[Inspiration | Musing] The Truth of The Matter

We tend to swing from mood to mood, life drags us along like herds of slave, slaves to our own crazy little wild mind, running along the streets of boredom, down the valley of mundane little act of sanity, trying to make sense of each and every little of our nuances, or reactions towards life.

The truth of the matter is, in fact, we can always turn things around. There is always a choice...

Today is one of those days, that we choose to move beyond our insanity, and try and re-capture that little specks of happiness, just by flipping our own mind over, to something more beautiful than what our eyes could see. 

Write yourself a love letter, plug into perhaps the kind of music that makes your head dance, and your heart skip a little soft beat, making you feel all alive, again, or just do whatever that makes you happy, even just for that brief moment. It is all worthwhile, after all, for we only have this one lifetime to live.

May as well make it count and live like there is no tomorrow!

Enjoy your weekend ahead, lovelies. We know we will.

Visuals via LUMI pinterest here | White bra | Eyes closed | Black typewriter | Freckled nose | Pink envelope | Listening to music | White headphones 

With love, 

Jeann

[FACES] The Exquisite Sharing of Melvita's Nectar Suprême The Serum & Oil & All Things Organic With Didier Thevenin

We had the pleasure of attending one of our favourite French organic beauty brands, Melvita's new Nectar Suprême The Serum & Oil sharing session recently and got a chance to have a chat with the brand's Head of Global Training, Education & PR, Mr. Didier Thevenin. It was most definitely an eye-opener to be able to listen, first-hand from a trainer's perspective, in terms of how one should approach anti-ageing skincare while at the same time, embrace how we age, as naturally as possible, as women. So, here is our quick chat and our exquisite time with Melvita Malaysia that very beautiful afternoon, at Ciao Restorante. Thanks to our friends at Melvita Malaysia for the kind arrangement *_^

[Review] Cuepido Antioxidant Booster Serum & Luminous Beauty Essence

You may have a slight impression of the natural beauty brand name, Cuepido as we have previously reviewed two of their beautiful makeup items before here. Today, we would love to share with you lovelies our experience of using two of their beauty products, which incidentally are two of their best-selling items. Yes, we are talking about Cuepido's Antioxidant Booster Serum and the Luminous Beauty Essence.

Simple is Beautiful, that is the brand's philosophy, which we love. A beauty brand from the States, Cuepido takes pride in making sure that the products they offer are all derived from natural sources, and most of all, FREE from commonly known harmful ingredients - all Cuepido products are formulated without parabens, phthalates, tricloson, suphates and gluten. One can use these products with a peace of mind. Are you into natural skincare? If yes, perhaps you would like to stay around more *_^

[Review] Dior One Essential Mist-Lotion & Eye Serum | A Detox Ritual

Modern daily aggressions like air pollution, sun exposure, city dust and particles can take a toll on our skin, as we are exposed to them on a daily basis. Of course, coupled with emotional and stress level from living a fast-paced life, our skin's natural defence system can set us back even further. So, as often as we are used to detoxifying our body, our skin does need its special kind of detox too. Hence, we are sharing a little of our experience using the Dior's One Essential range today - The Dior One Essential Mist Lotion and the Dior One Essential Eye Serum. Shall we begin then?

clé de peau BEAUTÉ And Its Roaring 20s Charm | A Night of Being Seductively Beautiful

The invitation from our friends at clé de peau BEAUTÉ Malaysia recently was most definitely an intriguing one. It came with the theme of Fearless Beauty In The Roaring 20s and all guests were requested to dress up in our most glamorous Art Deco outfits to fit that night's occasion. We were super excited, and could not wait to attend the soirée, actually.

The occasion or so-called party of the night was in celebration of the launch this luxurious brand's latest 2016 Holiday Collection, aptly having the theme, Les Années Folles. The location? Savini Ristorante Italiano at The Intermark and the venue was transformed into a space and time that we felt we have arrived at a different era, a time when a new, liberated age for post-war Europe was celebrated, a time when a young generation indulged in society's latest trend, the intelligentsia, culturati and artists communed at Parisian sidewalk cafes culture flourished.

[Inspiration | Musing] Listen To The Woman In You

A light drizzling Monday morning

Listening listening

Listen to 

Your Heart

Your Inner Voice

Your Mind

Your Body

Your Own Kind of Sensual

Listen more

Listen to the rain

the blue sky and the birds chirping

the autumn leaves falling

the warm drink you have prepared

the people around you

the one who makes you laugh and cry

the one who makes you YOU, and more 

All visuals via LUMI Pinterest board 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

Have a wonderfully luminous new week ahead, lovelies *_^

With love,

Jeann

[Review] Jo Malone London Basil & Neroli - That Cheeky London Lark Moments That Captivate The Young Soul In Us

Jo Malone London. Yes, you. You have never failed to amaze us, time and time again, with your signature style of scents, layering, pampering, with such an adventurous and explorative attitude. This latest one, The London Lark - Basil & Neroli range is no exception (here for more). We are indeed honoured and humbled yet again, to be able to be a part of this wonderful discovery and experience, to be introduced to us, that very enchanting morning, not too long ago.

[Review] M.A.C It's A Strike - It's Striking, Alright!

Hello there! Nalinie here. We are back again with three more products from M.A.C Cosmetics to test and review. From It's A Strike collection (here for more), we have the Perfect Score Lipstick of deep red tone, Perfect Frame Lipgloss which is in deep burgundy and the lime-green with yellowish hue, Bowlarama Eyeshadow. The collection comes in varied hues that may just strike you as fancy and fun. Stick around and find out more, will you, lovelies?

[Review] Olay Regenerist Anti-Aging Series | Olay Regenerist Miracle Boost Youth Pre-Essence & Olay Regenerist Micro-Sculpting Night Cream

What does the brand name OLAY mean to us, one may ask? Well, most definitely one that stood the test of time. We remember quite fondly that the brand existed way back in those days when we were growing up and admiring our own mother enjoying a jar of Olay cream on her classic dressing table. Incidentally, it is also the ONE and ONLY face cream or skincare product that our mother-in-law swears by and used all these years, even till today! If you had a chance to take a peek at her face and skin texture, one would not believe that she is in her 70s now and has less wrinkles than the younger woman next door, seriously! Now, that is what we called revealing your #BestBeautiful *_^

Of course, over the years, Olay as a brand has evolved and progressed to offer women around the world with better and more exciting range of skincare products and expanded to even younger consumers. Here for more. Today, we would like to share a little of our experience using 2 of the selected skincare products from Olay Regenerist range - the Olay Regenerist Miracle Boost Youth Pre-Essence and the Olay Regenerist Micro-Sculpting Night Cream. (even though we did also try out the Olay Regenerist Micro-Sculpting Cream, which is the day moisturizer)

[Inspiration | Musing] It Is What It Is, No More No Less, Just Let It Be

 
"Life is a dance between making it happen and letting it happen" says Arianna Huffington. It happened that you walked into my week with such amusement that I found it wicked, but I could only leave it to chances, let's just say that perhaps fate would like that the universe to speak in an utterly strange language that only the both of us could comprehend, in a strange oddly manner. Between staying awake in a make-believe world and dreaming in a real world, words could only be as real as we choose to believe, or otherwise, never to be taken seriously. Just let it be as it can only be a playground of strung-characters that dance to the rhythm of life's lessons, to the beat of the imaginative stage, like the performances of shadows in the light, never meant to come alive, only for the amusement of its puppet owner. It feels a lot like love - love for the sake of loving the fun of it.

Pretence is a subtraction of the state of truth, but can be an addition to a form of entertainment. Perhaps it all depends on which window of perception you choose to open. It feels so much like having to feel the warmth of the sun amidst the coldness of the rain, all at the same time, contradicting, yet could co-exist within the same space and time. Sadly illusive, nonetheless real. Yes, you, the piece(s) of happiness and sanity that we are always searching in life.

Just let it be.

Wishing you lovelies a luminously lovely new week *_^

Visuals via LUMI Pinterest | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 - fight for happiness, bowl, music & vinyl and asian face

With love, 

Jeann

[Review] Lancôme Grandiôse Liner and Grandiôse Extreme | Achieving That Irresistible Winged Eyes

We must first and foremost announce that we have never used a liquid eyeliner before! Just the thought of it scares us a little, feels so daunting, as we have butter and jittery fingers when it comes to drawing some precision lines, more so onto our delicate eyes area with some form of ink that is hard to erase if one makes a mistake. So, eager we were to explore the new Lancôme Grandiôse Liner (here for more) and its partner in crime, the Grandiôse Extrȇme (Mascara) at IOI City Mall when the invite came in from our lovely friends at Lancôme Malaysia recently. With all the #bendtheline buzz around this new fantastic 35 degree bendable wand, an exclusive technology by Lancôme, we definitely needed to check it out and also see if this one will ease our way into using a liquid eyeliner much more pleasantly with less anxiety *_^

[Inspiration | Musing] Oh October, How Should I Exist? For You Or For Myself?

September whisked by with great moments of short escape, long-awaited, totally grateful for such an opportunity. Time spent away out of the norm seems like wind blowing ever so gingerly, beautiful yet disappear without a trace so swiftly. How we wish it could stay on a while more, to ease the tiredness of our mind.

How many of us live this life, putting on the best smiles on our face, but not revealing those tears behind them? How many of us live this life, amongst the sea of humanity, only to feel the loneliest soul that is standing in the middle of the street, or at the edge of the lake, letting our own reflection starring right back at us? How many of us live this life, in pretence that everything is lovely from the outside, when everything else is broken from the inside?

But then again ...

Life should be beautiful, life is beautiful, life can only be beautiful if you allow it to, if you only try a little harder, cease those moments of happiness that silently creep through, like a beam of sunshine in the morning, like the sip of tea in the mind of the wanderer.

Free your mind and believe that the best will belong to you, eventually, one fine day.

How do you see your October, my lovelies?

Visuals via LUMI Pinterest here: 1 Black and White  | 2 Had Me At Hello | 3 By The Lake | 4 Morning Tea Bag | 5 Free In My World

With love, 

Jeann