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📍: Chinatown Point #03 -04

🗓️: 17th & 18th November 2023

⏱️: 7pm – 2am

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I noticed that Japanese girls have the most perfect looking bangs while i was at Tokyo Disneyland. Even after strong wind, rain, and crazy roller coaster rides, their bangs still look freaking great and in place. Then I found out what exactly they use – hair gel mascara + hairspray! The “hair gel mascara” is not exactly a mascara, it just looks like one and you simply brush it on your fringe so that a transparent hair gel will spread evenly on your hair. And just like that, your fringe will stay in place! I decided to try it when I went Disneysea the next day and was shocked to find out that my fringe still looks good after riding the tower of terror and space mountain.😌✋️

💫Product: &honey Melty Matomake Stick 4.0 Super Hold

🤑Price: SGD19.86 on Yeststyle / i think it's cheaper in Japan drugstores but I lost the receipt🥲

eoy season is here😭 and i’ve been drinking a lot of starbucks recently so i decided to try this out with a friend!

we arrived at about 9.15am? (left at 6.30pm) and it was about half full at that point! most of the seats with chargers were taken up (i would say about 60% of the seats had charging ports). there are two levels and capacity is around 168 !

open 24h on fri, sat, eve of ph

8am-10pm sun-thu

pros:

✩ starbucks air

✩ wasn’t chased out

✩ lots of seating options (some good spots w back support and charging ports, some bar seats, some couches, etc)

✩ charging ports are plenty

✩ cute location if you’re fuelled by where u study

✩ nice music

✩ conveniently placed near the toilet 🚽

cons:

✩ u need to get there in time to cop a good seat with a charger and ample back support 🥵 especially if you’re studying the whole day

✩ they do occasionally clear your items if you are missing from your seat, especially for a significant amount of time so go with a friend and help watch out for your belongings! especially when getting food etc

✩ damn ex cuz it’s starbucks but damn tasty it’s my guilty pleasure

general:

✩ public space, so noisier especially in the late afternoon/evening time when the general crowd starts coming in

✩ food selection is the usual starbucks drink menu as well as pastries and light bites. not really meant for a full meal lah😕 so if you prefer a proper meal have to leave and come back! but jewel has a lot of food options so shouldn’t be too hard to find something you’ll like 🫡

✩ at times i felt pretty restless so i walked around especially in the Shiseido forest area hehe the air damn nice

✩ there was a cute little robot going around the 1st floor where we could place our used utensils!

✩ lighting is not bad! not the best but sufficient ⭐️

my personal take on it is its a cute place, but my butt damn pain after sitting down and studying the entire day so i loved that i could just get up and walk around. it’s rather different from the typical nlb but for me was a nice change of environment. travelling there and back from my home was convenient as well cuz got bus and mrt there!(bc airport..) but it’s far east and i already live in the east so that’s subjective HAHHAHAHAHAHA

my friend who went w me said she felt very productive there.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Might be an unpopular opinion, but it’s 2023. Wedding planners and vendors are aplenty, and women are not trophies to be won. The world is burning up and needs no more bridesmaid dresses worn once and sent to the landfill (they’re mainly composite / synthetic materials). Here’re some practices and things I really don’t understand and don’t buy into, but yet have no choice but to 😩

1️⃣ THE GATECRASH

Not sure who started this bad habit of requiring a group of men to create a ruckus, often in the morning, to enter their bride’s house to fetch their bride. For the wedding day to take place in Singapore in this day and age, the groom would have likely already made a successful proposal to his bride so… why should the bridesmaids be stopping him AMIRITE???? Also, doing weird things (physical activity, drinking random concoctions at the behest of the bridesmaids) on the morning of your wedding and potentially suffering a tummy upset or injury is just.. unnecessary. Grooms should love their bride and marry them out of will and love, not have to earn the right to. Brides deserve to marry the loves of their lives out of free will and as an equal not make their husbands do silly things to get them (I get that there’re other more questionable practices like having a child jump on your marital bed (it’s 2023) but if that’s something the bride/groom’s parents requested for, I’d happily respect that)

2️⃣ BRIDESMAIDING

It is awesome if you have a close clique of friends to bridesmaid for you, but I’ve also seen many brides invite randos to be their bridesmaids to make up numbers. And bc it’s such a social construct and weird norm, many brides feel compelled to just reach out to old friends or people who were once nice to them (but may not even be in contact much anymore). In such cases, people who are reached out to are likely to also feel obliged to say yes for multiple reasons: they feel genuinely happy for the bride and don’t mind helping, they feel bad for rejecting your once-in-a-lifetime affair – the list goes on. What I’m saying is: LET US NORMALISE NOT HAVING BRIDESMAIDS. It is okay to not have that many close friends, you can still work around what/who you have. And it will STILL work out. At this juncture I probably should caveat that I’ve bridesmaided thrice, and while I’ve been genuinely happy for all three brides (all longtime friends), I’d put myself in the “felt bad to reject” category for some. (I tried gently letting a friend down, but failed). I wish there had been a way to get this across to them nicely yet firmly enough 😞

3️⃣ 💸

Bridesmaiding is also a COSTLY activity. Bc of social norms, there’s been an entire market just fueling unnecessary and questionable consumerism in the form of BRIDESMAID DRESSES. Sure there’re nice ones out there, but there’re also many HIDEOUS DRESSES which are a waste of energy and materials to produce 🫠 and they cost a bomb too – $50-$60 for a dress you’d likely only wear for one day is #notworthit in my view, sigh. If a bride has 3 bridesmaids, that’d be almost $200 in terms of sunk cost (or opportunity cost, depending on however you view it).

Beyond the dresses, the hen’s party is another questionable social construct. Gathering bridesmaids (who may be from different friend groups and hence have polar opposite personalities and who may not click 🥲) just for a wedding just seems like a big throwback to school where your tutor assigns the class into project groups. I guess we are all adults and should adapt or improvise where needed, but to implicitly expect that this group of friends would become besties after one day/night out is an impractical expectation to have (I’ve also heard this is why some friendships crumble, sadly). Just bc the bride gels well with individuals A, B and C doesn’t necessarily mean that they mutually will. Plus, hens party activities are typically also VERY costly (a meal and an activity, or a vacay) and split by bridesmaids. If you distill it down to the dollars and cents, yes you do get an angbao for your contributions, but is it really worth it if the activity or meal was not worth it (both in $ and in interest)? This is something I grapple with till date.

Of course with the above being said, a wedding really isn’t about the bridesmaid. It’s about the bride, her preferences and needs. And as a bridesmaid, you must accept that regardless of your personal inclinations, once you have accepted the role. I guess that was just a long lament on my cognitive dissonance about being a bridesmaid, and a big fat lesson that we should learn to upkeep personal boundaries respectfully and from a place of LOVE!! I might risk getting cancelled for thinking this way, but let me know if you’ve bridesmaided out of obligation before and how it went for you!!

hi all, today i’d like to share some of my FAV makeup products that i use nearly everyday (100% honest review+rave)

✨1. maybelline fit me concealer

i’ve been using this concealer for years and to be honest, you cant go wrong with a good old maybelline concealer. i use shade 20 for my under-eye area, it doesn’t crease at all and this shade has the perfect orange undertone that helps me cover my dark eye circles without leaving a grey tone under my eyes

✨ 2. hera black cushion

from the application, to the sponge, to the formula, i love everything. its perfect for daily makeup + beginners because it has medium coverage that can be built up, but the formula is so easy to blend. i love love this, highly recommend if you’re looking for satin-ish finish cushions that are high quality

✨3. laura mercier

smooth and matte finish + it blurs out oil and pores. laura mercier powders are just amazing and i’ve had mine for like idk almost a year now and i still have so much left lol… price point is worth for the amount of product ur getting (i feel)

✨4. artclass contour powder

shade modern is this light, cool tone contour powder that’s perfect for beginners who dk how to contour. application is not patchy and its super easy to blend, i use it to contour my nose and jawline everyday (almost hit pan already)

✨5. 3ce and peripera blush

blush is my fav part of the makeup routine (+lips) but i love mixing these 2 together. peripera to brighten up ur cheeks + serves as a base for a darker blush so it blends well like watercolour. 3ce’s blush is really smooth (like butter) and you dont need to pick up a lot of product since its quite pigmented. i would say peripera’s blushes are not as smooth as 3ce’s but i mean the price point is quite different too so no complains

✨6. 3ce lip blur

i was skeptical to try it at first since i got this as a free sample from buying their glossy tint (cant rmb the name but i’ll link on my bio). im very picky with my lip products (esp matte ones), cause the bad ones will make my lips cracky and ugly. so when i tried this i was like 😦 coz it blurs my lip line and its matte but it doenst feel dry ??? im like wtf then i went to buy another one on shopee LOL

✨dior addict tint + maximizer

i love the tint, i usually apply in the morning once and i never reapply throughout the day (coz im abit lazy HAHA), so although the color fades but i can literally still see the pink on my lips, plus i love the minty sensation

i love the shade of this maximizer, it is super cute when layered together with darker tints, but i dont like how small their applicator is (im used to fenty applicators) and i would say the formula isnt super glossy? if you really like the shades then go ahead, but i think that dior maximizers are abit overpriced, there are better lip glosses in the mkt tbh (such as fenty gloss bomb cream)

anyways i will have all of these linked on my bio! go check it out and happy shopping 😛

edit: i just realize it says skincare+beauty on my thumbnail, this post is for makeup only (typo)

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After my whole mouldy peripera palette fiasco , I was determined to stop my other palettes from getting mouldy as well 🛑✋🏻

☁️ Invest in dehumidifiers in your room

My first move was to shop for dehumidifiers. Thirsty Hippo seemed like a reliable household brand so I got those!

The most interesting thing is that even though these are supposed to last for 3 months, within one month, the desiccant inside completely turned into liquid – which means that my room is VERY humid 🥵🥵 This affects how fast my makeup gets mouldy and since I can’t change rooms, the least I can do is limit the moisture levels!

☁️ Keep Them In Drawers

Realising the humidity levels in my room, I decided to transfer my palettes into drawers 💯

Okay, it’s also because I realised that the thirsty hippos which I placed in some drawers last longer than those that were out in the open ✨ I guess it also makes sense since mould grows in places where there’s moisture! Drawers are the ideal way to store your makeup because it limits exposure to the changing SG humid weather and avoids direct sunlight!

☁️ Toss Out Expired Makeup

I know it’s tough, but please stop using your palette that’s expired…I have a friend that keeps her palettes that are over 4 years old LOL 🤡🥵

I noticed that the mould issue with my Peripera palettes was because they were all stored together – so it could mean that the mould was transferring from one palette to another. Luckily, only 1-2 of my other non-peripera palettes were affected. But, lesson learnt: STOP clinging on to your expired makeup!!

Today’s outfit is y2k style (TAOBAO)

This outfit can be paired with long socks and high-heeled boots

It is recommended to wear boots when you don’t need to go shopping as it is harder to walk in it.

This was the best ice cream I had in Singapore before they decided to shut their business in SG 🥺 and now it’s nowhere to be found. This was previously located at Vivo city basement! Arghh those childhood memories. 🫣 if you’re in your 90s you should know about this famous mini ball ice cream that melts in your mouth!

SCREAMSSSS!! I saw on social media that this can be found in Bangkok and so I decided to take the time to eat it when I was there for travel. It was still so yummy 🥺 and so freakin cheap in BKK! So why not try it when you are there 🥰 can’t wait for them to return to Singapore. 🥺

For those who don’t know about this, you are missing out!

📍Platinum Mall & Siam Centre

I started my crochet journey with my sis early this year, and these are some of the crochets we made in the recent months.

To be frank, crochets we made in the first month are actually very loose, and not in good shape/cute. This collection is only with the crochets after we mastered how to crochet.

You can swipe to the next pic to see my most fav item from our collection✨

It’s a Burmese traditional toy called Pyit Tine Htaung, a toy that was very popular especially in the countryside back in the days. The original toy is made of hard material and whenever you throw it, it always stands up. The toy also represents perseverance, resilience, and ability to never give up. We wanted to make something which gives burmese vibes, and also something meaningful. Hence, we tried to come up with a pattern ourselves, and made this little Pyit Tine Htaung.

What’s your fav in our collection?💕

Comment below and follow me for more

On a side note, I recommend ya’ll to crochet if interested. When I was a beginner, my crochet quality is really terrible that people can’t even tell which toy I’m crocheting. You just need some more practice!! It’s really calming and best activities for introverts like me✨

Ps. Many of you reached out to me asking about my profile pic. You can check it out here!

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