FOTD: Candylicious

This year marks the 2nd year of my escapade in Singapore. If not for my bro I could have totally forgotten it, and I realized it has been two years since I flew in there. I soooo miss Singapore! Not to mention I've stayed there for 57 days and it's still too short! It was my first international flight and it exceeded my expectations. I do apologize for not having a thorough or longer post about it, that time I had a tough battle with depression and my mind flew somewhere. I really had a crisis that time, confused and lost. Well just like what those famous Britney memes said, if she made it in 2007 (the head shaving issue), so can you. Yes, so did I. Now I've never been so happy. 

For my old post about my trip in Singapore here's my article about Singapore - Malaysia Beauty Haven

For this particular post I'll be reminiscing my first and second trip to Sentosa Island with my best friend and my Singaporean friend James (best friend's boyfriend) and give you a virtual tour, then share with you my FOTD inspired by Candylicious.

SENTOSA MAINLAND

To get to there you need to ride Sentosa Express mono rail or a cable car from Mt. Faber passing through Harbourfront. Since a cable car ride's too expensive I rode the Sentosa Express mono rail instead from Vivo City. Btw, Vivo City is like Mall of Asia with less attractions and amusements outside but still very beautiful for its cleanliness.

Cable cars going to Sentosa Island. This is Vivo City.

You can play in the water all day if you want to. Look at that happy little girl.

I'll bring my little Draven there once he's big enough to travel and remember everything.

While riding the Sentosa Express Mono Rail, here's what you'll see from its big window glass.

Visiting this secluded island you'll get to see this beautiful place divided into four stations: Sentosa Mainland, Waterfront, Imbiah, and Beach. 

In Imbiah, you'll get the sight of the biggest Merlion they have in there! You can even go inside and take a peek of Sentosa Island from its open mouth.

The derp me in front of the Merlion

BEACH STATION

In Beach station there's 2 artificially made beach. Palawan (yeah sounds like from my country) and Siloso. I've been only to Siloso and it's stunning coz it's clean. It's not a typical beach coz it's actually for dining, parties, water sports and shopping. Few people were swimming there when we came. Some were wearing bikinis but they aren't really swimming, as there were no people swimming around, and most people on the shore were tourists like us, all covered up in our casual wear.

Imagine the time and effort the Singaporeans have exerted just to make this man made beach.

The long stretch of sand itself might really take a long time.

How much more for the water. For sure it isn't salty.

 WATERFRONT STATION

Once you arrive in Waterfront there's the famous Candylicious which is still a part of Resort's World SG and Universal Studios. There isn't so many attractions there unlike Beach station, but for sure most of those who'll enjoy Waterfront's attraction were kids. We were about to visit Resort's World coz if you're a foreigner you just have to present your passport then you'll get a free membership card and you're now entrance-free, but if you're Singaporean you have to pay. Since we have James with us and he has to pay, we've agreed not to visit it anymore.

Candylicious is like a dream. When I saw it in person I feel like a child again. Those hanging lollipops were so beautiful, it's like you're really in dream land. I took so many photos of it as requested by my young cousins. The place smells like chocolate and candies, really sweet. Even if I didn't buy any from the store the sweet scent had satisfied my sweet tooth. After two years, seeing these makes me wanna go back, and makes me realize I was so young and so fat! Look at that round face and chubby cheeks I used to have... I remember how tight those skinny jeans used to be on me and now I couldn't wear it coz it's too loose.

You'll see lots of chocolate brands, candies and more. Definitely "eye candies". I've seen some of it and the other attractions in Singapore through pictures from my colleagues from Lasalle who had been there, and I told myself one day I'll gonna see it in person. It felt surreal and I couldn't help but take lots of photos. More pictures to share with you lovelies: (BEWARE OF ANOTHER PHOTO SPAM!)

Aside from candies if you're craving for chocolates then it's still the perfect place. Expensive confections to mainstream ones, name it, they have it. My eyes went big upon seeing those big bottles of Hershey's. I loved it since I was young for my ice creams, cake, frappes and chocolate milk drinks. Unfortunately for the Nutella lovers out there like me, this isn't the place to be. But Nutellas were really cheap in SG! I remember I brought home 8 big jars of it for my cousins plus one big can of Hello Panda (we don't have that here!) Yum!  You just gotta look somewhere else in SG through malls or mini grocery stores.

More pictures in different view

FYI, those hanging candies were fake though. If I'm not mistaken there were only three large trees filled with colorful man-made lollipops. It's so bright in person I was looking up the whole time. Now for the colorful makeup inspired by those beautiful candy-bearing trees:

Pink, orange and yellow shades for my upper eyelid, green, purple and blue for my lower lids. For lips, it's pink and orange ombre. I love it.
 

upper picture: without flash

lower picture: with flash

when I look down, my eyelids were like the color of autumn leaves.

My friend Chiniqua Champagne said it's a perfect color for fall.

My sister in law said they're like butterflies :)

It's too vibrant and not for faint of heart. During the process of doing it I used a white base for my eyes and lips. I remember the horror on my son's face when he saw me, he was crying frantically and my mom's laughing so hard. Once done, it's so colorful I can even join the casts of Hunger Games and be BFFs with Effie Trinket.

Products Used:

FACE

Estee Lauder Cyber White Radiant Bright Foundation in 03 Cool Vanilla

Christian Dior Diorskin Forever Compact in Beige Eclair

F21 Two Way Powder Foundation

Sugar Skull Cosmetics 10 Correct and Conceal Palette

EYES

Sugar Skull Cosmetics 120 Rainbow Palette

Sephora Customizable Smokey Palette

Victoria's Secret Very Sexy Eyeshadow Mosaic in Eye Candy

Elf gel liner in black

Nichido Pencil Eyeliner in black

Avon Extralast Mascara

False eyelashes

CHEEKS

Mac Hello Kitty Blush in Tippy

LIPS

Pink and orange eyeshadows from Sugar Skull Cosmetics

120 Rainbow palette

I also love how my eyes and lips matched my earrings.

    

Speaking of candies I have another favorite eyeshadow palette from my friend Janel. It's shimmery and colors were sheer so even if I use white base for it it won't pop out that much. I love it only for highlighting my brow bones and lower lash lines. I discovered the shimmers were useful and if used it makes me look more awake. It's Victoria's Secret's Very Sexy Eyeshadow Mosaic in Eye candy.

I miss Singapore so much that I even have recurring dreams of going back. My almost 2 months of stay made me feel at home. Though I'm aiming for South Korea to be my first international flight and country to visit, I have no regrets for targeting Singapore first. There's still so many countries that I want to visit but first let me go back to this garden city once again. I want to see more tourist attraction, eat more exotic Singaporean food and shop all the possible makeups I could find!

Have you even been to SG too? How's your experience with Sentosa Island? Also, what tourist attractions can you still recommend from Singapore? I might wanna visit it next year.

I'm excited! My bestfriend and James were coming home by the end of this month!

Aside from the fact that I miss them, I can't wait for my jar of Nutella!

Glam Goth Meets Gothic Rock

It was a cold gloomy morning in Silang, Cavite.

My husband Francis and I will be attending a wedding.

Marvin, the groom, is Francis' close friend since they were in high school. 

We already knew since July that he's gonna be Marvin's groomsmen for his September church wedding. The call time was supposed to be 10am so we immediately went to the church. Since Francis sometimes doesn't pay attention to some details it was then we found out that we're supposed to go to the reception first which is at Villa Ibarra, Tagaytay. Marvin's cousin called us and he'll be picking us up. While waiting for him, we tried to look around the church as it was our first time to go there. I've heard it rained hard that morning so the grass was still damp, the breeze feels cold and a bit wet.

In this beautiful scenery lies San Antonio De Padua Church.

The place is really peaceful and relaxing.

As soon as you enter the church's gate you'll see the statue of St. Anthony of Padua carrying n infant Jesus, with cherubs just below them. There's trees every where, you can even drive around, there's a wide parking lot and you can even play on the grass. If it's not damp and wet I might lie down there and take more photos.

Thanks to the kind woman who took our photos in front of the church.

She just saw us laughing around coz we both want to have our photos taken

so she offered her help. Thanks Ate! We didn't even catch your name but you're

an angel. The pictures were amazing.

I still want to have a black wedding. I'm sure it'll come true, coz that is what I really want ever since. Seeing these pictures of us makes me think that black and Gothic wedding's possible. Yes, dream on! We just have to make everything perfectly stable and fine first, build our dream house and get married again in front of it.

As for our dream house, it's very much similar to the structure of this church,

or maybe Tuscan style. Stones, rocks, bricks, grass, flowers, trees and vines.

That's how we love to see our house outside.

Anyways going back... Marvin's older bother picked us up and we went straight to the reception at Villa Ibarra, Tagaytay City. It's for the photo shoot for the entourage. My husband told me that the wedding's motif will be black and silver, so I really think it was awesome. A black wedding I'll be attending.

As soon as we arrived, I met Marvin, and he mocked Francis coz he said he should be wearing a white polo! The motif's blue, silver and white!

We were laughing and my husband doesn't care as to what the motif will be.

I even don't know how did he come up with that black and silver motif!

He doesn't even want to tie his hair, just like what the groom has requested.

I thought our glam goth inspired outfits will be inappropriate as it is a wedding day, but then most of the guests were wearing darker hues and the bridesmaids were all wearing royal blue.

 

 

earrings: Chanel CC logo vintage drop pearl

I just decided to let my hair down, parted it side ways and had some hairspray to hold it. I've dyed my hair into golden red two weeks prior to this event,

so it doesn't look too harsh as the colors have faded already.

The flowy beaded asymmetrical hem black cocktail dress I'm wearing is from Ruby Rox. This dress is by far one of my favorites among the dresses I've had.

The color (of course it's gonna be black!) the cut, the fabric, the style,maybe just a little more beadwork. I'm so picky when it comes to dresses and it's not that easy to please my taste, but this one definitely knocked me off my feet.

I love that even if it bares much skin on the upper part, the asymmetrical hem on the lower part makes it a look a bit more conservative when worn.

check out http://www.rubyrox.com/ for beautiful cocktail and prom dresses.

 Nine West Black Reptile Crocodile Shoulder Bag

I was originally grabbing for my black XOXO shoulder bag coz it's my favorite

but the strap snapped! I need to have it repaired asap. It's my fave.

I have no choice but to use this Nine West bag, which I didn't know how it exists. I didn't buy it, maybe it came from my aunts as a gift and I've totally forgotten it. Well thank heavens, I have no big black bag to use other than this one.

I've also used my wedding shoes for the second time. It still looks new and sparkly filled with silver micro glitters. Unfortunately it's a bit tight for me now, it used to be a little loose as a peep toe shoes. They said after you get pregnant and give birth your shoe size will become bigger. It's true, after all. 

The explanation is that the tendons connecting the tarsals and metatarsals

of your feet gets loose from the pull of gravity, as it adjusts to your weight when it triples while you're preggo. Now I must buy new shoes, the old ones were all too tight for me now.

But even if my shoe size becomes bigger, I've shed a big amount of weight

and my skinny jeans weren't skinnies anymore. It's sad though, I have nothing to wear again other than my jeggings and leggings. I feel really comfortable wearing just jeans and shirt. No micro mini's, my family's very conservative.

Let's go now for the makeup products I used.

I don't know how it happened but it has to be the best brown smokey eyes I've ever done. It reminds me of those smokey eyes I see from Autumn-Winter fashion shows such as Christian Dior, Gucci, Ninna Ricci and Miu Miu.

I'll try to do it again next time, if ever I can recreate it.

Sorry no tutorials. I'm still not that brave to teach y'all.

FACE

Revlon Color Stay Liquid Foundation in 180 Sand Beige

Sugar Skull Cosmetics 10 Correct and Conceal Palette

Christian Dior Diorskin Forever Compact 020 Beige Eclair

EYES

Sephora eyeshadows in medium brown, dark brown and black from the customizable palette

Etude House Code B Gel eyeliner in strong black

Christian Dior Diorshow Mascara

Estee Lauder Lash Primer

Christian Dior Eyeliner in Noir

CHEEKS

Mac Hello Kitty Powder Blush in Tippy

Maybelline Mineral Powder Blush in Original Rose

LIPS

Mac Russian Red Lipstick

What I have on my bag is just perfect for retouching.

It's the Dior Travel Studio from Christian Dior.

It carries everything that I need. Powder for touch ups, the tiny dior show mascara and the tiny black eyeliner. I didn't retouch my eye shadows as I used a good base for it. FYI I've had this travel kit since 2012 I think, but I haven't used it that much as I don't really dig the color pay off of the lippies and eyeshadows. They're too sheer and it's not even worth the three thousand peso cash that I've shed.

Finally! Marvin looked for a white polo for Francis to wear.

Francis is really stubborn and and a very happy go lucky person.

If there's one thing I learned for him it's how I shouldn't give a f*ck about

anything. I like his "It doesn't matter attitude". Here's a Tony Stark inspired shot.

But don't worry, he has an alter ego. The "daddy" side of him can easily turn him into a different person. When it comes to our son's needs, he's really like Iron Man, and whenever I need him, he's like Batman.

He's got so many friends, sometimes I don't even remember their names and faces. He's the friendliest of all peeps I know.

Here's what San Antonio De Padua church looks from the inside. My friends told me this is also where Filipino celeb couple Karylle and Yael got married. I don't even know that. (Not really that interested in other people's wedding).

The church really fascinated me, it's simple and not that big at all but once you enter the church it'll give you a different atmosphere.

Villa Ibarra, the wedding's reception is somewhat small, but cozy. The interior design is simple too, wall painted in white, black and then there's wood and baroque style fixtures and furniture. The parking lot can also just accommodate a few vehicles. The place isn't too overwhelming, and it's relaxing.

Once this glass door's open, you can have a good view with the Taal lake.

Great for pictures. Since that day was really gloomy and rainy, the clouds hid the beauty of the Taal Volcano.

We do have one shot outside as the kids lit their sparkles. It was still drizzling and cold, and I got me my good ole' Genevieve Gozum leatherette minus the belt.

Hubby having a moment and the time of his life. He looks hot in that suit, and it's my first time to see him wear that coz on our wedding he preferred Chinese style coat.

His old western boots were customized from his long time friend that happens to be a shoe maker, particularly all sorts and kinds of shoes and boots.

We just googled some pictures of his dream boots for the size, materials,

accessories and more, and it turned out better than we expected it to be.

More reception photos I took. Sorry it's just point and shoot, I don't know anything about photography, I just love the beauty of this place, and captured it through my digital camera.

As for the reception, I like it, but still the place called Ridge Resort and Convention Center in Tagaytay City still lingers in my heart.

It's big, really big and very calming and cozy. It's where my dad used to work for almost 25 years. I grew up in that place. I sleep there with my family, eat, swim, play, run around. It stops its operation in 2002 and it's now renovated into Philippine Judicial Academy. I even remember bringing all my friends, teachers and classmates there so they could swim and play around. 

I wish they'll open it again for public, or just for the old employees there. 

The last time I've been there it's already PHILJA, I also saw the resort being renovated. I remember my dad even promised I'll have my 18th birthday at Ridge Resort, but sadly it didn't happen since it's now closed for public.

 

That woman is my sexy mom!

I love photos with a vintage touch and dark concept. I'm trying to schedule a simple photo shoot with my friend but both of us were still too busy. Maybe soon, and I want a custom made black lace dress, inspired by those from Gucci's A/W 2012 Collection.The photoshoot's concept will still be vampy and dark, but better and "more maarte". Soon! I'm keeping my fingers crossed!

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Thank you for reading lovelies! It's an image blog once again, and more blah blahs from me. This blog of mine is more of like my online diary. Since I'm a very visual person I upload lots of pictures. After a year or two, I read all of my old posts and they really make me smile, so it's also for me, yeah, weird once again.