[Sponsored] Seeing Double @ Wild Wild Wet!

I had the chance to attend Wild Wild Wet's Seeing Double Event last Sunday whereby we dressed identical to break the Singapore Book of Records! And also to try out the Singapore's longest Inflatable Freestyle Water Slide, The Woosh!

Twin wear

To gear up for the event, I brought D along with me, since it's a Seeing Double event. Both of us wore quite identical :) in our favorite couple wear from Disneyland.

Went there on the dot and there was a quite a crowd, waiting to enter for the Seeing Double event!  It just don't look like how I remembered Wild Wild Wet as! I was quite excited as I hadn't been to Wild Wild Wet for a long time, probably the last time I went there was like 12 years ago?? Ain't a water sports person, naturally I can't remember much about the old Wild Wild Wet.  The only thing I remembered the most about Downtown East was the resorts. It was pretty much the in thing to do during school holidays, where we used to book chalets to hangout and BBQ. Downtown East had everything, including bowling alley, water rides, it was THE one stop entertainment area.

Already felt so excited even before entering

Upon entering, I was greeted by the vibrant colors of the place as the attractions are all so colorful! That definitely helps in getting hyper to play under the bright sun~  The new Wild Wild Wet is definitely catching my attention to visit often.

The Woosh is the attraction of the day, as it is the longest inflatable freestyle water slide in Singapore. However, I couldn't ride it that day due to some reason, but D went to try a few times, sliding down each time differently! It brought back old childhood memories of sliding down the slide. But of course, in a more stylo way.  I got him to take a few videos in his perspective when he slide down.

It definitely looked fun ! Sadly I couldn't do any water rides that day. :( Perhaps next time. Besides The Woosh, which is available from 1 June to 30 July, there's also other great attractions like the Royal Flush, which was launched on March 2017.

Looks a little like caterpillar 

If you are someone whose not afraid of heights and high speed, this is definitely the attraction to try out with your friends! This ride features both the Behemoth BOWL40 and TornadoWAVE! Great way to bond with your friends and family.

If you think Royal Flush and The Woosh isn't giving you the hyper rush, then you can try the Torpedo! Basically its a near-vertical full-body free fall ride where the drop is from six storeys high, at the speed up to 55km/hr.  Not for the weak heart ones aka me. :(

Apart from The Woosh, the Kids zone is more of my kind of water play. *hahah* Where the rides and slides are miniature and less haunting for the heart

This is definitely a great place to hangout with your friends and family. Even with kids, they get to enjoy the day out!

Besides sliding down The Woosh, we also took part in the 'Largest Gathering of Dress Alike Duos'.  And in total, there were 111 pairs of duos, breaking the Singapore Book of Records.

Look at all the twinssssss in the photo! If you have missed out this event, not to worry. In this month of June and July, dress identically with your friend or family to enjoy double the fun for half the price at four different key places at Downtown East - Wild Wild Wet, D'Resort, Orchid Bowl and eXplorerkid!

Besides enjoying the fun at half price, there's also a instagram contest going on. Just snap a creative twinning outfit and upload on instagram, hashtag #SeeingDoubleSG, you could be one of the lucky winners to walk away with great prizes!

 

[Unboxing Video] Transcend JetDrive Go 300R

So I've managed to get a JetDrive Go 300R to try out and honestly this is the one of the most useful thing that is gonna be in my bag everyday. I have an iPhone 6s 64 GB, it may not be the small size but at the rate I am using, I do not have enough space available.

In this video I tried to test out the USB itself and the app is simple and easy to follow. Plus if you wanna set passwords to your backups, password settings is available. Hassle free and no worries about deleting old memories to replace with new ones. It makes transferring data even easier !

This is definitely a gift I would get for my fellow iPhone users who owns the smaller capacities aka the 16gb or the 32gb owners.

Sugar & Spice, Taiwan’s No.1 Gift of Choice

Located on Dunhua S. Road in Taipei City, Sugar & Spice’s decor is minimalist and bright. Their Chinese name, 糖村, translated as Sugar Village fits in the ideal place of a Sweet Paradise.

The store front is already so pretty and pinkish~, made me felt welcoming. Sugar & Spice is being referred by Business Weekly as a store which “sells desserts like LV”, the business has grown at a steady rate of 15-20% annually, producing approximately 1/3 the nougats sold in Taiwan each year.

Their highest selling product is their famous French Nougat that most people find it hard to put it down after the first bite. It is chewy yet not sticky, no wonder people can't put it down after the first bite. Their nougat comes in different flavor, they also have the strawberry nougat

Strawberry Nougat

Toffee Nougat

Besides the French Nougat, not forgetting Taiwan is famous for their pineapple pastry, Supar & Spice too have their own manufactured pineapple pastry. Different varieties of pineapple are selected during each season, so you probably get a different taste in each season.

Look at the golden pineapple fillings 

I just wanna fill my snacks bar with all the pineapple pastry, look at the yummy pineapple pastry! What I like is that it is not too sweet yet soft and crusty on the outside. A little like soften shortcake base.

Lovely packaing

And notice the Golden Horse Awards packaging? It was selected as the gift for the international celebrities who attended the 2016 Golden Horse Awards this year.  If you are planning to get this back home for families and friends as a gift, they have the most wonderful packaging. You dont have to rack your brains to figure out how to gift them.

Look at how stylish the packaging is. Credits: 周杰克

Not only that, you can even handcarry as a check in, looks like a proper bag isn't it?  Besides this big packaging, they have smaller ones if you think you ain't planning to get such big ones.

Gold or Pink, all you can choose. Credits: 周杰克

If you want to mix and match your gift box, not only getting nougats and pineapple pastry, Sugar & Spice also carries a variety of desserts. Ranging from Taiwanese snacks to French delicacies, you can hardly worry of running out of desserts to gift.

IF IF, you are taking China Airline from Hong Kong International Airport or Incheon International Airport, you'll be able to try out their nougat when you do your check-in ♥.

Address of Sugar & Spice:
No.158, Sec. 1, Dunhua S. Rd., Da’an Dist., Taipei City 106, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
台北市大安區敦化南路一段158號(忠孝敦化站8號出口)

Tel: +886-2-2752-2869
Fax: +886-2-2752-3749
Opening Hours: 09:00 - 22:00
Official Website: http://www.sugar.com.tw/tw
Official Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sugarspicetw

[Sponsored] ClearSK Laser SHR Hair-Free

I always have issues with keeping my under arm hair-free, but that's impossible with just shaver. Especially that is an action that you have to do everyday. Waxing is out of question since it does hurt (I guessed). The other alternative is to go for Laser SHR and ClearSK has the solution to solve the hair issue that we have been all worried about.

Their Laser SHR Hair-Free is their latest treatment for ladies who have no time to spend on shaving or scare of pain.

Lasers and light sources use the principle of selective photothermolysis to eliminate hair and its potential regrowth without damaging the surrounding skin. During ClearSK Laser SHR treatment, light passes through the skin and is absorbed by the melanin in the hair shaft. This absorption raises the temperature of the hair follicle and thermally destroys the cells responsible for regrowth.

Clinically-tested by US FDA for safety and efficacy, this treatment is suitable for all hair types (from thick to fine) and skin tone (light to dark). Highly comfortable for bikini line and Brazilian hair removal too.


So i was offered a session of Laser SHR Hair-Free treatment at Novena Medical Centre. And was ushered into the treatment room once I've reached as I reached on the dot for my appointment. *haha*

Machine

This is the machine that is used for the treatment, the applicator is rather small for a big machine.

Before

This is a pic before my treatment, basically I didn't really shave for the treatment. The consultant had to do a little shaving before the treatment (my bad).

Cooling gel applied

A layer of cooling gel is applied on the area before the session. It's a little similar to the LaserSlim Treatment, a cooling gel is applied before the applicator is used. Then my consultant started to use the handpiece and I felt a slight warm sensation but it was not painful at all. The handpiece is to deliver continuous repetitive pulses of light. 

After treatment

Pardon for the blur photo, but it was taken right after the treatment. Not really hair-free but most of the hair were gone and basically can't even see the tiny heads like I do see after shaving ( either that I really suck at shaving).

After treatment, I applied moisturizer as I felt a little dryness over that area. And after a month, I do see even after a session of Laser SHR Hair-free treatment, the hair growth is minimal! This is amazing. Their recommended sessions to see optimal results is a minimum of 6 weeks and once per month. For hairier people, they recommend up to 10 sessions.

Hair reduction is observed after 4-6 sessions. Hair is evidently finer. For those with less serious case, the treatment causes permanent damage to the hair follicle and hence the results will be permanent.

SHR Hair Free treatment targets the deeply seated hair follicles and permanently damages them as opposed to shaving, waxing, hair removal creams which only serve to remove the hair shaft. Unless you have gone through hormonal imbalances caused by pregnancy, menopause, intake of hormone pills, most people enjoy permanent hair reduction/removal.

The 1st trial treatment is 20 minutes at the price of $68 each. They have outlets at Scotts Medical Center, Novena Medical Center, Velocity, Orchard, Tampines, Jurong East. They have an outlet at the different parts of this sunny island to cater to their customers.

You can visit their website for more information: http://www.clearsk.com

[Sponsored] Palmer's White & Even Range

New products to combat hyper-pigmentation and skin discolouration

Most girls, won't say all girls, or rather some girls, have a few common skin problems. That is one, skin discoloration and pigmentation, which is hard to get rid off, as you age. It gets worse as we age, our skin will age, sometimes even faster than us. Besides aging, some of our skin's pigmentation is not only caused by aging, but also UV exposure, which gets worse as we age. This is a serious condition as I do know there are people who walk under the hot sun without applying sunblock! This is a no-no, even with sunblock, you will need to reapply now and then as some sunblock has only + to ++.

This kind of pigmentation is known as hyper pigmentation, where skin gets discolouration and it does not just happen when you age, but it can happen to anyone. Usually people who apply sunblock will only apply the face, where the sun exposure is higher, but they tend to forget the neck, shoulder, lips and hands. There's where sun damages can be found too, besides the face.

Besides UV exposure, hyper pigmentation can also be caused by severed dryness in skin, acne scarring, hormones changes from pregnancy, birth-control pills and hormone replacement therapy. So how does hyper pigmentation form?

UV rays will cause melanin to be over-produced. 

So to battle that situation we will need to reduce or remove the over-produced melanin, through topical creams.

Resolve the problem through application

Hyper pigmentation comes in many forms, some forms would be sun spots, age spots like freckles, Melasma and mask of pregnancy. To avoid that Palmer's has come out with their new range, White & Even range.

Dark Spot Corrector & CBB Cream 

This range, there are nine different products, ranging from cleanser to cbb cream for face, body milk for body, hand cream to protect your hands. All of these products contains unique skin tone correcting formula and it is formulated with an advanced blend of potent yet gentle ingredient that reduce hyper-pigmentation.

For those who have concerns with sensitive skin or too oily skin, worry not, this range is suitable for all skin types and as usual, Palmer's products are free from parabens, phthalates, sulphates, hash dyes and synthetics dyes.

White & Even: Dark Spot Corrector

For this range, I am going to focus on two of their products, White & Even Dark Spot Corrector and White & Even CBB Cream.

White & Even: CBB Cream

Both products contain contains the following to whiten and tone enhancing.

As we all know, Palmer's main ingredient for all their products is Cocoa Butter and in order to lighten age spots, besides repairing, restoring, they have added in Synovea into this range. 

Why Synovea?

With that said, this is the first time I've seen Synovea being used in dark spot correcting products and Dark Sport Corrector's main target will be to reduce dark spots, age spots, post-acne scars and sun damage.

My skin discolouration falls under he post-acne scars, which are quite visible even from far. And recently, I've gotten more break-outs around the jaw area, which are quite pretty visible and quite hard to remove.

Here is Dark Spot Corrector, to target dark spots, as the name suggested, age spots, post-acne scars (that's what I need) and also sun damage. Besides those 6 main ingredients for the range, Dark Spot Corrector also contains Songyi Mushroom, a Japanese mushroom which is known for its pigment-perfecting properties.

The packaging is compact that it is easy to bring it while I'm traveling.

After reading the instructions, it looks simple and none-skin harming. So I've decided to give it a try. For people who don't like to apply skincare that has smell may not like this product though. This actually contains fresh white lily fragrance, which will make you feel more refreshed after applying and smell nicer def (hehe).

This is my face before using Dark Spot Corrector.

Pardon for the horrible red outbreaks. :( 

As visible as my eyes, the post-acne scars are on the neck and my nose. And the uneven squinting on the right side of my face (left on the pic) is actually my birthmark.

This is after using for 2 weeks.

After 2 weeks, post-acne scars are less visible

Been using it daily in order to see the results and you can see that the acne scare has lighten quite a bit. My overall complexion has also lighten up. But it has not completely remove the acne scare as this product requires daily application for 4-6 weeks for the new skin cells to rise to the surface.

We have all heard about BB Cream, CC Cream but I've never heard CBB Cream before. This CBB Cream, Correcting Beauty Balm also helps in targeting discolouration and hyper-pigmentation. Not only that, it also provides natural pigment-perfecting coverage and SPF 15 to protect your skin against the sun rays to prevent darkening of skin again. Like the Dark Spot Corrector, this CBB Cream also contains Fresh White Lily Fragrance.

Correcting Beauty Balm with SPF 15

This is my face before applying the CBB Cream, I was excited to try it out since it can also act as a primer for my foundation. Also, it is naturally tinted in colour to create even skin tone.

Before applying the CBB Cream 

My skintone is uneven and there are spots of post-acne and wells, dark eye circles. And the following photo is after application of CBB Cream, I wore it alone without any foundation over it.

The skintone looks more even here

After applying, my skin tone looks even and it doesn't feel sticky, unlike many other brands. Also it does lightweight coverage on my dark eye circles, as I feel it looks less visible after application. My skin feel refreshed after applying and I could just carry on with my make up the whole day with this acting as a primer. But if I am out the whole day, then I would probably apply sunblock first before using CBB Cream since it only has SPF 15 sunscreen. Which, I would say it is not enough to protect my skin the whole day.

Also, if you do not use sunscreen that is strong enough with the CBB Cream or during the period while you are using the dark spot corrector, the effects from both products won't be effective. As it carries on to over-produce melanin and even with the white & even range, it will take 4-6 weeks for it  the new cells to surface up.

And stopping the usage of white & even range will allow over-production of melanin to resume and dark spots will return. Looks like I have to be hardworking, not to skip any steps, especially the sunblock!

Both Dark Spot Corrector and CBB Cream can be found at all Watsons, Guardian, BHG, Robinsons, John Little, Essential Pharmacy, Nishino Pharmacy, all leading pharmacies, departmental and cosmetics stores. Dark Spot Corrector is priced at $29.90/30ml and CBB Cream is priced at $22.90/30ml. 

[Sponsored] Essential - Your Perfect Solution to Combination Hair

Our hair is like our skin, when we reach a certain age, the condition of both hair and skin will change. And I just recently went through that change :( and sometimes I don't even realised it until it is too visible for the eye *OMG!* A few weeks ago, my hair roots got so oily that when I decides to skip a day wash, I looked like I just dipped my hair into a pool of oil T__________T, what a tragedy, as I wanted to ensure that my hair ends don't get washed out too often.

Because of Singapore's humid weather, we tend sweat more that results in oily scalp most of the time. To combat oily scalp, what my mum usually does is to shower in super warm water to wash away the oil. But it just damages her ends, as warm water dries up the hair condition. If she doesn't wash her hair daily, she can fix the dry ends as her scalp provides more oil for it. But that results in itchy and oily scalp (and she looked like she hadn't dried her hair at all). Hair like hers is considered as combination hair. I'm sure most of us have the same issue, Combination hair.

And in order to battle combination hair, we have to alternate using shampoos and conditioner. A friend once mentioned before, sometimes we do have to use cleansing shampoo to cleanse away the oil and dirt on our hair roots twice to three times a week. End up we have to purchase more than one shampoo and conditioner to battle our problem *gosh*. However, having two different shampoos and conditioners may not combat the problem.

Light, clarifying shampoos and conditioners targeted at oily roots cause hair ends to be drier than it already is. Conversely, nourishing shampoos and conditioners for dry hair may be too rich for the scalp, resulting in excessive build-up at the roots, giving you that uncomfortable, oily feeling by mid-day. Moreover, depending on the thoroughness of the scalp massage during shampooing, such build-up may not be thoroughly washed off, further causing the scalp to feel oily in a shorter time.

So in order to make it easier for us, Essential's new improved range of haircare will solve the "at least two types of shampoo" issue for us.

Light Finishing and Deep Cleansing Care

Introducing the Light Finishing and Deep Cleansing Care of the new improved range from Essential. With the optimum combination of Smart Cuticle Care and Sebum Cleansing Technology, I can now achieve moisturized hair ends while maintaining a refreshed breathable scalp!

But I have an issue, I don't really know which one is suitable for me, usually I will stand at the supermarkets for like 30 minutes just to decide which shampoo I should change to. In order to understand which type to use, Essential FB have a chart for you to check which type is suitable for you.

Taken from https://www.facebook.com/Essential.SG

If your hair is more towards very dry ends and little oily roots, you can go for Light Finishing type. It comes with both shampoo and conditioner.

This is the 200ml size

If you are like me, having super oily roots and dry ends, then Deep Cleansing is the choice for you.

After using the Deep Cleansing for a few days, I can feel that my roots are not that oily anymore and I like how smooth my hair ends are after using. And the best part? After blow-drying the hair, it feels smooth and fluffy~~~ It also shorten the time to blow dry my hair. Now my hair feels cleaner and healthier *swift swift* Not only that, I see lesser hair drop too, because my scalp is less oily and it feels rather airy, the tingling cooling feel runs through the scalp. ~~ *yay* And my hair shines under the light *bling bling* 

My Hair after blow-dry. Feels smooth and neat!

See how smooth my hair is after using Deep Cleansing. 

For a limited period of time, Essential is giving away a massage hair brush with the purchase of a 750ml shampoo + conditioner set, and it comes in hot pink and mint green.

I love the hot pink brush!

Massage shampoo brushes are a common hair care tool in Japan and is used by majority of Japanese women both young and old. It is to help remove dirt and sebum more effectively from the scalp. The massaging action on the scalp also helps improve blood circulation and promote relaxation.

That is why whenever I go Japan, I envy those Japanese with nice hair *______*. Now I know their secret to great hair. Time to incorporate this into my daily shampoo-ing routine. I've tried it out so far, damn! I like the massage feel on my head as it feels wonderful to get head massage.  One word to describe! SHIOK!

1. Wet and shampoo hair as usual.
2. Hold brush handle between index and third finger and rub the bristles onto scalp gently from side to side with small movements. Do not move the brush in circular motions and this will cause tangles.
3. Rinse off shampoo and apply conditioner as per normal.

This is so easy to use and for ladies who have painted nails, using a massage shampoo brush prevents the polish from dropping off easily.

From Mid-may onwards all Essential Shampoo 750ml + Conditioner 750ml comes with a massage brush in hot pink or mint green in all leading supermarket at the price of $19.60. 

If you are not sure if Deep Cleansing Care shampoo and conditioner is the right one for you, fret not! Right now Essential Singapore is giving away sample sizes of both the shampoo and conditioner on their facebook. Remember to like them and follow them on instagram @essentialsingapore for more updates !