Photo Credit: Mostly Lisa

Before I started buying good makeup brushes, I used the cheapo ones that either came with the makeup product, or I’d just use the ones that come free with the purchase of something else. Suffice to say, I never washed those (eeeuuuww). When I bought my Body Shop brushes (for only 1 pound each – sigh, how I missed the 1 pound Body Shop sales in the UK), I tried to get into the habit of washing them more often. Embarrassingly though, I only washed my face brush and blush brush once every two to three months. Ooops. And I leave them out in the open too, instead of putting them in a drawer. So can you imagine the amount of dirt and crap that goes on my face everyday back then?!

I still shudder at the thought.

Once I started buying better makeup brushes, I began to get into the habit of washing them once a week. I keep my makeup brushes in my makeup drawers, away from dust. I’d wash my kabuki, flat top and blush brush once a week, and eye shadow, eye liner, etc brushes after I’ve used them. These babies go on my eyes; I have to use clean brushes on my eyes.

So there you go. Wash those brushes, if you haven’t already. See that greyish muck that is your water from the brushes when you rinse them? That should scare you into washing them regularly :p Makeup brushes that are well taken care of can last you for years and years to come.

Be honest now. How often do you wash your makeup brushes? 😉

The poll will close in a month.

I’ve decided to break the rules of what you should and should not put on your blog (really, who’s to decide and judge what’s best for your blog if not yourself? It is your blog after all, no?) and put in a chatbox!

I’ve been going back and forth, thinking hard on whether to implement a chatbox in my blog for a very long time now. For one thing, it does increase the length of my sidebar, which I’ve been trying hard to keep short. I finally threw caution to the wind when I realised something very simple.

I’d love to chat with you. So long sidebar be damned :p

Whenever you drop by my site, do say hi. It’s on my sidebar, right below the Search button. Also, if you have any questions related to health, beauty, or just about anything under the sun, just write in the chatbox, and I’ll get back to you on it. Better still, other readers might be able to help too!

Let’s chat, people! Don’t keep the lil’ chatbox empty and lonely, will ya? 🙂

PS: Oh, and please keep it clean, yeah? I will delete any abusive and spammy comments. Thanks!

I’ve been keeping this under wraps for quite some time now, but now that I’ve finally gotten it, I can finally let the cat out of the bag. See this?

It’s my visa to the US. Tim and I are going to the US for our honeymoon in September! Initially we wanted to go to Europe, but with the strengthening of the Australian dollar, we decided that the US would be a more feasible destination.

We’ll be visiting my aunt and her family in California. It’ll just be two weeks though, as Tim can’t get too many days off.

Before the US, we’ll be heading back to Malaysia for a dear friend’s wedding. I’ll be leaving for Malaysia earlier at the end of this month to spend more time with my family and friends before Tim joins me.

This is so exciting! You can’t even imagine how long my shopping list is. We’re so looking forward to checking out the factory outlets. Hello Levis jeans for USD10! :p