IT'S BIGGS!

I could not remember when was the last time me and this long lost sister-in-crime of mine went out for a date. Still, I was glad that despite her very private and busy housewife life, she gave the both of us the chance to go out again just like the old times. I kind of 'forced' the queen to go out from the beehive and see me and yass, girl definitely did not disappoint. :)

Becca and I met about three weeks ago at Orchard. I was planning to check something cool at Sephora since I would like to try new products that are pregnancy-safe. Speaking of products, I bought a few products from Burt's Bees two months ago and I'd like to share my feedback on those in the next few blogs I'd be doing.

So going back, Becca suggested to have late lunch at Orchard Gateway's Dazzling Cafe, since she told me that they had this nice honey toast topped with iced cream and lots of yumminess. So, okay, go!

I might as well try and probably share my thoughts on it since they do not only serve tea break snacks, they also cater a la carte main courses which were good as well.

The interior was modern but at the same time lavish that it uses a lot of bright lights and cute chandeliers, mirrors and glass. It kind of reminds me of  Antoinette cafe because of the ambiance it gives. (Fun fact: I was also with Becca when I visited Antoinette for the first time, many years back because of the Bellabox Blogger's Event. Good times!)

Their black and white chairs were cute that it has bunny ears made to fit :) Color concepts of cotton candy pink and stripe patterns complimented nicely to the whole interior.

Becca and I decided to order three items from their menu. It was quite expected in a way that the price of the food would be higher than what we thought it would be, given how fancy the dining was. But since we were hungry and we felt that we would be staying at the cafe for hours (to chat and catch up, lol), we thought of ordering for both purpose.

Food verdict:

At first, I did not know if it was a good decision to eat all at one place since I know it would be better if we were to look for somewhere else. We were initially here for the honey toast, but I did not prepare that much for the main course. It's not that the food weren't nice, we both agreed and thought that we could've taken our lunch somewhere else cheaper and probably even better (read: rice. LOL) and proceed to take the toast here after.

But of course, place-wise, it was cozy that enabled us to talk and hangout for hours. That's more important. Catching up is more important! The last time I saw her was last April when I made my first house visit to their place after their supposedly housewarming. I wasn't able to go that time because I felt I was going to feel ill. (It was at that day I felt I was fertile, hence the rise of basal body temperature) ^_^

After this sesh, we went to another mall for me to check if I could check some products at Sephora which ended up not buying anything at all. LOL. I just then thought of buying a low-heeled wedge type shoes since I'd be attending a wedding that coming weekend.

Becca insisted on sending me home, which I gladly said yes. Albert just finished work just in time and met the both of us at the MRT station and all of us went home. She stayed for a while and we had another short chitchat before she took the last shuttle bus our condo was having to go back to the MRT station near us. And called it a day.

I thank you again, sis for spending a day with me! Hope to see you again before I go back home and before you go to US for your hubby's business trip. It was fun hanging out with you, as always. Truly my sissum by heart! God Bless you and your future plans in life. And I do hope when I come back, you would also have your little bundle of joy. XOXO

P.S.

I shall wait for your version of this day out via beccavlogs! (which will probably be up by December? or January? lololol)

Should I try vlogging too? ^__^

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Hi!

I'll just make this simple and "hopefully" short, this is a bit of what we usually call a shameless plug. :)

A few months back, a group of friends and I made effort to help one personal friend and owner of the online fashion store called Pixie Dust Glam. Fab and chic name, isn't it? 

You didn't see this coming, do you?

Reason why I am blogging this is because I want to share with you a glimpse of the behind-the-scenes from the said fun photoshoot and the people who were happily involved in the project.

Sooo, without further ado, --please don't laugh, lol-- here it is.

(photo credits: Albert; post-processing: Biggs)

Firstly, our make-up artists:

PDG's first 3-day Fashion Bazaar was also launched last 28th July at Bedok Point. Thank you for those who came and liked it!

The main website is being updated so Diana can update the items that were already sold and by that, it is currently inaccessible. Meanwhile, Pixie Dust Glam's official facebook page is up so please check it out by all means!

It's the Real Clothes for Real Curves, baby!

Last 7th of March, I have attended the Blogger's event hosted by Bellabox Singapore. The call time for the program was supposedly 7 in the evening, but was pushed for another half an hour to make way for incoming guests who were most likely stuck in the traffic jam. I wouldn't be in this event if not for my dear friend, Becca-- yet again. Girl, if happen to read this, let me, once again, extend my sincerest gratitude to you for having me experience the first BB event of my life. Yeee... Sweet! ^_^

Anyway, for those who did not know yet, I am well aware of the existence of Bellabox. Last year, a friend gave me this 3-month subscription of Bellabox as a birthday present. After those months of the privilege "treat", I got more occupied with other things and errands to further prioritize. I somehow regret not to avail an official monthly subscription since I've been loving the set and the partner brands BB has been provided me.

As of today, I manage to get myself and my priorities pretty well, and also purchase the things I have come to enjoy and trust my money at. That night, I told myself, I'll go back to the subscription and will support the team by blogging about it... and voilà!

This is a sweet reunion for myself, Bellabox and my comeback for blogging, so, let's do this! :)

A Parisian Pâtisserie was indeed the perfect venue for this event to happen. Located at Penhas Road within Lavender District, I absolutely love the interiors of Antoinette and how it was bonded with the concept of Bellabox: being simply looking and feeling beautiful. 

THE EVENT PROPER

While waiting for the event to start, each one of us has been able to pick and eat one out of four "Bellabox Macarons" --each got different color and flavor in it. The color actually played a major part on the next activities that had happened. which I'm going to tell later on. The program started with an nice and inspiring opening speech by Ms. Molina from the Bellabox team and gave us bloggers an insight of the milestones BB has achieved since it started. 

Moving on, the brands that were in-house at the time are the following:

Okay, going back to the macarons, the one that I picked was a yellowish in color. Ms. Molina then gave us our designation on which product booth we can go first through the colors of the macaron we selected, The yellow macaron is actually designated at the Nuxe's corner. At first, I've been eyeing on the Lanvin perfumes as well as the MeMeMe and Sleek MakeUp to go first but since there's the sequence according to the event proper, (and I'll be checking the other items one after another anyway), I happily went to the Nuxe booth and started the session with them.

NUXE AND MY DREADFUL SKIN ANALYSIS

I've been loving Nuxe! It was one of the products that I felt I got interested on when it was featured in the previous boxes bb has shipped. They have explained to me their new addition to the product which is the shimmer oil version of Huile Prodigieuse OR dry oil. 



While on Nuxe's corner, I also got the chance to get my skin tested and evaluated by Laura from the Nuxe team. While I anticipated and dreaded for the results of my poor, unhealthy skin, Laura was kind enough to advice me the things I need to work on to improve the elasticity, oiliness level as well as the correct pigmentation and even distribution of the products I'm going to apply on my face. 



With the products from Nuxe, I was given the encouragement to do my skin routine the right way. Thanks, Nuxe team!

BREWING SOMETHING EXCITING!

After Nuxe, I was free to wander on the remaining three sponsor brands of the night. The second brand that I got to try was the Lanvin's newest product, which details of the said item will be revealed reaally, really soon. *evil laugh*

I was happy and fortunate enough to experience the "contents" that made it effective.







Please follow Lanvin and subscribe to their newsletter so you can be updated with their newest top-of-the line products!

THE DEEP SEA SECRET



The third booth that I went into was the Cellilux Corner, and the presenter was the lovely and gorgeous beauty blogger and youtube personality Roseanne Tang. I could be the fourth or fifth or more than the 10th person that she has demonstrated the product with, yet she's very nice and accommodating gal. And as for the product, it was thrilling and superb to use. I tried it at the back of my palm and let it dry up for at about 15-20 minutes and afterwards, wiped it out using wet wipes. 



In all fairness, the texture of my skin became smoother and cleaner in the sense that I felt it was hydrated properly. Totally amazed and happy on the results!

The Cellilux Glacial Mineral Gel can be the best to use on a weekly basis to exfoliate and hydrate your skin. This is going to help me even out my skin better before I apply my other skin products. Really love, love, loving this.

You may follow Roseanne on her Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram (@roseannetangrs) to learn more tips with just everything :) 

Her product review on Cellilux is indeed very helpful. Check it out HERE.


FINALLY, THE MAKE UP BRANDS!


MeMeMe Cosmetics is the recent newest addition to the bb brand partners. A European-based product, MeMeMe is said to be inspired from ancient Greeks' art and architecture, an iconic epithet to a Renaissance woman, and lastly a free-spirited Bohemian style. I somehow like that approach; it embodies the user to become unique in terms of how you want to look and feel inside and out, and by just being free to be whoever you want to be. So far, the products are rich in the sense that it is easy and classic to wear.

Sleek MakeUp on the other hand, caters any skin type as they say, which I get to feel I am rest assured at. The colors on their palette are vibrant, hippy, and I must say highly pigmented. Not to mention, AFFORDABLE but not sacrificing the quality.

A Makeover booth was put up at that time for those guests who wanted to try the products on the spot. Anyway, check the freebies I got from these gorgeous make-up brands.




Please do check Carmine Avenue's Facebook page to learn more on the newest products from these brands.

BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE

My night was totally blown away with the products, and not only that, before we left, we got a chance to grab the Bellabox for the month of March in advance. I won't do any unboxing videos or of any kind 'coz I'm just going to leave that to the vlog experts, but anyways, check out the contents of this month's box below. :)


It was such an honor to be a part of this event. I am looking forward to be able to attend again, if given the opportunity. 

Want to give presents to your girl friends, sisters, moms, aunties or even just creative people who is fond of doing product reviews and such, avail the gift subscription of Bellabox by clicking this link to direct you to their procedures!

Thank you for this wonderful night, Bellabox! 


Disclaimer: I do not own Bellabox and all the products mentioned. Purpose of this article is to give information of the event night only.