BEAUTY FAVOURITES

Today, I am going to share 3 of my current FAVOURITE products with all of you. This post is definitely not an ad! Everything that I am gonna state below is purely my own review. Starting with one of my current skincare products : 

1. Tony Moly Banana Sleeping Pack

Functions: Moisturize and nourish your skin. 

About two months ago when I first visited Tony Moly with my sister, we got attracted by many of their products. Tony Moly doesn't only provide various choices, their items are well designed with eye catching appearances. 

As you can see above, the Banana Sleeping Pack really comes in a banana container. Isn't it interesting? One more fact that you may not know, it actually smells like banana too! The texture is kinda thick and greasy. I read some review and it says that people with oily skin would probably not like this products. I personally have oily skin and I am pretty fine with it. To be honest, I do feel a sticky layer over my face for the first hour I apply it. But after some time or overnight, it becomes less greasy. I would say it works quite well. My skin does feel the different after using it for a month. 

2. Tartelette Amazonian Clay Matte Eyeshadow Palette By Tarte

Occasionally, I would need to put on eye shadow and all this while I only apply brown and copper colour. I want to own more colours in case I need them for any events. I was looking for a palette that contains all these colours - pink, purple, different shades of brown and grey. I went to search around in many Sephora outlets, and finally I decided to go for this. Based on the promoter, Tarte's eye palette is one of the top selling palettes in Sephora. There are also other better choices like Naked by Urban Decay and Chocolate Bar by Too Faced, but this is what need.

(Swatches for Tartelette Eyeshadow Palette)

Why did I pick this over others? 

Of course, the main reason is that it satisfies most of my preferred colours. Secondly, this is like the only set with all matte eye shadows. The rest are great too but most of the colours are with glitters. Not that I don't like glitters, but I personally prefer something that gives more natural look.

So far, this product is able to satisfy me with:

- all the colours that I'm looking for

- long lasting application

3. LOOK AT MY EYES STRAWBERRY ICING by Etude House.

Basically this is a creamy eye make up from Etude House. My sister introduced this to me some time ago, and she gave me tips to turn my matte eye shadow into shimmery look. I have tried her way and it works! I am definitely getting myself one soon.

This is what I mean by turning the matte eye shadow into shimmery look. Please ignore my messy application here.. and focus on the glitters around my eye *HAHA* It also helps my eye shadow to have greater colour payoff. 

BAKING DAY

Since I have a few days of holidays due to Hari Raya, I have decided to make an Oreo Cheesecake. To be honest, I'm not good in baking or making any desserts. So far I've tried baking for 2 or 3 times in my whole life, and obviously I still need lots of practices. I've decided to make cheesecake because:

1) Cheesecake is one of the things that I've baked before. I don't fully remember the entire recipe as my previous attempt was guided by my friend's mom, who is an expert in baking cakes. In addition, I baked that when I was 16 year old, which is like three years ago. But I insisted to go for cheesecake as it's quite easy to make. 

2) I wanted to bake something that Daniel loves. He has been hinting about the first cake that I've baked for him, therefore I am trying to bake one more for him (although I'm not sure if it's gonna taste close or not lol). 

I went online to read a few recipes and decided to follow the one from allrecipes.com. As I would be using a smaller springform pan, I have adjusted the portion for each ingredients. I am using a 7-inch springform pan. I didn't want to make a big one, because I am not sure if it's gonna taste good without adding sour cream. 

500g of cream cheese

1/2 cup of sugar

2 eggs

3/4 teaspoon of vanilla extract

3 tablespoons of melted butter

21-24 oreo cookies

For the crust, I used about 13 oreo cookies (with the icing removed) and all 3 tablespoons of melted butter. If you like cheesecake with thin crust, 13 cookies would be fine. But i personally prefer thicker crust, so maybe I'll trying using more cookies next time!

I used baking paper before creating the base. It's not mentioned in the recipe, but I prefer using it.

After preparing the batter, I added another 9 crushed cookies into the batter and stirred. I think I like cheesecake with more cookies chunks so I'll gonna add more for my next one.

According to the recipe, I'm supposed to bake the cake at 350 F for 45 minutes and here's the result. The top layer is kinda brown. It's not over baked, and the middle part is just nice. I guess I shall use a lower temperature next time and bake for a longer time so that the top layer won't turn brown so quickly.

 TADAA! Okay, I gotta admit that the appearance is not so tempting, but it tastes good.

I am gonna try more and make it perfect *peace*

FOOD TRIP TO MALACCA

As the title suggests, today I'll be blogging about my latest food trip to Malacca. Daniel is having his semester break now, and we've decided to visit Malacca again for all the good food (especially those in Jonker Street)! The trip was really short, just one and a half day. I couldn't make it a longer trip, as I am currently on the busiest point of my semester.


Day 1
We reached Malacca after approximately two hours of driving, and the first place we headed to for breakfast was Jonker 88, located at Jonker Street. This shop is famous with their laksa as well as cendol! The name of the shop is kinda fading already, so for those for have hassle looking for it, it's actually located next to the statue of Datuk Wira Dr. Gan Boon Leong.

Baba Nyonya Laksa 

The soup has a heavy taste of coconut and its not spicy at all, I feel that it's kinda sweet compared to all the laksa I've tried in my life. If you can't take spicy stuff, you probably would want to try this!

Asam Laksa

Since Daniel ordered the Baba Nyonya Laksa, so I guess I shall try other stuff. Their Asam Laksa looks very typical but guess what, the taste is definitely rare! The taste is quite traditional, you probably won't get to try it in cities like Kuala Lumpur.

Durian Cendol

To me, the best combination to our laksa would be the cendol! You will rarely see me eating cendols because I am not a big fan of it. But in Malacca, there are Durian Cendols, and Durian is my favourite food, therefore I must tryyyy! One bowl wasn't enough but both of us were pretty full already.

After our breakfast, we headed to the Upside Down House Gallery located at Plaza Mahkota (near Mahkota Parade). This gallery is basically a house with all everything attaching to the ceiling. I would say the number of room is quite limited. There are only four sections inside, which include a living room, two bedrooms and a part for the bathroom. Oh yea, the entrance fee is only RM 15 per person. 

Daniel trying to climb up to the shelves.

Hehe I look like I'm floating. Where's the gravity?

Daniel trying to hold my hand whole floating HAHAHAA

I can't do any special moves, except for jumping lol.

Not rotating this photo, just to show how the gallery actually looks like.

We drove all the way to Klebang later on for the famous milkshake with coconut chunks in it. I've been reading reviews about the Klebang Coconut Milkshake and it's one of the must-try things in the list. 

Klebang Coconut Milkshake

To be honest, I didn't expect it to taste so good. Too good, that Daniel and I went to grab two more cups before we started out journey back to Kuala Lumpur. They are selling two types, one with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top and one without the ice cream. We tried both and I prefer the one with ice cream as the taste is milkier and stronger. The coconut chunks and the vanilla ice cream make a perfect match! I think most of the people would like it. If you don't, it's either:

- you hate coconut/vanilla, or

- you have very very high requirements for good food.

Later, about 4pm, we decide to have millicrepes at Nadeje, Mahkota Parade for tea time. Yayyyy! Didn't get to taste it for about 9 months already. Although Nadeje has a branch in Petalling Jaya, but I've heard that the Malacca branch serves the best millicrepes. Hence, everytime when my family is here in Malacca, we will make sure ourselves visit Nadeje.

Outfit from Forever 21.

It was around 6pm, and we should be going to Jonker Street already, but Daniel was craving for the mamak food served by this restaurant called Pak Putra Tandoori & Naan. He likes their chicken tandoori and cheese naan a lot. 

Undeniable, the Chicken Tandoori is really one of the best I've tried.

Triple Cheese Naan 

Night time at Jonker Street! This RM1 stick ice cream is everywhere on Jonker. Got ourselves two sticks to quench the thirst! 

Fried oyster - We saw many stalls selling seafood and decided to try some! Both Daniel and I were very satisfied with it. The eggs weren't just normal fried eggs. The texture was quite crispy making it something very enticing!

Heh Mixed fruits coated with chocolate. Daniel and I were playing a game by guessing what was the next fruit. He just made this fruit sticks interesting. 

And let me present to you the best Durian Puffs! I got this from the stall I went to the last time I was in Jonker. I couldn't bite well ever since I have my braces on, and I just love how tiny is the size of the puff. 

The crowd just got bigger and bigger.

Day 2

Before we headed back to Kuala Lumpur, we had our brunch in Limau-Limau Cafe @ Jalan Hang Jebat. We were sitting on the outside as inside were fully seated and the upper floor was closed due to insufficient of manpower.

My favourite Earl Grey tea. I just found out that Earl Grey protects teeth from cavities and helps to prevent cancer :DD