Melissa VS Free Fish Shoes

Shoes, Shoes, Shoes! This entry, it's all about shoes. So guys, you can leave now, kidding you can get pressie ideas, you know?

Anyhow, what material of shoes do you like most? For me it's Jelly shoes! There are the most comfortable material for shoes!

My first jelly shoes is from Melissa and it's their collaboration with Campana Brothers. If you don't know how famous Melissa jelly shoes are, you better brush it up!

Melissa shoes is from Brazil, it was first inspired of a simple plastic shoe from a fishermen in south of France. Since then Melissa is the pioneer in the world of plastic shoes. With innovation and trendsetting, Melissa has collaboration with high end designers such as Vivienne Westwood, Jean Paul Gaultier, Campana Brothers, Jason Wu and so on.

I owned this pair of Melissa shoes for four years plus now, it was a gift from my aunt. It has been my favourite pair of shoes to go for ANYWHERE! Becox it's the most comfortable pair, easy to manage and easy to clean. I really love it a lot! I think this is the oldest shoes I have owned and wore often.

You can see I really have wear it off

I really love the pearly purple highlights reflecting on the dark grey base. It matches with anything! Have you seen any shoes this pretty? 

Too bad as time passed, it had reach it's limit to serve me. My dear old Melissa shoes has broken and so does my heart. Does anyone know how to fixed a jelly shoe? If you do please share! If I am able to revive it I really will.

You see, the side of the shoe has broken off. Of course you think you can still wear it right? But NO! It's not the right fit anymore.

Not long after my Melissa shoes has broken, I found out that we have a Melissa outlet in Malaysia! Isn't it awesome or what?! The outlet is located in One Utama, please go check it out!

Though I found the Melissa outlet in Malaysia, I thought of getting back the same design and colour of my shoes but too bad, it's not available anymore.

I'm quite sadden for quite sometime *not being dramatic but shoes does have sentimental values to me* and I tried to search high and low for other jelly shoes to replace my Melissa shoes. Until I come across Free Fish shoes from Japan! It was during a Japanese fair in Isetan. I wanted to get them but my size is out of stock! FML!

I tried finding it online and found out that Free Fish shoes are the hottest jelly shoes in Japan. I wanted to get them online at Rakuten and Zozotown, they have a lot of designs!

I was so wanting to get them until my friend told me that Bratpack is carrying them too. No need to wait for shipping duration. I finally was able to own my first Free Fish shoes.

Nice?

Their comfort level is the same as Melissa. I like this design a lot becox it's so chic and affordable. It's navy blue and kind of like Chanel inspired XD Love it!

By the way, it's out of the jelly shoes topic but I just want to share this. It's spring time and I don't know why I seem to unconsciously buying nude shoes.

From left to right: Nose: neon pink nude saddles, Vincci rose gold studs blush pink pumps and Zara French tip Oxford flats.

OK! Back to jelly shoes, I really can't decide which is my favourite jelly shoes brand. It's like asking me to choose who's my favourite child. I honestly can say BOTH are my favourite! If you have not own any jelly shoes yet. Please do and you will not regret, I promise.

Nature Republic By Flower Make Up Starter& Aloe Vera 92% Soothing Gel

Happy New Year everyone! It's already the second day of the year 2013! I felt last year was quite a good year for be, or I should say a better year than 2011. There are some ups and downs but I feel that the ups are more than the downs. I certainly do not want 2012 to end cox I feel that I still have so much to be completed/achieve last year. I guess, I have complete them this year.

Hope all of you have a great start of the new year. I hope this year will be an even BETTER year for me XD

Let's get this rolling with some beauty products I discover and like using them. Have you heard of Nature Republic? I did not, I only get to know becox of my BFF is super craze of the brand ambassador - Jang Geun Suk. (Can't believe I'm talking about him *roll eyes*) Who's really pretty and handsome at the same time. Dear BFF, if you are reading this you owe me big time! LOL

Agree?

For people like me who doesn't wear make up to work, however, due to the busy working schedule and traffic jam in KL. One would NOT travel back to their homes to get ready for an event/outing after work. How do we attend the event/outing after work WITH make up? With the greasy face and with make up one? No way! Also for lazy people like us we do not like to carry out a lot of stuff. You can't be carrying your skin care products AND make up kit right?

There's also sometimes where we were rushing here n there to run errands and other stuff. After that we need to get ready for an event/outing but we do not have enough time to get ready?

No sweat! Make Up Starter to the rescue! They are the Soothing and Calming Make Up Starter of Nature Republic By Flower.

They are disposable make up starter which moisturizes your skin, provides pore and sebum control and dead skin cells care all at once.

This means that you have less hassle to get ready for your next destination and save you less time to get pretty. Amazing right? Why have I not discover this earlier?

Check out this greasy and tired face of mine. Without wasting anytime, I uses a wet tissue to clean my face and gently wipe my face with a piece of the make up starter pad. I also wipe the areas in a massaging motion which I feel have more dead skin cells, in other words areas of your faces which feels a bit rough. FML

The make up starter pad (I uses the calming one here)

Once you have taken out the make up starter pad from the packet, you can feel the pad is very moisturize and there's still a lot of the moisture 'juice' in the packet. The pad is soft and you instantly feels refresh after wiping your face with it.

I also love Nature Republic Aloe Vera 92% Soothing Gel. It's one of their star buys. I did previously tried other Aloe Vera and nothing works like this one. As you can read from the name it's made out of 92% aloe vera. I have not found any products consisting this much of aloe vera and some of the claimed aloe vera products are sometimes uses artificial ingredients too. 

Aloe Vera 92% Soothing Gel

I'm sure you know by now how much goodness aloe vera can do to you, so I leave it for yourself to discover their goodness. *hint: Google* This aloe vera gel uses REAL aloe vera, it moisturize/replenish/rehydrate and also calms the reddened and dry skins. 

I remember after my leg surgery, my grandma gave me use pieces of actual real aloe vera (straightly plucked from her garden) to use it on my wound. It helps reduce the itchiness, redness and also help my wound heal better. My scar is less visible all thanks for grandma and her aloe vera.

This aloe vera soothing gel comes in as close as the real deal you can get from a tub. Unless you grow aloe vera in your very own home, this is the as good as you can get. Other than the greatness I have mention, it has multiple uses, you can use it for almost everything from your face to your body.

You can use it for:

• As mask or sleeping mask
• Eye mask
• Eye cream
• Lip mask
• Body lotion
• Make up base
• Moisturizer 
• Hair care

Amazing right? I love it so much, I have been using it religiously!

OK, I know I have not finish with the make up starter but hear me out, after using the make up starter. I smack some aloe vera gel on my face. Tadah! I'm done with cleaning, refreshing, moisturize and slap on make up base on my face all in less than a minute! Save you so much steps.

See, my face looks way healthier, refresh, clean and moisturized

My skin looks so much clearer and translucent too. Did you notice some of the pimple scars has become less visible? Becox of the dead cells being remove when I uses the make up starter. Next step is applying make up one and I'm all set and ready to head out.

With make up and heading out 

Make up is much easier to apply and last longer after using the make up starter.

Last OOTD of 2012

Celebrated my last day of 2012 hang out with friends and taking picture of a pub with bejeweled wall like my bejeweled sheer blouse from Bangkok.

Bangkok Hauls and OOTD

OK! I know this is bad that I haven't even blog about my first trip to Bangkok and I have already have a second trip back there! Forgive me but this time, I'm better. Instead of listing out what I have bought from the trip like I last blog about, I erm... dress it up for you to have a better look. Good?

This time around though was an all moms trip with me and a cousin sis, so every day is shopping, massage and food. I really can't ask for more.

All the stuff I bought

This time I definitely bought more than the last trip but I don't top the list of most bought stuff, I'm just top 3 LOL Show you guys the accessories I bought.

Feather Necklace (something like F21 right?)

Bought a compact mirror for BFF, it comes in a lot of colours but I feel grey suits her more. Some even comes in various pattern of blings too but I feel those are a bit too much.

I have been looking for this kind of makeup brush clutches for the longest time and finally I found it. So nice to finally able to keep my ELF, Bobbi Brown and MAC brushes properly and conveniently for travel. The size I bought is middle the large size can fit up to 30 brushes if I'm not mistake O.O I don't need that much.

These are some outfits which I have been wearing to work and play since the trip and there's more I haven't wear them yet, will show more of it when I get to wear them.

For work

Top: Bangkok

Cardigan: J Crew

For play, but should part it with shorts

Bejeweled Jeans

This bejeweled jeans and skull studded jeans are my most favorite buys from this trip! This is definitely something you can find it in Topshop but I got it only for RM30! Crazy right?

Casual Look

Top: GAP
Bejeweled jeans: Bangkok

Skull Studded Jeans

Play

Work

Cardigan: J Crew

Top: Bangkok

Loving the details of this top and the pastel colours. This is also another one of my favourite buys. I like it it's sheer but not that sheer to need to wear another camisole in it. It comes with lining in it.

Definitely for work

Work

Blouse: Bangkok

Skirt: Christian Lacroix
I bought both of the blouse from the same shop in Platinum Mall where all the clothes are selling for retail prices. Bought this blouse design in 2 different colours! (Pink and white) Liking the details of the collar.

Work

Peplum blouse: Cotton On
Leopard print belt: Bangkok

Super casual

Top: Bangkok
Shorts: MNG

Dress for practically any occasion

Work then Play

Mesh Blouse: Bangkok
Black Jeans: UNIQLO

The mesh pattern are in ❤ shape

Pardon my tired and stern looking face from most of the pictures because I took the pictures after coming back from a tiring day of work =.= 

Bangkok Hauls

I went to Bangkok, Thailand end of last month. I never been to Bangkok before and it's my first time visiting FML. I always wonder why so many people love the place so much. After visiting there, I KNOW how great of a place it is. Luckily is not too late! LOL

Here's just some sneak peak on my visiting, will be posting my trip in a few post. Shopping there will get you go crazy! CRAZY!!!!! Pictures below are just 4 hours of shopping at 2 different places! I never gone this wild for shopping.

My shopping damage!

I'll list everything in clockwise.
1.) Blue semi-sheer top - good for casual or work.
2.) Black feather necklace - for BFF
3.) Teal colour feather earrings - for myself! Imagine it's only RM9!
4.) 2 NaRaYa tissue paper holder - one for me, one for mom. NaRaYa it's a very famous brand in Thailand and it's only available there. Prices are dirty cheap too! It's less than RM4 each.
5.) Some cute key chains as souvenirs - I forgot the exact amount but it's someting like RM12 for 7.
6.) Pink teddy bear shopping bag - good for weekend shopping, saving the environment without using plastic bags, it comes with a hock, so you can hang it as a toy on your bag. There's a zip behind it, it opens up and you'll get a shopping bag and the bear will still attach like a toy on your bag! Cool? It's only RM10. OMG!
7.) Lim Zhen Hoeng Pork Biscuits - Most amazing biscuits ever!
8.) Owl print flowy T-shirt - there's a lot of local designers in Bangkok where they will design prints on T-shirt, it will be one and only design (or just a few) and for RM15, amazing price!
9.) Bedazzled white sheer blouse - this would be my favourite item out of all! Will show it when I wear it. Something similiar as this but only it's in white and the gems are at front and back too. Love it!
10.) Pinkish beige long sleeves round collar blouse - good for work or play.
11.) LBD with mesh at the top - very Topshop inspired (only not so deep V and without the embellished shoulders), only RM20 for a DRESSS......!!! *faint*
12.) Gorgeous yellow Polo Ralph Lauren insipired long sleeves shirt.

My friend's shopping damage!

I'm too lazy to list down what my friend bought but a picture is better than a million word. Nothing we bought is over RM20 for each item!

Told ya it's crazzzzzyyyy!

Topshop Topman Spring Summer 2012 Fashion Show

Last Thursday night, I got invitation to Topshop Topman Spring Summer 2012 Fashion Show at Zebra Square Kuala Lumpur. I brought my brother along for the show. I never been to any event as awesome as this and I was pretty overwhelmed that I didn't sleep well before AND after the show.

Outfit Of The Day

Outfit Of The Day:
White blouse: Forever 21
Black dress: of course is Topshop!
Heels: Zara
Clutch: Avril Lavigne Black Star  

In line to get my invitations and goodie bags

This is not even half of the people who arrived

It's the first time that I have been to Zebra Square and it's really a cool and beautiful place to held such events.

One of the walls in Zebra Square

Can't help to NOT take pic with such a beautiful backdrop

Before the show starts, there were refreshments for all the guest. Delicious snacks were handled to us throughout the whole night. Unfortunately, I didn't get to take pictures of the food, was too busy checkout the place and the people. 

Cupcakes with Topshop/Topman print on it

The crowd at refreshment section

The show is a collaboration with Smirnoff and what will a event be without some amazing cocktails?! Drink up peeps!

Mini Smirnoff bar

Bartender making my drink

My Velvet Metropolitan is ready  

Best of all, they brought a popcorn cart! How cool is it? You can get to eat popcorn the whole night with watching the show!! Love it!

POPCORN ❤❤❤

I'm not drunk, just very hot!

The place is more beautiful once they lit up

 

It was a clear sky that night

Invitations!

Inside for the show

 The show warmed up with 2 performances from Paperplane Pursuit and Tenderfist. 

Paperplane Pursuit

The lead singer is gOOd!

Tenderfist

Josiah Mizukami and Fay Hokulani are the host of the night

The show start off with Topman collection. I like it with men wear more colours and who are good at layering their clothes. Love the sunnies too. Too bad I wasn't seated in front so pictures here doesn't show the full outfit. 

 

Then came the Topshop collection! Loving every piece of it. There are a lot of pastel colours for spring, pink, lime green, baby blue and so on. There are a lot of glitters/sequinned too and most of all prints, prints, prints! This season Topshop brought us Egyptian prints! Loving them ALL!!!! *faint*

We hang out for awhile more after the show. Checking out models, the runway and getting more cocktails to drink.

one of the hunky models

Love this neon sign so much!

Tried to take one under it

Aiks! Photobomb!

If you have notice, all the guest who attended dressed fashionable and glamours. My personal favourite is these shoe they are rocking!

Amazing shoes

Here's a glimpse from the show.

Thanks to Topshop and Joyce of Kinkybluefairy for the invitations. I felt very privileged and lucky to be the few among everyone to have a preview of Topshop Topman Spring Summer 2012 Collection before they have it in the retails.

Me and Joyce ❤ I actually got starstuck

I met Joyce after the show and I was so damn starstuck when I'm talking to her. I was shy too, we chatted just awhile. She's very nice and even prettier in person, her jumpsuit is amazing! Thank you again Joyce (if you are reading this), thanks for inspiring me =D 

I had such a blast at the event and went home feeling still very excited about it. 

Topshop goodie bag

Inside the Mary Katrantzou goodie bag were Topshop magazines, Cash Voucher, Elizabeth Taylor Motif Sketchbook. The sketchbook and bag is just one of the kind, don't think you can get it anywhere.

Topman goodie bag

Inside Topman goodie bag were Topshop magazines, Topman strap and Cash Voucher. 

I had a really great time! I know I didn't blog about any of my New Year's Resolution but one of it is attending more events. I think this one is a cherry on top of my cake for this year's New Year Resolution. I'm SO ready for more to come!