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Toodles with super duper lots of love (and in hopes of support from you),
Alanna the Banana

Guess who's back?

One of you may even throw rotten tomatoes at me if you happen to see this post, if there's still anyone reading this blog. Since I've left home, I found a life thus not blogging. Hah. A life, imagine that.

Nothing much changed. I'm back in KL, in a new home with new clothes. That's pretty much it. OH! Also I have unifi now which is as fast as the internet back in Melbourne. That's good.

Since it's my summer break and probably my only summer break left, I've decided to do quite a number of things. Decided to go back into my artwork cutting paper and all. And probably venture into a new beauty blog. How about that? I may even start vlogging and post up things on youtube. Well, friends have been encouraging me to do it, and since I have so much make up and products and I know a little here and there, I thought why not give it a shot? I'm still thinking of a name of the blog though, but I know what to write in it! So, if you happen to read this post, please please do check my new blog out when I link it somewhere in this blog. I need your support! =D

Well, I've also opened a new blogshop! It's called Pockets and it sells clothes from Australia and also local stuff! So please do check that out as well! It's doing pretty well I must say! In order to increase the traffic, please please check it out? =D

That's all I pretty much have to say for now. I miss blogging in a way.


Toodles with love,
Alanna the Banana

Bitter sweet

Sorry for the super long hiatus. Who knew being in Melbourne could mean so much fun and so much stress at the same time? Uni has been crazy and here I am sitting for exams already. And if you've followed me since the birth of this blog, you know I tend to blog more during exam periods. Heh.

But for now, I can't write much so I shall leave you with pictures. I'm still deciding which direction this blog should go to. So more after my exams!!!

Toodles with love,
Alanna the Banana

Kangaroo? What kangaroo?

AND SO! Well, it's kind of awkward to just start blogging again but I guess it's about time! Well, It's been at least a month plus since I've arrived in Melbourne. Settled in, living by myself, learning how to cook, getting used to the erratic weather, it's been tough but it's an adventure I guess.

Currently stacked up with assignments and tests to study for, thus the blogging. Though with mountains of work every week, I've had tons of fun each week too. Who knew grocery shopping with your friends could be so fun? Or eating ice cream when it's 15 degrees outside? Having cook-outs? I do miss home though. Very very much even though I don't show it to my parents. It does get weird that suddenly I am in a different environment. It's weird that I'm not sleeping on my bed at home anymore, weird that I'm not showering in my own bathroom, weird that I'm walking to uni instead of driving (OH HOW I MISS DRIVING), weird that I'm just alone.

And when I do get lonely, I do immerse myself with housework, laundry, cooking, and currently, Disney movies. I downloaded a couple of disney movies that my generation used to hold on to. Did I mention that the download speed here is so fast, it's amazing! I watched The Little Mermaid today. It was produced in 1989, two years before I was even born. The story was just so lovely, I actually teared in the end. When you were a kid, you couldn't understand what the whole plot was about and now that you do, you actually sense all the emotion in it. But what I love most about Disney movies are the soundtracks!!! Who can forget Ariel singing Part of Your World when she was so longing to see humans on shore?

The reason why I love watching Disney movies besides the fact that I love their plots and soundtracks, is that it always ends with a typical happily ever after scene. I know that happily ever after's are difficult to come by in reality, but I've always believed in it. And true love is another element in every Disney classic. There is always true love somewhere out there and we're all destined to be with someone special. With technology and different mind sets now, people seldom believe in true love anymore, it's a shame.

And don't you sometimes wish you were living inside the movie? You'll have an adventure, you have an animal beside you that talks to you or at least it understands what you're going through, you break out singing songs about how you feel, you fall in love, you beat the villain and you live happily ever after. I sometimes wish life could be that easy, but oh well, it's time to head back into reality. But at least believe that true love and happy ever after endings do exist.

Back to my macro.


Toodles from the Down Under,
Alanna the Banana

What's in a name? That which we call a rose.

I just got back from a girls night and I decided to put on make up just to experiment with new colour combinations with the existing colours I have. So I checked out a couple of tutorials from one of my favourite youtuber and decided on a Sultry Rose Look by xteener.

So based on her tutorial, I slowly made use of the colours I had and got this result!

You can see a little pink at the inner corner of my eye

My eyelids! 

Instead of using the eyeshadow wash as used in the video, I used my Stila lipglaze in a light pink-ish colour. Since the colour didn't really come out, it acted as a primer. I didn't have a light pink eyeshadow, so I decided to replace it with my Cyber Colours Mineral Blusher in Peach. For the grey, I used one of the matt grey colour from Maybelline Eyestudio in New York Night. I used the highlighter from Maybelline on my brow bone. 

For the cheeks, I used my Cyber Colours mineral blusher again and for the lips, my ELF lipstick in Nicely Nude. 

The overall look (though you can't see the eyes)

Those were the stuff I used for this look replacing those items on the tutorial. Though mine didn't look as subtle as xteener's, I thought it was a pretty good first attempt. Practice does make perfect, so that's the future. 

To my readers, I'm so sorry if it has been really girly stuff lately. I'm just experimenting with make up these days since I got bored over the summer holidays and I'm falling in love with make up now. If some of you like it, well, there's more coming as I'm not quite done yet with my experiments. Most of the make up tutorials are from American youtubers who have access to affordable make up. And I constantly feel that I need to buy what they are using to achieve the look the made on the video, and make up over in Malaysia can be really pricy especially those branded ones. So here I am, sharing with you girls which products you can use which are affordable and can give you ALMOST the same results you see on video. 

There will be other posts besides make up, so just keep tuning in! Oh one a completely different topic, I have only come with two new year resolutions. One, to get all Distinctions in my first semester in Melbourne Uni. Two, to save as much money as possible to pay for part of my ticket back to Malaysia. Yeap, that's all I got so far. 

Toodles with love, 

Alanna the Banana

Haulidays

Hey guys! Remember when I mentioned about buying a few make up products from Eyes Lip Face (ELF) I bought online. Well, I FINALLY received it about a week ago. I waited patiently for about 2 months and I got impatient after another month of waiting and when I finally got fed up and wanted a refund, the seller told me my products were on the way to my doorstep. So since then, I've been testing them out and here's a review!

ELF Eyeliner brush, Bronzing brush, Smudge brush, Lipstick and Falsies

ELF Bronzing brush

The Bronzing Brush can also be doubled as a blush brush or basically for any loose powders. I bought this for RM12. And what I can say is, the bristles are really rough on my skin. I didn't like the feeling of it on my skin actually but it did do a great job on the blush application. The angled bristles helped in easy application, but like I said, it felt really rough. I wouldn't recommend this brush as I reckon there are better blush brushes out there. 

ELF Smudge brush

My very first Smudge brush. I've been wanting to achieve a smoky eye look with a kohl pencil and I believe I have found a way with a little help of black eyeshadow. The Kohl pencil I used with the smudge brush was from Cyber Colours in Black. Though the brush is small, it was easy on my eyelids as I didn't need to put much pressure. It smoothen out the thick lines I made with the Kohl pencil really well. The brush did its job and I am clearly, satisfied with it. Only RM12, and perfectly worth it, that's my verdict!

ELF Eyeliner brush

I haven't tried putting on eyeliner with this brush yet as I don't use Gel liners but I'm planning out to smoothen out my pencil eyeliner with this. I'll get back to you girls with this. But so far, the bristles feel really soft. I hope it's kind on my eyelids. 

ELF Lipstick in Nicely Nude

I initially wanted a nude lipstick, but it turns out this is a much better choice. It's slightly pink and the colour is really subtle on the lips. Most of the time when I choose a pinkish lipstick, I would look very, Barbie. It would just shift the attention from my other make up to the horrible colour on my lip. But this, this is just perfect! I don't wear much lipstick but this is definitely my current favourite!

BEFORE I applied Nicely Nude

AFTER I applied Nicely nude

Its colour doesn't pop out as much but it just brings out a little more colour to the lips. Just perfect like I said. And neither is it too sticky nor too dry, just right, in my opinion. Get it if you can. RM29 and I'm not regretting it at all! 

I haven't used the ELF Falsies yet. When I do, I'll let you guys now about it!

Also, I bought a couple of other stuff last year. Actually last month, but you know, it's fun to say you did something last year when it's the new year. Don't mind me, I'm easily amused by these things. So this post is more like a make up haul. 

Empro Black Diamond Liner

I started off using a pencil liner and now that I'm more confident with liquid, I decided to upgrade with this marker type. The sales assistant told me this was a best-seller product so I decided what the heck, may as well buy it since most people are. And I have never looked back ever since. With its sharp, felt tip, fine lines are easy as ever and it's smooth to glide on the eyelids! To make it really black, I had to use pencil liner first then go over it with this. The best thing is, it's suitable for long wearing. It doesn't chip when you go over and over its layers and it's just really effortless to use. RM 43.80 and it's worth ever single cent!

MAC Sea and Sky

The only reason why I splurged so much on an eyeshadow was because it was the perfect colour I was looking for when I wanted to match my electric blue dress for an event. And come on, you have to admit, it is really purrty. 

Though, I found it a real trouble to bring out the colour at first. And I accidentally discovered how. I washed my brush and it didn't dry and I went ahead to use it and surprise, surprise, the colour was just amazing! Sky was a perfect compliment with Sea as both of them were wonderful when blended in together. RM85, a little pricy but I was desperate and you CANNOT complain that it IS MAC. 

Well, that's all for now. I know I'm a little late on new year's resolutions but I'm still working on it! If you girls tried any of these products, do let me know what you think! Off to search for more make up!

Toodles with love, 

Alanna the Banana