All About Shoes!!

Last year, I am crazy about Chanel handbags and this year, it is Shoes that captured my eyes. 

I kept some shoes from very past seasons that I almost accede to DH's teases that they are going to be antiques in my closet!!!! ^O^ But I might just prove him wrong!! 


Look at those high-gloss (patent?), simple black boots, and retro , slightly squared toe boots, aren't they familiar? Oh, and..... the suede, velvet.... glad to see the trend!! (Pictures credited to Wmagazine)

 
Marc Jacobs

 
Michael Kors



 
Proenza Shouler





 
Rodarte


 
Rag n' Bone

Gotta NEW shoes? ^O^

Day to night in 30mins

This weekend I had a few (read 10) of my uni friends coming to stay so it was quite hectic to say the least. As we were out all day on Saturday I had about 30mins to change and freshen up before going out. So here is my tried and tested day to night turnaround.

During the day I kept the makeup super simple with some foundation, blusher and bronzer on the skin, and mascara with a little black khol pencil smudged along the lashline.

For the evening I quickly changed into a short burgundy dress from ASOS with black tights and patent leather heels (not seen).

Instead of styling my hair I clipped in a couple of wefts of love hair extensions in different colours to add volume and dimension, then quickly curled the ends with the babyliss conical wand to blend them in.

 

For makeup I touched up the skin and then added drama to the eyes with an exaggerated winged liner set with sparkly black eyeshadow (I used a chanel one, but MAC black tied would work just as well) and of course false lashes from e.l.f.

I then added some deep pink blush from Sleek and finished off with MAC's creme d'nude lipstick.

All in under 30 mins... mainly to stop the guys from whingeing that I always take too long to get ready. What are your tricks for getting ready in a hurry? xxx

Randomness

Another random post from me! I just wanted to share a few things with you guys and get your feedback because I love hearing from fellow bloggers!

1) Two women who's looks and style I would like to steal!....

I want her luscious thick hair and amazingly gorgeous face...Petra Nemcova...

I have been watching a couple of films featuring this actress lately (I Think I Love My Wife and Lakeview Terrace) and I couldn't help but notice how beautiful Kerry Washington is! When I thought about it, she is a regular in the best dressed section of magazines and I really like her sophisticated style...

Who are your current makeup/style crushes?

2) My mum has been using a Vibrating Plate (you can get them from places like Argos for around £100) and after 3 months of using it every day, she is in amazing shape! She has lost inches off her whole body and constantly gets compliments on her new trim figure.  Mum has been doing various exercises on the vibrating plate mainly for her upper body and it really shows.  She was determined to get in the best possible shape for my wedding in August and she didn't want any 'back fat' ruining her lovely strapless dress! She offered it to me for a few weeks before my wedding so I could have a go and fine tune my figure for my big day.  I will definitely be trying it out and will let you guys know how I get on!

3) After hearing various recommendations for Japanese Green Tea as an all around healthy supplement to daily life, I am definitely going to try and stock up on it next time I go shopping.  I want to find the authentic Japanese variety to make sure I am getting the most potent and pure version of it.  If you didn't already know, the benefits of Green Tea are as follows:

• The anti-oxidant found in Green Tea (Epigallocatechin Gallate) is 100 times more effective than Vitamin C and 25 times more effective than Vitamin E.
• It reduces high blood pressure
• There have been studies to show that it is very effective at preventing cancer
• Studies have shown that it lowers your cholesterol
• It benefits and strengthens your immune system
• Increases Thermogenesis (the body's rate of burning calories)
• Enhances Fat Oxidation (stops your body holding on to as much fat)

With all these amazing benefits, I'm wondering why it has taken me so long to catch on!

4) Now that me and Chris have booked our honeymoon to Kuala Lumpur, Borneo and Hong Kong, I would love to hear anyone's recommendations on where to visit if you have been there before? We want to make sure that we don't miss anything amazing while we are there.  I think I am most looking forward to the 5 star hotel in Borneo that we will be staying at:

I don't get the chance to stay in 5 stars very often (actually...never!) so I am probably going to be such a geek over there oooohing and ahhhing over everything!  Our room will open right out onto the beach! I will have to take loads of photos because I have a feeling this will be the holiday of a lifetime.  I am really looking forward to seeing the Orangutans as well, they have a sanctuary on the resort.

What is the best holiday you have ever been on?

5) YSL Summer 2010 collection - After seeing the new lipstick from YSL on a couple of blogs recently I have found myself lusting after a few things from the collection! I am properly lusting after the baby pink lipstick, the matching lip gloss, the bronzers and a couple of the nail polishes.  Feast your eyes on the gorgeousness....

Is there another collection you're drooling over at the moment???

Simply Want to Share~~ The Cropped, the Prints, and the Wi-Fi!!

My friends flocked back to Taiwan one by one and sooner we will all be flying back as well. 


When they are around, we spent so much time together from Monday to Friday, that I don't have time to be on FB and do not even have time to do online shopping...... :P However, w/ their absent, I finally can chat more on FB and doing more online-shopping except I really miss the fun of trying things on first!!! lol.

I want my daughter (Abby) to quit doing finger-sucking so I encourage her to chew gum or sing songs instead.....then I start chewing the gum w/ her...haha.... 

My two after face-lift pieces: "cropped" jacket from Pierre Balmain  and "cropped" Max Mara Weekend pants. 

Shoes: Alexander McQueen square toe heels

Bag: Proenza Shouler yellow PS1 clutch

w/ alpaca Marc Jacob coat.

 This jump-suit (the charcoal color) looks really like lingerie-wear to me now..... :P 






1. Top: 

• silk/polyester jumper
• Rubbish pink tank
• Stella McCartney nude degrading sequence tank 09'
• asymmetrical cardigan w/ union jacket patten at back

2. Bottom Accessory:

• Vivian Westwood floral patterned leggings
• Givenchy Tinhan deep V hobo w/ studs
• invisible orange socks w/ sequence elastic band
• Shoes: YSL runway elastic heels 09'
  

The digital print dresses abound on the runway since Alexander McQueen's digital print dress from spring collection.

My ODJ. 


I started my shopping for going back to Taipei next month....

1. Top:

• Michael Angel digital print shirt dress 2010
• Trina Turk vest
• Max n' Co. navy/purple velet shirt

2. Bottom: Hudson wide leg jeans

3. Accessory:

• Givenchy Tinhan hobo 
• Christian Louboutin purple velvet Mary-jane heels 
• Silver/crystal necklace

No matter how tired I am, dishes and house-cleaning is an inevitable thing to do!! ......there, when we arrived home, it was already 9:30 PM, and I am doing the dishes while DH takes kids for bath!! 

We are trying this new Wi-Fi wireless memory disk and that's why Dh took a picture of me doing the dishes........ (funny) lol..

This is such a cool invention that the moment I got home w/ tons of picture I took a day, it already automatically uploads pictures to my computer.  It saves me the time of pulling out the card, and then looking for the memory disk which I forgot where did I put it (oh, I need gingo bioloba), and the time I wait for the uploading!!! 
So far, we love its performance.  



Great product,...not so cheap neither. $149.99 but I think it is worth the price. (I am not doing any advertisement here. ^O^)


Have a time-efficient day on Wednesday!!

xoxo Rachel