Tuesday, June 30, 2009

I Got Bored.

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...So I made it lighter and swirly. What do you think? I kinda miss the darkness but I think I'll work with this for a while...

MAC Graphic Garden Collection [Nordstrom Exclusive]

As always, MAC is releasing a TON of collections this summer - way more than my wallet can keep up. Euristocrats II coming out Thursday, Colour Craft coming out next Thursday, and a bunch of Nordstrom exclusives coming out next Thursday [07/09] also. This is crazy! I can't afford this at all! LOL It's gonna take sooo much for me not to buy as much but I can do it! lol Of all the ones coming out soon I think the one I'm lemming the most is the Graphic Garden collection. And you know I'm totally lemming it for the LE packaging! 2 palettes, 2 brush bags, & 2 lip bags!



PALETTES $35USD


GRAPHIC GARDEN
+ Social Climber (VP)
+ Botanical Blue (F)
+ Straight Hedge (VP)
+ Wild Wisteria (L)
+ Linear Lilac (VP)
+ Graphic Garden (V)
+ 213SE Fluff Brush


FRESH CUT
+ Floral Inc. (F)
+ Sun-Shy (L)
+ Fresh Cut (VP)
+ Poppy Noir (V)
+ Bloomycycle (VP)
+ Part Peony (L)
+ 213 SE Fluff Brush

LIP BAGS


BABY BLOOMS
+ Soft Illusion L/S (F)
+ Spiceflower L/S (AC)
+ Baby Booms L/G (F)


SUMMER CROP
+ Semi-Annual L/S (L)
+ Garden Bed L/S (L)
+ Summer Crop L/G (F)

BRUSH BAGS


DEFINE & BLEND
+ 129SE Powder/Blush Brush
+ 190SE Foundation Brush
+ 209SE Eye Liner Brush
+ 219SE Pencil Brush
+ 252SE Large Shader Brush


SHAPE & PERFECT
+ 168SE Large Angled Contour Brush
+ 187SE Duo Fibre Brush
+ 194SE Concealer Brush
+ 212SE Flat Definer Brush
+ 275SE Medium Angled Shading Brush

I so want one of the palettes! But the more I look at swatches of the colors, I don't think I'd use them very much. I love buying teals/blues but I always end up doing purples or smokey eyes and I barely ever use pinks/corals. So I think I'll pass on this. Hopefully I will! LOL I'm not a fan of the print on the lipsticks either it's just not that appealing to me although I do love my lustre lipsticks!!

As for the brush bags, a lot of hard core MAC addicts are against buying SE brushes just because the quality is not as good as full size brushes. But I think if you're just starting out with MAC brushes these are a good way to try out which ones you like. Of the SE brushes that I have/have tried I think the 187SE, 217SE, & 219SEs are pretty good compared to their full sized counterparts. The 275SE & 168SE I don't mind but I haven't tried the full size. I hated the 212SE and the 129SE. I really looove my 190SE brush for foundation/primers and even undereye concealer sometimes but when I went to get a full size 190 I didn't like how soft it was. But it's all about your personal preference!

Are you guys planning on getting anything from this collection?

[Credit to specktra.net for color story & pictures!]

Reader Question - Trimming Natural Hair

One reader sent me a lovely email with this question:

How do you know when it is time for a cut vs. a trim?

I truly think this depends on how your ends look, feel, and how often you use heat. Also, if you manipulate your hair frequently with tools (combs, brushes, pics, etc) it may require that you attend to your ends more. If you notice splitting, multiple single-strand knots (fairy knots), or bubbles in your strands, I would trim them off. Some people opt to ignore those pesky fairy knots while others can't stand them and hack them off whenever they pop up.

Since being natural for 10 years, I rarely ever CUT my hair (I mean over an inch at a time). I did once for style purposes by cutting my BSL hair into an above-the-shoulders bob. Then, of course, I cut it again 2 yrs ago due to severe heat damage. Since then, I have not cut off more than an inch at a time.
I personally like to snip the ends of my twists every few months or so. I don't have an actual schedule but if things start looking weird (which they don't too often considering I don't use much heat at all), I just twist up and take 1/8th-1/4th of an inch. If you have really bad ends, you might want to take an inch or so off and then be very careful about protecting them in the future.

Here are some sites that offer tips to trimming/dusting/cutting natural hair; I've excerpted parts that I found to be particularly helpful:


Clutch Mag Online

I would describe dusting as cutting less than an inch of your ends. When my ends start to feel crunchy, or I hear popping when I detangle, or start to see tiny hairs in the sink that are not old shed hairs (with white bulbs at the tips) I dust my ends. I usually do this about once every two to three months. Some people follow lunar cycles when it comes to trimming/cutting their hair. They cut on certain days of the week to lengthen, strengthen, thicken etc. hair. I can not testify to it’s results, but it is a good way to keep a hair trimming routine. Check out Morrocco Method International’s downloadable lunar haircutting chart.

Long Health Hair Advisor and Here
If you wear your hair straight - even occasionally - you'll want to have your hair trimmed when it is straight. How straight do you need it to be? Well, it depends. You can get your hair trimmed with a blow out or you can have it flat ironed bone straight for a trim. Trimming
natural hair when it's straight will provide a more precise trim that is also visually appealing when your hair is worn in straight hair styles.

Also, if your hair tends to knot around itself at the ends, you will need to trim more often than someone who does not have that problem - despite using heat. Generally speaking, a schedule of 2-6 months should be used depending on your personal goals, styles, and hair condition.

MotownGirl

Nappturality Forum
On damp hair, make small to medium sized twists all over your head. Twisting your hair like this will also help you really get a chance to feel all of your ends. Split ends, knotted ends, frayed ends -- if you have any, your hair will feel really rough when you get to the ends of your twists. Snip your ends.


Natural Black Hair Care

With one hand, hold the comb, and insert the comb into the section of hair. Gently pull up the comb until only the ends of the hair are sticking out of the teeth of the comb. With the other comb use high quality hair scissors to clip the ends of the hair. Repeat for each section.


Perfect Dreadlocks
The best way to cut it is like a flower, cut it at an angle and then put a rubber band around the tip and rub the tip against the palm of your hand everyday for about 2 days and then take the rubber band out.


And of course, for all you visual people out there, check out these You Tube vids for more trimming how-to's:
Rustic Beauty (LUV HER!)
SapphyreDreams

How do you guys trim your hair? Or do you prefer to have a stylist do it?

In defence of Bleached Blondes

Ever since I bleached my hair more or less platinum blonde, I've been getting all sorts of CRAP comments.

It's weird because for the longest time I've had my hair sorta really light brown but just not quite blonde yet, and nobody gave two hoots.


Oh, here's an obviously Chinese girl!

But once it crossed the threshold from caramel to 'blonde' blonde, people start all sorts of accusations.

I am trying to be an angmoh! I am abandoning my Chinese roots! Xiaxue you are an insecure, self-hating disgusting heritage ditcher!

This is pissing me off SO FUCKING BAD.


FUCK YOU ALL.


Firstly, GET OVER YOURSELF. It's just a muthafucking hair colour.

Do Chinese people typically have brown/red hair? NO THEY DON'T!

We have BLACK HAIR.

And then like a half of the Asian female population in Singapore have dyed BROWN hair - nobody says anything!

Having BROWN hair is as un-Asian as having Blonde hair isn't it?


Or so are you trying to say that there is a DEGREE to which you can abandon your "roots"?

DYEING BROWN NOT HIDING BLACK MEH?

And oh, I've had my hair black, varieties of brown, ash, green, red (long ago), pink, and BLONDE.

When I was all the other colours, you mean I wasn't trying to act angmoh and suddenly now I have a change in personality and decided to?

I'd tell you why so few people have bleached blonde hair.

- It destroys your hair.
- It doesn't look good on everyone. Not saying it does on me, but I like it.
- It is incredibly expensive to maintain. Mine is sponsored.
- It is a wild colour and schools and most office jobs won't allow it.


And that's why it is so special - and I love attention so I want to be special!

It's just a bloody hair colour and just because I like that colour doesn't mean I necessarily hate being Chinese!

In fact, as my URL so proudly proclaims, I love being Chinese, and I love being Singaporean. My parents are fully Chinese and I've never claimed otherwise.

As for the coloured lens, plenty of other chicks wear them too, purely because everyone else has black irises and it's BORING. Nose job? Anyone who saw my old nose won't deny that I needed one. Angmoh boyfriend? Had him for 3 years before I had blonde hair.

I hate the accusations that come with my decision to be a bleached blonde. So for the last time, I AM NOT TRYING TO BE ANYTHING. (Maybe except special.) I just LIKE THE COLOUR!

Just like I like pink. It doesn't have a deeper meaning than that.

Why the fuck should I be pressured to stay with my black hair when I know I look boring (and imho, ugly and greasy) in black hair?

Just to look Chinese? Well fuck you again. I'm trying to look like a Chinese Albino. You happy now? Not abandoning roots now am I?

Anyway, part of the reason for this tirade is due to a fucker called BRADLEY FARLESS.

One day, I was having dinner with Mike at a food court in Pasir Ris when Bradley was also eating there.

He then blogged this:



Firstly, he doesn't know who I am. I was basically an innocent stranger to him, albeit a stranger who intruded on his opinion about Asians keeping their hair colour.

Didn't anyone tell him that it's incredibly rude to snap someone's photo and blog shit about them?

He didn't even have the decency to mosaic my face.

And secondly, after posting up my photo, he started to ACCUSE ME.

He presumed that I was trying to look white. Excuse me but where is your proof of that? Do you know me that well?

Secondly he presumed that Mike loved me because I looked white. He doesn't know BALLS about our relationship. Look at him go!

His whole entry reeked of the presumption that white men come to Singapore for Asian girls or that White men like Asian girls. I'm sorry Bradley, not every white dude is as racist as you.

AND WHAT IS THIS PHILOSOPHICAL RUBBISH ABOUT ASIAN GIRLS LOOKING GOOD BECAUSE THEY ARE AND LOOK ASIAN??

What the fuck is that? Does that even make any sense? It's like saying Fat chicks look good because they are fat and look fat. WTF??

Fuck you.

Never mind this first entry of his. Afterward, someone told me who I was, and this made him spew a SECOND blog entry.

Mind you, I did nothing to him personally.





Started off by saying I look like shit. You know, LOADS OF PEOPLE LOOK LIKE SHIT. Stephen Hawking, for one, is not a looker either, although he is smart as hell. Why aren't you criticizing his looks?

Oh, I get it. It's because you don't like me.

That's right.

Well.

You ain't much of a looker YOURSELF:


At least I'm not bald at the age of 28.


Imagine someone looking like THAT calling you ugly. Angry not??

And where's his penis? Must be tiny.

Continuation of his blog entry:



This loser with probably less than 100 readers on his SHITASS BLOG per day is trying to teach me how to blog!!

Hilarious and buay paiseh much??

My English is crap. And I don't do balance or moderation, but guess what? I am still the top blogger in Singapore so you can suck on my balls!


"Photos should be used to augment content" - Advice from a loser. Funny! I should listen to him. He sounds like he has been blogging for ages with much success.

Oh and for some reason, he seems to have taken issue with my Chipster Advertorial, naively thinking I've got nothing better to do than to blog about potato chips.

My dear, I was paid THOUSANDS for that entry by a reputable MNC. If you think I've nothing better to do than to go blog something, think again. Retard.





You know, I find the second last sentence particularly enlightening.

Listen, Bradley found that I made him feel
better about himself as a person.



Normally I am not so cruel as to highlight a loser's inadequacies so harshly, but hey, you asked for it.

I did more research into this fucker's life and I found out a lot more about him.

He was originally from Alaska and was in the army till he finally quit it.

He is presumably mixed. Dad's white mom's dunno what:


His parents

His wife is Filipino and never graduated from college, and neither did he.

For some reason, both of them are not from Singapore yet decided to reside here.




In April, he posted this blog entry up.


This loser, there is no other word for it, has been jobless for almost a year
.


He has been living in Singapore with his wife.

AND PRESUMABLY HAS HIS WIFE PROVIDING FOR HIM.

Unless he has some trust fund which I doubt so, but either way, what sort of man at 28 does not work?

He lives in a sad dingy rented room in Pasir Ris at $600 with a Singaporean host family.


And there he goes, typing shit about girls online just like you'd expect any other sad loser would. It's so stereotypical it's almost laughable. Hey dude, why not look for a job instead of writing advice to bloggers?


I was looking at his tweets. He typically sleeps around 5am and wakes up after noon. Does that sound like a guy who is TRYING HARD to look for a job?

IMHO, only lazy, useless, unambitious bums who leech off their kins can be jobless for so long. Can't find a job? Try MacDonalds! Or are you too good for that?

Well, maybe you are vastly over-estimating your self-worth. :)

At the age of 19 Bill Gates set up his own software company. Hell, even I at 19 was starting to get press and making my mark in the world.

At the age of 28 most men are already building their careers, building their families.

At 28 all he has is a bald pate, and ugly cat lady as a wife (more about that later), and NOTHING TO HIS NAME.

His only claim to fame is that a semi-famous blogger once blogged about him.

I don't want to go on about how ACCOMPLISHED I am in contrast to that useless lump because it's arrogance.

But does he have the rights to comment anything about me? No.

Calling me shallow and stupid? If you so deep and clever, where are you in life? PRECISELY.

Really embarrassing to have a chick you are insulting earn way more than you do. Me and Paris Hilton both.



Anyway, never mind these two blog entries he made about me.


After these are written, I was still clueless because obviously I don't read his blog.

Then, the fucker had the nerve to @TheXiaxue me on a tweet, saying that my twitter updates are BORING.

(For those of you who don't know, if you put an @ before a person's nickname, the person can see your tweet as a 'reply')



This led me to his blog. I then read the first two entries as posted.

I retaliated by tweeting that his wife is uglier than I am.

Of course, this fucker wanting hits for his site, wrote A THIRD blog entry about me, and here it is:









Typical.

When I said his wife is uglier than me, he pulled out my old Maxim photoshoot. Congrats, you found my ugliest photo in existance. So?



FIRST
off, I have no qualms about what he called "dragging his wife into the picture".

As you all can see, the wife also left a barrage of comments about me prior to my tweet about her. She said I'm stupid and made remarks about my site. So is she innocent? She is not.

Secondly, if you want to say I am ugly out of NOWHERE, then I can also say your wife/mom is ugly if I want to.

Your remark about me being ugly is UNPROVOKED, so why can't I make UNPROVOKED remarks about your family?

Sounds FAIR, doesn't it?

ONE FOR ONE.


AND THIRDLY, here are his wife's tweets about me.







Oh, so this bitch wants to get into this too!!


Since she and her husband are so adamant that she is better-looking than me, here are a few of her choice photos for you to see:



























What crap about it being the end of the day and his wife was tired... I'm sorry but it seems as if she looks typically even greasier and uglier!

Oh and that photo taken without my permission was also at the end of the day with me in ratty clothes and no make-up on. I DON'T SEE ME LETTING MYSELF GO LIKE THAT!

You think I chose her ugliest photos and tried to embarrass her? Don't take my word for it, feel free to check out her MYSPACE profile's photo albums before she shuts it down.

I didn't want to blog anything about this fucker despite him writing 3 blog entries about me. Since he is such a sad little loser I thought I'd let him off.

But then, up till yesterday, the fucker was still steadily tweeting a stream of nasty shit about me.





I presume he either really hates me or just badly wants me to blog about him. If it's the latter here's your wish granted!!

And here's the "WHORE" photo in question:



Do I look like a whore?


Pic credit Jessica

I was wearing a cute lilac M)phosis romper for Christ's sake. Whores do not wear rompers coz they are so difficult to fuck in, ya know?




Fucking losers. Hey Margee, do your colleagues at NTUC Income (if there is where you work according to the lanyard) know you have a loser of a husband?


Fucktards. Get the fuck out of Singapore.


UPDATE:

The cat lady twittered 2 new tweets about me:

xiaxue top blogger? keep telling yourself that fake blond.


Funny leh! This sorta thing need to argue one meh?

Tempting to post the $10,000 cheque photo again. Tempting. Won't. Am a girl with self-restrain. Shall be more humble.

And the second tweet whining and whimpering about how she is 8 months short of finishing med school or something.

HAHAHAHAHA!

Never finish also can talk about it one ah? Like that I am 8 years short of finishing a PHD! How? Clever not???

I thought only the husband is a loser but she's slowly going on par!

Which is more loserish, never starting something, or starting something halfway and giving up/failing??


Always finish what you start honey!

*plants big L on forehead*

Almost a doctor, huh? If so, why are you still living in a dingy little flat doing customer service? Go and be a goddamn doctor if you can make it! Betcha can't! And till then, stop claiming to be a doctor and stfu!

And I'm not 'crying', silly. Why should I? I'm rich. MUAHAHAHA! Not rich rich, but richer than YOU, a half-fucked doctor!!

Oh and OF COURSE... I was right about the dude having a small penis and no balls. He deleted all blog entries related to me.

He was the one daring me to blog about him and now this!

If it's possible, I lost even more respect for him! Stand by your fucking opinions, fuckface! You can't afford to add SPINELESS to your long list of bad traits!!

Second UPDATE:

He deleted whole blog. Nice!

I'm totally happy today.


p/s: I am not afraid of giving hits to him because shitty bloggers will never be able to maintain it. :)

Buckaroo Barbeque

These Cowboy Cookies were created for a Country Western themed benefit for a little boy named Zachary. You can read his story and find out how to help him and his family here.

We all need some CONFIDENCE boosting now and again

I mentioned her before and I still love her! BeautifulBrwnBabyDol is such an inspiration, both for her hair/style and her amazing weight loss. If you don't know about her, check out her youtube channel. Right now, as a fresh graduate, I am looking for a job ya'll! It is not easy right now and it is tempting to get down on myself or lose confidence. So when I came across this it reminded me to appreciate who I am, what I have to offer, and leave the rest up to God and the universe. I hope she inspires you like she inspires me. Have a great day!

Monday, June 29, 2009

Vacation Hauls

I didn't haul as much as I thought I would when I went home! I spent most of my money on food and clothes LOL! But I did manage to cop some things from the Style Warriors collection while I was there. I've been really good about TRYING to get things that I would actually use! If I was how I used to be I would've got the whole collection just because of the packaging LOL but I'm learning to limit myself so be proud of me! =P


<3 this packaging!


Refined Golden bronzer, Brave New Bronze L/S, Vibrant Grape E/S, & Bright Future E/S

So I don't use a lot of yellows but whatever MAC doesn't make that many pretty yellows! lol And I definitely use a lot of purples! And I actually bought the L/S for my sister, but I should have got one of my own. Owell. haha


swatches: Vibrant Grape, Bright Future, Refined Golden.
don't mind that light color I was swatching one of the samples Nordies gave me.


Kai's Mascara Guard!!!

I finally got one! =] I was sooo excited when I saw it I spent $6 when I found out later that I could have got one on eBay for $1! haha I found it at Don Quijote [I still call it Daiei lol] and I just have to have it! I love it because I always leave little black marks on my eyes from mascara. =[ If you ladies wanna know more about it I'd be glad to do a separate post on it!

I forgot to post the gift Wuzz gave me when we met up!


She always wraps everything so nicely! lol


the goods! Can't be a Wuzz package without that Hurricane Popcorn! yummm Thank so much girl you really didn't have to! I really loved that lip gloss it was toooo cute!

And finally me pimpin it in my mom's Mercedes.

LOL JK! I finally got NARS Turkish Delight!! I absolutely loooove it! Sometimes it washes me out though because I'm so dark lol but with the right lipstick it's gorgeous.

Summer Cookies

These custom cookies were for a bridal shower with a picnic theme. I thought they might have been cute with some little royal icing ants but I decided to leave them out.


Tagged: Mini Survey

Lexi tagged me and I'm bored so what the hell. lol

What's your favourite make up look?
I guess you could say these are my favorites because when I'm really stumped on what eye MU to do I always end up doing one of these!
1. beautiful iris/nocturnelle/carbon
2. satin taupe/carbon


Do you have a beauty vice?
hmm i'm not sure i loooove all beauty things!

What part of your body do you love?

my eyes. not because of the color [ew boring brown] but because they're sooo huge! lol i have a lot of canvas space if you will. lol

Who is your beauty icon?

i don't really have one because i'm in love with vibrant eyeshadows and most celebs tend to do smokey or neutral looks

What beauty product makes you feel instantly sexy?

super glossy red lipstick. hands down.

How do you look after your skin?

cleanse, tone, eye cream, & moisturize. i exfoliate on sundays & wednesdays lol

What is your signature scent?

right now i'm totally in love with Viva La Juicy perfume! I hate that the scent doesn't last long though. =[

What are your hair care secrets?

I use a LOT of conditioner! I straighten my hair a lot so it's kind of heat damaged but I leave my conditioner in for like 5 minutes when I shower and my hair is suuper soft.

How do you pamper yourself?

Splurging on make up! MAC is my guilty pleasure [as if you already didn't know!]

What is your beauty pet peeve?

Eyeshadow with eyeliner! I know it's hard for some people with hooded lids or whatever but it just doesn't look complete. Also, goin to sleep with your make up on.

What would your desert island must haves be?

sunscreen, toilet paper, flares. LOL

Finally, do you have a beauty philosophy?

Smile =]

Sunday, June 28, 2009

I'm baaaaaaaack!

I know I've been completely MIA since I left for Hawaii! I've been really lazy since I've been back but I've been getting inspired a lot lately so I'm BACK! And OMG I can't believe that I've reached 200 followers already! You guys are amazing.

I can't ever say how much I love going home! I haven't gone home for a year so you know I had fun! I met Wuzz and her friend Naomi while I was there. We had lunch at CPK and went through Sephora & MAC! They are both so sweet and hanging out with them was like hanging out with old friends! =] We only took one picture at MAC I look horrible but they look gorgeous!



I wish I could have taken a picture of everything I ate while I was there. LOL But I always end up eating it before I remember! LOL Here are some of the reasons why I'm a fat shit again and I've been going to the gym all week.


Kahuku Shrimp is better! LOL