This post is really really late since HelloFest was held on November 22-23, 2014. It's January already but I can't help myself to not post this. Can't waste such good pictures, right?

I went there with Alin and Nurul.

So, at there, I finally found something that I had been wanting since long time. These past months, I've grown an interest into collecting chibi figures called Nendoroid. I only had Nendoroid Levi back then, in November, and I've been searching for Nendoroid Aoba & Ren since I was into their series, Dramatical Murder, so much.

I went to HelloFest without having a thought I would spot that chibi figure there. And then....there it was. A booth there displayed that Nendoroid. I remember my first reaction was screaming in front of Alin's face. Previously, I was really frustrated because I couldn't find this Nendoroid anywhere. I've asked several toy shops but they always had no stock.

Glad I found Nendoroid Aoba & Ren at HelloFest. Happy! Happy! Happy!

Isn't he cute?! *squeal*

Okay, now let's talk about the event itself. Many cosplayers gathered there. Below are the pictures. Enjoy and name the character if you know them, because I, to be honest, don't know 50% of them. Hahaa. Despite my not knowing who they are, I still love them, because they've shown a great performance as we can see what an effort they put into creating costumes and stuff to mimic the character they adore. Cool!

But, hello~, I definitely know this character below. It's Kaneki Ken!

Night before I went to HelloFest, I read the new chapter of Tokyo Ghoul:re (or was that only the spoiler?!, I forget). Well, as usual, it affected me emotionally. Then I bluffed to Nurul that if I spotted Kaneki there, I would hug him (LOL!). However, I was too shy when meeting Kaneki, so I was just taking picture with him. (LOL! again)

By the way, there were many Kanekis at HelloFest, from KuroNeki to ShiroNeki.

And then, we also met Vocaloid gang,

One Piece gang,

and Zombie gang,

Second day of 2015, it's raining hard outside. I'm staying at home so why not uploading pics and starting to write this blogpost.

I was celebrating New Year with my family these last two days. I was really aware that celebration seems undeserved due to tragic accident that recently happened, the crash of Air Asia QZ8501. Deep condolences to the victims and family. Hearing that sad news really affected me, like I cannot imagine how gloomy the family would be in this supposed-to-be-happy moment. To be honest, a slight of guilt crashed me when I saw people, yaa you can also include me, cheered to the first seconds of 2015.

At some time I also thought, I just wanted to watch fireworks peacefully. Such an irony, though. Thinking that watching fireworks is somehow peaceful is ironic, considering the loud blasting sound and smoke. But that's what I think. I'm always feeling hurt hearing people cynically say that fireworks is such a waste of money, because they think it merely means burning money to the sky. I enjoy fireworks to the extent that I will find it calming. I can't imagine New Year without fireworks.

So, on New Year's eve, my family and I went out for food. Eating at Hong Tang Pantai Indah Kapuk while waiting for the clock to reach 12.

Blow the candles out. Wait, whose birthday is it?! Nia or Jansen?

We had dinner at Bandar Djakarta that night. And this 'Udang bumbu telur asin' was the winner of that day.

Punk and Grunge looks have grabbed my attention recently. I think the trend started this fall, especially when the famous cosmetics brand 'Lime Crime' released their grunge eyeshadow palette called 'Venus'. The hype increased. I didn't buy it but with the demo they showed, I was very much tempted to try this kind of look. I'm totally in love with Doe Deere and all this grunge makeup.

But this time, I started with punk look first.

What's the difference? Punk look and grunge look?

Well, based on my research in which I'm not really sure, so please correct me if I'm wrong, punk and grunge both hold the same characteristics with bold eyes and lips (but sometimes grunge isn't about lips). However, punk kinda stands to a crazier look, while grunge looks softer and more wearable. Punk can play with bright color, such as red, blue, rather than black or brown only, while grunge focuses on creating intense look, especially on eyes. So basically punk gives wider variety. Well, I guess because it's punk in which rule doesn't apply.

I think this look I've created is more like dark punk makeup.

Let's move on to the tutorial. It's quite easy. I used red eyeshadow as the base, added by orange eyeshadow. For intense effect, I used brown and black eyeshadow, also black eyeliner and dramatic eyelashes to make eyes look sharp.

For lips, because I don't have reddish brown lip color, I mixed two types of lipstick with brown eyeshadow. I don't know if it's you, but I'm in love with this color. It makes me wanting to buy this kind of shade. 

I plan to create grunge look too but still try to learn more about dark makeup. Hmm..I can't deny that I'm going 'darker' recently.

On November 15, I planned a meetup with my friend, Nurul, and I just randomly asked her to come to Central Park. She previously asked me is there any events on that day, and coincidentally, I saw some bloggers posted about a 'Picnic Over Tribeca' that would be held at Central Park. So we came there.

I'm not a food lover, but attending this kind of event once in a while will never goes wrong, I guess. This post wouldn't be a proper event report, just a pictures post, I think.

Tribeca Park was pretty crowded at that time. Food stalls were lined up there, and they were really tempting since I had such a hard time deciding which one should I buy. Also, I was hungry.

Finally, I decided to try the corn dogs, because I think the portion might suffice as my lunch. The food sold were mostly snacks and beverages that would nice to be eaten and drunk while having a picnic at the park. Bought some ice cream too, but forgot to take a pic of them.

Took some selfies.

And feet selfie.

My OOTD, one of NUWA collection. :P

End of the post. Bye~

Have you heard about the newest product of Garnier: Duo Clean? It has been launched since early November so I bet it can be found in any supermarket. 

On October 30, I was invited to the launching event of this product. The event was held at Locanda. It's such a cozy place, I think.

Simply saying, Garnier Duo Clean is face cleanser that was made from TWO natural ingredients. It came out in TWO different colors in one tube. By such innovation, this cleanser will bring TWO benefits in one. 

There are three variants of Garnier Duo Clean so that we can choose the cleanser to help us solving our skin problem. 

First is Garnier Duo Clean Grape and Lychee Extract. This is the whitening + smoothening cleanser, made from grape extract that contains antioxidant to maintain skin's firmness and smoothness, and lychee extract to nourish and brighten skin. It smells really nice and sweet.

Second, Garnier Duo Clean Vitamin CG and White Clay, for whitening + oil control. Vitamin CG contained in this cleanser will exfoliate dead skin cells thus makes the skin brighter. While white clay ingredient will do the deep cleanse and absorb the excessive oil. This blue one smells so refreshing. I like it.

The last variant is Garnier Duo Clean Black and White Rice Extract: Whitening + Pore Minimizing. This is made from two types of rice. Black rice helps nourishing skin and makes the pores appear smaller, and white rice exfoliates and brighten skin. This one also smells nice and gentle.

So we can choose our own colors, whether it's purple, blue, or black, and at the same time, get a brighter also better skin. Two problems are solved in one. 

The main stars coming on that day were Reny K. Agustia as Marketing Manager Garnier, Belinda Gunadi as Group Product Manager Skin Care Garnier, and Pevita Pearce, as Duo Cleanser Brand Ambassador.

Besides knowing more about the products, I also had chance to enjoy the food and meet fellow beauty bloggers. 

I personally recommend the black Garnier Duo Clean as it has deep-cleansed my skin without making it rough and dry. So try it.

End of this post. Bye!

Welcome November!

This month, finally I decided to re-open my online shop, and this time I come up with new concept. NUWA will be a vintage shop. I will sell resale vintage fashion. The price will be very affordable since all items are below IDR 175k. Also, I've selected clothes with such a great quality. Buyers are welcome to ask for more details if they want to make sure about the quality.

These past months, I've been influenced by Japanese culture. Specifically in fashion, I have a big interest in Mori Kei, or literally, 'Forest Girl'. This style has been associated with warm and earthy colors, such as brown, green, creme, rust, and ivory. So, personally, I picked the outfits based on that color wheel and mix-match it to look like mori kei, or vintage in general. Yaa, but calling it mori kei sounds a bit improper, because I don't play too much in layers since this country has summer all year round. I will stick with the term 'vintage', 50s to 60s.

Take a peek of some items.

'Good girl' set, that less than IDR 300,000.

Awesome black maxi dress for only IDR 175k

Mori set, which is my favorite. Outer for IDR 85,000 and long white dress for IDR 130,000.

Or this set, selected by my sister, for IDR 175k.

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