You would probably be familiar with Vaseline or Petroleum Jelly seeing how it’s widely available in drugstores or your local supermarket. But what you might not know is that this innocuous little bottle sitting on the shelves has been recognised as a cosmetic skin care product. It’s quite a multi-functional beauty product! I’m not going into go into the details of what makes petroleum jelly, but we should at least give credit to Robert Chesebrough, a young chemist who created this fantastic product. After years of hard work, we now enjoy the fruits of his labour and here are just 10 things you can do with Vaseline.
1. You might have heard that applying Vaseline to your lashes helps them grow longer. I’ve tried it and I dare say it works! Before you go to bed, apply one coat to your lashes using a clean mascara wand and in a couple of weeks, it’ll make your lashes grow longer and thicker.
2. Run out of lipgloss and got a hot date tonight? If you’ve got a bottle of Vaseline in your cupboard, rub some over your lips for that juicy pout.
3. Applying a small amount to the ends of your hair helps to smooth frizziness and split ends.
4. Mix equal amounts of Vaseline and your favourite powder blusher to create a lipstick of the same colour!
5. In need of something to tame unruly eyebrows? Smooth a tiny amount using your ring finger to keep brows in place.
6. Rub Vaseline on your cuticles during manicures to soften cuticles.
7. Vaseline doubles up as a makeup remover. Put a small amount on a cotton pad or tissue and rub gently over your eyes and face. Makeup should come off easily with no oily feeling!
8. Hate loose eyeshadows that seem to spill all over? Mix them with some Vaseline to create a cream eyeshadow.
9. Vaseline can be used to protect cuts and scrapes preventing water and bacteria from entering your wound.
10. Apply a generous amount to your dry feet and heels before covering them with socks and jumping into bed. You’ll wake up next morning to softer and smoother feet.
Got any other innovative ways to use Vaseline? Drop me a comment and share it with everyone else!
Remember how I said I’d be posting a hair styling video? Well, I made this video in New York and because I was on holiday, I really wanted to get stylish hair (think Sex and the City fab) without too much fuss. Gotta spend the time hitting the streets yknow. Previously, the answer to how to get great hair seemed to evade me like a shadow but now, thanks to Liese (pronounced lee-zay), I managed to achieve fabulous hair with their 3-step hair regime: co1or, tre2t, styl3. Getting gorgeous hair has never been so easy.
A different hairdo can do so much to change your look. My video will feature a treatment and styling tutorial on how to get party hair. When you’re overseas, you want hair that is easily manageable for an everyday look. But for a night out on the town, you want a glamourous yet easy hairdo that wont take up partying time.
So here’s my video using the Liese’s Hair Cocktail with peach leaf extract and prune essence
that has been keeping my hair smoother and more manageable. Then I used the Liese Wave-up Foam 03 Clear Wave to keep my hairstyle in place! Usually, this product is to revive permed hair. But in this case, I use it before back-combing so it holds the shape as I back comb. The number indication on each of the styling product tells you the hair styling holding power. So I’ve picked the strongest Wave-up Foam 03 to keep my hair up all night for partying!
What do you think? Do you like my hair? Backcombs are so fun! I used to do it a lot whenever I had a performance on stage. Now it’s your turn to show me your cool hair style. In fact, make a simple co1our, tre2t, styl3 video and join the Liese contest to show me! You might even stand a chance to win up to $500 cash!
Just go to the Liese SG Facebook page to join the contest. Best of all, the 1st 50 who uploads their video that fulfills the criteria WILL receive $80 cash for sure! Remember to keep your videos less than 3mins and you might be on your way to be $500 richer.
Other than Sephora, Victoria’s Secret was the other store that I was dying to step into here in New York. I’m a BIG die hard fan of Victoria’s Secret and my underwear closet is pretty much made up of all their stuff. I also refuse to wear any other work pants other than theirs thanks to the great length and cut of their pants. And it’s such perfect timing that Michelle and I are here in the States because it’s time for the VICTORIA’S SECRET SEMI ANNUAL SALE!
Now, THIS is the sale that most girls would die for. Panties go for USD$3.99 while bras are reduced by almost half price. Everything on sale is put into pink bins only differentiated by their sizes, and girls dig through it pulling out items like hungry vultures.
Because it’s a Monday afternoon, this crowd is mild compared to the one we first encountered on a weekend.
In fact, all the shelves are neatly packed and nothing is strewn on the floor. Haha.
After my virgin experience digging through the buckets of adorable underwear and bras and discovering treasures, it was hard not to walk out of there feeling like a million bucks. The red/pink bags are absolutely cute too! It’s probably hard for guys to wrap their minds around how much money women will spend on inner wear that no one else can see, but I say a cute underwear and good bra will serve to keep your spirits up in all situations.
Lingerie is not all that Victoria’s Secret stocks. Beauty products also make up a good part of their product range. The Secret Garden collection is one of their more famous ranges, and they too were on sale! I got mini bottles of fragranced hand sanitizers from the Secret Garden range, some lip glosses, lip palettes and body mists from the Dream Angels collection alongside some really cute undies which I obviously will not show.
Even though I am such a big fan of VS, I only just found out they have a standalone Victoria’s Secret PINK store that caters specially to their PINK range! This particular range targets younger girls with their collegiate collection in vibrant colours. Graphic tees, hoodies, underwear and lounge wear emblazoned with the signature PINK logos can all be found in this range.
PINK by Victoria’s Secret is located at the junction of Broadway and Prince Street.
Victoria’s Secret stores, on the other hand, are located at:
Broadway (SOHO)
591-593 Broadway
New York, NY 10012
Fifth Avenue
115 5th Ave
New York, NY 10003
South Street Seaport
19 Fulton Street
New York, NY 10038
86th St – Upper East Side
165 E 86th St
New York, NY 10028
Abercrombie & Fitch is the brand hunks, jocks, surfer dudes (and whichever good looking group of people you can think of) are synonymous with. The models on the posters are sexy, gorgeous looking and all have chiselled bodies. But that’s just an ad right? Or so I thought too. Walking along Fifth Avenue the other day, I spotted the store next to high end label Prada. I have NEVER been to an actual A&F store and had no idea what was in store.
This 4 storey store looked decent on the outside, but little did I know it held exciting and yummylicious things on the inside.
Step through the front doors and a half naked dude is the first thing that greets you. Oh hello. Sorry, you say there was a girl? Oh yes! According to my pictures, there was a girl. And she’s actually pretty cute. But I’m not exactly interested in girls. Let’s get back to the guy. He’s half naked. And has a good body to match that nakedness. Even the two “bouncers” are pretty delish. Mmm….
The interior of the shop is dark akin to a club, and the music is bound to set some heads nodding and feet tapping. You browse the wide range of adorable clothes and browse the good-looking boys, sadly wishing it was them you’d cart home. Alas, the store is where the boys will stay and it’s the plush clothing that you take home.
It is a little hard to want to leave this haven full of delicious goodies thanks to its seductive atmosphere; I swear the boys have nothing to do with it. I wish we could show you photos of what it was like to be inside the shop. But, one, they didnt allow photography inside. Two, it was hard to take any photos because Michelle and I were both busy gawking. How is it possible they managed to find so many good-looking people all housed in the SAME building?! Even the dressing rooms were incredibly sexy. Soft orange lighting and music playing, it was hard not to want to cam-whore inside.
Tank tops go for about USD24 while bottoms, both jeans and skirts, start from USD50 and go anywhere up to USD70. Pretty pricey if you ask me. But everything about this store is delectable and I walked out of there with two skirts. They were too cute! Yes yes, I was so busy shopping that I missed Sneaker Sunday this week. But Violet and I are planning to do something exciting next week once I get back.
So anyway, back to my shopping. I bought one skirt from Abercrombie exactly like that of the girl in the group photo. If I wore the exact same getup as her, do you think I could fit in and get a job there? Hahaha.
Abercrombie & Fitch
720 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10019
Think hair coloring at home is difficult to do? Liese(pronounced: lee-zay) bubble hair dye is here to change your mind about DIY hair coloring. Take a look at their TVC.
But more importantly, it’s the first of its kind in the DIY hair coloring industry. The easy to apply, no-drip formula allows you to DIY your hair without any mess AND achieve an even colour. All you need to do is massage the bubble dye in! With 10 different colours to choose from (I had a hard time picking when they offered the entire range to me), it’s no wonder Liese is the No.1 styling brand in Singapore. It’s also the first brand in the market to carry an entire range of treatment and styling products too!
I personally got to experience the simplicity of being able to transform my hair with their 3 step regime – colour, treatment and styling. Honestly, friends who know me well will attest to the very fact that I am such a quick fix girl. I cant stand sitting long hours in the salon chair but yet yearn for luscious locks like that you see in magazines. Those Japanese girls are too cute! *turns green with envy* But with Liese’s very own colour, treat and styling range, it’s hello gorgeous hair and goodbye long hours sitting in the salon chair! Hooray for easy to achieve lovely hair!
Honestly, everything about Liese is cute. The packaging is cute, the girls are cute and even the acccessories created for them are cute too!
When I went down for the product briefing last week, they gave each blogger this fluffy pink keychain. I immediately took it out of it’s packaging and attached it to my bag cause I love fluffy! But you too can get your hands on this cute little thing if you are the first 200 to click “Like” on their Facebook page chock full of videos and hair styling tips.
Bet you didnt know that Liese has a cocktail for your hair to enjoy. Heehee. I cant wait to tell you about that product. I love it! But you will have to come back to see the home-made video. I’ll be showcasing some Liese hairstyle tutorials in my next Liese post and the hairstyle I’m going to introduce draws on good ol’ techniques I used to use when I danced on stage. Haha. Ahhh.. Such good memories.
In the meantime, while I get the video ready, head on over to the Liese Facebook page to get your Liese charm. PS: You will have to fill up a short form to receive the keychain!
My friends have always commented how they like my eyeshadow and they’ve asked countless times how I do it. Or if they’re new to makeup, they ask me how to do makeup. In fact, I still owe some of my friends makeup lessons on how to apply eye makeup. Oops.
Being a beauty blog, it seems inevitable that makeup tutorial posts would feature in my content. But it can be time consuming to sort though the numerous photos and edit them, especially when it comes to an eyeshadow post with so many steps. Video tutorials always seemed a much better way of teaching how to do makeup. I, however, never got about to doing any because I never had the right equipment.
The Olympus PEN, also known as the Olympus EP1, thus, could not have come at a better time. It doesnt matter whether you call it a mini DSLR, compact DSLR or pocket DSLR because this little beauty comes packed with amazing functions despite having the smallest overall size (including lens) in the market. Because it’s so easy to carry around, I just had to bring it to New York with me. It was so convenient to carry. But dont look down on its size, the camera comes with your regular DSLR functions: controlling shutter speed, aperture, ISO, AND added cool features like the ART mode.
New York never looked so different. Six ART modes allow you to create cool effects on your photos without having to go through Photoshop at all. No time to edit your photos? The Olympus EP1 does it right in the camera itself! The different modes accentuate various things in your photos. For instance, the pop art filter enhances colours and would be great for enhancing the colours of eyeshadow too.
Futhermore, the EP1 shoots in HIGH DEFINITION and is perfect for making makeup video tutorials. But dont take my word for it, watch the HD video I made myself to see what I mean. For everyone who’s always wondered how to do eye shadow, you’ll get your questions answered today. I finally made a video to show you how I do it in my very first makeup video tutorial!
Dont you just love the colours of the video? Again, I didnt have to edit any of it. Hahaha. The same ART functions available in the still photo mode can also be applied to the video mode. HOW AWESOME IS THAT! Now you can make your very own arty film without post processing just by using any of these modes in your home video. I personally love Art 2 (Soft focus) because it makes everything so dreamy! Perfect for cam-whoring after you finish your makeup.
Art 6 (Pinhole), on the other hand, makes everything so vintage and quaint.
So you think this camera is cool with the HD video recording and 6 different ART modes? Well, the E-portrait function in the Scene selection just puts the cherry on top of the cake. I swear this camera has Photoshop in-built into it.
The E-portrait function eliminates blemishes from skin so complexion is flawless. The smoothing is even and subtle so you look naturally gorgeous in every photo. You dont have to lift a single finger to achieve a perfect complexion. Well, except maybe a finger to press the shutter on the camera of course.
With its toy camera compact size, white metal body, faux leather skinning, this mini DSLR is stylish and a perfect accessory for shutterbugs to carry about to capture all your precious moments.
But this is not all talk and no action, come 26th June 2010 Saturday 2pm – 3.30pm at Vivo City, I will personally be giving a mini guided tour on how the Olympus EP1 works (and possibly some makeup tips as well). You, of course, just have to be present for this awesome tour! You know it’s going to be a fun-filled day. And to make things even juicer for you, when you get home and blog about how much fun you had, you might actually win a brand new Olympus FE4030 digital camera! The most exciting post sent with their name, contact number, email address and blog URL to Olympus@nuffnang.com will stand a chance to own this 14 MEGAPIXEL camera.
Dont thank me, dont thank me. It’s a great opportunity I had to share. But if you really want to thank me (and you totally should because of my awesome video. HAHA), I need your help in voting my video as the best video on this site (VOTE HERE). I need your encouragement and words clicks of approval so I will make more makeup videos next time. But if cool new videos in the future are not enough, maybe a brand new camera will entice you to vote. One lucky voter wins the FE4030 camera just by voting for your favourite video! So what say you? Perhaps, if you voted for me and you won, I’ll teach you how to make makeup tutorials with your brand new camera. Hahahaha.
