Sunday, 21 July 2013

Music to dance/workout to...

After School - Flashback


 PSY - Gangnam Style


 Brown Eyed Girls - Abracadabra 


 Big Bang - Fantastic Baby
 


Girls Generation - Mr Taxi 


  F(X) - Hot Summer


  EXO-K - Let Out The Beast 


  Jay Park - I Like 2 Party


 F(x) - Electric Shock 


 2NE1 - I Am The Best 







Saturday, 20 July 2013

My week in pictures

This is where I get ready and put on my face !! ;D

Failed OOTD post, this is the only successful photo haha xD
Topman - Dogtag, Argos - Identity Rose Gold Watch

Bus journey to somewhere xD

My view during lunchtime at pre-apprenticeship

My computer at pre-apprenticeship learning Photoshop

Attending the summer fair at my local park

A quick OOTD before pre-apprenticeship

My scribble design 

Dinner at Frankie & Benny's with my buddy Sameeha ^^


The beautiful view in Canary Wharf

Another shot of the beautiful scenery in Canary Wharf

My view of the park as I was sunbathing
In the O2 browsing and strolling with buddy 



Cool looking building and a massive puddle haha xD

Sunday, 14 July 2013

T'is I, Lillian & Yes, that's my face! FOTD#

Hello everyone and welcome back to 'The Bald Squirrel! I am finally writing up and updating you guys with a post. Well, I did upload a post a few days ago but that doesn't really count as it didn't involve a lot of writing from me as per usual. This post is going to be more in depth, more detailed and it's going to be a...

My 'no-makeup' makeup look ^^ (Look at that lovely mess behind me) xD

FACE OF THE DAY! How exciting! Finally, a post with my face in it! XD

As it was sunny, humid, boiling, scorching, hot and sweaty today, (the list could go on mate) it was my main objective to try and keep my makeup minimal that would hopefully stay on my face all day, rather than pile on the makeup that would easily melt off under the burning sun.

'Why bother wearing makeup then!?' 

Good question! How fast we all would be getting ready if we didn't have to look at ourselves in the mirror.. BUT sadly for me, If I were going out anywhere and if it was out with my friends especially, I'd have to have some sort of cosmetic on my face. I am just that type of gal you know~ but ofc there are a few exceptions like going to the gym, out with family, going to the shops etc. Generally though, I have to have at least my brows done, have some mascara on and some concealer on and then I'd be all set and ready to go.

As for today, I went for a 'no-makeup' makeup look. I love this look because it makes my skin appear glowy and radiant, it enhances my features and most importantly, it doesn't look like I'm wearing a lot of makeup and it doesn't look cakey at all! It's the perfect look for an interview, going out with friends and to the beach ( that is if you wear makeup to the beach) It's one of my favourite go to looks as it's easy and it's natural which is funny since a couple of months ago, I would wear heavy eyeliner looks daily to College and could never leave the house without it on! I know I know, I'm terrible but hey, I'm sure I wasn't the only one like that. Anyways going off track as always, this post is going to show you the products I use to achieve this look. Hope you enjoy! :)


Btw, it may be called a 'no-makeup' makeup look, but believe it or not, it actually requires a whole load of products to achieve this look.,. yah, mind-blowing right?! xD

Let's get started!~


FACE: I like to keep it easy and simple. Rub some primer on, slap some concealer on and dash the powder on and we're done! Ain't no one got time to be putting on foundation; the whole blending it down your neck and behind your ears business is definitely not an important priority of mine when applying my makeup on a hot summers day. I like to think that my skin is alright and yes, I did suffer from acne and still have acne prone skin so I am conscious of the condition of my skin. I use a brightening primer and 3 different types of concealers for various reasons: correcting, brightening and to cover. The powder I use is a mattifying powder to keep my oils at bay and prevent my makeup that I applied prior to avoid it sliding off. Oh yeah, don't forget to apply a sunscreen or a moisturizer with SPF to protect your skin from the deadly sun rays!


 Top left: Rimmel Stay Matte Pressed Powder 005, Rimmel Wake Me Up Concealer 010, Benefit 'that gal' Face Primer, Benefit Erase Paste 2 and Bourjois Healthy Mix Concealer 53


CHEEKS: I have a round face so it's important for me to contour my chubby face. I need to somehow make my face look somewhat 3D rather than the flat pancake-ness it really is, hahaaha. xD
I use my Bahama Mama bronzer which is a matte brown colour to contour my 'cheekbones', nose and I also use it as an eye shadow for my eyes too. As for the E.L.F compact, I mix the two shades together and apply it in a 3 motion across my face to give more definition and colour to my face. I love this combo! <3


 Bahama Mama Bronzer and E.L.F Contouring Blush and Bronzing Powder


Left to Right: Bahama Mama bronzer, E.L.F blush, E.l.F Bronzer


EYES/BROWS: Blah blah blah you guys already know about this mascara if you have read my other posts, it's ahmazing and great! Next, I use the Sleek oh so special palette which consists of neutral colours which are great for everyday use. I use the creamy white shade to highlight under my brow, I then fill in my eyebrows by mixing the matte brown and the matte black together using a light hand and tapping off the excess to do my brows.


Sleek Oh So Special Palette and Maybelinne the Rocket Volum' Express Mascara Black





These are the colours in the Oh so special and as you can see, I've already hit pan in 3 of the shadows. xD


Left to Right: Highlighter shade, matte brown and matte black


LIPS: It's not only your skin you have to apply SPF to  protect it from the sun, you also have to protect your lips too! Carmex is great as it has an SPF of 15 and it smells yummy too. I have had this pot for an extremely long time and it's still going strong! I love it and recommend it to everyone! (Y)

Good ol' Carmex

Hope you enjoyed reading this post! See you again soon! x

Tuesday, 9 July 2013

Random Life Snaps ~

SORRY GUYS! I haven't posted in such a long time, it's because I've been very busy with life atm! Hopefully I'll be able to update you guys with loads of posts soon, for sure after 2 weeks time. (Y) These are some pictures I've taken here and there of whats been going on in my life this month. I apologies for the crappy quality of the pictures, I don't carry the SLR with me everywhere I go. My phone does a great job anyways! ;D Warning: Picture Heavy!


~Happy birthday to my lil bro Tony <3  He's now 12 ;D

On the train heading to Westfield!

Sunny day + Westfield = CRAZY PEOPLE IN SHORTS !
Having a break from shopping with some
 choco pirate biscuits & mocha latte hmmm

Blood test ... first time! eeek, didn't hurt much tho woo.

At apprenticeship learning about schutff (Y)
My apprenticeship location ... whataa beauty!
Been taking biotin to help with my hair growth.

A late birthday pressie from a good buddy! 

Been learning about Photoshop, this is my first ever edit creation!
Even without his features he's still as handsome as ever  ;)

Making sushi with the lil bro! 


Sunday, 30 June 2013

Song/Video of the Month JUNE 2013

Hey guys, I wanted to create this new segment on my blog where I would show you guys either a video or song of any kind that I recommend to you all to watch/listen. Hopefully I remember to do these every month. What inspired me to create this segment was by this video by Hopsin, from Hopsintv on Youtube. It may be from last year and considered old, but this video has over 28 million views, 'dayummmm son' & it's still going strong ! He raps about particular subjects that affect the youth of today. His flow is sick and you just can't help but bop your head to the beat. Just watch it and make sure you listen to the lyrics, they're deep and meaningful and everyone can relate to it somehow, or you can listen to it and just understand his point that he's trying to put across. Warning: He does use swear words, like a lot. xD

I promise in these posts, I'll try to keep them as short as possible. (Y)







What's In My Bag?! Edition #1

Howdy Y'all!!! I'm coming here from London, England to report to you all on the weather today.......
IT'S TOOOO HOT!!! Ahhhhhh~ 'I'm meltingggggggg' :'(

I guess it's here, it's finally summer time!~ It's 25 Degrees Celsius at the moment & phwaorrrrrrr it's the highest we've had this year! Bring on the suntan lotion and bootie shorts! ;P

I get it.. some of you guys might be saying 'Pshhh 25 Degrees Celsius?! That's nothing compared to blah and blah here (wherever you guys live).' 25 Degrees Celsius may not be considered 'hot' to some of you but over here where it's constantly raining cat and dogs,

IT'S HOTHOTHOT! Like super-duper hot. 

Anywhoo~ there I go again going off track but I thought it would be nice to let you in about the weather here in England, although it's boiling, it is no doubt certainly beautiful! :) 
Lillian the Weatherlady: 'Update on the weather is over, now it's back to Lillian the blogger in the studio...'
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Today's post is going to be a 'What the hell is in your bag Lillian?! Tag.' I thought it'd be fun as I've seen plenty floating around here on blogs and of course on YouTube, sooooo I'm jumping on the band wagon and following the crowd by doing one here on my blog. :D Also because I know you're all secretly nosy buggers whom are dead curious about what stuff other people carry in their bags. (haha I don't blame ya, I'm exactly the same :P)

I'm usually a big bag type of gal.. hahaha had to do a double take on that cuz I thought I had wrote bin bag. xD But yeah, I usually prefer much bigger bags as I like to carry my whole life with me everywhere I go. But since it's summer and I no longer have to go College, there's actually no reason for me to use a big bag since I don't have to carry tonnes of books and some of the things I carry are just unnecessary. So, the bag I now use is perfect! It's tiny and it has GAJJILION pockets, wow, it has like 5 pockets or something and the bag inside is sectioned also. So much room for me to put my stuff in! Yeah! ;P

My bag is nothing designer but it's definitely snazzy and cool. Why? Firstly it's super cool looking as it's vintage. Secondly, it was given to me from my mummy, therefore it's not only ah-mazing looking but it's extra special because it holds some sentimental value to me.



This is the front view of the beauty

The back view of the bag which has a pocket.

A bottle of water, my earphones and my mobile phone.
Before I get into the nitty gritty of the contents of what's in my bag, there are of course a few items that are usually inside my bag but since I'm at home, they're not in their usual living space. From the above image you can see what they are.

1. Bottle of water: Well, you can probably see that my bag is too tiny to carry a bottle of water, but I still like to carry a bottle of water when I do go out with my friends, I just end up putting it in one of their bags, haha xD Gotta keep hydrated wherever you go, whatever the cost! (Y)

2. Earphones: I literally cannot, CANNOT survive any journey without having my earphones plugged into my ears listening to some sort of music. I just hate listening to other people talk or breath near me when I'm walking down the street or travelling on public transport. (you can see how antisocial I am) Well, unless your my bud then yeahh I'm all up for a good chinwag and gossip about blah and blah. xD

3. My phone: Of course I'd have my phone with me! How would I listen to music? Text/Whatsapp my friends?! Call my friends?!?! Write down my notes and reminders?! HOW,HOW,HOW?! Those are four really good justifications in my opinion. Oh yeah, and to take pictures on the go for my blog!! Gasp how could I forget that?! x)

I forgot to include my oyster as well!!!! I can't find it atm which really sucks, without it I literally can't go anywhere honestly.. might as well just stay at home and watch some Running man & play games :D

The view of when I open my bag to grab me stuff.

Front section of my bag.

Btw everything I'm showing here is 100% real. I know I have some random shit in my bag :| but that's some life ey! :D All right, Leggo!

4. My College Lanyard (excluding the card): You guys already know I've left College since I finished after my last exam. We were expected to give back our cards b'cuz you know they actually think we're gonna be bothered to go back in there and Iuno, maybe decide to trash and burn down the place which tbh isn't a bad idea. xD Hahaha but yeah, I still wanted to keep my lanyard for the memories of college  uuber cool sticker I have on it which says 'original assassin' haha.

5. My purse: I love this purse! Once again it's vintage, and no, it wasn't given to me from my mummy, I had purchased it from Rokit in Central. It was only £3!! I could not pass that up! I love the navy blue, it's one of my favorite colors and it's made of a nice leather material, not sure if it's real or fake though~ It carries my ££££, my cards and a hand puppet called 'Hermeenooz/Hernandes Andeles Andeles Gonzalez' that my friend and I had made when we were in the Library, we were bored from studying. Don't judge us, boredom hit us hard, hahaha. xD

6. Pencil, pen, calculator & ruler: I've said this a million of times, I apologies, but yeah these were the equipment I took with me for my last exam. Nothing interesting, NEXT!

7. A receipt & tissue (basically rubbish): I like to keep my receipts not to check how much I've spent... but for those times when there isn't a bin anywhere around and I need to spit out my gum. LMAO! It's not funny.. haha but yeah. I got tissue b'cuz it just makes life easier.. lool tissues are a bag staple.. nuff said.

8. A bag of Almonds: These come in handy whenever I'm out and about and I'm feeling a little peckish and need something to hold me until I get home.They're a bit dry but they're quite tasty! I never finish them all in one sitting, more like a little handful as it's not great for you to eat too much nuts. LMAO. No dirry thoughts guys haha xD

9. Vaseline: This is like a little pot of goodness. It's great for many things, dry skin, lips, hands, elbows etc etc. I have one living in my bag and another one living in my room. It's not the bomb.com for lips since it's quite oily in texture, but I usually just take this wherever I go and use Carmex when I'm at home.


Second section of my bag.
10. Pack of tissues: LMAO more tissue!!! I love my tissues lool xD Uhm, nothing else much to say really, they come in really handy in everyday life! Go get some! ;P

11. Garnier hand cream: This hand cream was given to me from a friend, she's always complaining I don't use enough hand cream but nowadays, I've been using loads! Did you know that your hands are the first signs of aging?! That scared me to death so now I've been loading on the hand creams and it gets annoying sometimes because you can't write after a while, too slippery. >< I do recommend this one though, it feels lovely and smells yummy!

12. More rubbish: Got a random piece of paper and a chocolate bar wrapper. It was either that there was no bin around for me to throw my rubbish, or I was too lazy and couldn't be bothered to go to the bin so just stuffed the rubbish in my bag, I'm guessing it was most likely the latter. xP

13. My keys: I have my home keys along with two key chains, I have a teddy one which was originally from one of my other bags I purchased when I was in China, the other key ring has my name on it that I had got during a Geography trip back in Secondary school.

14. Mirror and comb: I always seems to have mascara or eyeliner smudges across my face at random times and no one seems to tell me when I do! Checking my face regularly has become a habit especially when I have eye makeup on. Also when I have any type of lip product on too. The comb is my chosen form of weaponry for when I do come across a mugger... -.- I'm being sarcastic I hoped you could tell?! Of course I use it to comb or tease my hair on the go.

15. Photos: I just printed these out recently, they're photos of either memories of a particular event or pictures of some friends and I together; no one prints out pictures these days and you're hardly ever going to be bothered to look through pictures on the computer, so, I thought I'd print some of my favorites and stick them on my wall!


Thumbs up & a HUGE THANK YOU TO YOU ALL!

I hope you guys enjoyed my rendition of the 'What's in my bag' Tag! Hahaha this is actually quite nostalgic, it reminds me of my time back in Primary school. You would bring an item from home to bring to school and then you would do a little show & tell presentation to your whole class, talking about how awesome your item was. This is the same really but more uhm... different too... anywho~ until next time, See you later! x

What I've been Currently Wearing.. #1


1. Maybelline The Rocket Volum' Express Mascara (Waterproof)
No surprise that this product is here! To those who have read my previous post which was a review on this mascara would already know that I'm in love with this mascara. It lengthens, thickens and volumizes my non-existent lashes which is great. It's inexpensive compared to some other drugstore mascaras and it's easily available in many stores to purchase. If you want to know more about what I think about this mascara check out my previous post. (Y)

2. E.L.F Contouring Blush & Bronzing Powder
Cheap & cheerful are the two words I would use to describe this product. Yes I admit, I was definitely caught up in the hype of this product and wanted to try it out since everyone was raving about it. Lemme tell you, I agree with the majority, it's great! I mix the two shades together and make sure to tap of the excess before I apply it in a 3 motion across my face. (A really bronzed/blushed face is a no-no) The sparkles may seem very intimidating in the pan but it really doesn't show up much on the face, as long as you don't pack the product on your face then you're fine. If you apply it right, it'll give you a healthy glow like you've just been on holiday to Hawaii. Wooo~ How Snazzy ;P

3. Rimmel Wake Me Up Concealer (Shade 010)
This is a repurchase so already you can tell how much I love this product. It's lightweight yet it covers well in my opinion, however, it may not cover up well for those who have really bad under eye circles. I suggest using a correcter with a salmon tone beforehand and then to use this concealer on top. Thus I use this more so under my eyes due to it's light formula to brighten up my eyes rather than cover. What I also love is that it has more of a yellow undertone and for an Oriental, that's great. (Y) I can't deal with pinky undertone concealers, they make me look weird. Haha xD

4. Bourjois Healthy Mix Concealer (Shade 53)
At first I didn't really like this concealer as it was quite drying for me. However, I've learnt how to overcome this problem by mixing it with my moisturizer and VUALA it's great! It has great coverage; it's not super-duper heavy but it's definitely near that end of the scale. I don't think I'd repurchase this again not because I hate it, more so because I love trying out new concealers and tbh I wasn't and still am not in love with this concealer. Gotta try and finish this up although it seems like this concealer is never ever going to finish, it still looks pretty full to me! At least that means I got my moneys worth. ;D

5. Generic Brand Eyelash Curlers
Although these aren't the best eyelash curlers I've owned, they get the job done. I first prep my lashes with these before I apply my mascara and they help keep my lashes curled all day. I recommend everyone to curl their lashes before mascara, it makes a HUGE DIFFERENCE!

6.Sleek Face Contour Kit (Light)
It is so convenient having the contour powder and the highlighter in one compact, it definitely makes getting ready in the morning more quicker. I've practically hit pan on the contour shade, well, more like finished it honestly! However, nowadays I've been using more of the E.LF Blush & Bronzing Powder for my cheeks rather than the Sleek contour powder, but I have now been using more of the highlighter which I love! It gives a beautiful luminescence to your cheekbones and it's just gorgeous! I love it! <3