It’s the favourite time of the year again. I went to Marina Bay Sands (MBS) recently and saw their Christmas decorations with Chanel theme this year.
Can’t wait to see more decorations when I fly to New York for my personal vacation this year. 😀 I have always wanted to visit New York and I love Christmas. Hehe.
Categories: Insights, Japanese related, Korean related, Personal life, Reviews, Shopping, Skin care
I realised I haven’t blog about my skin care regime for 5 years. My last post is in 2019. I have other posts earlier which you can see them here. Some of the old posts are archived though.
- My skin care regime in early twenties – 2014
- My skin care regime in mid twenties – 2017
- My skin care regime (2018 edition) – 2018
- My skin care regime (2019 edition) – 2019
Day care
- Cleanser: Fancl Washing Powder has been my holy grail since 2018. 😀
- Pre-serum: Sulwhasoo First Care Activating Serum EX has my holy grail since my first post about my skin care regime in 2014.
- Eye cream: Sulwhasoo Concentrated Ginseng Renewing Eye Cream has been my holy grail since my 2017 post.
- Serum: Kiehls Clearly Corrective Dark Spot Solution
- Serum: Drunk Elephant C-Firma Fresh Day Serum
- Moisturiser: Kiehls Ultra Facial Oil-free Gel Cream
- Sunscreen: Kiehls Ultra Light Daily UV Defense Aqua Gel and Round Lab Birch Juice Moisturizing Sunscreen
- Base makeup primer: Cle de Peau Correcting Cream Veil which I just started using since end 2023.
- Base makeup: Hermes Plein Air
- Blush: Hermes Silky Blush Powder
- Finishing powder: Dior Forever Cushion Powder
- Setting spray: Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray
Night care
- Makeup remover: Sulwhasoo Gentle Cleansing Oil
- Cleanser: Fancl Washing Powder has been my holy grail since 2018. 😀
- Pre-serum: Sulwhasoo First Care Activating Serum EX has my holy grail since my first post about my skin care regime in 2014.
- Eye cream: Sulwhasoo Concentrated Ginseng Renewing Eye Cream has been my holy grail since my 2017 post.
- Serum: Sulwhasoo Concentrated Ginseng Rejuvenating Serum
- Moisturiser: Kiehls Ultra Facial Oil-free Gel Cream
Damage*: S$1767
* I’m following the prices I found online and not the ones that I actually paid for. I always do my due diligence when it comes to buying the products and where+when to buy them. So what I paid for is lesser than what is listed.
Wow, it’s a 65% jump since 2019. Lol, lifestyle inflation is a real thing. Maybe I should say is skin care inflation. Lol. Well, when you are older, you do need to spend more to upkeep your appearance. 😐
Sulwhasoo, Kiehls, Fancl, Round Lab and Drunk Elephant are now like key skin care brands while Hermes, Cle de Peau and Charlotte Tilbury are my go-to brands for daily basic makeup now.
I went to Bishan Ang Mo Kio Park on 26 October with a guy whom I will never meet again. Weird date and I thought maybe can still give him 1 last chance but apparently he is not interested either. So yeah, maybe it is for the best. The universe is chasing all these potential mummy’s boy out of my way.
It’s a 6.5km hike and a 6.5 hrs date/meetup. 3 hrs was spent on the hike while remaining 3.5 hrs was spent on dinner and him not wanting to split up. Gah, I should have decide faster and just end even earlier. Lol.
Anyway, I did manage to get some good photos and selfies (without him knowing) so I guess it’s better than a complete waste of time? Here are some of the great photos that I took with my new iPhone 16 Pro. I have to say its camera is really good and the level of details captured is really high so I managed to salvage many of my photos with bad lighting using Adobe Lightroom. 😀
Categories: Food, Friendship, Japanese related, Personal life, Pictures
I went to The World of Studio Ghibli with my friends, Rui Yun and Eunice, on 5 October 2024. We managed to secure tickets on the first day of ticket sales and using my MBS membership perks, we got 2 for price of 1 tickets. That means 3 tickets for the price of 2 tickets. 😀 Always happy to get savings. Haha.
Even happier when I have friends with similar interests to go for such exhibition with me. 🙂 I’m definitely counting my blessings. The older I get, the harder it is to find friends to hang out with. It’s even harder to make friends now. So glad that our friendship managed to last through 2 decades…
I’m seriously considering buying this skirt since it is the usual style of skirt that I like. Unfortunately I cannot try the size so I didn’t buy it.
After the exhibition, we went to So Pho at MBS for dinner.
Categories: New stuff, Personal life, Shopping
I finally finished the Hermes Le Jardin de Monsieur Li Eau de toilette after about 3 years? Well, to be honest, I only started using it more often last year. It’s my second favourite scent and I was thinking if I should buy it again. Then I went to try the new Barenia perfume from Hermes and it smells really good on me. My SA was telling me when it first launched, it was completely sold out. In addition, it is refillable which was a plus point for me. But then again, the refill and the 100ml bottle is like the same price. The refill is 25ml more though…
Anyway, I decided to switch to the new Barenia perfume and have been using it for the past few days. I have been trying to use my Hermes and Jo Malone perfumes more since Le Labo perfume is really expensive.
There’s this saying that perfume will improving your aura and I think that’s a good thing. I need toxic people and toxicity far away from me. Lol.
Did it help to improve my aura? I think so. At least it helps along with my inner self work too.
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