Sabrina Tajudin | Malaysia Beauty & Lifestyle Blog: Gadget

Must have apps for Beauty & Fashion geek out there!

Sabrina Tajudin December 29, 2015 1 comment

From my previous last post I mentioned that I am going to highlight the top 3 apps that I love by using on this new ASUS TP300CHI. I like simple apps that keep me going. As a blogger who loves beauty and fashion, keeping up-to-date with trends can be time consuming. An app that is simple and with just a few clicks can help me get things done in just a few minutes. The long hours have been reduced and I have more time to do other stuff! Here are some of the apps, available on Windows 10, that I love and I think every beauty & fashion lover should discover it!

1. Photo Editing
I have a full version of Photoshop in my old laptop. I use it when I need more advance editing for my photos. But after discovering how Photoshop has an Express app, I realize it has helped me so much in saving time. Especially when I am on the go, I can edit my pictures that I took on my phone and save it to my OneDrive. No cables needed! All it takes was just cropping, re-sizing, exposure leveling and sometimes I use some filter to make the pictures look nicer. From my phone, to OneDrive, to my laptop and I can just straight up upload it in my blog and publish it.

2. Inspiration

What else other than my favourite site to go to. Pinterest! I have a full organize board there from Makeup looks, Makeup pictures, DIYs, fashion pictures and more. When I am relaxing or simply want to have some inspiration, I can just unplug the ASUS’ screen from the keyboard and now it is a tablet and it let’s scroll though my Pinterest, with my finger, through this app called Pinspiration. Believe me, when you get into this app, you will never stop scrolling. There are so many things to learn and guess what. I learn most of picture product photo taking from here. I usually will pin some makeup product pictures to get me inspire on how should I took my blog photos.

3. Shopping
What else! Beauty and fashion lovers have to shop the latest trends! You know how much I love eBay. eBay is one of the market place where I get to know the latest stuff, the rare stuff and especially the ones that you cannot get here locally. I’m so glad there is a Windows 10 app for easy access to eBay. For example the famous Maybeline age rewind concealer that is not available here locally here in Malaysia. I can get it though eBay. Korean makeups and more! Oh also, the best selling Morphe eyeshadow palette! It has been a breeze with the awesome processing speed I get from the ASUS TP300CHI.

There are more apps that I wish I could share with you! Don’t want to run out of topic but some of them include games. I love how this has helped me so much during my busy days and a whole lot of travelling this month. Getting things done anytime is not impossible for me anymore.

Stay tuned for more. More info about making magic everyday like I do, visit the Make Magic website!

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Busy Me! How I get things done anywhere I go.

Sabrina Tajudin December 20, 2015 6 comments

I always have something to do and sometimes it can get very overwhelming. I got to admit I am a hasty kind of person and if I can't get things done, I will go crazy the whole day. haha! True story. As a full time blogger and online entrepreneur, I always need to be around my computer all the time. Get access to the internet all the time and always have something to be done through the computer. Things that keep going are something that is easy to be carry anywhere, light and long battery life. Right now I am using the ASUS TP300CHI. It has a slim sleek design (a thickness of 7.6mm only!) that I love and the best part is. It’s a 2 in 1 so it can be a computer as well as a tablet. Powered by Windows 10 and Intel, it keeps me going and this is how I #makemagiceveryday.

While my husband is driving especially when we travel, I can never stop doing my work. Usually there will be some urgent task I will need to complete it on time, when they have some plan changes and such. To bring my old laptop for travel would be impossible. It is heavy and the battery would not last long as it is just a basic computer that need charging all the time. The ASUS TP300CHI has longer battery life, and it mobile friendly. It is so light and easy to carry anywhere. Up to 8hrs of baterry life, I can easily feel breeze at any 4-5 hours worth of traveling journey.

As you know Windows 10 has has a new interface on the front where it features a quick start up. I organize my favourite apps on the front which makes my work flow much smoother. While waiting for my food to arrive or simply hanging out in the cafe, I can relax and sit back with my computer by just unplugging it from the key board and now it is a tablet! Not just an ordinary tablet as it is also function just like a real computer where I can get access to more software than a normal tablet can do. Sometimes looking like you doing your work though a laptop can be tiring and you just want to relax. The tablet mode is really convenient. With just one click it can be change between laptop mode or tablet mode easily. The difference is that laptop mode is made to be used with a cursor and the tablet mode to be used with your finger!

I always love to get inspired all the time so going through my favourite apps like Pinterest to get some new ideas for incoming projects and stuff is one of my favourite things to do. I can go hours browsing and scrolling though it. Will let you know my favourite apps that keep me inspired as a blogger and entrepreneur next!

Stay tuned for more. More info about making magic everyday like I do on the Make Magic website!

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When did it all start?

Sabrina Tajudin December 4, 2015 3 comments

Have you ever imagine your life without the computer discovery? Well basically I could not. I would not imagine what I am doing right now if it is not being around my computer. The first computer I got as far as I can remember back years ago was the HP Presario v3000 powered by Windows and Intel processors.

It was my life!

It might be bulky and heavy to be honest, but I bring it nearly everywhere around campus. I do assignments with it, surf the internet, play games and more! When I woke up in the morning, it was the first thing I could remember to turn it on. While getting ready for class, I will turn up some music. And it all begin there, when I was bored. There is when I started to have my own blog.

Famous question. When did I start blogging? Haha! It all started back in June/July in 2011. I used to have a blog back in 2009 but I am not active around it because on my old study place did not have good access with the internet. So I started back with a new blog back in 2011 when I studied in KL. With the same laptop I got and I can still remember the time when I register my blog right in my room. It all started because I am an avid reader to other people blogs especially beauty and makeup blog. After a while I thought that I should have one too so I can express my love for makeup too. But all I have that time was only a phone camera. So I use the best lighting that I can have in my apartment and snap a few pictures of the things I wanna talk about and upload it in my computer.
My Windows device powered by Intel processors came with all the things I need to get started with, such as using Paint and a free picture editor in my computer to edit my picture. The basic editing such as re-sizing, watermark placement and such. I also have done a time lapse paint video and use the Window Movie Maker to edit my videos. There is when I learn more about content in my blog and there is where all the fun started!

From my many years of blogging, I’ve learnt so many new things through my computer. The love to learn new things and I could not thank you enough to my laptop as sometimes I neglected the important and how it have helped me so much in doing things in my life. There is where an inspiration comes. I want to have my own Beauty Line. There is when I use my leisure time around my laptop to do research on my business. As student, I could not afford to buy books about business and such. I just use my computer to store my info. Save some pictures in my Picture folder for some inspiration, using Word Document to store some information on the product listing, Excel to set up my budget and more. It took me 4 years to do the research for my Beauty brand which is Breena Beauty. Nope, I did not fly all the way to other country to find my supplier and connection. I do it all through my computer. Sound magical to me! Aaah those memories! This is the basic highlight of when it all started. Do you find my story interesting?

Stay tune for more. More info about making magic everyday like I do! : http://makemagic.my

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How to shop & get the best price for gadgets/tech products

Sabrina Tajudin March 4, 2015 10 comments

Be in the internet world and blog about beauty stuff does not stop me from not obsession for gadgets too. I love all sorts for gadgets and all things “machine”. I always in the search for a good camera for blogging photos, a good ram for processor, best price for a new phone in the market or even a good computer with good graphic card to keep my The Sims from lagging. But there is one problem. I seriously don’t know how much the standard price for all these products is. Right now I am looking for a good monitor + desktop computer. As what I already told in my resolution. There is too many desktop computer out there. From monitors to the desktop to each of its features. Sometimes I give up. They mostly wont display it in the web!

So I have a solution for you guys who have the same problem as me. Especially us girls or even boys here reading my post now. Going to each shop and ask for the price will be a hassle. Also most of them won’t layan you one, been there!). Also to avoid get cheated from these seller. Or as I like and prefer to shop online and could not find an online store that sells these. How to? Here is how you can get the best price / compare which product to get. I am going to give an example, "iPhone 5 latest Price".

So when shop for gadgets and all these tech products, the price can really be different from each store you go. It's very hard to compare and sort out. Thanks to my new discovery, PricePanda save me from all of the hassle. So by checking sites like PricePanda or other comparison platforms, can be quite useful to find cheaper prices. Let me show you how you can utilize this site for a better shopping experience. For example, the news feed have been folding with iPhone 6. But I still wanna know how much iPhone 5s is in the market now. The price may vary so here's how to ease your finding.

Easy as how it looks! On top of that, you can also discover shops that offers these offers worry free. All shops that are partner with Price Panda are absolutely legit. You can compare price, what they are offering easily. Compare prices from popular brands such as Apple, Samsung, BlackBerry, Acer, Canon and Nikon, all PC brands too such as HP and Asus. What makes the shopping experience more reliable, is that you are not alone dealing with them, PricePanda will also help you.

Another great features is that some people prefer to have a look forts of what they buy, so PricePanda also extended their coverage to offline stores. So you can compare it first at home and go offline to the products and price ranges they offer.

I hope this post will help as a shopping guide for you! Make sure you purchase the one that you really need, have that knowledge before buying items especially gadget and many more products that in the market. Regret Free, Worry Free! ;) Now I am going to search for my desktop computer, My Sims need it, I mean I need it for work. haha.

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www.pricepanda.com.my

to discover more.

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Wishlist Wednesday #10

Sabrina Tajudin October 9, 2013 8 comments

Salam & hello everyone!
Yeah its Wednesday! Let's talk about what I really want for so long! Yes indeed, I want a new camera. It really turns me off when I am at an event and the light is dimmed, I am unable to take nice photos. Sad me. My ultimate wishlist is gotta be the sexy iMac 21.5 desktop, but aaa... I don't think I manage to get it around soon. if yes, that would be great. As an option, I found this Pavilion HP 25xi Monitor, so I just need to get a desktop. This would cost around less than RM2500 comparing to the iMac 21.5 that may cost me around RM6000. I need a good desktop for my blogging stuff, designing stuff and gaming.

As mention, yes, I really need a new good DSLR type of camera. I wanted the Canon Rebel T4i but its so bulky. So I might want the Sony Nex 5T. Its much more portable. And I want a camera that have same quality as the DSLR with a flip/tilt screen for selfie. Well not only for selfie, I have lots of plans in the future, I think it will help me a lot for self pictures for reviews and tutorial stuff. Also, I am planning on making YouTube videos! So I am pretty excited for that! But the thing is I am scared is that i heard Sony camera serves alot of problem. That is what I heard. So just let me save up and just go to the camera shop and let the sales man decide for my requirements. hope I can get the camera as soon as possible! Right now I am just using my iPhone camera. Its a good camera during day time and good lighting, but a bad bad bad camera during dimmed lighting and during the night time. Also, this drain out my battery fast. So better start saving up now! <3

Hugs and kisses

Sabrina

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Raya promotion for iPhone 5

Sabrina Tajudin August 3, 2013 7 comments

Salam & hello everyone!
Yeah! Im pretty excited that raya is coming in just a week! What more excited is that I got to share this awesome deal with you guys! I am beyond amaze with the iPhone 5 camera. Most of my blog post pictures are taken by my iPhone camera. Cool apps you can download and capture moments during raya! Don't forget to insta what you are eating so everyone can feel the celebration together! Since you guys are going back to your kampung I'm sure the main problem would be the coverage right? Believe me! Celcom have the widest coverage that won't let you down!

From 11 July - 15 September 2013 you can get a brand new iPhone 5 for just RM1499.00 (Retail at RM2199) All you have to do is sign up with a Celcom First Data mPro Plus plan at RM88/month (24-month contract). Its an exclusive raya deal that you must not wanna miss!

Celcom First Data mPro Plus plan

Low monthly commitment fee of only RM88/month

Special price on the iPhone 5 at only RM1,488

5GB data volume monthly

FREE 60 mins & 60 SMS (Additional usage: 15 sen/min/SMS)

More info go to :
https://www.celcom.com.my/personal/promotion/rayapromo?pid=1360826467841

Hugs and kisses

Sabrina

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Best Plan for these new babies from Celcom!

Sabrina Tajudin January 23, 2013 Leave a Comment

Assalamulaikum & hello everyone!

When there is a new phone in town is gotta be Celcom! Gotta check their plan! You can always get everything in one time, the phone and the most important thing is the DATA PLAN! It gotta be a good coverage, "pocket friendly" and of course the latest gadget have to be in that plan!

Tat ta da.. da.. da daaaa~~

Introducing the 3 new awesomely phone that should be in your pocket!

The latest Android smartphones:

HTC Butterfly, Samsung GALAXY S III mini and Sony Xperia™ Tipo.

LISTEN! LISTEN! LISTEN!

You can grab the Sony Xperia as low as RM88! Ok LET ME SPE... Let me show you the plans!

Monthly Commitment	RM78	RM98	RM118	RM138	RM188	RM208
Voice Plan	Celcom First Prime (RM40)		Celcom First Premier (RM80)		Celcom First Elite (RM150)
Data Plan	Mobile Internet Basic (RM38)	Mobile Internet Advance (RM58)	Mobile Internet Basic (RM38)	Mobile Internet Advance (RM58)	Mobile Internet Basic (RM38)	Mobile Internet Advance (RM58)
Data Volume	1GB	3GB	1GB	3GB	1GB	3GB
FREE Data	50MB		100MB		200MB
Advance Payment	RM250		RM300		RM450
Device Price (12 months contract)
HTC Butterfly	RM1,898		RM1,798		RM1,698
Samsung GALAXY S III Mini	RM988		RM888		RM688
Sony Xperia™ Tipo	RM368		RM288		RM208
Device Price (18 months contract)
HTC Butterfly	RM1,768		RM1,668		RM1,468
Samsung GALAXY S III Mini	RM888		RM788		RM588
Sony Xperia™ Tipo	RM288		RM208		RM88

The plans are awesome! You can enjoy more calls with Automatic Savings and there is a flexibility in switching from prepaid to postpaid (vice versa). I have a good experience with Celcom! I might say the coverage is good. Its the fastest network and convenient in many ways for you!

Hold your horses! Ok! Now help to choose which phone!

From left to right.

This is what people say, "kecil2 cili padi!". This is the Samsung GALAXY S III Mini. Smartphone comes in small size! This is the small version of the Samsung GALAXY S III. Runs Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) have a 1GHz dual-core processor. Enjoy 4'' Super AMOLED Display and include 5MP camera that can zoom 4 times!

I was shock to see the price! Incredible! It look so sleek! This is great for someone who love a sleek nice simple phone that still perform! This is the Sony Xperia™ Tipo. Runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) , 800 MHz Snapdragon™ processor. A just nice 3.2 screen wide with 3.2 MP camera!

Lastly, Butterfly is no ordinary butterfly! Just like the colorful pattern on it wings, this HTC Butterfly is THE world full HD smartphone display!
The latest Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) and 1.6 GHz quad-core Snapdragon S4 processor! Afull HD 5'' wide display with amazing 8MP camera! More! This phone have the Beats Audio™!!!