I'm having the best skin of my life right now when i'm 23 years old.

I've never suffered from serious acne or anything toooooo bad, 

but I've never, NEVER had clear skin for more than one month in a row. 

Mostly my breakouts are always usually linked to stress or hormonal [before/during the time of the month] on my jaw area, side of forehead and chin where my skin was more sensitive due to dehydration and in those areas my skin is always red and kind of patchy. ):

And ever since i started using this skincare range it's really amazing! 

I think it's because the pure liquified birds nest in all their products combined with nano-technology it really "quenches" my dehydrated skin and correct the sensitivity. 

It's like everyday is a "good skin day"! (:

When I'm having make up on, my makeup is more long lasting, stays way longer than it used too! Plus having clearer skin means i get to use less base makeup so no more cakey face look!

When i'm having zero makeup on, I'm not as conscious these days as compared to before because my breakout and red patchy skin days are far behind!

I'd boldly credit my improved skin conditions to Purer Skin because other than the fact that I started seeing improvement after starting to use Purer Skin products, i did not make any lifestyle changes like sleeping earlier or eating healthier *LOL i'm still a junk food baby*. 

To be honest, I was always sure that results like this can only be achieved with super expensive skincare products but my current skincare range works magic & it's ultra affordable!

Today I want to show you something amazing! I recently got this skin analyzer that i can test my skin's to see how high the moisture level is, how oily it is and on a scale how rough-soft my skin is.

Here's how to read the skin analyzer!

Bar decreases leftward 

Moist- skin is more dehydrated 

Oil- skin gets less oilier 

Rough- skin gets rougher

Bar increases rightward

Moist- skin is increasingly hydrated

Oil- skin is increasingly oilier

Soft- skin becomes softer


*Centre portion represent a standard bar to determine the readings. 

 0 for Moisture
+1 for Oil Levels
0 for Skin Roughness - Softness

This is how my skin fared on the skin analyzer in the morning, well balanced and a tad oily! Throughout the night sleeping in my air-conditioned room the moisture level also decreased substantially so it's very very important to cleanse + hydrate well the following morning! 

Every morning, I will use Purer Skin Creme Cleanser [$25.90] to gently cleanse my face, just a pea size amount will do, the cleanser lather very richly so a little bit of this goes a long way. 

Close my eyes and mist mist the Clarifying Toner [$35.90] all over. *Lazy girls alert* No need to use cotton pad for this! 

One of my favorite product in the Purer Skin range, Miracle Serum [$66.90] 

If you already feel that your skincare range is not too bad so you're not thinking of swapping out for the entire skincare range, but you're keeping a lookout for a good hydrating serum, you should totally get this! 

By the way *whispers* this is the product in the entire Purer Skin range with the highest level of LIQUIFIED BIRD'S NEST, don't say i never share the good stuff! Heh

It gives instant results, making your skin feel oh-so supple! If i get stuck in an island and i only can pick one product, this is THE ONE. If i'm a rich tai tai, i will buy this in bulk and bua it all over my body!!! Hahahaha 

In the day, i will use a small amount of the Night Recovery on my forehead, areas prone to smile lines and my jaw area to hydrate since i work in a office, need more hydration here! (:

In the night i will usually apply more and all over including my neck.

Tested my skin again with the Skin analyzer, look!!! 

 +5 for Moisture
+2 for Oil Levels
+ 5 for Skin Softness

My moisture level is all the way to 100%! When i tested my skin just when i woke up my skin was just ok for the rough-soft gauge but now because it's well hydrated and balanced it's extremely soft and since i have oily skin, the slight oiliness level is nothing out of the norm for me!

Last night after doing facial masking with the fiance, I was applying my skincare and I applied my Purer Skin regime on his dry skin for the 1st time [sometimes his skin is so dry the nose, jaw & cheek area will be all flakey! Boo ] and right after the entire regime he touched and felt how soft and supple his skin became instantly and he was like OMG I WANT TO BUY! hahaha

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Purer Skin is available online at www.PurerSkin.com and 

also available in the selected 11 Watsons stores.

Purer Skin Watsons stores: ION Orchard, Parkway Parade, Bugis Junction, JEM, Ngee Ann City, Jurong Point, Marina Square, Vivocity, Raffles City, Toa Payoh (HDB) Hub, Compass Point.

♡ Loves, TheLuckiestChick.

Makan Hunts: Brunch at Strangers Reunion

Took a day's leave from work to celebrate my ooooooold man fiance's birthday by bringing him to brunch! No huge parties or big hoo-ha this year, it feels great just nua-ing around with him, with his job [property + backup vocalist for Wang Leehom and JJ Lin] we don't really get to do the spend our whole weekend together thing that we used to love. 

With property he has to work weekends most of the time, and as a backup vocalist he's jetting around ALL THE TIME, like from this month till the end of 2013, the schedule is lined up all that way so he will be away every week, flying off on wednesdays / thursdays usually and back on Sundays, so i will spend what's left of my weekend break with him, then meeting him for dinners on mon/tues then there he goes, gone again. haha

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Many of my friends have asked me if I'm OK with the arrangement with him being away so much, but i guess there are pro + cons to it, when he's away i can get addicted to my US dramas and be a couch potato all i want, go for bloggers events and meet friends all week if i want haha. so  having more ME time is pretty good too cos I'm very busy also ok! HAHA

But of course i miss him a whole lot when he isn't around and I'm super envious of his job [like last week during his trip he got to go horse riding in the mountains! Me wants that too!] and i get extremely irritated and want to strangle him whenever he complain about the long flights or traveling time lol. But i know he's enjoying it and having lots of fun too so I'm happy for that. (:

 Ninja Kitty feeling way too comfy!

Ninja Kitty meows like crazy EVERY morning to give leon's dad a wake up call. Funny thing his meows sounds alot of "ello?" or "hi?" when he's doing his "waking people up" meows. But his usual meow sounds like normal kitty meows lol.

HAPPY 27th BIRTHDAY to my other pussykat who wants to act like ninja kitty and be tickled under his neck too #kittyshiokface hehe

Had some time to curl my hair so yay! 

Got this from Taiwan during my birthday weekend trip, it's from Obeiobei, an independent label from Milan and i'm a sucker for anything that's unique and limited to one piece per design haha.

Truffle Fries + Crispy Pork + Waffles w/Greek yogurt + Fresh Fruits, I want more!

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Strangers' Reunion 

www.facebook.com/StrangersReunion 

33/35/37 Kampong Bahru Rd, Singapore 169355

[If you're driving, do note that there are limited parallel parking lots around the area.]

 6222 4869

Note: Closed on Tuesdays. 

♡ Loves, TheLuckiestChick.

Nails of the week: Glitter-manic

Simple purple glitter mani + matching pedi done at @millysbeautysg for the week! 

 

 

Such a gorgeous shade of purple, reminds me of Lime Crime make up's lipsticks tubes that I've been lemming for! That adorable little ring on my pinkie is a gift earlier this year from the fiance from Venus Tears.

 

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Milly's

 http://millys.org/

 

Far East Plaza: 67376723

Bugis Village: 63384137
SMS/Call: 83835395

 

 

♡ Loves, TheLuckiestChick.

Beauty Review: 100% in ♡ with Ettusais + The Providore

PEEKABOO RILA! Flat-iron straighter curls for that day cos I'm bored of curling my hair with my curling thong! Hahaha boliao. Wearing VDL Festival Lipstick in 502 CRUZ, an orange-red lippie + a red Ettusais lip jelly to match my new floral dress from Topshop!

Driving to town to meet nadnut hunnie to meet the Cheryl from Ettusais for dinner and updates on the latest launch products from Ettusais but I'm stuck in the annoying evening jam boo boo, going anywhere after working hours from ubi is hell. (u_u)

I took a whole hour stuck in the jam for a 15-20 mins drive on normal non-congested traffic.

Since i was stuck in the jam might as well camwhore haha #RoadHazardFidel

So i was finally there, amazingly i was just on time despite the jam! Dinner at The Providore at Mandarin Gallery with Nadnut + Cheryl from Ettusais! haha

Can't wait to try out the newly launched Ettusais products! 

It's not hard to fall in love with Ettusais, ever since I was in secondary school i remembered i was obsessed with the skincare range + flat design liquid then and lucky me, I became one of the Ettusais Brand Ambassador when i was 19 for that 2 years it was real fun constantly trying out and reviewing their new products monthly especially their limited edition collaboration products like Twin stars, Kewpie, Suzy zoo etc are usually so adorable!

But the awesome thing about Ettusais is not how girly + adorable the packaging is, but how simple and effective their skincare is without super complicated ingredients and chemicals, but even their makeup products always have tonnes of skincare benefits even before the "BB cream era", even makeup applicators are carefully designed to be extra caring and gentle on the skin. 

So yes, that's why I'm 100% in ♡ with Ettusais.

Do you know that the ettusais BB not only refers to "Blemish Balm", but also "Back to the Baby"? 

Hehe so cute right? I want my skin boing boing like a baby too!

The newly launched BB Mineral Liquid with SPF35.PA++  

S$38

It's a 8-in-1 BB mineral liquid it's oh so easy to spread and blends into my skin like a dream. 

It reminds me of my favourite ettusais flat design liquid but now only even better! ( ^ω^ )

When I use BB CREAMS because you usually need to "drag" the cream around your face a little to blend and I'm always so scared i will have premature wrinkles because of that! 

It's a wonder there are products for oily skinned girls like me so i don't look like a oily pan 24/7! 

And it's soooo awesome for oily skin because although its liquid but it has a powdery finish upon application! You can probably even skip your usual "setting" powder if you're using this if you don't have OTT oily skin! So in love with this!

Yep.. a huge fan of these BB Series, I LOVE THE MINERAL COMPACT and i use it almost every morning to set my base makeup!

Or you can simply use the [also newly launched] BB+ PLUS Mineral Powder to set it lightly.

It's actually a translucent BB mineral setting powder with no coverage (has a little shimmer for a slightly glowy sheen) the normal mineral compact/powder has coverage thou! 

BB Mineral Liquid is available in 2 shades, Light Beige + Natural Beige 

[perfect for tanned girls like me]

Ettusais Gentle Make off [ Limited Edition ♡ Suzy Zoo ] 

S$36

I've been using the Ettusais Gentle Make Off to remove my makeup since forever. Very very important to thoroughly remove all your makeup at the end of the day! It's a oil based makeup remover but unlike many other oil makeup remover, it doesn't feel overly greasy and gross. It also has Ettusais signature ingredient AC Control Oil to protect skin from bacteria while hydrating!

I know it sounds weird like what? Oil makeup remover don't feel greasy? But it's true and it works like a dream to get everything off so that's the most important part, heh the limited edition adorable Suzy Zoo packaging just makes my end of the day regime feel a little happier! Nadnut and I both love the duck! hahah cos it looks so frazzled but yet happy.

I've tried many other oil makeup remove that feels really eeky, like I'm greasing and prepping to go face down into a hot pan to get fried. Hahaha

 Ettusais Puru Puru Serum 

S$29

Last year in November, Ettusais released the Puru Puru Mist and i tried that then and i felt that it helps my skincare absorb quickly so there's no sticky feeling and i even use it to set my makeup too. 

Now they have launched the Puru Puru Serum which is really unique, I'm not sure if you can tell but at first look I was rather skeptical thinking 

"Sure or not! This is a serum? Why does it look more like a scrub!?" 

It's not that obvious in this picture but if you see if for yourself it really does look like those sugar body scrub, turns out that they are the Moisture Capsule! 

Moisture Capsules are capsules packed with condensed beautifying ingredients 

[ Hyaluronic acid + Fermented royal jelly + Collagen! ] 

That night i looked at this little tub of weird moisture capsules jelly serum skeptically but went ahead and applied it on my face and it is actually pretty fun! Hahaha no i did not feel a "sugar scrub" texture but as i spread it over my skin the capsule kinds of breaks down and it's able to penetrate deeply into my skin. It has this matte finish and it even reduce visible pores! 

The texture and finish reminds me of Estee Lauder's Perfectionist [CP+R] Wrinkle Lifting/Firming Serum!

So cute! The pouch holding the Ettusais new launch product info is handmade with love by the Ettusais girls. So gonna use this to hold my knicks knacks in my room/car!

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The Providore

[ http://www.theprovidore.com/]

333A Orchard Road Mandarin Gallery 02-05 Singapore 238897

6732 1565

9am until 11pm

♡ Loves, TheLuckiestChick.

LF: 9th year anniversary

It was our 9th year anniversary last week and the fiance just popped by my office to surprise me with these pretty roses! 

Heheheh awwww baby love you! So shocked I dunno what to say hahaha I even forgot to introduce him to my colleagues and my 2 guy colleague was just sitting there looking awkward hahaha

It's crazy how it's been 9 years, one more year to a decade! 

Seriously, I get shocked once a year like "whoa we're together for 7 years already?!"

Then WHAT? 8 years.. and now 9?! 

LOL I guess I'm in for a bigger shock next year, THE DECADE LONG ANNIVERSARY. Damn.

It's weird because you wonder where did that 9 years gone to, although we know each other so well and sometimes it's like we're just ONE person from random little things like listening to the radio and suddenly singing that one part of the song together at the very same time OR completing each other sentences OR 100% knowing what's up and what each other wants to say before we even get to it. 

But at times i feel like I should know him a lot better but still, sometimes he has some new edge to him or little things that he does that surprises me. 

So i guess we never know anybody too well don't we? And of course i mean it as a good thing, but i feel so excited now we're pretty much "moving to the next step" by putting down our $2k for our 1st apartment last September [will only be ready in a couple years] and him proposing on the very same day..

 

 Kena sabo by the waiter at Dozo haha ☺

It's going to be an exciting few years ahead with all the planning & saving $$$ for the wedding, our apartment [lol, oddly I'm very excited about saving $, time to grow up!] but as of now we have not done any planning for the wedding haha cos I'm kinda stuck at my guestlist or I don't have the feel to get into it yet haha but when the time comes I'll definitely be blogging my ass off every step of it leading to the wedding!

♡ Loves, TheLuckiestChick.

Beauty Review: Blistops, Stop BLISTERS before they stop you!

I love wearing my sky high heels but I totally dread breaking into that new gorgeous kicks because I hate to torture your feet, especially i have feets that are in between sizes, like a 7 is too snug but 8 is way too loose to walk comfortably without the back of the heels sliding off with every step. 

I wish footwear brand in Singapore will bring in half sizes like the US they have 7.5 etc which is PEEEEEERFEEEECT most of the time. 

Everytime i buy a new pair of shoes and i have to "season" it, it's always torture!

Couple of weeks back i received a little package on my doorstep that reads.. Blistop. And it got me curious enough to inspect what is this tiny little package immediately, Blistop? Blister..Stop?

Who doesn't hate blisters?! I looooove my heels, booties, whatever gives me that extra inches on my 1.58m self. Sigh, but sometimes they hurt so much that poor pair of gorgeous heels that caused the blisters would sit in the back of my wardrobe not seeing the light because of the fear of getting more blisters from wearing it.

Blistop is an invisible, topical spray that delivers instant protection from shoes that may cause friction on toes, heels and soles! Their tagline is Stop blisters before they stop you!

That was enough to catch my attention to try this new product so the very next day, I sprayed on some of this Blistop magic on the side of our feet, top of our toes and areas prone to blister to test it's claims while wearing my most blisters-inducing new heels that i bought in Bangkok!

It goes on transparent and it's waterproof and it seems like nothing is there but creates an elastic film-like barrier on the skin, protecting your feet where friction can occur and cause blisters. Since it's transparent and I couldn't see anything [seeing is believing right, in this case i haven't seen anything so i was pretty skeptical haha] so I thought oh well, let's see how well this is going to work! 

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At the end of a long, long day of work + meeting up friends, running around in my heels, I realized only when i'm washing my feet with soap that I saw that invisible Blistop film on my feet peeling off and rememeber I was testing the Blistop and had spray it on that morning. 

I totally forgotten that it was there, only then I realized that even after a full day of running around in my new pinching high heels I did not have any blisters at all, not even redness or any sore feeling!

It seems like Blistop really works! It's really pretty amazing, being totally invisible to the eye upon application, no more walking around with ugly blister plasters, or fumbling with those annoyingly useless gel pads that promise to avoid blisters but we still get blisters anyway!

This convinient nifty litter spray is a must have for me now and ladies, if you love love your heels now you don't have to suffer sores and blisters in exchange for style! 

It contains up to 50 applications and we think it's well worth the price-tag of $11.90!

Blistop is available at Watsons, Guardian, Unity, Sasa and independent pharmacies nationwide!

♡ Loves, TheLuckiestChick.