SUMMER - What to begin?

I LOVE my new nails!!!! Thanks again to Lala Nails in Chinatown, my usual nail salon. 

The theme was SUMMER. This weekend in Sydney was stunning! People were going to the beach, wearing shorts, definitely feeling summer.  

So I asked my Japanese nailist Miyu to use turquoise and use hot pink and lots of blue. Then we came up with those nails! 

She used pearl white as base colour, added hot pink, blue, turquoise blue and purple and used sponge to make those marble nails. I think they are just perfect colours! 

And of course, the way she created the stones.... amazing! The stones bring the gorgeousness and Miyu certainly knows how to place them! 

If you ever want to get pretty nails - call Lala Nails on 02 9211 2102 for your appointments. 

Check out my back blog too:-) 

This weekend's my another pick was those gorgeous shoes from NINE WEST. They are very light and soooooo easy to walk! Must say the most comfortable shoes I've ever worn! 

I've been looking for sandals made with hemp cloth, looks so summer!

I was already tried them on after 5 second got into the shop. I could choose the colours between black and gold. I tried both of them and I couldn't get over the shining gold when I thought about wearing bright colour summer maxi dress, peeped gorgeous gold sandals...... done deal. 

NINE WEST is one of my favorite shoes shop. They always have latest look designs but you can get them very reasonable price. Besides they do have sale pretty often!! I've got them only $119! Bargain!!!

NINE WEST is named because it was established at 9 West 57 Street in New York. www.ninewest.com  

First night I wore the shoes, I was taken out to Cara & Co for another my birthday dinner, recently opened hidden restaurant in the Westfield Sydney and recreating the successful boutique/shop/department store formula originally created in the grounds of Moscow's Centre of Contemporary Art.

Basically to get the restaurant, you will need to go through the shop. Belgium chef Dave De Belder invites us to the real Flemish fine dining experience.

We had a booking at 8pm on Saturday night. No one was there and we got the best seats in the restaurant. The very good looking Slovakian waiter looked after us so well.

We had 2007 Tuscany bottle red to start followed by goat cheese and orange candy ball and walnuts soup. They are little surprises from the restaurant. Very thoughtful:-) 

For starters, we ordered Fole gras 24 carats ($36.00) - Goose liver, beetroot, rock oyster and crispy brioche and ‘Trifle’ delight ($29.00) - One hour cooked egg yolk, spinach, fluffy potato, Tasmanian truffle and bresaola.

I haven't had fole gras long time, so I got so excited when I was recommended to order this dish. Started with great presentation, felt so bad to start eating... Tasted one of gold powder coated fole gras... delicious!!! Ummmm--- so mild. It melts straight when you eat them. The taste/smell and texture of fole gras was just perfect. Only disappointment was the oyster, was too small. Same as truffle, I wanted to get sliced!!! Not shaved!! But I have to say, the one hour cooked egg yolk was really tasty. Tasted very rich egg yolk, perfectly cooked.

For main, the waiter recommended to order beef and lamb. So we did. Beef Story ($48.00) - Sirloin (28 days O’Connor dry aged Angus beef), pumpkin, black garlic, celeriac Vin Santo and Just lamb (neck, rib, steak) ($49.00) - Pistachio and onion puree and baby vegetables.

I MUST say, the beef was amazing! It was just perfect. I really wanna come back there to have this dish again. Because it is (28 days) dry aged, the sirloin becomes very soft and doesn't smell like "meat" at all. Perfectly cooked beef (nice and pink) with the pumpkin and celeriac Vin santo (no idea) sauce was just sensational! And you can't forget the crunchy potato chips on top of the beef. They are just perfect combinations. This dish was my highlight of the night for sure. 

Lam was also amazing. They cooked perfectly and you get to eat pretty much whole part of lam in one plate. My favorite was neck. The presentation was really good and again the sauce was die for. 

Both have good portion and in that point I was getting full. But how can I miss desserts when you come into a good restaurant? Besides I can fit sweets anytime anyway.... ?

Because we trusted the waiter so much, we asked again what we should order. 

He suggested Nutty Lemon ($22.00) and In rhubarb we trust ($21.00). A bit surprised he didn't go for the chocolate though, I thought if the chef was from Belgium they would recommend Belgium Chocolate desserts. Well, anyway as he said we ordered those two plates.

A little sweet surprise for me... the message of "Happy Birthday" on the plate of my rhubarb dessert. How lovely... they remembered that was my birthday dinner. The yoghurt and lime fresh my mouth and the lightness was prefect for the end of the night.
On the other side, Nutty Lemon was more dessert dessert plate. Chocolate crumbles and hazelnuts were perfect match with lemon ice cream, loved they coated hazelnuts with gold and silver powder. Looked really pretty.

It was really lovely lovely diner and I really enjoyed every second. Ended up they had only 2 tables and us to serve that night, it was very quiet but it was good for us though:-) When we arrived the restaurant, the shop was still open but the end of the day the shop was closed and made a little pathway to exit. Felt like I was in the hidden place... very cool.

I wish I can come back to eat there again! or I will....

ｼﾄﾞﾆｰはもうすっかり夏です。
って、ことで、今回のﾈｲﾙは夏使用にしてもらいました。いつもお世話になってるﾗﾗﾈｲﾙのﾐﾕちゃん、ありがとう☆☆かわいいのが出来上がりました！ﾀｰｺｲｽﾞが夏っぽいよね。ﾏｰﾌﾞﾙはﾋﾟﾝｸ､ﾀｰｺｲｽﾞﾌﾞﾙｰ､紫と水色を混ぜてもっらったょ。小さいﾀｰｺｲｽﾞはやけに丸くってﾌﾟｸってしててかわいい（とれやすいかも？）。それに続いて、ﾅｲﾝｳｴｽﾄでｻﾝﾀﾞﾙ買っちゃいました。こういう麻で出来たｻﾝﾀﾞﾙずっと探してて、このｺﾞｰﾙﾄﾞ加減とｻﾝﾀﾞﾙの軽さ（超歩きやすい）それに加えてｾｰﾙだったっていうので、即決め。そのｻﾝﾀﾞﾙを履いて出かけたのが、最近ｼﾄﾞﾆｰに出来たﾃﾞﾊﾟｰﾄの中に入ってるｶﾗ&ｺｰっていうｼｮｯﾌﾟの中に、ﾃﾞｻﾞｲﾅｰの服、香水、ｱｸｾｻﾘｰのｺﾝｾﾌﾟﾄをそのままﾍﾞﾙｷﾞｰの有名ｼｬﾌが料理する隠れﾚｽﾄﾗﾝ。料理はめちゃくちゃおいしい。お値段もそこそこだけど、この量と質で考えるとお手頃☆まだあんまり知られてないのか、土曜の夜にも関わらず私達以外に２ｶｯﾌﾟﾙしかお客さんいなかったて、とってもゆっくりできました。ｼﾄﾞﾆｰでﾓﾀﾞﾝﾖｰﾛﾋﾟｱﾝ食べたかったらここは相当お勧め！

Do u care? I DO - DYI Teeth Whitening

Who wants to have disgusting yellow teeth like Lindsay Lohan?!

Ah- NO ONE! Did you see her teeth recently? EWwww!!!! I don't hate her but this is really not cool. People hate her enough so she should have at least brushed her teeth and looked good before being taken some photo.. Anyway enough judgements.

Well, I think Teeth is very important.
When you have Bright-White-Beautiful Teeth, your smile is naturally beautiful and clean. Especially when you are taken pictures, you can see the difference between people who look after their teeth and people who don't care. Well, I check anyway.

I have tried so many teeth whitening products and also gone to a beauty salon to get it done. (although haven't done it at dentist... mainly because my insurance doesn't cover dentist costs, it's just too expensive just to "try") . My gold is having teeth like Blake Lively!

I've got this Polar Teeth Whitening Set for only $29 by using Spreets voucher (I LOVE LOVE Spreets by the way). I have tried DYI Teeth Whitening before but this LED activation light is my fast time! This it what I needed!!!!! Couldn't wait to try this kit and especially the LED light.

In the kit, you have Whitening Gel, Mouthpiece and LED light.
First you need to make your own mouthpiece. To do so, you need to prepare boil water. Submerge your mouthpiece into water for 5 sec, when you see the mouthpiece begin to wilt, place it into your mouth and press it against the front of your teeth with your finger and the back of your teeth with your tongue - then your own mouthpiece is done!

Secondly pace a SMALL drop of gel onto the mouthpiece and place each tray over your teeth. Turn on the light, position in mouth and close lips. Leave for 20-30 min then remove when it's done. Pretty simple.

I can't tell the result as yet but so far so good. I hate Whitening Gel taste but this gel wasn't too bad. Still I don't wanna taste or swallow, but better than other products. Tasted like very close to mint:-)  The LED light must be working, when I put the light into my mouth I felt a bit of shock, not painful though (which I felt when I had done at a beauty salon) on my teeth.

I can't wait to see the result. Will report you in 2 weeks...

Forever Bohemian☆

When I feel Summer, I always want to go with Bohemian style.

This week, I bought a super maxi dress from Bec & Bridge. You may not be able to see the colour well on the picture, but it's bright pink and off white. So gorgeous, very summary but still elegant.
I bought it at David Jones Bondi Junction with lovely discounted price:-)
Bec & Bridge is another my favorite Aussie designers.
http://becandbridge.com.au Check out their latest collection on the website plus shop online:-)

I wear this dress with my super comfortable wedge heels from Hype which I got last year. I wouldn't guess such a perfect pair I could find at Hype. I'd never gone into the shop before. But one day, I saw the pair and run into the shop.
Thought Hype has only casual shoes but actually not, it's more than that. They have many of unique design shoes. I'm thinking to get another pair, actually...

When comes with Bohemian, you need to have great accessaries.

So I went to Lovisa to have a look some of new Bohemian accessaries.
I love Lovisa. If you want to get something casual, go Lovisa. Everything is affordable but doesn't look so cheap and well designed. Especially rings. They are great! So many chunky rings!!!! I LOVE THEM!
You can also check their website http://www.lovisa.com.au too - they have great blog too.  Oh, they are based in Melbourne but the head of product Andrea Haynes has great fashion experience, no wonder they have really good pieces...

Today I got a white stone chunky ring, peacock and turquoise bracelet and turquoise & white stone long gold necklace.

I feel totally Bohemian only wearing those 3 items :-)

Summer has started!

ｼﾄﾞﾆｰは初夏です！日中はだいぶと暑くなってきた今日このごろ。。。春から夏にかけてって、ﾎﾞﾍﾐｱﾝな格好したくなりませんか？あ、秋もしたいかも。。。って、結構一年中ﾎﾞﾍﾐｱﾝ大好きなあたしですか、今回購入したﾏｷｼﾜﾝﾋﾟはまたまたｵｰｽﾄﾗﾘｱﾝﾃﾞｻﾞｲﾅｰのﾍﾞｯｸ&ﾌﾞﾘｯｼﾞです。この写真では見にくいんですけど、ﾋﾟﾝｸがめちゃくちゃ明るい（かるく蛍光ﾁｯｸ）くて、後ろがちょっと長めのｽｰﾊﾟｰﾏｷｼ｡http://becandbridge.com.au　ｳｪﾌﾞ 是非ﾁｪｯｸしてください☆最近のｺﾚｸｼｮﾝ見れちゃうし、買えちゃいます！

で、ｱｸｾはこれまたｵｰｽﾄﾗﾘｱ生まれのお店ﾛﾋﾞｻ。ﾃﾞｻﾞｲﾝめちゃくちゃかわいいのにすごい安い。さすが、ｵｰｽﾄﾗﾘｱのﾌｧｯｼｮﾝ都市、ﾒﾙﾎﾞﾙﾝ生まれなだけあります。。。http://www.lovisa.com.au　

夏が来た！！！

Kiehl's SINCE 1851

I just have to say.... I LOVE Kiehl's! I only have started using their products, probably.... 4 months? But I'm sure I will keep using them long long time!

Thanks to my fabulous flatmate, if she didn't work there I wouldn't be able to discover how good they are!

Have you ever tried Kiehl's? I walked pass the shops so many times (there are shops in David Jones and Myer too), it's getting popular in Australia but some of you are still not knowing what they are.

Since 1851, their New York apothecary has been dedicated to serving customers formulas for skin and hair made with efficacious, naturally derived ingredients.

Kiehl’s is at its heart NEW YORK “BORN AND BRED”

The original Kiehl’s Pharmacy is in New York City; a historical, family-founded store located on “Pear Tree Corner” at 109 Third Avenue in the East Village neighbourhood. Wherever they serve their patrons, they are committed to serving a QUALITY PRODUCT through the most outstanding service that they are able to provide.

Did you know if you spend certain amount of the products, you'll get special treatments to return? I think that's awesome deal. So I went back to the Paddington Store where my flatmate works this afternoon.

I love the Paddington Store. You feel like coming back to NYC in 1851. Wooden floor and a motor bike:-) So many products to choose from!

Today I got ULTORA FACIAL TONER, AÇAÍ BALANCE PROTECTING TONING MIST, POWERFUL-STRENGTH LINE-REDUCING CONCENTRATE X 2.

I've gotta say Powerful Strength Line-Reducing Concentrate is the best products I've ever met!
I bought one for my mum too! She'd love it! Everybody would love it.

Seriously you can see the difference after 3 days using it. I think if you use MIDNIGHT RECOVERY CONCENTRATE together, that's even better.

I love Midnight Recovery Concentrate Oil too. Smell of Lavender is so nice and that makes your night every night.

Talking about great smell, I am so excited to start using AÇAÍ BALANCE PROTECTING TONING MIST. When I got my facial massage today, my lovely flatmate misted in the beginning and in the end. So refreshing smell, apparently it is a super organic berry, known to be one of nature’s most powerful antioxidant. LOVE IT!LOVE IT! LOVE IT!

Really really really try those gorgeous products! Good thing is they have lots of lots of cute samples to give away if you need to test before purchasing!

Note; The paddington will move to darlinghurt very soon!

ｷｰﾙｽﾞって聞いたことありますか？最近日本でもだいぶと注目されてるﾆｭｰﾖｰｸ産まれのﾅﾁｭﾗﾙﾌﾟﾛﾀﾞｸﾄﾌﾞﾗﾝﾄﾞです。

ｷｰﾙｽﾞを使い始めて約４ヶ月。はまってます。今ではﾌﾙ基礎化粧品がｷｰﾙｽﾞに大変身！
特に、ﾐｯﾄﾞﾅｲﾄ ﾘｶﾊﾞﾘｰ ｺﾝｾﾝﾄﾚｲﾄとﾊﾟﾜﾌﾙｽﾄﾚｰﾄｩﾝ ﾗｲﾝ ﾚﾃﾞｩｰｽ ｺﾝｾﾝﾄﾚｲﾄ は超おすすめ！！日本人に肌にも合います。３日後にははっきりと実感できるほど効果ﾊﾞﾂｸﾞﾝ!

目の周りのしわとか口の周りの線とかﾎﾝﾄに消える！しかもﾅﾁｭﾗﾙってのがうれしい☆

日本ではどうかわからないけど、こっちでは商品を買った分ﾌｪｲｼｬﾙが受けられます。と、いっても本気ﾌｪｲｼｬﾙ｡ちゃんとﾃﾞｺﾙﾃ､腕、頭までのﾏｯｻｰｼﾞ付き。やみつき。。

試してみる価値ありあり!ちょっと気になるならめちゃくちゃかわいいﾐﾆﾎﾞﾄﾙのｻﾝﾌﾟﾙもらいに行っちゃう？？

The Spring Nails - FLOWERS

Every 4 weeks, I go to "Lala Nail" in China Town to see my Japanese Nailists.

Normally I check http://arch-nails.com/photo or ask my good friends in Japan what's hot right now for new ides. No matter what designs I ask the girls from Lala Nail always deliver!

Still a bit funny weather in Sydney, however I feel "SPRING"!

Spring → Pink → Flower prints → THE GIRLY NAILS

Many magazines picked Flower Prints this season and saw a few designs therefor I had an idea how it could look. However I wasn't really sure about the colour. I knew girly girly colour wouldn't suit my style or clothes.... but still need to be cute for the theme of Spring.

Pink, Red, White ... maybe some Green...

What I really like about the Gel Nails is you can mix any colours and create new colours.
The hot pink I used is really perfect, not too pink and no too red. I also chose babe blue for the base colour of flower prints fingers which added popness onto it.

I used stickers this time but of course those girls can draw if you prefer. Love the contrast of Light Blue and Orange Flowers:-) 

Do you like them? Really really pretty !!!! But I think it still has personalty by choosing light bule with hot pink. 

If you ever want to visit Lala Nail...

Shop 202, Dixon House 413-415 Sussex Street

Sydney NSW 2009

Phone: 02 9211 2102

* Mon- Sun by appointment only 

日本ではｼﾞｪﾙﾈｲﾙって定番だし、誰でも簡単にかわいいﾃﾞｻﾞｲﾝのﾈｲﾙをどこのﾈｲﾙｻﾛﾝでもできるけど、ｼﾄﾞﾆｰではそうもいかない。。。その辺にあるﾍﾞﾄﾅﾑ人経営のｻﾛﾝに行くとひどいことになる。。。たぶんｽｶﾙﾌﾟ系なんだけど、厚さも気にしないしﾃﾞｻﾞｲﾝって言ったら超定番のﾌﾚﾝﾁくらい。こんな器用なことができるのは日本人だけなんです！！ってコトで、あたしは毎回日本人の友達のところに日本の友達に流行を聞いて、できるだけ今っぽいのを選んで行きます。

今回は春ってことで、花柄にしましたぁーーーー♪あんまり、かわいくなり過ぎないようにﾋﾟﾝｸもちょっと濃いめのﾎｯﾄﾋﾟﾝｸに水色ﾍﾞｰｽを花柄の指には使って個性的なﾈｲﾙに仕上がりましたぁぁー☆☆

このﾗﾗ ﾈｲﾙさんはとってもお勧めですょぉー♪ｼﾄﾞﾆｰに住んでる方は是非。。。まつ毛のｴｸｽﾃも上手だし、最近のﾈｲﾙ雑誌もそろってるし！

The winner is..

Bobbi Brown!!!!

Not sure if I liked what the Bobbi Brown lady did on my face (:p) this evening at Beauty Beats David Jones... But I will make it work! Otherwise I'll be so upset spending $90 for an eyeliner and a brush.

Pretty sure I can get cheaper in Japan.
Anyway I can't wait tmrw to try it on by myself:)

To Get Perfect Eyes... Part 3

So I booked into Bobbi Brown 30min Make up lesson tomorrow! So exciting----- but t doesn't mean I haec already decided to get the Bobbi Brown Gel eyeliner.

Yes, there are more eyeliners I am very keen to try on.... 

Today's pick is CHANEL - ECRITURE DE CHANEL Automatic Liquid Eyeliner. 

I choose this product because simply I am a big fun of CHANEL products. 

I use CHANEL base cream, powder foundation and eye shadows. I love those product as much as the sound of "I use CHANEL". 

They all come with gorgeous CHANEL cases and little brushes.... ahhh.. just love it! 

I LOVE CHANEL! How simple is that?! 

But I've never actually tried any eyeliners of CHANEL. Maybe I have always good eyeliner so didn't think of getting a new one, but same time I wouldn't spend so much on my eyeliner. I use eyeliner everyday, at least twice a day. I use pretty a lot by drawing thick lines. I'm not sure if I could afford it. 

I looked up the review and here we go... some of the comments are "just too expensive". Couldn't find the price in AUD but is NZD$55, I would guess about $50? I don't know how long it lasts but it looks pretty small... and $50 each time....

Having said that I'm pretty sure it's a great product. Plus I love this type of liquid eyeliners - they are the easiest to apply for the perfect cat eyes, I know that! And it looks really BLACK and apparently it stays long time. 

I will definitely try and I may get it but not in Australia... (CHANEL in Aus is ridiculously expensive). So not happening tomorrow, but it is on my wish list for sure! 

ｼｬﾈﾙのｱｲﾗｲﾅｰ使ったことありますか？

ｼｬﾈﾙの商品使ってるってだけで気持ちが浮くのはあたしだけでしょうかぁぁぁ？ｼｬﾈﾙはずっと愛用してるんですけど、特にﾌｧﾝﾃﾞｰｼｮﾝは大学の時からずーーーーーっと、商品よりも名前に負けてるかも？だって、ｹｰｽとかで上がるんだもん！！！

ｱｲﾗｲﾅｰは今まで困ったことなかったから、ｼｬﾈﾙ使ったことなかったんです。ほら、やっぱちょっと高いし。しかも、見た目小さいし。。。いっぱい使うからあんまり高すぎるとちょっとｷﾂｲ。

ﾚﾋﾞｭｰでも、商品自体はすごくいいけど高すぎるっていうｺﾒﾝﾄがけっこーあったんだよね｡ｵｰｽﾄﾗﾘｱって、日本よりもなぜかめちゃくちゃ輸入品が高い。ｼｬﾈﾙも倍まではいかないけど、それに近いくらいの値段になってて、普通にﾌｧﾝﾃﾞが１万以上して超あせったからね。だから絶対こっちでは買わないけど、日本に帰った時に買って使ってみたい！

色の発色すごいよさそうだし、この筆ﾀｲﾌﾟは使いやすいから大好きだし☆☆

To Get Perfect Eyes... Part 2

My second pick of eyeliner is, of course, Bobbi Brown - Long Wear Gel Eyeliner . 


A king of Gel Eyeliner, I could describe it. 
This award-winning liner gives you the look of liquid liner with the ease & feel of a gel formula. Long-wearing, water-resistant color glides on & let’s you get it just right before it dries - then stays without a smear or crease. 

Awarded 'Best of Beauty' by 'Allure' Magazine (2011). Awarded best liquid liner by 'The Knot' Magazine(2010).

To apply: Dip tip of Ultra Fine Eyeliner Brush (coat both sides of brush head). Wipe off excess before applying to eye. Work quickly as product becomes transfer-resistant once dry. To remove, use Instant Long-Wear Makeup Remover.
Again, I had a look the reviews on MakeupAlley. 


Interesting... Many people were actually comparing with the MAC's gel eyeliner. A few people pointed out it dries up really quickly they couldn't finish the bottle - that's a bit worry. Plus apparently we have to get separate BB's eyeliner brush to apply? But look at the bottle.. so cute!! And it looks like it comes much darker than MAC. 


Average Rating: 4.4
85% would buy this product again
Package Quality: 4.2
Price: $22

I'm thinking to take BB make up lesson on Friday rather than MAC's now... tempting tempting...

ﾎﾞﾋﾞｰﾌﾞﾗﾝのｼﾞｪﾙｱｲﾗｲﾅｰ使ったことありますか？日本でも超人気のこの商品。。。気になります。このﾎﾞﾄﾙかわいい♡

ｵｰｽﾄﾗﾘｱでもこの商品は超人気で、いろいろな雑誌で評価されてるんです。

あたしのお気に入りのｻｲﾄでﾚﾋﾞｭｰを見てみました。やっぱり、ﾏｯｸのﾗｲﾅｰと比べられてますねー。どっちも気になるぅぅ、けど、BBの方が微妙に勝ってる？かな？
乾燥しやすいって書いてあるけど、色が濃いのがこっち。とれにくいのもこっち。。でも、専用のﾌﾞﾗｼ買わないとだめなの？

今週の金曜日もﾒｲｸｱｯﾌﾟｺｰｽはBBに決まりそうぅぅぅ。。（ﾏｯｸはいっと混んでるだろぉーし。。。でも、絶対ﾏｯｸも試すけどね☆）

To Get Perfect Eyes...

You need a perfect Eyeliner.
I won't go out without wearing eyeliner. They are fantastic! Seriously I want to thank anyone who invented it.
The line has to be very smooth, thick and BLACK. I love liquid eyeliners more than a pencil type. Liquid type allow you to draw beautiful edge. I like drawing the edge nice & long & smooth, like cat eyes. Because I have Asian eyes, I need very thick eyeliner to make my eyes a bit bigger. So without eyeliner, I look completely different person.

I have been using SHISEIDO Automatic Fine Eyeliner for long time. I loved it so much.
BUT they decided to make it a bit more "proactive". Failed. Why did you do that?!?!
It's not Black enough, waterproof doesn't work, not staying on all day still it's easy to apply but it's not the same.

So I decided to find a new perfect eyeliner, deadline is this Friday.
Everyday I pick one product and read reviews and think about it... then I get one on Friday!
(Friday is "Friday Night Beauty Exclusively at David Jones")

Today I picked M.A.C - Fluidline Eye-Liner Gel in Blacktrack

I always wanted to try Gel type eyeliners.
Plus I love M.A.C products.

As usual, I checked MakeupAlley.

1798 review (wow), average rating is 4.4 (out of 5) and 85% would buy this product again.

WOW- that's a really great.

Of course a few reviews are saying they don't like it but most of the review say "LOVE IT".
Apparently it doesn't smudge, stay on all day, nice black colour, dry up quickly, smooth and very easy to apply. Sound very good so far.
RRP $32, use a blush to apply.

I'd better try this one on before Friday!

皆さんはどこのｱｲﾗｲﾅｰ使ってますか？？？
わたしはずっとお気に入りだった資生堂のﾘｷｯﾄﾞｱｲﾗｲﾅｰがなくなっちゃって（新しくかわったはずが、あたしは廃盤の方が好きだった。。）これを機会に新しいｱｲﾗｲﾅｰ探します！

期限は今週の金曜日。それまでにいろいろﾚﾋﾞｭｰ読んで調べます。

ｱｲﾗｲﾅｰはあたしの命の次に大事な物といっても過言ではないくらい毎日の必需品！完璧な物探します！

Hair Spray at new The Star☆

Did you like going to the Star City? Me, no. Casino doesn't really attract me at all. Only I went there because of the musicals I've seen in the past.

Well, maybe that was until last night. Post Star City has been transformed since last Thursday, changed the name to The Star.

New shops, new restaurants, totally new look.
The renovations are still going but really impressed. I went there because I wanted to see the musical Hair Spray, no expectation of any of the shops in the star. Well.... I did "wow" when I saw the outside, looked amazing. And more "wow" inside. I've never seen so many people, have to say it was really good vibes.

I picked a shoes shop called "MODA EMPORIO". Most of shoes are from Italy. Gorgeous. Really stylish. Modern designs. And expensive:p A pair of shoes was especially looked into my eyes. Wow.... So beautiful! Love the colour, love the heels and love the design!!!! Can you see the Gold platform? That's really gorgeous! I am hoping when I go to Italy in December (Yes, I am going to ITALY!!!! yay) I could find something similar.... now way I could afford this pair... I don't actually record how much it was... but I remember it was more than $1000..... If you walk around, you see a couple of great restaurants. BLACK by ezard, I'd definitely come back to try his dishes. Reading the website just sounds too good and also the restaurant itself looks amazing. You can actually see the kitchen from the passage - awesome. And how many bottles of wine they've got?! Wow.... many lol You must be able to order some good wine there. But unfortunately we didn't have time to sit down properly and eat nice dinner tonight. So decided to go to the casual dinning section. Another surprise! Omg, Flying Fish is there!!!! Flying Fish is Sydney's premier fine dining waterfront seafood restaurant with breathtaking views of Sydney Harbour at Jones Bay Wharf, one of my favorite restaurant. But this one is called "Flying Fish Chips" :-) Much casual than Flying Fish but still they have really good Fish and Chips! Fish and Chips Special is really reasonable. With a glass of wine,  I think it was only $14.90 (I might be wrong... ). Then if you feel like an ice cream before getting into the theatre, go to Messina Gelato:-) You can't decide  what you want to order... so many flavors, they all look super yummy. I know ice creams are a little devils but who doesn't want to have them? Yap, I failed. I ordered a double scoop, pistachio and tiramisu in a corn. YUMMY! Seriously they are really good. I love having an ice cream in the theatre or even in a cinema, yeah I think they are "MUST" stuff.

Ok, I think enough about shoes/food already. Let's talk about the Hair Spray.
Have you seen the movie? Oh, I LOVE IT so much. Personally I love 60's style a lot and the outfits in the movie made me really happy by just watching. I love 60's big hair, high-waist skirts, pretty high heels... like BB and MM.
Plus all happy songs... and of course, James Masden and Zac Efron were so gorgeous in the movie:-) haha
Well, overall  it was very well done movie and they came in Sydney as a musical, I couldn't wait to see.

I have to say the musical was really good, really really good. I've never seen a musical like this one.
A lot of CG involved but still feel like you are in 60's. Their performance was seriously great. And still really funny - They added a few jokes in, was funny too. Good jokes! The stage was also really cute. It looks like you are watching a tv from where you sit. Totally recommended even though it will end this week...

I wanna watch the movie again!!

日本ではｶｼﾞﾉって言うと、ﾍﾞｶﾞｽ？って思ちゃうと思うけど、実はｼﾄﾞﾆｰにも小さいｶｼﾞﾉあるんです。 別にｷﾞｬﾝﾌﾞﾙもしないし、そんなに面白い場所でもないから、ﾐｭｰｼﾞｶﾙ見る時以外は別に来ようって思わない場所です。で、今回も先週の木曜日にﾘﾆｭｰｱﾙしたことは知ってても別にそんなに期待もせず、ﾍｱｽﾌﾟﾚｰのついでぐらいの勢いでやってきました。 まず、駐車場に入る前にちょっとびっくり。見た目よくなってるし。。。ここ１−２年くらいずっと工事してたから完成した姿はけっこうすばらしい。。。。 で、中に入ってさらにびっくり！人がめっちゃいるし！いつもはけっこーｶﾗﾝってしてたのに。。。お店もいっぱいできてるし！しかも、結構いいお店が入ってるし！！！ やるじゃん。。。 名前もｽﾀｰｼﾃｨからｻﾞｽﾀｰに変わったらしい。うーん。。。どうなんだろ、そこは？別に名前変える必要あったのかなって思ちゃうけど、まぁ、いいか。 一番最初に目に入ったのが、ｲﾀﾘｱの靴がいっぱいそろった靴屋さん。見た目もｺﾞｰｼﾞｬｽでいっぱいかわいい靴あります♡♡ 中でも目を引いたのは、写真にあるｵｯｸｽﾌｫｰﾄﾞｼｭｰｽﾞ｡めっちゃかわいい！色もﾋｰﾙもﾌﾟﾗｯﾄﾌｫｰﾑの金もすべてがかわいい！！！！さすがｲﾀﾘｱ製。いい皮使ってます。そして、とてもいいお値段。17万円くらいしました。。。無理です。冬にｲﾀﾘｱ行くから、そんときにそれらしき物が2万くらいでないかな。。。。と、思いながら写真だけ撮っときました。 で、その後は夕食。でも、時間もなくって、ゆっくりすわることができないから、超気になるﾚｽﾄﾗﾝ ﾌﾞﾗｯｸは次回にとっておいて、今回はｶﾌｪｴﾘｱに。

ここで、また驚きが！ﾌｰﾄﾞｰｺｰﾄってなめてたら、けっこー有名どころがそろってるじゃないですか！
今日はあたしの大好きなﾌﾗｲﾝｸﾞﾌｨｯｼｭのｶｼﾞｭｱﾙ版、ﾌﾗｲﾝｸﾞ ﾌｨｯｼｭ ﾁｯﾌﾟｽで、ﾌｨｯｼｭ&ﾁｯﾌﾟｽ頼むことに。これ、めっちゃうまい。もともとﾋﾟｱﾓﾝﾄの方のﾚｽﾄﾗﾝでもﾁｯﾌﾟｽは激うまなんだけど、こっちでも全然いける。それで、三分の一の値段だし。これは、いい！！！

で、急いで席へ。ﾍｱｽﾌﾟﾚｰ見たことあります？あたしは映画好きでした。個人的に６０年代ってすごく好き。

洋服も髪型もすごく好き。あたしの一生のあこがれのﾌﾞﾘｼﾞｯﾄ ﾊﾞﾙﾄﾞｰも60年代が一番活躍時代だし。

ﾐｭｰｼﾞｶﾙって歌とﾀﾞﾝｽの迫力で、めちゃくちゃ元気になる☆よく、ﾐｭｰｼﾞｶﾙは見に行くんだけど、このﾐｭｰｼﾞｶﾙは特別だった。うまくCGを組み合わせてて、新しい感じだけど、気分は60年代。めちゃくちゃよかった。。。日本でもやるのかな？もし、見れる機会あったら是非見てください！終わった後はやっぱり歌、口ずさんじゃいますよねぇー♪

あぁーもう一回映画見直しちゃおぉーーーーっと☆

Spring-time for a new pair of TONY BIANCO

Business trip in Melbourne, always excite me. I loooooove Melbourne.

Love shops in Melbourne. If you like something different but still trendy, Melbourne is the place to visit.

So many little designer shops on the streets, you can walk around whole day.

But ........ this time, I didn't event have time to go into the city. Poor me...:-(

The time I've got before heading back to the airport was only 45min. Only place I could go was DFO.

I don't really like DFO for some reason. I've never even been one in Sydney. So when I walked into the DFO, wasn't even think I could shop...till I saw Tony Bianco shop! I want to add bout Tony Bianco here for anyone who don't know about.

"Tony Bianco is Australia’s leading fashion footwear brand that recognises that being an individual is the essence of true style. This fashion forward collection of shoes embodies the attitude of High street London and the spirit of Soho NY. It represents the perfect harmony of creative, cultural and on-trend infusions.

The Tony Bianco signature denotes a heightened focus on detail, superior quality and unique luxurious materials. The contemporary styling reigns supreme, inspiring and surprising with undertones of mystery.

The Tony Bianco girl is a well-blended mix of street-smart modernist, epitomizing cool with an effortless ability to switch their looks day or night; from androgynous to glamour, vintage meets modern to everyday, street-luxe dressing." I have many pairs of Tony Bianco. Totally a fun. Very simply but still very sexy. Trendy designs but still have style. Those show make you happy for sure. Today I met "Betty"- nude patent. Perfect colour, perfect shape and perfect heel height 13cm with platform. I have been looking for a perfect pair long time. Had to match with my skin colour. (otherwise it won't call it "Nude Heels", apparently)  - here pretty interesting article about Nude Heels. Those were new pair and wasn't discounted. (very tricky, you think everything is on sale in DFO but they are actually not. I didn't even look at the price before I went to the casher...lucky Tony Bianco is a reasonable brand which is another "tick" of why I love Tony Bianco)

Having said that, there is a way to get 10% discount in DFO Melbourne. Here is the secret (not really) trick.
If you check in your facebook at Tony Bianco South Wharf Official Page, you get the discounts. Very clever little thing to get more "like"on their page. So I did it, even I had to run upstairs to get network (the shop is underground, no reception... duh) and checked in, came back to pay lol

Nude colour goes with any colours. Why don't you try?

I can't wait to wear them with my baby pink dress which I got from another my favorite Australian designer Arthur Galan. I will write about him another time though... ﾒﾙﾎﾞﾙﾝはよく出張で行きます。ﾒﾙﾎﾞﾙﾝいいですよねぇぇーーー大好きな町☆天気さえもうちょっとよければ、全然住める。買い物も絶対ｼﾄﾞﾆｰよりもいい物が見つかるのが確実。しかも、おいしいﾚｽﾄﾗﾝとかﾜｲﾝﾊﾞｰとかもｼﾄﾞﾆｰよりもある。 なんですが、今回はまったく町を歩く時間もなく、自由に使えた時間はたったの４５分（しかも、空港に向かう直前の。）何かできるかっていったら、すぐ近くできたDFO（日本での言うｱｳﾄﾚｯﾄﾓｰﾙ)に行くくらい。

日本に居る時からあんまりｱｳﾄﾚｯﾄって好きじゃなくって、今回もそんなに期待をせずに覗いてみたら、な。な。なんとTony Biancoがあるじゃないですかっっ！日本ではまだあまり知られてないかもしれないけど.Tony Biancoはｵｰｽﾄﾗﾘｱのﾌﾞﾗﾝﾄﾞで、こっちでは王道のｼｭｰｽﾞﾌﾞﾗﾝﾄﾞ｡みんな大好きなﾌﾞﾗﾝﾄﾞ!日本人ｳｹも絶対いいと思う。ｼﾝﾌﾟﾙだけど形がすごくよくて、ﾃﾞｻﾞｲﾝも流行にのってて色もｽﾀｲﾙも豊富。ﾋｰﾙが高いﾃﾞｻﾞｲﾝが多いけど、これまた歩きやすい。私も何足かもってるんだけど、すべて13cm以上ﾋｰﾙ｡もともと168cmあるので、いつも巨人に大変身。。。だけど、好きなんです、高いﾋｰﾙが。Tony Bianco のｳｪﾌﾞｻｲﾄもﾁｪｯｸして見てね！超おすすめです☆ﾈｯﾄからも購入可能！

で、今回出会ったのがBetty"。春にもってこいのﾇｰﾃﾞｨｰｶﾗｰ｡ずっと探してたんです、こーゆぅの！ここ最近ずっとﾇｰﾃﾞｨｰｶﾗｰﾌﾞｰﾑだったけど、季節の逆のｵｰｽﾄﾗﾘｱで冬終わるのずっと待ってたんです！！やっと、履けるし着れる♪ﾋﾟﾝｸﾍﾞｰｼﾞｭのﾄﾞﾚｽが２着ほど春ﾃﾞﾋﾞｭｰにとってあるから、この新しいﾍﾟｱｼｭｰｽﾞと一緒に着れるのが楽しみでしかたなぁーいぃぃ！

その、ﾄﾞﾚｽのﾃﾞｻﾞｲﾅｰももちろんｵｰｽﾄﾗﾘｱ人。Arthur Galanです。彼もとてもﾒｼﾞｬｰなﾃﾞｻﾞｲﾅｰであたしのお気に入りの一人。次回のﾌﾞﾛｸﾞで紹介します。今回はとにかく、Tony Biancoを知ってもらいたくって。。値段も手頃だしっ☆☆

A Little Trip to Italy for Sunday Lunch

Lovely spring weather on Sunday, what would you like to do?
Most of Sydneysiders go out for late breakfast on Sundays especially in this weather, you'd like to go somewhere you could sit outside and enjoy the sun. So where would you go?

I chose to go to Italy today, but just only in Surry Hills.

Caffé Sicilia  628 Crown Street Surry Hills NSW  www.caffesicilia.com.au "Old-world Italian dining meets new-school Surry Hills" You feel like you are in Italy! (not as I have been there yet...) Italian staffs will treat you very well:-) It's prefect for late Sunday lunch with a glass of wine. We didn't have wine as I was dying to have a coffee. Coffee was nice & strong, Orange Juice was also nice & fresh! So far so good...

We ordered Fried Mozzarella in Carrozza ($14), Pane Cuzato ($14) and Involtini ($20).
I just guessed it would be lots of cheese:-) Yay!

First two dishes came into the table. Yes!!!!! CHEESE!!! Fries Mozzarella is basically "Fried Mozzarella":P Very crunchy outside and melted Mozzarella inside.... YUM!

Then Pane Cuzato is grilled focaccia (loved the crunchiness) with Tomoto, Buffalo Mozzarella, Tuna, Eggplant and Baked Ricotta = FULL ON.

My first impression, to be honest.... was, my gosh. The baked ricotta looked like white chocolate and the sauce looked like dark chocolate...lol But once you tasted, everything worked pretty well. Finally Involtini which is rolled Veal stuffed with Breadcrumbles, Parmesan, Garlic and Peperonata. Lovely taste, nice and thin veal.. but by the time we received the dish, I had too much cheese already. Overall everything was really tasty but I couldn't eat any more cheese. I wonder all Italian eat so much cheese every day? They have so many good looking dolci too.. but I couldn't fit any more food:-( maybe next time..... Once we finished the lovely time in Italy, decided to pop into a new store on Crown St "THE STANDARD STORE" .

They have lovely English-style clothes and accessories. Check out their website www.thestandardstore.com.au - they will start online shop very soon too! Very simple but very details.
 I only got a super cute&tiny bracelet which was made by a French girl who live in Australia - elvis et moi★ www.elvisetmoi.com 

Very cute... love it so much! The Standard Store has different types of bracelets and necklaces - loved the one with skeleton which eventually will be on my wrist soon:-) After walking around Surry Hills, we decided to go back to typical Australian Cafe, Bills, Woollaahra. www.bills.com.au  I love Bills. Ordered Meatballs, I was already so full... so couldn't eat much but it was very interesting taste. Meatballs are like Moroccan, potatoes  are like Indian and sauce tastes like Asian... maybe I prefer the famous pancakes better but I feel so happy just being in the restaurant. Just love it. Over all nice Sunday afternoon! x

ｼﾄﾞﾆｰもだいぶと春になって、ﾎﾟｶﾎﾟｶです。そんないい天気の日曜日、何してますか？ ｼﾄﾞﾆｰでの週末の過ごし方は人それぞれですが、大抵の人が遅いﾗﾝﾁを楽しんだり、ﾋﾞｰﾁを歩いたり、公園に行ったり、日曜はどっちかっていうとﾀﾞﾗﾀﾞﾗ過ごします☆ で、あたしはｻﾘｰﾋﾙｽﾞにあるｲﾀﾘｱﾝ ｶﾌｪ "ｶﾌｪ ｼｼﾘｱ" に行ってきましたぁー！ｲﾀﾘｱ行ったことないけど、ｲﾀﾘｱに来た気分になれるﾚｽﾄﾗﾝ。 食べた物がすべてﾁｰｽﾞで、ちょっと失敗しちゃったかもしれないけど、ﾄﾛﾄﾛﾁｰｽﾞが超うまい！ｲﾀﾘｱ人は毎日こんなにﾁｰｽﾞ食べてるのかなってちょっと考えながらちゃっかり完食☆ 次に向かったのが、最近ｸﾗｳﾝｽﾄﾘｰﾄにできたｻﾞｽﾀﾝﾀﾞｰﾄﾞｽﾄｱ｡

ここの商品は日本人にきっとうけると思う！英国風のｽﾀｲﾙで、服からｱｸｾｻﾘｰまでｼﾝﾌﾟﾙなﾃﾞｻﾞｲﾝがいい感じ！そこで、出会ったのがこっちに住んでるﾌﾗﾝｽ人の手作りというﾌﾞﾚｽﾚｯﾄ。大好きな☆がかわいい！この、繊細な作りが超つぼ。他にもいろいろなﾃﾞｻﾞｲﾝがそろってたから、またきっと戻って違うﾊﾟﾀｰﾝも揃えちゃぉー♪

で、最後は日本でもおなじみのﾋﾞﾙｽﾞ。ｳﾗｰﾗ店はあたしのお気に入りの一つ。あの、中庭感覚が落ち着く〜。お腹いっぱいなのに、ﾐｰﾄﾎﾞｰﾙ頼みましたぁぁ。いろんな国の味が混じってて、不思議。個人的にはｽﾀﾝﾀﾞｰﾄﾞなﾊﾟﾝｹｰｷのが好きかも。。。

ってな日曜でした☆

Start with Tiffany & Co.

The night of Fashion Night's Out in Sydney, I found a gorgeous gorgeous necklace at the Tiffany & Co.
I've been looking for a perfect gold necklace for ages - needs be be perfect length, colour and of course design.

Gorgeous pattern on this pendant from Tiffany's Paloma collection. It's still pretty new in Australia (AU$2,550) - Paloma's Venezia Stella Pendant. Patterned after the gold eight-pronged stars featured on the backdrop to the famous lion sculptures gracing the Basilica San Marco in Venice. Pendant in 18k gold with blue enamel finish and round brilliant diamonds. On a 16" chain. Carat total weight .08. Original designs copyrighted by Paloma Picasso. I LOVE IT!!!! Just perfect.... yes, just perfect.... The problem is.... can I afford this right now? ......ummm, maybe no......or maybe yes?? I guess I have to wait for my tax return... I was thinking to get it when I'm back in Japan (must be cheaper by knowing we have Tiffany at the airport) but seems like it hasn't arrived in Japan market yet. Damn.... why? ﾌｧｯｼｮﾝ ﾅｲﾄ ｱｳﾄで出会ったﾊﾟｰﾌｪｸﾄなﾍﾟﾝﾀﾞﾝﾄ｡それはﾃｨﾌｧﾆｰのﾊﾟﾛﾏ ﾋﾟｶﾉのｺﾚｸｼｮﾝの一つで”ﾊﾟﾛﾏ ﾍﾞﾈﾁｨｱ ｽﾃﾗ ﾍﾟﾝﾀﾞﾝﾄ"｡

長さも色もデザインもすべてが完璧☆日本でもﾊﾟﾛﾏ ﾋﾟｶｿのﾃﾞｻﾞｲﾝは人気だけど、なぜかこのｼﾘｰｽﾞはまだ出てない？なんで？日本人こーゆぅの好きだと思うんだけどぉ。。。
日本に帰る時に空港の免税店で買おうかと思ったのに、なかったらﾁｰｰｰｰｰｰｰﾝ｡｡｡

８角の☆型はﾍﾞﾆｽにあるﾊﾞｼﾞﾘｶ ｻﾝ ﾏﾙｺで有名ですょねー、けど、あたしの最初のｲﾒｰｼﾞはﾓﾛｯｺだったｹﾄﾞ｡｡