Ariani Exclusive Preview!

Earlier this month, I was invited to attend the exclusive preview of the new Ariani collection for 2014. I was one of the few bloggers who were lucky enough to get to attend the preview of their latest collection that was held at the Grand Ballroom of DoubleTree by Hilton on the 6th of March 2014.

The event was so glamourous and filled with lotsa surprises and excitement!

Sat one table with awesome bloggers Sabrina, Jezmine and Syahira

The Bridal Shower

So my Bridal Shower was held on the 1st of December 2013, which was 2 weeks before my wedding! The beautiful party was held at the Orchid Conservatory Room in Majestic Hotel on a beautiful Sunday afternoon. Ah, the place is so lovely!! Have you been there? If you haven't, you really should check it out! It's really gorgeous! Made me feel like I'm in a botanical garden or something! Perfect setting for an afternoon tea session! ^__^

The Sweet Moments

Hello sweethearts!

How are ya? It's been awhile ey. Heeee. Now I know this blog has been hiatus for quite some time.. Really sorrrrrreeeyyyy! Blame my marriage for this! hahaha :p Well I've been kinda busy since I got married - First, I celebrated almost the whole month of my wedding events in December, then I continued with almost 4 weeks of our honeymoon in January..Then comes February, which we traveled quite a lot, back and forth trying to fit in with the environment and everything to my parents house, to my in laws' and to our place. Then packing, unpacking, moving in, arranging stuff, shopping for the household items, cleaning the house and etc. And then, BAM! Another new month coming in! Oh hellowww March! O__o

Jeez...time flies so fast these days! I need more hours in my days! tsk.

So anyways, I just watched myself and the husband on Astro Ria for Raikan Cinta Season 3, Episode 2. And oh God...I just realized that I haven't really update this blog with my wedding entries! Super slow, I know! Ish. Sorry guys! I just didn't know where to start, really! Like the preparations/pre-wedding, then the wedding itself, then the honeymoon...and then, my current married life and everything else in between! Heeee. Banyak sangat benda nak tulis sampai otak jammed! LOL ;p

Lagipun, dah 2 months plus dah I kahwin! (Quite basi already, huh? hehe). We took quite a long holiday after the wedding (one month of traveling!), so my mood to blog on my wedding has shifted to the honeymoon instead! - But somehow it just doesn't feel right to be blogging about the honeymoon part, when you haven't even update your readers on the wedding itself! haha  -  Just so you know, we're STILL on our honeymoon phase! So that explains why lately I update this blog sporadically! ;p (It's hard to be so semangat to update this blog laa, when you're so busy being a good wife! :p)

But today, after watching us on TV - watching all the preparations and the wedding itself, I really miss being a bride again and planning a wedding! I remembered how nice it was... The decisions, the planning, the options, etc! Although wedding really is a stressful job actually.. But it will all be worth it! Cuz these are the moments that will stick with you forever. So cherish every minute of it! 

It's true what they say.. the sweet moments seem to pass VERY quickly on the day, so simply enjoy the entire day and every moment of your pre and post wedding! ;)

Anyways, I know this wedding entry of mine is obviously a SUPER long overdue post as I have been married for more than two months now! Heeeeee! I know many of my followers/readers have been waiting for me to write everything about my wedding entries in here - thank you for all the sweet emails/messages, you guys! Thus I'm gonna start sharing & posting them one by one now, starting with the first event that happened on December 2013, The Bridal Shower. I don't want to squeeze everything in here. So next would be the Bachelorette Spa Party, then the Hen Night, then the Khatam Quran, then next is Henna Night, the Akad Nikah, The Receptions and up to The Honeymoon! Oh, such fun times I had! ^__^


Okay, I will stop talking and start writing now...and publish it tomorrow! Promise! See ya! ;)

XOXO,
Shazzy.

The Happy Wife

I'm enjoying my life as being a wife so far! Enjoying making breakfast or dinner for him, enjoying cleaning things and keeping them tidy, enjoying arranging his outfit/wardrobe, enjoying working out with him, enjoying watching TV Series that we downloaded for hours with him, enjoying doing things for him or with him....well basically I am just enjoying my married life so far! hehe. People say I look glowing after marriage. They thought I'm pregnant already! haha. Well I'd say, probably it's my husband who make me happier by the day! ^__^ Being married to my dear husband has been such a fun ride. Mashaallah, I'm so blessed to have someone like him to accompany me on this journey of life. He's such a beautiful man, I'm lucky alhamdullilah. 

We've been married for almost 3 months now, but it felt like it has just been a week! We never get bored of each other. We laugh a lot. And we definitely enjoy each other's company. I know we're newlyweds, and sometimes they get a little overexcited on this matter! hehe. But I've known him for 2 years plus now, and it still feels the same...and I hope we will always stay this way forever, inshaallah :) 

Sometimes when I look at him while he sleeps, I could cry...thanking God for this little gift that He gave me and for lending this kebahagiaan to me... and thinking what have I done right to deserve someone very nice to me.. :') Thank you Allah. 

I love mix and match the outfits with my husband. But only to weddings! Otherwise people would think we're that mengada couple! hehe

And I also love working out with him. He says he wants me to follow him for his weekly badminton session soon. Oh no....jogging je cukup laaaa. heheheh

Anyways, I'm not working right now...well at least not at the office! hehe. I work from home and at the same time happily being a part time maid! ;p

Anyone wants to hire me? hehe. Man...I love cleaning! (If you let me use some clean and nice tools that is! Read: Pink! haha)

Those are half of the pink tools he bought me to let me be a good maid ;p

Some brushes, sponges, wipes, dusters, brooms, you name it...I have it, just to make sure my sink looks squeaky clean and shiny! hehe. Yes, I'm partially an OCD

Oh! And I cook too. hehe

...but only simple things. Like this for instance! 

For the appetizer: Mushroom + Asparagus soup, Main Course: Beef burger served with beef bacon, sausages, salads and vege chips. Dessert: Apple Crumble with Vanilla Ice Cream. 

If you ask me to cook Gulai Masam Tempoyak Ikan Patin, sorry but I will send you to my mom's house! And you can learn from her! hehe. Ok, talk soon! It's husband and wife time! ;)

XOXO,
Shazzy.

Teaser

I just found my wedding video highlights. They're in my external hard disk drive, which somehow were stuck behind the bedhead and the bed apparently. -__- When you always change your place to sleep and travel here and there with your laptop everyday, you tend to lose your little belongings. ishh. Glad I didn't lost them! It'd be tragic if I did! >__<

Anyways, I have different videographer teams for my wedding. 4 to be exact.. All for different purposes/occasions. I'm glad that one of them was from the D&D Studio.  They're very professional, hardworking and great team, really! I would highly recommend them to anyone who's looking for a professional videographer with a VERY reasonable price! Will blog more on them soon! Below, was the teaser video that they took on one of my wedding events.

Update on them soon! They have such a great deal specially for my blog readers! ;)



XOXO,
Shazzy.

The Wedding Planner

So last two weeks was our final reception and our last day as bride and groom. I'm so glad everything is over now...So we both can start having a normal life again! hehe. I started planning my wedding after our engagement in July 2013. I had 4 months to plan everything. Well...actually it was only 3 months, because during Ramadhan last year, I didn't really do anything for my wedding works.. So yeah..I had 3 months to plan for 4 events. Quite a short period of time, ey? But alhamdullilah we managed to do things as planned. Anyways, my parents have given me the privilege to be my own wedding planner. My dad was the banker. My mom was the decider, and I'm the planner. Well, kinda like the researcher actually. hehe. So I did my research..my planning and my notes and everything else in between..all on my own :)

My mom was the one who inspired me to do a wedding book since she's an organized person herself. She has this one diary/organizer where she would jot down all her activities and her spending each and every day. Or even some Things To Do/Buy or something like that.. So when my parents have appointed me to plan my own wedding, I decided to have a Wedding Book of my own version! teehee..

At first, I thought of having a much simpler version of the book...but as time goes by, I realized...I needed to have a more detailed and organized book and file because wedding definitely is a big thing and I need to be well organized! Plus, planning your own wedding is half the fun of getting married to the man of your dreams! I mean...all the headaches, the researches, the shopping and etc are all part of realizing your dream wedding, no? So I want to remember all of this part. I'm a forgetful person most of the time. That's why I needed to document every step of the way and every choice I make, so that one day when I look back at my wedding pics, I remember why I wanted to have this vendor or that thing or something like that... I don't want to have a wedding ceremony without remembering or even knowing how or why I did that or chose certain things, and give that fun part to someone else to be the decider! After all, we're only gonna do it once (inshaallah), so of course you want it to be perfect...at least in your own eyes! (Note: I'm a perfectionist and a detailed person/I don't trust others opinion unless you're my mom or Victoria Beckham. lol. Kidding! :p )

The reason why I wanted to have a say in my own wedding is because when two of my sisters got married 7-8 years back, they didn't really know anything about their wedding except their wedding dresses, I think? All have been taken care by my parents and a wedding planner. I personally think that, that wasn't fun enough because I LOVE to be involved with my own wedding! hehe. Doing and executing all these pretty and romantic job just seems SO fun to me! Anyways, when it was my time, my mom thought she's an expert in weddings now that she has two married daughters already! Initially, she did ask me who to hire as the wedding planner. I have decided not to waste RM 20k (or more) to someone, just to help us decide which color or which flowers should we choose or some things like that because we thought or at least I thought that we (me and my mom) shared the same taste. Mom agreed and she said she didn't need a planner. She just need a coordinator or secretary for that day. That's all. So yeah I agree with her too because after doing a lot of research on weddings, I realized a lot of vendors overcharged the customers. I heard my dad's friend's wedding planner charged him over 300k to plan the wedding! Crazy world I'm living in! huhu - Well if you have a lot of money and didn't mind spending for things that you can plan or even find info yourself on google, then go ahead. But for me, I would rather spend that money on other things instead, like my wedding dress for example...and food! haha. Hence I gave the coordinating task to my best friend instead, Farhana as she's such a perfect coordinator, floor manager, secretary, planner, you name it! She will execute it exquisitely! hehe. Thank you darling! Love youuu! ;)

Anyways so I showed my mom a couple of things that I have done on my own for the wedding.. She was impressed a little and let me do my job since then. How nice of her! I think it's such a privilege that my mom let me pick what I want for my big day and trusted my taste! I'm blessed, mashaallah..Thank you God! ^__^

So this is my wedding book. Or file as you may call it. Or maybe even a wedding scrapbook I guess? haha. I spent every Sunday sticking things in here! It was fun!! hehe

Anyways, I started doing a lot of research and travel since I got the green light from my mom. And when I found some pretty good deal, I'd show my mom and propose them to her. If she agrees, then we get the deal! hehe. Ahhh....such fun times I had, going here and there on my free time! Seriously planning a wedding is such a nice experience, that I think I wanted to make it as my full time job! hahah. ;p

Buying a dress in Nurita Harith's boutique

Bringing my mom to meet the beautiful Vicky, the Marketing Director of Hilton Hotel. She's such an amazing person! I love her!

Fitting for the groom at Jovian Mandagie bridal boutique

Canopy searching at a wedding fair

Hantaran shopping - the second most fun part of any wedding, after shopping for the white dress!

Bridal dress hunting

Food tasting

Choosing and designing the cards

Fitting for bridesmaids dresses 

....and lots and lots more preparations!

Some of you are so curious to know what are the contents of this little book. Well....it's just some typical list of a wedding. You know like things to do, things to buy, the checklist, the receipts & invoices...etc etc. But.... with a little bit of details and infos I would say - Cuz I'm a pack rat like that...I love keeping things, even in book! haha :p

This book still put a very big smile on my face every time I open it, even after the wedding!

- Well...we've only been married for 2 months now. haha. But still! I never get bored flipping through it, and remember the ups and downs of our journey to the wedding! :')

Yup..it's that thick (and heavy!) haha

I keep this too! Our first wedding fair that we both went to! The asian Signature Weddings Affair! - The best wedding fair I've ever been to! Classy and elegant compared to the other 7 weddings exhibition that I went! 

The journey...

Will blog soon on the contents of this book! I know most of the brides-to-be out there wanna know more on this! I get that a lot.. Don't worry sweetie, I'll share with you soon k? :)


P/s: This week I've received 3 appointments already with my friends who asked about weddings! And I shared a lot with them with what I've learned and know so far. Glad I could help them! Ahh...being a wedding consultant is fun! hahah. So who's next? Let me know, I'd be glad to help! ^___^


XOXO,
Shazzy.

One Step At A Time..

Yeay! So my Unifi is here today! I'm so excited! We are still in the midst of settling down. Still got a few things to take care of and to kemas and whatnot.... First we got ourselves the bedroom equipments/appliances and accessories. Then we installed the TV and DVD...and now we got our Unifi in the house! Just what I neeeeeed after so long! TV with various channels, telephone and INTERNET! - Finally, I got my life back! Life just doesn't feel right when there's no internet in the house, right? heh ^___^

We got only one problem though.. the Wi-Fi coverage couldn't cover the whole house. So I bought the wifi range extender just now at Low Yat Plaza..

But after one hour trying to figure out how the heck does this thing work, I gave up! Technology really hates me I guess. Or maybe it's the other way round! Oh man, I really should have paid more attention in my I.T class last time! haha. But whatever...I'm going to ask someone who's pro at this later. Hopefully he won't charge me for that lah! I just paid RM 1000 just to install the wifi today. Apparently they charged me for the cable inside the house. tskk

Next on the list, would be registering and installing the Astro. Oh boy..growing up sucks. Goodbye shoes! You're no longer in my monthly list ;p



XOXO,
Shazzy.

Kiss Kiss..

I love giving my husband this kinda note ;)

If someone asks me, "How's married life?" I would definitely say, "It has been so fun! ....and funny!" hehe.. Well....thanks to my husband who constantly makes his goofy acts and jokes with me! xD

So far my day with him has never involved with NO laugh and jokes yet! There will always be something funny for him to laugh about...or make a joke with! hehe. He is such a happy & funny man...and I'm a lucky & happy wife indeed! Mashaallah! :) Thank you sweetie for always brighten up my day although you really have no idea that you're actually cracking me up when you're not even trying to.. lol  - Which leaves me feeling happy, everyday! I guess this is the meaning of happiness ey? Alhamdullilah..I've found my clown and penghibur hatiku! hehe

Anyways, one of the many things that I feel he's funny is because he thinks I'm an alien! To him, discovering things about me is really thatttt interesting. It's like he never really know what a woman is like, until he found me! hahaha. He generally knows what women likes...but never really know the behind the scenes part! lol. Cuz all these while, he never saw me getting ready to go out, or getting ready for bed...or even packing & unpacking stuff.. and et cetera. He likes to imitate me, and thinks that I'm funny for being such a girly girl..

-______-

So the first week of being married to him is total hilarious! He questions a lot about my girly side... Like...he finds it weird but amusing somehow, and asks me a lot of cute, silly questions. hehe. My husband would always stare and study me like a hungry kid who sees people eating ice cream on a hot sunny day, while I do my make up or wearing my scarf or even while I'm choosing my outfit-of-the-day! haha. I think he finds it entertaining how women transform their look with colors kot... So many random names he'd give me when he saw me doing weird things in his eyes at my dressing table - Chemist la, artist la...doctor la..or even biomedical engineer. -__-'.
Ada-ada je dia tu. But one thing is for sure; he definitely questions more than a five year old kid would!

"What's this for?"

"How many pins do you use for your scarf?" 

"Why do you put the color only at one side of your lids?"

"Is this scissors?" (referring to the metal eye lash curler)

"Do you have like a 5-minute make up, 15 minutes, 30 minutes and 1 hour make up?" 

"What if you miss one or two steps of your regime? Will anything happen to you?" - I die, I replied. ;p 

I asked, why do you like to stare at me?  "I'm trying to learn and understand more about my wife..and how to solve her problems in life". 

Rightttt. -___-

Anyways.... last weekend was the day we went to the new house to unpack our stuff and start storing and arranging them in the closet. While I store and put my stuff at their appropriate places in the room, he keeps on looking at me and say "So...this is what it's like to live with Shazwani Hamid, huh? hehehehee. This is gonna be fun!" - I'm not sure what he meant though. But whatever..haha

So on that Saturday night, while I was getting ready to go to my friend's wedding reception, I took out my new lip glosses from Vacci Luxe Collection make up that I packed with me. I arranged them according to the shades before choosing which one to wear for the night..

He thinks I'm weird for having so many lip glosses when "they all look just the same to me"

-__-

I said no, and I tried one by one to show to him that each shade has its own effect on someone's lips and faces.

See? They're all different kinds of shades, how can that looked the same?

Look how different I look in this two pictures? 

Left pix, is a softer look - I wore an orange lip gloss. Right, is more intense look - I wore a red color lip gloss.

But he still thinks I look the same... 

"You still look like my wife". 

Pffft. 

Men, they don't really see what we see, do they? 

Ugh. Never mind.

So...this was my final look. After trying all 10 shades on my lips, I chose a softer color for that night since I already have quite a heavy eye make up on.

By the way, if you’re a lipstick and lipgloss fan, this Vacci Luxe Collection lip gloss might just be your dream beauty buy. With a lipstick and gloss in one tube, you can layer up your sexy lips in just one product! It has color + gloss in it. So it's easier to only bring one product instead of two, inside your handbag. 

While the lipstick/color offers a richer, deeper hue with 10 shades to choose from, the gloss provides a high-shine, dewy finish with the added advantage of moisturizing, non-sticky, and lasts a good long time, even after drinking and eating. It smells great too! The price is RM 47.90, which is slightly higher than the drug store lip gloss, but you are getting two products in one and it's long-lasting and the shade is addictive! 

I love trying colors on my hand first to see what it would look like on my skin before applying on my face.. The codes and names are as above. From left to right; 220, 330, 410, 610, 620, 510, 210, 320, 310, 110. 

All of the colors are really pretty depending on your make up look. In general, I've always love orange, brown/nude and pink colors for my look.  

My favourite would be the Cute Pink 330 (orangy-pink), Pure Red 220 (orangy red) and Pink Party 320 (sexy pink nude). I find the color “Pink Party” to be a gorgeous pink-nude color that is flattering on everyone! Definitely my best choice for the night..

The gloss comes in a nice portable tube by the way, making mid-day touch-ups is super easy. Now...go kiss your husband's cheek with this! hehe

Get your lippy here: www.hansaegee.com

XOXO,

Shazwani.