A little of everything =)

Hey lovelies!

How's going? TGIF - bring on the drinks & party, baybehhhh!!! =) Lucky for me, I have no work today (THANK GOD for that), definitely need this day off to run some errands and start my study plan for my CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) paper in December.Also, to get away from the fucked up management at work.

( A MASSIVE rant ahead, scroll down for beauty-related post if you don't want to spend 5 minutes going through my bitching) 

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For those who don't know, I am currently working as a casual market research interviewer- a shit job, really. Only things that keep me going are the pretty damn good pay and my awesome colleagues (I swear, without those guys at work, I would of probably be in the psychiatric ward instead of blogging here. I kid you not) The management is fked in the head - think bully, favouritism and WORST thing about them is, they don't act like one most of the times.

 #1 rule: No matter how highly ranked you are in the hierarchy, treat your staffs with all due respect, just like how you want them to treat you. By that I mean, don't yell or have a go at them for petty stuff just to boost your ego or make you feel better about your position, which really, isn't any much better than anyone else besides the fact that you have been working there for yonks and your title is merely some "courteous" long service reward you get. In another words, any Tom, Dick & Harry can easily take over your position. So no, you're not much better than anyone of us. Hence, in the name of god, don't act as if someone died and make you king.

What happened was, I got a call from work after my shift yesterday and got told off for logging in using my username (which I use for another job) instead of the general user name, which apparently locked the computer and the next person after me had to restart the whole computer and wasted 10 fucking precious minute. Ok, I wouldn't deny the responsibility for this. But seriously, is it really necessary to call me up just to have a go for 5 minutes about it, repeating the same fucking sentence " Do not ever log in using your username".  I think not, especially after how you implied that every second is gold for you. =.=" 

FURTHERMORE, this is a fucking casual position, that means I put in MY availabilities for the shifts without having you to question WHY am I available (or not) at a certain time.. You don't have to have a massive sook about " I see you are scheduled for a day shift, why is it so?" and go " With what?" when I said I am busy. Oh, and add the " You don't have much use for me during the day shift". 

Well, by achieving the strike rate during my shift for the past 2 days does not "have much use" to you, I wonder what is. From the way I interpret it, its more like because you don't come in till 1pm and not being able to "watch me" during the first 3 hours of the shift makes you iffy.

Oh and an abrupt " I gotta go now" while having a problem with me coming in early further indicates that the whole point of the phone call is to take out your anger/ frustration at someone. And clearly, you can't take it out on that poor, innocent guy/girl who took over my seat after I left. Hence, leading you to ring me up.
Reminder to self: Never pick up phone calls from work. It's NEVER something good.

What a scumbag. Honestly, I thought you have changed to be a better person and learn how to act like a team leader but I guess old habits die hard. What pisses me off even more is, myself. I was heaps tired and was just about to have a nap when I received the call, so I did not bother telling him off. Did not strike me what a total rude cuntface he was until I woke up. Serve you right for getting demoted. Would of probably feel much better if I told him off over the phone.

This is just one of the example of the fked up management.I know its the reality and there are always workforce politics and one should get use to it. But at my place, it's just fucked.

RANT OVER!

(Kudos to those who managed to read through it. Now that I have closed down my personal blog, I need a place to release my anger)

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FOTD : RIHANNA INSPIRED 2.0

Why 2.0? I have tried this look about a month ago and instead of using a black liner on my lower lash line, I opted for a blue this time instead for a brighter look. I am using Rimmel Soft Kohl Kajal Eyeliner Pencil in Aqua Blue here. 

For contouring, I used Prestige Baked Mineral Blush in Pink and ChiChi Mosaic Bronzer in Dark.

Lippie is still MAC Lipstick in Bubblegum =)

Lighting was kinda shit cos the weather here in Sydney has been nothing but gloomy & wet :(

Wore this look to the Aroma Festival on Sunday with my BFF, Missy CSJ ♥♥♥

* I added another layer of my Barry M Lipgloss (I don't know the name for it as it only comes in numbers for the ones sold in Sydney) on top of my lipstick in this photo*

The performance by this street performer along Circular Quay kinda left us WTF. Just in case you couldn't tell, his "partner" is actually a DOLL, a friggin DOLL! How creepy does that look?

Started the Sunday morning with some awesome coffee (Its Aroma Festival after all), some Peru-an Pie (which tasted just like Aussie pies tbh and cost me 5bucks! =.=") and this friggin awesome Pistachio macaroons. ♥

Outfit of the day (in Supre's fitting room LOL)

Black top: Cotton On

Sailor Cardigan: SES

Tights: SUPRE

Flats: SHUBAR by HYPE

Faux Leather Jacket : SES

Bag: Nine West

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Lastly, just a couple of packages I received last week. =) 

Speaking of packages, I blew some of my tax return (which I received yesterday *YAY*) on ASOS and Book Depository (An awesome website for you Aussies out there as most of the books here are half of the RRP and shipping is FREE! =P). Can't wait till I receive them! 

Mini Brush Set from Gloss Cosmetics which I won from their twitter giveaway a few weeks back. =P

Consist of a foundation brush, angled blush brush, mascara wand? and an eyeliner brush.

Another package from Book Depository, which came in just in time - on the day I finished reading House Rules by Jodi Picoult. 

The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons which I am currently reading and am absolutely loving it! Just placed by order for the 2nd & 3rd book of the trilogy yesterday. 

Dear John by Nicholas Spark - I have always been a fan of Nicholas Spark and apparently the movie is really good as well. Can't wait to start reading this too!

As you can probably tell, story books is one of my current obsession. Been spending some money on them lately. Let's hope I actually finish reading all the 6 books I ordered from Book Depository and they don't end up sitting on my book shelf like The Times Traveler Wife & Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol. ( I will get to it, eventually.... I promise =P) 

Have you read any of these books?

That's all for now, a relatively long post compared to my previous few.Next up, Barry M mini haul and swatches. =) 

Hope you guys have a great weekend!!!!

XOXO,

A

Review: Sports Girl's Make Up

This review about Sports Girl's cosmetic range was meant to be up yonks ago (I am talking about 3 months ago here Lol. I edited these photos ages ago, way before I started watermarking them.) But being the procrastinator I am, it took me forever before I finally decided to write up a review about them. (Also to make sure you guys aren't getting too bored of my face from all the FOTDs I have been posting lately=P)

I purchased a few of their single eyeshadows, brushes and bronzer when they were having clearance about 2 months ago (and I believe, the sale is still on but the products are VERY limited). To be honest, I wouldn't have purchased them if they weren't on sale. As much as I love my drugstore products, I have always been somewhat skeptical when it comes to the quality of the make up produced by non-make-up company. Who's with me?

Sports Girl's Single Eyeshadow

Price

5/5 - I bought Tiny Dancer and Super Natural when they were having the BOGOF promotion- A$9.95 for both, so it works out to be approximately A$5 each. Holy Smoke was retailing for A$4.95 each at the time of purchase. Pretty cheap for Australian standard.

Product

4/5 - As you can see from the swatches, the colours are pretty pigmented. It does, however take a few applications to build up the intensity of colour. In terms of staying power, it stays on forever with a lil help from the good ol' creme shadow as a base. I don't even need to apply eyeshadow primer albeit I do use it occasionally when I am creating a night/party look. :) According to a friend of mine, these shadows are exact dups for some MAC colours but I can't comment much on that as I don't own any MAC eyeshadows. :(

Packaging

4/5 - Nothing special to shout about the packaging - simple and convenient. I do reckon the packaging is quite chic and am glad that it is not made out of some kinda cheap plastic materials like some of the affordable make up products out there. As for the size, it is about the same as the standard round single eyeshadows and its convenient to chuck it in your make up bag (though I personally prefer to carry a Quad-palette).

Sports Girl's DRAW THE LINE Eyeliner

I realised I didn't even take a photo of the colour of this eyeshadow, let alone swatches. *EPIC FAIL* But yeh, I got the purple one.

I don't have much to comment on this product as I have only used it a couple of times and I didn't like it. The formula wasn't creamy enough for my liking and I always had troubles drawing it on my lower lash line. I have to draw at least 3 times to have the colour appear and even so, it is not very noticeable. Lasting power isn't that great either. It smudges after a couple of hours but that happens to most of my eyeliners. That being said, poor Draw-The-Line Liner is one of the products that yours truly abandoned.

Sports Girl's BRUSH WITH FAME Brushes

If I am not mistaken, there only 4 brushes from the brush range - Kabuki brush, Cheek Brush, Eyeshadow Brush and Angled Brush. Correct me if I am wrong as I haven't visited their Beauty section for quite some time.

Cheek Brush: I used this to apply my Maybelline Dream Matte powder around my eyes area (to set my eyeliner) and highlighter for contouring daily.

Eyeshadow Brush - pretty much self explanatory? Lol

Price

5/5 - I can't remember the exact price of these brushes. I think it was A$7.95 after discount and they were having a further 30% off discounted item when I bought them. So, it should be around A$5 - A$6.

Product

3/5 - Its kinda obvious that you can't really expect much from brushes that you paid less than 10bucks. It wasn't bad but there wasn't much to shout about either. The bristles isn't as soft as I like my brushes to be. The eyeshadow brush is not as concentrated/intense? (I can't think of the right word for it atm lol) as my ELF and Coastal Scents ones.

Sports Girl's OH MY GODDESS Bronzer

Price

5/5 - The price department is scoring full points for all the products today as I believe I got them at a very good deal, so no complaints there. =) I think this bronzer was A$9.95 after discount and I got a further 30% discount. *win*

Product

4/5 - I have heard pretty good stuff about Sports Girl bronzer prior to buying this and I have been looking for bronzer for quite a while. Hence, it doesn't take me long to buy it when I saw it on the rack, especially for that price. I chose the one with shimmery bits as it is more blendable compared to the matte one. I was using this almost daily but stopped now because the shade is getting a tad too dark for me, now that its winter. =( This is my first bronzer I ever owned and I am pretty happy with it.

Packaging

3/5 - I gotta admit that Sport's Girl packaging for their cosmetic range but I find it a lil bulky for my make up bag. Would be perfect if it comes in a smaller size.

Have you tried any products from Sports Girl's cosmetic range before?

XOXO,

A