I know it has been ages since I've been active on Youtube and since 2016 is near, I thought why not revamp, restart and rework my Youtube channel as I did on my blogs. As I'm turning 29 this coming year, my goals are becoming clearer and I'm more focused towards where I see my business is going in the future thus pushing my own platforms is the start to bigger things, hopefully.

The first video I've uploaded is a collaborative effort between Sephora Malaysia and my team to come up with creative beauty videos that not only highlights their new in-store brand, moonshot, but to also show what my team and I can do with our resources.

I had a great time brainstorming and playing with the moonshot products that was provided for the shoot and it's safe to say that I currently am using most of them now on a daily basis. Their Jelly Pots are amazing and the colors are highly pigmented. I can't live without the Mist Essence Moist face spray and even brought it to Bali with me. Their products are both multi-functional and interesting to use, as it just requires a little bit of creativity to get the best out of them. Here's a list of all the moonshot products I used in the video:

Please leave me a comment on youtube if you like this video, give it a thumbs up and subscribe to my channel as I have more videos coming in the near future. Don't hesitate to leave me suggestions on what you want to see in my videos in the comments section too! Thanks for watching.

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These lip lacquers are light, gives a subtle shade but still has a pop of color on the lips. Its fine gold pearls are great to complete a look all day long. These warm range are the opposite of the usual moody winter shades so it gives an edgy, electro twist to your look. Available in three shades - #plum shimmer, #fleur shine, #persimmon glow. 

BEAUTY REMIX SMOKEY EYE & CHEEK PALETTE

This nifty little palette is a great addition to my palette collection for the city girl in me. The hues reminds me of nu-electro, big city-girl boldness - inspired by the Western smokey eye look and Tokyo street girl's high cheek. There are plenty of looks that could be created from this small palette - bold to subtle for a fresh twist. It comes in two set of shades - #indigo and #plum.

#indigo palette - a collision between effortless French style smokey eye in navy and pink blush under eyes inspired by a youthful Tokyo spirit.

PLAY & REMIX DRAWING PENCIL

Shu Uemura's eye pencils are one of my favorites - enhancing the smokey eye are taken up a notch with an edgy colored wing. They are creamy, glides on easily and could be used together or on its own for an interesting collision to channel the Paris-Tokyo vibe. It comes in four shades - #M indigo, #M plum, #G silver, #G gold. 

I used the #indigo smokey eye & cheek palette around my eyes with the navy and white to create a smokey look. The upper eyelid was lined with the indigo eyeliner while the bottom waterline was lined with the plum eyeliner. The cheeks are subtly brushed with glow on pink from the smokey palette. On my lips were the combination of three lip laque sparkler - # plum shimmer, #fleur shine and # persimmon glow. 

Bobbi Brown has introduced rich new formula Luxe Lip color - it is ultra luxurious, glides effortlessly, nourishes and color the lips sans feathering or flaking. As Bobbi Brown is known for being classic and timeless, this Luxe Lips comes in 30 shades of subtle pinks to bright oranges and even to deep reds. This is probably the largest range of shades offered at one time. These shades were the results of Bobbi's internal collaboration with her makeup artists from around the world to determine the most popular global shade lineup that caters to every skin tone. 

With the very chic gold tube, I definitely felt the luxe Bobbi tries to give to her fans. The lipsticks were buttery - it melts on the lips and glides on as if a liquid lipstick would but it does not feather easily. Application was very precise and I definitely love the two shades I received - Your Majesty and Parisian Red, just in time for the Fall Winter season. 

Your Majesty is a reddish brownish color, almost like the lovechild of brick and plum that I decided to create my entire look towards a more rustic, dark-brownish palette. For this look, I used Bobbi Brown's:

- Holiday '14 Shimmerbrick over my base
- Perfectly Defined Long-Wear Brow Pencil in Saddle
- Long-Wear Cream Shadow Stick in Heather Steel
- Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner in Black Scotch
- Luxe Lip in Your Majesty

Parisian Red on the other hand is a bluish-toned red lipstick that could recreate the signature Taylor Swift RED look with just a simple swipe of black eyeliner and a clean base for day, and a little darker shading around the eyelids required for the Blank Space look. For this look I used Bobbi Brown's:

- Holiday '14 Shimmerbrick over my base
- Perfectly Defined Long-Wear Brow Pencil in Mahogany
- Long-Wear Cream Shadow Stick in Soft Peach on upper lids and lower lids
- Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner in Black Ink
- Luxe Lip in Parisian Red

For full coverage, apply with a simple swipe from the tube. The lipstick is made with a custom molded bullet, and the pointed tip makes it easier to line and define the outer edges of the lips, almost like a built-in lip liner so you'll be good to touch up and reapply as you go. Bobbi Brown Luxe Lip retails for RM107 at Bobbi Brown stores in Malaysia.

Their Golden Hour Getaway Holiday lookbook for 2015 captures the essence of a 70's bohemian queen featuring Siberian model, Vika Falileeva. The airy, heavily decorated dresses are of something I'd imagine to wear to exquisite dinner parties while the laced white dresses would be reserved for dancing and picking flowers in the meadow. The collection is a bit of hit-or-miss but majority was a hit in my books. I love flowy garments and mixture of textures so it's a definite yes in a heartbeat for me. The rustic color palette is just perfect for the holiday season although the thin materials would be questionable at this time of the year but that won't stop us girls in the Southern Hemispheres to rock the frock this season.

photo source and full lookbook here

About twenty years ago, Urban Decay was born out of the frustration of the 'pretty' beauty market - pinks and beige dominated the beauty market and other colors such as green and purple never made it on the shelves. Sandy Lerner then decided to make her own cosmetics that she likes instead of adhering to the generic market and catering to the 90's grunge market by releasing 10 lipsticks and 12 nail enamels with names such as Roach, Smog, Rust, Oil Slick and Acid Rain. Fast forward to today, there's not a beauty brand that does not carry purple nail polish and Urban Decay has moved on from the teen angst era and became a cult among beauty lovers worldwide. 

I mean, have you not heard of the Naked Palette? It is still one of the most coveted palettes around with shades of neutrals beiges to shimmery blacks, the palette has become somewhat essential in a girl's beauty product collection at least once in her life. It doesn't just stop there - the moment I had my first palette, I bought my mum one and it keeps going on and on to their primers, eyeliners, lipliners and so on. Now that Urban Decay has finally opened its first Malaysian flagship store in KLCC shopping mall, Kuala Lumpur and I went for a quick visit to see what the hype was about. 

The store is sleek, easy to navigate (most counters are similar, it's just duplicated to serve multitude of customers at one go) and it is decked in Urban Decay's official violet and black theme. But what's so different in this Urban Decay store compared to the array of products they have in Sephora, which is just less then 400 meters away? 

For starters, they have the UD Spectrum palette (only about 100 I was told) being sold in the stores. There are also classic items like the eyeshadow but in different metallic colors which are not available in Sephora. They currently do not do make-up services like other cosmetic stores but they have staff to help you figure out your best shade, and to teach you their trade secrets with the Urban Decay range. I am horrible when it comes to concealers so knowing that I could wear cream concealers and how to set it, thanks to the UD makeup staff I'm now no longer afraid to try on different types of concealers. Basically, there are more colorways and items that Sephora does not carry, so it is still recommended that you check out the store when you are in KLCC. 

C27, Concourse Level, Suria KLCC, 241, Jalan P Ramlee, KL City Centre, 50088 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

I have a specific taste when it comes to buying scents and Victoria's Secret perfumes always does it for me. My fifth bottle and counting, this bottle is wrapped in delicate tulle and laced up corset, inspired by their lingerie - flirty, iconic and seductive. With notes of Belladona Orange, Solar Gardemia and Golden Amber, this scent currently puts a spark in my ensemble. Although it comes from the warm fragrance family, Victoria's Secret's Forever Sexy is not too sharp on the nose. This is quickly becoming my favorite fragrance. 

The perks of doing what I'm doing is that I always get samples or the latest stuff for beauty and skincare products and these perks passes down to my husband. Over the past two years we've been married I've started to notice that we're sharing a lot of things than our feelings - our skincare and down to the facial tools we use. We now have a Clarisonic device each (which we swear on to keep our face clean), and a few skincare brands we stick to and use together:

I have always dreamed of using La Mer since high school. It was one of those brands I've told my teen self to buy once I make some bank. Now that I'm working I realised that it's an investment to have at least one or two high-end skincare product to keep your skin in check. The first time I tried La Mer, it was the Illuminating Eye Serum (which I bring with me traveling and religiously use before bedtime) and I love it. My husband and I have bad sinus problems, which causes us to have dark circles and eyebags (cause you don't get deep sleep from the blocked nasal) and the eye serum helps a little to reduce the puffiness and the dark circles. We've just received this Treatment Lotion from La Mer which can be used by my husband and I! This lotion is best used as an aftershave for men, and as a toning water after cleansing for women. It comes off a little oily, but dries off instantly as your pat it into your skin and leaves a satin finish. I love the light scent, smells like scented powder. 

The first time I encountered Peter Thomas Roth products were during my stays in Hilton Hotels. When Sephora Malaysia brought them in, I couldn't resist trying out one of the products - it started with the Un-Wrinkle Turbo Toning Lotion, onto the Gel Masks (cucumber and rose are my favorites), and the most recent one is the Cucumber De-Tox foam cleanser. I love the fact that they are gentle to my skin and does not cause me to break out, while my husband loves that they provide just the right amount of moisture as he dislikes heavy or creamy products. In fact, we use the mask when we travel especially on beach trips. All you have to do is pop the mask in the fridge and use it to cool down your sun-kissed skin. It's also great to sleep with (yes, you sleep with the mask on) and wake up to supple skin the morning after. I have just received a serum from this brand to try out but I have yet to. Will probably post it up very, very soon.

My husband needed a new set of skincare while we were mid-traveling for a month as his ran out, and he has always wanted to buy something from MUJI. We were in Bangkok and dropped by at an outlet and I thought he'd buy no more than just a cleanser and toner. Lo and behold, he went for the dive and bought the entire anti-ageing range (there's 4 ranges in stores) except serum and moisturiser. I guess you'd notice by now how he dislikes the whole moisturiser part of the routine as he does not want to look 'dewy'. Must be a manly thing. So far, I'm a fan of the cleansing soap, toner and I also use the shampoo once in a while. Love the smell, it has some sort of a rooted, citrus and ginseng scent. I'm on the fence with the cleansing gel though - it's lovely to melt impurities on my face but it doesn't wash off very well and it took some time to really cleanse my mascara. In this case, I have to say that I'll pretty much stick to my favorite oil cleansers for obvious reasons. 

I've given some thought about reviving my blog in the past few months - delete all my previous posts,  get a new url, or just revamp this one. I know I've said that I might not want to continue writing again, my blog was saturated with ads and they're mostly things that are unrelated to my main goals. As hard as I tried to avoid them, some of them did pay the bills. It was hard to not write, there's always something on my mind that I'd like to share.

This time around, I'm going strict on my blog - fashion, beauty and the occasional lifestyle. I already have my travel and food site separately. Let's try it one more time, and see where this takes us.