I'm not an eyeshadow person + Sexy beast's big day!

Applying eyeshadow is truly an art, and the proper technique to achieve the right look is seriously tediously hard to master. So many people screw it up all the time.

Which is why lazy me always just chooses to forgo colourful eyelids. My mascara is usually enough and serves me well and faithfully, as demonstrated by this blog post.

I was looking through some older webcam photos and I found some pics from when I was playing around with the two poor solitary eyeshadows that I own. It inspired me to try out eyeshadow again, because I finally bought myself some eyeliner.

Yes, you heard me right, I've gone 16 years without eyeliner! The reason being is the same as not wearing eyeshadow... my mascara is already dramatic enough, with eyeliner it becomes over-the-top. Wearing it daily is out of the question.

So I guess this is officially my very first attempt with eyeliner. I need practice! But I actually think it's quite boleh tahan right? Lol.

Basically it's just shimmery pink eyeshadow, dark brown eyeliner and mascara. Really simple. Didn't want to bite of more than I can chew when I don't really know what I'm doing. I'm really not kidding when I say I am purely a mascara girl!

Naked eye to begin with. Yuck.

Step 1: Curl lashes. I can't emphasize how important it is to have a good eyelash curler and knowing how to use it well.

Step 2: Apply mascara. As usual, my Maybelline Cat Eyes mascara.

Step 3: Pink shimmery winged eyeshadow over top lid.

Step 4: Dark brown eyeliner on top lid and 3-quarter inwards on lower lid. Extended outwards into a wing. Join top and bottom.

And uh, that's all?

The photos were taken at the beginning of the month, and as you can see, my eyebrows are cleanly plucked. I happen to pluck my eyebrows regularly, but as I'm sure you know, hair grows back quickly. Please don't make assumptions based on one photo from a previous month and learn to elaborate properly in your comments.

Surprisingly, I've discovered that winged eyeliner as we know it today, is nothing new at all. I was watching an episode of Bewitched (the show) on TV and Samantha Stephens (the witch, yes) was wearing cute black winged eyeliner! And that show was from the 1960's please!

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Okay la, this was the best photo I could find of it.

Elizabeth Montgomery who played Samantha Stephens has even passed away already. Yup, a woman so old she's dead wore winged eyeliner before anybody in Hollywood, anyone in fashion magazines and you. Interesting, huh?

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Last but not least, to my one and only SEXY BEAST...

HAPPY 16TH BIRTHBEASTDAY!

These are the only photos I have of Nai Ping, lol! Also realized I've never taken any photos with him. HOW CAN HOT STICK AND SEXY BEAST NOT HAVE ANY PHOTOS TOGETHER??

One year older, one year sexier! ;) NAAAATT!! xD Hope you had fun at maths tuition. LOL.

You know you love me. xoxo, Hot Stick.

Bon appetit, Baby Fishmouth!

"Wonderful!"  This movie was great.  Good for Nora Ephron.  Good for Meryl Streep - she (of course) kills it!  Good for Amy Adams for being utterly likeable and adorable all the damn time.

My Favorite Nora Ephron Films In Order:

• When Harry Met Sally - 
• Sleepless in Seattle (tied for first)
• Julie & Julia 
• You've Got Mail
• Bewitched

I just can't decide between my top two.  I consider both classics, near perfect romantic comedies.  I like Tom Hanks more than Billy Crystal, but I love the supporting cast of "When Harry Met Sally."  The Pictionary game makes me laugh out loud every viewing.  I do like "You've Got Mail" but I'm not sure I should, and "Bewitched" is good, not great, but has one of my favorite lines in any movie.

Julie & Julia is a better film than Ephron has made in years.  I loved how it switched time periods with little visual cues, for example, the heroines use the same orange pot.  I loved both couples, especially their strong supportive husbands.  Also, I will admit to cooking tofu with butter, instead of my usual olive oil, after watching this movie, I wouldn't recommend it.

I can't help thinking about the other Nora Ephron movies I really love, how they revolve around writers and each film keeps up with current technology.  Meg Ryan's character in "You've Got Mail" owns a bookstore, loves "Pride and Prejudice," and writes a children's book after her store closes.   The characters Annie and Sally are both journalists.  Sally writes for The New Yorker,  while Annie is a reporter for the Baltimore Sun.  Nicole Kidman plays a witch turned actress - she does not fit in with this observation.  Ignore her.  Amy Adams plays a would-be writer who starts a blog which is eventually published.  Which leads me to the thing about technology and Ephron.  She keeps up pretty well.

Julia Child's has a pen pal she's never met in person but has corresponded with for years. Forty years later, 1989 era NYC, Sally's love grows through autumn walks in Central Park and late-night phone conversations.  Four years after that we find Annie in her sweats and French braid plugging away on her typewriter compelled to make contact with a stranger's voice heard only on the radio.  Enter the Internet and AOL in 1998, who provide the ultimate modern twist on an old story - love through (dial-up) instant messages. Times change and forms of communication change with it.  Blogs are common and instant forms of expression - anyone can have one, not just the pros.  Julie Powell's blog became a best-selling book and who else but Nora could have translated it so well into film?

"A Whole New Light" - Sandra Brown - 1989

Like Nora Roberts and Danielle Steele, Sandra Brown has so many books published I don’t know where to start. As with Ms. Steele and Ms. Roberts, I never particularly felt I was missing anything by not reading them. The thing is, I love a ‘friends first’ plot line, it’s right up there with unrequited love from a young age and marrying the wrong sibling for me. I’m a sucker. These characters - friends? Maybe. Shitty, sexist, and whiny? Definitely. I read the first two chapters, but honestly could tell from the first page I didn’t like the author’s writing style. Also, I really do hate the contempory 80’s romance novels, and I'm done wasting time with bad romances. Oh, and check out the difference in those covers.