A year has passed and now the New Year has come to embrace us.

Let us look back at the past year and take lessons of what we've done wrong, and Let's hope the new year will bring us more good luck, success, and happiness.

I have the perfect new year wishes for you, I got it via:

llerrah.com/newyearwishes.htm

HAPPY NEW YEAR
2013

 
May you get a clean bill of health from your dentist, your cardiologist, your gastro-enterologist, your urologist, your proctologist, your podiatrist, your psychiatrist, your plumber and the I.R.S. (Tax Service)

 

 May your hair, your teeth, your face-lift, your abs and your stocks not fall; and may your blood pressure, your triglycerides, your cholesterol, your white blood count and your mortgage interest not rise. 

May what you see in the mirror delight you, and what others see in you delight them. May someone love you enough to forgive your faults, be blind to your blemishes, and tell the world about your virtues. 

 May New Year's Eve find you seated around the table, together with your beloved family and cherished friends. May you find the food better, the environment quieter, the cost much cheaper, and the pleasure more fulfilling than anything else you might ordinarily do that night.

May the telemarketers wait to make their sales calls until you finish dinner, may the commercials on TV not be louder than the program you have been watching, and may your check book and your budget balance - and include generous amounts for charity.


May you remember to say "I love you" at least once a day to your spouse, your child, your parent, your siblings; but not to your secretary, your nurse, your masseuse, your hairdresser or your tennis instructor.

Amen.

If you remember I won a giveaway from Chicnova a while ago but I forgot to make a special post to review the items I got. I actually won a gift certificate from Chicnova, you can read this post first to see the original items that I redeemed from the gift certificate.

Chicnova is an online fashion retailer who offers trendy and modern style fashion with a FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING service!

Their products include fashion clothing, footwear, bags, accessories, jewelries and a variety of lifestyle items.

I got $30 gift cert from the giveaway and I spend it all on jewelries because not only Chicnova have a lot of great fashion items such as tops, dresses, etc.. but they also have an array of gorgeous jewelries to choose from. I was actually quite overwhelmed in deciding on which jewelries to get because the options are huge and they have lots of styles on their website:
 

 

In the end, my final choice fell to these beauties below:

The shipment was average to fast considering the International shipping. And it was free too! I love online retailer who offers free shipping ;)

I got the green Vintage Multi Row Bracelet with Seahorse Detail, a pink Roseo Color Glazed Triangle Collar Necklace, and the teal Golden Metal Collar Necklace.

Unfortunately when I opened the package I found one of the bangle in the green seahorse bracelet sets was broken (see pic below) and I know that this might not be Chicnova's fault (it could be from the shipping process) but Chicnova has kindly offered me a new code to redeem a new jewelry! WOW, talk about great customer service!

Now this is why I always appreciate a great customer service. With this kind of service the company can guarantee our satisfaction, so I would love to recommend shopping at Chicnova for their awesome choice of fashion items and for the great service towards customers.

Go Chicnova !

Anyway, I got the Vintage Bohemian Bead Bracelet Pack (turquoise color) as the substitute for the broken green vintage seahorse bracelet pack above. And here's the picture:

So I have a total of 4 Chicnova jewelries (including the broken one), and I have worn them a couple of times since I received them. I can say that the quality of each single items are great, they don't look "cheap" and the colors are vibrant and looks so gorgeous. I got compliments most of the time when I wear them.

I had them for about two months now and although sometimes they get wet when I washed my hands but the colors and the quality of the jewelries stay untarnished. I'm one of the sloppiest people on earth and sometimes my jewelries got dirty or dented or marked from I don't know what, but these jewelries seems to always look like new ;)

I also love the many range of jewelries that you can choose on Chicnova, you can click here to see it for yourself. And most of them are really affordable, mine was about $10 each or less ;p

Here's how I wore them:
#1

 the Golden Metal Collar Necklace

#2

 

 the Vintage Bohemian Bead Bracelet Pack

 

 #3

 Roseo Color Glazed Triangle Collar Necklace

#4

 Vintage Multi Row Bracelet with Seahorse Detail

(this is the one with the broken seahorse bangle, you can see on above pic that I tried to fix it with glue, but it still shows the glue and broken area, you can still see that it was once broken)

Overall, I'm very pleased and satisfied with the items I ordered, and I'm very satisfied with the professional service too. Despite the one broken bangle (whose fault is unknown), I would still highly recommend Chicnova and would still shop there in the future :D

Shop here at
Chicnova
and get 20% Off your first order.

Several days ago I was invited to attend an event called: "OMG" which stands for Oh Maybelline Gathering.

The event was held at Commune Cafe & Bistro at Senopati area and it was Maybelline Indonesia's first gathering with beauty bloggers. The event was for the unveiling of Maybelline's six looks make up trend that are inspired by the trends from sidewalk to catwalk: 

"Whether it is New York Chic, Alluring Daring, Party Gliterrati, Provocative Fashionista, Classic Confidence or Sexy Starlet, you will get the chance to recreate those looks with Maybelline Indonesia complete eye makeup range".

When I arrived at Commune, I was greeted by one of the PR team and I was given a pretty mask that looks like a masquerade mask. I chose the black one, same with Nisa ;p

There were already other bloggers who arrived before me such as Annisa, Carnellin, Endy, and Stella. Carryna arrived a few seconds after I entered the room. And not long after that, the rest of the bloggers (Emily and Katie) arrived.  

After some light conversation the Maybelline team introduces themselves before they started to introduce the new Maybelline Style Central website at: 

http://www.stylecentralindonesia.com/

The Style Central is a website specially designed and created by Maybelline for all of us makeup lovers and fashion lovers who wants to be updated with the newest trends. Style Central is also intended for information and educational purpose that are brimming with fashion and makeup tricks and how-to's.

The six looks that were introduced that night were also featured at the Style Central website :

These six looks were inspired from catwalk to sidewalk, and all of the looks above can be applied with Maybelline make up range. 

At the event we also had the opportunity to re-create one of the looks or create an eye makeup inspired by one of the looks by applying makeup that were presented beautifully in front of us in a black 3-tiered makeup box.  >>> And surprisingly, we can bring the 3-tiered makeup box home, including all the items inside it. Wow, thank you so much Maybelline for the generosity <<<

Anyway, from all of the six looks that were introduced I liked Sexy Starlet and Classic Confidence the most, so when we were allowed to play with the makeup I tried to accentuate my eyes with a look inspired by the Sexy Starlet (which is basically a "dark eyes + red lips" look).

The 3-tiered box are packed with eyeshadows and all different kinds of eyeliners and mascaras that we can use to achieve each of the six eye makeup looks. Here are what's inside the box:

I was so excited to see the box, it's like a makeup junkie playground. The first tier of the box are packed with Hyper Diamonds and Diamond Glow eyeshadows. At the second tier I found different kinds of Maybelline liners that I haven't tried before, such as the Hyper Sharp Ultra-fine Liner, Master Liner cream pencil liner, Crayon Liner, and the Hyper Glossy Liquid Liner. 

Then at the third tier I found some of the best Maybelline mascaras such as: Volum Express Hyper Curl, Volum Express Turbo Boost, Volum Express Magnum, Lash Exte / Long Extreme Double Stretch Mascara, and the two Maybelline mascaras that I've always wanted to try: Volum Express The Falsies and the Lash Stiletto Ultimate Length Mascara!

Being a mascara and eyeliner junkie I was super excited to found these array of goodness waiting for me to try them on. I was beyond ecstatic :D

All of the other bloggers were so happy with the box too. We all did our eye makeup after finishing our meals (which were superb, by the way). Here's a few snapshots I took of the bloggers playing around with the eye makeup:

Almost everyone looks busy with their box and mirror, LOL. 

Look at the chaos: make up and food plates all in the same table ^o^

So anyway, continuing with the eye makeup look for that night I ended up using the Falsies mascara and the Master Liner eyeliner along with the Hyper Diamonds eyeshadow in #GY-1 ( a combination of light and dark silver color, perfect for smokey eyes).

Here's my "Before and After" photos:

(click to enlarge)

There were also a photo area near the front door where we can get our photo taken after finishing our eye makeup. They have prepared some fun Maybelline photo props for us to choose to make the photo session more fun. 

With all the props and the masquerade mask it feels so fun and festive. The photographers handed us the finished photos including the cute Maybelline frame as part of our goodie bag that night.

I had a fun night with Maybelline and beauty bloggers. The food was great, the place was warm and intimate, the companions are all awesome. And we get to play with makeup too! And then took some photos for us to bring home.

I also love the new Style Central website. You can find the tutorials of the six makeup looks above on the website, and you can also find other fun things such as contest, etc..

Thank you so much Maybelline for inviting me to the event. 

I must say that I am a new devoted fan of the Falsies mascara now :D 

I haven't tried all the mascaras and eye liners yet and I can't wait until I try them all one by one ;p

Here are other photos from the event:

Me and Nisa from Nisa's Beauty Room :

Me and Stella from Stellalee.net :

And of course, 
Group photo:

 And here's the awesome swag that I got from the event:

 I also got this:

 ^____^

Now fashion wise, 
I had two appointments scheduled for that day: Shunji Matsuo and Maybelline gathering, and here's what I wore to both events:

 Black top - Random brand

Batik Cropped Cardigan - Gift from my MIL

Sailor Pants - Zara

Wedge Shoe - De Mode

Necklace - Chicnova

Bag - Ciciero (reviewed here) (buy here)

Bracelet - Centro

Happy holidays everybody!

So I had to take a short break a few days ago but now I'm back again ;) We are heading to a new year in a couple of days and I would like to share to you my new haircut that I got at the new Shunji Matsuo hair studio at Lippo Mall Kemang :D

I got an invitation to try a free hair cut + wash + blow at the Shunji Matsuo by Hisato hair studio that were newly relocated from their old place at Dharmawangsa Square to the new Lippo Mall Kemang Village.

I have been desperately needing a new haircut since months ago, LOL...
My hair were awfully over-grown with no shape whatsoever, so this is one gold opportunity that I wouldn't want to miss ;p

Okay, so for those of you who didn't know about Shunji Matsuo, it's a salon brand synonymous with Japanese cutting edge hair technology and innovation. It's a group of salons in Asia region. I first heard of Shunji Matsuo from Singapore's beauty bloggers as it is one of the well known hair salon in Singapore.

Taken from the website:

 This is the front of Shunji Matsuo at Lippo Mall Kemang

The Shunji Matsuo hair studio is located near the corner of the 1st floor of Lippo Mall Kemang. From the outside I can already tell how exciting the hair studio is. The white long sofa seems very appealing, and the sleek modern yet elegant settings of the decor looks very exclusive but very inviting at the same time.

When I walked in, I headed straight to the reception counter and was greeted by their staffs. I forgot to asked her name but the one who wear glasses was exceptionally nice and very helpful. She offered me whether I want to put my bag and belongings in one of the lockers behind the counter. 

Apparently, the hair salon provide some lockers for the guests to put on their bags and belongings so that we don't have to hassle ourselves carrying our bags from the washing area to our seats, etc. I think it's a great idea, especially if we just finished shopping and carries many shopping bags with us. At Shunji Matsuo we can keep all our bags (and shopping bags) safely inside the locker.

After I was given the locker's key, I was led to my seat which located at the back of the salon. I now know the other reason why this hair salon has a locker system, and that's because most of the seats here don't have tables to put on our stuffs. 

There is a big full-size tall mirror with gilded frame in front of the seats, allowing us to take a full view of ourselves. I love it so much. It's so glamorous and it feels like I'm in my own dressing room ;)

Don't you love the white and gold theme of the decor? I love it. It feels very exclusive and luxurious. I don't think I ever walked into a hair salon as beautiful as this one ;p

So after I was seated, I was introduced to my hairdresser for that day which is: Takeda san. 
They actually have 4 Japanese hair stylists on board, and Takeda san is one of them.  Her full name is: Chisako Takeda.

She asked what style would I like for my hair cut and then I basically said to her that I want to keep it long and maybe she can give some shapes and styles to it. She then made some suggestions and we had a few minutes discussing the hair style that would look good on me. After I agreed on the specific hair style she then let her assistant to wash my hair first.

The washing area is located near my seat, at the back of the salon. The assistant who washed my hair kindly offered me a blanket incase I'm feeling cold. The whole hair washing experience was really nice, my hair was washed gently and I felt so relaxed and I also loved the scent of the shampoo and conditioner they used. 
I think all their hair products were brought from Japan, and they also sell the products if you're interested.

After the hair-wash I was seated back and waited for Takeda san to come and cut my hair. Takeda san was a typically cute Japanese girl, she was very friendly and we chit chat a little during my hair cut. She did the hair cut in a very detailed manner, making sure that every side was cut at the perfect length, and that everything is exactly as we had discussed earlier.

After she had finished cutting my hair she took a hand held mirror to show me the length of my hair at the back. And then she had her assistant to blow dry my hair first before she gave me the finishing touches and cutting details. There is an assistant that stood not far from us all the time during the hair cutting process.

I had two assistants blow drying my hair at the same time, I felt like a celebrity or something, hahaha ;p

Then after we finished the cutting process, Takeda asked my permission to use the curling iron and then she curled my hair herself with the help of an assistant. 

I really love the end result, and I really hope that I can pull off this curly look again at home. I need to get myself a bigger curling iron to create that big loose curls ^0^

And here's the final result:

Whaddayathink?

 Arigato Gozaimashita Takeda san :)

 Here's the details of the hair cut:

I also experienced a really nice gesture at Shunji Matsuo where your hair stylist and assistant will stands by the front door, waiting for you while you checked out at the counter. They will stand there and opened the door for you, greeting you out and saying thank you to you while letting you out the door. It is such a very personal service that I really appreciate.

Shunji Matsuo have special hair technologies that you may not find in other hair salons. The technology includes the Nano steamer and the LBI Supersonic for perming and bonding. The Carbonated Water System is also one of the newer technologies they offer:

Overall, I had a very lovely experience at Shunji Matsuo that day and I was very satisfied with the end result. If you're into Japanese-inspired hair style or if you just want to experience the Shunji Matsuo by Hisato hair studio, you can call them first to set an appointment. Their phone number info and price list are both available on their website.