Highlight Of Las Vegas Trip!

12/18/2010
The day my whole family drop me off at the airport...off I go Vegas w/ my gal friends!!

Yes, this is my outfit on the way to Vegas~~~ ^O^

The 1st evening dinner at Michelin restaurant: Guy Savoy in Caesar Palace Hotel. I love their hearty portion (if compared to most other French restaurant) and slightly heavier taste.

I need to make sure my girls are looking at their most gorgeous the night so I did their make-ups and made them change their clothes from their original planned outfit. haha... ^O^

There, my pretty gal friends!! 
Our shoe show case: Miu Miu studded sandal heels, Christian Louboutin chain sandal, Bottega Veneta woven burgundy ballet flat and Jimmy choo!!


I have my Oscar de la Renta sapphire earrings and J Crew green glass cuff on w/ AQUA dress!!

 
Lobster Salad!! 




One of the signature dish: Emulsified milk w/ Cod! So tasty!!



So tender duck w/ sweet potatoes!



Mushroom soup (truffle + Parmesan cheese) w/o adding chicken soup whatsoever additional flavor.



Pear sorbet and cut pear slices. 
IMO, Guy Savoy has the most delicious sorbet I have ever tasted!! ^^









By the time I finished all the courses, I can only drooling over those treats, sweets as I am completely full already.



Thanks Sally for taking so many pictures of me!


First night at Vegas!
This is the crazy me.... dance on the table side!


We went to XS club inside Encore the first night.  
Sally and I both are on scene at SPYONVEGAS.com! 
What a crazy night for us. ^^ 


I love the way I wore my Michael Kors sweater...and I think people love the way I wore it too. All of them love the look and thought it is a big roll-neck scarf on me!! lol.


You know how many times we did this poses over and over again...? Just because Sally wants to practice and look in her best shape on pictures.... poor Irene who took pictures for us over and over again...like 4 times!!

You know how it could be when girls are obsessed w/ looking into their best!  They never give up the opportunity to be perfect on camera. ^O^ 

Then, there is always the last minute change of mind among girls ....when the heels is not right!! Off we go shop for HEELS!! 

Manolo Blahnik!



Oscar de la Renta!

2nd day at Vegas!!

Chanel 10' white w/ red/black trim collar jacket from Shanghai collection. 

The 2nd night we decided to take it SLOW ~~ We went to "The BANK" Club at Bellagio!




The day we are heading back to San Jose~~~

Play hard, work hard, doing house chores even harder~~~ ^^
xoxo Rachel

Makeup Crush: Leona Lewis

I'm not a fan of Leona Lewis' music BUT I am a big fan of her makeup looks.  She always seems to look very polished and sophisticated.  Although these pics are from her appearance at the 2009 AMA's, I personally don't think makeup looks really go 'out of fashion'.  I know there are makeup trends that do the rounds every season BUT I never live my life by them and because I now have a good idea of what suits me, I'm certainly not going to go mascara-less or wear orange lipstick just because it happens to be in vogue. 

I love this luminous smokey eye that she frequently wears, it's so smouldering but soft enough not to make eyes look tired or heavy.  It looks like the MUA lined her upper and lower lashes with a creamy black eye liner and smudged it out with something like a cotton bud to soften any harsh lines.  There's a shimmery grey shadow on the lid and drawn under the eyes to further soften the black liner.  The grey shimmery shadow is winged out to create a lifted cat eye appearance.

A darker grey can be applied to the crease to intensify the look and unify everything before applying a black shadow on the outer edges of the upper lid.  This can be applied from the outside inward to blend the shades and also blended down into the lashline.  There's also a hint of a highlight on the inner corners of the eyes which helps to open them up.  The most important thing with this look is to blend, blend and then blend some more.  You want the colours to melt into your skin and look airbrushed.

This is another example of the gorgeous sultry eye that Leona usually has, but this time it looks like they used more brown toned greys, like a taupe shade.  This look is alot about softness and I think this would be a great look to wear to a Christmas party/New Year get together because it looks effective without looking like you've tried too hard.  I love that you can play around with different colours when it comes to smokey eyes.

What are your favourite products/colours to use for your smokey eye looks?