| move on, move along |
I wish I could look at you one day and not feel the sadness of what we once were.
| the reality of things |
There are lots of things that we don’t understand, no matter how many years we put on, no matter how much experience we accumulate. – Haruki Murakami
Just recently I blogged about the Biolyn's Hair Spa experience and how awesome it was, and during that Hair Spa, I was given a free product to try. It is called the Phyto Hyaluronic Acid Solution for Skin and I decided to do a review of the product. (I’m actually dabbling with blogging reviews of the product I used, not only the nail polish but beauty products as well.)
The product is packaged in a simple bottle. I’m not able to read the Chinese words being the ‘banana’ I am, but the other details are written in English. So no worries if you’re like me. Heh. Anyway, as described on the bottle, this product hydrates, firms, soothe and whiten the skin. It is stated that it might take up to 30 days to see the effect, but, I have been using this product on my face for about a few days already, and I’ve noticed that my face looks slightly fairer and clearer as well. It isn’t very noticeable, hence I didn’t take a picture of my face.
Here is a close up picture of the bottle. Rest assured that this is a natural product, since its ingredients are extracted from premium white fungus. I was born with sensitive skin, so I have to be careful with the type of products I used, but I didn’t have any allergic reactions towards this product. Possibly since it is free from allergens, like proteins.
This is the cap of the bottle, and you’ll have to tilt the bottle to pour the product out. Very easy to use and I don’t need to screw any cap back on. Super convenient when I’m in the rush especially, which is most of the time. Haha.
You don’t need to apply a lot of the product, it is advisable to do it by drops. After pouring a few drops, you’ll just need to spread it on your skin. And, ta-da, the product is fully absorbed into your skin. I really love how well and fast it gets absorbed, and it doesn’t leave any traces of sticky feel. I have a huge issue with products that leaves that kind of feel on my skin, it is very very uncomfortable to me. Because it get absorbed pretty fast, it’s really easy for me to include into my daily regime for my face. I’m actually using it to replace my moisturiser, so far, it seems to be good. Doesn’t clog up my pores, so no worries about pimples.
In fact, it claims to minimize pores, lighten dark spots and reduces oil secretion if used on face. I find that it actually does help because my face is less oily ever since I started using this product. From the picture, you’ll find that this product can be used on other areas of the body since it’s basically a skin care product.
I’m going to show you a picture of my extremely dry skin which do happen occasionally especially during the hot seasons like now. Try not to get freaked out. Haha. You have been warned. It shows a before using the product; my dry skin and how my skin is after the product.
As you can see the product really works! It gave my dry, peeling skin an instant hydration. Definitely handy to have this product if you suffer from dry skin. :) I’m looking forward to the end of the 30 days period to see if the product would give a more noticeable change for my face but by I’m already loving the product so far.
If you’re interested in getting this product, you can get them from the Hair Salon I went for the Biolyn's Hair Spa experience or any other Biolyn’s outlets. It retails at RM 39.00.
| everyday, i think of you |
But you don’t know how much you mean to me. Maybe, you’ll never even know.
| Tonight; alone in the room. |
In the dark, thinking that all those fairy tales are full of shit, one more f*cking love song, I’d be sick.
| why do we get hurt? |
Because, we let people into our lives. We let them far too in, they know far too much. We trusted them, but in the end, all they do is break our hearts.
I love rompers because it looks so cute and fun when you wear them out! Sadly enough, this is my only romper. I haven’t been able to find that looks good on me. Most rompers looks too casual and plain. I would prefer a dressy one, which is why I loved this floral printed one. I paired it with knee high socks because the romper was so short and my friends thought I didn’t wear anything underneath. =.= It’s a romper, boys.
This is one of the few T-shirts that I actually have and wear it out, because the thing for me is that I simply don’t wear T-shirts. T-shirts are what I wear at home, but I’d give statement tees a pass. Plus, I love what was written on the tee, which was the sole reason why I got it in the first case. Haha. (It’s from Brands Outlet, if you want to get one.)
I love you.
That’s my secret.
No hearts. No pretty drawing.
No poems or cryptic message.
I love you. <3
I paired it up with my ever so trusty, basic bodycon skirt. :)
Remember when I blogged about Biolyn, around the mid of March? Good news, they have emailed the e-invites for the Hair Spa experience for those who have registered! So, do check your emails and redeemed it fast because you only have till 30th April to do so. :) Anyway, I had my appointment made for Saturday; the weekends are of the rare days when I’m free. And, it’s usually spent with the family. Then, I thought why not bring the family for it as well. After all, they already registered for it.
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Initially, I mentioned that you need to pay RM 10 to get the Hair Spa experience in my blog post, but as it turns out, you don’t have to already! :) The new free session is similar to the earlier one except without the hair care treatment and hair cut. Which now means you get a hair wash, hair scalp treatment and a free product; the phyto hyaluronic acid solution for skin.
My appointment was for 1pm, but I was late and hence, I missed my slot. So, I had to wait for some time as their stylists were tending to other customers. They recently opened in December with only two stylists at the moment. That’s why the wait for longer compared to the usual salon. According to Joey (the salon’s manager), it is advisable to come during the weekdays because they have less customer on those days. But parking is a hassle then.
While waiting, we were served with green tea and samples of Biolyn’s supplement drink. Yummy, jelly-ish honey drink. Haha. You can have a walk around the salon to shop for other Biolyn’s products. The products they have are usually healthy ones for the hair, skin and body.
In the left picture, she is massaging, for the scalp treatment and in the right, she is washing the hair using Biolyn’s chemical free shampoo. What I like about the Hair Spa experience was that, the stylists took the time to explain the hair problems each of us faced. Like hair loss, dry and split ends.. just to name a few. Then, they would recommend a regime we should follow and what type of products to use. But, it was not hard sell for their products. Just recommendations. :)
I really enjoyed myself for this experience and my family did too. They all had a mini hair makeover because the stylists did blow dry and styled their hair. Not so much for me, she just tied it up because I had too much hair. Haha.
And, it gets even better. While doing my hair, Nicol apologized because she was too busy to tell me in details what product I should use for my super dry damaged hair. She took down my number and said she’ll call me when she is free to explain to me in details. How awesome is that? :D
So, for those who are interested in the Hair Spa, Biolyn is currently having a few promotions.
- RM 10 for four Royal Hair Treatments (Scalp Care Treatment + Shampooing + Haircut + Hair Care Treatment)
- RM 39 for four Royal Hair Treatments (Scalp Care Treatment + Shampooing + Haircut + Hair Care Treatment) and a one product (Either the Hair & Scalp Serum with Phyto Hyaluronic Acid OR Skin Essence with Phyto Hyaluronic Acid)
I also managed to snap of picture of the other services they offered and the best thing is that most of them comes with product. Now, you don’t get that other salons. Maybe they do have for rebonding, perm and colouring. But for Biolyn HairSpa, even a simple wash & blow comes with a product. ^-^
So, do drop by for a visit if you want to experience the Hair Spa for yourself and also a gentle reminder to those who registered with me earlier, to redeem your experience, yea?
Here are the details of the salon;
Biolyn HairSpa
55-1,2,3,4, Jalan SP 2/1,
Taman Serdang Perdana,
43300 Seri Kembangan, Selangor.
Tel: 03-8941 8303 or 012 226 8157
I have not been able to get much shots from my Walk in The Park, I don’t know if I have ran out of inspiration or I need a change of landscape and environment. I think we all need that. Being in the same place for too long, does bore anyone out. So, anyway this was one of the recent shots I got from my walk. I was aimlessly shooting around and I didn’t realise a grasshopper was there. It scared me when I first saw it, but I thought it’d be nice to try to capture some pictures of it. So, what do you think of the picture? :)
(For more pictures from the Walk in the Park series, click here.)
It was a Monday when I wore this; I call this my lazy knitted pullover. I usually dress lazily on Monday if I have the blues, which I usually will especially when my classes begin at 8am. It such a pain to get out of the comfy bed, and into the freezing rooms of the college. It is on days like these that I won’t give a damn about what I wear, and hence, I am forever indebted for basics clothes that I can wear repeatedly, and not look like I haven’t washed my clothes since forever. But, basics on its own can get dull and boring so, there is nothing like throwing in a simple uber comfy knitwear to look like that you actually bothered dressing up.
I have always wanted to do a French manicure with glittery gold tip and black polish! Finally managed to do them, after so long. Haha, the thing is I actually have quite a few nail art ideas and some of them are in queue. This was one of them. Heh.
Like always, my French manicure are easy to do because I use stickers to guide me. And for this particular nail art, it was even simpler because the gold tip is from Sally Hansen's nail polish strips in Glitz Blitz (I blogged about it in details, so do read more about it if you’re interested in an easy peasy stick on nail polish.) All I had to do from paint the black polish over the glittery gold nail polish strips.
It was a Monday, and I was feeling blue especially since, I have early class of Business Strategy. There was nothing I longed for, than to stay in bed and read The Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami. Actually, that is what I would do everyday if I could. But ah, how unrealistic. Well, I managed to get myself out of bed, eventually and got dressed in one of my most comfy midi dress; this was the next best thing after the bed. Heh. I love how the dress is a seeming simple tank dress, but the design of the back is a simple cut-out design. And the moment I was back home, I jumped to bed and got lost in the book. Just blissful. :)
Nearing the end of March, I mentioned here that I collaborated with Joe and Pearl for a photo shoot. I posted up the first picture of the shoot titled; What I am, Who am I about two weeks ago and only now, I’m posting up the second picture from the shoot. (Been busy with exams!) Actually, this picture is already on Joe’s and Pearl’s FB pages and in fact, I already shared it on Facebook as well. So, you might have already seen it there. Heh.
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Anyways, before the shoot, I actually met up with both Joe and Pearl to discuss about the themes, ideas and the feel of the shoot. Also, since this was my first time so it’ll be better to have pre-production meeting, just so I know what I’m getting myself into. Haha. Since it was a collaboration, we were trying to merge the three elements into the shoot. We talked about make-up, nails, clothes …. basically the usual stuff.
And then, I asked about my hair. I brought that up because as you know, I naturally have frizzy hair but I rebonded it. At that time of the meeting, I was deciding whether to rebond my hair or not. So, I asked and I told them just how fluffy-ly huge my hair could go. I thought rebonding my hair would look neater, but Pearl thought it’ll be harder to style and work with rebonded hair, since it’s flat iron straight.
In the end, we decided on keeping my hair as it is and……. and……. to puff my hair even more, for the dramatic effect! Hehe. I must say that this was the first time anyone saw just how huge my hair could go to. Of course, for the shoot, it was hair sprayed so it looks bigger. I remember Joe telling Pearl, “I want it like a sunflower!”
I have some of my friends telling me I don’t look nice with all that puffy huge hair, or as Tarrant have aptly named it; lion’s mane. But really, I love this shot. For the first time, I’m embracing my puffy hair, just because I can. Jelly?
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Photographed by: Joe Low
Make up + Hair by: Pearl Tan extraODDinary
Nails: Nature's Republic RD501
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“… I felt something like a pity. I mean, was this really the best this joker could do? Was this all it took to give him such airs of superiority? Could he actually be so satisfied, so happy with himself, for this? It was pathetic.” – The Silence
“But it does happen, right?” he said. “Maybe once, but everyone has that experience. You loathe someone for no reason whatsoever. I’m not the type to have blind hate, but I swear there are people who just set you off. It’s not a rational thing. But the problem is, in most cases, the other guy feels the same way toward you.” – The Silence
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“They were just an ordinary lonely boy and an ordinary lonely girl, like all the others. But they believed with their whole hearts that somewhere in the world there lived the 100% perfect boy and the 100% girl for them. Yes, they believed in a miracle.” – On Seeing The 100% Perfect Girl One Beautiful April Morning
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“Because believe me, some things I’d like to forget. But the more I try to wipe them away, the more they pop into my mind. You know what it’s like when you’re trying to fall asleep and it only makes you more wide awake? It’s the same thing. I can’t figure it out. I remember things I couldn’t possibly have known. Sometimes it worries me, remembering the past in so much detail — how am I supposed to have room for what’s to come?” – A Slow Boat to China
“There are some things about myself I can’t explain to anyone. There are some things I don’t understand at all. I can’t tell what I think about things or what I’m after. I don’t know what my strengths are or what I’m supposed to do about them. But if I start thinking about these things in too much detail, the whole thing gets scary. And if I get scared I can only think about myself. I become really self-centred, and without meaning to, I hurt people. So I’m not such a wonderful human being.” – A Slow Boat to China
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