Brush Me Up

'Tokidoki'? Oh, yeah Japan no? Um, NO. Tokidoki is not Japanese but actually Italian. To be precise, Roma! Weird huh? 

Simone Legno is the designer and founder of this International brand. Who is he? Yeah, not many owners of Tokidokis actually remember or know of his existence. Pretty sad. Anyhow, Tokidoki is famous for its adorable and KAWAII stylistic characters such as cute animal cactus, babies, or hot Japanese girls. 

Then just last year I found a makeup brush package designed by Tokidoki while flipping through a magazine....probably and shamelessly 'Teenage'. Didn't get it till this year January for it is INCREDIBLY HARD to find and sourcing it came from my beloved J. Thank you so much!!! 

The package consists of three make up brushes with the most fantastic head ends which vary in different Tokidoki characters. I can't be stuffed to explain so just admire !!!!

Dying to use them and at the same time I would cry. What to do?!?!

Its A Pink Addiction

Surprise surprise, didn't take me long to wander back to the Tom Ford counter at Selfridges and submit to another lipstick. Luckily enough I didn't have to purchase it myself for a good friend of mine bought it for me as a belated bday present. Smashing bold colour yet perfect for casual clothes. Who needs layers of mascara now?

So True, Its True Coral

One look and you would know its Tom Ford. I mean come on, the bold yet truly elegant shades HAS to be TF. The posters showcasing the lipstick range is so gorgeous that even if you don't wear lipstick, you will find yourself purchasing a case at the counter. I was so drawn to the lipstick colour when I first saw the poster that I had to go try it out at the nearest store to me-Holy Selfridges. (I did try them once at Harrods a few months back but back then it made me look as if I was borderline 'cheap W'. It was off putting and I didn't think of it for awhile but since its Chinese New Year, why not try some red again? So I mustered up the courage to go back today and make a miracle happen.)

I usually do not indulge in our world's lavish collection of lipsticks since I personally feel I cannot carry it off with my square face BUT I was so determined to make SOMETHING work from this beauty from TF that no matter what I did, I just had to make it work. 

The lady attendant servicing at the counter was friendly enough to brush a few colours for me. I started off with Ginger Fawn followed by True Coral and lastly Cherry Lush. Picking up the mirror was such a fear and HOLY SH*T !!! I LOVED & LOVE IT ! Ginger, coral, cherry, O-M-G. I wanted them all. Not only that, I suddenly wanted to buy the entire collection.  An "Oh God Help me" moment. 

So after the usual 10 minutes of external decisions; 'so which one do you think looks better on me?' 'oh, really?' 'yeah but I usually wear colourful stuff' and internal decisions ;'this girl is just lying to you so you'd buy it okay' --I finally made a FINAL decision. 

And here it is....

At thirty five quid we can hear all boyfriends screaming "WHAT.WHAT.HOW.WHY.35 QUID FOR A SMALL LITTLE THING?>!?!?!!" but hey, its Tom Ford and its a good quality lipstick which will last the ENTIRE night and the morning too. (Believe it or not, its still stunning after meals-I know.) The packaging is simple and fits nicely in the hands, it has an interesting sweet odour but there is no taste. (Thank God otherwise we'll be licking the thing all night long.) It is easy enough to wear in the day and transit to the night. If you're wearing a boring outfit, smack this on and you'll be turning heads 360 degrees. Guaranteed. They probably won't be sold out anytime soon but this collection is a little wonder awaiting bombardation from courageous females. And of course males. 

Truly Colour Yourself !

  

Bling me up > Kawaii style !

Painting nails will NEVER go out of trend, most ladies either paint them a single shade or do a classic french. Throughout recent years the desire to stick sparkly gemstones (usually always swavoski nowadays) on our petite nails has grown and grown to the masses. Why? Well lets face it, the kawaii Japanese girls flaunt it in reality and on their ViVi magazines so isn't it natural that we would want them on our 10 fingers too? (ah excuse me, some people do their toes too-i know!) Shiny stuff attract magpies naturally and that goes for humans too and NO girl can say she isn't drawn to a sparkling bling. Nowadays, gel extensions have been implemented into the cosmetic market and instead of just having shiny stones stuck on our nails, ladies are having nail EXTENSIONS (yes fake substances to act as a longer nail) before having the stones carefully arranged on top. The process is simple but it seems easy for many nail parlours to get it wrong. A friend had hers done in HongKong and it took her 4 hours whereas when we did it together here in Singapore, it only took 2 hours. These little buggers make us *ahem our fingers pretty but it does come at a price which many young ladies would think twice before splashing. Hygiene and safety is important so bare that in mind but that is common sense, if the place looks dodgy-DONT BOTHER. However, there are always anomalies for 'Nail Status' at Far East Plaza at Orchard is in a rather 'dodgy' building (as compared to the rest of the malls on Orchard) but the quality and service as well as result there is a definite A*. This has been proven through years of going there, being their loyal customer and happily watching their small business grow bigger and bigger as they have recently made it into local magazines. Go Nail Status! They usually get crowded real easily so book in advance to avoid disappointment ! I paid SGD 204.80 for the gel nail extensions there and my bestie who came too paid roughly SGD 200.00 too. Pricey but totally worth it > after you get used to taking out your contacts without poking your eyes (x.x) 

 Navy blue gel tip with royce gold as a double colour, various gems across with ceramic ribbons on certain fingers. Roughly SGD.200.00

 Black gel tip extenstion with silver double colour layer, various pink gems (Ring is Swavoski Spring 2010 Collection)

Close up > it isn't so pretty up close but I wanted you to see that the gel is not applied right to the rim of the nail base for then the nail is allowed to continue to grow naturally. In order to remove these, most would think, 'ah I'll just rip them off' or 'nail remover will do'. WRONG. These will not rip off your nail, please don't try for you will ruin your nail dramatically and any sort of remover will fail. Ladies, you would either have to go back to a nail parlour and get them to remove them for you where they will file the entire chunk off or there is always home DIY which is oh my lord, SO TIRESOME. When you are ready to part with your lovely nails, grab that ugly (or pretty one if you have one) file and file away until all the bling is gone. Dont try to file away the gel extensions. You will have to clip them off as if they were your real nails and you were just clipping your nails normally. This may take a few weeks but allow the nail to grow and ever so slowly the nail extensions will grow out, you clip them and before you know it, your nails are JUST your nails again! What a tiring process right? But SO MANY ladies do it> why? Pure Vanity. And you know what, I'm proud of it. Who doesn't love being a girl?!

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