"Didn't you say last time, the guy with blue hair was your type? You were sure about him as well, no?" Tang Xi gave Song Ah Lam a pointed look, forcing the latter to grin sheepishly.
She stuck a little bit of concealer under her eyes in the colour light, set under her eyes with the powder quickly, then said, "Okay, maybe I was a little interested in him. However, you can't blame me for dumping him, he picked his nose twice in front of me. I mean, that's yuck! Who would want such a boyfriend? Duh!"
Tang Xi gave her bestie a humourless smile. "What about that one from your culinary school?"
Song Ah Lam smiled sheepishly again, "He was very polite and respectful, but nothing about him screamed interesting. Xixi, which one?" She held her eyeshadow palette closer to the camera so that Tang Xi could see the colours perfectly. "I just want to define my eyes and not to make it look like I am wearing shadow."
"Use the one beside the right corner, but before that, do your eyebrows stupid." Tang Xi ended up suggesting, then went back to her inquiry, "Why did you dump the guy with "Always" pink sneakers? Didn't you say he was very cute and all?"
"He stood me up for two minutes! Can you believe that? He doesn't even know how to pamper a girlfriend!" Song Ah Lam rambled and complained about his late arrival and making her wait longer than needed, as she drew her eyebrows with a dark brown pencil. After a few minutes of nonstop complaints, Tang Xi couldn't handle it anymore, and said, "Don't lead people on when you are not that interested in them!"
"In my defense, I would say that they are the ones leading me on with false impressions." Song Ah Lam said while putting the colour Tang Xi suggested on her lid and crease. She applied a lighter colour on the inner part of her eyes, then highlighted her brows bone.
She took a tiny brush and put a darker shade near her lash line. "Which one, eyeliner or mascara?"
"Eyeliner can add more definition than mascara; but don't use the liquid one, as it will look too obvious. Just use an eyeliner pencil, if you are going for an almond-y shape."
Song Ah Lam took an angled brow brush and stuck some of the black shadow on it, before applying it on her upper lashes, concentrating on the outer edge. She, then, picked up a smudge brush, using it she smudged that area a little.
As her last step, she lined her lips the way she normally did, and used a matte liquid peach coloured lipstick.
Meanwhile, Tang Xi googled the guy her friend was going on a date with in her Laptop. This guy must have been incredibly narcissistic to upload more than thirty selfies daily on his weibo account. In most of the selfies, he had his tongue stuck out, eyes narrowed, lips licking and biting type poses like some hungry beast.
As Tang Xi went through some of his interviews, an intense dislike for this person rose up from the bottom of her heart. It was the feeling, she didn't normally feel for any random bad people.
"Song Song, don't go on this date with this guy. No offense, but he looks like a beast in heat and the bad rumours of him are in everyone's mouth." Tang Xi warned Song Ah Lam, feeling concerned for her bestie.
"Just as you mentioned, it's rumours not the facts. Let's not dwell on the rumours. I talked to him for like five minutes straight yesterday, when we bumped into each other in front of the restaurant. He seemed okay to me." Song Ah Lam replied, wrapping a strand of silky hair over the curling iron. Apparently, she wanted curly hair for today's look.
"You can't get to know a person from just a five minutes talk," Tang Xi was extremely annoyed to hear her words. Nevertheless, she wasn't surprised by how open-minded Song Ah Lam was.
"For me, it always worked this way. In fact, I don't understand how people can fall in love with those whom they hate at first. All of my good relationships started from my good impressions of them. For instance, you and Brother Liang. Anyway, help me choose my OOTD."
Tang Xi shut her eyes, took a deep breath, then said, "I believe you don't want to be high fashion for this date, with that no make up-make up look. Wear that Versace knee-length Neon coloured dress."
"But Xixi, I want to try something which looks vibrant, and sexy." Song Ah Lam pulled out a Louis Vuitton, and showed it to Tang Xi.
At first, when Song Ah Lam bought the dress a few months ago, she started nagging about it right after a few minutes. Knowing her best friend's choice, Tang Xi made the dress a bit shorter, and adjusted it a little around the waist area, turning it into Song Ah Lam's most favourite.
"Dress is not about being sexy, this is about a statement. Wear Versace, It's simpleness with a bit of an edge made the dress really amazing. You need to mix fashion with comfort. And another free advice, this dress barely needs any accessory."
Song Ah Lam hung up the phone with Tang Xi's precautionary warning.
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The resort area Song Ah Lam came for the date was quite big. She walked for a distance before she spotted Zi Heng under a tree's shadow beside the artificial waterfall. This place was very beautiful; and it was a perfect place to get away and spend some quality time with friends and family.
Song Ah Lam inched closer and called his name, "Mr. Zi,"
Zi Heng quickly walked over to her and offered his hand as he said, "Thanks for coming on this date with me! Hopefully, from this date onwards, we will be glued to each other forever." He smiled, revealing his crooked white teeth.