Glitz & Glamour Party

Today, I attended a The Body Shop workshop called the Glitz & Glamour Party with Liy and just like its name suggests, it was a rather classy event! It was held at

Raffles City Convention Centre
Bras Basah Room, Level 4
80 Bras Basah Road, Singapore 189560

from around 10am to 12pm.

Liy and I arrived about 5-10 mins before the event started and we were pleasantly surprised upon reaching the venue. After we cleared the registration and collected our goodie bags, we were led to this space behind the hall where there were refreshments waiting for us! The food served was really high class and delicious! I ate a lot heheheheh xD

Here are some pictures of the food!

There were sticks of prawns and scallops, chocolate coated gingerbread cookies and different kinds of pastries! They also had a variety of tea. I choose the Vanilla Bourbon tea and it reminded me a lot of ice-cream tea! I would like to have it again! One thing that interested me a lot, was that the milk and creamer were not in packet form, but were instead in liquid form and served in little dispensers/pour-ers of sorts!

This is what Liy and I took! We weren't very hungry, so we shared a plate. :)

Just look at the size of those scallops *O*

Oh yes, this is what was in our goodie bags!

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• Butter Cookie
• The Body Shop 2013 Christmas Catalogue
• Set of vouchers
• Set of BORN LIPPY Lip Balm in Passionberry, Strawberry, Watermelon, Raspberry and Satsuma Shimmer

So nice of them! 

After eating, we entered the venue to get seated and ready for the event to begin! 

Such a solemn looking setting LOL. But I appreciate the fact that they actually provided us with sweets and beverages. There was paper for us to use as well! In case we wanted to take notes. I didn't though o.o I just used my ears to listen. And my mouth to comment to Liy eheheh.

Mandatory selfies!

My expressions look so awkward because I don't know how to smile nicely okay LOL. I look derpish when I smile. Look at Liy that cutie pie.

Since I had time before the event started, I took pictures of the Christmas Catalogue that they provided us with. Your're welcome :)

The pictures alone got me excited already LOL! What about you all? :)

The event started off with a makeup tutorial specially directed by award-winning and celebrity make-up artist from UK, Lan Nguyen-Grealis. She was so pretty! She had her hair done in a high pony tail that was tightly curled into one single curl. It looked so good on her! I probably wouldn't even look half as nice as her sigh ): I didn't have the chance to have a picture taken with her because she was so busy. Another sigh ): But I can Google you an image of her! Yay! :)

She's a self taught makeup artist with 12 years of experience and that makes me respect her loads, because I don't think that it was an easy journey getting to where she currently is.

Making use of The Body Shop's Special Edition Winter Trend Makeup, she gave her model a makeover and I didn't really manage to get clear pictures because I was so afraid that I would disturb everyone else if I stepped in close to take pictures. Had to rely on the zoom function which was ):

Sorry for the poor quality :x

Learnt a few tips

• Use another colored eyeliner to act as your base before applying the color of the eyeliner you want to strengthen the intensity.
• After drawing your eyeliner using liquid or gel, go over it with eyeshadow to help set the eye liner. It lasts longer this way!
• Highlighting is a need! It helps to define your features! (I use to avoid this but I guess I'll give it a try)
• When applying eye shadow on the eyes, make sure you apply it fully over your eye socket. Not a quarter, nor half. Fully! It makes it seem more natural this way.
• Ears and neck matter as well when it comes to makeup! Make sure to apply foundation or powder in order to make the exposed skin the same color! Otherwise you'll look as if you are wearing a mask out!

After the tutorial, we went through another tutorial that was hands on and regarding bracelets and bag charms! We were given chains and charms and asked to be creative regarding our designs. This was conducted by Operation Overhaul.

These are the charms that my friends and I received!

This was Liy's!

This was mine~

Due to there being too many people and too little pliers, Liy and I decided to really get hands on and we used our bare hands to twist the little metal rings provided (Not in picture) to fit everything together! Really hands on eh? :)

I felt that the chains were too short for bracelets, so I decided to make them both into bag charms!

Here is my finished product!

Nice right! I think so too :D HAHAHAHA!! Oh gosh I'm so shameless.

I managed to borrow the Body Shop's mascot. Gingy, to help me model my work! :)

So cute right! xD I wanted to hang it around the waist, but Gingy has really small waist and hips so it kept dropping ): I'm jealous of you Gingy. LOL

While waiting for the others to complete their bracelets, we were allowed to wander to the back of the room to view their new and upcoming products! I took pictures of them all.

Just look at the cute sponge! Ahh. They had another cute reindeer sponge but I didn't manage to have a picture taken with it. ):

Yum.I would really like to take all of the products home. But my wallet seems to be protesting a lot o_o

After oogling all the beautiful products above, I went to the front of the room to take a look at the table that had all the products Lan used. FELL IN LOVE AGAIN!!

This is my dream okay. To wake up and see a table covered in makeup for me to use and fool around with. But sadly, this isn't mine D: Did you hear my heart break?

Needed selfie derp. Didn't have makeup on that day ): Wanted to ask one of the professional makeup artists to give me a makeover but I didn't have time D: Had a lunch date to go to. BUT I STILL HAVE THE VOUCHER TO USE! The voucher can be used for either brow trimming or a makeover. We can pretty much guess what I'll be going for!

After that, the event ended and we were all ushered down to the Body Shop store to make good use of our vouchers. But before that...I JUST HAD TO HAVE SELFIES TAKEN WITH THE GOODIES.

Sigh. How come I end up looking so derp when people take pictures of me? I always look so awkward D: as compared to selfies like this

EHEHEHE. Sorry for the spam of my face. Just want to look good you know xD

I am so glad that I attended the event! It was so informative and enriching and simply WOW. Hope to be able to attend more!

Hope you feel more encouraged to purchase the Body Shop products! Giveaway coming soon! Stay tuned!

Facial At Asian Skin Solution

Greetings =)

Today has been a wonderful day. Not only did I get a facial done, I also spent quality time with my Mother and went through some retail therapy----> excuses for shopping LOL! Well, I have been really traumatized by my exams recently, so i do need therapy! EXCUSESEXCUSESLOL

I managed to win a free facial session through a giveaway organised by Tokyo Mode Addict. The facial was done at Asian Skin Solutions and I can't even put into words about how awesome their services were!! I'll still try to do so though.

It was a very exciting and satisfying first time for me. I know that people normally sleep through the facials, but I didn't! I was simply too excited! I went with my Mother who received a complimentary facial from them :) They are such nice people.

They have two branches. One at Park Mall, and one at Bugis Village. I went to the one at Bugis because it was more convenient for me!

I was too excited that I forgot to take pictures, so I borrowed them from the Asian Skin Solutions webpage~ Here they are!

The facilities look the same as those in the pictures! The whole place had scented oil and scented candles and the fragrance had a really soothing effect. While waiting before and after treatment, we were served with rose tea. The tea tasted really good! I have many cups of it!

One of the reasons that I was really excited to get a facial, was because I had multiple breakouts recently due to stress and lack of sleep ): It was really horrible okay.

Eheheh I look like a dead fish due to the nature of my contacts but don't run! See that huge pimple in the middle of my forehead? Its so ugly ): I was sure that I walked around with my head down today.

For people with skin like mine, its okay ): you are not alone!

For people who have flawless skin, NO FAIR D<

Sigh. I found out today that our body thinks of our skin as insignificant and they hold our organs in higher regard. Well, I certainly view it the other way around o.o

All the staff at Asian Skin Solutions were really nice! They smiled a lot and they were really friendly. They answered all our questions regarding the place with patience. They also made small talk with us in bid to make us feel more comfortable. Which I am really thankful for, because I was getting sort of nervous when I reached the place. It looked so high class x.x

Before starting, my Mother and I had to fill up some forms regarding our health and allergies, and they had some pretty interesting questions like 'Insomnia?', 'Irregular Period?', 'Cosmetic Surgeries?', 'Stress?', and 'Do you travel?'

After we cleared those forms, we went to get our skin checked by this skin professional. Her name was Eve and she was very pretty LOL. Sorry, I like to appreciate nice things hahahah! I was really shy in allowing her to look at my face and use her apparatus on it because I am not exactly very proud or confident of my skin. But if I was, I probably wouldn't be there LOL.

I already had some expectations regarding the results, but some parts of the results still shocked me o.o

My skin was considered to be a combination type. Oily, and dry. Oily, I expected, but DRY? NEVERRRRRRRR!! I was really baffled. I just stared O_O at her because, how can your skin be oily yet dry at the same time? She then proceeded to explain to me that my skin was oily, because it was too dry, which meant that my skin continued gushing out oil in order to help moisten my skin. Wah. Oil glands, thanks for the hard work ah, but its okay. You can stop working overtime now!

Did you know that our skin is actually in the form of nets? Like fishnet stockings. Except where fishnet stockings are black, the lines on our faces are white, and those lines are the collagen that helps to nourish our skin. She used her equipment to scan and take various pictures of my face and sigh. I felt so exposed. She could tell that I had scratched my skin and left small wounds on my face. So embarrassing! I wanted the ground to eat me up please.

My face was considered super oily!! Like my Mother D= It was also low in moisture, a little rough and full of dead skin cells! AHHHHH. How about I just stay at home and spare the world my face from this day on. Sigh. I asked her about eye bags and dark circles and she did another scan on me and after looking at the pictures from those scans, she pointed out that the areas under my eyes were actually more of a purple than red, which meant that there was a lack of blood circulation. Apparently, this is what happens when you tire your eyes out too much. Like from too much television, too much computer etc etc. She then asked me,'DO you lower your head to shampoo your hair when you shower?' I replied No and she said 'Good! Don't do that okay! Its bad for you if you do that when you already have poor blood circulation!'. Wow. Thank god that I have a poor neck then o.o I normally don't do that because my neck will be tired if I bend forward for a period of time.

Today, I also realized that my life has been a lie.

Sort of. This whole time, I've been thinking that I have oily skin, so I've been using various anti-oil products from The Body Shop and then today, Eve told me that those products were probably the ones attributing to the excess oil that my skin produced. Not only that, people of my age/teenagers, should be using liquid/serum based moisturizer instead of cream based moisturizer, because cream based is less easily absorbed and may instead end up removing the pre-existing collagen on our skin.

*stares at The Body Shop products*

*stares at cream based moisturizer*

*incessant shooting at pre-mentioned products*

So I've been dooming myself and my skin by trying to save it while I was ignorant. I'm so sorry my skin ): Your master is a dumb dumb who tried to help you without doing any research ): Without the collagen on your face, you will look older and your skin will sag as you grow older! No wonder I look so old lah. I've been removing collagen from my skin unknowingly.

After the skin consultation, came the facial treatment! There is no 'standard' face treatment at Asian Skin Solutions. Every single treatment is specially catered to your needs! Just like how I went for a PH balance restoring treatment to help my skin be less dry and less oily while my Mother went for a pigment reducing treatment where she got dark spots removed.

The room that the treatment was done in was really nice! The bed was really comfortable looking, and they had this cupboard where you were to change into this tube-top dress sort of apparel before you start your treatment! The blanket/comforter was really comfortable. It smelled so good. Once again, I must emphasize that the entire place smelled extremely nice!

I had many things done to me during my treatment. Instead of sleeping, i ended up chatting to Eve, who was attending to me. I learnt many things from her! Like how she loves manga and anime, especially Detective Conan, and that she's a Malaysian! She was so sweet and gentle, like an elder sister! I really wanted to take a picture with her, but she said that they had this company policy where they are not allowed to take pictures with their clients ):

This were the things that were done to me! Eve told me everything and i memorized them all! (I think o.o) Aish. Should have asked her for a list zzz.

I did a

• Face & Neck Wash
• Double Cleanse
• Scrub
• Steam
• Comedone Lotion
• HF+ PH Formula
• Acne & Blackheads Ridding
• Eyebrows Threading/Shaping (I was so surprised when she asked me o.o)
• Head, Face, Eye & Neck Massage
• Face Cryoeal Macuine + PH Formula
• Soothing
• Hydrating
• Face Mask
• Soft Mask
• Hard Mask
• Shoulder Massage

When it was all over and she told me that I could get off and change, I sort of refused to LOL I was so comfortable okay. I really didn't want to move. I could just lie down and sleep till tomorrow but I can't ): My Mother was waiting for me outside and until now, I still have no idea what she did o.o

After I changed and went out, I was once again served with that nice rose tea. I wanted to ask them for a whole pot of it HAHAHAHA. But I can't be so thick skinned LOL. My first time there leh. For all you know, they may choose to ban me from their place xD ---> They didn't

I could see some visible differences after the treatment was over. I was literally glowing, my skin felt firm and bouncy, and it felt really smooth and hydrated! Don't ask me 'How do you feel that it's hydrated?' okay. You'll just know.

Here is an after picture!

The previously glaring pimple that was in the middle of my forehead is now not so red, nor swelling so much as compared to before! This is because Eve helped me to squeeze all the pus out of all my undesirable pimples! Now its going to heal much quicker!

Another thing I learnt today, is that whitening products, dries up your skin. So to avoid having to use whitening products, simple use more sun screen! So simple isn't it! LOL. I wish I thought of that sooner. Maybe my skin could have avoided such sadness ):

Overall, it was a really fun experience and I can't wait to go back for my facial treatment on 11th of November! Told you that they didn't ban me from their place xD

Asian Skin Solutions is giving away complimentary facials! This means that its free!

Call 6767 0077 to make an appointment!

For weekdays, the earliest time that they can attend to you is 11 am, and the latest time that they can attend to you is 7 pm.

For weekends, the earliest that they can attend to you is 11 am, while the latest time that they can attend to you is 5 pm!

Each treatments lasts about 2 hours! The first 30 minutes is spent analyzing your skin! But the time taken for the treatments is different for everyone, because each treatment is specially catered to your needs! Have fun, enjoy the treatment and take care! :)

Good bye!