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DDTV EPISODE 1: FISHTAIL BRAID

denise — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:22:39 +0000

Tokyo Disneyland crewneck from 1995, Forever21 spike necklace and random rhinestone necklace.

I’ve gotten quite a few requests from friends/randoms asking to teach them how to do a fishtail braid so I’ve finally bothered myself to make a video! I learnt how to do it myself from some youtube video and it’s not like MY video is any clearer/more descriptive so really I’m just adding to the clutter that is DIY videos. Anyway, enjoy the video and if you have any questions, feel free to ask!

Anyway so this is the debut of ddtv! I’ve been thinking about doing some videos/weblogs for a while so I guess this is the start! I’ve always said that I probably won’t do any talking in the videos though…cos my voice sounds like a 7 year old when I’m on camera -.-

P.S. lol yes…my mouth is always open like that (in the video) wahahahahah :D

On the end of my braids, I normally like to create a little loop with the ends.

And one last note: Have you guys noticed my new layout? I cleaned it up and made the images much bigger and the overall page much wider! I’m still working on fixing up my press page and I realize all the old posts still have smaller pictures but I can’t be bothered to go back and resize! If you guys have any comments/suggestions/critiques, let me know!

Thanks for watching guys ;)

BLUE HAIR DONT CARE

denise — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:27:56 +0000

I’m totally one of those people who care a lot about what’s going on above my neck. I mean helloOOOooo that’s my money-maker right thurr!! lulz…anyway my hair and face are super important to me that even if my outfit is looking complete shit for the day, as long as my skin is covered up properly and presentable and my hair is not too gross.

So some beauty stuff….I’m one of those girls who can’t leave the house without make-up. Okay maybe if I’m running across the street the supermarket or something where chances of running into someone I know is close to nothing, but otherwise, it’s full make-up everyday for me. The good thing is that my make-up routine isn’t anything too major. I keep it simple with basically foundation, blush, liquid eyeliner and my caterpillar brows. From bare-faced to completely done-up, takes me realistically just about 8 minutes.

For my foundation, for almost a year now I’ve been using BareMinerals powder foundation. I’d previously heard so many grat things about it and the fact that the mineral powder improves your overall skin and complexion over time totally had me sold. I wanted to try the brand a long time ago but they weren’t selling in Hong Kong. Lucky for us, BareMinerals finally set up station in Harvey Nichols, Pacific Place where you can try and buy all their great shades of powders, blushes, eye shadows and more. For me I’m quite a plain jane so I just went for some sunblock, powder foundation and then some blush.

Bare faced! This just so happen to be a good week for my skin..normally it’s worse than this haha oh and also, check out those awesome flying baby hairs of mine.

Their famous sunblock! The good thing about this is that it’s in powder form so you’re getting the protection you need (and you NEED protection from the sun guys, sunblock = very important!!) whilst not having to use those greasy thick creamy sunblocks. Also this one has some slight color so you could just put this sunblock on and totally skip the foundation step!

The great thing about BM is that they have a million different shades to choose from so you’re able to find the perfect colour for your skin tone. The powder is also really light but lasts all day and doesn’t make you too matte nor too shiny.

A quick hit of my favouite blush: NARS Gina

Perfect cat-eye with my favourite liquid eyeliner: Guerlain black eyeliner

okay maybe not perfect..

So as you know, a couple of weeks ago I bleached and dyed my hair blue! For everyone who asked, I used Manic Panic’s Amplified After Midnight. It’s been about 3+ weeks already so the colour has faded quite a bit and is now a turquoise-y mermaid like green. I only did the under parts of my hair..so it’s slightly more subtle and not too obvious if my hair is relaxed normally. Bleaching is nothing new to me as my hair has gone through many bleaching and dying hours ever since a teenager but this was my first time doing a semi-temporary “outrageous” colour. It took me about 4 hours (and thanks to my bff Julie for sitting it out with me!) where I had my hair bleached one and a half times then had the blue put in for just a quick 30 mins. The problem with these crazy colours from brands like Manic Panic or Punky Colour is that the colours fade really fast. It’s barely been 3-4 weeks and I’m already due for a touch-up!

Oh man after the first bleach..

My hair now is kinda more like this turquoise-y green.

Sorry for the long break in posting…my last post was about 2 weeks ago and that is considered ages..which is funny cos I used to only blog like once every 2 weeks. Anyway, big changes are happening right now..it’s like temporary sadness that is required in order to lead to forever happiness. Life can be really hard and difficult at times but I just need to constantly convince myself that this is just only for a couple of months and then after that, everything will be alright and I’ll probably feel stupid for making things harder for myself. And besides, there are people in this world going through unimaginable pain and despair so really, I shouldn’t be complaining. I guess I don’t want to go to into detail about what’s happening but if everything works out the way I want it to, then I’ll have some really big news to tell everyone in a few months! Just hope that things work out for me and it’d be cool and fun and awesome to hope for me that it does ♥

GETAWAY AND GIVEAWAY

denise — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 15:09:50 +0000

A couple of weeks ago I attended the Forever21 Press Preview at MGM Grand in Macau. I did a quick update on my Tumblr so to see the above pics bigger and for my outfit details, click here and make sure to follow me!! As always thanks to Carmen for the pics and to Priscilla for having us along for the Forever21 ride! Check out more updates here: HIMYS TUMBLR, ELECTRIC SEKKI BLOG and CHRISTINGC.

Below is a mish mash of random things and…dun dun dun…a giveaway at the end!

The yummy (non-alcoholic) strawberry drink to start with!

Us girls :D

The best part of the night, the tiny baby apple pie! Complete with baby apple slices!

On the TurboJet ferry ride over to Macau, I finally got to see my little bit in Horizon magazine! It was a short little piece on how I organize my closet. I should be getting a “press” page up soon on my blog..so you can read the little bit whenever I get around to that :D

A couple of weeks ago, my older sister was visting from NY so we went out for some super spiceh Sichuan hotpot! We got a ying-yang pot where half was super super chili soup and the other was some super yummy pear sth soup for my mom. If you’ve never had Sichuan hot pot, just imagine the most spicy, tongue-numbing yet incredibly delicious hot foods you could ever put in your mouth. MmmMmMMMMmmm..

We ordered 2 large size beef mountains and 1 small one…between 4 of us wahahahhaah

I love the hot pot places where you have to concoct your own little dipping sauce..mmmmmm i wanted to take a giant jar of my own sauce home :D

hehehe

Lucky giving us the sideways glare…

And now lastly, the giveaway! I’m sure you all know how bushy and caterpillar-like my eyebrows are by now…and I have gotten some rude/hate/jealous comments about them..but honestly, I don’t care how bushy and ridiculous they look cos i love my thick caterpillar eyebrows! Unfortunately, I don’t just wake up with magically dark bushy eyebrows (lol what) so I draw (more like FILL) mine in every morning. I usually switch around between a Maybelline crayon or the Bobbi Brown palette but I’ve heard so many great things about the Anastasia brand! Thankfully, my love of thick eyebrows got around and the kind people sent me over a little Eyebrow kit!

It comes with a helpful guide to doing your eyebrows and some cool templates/stencils for shaping them.

I used the brow wax thingy before and after I put on the powder which helps the colour to stay all day.

Here’s a before pic…totally not bushy and so plain….

and here’s the after pic! Two nice bushy caterpillars running across my forehead!

The giveaway:
The lovely people over at Anastasia has kindly given me an extra set of their Eyebrow Kit to giveaway to one of my readers! To enter, simply leave a comment below (make sure you leave your email) letting me know you’d like to enter and which colour brow kit (blonde or brunette) you’d prefer! SUPER easy right? Last day for entry will be December 15th (about TWO WEEKS) so that should give you plenty of time to enter!

This Thursday I’m leaving to New York (FINALLY) for a two week holiday! I’ll try to update while I’m there..but since I won’t be bringing my computer…I’m not sure if I’ll have access to photoshop so we’ll have to see! I will, however, be updating my twitter, instagram (superwowomg) and tumblr lots so make sure to follow me there!

Good luck to everyone entering the competition and see you guys sooooooooooooooon!