Jukebox #84 Perhaps Love 사랑인가요 ♥︎

I have been in love with this tune since the days of Princess Hours. I've almost forgotten that it existed until this popped up on my YouTube feed one day.

• Perhaps Love 사랑인가요 // Eric Nam & Cheeze // Your OST Vol. 1 • 

I really love how Eric Nam's vocals sounded in this remake and it brought back lots of memories of my younger days where I was crazy about the drama! I think almost anyone, even friends who aren't Korean drama fans, would have watched Princess Hours. It's really one of those dramas. Probably the Descendants of the Sun of those days. Hahaha.

But nonetheless, let's not forget about the original version.

• Perhaps Love 사랑인가요 // Howl & J // Princess Hours OST • 

It was a really good drama! 

Let's just take some time to listen to this song and reminisce about the good old dramas that we don't really get these days. Haha.  

Drama Queen: The K2 ♥︎

The best way to get over a drama is to write about it. So here I am, writing about TvN’s latest bodyguard action drama, The K2.

Once again, as per all drama reviews, I can’t say how coherent the post will be as I’m trying to make sense of my thoughts as well. Thus, I usually take a break after watching a drama before writing the review, especially an impactful drama like The K2. People call this stage, the ‘drama hangover’. Although I took literally a few months to write this post!

Initially I wasn’t planning on watching this drama. Nothing seemed particularly interesting, neither was there any hype creating on it prior to it’s airing, unlike DOTS. As you’ll notice, I’ll be making a lot of references to DOTS as I do see quite a lot of similarities and also because the last drama that left such an impact was DOTS. I only started watching it after watching some of the cuts from episode 12 to 14. I decided to watch a little of episode 14 and the rest is history.

As of now, I’ve watched this drama maybe 2.5 times although I started from episode 14. I lived streamed episode 15 and 16 before starting from episode 1. I went through all the episodes before coming back to watch the key episodes again to get a better understanding of the plot. Those who’ve watched this drama would understand what I mean. Even though I’ve watched it back and forth a few times, there are certain scenes that I’ve just skipped due to the lengthy conversations.

It’s probably going to be a post with lots of words and my thoughts probably scattered everywhere too. Be warned.

Note: This post will contain spoilers so if you have not watched this drama, you may not want to continue reading.

Too Cool For School: Art Class By Rodin ♥︎

I'm back with another beauty post! A few months have passed (it takes me forever to complete writing a post zzz) and I haven't posted any beauty content yet. So let's get right to it! Leggo!

I have been loving these products and been using them recently. Who ever said art class was difficult?

Too Cool For School
Art Class By Rodin
Contour • Highlighter • Blush

For the longest time, this collection just had the contour but in the recent years they added on the highlighter and then the blush. I got the contour first in April 2016 before getting the highlighter and blush around October 2016. Been crazy about this collection ever since!

Thoughts

Saw this product being highly reviewed and talked about on various YouTube videos so decided to get the contour one for myself. After trying it, the rest is history! Got the highlight and the blush at the same time without much thought.

They aren't too pricey as well, costing around ₩15,000 to ₩17,000.

Each of these comes with 3 different shades. I normally swirl all three shades together and apply them. Except for the bronzer where I use the middle shade to contour the sides of my nose. 

Swatches of the 3 shades. Apologies for the out of focus photo 😝  I haven't used the highlight much but it does provide just enough of a glow when applied. Comparing the bronzer and the blush, they both have matte finishes, however, the blush definitely has more fallout as compared to the bronzer. So instead of swirling, I end up tapping to get product on my brush.

But the colour is amazing! It became my daily blush like instantly. It's a pastel peachy kind of shade which happens to suit my skin tone perfectly.

Verdict

I would definitely recommend the contour one. I can totally see why it's a best seller and everyone's hot favourite item. (Recently hit pan while I was in Korea. Headed out to get another one that day itself. Hehehe.) As for the blush and highlight, I would say it's up to personal preference. The blush may not suit everyone so you might want to test it out before purchasing. And for the highlight, it isn't as obvious or pigmented as one would hope for but it's just enough for me.

Jukebox #83 Drama OST Craze Feat. Punch

A good drama becomes an awesome drama with the help of a really good soundtrack. Recently many soundtracks have been in the limelight. Even better, these soundtracks are completely original and composed for solely the drama.

Thus, here's a special post after discovering this singer that's been singing songs for many drama original soundtracks! Haven't heard of her before but her voice is really quite something! It definitely stays in your head especially since it plays in the dramas so frequently.

She's none other than Punch! Checking out her discography, she sings mostly OST songs and there are barely no videos of her singing live. Seems like quite a mysterious person huh. Let's take a listen to some of her songs!

• Everytime // Chen X Punch // Descendants of the Sun OST Part 2 

This would be the first song that caught my attention. Although it featured more of Chen's voice, I thought Punch had a very nice and clear voice that's pretty outstanding. Plus, she starts the song off so that really does catch your attention. I really like the part at the ending when they both sing together. It's a good match 👍🏻

• Say Yes // Loco X Punch // Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo OST Part 2 

I didn't watch the drama but checked this song out when a friend shared it on Facebook. Again it was her voice that caught my attention. It really does add like the feel to certain drama scenes. I guess you could describe her voice as crisp? That it's still clear even above whatever is going on in the drama. And somehow along with the rap, it makes her voice stand out even more. 

• Stay With Me // Chanyeol X Punch // Goblin OST Part 1

Last but definitely not the least, it's her latest OST song from the drama Goblin! Once again, alongside Chanyeol's husky deep voice, her voice just stood out and sounded almost angelic despite the rather heavy beat of the song. 

I was surprised to hear her voice again in the recent Goblin. Feels like I've been hearing it in the hit dramas these days. Is that the beginning of a trend? I sure hope it is as that means more hit dramas to come! Yay!