summary of F1 for the past 3 races

Still all about the literal :D

Oh, Im still watching, however painful it gets to see Kimi trying so hard and going nowhere. When you look at the rev limiter topping at 310KmPH as he's trying to defend/overtake, it just all looks so sad for the Iceman. Sigh. What is there to do? That's the limitation of the car he drives.

Anyways, I realized when I was wondering about RoGro being retained for next year, I didn't actually mention the position Kimi finished in nor the race country even. Though I did say that it was Kamui Kobayashi's home GP so since that's a Japanese name, it does lead one to conclude that it was the Japanese GP. Okay, so Kimi finished sixth there.

Next, it was the Korean GP. It's a new track for the Kimster. Came on the F1 racing calendar just last year. He finished 5th there. Overall, not too bad. And at the recently concluded Indian GP, which, again, is another new track for Kimi, he came in 7th. Didn't gain a spot nor lose a spot so all in all that's a win I guess. I believe he is no longer in third in the WDC as everyone else who was behind him finished in good positions ahead of him and it wasn't like he was miles ahead of fourth place Lewis Hamilton, anyways. Lemme just go check to confirm.

Well, well, colour me completely surprised but the Kimster IS still third in the WDC ahead of Hammy and Webbo! He's at 173pts to Hammy's 167pts and Webbo's 165pts. I guess what Kimi and Lotus needs to do now is really start getting podiums again cos at the rate the Red Bull have improved, Webber is bound to steadily finish well and never discount those McLarens. Till Abu Dhabi.....

goin Maracuja crazy

I ordered some Tarte products from their highly raved about Maracuja oil line. I've been liking serums/oils as my facial moisturiser of late. I got the BareMinerals serum a couple months ago which is okay but I've stopped using that in favour of Josie Maran's Argan Oil. I found a bottle my sis left in Workland and have swiped it as my own. I am truly liking the Argan oil. My thoughts on the BareMinerals serum, it's okay, not outstanding but with the JM Argan Oil, I feel like it truly does make my complexion brighter. On that note, I decided to get the Tarte Cold-Pressed 100% Maracuja Oil. The oil retails at USD46 for a 50ml bottle, just slightly cheaper than the JM Argan Oil which retails for $48 and 4 bucks cheaper than the BareMinerals serum.

I figured, my sis doesn't know I used her JM Argan Oil so I can't finish it off. I have a feeling she'll freak if she knows I'm even using it right now, lol. I read that the Maracuja Oil behaves similarly and since I own the Maracuja creaseless concealer which I am loving, I decided that going full-on maracuja couldn't hurt, right? This seller on Amazon had it for $35.00 so I saved 11 bucks on this if I had had to get it off of tartecosmetics.com or QVC.com.

In a similar vein, I also decided to try out the Tarte Maracuja Miracle Foundation 12-Hour Broad Spectrum SPF 15 in the shade Medium. I wear the concealer in medium and it matches, if a smidge lighter than my skintone. It's pricey at 42 bucks for a 1 oz bottle but the same seller on Amazon I got the Maracuja oil from was selling it for 10 bucks cheaper. I decided to go for it. I was looking for a nicer liquid foundation. I'm suddenly not such a big fan of the Revlon PhotoReady I had been using so figured this would be worth a try.

This Tarte haul amounted to USD71.71 inclusive of $4.71 on shipping and handling. A pretty good savings all around.

F21 Vets Day Haul 2012

Literal post title un deux :D

So I ended up getting the mustard top I talked about in an earlier post but went for a different green top. I think this sea foam green blouse is so much prettier. And, I also got another blouse in my fave colour of all time, blush pink. Well, it seems like it's my fave colour since I buy a lot of clothes in this hue.

I also got 2 pairs of twill skinny pants in mint and peach. I've been wanting pants in these 2 colours for some time now so since it went for 21 percent off of $15.80, I thought, okay, I'll get both of 'em. So that brings my coloured pants collection to 5 aside from the dark purple, light purple and tomato red I already own. Although I'm loving mustard, I don't think it's a hue I can convincingly pull off so I'm forgoing that as an option but am seriously considering some burgundy pants next :).

Lastly, F21 has been coming up with some cute brooches so I got a few. Am loving the pearlescent oval brooch the most. And that two finger cheetah ring was a last minute inclusion. I saw it and just fell in love. All in all, $98.89 was spent.

DISCLAIMER:
Images screen capped from F21.com but collaged by moi :)

my UK Lush haul that i made my sis drag all the way back to Homeland

After that very long-winded post on the Soap & Glory The Best Of All Christmas set that I got, I figured I'd just cram all the necessary info in the title and be done with it, lol. First up, I got.....

It's that time of the year - Chrismastime! And all the luverly companies are coming out with their holiday sets! I love this time of year in terms of retail therapy, good bargains galore! And I don't even celebrate Christmas! So, I decided I wanted this Christmas Candy Box as it's called. Retails for GBP19.99 and contains a 100g bottle of Snow Fairy, Rock Star soap, Popcorn lip scub (new flavour), Candy Mountain Bubble Bar and a Butterball Bath Bomb. Since I have no bathtub and have to wait till I am in an equipped hotel, I am now hotly anticipating the upcoming family getaway to Hard Rock Hotel in Penang, Malaysia! Woot, woot for beach holidays!

Next, I wanted another solid shampoo bar. I just finished up my Godiva bar. The one I got back in December 2010, lol. Shows that it lasts ages. Okay, I didn't use it all that frequently till a couple of months ago. I still have some of the New shampoo which was also a purchase circa 2010. Anywho, I decided to get Karma Komba this time around. Retails for GBP5.25/55g.

I just wanted a clarifying shampoo and apparently this one does the trick really well. I also wanted the Dr Peppermint shampoo but according to my sis who was informed by the Lush SA that that's only a US of A product. Then why make it available on the UK site, no? I argued with her but to no avail. So the one shanpoo was all I got.

Last but not least, a Lush product I had heard quite rave reviews about - Lovely Jubblies Breast Cream. It is a pricey conconction meant to be slathered over the decolletage area for firming effects. I, however, am buying it to slather underneath my eyes. I hear it's great for firming the undereye area. That's not to say I won't be trying 'em out on the area it's intended for. Aging and all that jazz, every little bit helps :D

At GBP16.50 for a 100g pot, I hope the eye firming effects are true cos if not, I'm gonna have to fork out some money on my third pot of Kiehls Abyssine + Eye Cream. I feel the Kiehls eye cream is my holy grail eye treatment but I'm still open to trying other products. Especially if they're gonna be cheaper not to mention comes in a 100g tub!

All in all, total Lush haul costs me GBP41.74. Sheesh, I'm really racking up the GBP debt on my sister's babymoon, lol.

DISCLAIMER:
All images belong to Lush.co.uk

it's been awhile.....

Was busy just living. Plus there was no inclination to blog. Been shopping loads though :D Got stuff from F21.com during the Veterans Day Sale, some things from Beauty.com and drugstore.com respectively, went shopping at H&M as well as F21 stores and also a few travel size Soap & Glory products from Sephora. Ooh, and of course, my TCS batchel from Asos which my sis picked up when she was in London. You'd think that I'm good on the whole spending my money front, right? And don't worry, I'm likely to detail the above shopping escapades in all its painfully minute detail, as I'm wont to do, LOL!

However, for a shopaholic like moi, there's always something else to yearn for. There was something that I desperately wanted from Soap & Glory but knew I wouldn't really have a chance to get my hands on except for when my sis went on her babymoon. But even though she found what i wanted at Boots, she refused to bring it back to Homeland for me. Apparently it's too heavy - whatever *said in the sulkiest teenager-y way possible with petulant eye roll for good measure* Honestly, she had every right to refuse me :) She was already bringing me back the TCS batchel as well as some stuff from Lush - yes, I can be totally ungrateful when I want to. Love you, sis!

I had an inkling that she mightn't bring it back so I decided to scour ebay for any listings and I did find a seller that was sellng this thing that I wanted for GBP49.99 off of the RRP of GBP60. And they shipped to Homeland. So when my sis said she wasn't bringing the thing back for me, I immediately went on ebay to go checkout. Well, I would have if the seller hadn't just changed the listing to ship within the UK only. Great! Now, I'm doubly disappointed!

I guess my sis felt guilty or whatever for not getting the stuff. She started researching freight forwarding companies that operate in the UK and found this company called FowardToMe which has a similar operation to comGateway and HopShopGo. It costs 2 pounds to register. Then she asked me if I really wanted the Soap & Glory The Best Of All Christmas gift set that I had been yakking about. I said I did so she got it off of eBay and had it shipped to the ForwardToMe addy that's based in Preston. Which is close to the small place I used to call home, Lancaster :D

I've been wanting to try out Soap & Glory for yonks now and after getting the travel sizes of Soap & Glory's Glad Hair Day Shampoo and Conditioner as well as the infamous Hand Food, I really wanted to get my hands on some more of the brand's product. When i came across this set, the need to get it was just so strong. It contains a multitude of bestsellers from the Soap & Glory stable - best part is it's all full--size products!

The set is described as the ultimate head-to-toe indulgence kit and includes.....

1. The Righteous Butter™ Body Butter (300ml) (GBP10.50)
2. Hand Food™ Hand Cream (125ml) (GBP5.00)
3. Sugar Crush™ Body Scrub (300ml) (GBP8.00)
4. Clean On Me™ Shower Gel (500ml) (GBP5.50)
5. Smoothie Star™ Body Milk (500ml) (GBP10.00)
6. Heel Genius™ Foot Mask (125ml) (GBP5.50)
7. Peaches & Clean™ Cleansing Milk (200ml) (GBP7.00)
8. Super-Colour Sexy Mother Pucker™ Lip Plumper in Punch Bowl (3ml) (GBP9.00)
9. Thick & Fast™ Super Volume Mascara (10ml) (GBP10.00)

That's a whole lotta stuff (including the snazzy looking zippered box it comes in) and for a very great price too! Individual prices of each product is as I've listed above which totals to GBP70.50 if bought seperately. This set retails for GBP60 but I got it for GBP49.99! Means I save GBP20.51 which can definitely go towards the shipping costs. Okay, so I will end up actually paying GBP56.94 as shipping to Preston is GBP6.95. Nevermind, it's still cool, I still save some money :D So, I'm a happy camper, I really can't wait to get my hands on this!

DISCLAIMER:
Images were screen capped off of www.soapandglory.com.

it's about 6:45 am here.....

And I am currenly having a spirited debate with my sisters regarding that boyband One Direction and their crotch-grabbing antics in ther video clip for the song What Makes You Beautiful AND how in/appropriate it is for my 5 year old niece to be viewing them. AND I'm actually defending the group, LOL! OMG! It's too early for this!

i should just call my blog "the incorrigible shopper" and be done with it!

To avoid repetition, always going on and on about buying clothes, beauty products, bags and/or shoes, I'm now diversifying and have ended up buying a 4-day holiday! LOL, well, that's halfway to the truth.

One of my oldest bestie decided she wanted to spend Christmas with yours truly so we ended up planning a trip to Ho Chi Minh for a couple of days. It'll be my third time there but there's something about the old French colony that I like so truly, I don't mind going there again. And my friend has never been so I'm really her tour guide du jour :) I went on Booking.com and booked us into a hotel within a couple of metres to the famous shopping haven, Ben Thanh market. Plus, if I remember correctly from my most recent of trips, it's also a lil ways away from the infamous Notre Dame cathedral and Post Office.

As my girl celebrates Christmas, I was thinking she could go to Christmas Eve mass or Christmas Day mass and I could go hang out at the mall nearby. Then either we go for a fancy dinnner at an upscale restaurant or CHristmas lunch at an equally fancy place :D. Plans aren't set in stone except the hotel bit. That's booked and paid for and I have to say it was a real bargain considering that it is over Christmas.

On a different kind of shopping, the day my F21 EXTRAFIFTY haul arrived in Portland was also the day I was informed by the F21 PTB (Powers That Be to the uninitiated) that 2 items from my order were canceled cos they were, frankly, OOS. I will not be getting my swiss dotted tnak in peach nor the multi-chain necklace. Oh, well, at least the rest of the stuff was available. Somehow, I am most excited about the wedges and the sunnies with the green/brown frame. Gosh, when the hue of the shades' are typed out like that it sounds a tad vomit-inducing. Anywho, all my stuff has arrived and I made my comGateway shipment on Sunday night. However, no movements as yet in that department as far as I can tell. I'm hoping my packages will be delivered whilst I'm in Homeland this upcoming week for my personal holiday. The projected delivery they gave me was the 19th but am crossing my fingers and toes that it wil get there before that as I'm leaving back for Workland on the 17th. My next homeward-bound trip will be in early November when I'm going for a beach retreat with the fam.

Ok, enough chit chat. Toodles, blog!

i seriously wonder if RoGro will be retained next year

Yet again, Romain Grosjean is investigated for causing a first corner/lap incident and is subsequently penalized with a 10 seconds stop/go penalty. Considering this is his nth time being "the reason", I'm starting to think Lotus F1 might be considering him too much of a liability to retain. I mean, he is involved in an incident every other race, more often than not. You can't have just the one driver hauling the team up in the points!

Honestly, when the confusion happened in that first corner, I was cheering like mad cos Alonso went out and retired. I don't particularly think that the RoGro incident was the precursor to Alonso's off-track moment. It was him banging wheels with Kimi, trying to chop (ok, maybe more like fiestily closing the gap) him off.

Sigh, on a related note, that E-20 is just not fast enough. Currently we're on the penultimate lap, Kimi is in 6th, up one place from where he started on the grid. I can't calculate right now if he will still retain 3rd in the WDC race. Hamilton is in front of him in 5th. Ooh, race finished with Vettel winning. That's great cos I'd rather have Vettel win the WDC than Alonso :D

UPDATE:
OK, Kimi is still THIRD in the WDC standings. Barely ahead of Hammy by about 5 points if I'm not mistaken. And that incident with FAlonso, I have no clue why the dude is crying to the media about Kimi messing up his weekend. Yeah, yesterday Kimi spun in Spoon and brought out the yellow flags. Nando blamed that as being the reason he got 7th (but started 6th) on the grid. Then during the start, Kimi was already on the left side of the track and Nando was the one who kept moving to the left, basically running Kimi off track - there was nowhere for Kimi to go. By the time Alonso's tires clipped Kimi's front wing, Kimi was already alongside a third length of the Ferrari. but Nando is going on twitter saying Kimi yet again spoiled his chances by not braking. Uh, hello, I believe it was Kimi's right not to yield to you, Nando. It was you who should have been more aware and backed out of that move. Ass! Also, good for Massa who podiumed in second and Kobayashi who got a third, and his very first podium finish, at his home race.

random fashion gets from jan '12 to sept '12

Title explains it all really.....

i got the batchel!

Gosh, the word batchel just looks and sounds weird but the bag is not. Well, all in all, that's one of my less incoherent starts to a blog post

Anywho, bugaboo - sheesh I've got baby products on my brain, thanks preggy sis for making me do all your baby/maternity product shopping for ya! Now I have an inordinate amount of info on nipple creams, bottom sprays and c-section balms floating around in my brain! If the thought has floated in the mind - no, I'm not high though I have been pretty doped up what with being out of commission for the past 3 days so perhaps my mind's a lil out there and I really should not be blogging? But I've started so I might as well continue on.....

That's my batchel - it's The Cambridge Satchel Company 15" Leather Mock Croc Batchel. I got it off of Asos.com for GBP125. YES! Pricier than what I originally wanted to spend plus no embossing but in the grand scheme of things, this was a better purchase since I'm into instant gratification (of course, it ain't truly instant gratification but YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN - DON'T MAKE ME EXPLAIN IT! *says Zlena to herself*) and apparently The Cambridge Satchel company website is not. Confused? Apparently it can take up to 30 working days from your order date for you to get your satchel if ordered from the company direct since they make the bags as the order comes in apparently. Since I'm trying to save on the shipping and the waiting and the potential hassle with customs, I decided to find alternative places to get my batchel.

ENTER ASOS.COM! Surprisingly, the site has a pretty badass selection of The Cambridge Satchel bags. They even have some that are 'Exclusive to Asos'. Mine apparently isn't one that is exclusive to Asos but I have not seen it anywhere else either so it appears pretty exclusive to me. And also, it was under the 'Men' category. But who gives two hoots! I say it's unisex! I feel like I need to explain myself in regards to my choice. It's mock croc embossed, that's cool. A plus is that if the bag gets roughed up, the potential defects won't show through so obvious. Apparently the normal smooth leather of the bags will easily show scratches so I knew if I got a smooth matte or patent leather bag I would then be eternally irritated if I had to look at an imperfection every time I laid eyes on a bag I spent 125 frickin pounds on! So that's why I settled for the mock croc in the end. And it's black so it will go with everything! I am going to rock the hell out of this bag, I tell ya!

My sis who is always copying my good taste (even though at first always saying what horrible crap everything I seem to like looks to her) got the 14 in Oxblood satchel which is an exclusive to Asos piece. I turned her onto that one knowing full well that she would definitely fall for the shade. Her satchel was 5 pounds cheaper than my one inch bigger batchel (hehehe, dirrrrty!).

So cos we spent more than 120 pounds, the order qualified for free next day delivery so by noon-ish tomorrow, my batchel and her satchel will have arrived to our contact in Winchmore Hill. I feel like I should be ending this post right here, right now. Zlena OUT!

DISCLAIMER:
As per usual, images do not belong to me so don't sue! The lovely mock croc batchel image was screen capped off of Asos.com :)