Style Book #1 - Embracing Studs and Embellishments

Knowing the style of the mind, behind this blog!

Latest shopping purchase!

White Embellished Mesh Low V Back Dress by Lipsy

Below are some other stud and embellishment designs by Sass and Bide

Walking in style with studs and embellishment that brings out the curves in you. Love it!

Lost Fit

Are you growing up or growing out? Loss the ability to fit into all the beautiful you have bought through the years?

Many people and websites will introduce you to 'Low Carbo diet' or even the 'Anti Carbo diet' which was said to help low weight, without really knowing the reason why! Some people may even introduce you to the 'Meat and Vegetables diet', 'No salt diet' or 'Eating less than 3 meals a day'! Yes they may provide you with temporary solutions that make you loss 'weigh' and 'water', which will cause your body to suffer later. This is why very often, these diets will have an after effect of weigh re-bounce or even becoming heavier!

If you are looking for ways to fit into those dresses and jeans again, you need to first understand your body and the digestive system! The very obvious thing you should do is to EXERCISE! However, knowing the busy-ness of life, to some people, eating right is the best you can do. So let us go through our digestive process together:
Mouth
Fats --> one molecule of fats will result into 3 fatty acid molecule and one molecule of glycerol, that can only be adsorbed at small intestine
Starch (Carbohydrate) --> simple suger, glucose and maltose, that can only be adsorbed at small intestine
Stomach
Protein, vitamin B-12, alcohol and smaller molecules --> breakdown and adsorbed at the stomach
Small intestine
Fats, nutrients and sugar --> breakdown and adsorbed at small intestine
Large intestine
Water, fiber and fluid --> adsorbed or passed out at large intestine

Our body adsorbs protein and things of smaller molecules before the absorption of fats and carbohydrate. Carbohydrate are broken down into sugar molecules while fats molecules are broken down into 3 fatty acid molecules and 1 molecule of glycerol. This means that, to have high intake of fats and carbohydrates will slow down our digestion in the stomach because it adds on to the workload of our stomach and will take a longer time to fully digest our food. Carbohydrates can also result in high sugar level in blood leading to diabetes. However, your focus should not be just cutting down on carbohydrates because it provides us with the energy we need. Instead we should be looking into food that are high in protein and fiber to help increase our digestion and give our stomach a light workload!

Your favorite dress is still waiting for you!

On SKIN

I am very particular when it comes to skincare! Because what goes on your skin do not just stays on top of your skin! They are being absorbed into the different layers of your skin underneath. What then appears on your skin, is a result of that which went under some time ago.

I will never buy skincare products of the malls, departmental stores or product counters. Reason is simple, most of these staff are paid by commission and they are mostly more concern with getting a sale done, then to get you what you really need. Without proper training and understanding of your skin type and condition, most of the time, it is not just what you see on the outside.

So where should you get your skincare products? Find a beautician or aesthetician whom you can trust. Someone whom you know that has your interest at heart! Do not buy different items from different brand or range because the chemical content of each brand can be very different and by adding on other products from various brands will only make it harder for your beautician or aesthetician to know which item is not suitable for your skin, in the event of complication arises.

Below is the product i am using!

You may or may not find these products overseas, but these are my secret to my skin!
Dermafloral Make Up Removal is a must have if you are always on make up. It helps to remove all waterproof make up without leaving any stains and then wash off with the Milky Lotion that contains minerals and natural plant extracts, the hypoallergenic milky lotion effectively cleanse and dissolve stubborn grime and impurities from my skin.

Days without make up, i will use the Active Cleanser Gel which has a calming and gentle non-irritant cleanser that deeply cleanses my skin. The natural plant extracts leave the skin feeling renewed, refresh and revitalized! Always followed up by the Active Soothing Toner, specially formulated anti-oxidants and purifying ingredients help to refresh and hydrate both sensitive and reactive skin to achieve a healthy and radiant complexion. However, these are not the secret yet.

The secret behind it all, is the Active Anti-Oxidant Serum with it's unique formulation helps to stimulate better blood circulation. The anti-oxidant lotion contain powerful protecting, moisturizing and healing properties to repair damaged skin tissue, it also helps to disinfect acne and pimples, reduces blackheads, ease pore congestion, prevent aging, repair damaged cells, improve fine lines and moisture to the skin, balancing pH level of the skin! After the super powerful serum, i will end of with the Active Protective Repair Cream uniquely designed and created to provide high UV protection. The sunscreen concentrates meet the most stringent requirements of product safety and non-toxicity standard. It also helps to fight against free radical, reduce fine lines and pigmentation!

It may sound like there's a lot of steps to follow, but stay tuned for more beauty tips as i explain why each and every step is very important to our skin! Because knowledge is power!

I choose the Best, I chose Guerlain!

When it comes to make up, the most important part is the foundation and I choose the BEST! It determines your whole overlook and most importantly, it either protects or destroy your skin underneath!

I choose the best, i chose Guerlain!

First up, it's the Guerlain LINGERIE DE PEAU invisible skin-fusion foundation. Personally, i do not need concealer. Therefore after all my skincare, i will go straight to using my liquid foundation. Among all the different range that Guerlain have, i choose this because just like its name, it feels like a silky thin lingerie on your skin. Unlike other foundation that gives you a very thick feeling in order to achieve it's results, this foundation provides a wonderful coverage and yet you feels like you have nothing on! You got to try it, to know it!

After liquid foundation, you will always need a good loose powder to set you foundation so that it will not look patchy through the day! This Guerlain LES VOILETTES MINERAL invisible skin-fusion loose powder works perfectly well with the foundation! Feeling just like nothing on~!

For a full make up, you cannot go with the Guerlain METEORITES PERLES illuminating powder - pure radiance, that gives you the perfect highlight!

Followed by the Guerlain TERRA INCA sublime radiant powder that gives you the perfect shading and radiant effect. I use this as a bronzer and also my shader!

And how can i leave house with my Guerlain METEORITES COMPACT illuminating and mattifying pressed powder to ensure that my make up stays at its best form!

Next time i will show you the other items i use to top over my foundations! But remember, your foundation will determine whether everything else that builds on it will stand or will fall!

Busy with what matters!

Sorry have been really really busy since i got back from my trip from Surabaya! It was the trip of the year for me!

Compared to all my other trips to various places, this is really the best trip in many years. This is not a shopping trip for me, it is a mission trip. It has been almost 2-3 years since i last went on a mission trip before this.

Busy but yet fulfilling. This trip reminded me alot of the things that are important to me and therefore since i was back, i have been really busy with them.

1) The top priority was my commitment to God again
Have been on a cruising season for awhile and it is time to get back on my feet! Have been going from meetings to meetings but yet only feeling even more energetic than ever! Cell group meetings, prayer meetings, leaders meetings, services to services... City Harvest Church, My Church My Life!

2) Friends
i am not a person who lives in my own fish tank behind this computer screen. I believe that God put everyone into our lives for a purpose even if they are just 'passing by' a season of our lives. From these trip, i got to know 20 awesome people and though some of them i met never get to meet again, the 2 weeks with them was the most well spent ever. even though i maybe very 'saving up' but yet when it comes to them, i know i will spend and i will sow into their lives. Thank God for 'Whatsapp' that still allows us to stay connected even though many of them are back in their own countries at the extreme parts of this world. I know that someday, we will meet again!

So happy that one of them are visiting next weekend! it's gonna be a girls night out!

3) Something greater
i don't know how to explain this and neither am i there yet. But i know God had began this work already and it will be done according to His time!

Was reminded of the 70, 12, and 3... something i always say last time. who is the 3 in my life and who are the 12? i think i know who are my 2 but can't really identify the 3rd one yet. At the same time, i wish i am one of the 3 that will be able to be close too.

Everything is made beautiful in His time!

Joy Killer!

So disappointed i rather not get anything!

I am sure you have had this kind of experience before too! Lately, i have many such unpleasant encounters with salesperson from the shop! Their rudeness and attitude simply turns me away, leaving me such unhappiness i did rather do without the item.

I asked for the price of a perfume and the salesperson went "hundred plus~", i replied "hundred plus?!?" cause i was expecting an exact amount. The salesperson then responded with an attitude like i could not afford it "yes, hundred plus!" It was a complete turn off for my day, i left for home.

Ever tried entering a shop where the salesperson follow you wherever you go, making you feel totally uncomfortable to shop further? To make things worse, some of them even arrange every item you touched, giving you the impression that you are messing up their display.

The joy of shopping is very much affected but the people we meet and the people we go shopping with. Complete joy or joy killer. With the same amount of money or even more, i rather buy something from a shop with a really nice salesperson, than the shop with an unpleasant one! A good salesperson will know how to make you feel comfortable and want to go back again! What are you willing to pay for? The item or an experience?

Shopping is all about the joy behind the experience!