Maybelline Clear Smooth Minerals BB Cream with SPF26/PA+++

...contains 8 healthy minerals for 8 healthy skin results based on clinical tests:

more radiance
more hydration
improved clarity
smoother skin
more even skintone
less redness
fewer lines
better appearance

It's a tinted moisturizer, sunblock, and make-up base in one fabulous product...

I have a fair, normal/combi and freckled face.  Been using this product for a week.  The consistency of the cream is watery, so I am very careful when opening the cap and squeezing the tube.  It is advisable that the mouth tube is place upwards when opening and squeezing.  Tried first with sponge it didn't work - it absorbs quickly on sponge.  Best applied using fingertips and it blended pretty well.  While applying, it feels like I'm applying a moisturizer.  When cream settled on my skin, it was perfect.  I actually like the color on my skin compared to Hydro Splash BB Cream.  In Hydro... it was more darker than my skin tone.

When I'm out, as in outdoor errands,  my whole face was perspiring as if I put a huge amount of moisturizer on my skin.  As a result, the 8 promising effect wears off easily.  I even tried not to put moisturizer before the BB cream,  but still my face perspires.  Also, it feels oily after few hours outdoor.

I better not use this on my outdoor walk.  Well, I will not buy this product again,  at least I bought it cheaper lah!   I'm not happy at all :-(

Mom's Brownies

I'm proud to announced that I baked a great brownies today, yay!! This is my preferred texture - its chewy and not dry.

I would love to share my ingredients to all of you...



2 cups brown sugar used in baking
1 cup  butter (1 bar of salted Anchor butter)
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1 tsp vanilla extract
4x eggs
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup walnut (sliced)

Pre-heat oven 350F or 175C.  Cream together: butter, eggs and vanilla extract.  And add the other dry ingredients.  Pour over pan with Glad Bake.

Initially I baked it for 30 mins.  Checked the mid portion - not yet done so I baked it again for another 20 mins.  My cooking time is different cos I'm only using this type of oven...

Ideally,  it should be done in 30 mins in real oven :-P

So what made the texture moist?  I know it's because of the sugar that I used and  adding only 1 cup of flour.  I think if you want it to be more cakey, you can add additional 1/2 cup of flour.

The Bounty Hunter

 

Milo Boyd (Gerard Butler), a down-on-his-luck bounty hunter, gets his dream job when he is assigned to track down his bail-jumping ex-wife, reporter Nicole Hurly (Jennifer Aniston). He thinks all that's ahead is an easy payday, but when Nicole gives him the slip so she can chase a lead on a murder cover-up, Milo realizes that nothing ever goes simply with him and Nicole. The exes continually one-up each other – until they find themselves on the run for their lives. They thought their promise to love, honor and obey was tough – staying alive is going to be a whole lot tougher. Andy Tennant (Hitch, Sweet Home Alabama) directs.

 I thought it's a nice movie because of Gerard Butler and Jennifer Aniston.  There were scenes that made me giggle.  But the story is not nice.  It's quite boring.  Overall, it's not a good movie to me :-( 

Julie & Julia

An overdue post.  I said to myself, if I have a public blog, I would like to have Julie & Julia movie in it.  Yes, like everybody else, I also love the movie.

At first, I'm just interested in the movie because of Meryl Streep.  I like her so much.  Her acting is so likable.  She always portrays her character really very well.  But I both don't know Julia Child and Julie Powell.  I do collect cook books when I was working, sad to say I didn't came across on her book Mastering the Art of French Cooking (2 Volume Set).  Anyhow, I've left my heavy cook books at home and just brought few booklet type abroad.

I enjoyed the movie so much cos its about food & cooking.  I heart food and cooking.  So interesting to see when they eat!  Actually, I like movies when actors really eat, not just playing on utensils.  

But almost at the end of the movie, there's a hanging question on why Julia Child hated Julie Powell's blog?  Intriguing huh? Well, it turns out there's a lot more than the movie.  I was quite surprised on  the story behind it.  It seems that what we've felt on Julie Powell's character in the movie is opposite of the real character.  Okay, don't want to rule out the issue on my blog. 

With regards to Julia Child, I'm interested to have her books like My Life in France (Illustrated Edition)[Rough-Cut Edge] by Julia Child and  Julia's Kitchen Wisdom: Essential Techniques and Recipes from a Lifetime of Cooking.

Bag Organizer

Girls love bags, who doesn't?  I bet you have more bags and change it from time to time depending on your attire and mood :-P

When I change bag, I usually forget transferring other staffs from the other bag.  Normally, changing bags doesn't change what's inside - every staffs  are mom's bag essentials. 

All my bags are quite big.  So at times it looks disorganize. As a result,  I often feel lost when I dig into my bag to find my things.

So to resolve this, I finally bought a bag organizer from internet.  I think it's also available on shopping centers, but don't have time to look for it, and when we go out it's always and always for children staffs :-P.   Well, if shopping alone, I again forgot a-hi hi.

Yay!! So my essentials are in order, works cool, easy transfer from one bag to another, and it keeps everything in place.


I highly recommend it!!