Shop & Style (with me!)

 assalamualaikum!

i used to shop a lot before. only because i didn't have enough long sleeved tops, maxis, and cardigans.

i thought i had enough clothes already

until the other day after clearing out my stuff and sold most of them at Churpout Bazaar the other day..

i realised

"maaaynnn!! baju aku ni banyak takleh pakai!! cis cis!"

why cannot wear?

1. jarang

2. senteng

3. quality tak bagus 

4. ketat

ye la.. masa baru berjinak pakai tudung ni, tak reti lagi concept tutup aurat. ingat nak melawa je. ngahaha =p

alhamdulillah now i understand my style, and i know what i need =)

so basically my style is SMART CASUAL.

means i take the smart, and put on casual. hahahah! =p

means pakai casual tapi still nampak ok la. nak gi klcc ke pavilion or any high end places tak rasa underdressed la. =)

why wear branded stuff when all the tags and brand names will be hidden anyway? 

(my shopping principle)

so here are my tips on buying clothes!

1. comfy - if it's not comfortable, i won't feel confident

2. can be layered without feeling heavy or hot (panas ye, bukan hot sexy tu ye)

3. looks simple and pleasant - i'm not so much of a loud patterned clothes coz i feel those kinds are easily out of trend.

i think tu je kot. hehe!

now, kalau ada sisters out there yang tanya "nape tak pilih baju yang cover aurat?"

my answer "because yang tutup aurat tak semestinya ikut syariat. better amik baju yang boleh dilayerkan." - sebab some baju yang long sleeve, maxi dresses, skirts etc etc, eventhough dia tutup aurat, tapi kalau ketat, menampakkan tubuh badan, still tak tutup aurat dgn sempurna. tu kira, tutup kulit je. =)

i tweeted about the clothes yesterday and ada orang tak percaya i beli baju kat tesco. hehe!!

camni k.

labeled clothes sometimes tak se-elok mana pun. but they sell at ridiculously high price. why?

workmanship? brand? cara stitching dia one of kind sangat ke sampai kena bayar ratus ratus?

to me, if it's worth the price, then ok. if i find a top yang cukup criteria (as stated above), i won't mind paying... after many many many considerations that is.

and like i said too, why buy branded clothes if no one cares about it anyway. for self-satisfaction? i tak satisfied kot kalau bayar mahal mahal pastu pakai sekali sekala sebab sayang sangat. hahaha! betul kannnn!

but i prefer quality. and at TESCO, i win! coz i get good quality, and i get good price!

here's the fun part. TESCO has been kind to me that they are allowing me to have a 

STYLING SESSION AT TESCO MUTIARA DAMANSARA THIS SATURDAY (20th OCT 2012) at 2PM!!

the first 15people yang BOLEH and CONFIRM MAU PERGI, drop me a comment and say 

"salam (kak) maria, saya *your name* ingin join anda di Tesco sabtu ni, in sha Allah!"

and and anndddd you will get RM100 voucher to shop for clothes at Tesco!!! weeeeeeeee!!!

it'll be an honour if you can join me, bring your sisters, your friends, the more the merrier! tapi 15 ppl je la dapat voucher. yang lain boleh join, takde hal =D

drop me a comment, and i will visit your blog and drop a comment there or if you takde blog, bagi your email k?

hope to see you this saturday, in sha Allah =D

Hijab tutorial!!

assalamualaikum!!!

kalau tak jawab dosa, kalau jawab, uolls sayang iolls! iolls terharu.

hahaha!

for a quite some time, i've been getting requests for another hijab tutorial.
most requested for labuh style, which honestly, i felt like "why? kacang gila kot. you just panjangkan the depan part la"
until one of my friends actually asked me herself:
"maria, ni style apa lak you pakai?"

"ha? style biasa i je la. nape? nampak lain?"

"ha ah. sebab labuh kot. camane you pakai ek?"

zasssssssssssss

that's when i realised that ok fine, maybe i should make a tutorial. i pun buat survey kat facebook and the responses are overwhelming.

so i did it!

TADAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

hope your 12minutes stay at the video was beneficial =B

thank you for watching! oh btw, i threw out my first hijab tutorial. auratku tak ditutup ngan elok.. iolls malu..

ok now!! allow me to repeat my advice in the video about why we should cover the chest area.
nowadays it's not safe anymore. we've read on the news about how girls are getting kidnapped, murdered, raped here and there. it's a scary world i tell ya!!

so we need to protect ourselves. of course we need to have gadgets or some martial art skills and whatnot, but on appearance pun we have to take care.
don't wear clothes that will "mengundang" leering looks from men.

if one thing i'm sure of, it's men's weakness for women. it's already stated in the Quran!!

Surah Ali Imran (3:14)
Beautified for people is the love of that which they desire - of women and sons, heaped-up sums of gold and silver, fine branded horses, and cattle and tilled land. That is the enjoyment of worldly life, but Allah has with Him the best return.

so.. why cari pasal? we can look good of course, we can be fashionable or sporty or whatever, but we should know to what extend.
our assets (both front and back, top to bottom) can make men get lustful. the more we jiggle them in their faces, the more likely they want to 'attack' you.

don't go looking for trouble!

maybe it's because i'll be getting married, so i have this thinking that only my husband can see my precious gems, from the root of my hair to my pinky toes. haha! what a way to call them =p
anyway, i want only my husband to see my perfection and flaws. i find it insulting if other people sees them..
i want to be exclusive to only ONE! bertuah husband i nanti. ecewaahh!! =p

in sha Allah, Allah SWT will protect us if we put our trust in Him and put on efforts to protect ourselves too.

i have so much more to write about but i think this is long enough!!!!
ok uolls!!

Ramadhan Mubarak!!
and please forgive me for all my wrongdoings. to err is human, but still. i need to ask for forgiveness. tak cukup ilmu kan. still trying to improve. in sha Allah.. heeee.. =B

salam!

ps: can you imagine me being a bag designer? will share the story soon!!! weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!

Saving tips!

Assalamualaikum!

*WARNING! Really long post but hopefully beneficial to those who wants to travel.

i love traveling and i think that's sort of obvious now. i siap buat tab kat tepi blog for all my travel rendezvous. ngah ngah ngah!!

the thing that i love about traveling is that i get to see different cultures, that feeling of amazement when i see how they are different from us, that awe when i see how Allah's creations, how different their sunrises and sunsets, how their timing are different, oh! the differences are what i love seeing and experiencing. =D

so in order to travel, i have to save up, see.

all of my eurotrips are all sponsored by myself. my parents only chip in by giving their euros/pounds/dollars yang extra from their old trips. 

here are my saving tips! Bismillah..

1. open up an extra account! *editted*

i started saving since i was a little girl, approximately 10 years old when i really really started saving. my parents had an account open for me, and every year, duit raya yang dapat i akan put half of my collection in my ASB. for halal savings, you can keep your money is Public Mutual, Tabung haji, CIMB Islamic, etc etc. let your money stay there, jangan gatal nak kuarkan until and unless you really need it.

2. discipline!

when i studied in matrix and utp, alhamdulillah my parents didn't have to fork out much money. in matrix we were given a sum of money for every semester, and when in utp, i was a scholar so i received monthly allowance from petronas. thank you petronas and government =') the amount of money takdelah banyak. it's just enough for paying my bills, petrol, food and stuff and alhamdulillah, i manage to save up. 

i break down my allowance/gaji into 3 parts: Responsibilities, Savings, Miscellaneous.

Responsibilities are my bills, rent, car maintenance, petrol, food, zakat, etc. these are where my money will go as soon as i receive my gaji/allowance. 

Savings are savings for travel and future family. it's best if you have a different account to transfer into when you receive your gaji or allowance. i have more than 1 bank account, fyi. ngah ngah!

Miscellaneous are entertainments, shoppings, unnecessary stuff that we just want and don't need. hehe!

now gaji/allowance being 100%, take 50% out for Responsibilities, take 30% out for Savings and the rest 20% for Miscellaneous. this is my percentage. you can change the percentage up to your affordibility =)

your Savings share must be the first to go. transfer it into a different account. ups to you. but this must be kept hidden from your gatal-spending-mood-swings. if you're putting it into a different account, don't make a debit card for it. just atm would be fine.

if your 50% share of responsibilities exceeded it's budget, padan muka. sape suruh tak jaga budget? ahahaha! kidding la. we all have that time kan. when that happens, take the extra money from the Miscellaneous share. whatever it is, DO NOT TOUCH YOUR SAVINGS!

if you spend less than 50% of your Responsibilities share, then good for you!! you can use that up to reward yourself for your tiring month, or take your family out for a treat or put it into savings, it's up to you. it's best though that you just don't spend it too much so that you have more stock for the next month.

and all this requires DISCIPLINE! you can do it bebehs!

3. plan your trip early!

if you're aiming to go travel overseas, plan where you want to go. once you know where, check out their currency and try google for some travel stories online. i do this everytime coz i wanna know what it's like there. mahal ke tak, hotel senang cari ke tak, what kind of transport is cheapest and most convenient, food camane etc etc. every country is different, so google it out. jangan malas please.

my eurotrip costs almost RM10k (take note that i went to 3 cities in different countries). i saved every month and i did extra jobs such as tutoring, promoting via blog, and modelling. malu ok nak mengaku but yeah. sorry la kalau aku macam bajet la kan. aku buat sume tu sebab nak travel beb. hahhaha!

and this RM10k covers my flight tickets, hotels, transportation, domestic flights, tours, food, and shopping. itu pun ada extra about almost RM3k, which is an achievement for me okayh! i bought loads of stuff but still manage to have extras. and it's all because i planned early.

maybe to some "wah?!? bapak ah kau spend RM10k utk jalan jalan?! baik guna duit tu untuk feed orang orang miskin!" 

Surah Al-Hujurat, Ayat 13:
O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another. Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Acquainted.

it was after my first eurotrip with my best friends that i finally had pushed myself out of my comfort zone, and just don on the hijab. hehehee =)

the thoughts i have after seeing Allah's beauty.. ah itu different story la. hehe!

anyway, planning your trip early means you have to book your hotels early and try to ask for student price or seasonal discounts. some places, it's cheaper to take their domestic flights to cross countries, but some, it's cheaper to go by train. again, google about it. this part here, you need a credit card. heee..

it will be a great advantage if you have friends or relatives wherever you're heading. saves a lot of cost. so get in touch with your friends and family!!

*also, bring some instant food too like maggi, kurma, sambal, serunding, etc etc so that you can save money from food expenses. =)

4. get a good company!

choose your travel buddy wisely. you want to have a good time experiencing stuff, so better have your friends or family who has the same objectives as you do =)

5. jangan malas!!

this is your trip, so save up, discipline yourself, do your research, be careful and have fun!

so this is as brief as i can get, and i hope i didn't bore anyone to sleep.

if i did, GOMENASAI!

watashiwa only human des trying to help des!

good lucku dessuu!

happy saving!

ps: kalau ada silap dan salah, please forgive me!! and yeah i post 2 posts in one day. wassaaaaappppppp?

Trevi Fountain, Rome, Italy. 

Gambar sekadar untuk motivasi. ngehngehngeh =p

less motip, please?

assalamualaikum!

wassap homie?

when i'm home with my family, i'm always like in a different world. i'll be distracted almost everytime. and it's not because i'm always on the phone ke apa, but i just like to khayal.
thinking about things i want to do, places i want to go, even thinking about ideas to make videos. haha!
i've mentioned many times too that i want to make videos, it's just that it's kinda hard when my days and hours are mostly wrapped around things that are more important. so making videos is not on top of my priority list. plus, recording myself, editing them myself, lari sana, lari sini, penat wo..

eh lari cite lak.
ahak!

so anyway, my mom always got angry with me coz i haven't been doing well on tasks she wants me to do (and they're small tasks lak tu!), and i thought, "I KNOW I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE LIKE THIS!"
kan kan kannn?!
thus i made this video. AHAK!
in hopes that i (and sape2 la ada masalah macam ni) can get more focused at small stuff as well as the big stuff.
know what i'm sayin' homie?




less "MOTIP?!?!", more "OHHHH YEAHHH!"

motto of the day. hahahaha!

oh btw, if you're wondering where to get the blazer i vas vearing, get it from EDZ coz they're awesome liddat.
haha!

peace out yaw. imma be less motips.

ps: pendek gila video, but i hope it's good enough. *nebes*

Makeup Story

recently i went to a Maybelline New York Fashion Week Workshop and had the opportunity to meet really awesome people and importantly, i've learnt new looks we can make with makeup!

ahak!!
i know myself well enough that i'm not a makeup person.
i do wear them, but only at special occasions or events.
tu pun depends on my mood.

so at this workshop, i was taken aback with all the makeup, and for the first time in my life, i was actually excited!
ask Nisa and Cik Epal! i was sitting next to Nisa and practically ask her about all of Maybelline's products because.. let's face it. i don't own much makeup.
my basics are foundation, face powder, eyeliner, lip balm.
done.
but at the workshop, i was introduced to many more products which rupanya ada properties yang good for the skin! and from the workshop, tau la sedikit sebanyak techniques to wear them. myehehehe =p

anyway, more about the workshop, you can read them at Nisa's and MadamMondoq's blog on their experience =D

ehem.

few days ago, i had time, see. so i thought it'd be a good opportunity to make a makeup tutorial.
PLEASE PLEEEAAAAAASEEEE know that i'm not a professional make up artist, and i'm really noob at this!
but why am i so daring to share it?
sebab i boleh.
muahahah!
no la. because i thought, well, not all of us know how to wear makeup the right way. and there're so many tutorials out there but i know mine's annoying and full of gedik-buatan.
that counts for something. kot.

whatever.

=p

hope you enjoyed it nonetheless =)

jadi tak berlakon macam Michelle Phan?

=p