lotions and potions

hiya luvs!

my eldest niece, qamra, got me one of those beauty box subscription for my birthday. it was by a malaysian company called fabulousfinds.

i'm not much of a beauty product reviewer but i do enjoy testing them out and reading reviews by others. i dislike writing negative reviews of a product, so i shall focus on the product i like :)

comes with a personal note from my niece :)

the products i liked out of all the samples is the burt's bees - sensitive daily moisturising cream

picture knicked from the interwebs

i have oily skin. not just the t-zone, but every square inch of my face is oily. not only is it oily, but after turning 30 (now i'm 36) it has grown sensitive.

this moisturizer is heaven sent for me. the sample was so good, i went out and bought myself a full size bottle (it also helped that i was given a RM10 off voucher to sweeten the deal) !

the burt's bees sales girl at klcc explained that i could return the empty bottle back to the shop on the 31st of each month and receive a 10% discount on your next purchase. i thought that was a good enticement to buy their product again :)

a little goes a long way

calms the redness i had before and left skin matte

it mattifies my skin and also hydrates it all day. i used to find myself extremely shiny after an hour but using this, my face doesn't get so shiny that fast. it's also great under makeup. i use this before applying my concealer and powder foundation.

hope this helps a little.

luv,
jijixx

to praise you

hiya luvs!

I can't get that fatboy slim song* out of my head! it all started when i surprised my good friend ina with tickets to the fatboy slim concert last week. to be honest, it was my second fatboy slim concert here in malaysia. i still enjoyed it like it was my first! it was such a last minute decision that i manage to get hold of someone selling the ticket the day before and had the actual physical tickets on the night of the concert outside the venue! where there's a will, there's a way - hah!

i was pleasantly surprised that another girl friend, farah, also decided to join us and later through the concert, mila and dewa also made it. we were early, about 9pm and the line up consists of local DJs - LAPSAP (Litterall show), Phil K Lee and Nick Haydez. fatboy slim came out at 1am! tired me out but certainly enjoyed myself. i'm happy to report that i came home sober lol well, sober-er than my friend ;)

the next day i joined ina (again) with her family to have a pre-birthday celebratory dinner in a more wholesome environment. we had amazing middle eastern food. i got so stuffed with bread, hummus, briyani, chicken, lamb.. and the list goes on!

on the theme of birthdays and such, i received my birthday present from my eldest niece qamra. it was a subscription to malaysia's first ever beauty box - fabulousfinds. the product samples in their inaugural box are:
beaubelle's clarity - brightening cleansing exfoliator
beaubelle's gorgeous - multi defence protection cream
burt's bees - cranberry & pomegranate scrub
burt's bees - milk & honey body lotion
burt's bees - sensitive daily moisturising cream
benefit cosmetics - the porefessional
crabtree & evelyn - iris ultra moisturising hand therapy
lunasol - skin finishing powder
shu uemera - ultimate8 sublime beauty cleansing oil
~phew!
 i'm not much of a beauty reviewer but i'll give my two cents worth after i have tried the sample products for atleast about a week i suppose. fingers crossed!

 *praise you (click to listen)

enjoy the pics!

luv,
jijixx

me, ina and farah

mila, ina and farah

norman cook a.k.a fatboy slim

 

stay tune for the fabulousfinds box review xx

quickfix at 36

hiya luvs!

i turned 36 yesterday. i got to have a lovely dinner with my girlfriends and karaoke'd (my most favourite past time!) it was one of those times when i just wanted to dress all girly and hang around with my girlfriends and be fabulous lol! i also wanted to have my favourite chocolate hazelnut tart for my birthday which was lovingly made by my darling neighbour ina. i told my girlfriends the theme was 'show some skin'.

my other girlfriend, weween, (who incidentally gave birth around 2 weeks ago) dug up one of her scooped-neckline dress and said now she can fill them nicely lol i.e. heaving boobies!

moon, my 'pillar of strength, drove all the way from johor which is about 4 hours away. tired and super busy she may be, she still managed to come looking the gorgeous minx she is!

thanks to all the lovely ladies who made my birthday extra special xx enjoy the pics!

luv, jijixx

picture (stolen) from ina

top from dorothy perkins (purposedly worn wrong way round)

light pink tanktop from h&m

light grey skirt from the reject shop

neon yellow bangle from h&m

handbag from valentino 

earrings gifted 

bouncy castle little monsters

hiya luvs,

in my last post i did mentioned about my littlest nephew Adam's 6th birthday two weeks ago. well, he is into moshi monsters and i decided to decorate the party with that as the theme. i wished it went a little smoother but oh well. we had it at the golf club again (our home away from home) and it was quite a challenge but well worth it.

i think for my birthday i would like a bouncy castle too.
enjoy the pics!

luv,
jijixx

pics by ina

cupcakes by wondermilk

my niece, qamra, with her friends

with my mum

more pictures from our cameras:

birthday guy, adam

my niece maya

mum and son

score! a very tired aunty

with ina *thank you*

cardigan from h & m

top from peacocks

shorts from marks & spencer

earrings from folie folie

and on a sad note, jojo my cat, passed away early this morning. mama loves you always xx

80th birthday parties

hiya luvs,

sorry i've been a bad blogger but i had nothing to write about in november and come december, i was too busy to sit down and organize my pictures.

i'm the youngest of 3 siblings. my elder sister and brother are married with kids. i grew up about 10 years apart from my first born niece. i wasn't fond of her at first lol. i was very much pampered by the grown ups until she arrive and stole my thunder lol but i grew to love all of them so much and became very much attached. i remember the times i used to shuttle them around when i got my driving license. it was mostly to extra-curricular classes like computer, piano, violin, cello - the list goes on. eventually i even followed them clubbing! ...when they we're of age (well kinda lol) and now they're working. how time flies...

my dad turned 80 on boxing day and we had a glorious time celebrating it. it was great that all my nieces and nephews, brother, sister and spouses, were around to celebrate my dad's 80th birthday. we had it at his favourite place in the world - the golf club. he used to live there i swear! he doesn't golf any more but he does go on the treadmill of the gym a few times a week.

happy birthday ishak.

enjoy the pics!

luv,
jijixx

ps. this is my 80th post! how's that for coincidence!
photos by naz

dad

my family

3 generations

with extended family

the sirens lol

with she-who-stole-my-thunder

with youngest member of the motley crew

my mum

dress from monsoon

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