Worth your money bits:

• Fruit based exfoliator without harsh beats
• Liquid clear gel formula (definitely different from the textures I am accustomed to)
  
• Star ingredients: Natural AHAs, enzymes and indigenous Australian extracts of Desert Lime, Quandong and Wattle
• Gives me skin a tingling feeling while waiting for the 5 minutes to wash off. Tingling = working!
  
• Washes off easily with cold/warm water. No hassles there.
  
• Instantly smoother, brighter skin surface.
  

Prefer it to:

• Be cheaper. It works out to be $1 for each 1ml you use.
  
• Not too sure about the scent. It is a mix between fruit and alcohol.

Great for: Sensitive skin or for people who prefer their facial products make out of natural ingredients.


Do note that the AHA in this product may increase the skin's sensitivity to the sun and particularly the possibility of sunburn. Remember to slather on sunscreen and wear protective clothing and limit sun exposure while using this product and for a week afterwords.

Labels: I heart Beauty

Worth your money bits:

• Sweep-you-off-your-feet-girly pink packaging
• All can easily slip into your handbag/makeup bag
  
• Totally affordable
• Collection is based off MOR's top selling fragrance product
• My personal favourite is the hand cream and perfume oil.
• Belladonna range is so sweet but not overpowering type of sweet. I seriously like the colour of the packaging and the sweet scent matches the colour used.
  

Prefer it to: To come in body wash, I love the scent!

Great for: Gift ideas, as a exquisite delight treat to yourself without breaking the bank.

Labels: I heart Beauty

Worth your money bits:

• Very lightweight gel tint
• Delivers instant and natural rosy glow (le garçon commented that it looks like natural flush on my cheeks)
  
• Smells like strawberries! <3
• Long lasting
• Drys fairly quickly upon application
  
• All I needed was a tiny bit and dab it along my cheekbone and the apple of my cheeks no rubbing required or using a fine brush (like a stippling brush) will do as well.
  
• Double up as a rosy lip stain
• To make it even more exclusive, I think it is not available in USA.

Prefer it to: Be a little less messy. Just like any stain, when dabbing across cheeks, it will most definitely stain your fingers. Hence, I recommend using brush to blend on cheeks.

Great for: This is truly a shade for EVERYONE and for those who use liquid foundation/tinted moisturiser (which is pretty much everyone, who uses cream/powder foundation anyway?).

Labels: I heart Beauty

Where: Myer Dior Counters, on the spot.
When: 8th - 28th February
What: Achieve an eye catching look in 10 minutes!
How: No bookings required

I guess we can all agree that any makeup that involves 10 minutes or under are makeup that talks our language. Recognising the fast paced world we live in, Dior is introductin Backstage Flash events for most of February.

All you need to do is simply rock up at your nearest Myer Dior counter and be taught the essentials to create the most striking eye makeup by their specially trained Dior Beauty consultants. While you're there, feel free to discover the new Diorshow Extase Mascara (which is already quite a hit in USA with raving reviews from fellow beauty bloggers!!).

You will also receive an exclusive 6 piece gift when you purchase 2 products* from the Dior range.

*In one transaction. One gift per customer, while stock lasts. Offer not available with the purchase of gift packs and promotional offers. Not to be used in conjunction with any other offer.

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Let me count the ways I love Tiamo 2. They serve bread "PRE BUTTERED!!". They are also very generous with the bread. In fact, we were given two plates of bread (5-6 in each plate) for just the two of us. Needless to say, you can guess who ate most of the breads.

Labels: I heart Food

What they are famous for:

Intensive Concentration for Stretch Marks
Instant Face Sculpting Cream
Neck Cream


Watch out for:

Instant Deep Wrinkle Filler
Hydro-Thermal Deep Wrinkle Serum


My picks:

Overnight Facial Resurfacing Serum Minimizes pores, evens out skin tone and colour.
Eye Cream Notorious for reduces dark eye circle. A MUST TRY!

Labels: I heart Beauty, Spotlight

Inspired by Hong Kong's fusion of East meets West, OPI releases the Hong Kong collection just in time for Lunar New Year! The names are all quirky (as usual!) and oh-so-auspicious for the timely season. Mummy will definitely approve all these auspicious colour and name too!




1) Hot & Spicy - Sizzling coral
2) Suzi Says Feng Shui - Serene blue
3) Bling Dynasty - Shimmery + glimmery char-ming gold
4) Meet Me on the Star Ferry - Kowloon-lit moonlit violet
5) A Good Man-darin is Hard to Find - Zesty red-orange
6) Dim Sum Plum - Berry Shade of delectable lacquer
7) Red my Fortune Cookie - Your future is rich and red
8) Chop-sticking to My Story - Warm shade of delicious caramel
9) Jade is the New Black - Vibrant Jade Green
10) Pearls of Wisdom - Lustrous Mother of Pearl
11)Lucky Lucky Lavender - Pretty and prosperous in this luscious light purple
12) Panda-monium Pink - Uproarious light pink

My personal favourites (of course we all play favourites, don't we all?) are:

• Bling Dynasty (Gold, Lunar New Year gambling, munching with gold nails you can't get anymore auspicious than that!)
• Dim Sum Plum (I like a dark/reddish/plum colour very unique!)
• Panda-monium Pink (so girly)
• Pearls of Wisdom (very unusual shade different from all the bright bold colours)
• Hot & Spicy (because I am a sucker for corals!)

Labels: I heart Beauty

So I have been reading all these skinny bashing articles and posts across various media lately and felt a little overwhelmed by all these coverage. I don't know about you but these all seem a little hypocritical to me.

With all the skinny models, actresses, Photoshopped images and Australia still manage to be one of the most obese country IN THE WORLD, can you imagine when they start embracing bigger girls in magazines and fashion shows?

Labels: Pet Peeves

Worth your money bits:

• Formulated with 100% natural and mineral colorants
• Contains SPF15
• Gentle sheer colour but buildable upon layers of application
  
• Shiny finish (you don't even need a gloss after this)
• Star ingredients: Shea Butter,
  
• Dye free and preservative free
• Affordable
• Some of my favourite shades are - Apricot Glow, Pink Berry & Island Pearl.
  

Prefer it to: A little more pigmented and the a little less shiny (most mineral lipstick are a tad too shiny for my liking, I'm more of a matte girl!)

Great for: Mineral makeup lovers

Labels: I heart Beauty

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Remember how I have been raving about Estee Lauder's Very Hollywood collection here; lucky for you the very generous people at Estee Lauder is throwing a competition for one lucky girl to win $500 worth of Very Hollywood makeup collection. (Hint: they are amazing nude + glamorous stuff!)

How to: All you need to do is visit their Online Boutique and enter your details for a chance to win. No submit-a-25-word-answer crap. How easy is that?

Competition closes: 5pm on 28th February 2010 and the winner will be announced on 8th March 2010.

Labels: I heart Beauty

Worth your money bits:

• Totes affordable
• Delivers high impact moisture to dry skin
  
• Combines skin nourishing oils and rich hydrating cream
• Fast absorbing
• Non greasy
• Alcohol free formula (Did you know most body lotion contains alcohol?)
• Skin feels well hydrated all day long
• Best applied right after daily shower
• There's also "Rich Nourishing", "Replenishing Beauty", "Fresh Touch" beauty body lotion to choose from the range as pictured. The one I tried is the one pictured far right.
  

Prefer it to: Come in pump bottle packaging

Great for: Dry, rough, tight skin


As we all know, Dove has to be one of the "most moisturising" product range out there in the market and true to its name; this body lotion is definitely one of the most moisturising one that I have ever tried.

Labels: I heart Beauty

Worth your money bits:

• Photo-friendly (no more white washed face)
• Non streaking, non acnegenic
  
• Fragrance free
• Is a high performance anti-aging foundation that combines skincare and makeup in one.
  
• Delivers all day moisturising (NEVER cakey or flakey 8 hrs down)
• Provides lifting and radiance to the face
  
• Contains SPF 15
• Lightweight fluid formula that smooths easily and absorbs rapidly
  
• Hygenic pump bottle packaging
• Fab oil controlling properties
• Evens out complexion with buildable coverage
• Star ingredient: Hyaluronic Acid
  
• Available in 13 shades to choose from.
  
• Results: Brightens the complexion, all day hydration, restores lost luminosity, instantly firmer skin with medium to full coverage.
  

Prefer it to: Have better coverage against red spots but this can easily be corrected with concealer.

Great for: All skin types with maturing skin concerns.


As an individual who is very keen to embrace new technology with beauty, I must say I am pretty impressed with anti-aging targeted makeup and by impressed I meant blown-my-leggings-off-kinda-impressed.

TIP: For a lighter base, mix a part with your sunscreen/highlighter for a sheerer coverage.

Labels: I heart Beauty

So I have been dying to try Baby Quasar after reading so many good reviews about it and decided to take the plunge and give it a go.

Here are my reasons why I decided to choose to go with Baby Quasar (BQ) instead of all the other local brand ones:

• The locally available ones seem to be slightly more expensive than BQ even though most of them are unheard of by me.
  
• BQ has been around in the LED light therapy market for a few years now and they have accumulated nothing but glowing reviews; I can hardly find any reviews from the locally available ones. (I strongly believe in reading reviews before purchasing something. Glossy magazine advertisements just don't cut it for me anymore.)
  
• With a stroke of luck, I found a discount code and got 15% off my BQ!

I won't bore you with what is LED light therapy is, what Baby Quasar Red does (you can find them all over the Internet) instead I'll jump straight into what I thought was good and worked for me after using BQ for 2 weeks (6 times, 3 times/week)

1. Pain-free lightweight treatment. Even with the highest setting the most it'll get is warm. Never burns the skin. No down time.
   
2. My skin looked plumped and healthy even after an excruciating long day with makeup and after makeup removal. When I asked le garçon about any difference to my bare skin, the first thing he noticed was plumper skin appearance as well! Happy!
3. Skin look less dull or tired looking. I am convinced BQ helps to slightly brighten the skin's overall appearance.
   
4. Visibly smoother skin surface
5. Skin tone definitely look more even out and firmer
   
6. Helps to heal fresh acne scar faster (we're talking about 1-2 days instead of weeks!)
7. Also helps to make acne go away without having the acne to mature
   
8. REDUCES MY DARK EYE CIRCLES. Not all of them but I can see slight improvements in just 2 weeks.
   

While all good things comes with a price with BQ my concerns are:

• It is no doubt expensive but if you compare this to weekly salon, BQ wins!
  
• Very time consuming and I have fallen asleep twice doing BQ routine because I am usually dead tired by the end of the day and staring at myself in the mirror is the last thing on my to-do list. Both time, I dropped the hand held mirror onto my face. Not fun! In short, you gotta be very discipline and determined to follow through 3 times a week, 45 minutes each time.
  
• The cord is painfully short and rather sensitive. Each time I accidentally touch the cord it switches off.
  
• Haven't seen noticeable difference with old pigmentation/acne scars/pores. But I have faith with BQ being able to erase these imperfection as I am still at the early stage of the treatment and it takes years to accumulate those imperfections it makes sense that they take longer to go. It takes 6 weeks to complete the BQ treatment and then monthly maintenance. (Will do another review when I'm up at week 4.)
  

Overall, I am very pleased with the results of BQ. I highly recommend this to anyone who has skin aging concerns and would like to do skin maintenance treatments at the comfort of your own home (in my case, bed!).

Labels: I heart Beauty

Worth your money bits:

• Only for night time use
  
• Silky creamy texture
• Helps to repair skin
• Dramatically transform the look and feel of your skin
• Star ingredients: Amorphophallus (maintains activin production to speed up skin repair process), Sesbania (streghtens skin support structure)
• Double as a neck cream due to its richness
  
• Results: Softer, refreshed and renewed skin the day after.
  

Prefer it to: Be a little lighter as it is a little too rich/greasy for my skin.

Great for: Really dry skin, mature skin or during colder, dryer months.

Labels: I heart Beauty

Last week, I complaint about how my back was hurting all week long because we were busy moving stuff, shopping and carrying all these heavy stuff. Look what we've brought home.

Lucky bamboo plant, just in time for Lunar New Year. I keep this on my computer desk next to my laptop.


We call this the "happy plant" but in actual fact, it is some type of orchid plant. Hopefully it'll bloom this Spring. It is sitting happily on our balcony and we mist it everyday especially hot day like today!

Labels: A Piece of Me

Labels: I heart Food

What they are famous for:

The Microdelivery - Micro Massage Exfoliating Wash
When Hope Is Not Enough - Firming & Lifting Serum
Hope in a Jar - World Famous Moisturiser

Watch out for:

Purity Made Simple - One Step Cleanser
Help Me - Retinol Treatment
Eye Hope

My picks:

Booster Caps - Anti-aging nighttime routine for a youthful look
Divine Illumination - Anti-aging skin illuminating moisturiser
Microdelivery - In Home Peel - Exfoliates while delivers Vitamin C into the deep epidermis layers.

Labels: I heart Beauty, Spotlight

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"The inspiration for the Estée Lauder - Michael Kors Very Hollywood Color Collection is iconic Hollywood glamour, both past and presentm interpreted for everyday life."

A more vibrant, bold collection for evenings/party look. If you are a 'pink' girl, you will appreciate the fabulous pink gloss, pink lip sheen, pink cheeks paired with the classic smokey eyeshadow.


This group of limited edition products that reflect both the timeless beauty philosophy of Estée Lauder and the luxurious, modern fashion style of Michael Kors is definitely a keeper. They are all packaged in chic beige + golden accents and housed in a beautiful coral outer carton to perfectly convey beauty, fashion and Hollywood.

Labels: I heart Beauty