Archive for March, 2011

31
Mar
2011

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In your twenties, hair loss problems is something you probably would never include in your dictionary. No one wants to think they are losing their hair. Hair is extremely essential for a confident self-image and usually makes or break your look. On a day-to-day basis, shiny, luscious and voluminous hair is often always associated with good health.

For a beauty queen, hair is extra important. A full head of hair is one of the many beauty queen tips and secrets to always looking good. You wouldn’t normally associate a beauty queen with hair loss. It was because of this I never really paid much attention to the hair in the sink. We lose an average of 127 strands of hair a day. But while 127 may be normal for one person, it could be excessive for another. The point is, it didn’t cross my mind that the bigger mess of hair I encountered during hair washing was hair loss. It did get to a point where I got scared and thankfully was lucky to have gotten an expert opinion on this matter.

When I went for a proper hair analysis by the hair care experts Yun Nam Hair Care, I found out that my oily scalp was one factor that was causing extra hair fall. On top of that, I had a slight dandruff problem I was not aware of. I learned from my expert consultant Ysabel that the numerous chemical processes we subject our hair to: colouring, perming and rebonding can slow down the speed of hair growth. Furthermore, she told me having an oily scalp clogs the pores of hair follicles, preventing healthy hair growth. If your hair does not grow out, you’ll find yourself starting to have bald patches!

Hair Problems Dandruff

Hair Problems Oily Scalp

Yun Nam Hair Care only uses natural herbs to improve hair health. The first order of the day was to improve the clarity of my scalp by properly cleansing it and reduce my dandruff problem. On top of wanting to help me clear my oily scalp and promote hair growth, Ysabel suggested a protein treatment to nourish and restore my hair’s suppleness!

Yun Nam Hair Care Treatment

Via a one-on-one personal consultation, thorough computerised scalp analysis and customised herbal hair treatment with the Yun Nam Hair Care Specialists, my hair health improved very quickly and effectively.

Yun Nam Hair Care

If you think treatment is confined to the salon, you are wrong. Yun Nam Hair Care extends all the way into your home. They provide a range of their very own herbal hair care so you can continue to maintain excellent hair once you go home. Treat your hair to a Herbal Ginseng Shampoo, Refreshing Apple Conditioner before using the Protein Treatment to build up your hair’s strength. Massage the Hair Nutritional Lotion onto your scalp and you’ll see baby hair grow out in no time at all.

Yun Nam Hair Care Shampoo

So in 5 short sessions, I saw a massive improvement of my scalp. Unclogged pores, no dandruff and a clean healthy scalp translated to shiny, healthier glowing hair. You can see the results are very drastic! Remember how I mentioned clogged hair pores prevent new hair from growing? Well, thanks to Ysabel who helped get rid of the oil clogs, I was amazed to see several fine baby hair sprouting from the roots in a few short weeks. This only means FULLER, THICKER HAIR in time to come! Now I can swing my hair even more. Haha.

Healthy Hair

Healthy Scalp

Enjoying a head massage while knowing the herbs were working its magic, helping to cleanse and promote hair growth, is probably one of the many pleasures we should regularly indulge in. Like regular facials, our hair needs regular treatment too. For sure, I’m definitely putting more effort into taking care of my hair and scalp. Healthy hair growth starts, literally, from the roots.

If you’re interested in taking care of your hair and knowing the health of your scalp, Yun Nam Hair Care and Nuffnang have an exclusive offer up for grabs. For 1 FREE Herbal Treatment with the hair care experts, all you need to do is SMS: YNNN Name NRIC to 73232. On top of that, you’ll stand a chance to WIN a one page magazine feature plus a $2000 Treatment Package.

Don’t wait till problems occur. Prevention is always better than cure. Start taking care of your hair health now.

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Exclusively for new customers with hair problems only. Promotion products and free treatment redeemable after consultation and for one redemption per customer only. Other terms and conditions apply. Each SMS costs $0.20. Technology powered by Mobile Fusion Pte Ltd (Hotline: 6295 1130). All persons under 18 years of age must seek parental consent before proceeding. ^Hair weaving services available. There is no conclusive scientific proof that any product (except certain registered products) or service can retard hair loss or promote hair growth. ^Your results may vary. *Based on Connecting Insights Consultants’ Hair, Face and Body Brand Awareness Survey Report, August 2010.

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29
Mar
2011
Jennifer Aniston Perfume Ad

You’re either on Team Jennifer or you’re not. Well-known for her role in the highly popular sitcom FRIENDS as ditsy Rachel and her perfect hair, this girl-next-door we all love to hate has launched her debut women’s fragrance.

Called Lolavie, Jennifer Aniston’s perfume is a concoction of her favored aromas like night-blooming jasmine, wild violets and Amazon lily. These elements are redolent of her upbringing in sunny California.

Said Jennifer of Lolavie to WWD: “It’s a nonperfume perfume. Sexy and clean. Floral, but not too flowery. I want people to go, ‘What is that? You smell great!’ But most of all I wanted it to smell natural.”

Jennifer Aniston herself fronts the ads sitting on the rocks, in nothing but a towel, by the beach in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico for Lolavie’s ad campaign. Can you believe this woman is 41 years old? I sure cant. Although I’m not too sure how this women’s fragrance will smell like, I think the wave-inspired bottle will make a nice addition to my collection of women’s perfumes.

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23
Mar
2011

Like an artist needs a blank canvas to work on, it’s important for any girl who wants to look completely flawless to have a good make up foundation. The most essential make up must have of all the basic make up, make up foundation must match your skin tone and if anything, is one of the hardest things to shop for. Get the wrong type of foundation or a foundation that doesnt match your skin tone and you probably will end up looking like a clown or a geisha.

I’ve been searching for a new foundation for quite some time now since I’ve developed this habit of losing my trusty MAC Studio Fix somewhere in goodness-knows-where. Unlike the rest of the items in my make up case, foundation base is the only thing I dont have duplicates of.

There are several requirements I look out for in a good make up foundation. One, it has to provide excellent coverage, yet, at the same time, this coverage has to be light and not cakey. It is a must for the finished look to be natural. You probably look out for a lot of these things when you pick a foundation on top of wanting your choice of foundation to last throughout your wear.

Lancome Maqui Miracle Foundation

The recently launched Lancome Maqui Miracle foundation does all of that in addition to enhancing skin’s inner radiance through the use of patented pink and blue bioptic pigments. I adored how one application of the silky smooth Lancome Maqui Miracle powder foundation and my usually yellow-toned skin was suddenly brighter and glowy. Instead of the usual yellow/orange tone I normally get from other foundations, through the use of light correction, this foundation manages to bring out a natural pink healthy flush in your skin. It was hard not to admire my newly found smooth and flawless skin in the mirror just that little bit longer.

With the higher UV protection level of SPF 35/PA+++, you can wear the Lancome Maqui Miracle foundation out the entire day without worries. Furthermore, its long-lasting formula will ensure you still look as fresh as a flower by the end of the night. I wore my foundation for a good 8 hours and I still had to take some extra minutes when I returned home to admire myself.

At SGD$65 for a refillable compact, it can be a little steep for the babe on a budget. Add to that a one time purchase of SGD$27 for the case and you might just have to stay home looking yourself in the mirror than into your date’s eyes. But if you have a little extra cash to spare, Lancome’s Maqui Miracle foundation is a mighty fine foundation you can use on its own or layer it over liquid foundation.

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17
Mar
2011
Hello Kitty Make Up Collection with Swarovski

I know of some girls who are hardcore Hello Kitty fans. In fact, some of them are personal friends of mine. I’m no die-hard Hello Kitty fan, but I couldnt help but gush over this Swarovski encrusted make up case from the Hello Kitty Glittercute make up collection. I may not be a big fan of Hello Kitty but I sure am a sucker for anything bling. In my books, this sparkling container on its own beats the entire MAC Hello Kitty make up collection hands down.

Hidden within the dazzling Hello Kitty is a set of a set of eight Glittercute Eyeliners and a set of quality makeup brushes with synthetic bristles.

This Hello Kitty Glittercute make up set contains:
- Night Sky – black glitter eyeliner
- Telephone – charcoal glitter eyeliner
- Coin Purse – silver glitter eyeliner
- Teapot – medium brown gold glitter eyeliner
- Hello Sunshine – light gold glitter eyeliner
- Sandbox – dark brown glitter eyeliner
- Grape Soda – purple glitter eyeliner
- Happy Sails – navy glitter eyeliner
- Face Brush
- Eyeshadow Brush
- Shader/Blending Brush
- Angled Eyeliner Brush
- Lip Brush

I’m not too sure this beautiful container can hold everything inside my make up bag or if it’s available in Sephora Singapore, but if you want to get your kitty paws on some Hello Kitty make up, Sephora Singapore is the purr-fect make up store to fulfill all your Hello Kitty fantasies.

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14
Mar
2011

Unless you’re into make up, you’ll probably never have heard of Sleek make up. I dont blame you. Before this, I’ve never heard of Sleek. Sleek make up is a UK make up brand headquartered in London, UK but well-known around the world for their range of 12-colour I-Divine Palettes. To kick start my new year into make up, I decided to give this much-lauded make up brand a go and landed myself its limited edition Sleek make up Graphite Eyeshadow Palette.

Sleek Make Up Graphite Eyeshadow Palette

It seems there’s an unspoken rule for a lot of the make up brands to house their make up in clean black no-frill packaging. The palettes dont look like much from the outside but like mom always said never to judge a book by its cover. The glossy font on the cover, one that tempts you of what’s within, is what helps you set it apart from all your other black packaged make up.

Sleek Make Up Graphite Palette Swatch

For sure, the Sleek make up Graphite palette is the perfect accomplice to my vice of smokey eyes. The 12-colour Graphite eyeshadow palette houses an entire range of darkness to help you create the classic smokey eye. All the shadows are amazingly pigmented and velvety. I usually find it difficult to find dark shadows that give true colour payoff. However, as you can probably see from this Graphite palette swatch, there was no need for me to worry about that. Swatching the colours was a joy.

Sleek Make Up Graphite Eyeshadow Palette

Because the shadows glide onto your eyelid and blend beautifully – on top of its insanely affordable prices – I can see why Sleek make up is a favourite among make up fantatics. Paying SGD 24 for a fantastic quality 12-colour eyeshadow palette makes me feel as though I took candy from a baby. 12 eyeshadows may seem a tad much. But in actual fact, the 6 lighter shades can hold their own on top of being a perfect complement to the 6 darker shades. Together, they make up a stunning spectrum of dark delight that is the Sleek Graphite palette.

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11
Mar
2011

Sponsored Post

NEA Energy Challenge

As an active blogger and Twitter user, I spend a lot of time online. Yet, at the same time, I always make an effort to be energy conscious because I know the repercussions of climate change. It may seem like a foreign concept-the idea of a food running out or melting ice-caps that would flood our Earth-these tragedies seem very unlikely to happen within our lifetime. But when I was actively speaking about going green as Miss Earth Singapore, this was my argument:

Going green isnt about taking a leap of faith into the unknown. Rather, it’s about taking baby steps to make changes to our current lifestyle. Like a jigsaw puzzle, every little piece contributes to a bigger picture. Piece by piece, slowly but painstakingly, you place each piece in its rightful place to eventually make the picture whole. Much like the jigsaw, each and every one of us is a puzzle piece and every action you make contributes directly to the environment, and your pocket. The next switch you turn off could contribute to that brand new item on your lust list.

For example, while doing your laundry instead of loading half the washing machine, why not try washing clothes on a full load? Not only does it help save energy, it also reduces time spent bent over the washing machine. On top of that, using a 4-tick machine instead of a 2-tick one is infinitely more energy efficient and saves you more money. Perhaps seeing the breakdown in dollars would make more cents (sense).

Energy Saving Tips

Based on average 2010 electricity tariff of $0.2348 per kWh from the E2 Singapore website, a 4-tick refrigerator saves you about $100 a year over a 1-tick model. It is no surprise then a 4-tick air-conditioner saves you about $355 in electricity bills a year compared to a 1-tick model. The more ticks you have, more energy efficient you are. This in turn translates to more savings. It’s the same idea as saving a dollar a day, and soon after 365 days, you’ll have $365 in your bank. All that is money I can use to buy more make up! Hahaha.

To fully understand this savings concept in relation to energy efficiency, play this Energy Challenge Online Game that asks you to save as much energy in the shortest time possible. You’ll realise that there are cheaper alternatives to help you be energy efficient AND save money. So this is my energy challenge to you: Pick any one of these energy saving tips to implement on a daily basis. Now, dont be greedy, just one, but be diligent about it.

You can either:
- switch off the computer completely when it’s not going to be in use for more than 30 minutes
- switch off the TV set when no one is watching
- don’t leave refrigerator door open longer than necessary when getting your favourite snack
- turn off the air-conditioner half an hour earlier using a timer
- switch off home appliances at the power socket because standby power can account for up to 10% of your home electricity use
- if you use an air-conditioner, set the temperature at about 25 degree Celcius

Sounds too easy? If these are already things you do on a regular basis, well done. I will gladly pass on my crown to you. You are truly environmentally conscious. The next step then is for you to visit the E2 Singapore website which has more energy saving tips for you to pick from. Now that energy tariffs have increased, saving more electricity only means saving more money! So, are you willing to take up my challenge?

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