In the bush land of Australia, we dont’ get any of those lovely brands like H&M or Top Shop, so when I found out that Sonia Rykiel (one of my favourite French designer) did a range for H&M I was extremely sad.
But Thank GOD there’s ebay, I got my hands on about 12 pieces for the Sonia Rykiel Pour H&M range all over the world, I paid nearly double of the in store retail price plus postage but just as the range said “MON PULL RYKIEL”, I have to have My Sweater!!!
So far I’ve got 4 pieces in the mail already, all the way from Chicago and Canada. I know it is for Europe and Asia’s Spring but I’m going to work them into our Australian Autumn and Winter season.
I’m so glad that I’ve got them, not only because they’re limited edition and good quality knits, also because the design is very easy to work into the rest of wardrobe.
Hope you’ve enjoy the outfits I’ve put together, there’s more to come.
I’m sorry this post is a little late, so how was your weekend everyone?
This Sunday we went to the MOSMANS, this place used to be called Oyster Bar but I think it’s probably changed hands and called MOSMANS Restaurant now. This place brings back a lot of memories, because on the 22nd of May 2006 Custard Bun and I got engaged there.
The restaurant is sited on the river bank, at night the reflections from the water will reflect on to the restaurant ceiling, it’s very beautiful there.
Some boat owners will park their boat and get a cup of coffee. What a life style!!
The wooden floor and jetty really makes this restaurant unique.
We only had a cup of coffee there, Little Pork Bun happily set there and eating his own snack.
3 years ago, there was a group of us took at photo at this exact same spot, for our engagement. 3 years later we have a new addition.
I’ll take Little Pork Bun back here again, this is an important place in our life story.
I have taken another video for Little Pork Bun, he has his own preference now. I give him dried fruits for snacks, he always prefers Cranberries over Apricots. He will say “这个” (Zhe Ge) in Chinese meaning “this one” when I ask him.
I have purchased this Coffret D’or Combient Rouge in number 10 from a while back, only lately discovered that I could use it as a blush as well. This is defiantly a fantastic travel friendly product, it’s small and compact and also being able to serve as another beauty purpose.
Keep in mind that it doesn’t have to be this particular lip product, it could be any high pigmented lip stick, but not a lip balm or super moisture lip stick because most likely those two lip products will contain lots of moisture but lesser pigmentation, so it will not show up that well if used as a blush.
The Coffret D’or Combient Rouge is very easy to use as a lip product.
Start with clean lips, apply lip stick on the 4 outer edge of your lips.
Then generously smear lip gloss all over your lips, concentrate on the lower middle section.
Now as a blush
This is before.
Apply the lipstick part directly on to the apples of your cheeks, the blending technique is just like using a cream blush.
Colours are build-able so don’t put on too much product at first, just build it up as you go.
Once you have achieved the right blush colour then set it with blush, the reason for setting is because the texture of a lip stick is much more moist comparing to a real cream blush, so it is very easily removed, setting it with power will make your lip stick blush more long lasting.
Here’s the end result!! It looked really natural, what do you guys all think?
I guess Custard Bun must’ve saw my droll already, so he got this Red Queen Card Ring for me.
It is so cute!!!
Also got another set of Peter Alexander Pyjamas for Little Pork Bun, it’s another matching Pyjamas set with Daddy.
Also I have discovered the best wrap in Perth, for those of you live in Perth, must go to a Jamaica Blue Cafe to try their Tenduri Chicken Wrap. It taste soo good!!!
Their Coffee is also very nice. I think they do better coffees comparing to Gloria Jeans.
This is my outfit for today. I’m very into braces at the moment…
Here goes my little random activity today, how was your day? today is Thursday already, weekend is only 1 day away, Yeahhhhh!!!!
Highly Recommend, with this price I don’t think you can find another better face cream – only US$16.10 or AUS$17.00. I think this cream worth more than it’s price tag.
This cream totally surprised me!!!
Texture & Smell: Gel like texture, very light weight, it’s suitable for all skin types, For oily – combination skin type, You won’t feel greasy at all. If you have Normal or Dry skin, this Gel Cream is very moisturising. Smells like orange, very refreshing and pleasant.
Main Ingredients:
Coenzyme Q10 – We all commonly know that Q10 is very good for our heart, since then been discovered for its antioxidant power, cleans blood vessel, reproduction of collagen, so now it has been one of the main ingredient in skincare for anti ageing.
UV rays is one of the main killer for ageing, which is why prevent yourself from UV ray is an important step in Anti Ageing, what Q10 does is it gets absorbed into the deep layers of our skin, tell our cells to reduce their oxidise response towards light, because the process of oxidisation will trigger ageing and dying of our cells.
Coenzyme Q10 is very safe to use, even for a long term.
Lecithin – Lecithin is very discovered inside egg yorks, how our body ages is every second there will be 5 hundred thousand cells dying, at the same time 5 hundred thousand cells are regenerating, as we age, the ratio of reproducing those is slower and lower, so when we get to 50s, even if every second 5 hundred thousand cells are dead, our body could only reproduce 3 hundred thousand cells. So eventually we age…
The renew or reproduction of our cells are control by cell membrane, the healthiness of our cell membrane is crucial to the reproduction ability and the main ingredient of those cell membrane is Lecithin. Which is why people even eat lecithin regularly to regulate and increase the reproduction of our cells.
Lecithin is also our blood vessel’s cleaner, it will also help to detox toxins in our blood vessels, in my ACNE Posts I have mentioned that one of main cause of pimples is Toxins (in Chinese we call it Heat).
Although I don’t have much pimples now days but I have strong believe that this cream will help reduce acnes.
After Use Feeling:
Because of the light gel texture the product is very easily absorbed by skin, instantly you will feel skin is tightened, very smooth and moisturised.
I have two ways of using this product
1) As a normal day or night cream
2) As a mask – Because of this cheap price :), I sometimes apply a thick layer on my skin and leave on for 10 minutes as a cream gel mask, after 10 minutes tissue off, don’t need to wash.
This product is very worth getting, don’t get tricked by the price tag thinking this is a low end drug store product, the quality is just as good or even better than some of the department store face creams.
I haven’t taken care of my lips for a long time, lips age too… I must do some catching up.
These Chu! Lip Sheets comes in a pack of 30s, pre cut lip treatment sheets to go over your favourite lip balm. Wear it for 10 – 15 minutes, you will see the difference.
This product is not a necessity, our good old Glad Wrap will do but I must admit it just look cute…
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Just want to share our Perth Moon with you guys, it is extra big today!!! This is a view from on top of our King’s Park.
Happy 15th!! 元宵节快乐!!
Also I wonder if anybody else is experiencing the weird weather change due to the Chile Earth Quake? Perth has been very very hot, we hit 42 degrees the other day, it was around low 30 degrees the week before. Then a friend in Hong Kong told me it used to be 23 – 25 degrees in HK and it’s going to be about 10 degrees this week.
Please take care of yourself, keep yourself well and healthy and try not to go to the beach :).
I bought these OVAL shaped rollers from SASA, I’ve tried these out a couple of times already just to get the technique right, now I can finally share with you how to achieve beautiful curvy fringe with these special rollers.
Start with DAMP HAIR, you can use these on dry hair too but it’ll take longer to set thats all.
Section the top part of your hair in to 1) Fringe Section & 2) Crown Section, then roll those rollers on your hair just like any other normal rollers, they stay up pretty well as they have velcro on them.
This is what they look like from the side, I have pretty thick hair and long fringe so my hair needed to fold underneath the roller, if you have shorter fringe usually just place the roller underneath your hair will do.
The oval shape gives your fringe a really nice natural curl, unlike those round ones they make your hair look too poofy.
Then use your hair dryer to completely dry your hair, remember to use hot air first then cold air, alternate between the two air temperature will help to set your hair better, repeat this process as many times as you wish until your hair is completely dry.
Then Den Den!! You have beautiful naturally curled fringe.
Also volumised crown section.
This is what my hair look like from the side.
Note: I have not applied any styling products or hair spray yet, this photo was taken straight after taken off the oval curlers.
I would highly recommend these for both short and long fringes, it’ll give your hair a nice curl.
This is a light look I did with my new Nars Eye Shadows, I was a bit afraid of applying too much colour this time, so I’ll just start with a light look today, maybe on some evenings I’ll try to redo this with more colour.
Here’re the swatches
Left: Abyssina
I used this colour has an all over lid colour, it looks light pink but it has a light tinge of peach to it and very discrete and natural shimmer, it is also great for highlighting brow bones.
Middle: Duo Shadow Kalahari’s Base Shade
I’m not sure if every one felt the same as me, when I first saw this shade I thought it looked a bit dark as a Base Shade, but I was wrong, this is a build-able colour, so you can control how much you would like on your eye lids. It also shows a natural pink tint to the brown colour, so it doesn’t look heavy at all.
Right: Duo Shadow Kalahari’s Shading Colour
This is a lovely silver brown, also a build-able colour, I only used a little bit on inner and outer corner of my eyes.
I would highly recommend all three of these colours for Asian eyes as they’re very close to our skin tone, especially if you like the natural (UN-MADE UP) look. I wore this during the day with only mascara (no eye liners) it doesn’t look heavy at all. But I believe if I need to create a more dramatic smoky eye I could also do so with the same palates.
Hope you like my natural make up created with Nars Abyssina & Kalahari :)
I’ve been getting a lot of “GIFTS” for myself recently because I need to treat myself for selling out 180 tubes of Vitacreme B12 in 30 days, also getting the product into 2 retailers in Perth now. So if you’re interested in joining the team, please email me on info@vitacremeb12.com.au
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These are what I got
I joined a friend’s order from Victoria Secret, I love this white top with shoulder pads.
The beading detail on shoulder is very pretty.
Also this blue Leopard Print dress, the last picture you can see the print more clear, I’m still tossing if I should keep this dress, as I was afraid I might look like I’m part of the Flintstone Family.
What do you all think? Should I keep it?
Also hauled some more NARS eye shadows from Mecca, it is very expensive to get them here in Australia, the shadow duos are about AUS$78 & the singles are are about AUS$55. I really wished I live in US, I don’t understand why does Australia had to charge so much for them.
Also got an UTOWA eye pencil, for my lower inner waterline, UTOWA is a brand created by the son of SHU Uemura . I always wanted to get something for my lower inner waterline but didn’t want the harsh white colour (look a bit un-natural). Originally I wanted to get the Peachy colour liner from Stila but the sales girl told me that Stila is too easy to smudge, I went and tested it out, it was true, the pencil was too creamy and soft it’s too easy to smudge.
I did a quick test run (on my left eye)
BEFORE
AFTER
I’m very happy with my beauty purchases today, I’ll do a look with these products on my Monday post.
This will be my last Scunci Hair Styling post. today is all about elastic head bands, I don’t usually buy elastic type as they don’t stay on my head very well, but these new GRIP types from Scunci has got a layer of clear gel underneath.
Not only they stay up it’s also made those elastic head bands very easy to wear, as they will grip on your hair while you’re trying to wear them.
At the end of this post I would like to give all of the Scunci Hair Products I have used in both Hair Styling Project 1& Project 2 away to 1 lucky winner, except these elastic bands, I’m keeping these.
Wide Elastic Headband, easy grip but yet stylish
Thin Elastic Band comes in a set of 4s, also stays up there with no problem
Wearing both thin bands together
You could also use the thin Elastic Headband to tie pony tails, they grip very well I don’t usually use beige but this is just to show what it looks like.
To win these lovely Scunci Hair Products all you need to do is:
Become a Follower & Facebook Fan of Shanghainese Dumpling
Comment & Let me know what’s your favourite hair style created with Scunci Hair Products (including those styles created in Hair Styling Project 1 & Project 2)
My most recent FOTD on the first day of the Year of Tiger, Chinese New Year in Australia is never the same as in China, it is sooooooo HOT here!!!
I’m in love with my Gold Button Shorts from French Connection, I’m happy to wear it to anywhere actually :)
I curled my hair and pin with a side clip, I used a white clip to go with my white stripes on my top.
Natural light make up, I have to praise myself a little bit, I’m really really happy with the way I did my make up today, it’s so natural and perfect, I didn’t have any mistakes.
Chinese New Year to us is a big one, in China we used to have a new hair cut, wear new clothes (even underwear) also new shoes.
Doesn’t it just make you extremely happy when you found something that you think it’s probably LOST FOREVER!!!.
On one of my previous post about Le Sucre Rabbits I mentioned that I lost a very cute spoon, that’s Little Pork Bun’s first spoon, not that it’s very expensive or anything but it has sentimental value to me…
It was in my mum’s old shopping bag, the spoon must’ve fallen out of my bag during shopping but luckily into my mum’s bag.
We had an early Valentine’s day celebration at Loose Box Restaurant, this is my one and only absolute favourite restaurant in the whole wide world, their in house French Cuisine is the best!!!!.
Their Chef Alain Fabrèguesstarted cooking since childhood, with a strong family history of cooking, his great-great grandma cooked for Napoleon’s Army. There’s a heavy price tag for this fine dining but it is very well worth at, this restaurant is defiantly a gem!
In total 8 course dinner, it was pure indulgence…
It was so good, also had fantastic time chatting up with friends, it was officially a double date.
A special place like Loose Box needs special effort on dressing up.
I boofed up my hair today
Bangle is from Bluemarine and my mother’s Rosendorff pearl earrings. I stole them from her…
Dress is from Country Roadworn with footless tights, but I didn’t wear the original belt, I used my own Versace belt.
I love this dress cos it’s got this big side pocket.
Shoes are from Jill Stuart, I got them from Japan but this is the first time I have ever worn them.
Cicerello’s is probably the biggest and most well known for fish and chips. We tend to go there once in a while to look at the beautiful Fremental scenery also have a paper pack of those famous fish & chips.
This is the view out side of Cicerello’s, Custard Bun took this picture and was featured in the Australian’s Traveller’s Magazine.
Other than fish and chips I also recommend these Salt & Pepper Chilli Squid.
Also their Sea Food Chauder.
Cicerello’s has their own landing harbour, for those who travel by boats.
I wore my new high waisted shorts from French Connection, I love those gold buttons.
Have a fantastic weekend every one :) Have some Fish and Chips…
This is another traditional Shanghainese Food, I always give my mum the hardest time. As I don’t really cook so I tend to always do the ordering but she does the cooking.
The Shanghainese Fried Radish Cake – 上海油登子 is a street hawker type of food, at some bus stops you’ll find an old lady frying these Radish & Spring Onion mix, I miss these type of food very much, I used to eat that when I was in primary school in Shanghai.
First grind your radish finely, then use salt to marinate a little bit, squeeze out excess water, don’t need to squeeze really dry just so that it’s not too wet that’s all.
Add Spring Onion, flour and water to create a mixture, it doesn’t need to be runny but don’t make it too hard, otherwise it’ll feel like a pan cake too much flour.
Bring oil to boil then put this Radish mixture in to oil fry until it’ turns golden.
They don’t look very pretty but they taste soo goooddd.
I had Shanghainese Fried Radish Cake with Shanghainese Hun Tun last night.
Yesterday we took Little Pork Bun to an Allergy Testing appointment at Princes Margaret Hospital.
On one of my PERVIOUS POST I have mentioned that I fed Little Pork Bun one whole egg after he has turned 1 then later on found HIVES all over his body & was taken to the hospital.
So this time we’re just having a Skin Prick Test to confirm if his allergy towards egg and also the doctor added on to test for peanuts as well, ever since his egg allergy reaction I have been very careful with what to feed him, so it’s good to confirm things.
The nurse gave him a stamp first, with little blocks
Then numbered 5 little areas
Then the nurse dripped 5 different types of solutions in the five different square, then used a small piece of metal to prick the skin, so that the solution will have direct contact to his raw skin, by then he was screaming already.
The reaction was almost instant, he stared to have a small bump on all of the tested areas then they got bigger and bigger and bigger, after 15 minutes nurse measured he’s bump the biggest one was 2cm in width and 1cm in height. That was just from one small drop of solution, imagine if he ate a whole egg last time.
So the test came back positive on both Egg and Peanuts, so my prevention on nuts was right after the egg incident, otherwise he would have gone to the hospital again.
Although the test looked a bit cruel cos he was screaming and screaming but I think it was necessary. The doctor gave us an Action Plan for Allergy Reaction, so I’ll have to put he’s photo on this piece of paper, get it photocopied, give it to whoever will look after him, including day care, kindergarden also school.
Doctor said Egg allergy usually will grown out of children by school age which is about 5 years old, but peanut allergy will probably be with him forever, but we will monitor that by having him checked every year to see if his reaction towards those two foods will improve.
My SASA haul finally arrived today!!, I’m so excited about this haul, I took advantage of their over $75 free postage offer, got 4 bottles of Tsubaki, I love Tsubaki Hair Shampoo and Conditioner. It makes my hair smell really nice and soft. Also got some Hada-Labo’s Toner, which is so popular at Japan there’s 1 bottle sold every 4 seconds. I also got some other random stuff…
This is a fringe roller, I’ll try this out and let every one how to use it later on.
Also my haul from RAKUTENarrived today too, for those of you who are not familiar with Rakuten, it’s a Japan based ENGLISH service shopping site. I have came across things I wanted to buy from Japanese Sites but always had language problem, so this site will collect your order from a registered Japanese website then combine together then post them out to you. Everything came in this cute paper bag.
The staff member is very nice, she clipped this wooden peg on my invoice and hand written a message (I really appreciate hand written things, you rarely see hand written messages now).
My Le Sucre Rabbit sauce bottles
Also I finally got the replacement Le Sucre spoon for Little Pork Bun, I bought a Le Sucre Rabbit spoon when I went to Japan, but I lost the spoon a few weeks ago.
Also a hand wash liquid pump container
A Boot Holder, I hate to see my boots folded, I think it damages the leather. This will solve that problem for good…
Although Perth is still pretty warm during the day but we start to get chilling windy nights, so now days when I go out at night I must bring a jacket with me.
We went to eat Wagyu Beef again at a friend’s place, this time it’s no funny business I had huge piece of steak!!! I nearly throw up after I came home.
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This is what a wore, a Linen Cut Out Dress from Witchery, speaking of this dress, big drama!! I had my eyes on this dress before Christmas but I always thought it will go on sale soon, so I waited and waited and waited for nearly 2 month, by now there is only one last piece left in my size in the WHOLE PERTH!!, so I had to get it at full price, that was stupid. As my mum said:”What’s the point waiting”…
I really need to clean my mirror, it’s Little Pork Bun’s finger prints everywhere.
This is my make up for today, I used Loreal’s Chrome Shine in 176 for both upper and lower lids. I’m really into this look right now.
Since everyone is kinda interested in my hair styling, I’ll just show you guys how I styled my hair too. I did a low messy bun, very easily done just tie your hair in a low pony tail, then warp around your hair around the elastic band then secure with hair pins, then I added a big navy flower clip (to match with my dress).
I did a few hauls during the weekend, I really wanted a night massage cream, so I got White Lucen’s Brightening Massage Cream, I will review that once I’m ready, also got a serum from the same range.
With the SKII Skin Refine Treatment, I purchased that before but because this is much cheaper than Creme de La Mer so I repurchased this again.
I also did a pretty big clothing haul too. Out Autumn is coming a lot of irresistible new season stuff.
This piece is my favourite out of all of my purchases. A Jan Logan Crystal & Pearl bracelet, it’s so pretty and feminine. If you’re interested please check out their website, they have the most exquisite jewellery pieces, all personally designed Jan Loganherself.
I wore it with my Sea Theme DSK bracelet, it’s it just pretty :)…
To celebrate Shanghainese Dumpling’s 1st birthday & 198 fanson google friend’s connect and 290 fans on facebook, I would like to give the following gifts to 3 lucky winners.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for reading my thought bubbles for the past year, I do hope that you find my blog entertaining & continue to support Shanghainese Dumpling in the future.
1) Micky Mouse Iriver MP3 player 2GB, you have 4 colours to choose from. Once you win just let me know which colour you would like.
2) Vitacreme B12 Regenerative Cream and the newly developed luxurious Vitacreme B12 Anti-Aging Serum. You can not buy this anywhere on this world yet.
Rules:
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Leave a comment on this post to say what’s your favourite post out of my entire blog & paste the link on the comment.
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Competition Closes 10th March 2010， Winners will be drawn by random.org & announced on the 15th of March.
I thought since Valentine’s day is coming I might do something that’s evening, dinner and date related. I pre curled my hair randomly just to add volume and curls will naturally make you look more romantic.
Japanese High Bun Hair – Elegant Ondago
An Ondago is a common hair style in Japan, I think it’s fantastic for both casual days or dress up dinners. Simply tie a pony tail on the crown of your head, then twist and pin your hair accordingly to make a bun. I’ve added a red bow head band here.
You could also add on the Purple Bow clips I’ve styled in my last Scunci Hair Styling post.
You could pin them how ever and where ever you like.
Simple Volumized Look
Big Hair is the simplest hair style to do at home, all you need to do is curl your hair, use hair wax to separate your curls, remember to add volume to the crown of your head.
I used a simple 2 band head band, the trick is in the design, the 2nd band is raised a little higher than the first band, which will allow it to sit on top of your big volume hair, not pressing it down. Also the silicon gel edge makes it extra comfortable and secure to wear.
Side Curls
Separate your hair into two section, one is your side fringe section and another is the rest of your hair, pull it to the side (base of your ear) twist then clip with a claw clip.
You can leave it as that if you wish
But you can also pin the fringe side up then add a head band on top.
While pining your fringe part, remember not to pull it too tight you want to create that loose romantic feeling.
Here’re the two hair products used.
Pleats Low Bun
Pleats are still very in this season, you can incorporate that in to your every day convenient low bun to make it an extra effort dinner bun.
Pleat the two sides of your hair, then use a rubber band to secure. Then work on your low bun, if you have long hair you could wrap your two pleats around your bun, if you have medium hair like mine length now, just pin the two pleats underneath your bun.
Then add head band, I used hair colour bend types, it’s discreet but yet add on some extra touch.
You could also do bows if you wish
This is the hair colour blend head bands I used, they have different colours to suit different hair colours, come in a set of 3s, blends in just right with your hair.
Double Bows
Tell you the truth I have never worn two bow head bands together but they turned out pretty good I think.
Hope my simple hair styles will help you to look extra pretty on Valntine’s day :)
I’m back on diet again, been thinking about things I can EAT with out putting on the FAT.
So I got this Microwave Chip Maker, so now I can do any feed dry myself, like potato, banana, sweet potato, apricot. Although the tray is not very big but I guess they’re trying to promote freshness.
It’s pretty easy to make, it does come with a slicer but I find the pieces the slicer makes is too thin so I cut them myself. Today I’m making sweet potato chips.
Once done put them in to the tray piece by piece then put it into the microwave for 5 minutes, I like mine crispy so I did it for 7 minutes. Also depending on how thick you slice your chips, the thicker they’re the more time you need to leave them in the microwave.
This is what they look like at 5 minutes, still not fully dried up yet
Dah Dah!!! This is the end result, no artificial anything added, just simple home made sweet potato chips :).
Some pieces are still not crispy yet, but considering this chip maker is only $15 and pretty convenient, I can forgive a few pieces of chips not being crispy.
Do you have any healthy snacks you could introduce me??
This is just a general haul post, things that I bought recently, interesting things…
Le Sucre Rabbit is my favourite character at the moment, I used to like Hello Kitty like everybody else but now this adorable rabbit has taken the cat’s place. He is so french… go ahead laugh at me, I want to be a cute old fart.
Mr Seal is just a backgroud, although I really like him too. I got a bathroom head band and also a eye pad.
The eye pad came with a gel pad, which you can put into the fridge, fabric is so soft.
Perfect for not wanting to get up!!
Also a Le Sucre rabbit hot water bottle, suppose to be for Little Pork Bun, when winter comes but I’m “TESTING” it out for him first. Also some rose scented sheep, for bed time comfort.
A perfect pair of flip flops, Perth is still very hot…
I love the heart on the strap
This is just too cute
I think this pair of shoes will look good with everything and anything.
Comfortable walking heel
One more for Net a Porter
Perth is not cold enough yet but I’m just taking advantage of the sale.
Very comfortable!!!
I also bought a Chip Maker, will show you my home made chips on Monday.
Have a fantastic & interesting weekend everyone :)
This is my favourite restaurant the Bell House, it’s situated right on the jetty of the South Perth’s Ferry Station. A lot of people don’t know this place because you only walk up to that point if you catch a ferry, but I’ve known this place for years, they do the best but the ugliest Sticky Date Pudding!!!!
We had a relaxing evening on Saturday night, catch up with some friends, eating is what I’m good at.
Beautiful Sun Set Over Swan River – On the free way － 在我们的高速公路上拍的，佩斯的天鹅河日落。
It is very hard to take a photo on a moving car but look at the amazing view out of the window – 在车上拍照真的很难哦，但是外面的景色被弄的很漂亮。
A Ferry is pulling in to the station… 客船快到岸了
A father and son session – 爸爸抱着小肉包子。
Bell House Front View – “钟楼” 的前面
I had Fish of the Day – 今天我吃的是鱼
Daddy had Beef – 爸爸吃了牛肉
Dessert is Sticky Date Pudding – 甜品是黏枣布丁，我的挚爱
Little Pork Bun was very well behaved, even the restaurant staff said they have never ever seen a such well behaved kid, he didn’t scream, just smiled and giggled had some watermelon then gone to sleep when we started our coffee session.
I’m living at this frustration stage right now, our internet has got shaped down to 56kb I couldn’t even visit my own blog, also the rest of yours the only time I could use full speed internet at home is before 12noon, so I have to do this post quickly. How frustrating!!! Australia is probably the only country on this earth that puts a limit on download, common catch up Australia….
Anyway today I want to share my latest headband collection, I have mentioned before that I’m a headband obsessor, I already have a very big collection but sometimes just can’t help adding on more, if you’re interested please check out myPrevious Post.
Lastly, this my favourite, a Miu Miu Headband, I purchased this from Net A Porter.
Please put product name on subject line when emailing me, thank you
These Real Crystal & Beads Brooches will make your ordinary cardigan or blazer look amazing. Keep in mind that each brooch might look a bit different to the picture as it’s hand made so each bead is positioned a bit different.
If you have a Satin Headband you can pin these to use as hair accessories too.
I haven’t done a post for Little Pork Bun for long long time, he is doing fine, just learned a few more tricks along the way. Start with a video…
Ever since Little Pork Bun turned 1 he tries to do everything himself, not exactly in the perfect way but he tries, this time he’s drinking AIR out of his water bottle.
He is crawling very well now
He does listen & respond with “en” when you talk to him
He also reads magazines hanging on our toilet door
Also drags his play station around, this was not meant to be a walker but he made it into a walker
Little Pork Bun has a pal he can play with from time to time but right now he ignores him most of the time, cos he think: “That must be another toy”.
He start to show destructive signs, he wants to tear the little bee’s wings.
He also has a bad hair day too.
Enjoy Little Pork Bun’s recent pictures :) he is going to be 15 months on the 24th of this month!!.
I haven’t done a skincare review for a long time, the reason being is I haven’t found any break throughs in new & worth a mention products ever since Vitacreme B12, which I’ve mentioned in my last skin care routine update in October 09.
Blanchir Superior is my latest discovery, I’ve explored into my 3rd bottle already, my first contact was back in my September Haul Post. While I’m at this I would like to share with you my latest skincare routine as well.
These are the products I’ve been using during the day
These products I add on in my night skincare routine
These two bottles I swear by when I have break outs!!! If you’re interested the review please visit HERE.
This is the 2nd generation product range of the original Blanchir Whiten Range by Kanebo (佳麗寶), if you’re unfamiliar with the company Kanebo, they’re almost as old as Shiseido, been contributing towards the Japanese “Whitening” market ever since the late 60s.
The latest discovery of Blanchir Superior is consists of only natural ingredients, this is the safest & chemical free, long term whitening product you could find on the market.
Main Ingredients:
Bergenia (岩白菜) – This is the latest new ingredient added into this 2nd generation Blanchir Superior range, Bergenia is a Chinese Medicine, originated from the Himalaya region, the word 岩 means cliff, so originally these plants can be found on the cliff wall, in old days these are precious medicine as ancient Chinese Doctors had to climb cliffs to pick them. Sorry I got side tracked there :).
Bergenia is a fantastic anti inflammatory ingredient, also has antiseptic power, very good for calming after sun damage, also good for whitening. It is also very well known for it’s strengthening blood vessels (remember how we go all red when we exposed to the sun too much, that just mean some of our not very strong blood vessels expand or broke while exposing to the sun).
This is a perfectly safe & gentle ingredient, either for long term topical application or internal intake, Bergenia will not turn toxic at all.
Pyracantha Fortuneana (火棘) – This is one of the early discovery in Kanebo’s whitening product range back in 1997. After the sun, our skin’s Amines is very active, the fast the Amines actives the more pigments our skin is producing. what PF does is to either stop or slow down the activity of Amines, which targets our skin’s pigmentation production from the beginning level. Pyracantha Fortuneana (火棘) is also very good for blood circulation, so it benefits our skin by getting rid of toxins faster.
Sambucus (接骨木) – This is another existing ingredient in the 1st generation Blanchir Range. Sambucus also has the ability to stop Amines activities, it is also anti inflammatory, extremely good for rashes actually. It heals blooding wound very quickly, reduces pain, for rashes it calms the itchiness as well.
This might sound a bit weird but Sambucus has the ability to control the root of pigmentation cells, Sambucus will tell it to stop produce pigments, digest those already produced, also when needed to increase cell activities to change your usual pigmentation production.
Overall: Natural Whitening is A Future Trend
Although the Blanchir Superior is fantastic for whitening but I don’t only rave about this product just for that, it is also very safe to use long term and also calms sensitive and inflamed skin. But yes the whitening credit is still there, this is like a triple insurance to stop your dark pigmentations to grow and also the fact that the product is full of natural Chinese Natural ingredients it gives me more trust in using this product long term.
I’m already on to my 3rd bottle and have a new one as back up, as I go through the lotion quite a bit, you can use this as a usual toner or use this as a mask, so occasional I will fill my toner lid then put one of those capsule mask in there.
Thanks for reading my review, let me know if you do try this product :)
As usual I put the link to where I bought it from at the beginning of the post.
Today’s post is all about hair, to continue on what I’ve mentioned yesterday Scunci has sent me a lot of hair products, so first set of items I’m going to review are the Lavender Headband & Bows, I love the lavender colour and with bows, common who will not look cute in bows!! Bows are a MUST for this season.
Scunci Hair Products
I’ve done 4 looks with 3 products, just some extra suggestions with how to use their hair products.
You’ll need to pre curl your hair a little bit to creative volume, then as simple as doing an usual 1/2 up hair style, tie with Scunci’s None-Slip Grip hair tie in Black (to blend in with my own hair colour). Readjust your hair so it doesn’t look flat and volume less, then PLACE your headband over your crown section, don’t use the gliding motion, use place that way it won’t ruin your adjusted hair style.
This is so simple to do, simple divide your hair into 70% and 30%, use the 30% part, divide again into 2 sections, pick up your first section, twist a little bit then securely pined with a satin bow, then pick up the 2nd section do the same, make sure the bow position lines up.
This is too easy, just simply find the right position and clip it in, not much effort is needed.
4) Cute Top Bow
Lastly it’s the look I did last night, simply pick up your fringe section of your hair, tie at the centre point of your head aline with your ears, so imagine a line coming from the both tips of your ears coming to the centre. Then secure tie with Scunci’s None Slip Grip again, to create the puffiness back scratch your hair a little bit, then pin your bow on top of the elastic band to hide it.
The good thing about this look is you can also add a head band over your elastic, for that puffy look. Which also hides the elastic band and look quite good.
Hope you all like my first series of Hair Styling tutorials, which style is your favourite?
I’m trying out a new technique with my eye make up, although I still love the natural look but sometimes for special occasions I wanted something more intense but yet I don’t want to look like a Rock Star.
Make Up Used
I’ve used all drug store make up today, fairly simple and as you can tell I’ve bought another Loreal Chrome Shine as I have mentioned in my previous post this is my favourite eye shadow at the moment.
Now the important part is eye liners, the difference between this make up look to all my others is I’ve lined both top and bottom water line of my eyes. This gives my eyes a more intense feel.
Line both top & bottom waterline
At first dark black eye liners could look a bit too strong but once you add on eye lashes they’ll look much more softened. I liked to trim my false eye lashes into 3 sections for a more nature look.
Trim Your False Eye Lashes
Eyes With False Lashes
Here’s the end result, I really love it, hope you like it too.
Baby Doll Eyes End Result
Comparing to the Baby Doll Eyes look on Japanese magazines this is a lot more less intense and more wearable. I’ll defiantly do this look for parties in the future.
I also tried 2 hair products from Scunci, including the purple bow I’m wearing now. Recently I have the honour of becoming their ambassador, so I will be posting lots of their hair products with hair do tutorials.
Check out all these hair accessories they’ve sent me!!!
Scunci Hair Products
HAIR TUTORIALS coming up & at the end of these Scunci hair tutorial series I’ll be GIVING AWAY majority of these hair products so stay tuned.
Chinese – 中文
娃娃大眼妆
好久都没有用中文写点什么了， 有点生疏，如果有不明白的请见谅。
大眼妆其实很容易画，最主要就要掌握眼线， 其余的眼影颜色可以随自己喜欢
1）先用的是最右边的3色组合，用最浅色打底。
2）然后用中间色涂到眼窝
3）最后用中间的单色眼影 （深棕色）做阴影。
4）画眼线的时候注意要再上内眼圈，下内眼圈，上上眼圈都要涂满了， 这样可以让眼睛看上去更加深邃。
5) 必须加上假睫毛，剪了3断， 不过这个可以随自己喜欢。
6）最后涂上睫毛膏
还挺容易的吧 …
Sorry guys I’m going to start to do parts of my blog in Chinese, as I have quite a few requests, but I’ll do them in a different colour text for easy reading.
Isn’t this lovely!!! If you’re interested to see more photos please visit Custard Bun’s Blog
This view is breath taking at Kerri Vally Resort, we traveled with another family & their baby, I must say travelling with baby is not exactly the easier task, I thought I was lucky that Little Pork Bun was so well behaved during the road trip, didn’t make a noise just ate and slept but the little monster refused to sleep from 1am – 4am. But anyway overall it was a great experience :) Little Pork Bun get to see the water reflection and the beautiful view too.
Lake Side Rooms at Kerri Valley Resort
Lakeside Room @ Kerri Valley Resort
Me in my holiday outfit
Then had dinner at the resort restaurant, very nice food there.
Marron Chowder
Marron
Beef
Salmon
Seafood Pasta
Then the next day we went to the Pemberton Blue Berry & Lavender Farm. They do the BIGGEST home made blue berry pan cake. Their souvenir shop is impressive, filled with Berry & Lavender products.
Famous Blue Berry Pan Cakes
Berry Sauce Blue Berry Pan Cake
In the parking lots we “Road Killed” a baby :) Just one of the silly things a dad would do to their baby. But we all had a good laugh…
Road Killed
That pretty much ends our fun weekend activity, hope you all had a great weekend too.
I got photo tagged by Liana, I’m kinda glad that she gave me this tag, made me go through my old pictures again, almost forgot the old life I used to have :).
My Cavalier King Charles - Xiao Qiang (小强）
For 4 or 5 years before I met Custard Bun, I used to live in this 2 bedroom apartment all by myself, right next to the city, which is perfect for late night parties hehe :)
Although most of the time I’m occupied with either work or friends but sometimes it can be a bit lonely as well, so I got this little dog, his name is Xiao Qiang (小强). He is a King Charles Spaniel, has the most softest & cheerful personality, he is at a good home now, as our apartment’s centre management wouldn’t allow me to keep him so I had to move him to my dad’s then my dad had to move so once again we had to move him to a friend’s home, they have a 5 year old boy at the time and he absolutely loves Xiao Qiang. I don’t think I can ever give him the life he deserves.
Looking through my picture archives made me think how fast life has slipped pass me. Dating. getting married, giving birth all seem to happened just yesterday. I wonder what’s waiting for me next …
I would like to tag who ever wants to do this.
open your 1st photo folder in “My Pictures”
scroll to the 10th photo
post that photo on your site and write about the story behind it
state who you got the tag from on your post
I have to share these two products with you, these are my latest finds from Drug Store, although they’re Drug Store Price but their quality is Department Store grade.
Loreal Paris - Color Appeal Chrome Shine - 176 Turquoise Lamé
First of all I don’t usually buy single eye shadows and also I don’t tend to buy dark colours, as I usually go for a natural light toned but as soon as I tried this on the back of my hands I couldn’t resist, once applied on lids it brings out a contouring feeling, although I’m only using one shadow but it looked like I’m wearing one of those 3 or 4 colour shadow pallets.
The shadow colour is build able, I’ve done a light natural look first.
Light Natural Look Created with Loreal's Color Appeal Chrome Shine - 176 Turquoise Lamé
Then I went for a night Smoky Eye look with the same eye shadow, just by building up a bit more colour, I also added a gold gel eye shadow for highlighting but that’s all I used.
Night Smoky Eye Look with Loreal's Color Appeal Chrome Shine - 176 Turquoise Lam
Night Smoky Eye Look with Loreal Paris - Color Appeal Chrome Shine - 176 Turquoise Lam
Night Smoky Eye Look with Loreal Paris - Color Appeal Chrome Shine - 176 Turquoise Lam
Night Smoky Eye Look with Loreal Paris - Color Appeal Chrome Shine - 176 Turquoise Lam
This shadow is soo easy to use, the shimmers in them make it “mistake-less” the reason I say mistake-less is because the more shimmering the eye shadow the lesser the mistake will show but sometimes when there’re too much shimmers the shadow will look more or less unnatural, also colour of the eye shadow might not show very well but Chrome Shine is perfectly formulated so there is enough pigment, build-able colour and also the right amount of shimmer for easy application, also looks nice and natural.
This is a must try eye shadow, I’m thinking to go back and purchase other colours.
Clean & Clear Cleansing Wipes
This is another fantastic find which does not cost a fortune, I’m very particular with my makeup removers, I know a lot of beauty bloggers out there uses cleansing wipes to remove their make up but up until yesterday I still couldn’t find the one that suited me the most, I’ve tried everything, you name it, the cheap drug store ones from Johnson & Johnson to expensive M.A.C ones none I really loved.
I have sensitive eyes, so either the wipes are stinging my eyes or they’re not removing make up that well. But that little box of Clean & Clear Wipes really impressed me, I didn’t have stinging feeling in my eyes at all, no dryness after, also it removed make up really well.
As usual I have 5 or 6 coats of mascara, it took them off with out any trace, no residue as well, also the wipes are wet enough, I’ve tried dry wipes, felt like I’m wiping tissue against my eye.
This is another must try, you won’t be disappointed, the pattern on the wipes are like light exfoliating agents, not only it took off my make up it did a mini exfoliation as well.
Gucce is an Italian Restaurant at Applecross, there’re so many good reviews about it and also real Italians also recommended it to us, we had to try it.
This time we took Little Pork Bun there, another chance for another night out just the 3 of us. Bonding Bonding Bonding :)
Gucce’s interior is very pleasant, we set next to the window doors, they have a pizza Oven in the middle of the restaurant, also restaurant staff are very nice and friendly. So first impression is good.
Gucce Italian Restaurant at Applecross Western Australia
Little Pork Bun at Gucce
Here’s what we had, a plater for 2 as starter, 2 pastas, both creamy tomato sauce.
Plater to share for 2
Creamy Tomato Sauce with Chicken
Creamy Tomato Sauce with Sea Food
Tiramisu @ Gucce
I must admit this is not the best Italian I have ever tried, maybe they’re famous for their pizza because their pasta didn’t really impress me, this place is still worth a try but it won’t be a restaurant I would take my overseas friends to, just not special enough. Also their Tiramisu was just normal, my friend can make better than that.
I would probably go back there once more just to try their wood fire pizza out, see if that would impress me :)
I'm having a snuggly fit in to my pre-pregnant dress
This is what I wore, loosing those stupid “BABY FAT” is very hard for me, I finally fit into one of my pre pregnancy dress now but I need help with taking it off, cos it gets stuck around my shoulder LOL :)
Also I’m very into the colour ORANGE right now. I got myself a pair of orange Crocs, so comfortable but best to wear around the house as my brother in law said some one’s toe got cut off wearing Cros on an escalator…Ouch!!!!, for those of you who owns a pair of Crocs better be careful when standing on escalator.
Orange Croc Shoes
How did every one spent their last weekend? I ate too much once again hehe…
I’ve been playing with my hair today, this length is much easier to style my hair short and now the layers look much natural comparing to my OLD TUTORIAL.
It’s been a long long time, even my hair dresser told me he hasn’t seen me for nearly a year hehe :)
My New Hair Cut
It’s now officially shoulder length, I also had a colour as well. What do you guys think? Now my head feel much lighter, as I have mentioned before my hair was up to my waist back then.
Most Recent Photo Before Hair Cut
Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair & Eye Cream & Day Cream
I also bought a new set of skincare, I’ve been looking seriously into Anti Ageing care products, still have to finish my old ones but I always wanted to try the Estee Lauder’s Advanced Night Repair, they’re doing a promotion both online and in store, for $105 you can have all of the 3 items above, usually just the Advanced Night Repair would cost $105. Price is really good if anyone’s thinking about getting this be quick!!!, I already bought the last pack in Perth Myer.
Chanel Roller Perfume Sticks
I’m doing a little showing here hehe :) this is a present from a lovely couple, they got this from Japan. Isn’t this lovely!! 6 Chanel Perfume Roller Sticks, they’re so precious but today I’ve used Chanel No 19 for the first time :). I’ve always used Coco Chanel perfume but I wanted to try something new.
This Fibre Hair Towel is 7 times more drying comparing to our normal towel, if you’re like me taking ages to dry your long hair and worry if the hair dryer heat will damage your hair, then this is the best solution.
Perfect for travelling, cut your hair drying time by 1/2.
Colours: Will be sent out by chance
Fiber Hair Drying Towel - Dries 7 times more than a normal towel
Healthy Phone Wire Hair Tie – 3 for AUS$10 + Postage
This is the best hair tie you can find on the market, it gives you a gentle grip with out pulling and damaging your hair, also gives you that romantic loose pony tail feeling.
Colour: Multicoloured but will be sent out by chance
Phone Wire Healthy Hair Tie
Phone Wire Healthy Hair Tie
Limited Edition Anna Sui Bathroom Head Band – AUS$10 + Postage
Anna Sui Bathroom Head Band
Fringe Helper – AUS$10 + Postage
This is a very convenient product to help with blowing dry your fringe, we all know the hard way which is using a roller brush to roll your fringe while blowing hot hair on them but this by using this clip you don’t need that at all, simply clip it on your fringe section then blow hot hair then cold hair, your fringe will look nice and perfect.
I wonder how did every one spend their holiday season, I’m sharing some high lights here :)
First up a special food porn – Wagyu Beef. We had this at my brother in law’s place, there were a few KGs of beef involved but we managed to finished them all including that huge piece of beef fat.
Wagyu Beef
Wagyu Beef
and then new findings – A Dior Serum de Rouge Lip Stick, I’m so not a lip stick person, in fact I probably only own 2 lip sticks in my whole life but I’m in love with my new purchase, it’s so moisturising it doesn’t even feel like a lip stick, feels like lip balm but looks like Lip gloss but packed in the convenience of a skinny lip stick tube. The colour I got is 510 a natural tone (I always go for natural tones), I also tried 610 which is also very natural but 510 is more coral & orange toned and 610 is more pink toned, so depending on your own personal taste, give this a try, you won’t regret it!!!.
Dior Serum de Rouge Lipstick - Colour 510
Dior Serum de Rouge Lipstick
Wearing Dior Serum de Rouge Lipstick
Also a new finding from Christmas Sale – Levis Cropped Jeans Jacket, my mum think I’m a bit silly bringing back such an UN-SPECIAL item. I still left the tag on, not sure if I should return it, what do you guys think?
Levis Cropped Jeans Jacket
Levis Cropped Jeans Jacket
Also tried to style Little Pork Bun
Little Pork Bun's Back Street Boy Look
Little Pork Bun's Adventure Look
This is just Little Pork Bun Look
Little Pork Bun Loves Car Magazines
Also a new buy for Little Pork Bun – A Bean Bag!!! he needed something to relax in, since he is too long for the good old vibrating chair now.
Little Pork Bun's New Bean Bag
Little Pork Bun's Vibrating Chair
I think that pretty much sums up my Holiday Season, how did all of you spent your Holiday Season?
I thought I’ll just start the year 2010 off with this fantastic news :)
Yes Sex and the City 2, I didn’t even know there will be a 2, I ever thought to myself when Carrie finally married Big, what else could happen, what other dramas could there be… I’m not complaining, I love watching Sex and the City, if they want to continue doing this I’m happy to watch the girls in to their 60s and yeahhh these is a 2.
Release date: 28th May 2010
This date is stamped in my calendar, another 5 months I just can’t wait!!!
Dear friends, thank you for visiting my blog in the past year, I know you come from all different parts of the world, although I generally blog in English. I would still like to sincerely wish you all a very happy and blessed new year.
Am I just lucky or what!!! One of our very own Perth Christmas Lights Fantasia is right next door. Sometimes I really appreciate little things like this :).
One night in front of their beautiful 2 story house we tuned into 88.9 on the radio stopped at the middle of our street (very spontaneous) and just stared as those lights danced away.
The Kelly's Christmas in Perth
This beautiful Christmas Lights display is kindly made possible by the Kelly’s Family to support the Princess Margaret Children’s Hospital Foundation, please feel generous to make a donation on their blog.
Please enjoy this Christmas Lights Display video :)
When Little Pork Bun was 8 weeks we had his hands and feet sculptured, they’re so little and so cute. We finally had the chance to pick it up. Little Pork Bun is fascinated by himself :)
I haven’t done a beauty product review for a while now, this is my latest purchase, Clarins Body Firming Range – Lift Fermete. The reason I bought this is because after pregnancy I start to feel my 30 something body is not as firm as before and also an Aunty gave birth to 4 babies looking 10 years younger than her actual age, speaks very highly about this product. She said it really does work, so jumped into the deep end, invested AUS$87 for this 200ml jar of wonders.
Overall Rating:
Everything to like this body cream, it makes my skin appear smoother, legs look slimmer, even my mum commented on my stomach look like it’s dramatically reduced it’s size and I’ve only used it for a week.
Only 1 Problem, it’s not lasting very long, I think another 4 weeks I’m going to finish this jar.
Texture: Very smooth, light, easy to spread, feels like a little thicker than a emulsion.
Bergenia (岩白菜) – This is the latest new ingredient added into this 2nd generation Blanchir Superior range, Bergenia is a Chinese Medicine, originated from the Himalaya region, the word 岩 means cliff, so originally these plants can be found on the cliff wall, in old days these are precious medicine as ancient Chinese Doctors had to climb cliffs to pick them. Sorry I got side tracked there :).
Pyracantha Fortuneana (火棘) – This is one of the early discovery in Kanebo’s whitening product range back in 1997. After the sun, our skin’s Amines is very active, the fast the Amines actives the more pigments our skin is producing. what PF does is to either stop or slow down the activity of Amines, which targets our skin’s pigmentation production from the beginning level. Pyracantha Fortuneana (火棘) is also very good for blood circulation, so it benefits our skin by getting rid of toxins faster.
Sambucus (接骨木) – This is another existing ingredient in the 1st generation Blanchir Range. Sambucus also has the ability to stop Amines activities, it is also anti inflammatory, extremely good for rashes actually. It heals blooding wound very quickly, reduces pain, for rashes it calms the itchiness as well.
