Bridal Dreams

By a show of hands, how many of you ladies out there have spent years/months/days dreaming of your perfect wedding? The angelic white Vera Wang gown, floral garlands, and looking flawlessly radiant with an au natural make up. Ok I realize I can't see your hands, but I'm getting the vibe you've been dreaming about this day since you were 5??? Anyways point is...The makeup gurus of VDL (Violet Dream Luminous) have answered the prayers of all you brides-to-be with their limited edition Bridal Collection. 

If you're new to VDL, this international cosmetic brand made its way to Singapore last year after having won the hearts of many K-beauty fanatics in Korea/internationally. And what's cooler is their collaborations with renown makeup artiste Wendy Rowe, who has been selected as the top5 makeup artiste by Allure magazine! VDL products have successfully incorporated technology with beauty and fun to bring out the best in every lady and this season is especially dedicated to all brides-to-be. But, that ain't stopping the rest of us from looking radiant until that special day...right ladies!

Part of feeling beautiful on your wedding day is to know your make up is gonna stay perfect throughout the day. But our heat and humidity isn't the most helpful for keeping make up on. So first thing's first is to have a good base to build your make up on. Introducing VDL's best seller, Luminous Primer. Embedded with the Violet Lightflects™ technology, this primer contains a Violet Lightflects™ pigment which evens out the skin tone while creating a clear, radiant and healthy skin for the next step of makeup. 

Another essential to score that au natural look is kissable lips. This Festival Lipstick Creamy Tinted Balm is formulated with Safflower Seed Oil which contains beneficial fatty acid that can help to protect and repair the skin barrier, reducing the effects of dry and chapped lips. What I love is that it comes in a natural pink shade which is so wearable on an everyday basis or burgundy for date nights. 

The conscientious peeps of VDL also ensure that every bit of you would be well taken care of on your wedding day. When you're going to greet your guests, and shake hands with a ton of people, you want the confidence to know that you have hydrated and supple hands, and leaving them with a frangrance that says "I'm beautiful from top to toe!" VDL's Lumilayer Hand Essence contains Hyaluronic Acid that helps to brighten and lighten too! And it comes in 2 scents, gardenia and white musk or jasmine flower and cassia rose.

A big thank you to VDL for letting me share these lovely products with you ladies and future brides-to-be :) 

ahhhhMAYzing weekend with Cozzecloset

This is an ahhhhhhhhMAYzing month =) 

Cos it's a monthful of long weekends and public holidays!!

So you know what happens when I get the day off...

Went down to Quayside Isle, and lazed at Sabio by the Sea.

Sipping my juice in my shades with my silver necklace and thick silver bracelet like a total gangster with swagger. (hey wait, juice don't sound too "gangsterish"...yeah I was sipping on alcohol yo!) 

But don't mess around with me y'all. 

Got my bling and my game face on.

*Gosh I must have scared the waiters,  maybe that's why the food was good and the portions were right*

I should really reconsider snagging this look more often. 

Get more bang for my buck!

ehhhhhh hold it.

You must be thinking what the hell just got into this girl?!?!

random ramblings that went through my head for a minute there. 

*gangster ego dark side slipping out* (evil face rubbing hands together)

So anyways, what I wanted to share with you was my lovely weekend by the Isle, and some pictures I took of my hands, fingers and neck.

Well no, I'm not some crazy narcissist who's into my body parts,

I wanna share with you this ahhhMAYzing accessories store 

Cozzecloset

Note: the focus is on the bracelet, not on what I'm gonna eat. But hell yeah I was going in for the kill with that choco croissant

This isn't part of the accessories, BUT, now you can focus on what I was eating. You cant see the steak, yeah there was quite a substantial portion in there.

I make quite a good hand model don't ya think

Thank you Cozzecloset for your accessories. 

Click and shop now! 

Or else....

Don't say I didn't warn you about my dark side muahahaha

Disclaimer: you must be thinking "this girl is off or bipolar or something". I'm good :) holidays just crank me up.

Whiten and protect your skin all at once

Being a lady in today's day and age makes for a whole bunch of things to worry about. From the perpetual 2kg we need to shred, to never being able to find anything to wear (despite having a wardrobe that's bursting), to wrinkles and how some ladies would rather be caught wrapped up like a walking mummy than to even bare 1 inch of skin in the sun.

 I'm kinda "bochap" when it comes to taking such extreme measures to wrap myself and cook me under all those layers of long sleeved UV jackets especially in scorching Singapore. Neither is it possible to layer myself like a mummy when we're on outdoor shoots. Most of the time we're pretty much running out and about in the sun. When we were shooting a month long in Batam last year for Mata Mata, the prolonged exposure to the sun left me with drier, patchy uneven skin tone. That seemed to leave my manager in quite a frenzy.

Hence, they suggested I bathe in sunscreen or milk or whatever that'll bring my skin tone back to normal at least. Thing is, I like my daily beauty regime fuss free, my moisturizer is a MUST, and sometimes, with all that lotion on, I tend to forget to slather on sunscreen. Especially because most sunscreens leave you feeling thick and creamy, and I'll look like I'm perspiring white glue in a couple of hours. 

Thankfully I was sent some of Nivea Body UV Whitening Serum. We're usually told to be cautious of whitening products cos under exposure to sun, it might even reverse the effects!! eekkkss!! Thankfully for Nivea's breakthrough technology, this whitening serum not only WHITENS, but also PROTECTS, with SPF 25PA++. Perfect for people like me, who can't keep up with a complex regime.  It's all-in-1! Enriched with Vit C from Camu Camu (fruit that looks kinda like a grape that contains more Vit C than any other known plant in the world), which naturally helps to lightens skin tone.

Best thing is, you know that sticky gooey texture I fear most about sunscreen, and how I'll be perspiring white sweat in a few hours. Good news is, you'll get NONE of these with this Nivea Whitening Serum. It's lightweight in texture, just like your usual moisturizers, and quickly absorbed into the skin. And since it whitens and protects at the same time, it's simple and easy as a daily regime. Not only I can consolidate my skin care regime all into 1, but also, instead of packing in bottles and tubes of moisturizer and sunscreen, all I have carry around is 1 bottle of serum when we're on outdoor shoots. Overall, it's a pretty damn decent product that is affordable at only S$10.90 and available island wide, and did I mention that it only takes 14 days to see visible results too!!

And last but not least, I'm ending with a round of GIVEAWAYS!! 

All you gotta do is share your best kept whitening secrets here on my blog to win S$50 worth of Nivea products :) 

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