Sunday, July 28

Review: Dr. Jart BB Creams

If you haven't already checked out my review on the Dr. Jart BB Creams...


Should you be interested in purchasing the Silver/Black Label BB Creams, I highly suggest you get them from my favorite online beauty store. I've compared the prices of Dr. Jart BB Creams from Sephora to drugstores and it's definitely the cheapest here.

On top of that, do check out my banner link for a discount code! No harm in saving another few dollars off an already good price right?

Happy Sunday and happy shopping!

Thursday, July 11

Closet Wars

We are all fighting our own battles.

For me, it's a never-ending struggle when it comes to packing my closet and dealing with school (that's a given). Just yesterday I had a horrible evening because I had my time planned out perfectly so I'd be punctual for class but my friend and I ended up waiting 40mins for a bus, which resulted in us being 40mins late for lecture. When I got home, I was starving and still fuming. Naturally, I started packing my closet. Yea it may be a sign of OCD because I'm trying to achieve some sense of perfection in one aspect of my life to make up for a void in another blah blah but damn just being able to indulge my senses with the presence of clothes made me feel tons better.

That is veering slightly off-topic but the point is, packing my closet was tough because of the amount of things I have in there currently. I did a pictorial tour of my closet before but it has changed a lot since then. Thanks to the WWW and YouTube gurus, I am slowly but surely mastering the art of maintaining a closet that's suited to my needs.

The reason why I am even sharing this is because I feel it's really important to understand what your closet needs VS wants. E.g. for students, clothes that can be considered staples are: tank tops, denim shorts, simple blouses. When I came up with this list a couple months back, I was so determined to buy at least 10 new pairs of denim shorts because it's something I "need" as a student and you can never have too many pairs of shorts, right? However, friends who were already working warned me that the amount of shorts I already own would suffice as I'd be graduating soon and those shorts would be sitting in my closet for the rest of my life, therefore occupying a significant amount of closet space. They were speaking from personal experience.

HELP IS NIGH! Click on the links below for all the life and money-saving tips you'll ever need.

YouTube: Mimi Ikonn

I have found some form of enlightenment from the YouTube links especially, and I hope you do too.

Saturday, July 6

List: Taobao Stores

Realized I should've published a blog post on this longgg ago but for some reason it hasn't occurred to me till now.

Since my first Taobao haul uploaded on YouTube, I've been getting emails asking for the exact links of items and also a list of my favorite stores. Unfortunately, I'm usually unable to provide the exact links of items as my hauls are filmed perhaps weeks or in this case two months after I receive my items. By this time, the items aren't in stock anymore or I don't save the links of items or my Taobao cart is full of new items added right after my existing purchase is done. Woes of a shopaholic.

As for my favorite stores, this was the first list I sent to people who've emailed me.


I am now going to add on a few newer stores to that list so for people who've emailed me before, just add on these new ones will do!


If you see an item you like in any of the stores but the price is out of your budget, copy and paste the important parts of the item name and make use of the search function to find the same item elsewhere for probably only half the price. For e.g. 蕾丝 (lace) 西装 (blazer/vest) 碎花 (florals) 短袖 (short sleeves) 上衣 (top) 九份裤 (capri-length pants)

Have a happy weekend browsing!

Tuesday, June 18

Visit Cottesloe Beach

There are so many beaches in Perth that it doesn't really matter which I recommend because they're probably all beautiful. I'd really love to live by a beach. Why request for a pool in the house when you can have a beach at your doorstep?! Not to mention those dashing Australian surfers riding the waves...


Of course you gotta have fish n chips whenever you're near a beach

The slope and my awesome photography skills made my parents look like midgets :o








You can view more of Cottesloe in my vlog so do check that out if you're interested. There's a surprise performance in it by yours truly.

I've been meaning to do a haul video but all I'm doing is sleeping/eating/buying more things! Winter just makes shopping so much tougher especially since I'm wearing boots most of the time and it's a hassle to take them off and put them back on. But I will persevere and press on for the sake of having pretty clothes for the next school semester.

Thursday, June 13

Mode: Hibernation

It's winter so that's definitely an excuse to be hibernating amongst 5 fleece blankets and 3 layers of pajamas. I believe it isn't just me who goes into hibernation during winter right?

Story: It was winter in Arizona. I hibernated for 2 days and 2 nights. Only woke up to use the bathroom once and went straight back to bed. Dad tried to wake me up for dinner the first evening but I didn't move so he gave up. Parents and sister went shopping the next day. They came back at night and I was still in the same position. Only then did my mom suggest to check if I was still breathing.

Anyway, I'm pretty proud of my first official vacation vlog because it took effort to edit. Was so afraid the video and audio would be out of sync and blah blah editing issues.

Here's what I did my first week in Perth and I'm so happy I decided to spend my entire school holiday here. Really not looking forward to going back to Singapore as usual.

Am hoping to film and upload a haul video next if I get out of bed...


G'day to you!

Thursday, June 6

Strawberries+Banana Smoothie Recipe

Recently attempted blending my own smoothie instead of queueing at Boost Juice and loved the taste of it. Never knew it was this simple to make and now I'm going to share my ingredients list. It will be easy even for the laziest person, trust me on this because I'm the laziest person I know.


Ingredients:
4-5 fresh strawberries
1 banana
1 cup of low fat milk
1 tablespoon of low fat yogurt
1 tablespoon of organic honey
1 tablespoon of low-fat vanilla ice-cream
Ice cubes

Blend them all together and ta-dah! A delicious and pink smoothie ready to go. This is definitely better than plain milk as a breakfast drink.

I may try to substitute the fruits next time. Peaches, apples, oranges all sound like delicious alternatives. Mom is intent on making orange julius because she and daddy used to share this drink on dates and it's her absolute favorite. Shall wait for her to make it for me!

Wednesday, May 29

Lackluster

Final leg of finals ha-ha. Seriously hate the timetable of exams this semester but since it's the last one tomorrow I shall quit the complaining and get on with describing photos of my life so far.


Recently got my hair touched up because I don't want my roots to be showing in vacation photos. The funny (and good) thing is that the photo above shows my hair color before the touch-up. It doesn't look like I've roots at all which's weird because I've gotten my hair cut quite often these past couple months so it's not like my hair has been stagnant in terms of growth. Secretly hoping that my natural hair color has decided to change to a reddish brown because I've been so nice to it. A girl can dream.

Tried Godfire ramen at Ramen Champion (Bugis) and liked it

What a sassy gal

WILD BEAST

Been quite in the working out zone recently because I want my body to look the best it can at my age. Not a willing victim of a saggy butt and bulging tummy. Darren has been helping me out so much in the fitness department. I mean, constantly being around someone else's six pack abs does make me feel bad about my body only because I know I could have that if I wanted to. And well I did have it, until laziness visited and decided to stay.

Problem areas: -circles entire body-

Does this count for something?

Smug after  surviving an hour of suffering

If you feel in need of a spark of motivation in terms of fitness, do contact Darren. Most people have this impression that personal training sessions cost a bomb and that it's not worth it when you can just workout at your own pace FOC. I used to think this way until I realized that never would I have the discipline or knowledge to identify what type of workouts my body needs. There's so much more to it than just running like a hamster on the treadmill, trust me on this.

In case you're interested, D.Fitness is having an ongoing personal trainer promotion and you can view the promo rates here. If you're a student like me, you enjoy a student discount! Don't be shy or hesitate any further and just go for it. There's no time better than now and personally, I prefer a perkier ass on myself. And it doesn't hurt hanging around with a bunch of hot guys at the gym.

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Mel and I participated in a flea and it was so bad this time round. Usually we clear most of our stuff but after the organizer shifted the location of the flea, it was so bad. Will definitely have to think twice if we're planning to join anymore fleas after this. The best part was definitely the chatting and spacing out together since we rarely see each other these days.



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Bravely partied at Mink in the midst of exams because I wouldn't have any other time to do that. The next day, I had such a bad baaaaad tummy ache and almost died waiting for Darren to bring me food because he was stuck in a meeting. Basically rolled around in bed the entire day with the occasional visit from Sundae. He bought me piping hot Ajisen so all the hate disapparated.

Finally took time out to bring the grizzly bear to the groomer's and of course she caused me such embarrassment. Had diarrhea twice during grooming and led all the other dogs in a barking frenzy. She's so wild. Does that say anything about me as the pet owner/sister?