[Review] Innisfree Super Volcanic Pore Clay Mask

With natural goodness in mind, Innisfree (here for more), a Korean brand was established in 2000 to harness all the goodness of Jeju Island has to offer to mankind, from the warm sunlight, clean rain, gentle breeze to the deep serene sea comes a range of products that derive from it. Nature produces its best when you take good care of her, that is for sure *_^

We were presented with two products from Innisfree recently. We shall talk about this one today. We love a good mask, at least one that is deep cleansing. Innisfree Super Volcanic Pore Clay Mask is one of such that provides that exact purpose, and more! 

[Inspiration | Musing] The Call Of July

Goodbye June, Hello July.

Closing the book on this chapter of the month of June, July greeted us with a whirlwind of work (official and unofficial) that almost swept our feet off to a far distant land of anxiety (hopelessly out of our grasp, it felt), always chasing after the shadow of time that fell behind us, getting longer and slender by the minute, as the day passed us by, but never cease to stop, as if haunting us ever so eagerly. Beyond our control, it felt like standing in the middle of a dry meadow, letting the wind blew our serenity away, aimlessly. Luckily, the impending storm did not descent upon us and we got over it, barely alive, but nonetheless grateful.

July almost feels like a great deal is happening, production work wise, it leaves us longing for that cosiness of our bed, the warmth of an escapade, to somewhere non existence, a place without a name on the map of solitude. Guess what we really need is to seek that balance, a little more rest, stop for a moment, and regain that strength to move forward and complete the tasks at hand. 

In time like this, inching into summer, it would be great to be able kick back a little (once we complete all the projects) and soak in all the breeziness of summer has to offer -  some me time and a certain degree of reflection. Let's hope that we can maintain that balance, between work in real life and work in this illuminated world of blogging, that has become real and meaningful for us.

How is your July treating you so far, my lovelies?

All visuals via pinterest.

With summer love, 

Jeann

Sporty Edginess of Sandra Azwan's Debut Resort 2015/16 Menswear Collection

It was good timing that we received an invitation from our dear designer friend, Sandra Azwan quite some time back as that was the day we got back from an outstation trip, we remembered. With an equally excited heart, we headed to Segaris Art Centre at Publika that afternoon to attend the media preview of this local young designer's very first Resort 2015/16 Menswear collection (here) .

Studied fashion way back before 2007 and was one of the finalists in Mifa8 Fashion Forward competition locally, Sandra Azwan started off designing womenswears, (and still is) with his signature style and futuristic designs, he stood out from the rest. Never boring, always fashion-forward, we fell in love with his work many years back and super enjoyed his collection last year during the KL Fashion Week (blogged here). This time around, checking out his menswear could only mean one thing for us - exciting *_^ 

[Review] Diorskin Nude Air Compact Powder & Loose Powder

We love the lightness of Diorskin Nude Air serum foundation which we blogged about previously here, let's talk about the other two items we received from the Nude Air range today, shall we?

Lightness in terms of base makeup is what we have always been dreaming of. Even though we may not be bestowed with the best of skin, masking and covering up perfectly is never our intention when it comes to makeup. We feel foundation or face products should always be light enough in terms of feel on the skin, but does its job wonderfully in terms of giving the right amount of coverage, without leaving our face looking cakey. Dior's Diorskin Nude Air range, we feel has lived up to this expectation that we have as a wonderful base makeup finishing.

A Better Version Of You Is Always Possible!

We are a strong believer in that saying, "there is always room for improvement", in anything in life and we try our best to stick to that motto. That is why we made that decision to give LUMINNEJ a face lift recently. We could not have been happier with the final result. Of course, it is always a work-in-progress but we are contented for now. 

A super huge big HUG (+kisses) and thanks to Angelina Su, the amazing designer who is the major "engineer" behind this superlatively challenging task which set upon her the moment we decided to put her behind the wheel. Luckily, she has such wealth of experience designing webs that she delivered with flying colours (after a great deal of hassle and much headaches "bestowed" upon her by our never-ending demands and requests!). We hope we are still the best of friends at this point in time, haha *_^

There is something truly special about her (though she is relatively young), she understands great aesthetics and knows how to make things work. That's what we love about her (a huge dose of patience is a plus). We would love to extend our heart felt gratitude and love to this Indonesian girl for such an excellent work. We hope you would check Sky and Stars out if you ever need an upgrade for your blog (or for anything blog related). We are very sure that she would be more than happy to assist you! 

We hope you love our new face lift and we look forward to bringing you more exciting contents, created with the same amount of love and care, which we have been doing since we started LUMINNEJ here. Love to also take this opportunity to say a big THANKS to all our friends, brand supporters and "fans" (really?), no matter near or far, who have been following and supporting us by reading, leaving your comments and most of all, extending your true friendships to us! We would not have come this far without you, truly.

Enjoy the ride and we shall see you back here again *_^

With love,
Jeann

[Inspiration | Musing] Becoming Me, Becoming You

All visuals via LUMI's pinterest and board Words.

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[Review] Christopher Kane x NARS Collection: Excite . Enhance . Electrify

NARS in Malaysia was expending and it was our pleasure to be invited to their latest boutique opening at Midvalley Megamall recently, also in the conjunction of the launch of NARS artistic collaboration with London-based famous fashion house, Christopher Kane. We remembered the hype started way back long before the collection actually hit the market here in Malaysia and we were eager to find out what the huge hype was all about.

Having graduated from a well-known fashion design school, the Central Saint Martins College and multiple award-winner fashion designer, Christopher Kane has carved himself a name (and fashion house for that matter) by churning out distinctive designs, often re-invent and using materials, elements that tend to be conventional and turned them into fresh and super fun cool pieces and collections. Perhaps the partnership with his older sister, Tammy Kane was indeed a good idea to begin with as great minds think alike and siblings-love makes it the more exciting and fun to run a fashion label, right?

That Saturday morning was an intimate session, and the new NARS boutique was pleasantly decorated, simple but most definitely iconic of NARS’s signature look and feel. Let’s get into what our thoughts are using the Christopher Kane x NARS collection first and we shall leave the boutique experience for our future blog post, all right?

Exotic Looks From M.A.C For The 16th Annual IIFA 2015

The two lovely Emcees for the night, the dashing Vivek Oberoi and beautiful Neha Dhupia

We were super excited and honored when M.A.C Malaysia extended a special media invitation to LUMINNEJ recently to enjoy a night of Fashion Extravanganza Show in conjunction with the 16th Annual International Indian Film Festival 2015 (IIFA2015) and a chance to go back stage to take a closer look at the looks that M.A.C team has put together, specially for the 3 famous Indian fashion designers for the night.

M.A.C Cosmetics is the official sponsor of IIFA15, celebrating the brand's 10 years of support of the event globally - Dubai (UAE), Yorkshire (UK), Bangkok (Thailand), Colombo (Sri Lanka), Macau (China), Singapore, Tampa Bay (USA), Toronto (Canada) and the latest addition this year, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia). 

The day started off really long and early as we had another event to attend in the morning, by the time we headed over to have our makeup done by the M.A.C team (thanks for the kind arrangement by the way) at The Westin Hotel in the afternoon, we were a little lethargic but nonetheless could not wait for the show to begin later at Shangri-La Hotel. Super excited *_^

Alessandro Dell' Acqua's Resort 2016 For Rochas

Super dreamy and lovely soft pastel hues punctuated with bold orange, lavender, muted gold, this collection speaks "beautiful" to us, in a subtle way. Absolutely falling in love with the campaign looks and the simple pieces put together, with materials like laces, cotton, silk made into ruffled skirts and sheer gingham, and that oh so romantic pink and all white coat and pants combo, long floor skirts, really mesmerizing indeed.

[Inspiration] Beauty In Odyssey By Ruslan Khasanov

Just being, just existing, just a speck or particle, element in the water, formation with oil, glitters that sparkle with laughters that is insanely gorgeous, everything in this world has its place and purpose. Beauty breaks down into tears, tears of joy that could only uplift and inspire. 

Have you come my way to show me your true colours or have you come armed with the brightest and most beautiful side of you to entertain and please? For whatever reasons, you have succeeded, terribly well, I may add. I am more than elated. I am beyond happy... speechless.

Colours, emotion in motion... a moment fast, the next second slows down in your pace, you move with the music, in such grace that I could hardly take my eyes off you, even for that single moment in time, you have captivated my mind, and possibly my soul too.

If you had asked me, are you willing to stay, I had told you, I am more than ready to go away with you, wherever you had wanted me to, any moment, any time... but right after that, you disappeared, without a trace. How could you have left, without saying a word?

[Review] Lunasol 2015 Summer Makeup Sheer Breeze Collection

Loving the fact that summer is fast approaching for the rest of the world, but we are uber late on this blog post as our specially arranged makeover session for us by Lunasol Malaysia team was done way back gosh know when! But like they say, better late than never, right? Nonetheless, we did review  the base makeup range from Lunasol's Summer collection here though. So, let's move onto their colour makeup for this coming summer, all right? It's called Sheer Breeze Collection and we were super lucky to have our makeup done by the Japanese makeup artist, Satoru Inokubo previously.

We have always been fascinated by this Japanese brand's philosophy of creating and enhancing women's beauty through the creative use of light and shadow, with a great deal of refinement. With this Sheer Breeze Collection for summer, it is no exception. It is about draping the skin with purifying point makeup that is translucent and sheer luster, in a mature atmosphere, with vivid lip colours to summery breezy sparkling hues, refreshing with a cooler tone, almost as if purifying the soul, according to Lunasol.

Satoru Inokubo San worked really fast by prepping our skin with some lunasol skincare, then followed by base makeup and moved onto using the summery point makeup colours that we shall be reviewing here. Working with swift and experience hands and explaining his applications all the way in fluent Mandarin! (yes, we were as surprised as you *_^) He actually picked up the language during his travel makeup work trips to Taiwan over the years and he is an avid photographer too *_^ It was so great seeing the professional worked, really!