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If you ever wonder, Shins is an exclusive store that carries various of beauty product from around the world.. from hair care to makeup tool. you name it they have it.

With the experts of beauty buys, you can get some of the most wanted brands such as Ecotools, Kings&Queens, Bedhead, Young Blood and also everything else , sometimes even at lower price. With wonderful service, you will always find yourself attended by helpful and knowledgeable SA when you step foot in the store.

My first purchase from Shins was Bloom's makeup base. It was 2 - 3 years back when the product was voted as one of the best product from its range in a magazine.

If it wasn't store like this, we can only read about brands and not write about them. Simple because you won't be flying around the world just for something that you think it is good and wanted to try.


Shins has just announced that they will be organizing an evolution party @ their newly renovated flagship store in Midvalley on 15th Sept.. 2 lucky bloggers will ve able to receive invitation to attend this event..

So those who are interested please visit their FB page here! and simply write down ur blog link in their comment box.
Is been sometime since my last post.. been busy doing reports lately.. T-T

Well as I am going of my my long due trip soon, I have decided to grab a new lens to add in my collection. I have been eye-ing on the nikkor 50mm for sometime now so I went to One U to look for the guy who quoted me a good price previously.

As I walked in, he wasn't around so one uncle approached me, "Looking for camera?" - I smiled and said yes.. Quickly I saw this promo for Panasonic Lumix FH1 going RM599... and ending today...

So I asked, "Uncle can I try that one?".
He said "no stock woh", this one also good mah, also on promotion..
I was like "this one older model woh",
he said, "same one, same price mah,".
I said, "if same why come out two model, what's the different?"
he said "maybe a bit different la, the zoom ah the function ah," - then just now u said same -_-
I said "then can place order?" when can get?
he said" oh we do survey dy one, we only bring in model that is selling so why not u buy this one la' - wasn't answering my question at all.
I said,"ok nvm, what about the lens 50mm how much? (same shop diff sales told me it was RM350).
he said: that one give u RM 420 la..(wtf... it was RM 350 last time now this price -_-!!)

I just walked off....

Nowadays service level as such is not acceptable anymore...

So I went to another camera shop - same owner. I saw the Sony W310 on promotion going for RM 599 as well.. if you bring any old camera / handphone, you will receive additional RM100 rebate. Plus free 4 gb SD card and an original camera case.

Cybershot W310 - ^_^
Free case worth RM 49

Comes in 3 colors - pink, silver and black...

Still I end up buying this instead of my 50mm.. hahaha.. Not too bad a camera for that price..




Have you ever locked yourself up in a room?

Not that kind where you throw tantrum and locked yourself up kind but really locking yourself up.

It just happen to me moment ago.

As I wanted to use the bathroom quite urgently I walked up to the door and turn the door knob.. OMG ..@#$%&.. is locked....

Locked as in spoiled -  trap in the room. Worst scenario - I need to go to the bathroom.

We twist and turn but to no avail. Then we decided to break it down. Took a screwdriver, unscrew everything and we are still stuck.. Something internally broke of and it couldn't trigger the latch.

As we try and try, rescue arrived. Our house mate is back. We call for help and she try to turn from the outside but still it was not moving a single inch.

She pull the whole knob off the door from the outside leaving us with a hole in the door and the latch still stuck to the wall.

This time, we ain't giving up after going so far. With full force we dismantle the latch and pulled the part out.

Finally we are free!

So in case if any of these happen or if you do not wish to call the lock smith, please ensure that you have the right equipment with you that comes in handy.

Now I'm gonna guide you through smashing your lock into pieces 101 :-

Equipment

Screwdriver - flathead x 1 (if none, anything that can unscrew the 2 screws on the knob, example nail filer, steel ruler, sharp scissors, fake nails)
Pliers x 1 (if none, substitute with scissors, nail clipper anything you may think)

Steps

1) Unscrew the 2 screws on the door knob, if you don't see it, it is under the silver plate in between the knob and the door.

2) After removing the screws you will see a complicated internal built of the knob. Please do not bother to study how to dismantle it, just use something that is hard, such as plier, lock, hammer, wooden comb or anything hard that you can knock the whole lock off.

3) After the lock falls off you will see the latch that still in place, stuck in between the door and also the wall that holds itself too. Now comes the plier, grip it hard and shake it lose. It may not comes off as a whole and in my case bits by bits and until the whole thing come off.

Voila, you manage to free yourself. The downside is that you need to purchase a new lock and fix the whole thing back up or call the locksmith right after.

Option no 2,which what my friend Rebecca did was jump from the 2nd floor. She managed to get out of the house but with bruises and cuts here and there. However I totally do not agree to this and definitely do not recommend anyone to try this anywhere. Please either call the locksmith or call delivery if you are hungry.

I still prefer the first option to just break the lock and buy a new one. After all is not that expensive and don't need to risk your life.
Drive me crazy please..

Just got to know that there will be a Lee Ann Maxima - Makeup and Grooming Workshop going on next week @ The Curve, Damansara.


Lee Ann Maxima will be working with BackStage Makeup and Shu Uemura for this 2 hours fun filled session of style, beauty and fashion..

Besides, there will be a sales preview with pieces starting from as low as RM18.. now this is what I call sales..

RSVP is required for the event, so galz please email leeannmaxima.thecurve@gmail.com NOW!!!!!
What's new? What's fun? hehe

After having dinner just a while ago, me and my boy dropped by Speedmart99 to stock up some snacks as he suddenly have this craving for chips..

Browsing through the shelves.. I first grab Ribena - when was the last time I drink that?.... Can't remember.. and that's how long I never touch one..

As I walk aisle by aisle.. I saw MAMEE.. kid's food again...but this time something new.. in Curry Flavor..

RM1.49 pack of 4 + sms "n" win contest - me won Mamee merchandise (dunno what it might be)

Taste wasn't as flavorful as I expected. It was just a mild curry taste (not spicy at all) with a hint of curry fragrant...but something new and worth a try..^_^


Another newcomer that caught my eye was Mentos Jam Filled... still remember the Dentyne Splash? Is similar to that but this one you can swallow..

Going for RM1.50 a bar - Strawberry Lemon Flavor

So cute right... wait till u see how it looks like inside... taste was "fun" is very appetizing I would say. The sweet and sourish taste..

Is so fat... and juicy inside.. haha

To my surprise, both product was actually doing pretty well .. Snack on babe..


So many things going on this few days.. leave aside work which I don't wanna talk about..

Let's see what is going on....

Shiseido event going on this week at MV center court. Manage to catch a glimpse of ICONIQ and my oh my, she looks so flawless.. @_@

Promotions available GWP as well as redeemable vouchers for makeover and pictures. Also VIP tix on sale which offer a nice picture taken with ICONIQ...

Workshops are flying all over places.. there will be Aster Spring Bridal Workshop with NuYou Brides and FEMALE Brides...

Kill Routine workshop by Mina with Judy Lin, Oasis hair product for killing the dull, lifeless looking "hair".. 2 sessions one in KL and one in KK - Yes is Sabah turn.. ^_^ Is about 2 hours event.. and there are expecting about 300 people joining the workshop. At the moment it is not confirm whether the sessions will be held in which language as most of us are familiar with Judy - she speaks mandarin. RM 80 for registration, 1st 150 will receive a hair makeover and all who attend will be entitle goodies bag worth RM 200++

Topic: Kill Routine
Date:17 October 2010
Time: 11.00 - 1.00pm
Venue: The Gardens Hotel Ballroom Level 5, MidValley
Fee: RM80 (Door gift worth RM226)


Next will be IDI workshop coming up in October 2nd.. Seats are still plenty. For those who have really sensitive skin, head over to Guardian - whichever outlet that carries IDI and grab yourself a ticket now.. Collected mine today and met with Desmond (hope i spell it right)... he apparently is taking care of the counter today coz the girl was suppose to be there was not around. RM 30 for each seats + door gift worth RM 145

Topic: Skin Sensitivity
Date: 2 October 2010
Time: 1.30 - 3.30pm
Venue: Cititel Hotel, MidValley
Fee: RM30 (Door gift above RM145)

Ticket will be available for sales at Guardian KLCC, Bangsar Shopping Centre and MIdValley starting 15 August 2010 or call to book now at 03-7725 5011.



L'Oreal Luxury Warehouse Sales is back... this time in Park Royal Hotel on the 4th Sept starts 10am - 7pm... Never been to one before so this should be the perfect time to go... There will be Biotherm, Shu Uemura, Giorgio Armani, Ralph Lauren, and the list goes a little longer.. so does the queue.. haha


SKII is also having a buka puasa special.. RM80 for registration (redeemable) for those who attend will walk away with a mask and also 30ml SKII Treatment Essence? total worth RM 120..

Date : 28 August 2010 (Sat)
Time : · 4pm - 8.30pm
Location: Hotel Maya, No 139 Jln Ampang, KL.
RSVP: SK-II Isetan KLCC (012) 6583625

I hope I didn't missed out anything yet so far.. Oh I'm so worried that I'm out of the world all of a sudden.. I'm so occupied by numbers.. lot's of them..

^_^ tata for the day...
CLEO + Ricoh - Organized 2 sessions of caught you on camera -- say cheese ^_^ sessions @ MPH and Times Bookstore in Pavilion, One U and The Curve during the weekends.

Speaking of paparazzi, the Gaga me must not let this opportunity wasted..

Why? Coz I might stand a chance to bring home Ricoh's new R10 camera worth RM999..

Condition - visit their booth and post FIERCELY with CLEO August Issue.. aww but you've gotta vote and when this became the part of the condition.. is very unlikely that I'm Gaga enough.. -_- but I still must not miss the slightest chance given.

rawrr... oo

Pinky & Wendy.. Cutez... ^_^


Woah.. Sexy Kelly

Aww.. so cute
Some CLEO Goodies up for grab... first 50 readers per day...
The goodies varies in bag, this is what in mine.

It was much fun to be able to be Gaga once a while.. and thanks for organizing such fun activities...
It is now approximately 38 hours I stayed awake since Friday morning @_@....

This is the 1st time I official join the category of crazy women @ shopaholic that started queuing at 3.30am.. ^_^

Leaving home at 3.16am..

Queue at 3.30am

The crowd was not as bad as I expected but by 6am the queue has reached the front entrance and still going.. and going.. and going.......

Overall the sales was pretty good for Bobbi Brown and MAC.. many palettes for the first 15 minutes before it vanished into thin air...

Some whitening range for Clinique, pretty palettes with eyeshadow trio and blusher, as well as cosmetic sets going for about RM 100. Happy perfume sets selling like hot cakes.

Wasn't paying much attention on the Origins, many sets available, plantidote, ginger soufflé and some skin care.

Many sets going from RM 80 - RM 150 for Estee Lauder, with ANR in the list as well as those famous blockbuster sets. Anti ageing set going for RM 100 each includes one full size moisturizer, serum and also cleanser.

Plenty DKNY perfumes available going at RM 100- Rm 150 per set.. DKNY Delicious, Summer Edition , Limited Edition and also its normal range.

Got one DKNY Women Summer Edition for myself ^_^

MAC Mineralized Kit

Bobbi Brown Antiqua Face Palette

Bobbi Brown Pastel Eyeshadow Palette

MAC Lipstick Set, MAC Eyeshadow Palette

It took me less that half an hour to finish my budget and leaving blood trail all over the place. hahaha.. By that time the queue has subsided and moving rather smoothly.

Look at the haul someone had done.... @_@
Never heard of Hoyu? Think harder.. is something that been around us ever since childhood.

Still can't recall? What about Bigen? Ever since 1950's it was a very famous powder hair dye that first came into the market. Ah.. sort of remember grandma using it? Maybe you can recognize..

Over the years, Hoyu introduce various range of product from Bigen Speedy, Bigen Prominous to their latest trendier range name Beauteen and Bigen Prominous Milky.

So I went to Hoyu office located in Solaris Mont Kiara yesterday to collect my prize during lunch hour. Hmm I keep on guessing what will be in the hamper? Let's see..

Office @ lunch hour

The office was rather comfy I would say, didn't get to see much as I was asked to wait at the meeting room. A girl came in holding a bag of goodie ^_^ and introduce herself - Fiona

She such a sweet lady and spend some time introducing me the product and the usage of each product. We also talked about events that Hoyu will be participating in Taylor College - Asaban whereby morning will be some cosplay event going on and during the noon the place will turn into a traditional Japanese street market. A rather interesting one indeed.

Wanna see what's inside the bag?

From left to right - BeautyLabo Color Care Series, Beauteen Hair Color, Beauteen Hair Bleach Series & Beauteen Male Hair Color (Not Available in Malaysia)


So 3 boxes of hair color and 2 bottles of color care treatment... I think can last me another year before visiting my hair stylist (he's gonna hate me ^_^)



Beautylabo Color Hair Care Leave on Spray - contains Almond Nut Essence to give dry, frizzy hair a deep moisture leaving it beautiful shine. The texture is much lighter compare to the gel one, suitable to use in the morning before styling. It makes hair more manageable and also protect hair color from fading.


Beautylabo Leave on Treatment Gel - similar to the above, this treatment gel is more concentrated. Just like sleeping mask, this gel is suitable to use at night for its rich moisturising effect. Comes in 2 formulation - Extra Smooth with Silk Essence (Not available in Malaysia) and Deep Moisture with Macadamia Nut Oil.
Beauteen Hair Color - A collection by Hoyu inspired by Japanese comic book character Nana Yazawa. Being one of the most popular hair dye in Japan, its colours are glossy and comes with a hint of fruity smell. The colouring kit include a pair of glove and a bottle with comb cap (ease coloring process - just come through) and colourant. Is easy to use it at home and you can totally DYI with it. Plus - it comes with a post colour treatment so you won't be afraid that your hair will turn dry and damaged.

You see the one on the left, is from a range called Men's Beauteen. Unfortunately is not available in Malaysia - most of its colours are more conventional compare to Nana's range. The one in the middle is pink beige and the one far right is the bleach series (not the anime) in platinum blonde.

Color chart as below :-







^_^ Thanks Thanks Thanks.. I love you so much CLEO..

Ever since I started reading CLEO almost 7 years... (stop calculating I'm not that old)..

I still remember it was August issue back in 2003 and a really interesting article caught my attention. and soon find myself piling on magazine each month.

So just thought of playing a game with lady luck - I send in sms for Beauteen contest in June issue to see if I can get some free hair colouring and save a trip to hair salon.. hehe ^

Selling at all leading pharmacies and supermarkets - RM 20++

^_^ I have won.... Just received an email today to collect my gifts at Hoyu main office.. I'll do a hair dying process once I get my hands on it hehehe..

Actually my current hair colour is also by Beauteen - French Beige.. Looks really good





Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense. Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Tekken - speaks about a story of a young man whom mother got killed and on his journey to seek revenge. He soon traced the killer and the only way to get to him is to take part in the "KING OF IRON FIST" tournament. He must now win every single combat to ensure that he will face him alive!!

Starring Jon Foo @ Jin Kazama - a very handsome young man who posses great skill in martial art (great body too).


Tekken originated from a famous arcade game that many have played before. Each characters has his/her specialities from kicks to slam, it is unique in every way.


From 23-30th July, GSC organized a give-away of 40 tickets for its special screening and top 40 fans to leave their fullname, post " I want to watch Tekken" and change their profile pictures will get 2 tickets to the screening.

Ooo and of coz, seeing this post means that I got my two tickets for the weekend.. Thank you GSC.. ^_^

Updated: Awesome fighting skill and hot bods for everybody... Story wise..Well at least is worth to look at Jon Foo.. ^_^ 6 packs...
Are you having dull looking, frizzy unmanageable hair? - Don't have a single idea on which style suits you better? Read on then !!

I was so glad that I was able to attend such wonderful event organized by this group of gorgeous ladies - WEvents @ Women Only Men not invited....

Quote 'Not even my PR was allow - He's a guy" - Winnie

It was grateful that Winnie spend her time with us and gave so much advice on how to look gorgeous and "Not Boring" Just by getting a hair cut.

Advice 1 - Cut /Trim your hair once every 6 weeks


Advice 2 - Full face should not go with one length bob and full fringe


Advice 3 - Long face should not go for straight rebonding

Enough said just by looking at the illustrated picture above.... -_- !!

How we choose to cut and style our hair is so important , a slight mistake will make it look disastrous. Same goes to hair colour, some goes well with black but for me I look like half dead or get bitten by Edward Cullen.

Winnie said that many are afraid that colouring your hair will make you die faster @ caused cancer ??? Being a very thoughtful company, L'oreal came up with a new range of hair colour system - INOA (with less odour, no ammonia and better protection for coloured hair).

She was once told by a customer, " I love my gf but she's getting boring, please do something to change to her look, otherwise I may need to change her"... See how important to keep yourself looking good, is not for "him" but yourself so instead being chosen, we get to choose.

There were three lucky girls chosen for the makeover Tammy, Xin Yi and also Yunny (Congratz bride to be).

Makeover 1 - Tammy @ Plussizekitten (Now sex kitten) XD

Winnie gave her a seemless layering to create multiple length to soften the look and also give some body to the hair. Use a little hair spray and mess a little at the side and top part of the hair to give it a sexy all day look. Plus Tammy also get her hair coloured in Ash brown to freshen up her look.

Makeover 2 - Yunny

Yunny got a nice fringe , side parted and length covering just at the jaw line. It give Yunny's hair looking more volume at the same time covering the side of her face to make it look smaller. This is one style that can last Yunny for months to come because it said to keep her looking good up till shoulder length.


Makeover 3 -Xin Yi
According to Winnie, Xin Yi got a pear shape face with narrow forehead and broad cheek. To soften down her features, Winnie gave her a one sided fringe to cover the side of the cheek and also a longer length covering her neck and jawline. She also mentioned that if we have a fuller neck, we mustn't go too short otherwise it will emphasize even more on the thickness of the neck. To style the hair simple hold the top part of the hair higher and give it some spray. The height on top will elongate the face making it less round looking.

After the makeover session, we ladies get our turn. Let see what Winnie advices are.

Jess: I tried so many styles and end up looking like this
Winnie: You are not very tall, should keep your hair at shoulder length so it will be nice.

Ann: My hair is naturally wavy and it's been the same length for 4 years now
Winnie: This length is good, try Brazilian Keratin Hair Treatment it can helps to smooth out frizzy hair making it manageable and neat.

Kelly: I look like this for almost two years
Winnie: You have an oval face shape, anything will look good on you. Is whether or not are you ready for it.

So, everyone got an answer. Otherwise do book an appointment and get a hair makeover at A Cut Above.

Last but not least, we have a lucky draw. Prize sponsored by WEVents wonderful ladies - a stay at Hilton inclusive of breakfast at a huge discount.... and the winner was

Is Kelly ^_^

All of us still walk away with some great goodies


Magazine sponsored by Malaysia Women Weekly, Zouk Cafe Lunch Promo, A Cut Above voucher worth RM 20 x 2, Beautyworks treatment voucher worth Rm 188, Kerastase hair product and a comb by A Cut Above.
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