happiness is a butterfly

Hi everyone! This is gonna be my first post about makeup, and I hope I'm doing it right hehe. It's more or less like a review on Zoeva Complete Eye Brush Set (12 pcs). I watched Malaysia beauty vloggers videos but I couldn't find any videos that specifically talked about Zoeva brushes and I'm quite surprised because to tell you the truth, they are AMAZING! I feel like I have to initiate the review because as a makeup junkie, I myself have been searching for really good quality brushes that are avalaible in Malaysia but not many people talk about brushes :( Okay even though I spolied it but please keep on reading if you want to know more about the brushes :D

Zoeva brushes are available at Sephora Malaysia, they come individually and also in set. You can get them in physical stores but the choices are very limited as they only sell a few from the Zoeva brushes line. The set that I got is only available in Sephora online, so you gonna have to wait for the shipping (bummer if you don't like waiting).

I know recently Sephora had a Halloween Sale and some of Zoeva brushes were up for that sale. However, I didn't get to buy the brushes during the sale as they were sold out in a blink of an eye :( For those people who managed to buy it for 60% off during that sale, you guys are damn lucky weh. I bought this from a seller in Carousell who actually bought extra sets from Sephora previously, so it was a ready stock. No waiting=instant happiness hehe. Some people might doubt the authenticity of products when you buy online, but I bought based on reviews on their profile and once I received the brushes I checked them and compare with fake brushes online, and they're proven authentic. To avoid all those unnecessary checking, you can just go straight and purchase from Sephora hehe but it's just that i can't wait that I have to find ready stocks and luck was on my side during that time :D It retails for RM349.00 in Sephora, you can check them out here.

Okay let's jump into ze products! The set actually came with a dust bag but I don't insert the picture here. All the brushes were put in a black leather-like packaging. I think it's a mixture of leather and PVC so the brush bag is not entirely leather (you get me?). It feels sturdy and expensive, no joke. It has an embellishment of zoeva at the front and nice zipper as well! I appreciate that the zipper is working really well because some zippers just malfunction even before you get to use them. The inner part of the bag is magenta, which is lovely with COLOR.LOVE.MAKEUP, a Zoeva's trademark that's written at the side.

It's been sooooo long since I last typed something in my blog. I'm just liking my current blog template, so minimalist and clean. I love it! I guess as we grow older we tend to be more simplistic (bear in mind this is a 19-year-old speaking) :P

My previous blog was filled with only personal life experiences, that only a few could relate. I'm thinking to make it more approachable to others. And I share the same interest as other girls out there, MAKEUP!!! So, most probably I will be updating A LOT about makeup here, and a bit of life stories.

A lot of things have happened, whether I remember them or not. I didn't even allocate some time to reminisce those memories, I really should. If this blog tend to go back to the past stories, that's probably because I suddenly have the awareness to immortalise the moments in here hehe. It's unpredictable, I used to have the habit of sharing everything that had happened in my blog, but laziness got me at its best. And also time constrain. Whatever the excuse is, since I'm typing now I'm just gonna share some bits of stuff that just happened.

We had a maintenance guy in Irinah (my house in KTJ) every week, to repair whatever needed to be repaired - electricity, furniture and stuff. This one uncle helped to repair my study light, it couldn't be switched on for days, obviously it broke down. Our Irinah matron was also in the room with me so we talked and we were speaking in both English and Bahasa. And suddenly that uncle said how lucky the students here, being smart and rich. He said that he can't even speak in English and he felt down as he referred himself as not as bright and lucky as others. He quit school during standard 6 due to poverty so he can't get a decent job as others.

And then the matron said that this is only a matter of opportunity. If he was rich, he would have gotten the chance to continue studying and not working as a maintenance guy. That's when it striked me, we tend to look up to others and tend to forget the blessings that we have. In this case, it's me. I had forgotten how blessed I am, living in a peaceful country, having a comfortable shelter to live in, whenever I'm cold I have a thick blanket to warm me up, having enough food to consume everyday, having money to spend on stuff that I need and want and many more little things in life that I tend to overlook. I felt sad listening to the uncle's life stories and he said that as a father, he wanted the best for his chidlren. And it got me thinking, have I ever been the best daughter for my father?

As humans, it is our nature to compare. But we forget that Allah is the most just. We might have everything that other people want to have, but truthfully, we are never perfect. Let's just take a moment to ponder upon our blessings and be grateful for whatever we have.