Now, Althea is definitely a brand that's familiar to you guys. Other than being a third-party platform for beauty and makeup products, Althea has been constantly innovating new products, which is why they have been appearing on my blog so often! This time, I'm happy to share with you three releases: A’bloom Meringue Puffs, A’bloom Refreshing Skin Mask Pack, and A’bloom BHA Blackhead Blaster.
Look at how adorable these makeup puffs are! A’bloom Meringue Puffs, inspired by meringue cookies, help you achieve the perfect skin make up. It can be used in two ways:
A’bloom Meringue Puffs are made out of non-latex sponge with hydrophilic properties which grow up to 1.5 times bigger when soaked with water, allowing makeup to be applied perfectly on the skin.
House brands are typically viewed as inferior to national brands but Althea has been putting in their best efforts to change this perception. A’bloom Meringue Puffs are super soft and fluffy to touch, and super gentle to your skin.
Look at how cute these fruit masks are! Environmentalists will be glad to know that A’bloom Refreshing Skin Mask Pack are made of 100% natural eco-friendly fabric. A’bloom Refreshing Skin Mask Pack gives a light citrus scent to help you relax after a long day at work. The avocado mask I tried didn't have a strong scent (or any at all) but it gave me a soft and supple skin even the morning after.
My favourite part of the day has to be coming home and picking which mask am I going to use after a warm shower. I love the little informative graph at the back of the mask packs to inform you which A’bloom Refreshing Skin Mask Pack aids with what properties.
Lastly, A’bloom BHA Blackhead Blaster contains natural ingredients to deep cleanse the pores and removing dead skin cells while preventing any irritations or redness on the skin. A’bloom BHA Blackhead Blaster is a gentle daily triple treatment for blackheads, whiteheads and dead skin.
A’bloom BHA Blackhead Blaster contains natural BHA ingredients to deep pore cleanse by exfoliating the dead skin cells, apricot seed powder to remove excess sebum, charcoal to absorb the dirt in the pores, tea tree leaf oil to soothe as well as prevent any redness and irritations on the skin.
Make your purchase on Althea today!
Look at how adorable these makeup puffs are! A’bloom Meringue Puffs, inspired by meringue cookies, help you achieve the perfect skin make up. It can be used in two ways:
- Soak the puff with water for a moist and glossy makeup look
- Use the puff dry for a matte and flawless makeup look
A’bloom Meringue Puffs are made out of non-latex sponge with hydrophilic properties which grow up to 1.5 times bigger when soaked with water, allowing makeup to be applied perfectly on the skin.
House brands are typically viewed as inferior to national brands but Althea has been putting in their best efforts to change this perception. A’bloom Meringue Puffs are super soft and fluffy to touch, and super gentle to your skin.
Look at how cute these fruit masks are! Environmentalists will be glad to know that A’bloom Refreshing Skin Mask Pack are made of 100% natural eco-friendly fabric. A’bloom Refreshing Skin Mask Pack gives a light citrus scent to help you relax after a long day at work. The avocado mask I tried didn't have a strong scent (or any at all) but it gave me a soft and supple skin even the morning after.
My favourite part of the day has to be coming home and picking which mask am I going to use after a warm shower. I love the little informative graph at the back of the mask packs to inform you which A’bloom Refreshing Skin Mask Pack aids with what properties.
Lastly, A’bloom BHA Blackhead Blaster contains natural ingredients to deep cleanse the pores and removing dead skin cells while preventing any irritations or redness on the skin. A’bloom BHA Blackhead Blaster is a gentle daily triple treatment for blackheads, whiteheads and dead skin.
A’bloom BHA Blackhead Blaster is really simple to use. You just have to dampen your skin (I usually do this when I shower), apply the stick directly on targeted areas (nose or other blackhead-prone areas) and massage in circular motions for 30 seconds. After that, rinse off with water.
A’bloom BHA Blackhead Blaster contains natural BHA ingredients to deep pore cleanse by exfoliating the dead skin cells, apricot seed powder to remove excess sebum, charcoal to absorb the dirt in the pores, tea tree leaf oil to soothe as well as prevent any redness and irritations on the skin.
Make your purchase on Althea today!
Nourishment Drink: Lao Xie Zhen Premium Beetroot Essence with Hao Yi Kang
Commercial Break May 01, 2019
Ageing is a universal fear of women around the world, and it's easy to understand why. As we age, the collagen level depletes and our faces start to look less healthy and supple. Many skincare products claim to increase collagen levels but they are usually controversial because scientifically, collagen molecules are too big to be absorbed through the skin.
I was pretty pleased when Hao Yi Kang sent me their Lao Xie Zhen Premium Beetroot Essence, which uses 100% natural ingredients to promote collagen production, metabolism, aid digestion and enrich blood. This, in turn, helps with anti-ageing, maintains the tightness of your cells and strengthen your body's connective tissues.
If you haven't heard, Lao Xie Zhen is a well-known brand with 80 years of history in Taiwan and has established itself as a favourable and trustworthy brand among consumers. In fact, Vivian Hsu is their international brand ambassador!
Lao Xie Zhen Premium Beetroot Essence comes in super convenient sachets to be drank in multiple ways: directly, warmed or chilled.
Lao Xie Zhen Premium Beetroot Essence is prepared with a unique extraction method, undergoing five hours of constant 80°C temperature. Lao Xie Zhen made sure that the drink is 100% natural and made of 100% plant extract so it's vegetarian-friendly as well!
Lao Xie Zhen Premium Beetroot Essence is rich in premium plant polyphenols (providing anti-oxidant properties). It's also rich in vitamin A, B12, C, minerals and dietary fibre. Admittedly, there was a strong herbal taste to the drink, but I supposed that's how you know there's no artificial flavouring added.
One box of 15 packs costs $75, but Hao Yi Kang is running a special promotion — a five box bundle only costs $359 (U.P. $375). You can purchase Lao Xie Zhen Premium Beetroot Essence on https://haoyikang.sg/ today!
I was pretty pleased when Hao Yi Kang sent me their Lao Xie Zhen Premium Beetroot Essence, which uses 100% natural ingredients to promote collagen production, metabolism, aid digestion and enrich blood. This, in turn, helps with anti-ageing, maintains the tightness of your cells and strengthen your body's connective tissues.
If you haven't heard, Lao Xie Zhen is a well-known brand with 80 years of history in Taiwan and has established itself as a favourable and trustworthy brand among consumers. In fact, Vivian Hsu is their international brand ambassador!
Lao Xie Zhen Premium Beetroot Essence is rich in premium plant polyphenols (providing anti-oxidant properties). It's also rich in vitamin A, B12, C, minerals and dietary fibre. Admittedly, there was a strong herbal taste to the drink, but I supposed that's how you know there's no artificial flavouring added.
One box of 15 packs costs $75, but Hao Yi Kang is running a special promotion — a five box bundle only costs $359 (U.P. $375). You can purchase Lao Xie Zhen Premium Beetroot Essence on https://haoyikang.sg/ today!
Eucerin sent me their newly released Aquaphor Soothing Skin Balm some time back and I finally got to try it! First of all, most of you should know that I deal with severely dry and sensitive skin so my skin breaks out in rashes pretty often.
Check out how thick the consistency of Eucerin Aquaphor Soothing Skin Balm is. Eucerin Aquaphor Soothing Skin Balm is god-sent because it's multipurpose — other than healing dry and cracked skin, Eucerin Aquaphor can be used for minor burns, prevent skin chafing etc. There are so many uses for this product that I can never finish listing them so I'll share some of the more common uses.
A while back I actually scalded myself eating a hot chocolate pie (* ￣ー￣) Yeah, I know, it's the kind of thing that will only happen to me... I went home and immediately applied Eucerin Aquaphor to calm my skin down. It got significantly better and there was no more redness thereafter!
No filters here. My troublesome skin has also been red and itchy all over because it was too dry TT__TT I've been applying all sorts of lotion in attempt to help my skin but not even lotions meant for dry skin helped. Thankfully, Eucerin Aquaphor calmed my skin down enough that I wasn't scratching it every minute.
Another no filter photo of the condition of my skin now, after using Eucerin Aquaphor for about a month. The redness has gone down and my skin does not look as angry as before.
Before and after using Eucerin Aquaphor
Eucerin Aquaphor Soothing Skin Balm's ingredients are gentle enough that you can use it on babies too. All in all, it is a product that I highly recommend. Psst, even Hollywood celebrities are using this product — just do a quick Google search!
Eucerin Aquaphor Soothing Skin Balm also comes in a small travel size of 7ml, which I've been bringing around whether I'm in Singapore or travelling.
You can purchase Eucerin Aquaphor Soothing Skin Balm exclusively at Watsons. It's $16.90 for the 110ml and $7.90 for two 7ml tubs.
I can't believe just how many people around me haven't learned the art of budget travel, despite my constant naggings. I don't wanna brag but my three weeks trip in Europe, including air tickets and accomdation, was cheaper than my friend's one week trip in Japan.
My friends always ask me, how do you travel so often? How did you get your plane tickets so cheap? How did you fly for free? How do you save money while travelling? Where's the best place to change money? How to redeem or earn miles?
Honestly, it's not that difficult. Maybe it requires one to two extra steps, but the savings are so worth it! I'm gonna share a few tips today because, why not? They are perfectly legal ways and it's always great to see my friends getting excited over redeeming miles or scoring cheaper tickets.
I hold three credit cards from UOB, DBS and Amex. Due to privacy concerns, I'm not going to go into details on which one I own but you can easily do a Google search on which ones are the best for your income level. The trick though, is to watch out for promotions!
For example, Amex is holding a 4 miles per $1 spend at Scoot promotion — which rarely ever happens because you usually don't earn much from taking budget airlines. I love my Amex card because their promotions are easily accessible via their app.
Amex also has a referral program in which you and your friend can get 5000 miles each upon spending $50 in the first three months. Only $50 for 5000 miles?! That's dirt cheap. You can easily hit $50 doing grocery shopping! For your information, a one-way economy flight on Singapore Airlines to Malaysia, Indonesia or Brunei is only 7500 miles.
If you're thinking of signing up, you can use my referral link so we can both earn 5000 miles each ;)
I got a whooping $25 back with my recent booking on Booking.com by using Shopback! The best part is that there's no catch. You login, choose the vendor you're interested in, book your items and you get your cashback. It's as simple as that so I was really surprised when some of my friends told me they hadn't heard of Shopback.
It's free to sign up so you might as well try it out yourself. If you sign up with my link, we can earn $5 each!
@sgAirfarePromos and @milelionroars are two Telegram channels that I never mute. I previously got my two way tickets to Taipei for only $180 on Jetstar! I get nothing out of sharing this — except more competition with me for cheaper air tickets but good things must share, right?
Forget The Arcade money changers because things are going online. YouTrip is a service that acts like a debit card: you top up some money inside your YouTrip account and change that to the currency of your choice. Their exchange rates are extremely favourable — comparable to what you see on Google. And the best part? There's no transaction fee.
I was initially skeptical of them, until I learned that YouTrip is collaboration between EZ-Link, Mastercard, You Tech.
If you're thinking of signing up, my referral link gives us both $10 in our e-wallet.
And there you have it! My tips and tricks on how I travel on a budget. Hope they help :) I'll update this post if I think of more tips along the way!
My friends always ask me, how do you travel so often? How did you get your plane tickets so cheap? How did you fly for free? How do you save money while travelling? Where's the best place to change money? How to redeem or earn miles?
Honestly, it's not that difficult. Maybe it requires one to two extra steps, but the savings are so worth it! I'm gonna share a few tips today because, why not? They are perfectly legal ways and it's always great to see my friends getting excited over redeeming miles or scoring cheaper tickets.
1) Redeem miles
I hold three credit cards from UOB, DBS and Amex. Due to privacy concerns, I'm not going to go into details on which one I own but you can easily do a Google search on which ones are the best for your income level. The trick though, is to watch out for promotions!
For example, Amex is holding a 4 miles per $1 spend at Scoot promotion — which rarely ever happens because you usually don't earn much from taking budget airlines. I love my Amex card because their promotions are easily accessible via their app.
Amex also has a referral program in which you and your friend can get 5000 miles each upon spending $50 in the first three months. Only $50 for 5000 miles?! That's dirt cheap. You can easily hit $50 doing grocery shopping! For your information, a one-way economy flight on Singapore Airlines to Malaysia, Indonesia or Brunei is only 7500 miles.
If you're thinking of signing up, you can use my referral link so we can both earn 5000 miles each ;)
2) Cashback
While I'm not a fan of cashback credit cards, because I firmly believe in the miles game, I'm not about to miss out any sort of cashback I can get. Shopback is a platform I frequently use while booking my travel accommodations or tickets.
It's free to sign up so you might as well try it out yourself. If you sign up with my link, we can earn $5 each!
3) Join travel-centric Singapore Telegram channels
@sgAirfarePromos and @milelionroars are two Telegram channels that I never mute. I previously got my two way tickets to Taipei for only $180 on Jetstar! I get nothing out of sharing this — except more competition with me for cheaper air tickets but good things must share, right?
4) Exchange your money online
Forget The Arcade money changers because things are going online. YouTrip is a service that acts like a debit card: you top up some money inside your YouTrip account and change that to the currency of your choice. Their exchange rates are extremely favourable — comparable to what you see on Google. And the best part? There's no transaction fee.
I was initially skeptical of them, until I learned that YouTrip is collaboration between EZ-Link, Mastercard, You Tech.
If you're thinking of signing up, my referral link gives us both $10 in our e-wallet.
And there you have it! My tips and tricks on how I travel on a budget. Hope they help :) I'll update this post if I think of more tips along the way!
I think most Singaporeans would have heard of The Feather Blade by now. If you haven't The Feather Blade is running a pop up steakhouse in Singapore's very own Chinatown. What makes The Feather Blade extremely popular with Singaporeans is that it was set up by an ex-employee of the famed Flat Iron Steak in London.
Since I missed Flat Iron Steak in London, I decided to drop by The Feather Blade with my boyfriend to review their steak.
I was initially a little confused when I reached the address Google Maps pointed me to, but later realised that The Feather Blade's pop-up store is actually inside Zui Hong Lou. The Feather Blade is easily identified by their posters screaming STEAKS that are plastered around the shop. The queue, which I failed to capture, is towards the right of this photo.
We reached at 7:20pm and joined the queue for a while before a friendly employee took down our numbers and told us we can go talk a walk around Chinatown before returning at 8:30pm. I like this system a lot because it means we don't have to wait in Singapore's intolerable heat!
We wandered off a bit about 8:20pm and The Feather Blade called us at approximately 8:20pm.
We initially ordered two sets of steaks (both medium) together with two sides (potato and mushroom) and one sauce (Horseradish Cream). However, the mushroom was just sold out so we settled with just one side.
Similar to Flat Iron Steak in London, The Feather Blade serves free salted popcorn and water. The dishes were served pretty quickly after we place our orders. Don't have much photos because we were busy enjoying our steaks but the verdict from both of us was that steaks from The Feather Blade were worth the hype.
The steak was juicy and flavourful — my boyfriend even said it's the best he ever had and this boy is a gastronome. The potato is so soft that it melted in my mouth but to be honest I won't pay $7 for it. I didn't fancy the horseradish cream but that's because I'm a picky eater. My boyfriend found it a good compliment to the steaks.
I thought The Feather Blade was a little expensive compared to Flat Iron Steak ($21 vs £10, which is ~$18) but I guess the markup is inevitable. My boyfriend, on the other hand, finds the pricing resonable for such good steaks.
The Feather Blade pop-up store runs from 2 March to 21 April 2019.
(This post is not sponsored and we paid for our meals.)
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Since I missed Flat Iron Steak in London, I decided to drop by The Feather Blade with my boyfriend to review their steak.
I was initially a little confused when I reached the address Google Maps pointed me to, but later realised that The Feather Blade's pop-up store is actually inside Zui Hong Lou. The Feather Blade is easily identified by their posters screaming STEAKS that are plastered around the shop. The queue, which I failed to capture, is towards the right of this photo.
We reached at 7:20pm and joined the queue for a while before a friendly employee took down our numbers and told us we can go talk a walk around Chinatown before returning at 8:30pm. I like this system a lot because it means we don't have to wait in Singapore's intolerable heat!
We wandered off a bit about 8:20pm and The Feather Blade called us at approximately 8:20pm.
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| The Feather Blade menu |
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| The Feather Blade steak menu |
We initially ordered two sets of steaks (both medium) together with two sides (potato and mushroom) and one sauce (Horseradish Cream). However, the mushroom was just sold out so we settled with just one side.
Similar to Flat Iron Steak in London, The Feather Blade serves free salted popcorn and water. The dishes were served pretty quickly after we place our orders. Don't have much photos because we were busy enjoying our steaks but the verdict from both of us was that steaks from The Feather Blade were worth the hype.
The steak was juicy and flavourful — my boyfriend even said it's the best he ever had and this boy is a gastronome. The potato is so soft that it melted in my mouth but to be honest I won't pay $7 for it. I didn't fancy the horseradish cream but that's because I'm a picky eater. My boyfriend found it a good compliment to the steaks.
I thought The Feather Blade was a little expensive compared to Flat Iron Steak ($21 vs £10, which is ~$18) but I guess the markup is inevitable. My boyfriend, on the other hand, finds the pricing resonable for such good steaks.
The Feather Blade pop-up store runs from 2 March to 21 April 2019.
(This post is not sponsored and we paid for our meals.)
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The Feather Blade
Address
90 Club St, 069458 (inside Zui Hong Lou)Nearest MRT
Chinatown Station, Exit AOpening Hours
5:30pm to 1am on Saturdays and SundaysReview of SleepWiz ErgoLush™ Gel-infused Memory Foam Mattress Topper (discount code)
Commercial Break March 06, 2019
(Scroll to the end for promo code!) I hope y'all remember my review of SleepWiz's Luxiere Silk Eye Mask. I still sleep with SleepWiz's eye mask every night, even when I'm travelling. It's safe to say that SleepWiz's eye mask has earned itself a permanent spot on my packing list.
I was naturally excited when SleepWiz offered to send me their latest innovative sleep solution, the ErgoLush™ Gel-infused Memory Foam Mattress Topper. The gel-infused memory foam mattress topper that is the first of its kind in Singapore as it does not retain heat like traditional memory foam.
I was naturally excited when SleepWiz offered to send me their latest innovative sleep solution, the ErgoLush™ Gel-infused Memory Foam Mattress Topper. The gel-infused memory foam mattress topper that is the first of its kind in Singapore as it does not retain heat like traditional memory foam.
