When it comes to perfume, everything matters

Hi!!

It has been quite a while since I have blogged, I am currently away from Hong Kong and am now in New York City!!!!! Isn't that exciting?? I know it is! Well at any cost, I came baring gifts. I have recently made a few perfume purchases and there is one that I would really like to mention here and maybe it might inspire you into getting it for yourself. Other purchases will be on another blogpost later on.

Just not long ago, I paid a visit to Sephora because they had a V.I.B. family and friends promotion where you can get 20% off any purchases between a period of time and I said to myself: "When else could it be a better time to get something than this??" and I know I certainly was correct about going to Sephora.

I had my eyes on the Marc by Marc Jacobs new perfume, DOT. It has the cutest bottle design of a ladybug and it was just so ADORABLE like other Marc by Marc Jacobs perfume bottle. Yet when I saw the price of the 3.7 Oz bottle, I decided that I would probably be able to get it in Hong Kong so I looked away with such reluctant until something on the other side caught my eye..... the LADY GAGA Black Fluid perfume.

If you don't know about this, I have a very weird liking towards anything that is interesting and weird and the ONE specific thing that caught my eye about this perfume was that the perfume liquid itself was actually black. I know this probably would sound silly but when I saw the name of this perfume in an advertisement I thought it was just another random name people give it to their products and never have I thought that it would be such a literal reflection of the perfume itself.           The question anyone would ask next is: "How would or does the LADY GAGA perfume smell like?" When I first smelt the perfume, I actually smelt it from a magazine ad, the ones which you can actually peel off and the scent just somehow rushing through. I still remember the first reaction was: LADY GAGA wouldn't smell like that! And the next was : hey I actually quite like the smell. But then when I gave it a whiff at Sephora, I was like: ewww what the hell is this? Did they do a false advertisement just to sell the perfume *shock face*? But knowing me and my love of weird things, I just can't stop myself from getting a bottle of this suspicious black liquid and so I picked up the smallest bottle hoping that would do despite the great fondness I have upon it.

The reason why I said they were doing bad advertisement was that the perfume smells totally different from the nozzle of the bottle than it was sprayed out. It smells like orange medicine or the felt tip pens which claims that they are orange scented; yet when it is sprayed into the air, it has a strong feminine scent to it. In my own words, I think it has strong floral scent to it but it is more like the Chanel No. 5 kind of floral and not Marc by Marc Jacobs Daisy floral.... if you get what I mean. But yeah I loved it  :)

 And then..... I FOUND MY JACKPOT!! A LADY GAGA perfume gift box!

This gift box costed just a bit more but not only did it come with a medium sized Black Fluid, it also came with a roller ball version of the perfume and a temporary tattoo. (I honestly am okay with the set without the tattoo but I think it really does give a LADY GAGA touch to the gift box)

 This is a picture of the actual perfume bottle itself and doesn't it look amazing?? I love gold and I love the classic combination of black and gold together. The coldness of the black being balanced out by the warmness of the gold just really pleases me visually. And the interesting architectural design of the bottle cap gives it a totally GAGA touch, I wasn't expecting any less from a GAGA perfume bottle design.

This is a photo of how it looks when the cap is off, and it has LADY GAGA FAME written in it and this also shows really clearly that the perfume itself is black and not the bottle itself. I AM NOT LYING OKAY!!!  

Talking about this perfume and as a side note:

The brand United Nude, my absolute adored shoe brand, has created the shoes that LADY GAGA wore to promote her perfume. Although these shoes might be considered to not be the most outrageous shoes GAGA has ever worn but I really think that it ties the whole idea of the perfume and the color matches too!!! I just love it so so much! Don't you just love how men are climbing up to her? Especially when they are gold and naked *wink wink*

Well that is it for now and do look forward for later posts which hopefully will be coming VERY VERY soon. With that said, you lot take care and love life!!

With love,

Why not??

Hey beautifuls,

For all day today, I have been browsing on the internet, looking at different websites, going through youtube and all of a sudden, I had an epiphany, I really don't know much about Hong Kong!!!

Though I wasn't born in Hong Kong, I have spent over 18 years in this place and I have to say, if you ask me anything about local temples and tourist areas that aren't shopping places, I have to say, I KNOW ALMOST NONE!! At least not start off my head, embarrassing I know. Therefore, to make a change in my life, I have made a decision...

I WILL BUY MYSELF A GOOD TOURIST BOOK ABOUT HONG KONG AND VISIT ALL THE GOOD RECOMMENDED PLACES!!

My mission:

1. Believe I am a tourist and know nothing about Hong Kong,

2. Be curious about all things.

3. Try my best not to use taxis (and hopefully learn how to ride buses around Hong Kong)

I can't believe I am doing this.. and I honestly wonder, is there anyone out there that actually thinks like me?? As in they have been at some place all their lives and then realize that they don't really know that place well.

Anyway, other than hoping that this promise actually happens, I wish you all best of luck and stay healthy.

With love,

Janice <3

New nails!!!!!

Hey beautifuls,

Just finished a new set of nails and would like to share with you guys =]

Just a french manicure with a more exotic choice in color 

These are the polish I used if you were curious

From left to right:
1. Essie - feed me base coat
2. OPI - RapiDry top coat NT T74
3. OPI - Right Lights Ahead... Where? NL H61
4. OPI - DS Illuminate DS033


Anyway, hope you all best wishes ^^

With love,

Janice <3

New shoes!!!

Hey lovelies!

As much as I am embarrass to say this, my room is... or should I say WAS literally the messiest room anyone has set foot in. Not because I am unorganized but more because I has way too many things that it is just impossible to fit all of them in one little room. Very recently I became very fond of a pair of shoes which my friend has as well, I told my mom about it and she made a deal with me which if I clean up my room and the half of the dining room which I have occupied for over a year, she would let me buy anything, the longer it is kept clean the more I can buy. So for the last week I locked myself up at home just to get these shoes and IT WAS A SUCCESS!! I am so happy that I really can't bare not showing these to you guys!!!

To me personally, I think they are the best thing in the world!!! Just the right amount of spikes and bling combined :)

Anyway, just a little update on what I have been doing, hope you all the best and enjoy the rest of your summer days!!

With love,

Janice <3

New nails!!!

Hey guys,

This is my new nail design I've done for fun :D

With love,
Janice <3


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Obsessive Collection 1

Hey hey,

I don't know if you have ever went through your room and realized that you actually have SO MUCH of a particular item(s) and think you might actually believe it have grown into a collection?? This happens to me quite often and I have recently found quite a nice little collection that I have which I would like to share with you guys!! And they are beautiful notebooks. Instead of just my full notebook collection, I have decided to separate this particular brand of notebooks and call them another collection since I have quite a few, I would also just talk a little about this one as well. 

The brand I am talking about is..... LA DOLCE VITA

They are amazing because you can actually fit them in your two-ringed binders!!

Quite a stack you see....

After just a little sneak peek of my full collection, I shall break it down a bit into a few different categories of the designs. As you can see, there is a photo on the cover of each of these notebooks and ALL OF THEM ARE JUST SO BEAUTIFUL!!! And this is why I love them so much. I know that there is another collection which has something really similar but then they are mostly black and white and colored photos appeals to me way more than black and white ones even though I have to admit some of the others are quite romantic looking.

So the notebooks are generally split into two big categories, the desert category and the animal category.

These belongs to the desert category, I personally love the one on the very right for I am the biggest fan for cream puffs and any sort of berries!!! 

I know you can't deny the fact that you are drooling over these notebooks, if they are even scented with whatever food the photo is, they would be UNBELIEVABLY IRRESISTIBLE

BUNNIES BUNNIES BUNNIES BUNNIES BUNNIES BUNNIES BUNNIES!!!!!!!!! 

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These are my favorite ones, I have a special love for fluffy animals which has some sort of pointy face I think... like bunnies too!!

Hm.... Dont' remember why I got these, they are cute but I think they aren't cute enough....

This is the end of my collection, hope you have enjoyed it and I believe I would be bringing up other collections so if you are interested, keep checking out for more!!!

STAY HAPPY AND HEALTHY!!

Ps. If you are interested to get these and you are in Hong Kong, you can actually get these at Citysuper and Swindon bookstore, I get mine from these two places but I am sure you would be able to find them in other stationary stores that are near you!

With loads of love,

Janice <3

Stud earring storage =]

Hey you all lovely people,

Have you ever had problems with storing your studded earrings?? Like having them in a small box which makes it hard to finding the perfect pair, or when you drop them and have studs flying everywhere?? 

If you do, then this post might be something you would be interested in for I will show you a great storing method which would make it easy for you to find the right pair and also prevent them from losing.

I still remember when I was a bit younger, I have once had these racks with metal mesh on it and you can pock your studs through them and display them out, I honestly thought that they were the best invention then cos they are just so cute and it was like the thing that every girl wanted. But then through out the years I found out that I kept on losing the back studs of the earrings because it is hard to unstud them from the mesh and back studs end up flying everywhere. I then went through the stage of the container and that was a nightmare until one day I thought of this idea where I was actually inspired by stud vendors who sells stud earrings individually in Mong Kok.

What I am going to teach you guys is an easier and more personal way of storing these earrings but just like how the vendors do it. The whole process really only takes up around 15-20 minutes of your time depending on how big or how many you are making, it took me about 10 minutes to do mine for my container was relatively small. Instructions would be rather brief but at the same time quite self explanatory so if you have any questions, feel free to comment below and I am more than happy to answer them for you.

So let's get started!!

1. Get materials and tools that you would need:
    Materials
   - any container of your choice (best if it is relatively shallow but still deep enough for fit an earring vertically)
   - sponge that is big enough to be able to cut and fill the container (best if it is as dense as ones you use for cleaning)

    Tools
   - a pair of relatively good scissors
   - a pen
   - measuring tool (tape and ruler are both good)

2. Measure the dimension of your container: you would want to measure the width, the length and the height of the container, you would want to make the height of the sponge around 1cm shorter than the container to give room for the earrings.

3. Make the measurements on the sponge and cut it out: this is really the easy part, all you have to do it mark and cut the sponge. One good thing about this method is that you don't have to be very precise because sponges have air in it and it would give way even if the sponge is cute a bit too big for the container (it would obviously fit the container if the sponge is smaller than it)

4. Add the sponge into the container and start organizing your studs: at this point what you can do is just poke the ends of your studs into the sponge and they would sit there well and the sponge would reduce the chances of the earrings falling off too much if you drop the container. With this method you would need to find another place to store the back studs but then there really are only THAT many pairs of back studs that you would need because you won't have that many piercings. As you can see for my container, it has a few different levels and what I do is that I store all the back studs at the very bottom layer so when I am taking the container around, I would avoid moving the bottom layer so I won't lose any of them =]



Anyway, I hope you have enjoyed this post and hope this post would have helped solving some of your problems!! TAKE CARE EVERYONE AND LIVE HAPPY!!!!

Until the next post, stay happy!

With lot's of love,

Janice <3

New season, new nails =]

Hello all you beautifuls,

As it is getting HOTTER AND HOTTER in Hong Kong, it makes it really hard for me to deny the fact that.... SUMMER IS HERE!!!

What is a better way to start the season than to do a new manicure to pamper yourself??? 

This is what I have done to begin my long agonizing humid hot Summer  ||:( Hope it will inspire you to create one for yourself!!!!

This is the design I went for, a warm orange base with glitters on it. As Summer is arriving, bright colors and pastel colors are always the way to go; and since the sun rays are up and shining, glitter polish is another great thing that you can fish out from your collection. To glam up your ordinarily opaque and creamy nail colors, spice it up with a glitter polish of your choice (best if colors match your base nail color); for this manicure, any base color and glitter polish would work well, no matter if they are big chunky ones or if they are very fine ground ones, this way you can show off the glitter with the bright Summer sunlight while making it easy for you to take them off when you are trying to remove your polish (if you have done your nails before, you would know that there are some glitter nail polishes that are very hard to remove and by having a base nail polish, it makes it relatively easier to remove because the gap between the glitter and the nail surface is larger, remover would be able to dissolve the nail polish in between easier).

The two nail polishes that I used in this manicure is the M.A.C. Ravishing and the deborah lippmann Happy Birthday. 

In case you are not familiar with these nail polishes, the MAC Ravishing is a nail polish that came out with the FASHION SETS collection which are still in stores at the moment. The collection has sets that contain a nail polish, a lip stick and a lip gloss of the same shade of color which you can buy either the full set or individually. The color Ravishing is a very creamy orange, something like a mixture of bright orange and pastel orange. This particular polish is very creamy and opaque, I love the formula of this but then again I can't promise that all the polishes for this collection has the same consistency as this polish for the color and how it's suppose to look like really does effect the formula of the polish. Overall I do like M.A.C. nail polishes for the colors are just so irresistible. 

The deborah lippmann Happy Birthday is a glitter polish with a transparent base polish with chunky glitters of all colors. All deborah lippmann nail polishes are named after songs and the polish would also be related to the song or the name of the song, I truly believe that all of their nail polish does reflect the nail of it. I chose this glitter because I just love all the different colors and it really does go well with a large variety of colors and COS IT MAKES ME HAPPYYYYYYYY!! I MEAN COME ON! WHO DOESN'T LIKE BIRTHDAYS??? Right?? O.O

deborah lippmann nail polishes can be on the pricier side but I personally think that the Happy Birthday is a MUST HAVE!!

In case if you are wondering what base and top coat I have been using, I use the OPI base coat and the OPI Rapidry top coat. The OPI base coat I have already been using for ages because you really only such a little amount of it each tim you do your nails, this is my second one and I believe I have already had around 70 to 80 sets of nails done with this bottle and I am not even close to finishing half of it, it dries quite fast as well so you won't have to worry about doing your nails right after you've applied your base. 

As for top coats, since I am such a frequent nail painter (sometimes even twice a day) I tend to lean on using fast drying top coats. I have used the Seche Vite as well as the Sally Hansen Insta-dri before and I loved both of them, the reason why I am using the OPI one now is because I have had it for quite a while as a gift and I was curious about how it would work so I gave it a go. One big difference with this top coat and the other two is that this one doesn't really dry like gel, if you have used the other ones before, you would have realized that they are comparatively thicker than normal top coats and it gives sort of a very glossy and gel nails finish, also if you don't paint the whole nail you would have a line forming for the nail polish would dry into its shape. With the OPI one, it is more fluid and it dries fast enough, I had 4 layers on nail polish on and it dried within 4-6mins. I have to say that it isn't as glossy as the others and if you are using glitter and you want a smooth finish, the other top coats would be something you would prefer more, if not, this works just as well so feel free to use this one if you can't get your hands on the other two top coats.

***One little tip I have for you guys about fast drying top coats is that it is better to apply a relatively generous layer of it because: 1. you would want your nails to look shiny and pretty, a generous layer would give it a better coverage making it prettier and 2. to my understanding, I believe they have a higher percentage of thinner in it to make it dry quicker after applying so when you are applying the nail polish, it might dissolve the nail polish you have already on your nails, to prevent it from ruining, you would want to keep the bristles of the nail polish brush as far away as possible and the generous layer really does reduce the chances of ruining and it also prevents the brush from picking up any color which might lead to contamination of your perfectly clear top coat.***

Well I hope you enjoyed this FOREVER GOING blog post and got inspired by this manicure idea!!

Wish you all the best in what ever you guys are pursing and stay healthy!

With lost of love,

Janice <3