Monday, November 09, 2009

With birthdays coming up this month and the next, I'm totally broke!

Celebrated A's and HS's 22nd the previous weekend with mahjong and a steamboat dinner at Suntec City's Joaquim.











Caught My Sister's Keeper with my sister last week. I've never read the book so I can't really compare (I heard it's a totally different ending), but it's a good movie. Some touching parts, some sad parts, some funny parts. It focuses mostly on Kate's memories and less on Anna.

"But she's your sister.."


My Sister's Keeper
4 out of 5 stars
My Taobao spree items have arrived and thankfully, the shoes fit me. :)

Also, I managed to organise and neatly label my BPAL collection during the weekend. And I couldn't resist buying these two BPAL decants last week. This is probably my last BPAL purchase this year. I swear!

LILITH VS. THE GIANT CRAB
Tangerine cream, benzoin, white sandalwood, white pear, tonka, and ambergris accord.

MLLE. LILITH, FORTUNE TELLER
Coconut and a bit of sugar with pomegranate, pink musk, orange blossom, cypress, honey myrtle, and incense.

Sometimes, kismet happens. 10:55 PM

Friday, October 30, 2009

Haint Perfume Oil
Description: White musk, vanilla musk, Madagascar vanilla, sugarcane, and a faint trail of white pepper.
In the bottle: Sweet vanilla and sugarcane.
Wet: Sugarcane bursts out with more vanilla while white pepper peeks in.
Drydown: Subtle vanilla. The white musk makes it a pristine scent.
Overall: I love vanilla so it's no surprise that I love this. An alternative to one of my BPAL GC favourites, Antique Lace. :)

Sweet Box Perfume Oil
Description: French cocoa absolute, white sugar crystals, wolfberry honey, butter CO2 extract, oatstraw, copaiba, milk thistle, a hint of patchouli, and the smallest wisp of woodsmoke.
In the bottle: Sweet buttery milk chocolate. Yum!
Wet: The honey and butter makes an appearance. The chocolate is less milky now. And there's a smoky note with patchouli.
Dry: The yummy chocolate turned into cocoa powder and it's more darker and smokier. It's not as sweet as before. *pouts*
Overall: I thought it would stay sweet but it morphed into a dark smoky scent. Edgy and unpredictable, I think this would be great for days when you want something to happen. I'm slightly disappointed though. OMG, I realised that it reminded me of a scent that I've smelled before. And after a few hours of pondering, And it's smells exactly like Angel by Thierry Mugler!! ♥♥♥

Madame Lapin Perfume Oil
Description: Fragrant notes of sweet honey, dry Atlas cedarwood, warm toast, buttermilk, and a subtle blend of spices.
In the bottle: Sweet honey and something else.
Wet: Honey and there's a woody scent.
Drydown: The honey smells delicious and there's a bit of spice to keep it from being too sweet.
Overall: This smells really good. It turns from sweet honey to a slightly darker woody scent.

Molly Malone Perfume Oil
Description: Cotton candy, sea spray, green sugarcane, salt, pink musk, sweet bergamot, lily of the valley, black pepper, vanilla, patchouli, and the merest hint of aged vetiver.
In the bottle: I can't identify any individual scents but it's aquatic and I definitely smell sugarcane.
Wet: Aquatic sweetness.
Drydown: Salty aquatics with sweet musk and light florals.
Overall: It seems like a complex scent. Fresh and beach comes to mind with Molly Malone but I think it's too salty for my liking.

Sometimes, kismet happens. 11:20 PM

Thursday, October 29, 2009

I went to collect my Arcana goodies from Zhao Ying at Jurong West. She even threw in a free Savor soap bar. And my bottled happiness smells awesome! ♥

I went exploring JP after that. It's really been a long long time since I've been there and it has changed so much. Well, fun times were spent there, hanging out with friends. :)

Then it was off to Toa Payoh to collect my ASOS items. I got surprised when I called the spree organiser and a deep guy voice answered. I always assume that spree organisers were mostly young and female. And recently, when I went to Chinatown to collect a couple of bracelets, the spree organiser was actually an auntie! A chinese lady in her 50s. I was pretty shocked at that one. o.0

So yes. Never assume all of the people online are young or female.

Sometimes, kismet happens. 8:20 PM

Monday, October 26, 2009

An impromptu shopping trip to VivoCity this afternoon resulted in a purchase on impulse.

Topshop Jewelled Ballet Pump
But it's so pretty!

And I'm broke.

Sometimes, kismet happens. 11:20 PM

Friday, October 23, 2009

I'm just drooling over the latest BPAL Yules and The District updates. Here's what I ordered from an international decant circle. Special thanks to Zhao Ying for her Paypal! :)

Yules
EL DIA DE LOS REYES 2009
Hot cocoa with cinnamon, coffee, and brown sugar.

EVENING CICADAS AND RED PEPEPRS
Frost-limned, ice-bejeweled branches, scattered blood-red maple leaves, a few camellia petals, red peppers, and nacreous, multi-colored musks that shimmer like gently-beating cicada wings.

THE FIRST SOFT SNOW
Heavy drifts of snow blanketing winter's narcissus.

HYPOTHERMIA
Bone-chilling, heart-stopping cold.

IN WINTER IN MY ROOM
grapefruit, yuzu, tuberose, peony, violet leaf, pikaki, Indian frankincense, and tonka.

LICK IT TIL IT'S STICKY
Peppermint candy cane with an extra jolt of sugar.

NOW WINTER NIGHTS ENLARGE
vanilla-infused red musk, champaca, petitgrain, ylang ylang, patchouli, nutmeg, honey, galbanum, and traces of caramel.

PINK SNOWBALLS
chilly vanilla rose snowballs!

SNOW-FLAKES 2009

THE SNOW MAIDEN 2009

WHEN THE WINTER CHRYSANTHEMUMS GO
A gentle flurry of snow dusting the season's last chrysanthemums, illuminated by pale rays of winter's amber-tinted sunlight.

The District
COUNTESS WILLIE
Chocolate plum musk, red musk, amaretto, candied fruits, and red ginger.

EMMA
Vanilla bourbon, tea rose, jasmine, pink pepper, and patchouli.

FLORA
Sweet, wet fruits, sibilant Eastern musk, apple blossom, tuberose, calla lily, osmanthus, wild orchid, amber, and sandalwood.

JOSIE
Heady magnolia and honeyed peaches.

LULU
Tobacco flower, white gardenia, bergamot, and bourbon geranium.

I'm sooo looking forward to getting them! This time BPAL's updates are EVIL! They're killing my bank account. Perhaps it's because this year, I discovered the existence of decant circles and *bam!* money gone. Can you believe it? S$100 spent on them. Gah.

Okay, it's been awhile since I last updated. So last weekend activities include trying out golf and celebrating YP birthday with karaoke and dinner.

Golf was fun but tiring, learning a new sport and all. I think I'm just awkward with my hand/body coordination. LOL. R and I were learning while W was the sensei. Ah, some people are just rich lah.

Celebrated YP's birthday at Teo Heng KTV at Katong Shopping Centre. A new and super cheap place. There's no snacks or drinks provided but you can bring in your own food. The room was pretty small for 6 people though. Dinner was at some restaurant at Parkway Parade.

Watched (500) Days of Summer at The Cathay on tuesday. I love how the days go by, going forward and backward, and the contrast between being together with Summer and after the breakup. Joseph Gordon-Levitt was just great in expressing his character's emotions on his sleeve. The happily together moments, the intensely hurting moments, well, it made me think back to those days.

"A story about love that is not a love story."


(500) Days of Summer
5 out of 5 stars

Sometimes, kismet happens. 11:55 PM