Elizabeth Arden Red Door Perfume

Beauty to me is about transformation and if you follow me on Twitter, you’ll see the various looks I change into from time to time. So, it is only with praises that I introduce the brand new repackaged Elizabeth Arden Red Door perfume.

Elizabeth Arden Red Door Perfume

The Elizabeth Arden Red Door perfume, first introduced in 1989, is their classic, elegant signature fragrance. The Red Door is iconic of the first few “Elizabeth Arden Red Door Salons“ originally found in New York. Symbolically the red door represents the boundary where a woman can be transported and transformed from her “everyday self” to her “best self”, especially when she walked through the door way of the spas. Till today, at least 100 over years later, the famous Red Doors of Elizabeth Arden’s Spas can be seen along Fifth Avenue, in New York.

Elizabeth Arden Red Door Perfume

This change in packaging for their signature scent captures boldly the iconic Red Door. The Elizabeth Arden Red Door perfume bottle has today been modernized using a bold red glass design to reflect what else… but the famous Red Door. I’m totally in love with the striking red glass bottle accentuated by the gold plate emblazoned with “Elizabeth Arden”.

The bold glass design naturally holds a bold, assertive floral fragrance that evokes glamour and confidence. It’s a strong scent for the woman who wants to take over the world. If you’re already a fan of Elizabeth Arden’s Red Door perfume, you wont need any introduction to this scent. It’s the same delicious fragrance you know in a striking new bottle.

But if you’re new, the Red Door perfume opens with Lily of the Valley in the top notes, alongside vibrant freesia and Wild Violets. The stunning mid notes are of Red Roses, Moroccan Orange Flower, Jasmine and Ylang Ylang to create the impression of sophistication. If you’re used to softer floral scents, this is a different scent you might consider adding to your perfume stash.

Elizabeth Arden Red Door Perfume

So add to your perfume stash and transform yourself you can because here’s a giveaway for a 50ml Elizabeth Arden Red Door eau de toilette worth $84!

Follow these steps to qualify:
1) Go to Elizabeth Arden’s Facebook page and click “Like”
2) Post on the wall the answer to this question in this format:

The Elizabeth Arden Red Door perfume, first introduced in _ _ _ _, has now been repackaged in the shape of a _ _ _ _ _ _ _. [dweam.com]

3) Your answer must be in the exact format above and include dweam.com at the end.

All answers can easily be found in the blog post so read carefully. Contest ends 23rd December 2011 at 2200 hours, just in time for Christmas! Head on over to the Elizabeth Arden’s Facebook page now and good luck!

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Twiggy Inspired Makeup

Vintage Wedding Vintage Style

Vintage Flowers Vintage Makeup

The recent union of Daphne (@daphnemaia) and Nicholas (@furryphotos) was 60s inspired and the beautiful couple took great pains to theme everything about their wedding to the 60s.

It was admirable and a very beautiful wedding because every single element of the Daphnick wedding down to the smallest detail, including flowers, seating tags, table displays and decorative postcards, was carefully styled to the 60s. Naturally, to complete the 60s wedding, the guests had to be dressed in 60s hair styles and makeup.

From the list of suggestions they gave, I had originally wanted to do an Audrey Hepburn, but was lucky I didnt because the gloves wouldnt have been a pretty sight sticking to my arms no thanks to perspiration. Another style icon of the 60s was Twiggy and I thus adopted Twiggy’s iconic makeup look.

Twiggy Inspired Makeup

I did some research and figured out how to do a Twiggy inspired makeup look. The focus is all on the eyes. Here’s how to do a Twiggy’s 60s inspired makeup:
- Apply dark eye shadow on the crease and eyelids.
- Define the eyes with thick black eyeliner ending in a wing tip.
- Add dark and voluminous fluttery eyelashes whether with volume mascara or a pair of falsies.
- Blend dark eyeshadow on the bottom eyelids for a smokey eye effect.
- Draw clean bottom eyelashes with a pencil.
- Fill in the eyebrows to get strong eyebrows.
- Blusher is not necessary. So, skip the blusher unless it’s a very light pink one.
- Twiggy’s make up style had nude lips. Conceal your lips before applying lip balm or choose a matt nude lip colour to finish the look.

Twiggy Inspired Make Up

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Fan di Fendi Perfume Launch

Tis the season to be super busy! My crazy month started with an invite for the launch of Fan di Fendi perfume at the Marina Bay Sands Fendi boutique. I’ve never been to the Fendi boutique in Marina Bay Sands and was honored to be invited there obviously. You cant miss the store while you’re in the shopping arcade. I had a look see around that very day and boy, was the store lovely!

Fendi Boutique Marina Bay Sands

Fendi Marina Bay Sands Singapore

Fendi Bags Marina Bay Sands

Fendi Singapore Marina Bay Singapore

But we mustnt forget the real reason we were at the Fendi boutique in Marina Bay Sands: Fan di Fendi! Fendi hasnt launched a fragrance for a very long time, since 1985 if my memory serves me right, so Fan di Fendi is thus quite a special perfume for Fendi fans. The Fan di Fendi eau de parfum and Fan di Fendi eau de toilette were created in mind for women who are fun-loving, carefree, playful, vivacious and vibrant.

Fan di Fendi Eau De Parfum

To really hit the point home, Fendi had 3 very sexy, pretty and energetic models dance with the Fan di Fendi perfume during the presentation. It was as though the actual Fan di Fendi girls, Anja Rubik, Karmen Pedaru, Abbey Lee Kershaw were there with us!

Fan di Fendi Eau De Parfum

Fan Di Fendi perfume

Fan di Fendi Eau De Parfum

Comparing the EDT and the EDP, I prefer the Fan di Fendi eau de parfum for its radiant floral on a leather base. On first whiff, it’s fresh, as the top notes are pear, blackcurrent and tangerine from Calabria. Then, at the heart of the parfum is Damascena Rose and Yellow Jasmine, topped off with Indian Tuberose to give it that sunny and vibrant smell.

And have you ever heard of leather in an eau de parfum? Well, as a tribute to Fendi’s expertise in creating works of art with fur and leather, the base note of the Fan di Fendi eau de parfum is a bewitching leather note that in my opinion, is so sensual. After letting the Fan di Fendi perfume sit on my skin for a good half an hour, the Fan di Fendi eau de parfum is just my type. It’s fun, sexy and addictive! I think I’m going to have to add this to my Christmas Wish List.

Fan Di Fendi Marina Bay Sands Singapore

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Shopping for My Favourite Things

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Shopping for my favourite things always makes me happy. Especially with Christmas coming, this is the best and most enjoyable time to go shopping. Everyone loves shopping for the things they like. Whether I’m shopping alone or with my best friend, shopping for myself or for my friends, picking up the things I like and browsing the shelves of pretty things makes me happy.

Let’s take a shopping trip together and see what I like to shop for.

Makeup Shopping

1. Makeup!
Nothing gets me more excited than browsing the shelves of mascara, eyeshadows, lipglosses and the works. There’s the voluminizing mascaras, lengthening mascaras. Then, pink, blue, purple, green, gold eyeshadows with shimmer, glitter, matte or finishes. Lip glosses with plumping effects, lip sticks to hydrate your lips. It’s no wonder I spend endless hours in the makeup section browsing. Plus, with Christmas holiday gift sets coming up, shopping for make up just got a whole lot more exciting.

Shoe Shopping

Shoes

2. Shoes
It’s so hard to resist heels. They make your legs look longer and add class to your outfit. Cute shoes are so important in completing an outfit. As much as I prefer comfort in my shoes, heels are so hard to say “No” to when they look like the ones I recently got from Phuket. I have a terrible weakness for killer stilettos.

Dove Chocolates

3. Grocery Shopping
I get excited when it comes to grocery shopping. Walking through the aisles of delicious-ness, basket in hand, makes me just as happy as shopping for make up. With loads of delicious treats to tempt my palette, I fill my basket up with all my essential food (and beauty) stuff before I pick up a little Dove treat for myself and my loved ones.

Shopping Chocolate

Shopping Dove Chocolate

Feeding people I care about makes me happy. So shopping for quality chocolate and then giving them as gifts is the perfect way to show my love. With an assortment of different flavours of Dove chocolate – milk chocolate, hazelnuts and raisins, dark cacao, I’ll have a flavour to cater to every palette. Plus 80g of rich, smoothness means they’ll never have to fight with each other for chocolate. Only for a while though, because I’m sure they’ll be hankering for more Dove chocolates once they’re done!

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MAC-ing out in Phuket

The last time I went to Phuket, I honestly had no idea and recollection of Phuket beaches. But now I can understand why people love going to Phuket. With the sand and waters a perfect shade of blue, every photo looks like it’s a postcard regardless of which beach you’re at.

Phuket Karon Beach

Instead of staying at the very popular Patong beach, Karon was our choice of accommdation. A little quieter but no less pretty. Even the view from our resort balcony was picturesque. With the beaches looking the way they were, it was an easy decision to make regarding spending most of our time at the beach. Bronzed skin, here we come!

Karona Resort

The thing I didnt expect about Phuket beaches was the strong waves that came in. Boy, were we caught off guard when we went a-splashing in the waters at Karon beach. The waves looked like you could surf on them. Well, baby surf that is. But were they BIG or were they BIG. The fun part was trying to jump onto the peak of the wave as it comes crashing into you! Hahaha! The resulting failure is having the waves crash over you and wash you up on the sand like a beached whale. Perfect example of (not-so-sexy) beach hair. Haha!

Phuket

So since we stayed away from where the realll action in Phuket was, a trip to Patong itself was obviously due. If I’ve got any advice for anyone traveling to Phuket/Patong, either 1) stay in Patong and save yourself the trouble of haggling over the price of a Tuk-Tuk or 2) rent a motorbike for about 300 THB a day and ride your way there. Tuk-Tuks cost 300 THB (~12.50 SGD) one way and honestly, I’d pick the second option because in Phuket you can ride a motorbike without a license this whole haggling/bargaining thing really isnt my cup of tea.

Anyhoo, Patong is a must-see if you havent already been there. The Patong market by day was like your regular street market. Stalls were lined up selling cheap (and sometimes dubious looking) food and random jewelry. Motorbikes and cars whizzed by inches away from your leg hair as you browsed the stalls giving you opportunities time and time again to watch your life flash before your eyes.

Phuket Patong Market

Phuket Patong Market

Patong Market Food Phuket

Patong Market Food

Phuket Patong Market Food

The clubs and their signs were the ones that amused me the most, especially the Husband Day Care Centre. Patong is synonymous with sex and judging from the position of the banner, husbands placed in the day care centre are gonna gogo for the A-go-go. It’s more likely that husbands will be hankering to be put in the day care centre than be willingly dropped off.

Patong Market

Phuket Clubs

But that’s not even the fun part. The fun begins when night falls and the clubs come alive. Bar top dancing, booty shaking, but the sexciting ping-pong shows happen behind closed doors.

Phuket Patong Beach

Patong Clubs

We didnt stay for the shows obviously, but instead took a trip to the beach. In comparison to Karon beach, Patong beach was a lot more crowded and infinitely busier.

Phuket Patong Beach

Phuket Patong Beach

We didnt do any of the aerial sports, but opted for water sports, like snorkeling, at the three Khai islands, Khai Nok, Khai Nai and Koh Khai Nui, off Phuket. That was where we got upclose with some of the local residents.

Phuket Khai Nai Island

Phuket

Phuket Animals

Each of the three Khai islands are a beautiful sight. Whether it was because of the colourful (rentable) umbrellas or the setting sun, awesome shots are a must.

Phuket Khai Island

Khai Island

Phuket Khai Island

With such a beautiful scenery, of course you’ll have to do the customary swimsuit shot.

Face of the Day

Half of the days were spent on the beach while the other half was spent at the numerous markets and malls. Yes, there are several (okay maybe just two) malls in Phuket: Jung Ceylon and Central Festival.

Phuket Jung Ceylon

Phuket Central Festival

I tried makeup shopping at these places but they didnt have anything interesting or the brands that I wanted. Bangkok has NARS, but sadly not Phuket. So thankfully, I brought my own makeup for the trip! Yay!

MAC Makeup

In the eye department, I trusted MAC for their mascara, concealer and eyeliner. MAC Studio Sculpt Concealer, MAC Powerpoint Eye Pencil in Engraved, MAC Fluid Line and MAC Zoom Lash to keep my peepers pretty for shopping trips.

Travel Make Up

Unlike my Hong Kong travel makeup kit, because Phuket’s sun is like no other, you’ll need sunblock for your face on top of slathering sun protection on your skin every 2 hours. So, BioTherm’s BB White D-Tox BB cream was my weapon of choice, giving light coverage and sun protection for a really natural face of the day.

Face of the Day Phuket

And why do I say Jung Ceylon in Patong is a better mall than Central Festival? For one, it has more things you can shop for. Secondly, it’s not as far and probably wont get conned into paying 500 THB traveling to Jung Ceylon. Last and definitely most importantly, you get awesomely cute shoes at Jung Ceylon! I have no idea what to wear them with, but arent they the cutest? Haha!

Phuket Shopping

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Nail Polish Mini Haul – OPI Mermaid’s Tears

Whoever said good things come to those who wait was right. When the OPI Pirates of the Caribbean series launched, Mermaid’s Tears was the first colour to catch my eye. It was a green like no other. I wouldnt normally wear green on my fingers (I really am quite boring in my choice of nail polish colours), but I wanted this particular mermaid green. My heart raced and my fingers itched to buy the mini Pirates of the Caribbean set, but I didnt.

Months later, I find myself at a flea market where $10 nail polishes are simply too hard to resist. I pour through the colours and what do you know, Mermaid’s Tears in a full sized bottle! At half the price in retail shops! So, uhhh.. I picked up three bottles. Just for good measure.

OPI Nail Polishes

The colour palette of this random set falls in the more pastel colour scheme despite being from different collections. OPI Kyoto Pearl, from the OPI Soft Shades collection, is a pearlised white that comes out sheer on your nails. I figure a good 3 coats should do the trick.

Then, there’s San Tan-tonio from the OPI Texas Spring 2011 collection, that reminds me a whole lot of a favourite suede bag that goes with practically anything. Instead of the usual sheer pink neutral nails, I figured I’d try something different with a light brown colour. It was a tough choice choosing which 3 of the lot would go on my nails. Eventually, Mermaid’s Tears won because of all the good things I heard about it from fellow nail polish aficionados.

OPI Mermaids Tears Swatch

Two coats of Mermaid’s Tears was all that was needed to achieve this rich seafoam green. Application was smooth and the creme texture was painless to apply. Although the colour is a little richer in the photo swatch, in reality it’s a slightly softer, more pastel, sage-like colour. In fact, it seems like a lighter version of the green in my blog theme! Haha!

The softness of OPI Mermaid’s Tears is what gives this colour its sophistication, yet the vibrancy of seafoam green will certainly catch your eye. Fuss-free, just paint and go. You’ll love this OPI nail polish so much you might even shed a tear like the mermaids did. OPI Mermaid’s Tears is legendary much like the mystical creatures it was named after. This green is a dream.

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