Truly Serenity

Finding your perfect red lipstick!

2011-11-07T02:27:00.000+08:00

I had a disastrous day and I can't wait to end it. I just hope it will be better tomorrow. If you follow me on twitter, you might be aware that my bf and I were caught in an accident. Thank god that nobody was hurt. Apparently, the opposite party failed to follow the rules on the road, scratched our car and claimed that he was not in the wrong. Like WTF? I was fuming mad and I have never seen anyone as idiotic as him. He does not want to take the blame. So, we are just going to let our insurance company handles this.

Alright, enough of my ranting.

Anyway, my bad for not updating this space. Been busy looking around for new office space (Yes! We kinda settled on one), busy preparing for Xmas and CNY and a new retail rack coming up (Yay! So now you girls can feel and try on our clothes) :)) More details will be up soon!

Headed town yesterday for Ipuddo. Upon arriving, we were turned off by the super long queue. Think 30-40 people in the queue. Madness! So we went one level down to Wild Honey and had our all time favourite, European breakfast!

Went Sephora looking for a red lipstick. The SA at Mac intro-ed this blue based red lippie from their Xmas collection. Tried it on and fell in love with it immediately. It gives my skin instant color and radiance.

It is really important to choose the right red lipstick for your skin tone. If worn incorrectly, it can make one look sickly. My advise is to seek help from the professionals because they know what is best for you.

Wishlist

2011-11-02T21:51:00.001+08:00

I am hoping to get this new love for my birthday!

2011-10-18T21:33:00.000+08:00

Ahh! I'm terribly sorry for the lack of updates. I have been really busssyyy. But I'm not complaining because I love my job and I love bringing in pretty apparels for you girls :) Things just got better as our new help is here. *beaming

Last Saturday was my good friend, Hui Fen's wedding. I was asked to be one of her jie mei and it's my second time being one. We prepared a splendid spread for the groom and his brothers. Tortured them for a good 30mins before letting them in. Haha.

Had our hair done at Hair Secret before heading to the dinner venue. Super love the soft and big curls they gave me :)

This couple has come so far. I truly wish them a blissful marriage and 早生贵子! =D

All about my tresses!

2011-10-07T21:59:00.000+08:00

I have been receiving alot of questions regarding my hair. So here I am doing up this entry :)

Shampoo: L'Oreal Professional Series Vitamino colour shampoo
I have coloured hair, thus was advised to use colour shampoo. I went to read up on reviews for colour shampoo and this L'Oreal shampoo has pretty good ratings. So I decided to give it a try. I have no idea whether this shampoo helps in enhancing my coloured hair but I would say it is pretty moisturising.

Conditioner: Essential Damage Care Rich Premier Conditioner
Been using this conditioner for almost a year. So far so good. But I am still looking for a new conditioner. Any recommendations?

Hair mask: Neutrogena Triple Moistuse Hair Mask and Hoyu Promaster Colour Care
I got my Neutrogena hair mask from drugstore.com. Not too sure whether they have it here in SG. This mask smells really gooooood.
As for the Hoyu hair mask, the salon that I visit uses this hair mask for their colour treatment. My hair always feel so soft after each visit and surprisingly, the effect lasted for 3 days. So I decided to bag this home. It is quite pricy, close to $40 for one tube.
Direction for hair mask: Apply on the ends of my hair. Clip it up and put on a shower cap.

Heat protector spray: Tresemme Heat Tamer Protective Spray
I blow dry my hair everyday so I needed a product to guard against heat. My sister is using this product as well and she claims that she has lesser split ends now. I got this from drugstore.com.

Hair dryer: Panasonic EH-NE11 Ionity Hair Dryer
This hair dryer does make a difference. I swear! My hair do feel less dry and yay to smoother hair. Apparently, my friends thought I rebonded my hair after using this hair dryer.

Leave in conditioner: SH-RD Protein Creme
This leave in conditioner is really moisturising and only require a 10 cent coin size per usage. The whole tub can last me for 2 years. Can you believe it? I got this from a local salon.

Hair curler: Babyliss Tourmaline Pro 38" Hair Curler
I have been hearing raves about babyliss curler and so glad that I found it when I was in Sydney. It has 40 heat settings, heats up pretty fast, emit negative ions and lesser damage to hair cuticle. It gives longer lasting curls and it adds shine to my tresses. MAJOR LOVE!

Hair Straightener: Unknown brand that I got from Hong Kong
I got this because of its ceramic plates and high temperature settings. Just an average straightener to me.

Feel free to ask me anything on FORMSPRING if you have any questions!

PS: These are just my reviews and results vary for different people.

Macyn Ruffle Front Shirt

2011-10-04T01:00:00.001+08:00

I wore this pretty piece to church on Sunday and matched it with a polka dots maxi skirt :) Decided to camwhore when I got home. Snapped like 20 over pictures but I am just going to upload 4 =D

I have been receiving alot of questions, asking me about my hair. I'm going to do up a post soon. Stay tuned! :)

2011-10-02T21:45:00.006+08:00

So sorry for the lack of updates. I have been reaallllyyyy busy with our October lookbook and video. So glad that our lookbook and video turned out well. Kudos to Han Siong from Academy Video Productions.

Go check them out :)

77th month-versary!

2011-09-26T22:14:00.001+08:00

On our 77th month-versary! Lao fu lao qi already but we always try to make a point to spend some time together on our month-versary. Be it a simple dinner or a movie date. Speaking of movie, I just watched Johnny English and it was damn hilarious. I was laughing non-stop throughout the whole movie. It's good! Go watch it if you haven't and do stay till after the credits :)

Dinner at Marmalade Pantry at Orchard Ion followed by some shopping. I love hanging out at Orchard Ion. It has all my favourite store like Zara, Topshop and Sephora. These are my must-visit brands when I hit town.

We had their signature crab linguine. The pasta was pretty filling and I was struggling to finish it up.

Finally bought a new eye creme. Previously, I was using some Kiehl's vit C eye creme and it sting my eyes so badly. So I went back to get my good old creamy avocado eye creme. No more listening to beauty advisers. They always psycho me to try their new products and I always ended up getting diasppointed.

Some random Instagram. Follow me on Instagram or twitter @trulyserenity :)

Can't do without falsies!

Another of my favourite chocolate!

My skincare essential!

Popping Vit C tablets to chase the flu bug away!

Awesome dinner whipped up by bf's mum!

Going causal on Friday!

In our upcoming rolled up sleeve blouse!

New necklace from Double C!

Gonna go catch some winks now. The flu medicine is making me drowsy!

Ice Cream Gallery

2011-09-22T13:03:00.000+08:00

I have a sweet tooth. I couldn't resist chocolates, pastries and ice-cream and always on a lookout for awesome dessert place. So one day, we drove pass Tanjong Katong and spotted this newly opened "Ice Cream Gallery" and we thought, why not just give it a try?

Thank god that the cafe is just 5mins drive away from home. So if I need to satisfy my craving, I can always pop over there rather than Udders @Siglap.

My top pick will be the rum and raisin ice-cream. Durian is fantastic as well :)

Gotta go help in the packing of parcels. One more day to TGIF! =D

Food makes me HAPPY!

2011-09-19T13:40:00.002+08:00

Ahh! Feels good to be back home :)

Been wanting to hit H&M ever since its opening. BUT! The CRAZY queue scares me off. So I thought, why not go on a weekday afternoon. Should be lesser crowd right? But I was WRONG! There was no queue but the store was jam packed. Ladies apparels on first and second level whereas men and kids on third level. So girls, you can now shop to your heart's content (2 levels of ladies merchandise). There was a long queue at the fitting room area so I didn't bother to try. Just picked up a few items and out we go.

I wore an upcoming piece from Amber Avenue and it's inspired by H&M :)

My H&M loots!

Up next to Ippudo for early dinner. Just realised that we love to head over to Mandarin Gallery to dine. All the nice restaurants are located there like Wild Honey, Ippudo, Antoinette etc.

Speaking of Antoinette, I have this sudden craving for macaroon. So headed over to get some. The best that I had (in my box of six) was the caramel macaroon. Definitely going back for more! :)

Alright folks, gonna go prepare for our upcoming launch. Stay tuned for more :)

Tabby in the house

2011-09-13T19:54:00.001+08:00

Bf's mum brought a dog home one day to experience "a day with a dog at home" life. Apparently, her friend is migrating to Australia next year and is currently looking for a new owner for the dog, Tabby. Tabby is a really smart dog. Everyone in the family likes her, especially bf. Furthermore, he is dying to have a dog since ages. But bf's mum fear the responsibility and forgo the idea of adopting Tabby. How sad :(

Anyhow, we hope that Tabby can find a good owner :)

Here are some random photos that I took with instagram. You can follow me on twitter and instagram @trulyserenity :)

Macdonald's cheese shaker fries

My little princess!

Coral nails from Revlon.

Beach Road prawn mee.

Random outfit of the day.

Premium BBQ Party!

2011-09-10T17:04:00.001+08:00

Just a short update before I head out for dinner :)

Last week was Han Siong's 30th birthday. Him being a BBQ lover, Pei Ee booked a BBQ pit at her apartment. It was a premium BBQ party with huge tiger prawn, crab, yakitori, endless supply of beef and mutton. There wasn't any hotdog or crab stick in sight (which I was craving for). Nevertheless, it was fun catching up :)

Anyway, we are launching the High Waist Safari Shorts on our next launch.

Have a great weekend! :)

2011-09-10T01:52:00.002+08:00

My dearest bf sprained his ankle during a soccer game and it was pretty bad. It has been a week and he is still in bandage. His ankle incident was a wake up call. He claimed that he is getting old and needs to hit the gym soon to train on his stamina.Haha.

So I have to take over the wheels for a couple of days. Drove him to Mt Elizabeth hospital for his skin appointment last week. Been hearing raves about Antoinette thus we decided to give it a try since we're just nearby.

Can't stop thinking about their pastries and we are going back there for sure :)

2011-09-10T01:51:00.004+08:00

We bought buffet vouchers from deal.com.sg with a couple of friends two months back. All of us were only able to make it on the last weekend before the voucher expiry. We arrived at Grand Park City Hall hotel, only to realise that they served Peranakan style buffet, which was kinda unexpected. The buffet spread was limited, peranakan food was not up to standard and slow in replenishing the dishes. Even the desserts were disappointing. I guess the only dish that we enjoyed most was the kuih pai tee.

Love,
Pam