A day with my Zoo family

 I've been spending a lot of time rotting at home cause I have no class at all and I do all my subjects by self studying so it's been awhile since I hang out with my friends. I am definitely a homie person cause I can spend the entire week at home without going out at all. Well, since I study away from home then my room here is somehow a little home for me. Plus staying home doing dramas and reading a lot is enough of a distraction for me. People are wondering I'm kinda like social phobia or whatever (I can assure you I am not). I get caught up reading stories online and half of the afternoon is gone then a few dramas to catch at night basically spends my night away just like that. The only problem at night is having insomnia and I can't sleep and I just don't know why and definitely hate that cause it gives me lots of breakouts. Staying home a lot definitely save me lots of $$ and also I kinda get tired with going the same mall every week cause I have no car to go somewhere further but a mall is better than nothing and it is within walking distance. I've been wanting to post a blog today but procrastinator told me to do it later and later and later. It's been pouring outside and thunders roaring fiercely so it's the best weather to just cuddle on bed reading or blogging cause it's just the perfect weather. I'm a fan of rainy day cause it's windy, cool and makes me feel little bit like fall which Malaysia don't have (it sucks to have no season at all).
                                                                                                                                                                   
  Finally I get to meet my girlfriends (we call ourselves zoo family, don't know where did that come from) yesterday which is Malaysia Independent day. We planned to meet before but they got to work and so we have to cancel. I guess this will happen to me too after I started working and it sounds so grown up even I am considered as an adult. I am definitely proud of them working and spending their own salary without taking $$ from parents but somehow I am just not ready for that yet but when time comes I will be. We watched "The Purge" yesterday and eat lots of food and shop for the whole day. Things you do with your girlfriends, you scream you laugh you take selfie (lots of them) you shop then talk a lot too. They are like family when you are away from home and it's important to have them cause imagine staying away from home and have no one there for you, it's lonely and sad. These things makes you happy even it's just simple little things. I am very glad that we meet before I head back to my hometown cause I might be coming back to kl maybe next year and with working and busy with our own life it's even harder to find a perfect timing for all of us to gather. Thanks to technology we get to keep in touch even we cannot see each other face to face but I will be missing them a lot so take care yourselves girls. 

The Zoo family

I definitely love this pictures cause we are all dorky :P 

Of course a selfie before heading out
First picture with a decent smile showing my perfectly straight teeth thanks to braces!!

Luna

Holidays and DIY Roses

  Hello everyone!! How's life going on? Mine are pretty normal though, nothing special happen just the same old same old.. haha..Well, the past week is Raya which means another holiday again! Guess the one blessing of being Malaysians are plenty of holidays. I kinda spend my weekend staying at home, catching up some drama, then movie with my sister and went out with my friends. I've watched 2 movie for the past week. Percy Jackson-Sea of Monsters and Smurf 2, I personally prefer Smurf 2 cause it's not so shabby! I am definitely not a cartoon movie fan, I seldom watch them but Percy 2 disappointed me this time. I loved the previous one which is lightning thief, it's amazing and I even went to the theater few times for the same show(you can see I am obsessed that time) but it's that good for me! Last week, I watched some youtube videos and saw tutorial for paper roses. They are called 'origami roses' so I watched it and wanted to make these pretty like roses so badly. That's why when I went out with my friend at Sunday I went to stationary stores to buy the papers. Yesterday I made it! I admit when you saw the tutorials they look not so hard until you make it on your own! The first few roses are pretty awful but with few practices I made it successfully plus I'm thinking about making my mama a b'day card cause her b'day is coming soon. I watched some youtube videos for some inspiration and decided to make an explosion box b'day card. If you don't know about it, you can go youtube to look for them but I won't be posting picture since it's a surprise for my mama so shhhh~~~ Okay, without further ado, let me show you my "masterpiece"....

These are the first few roses

After few practices, here are some of other origami roses with different colours

Actually this is an edited background. but I made the roses and I just edit them to look like a picture

I hope you guys like it and if you are a blogger and you happened to visit my blog pls comment below so I can visit your blog too~

au revoir

Luna

July Favourites

Hello everyone~ It's August already and in 4 more months 2013 will end, isn't it too soon?? Yea, time flies. That's why I am here writing a new post. It's actually my new year resolution to start a blog this year and guess what? It took me more than half year to do so thanks to my procrastination. It's never too late to start right? Instead of filming a video, I guess writing them down is better since I am kinda camera shy. Okay, let's get started!

My Jam of the month

From Left to Right
Royals- Lorde
Baby I - Ariana Grande
Acapella - Karmin
Girlfriend - Icona Pop
Blurred Lines - Robin Thicke

If you haven't listen them yet, go check them out! 

Must have Dramas 

Teen Wolf  Season 3 : If you like fantasy, go for it!
Pretty Little Liars Season 4 : Pretty girls with ugly secrets, never trust them. How far will A bring them?
Games of thrones Season 3 : OMG! This is so far my favorite. I love the whole cast, the story line, the drama! I didn't read the book though cause I don't wanna know what's next and I know the book is good too but I prefer surprises. Team Stark!

Beauty must have

  Face cleanser : Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser 

  Face wipe : Simple Kind to Skin (wipe off sunscreen before cleanse)

  Sunscreen : Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Dry Touch Sunblock SPF50 (yeap, I kinda go hardcore on sunblock cause I get redness after long exposure so call me vampire) 

  Lips : Vaseline (the casing is from Hong Kong but I refilled them with original vaseline)

  Body Lotion : Neroli Jasmin from Body Shop (they make me smell good and felt like flower and yesh I wanna smell good even when I'm going to bed #fragranceholic)

Style of the month : 

Actually I have been wearing a lot of shorts lately cause it's too hot and I am THERMOPHOBIA (fear of heat). Nothing stylish. Just summer must haves, pair them up with normal Tee and slippers then viola. Done!

Nails 

~~Color of my Summer~~

Pinkish

Baby Blue

Coral

Bling Bling (of course)

My fail attempt to make polka dots :(

 Snack them up 

Got a little bit of sweet tooth!

Dark Chocolate with Almonds (how perfect is the combination, bought them from Famous amos then pop them in a jar!)

Raisins

Dried Apricots (chewy and sweet!)

Wild Fruit Crunch Cereal (I need some crunch or else life would be dull)

Cold Mineral water (refreshing, aaahhh)

Jacobs Hi-Fibre Biscuits (Salty cravings)

Ice cream ( Cute pic IKR)

Coffee (my addiction)

Imma try my best to upload my favorites of the month more regularly. I think it's a nice way to share my life with you guys. Hope you liked it <3


Luna

Online Shopping

  Guess all of you girls have online shopping experience right? It's basically impossible to have no experience (i guess) cause most of us get caught up on those website and couldn't control our little fingers to click on the purchase button. For myself, my first few experiences are horrible because what I saw from the website is totally different from what I get when the package is received. That feeling was, something like sending arrows (the ones with fire)  to your computer when you compare the screen's (which the models are wearing and smiling at you) to what you are getting. That's the rage ( i get kinda emotional sometimes) maybe the rest of you guys just sit there whining and cursing the website, I've been through that too.. I mean some of the online clothes or dresses are not cheap too, how can the difference be so huge (at least the price matches a bit with quality)?? Well, thanks to the photo editing software that makes everything looks good.

  Okay, enough of the sharing. Let's go back to last Sunday. I was online surfing on facebook, twitter, instagram and you guys know how many annoying ads are there on facebook advertising online clothes, shoes or bags whatever. I saw one ad called "ZALORA" and the reason that i clicked in was because they were on sales ( sales is a big word with shining diamonds on it for all girls), I went into the dresses category and look through them ( I was thinking just looking and checking out swearing to myself I won't buy anything) but I was a little caught up in there because the dresses are pretty and some of the prices are quite reasonable after the discount (that's how girls convince themselves when they shouldn't buy anything). Discount sounds like a magic word and makes sense to everything. So, with so many choices I have to narrow them down to the last 4 dresses to choose. Thinking of the previous experience, I was in a little bit of dilemma. So I look at the materials, measurements and the price and you know what, it was a good bargain. At last, finally after a long debate in my head I've decided to buy two of them. Just two and no more, couldn't go crazy for the first time (Zalora is still a testing phase). Okay, Let me show you the pictures down there...

  The colorful dress is a crochet lace material and the pink one is non-strechable poly-mix material. So far, the dresses does look like what's on Zalora website. There is link to Crochet Lace dress and Baroque Print dress for you guys to see and compare. Bear in mind that the colors may be little different from the website and my picture. I can assure it's same color and quality. I am a happy girl when the package arrived at Monday cause I bought it on Sunday, just one day of waiting! You guys know, the waiting, the curiosity on how the dresses looks like and will they fit?? These thought kills you. Zalora did a fairly good job on impressing me and the most important thing is they allow you to return the goods within 30 days provided that they are still in their original form. That's why i decided to give it a shot and here I am sharing my experience to you guys!

  Plus, I wanna share few tips on how to online shopping (with my experience before and my friend's too cause we share what we bought online) that's why I kinda know what to avoid. First, I kinda focus on the material when it comes to online shopping. You can only see them, not touching the material and of course no trying. Keep in mind that pictures always lie! If you guys want something that is more thick and with better cutting, look for polyster or poly-mix material (always look for something that is thick) if it's a dress unless you go for the summer flowy casual dress. The quality won't go too wrong with these materials. I always avoid chiffon because it hardly gives you the nice cutting or shape and the material is flowy and thin. You don't want to buy a dress and wear them only, you want to look good on them too. Second, measurements are important too, measure yourself before considering clicking on the purchase button (don't go with 'i guess this will fit me'). Don't aim for the exact same size as the measurement state, aim for few inches or cm wider just for in'case. Bigger is always better than small sizes (well, we still want a chance to wear them right?). If the online stores have a return policy like Zalora of course it's good, if not you have to be SURE. Like sure sure. We all like to spend money on pretty things, things we like but always remember to spend them wisely. Make sure it's worth your money! Lastly if you guys wanna go visit the website go to Zalora, this one is for Malaysia ones but if you guys live outside Malaysia just google Zalora and see whether they ship to your country.

Disclaimer: I am not promoting for Zalora and sponsored by them.  I just share my experience and I bought the two dresses with my own money. 

All the best!

Luna

5 Summer Essentials

  It's Summer already and we all know it's gonna be hot and wet and wild that's why it's important for us to get ready for it. I live in a country which is 24/7 summer and being annoyed by how hot is it all year long, these are the essentials that in my opinion is necessary for summer.

  Always bring a pair of sunglasses with you around, sometimes the sun are so devious that it brightened us with powerful sun-rays which can damage our eyes and makes us dizzy. So, a pair of sunglasses is especially helpful when you are driving because of the sun's glare and also enhance safety driving. So get yourself a pair of sunglasses to wear on!

  Oh we all know that how hot can a summer be and how we will be craving a can of ice cold soda. But instead of drinking these sugary piled and unhealthy drinks, make you own drink! Lemon water is the best during summer because it is refreshing and it can help cleansing your body, fitting you into those bikinies! Just juice a lemon into a jar of water and add some ice cubes and mint then viola!! Store them in the fridge so you can always enjoy ice cold lemonade when you are craving for soda.

 Judging by how this little kid put on his sunscreen at the beach, you should be too. My third essential is SUNSCREEN. It's summer and everyone will be heading outdoors, i believe none will stay home during the summer, unless you are like me, afraid of the sun cause it's too hot to go outside (forgive me, I've been staying in summer for too long). Choose a sunscreen with at least SPF 30 to avoid sunburn but for me at SPF 50 is a must if I am going to be outside for quite sometime cause you don't wanna look toasted after that. So pile the sunscreen up like how this boy does it!

If you are heading to the beach, you definitely need a hat(duh)! Some people thinks that wearing sunscreen is enough and a hat is just extra, you never notice that these summer hat can protect your hair from being over exposed to the sun (especially on the top of your head). Sometimes, over exposure does not only cause sunburn, you will have headache too!! I've tried before being exposed on the beach for few hours and ended up having headache at night (not fun at all). So, lesson learned and imma bring on my Summer hat when i'm heading to the beach. 

 You are probably wondering what's the last essentials here, it's not Blake Lively, it's the SCARF that she's wearing. A scarf? Really? Yes! If you have long hair like I do, don't you think that it's annoying and sticky and make you feel more hot during those days when it's especially hot?? Instead of tying them up with a rubber band, try a scarf. You can tie it up on your hair like a hair band or bring your hair up to a bun and style them with a scarf. Not only it does secure your hair away from your face, they also look cute (see how Blake looks so nice with a scarfed hairstyles) and youthful. So, throw in a scarf into your summer bag right now! 


xoxo and enjoy your Summer

Luna

Pretty nails

Pretty nails without polish

Judging by the picture and title you guys already know what I'm going to share on this blog. It's all about NAILS. I personally thinks that if anything that you should be paying attention to, it's definitely your nails. WHY? Cause no matter how polished a person look, when people notice your chapped nail or uneven length of each nail or they are yellowish it's going to ruin a person's image. For me, even I don't have to paint my nails, but by trimming them to same length and shape, your nail can looks so tidy and clean. It's just that simple. When i was in high school,my school doesn't allow us to wear any nail polish, so i keep them clean and well trimmed all the time. My friends always says that I have really nice nails, like i've done them in nail parlour but to be honest i am just a teenager, how can i afford them??? But don't worry, we can do this ourselves girls, love your nails cause they make you look pretty. Let me show you how i do it.

STEPS To Pretty Nails

1  Trim your nail to the shape that you like, you can make it short or slightly longer.

2  Shape your nail with a nail filer.

3  Get a toothbrush or cotton bud to clean out any dirt under your nails. Lightly brush it or swipe underneath your nail forth and back to get rid of the dirty things.

4  Get a cotton with some nail polish remover to remove any remaining nail polish and dead skin on the nails. If you have nail polish on then remove it before you do step 1. 

5  Soak your nails on some warm soap water for few minutes, have some patience, listen to music or watch the tv for awhile then wash it off. This will help to soften any dirt remaining under the nails that couldn't be cleaned just now and also remove the chemicals of nail polish remover. 

6  Now that wash your hand thoroughly with soap and cleanse them with lukewarm water. 

Now you have clean and tidy nails :)

  It's not that hard right? Just spend some time and pamper your nails then they will look like you've been to a nail spa. Awesome right! While you can spend time painting your nails why not spend some time cleaning them? Let them breathe, don't always cover them up with colour and patterns, although it's pretty but they are not healthy and can really damage your nails. Sometimes, simple is beauty. You will be surprised if you really spend some time on the small details instead of buying products to beautify them which will cost you some dollars. Trust me on this!! I like keeping things simple. Life just become more easy and you can spend some of your free time doing other things. Of course if it's a special day or you have been working really hard lately and you really want to pamper yourself with some lavish treatment then i'd say go for it! 

*Pictures are just for illustration purpose.*

Luna