#TheLuckiestChickReviews: Sulwhasoo award-winning serum!

Do you know that Ginseng is the most cherished ingredient for Korean women's beauty?

I've personally never been to Korea (it's in my bucket list, and I want to go there soon soon soon! I think i will buy afew luggage worth of makeup and skincare back home hahaha) but i've always known that people would go to Korea to buy Ginseng cos in Korea it's pretty cheap and are also of high quality!

nadnut and I was recently invited to check out Sulwhasoo 100th global store, and the first flagship store in the ASEAN region at Capitol Singapore- you know, that gorgeous hitorical building opposite Raffles City?

Other than being able to get Sulwhasoo products at the flagship store, they also provide beauty programs (price of Sulwhasoo beauty programs starting from S$100 - S$280) at their beauty cabins, i would love to try one of their beauty programs one of these days!

I've heard of Sulwhasoo and saw them at the airport/departmental store previously, but i've never actually tried their products previously even though i've heard good reviews about their products such as the First Care Activating Serum EX!

This award winning product has retained it's No. 1 position on the bestseller list for the past 18 YEARS since it's debut, crazy or not? Must try!

The media kit is so so sooooo gorgeous!

I was hesitant to try their products previously, because I'm usually not a fan of the ginseng smell, because it just so.. oh-so-oriental to me. So far I've tried the Sulwhasoo Basic Kit for a week (consisting of the Essential Balancing Water, First Care Activating Serum EX, Concentrated Ginseng Renewing Cream)

I was experiencing some craaaaazy ass breakouts on my cheeks and chin previously when i was on a vacation in Bangkok for a week (it was way way way too hot there!) before i started testing these Sulwhasoo products, and I felt that it really helped calm down my skin! I definitely wouldn't say that my skin is perfect now, but at least it has stopped breaking out and is in it's normal state now haha

The smell wise, I'm quite surprised by myself but i feel like i'm starting to enjoy it. The Essential Balancing Water and award-winning First Care Activating Serum EX actually smells really nice to me right now!

Upon application both the Essential Balancing Water and First Care Activating Serum EX gets absorbed into the skin pretty quickly, and leaves my skin hydrated and feeling fresh.

Because i have oily skin, I'm not using the emulsion but I'm actually using the Concentrated Ginseng Renewing Cream in my under eye area in place of an actual eye cream, I don't know if it's my own imagination, but i feel that my eye area is much more hydrated and my fine lines in the inner corner of my eyes are not as pronounced as before! 

I'll continue to use it on my eyes and see how it goes! :P

But for now, I think i would definitely purchase these 3 items from the basic range when i run out!

 

Sulwhasoo Boutique

Opening hours - 1030am to 10pm

Capitol Building 

15 Stamford Road #01-72/73 S(178906)

Sulwhasoo is also available at Tangs Orchard, Tangs Vivocity, 

Robinson The Heeren and Takashimaya.

Fidelis Toh | TheLuckiestChick ♥

TheLuckiestChick turns into a 新娘秘書 in Taipei!

OMG! I'm so excited! I'm in Taiwan for one month in May for a Make Up Artist course!!!

It's just something I've thought of doing for the longest time, but previously due to work.. stress.. well, life happened and my wants and my plans was just constantly being pushed back, and last year when I did our wedding photo shoot in Taichung and my 新娘秘書 (so cute right, i don't know why they call MUAs 新娘秘書 in Taiwan) really impressed the HECK out of me.

I really love the makeup style and the airy gorgeous hairstyles that she did for me, we did the photo shoot in July, right smack in the SUMMER i was literally a hot sweaty gross mess and my 新娘秘書 managed to clean me up SO WELL, in the melting heat outdoors with her magic hands she managed to change my hairdo into a gorgeous fluffy airy look, it was like freaking MAGIC to me. So I thought if i'm going to learn, I want to learn from them so I can learn the techniques and skills that I was so impressed with and bring that skills right back with me to Singapore. 

I also want ze magic hands!!! (:

At the same time I was feeling kinda scared before i came here. Hahaha it's gonna be the first time I'll be alone in another country for an entire month! I think I used to be really independent and will not be fazed by such a thing in a past, it's just been less than 6 months since we got married and spending so much time together, I'm grown to be so super sticky with Leon!

Massive clouds kinda day! 

My airfare was $240 which is considered on the cheap side since i remember even when we fly on budget air previously it was like almost $500 per person every time. But the thing is, literally one day ago Leon and I took advantage of the Easter promotion and booked a short trip to Taipei for 20-24th April and it was $240 for the BOTH OF US!

The day after I confirmed my attendance at the school in Taipei and booked my air ticket, i could hardly sleep because i was so excited + scared + CRAZY! I slept at 4am and woke up at 8am and started apartment hunting, because i was so scared that i can't find a place at a decent price and I would have to settle and live in a crappy, shitty apartment. 

I didn't want to live in a hotel either because I guess I hope to make some friends when I'm there if not i'll be so alone! (I know a bunch of Leon's concert touring Taiwanese friends but I'm not exactly friends, friends with them right?) And i didn't want to live in a typical hostel although that's probably the easiest way to meet people and make friends but i just can't handle the hostel type accommodation? I need my space too! And what about my belongings hahah I have a million things I need on a daily basis.

I feel like I really 找到宝 for my accommodation! 

I'll be staying at this 2 apartments which is 3 mins away from ZhongXiaoFuXing station and just 15 mins away from my school, of course to stay for an extended period it's still quite costly but for short stays I think it's a freaking steal la! And although it's totally en-suite, there's still a common area for people to read and chat so i might meet people and make friends that way too? (hopefully? haha) And it looks pretty darn sweet to me! I like that it's very bright and has lots of natural light. (:

https://www.airbnb.com.sg/rooms/2110653

https://www.airbnb.com.sg/rooms/2110698

So many shitty Ximending hotels charging like $90-$130 for a WINDOWLESS room these days 不值得! Feels so claustrophobic not being able to have sunlight streaming in anytime of the day, sadly it seems like the hotels in Taiwan is not thaaaat cheap anymore, I remember before we can always find really good accomodation at a small scale hotel/inn in Ximending for like $50 a night!

So far.. my classes have been SUPER FUN! it's my first time doing any sort of hairstyles so it was a refreshing change for me learning something so so so new and I'm really enjoying and having fun while learning the braid techniques and hairdos.

I've been enjoying looooots of great food just nearby my apartment that I'm staying at-

First meal in Taiwan: 红烧牛肉面! shiok shiok shiok! 

The beef is so so tender and full of flavor!!!

Delicious matcha waffle to nibble! 

 Isn't that Unicorn/Rainbow/Lightning bolt pouch the cutest?!

 

Lunching at Muji Cafe! Seriously i love the food so much! How can simple food be so perfect? Everything is wonderful about this meal, even the yuzu drink is freaking refreshing and really good.

So far I've met my reader Seow Ting here and we hung out for a day last week and I really had epic fun! If you're coming to Taiwan this month let me know, I'd love to meet more people here!

So excited that Felicia & Shirley is coming over to taiwan in 2 weeks to play with me hehe! :D

I'm kinda in a bad situation right now because my new iphone6 is soaked in rainwater and is totally busted now and I've just left it at the handphone repair shop and i really hope it will be alright, if not i'm dooooomed!

More updates soon.

♡ Love, TheLuckiestChick.

# FideLeon Wedding // Wedding Ceremony by the rooftop pool, Village Hotel Changi

Ahhh thinking of our wedding ceremony still gives me the tingly feel up my spine somehow hahaha more like embarrassed mixed with happiness and haha, I don't know! 

A million emotions maybe! We've been together for so long since i was 14 (11 years) I didn't really think much about how a marriage ceremony is going to make any difference in our relationship so I didn't expect myself to really feel much like oh it's just going to be a JP saying a bunch of words and then we would say a bunch of words and we would be MARRIED right?

I was already feeling super tense the entire day before (it was BUSY AS HELL) and the entire wedding day, I remembered that was a major bridezilla mo' when I had a very limited time slot between reaching the hotel and taking a shower then before my hair and makeup. I wanted to set up my wedding album table and dessert table myself  but when i got to the reception area, my tables were not set up as promised by the hotel staff and I went nuts and screaming WHERE IS MY TABLE I WANT MY TABLES NOW! *crazy look in my eyes* HAHAHAHA 

I'm sorry poor hubbay, my bridesmaids Carrie and Shirley had to see that and thank you for calming me the shit down.

And there was this thing with the MUA with my MIL and mummy which left me like really majorly stressed out to the max and i had a little bridezilla mo'. LOL nadnut is so not letting this down and keeps reminding me of my little meltdown every now and then hahahaha because i told her i would be a really chill bride, which I WAS till the very last moment, and then I'm NOT. 

Basically i went from 0 to 100 real quickly and it made my own head spin. hahaha

So during the ceremony I was in tears almost the entire time hahaha I think I get caught in the moment really.. easily but most of the time I don't really show my emotions but since it was technically Leon and my day, I was like... I don't know what came over me, tears exploding all over the place to the max, and once the flood gates were open, there was no stopping my HUGE tears rolling and rolling down my face. 

So embarrassing. haha 

Romantic little twinkling lights!

Awww Jarell (the groomsmen who got nipple licked by leon, see my gatecrash post!) and his gf, haha I think he might be wiping off her tears because his nipples has been tainted by Leon's tongue. 

Just kidding - I've no idea what's happening. HAHAHA

The 2 daddy (s) haha

I seriously want to thank my Brother-in-law Garett for being the best emcee! hahahah he's so funny and he really made everyone laugh so much with his annoying jokes and all. 

Like we totally forgotten that Leon should be waiting for me down the aisle and my daddy was suppose to walk me down the aisle right? hahaha so up till the last second he was with me and Garett made a huge joke out of it LOL

And then, we were married. 

Awwwwe.. :3 It almost felt like we were alone right at that moment.

Photography by EggsBenedictChan

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Really love working with Benedict for our wedding because his style is.. i would say, non-intrusive, really natural because there are hardly many shots that was posed at all, it's really is just candid and very real.. moments.

I usually hate myself in candid shots 99% of the time but after seeing our engagement session (see here) and actual wedding day shot by Benedict, I can only say that he's just really good at capturing THE moment!

 You can email him to check for his rates and for any enquiries.

He's so friendly and i'm absolutely sure you're in good hands with Benedict. (:

Benedict

Contact: hello@eggsbenedictchan.com

http://eggsbenedictchan.com/

♡ Love, TheLuckiestChick.