all things pretty!

i found the perfect website to shop for iPhone accessories and cool stuff, thanks to my fwen Ling, who just started this new venture online! and the shop name is so memorable hahaha i can't help remembering it for life it's called AHBENGSHOP.SG! lol.

there's all kinds of awesome stuff, from bling bling earphone dust plugs, to super pretty iPhone casings and other functional stuff, like screen protectors and colorful USB cables!

some of the stuff i got from Ahbengshop.sg:

love this casing to bits, it's my current case! :)

matched together with a dust plug with a dangly ribbon charm.. sibei cute!!

i ordered two other cases as well, one is a Lace + Bling case, and the other is Tokidoki inspired! i love Tokidoki graphics! 

the Diamond Dust Protector can't really be captured properly except in real life, so i'll just use a picture from Ahbengshop.sg lol. my screen protector was damn chui, so i got a new one, and it's the sparkly diamond one too!! mad nice.

anyway, Ahbengshop.sg is having a 15% off almost everything for Christmas, so when you shop on Ahbengshop.sg, just enter the voucher code XMAS15! :)

lots of great stuff on Ahbengshop.sg and they're all very affordable some more with the Xmas promo code! can go and check it out and start shopping for little gifts for colleagues and friends! :D

a random OTD, closer look at the Criss Cross Romper! my new favorite to-go romper after the Cupcake Romper, haha. crazy good material and unique back details and i love the two colors it comes in, on TVD. it's a collaborative effort between TVD and LRH!

there's S and M and i wear size M, it's meant to be a comfortable fit and not worn tight fitted, but comes with a matching color obi sash! i like how it looks with a contrast belt. so cheery looking!

had a rather disaster fraught photoshoot earlier, when we were attempting to shoot this romper and some other items! aiyo, so tired. i had the smart idea of shifting one of the studio lights home cos i wanted to do an "outdoor" indoor shoot at home with our Christmas tree!!!! and smart ole me brought the bulky studio equipment, all the clothes, shoes, accessories and what not, and then realized that i left the damn flash trigger thingy (the one you put on the camera hotshot to activate the studio lights to go off) at the office!!! walao FML. had to beg my mummy to drive me back to office to get it cos i thought that no one was in at office already, but when we drove back and i ran up to the office, Zi was in office! made a wasted 2-way trip when i could have just asked YZ to drop by to get it for me instead (i thought he couldn't cos noone was in and only i had the key)

=_=

we had home cooked dinner by Mummy, then we started doing makeup and all that and the shoot only started at like.. 10PM. and one of the dresses we were shooting just had to have zipper problems and caused even more delays. in the end, we shot all the way til 1AM or something! poor Cher has work today, hope she survives the day on the meagre amount of sleep!! 

thankfully, i think some of the pictures turned out rather nice, so at least it wasn't a complete fiasco! so tiring to do shoots somethings. and i still need to lug everything (studio lights, clothes, shoes and all) back to the office!!

we had the most adorable 'guest models' during our shoot though. HAHAHA.

QQ trying to get food from us while we were having a super yummy home cooked meal by mummy!

Cher and Farah enjoying Assam Curry. bwahah. Cher looks super lang bei here! 

surprise guest model... Gina!!! and look at my two adorable doggies. so funny!

they are too freaking excited. haha

QQ being super cute! we put a ribbon on her head. but anyway she's so not a camwhore. she hardly looks into the camera unless you say "Gai Gai" or "Mum Mum"! =_=

fat Baby even worse, she just sat next to me and didn't want to go over to be inside the picture! tsk

last minute props from DAISO! heh

glad that we managed to at least shoot the stuff we wanted to, though we took forever, it was really hard to adjust the light and get the pictures to look good (for me) cos i'm a noob photographer! nevertheless, at least we can call it a success! :D

and look what my cute model got for me for Christmas!!!

a vanity kit... in the shape of a doll!

AWWWWH. dead useful and soooo adorable!! thank you love! muacks!

love the dress we shot! finally going to launch it, cos this is like my mostest favorite design of the year.

OKAY, am off to pack my luggage now cos i'm heading for the Nuffnang Blog Awards in KL today!!!! soooo exciting. i can't decide which dress to wear!!! #firstworldpains feeling totally shitty cos i only had a few hours of sleep and i'm sure i look horrible. but oh well. makeup to the rescue tonight! :P

be back soon!

pretty new nails

HELLO.
this is my virgin experience with acrylic nails (extensions).

and i've given away my acrylic nails virginity to Junying, and her Thistlebelle Nail Boutique!!!
hahahahahahaha.

exciting much!

Junying emailed me a few weeks back, asking me if i were interested in having my nails done by her, so of courseeee, i agreed! anything for chio-ness!!! and thus we set an appointment, at her home-based salon at Toa Payoh, from where she's doing nails freelance.

by the way, Junying specializes in nail art and acrylic nails, so if you want a regular mani/pedi, she's not who you're looking for! but if what you really lust over are gorgeously decorated and fanciful nails, then you'd love what she transforms plain boring nails into!

just realized i forgot to take any "before" and "after"s of my nails, haha. NVM. moving on!

Junying started by doing the usual: trimming of nails, cutting of dead skin, filing and etc... me likes that she has a very firm and confident grip!

and the amazing acrylic extensions are done by dipping the acrylic powder into some solution, then using a brush to mould onto the nails! it's damn amazing. like i said, it's my first time doing acrylic extensions!!!

check this out! magically extended nails with really pretty glittery base!

for my nails, Junying did a combination of nail art with stickers, and acrylic flowers!
the total process took about 3-4 hours.. and the end result is mad pretty!!!


can't believe how sturdy the extensions are D: i've had them for almost 2 weeks already and they are still super hard and look just as nice! only thing is, i'm having some problems with certain tasks that require nimble finger work, like.. opening can tabs, lol. or peeling off the ends of scotch tape -__-

here's pretty Junying and myself!!

and another picture of my nails. soooo pweetttyyyyy!!!

especially for my readers, Junying is offering a special price of $100 on this set of gorgeous nail art/acrylic extensions, which is really very affordable because i know that acrylic extensions at regular nail salons outside costs at least $150 to $200 at least! just remember to quote my name Yina when contacting Junying at contact.thistlebellenail@gmail.com to be entitled to this special promotion!

promotion ends 15 September so don't wait too long to get your nails done!

do check out the other beautiful nails Junying has done at her website: http://thistlebellenail.blogspot.com/
i really love some of them!

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my birthday presents from Evonne! she got me a couple of inspired "Kate Spade" iPhone 4 cases that were just launched on Risque.sg yesterday! :D :D :D

Gina has got the original Kate Spade casing (ya i also dunno why she can bear to spend the $$$ on an authentic Kate Spade case!) and i swear it's 90% like the original! made of very sturdy silicon, and in super cutesy polkadots! i chose purple/black and red/white, hehe.


so glossy and pretty!!! (also check out my chio nails that still look so fabulous after 2 weeks HURHUR)

look at them iPhone cases here! they're only going for $13.90, and i believe you can get an additional 7% off by entering the discount code YINA when you check out!

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i'm trying out a new pair of contact lens, Freshkon's Alluring Eyes in Winsome Brown! :D
it's damn natural! quite comfortable as well.


OTD of the day: F21 cut out top & TVD Skittles A-line skirt! wooots. I LOVE THE SKIRT!
super flattering fit, same fabric as the Lampshade Skirt, and with cute leather trim pockets in contrast colors! will reveal why its called the Skittles skirt when i have some time hahaha. so excitedddd!!! lots of pretty items coming up real soon!
:D :D :D

okay,
ciao miao. y'know pilates was cancelled on Monday so i haven't gotten my dose of weekly torture yet!!! hope tomorrow's pilates class will resume. i feel extremely guilty for having just ate a huge steamboat buffet dinner but it's so damn irresistible ): slaps self for being extremely weak-willed and glutton-ious.

oh randomly, for those strange comments on the chat box regarding my dress sense and putting on weight and all that, i'm seriously befuddled by whether they're meant to be insults/flames or readers trying to be helpful? -.- but regardless, thanks for the kind observations! i will keep them in mind.

off to bed! :)

S A L E !!!!!

it's a SALE tonight on thevelvetdolls! heh heh heh...
there''s gonna be many items up for grabs, all at incredible low prices!! plus there's additional savings too if you follow our Facebook promotion!

$1 off total purchase of 1 items
$5 off total purchase of 2 items
$8 off total purchase of 3 items & above!!

Step 1: "Like" our Facebook Page to become a fan of TheVelvetDolls,
Step 2: Click on "Like" and "Share" to share this photo on your Facebook page! :)
Step 3: When placing your order on Livejournal, please include your Facebook User Name so that we can check!

this sales is only from 19-22 July, and all prices will revert back to normal after 22 July midnight! items will be sold on a 1st-comment-1st-serve basis, with a grace period of 12 h before the item is let go to the next interested buyer.

grab them while you can!! our last sales was like one year ago or something?? hahha.

so remember to check it out at 9PM sharp! :D

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anyways, if you don't follow me on instagram, come and join in the fun!!! me loves spamming instagram with lots of pictures.

taken during photoshoot time last Sat! eggcites. lots of new clothes waiting to be launched! we do kinda look alike hor. i think it's the eyebags haha

the skies have been exceptionally beautiful these couple of days! taken this morning when i was up at 6am.

ruched knot skirt coming up in the next collection... ;D ;D ;D

me & my boyyyy

super adorably cute eyebrow tweezer Min got me from Koreaaaa! i love!!

spastic looking Reenie and myself bwahahaha.

my K-Paletted look iphoned.


btw i love this MagicHour app that connects straight to Instagram! double love! you can download a million and one filters! i'm so lazy to bring out my cameras nowadays. hhahahaha :X

i'm gonna blog more abt Poland soon! omg.. so many pictures to edit. still have like 6 days of photos left! ;(

anyway, the first kickboxing class was quite interesting! we might go and try hot yoga or pilates next, and see which one we prefer. does anyone have any recommendations?? let me know!!!

K-Palette give-away results! + camera phone lens fun

HELLO!!!
here to announce the 4 lucky winners for the K-Palette give away! :D :D :D

i used RANDOM.ORG to generate 4 lucky numbers (wa machiam 4D like that) from the 159 readers who took part in the give-away!

first lucky number: 13!!! (whoever said 13 was unlucky!)

Anonymous said...
Name: Jingwen
Email add: j***w**88@****.com.sg

:):):)

the K-Palette 24H Real Lasting Eyeliner goes to you babe! :D yay!

second number: 158!!! (woa.. 2nd last person, haha. good job!!)

Anonymous said...
wow the mkup looks great! thanks for sharing Yina!

Name: nor
Email Adress: nor*****3@yahoo.com

product number 2: 24H Real Lasting 2-Way Eyebrow Liner (02 Honey Brown) is yours! congratsss!

third number: 17!!!

Anonymous said...
babe!! i want try:-

Name: Candice Koh
Email Adress: su*****07@yahoo.com.sg

dunno if im lucky enough though :p
thanks babe in advance :)))

fwah!! congrats Candice! :D unfortunately your choices are all taken already.. so you'll be getting this: 24H Real Lasting Eyebrow Liner (01 Natural Brown) instead! hehe. hope you'd still like it regardless! ;)

last but not least, the forth lucky winner... 71!! (why this random generator so strange one?)

Hello! said...

Name: Cheryl Yang
Email Address: cheryl******@hotmail.com

PS: Yina, I really think you are getting prettier by the day! Have been following your blog even before your TVD days! Keep writing! :D

aiyo, see la. say good things abt me got good karma one! HAHAHA. just kidding. dont flame me please :P congrats babe! thank you for the compliment too!! :) :) :) sorry that your 1st two choices are also not available anymore, so you'd be getting the 1 Day Keep Base (translucent mascara base) instead!

all the four winners will be contacted via email this weekend, i'll mail out the items next week! yay! give-aways are so fun, i feel like Santa Claus! :D hope we'll have another one soon! :) thank you everyone for taking part, i wish i had more stuff to give away! :(

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randomly, i just got these two cute camera attach-on lens from Momoteapots's pre-order, and they're really fun to play with! i'm such a sucker for boliao photog stuff like this hahaha. but i figured since iPhone has so many awesome camera apps, this will only make your iPhone photos even nicer! :3


Fish-eye lens 180 degree angle (0.28x)


Macro+ Wide Angle 2-in-1 lens!
(so cool. all you need to do is to unscrew the wide angle lens and then it becomes a macro lens!)

cool shitz right. it's magnetic and detachable, all you need to do is to stick on the provided metal ring on to your phone, then attach the lens whenever you wanna use it!

anyway, you can read more on the two lens here on MMTP's site :)

bwahaha. love my dogs!!!

i'm up so insanely early cos there's a shoot at 9AM later and i woke up panicking about how to pair items for the shoot later D: there's a whole lot of nice colorful basic tops coming up (great for school!!!) which i am lovin' :) crossing fingers for a good shoot later! after which i have to rush off for choir rehearsal.

oh and expect a MEGA SALES POST on TVD sometime soon!

either Sunday night or Monday night :D :D :D we love sales!!!

enjoy your weekend, folks! <3