PHOTOLOG: More foodp0rn, sneak peek of more FOTDs and OOTDs

 What's happenin' cupcakes?

Hope you had a lovely weekend! 

It flew pass way too quickly before I was able to finish spelling M-O-N-D-A-Y. And the counting down to Friday starts right about now... Le sigh. 

Moonday usually means instagram/ recap post and I shall start this week's recap post with some food porn and proceed to more FOTD, OOTD and NOTD shots. 

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1. Chicken laksa with extra chilli - THE purrrfect food after 3 CC dry, 4 wines, 5 shots later. 

2. Roast duck noodle soup - my addiction in this cold weather. 

3. Bar Luca's steak and shoestring chips -  hands down BEST pub steak in town. 

4. Din Tai Fung Braised Beef Noodle Soup + Spicy Vegetable Wontons - another winter addiction.

5. Cappuccino on a cold & gloomy Sunday arvo.

6. Max Brenner Waffles - my Sunday guilty pleasure 

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7. Brand new maroon platforms from ZU that costs only $30

8. Sipping wine #LikeABoss at my Friday night's favourite spot - Ivy Pool Bar 

9. Top & Skirt from Paper Scissors/ Faux Fur Coat from Temt / Accessories from EQUIP/ Platforms from ZU

10. What's up doc? @IvyPoolBar

11. Lancome Rouge In Love Lippie (Review and swatched HERE) going strong after 5 hours, breakfast, morning tea and tonnes of water and tea later. 

12. Surprise delivery at the office - the very much anticipated Face of Australia Sheer Gloss Lip Crayons

  

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13. Friday night FOTD featuring Lancome Rouge In Love with and my new found rose statement necklace from Equip :)

14. FOTD for a Saturday night out - haven't curled my hair in yonkers. Products used: Modiva Curling Iron (reviewed HERE) and Original Mineral Original Queenie.

15. Amazing tiramisu from Surry Hills.

16. Harajuku inspired FOTD featuring Illamasqua Human Fundamentalism Palette and Atomic Lipstick

17. Behind the scene shoot with Fashion Hayley at Chinese Garden, Darling Harbour

18. Dressing up Harajuku style, first time in 23 years. 

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19.  A close up of the outfit. A more detailed post to come when I receive the photos!

20. As much Harajuku style is kawaii, I think I am still a tights and sweater girl. 

21. Blogging duty - taking photos and swatches of one of my favourite products, Revlon Lip Butters! Look out for that ladies. 

22. Weekend manicure - Sports Girl Eclair + ULTA Confeiti

23. Tossing between Bright Coral Viscose Biker Jacket and Leather Biker Jacket from ZARA.

(forgive the stoned face on the left as I was surviving on a 5 hour sleep)

24. Cocktail Saturday night with the bestie MsWendyAndCo @Blackbird Cafe

What did you lovelies got up to over the weekend?

Let me know if you would like a detailed post of one of the above FOTD/ OOTD/ NOTD. 

XOXO,

A

WINNERS OF MODIVA PROFESSIONAL 25MM CURLING IRON GIVEAWAY!!!

Hey lovelies,

Sorry for disappearing from the blogosphere for another week again! I have been slaving my ass away doing my audit assignment, which has been submitted and posted yesterday! Good to know that it's all gone, for now.... Class resumes in 2 weeks and finals is in less than 6 weeks. Eeeek! But I will worry about that later. LOL.

ANYHOOS,

as promised, the winners of my Modiva Professional Curling Iron giveaway will be announced today

CLICK to find out if you have won :)

The GFC winner is:  Emily from Emily Anthology

and 

The Facebook winner is: Elle from WifLuvElle

Please email me your addy to throughbeautyeyes [at] gmail [dot] com and I will pass on your information to Elizabeth from Modiva. 

You have 3 days to get in touch with me or a new winner will be picked :P

CONGRATS GIRLIES!!!! :) 

I will be back with more consistent posting now that I got my assignment out of my way! 

Stay tune for the following upcoming posts: 

* My journey with Schkinnymaninny 3 days detox program

* Cherry Culture haul and love package from Grace <3

* Introduction to Jane Iredale make up

* More FOTD that I am lovin right now! 

Winners were chosen using Random.Org. 

XOXO,

A

[GIVEAWAY] Modiva Professional 25mm Curling Iron

Remember the awesome curler that I have been raving ever since I own it? 

(FOTD post HERE)

The one that gives me gorgeous curls that last all day? 

The one that look a wee bit like "pink bunny" ala SATC style? LOL

It's none other than the Modiva Professional 25mm Curling Iron that I previously reviewed HERE.

The lovely Elizabeth from Modiva has offered not one but TWO curling irons as a giveaway prize for Through Beauty Eyes readers. :)

If you wanna find out how to be in a draw to win one of the two curling irons, keep reading. :)

FOTD - Smokey Eyes with a POP of "Aqua-Gold"

Hey lovelies!!!

How was your weekend? Hope you had a great one. MY BAD for not posting for the past week, I swear I had heaps of posts and edited photos waiting to see the world but I have been exhausted pretty much the entire of last week. And weekend, well just say my liver isn't too happy. The cold factor was definitely the cause of Adeline being an absolute couch potato too!!! Not cool, I know! 

ANYHOOS,

this was the EOTD I had on during Sydney Beauty Bloggers High Tea last weekend. 

I absolute adore these lashes by Model 21 as they are extremely comfy! 

I was feeling unadventurous with my smokey eyes combination so I decided to give a little "pop" to the look by lining my lower lashline with aqua and gold colour. :)

Details on products used and more camwhore shots after the jump. :P

REVIEW: MODIVA PROFESSIONAL 25MM CURLING IRON

Having your head shaved thrice when you were a kid is the main culprit of the extremely frizzy and curly (completely opposite end of sexy on the curls scale) hair, which dishevelled is the only word I can use to describe. Thank god for the chemical hair straightening technology, also known as rebonding in Asia which keeps my hair way more manageable and without looking like a lion run wild on the street.

I have rebonded my hair yearly, since 2002. Photo was taken in late 2008. 

That being said, I haven't exactly been into curls or wavy hair until the past couple of months, even when my hair was at its longest length, approximately 3 years ago! I have been rocking bob to medium length hair the past 2 years. I mean, I pay to get my curly hair chemically straightened, it doesn't make much sense to curl them again. Also, I have been into the uberly straight and flat hair for the longest time until lately. 

I have been wanting to curl my hair for quite some time but never really gotten into doing it besides the occasional oooohhh-ahhhhhh and envy while drooling over (not literally, or course) celebrities with sexy curls or waves. One of the reasons was because curls never last on my hair, which is fair enough considering that my hair has been chemically induced to stay straight. 

Therefore, when Elizabeth from Modiva contacted me and asked if I wanted to try Modiva Professional 25mm Curling Iron, it was almost an instant yes from me as I thought this would be a great opportunity to finally rock the curls-look. 

Honestly speaking, I wasn't expecting much from Modiva as there are SO MANY different brands and types of curling irons in the market which aren't too bad but weren't great either unless you splurge on a GHD or something equivalent. The fact that their website isn't as "prettified" as some of the other hair products websites isn't exactly helping either. Yes, pretty sites catch my attention despite being WAY over 5 years old. :P

HOWEVER, I am completely blown away by this baby here, wrapped in a black box with pink interior.

I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING!

Black stick........

Wrapped in a sleek black box with pink interior............

(I apologize in advance if I have any U18 readers here. You may skip this part and scroll down for more pictures. :P)

It resembles a you know what... Pink rabbit as what they called it in Sex And The City. :P You should have seen the look of my colleagues when I whipped the Modiva Professional 25mm Curling Iron out during Friday night drinks for them to try out. As if I would of have things like that delivered to work. Not saying I have ordered! 

A brief description of the product.

HOW-TO?

Turn it on, wait for it to heat up and wrap your hair around the curling iron and hold for 20-30seconds (depending on how tight you want the curls to be) and voila!

It comes with a glove which you're meant to put on while curling your hair to prevent yourself from getting burnt but I was a tad lazy while taking this photo. My bad.

A couple of photos of the final result:

My Saturday Night Hair Do

MY THOUGHTS ON THIS PRODUCT: 

If I were to describe this product in one word, it would be AMAZING. 

Simply because :-

* Its easy to use 

(No clipping your hair in between the thong and all that bs)

* It doesn't apply direct heat to your hair like what curling your hair with a straightener does.

* Quick

(I was pretty surprised that I am able to curl my hair within 10 minutes consider how thick my hair is)

*Long lasting curls

(As mentioned before, curls doesn't last long with my chemically straightened hair but this one does, surprisingly. Photo evidence below)

*Affordable

 (Retailing at $89.95, its fairly reasonable for the quality you get!) 

The only setback of the Modiva Professional 25mm Curling Iron that I can think about is the fact that there's no indicator as to when the curler is heated up. However, it's not much of an issue to me as its usually ready to be used after switching it on for 5 minutes. 

Here's a comparison of the before and after look, with the Schwarzkoph Magic Hair Extensions :

BEFORE:

With Schwarzkoph (I still have problem spelling this word!) Magic Hair Extensions without curling my hair. As you can tell, the top three quarter of my hair is fairly straight with the wavy ends of the extensions.

AFTER:

After curling my fringe and some of outer layer of my hair using  Modiva's 25mm Curling Iron

*This photo was taken 6 hours after I curled my hair without setting it with hair spray (as I was at work) and the curls were still going strong! Extremely impressive!*

Absolutely loving the combination of  Modiva Professional 25mm Curling Iron and Schwarzkoph Magic Hair Extensions !!!!

To purchase this awesome product, simply head over to: 

MODIVA PROFESSIONAL 25mm CURLING IRON PAGE

I have a little surprise to share with you readers who'd like to own this little gem here. 

Elizabeth kindly offer the readers of Through Beauty Eyes a whopping $30 DISCOUNT off your purchase of Modiva Professional 25mm Curling Iron.

Simply enter the special coupon code "Modiva" at the end of the online checkout purchase when you purchase from the Modiva website. 

This special offer will be valid until the 31 August 2011!

Have any of you tried Modiva Professional 25mm Curling Iron ?

I'd like to know your thoughts if you did. :)

DISCLAIMER: The Modiva Professional 25mm Curling Iron was provided to me for review purposes and Schwarzkoph Magic Hair Extensions was gifted to me during the blogger preview event. I am not paid for this post and will not be compensated for any sales made from this post.  As always, all opinions stated is 100% honest. Please refer to my Disclosure Policies for more information.

XOXO,

A