

Okay, back to real life, TTYL!

#Pink... who's feeling #Violet

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Jakarta Haul

accessories

Hello hello ^^!

I am forced to blog on my Ipad with my keyboard case because my PC's being serviced, it's been having quite a bit of a trouble lately (i am being polite, because actually i mean BIG troubles), i can hardly get it to start (sometimes i have to restart multiple times and even forcefully turn it off), two days ago it even went on a total strike and refused to turn on at all!! WTF. What's worse is that the stupid computer's actually pretty new. WTF indeed right. Serves hunny right for buying it from a "friend" who's capability's very questionable. PFFFTTT.

Okay, enough bitching, getting on to the point of the post now... After seeing my insane Korea Winter Trip Haul, any other haul would be quite tiny in comparison, right? Right #answeringself *LOL*. Sadly even that mad shopping haul was not enough to stop me shopping when we arrived back to Jakarta (in my defense, a few of these items were purchased before the South Korea trip! Well, probably less than 10% of the total, but that's still something :p!) and here are what i got there :

At least majority of them are fashion items and very little beauty products :

See? I'm not lying! I really did not think i would even consider buying any more beauty products, but well... Tony Moly was on 70% (the things that i got were even cheaper than back in their original country, South Korea-so how could i resist that???) #enoughexplanation .

First up are these hand soaps from Bath and Body Works. I noticed that Bath and Body Works is finally available in Indonesia (i heard that it's going to open in Surabaya as well soon? I hope that's true hehe), but i gotta admit-i wasn't that excited. I've never been too crazy about them, i mean... I have some of their products and i especially love their body mists, but i am not obsessed like lots of other girls (inclcuding my BFF G who has a massive stock on BBW. I have massive stocks of everything, but not from one particular brand). I was actually quite surprised at how enthusiastic Kathy and Sabsab were about BBW stores *LOL*, i didn't even enter their first store that we saw (in MKG) but finally checked them out in Kota Kasablanka.

The store was.... Overwhelming *LOL*. Didn't i tell you when i see too many choices i'd get confused and leave with none? Other than that, i really do not have space for more bath and body products until i finish a few (hundreds *LOL*) from my stash-but then hunny was attracted to their hand wash. I personally really couldn't care less about hand washes really, i would use whatever hand wash i could find in the supermarket as long as it doesn't smell disgusting and cause my eczema to flare up. Paying more than a few thousands rupiahs (how much does a supermarket hand wash costs anyway??? I don't even know that WTF) seems... excessive. LOL. Thankfully they were having a promotion-IDR 120.000 for two bottles of hand soaps-instead of IDR 80.000 each (their original price). IDR 60.000 for a hand soap is still quite expensive for me #stingy but since hunny wanted it, i relented.

He chose the Paris Amour variant (a bit girly, don't you think? He does have a rather girly taste, whenever we go out to eat, waiters and waitresses would always assume whatever he orders to be mine *LOL*) and told me to choose the other one. After running around like a confused chick looking for its mummy, i finally settled for the Warm Sugar. They have this sink where you can actually try out the hand soaps, how cute! We're currently using the Paris Amour and it's quite nice (but the pump leaks, which annoys the hell out of me) and lasts quite a while (been using it for a few weeks and it's not even halfway from finishing) so maybe it's worth the price!

Yeah... Passed by Tony Moly's store while waiting for our movie to play in Mall of Indonesia, then i saw the 70% off sign so i couldn't resist and went in >.<. Immediately spotted the cat lipgloss that i've always wanted for its packaging going for a very low price and got one... Also some super cheap eye shadows so i picked one that i would use a lot (meaning : pale, shimmery color)-the BA then started telling me "This is super cheap! And this and this!"-which made me grabbed even more stuffs like nail polishes (i think they were IDR 17.000 each WTH, i could've easily picked every color but thankfully i remember my crazy stock of brand new nail polishes at home and just got two), toner for oily skin (it was like IDR 60.000 or less... What madness is this...) and moisturizer from the same line but for dry skin for hunny (that explains the two similar boxes that differs in sizes and colors, right?).

I also couldn't resist getting the two bunny lippies, i already own one and because it's so so cute i was tempted to collect every color but never got on buying more (because i got sidetracked and buy different items zzzz)-they were like IDR 20.000 (or 30.000, can't remember) something so what the heck, i grabbed every colors (sadly only two shades were available) that they have. We spent only over IDR 300.000 for everything, cheap right!!!

When i checked out Watsons (because we don't have Watsons in Surabaya, how sad is that?), i found this curious brand : Forest Secret, then i remembered that i saw some blogger reviewed it once. I always get ridiculously excited whenever i see a brand that i've never heard of before, especially if they're cheap hehehe, and i am trying to support local brands more now (yes, Forest Secret is a local brand)-i am determined to show those snotty people that local brands can be good too and nope, they won't ruin your skin for goodness sake-i couldn't resist but picked up the lipstick. It was quite cheap... I just don't remember the price LOL.

I am obsessed with lipsticks right now so naturally that was what i got first, but while hunny was paying for our shopping... I made the "mistake" of swatching the blush on... It's so pigmented and beautiful... Darn! We were in a hurry so i couldn't spare any time to re-line and pay again, but i couldn't stop thinking about the blush on the next few days so i actively hunted for Watsons (not very popular as well in Jakarta, eh? Not so many branches zzz) and finally got it in MKG later.

But when i was looking for that Forest Secret blush on, i spotted an even cuter local brand *FML*. Their counter was an uber cute white push cart, very Korean brand-style! The packaging of the products are also quite cute! I was pleasantly surprised when i realized that Beauty Story is another local brand! I love love love how local brands are starting to pay attention to packaging as well! (I have my eyes on another local brand with nice packaging : Mineral Botanica. But when i contacted them, they gave me a very unfamiliar list of stores that carries their brand... I never really go to cosmetic stores outside the malls and i don't really want to pay for shipping for local brands so... I still haven't buy anything from them yet, but i plan to-somehow haha)

I have no idea what DD Loose Powder is, but it's okay lah, it's some sort of a loose powder and i use powder all the time so i got one (yes, the casing's cute), also of course must pick one lipstick (although spotting the shade's name in the box was a bit confusing and i spent quite sometime trying to find them LOL. YES, they named their shades instead of just numbering them! How exciting!!!)... They are also one of the rare local cosmetics that has their own line of nail polishes so i also had to check it out right... The only exciting color i could find was this silver one so that's what i got.

I saw their catalog and realized that they have a lot of other products than the ones available at Watsons at that time, i was quite sad but also relieved because their products are actually quite expensive for a local brand. The powder was like IDR 72.000 or something, that's higher than some Korean brands you can find in local OS! But coz the packaging's so cute, they're forgiven... I hope to see more exciting local brands in the future!!!

While in Watsons i also picked up these Super Fruits hand creams that were on a special price, they were around IDR 14.000 each while the normal price's IDR 39.000! They went back to normal price the next time i was in Watsons (a few days later) so i'm very glad i got to picked them up on sale! Also got a Vivelle sheet mask out of curiousity-local brands don't usually have sheet masks and Vivelle's known for their body lotions, told ya new products excites me...

That's all that i got for the beauty department! I included my clothing haul in the first pic up there but i'm not going to discuss most of them in this post because... I'd rather show you in outfit posts! Plus i do not want to be judged at my crazy amount of clothing. I know i'm a hoarder and i cannot stop shopping, i do not need any strangers pointing it out to me zzz.

But i have no problem showing you my other fashion haul :

From Forever 21 igot a huge, office looking hand bag that was on a flash sale (40% off, and it also went back to normal price next time i went to Forever 21), a pretty and dainty necklace, a not so dainty earring and some sparkly nail files that i planned to use in Korea but then i forgot to bring *LOL*. This is the second time in one year that i couldn't find even one piece of clothing that prompted me enough to buy them, not even on the huge sale they had later on! I really wanted something from their colaboration with Barbie, but only the pajamas and t-shirt was available-and i quite frankly was appaled by the quality of the tee-and how they're charging almost IDR 300.000 for such a bad quality tee.

It's official, Forever 21, i am moving on...

Saw this amazing mini trunk at Forever New on sale (and paid even less using Citibank credit card! Yay for extra discounts!!!), it's actually a jewelry box but i can definitely use it as a handbag-and i have every intention to! It's just so fun and quirky! I also quite love their dresses, all those beautiful laces, tulles and chiffons reminds me a lot of Miss Selfridge-sadly their price range's also as high as Miss Selfridge and i don't believe in paying a fortune for clothings!

We went a bit nuts in Uniqlo, but mostly for winter wear and heat tech (before we went to Korea, obviously)-hunny also love their shorts and got some here, we all know how ridiculously expensive guys clothing are! I can easily get 5 dresses for the amount he pays for one of his shorts... I bought a skirt too (the only thing i find worth getting in Uniqlo are their skirts, i find their dresses and tops too casual and i am not one for casual dressing..) but mostly i picked up discounted accessories.

Always wanted one of those flower bun toppers, but i don't wear my hair up or even tie them so i never did-then i saw some fashion bloggers using the floral bun toppers as bracelet (i actually did this a lot too, but not with floral ones because i never own any!) so i decided i would too!

They were also slashing the prices of their socks, i am so in love with transparent socks right now but they were too expensive to buy in bulk (so i only bought one 6 month earlier, and already worn it enough times to justify the price) so when i saw them on sale, of course i had to get one in every color and designs, right? I also got one that's not transparent but still super cute! I just love socks....

Accessories shopping spree still continues with these items i got from a branded sale in Pacific Place. Although my style's mainly girly and whimsical, i also love rock-inspired accessories! They're just so cool!

I also got this charm bracelet a the 100 Doraemon Gadgets' exhibition because i feel the need to get a memento for every place/exhibition/museum/whatever we go to... Hunny also got a tee and Baby Boy opted for a keychain!

This i would categorized as nonsense haul, i guess? Except the socks coz they're practical *LOL*. I will never be too old to buy cutesy stuffs, now i understand why some aunties still love to buy kawaii items, i am turning into one of them!!! The fluffy pouches are from Daiso, as well as the socks-that's why i can justify getting them even though i now have too many cutesy pouches that aren't used-they're cheap enough!

I am also currently madly in love with My Little Pony (and unicornssss. When i love something i usually would love it for a very long time...) so when i saw the uber cute pencil case while toy-shopping (coz i have a young son, that's why) with very cheap price, i just got it and plan to use it as a cosmetic pouch...

Last items are actually clothes-that i totally forgot to include in the first pic up there! The I Wanna be Your Next Mistake is from this little store in Kota Kasablanka that sells slogan tees (very cheeky ones, love them!) and the vintage midi cupcake skirt is from a bazaar, also in KoKas. I saw so many pretty and whimsical skirts in that booth and i would've gotten at least three if only their debit machine was working, i don't carry a lot of cash with me and these skirts are expensive! At IDR 220.000 it's a lot more expensive than what i would normally pay for skirts (i have hard time paying more than IDR 150.000 for skirts, but i am making an exception for those structured midi skirts that are inspired by Valentino!) but i fell in love with the quirky pattern (i loveeee food prints! I also got a cupcake dress at a full price in H n' M although normally i prefer to buy their sale section! It was the only full priced item i got in H n M...) and the fabric's high quality too so i guess it's worth it!

Hmmm, even though the items in this haul post's less than usual, i enjoyed telling the back stories of everything so the post ended up being long anyway *LOL*, hope you enjoy reading it as much as i enjoyed writing! Did you spot anything you fancy from this post?