Promotion: Makeup Malaysia Competition 2008

I love my makeup and I love experimenting on myself. But ask me to put makeup on someone else and I freeze up totally! But if you fancy yourself as a makeup artist, you might want to consider participating in the Makeup Malaysia Competition 2008. It is organized by Beauty8 Expo.

There are 2 categories with separate themes:-

Professional : Evening Elegance Bridal Makeup
Student / Amateur : Fantasy “Fire”

There are some nice cash prizes too :-

Professional: 1st - RM3,000, 2nd - RM2,000, 3rd - RM1,500

Student/Amateur: 1st - RM2,000, 2nd - RM1,500, 3rd - RM1,000

The competition is on 17th and 18th September 2008 and the closing date for entries is 15 August 2008. You can read more about it on the site and you can download the entry form here.

Lunasol Lipstick promotion - RM48 only

I saw this Lunasol ad in a local magazine a couple of days ago, and I knew I had to spread the word.

You can now get a Lunasol Full Glamour Lips lipstick for only RM48 if you bring along any old lipstick to the counter. Lunasol lipsticks usually retail for RM88 each and you can just about get a Revlon lipstick at RM48 so why not try out Lunasol?

I was at a Kanebo counter at Lot 10 Isetan yesterday and can vouch for the credibility of this promotion. I did not buy any though as I did not have a spare lipstick on me and the available colours are limited. Still, if you do find a colour that suits you, this might be worth a look. Promotion is available while stocks last.

I’ve never tried the Full Glamour lipstick, but you can read my review on the Lunasol Intellectual Lips lipstick.

Has anyone undergone teeth whitening?

A smile is worth a thousand words so goes a famous quote. I couldn’t agree more.

I count myself fortunate in that I did not have to undergo the trauma of wearing braces on my teeth because my teeth are relatively even. When I was younger, I did mention to my then dentist if I should wear braces because I had a tooth that was out of alignment and he told me it was unnecessary. So whilst my teeth are even, they aren’t perfect.

Be that as it may, I was not blessed with bright white teeth so I am now contemplating under going teeth whitening. My regular dentist doesn’t seem to be much of an advocate of the whitening process even if they do it at their dental surgery. I guess they arenâ’t like the santa barbara cosmetic dentist which specialise in the cosmetic elements of dentistry - teeth whitening, porcelain veneers and the like - everything to help give you that perfect smile. Their plush offices don’t even look like a dental clinic but more like a resort home. We don’t seem to have such similar cosmetic dentists here or maybe we do and I’m looking in all the wrong places.

Has anyone had cosmetic dental work done? Has anyone undergone the teeth whitening process and what have you got to say about it? Would you recommend it?

When you need help with home renovation

My beauty reviews have been slowing down a bit lately because my latest indulgence is home decorating. I have been playing around with the look of my home for a while and I have been collecting some knick knacks from various places I have visited. But it has now only started to come together. I have selected pieces of Sarawak pottery lamps, Balinese wood carvings and pictures waiting to be framed and hung on the walls.

So it was quite opportune that I am writing ConstructionDeal.com Site Reviews. This portal serves as a site where people, whether commercial or residential, with a housing project can source the people and services they need e.g. architects, interior designers and the like. While looking through the site, I even saw they can put you in touch with specialist contractors e.g. wooden flooring, carpets and even window tinting.

The latter item caught my eye because before I moved into my home, I had wanted to get my windows tinted to keep out the sun and UV rays. Living in a tropical climate, it was quite important for me to keep my house cool. If I had a service like that of constructiondeal.com I would have been able to just input the information I need into the query form, and wait to be contacted by the specialists instead of having to hunt them down manually. For now though this portal serves the USA but it would be nice to have something similar locally.

Not to worry though, I am coming back with more beauty reviews. Taking a break from writing reviews does help because I then take time off to root through my stash and find stuff that I might have otherwise overlooked. Good for you and good for me too!