a penny for my thoughts

Hye all! It's been a loooooong time since I last laid words into a readable post here. Believe me, it has been one hell of a hectic absence from blogging, and Thank God for that, or I wouldn't have the brain, the heart (not to mention teh stomach) to ease it all in one. Believe me too that I am doing you as well as myself a favour by not checking in as I would love too. However that being said, I would not leave out the righteous explanation of this exhaustive behaviour.

I have

• been busy. LLb is taking a toll on me, seriously. Like three years of theory lessons aren't bad enough, the practical year that I'm facing recently has add salt to the injury. I remembered barely going through my second week of the first semester. Barely, no am not exaggerating. It is that bad. Returning to my room most of the night at 10-11 pm the latest and have to stay up for more works after that. It ain't fun, but it's a learning process. Law is tough, but everyone gets there eventually. I have to wait for my turn.
• been sick, really really sick. read above.

Now, that done, onto the main obejctive of this post.


Makeup!



Yes, as sad as it seems, it's true. Just two makeup purchases made over the span of my absence (that will be between the period of this post and the previous post). But hey, at least some people let themselves be consume by work more than sidetracking like a million times..no pun intended!

This is because less purchases requires more pictures. And that little eye does freak me out!

This is a mascara from the Essence line, a brand from Germany that is now available at Watsons and Guardians. I bought mine from the outlet itself in Mid Valley, hence the cute little pink bag. Now first thing's first- the bag. I bought this mascara for RM12.90 which is insane and got me thinking that if drugstore products were rain, this would be the flood. It is super cheap that for me, it has stretched out to being unreasonably cheap. And to think that the salesgirls there are kind enough as to give me this cute paper bag? Dear someone out there, please marry these salesgirls!

But if that's far-fetched, it would be okay just to pop into Essence outlet or the nearby pharmacy to get your hands on their products.

As far as I see, other products from this brand are super duper cheap as well. A lipliner for RM4.90? Even Elianto has to have it's July sale before they could reach that kind of prices on their products. And this line came with it's own bronzers, which is a rare find here in Malaysia but I don't doubt that. Oversea products tend to carry bronzers, shimmers and highlighters into their range. They have a huge collection of mascaras...which made me had a hard time picking the right one...and which explains why I only bought a mascara from that brand. Because usually when a new brand came out, or in this case, came into Malaysia, I would take my time to browse through their stuffs, doing appropriate research on the internet and 'abuse' the salesgirls with a lot of questions instead of jump right into it...which could happen considering again, the unreasonable price.

This baby is called the Essence Multi Action False Lashes Mascara. It was an okay mascara in my book. Better than the last Rimmel one but Loreal Ultra Volume Collagen was still the clear winner in my book. But this one coated a few times together with the Rimmel Glam Eyes would make quite a good dupe for Loreal. Would not repurchase this once it dried out because as I said, they have a huge collection of mascara in their range.


The next item is a Topshop Concealer in Light. Currently I am still using the Soap & Glory concealer but this I would use interchangeably. As you can see, I have barely ever swatch it as my former concealer was sufficient enough for the coverage that I needed, and I particularly don't like using cream concealers as they tend to crease in your faceline. But this one turn out to be okay. Not great though, just okay. And the packaging has a lot more in common with what I'm studying right now than me myself LOL.

Seriously, as of now..nothing much to be said. So please allow me a paragragh (or two) to continue rambling on about my life these past few months.

Big changes.

That's the exact words to describe it. No need two paragraphs, as with the case of my concealers, those two words are, sufficient. Sufficient, and excited for it. One thing for sure, instead of going with the flow as I always have all my life, I could finally and safely say that all are about to change and I have been living over plans now. 5 years plan, 10 years plan, 20 years plan...finally feeling the sense of grasping onto something and work hard to keep it.

So despite all the hectic and turbulences these past few months, there lies a better road ahead.

p/s: If you're wondering why I have been absent, as in put my blog in private and suddenly crop out of the blue..please check this out. Hope it clarifies everything :)