Colour block nail of the day

In honour of Spring (although my friend kindly reminded me that Spring does not exist in Singapore; we only have Summer or Monsoon :( ), I decided to do a manicure which involves colour blocking!

The colours I used were all from China Glaze: IV for the base and For Audrey for the French tips! :) I realized how well Tiffany blue and peachy pink go together and I just cannot stop looking at my shiny, cheery nails!

I also tried out a new top coat. It's the Seche Vite fast drying top coat!!!! Super happy I found it because it is now my holy grail top coat :) it gives my nails an impeccableshine and dries in like 2 minutes flat. Pretty amazing. I thought I had found my HG in Poshé's top coat but this beats Poshé hands down.

Ok enough talk, here are pictures!!!

Pantene Hair Fall Control Shampoo Review

Okay yay I finally decided to post a review on this very new blog. Just because it's quite easy to review (I have been a little lazy with taking pictures of products I wanna review). And this is a huge product rave!!!

So recently my hair's been in really bad shape. Whenever I get out of the shower and I try to comb out my hair, it's always tangled despite me using loads of conditioner. So I tried to wide-tooth comb it, finger comb it... But I still ended up losing at least 10 - 20 strands of hair just from combing and blowdrying. And to add insult to injury, my scalp was becoming really oily too. My friend recommended me a volumizing shampoo to me. It was the Pantene Pro-V Nature Care Healthy Fullness & Shine Shampoo. Quite a mouthful, I know. It was okay for my oily scalp, but my hair fall problem didnt go away.

Then I decided to pick up the Pantene Pro-V Hair Fall Control Shampoo!!! This was the newly reformulated one that has a gold cap. I was rather skeptical at first because their slogan was something like "100 brush strokes, no hair fall". It sounded perfect for my concerns. So I tried it. The shampoo was a white liquid, so I knew it had to be moisturizing (Unlike the Nature Care one which was clear). To my surprise, it made my scalp feel really refreshed. After rinsing the shampoo out, my hair felt really conditioned! Nevertheless I still slapped on some conditioner.

I went about finger-combing and blowdrying my hair. Guess what, I only lost 2-3 strands of hair! And that was a MASSIVE improvement from before. It was only my first day of using the shampoo! I dare say that I have found a holy grail hair fall control shampoo. :)

The smell is heavenly. It smells like... sweet melons and cucumber, a very refreshing smell. My boyfriend loves the smell too (but maybe he was just patronizing me... whatever!)! And it's really affordable. I got a 170ml bottle to try out from Watsons and they were having a promotion for it. So it was only $4. The 670ml bottle costs around $10.90 (usual price).

As compared to the Keratin Complex Smoothing Therapy Shampoo from USA (around S$25 for 400ml) that I was using for my Keratin treated hair, this Pantene shampoo is WAY cheaper. I love love love it.

So if you are suffering from the same problem that I had, please go try this out. It's super affordable, smells great and really does what it claims! I'm really happy I found this, 'cause now I think I can continue growing my hair out! :)

Who might like this:

- People who are suffering from hair fall due to breakage/when combing

- People who have oily scalps but dry ends

- People looking for a shampoo that smells great

- People looking for affordable shampoos!

Who might not like this:

- People who hate the smell of melons and cucumber... hmmm.

- People who despise cheap shampoos?! (sounds absurd I know)

HUGE STAMP OF APPROVAL.

Review: Chanel Extrait de Gloss

When I saw this photo at the back of CLEO magazine I HAD to get my hands on the gloss.

I didn't get the hot pink one. Instead, I got a light peachy pink one in Liberte. Number 54.

The application:

This gloss is like NO OTHER I've tried. I'm not joking. I've never been a fan of gloss but this gloss has me going gaga. Let me guess, you're not a fan of lip gloss because it's sticky? I hated gloss because of that too. I felt like my lips would always stick together and nasty dust from the air outside would stick onto my super sticky lips too. That thought grossed me out. But Chanel has surprised me.

The gloss is smooth, smells/tastes like vanilla ice cream, and is oh-so-moisturizing!!! It is not sticky AT ALL. That's because it contains shea butter which keeps your lips soft, moist and kissable. The SA at the Chanel counter told me it lasts 4 hours, unlike normal gloss which lasts only 2 hours. (But I usually eat it up when I drink or eat something so it doesn't really matter to me)

The gloss is slightly pinker in reality. And it is very very pigmented. So you don't have to apply a lipstick beforehand. And it's the only gloss which doesn't make my lips flake if I skip my lipbalm first. But that being said, it's always better to apply some balm first. :)

The verdict:
It is a whopping S$44 but it is well worth the money. I'm planning on getting myself another nude brown shade soon. If you only need one gloss, this is it. Yes, I used the word "need".



APPROVED.