pirate mata satu!

If some of you in my fb fren list, sure you guys are aware of me being Jack-Sparrow-wannabe or at least that what my hubster called me. Heh.. dia cakap I can starring in the next Pirate of Carribean. Ko ada noks mata tutup sebelah macam i?


So, the drama started more than a month ago. My eyelids start swollen on last week of fasting month. I went to one of the Ophthalmology clinic downtown SP. So the doc tell me the swollen was big and require removal aka minor surgery. I nebes noks. Surgery means a lil cut and blood and pain. So I request the doc to give me a day to think about it since time tu kasut raya laki I tak cari lagi. After the visit we went to Penang. Nak cari kasut raya laki I la kan. Time tu tak nak pikir sangat about the eyelids. Malas nanti I takde mood nak beli barang.

The next day, I felt berat hati je nak do the procedure, so we went to another Ophthalmologist for 2nd opinion. Well, its always best to go for the 2nd opinion kan? So the doc tell me I have to option either to take the antibiotics and pray hard the swollen will subside, or we had to take option no.2 which also the removal. Ofkos I ni nak try something less painful. So I opt for the antibiotics. I was on that antibiotics for almost a week. The swollen was smaller but not 100% subside. And raya came. Dah tu, I pun tak berapa nak pikir about my eyelids thing. Sebab its not painful after all. Its just like a numb growth,u noe, yg macam kematu je dekat situ. But last week, the growth start to give me tough time. Dia mcm heavy je. Bukak mata pun stim je sebelah sebelah tak boleh bukak sepuas-puasnya.

I went back to Sg Petani on recent weekend and was on leave on Monday. I met another Ophthalmology at the Specialists Hospital nearby my in law’s house. Jeng..jeng..jeng..sure the doc suruh I do the removal. As the growth is big from acceptable size *size yg kecik tak payah removal I rasa*. The doc give me two options to admitted in the hospital after removal or I may bed rest at home. Since the admission procedure to hamik masa, I opt for outpatient which mean balik rumah after the procedure.

Well, memula nak masuk tu I ok je. Berani. Siap tak bagi laki teman masuk lagi. Sebab I tau laki I ni stok ngeri gaban. Kang doc tak sempat nak buat apa-apa dia dah pengsan tengok jarum. Tak pasal2 nurse-nurse tu nak settlekan laki I dlu plak.

Since the doc is a muslim, I rasa sangat tenang when he recites the doa in every step he took.

Well, can you imagine the pain kena bius dekat area eyelids? Not once but thrice or 4 kali. I cant recall the 3rd and the 4th time since the pain for the 1st and 2nd injection tu sangat buat I traumatized. Though the doc bgtau I a lil pain and ask me to selawat, but cer imagine injection depan bijik mata. Waaa! Kompom baca selawat dalam hati pun terabur. Well, this is the not the first operation, but this is the most traumatized one since I Nampak injection like less than 2cm dr bijik mata i. sobsobsob…

Lepas kena bius tu, the doc clamp my eyelids and flip it. Macam eyelids tu terbalik la now. Omaigod! Sungguh nyilu and I cant stop my tear. Asyik meleleh-leleh.habis basah tepi2 mata and the nurse keep on wipe it off. I think the procedure beside injection bius tu tak la begitu painful, tapi bile dengar kelentung kelentang to lagi I nebes ok. In my two previous surgery, I was 100% unconscious. So macam tak de dengar benda alah compare to this minor procedure. So I tak la rasa nebes sangat.

And taraaaa…..

Laki I ngeri tengok bini dia mata satu and the darah on the eyes bandage and so does on my tudung. Hubster mintak i to stay overnight in hospital afraid there will bleeding tengah malam kang. Ofkos I tak mo admitted kan, bek I ddk rumah in law bersenang lenang.

So as result, ill be on medical leaves for one week y’all. But, masih lagi kena working from home. Tapi tak kisah la, I log in at 9am ke 10am. Asalkan I buat keje I kan.

Well, as promised before, let me start with what a basic makeup one should owned.

Seriously, dalam donia mekap ni there is no such rules and regulation. Takde pun salah kalau ko pakai eyeshadow as blusher ke or sewaktu dengannya. But just nak bagi u guys a basic guideline what u shud owned for start based on my findings.

Well, before you guys put on your makeup, its best that you do the essential-trio. You got me right? Cleansing, toning and moisturizing your skin. Once this essential-trio siap, you may proceed with “hello gorgeous!”. So this is makeup gadgets I think you should owned to have those flawwwwlesss makeup results.

1. Face Primer

2. Concealer

3. Foundation

4. Loose Powder

5. Eye shadow based/Eye primer

6. Eyeliner

7. Mascara

8. Lippy

9. Blusher

10. Face spray/mist or whatever people may call it.



1. Face primer.

Why you need face primer? – A face primer is one of the best ways to insure your makeup stays on longer. They pamper the skin and create a protective barrier. Primers are excellent for people with combination to oily skin. Just apply after moisturizer and let it sink into the skin for a few minutes, and carry on with your regular foundation routine.

So, basically primer ni bertindak untuk hold your foundation. So your foundation will stay much longer, wont cakey or chalky and at least tidak luntur very soon. Its very good to use untuk org mesia. Sebab cuaca kat mesia cepat buat kita berpeluh and foundation wont last that long. Dah tu takkan asyik2 nak tempek foundation setiap sejam kan?

What I used? – Currently I’m using NYX HD Primer. For the price I paid, this primer was totally awesome. It holds my foundation the longest possible around 6-7hours. Remember my raya drama? I tried to put on again my Maybelline Foundation together with this primer. The results? I change my mind as the foundation won’t that bad. At least it last longer that before.

My wish list – of course I planned to own one of those so famous Lauria Mercier foundations. But not until I’m pro to put on the makeup gadjets la kan. So next in my wish list is Monistat Soothing Care Chafing Relief Powder. This monistat Soothing Care Chafing Relief Powder is not design for face primer. It’s actually dedicated for relief & Prevents Chafing on skins. But due to the ingredients used in this Monistat is actually the same ingredient use in those high end face primer. You heard me girls! So, that is the reason why this monistat is used for face primer and ramai gilos mekap guru kat youtube in love with this product.

Where you can get it? No, this wasn’t available in drugstore at Malaysia. So as alternative, you may purchase this from most-of-Malaysian-girls-life-savior, Ryan : http://sgdrugstore.com/

Well, Ryan doesn’t just sell those items available at his web; he also takes order for others stuff as well. I just placed order for another 3 more makeup brush and brush shampoo from him sebab that day lupa nak beli when my fren was in state. Ko ingat meknusia je pakai shampoo?

nampak flawless. ko addaaaa?

Sape yg aritu comment tanya camno nak tepek mekap biar Nampak tulus mulus?


Err..jawapan sebenarnya I pun tak tau la nak tepek mekap pesen ape bior Nampak muka berkawah ni ala flawless gitu.

Sebabnya, I pun baru je jinak-jinak merpati dengan dunia mekap.

Nak buat camne, baru recently realize I sedang didalam aging process gitu. which is Au Natural no longer working walaupun jenuh dah bagitau kepala otak ni banyak kali. seems the brain no longer nak percaya on au natural things la kan?
Then pasrah and yakin perlu tempek mekap agar muka Nampak sedikit flawless. At least jerawat tu ko tak nampak la sangat kan. Nampak sesuci lebaran sket muka tu. Tapi, kalau ko tanya suami I lepas put on makeup, kompom ko rasa nak pitam dengar jawapan dia “ni semua fake nih!”. Sungguh siot bukan? Takpe, I memang pasrah mengenang nasib diri. Lagipun in real world semua orang hidup dalam denial. Ape la salahnya tempek mekap with a lil hope ko santek macam Kim Kardashian walaupun vontot ko tak mampu nak celen vontot dia.

Tapi mekap disini bukanlah tepek mekap ala level perantin. Errr.. so not my type la. Mekap haruslah so-so aje. Tak perlu la ko nak over doing it sampai boh bulu mate pelesu takat pergi pergi kedai tukar tayar kete ke, mahupun takat pergi pasar malam. Eh serious! I pernah jumpa orang gi bazaar ramadhan mekap fullamak. Eye shadow kaler hijau purple, bulu mata pelesu dasat, tapi pakai baju kelawar yang buat tido malam tu. Aaa…assume je la dia baru balik shopping dan hanya sempat tukar baju je and rasa sayang pulak nak remove mekap mahal-mahal yang dah tempek tu. Kooo adddooo?

Unless u adalah perantin, u deserve la mekap ala-ala setebal mekap Rozita che wan kan. Pastu taram bulu mata sampai nak angkat kelopak mata pun tak larat. Tapi, dah nama pun big day. Ko mekap ala-ala lady gaga pun orang masih dapat terima. Sebab dah big day ko kan. Or pergi dinner party ke ko nak mekap ala drag queen pun I rasa orang ramai masih boleh terima walaupun diaorang akan nengok ko dari atas sampai bawah, pastu buat signal mata kat kawan sebelah dia. Tapi kalau takat menghadiri mejlis kawen orang lain, ko tak yah la overshadow pengantin tu. Meraung pengantin yang bayar mekap retis ratusan malah ada ribuan ringgit bile nengok ko mekap overrrr dari perantin. Bagi la chance kat perantin. Cukup la sekadar mekap basic-basic, masih kelihatan au natural gitu.

And bila ko cakap pasal mekap, kompom ramai Tanya brand apa la elok nak tempek. So tang ni I kenot answer sebab it depends on your level bajet and diri sendiri. Ada orang seswai ngn mekap mahal-mahal sahaja baru dia Nampak santek, tapi ada gak orang mekap cap ayam pun dah Nampak santek dah.
and for start, better go for average brand je la kan.
Sapa tak nak beli mekap cap MAC ke, Bobbi ke, Laura Mercier ke, NARS ke, Urban Decays dan banyak lagi la dek non oi. Nak oi nak..sampai tak tido malam asyik pegang calculator. Dah kompom-kompom dieorang tu well known brand. Jadi kompom ko rasa lepas ko pakai mekap tu pastu keyakinan diri terus sama level dengan Kim Kardashian. Tapi kalau takat aku sebuah foundation MAC pun dah cecah ratus, ko agak mampu ke nak diteruskan niat nak eyeshadow la, blusher la, lipstick la, eyeliner la, mascara bagai kalau nak beli semua sekaligus?

Ekceli, kalau u oll jenis gigih and still rasa nak beli branded mekap ni jugak, boleh je buat satu bulan beli satu barang. Cuma level kesabaran tu kena la tinggi sket nak collect at least for basic kan. Since sabar menyabar ni takde dalam kamus hidup I, I ni jenis kalau nak, nak semua sekali on the dot. Ko mampuuu nak handle bini spesies ni? Sebab tak mampu la I kawen ngn laki i. dia sorang je mampu handle bini spesis ni kan.

Tapi korang juga kena la ingat, ko beli mahal2, tapi tak reti tempek pun membazir juga. Jadi why not start with something not-so-expensive, pastu ko dah terer calit-calit so that tak rasa membazir sangat sebab dalam proses pembelajaran calit-calit dan tempek-tempek ni kompom banyak kali ko kena wipe off balik mekap ni, then baru ko berhijrah kepada high end mekap brands la. Sebab kompom la high end mekap ngn mekap so-so ni banyak beze.

Dalam proses pembelajaran pun, sure ko tak nak go for super cheap mekap stuff pastu muke ko kelihatan seperti pondan-pondan kat jalan haji taib tu kan. Means, mekap nampak chalky ke tak sekata ke or luntur sebelum waktunya. So brand yang average for start ni pun banyak. Pergi je drugstore (note: pharmacy,Watsons, guardian, or bhgian personal care kat giant and tesco pun ada) banyak je jual brand-brand yang level kemampuan kite (note: utk orang yg tak berapa nak mampu mcm I la). Yang penting, before beli, buat la sedikit research, gi la guggle kat tenet tu. Sebab tu, since been a user of semakphong for the past 2 years, segala maknikam benda nak beli, I gugle dulu. Tengok review. Tapi berpada-pada la kan. Ko nak foundation level Laura Mercier, pastu ko nak bayar rege nampuluh ringgit. Ko agak-agak sales assistant tu tak rasa nak hempok kepala ko ke?

And for those yang nak berjinak-jinak merpati, rajin-rajinlah usha utube ye. Sebab kat utube la banyak gila mekap guru yg gempak-gempak yet ko tak payah bayar nak gi mekap class. Yang penting, ko nengok, ko pause, ko start calit, pastu ko play, ko nengok, ko pause ko calit lagi and on and on sampai la settle muke ko yang dah rupa kim kardashian selepas di mekap (u wish la kan!).

And my latest mekap range obsession is NYX! ramai mekap guru kat utube pakai cap NYX ni, plus rege dia. Auwwww! Affordable. But the drawback is, NYX does not available kat Mesia. Whatttt?

One option is to purchase it via online from local seller. Banyak je local online seller bawak this NYX from US and jual kat mesia. But for sure the price slightly expensive la. Kena la kire kawan tu nak bayar postage la, pack2 barang ni semua and of course sape nak bisnes kalau tak untung kan?

And another option is, directly beli from the online store kat US nun. Tapi, shipping cost dia sometime same rege dengan barangan yang ko beli. Dah jadi mahal balik. Unless ko nak consolidate the shipment and share dengan orang lain kan.

And for me working with US-based company, adalah juga advantage nye. Sebab tetiap bulan kompom ada je colleague’s yang kena outstation kat HQ. And mostly yang pergi ni jantanz-jantanz u oll, dah tu takkan I nak suruh jantanz-jantanz ni pergi cari mekap utk i kat kedai? kompom la mati hidup semula pun tak nak kan. So sebagai wanita yg bijak, I telah membeli secara online and deliver to their hotel room. Pastu jantanz-jantanz ni tinggal angkut bawak balik Mesia je. Dieorang ni tak kisah kalau takat angkut bawak balik sebab dieorang ni pun bukan beli apa sangat kat sana. Lagipun sape lagi nak nyusahkan hidup dieorang kalau bukan I kan? Dari perfume laki I, sunglass, teeth whitening, mekap brush, mekap stuff semua je buat cara ni. Nak buat camno. Kat US nun murah. Ko cer beli kat mesia. Mekap brush I tu almost double the price kat mesia tau. Tu baru satu barang kan?

And taraaaa! This is my NYX haul baru-baru ni. nak tambahkan koleksi i yang sedia ada gitu.

                                                                The peach blusher tu Cik Anne punya. tapi i rasa macam nak pulak sekarang ini sebab ia cantek. 

NYX adalah awesome! The famous jumbo eye pencil sangat bagus digunakan untuk orang-orang yang baru belaja bermekap and bagi mereka yang on the go (considering to purchase another 5 colour lagi).

The Nude on Nude makeup kits sangat best. And its really worth every penny. siap ada lip pallete lagi kat bawah dia.
I introduced NYX to my sis, even my sis pun sangat terkejut with the NYX quality. With the price you pay, tapi ko dapat the quality almost setanding dengan other high end brand.
And the best part about NYX, ko takyah nak bubuh banyak. buh sikit je kaler dia dah va va vaaas gitu. so being a cheapskate, this is a very good point for NYX.

and time i beli tu ada discount on certain products. this lipstick cost me less than two dollar. omaiii! murah bukan? hamik dua terus. mana ada orang pernah said enuff with mekap stuff aight?

Nanti I review one by one bila ada kesempatan ye and what a basic mekap stuff u shud owned for start.