Still Alive

Never thought I'd come to this stage whereI just have absolutely no time to blog. I'm sorry I've not been around but starting school and settling into a new environment, sleeping on a new bed, doing new homework, eating new food and meeting new people, some of which I wished I never did meet, has kept me so tied up that I put on makeup only to look presentable. I haven't been doing anything special and I certainly haven't touched my camera in ages so this is all for now. Thanks to all my followers and all the sweet comments, I'll be back.

Aly

For The Perfect Red Lips+Birthday#2 in Penang

Before I start explaining all my birthday pics, here's a red lipstick I treated myself to as a birthday prezzie in KL. I've been searching high and low for the perfect blue-toned red that would make my lips look "classy". Haha. So after reading many good reviews, I went out to get MAC Matte Lipstick in Russian Red.

I love having new lipsticks, they always look so pretty brand new. Anyways, on to the short review.

MAC Matte Lipstick in Russian Red (RM63) approx.USD12

It's the perfect blue-toned red for any skin tone and it glides on okay, very drying to the lips cuz it's matte but the finish looks like a lustre except not so lustre-y if that makes sense.

And on my birthday, 29th of December I wore it for the first time and I freakin love it!

Camwhoring starts here.

So the party was at Hard Rock Cafe but we camwhored at Hard Rock Hotel, it was fabulous.

The complementary birthday cake, blueberry cheesecake which just happens to be my fav cake of all time but I still can't successfully bake one. Haha.

The birthday troop.

Aly

Birthday in KL

This is NOT another baking post. That's my birthday cake(below), baked and decorated by yours truly.

And here's a tip to those of you who are baking, soak your buttery utensils in warm or hot water before washing them, it's way easier and a lot less greasy.

And here are some cookies I had baked the night before. More about that here.

Birthday cake for my cuzzie cuz his birthday is near mine so we all celebrate together. It was a football cake. Notice I said "we all", X has the same birthday as well which is 20th and mine's the 29th. So it's hitting 3 birds with a stone.

Cupcake display also prepared by...

They're both chocolate cakes and I evened out some baking chocolate on the surface and let some dribble down the sides and used an icing tube to decorated the top. Oh and I sprinkled some edible glitter on top to make it sparkle. Next to mine is X's cake, I baked both but she decorated her cake.

Only the next day which was 26th December did I get everything done. Here's the muffin display and the heart on top says EAT ME! as well.

There were 3 different recipes, I baked chocolate muffins, banana muffins and butter muffins. Cuzzies helped with the decorating. Don't they look yummy? And of course, lollies for everyone(below).

Back to the makeup, I use the holiday pigments on my eyes, nothing much really cuz I'm still lost with e/s and on my lips I was wearing, Rimmel's Nude Delight lipstick and Soft Dazzle Dazzleglass by MAC. I really like this combo.

And I tried to do a halo but it was kinda weird looking or maybe I just have a big head. Lol.

And of course, the cam whoring.

I was kinda tired from all the baking and decorating from the night before.

And we bought special candles which were ridiculously expensive.

And the football cake, that took a lot of work. That's my other cuzzie's hand picking at the Oreos, she was really hungry. Haha.

And some ballon blowing thingy was bought by an aunt so everyone started playing with it out of boredom.

And so here are some bubble-blowing/camwhoring moments.

R: Magic 8 Ball?

L: Ice-cream! R: Fishy face.

L: No mummy, I'm not bullying Alexis! R: Baby cuzzie Alexis with her Christmas prezzie. She loves tearing things up.

Lovely cuzzies blowing real bubbles together.

Thanks for reading. This christmas/birthday party was just like a family gathering so my real birthday party which was in penang with some closer friends will be up next.

Aly

How to make ❤Biscuit Sandwiches

Here's another way of making cute snacks(did I just say cute?) for Christmas or whatever occassion where you need some ASAP but you don't know how to bake those fancy cookies and stuff. I did this for Christmas because I was too busy to do anything elaborate so I hope this helps some of you.

Some of the things you need to make this work:

Chocolate chips

Hot water and a chopstick Use a skewer instead if you don't have a chopstick or a fork if you don't have a skewer. If you don't have a fork then I have nothing to say.

Crackers Or any biscuits you have at home, I do think circle-shaped biscuits look better with what I'm about to do.

Nutella Or any filling you like such as jams or just plain butter with honey(my fav combo).

This is super simple to do so keep reading!

1. I dip my chopstick in the hot water, take it out and drop a drop of hot water onto the back of my choc chip which should be on the flat side.

2. I carefully place the chip on my biscuit. I'm making a heart shape ❤

3. Keep going until the is ❤complete.

4. Paint another piece of biscuit with Nutella.

5. Place the ❤ biscuit on top of it.

6. Serve.

If you wanna wrap it up and give it to someone, here's what to do:

Get some cling wrap.

Remember to let the choc chips dry first cuz if it's not, they're gonna go wild in the cling wrap. Lol.

So put it face down and fold the edges neatly on the top which is actually the behind of the biscuit.

And ta-daa~

This step is optional but I found some cute containers and they fit exactly one biscuit sandwich each so I stored them in there so it's absolutely airtight.

The final product:

I made 3 cuz I have 3 naughty cousins to give'em to. Do try this out, it's super easy and it's a fail-proof way of making festive looking snacks.

Thanks for reading and my birthday/christmas posts are up next.

Aly

Choc Chip Cookies

Here's another baking post, I apologize for not going on blogger for such a long time but I'm back and soon will be embarking on a new chapter of my life in London. I'm totally late on  my Christmas and new year posts but I swear they're coming up aftern this post. Everything will be (or should be) in chronological order so do stay tuned and I must say I really missed you guys on blogger (you know who you are!). So here goes.

I'll leave the explaining of why I baked this to my christmas post so keep reading if you wanna know how I decorated my christmas tree with cookies.

Click to enlarge the recipe.

So to stick it on the tree, it has to be sealed airtight in cling wrap so it stays fresh.

First, i cut out just enough cling wrap which is the size of the cookie plus about 3 inches allowance at the 4 edges if that makes sense.

Then, I place the cookie face down in the centre of the wrap.

Gather the four edges of the wrap.

Hook it like this with your index finger and your thumb.

Keep twisting til it looks like this. The tighter the better so the cookie is in airtight conditions.

And then I stick the tail under the bundle to secure the wrap.

And ta-daa!

And then hook some cards behind the cookie with a string.

And stick it on the tree!

This step is optional but I put up a cookies below --> sign so my clueless cousins will see'em. LOL.

Merry Christmas once again although it's long over. I love christmas the most out of all the holidays.

Love,

Aly

All I want for christmas is YOU!

All I've heard on the radio are Christmas songs since yesterday so here's my holiday post. Lots of pics, not much talking(as if) and hope you enjoy it!

Yesterday, I believe it was, I tried doing a BarbieLovesMAC look but I think it didn't turn out quite well. Only the lips I'm really proud of, but that didn't really have anything to do with me. It's MAC's Cremesheen Lipstick in Creme Cup which I'm loving a lot lately, it really turns up a bright pink on me. Review here.

And here are some pics I didn't intend to post up but did in the end.

On the following day, which is today, which is Christmas eve, we went to visit a relative at the hospital. So some camwhoring was done at the endoscopy waiting area although we didn't know anyone who was going for an endoscope. Lol.

It was a cozy corner with nice comfy cushions and a beautiful view of the night life(or should I say, traffic jam) in KL.

And my nails of the month, still holding up so far. I'm not sure if I should wear this to school in London.

And the following pics to make you laugh if you're feeling down today.

I did some winter clothing shopping at Zara and Mango which I haven't posted up. Maybe I will if I feel like it. =P

Merry Christmas everyone!! =3

Aly