Tail of two cities

The making of:

Faux Leather tee from I.T

Alexander McQueen Scarf

Tailed skirt from Wanchai

Fi x Staccato Wedges 

xoxo

B

假如讓我八下去。

一人個有教養的八婆

與一個沒有教養的八婆

分別在於，彼此都是八婆

「八婆」帶有貶義成份,

不論是有教養或沒有教養

依然是八婆。

什麼叫有教養？

社會眼中普遍定義為飽讀詩書，

隨時「出口成文」

我指那種「出口成文」

是例如從一群專業人士一句對話中,

上了一課生物課。

至於沒有教養，

社會眼中的粗人，

一般以認為會「出口成文」

但世界有奇妙之處，

粗人可能知書識禮過一班高官,

手中讀著叔本華.

不過

八婆終究是八婆

愛八卦別人家事

是會以track恒生指數的精神，

track實oncc即時新聞,

以防甩掉安仔與文文幾時拉近埋天窗,

及人地個仔如何面對老豆老母擘面的表情

甚至自豪地說「我買忽週是因為我鍾意睇媽咪姐」

能夠自認是八婆

其實是勇氣

假如讓我八下去。

Construction men fashion

 

There is a huge construction around where I live and I've seen a lot of construction men lately. Very interestingly, I've spot this very popular 'fashion trend' among them (as seen in the picture above). It seems that a lot of them like to  roll their shirt right up to where you can see their tummies and most of time their ni.. ahem...yes... I can't say this is too attractive but I do really like the white tee pairing up with destroyed jeans and rain boots and I do agree that this can be a way to diffuse heat. 

So, here comes my  interpretation of their trend, ENJOY! 

 I have no rain boots but ankle boots work nicely too.

White tee (Ben Sherman), destroyed jeans (Superdry), ankle boots (Initial), and  messy hair. Perfect! 

srin <3

Top 5 Best Buy #2

Welcome to the second edition of Top 5. 

I bought all of these in the last month with the exception of number 5. 

Here it goes.

No. 5

White Chocolate & Parmesan Popcorn by Chef Tony's

Ok, a friend gave this to me as a present. 

Who knew two savoury and sweet flavours would mix so well together?

The only let down is that this product is only available in the Philippines. 

If this is available in our country, I would probably go buy it every week, it's that good. 

As Bi says, "ho mei dou soh jor", it's so delicious it makes you go crazy (in a good way of course). 

Here at the April lounge, we are all debating where to place this product at its deserving ranking. Some say that it should be put at a higher spot, but I can only place it at no. 5, as its not available to us at the moment. It's like a craving or obsession that we can't satisfy. 

Chef Tony, if you are reading this, we would love it if you'd bring your gourmet popcorn worldwide.
Thanks. 

No. 4

'Game on' Nude Nail Polish by Kit Cosmetics

Smooth. Easy to apply. Doesn't glug. Dries quickly. Long lasting.

Most of all, it doesn't make my nails and cuticles feel dry after days of application.
Kit also offers a lovely collection of colours. 

What more do you want?

 No. 3 

Bamboo Powder Brush by EcoTools

A super fine and smooth brush for my face. 

I got this as part of a 6 piece set for only 8AUD, that's roughly 60HKD. What a bargain!

What I love most about this brand is that they are doing their bit to help the environment. 

The taklon bristles are animal friendly, and the handle is made from bamboo timber. 

Yay for helping the environment. 

No. 2

GorillaPod by JOBY

A pod for photography lovers.
Flexible. Convenient. Fun to use.

All you need is something for it to wrap around to. 

You can check out Kai's review here.

No. 1

Lavender Silk Finishing Powder by Jurlique

 A translucent finishing powder hiding away pores, blemishes and oily skin. 

It makes my face feeling silky smooth from morning to evening, while staying matte.
And I can still smell the lavender scent hours after application.

Also, Jurlique is all about using natural ingredients for the skin.

It is on the expensive side of things but it's well worth it.

x

Miss K.

Love the way it MINKPINK!

The recipe:

Jacket @Jft Gimlet

MINKPINK one piece print dress

Mischa Travel Series Pouch

Asos Rosary necklace worn as bracelet

Forever 21 bracelet
B's favourite Spiky

Jeffrey Campbell Ankle boot

xoxo

 B

The battle between two amazing foundation

The beauty trend of having that flawless, dewy and natural-looking skin has been going on forever and I don't see the end of it. Thick foundation and too powdery looking face are so out of the season. On top of all the skin cares we are piling on our face, who really wants another layer of heavy foundation and powder to suffocate our skin, especially during the summer time.

Scarlett Johansson at the Avengers premiere with make-up looking perfect!

There are two foundation I'm currently in loved with (I love one a little bit more, you will see which), that help me achieving the perfect looking skin without being heavy. Lets have a battle fight between........

Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua foundation VS Bourjois Healthy Mix foundation

 

fight fight fighttttt......

Top:  Healthy Mix , Bottom: Vitalumiere Aqua (look the same)

 

Review: Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua foundation

Heard A LOT of raves about this foundation and so I gave it a try. It meets my expectation, being light and smooth but still provides light-medium converge, enough for everyday use. I don't recommend skipping sunscreen but  SPF 15 is good for those lazy days. I use a pea-size amount of this foundation, focusing on the centre of my face and using my fingers or sometimes a sponge to blend it out. It even out of skin tone and brighten up my complexion. The finish is dewy and it lasts more than 10 hours with a light layer of powder on top.Very natural, doesn't set into fine lines under my eyes and moist enough for my skin (although the SA recommend the foundation  for oily skin but I don't have a problem with it). The price is high (around $460HKD) as expected, of course it's CHANEL!

Review: Bourjois Healthy Mix foundation

I absolutely love this foundation. It is very similar to the chanel one without the SPF15. But without SPF doesn't bother me too much because I apply sunscreen almost everyday anyway. And actually it makes the product more versatile because it's better for flash photography (won't give you that white mask).  Other than that, healthy mix is a little creamier (chanel is definitely more liquidy ), lasts a bit longer, provides a little more converge, is a lot cheaper than chanel (around $240HKD)and it is as natural and light. I hate foundation that oxidises and becomes deeper than the colour you first pumped out. Both chanel and healthymix do not oxidise noticeably.  YAY!

Overall guess which wins the battle here????

Healthy Mix!!!

A little tip in choosing foundation, if you have yellow undertone like me, choose a pink undertone foundation will naturalise and brighten up your complexion! Awesome!

srin <3

Top 5 Best Buy of the day #1

小學至中雞時代必聽的一個電台節目，

是「五天精華遊」。　

與「嘩嘩嘩打到黎」，森美移動等，

算得上是我們這代的集體回億，　

曾經有過的So called DJ夢，亦是由此而生

「五天精華遊」其中一個環節叫「今日ＴＯＰ５ＢＥＳＴＢＵＹ」，

內容是精選是日5件精品, 

由第5位倒數至No 1, 

目的？

因為洗錢才是工作動力。　

搵錢要搵得有格, 

洗錢要洗得有睇法

活在當下，人人有責。　

洗錢,可振興經濟，

人因洗錢後買了心頭好，

條氣順了，不因芝麻綠豆發更年期發作，

社會和諧了。
好一個骨牌效應。
(Hell yeah 港女呀喂!)

事隔數年，

很多類似的主題早已出現於很多雜誌，

亦＂唔爭在＂玩埋一份。　

Lounge April 版的TOP 5 BEST BUY，

不定時放送，
不限時間，

不限類別，

不限銀碼。

馬上放送。　
第一期TOP 5 BEST 5
BY LOUNGE APRIL

No.5
Lagerfeld Necklace 

Some wear their rosaries,

and this is my rosary.

Yep,ONE of my rosaries.

No. 4
地道絲襪奶茶

加埋茶餐廳阿姐聲大夾惡，這奶茶和味過星巴女神。

No. 3
Marianne Kate Pin up girl Cosmetic Bag

不要再考慮儲夠Benefit 積分換gift bag. 

去Logon，$200有找 。

Made in Korea

百分百零幅射。

No 2

Bare Minerals Primer

不管你受不受minerals makeup一套,

他的primer 好值得一試。

作為連Concealer 都以粉會面的品牌,

Primer　必須 做得出色,

否則, what a Cake Face.

No.1  

Cut out collar from blouser

星期日路過街上一家Overwhelmed with 賓記的街邊店,

見到掛在門外的一件Blouse,

blouse 上的窩釘有股魔力吸住愛studd 如命的我,

但除了collar 之外,No offense很老土, 

那種顏色, 

是小時候茶樓推著點心車的阿姐，

身上那件似制服的＂啡不似啡＂. . . 

但那個collar 卻是如此studd. . . 

Fine, I'll take it!

回家 cut out 了collar,

成為一件百搭accessory,

用$99買了一個full of studd的collar,

抵到爛。

搵錢，靠自己。

洗錢，搵我地。

Miss B

Are you paranoid?

Do you stress over the amount of "friends" you have on facebook? Do you still reread your tweets and status over and over again after you have posted them up, contemplating how witty or funny they sound? Do you get upset because no one liked or commented on one of your posts?

I recently read an article in a magazine about the paranoia of social networking. It is a form of depression that the victims become insecure about themselves in everything they do or share with the social world. The above questions are some of the symptoms that the article mentioned. One of the sufferers in the article were convinced that her very good friend has started to defriend her because her friend wasn't replying to her message on facebook when in actual fact, the friend was simply busy. This self consciousness turns into a fear of acceptance because we know that people will critique and judge us based on what we put on our social media.

That's right, we now live in a society where it is the norm or even "socially acceptable" to critique on everything we see and hear, and do you realise that we never hesitate to do so? Even we ourselves know that we will be judged by others and we let it happen. After all what can we do, right?

Don't say you haven't looked at someone's 'myspace angles' profile picture and thought how try hard or pretentious they look. Yes you know the one, the one where the person takes a camera above their head and takes a photo of their eye (one), pout and chest.
Don't say you haven't watched Rebbecca Black's 'Friday' video and laughed at how stupid it is or cringing the song sounds. Even these kids do so, so naturally and innocently.
Don't say you haven't looked when Susan Boyle was first on stage and doubted her singing abilities.

Spikaholic

If my friends were asked to use one single word to describe Miss B, I bet the word "標奇立異" comes top. And yes, I am the kinda weirdo who is always eager to explore all sort of stuffs just to make sure the script of life drama is filled as dramatic as possible.
 Life is short. No time for dullness.

For many people, spikes are too outrageous, too awkward, too punk, too rebellious, "well I aint Gaga" "ooooh it really isnt my thing" " too edgy" and the "ooo oooo too tooo " goes on blahhhhhh....

For some fashionistas, Spikes and studds? Excuse me? PAST TENSE
 I-DARE-YOU.

Still in love with all these statement spikes and studds! 

(left to right
 spiky evil eye, spiky statement necklace
All from Topshop,
headband from forgotten online shop,
bangle from La Foret @852)

Well,the thing about fashion.....

You can use it to hide, but it's only magic when you use it to express who you really are.

Enjoy the bank holiday.

xoxo

Miss B