Happy Sunday

Hellooo!! Happy Sunday everyone!!

What are your plans for today?? Hope you have good plans ahead with your loved ones. As for me, as everyone else is heading towards our area to watch the F1 (Albert Park is just behind my house so the F1 screeching loud cars pleasantly woke me up this morning -__-) we'll be going down to the city to get some Japanese in our bellies. And before I sign off, I'd like to share with you guys this short hillarious video of President Obama reading mean tweets. I think he's one of the most laidback leader of all time. You should watch the rest of the show, it's in Jimmy Kimmel's youtube channel. So till then, see you guys soon!  

A Trip to Sovereign Hill, Ballarat

Hey guys!

I thought maybe today I'd like to share with you some photos of my trip to Ballarat last weekend. The journey took us about 1.5 hours by car and we spent half a day there. Right after that we went back to the town and checked into Oscars Hotel which we've booked earlier. We left the next day and visited DFO Essendon, the factory outlet. 

Anyway, just a brief intro about Sovereign Hill. It's an open air museum that takes you back in time and through the gold rush period. People are dressed in the costume of the era and serving in the shop, walking around and play music to bring back the ambience of the 1850s. I can't help but to feel impressed with all the buildings and history portrayed. You will learn so much about the difficulties by the miners and the struggle. You will also learn about how gold was made, the machinery used to create power and basically the life of people living at Sovereign Hill. 

Ballarat as a town is a nice place too. The old prominent buildings remind me of Europe. You can see the last few photos I post down below 

All in all, the trip was enjoyable and I would love to visit Ballarat again. Maybe the next one would be a day trip instead. 

1850's bowling

At Ballarat

Ballarat town

The Post Office

My Sovereign Hill, Ballarat Youtube Vlog

Spending The Weekend at Sovereign Hill

This is going to be bittersweet. Initially we plan to start trying to conceive during the trip. So it was kinda supposed to be special. But I've got to postpone it cuz I just had rubella immunisation injection last Monday. And I'm supposed to get another one next month. And I have to wait for another month till it's safe to get pregnant. So that means I have to wait until May. Sigh. This is when I feel so angry with myself. I should have done the pre-natal check up few months ago. I'm feeling slightly demotivated right now but I'm trying to fight it. This is one of the curveballs in life and I'm telling myself to be grateful with what I have. Hopefully I can get some calm and peace on this trip.

Keep Calm and Move On ^_^

Candy Color

5 Top Things You Should Know About Foundation

I still remember the first time I wore foundation. It was five years ago and at that time my makeup collection only consisted of pressed powder, eyeliner, eyeshadow palette, blusher, lipstick and mascara. Back then, I wasn't aware of the beauty blogging scene hence the only option to learn about it was by experimenting. Today I'd like to share with you 5 top things you should know when selecting the best foundation for your skin. Lets begin.

1. Skin Type

Foundations come in three different categories. They cater to skins that are oily, dry and combination of both. Condition of skin changes when the environment changes. As for me, I have oily combination skin during summer and dry during winter. So after numerous testing on different types and brands, I've identified two best foundations for these two separate seasons.

2. Yellow toned or Pink toned
Knowing which undertone you have is as important as knowing your skin type. If you have yellow undertone, your skin looks more flattering with yellow toned foundation. Same goes with pink. It just makes a huge difference to your whole appearance. You can refer to this guideline here to find out your undertone.

3. Matt or Dewy
This depends on your preference. Matt makeup is great for photoshoot events such as weddings because it won't reflect the lights around you. Dewy makeup on the other hand makes your skin looks more hydrated and radiant and for some people they would perceive as oily. I personally like dewy make up more. I would go for the matt look for weddings, birthday parties etc.

4. Coverage
Knowing how much coverage you need is also important to get the "purrfect" makeup hehe. If you have minimal problems (redness, acne, scar or freckles) you can go for light to medium coverage to get the smoother even toned look. If you have a lot to cover up (like moi) medium to full coverage is a big yes yes.

5. Consistency

This is one magic formula that makes me impressed with certain foundations. Normally foundations that give full coverage would have thick consistency. But thank you to few cosmetic companies that able to make some of their foundations highly pigmented with quite thin consistency. Shoutout to Loreal True Match and Covergirl + Olay Simply Ageless foundation.

So what are your favourite foundations?

Ichi Ni Izakaya, St Kilda, Melbourne

Last Sunday hubs and I wanted to eat out and try a different restaurant than our usual QV joint. We initially wanted to eat Thai but the restaurant that we wanted to go was close. Hence, the closest place that had good reviews was Ichi Ni Izakaya.

And like any other times, I will let hubs decide the menu for us cuz, he's better at choosing Japanese food than I am. So our meal starts with :-

Ebi Mayo 

Deep friend prawns in Japanese mayo mixed with a hint of wasabe 

Chicken Karaage

Hubs favourite

Yakitori Unagi

The highlight of the lunch!

Wagyu Yakitori

Tender charred beef once bitten melts inside your mouth

Sashimi Platter

The routine plate that we'd always have anywhere

Ichi Ni Roll

8 pieces with lobster topped with seared salmon sashimi and japanese mayo

Ichi Ni Izakaya

12 The Esplanade

St Kilda Vic 3182

Another note:

Don't forget to take a walk along The Esplanade to visit the market and watch them fly the kites from the bridge held every Sunday.