STARRY EYED

 

Happy St Patrick's day everyone!(okay technically it was last night haha)

I have many things to update you guys about. Was invited to the official opening of Brooks Brothers

at knightsbridge yesterday. Will be heading for a good friend's 21st at hard rock cafe tomorrow and will be performing there as well! Exciting stuff. 

I won the CATALOG Magazine wonderwoman makeup mini contest so I will be meeting makeup extraordinnaire, Beno Lim who's worked on the likes of GAGA and Fergie, so that will make for awesome blogging material!

I will also be attending Topshop's english breakfast event next week so stay tuned boys and girls.

Quite a number of events and parties to attend, but that is not to say I will let my academic work slip!

Received my graded summary sheet for my POSC mod and I got highest in class! I am one happy energiser bunny.

 The exams are drawing near and I have to get started on my 2.5k word essay so this is just a short post to tell you guys that I am keeping well! XX 

Next entry will be for the boys, and here's a sneak preview:

 

Just one ensemble of the spring summer wardrobe for Brooks Brothers. Yep there were models in store last night! If I were to draw comparisons I'd liken them to the more grown up and genteel cousin of Fred Perry perhaps?

Running from tomorrow with our lips locked.

Received my first and only midterm result today. I seriously thought I was gonna do really badly but I got 11/15 for it, 12 being the highest in his classes. Im satisfied but there's nothing much to be complacent about, seeing that everyone's marks were so close.
In other news, I just got myself a twitter account !follow me to receive real time updates!
My formspring account is www.formspring.me/mellowlim you can drop by to ask me any burning questions you might have as well!

Over the past week, I purchased 2 articles of clothing, this divine topshop white boyfriend blazer, and a simple denim tube dress from herssincerely

Credits: polyvore.com 

I'm posting this picture because I have  a similar off white scallop trimmed top and I have the pink

paperbag shorts as well so i'm definitely gonna try out this look in the near future! Will post pictures when I do hehe 

 There's actually a story behind this dress. Basically when I saw it on the website, I fell in love because the cutting of the dress looked impeccable and I went trigger happy upon seeing it and when I placed an order, I actually indicated I wanted a different dress from the denim dress that I actually wanted and transferred the money because I couldnt wait to get my hands on it.

 Don't ask me how but the ladyboss, Esther was really intuitive and somehow sensed that I wanted to get the denim dress instead of the one that I indicated wrongly and took the trouble of attaching the picture of the dress that I mistakenly indicated in an email and got me to double confirm whether I paid for the correct dress or not. That was when I realised my mistake. She readily offered to refund me the difference in price between the denim dress and the dress I mistakenly ordered which was more expensive. 

After this whole spate of affairs, I decided to change my mind and opt for registered mail instead of normal mail to make sure that the dress landed on my hands safely. But the only problem was, in that case, I had to transfer esther another 20 cents. Esther gladly offered to waive the 20 cents to spare me the trouble of transferring the money again. Although it is a small gesture, I will remember it because these days, its so hard to find such personalised and attentive service in brick and mortar shops, much less online blogshops!

I received my dress 2 days later and was very pleased with the quality of the denim! :)

Affordable clothing, prompt, attentive and sincere customer service. Hers Sincerely truly lives up to its name!

Here's a dress from their latest collection that caught my eye:

 Its a dusty pink toga with an asymmetrical hem! Reminds me of a piece from topshop that is retailing for wayyyy more. Its sold out on the website already. I'm hoping they will open a backorder for it soon!

Because online shopping is always fastest fingers first, to make sure you never miss out on another awesome dress, be sure to sign up for their mailing list for exclusive previews!

http://herssincerely.livejournal.com/

Be sure to follow them on twitter as well!

P.S. This is not a sponsored advertorial. Im only blogging about them because I feel that their service was top notch and deserved some mention. Besides, I will only recommend good things to my readers ;)

REDHEAD

So for those who follow my facebook, you'd probably know via live feed or something that I've dyed my hair red! To be more specific it's a copper base colour with red highlights and I really love it!

Please excuse my chipmunk-ish grin, I am just too happy!
Had it done at Next Salon at Ion Orchard, for free because one of my classmates from secondary school is working as a colour technician there and needed a hair model to test out colours so I became a guinea pig!

 The interior of the salon looks something like that... seems as if they are trying to marry both industrial/victorian elements together

 

It's a pretty nice salon and nice place to getaway from the maddening (shopping) crowd.

I especially love the hair wash area!

I'm glad I've gone red. The only concern I have is the vibrance of the red fading with time if I dont take care of it. 

I did a bit of research online & compiled a list of tips about how to prevent your red hair from fading and here's what I found. Great for people who are on the fence on whether they should go red or not

1) Do not wash hair for 48 hours after dye job

2) Wash hair with COLD water subsequently because hot water will strip the red pigments off your hair!

3) Condition often to retain the shine and vibrancy of your hair

4) Invest in a good colour shampoo

5) Avoid sunlight! Apparently sunlight is notorious for fading the red in your hair. Maybe that's the reason why most redheads have flawless porcelain skin anyway!

Now on to an exciting freebie for you readers! Vanessa, one of the stylists is looking for hair models to cut hair for! (Don't worry, you can choose the style you want and you dont have to worry about getting a botched job, she will be supervised by the director plus she's worked 2 years with Toni and Guy before moving on to Next so you have virtually nothing to worry about! ) :) This is a really great opportunity because a haircut with her would otherwise cost $45!

Vanessa will be doing this anytime from next monday-wed

Any of you guys interested in taking up the offer?
Leave a comment and let me know and I'll get back to you. Alternatively, you could drop me an email at mellim8@hotmail.com :)

P.S. Guys can apply too! and NO YOU ARE NOT GAY if you take up this offer, you are saavy! ;)



Next Salon 
Level 3, Ion Orchard
(next to Agnes B)

UNPRECEDENTED

Went to knightsbridge and paragon to shop yesterday. Miss Selfridge is so underrated. They carry really pretty clothes and my photos don't do them justice.

1. my little collection of rings

2. Topshop makeup I bought yesterday

3,4,5. Miss selfridge shoulder cutout tunic and draped animal print blazer

6. Topshop Ballet flats

I have an assignment to do that's due tomorrow and I still feel uncharacteristically calm. This is unbecoming of me.

103 unique views on my blog yesterday and I feel almost guilty for not posting anything! (Sorry readers). I spent a good part of yesterday in the recording studio (No, actually it's in my room). Its a pretty tedious process because I dont use any voice enhancing software/autotune and I dont know how to edit and stitch parts of the song together to make the perfect song so the version I post up has to be a perfect take of the entire song. I guess I wouldn't want to know how to do it either. Integrity in my craft is very fundamental to me. 

Good morning everyone. Have a great sunday ahead! Im gonna spend mine doing my assignment by the pool.

BLACK SWAN ANONYMOUS

Woke up today and read the papers,
felt a little bit flirtatious...

The following pictures are inspired after the ST Urban Ballerina Spread

I will be the first to admit that these pictures are far from professional,

 But these rookie pictures have their own charm as well!

            I was trying to give some imagery to the endless struggle of bodily perfection by superimposing my head on the mannequin. This theme of perfection has been used over and over again in the black swan, and I thought I would pay homage to it, in my own little amateurish way

                             Basic Top, Dorothy Perkins. Tutu skirt, Korea. Necklace and Accesories, Unknown

This is yet another facet of me. I love dressing up and I believe that fashion should be practical. In fact, I feel the word"fashion" comes across as a little pretentious. Nobody really has a body made for couture, you just gotta work with what you got. Fashion to me is nothing more than waking up dreary eyed, going through my closet, and putting together an outfit. Very layman, but there's a lot of fun in that too!