On my last trip to Malaysia, I went on a bit of a binge on sunscreen shopping. I bought at least 4, and I was especially eager to try the ones by Asian brands. It was surprisingly difficult finding a sunscreen that does not contain alcohol (almost all Biore sunscreens contain alcohol). One of the [...]
Celebrating the Chinese New Year with Red and Gold Nails
Happy Chinese New Year from Beautyholics Anonymous! Today marks the first day of the lunar new year, and this year is a particularly auspicious one as it is the year of the Dragon. As Chinese New Year celebrations aren’t that big a deal in Australia (no public holidays. Boo!), this year’s festivities (in my house, [...]
An Unforgettable Experience at the Australian Open
Today’s post is not really beauty-related, but the experience was sponsored by a beauty brand and it’s one of the best things beauty blogging has brought me. It’s just to exciting for me not to write about it. On Tuesday, I had the pleasure of scoring two tickets to the Australian Open, which also included [...]
Colour-Blocked 80s Nails
I remembered seeing this colour combination on Angie‘s blog, and I loved it. She used Bloom nail polishes, but I don’t have those, so I rummaged my stash of nail polishes and found similar colours to try out. The colours reminded me so much of the colour combination of snapbands I used to wear back [...]
Bloggie Wednesdays: Pros and Cons of Using A Photography Lightbox for Beauty Blogging
Photography and beauty bloggers go hand-in-hand. Back in the day when beauty blogging first started, most of them time, stock images were used and they were more than sufficient. These days, we’re photographing products more and using as little stock images as possible. We learn how to pose for photos, edit images and covet the [...]