wedding errands over the weekend

Updates from the weekend, bbs!

As mentioned in my previous entry, I had two wedding errands last weekend:

Make-up trial with Lipgloss By Dyana Zainal

I had a make-up trial session with Lipgloss by Dyana Zainal on Saturday and was warmly greeted by Dyana and her parents when I reached their place in time for my 2pm appointment! Made myself comfortable on the high chair inside Dyana's make-up room (?) and she started the whole process almost immediately. Prompt!

We chatted easily during the session - might be because we have mutual friends and acquaintances and we've known each other for awhile now. Anyway! After about an hour and a half of chatting and brushing and applying (her) and whining that "this is the heaviest my eyes have ever felt" (me HAHA) this was the outcome:

Tadaaaaa~! I kasi 'Before' and 'After' shot lah eh so boleh nampak the difference.

Anyway, the application was clean and rapi and I was especially pleased with the blush contouring (?) and lip colour. Super love the eyeliner too because that was exactly what I requested!!! My only issues with the look were:

(1) The darker upper portion of the eyeshadow? Too dark for me. To be fair, I asked for dramatic eye make-up whereas the rest of the face has to be more natural... But I think it might be because of the fact that I seldom use eyeshadow so to me anything eyeshadow is aready dramatic enough lah kan hahaha. Told Dyana to tone it down and change to a lighter colour so I'm hoping that that'll work better for me;

(2) The eyebrow colour is a taddddd too thick for my liking so I've asked Dyana to tone it down for the actual photoshoot as well! You know, as much as I'd like to try having ulzzang eyebrows, I think I'll play it safe and stick to my typical kening minah Melayu. Haha! My original eyebrows already minahfied so jangan perasan nak ulzzang eyebrows, please. Makan kimchi hari hari pun belum tentu menjadi.

So aaaaaanyway I am super duper glad Dyana offered me a make-up trial because I found it really useful!!! I used the session to tell her what I like and what I didn't fancy that much and it prepped me for how I might look like on the actual photoshoot day.

Of course, trials can never guarantee that the actual day look will be exactly the same lah but at least you get the feel of it and can ask the MUA to level up or tone down the thickness etc, like how I did with Dyana during our session.

Okay come, I nak show one more gambar yang I tak post kat Instagram:

 

 Hehe miang!

Oh by the way, Dyana tried two different lip colours on me - one in pink and one in nude - but I preferred the nude one better because it looks more... neutral? I don't really like pink lip colours in the first place lah so memang dah biased dah in the first place. (And is it just me OR IS MY HAIR BESAR PANJANG ALREADY *denial*)

Collection of Invitation Cards from Farhana of From Fran With Love

The day after the trial, I went to Causeway Point with my family to buka puasa before heading to Farhana from From Fran With Love punya place to collect the invitation cards! This one is for the afternoon reception guests on my side pulak - the ones for my mamat's afternoon reception guests and the ones for our dinner reception already printed and collected in June (blogged about it here)

Come come, nak sneak peek tak! Kalau tak nak pun taaaaakpe, I nak tunjuk jugak. You tak happy you boleh tutup mata je lah ok.

Opted for customized design instead of something off her existing collection so I had to give FFWL the details that I wanted for my afternoon reception cards. Was a very fun process!!! Don't know if it was as fun for FFWL ah hahahahaha but I really love and appreciate her dedication and patience throughout the whole thing.

Cute little map that FFWL designed for the cards! 

(Oh, we opted for NO maps for our dinner reception invitation cards by the way -  we're assuming our tech-savvy friends akan auto and akan check Google Maps for directions. Let's hope this decision does not backfire on us lah eh ha ha ha ha ha.)

All 400 cards waiting to be distributed to my side of the family and my parents' colleagues!!!!! Okay fine not all 400 cards, technically only 350 are up for distribution but it's better to be safe than sorry yes? Ordered extra just in case terlupa ada makcik punya sedara punya bapak mertua punya adik punya bini kedua yang mesti dijemput, you know.

The other night my mat and I were out at bazaar Geylang with Sham and Aisyah when Sham asked us in a very pakcik way that is so typical of him - "So raya ni... card jemputan jalan lah ni?" Hahahahaha wth damn pakcik siak that line.

Yes Pak Sham, our card jemputan will "jalan" this coming raya!!! Two more days to the festivities and I'm already feeling nervous!!!!!

Tak tau lah nervous ape, mungkin nervous nak hadapi all the "Wahhhhh nak jadi pengantin lah ni???" "Ah, yang ini yang nak kahwin hujung tahun ni" "Biasa lah ni kan bakal pengantin" type of jibes that will surely come my way. Aisehmen. Kalau jalan raya pakai topeng, considered trendy tak, guys?????

Guess I'll be doing a lot of this in a few days' time then HAHAHA