I finally decided to dye my hurr today. I used Loreal Paris Couleur Experte in 6.3 Brioche. I bought the hair dye a while ago, but never got to it. I always had an excuse cause this dye required two steps. First step is the base color and second are the highlights. That means washing hair TWICE. Ugh. (Can you tell I'm lazy?) Anyway, I left the highlights on only for half of the time suggested, because I wanted it to be very subtle and "natural" looking. More like different tones and shine than highlights (which I really hate). Here's the outcome~ It's been a while since I have dyed my hurr. I really like it and hope my students won't make a big deal about it at school on Monday. :)

(please excuse my messy makeup and goofy face)

Today, I had a fantastic Chinese New Year dinner with my mom, sister, micheal, and Helen. We ate at Hing Kee in Chinatown. :) so Yummie. After that I went to a Chinese bakery and got some white sugar sponge cake. It's one of my favs!

Ok, I'm sorry I have to talk about this after talking about food, but my sister knitted me a pile of poop (upon request......). LOL. Luvs it! Isn't it cute?! Speaking of poo poo, at work last Saturday, there was this horrendous smell coming from the back where the bathroom and laundry is. It smelt so bad the entire day and I thought it was a broken pipe or sewage. When my boss came to close up the spa at the end of the night, I mentioned the smell and she went back there to check it out. She said that it was maybe some women's tampon. She looks inside the bathroom garbage can and found a piece of giant TURD!!!! Groossssss. It was hilarious though, cause she was like, "It's not tampon, it's POOOO POOOOOOOO!!!". Super lolz.

Happy Chinese New Year to all! This year, Chinese New Year will be Monday (tmr). It is the year of the Ox~ Moooooo~ I hope everyone will have a wonderful, prosperous, beautiful, awesome, year. :)

(I found the above pic on Flickrcc. It's suppose to be a Chinese NY display inside the MTR station! Oh how i wish i was there!)

The contest I entered for Paper Doll Revenge is finally up for voting! Please take a look and vote! (even if it's not me!) hehe ;D Vote on the right side of the page.

Many of you beauty bloggers and experts know about the Cosmetics Settlement that has been going on. All I have to say is if you live in the US, go now to your nearest Macy's, Nordstrom, Dillards, the list goes on and on. I went right after work straight to Nordstrom on Michigan Ave. At Nordstrom, I didn't have to wait in line at all. I chose Dior's j'adore perfume. It is the 15ml-0.5 FL.OZ version. Then I headed to Macy's where there were two lines. One was shorter for a choice of Estee Lauder's night serum and Clinique's Moisture Surge. I chose the surge and it was the 1 OZ/10ml version. I could've gone to the lonnnnng line for perfume, but I was tired. I could've also went to the other Nordstrom, but it was getting late. ***sigh*** I'm so happy I got these two goodies though!!! :D

The pic above is of a bus that rammed into a store in the plaza next to the salon I work at. The funny thing is, even though it was across the street, I did not hear it at all! In fact, I didn't notice it until I heard 6 fire trucks, a few police cars, and ambulances rushing to the scene. I thought a fire broke out in a nearby restaurant or something. I honestly do not know how that happened, but quite interesting and I definitely should be more attentive to my surroundings!

I went shopping after my first video conference today! Yay! There are seriously some major deals out there. I got a MNG trenchcoat for 50% off! It's just right too. So hard to find a trench that isn't too long on me. hehe. Anyway, I decided to go to Sephora to purchase the Murad Blemish concealer stick to try it out. Hopefully it covers and heals my blemishes! :(

When I was there, they had some good sales going on too! Vincent Longo products were on major sale. I got the Souffle Eyeshadow for $6.00 and the liquid eyeliner for $4.50. What a steal!

Wow, I FINALLY cleaned and organized my room at my apartment. Phew~ I spent almost the entire day doing so and then straight to workout after. :D Just wanted to show how I organized my makeup using the organizer I got from IKEA which was on sale at the store! Super bonus! I really want to get more for my hair/beauty supplies. There are many different units to choose from. My favorite part about it is that it fits in the top drawer of my IKEA drawer I got when I moved to this apartment. Yay for minimalism~ :)

For Christmas, I didn't get too many presents, but I really like all the presents I received (well, with the exception of one ;)). Here are two of the items I received. <3 (^o^) hehehe

Coach wallet from my sister (along with Britney Spears concert tickets!)

interior of wallet. LUVs the pink interior!

Rhea, one of my best buds from High School, got me a very cute tea set along with Victoria's Secret face palette

inside of VS's VERY SEXY face palette

Over break, I also got a few items that I wanted to share with you girlies. I read a review on this Sonia Kashuk makeup sponge from Target on Makeup For Life and decided to get it for my sister to try out. I, on the other hand, am just too lazy to wash a reusable foundation sponge. hehe Below is what it looks like. When my mom first saw it, she said it looks like a pile of poop. When my sister's bf saw it, he said it looks like poo too. keke. But the shape allows for easy application to hard to reach areas like the nose.

So I went to Sephora to buy my Dr.Murad Cleanser and I received a Benefit cream eyeshadow/eyeliner for free for being on the Beauty Insider's club. The color is gorgeous and yes! it doesn't crease! :D Isn't the packaging cute?

Below is the new blush I got from The Body Shop. It was on sale for $9! It is a shimmery peach color. I don't like the idea of using that applicator, but I think it's cute~ keke I swatched it on my arm but I don't know if you can see the color that well. It definitely has shimmery sparkles though. :)

FOTD

Here's my FOTD using the Benefit eyeshadow and Peach blush.