Sunday, 30 January 2011

X mas Eve 2010

I know this post is really late but my mac was sick the whole of december, which is causing this major delay in everything!

X mas eve, Love the feeling, the day before, the evening, the day after - Always (99 percent of the time) snow that reaches up to the fence of our garden and great home cooked food by my mum. 


And of course, the stack of presents hiding under the tree, great xmas movies, open fire, eating another round at 3 with my sis, sausages, turkey, roast pork, yummy bacon fried veggies, great dessert.. the list goes on, but one thing is for sure - Xmas is meant to be spent appreciating your family and closest friends!


dad looks happy whenever he sees food on the table









the whole family decked the tree!



Wednesday, 26 January 2011

How to make chocolate mousse

 Mousse for the heart

 

Ingredients:

2 pt Fresh raspberries.
½ cup of Granulated sugar.
32 oz Semisweet chocolate, chopped fine.
8 oz Unsweetened chocolate, chopped fine.
12 x Egg whites.
3 cups of Heavy cream.

Preparation Instructions:

1. Place the raspberries and 1/4 cup sugar in a bowl. Crush the berries into a rough texture.
2. Add the chocolate to the raspberries and place over a double boiler. Stir to avoid scorching the chocolate. Heat on low until the chocolate has melted then remove from heat and cool.
3. In a seperate bowl, beat the egg whites until they form soft peaks. Slowly add remaining sugar and beat together.
4. Beat the heavy cream until it forms stiff peaks.
5. Add 1/4 of the egg whites to the chocolate, stirring well. Fold in the cream and the remaining egg whites. Mix thoroughly.
6. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
7. decorate with norwegian chocolate heart =)



Tuesday, 25 January 2011

Fhm Sol Beer FINALS!


 Last saturday was probably one of the highlights of my stay in Singapore - I won the FHM Sol Beer competition,  with Shiella and Christina as runner ups!! Ive never won any of these kind of competitions before so was super exciting and I was so shocked to win that I choked on all the interviews we had to do right after we were announced. 

I have no idea why I won over these bunch of beautiful girls, but I am grateful to get to know them all, this competition wouldnt have been fun without them and the great team behind Sol Beer. 



The day started off at 10 oclock in the morning (super early) so we could do our bikini fittings etc, and as we were supposed to do our soundchecks and everything (for the "talent part" of the show) Me and dave (guitar player) didnt get to do our soundcheck because LMFAO had some problems with one of the amps.. their soundcheck lasted like 3 hours. Anyways got to chat with the guys after and I told them that they stole away my soundcheck time so one of the guys felt guilty and gave me and wendy a bottle of patron by the end of the night lol!  (that by the way was stolen together with two other bottles:S)

And (almost) to my suprise I had to supporters coming down that day - Vy,Wendy and hanne showed up just in time for my performance!

Doing the performance (make me wanna die by the pretty reckless acoustic) with only a couple of days of practice was scaring, and when I performed I was shaking so much and my voice turned all sour and crooked but anyways Im glad I had the guts to complete it. Its hard performing with only one person playing behind you, in comparison to having my team of 6 from CloseApart rocking it so loud that my voice blends in with the guitars. (by the way we are releasing our album this month! www.wearecloseapart.bandcamp.com)

Anyways you can check out my failed croked supershaky performance here : My Performance - Xin Msn 
but I warn you to not boost your speakers haha.
i would much rather you check out this link if you wanna hear a full rendition of the same cover here recorded on my mac; Cover of the pretty reckless - Mera 
or other covers here, but they are quite old :myspace

LOL!

Later the night Ray and the guys showed up and a bunch of friends from KL, to see the LMFAO concert, which was great btw and even greater since me and Wendy got to dance on stage while they were performing, !Dancing in slippers is NOT easy!

Other than this, again thanks everyone in the SOL team and FHM for a great month, will never forget this day =)
















supernervous man!














LMFAO!





Felicia me and Gilly!





Beautiful Shiella Lee - check out her website here: www.shiella.com
Amelia in her fab outfit =D

Pretty Christina! runner up!
Shiella, also runner up =) congrats girls!

thanks to

for alot of the pictures babe =)




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Monday, 24 January 2011

Tips til å legge festsminken / Tips for putting on party-makeup

Tips til å legge festsminken / Tips for putting on partymakeup

Always make sure you have a good 1 and a half hour if its an important event or party you are attending. This way you have time to give your face a good solid scrub/base for putting on your makeup so it will last longer. It will also take some time doing your hair I would suppose!


During my trip to Norway in December, I was invited to be a model for TV2 entertainment, for a make-over and spa treatment at "Body ∧ Soul Spa" in Oslo.

Be sure to start off with a good facial scrub ( if you dont have any, you can actually use a good grainy salt)

after that use tons of moisturizer, (can be applied with big brush) and blend it over your face.


bronzer over and under your eye will make your eyes appear bigger and more "open"



be sure to use the same bronzer you used in your face on your neck too so it will blend in better

if you are using alot of eyemakeup, make your lips natural - use one shade darker than your lips for lipliner and top it with a pink or nude gloss or lipstick









bronzer and moisturizer used during session called Guinot, bronzer 279 NOK and moisturizer 504 nok, available at spas I think?




Article taken from TV2 Underholdning, written by Sandra Mei-Ling Noer;

Desember betyr for mange festtid, og da kan det være lurt å ha sminken på plass. Vi gir deg tipsene for hvordan du legger en flott festsminke. Se bildekarusellen ovenfor!
Se også: Ti kjoler til ti priser
– Hudpleie først – sminke etterpå
– Det er viktig å begynne med god hudpleie før man begynner å sminke seg. Poenget med det er at huden skal være fuktig og ren, og klar for å bli sminket, forteller Susanne Harrington, hudterapeut ved Body & Soul Spa i Oslo.
Bruk først en mild rensemelk. Den vil rense huden for det den har blitt utsatt for av miljøet, og gir en klarere hud (her er det brukt Guinot Lait Hydra Fraîcheur). Deretter kan du gjerne bruke en ansiktsskrubb for å få bort død hud og exfoliere (Gommage Grain D'eclat). Så er det viktig å tilføre fuktighetskrem, for å få fuktet huden godt (Masque Hydra Beauté og Hydra Sensitive Face Cream er brukt her, samt Maske Yeux for under øynene).
– En ordentlig, god fuktighetskrem gjør at man får et helt annet resultat med sminken, sier Harrington.
Les også: Pass på håret i kulda
Slik legger du øyesminke
Når du skal sminke deg kan du begynne med øynene, legg en lys øyeskygge på og over øyelokket. Bruk en litt mørkere tone på utsiden, og dra fargen innover. Fyll på med en enda mørkere tone, ta litt og litt så det ikke plutselig blir for mye. Bruk gjerne en lysere farge innerst mot øyekroken for å åpne opp øynene.
– Det er viktig å hele tiden duse ut med en stor kost, så du ikke får skarpe kanter på sminken, forteller makeup-artist Kristin Løchsen Høidal. I bildeserien ovenfor har hun valgt en fargepalett i metalliske bruntoner.
Når øyeskyggen er lagt bruker du en mørk eyeliner inntil vippene over øyelokket, 2/3 inn mot øyekroken, dus ut. Bruk også eyeliner i våtkanten av øyet.
Hvis du ønsker mer markerte bryn, kan du bruke øyebrynssminke eller -voks.
Se video: Jan Thomas legger smokey eyes
Legg også litt øyeskygge under øynene, bruk mørke farger i ytterkanten og lysere innerst.
– Bruk riktige og gode koster, og gjerne litt større koster når du skal sote. Dessuten er det viktig å duse innover når man skal jevne ut, forklarer Løchsen Høidal.
Mascaraen legges på til slutt, begynn innerst ved øyet og bruk sikk-sakk-bevegelser nedover for å bygge volum.
Slik sminker du hud og lepper
Fordi huden er fuktet på forhånd, kan det legges pudder rett på (på bildene er det brukt mineralprodukter fra Glo).
– Et tips for de som ikke vet hvilken farge man skal kjøpe er å teste fargene ved halsen. Det er viktig å ikke bruke farger som er mørkere enn huden. Husk at man skal sminke halsen også, sier Løchsen Høidal.
Pudderet påføres med kost i sirkelbevegelser. Bruk gjerne en liten kost under øynene og rundt nesa. Under øyene kan det gjerne brukes en lysere farge.
Rouge, eller i dette tilfellet solpudder med skimmer, legges rett under kinnbeina for å framheve. Den skal stoppe to fingre fra nesa.
Helt til sist er det leppenes tur.
– Hvis man bruker sterk farge på øyesminken, er det fint å bruke en naturlig farge på leppene. Det er in med røde lepper, men da skal man ha en naturlig øyesminke. På bildet over er det brukt lipliner i en naturlig leppefarge, samt en lipgloss i rosatoner, avslutter makeup-artisten.