[Daily style] Drowned in colors

Pashmina by @ZirraaOlshop

[Daily style] Winter on my veil

Pashmina by @ZirraaOlshop

[Daily style] Love in the stars

Pashmina by @ZirraaOlshop

There's love in the sky, pressed in between stars...

[Event] Grand Launching & Silaturahim @mariberhijab

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Assalamu'alaikum Wr., Wb.

Mari Berhijab proudly presents :

"Grand Launching & Silaturahim Mari Berhijab"

Hari/Tanggal: Minggu, 20 Januari 2013

Waktu: Pukul 15:00 WIB - selesai [Registrasi dimulai jam 14:30]

Tempat: Masjid Al-Bakrie, Komp. Rasuna Epicentrum - Kuningan, Jakarta

Pembicara: Astri Ivo & Suci Utami [muslimah fashion blogger]

HTM : Rp 40.000 [Termasuk Pin, stiker, snack & donasi] - Paling lambat Jum'at, 18 Jan 2013

HTM on the spot: Rp. 45.000

Notes:

- Goodie bag untuk 50 peserta pertama yang hadir.

- Acara ini terbuka untuk seluruh muslimah, baik yg sudah berhijab / belum (bagi yg belum berhijab mohon utk membawa hijab/selendang + pakaian yg menutup aurat dgn baik).

Untuk registrasi & info lengkap, cek Twitter @mariberhijab dan Mari Berhijab Wordpress atau email kami ke mariberhijab@gmail.com.

Menambah ilmu, memperdalam keIslaman diri, bersilaturahim dgn saudari2 muslimah sambil berdonasi? Why not! ;)

Let's spread this good news! Jazakumullah khairan katsiran

Wassalam,

@MariBerhijab Movement

[Cover Song] Carolyna - Melanie C

Yelloow!

I have written in my Twitter timeline that someday I'll be doing Melanie C cover song. And amazingly I found this amazing Youtube account that has uploaded his guitar cover for this song [Credits are below]. Frankly speaking I love Mel C so much! Nobody here might have known that I used to be the Spice Girls' biggest fan back then at 1996 - 2000 and I particularly adore Mel C. She's just the real singer for me. And yes, she proves it! She might be the only Spice that achieves success in her solo career life. Love her <3

G.

Credits:
Original song: Carolyna by Melanie C
Guitar cover: Link
Vocal: Iwed
Backing vocal: Iwed
Soundcloud Version: Link

[Poem] Judge me.

Yo, wazzup?

I'm warming my feet up

Sitting around looking lout

I saw you walking in the crowd

Dreaming that someone's care enough to stalk

Don't bother to look or to stop

To just checking the stalker out

Don't hallucinate things you think you've got

You don't own what's ticking in the clock

The temperature has never been this drop

The warmth around here has been robbed

By a central-ego head jug

Yeah huh, one rotten heart-clot

Would love to see flowing blood

Run from up down and above

Neither a villain nor a thug

I'm just a girl holding a grudge

See, someone is stuck, clogged!

Who fakking cares with a judgmental brock?

Standing there like an untrue snob

Oops, am I being rude? I'm sorry... NOT!

Peace out.

G.

[Writing] I pray for you.

Hey, how are you? I see you, just now. All looks good. You look happy with that smile upon you, embracing your little angel that once you considered as "something you would never belong to."

Hey, I know you. I do. You are the one that once had killed me, ripped me & stabbed me from all directions with the dirtiest lowest blackest lies one could imagine to say, and to write upon another.

Hey, I haven't say this to you. Until now, no glimpse of the past shadows have enlightened me of what I have done wrong to you. What have I done, Hey? What have these hands, legs, eyes, ears or this mouth, heart, nose & brain done to you that you felt you needed to spit shit all over me & left me in silent wrath?

Hey, do you remember me? The one that you judged with lame observations like a little girl hitting water balloon with eyes closed. You hit the wrong balloon. You hit the wrong girl. You hit the wrong ego. It was nothing but the beastest beast of me who had been rudely woken up by a troll heart of yours and all that you saw was more than you might expected. I was knitting my yarn of revenge in harmless silence and a glorious smile formed on these lips in which a princess won't be able to impersonate.

Hey, have you paid it? I know you have. You might have swallowed the prickles that burst out from a snow ball you created through that witching times of yours. They went down through you chest, fixing what's broken. Even if it was beyond time to repair. But you've changed by my vengeance. I see you now nowhere near a figure that was used to be yours; drop dead disgusting and empty.

Hey, I send pray for you... For all [good] things that you said won't happen to you, will happen. I pray for you... For all [bad] things you've said about me, won't be true.

I pray for you, that one day when you finally realize all shitty things you've said about me were never there and never be. I pray for you that you will pray for me.

Then all this riot remains something to laugh about, mostly about the stupid rivalry that never have to be existed. Now... Does that ring a bell to you? :)

Sincerely,

Your fave enemy.

[Cover song] Alanis Morissette - Ironic

Alanis is one of the reason why I love alternative rock music. She rocks my world & for everything I am now, she's responsible to be involved some in my evolution. A true fighter and a true singer she is.

One of my [and maybe people all over the world's] fave songs of her. Enjoy :)

G.

*****

Credits:
Original song: Ironic my Alanis Morissette
Guitar: Link
Vocal: Iwed
Backing vocal: Iwed
Soundcloud version: Link

[Me time] The dark mistress

Hijab: From Mecca. Tees: Rancid tees Lace skirt: Rismakill. Stretch denim: A present. Accessories: Unbranded. Wedges: TLTSH

 

Salam 'alaikum!

Since I'm endorsing @ZirraaOlshop, like it or not, I have to match my dress with the hijabs she has sent to me. And as a Hijab Online Store, Zirraa offers so many cute bright colors as the pattern. Therefore, I almost have no time to dress like me. But fortunately at Friday - in which I always said it as my "Freeday!" - I am permitted to dress with anything I like as long as it's appropriate. That's why, when becoming a "dark mistress", I have to wait till Friday. But no worries, it's a sweet waiting anyway. I don't mind at all ;)

Happy Monday all. Barakallah ^^

Wassalam,

G.

[Daily Style] The green forest

Green like a forest

Beautiful as the falling leafs

My dreams I hope to be chased

I'll embrace you till we leave...

Pashmina by @ZirraaOlshop

[@Looxperiments] #LooxGiveaway & Makeup Challenge

Looxetes, apa yang spesial dari bulan Januari?

Tentunya semangat tahun baru. Dan ada satu lagi yang spesial, yaitu ulang tahun Looxperimentss. Yup, bulan Januari 2013 ini, kami berulang tahun yang kedua. Sudah dua tahun lho, Looxperimentss menjadi taman bermain, wadah berbagi dan tempat belajar tentang make up, fashion, dan hal-hal lain seputar itu.

Untuk ulang tahun Looxperimentss yang kedua ini, kami ingin berbagi kegembiraan bersama Looxetes. Kami mau bagi-bagi hadiah!!

Gimana nih cara dapetin hadiahnya? Gampang banget, caranya:

• Copy paste posting pengumuman #LooxGiveaway ini di blog kalian masing-masing, dan sertakan link posting ini.
• Letakkan banner dan URL ke link pengumuman #LooxGiveaway ini di side bar blog kalian:
  
  
  
• Pada commenting system blog ini, tinggalkan link posting mengenai #Looxgiveaway yang kalian tulis di blog kalian, dan tinggalkan juga masukan, saran, kritik, atau apapun yang diperlukan untuk perbaikan blog kami. Masukan dari Looxetes sangat kami butuhkan, agar Looxperimentss tetap menjadi taman bermain yang menyenangkan bagi kita semua :).

#LooxGiveaway ini akan dibuka dari tanggal 3 Januari 2013 sampai dengan tanggal 27 Januari 2013 jam 12 malam.

Apaan nih hadiahnya?

source: http://www.muastore.co.uk/

MUA 24 Shade Immaculate Eyeshadow Palette, MUA 12 ShadeUndressed Palette, dan MUA Nail Quake Varnish masih dalam perjalanan.

Kami akan memilih 3 orang pemenang dengan saran dan kritik yang paling OK, dan masing-masing akan mendapatkan :

Pemenang Pertama akan mendapatkan:  

• MUA 24 Shade Immaculate Eyeshadow Palette,
• MUA Nail Quake Varnish, dan 
• Kalung cantik dari Maniquwawa

Pemenang Kedua akan mendapatkan: 

• Paket Kosmetik dari Revlon, dan 
• Kalung cantik dari Maniquwawa

Pemenang Ketiga akan mendapatkan: 

• Paket Kosmetik dari Zatura Shop

Terus, kalau nggak punya blog gimana dong?

Jangan khawatir. Bagi yang nggak punya blog, kami tetep akan bagi-bagi hadiah. Akan ada Makeup Challenge yang seru banget dan penuh hadiah via Twitter pada tanggal 25 sampai tanggal 27 Januari ini.

Jangan sampai ketinggalan ya!

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First of all, wanna greet a

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOOXPERIMENTS!

Two years old, eh? If you're an infant I bet you're able to walk & run steadily now. And yes, I can see Looxperiments is now steadily grounding my heart (haiyaaaahh...). Always love love love all your posts. Always read them on my spare time at work and apply the tutorial if they're fitted the occasion I'm attending to.

But hey, compliments make appreciation and critics make introspection. All for the sake of self-improvement, right? So face the fact, I'm criticizing & giving suggestions for you now. Though I have to admit there're not much to criticize anyway, LOL.

Yeap. Here they are [Pum pududuum p'duuum!] :

1. Do more of tutorial video!

    Trust me. Practice makes perfect. To practice, "read the manual" is important. And I do believe, manual on visualization is better.

2. Spare some spot!

    I don't know if it's a common thing for a beauty blog to do, but I think your blog will gain positive reactions if you can spare some spot for just one day in a month for your followers to share their fave make up tools / cosmetics during that month. Some sort of "January Fave!" blog. Can be a writing or a Vlog. To choose that person each month [OST, bimonthly will do better], post the announcement a week before, tell them to share their writings / Vlogs about their fave make up via email and you be the judge to choose one. Anyway, just a thought ;)

3. Go-pro!

    Since Looxperiments is rising like rocket now entering its second birthday, gotta gain more and more attention from the make-up learners like me, eh? So I guess how lovely if all pictures posted in the blog can use some more pro [If not, semi-pro will do] photography tools [Like camera, lenses, tripod] or the editing software like Photoshop, Corel or Picasa and I do hope for some improvement in the lighting as well ^^

Though what's inside is most important, I can't deny that my first impression is formed from the visual that my eyes succeed catching.

and last but not least,

4. Keep it on the ground!

    It goes to the page design and layout. Keep the background page with neutral colors. Don't add too much "accessories" on the side bar excepts for some useful links bout make-up or maybe your Youtube channel [If one day you finally decide to make one]. It's a playground, yes... But please, let all those colors be painted in our faces, not your background page.

I guess that's that. Once again happy birthday Looxperiments! You've done a great job and I believe they're still many to come for us to learn more about this paint-on-face art thingy. Keep us playing with you. Luv ya! *smooches*

G.

[Daily Style] Amuse me.

Pashmina by @ZirraaOlshop

[Cover Song] Iwed Goddess - Here With Me [Dido Cover]

My last cover song on 2012. This song is requested by my hubby @Dieforlust. I love Dido but I'm not confident enough to sing her song because we have different types of voice. But anyhow, I hope you'll enjoy :)

G.

Credits:
Original song: Here With Me by Dido
Instrumental music: http://youtu.be/OrFebK_VZjE
Vocal: Iwed
Backing vocal: Iwed
Soundcloud version [Acapella]: http://bit.ly/TFZ6Ff