Year: 2010

A Look Back at Celebrity Award Bling

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Every year millions of people tune in to watch the Emmy awards, Golden Globes and Academy Awards. Naturally, everyone wants to find out who will win which awards, but even more, people want to know what celebrities are wearing. This is wear styles and trends are set for the coming months. This is particularly true when it comes to jewelry. If you have any doubt, scan the pages of fashion magazines in the days following a big event and see all of the close-up snapshots that are taken of the luxury jewelry pieces that top stars around the world donned for such big events.

If you are curious about the jewelry trends that will take off in the coming months, all you need to do is take a rewind to the last awards shows to find out what some of the biggest names in Hollywood wore.

It would certainly seem as though diamond drop earrings are still in style and will stay that way for some time. America Ferrara wore a pair of stunning 2.5 carat diamond pendant earrings and she was not the only one either. Other stars who donned diamond drop earrings included Audra McDonald and Anastasia Griffith. Candace Bergen might have been off the screen for awhile but she also made an appearance wearing a similar pair of diamond earrings set in platinum as well.

Colored diamond earrings were also out in full swing as well. Chandra Wilson donned a pair of fancy cut diamond drop earrings in yellow. Emilie de Raven was caught wearing a pair of diamond earrings that were also set with cognac diamonds as well. Both pairs of earrings would certainly seem to indicate the colored diamonds, particularly in the hues of browns and yellows, are going to remain popular for some time.

The sizes of the earrings also tended to vary on the red carpets this year as well. A number of stars wore drop diamond earrings, although there were some who went with diamond hoops as well. Jean Smart wore a pair of diamond chandelier earrings while Kyra Sedgwick wore a pair of pyramid diamond earrings set in platinum. Lauren Conrad went with something a bit different and wore a pair of diamond stud earrings.

Bracelets were also out in force on the red carpet this year. One of the hottest trends that have been seen in the last few months and are expected to last throughout the early part of next year is chunky or cuff bracelets. Several celebrities were seen wearing just this style of bracelet on the red carpet this year, many of which were set with diamonds and other gemstones. Ashley Jensen was just one celebrity who chose to wear a cuff bracelet. The particular bracelet that she wore was set with sixty carats worth of diamonds. Rumor has it that the bracelet was valued at nearly half a million dollars. Of course, that was nothing compared to the diamond cuff bracelet that Katrina Bowden wore. Her bracelet had more than 65 carats worth of diamonds and had a reported worth of $545,000.

Jennifer Morrison also wore a cuff bracelet with a decidedly different twist. Her snake cuff bracelet was set with blackened platinum and brown diamonds.

Yellow diamonds were also seen in bracelets as well. Chandra Wilson selected a set of yellow diamond bracelets that had a total combined weight of 40 carats. No word on exactly how heavy a pair of 40 carat diamond bracelets might happen to be.

America Ferrara chose a cluster bracelet set with rose cut diamonds. Stacked bracelets made an appearance at awards this year as well. Julia Louis-Dreyfus was seen wearing stacked diamond bracelets that featured diamonds in white and yellow as well as rose colored gold. Marcia Cross also wore stacked diamond bracelets at awards this year as well.

Statement necklaces were also on hand this year. America Ferrera made news when she wore a 19th century diamond necklace with a flower pendant. Diamonds by the yard necklaces were sported by both Candice Bergen as well as Heidi Klum. Collar necklaces also appeared to be quite popular as well. Nicollette Sheridan was seen wearing just this style of necklace.

Finally, no celebrity would be caught out and about today without one of the most fashionable trends in diamond jewelry today; which is the right hand diamond ring. Several celebrities were seen sporting these rings, many of which featured colored diamonds in hues of yellow, brown and pink. Cheryl Hines and Elisabeth Moss were just two celebrities who were seen wearing diamond right hand rings.

From earrings to bracelets to necklaces and rings, it certainly seems as though a variety of new trends have been set and a few more will continue to live on.

Interesting

Thorntons Moments

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A delicious collection of individually wrapped chocolates ideal for sharing. They taste as special as they look and include 6 different centres Soft Caramel, Creamy Fudge, Double Chocolate Croquant, Crunchy Praline, Orange Crisp and Chocolate Truffle.

This is another chocolate from Thorntons that my sis bought. I prefer packaging that comes with various kind of chocolates rather than same type in one packaging. Too bad I only managed to try 3 out of 6 of them. The one you see here is Double Chocolate Croquant.


Chocolate Truffle


Crunchy Praline

Which one I like most? All of them! Yum!

Food Porn

Unsure, Confused

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I had made a decision to pursue something next year. Then I stumbled upon a blog of a girl who did almost the same thing as what I’m planning to do. I read what she had gone tru’ and it got me thinking twice, I feel very unsure and confused now. I’m not sure am I making the right decision, is it worth it for me to spend such money for it?

With my plan, I can’t completely get what I want but at least enough to fulfill part of my dream and at least have the chance to get the other part of my dream fulfilled if I’m lucky. This is when the ego, id, and superego is taking place.

I had not committed to the decision officially but currently is in the process of doing so. Almost there, this month end will be one of it. Anyway, I guess I shouldn’t be thinking too much, just take whatever I had read as an advise or a guide. When I’m finally there, I’ll just let things go as the flow.

I can’t really reveal the whole thing yet else I might jinx it *LOL* Let just say there are already some people that knew what my plan is going to be. The response I got mostly was “you might end up getting married there” or “you’ll find someone and get married there” hahaha… Well… Maybe… I don’t know… Have to take two to tango. Not surprising with such response since that’s what many people are doing at my age now but I don’t see all these coming my way, getting married is the last thing in my mind now. Who knows suddenly I announce that I’ll be getting married *LOL*

That’s all I can tell for now. I know you are very eager to know but I really cannot reveal it until everything is official. Let’s just say you will get to know about it some where in September or before November. Finger crossed.

Heart Matters

Hada Labo Super Hyaluronic Acid Moisturizing Lotion

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I was hunting high and low for Hada Labo Super Hyaluronic Acid Moisturizing Lotion when I saw the advertisement on TV. I got to know about it from the Taiwanese beauty show(Nv Ren Wo Zhui Da, 女人我最大), they mentioned that one bottle is sold every 4 seconds in Japan. Interesting… Every time I happened to come across Guardian, I would definitely look for it and couldn’t find it for months! Saw the moisturizing milk but not the lotion.

Then finally one day, Ann told me she saw it at Guardian so I asked her to help me buy it before it’s gone from the shelf. I’m not sure whether before that it was selling like hot cakes until no more stock or it had not reached here. After Ann found it, I found it at Guardian too few days later. I guess it happened that the stock just got in, the stock was never here until that time.

Few days ago, I popped by Guardian and there’s no more stock on the shelf except the moisturizing milk. *gulp*

This bottle costs RM40.90, 170ml. Since I have a small face, I only need 2 drops each time. I was expecting it to be very sticky and took quite awhile to absorb but it didn’t.

In fact, you don’t have to pat so hard like what the girl did *LOL* It absorbed quite quickly for me, could be due to the dehydration of my skin. I have dry skin. Everywhere I go, any beautician will surely “attack” me with my dry skin problem *LOL* That’s why when I found out about the availability of this product in Malaysia, I was so eager to get hold of it. I usually don’t spend more than RM30 on skincare product but for this I’m willing because I only use a little every time which means it will last me quite long.

I’ve been using it for half month already(day and night), my sis was sharing it with me when she’s back. The bottle is still quite full. Really no smell at all not even a little chemical smell that you will usually get from fragrance free products.

I used it after cleansing, it’s basically a toner. In Japan, lotion refers to toner, milk refers to moisturizer. My moisturizer absorb fully and left my skin smooth to touch instead of feeling a layer of stickiness or greasiness that I usually felt after moisturizing. My t-zone is less oily too. There isn’t any breakout too.

If I’m hardworking enough:
Hada Labo Super Hyaluronic Acid Moisturizing Lotion -> Garnier Aqua Defense Refreshing Toner(for extra moisture since this toner can also serve as face mist) -> thick layer of Garnier Aqua Defense Essence

Sometimes, especially if I had makeup on that day as we all know that toner with cotton can help in removing those leftover impurities after cleansing:
Garnier Aqua Defense Refreshing Toner -> Hada Labo Super Hyaluronic Acid Moisturizing Lotion -> thick layer of Garnier Aqua Defense Essence

Here’s a misconception that I found out from many people, do take note:
You MUST apply moisturizer after this lotion. MUST! Super Hyaluronic Acid doesn’t moisturize your skin instead it preps your skin to absorb moisture which is from your moisturizer and lock the moisture. That’s why there something about locking the ocean(you can find it in their website) in the advertisement. It helps in locking moisture, it does not moisturize on its own. So if you do not feed it with the needed moisture, it got nothing to lock and serve no purpose at all. It was also mentioned in Nv Ren Wo Zhui Da aka 女人我最大 too, they kept highlighting that you must moisturize after using Super Hyaluronic Acid.

So far I’m quite happy with this product. We’ll see how it goes in the long run. Hopefully I don’t jinx it ;p

Oh ya… Go join the Facebook group and get free sample, I’m waiting for mine, hopefully it will arrive 😉

Girl Stuffs, Review It!

Palmer’s Cocoa Butter Moisturizing Lip Balm

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I decided to try out Palmer’s Cocoa Butter Moisturizing Lip Balm when I finished my long-time favourite, Lip Ice Fruity.

Guess what??!? I regretted this buy. I should just stick back to Lip Ice Fruity.

It’s so hard to apply. I had to pull and tuck my lips just to get a coat of lip balm. Smell wise was yummy but it’s tasteless. As for the texture, it felt pretty dry. It’s matte and non greasy on the lips unlike the usual lip balm I’m using. I guess that explains why I have to use some pressure when applying it.

Besides that, it could also easily crumble into pieces during application.

One more thing, I experience stinging sensation when I used it and I hate that! Very uncomfortable. It lasted quite awhile. I didn’t experience it the first week I used it. It didn’t moisturize as much as I had expected.

Guess what? I have no idea why there’s grainy texture too. It wasn’t like this in the beginning.

I don’t like the packaging too.

Won’t go back to it after I’m done with it.

Girl Stuffs, Review It!