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my website Cherchez Beauté

wishlist
Books I want
tree of codes - jonathan safran foer
six walks in the fictional woods - umberto eco
the separate heart and other stories - simon robson
generosity - richard powers
shades of grey 2 - jasper fforde
fiction ilustrado - miguel syjuco
mr peanut - adam ross
light boxes - shane jones
a void - georges perec
the mind's eye - oliver sacks
the fall - guillermo deltoro
bel canto - ann patchett
wolf hall - hilary mantel
my name is red - orhan pamuk
the misfortune - wesley stace
time's arrow - martin amis
darkmans - nicola barker

Skin Care I Want
Anne Semonin Eye Express Radiance Ice Cube
Benefit Ultra Radiance Face Re-hydrating Mist
Clinique Repairwear Intensive Eye Cream
Murad Essential C Eye Cream SPF 15
No. 7 Protect & Perfect Intense Eye Cream
Tokyo Milk - EVERYTHING. I want everything from them, darn it.

Make Up I Want
Amazing Cosmetics Amazing Anti-Aging Face Primer
Benefit Sugarbomb
Benefit Moon Beam
Canmake Cream Cheek Blush Sweet Apricot
Coffret D'or Shine Drape Rouge (Glow)
Le Metier de Beaute Creme Fresh Tint in Poppy
Tarte Amazonian Clay Blush in Blissful
YSL Pure Black Lip Gloss

Other Stuff I want

Nail Polish Lemmings
Essie Starry Starry Night
Chanel Ciel de Nuit
Clarins 230

a-england Lady of the Lake
BB Couture Dragon's Breath
BB Couture Napa Valley Red
Bb Couture Mendocino Midnight
BB Couture Redwood Forest and loads more BB Couture polishes...

Butter LONDON Black Knight
Butter LONDON Tart With a Heart

Color Club Untamed Luxury
Color Club Otherworldly
Color Club Scent-suous Gingerbread Man
Color Club Scent-suous Santa's Cinnamon
Color Club Scent-suous Sugar Plum Yum

China Glaze OMG! Collection

Cult Nails Hypnotize Me

Deborah Lippmann Edge of Glory Holographic top coat
Deborah Lippmann Call Me Irresponsible
Deborah Lippmann Forget You

Dior Exquis

Essie Geranium
Essie Strawberry Sorbet
Essie Swept Off My Feet
Essie Mademoiselle
Essie Marshmallow
Essie Mesmerize
Essie As Gold As It Gets
Essie Pure Pearlfection

Estessimo TiNS The Neo-Vintage Dress

Etude House BL009
Etude House WH004

Finger Paints Special Effects Asylum
Finger Paints Special Effects Twisted
Finger Paints Evergreen Dream
Finger Paints Sparkle Top Coat
Finger Paints Cordur Orange
Finger Paints Holly Good Times
Finger Paints Floatin' On a Cloud

Glitter Gal Marine Blue

Golden Rose Scale Effects: 2, 5, 11

HITS Lambada Flake
HITS Valsa Flake

Illamasqua Rampage
Illamasqua Boo! and Hiss Nail Pantomime Duo

Kleancolor Metallic Orange
Kleancolor Metallic Green
Kleancolor Holo Chrome

L'Oreal Owl's Night

Ludurana Aurora Boreal Reluz
Ludurana Aurora Boreal Emocionnante

Lynnderella (Llarowe stocks in January) Cauldron Drippings
Lynnderella Happy Holo-Daze
Lynnderella Gotta Love Brains
Lynnderella Bride of Franken

OPI Time-less is more
OPI DS Extravagance
OPI Diva of Geneva
OPI Jade is the New Black
OPI Can You Tapas This
Orly Galaxy Girl
Orly Lunar Eclipse
Orly Au Champagne
Orly Royal Velvet
Orly Meet Me Under the Mistletoe
Orly Happily Ever After

Ozotic 624
Ozotic 531
Ozotic 532

pa A19
pa Q24
pa A24
pa A134

Periphera - any polishes, especially the perfume enamels as I don't have these yet. From Korea.

Picture Polish Hypnotic (Coming out in 2012)
Picture Polish Vegas

Mavala Agena

Missha HGR01

Nicole by OPI Hard-Kourt Fashionista
Nicole by OPI Kourt is Red-y For a Pedi
Nfu Oh 51
Nfu Oh 52
Nfu Oh 56

Nubar Peacock Feathers
Nubar 2010
Nubar Swiss Chocolate
Nubar Sour Candy
Nubar Gold Feather
Nubar Greener
Nubar Indigo Illusion
Nubar WIldlife
Nubar Purple Beach

Rescue Beauty Lounge Recherche
Rescue Beauty Lounge Anne

Revlon Facets of Fuschia

Sally Hansen Nail Prisms Turquoise Opal

SpaRitual Golden Gleam
SpaRitual Howl

Zoya Casey
Zoya Adina
Zoya Kimmy


cool stuff
Style.com
City of Skies
Flickr
Spinner
Fashion Nation
Scrangie
Vampy Varnish
All Lacquered Up

credits maker
picture
brushes
blogspot
blogskins

Saturday, December 06, 2008
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SAT is finally over. Gosh I hope I didn't do too badly for Math, considering how I left at least 3 blanks in the open ended section. *prays hard* The essay was... okay. But really, there's no saying how things will go. English went pretty well... I think. Overall, I hope that my score will be at least 2200. Which technically is the standard for Hwach. *prays fervently* I need that score. I really don't want to re-take it next year, what with the crazy schedule of blocks, syf, more blocks then As.

Enough of that, now on to something lighter.
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I didn't know painting walls would be fun. Really! My room walls were originally this mint green colour, which totally clashed with the colour of my curtains, which are gold with flowery swirls. I remember what I envisioned for my room last year - funky maroon/turquoise coloured walls, and a shelf in front of my bed, obscuring it from view and turning my room into a truly private labyrinthine space (to unwelcome visitors who want to spy on me when I'm sleeping).

The shelf was moved successfully to the end of the bed, conveniently blocking my rather unsightly sleeping countenance from view. However, I realised that maroon is too dark and turquoise is too bold, making them rather unsuitable colours for a room where I can study and rest in. Just imagine, I'm studying in my room and every time I lift my eyes I see a distracting blur of blue, or a depressing shade of maroon. Not very uplifting eh? So, I trashed the idea of having a funky room (sobsob) and decided to go with a more subdued, sophisticated and elegant look. This was made easier by the fact that my curtains are gold, which already exude an air of class (if I may say so).

After eons of deliberation, I decided to go with a warm colour scheme, since my curtains cast a more warm than cool glow (that's why mint green clashed with it). I vacillated between choosing white, off-white, or light yellow-orange. Eventually, I decided to go with a creamy white colour I found while looking through the Nippon colour catalogue - not too stark, but not too orange either. So, my mom brought me to the neighbourhood paint store, and with the ideal colour in mind, I made my choice. We bought this 5 litre can of paint labelled "Pale Popcorn". Don't be deceived by the reference to popcorn, which is yellow; the paint is actually a lovely light yellow/peach/cream white. I found out when I opened the can and started painting my room.

At first... I was a noob. Kept getting paint splashes on the floor paint and onto my shelf while painting a corner of the wall. I eventually got smart, and armed with a vague understanding of the most effective technique (discovered through trial and error), I embarked on my mission of painting the wall. My mom helped too, of course, but my involvement in painting was greater - it's my room afterall! And I painted the part closest to the cornices - the hardest part DDD: yeah yeah I'll admit, I did get a little paint on the undersides of the cornices. Thank goodness 1) I picked a light colour and 2) the paint is easily washable while it's still drying.

Covered the wall in the first coat of paint within 1.5 hours, then left it there to dry. Can't wait to cover the next wall (incidentally the one with the largest surface area), and after that, I'll only be left with a medium sized strip of wall beneath the windows, and two thin strips; one above the curtain rack and one at the corner of the shelf. Whee. I guess having a shelf that covers an entire corner of the room wall and a window that stretches across one entire wall are blessings in disguise.

Righto. Now, on to shower, dinner (not before finishing one more stick very delectable satay my dad bought) and after that, back to work! I think I'm sleeping on the couch tonight. Ahahaha.
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