Pink and Undecided: peach

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Hey peeps ^^!

I'm so behind not only with my posts, but with my actual work-doing accounting for our hotel T.T. I resent this job so much i'd get a headache every time i finish up a month zzzz. So, i procrastinate... Until i am 5 months behind i have no choice but to do it. NOW. GAHHH u hate numbers, i hate accounting (why else would i fail Introduction to Accounting on multiple times in Uni? And i was one of the top students in my year! FYI, i aced everything else okay...) *rage* *turn into a pink hulk*.

Anyway... I want to blog about our long forgotten mini vacay back in March >.<, but my energy's all depleted thanks to that awful accounting thingy (and only one month down T.T) that i cannot deal with long posts yet, so i decided to blog about the outfit instead!

Weeeerrrrking on my inner fashion blogger hahaha

Like most of my outfits, i have them for years-but never worn them yet ahahahaha, all still brand new with tags on them (told ya i have too many new clothes to keep up with myself, and yes-i keep on buying as well WTF), this creme and orange striped maxi dress was purchased eons ago when maxi dresses were in rage (remember then?), i love maxi dresses but with my stocky shape i always secretly worry about looking like a tent -____-. But when i'm with my family, i can hardly care about what i wear... And surprised myself because i actually love how it looks on me!

Hm, on second thought it looks more like a teepee than a tent

To match the orange in my dress, my makeup was dominated by peachy hues :

Of course, simple is the way to go on holidays!

This has got to be the greenest outfit post yet hahaha

All pictures were taken in Eco Green Park, Batu-Malang. It was during weekday (Little O got a break from school after getting his report card) so the place was deserted-perfect for outfit photo taking without getting stares!

I literally got to pose in every nook and cranny!

Posey, posey LOL*

One thing about loose maxi dresses, they are incredibly comfortable! I definitely could sleep in them!

The wind was blowing, like it's cooperating with the photoshoot (taken by one very grumbly hunny hahaha)


Practicing my model face HAHAHAHAHA Outfit details : Orange and creme striped maxi dress : Random FO in TP Bunny bag : online store (the strap it originally comes with was too short for me to sling #rathertallasiangirlsproblem so i took a strap from another bag and exchange them!) Sunnies : gift from L (VNC) Bling sandals : Matahari Department Store (bought in Makassar, what do you know!)

Oh, and the necklace and this matchy bracelet :

Were bought in Krisna (Bali), they were around IDR 5.000-10.000 each *love cheap stuffs*. The white glittery knot hair ties is Lulla, obviously.

Btw if anyone's wondering where i get the title of this outfit from, it's because it reminds me of that milky orange lollipops, the color's so similar except the candy's pattern's swirly, obvi!

K, that's all for today folks, stay tune for the actual post of the mini escape, soon!

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MUC : Blooming Spring with Beauty Korea

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Hiiii!

It's been awhile since the last time i joined a Make Up Challenge, i usually have a specific reason on why i would join an MUC (why? I'm just too lazy to be bothered to most of the time >.<), usually because i really like the theme. However this MUC hosted by my fellow blogger, Winda, actually has a theme that i would normally run a hundred miles from *LOL*. The challenge is to recreate a K-Pop (*gasp!!!* *faints*) make up. I finally decided to join this challenge (aside from the fact that i really am not a K-Pop fan) because i was personally invited by Winda and also because i think it's about time that i at least challenge myself to do something outside my comfort zone! This MUC is hosted by Beauty Korea, as much as i'm not into K-Pop, you should also know that i have an undying love for Korean cosmetics!

MUC by The Journey and Beauty Korea

This MUC is open for Indonesian resident only and will be closed at 31st May, so hurry up if you're interested in joining! More details about the rules, please click here.

I was really stressed out because my knowledge to K-Pop's limited to those who frequently guests in Running Man *LOL* and because the time frame's a bit short (i mean since i know about the MUC to the closing date) so i decided to find the simplest, easiest look i could find (not that i nailed it anyway, LOL!). I Googled for "K-Pop Makeup" and after staring at seemingly endless pictures of K-Pop girls and getting dizzy, i found this picture :

Source : http://kpophairandmakeup.tumblr.com/post/49098307168

I had absolutely no idea who this girl is, so as i knew Katherine is into Korean thingy, i sent her this picture and she told me that it's Hyuna from 4Minutes. Now, i thought the look was easy enough to apply, very peachy cheeks and lips, soft and natural eye make up, glowy face (i also think that this look is so spring-y, therefore matches perfectly with the theme "Blooming Spring"!)... NOT. LOL. I was having a hard time making the GLOW shows in pictures, and even though my blush on was already really thick in real life, it's looks very soft and pale in the pictures *cries*.

Now, i already know myself that i didn't nail the look *LOL*, increased furthermore by the fact that our features are so different (different face shape, different eyes, nose and lips shape, basically different everything hahahaha) *LOL*, but i did my best :p.

End result :p, don't be too harsh on me!

It's so hard to bring out glows in pale skin, especially when you don't even have the appropriate tools (i prefer matte makeups in my everyday life)

Anyway, please do not expect me to copy Hyuna's pose as well, i don't pose well *LOL*, i'd simply look crazy if i try too hard :p. Even though i don't think the look i re-create looks anything like the inspiration pic, i personally still thinks the result's nice enough *shameless* LOL. Softer and more calm than my normal makeup (i love bold eyeliner and gyaru eye makeup with white pearlescent liner in the inner part of my eyes to make my eyes appear as round as possible).

I decided to record the step by step of creating (or rather, recreating) this look, just in case there's any of you who just began to wear makeup and want a simple (and super easy) tutorial for a natural, peachy, spring appropriate look?

Prep : cleanse your face thoroughly, put on toner+moisturizer+sunscreen (but honestly i only used toner :p) and get ready for your base. I am completely bare faced in this picture, i think my dark circle's much better ever since we had that Eye Revitalizing Peeling in Miracle Clinic!

Step one is base, in the picture above i was holding my weapons (but i have yet to apply them) : Vaseline Petroleum Jelly to prep my lips and The Skin Food Lemon Foundation (which i'm desperate to finish haha). I have only a few base make ups that i am currently using and i chose this Lemon Foundation because it's one of the least mattifying base i have, as you can see from the "inspiration" picture, the goal is very glowy, flawless skin!

After light foundation and Vaseline (my skin looks immediately more even), getting ready for step two

Conceal any imperfection. In my case it's my dark under eye areas and a few old hormonal spot scars on my chin. I'm using my usual Clinique All About Eyes Concealer (01) and DHC Medicated Acne Care Concealer.

After concealer. I always feel more human as soon as i keep my dark circles under control *LOL*

Step three is using cream peach colored blush on and cream highlighter (i am actually still struggling to learn how to use cream highlighters. If i apply it over my powder it'll be cakey and disgusting, but if i apply it before powder then the glow will be muted! Not applying powder at all is NOT an option, my make up would melt within 30 minutes max since my skin's super oily! Anyone has any suggestion?). I applied the highlighter as crazily as i dare (i am not used to glowy makeups :p) on my brow bone, nose bridge, cheek bones, chin, even the inner side of my cheeks (coz the "inspiration" has very glowy cheeks!). I am using Collection Blush & Highlight Cream Duo in Peaches and Cream.

Sadly, the highlighter hardly showed in my pale skin *LOL*. It's a lot glowier in real life but super hard to catch on camera! GRRRR

Hmph, you can only see the highlighter on my nose, can't you? LOL

Step four is skip-able for people with dry skin, but it's totally impossible to skip for me-that is to set the base and cream make up with powder. I used my current favorite pressed powder, Essence Mattifying Compact Powder, avoiding the highlighted area. I set the highlighted area with Esprique Precious Double Shine Face Powder, this powder is very shimmery so it didn't completely killed the glow, but i did mute it a bit.

After powder

Step five and six would be explained together because... I forgot to take pictures of the fifth step :p. Step five is to do your eyebrows. In my case, my eyebrows are really thick already (and i really am incapable of doing anything to them anyway, i cannot for the life of me draw or reshape my eyebrows!) so all i did was color them with Face Shop Color My Eye Brow (02 Light Brown) to match my hair.

Step six is eye make up. The inspiration picture sports a very light eye make up, almost bare. I couldn't detect if the girl was using eyeliner on her eyelids (i think she did, very lightly) but i cannot live without my eyeliners *dramatic* so i added a little twist on my own to suit my own face better *LOL*. I applied e.l.f eye primer followed with nude colored (slightly shimmery) eye shadow from an old Revlon eye shadow duo. Then i lined my eyes lighter than i normally did (not easy for me, okay *LOL*, i love my eye liner thick and dramatic!!!) using Mai Doll Liquid Eyeliner in Brown (this is my first brown eyeliner, i used to fear i won't like brown eyeliners since i love my black eyeliners so much but it's not bad, dark enough to still be in my comfort zone but not super dark so it's softened up my make up-in a good way).

After eye primer+light eye shadow+eyeliner. Seventh step is mascara! Hyuna's eyelashes looked very natural but luscious, i probably should've worn a falsies but... I didn't have time hahaha

I wore Lancome Hypnose Doll Eyes Mascara

Lots of people are crazy over this mascara, it's a pretty nice mascara but sadly isn't my cup of tea. I will review it sometime in the future :p. I also lined my waterline lightly (the inspiration pic also wore a very light liner on her waterline) using a brown eye shadow.

Eye makeup done!

Step eight is to set the cream blush on using a peachy powder blush on. I am using my old and well loved Etude blush on hahaha. IRL i looked super peachy already, but why in the pictures i looked a bit pale still *hiks*. I couldn't load any more blush on since i was actually going out afterward, i don't want to look like a crazy lady!

Close up on the light eye make up

Final step is to apply light peachy lip color! Hyuna's lip color's very soft and juicy, that's why i prepped my lips with Vaseline earlier. I find Vaseline super greasy texture's good to dilute lip colors if you don't want a super pigmented lip color.

Final look after lip color. I used Collection Lock & Hold Lipgloss in Break Dance

And that's it! Super simple and easy. It might not seem like it in the pictures, but my face was actually super glowy and dewy looking, it's definitely not something i am used to! I had to blot my face a lot since my skin became super greasy super fast *LOL*, but i actually kinda like the whole result.

My first ever attempt to copy Korean make up style *LOL*, i'm so sorry it didn't look anything like the inspiration pictures, but i tried! I actually have another (very different) style i'd love to try to recreate, but since the deadline's so close already.... I don't think i'm gonna make it :(.

Hope you enjoy my little tutorial and don't be harsh on me okay, i am no expert especially anything K-Pop related!

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Scent-O-Logy 02 : Perfumies Solid Perfume Stick in Sex on the Peach

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Hey guys!

Are you familiar with the brand Perfumies? I wasn't. I've never heard about them until i got one from (now no longer doing beauty boxes) BTI's very first beauty box. Ahh, reminiscence of only a year ago, when all beauty enthusiasts from all over Indonesia got their first taste of beauty boxes... The hopes, the anticipations... Only to be snuffed out in a short few months *LOL*. Anyway... It was good back then and i was pretty excited to experience my first ever solid perfume in stick form (i have Paris Hilton's solid perfume in a jar before, and added Tony Moly's Hello Bunny Perfume Bar in my collection ever since).

I got the "Sex on the Peach" variant and it was crush at the first sniff haha.

Photo taken from Perfumies' website

I totally forgot to take detailed pictures of my own stick (zzz. This was taken 10 months ago, when i was still less obsessed about taking pictures of every single beauty products that i have before using them hahaha) and now it's super ugly and not photogenic at all :p.

The product comes in a very slim, not super long (it's about the same length as my point finger) plastic tube that looks like a slim lipstick (you know, the long and slim shaped as opposed to the short and stubby ones) with wound up mechanism.

I didn't dare to wind it up longer than this because i had horrible experiences with wind up mechanisms, lip balms that refused to be wound back and all...

The material of the tube is light weight (read : kinda flimsy) plastic and the label is made from so-so quality sticker. It got rubbed and scuffed inside my make up pouch very fast, now it's really scruffy looking-the poor thing. The slim packaging housed a 0.07 oz product, not very much i think.

We were going for a family trip to JB and Singapore (i wrote some posts about the travel so you can just search the words Johor Bahru and Singapore on the search box if you want to read about it) so i thought "Hey, this little cutie couldn't come at a better time!". After all, this is how they describe their perfume sticks in their website :

Do you ever take your big bottle of perfume with you? To work, to school, to the gym, or on a plane? Probably not, because it is cumbersome, can break or spill in your bag, and TSA unapproved. Perfumies' solid perfume sticks solve all these problems...

Our perfume sticks are perfect for travel or to throw in your hand-bag. The slender and elegant tube allows you to dab deliciousness on your wrists, neck, or cleavage without sticky fingers or goo stuck under your nails. Perfect for fragrant touch-ups throughout the day!

You only need a dab, the tube will last you months. Put it in your change purse and you will never be caught smelling anything but pretty.

All natural. No parabens. No preservatives. Never tested on animals. We only use the good stuff.

Our original size stick offers 0.07 oz of solid perfume. Arrives with a tamper proof seal.

Now, before i tell you if my experience with it is as good as they made it sounds like in the website, let's talk about the important part first : the scent! The variant that i got, Sex on the Peach-is thankfully one that agrees with my nose (i am not very picky with fragrances but i do have my preference. Something sweet, fruity and girly!). Here's what they have to say about Sex on the Peach :

Sex on the Peach: The luscious fruitiness of sweet peach, pineapple chunks and orange slices blended with enchanting floral notes of honeysuckle, rose and jasmine on base notes of soft, soothing musk.

Ingredients: coconut oil, beeswax, fragrance

For my non-expert nose, the strongest scent that i smell i definitely peach. Like, really really strong, sweet peach scent!

So peachy!

Okay, so real peaches might not smell so sweet, so... maybe more like peach candy? Very sweet, refreshing and strongly tropical! It's a very girly, energetic, young and vibrant scent (i gotta say that the scent is pretty LOUD, so maybe not suitable for people who are into subtler scents). Since i'm errr... very young at heart, i feel like it totally suit my personality. While i prefer a softer, more feminine scent for night time (and muskier ones for my rare "feeling sexy" days), this is a perfect day time scent for me (not that i change my perfumes within one day...).

Oh, it's also very SUMMERY. I used not to pay attention to seasons (since we only have summer and rainy season in Indonesia), but now that i am addicted to dressing up and making up according to four countries' seasons, i prefer to wear this on a very summery days (which should be coming, but it's uncharacteristically cold and rainy lately in Surabaya).

Now onto their claims. I totally agree that their packaging is totally perfect for traveling, you won't have to worry about breaking or spilling your perfume , it's TSA approved, and it's tiny so you can slip it anywhere! I also love how you can just rub (they said dab, but i don't think dabbing works *LOL) it on your wrists and neck (or anywhere you usually put your perfumes on) without having to dip your finger into a jar. I am totally disgusting and not a germ phobe, but i hate my fingers smelling like my perfumes, not to mention if i forget to wash my hands afterwards and accidentally touch my lips. YUCK! Eating perfumes is definitely not something i like to do! The semi transparent white waxy stick also stayed in shape after our trip on a super HOT (sweltering, more like it) week in JB and Singapore.

As for the "you only need a dab", i don't buy it. I need to vigorously rub the stick to myself so i can actually smell it on me! Well, i do tend to be very heavy handed with my perfumes *not to a point that i make people dizzy with my perfume, don't worry!*, i just don't understand people like my mum who use two spritzes of perfume on her clothes (because her skin cannot take being in contact with perfumes) then go. I never even smell anything on her! What's the point of wearing them then?? People have to be able to smell my perfume (and more importantly, i have to smell it too) before i would stop dousing myself in them (or in this case, rubbing).

Staying power for this perfume stick is... Comparable to my only other perfume stick from Tony Moly, so i guess it is the staying power of most perfume sticks are like that? Around 3 hours. Then it began to fade and i had to re-apply. But while i wore my Tony Moly perfume stick in Europe during the start of spring (so mainly it was really COLD), i wore this Perfumies stick in JB/Spore during the peak of summer. It'd probably outlast Tony Moly's on the same circumstance.

I wore it for almost a month non stop (re-applying about two times a day) during our JB/SG/Jakarta/Bandung trip and there's still about 2 cm left on the stick. That would be good for another month, i guess? So their claim about the stick lasting for months? Yes, that's quite true. Even if you are a heavy user like me, it'd still last you for at least 2 months. For USD 7 (or around IDR 80.000 locally. I don't think there are a lot of seller for Perfumies locally but you can get them in BTI's website, it's on a 10% off now. If you're interested you should grab them soon because BTI tend to put products they're trying to clear off on sale then never re-stock them) that's not bad at all!

I love the fact that they are this smaller brand (that's the beauty of beauty boxes, isn't it? Getting to try brands you've never heard of before? At least in Indonesia it was that way too for a sweet little while *LOL*. Sorry i can't help myself, i feel very bitter when it comes to local beauty boxes) that feels more intimate and homey (the company was started by one woman-Sarah Jonson-through her Etsy shop!), also the fact that they use all natural ingredients and not tested on animals (i'm not gonna be all preachy, i use all kinds of brands and my fave drugstore brand is Maybelline *kinda notorious about animal testing, isn't it >.<*for goodness sake, but i always feel good whenever i see something that claims to be "not tested on animals).

I also really love their philosophy, their tagline "Smell pretty always" (as someone who's totally passionate about smelling good and really cannot stand BO *huekssss*, the tagline's totally catchy!) and the cheeky ways they named for their products (it couldn't get any cheekier than Sex on the Peach, couldn't it?). I also happen to like their product quite a lot!

I would highly recommend Perfumies solid perfume sticks to people who travel often (or just going to travel and want to bring smellies with them) and people who are always on the go (busy people who doesn't always have the time to freshen up), it's super convenient and easy to slip anywhere! And for this particular scent, for those who loves sweet, peachy, strong scents.

Not recommended for... i can't really think of any, except for maybe those who prefer normal liquidy perfume. But i also strongly prefer normal perfumes (they lasts longer and just feels a lot more satisfying to spray rather than rub them on haha) but there are times when i find this kind of solid perfumes comes in handy (especially on long haul flights and travel) so it's always good to have this as an option. And for this particular scent, not recommended for people who are not into fruity, candy, strong scents. And not for those who prefers more mature scents.

Will i repurchase this? Not for the exact same scent (because i don't really repeat perfumes so far, i always find new ones i wanna try) and like i said, i still prefer normal perfumes over the solid ones. But i always NEED new scents for my travels (i haven't smelt this perfume stick for a while and once i sniffed it again, i was thrown back to that summery vacation we took almost a year ago! Your nose definitely remembers more than your eyes!) and since i do plan to do a lot more long haul flights and travels in the future, i most definitely will get more solid perfumes and with this price, Perfumies would be my first choice!

Gosh, this review goes on and on, much longer than i intended to do! Hope you enjoyed it nontheless!