REVIEW: HADA LABO SHA HYDRATING LOTION

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WARNING: entirely MAKEUP-LESS & EDIT-LESS & FILTER-LESS post 

read on at the risk of your own eyesight LOLOLOL :D

Clear and hydrated skin; isn't that the dream? For me at least, I'd like to think yes that's the dream complexion to have! If you've been reading my skincare posts, I've been preaching about how good complexion is ze bombzx because the reason why we even pile on make-up is to create the illusion of better skin, yes? 

As opposed to my other skincare reviews, this time I was sent a product that I've used before I was sponsored :D Well that shows a lot, doesn't it? 

PRESENTING.. 

HADA LABO SHA HYDRATING LOTION 

*jengjeng~~

As my disclaimer shows, every #selfie is in this is #nofilter #nomakeup (too much IG lingo going on). Apart from my horrid eye circles (I'm really working on it :(), I'd like to think my complexion has actually improved a great deal! :D It's not so dry and flaky, not so dull anymore! :D

PRAY TELL; WHAT DOES IT DO:

Not only does it instantly hydrates skin and helps preserve its optimum moisture balance, it also replenishes and locks-in moisture for complete hydration. While hydrating your skin, it does not feel irritated due to it unique formula that's skin pH balanced and free of fragrances, mineral oil, alcohol and colorant!

After prolonged use, what you get is soft and supple skin! :D:D:D YAYYYYY~~~

 There are a few ways to use this multitasking product. I use it as a toner; a few drops on my palms and pat it all over my face. Or it can be used as a hydrating everyday mask; soak a cotton pad with the lotion, peel off the single layers of the cotton pad and plaster it all over my face. Leave on for at least 30 minutes and voila~ Instantly refreshed face :D

I love how it gives my face a glow :3 Makes me look so healthy :D

I'm absolutely certain most of you know where to get this from, but because I'm so nice and kind /flipshair (HAHAHAHAHA I KID) you can get Hada Labo SHA (which stands for Super Hyaluronic Acid) Hydrating Lotion at Watsons, NTUC, Guardian, SASA, and most major departmental stores that carry beauty products at $22.90 for 170ml. 

Not sure if you're ready to commit to a full-sized bottle? Get a free sample from Sample Store!

All you have to do is click here! Follow the instructions and a lovely package will be sent to you, simple as that! :D

Loads of thanks to Samplestore and Hada Labo for this product! :D

REVIEW: BOTTOMSLIM

WASSSSSUPPPPP!!! As promised, I am back with a review of not a beauty product, but beauty service! :D

Let's talk about body image and flaws. I am the sort of person who focus way too much on my flaws. And I believe most girls out there are the same. 

For me, I always had a problem with my thighs and my lower abdomen. Even when I was participating actively in water sports during Polytechnic years, I always thought my thighs could be slimmer and no matter how many crunches I do, my lower abdomen is just a cluster of stubborn fats. And the problem got even harder to solve when I started working full time. I couldn't afford to exercise regularly due to work, or I'm just too tired after work to drag myself to the gym or even to run. It didn't help that all I did when I was bored was...

Needless to say, my fat thighs became fatter and my tummy just got warped, threw a party and decided to be the United Nations. 

So this is me, just last year, in what I deem as a super unflattering angle. My friends tell me my thighs look muscular but seriously I beg to differ. I think they look horridly chunky :( THEY HAS GOTS TO GO! 

So I made my way down to BottomSlim's City Square outlet, really excited for what they can do for me :D Got to love the outlet at City Square, really quiet and peaceful!

Walked in and was served a warm cup of tea. Plus points for service! There's nothing quite as calming as having a cup of tea, yes? :D

While waiting in the Consultation Room for my therapist, spotted these testimonials by customers/clients of BottomSlim. Sounds promising already!! :D

And here's a picture of my thighs in their most unflattering angle EVER. PRESSED FLAT AGAINST THE CHAIR. SERIOUSLY ARGH. 

I was listening super attentively throughout the entire consultation. I never knew there were so many factors that contributed to the accumulation of fats (or toxins) in our body and why only at certain areas!!! I always thought fat means fat. Period. No other explanation or whatsoever. And I also always thought exercise is the key to everything! But I learnt that exercise is not spot treatment. That means when you exercise, you can't just say "oh I want slimmer thighs" and when you do it, you WILL get slimmer thighs. Sometimes it comes in a package and as a result of over-exercise, you get slim thighs AND muscular calves :OOO THEN WHATS THE POINT?! I GET SLIM THIGHS BUT MUSCULAR CALVES AM I JUST TRANSFERRING BULKINESS HERE!? -.-

I was so intrigued by all these new information I had to take it down for y'all to see! Mind blowing whoaaaaaaaa~~~ Worse to me is cellulite!! They are those ugly dimples/layers in your skin, omnipresent in your thighs especially (HAHAHAHA I KNOW WHO HAS THIS, EH MAYBE YOU SHOULD COME TO BOTTOMSLIM TOO). Apparently we all have it, it's only a case of severity. THANK GOD/ALLAH/GUANYINMA my therapist said mine is just a case of toxin buildup~ PHEWWWWW. 

So after a thorough lower body analysis, my therapist decided on the following 2 treatments for me! :D

VT-09: which is the treatment to target my toxin-filled thighs, and to lift my (according to my therapist) already-perky butt hehehhehehehehehe :P 

Sonic Slim US: which is the treatment for my abdominal area. According to my therapist, I have a small waist which is a good thing, but my abdominal area looks shapeless because of all the toxins buildup :( 

Where do all these toxins come from? ALL YOUR MACDONALDS LAAAA ALL YOUR OLD CHANG KEE, ALL YOUR MAGGEE MEE. So yes, fried food, or food high in sodium content, STAY AWAY FROM THEM.

I was led to my lovely treatment room to change into the kimono and then to take my measurements. 

They had this really cool weighing machine that could tell you more than just your weight! After stepping on the machine, I found out that:

• My body fat percentage is 25.2%, which is typical/average
• My BMI is 19.5 :D Healthy uh~
• My body age is 21!  (SO LUCKY I MISTREAT MY BODY LIKE MAD BUT IT'S ALL GOOD)

The machine also had other figures and measurements, too mind boggling! If you were to go down, can ask your therapist more about them! :D

Now let's go straight to the treatment alright? TYPICALLY, most bloggers wouldn't do this. THEY WON'T SHOW YOU PICTURES OF THEIR NAKED BUTT. BUT I HAVE TO. I FEEL COMPELLED TO. I NEED TO BECAUSE PICTURES DON'T LIE. WHEN I SAW THE EFFECT I WAS LIKE..

TOTALLY NOT KIDDING. 

I censored everything else because obviously I am not going to show you my bare naked butt. PFFT. And I purposely left my tattoo uncensored to prove that YES THAT'S MY BUTT LINE YOU'RE SEEING THERE. 

 AND THIS IS AFTER. THE TREATMENT WAS DONE ON THE LEFT SIDE FIRST. HOLY SHIT RIGHT?! YOU CAN OBVIOUSLY TELL MY LEFT BUTT CHEEK JUST WENT UP?! :O In just one session!? HOW CAN THIS BEEEEEEE????! :O

(these pictures are totally unphotoshopped. Only edit done was mosaic-ed and blurred because I know there are tons of sexual pervs prowling the web but I really had to post the pictures because I can wax lyrical about the treatment but its all just words, yes? So I hope any sexual pervs out there, please do whatever you want, just don't ask me kinky questions on ask.fm or send me weird ass emails; thanks.)

And throughout the treatment, my face was just like this. Painful? Honestly, the starting was. And it differs from individual to individual. I have a pretty high threshold for pain, but maybe my thighs just had too much toxins in them, so no choice, got to endure a little discomfort for beautiful legs :D But you get used to the discomfort after a while, so much so that once we were well into the treatment, I kind of wanted to fall asleep. zzz Too damn comfortable!

After VT-09, we then went on to Sonic Slim US! This treatment also super shiok!! The gel they used during the treatment was super minty, I felt like my tummy was on fireeeee!! But in a good way, damn shiok!! If you're ticklish like me, you're gonna spend a good 3 minutes trying to get used to the treatment, because I was giggling like mad! :D I got to say the therapist attending to me was really sweet and she shared a lot of information with me about stomach health and how food intake actually affects your body. It's from moments like these that you can tell how dedicated the staff are in what they're doing. Very impressed indeed!

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Personal Review

I really enjoyed my treatments there. To me, service is king. And the service rendered by the staff at BottomSlim City Square outlet is just impeccable! Never once did I feel uncomfortable, and during the treatment, the therapists always checked to see if I was okay or if the treatments were too painful. Treatment-wise, I am sure the pictures speak for me. THE RESULTS ARE JUST WHOA. 

My pretty flower hehe, thanks JF! :*

I am so very thankful and grateful for BottomSlim :3 I am so looking forward to my next treatment, WHICH IS TODAY WHOOP WHOOP!!! :D:D:D

Interested to try it out for yourself??? :D

10 LUCKY READERS WILL STAND TO WIN $388 WORTH OF SLIMMING TREATMENTS WHEN THEY TAKE PART IN A SHORT SURVEY!*

*TERMS&CONDITIONS:

- applicable for females 18 years old and above only

- treatment voucher applicable for non-promotional services only

- strictly by appointment only

- promotion valid for 2 months only

BottomSlim Locations

• Ngee Ann City 391B Orchard Road #05-18 Singapore 238873
• City Square Mall 180 Kitchener Road #B2-33 Singapore 208539
• Square 2 10 Sinaran Drive #03-11/19 Singapore 307506
• Parkway Parade 80 Marine Parade #02-67 Singapore 449269
• Nex Mall 23 Serangoon Central #03-31 Singapore 556083
• Jurong East 134 Jurong Gateway Road #01-311 Unit 3 Singapore 600134

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REVIEW: NIVEA EXTRA WHITE PORE MINIMISER MUD FOAM

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HELLO GUYS I AM BACK with this review post on something I currently can't live without~ When Nivea first contacted me and told me they would be sponsoring me one of their latest products, I was like..

Plus that very same day @Lincey followed me on instagram so it was double the happiness WHOOOOOP~

Okay back to Nivea's new product, the Extra White Pore Minimiser Mud Foam. I received my happy package on 24 August 2013 (yes I even went to see what day I took the below picture to accurately present to you the timeline) and couldn't wait to start using it!!! 

Firstly, a little background on my skin condition. I have combination skin, but it's slightly more to the dry side. I hardly experience a glistening face at the end of the day. However, one thing we all agree on is my skin tone is more towards the darker range. I frequently (if not mostly) get mistaken as a Thai, Malay, Burmese (this only happens when I'm with M though HHAHHAAHHA) even though I am 100% pure Singaporean Chinese. 

Naturally tanned, and avid canoe poloist last time, still can go tan. /claps. #throwback2009

So I hope you got my point, I was really tan. I couldn't care less about getting fairer last time, mostly because I was lazy and I had no qualms being a tanned chick.

But after I graduated from Poly, grew older, I realised I don't want to be tan anymore? I started turning down invitations from the BFF to go tanning and stuff. I also started using sunblock/sunscreens. BUT IT'S NOT ENOUGHHHHH WEHHHH~ My friends have been telling me perhaps it's my facial features and not really my skin tone that causes people to get mistaken about my nationality BUT THAT'S BESIDE THE POINT. I NEED/WANT TO BE FAIRER.

Another problem with my skin is clogged pores. I don't have a lot of cystic acne outbreak; it's more of the occasional one by one pimple pop up BUT my biggest battle on my complexion is the one with clogged pores. 

If you have been reading on my life via this humble space (namaste), you would have already heard of my regret that I used to treat my skin with such negligence it's currently still suffering the aftereffects of what I didn't do! I think my skin really took a turn for the worse when I started really using make up on a regular basis and I didn't make the effort to remove it completely every night before bed. 

Few months back, I started really looking into cleaning my skin properly before bed. I went to the extent of using make up remover + facial cleansing oil + Clarisonic EVERY NIGHT before bed. But my skin still has clogged pores. #okaycan.

What Nivea's Extra White Pore Minimiser Mud Foam promises to do in a single application is not only to get rid of the surface dirt on your skin, but to 

1. unclog skin pores by removing 10 types of make up residue: oil, powder, concealer, blush-on, eye shadow, silicon primer, eyeliner, colored powder, moisturizing cream residue and sun block residue;
2. diminish spots and freckles, plus whiten your skin with their exclusive Pearly White formula (with 10 times whitening efficacy proven to be superior to Vitamin C) within 7 days!

To wrap up this sweet deal is that this mud foam is 100% free of substances that weaken your skin!

HAHAHAHA! Seriously, that was my reaction!

I'm sure you know by now I've been trying to cut down a lot on my dependence on make up. I first stopped using foundation on an everyday basis, then I cut down on BB cream till I also fully stopped using it regularly. Now I'm even skipping on eyeliner. My everyday facial routine is now:

• Facial cleansing
• Tone
• Serum
• Moisturiser
• Sunblock/sunscreen
• Concealer (under my eyes only)
• Quick sweep of powder under my eyes to set the concealer
• Mascara
• Cheek stain (blush)

And even with that, it is still very important to thoroughly clean your skin to get rid of all the impurities that would have accumulated in your pores (oh the horror!) by the end of the day! Especially if you use sunblock!! 2 common ingredients in most sunscreen/sunblocks are titanium dioxide and zinc oxide. According to my beautician at my facial place, as effective as these ingredients are, they are still mildly comedogenic (meaning they clog pores) depending on each individual's skin type. 

 Once I received it, I immediately used it to wash my face in the morning! :D 

I didn't want to blog about it too soon after I received it because I feel all products need some time to prove their claims. So I began using Nivea's Extra White Pore Minimiser Mud Foam to clean my face twice daily from 24 August 2013 till now. I am still using it by the way! :D

Night time, after work; after cleaning off most of the make up with my makeup remover/cleansing oil~ 

 Squirt a little on your palm, and really work up a lather. It doesn't lather up much since it's a mud-based foam but still lather up anyways :D

I like how clean my face feels every single time I used this. I don't like cream cleansers because they always make me feel like I did not thoroughly clean it (you know that slippery feeling you get after washing with cream cleansers?) but I also know that it's not good to have the tight feeling in your face after you use a cleanser because that just means the cleanser is too harsh for you.

Nivea's Extra White Pore Minimiser Mud Foam is just the right amount of squeaky clean!  And after continued use, I really do feel like the bumps around my hairline, and the sides of my cheeks have reduced greatly! I can't really tell if I have turned fairer because I see myself in the mirror everyday so it's hard to tell~

After cleansing, happy skin makes a happy girl!  That feeling of liberation when you remove your "mask" every night is like WHHHHHHOOOOOOOPPPPPP! Above 2 pictures taken right after washing my face with the product; left side under direct lighting and right side is normal lighting :) Completely no make up, no skincare on; just me. 

My honest review on this? I really love it. I think I am going to stick to this cleanser because I truly feel that it does what it claims. I really hate my clogged pores and for me, I think this works in greatly reducing the amount of clogged pores on my face. It's also not too drying for me as I moisturise and mask my face regularly too. 

So hi! In case you've had enough of makeup-less me, here's normal everyday me! I cannot emphasize this enough: If you have good skin, you don't need make up. Because good skin is just, everything make up is trying to help you achieve. I am excited to see what this facial foam can help me to do in the long run (e.g. TOTALLY EXTERMINATE THEM CLOGGED PORES AND MAKE ME AS WHITE AS SNOW WHITE) hahahahaha~~ 

If you're interested in giving it a try (YOU REALLY SHOULD), Nivea's Extra White Pore Minimiser Mud Foam is retailing at SGD$8.90 for 100ml at all personal care stores and supermarkets, including Watsons, Guardian, Cold Storage, NTUC Fairprice outlets and major retailers!

For more information on Nivea's products, do visit their Facebook page as well (I have oh so kindly hyperlinked their Facebook page all around this entry so click away!)

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Hope this simple review has helped you in one way or another! Have a great day kitties and stay safe! :D

Review: Hada Labo Perfect Gel

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As everyone knows, I've been really doing all sorts of things that can be done for nicer skin. When I was younger, all I knew was make up will make me prettier. So I just cake on make up thinking that's gonna make me prettier. I guess as we grow older, we realise that nothing looks better than really nice smooth healthy skin and a smile. :D Unfortunately, younger (past tense) me did a real, for a lack of a better word, shitty job of taking care of my skin. Late nights, sleeping with my make up on, insufficient water intake, the list goes on! Needless to say, my skin suffered the full brunt of my laziness :(

Well, better late than never, at least now I have learnt the errors of my ways! BUT, say so much, do so much, my skin is still dehydrated :( Thankfully, we have Hada Labo! 

The very nice people of Hada Labo (SG) sent over a sample of one of their many star products, the Perfect Gel! :D:D:D:D:D YAYYYYYY!

It's so cute, they sent it along with this panda eyemask that feels really soft and comfy when put on!

DID YOU KNOW that sleep is the time when the body repairs itself. During these optimal seven to nine hours of sleep, the body is rested both physically and mentally from a day’s activities. As such, many hair, face and body products are most effective overnight as the body absorbs it better. Hada Labo introduces the new Hada Labo Perfect Gel to replenish the skin’s moisture while you sleep.
Being all essence, cream and mask at once (3-in-1), the Hada Labo Perfect Gel is also suitable for daily use with the ability to provide 24 hours deep moisturizing effect. 

The Perfect Gel feels very similar to Laneige's water sleeping pack EX; one touch and you know it's jam packed with tons of water molecules inside! 

When applied, it feels extremely lightweight for something that can be utilised as a sleeping mask! +++ points for that! 

So with all skin care products, you've got to utilise it for a few days before you can assess if it's any good. I used it for 3 days straight and !!!

Absolutely nothing on my skin, not even any toner or whatsoever. Visibly clearer and more hydrated skin, I love it!! It doesn't hurt that the price of this Perfect Gel is cheaper than Laneige! To be able to achieve good skin without breaking the bank, what's not to love about that!

Why does it work?

I am sure most of you have heard of Hyaluronic Acid by now, yes? The Perfect Gel has not 1, not 2, but 3 (!!!) types of Hyaluronic Acid for deep and long-lasting moisturisation! 

1. Hyaluronic Acid is able to hold 1000 times it's weight in water, providing intense moisturisation to the skin when applied.
2. Super Hyaluronic Acid holds 2 times as much water than Hyaluronic Acid, providing maximum hydration.
3. Nano Hyaluronic Acid is able to penetrate deep into the skin, providing long-lasting moisture to the skin.
4. Other than the above, the Perfect Gel also has COLLAGEN in it. EVERYBODY LOVES collagen for it's anti-aging properties. 
5. It also has Ceramide, which helps to hold and repair the surface skin cells for healthy, smooth skin.

For just SGD$35.90, you get a serum, moisturiser and sleeping mask all rolled into one. My review on this; ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT! 

With a good base, anything else you put on your skin just glides on like a dream. You don't have to worry about flaky dull skin. So if you're a lazy bum like me, try the Perfect Gel and let me know what you think! ;)