Brow Resurrection + Eye Define (With Images)

Slept the whole day to stave off the fever and boy, do I feel ten times better than I did this morning. I'm on extended MC but I hope I don't get to use it. Pray that my fever doesn't come back tonight.

Time for something productive after sleeping so much. Was looking through some photos and found these meant for a blog archive sometime back. 

In August 2012, I went for the BR + ED package promo which set me back about $1.6k. To chart my journey, I also took photos on the day of my brow and eyeliner job. 

As I looked back on my new brows, I realised it was too dark initially but had faded to a nice natural gray after about 6 months or so. Around the same time, I decided I wanted bangs and had it for about a year before I grew out a side fringe. Alas! My brows had no chance to show itself off. 

2 years on, I could still get away without drawing my brows or putting on mascara thanks to BR + ED. 

 This was, I think, 1-3 months post BR and ED

Scrubbed face, sans makeup, natural light

Best look of my life

 Brows look harsher indoors

 Most current look circa December 2013

Brows are drawn in using brown pencil to soften the look

 Also taken in December 2013

This was taken after my submerged water baptism

No makeup and brows weren't drawn

 One of the first few bangs I spotted

Brows weren't drawn

Annie, my stylist, commented that my brows was too harsh

Most of the time my bangs look like this

Completely covered my brows

The photos below will chronicle my process with BR + ED. I thought the BR was more painful than ED. Some of my friends thought otherwise. When I went for my touch up 3 months later, it was the other way round. Till date, I can only say that I may or may not go back for BR but ED is something I'll probably consider doing again because I have very light looking lash line. 

 Before BR + ED

 Before BR + ED

 3 colours to choose from

I went for the darkest shade (top) because I wanted it to last longer and it matched my black hair then

Swatch from top-bottom: Black, Grey, Brown

 After BR + ED

 After BR + ED

Perfecto brows!

Hairy update

It's getting a lil quiet over here ain't it? In case my memory fails me, I'll pen a little update for the sake of sanity.

Was looking through old photos before the era of Nick and thought "Hey look at that chick having fun and all, what a social life. She looked so carefree"

And fast forward a couple of years later I still thought she looked the same, only better. I must add that the albums have grown exponentially. All 60 of them. I counted. 

Something that struck me was how different I looked with long hair. Sure I may look slightly more feminine but something was lacking. I feel I didn't look as pretty. I wished I have better quality hair but that's not to say I don't appreciate my natural wave and roughness. It hold certain styles very well. What I'm trying to say is that, long hair isn't for me. Period. I don't know if I'm going to regret saying this but I don't think I'm ever going to keep long hair. 

Until then, I'll just keep experimenting while I still can. 

Life is good when you know what you want. 

An old photo of me with rapunzel like hair.

dehydrated and very hungry

fact was, i got home not very long ago from a movie and supper.

we caught The Sister's Keeper and left with glassy eyes. it was a heartbreaking movie filmed from great vantage points. i was sure i would get the poignant novel someday in the near future.

supper was actually dinner for me. i had veggie broth at spize. as usual, service was non-existent and that overrated place overcharged again but fortunately we double checked. as a prata place, the broth wasn't great but when ter asked if i'd have it again, i told him i would under the circumstances that i'm feeling sick (again).

i'm still feeling rather stoned from the drunkened weekend and am vegetating with a bag of chips.

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in other news, i've been meaning to post these up but timing was a bitch.

prawning, oh prawning. good times, great catches. with sweet ole katt.


frolicked


preparing the bait for my rod


we sat, we stood, we waited. we talked. a lot.


our friends opposite


plenty patience yes


katt got the biggest catch


this was taken well over the 6th hour


the guys cleaning and prepping for the bbq

we must have caught like 30-40 prawns

it was a good first experience but 10 hours was a bit of a stretch but still good nonetheless. and to experience it with katt dear was priceless. :)

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halloween was pretty insane. i'm awaiting pictures from eug. for the millionth time, i'm still afraid of the pictures that are coming up. i've a feeling i wouldn't remember most of it.

"i know you were drunk. you were talking to this bunch of people from the next table. i can't bear to watch." - quoted from eug.

never fails to amaze me

derek had a really bad week so i met up with him on monday for tete-a-tete over a quick dinner and a cosy nightcap. it was all very spontaneous. what surprised me was the stuff he shared with me. he got me when he said he felt really at ease just by talking to me and sharing stuff. i suppose i'm gifted with the multi talent of an aunt agony.

well, these past few weeks had been rather unkind. i do hope it's a short phase. i can't wait to get over this wave of emotions. it's not the best month to be feeling low what with all these good parties popping up all over the calendar. me being me, finds it tough to say no to trance. ever.

i'm currently at an ending process of sorting out my thoughts. unfortunately things doesn't always go the way it should be. getting it out of my system has been rather detoxifying for the soul. i suppressed a lot of negativity because i hardly seek comfort in sharing them. i've been ever so tough on the outside but always softer than jelly on the inside. it's not apt to reveal much except that it'd be interesting to chronicle this episode as a milestone.

interestingly, i was telling derek how my whole life was reshaped after the previous relationship. the changes or metamorphosis as i'd like to call it, was enormous. as compared to the past, i'm definitely more open now but also more judgemental. yes, i judge. i also filter. i'm a huge skeptic. of course, there were many more reasons that crafted my outlook today, least of all the relationship.

in lighter news, it's daffy's birthday today! we knew each other when we were kids. when we were mere 11 year olds i think. it's so swift. 14 years have gone by since the day we first met. well we are heading out to celebrate her birthday this friday. but before i leap into it, here's a recap of what we did on our dearest ying's birthday which fell on 24 September.

we pre-celebrated with her at Thai Accent (VivoCity) for two reasons. 1) it's one of my favourite thai restaurant. 2) dear daffy wanted to satisfy her once a year craving for thai food. sweetest ying was the most accommodating among us even though it was her birthday so to speak. the food was good and we polished every single morsel. we felt like a pregnant whale afterwards.

now, we had plans to treat her to a good meal since she just returned from LA. but i had grander plans than that. the moment i found out about an alternate plan for the F1 weekend, i knew the grandstand tickets had to go to ying! she's a true blue all-motors girl. i knew that decision couldn't be more ingenious when i later saw that priceless joy stretched across her beautiful face!


the present


the passes to good times


p'apple rice which i strongly recommended/pork ribbed fried noodles that daffy wanted


kangkong with sambal/thai fish cakes/creamy tom yum soup


daffy (in black)/ying (blue)/myself


we surprised her with a feret noir treat (that's black forest) from bakerzin
a very light but yummy cake no less! more importantly, ying loved it.


colour coordinated, not.


with my prettiest girlfriends


our night was extended to capella at sentosa


the girly bonding


the brilliant menu that came with a reading light


girlfriends' receding backviews

the souvenir from LA

less digitally enhanced photos are also found here.

what the hell

when was this?! how is it that...

who is this??

post shock, i just don't think i can ever remember taking this picture. the furthest i can remember is that this is not my swimwear. it must have belonged to row. wow, some work needs to be done soon.

sieving through my archives, i must have stored millions and billions of pictures stashed away in my hardly accessed 700 gigabytes external drive. browsing over them brought back lots of giggles, shocks, memories and glassy eyes. upon speculation, i think it's gonna take me days or weeks to finish poring through everything.

i have so much backlog photos to post i don't even know where to begin. and even if i don't, it was really fun to reminisce away.

maybe i will start a backlog soon. i think you guys will love it.

better together

there are just too many treasures i found in the archives and here are just a few scattered pieces. i love to share them.

get the skinny on: those lean years

rocking out before school


v-day roses from gid


project mates








Mmmm, It's always better when we're together
Yeah we'll look at the stars and we're together
Well, it's always better when we're together
Yeah it's always better when we're together
(jack johnson - better together)