The Battle Against the Double Chin

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After getting a nose job, the thing I hated the most about my face had to be my chin and neck.

I know you guys are probably thinking I am being ludicrous, but most of the pictures you see on this blog are majorly photoshopped anyway! You have no idea how much I have to push my jaw in with liquify (photoshop tool)!!!!!!!

And not to mention my stupid fatass neck. What a stupid area to get fats in!

Anyway, double chins and neck fats are notoriously hard to get rid of. I remembered asking Dr Martin Huang how he would suggest I get a bloody slender neck, and he gave me loads of options but all of them sounded rather complicated (and expensive)!

He also suggested perhaps a chin implant, but...

1) I don't wanna end up looking like THIS FREAK:

Blergh!

And 2) I HAVE A CHIN!!! I do! It's just that it's hidden under fats!

So you can imagine I was really quite excited when I was given a new product to try:

THE FACE BRA!!!!!!!!!!

Here's Yufit's hot face shaper bra!

And their Age and Lock neck and chin face bra...

The difference between the two products is that one (the hot one) is meant to burn fats while the other moisturises and reduces wrinkles!

And both do facial slimming, lifting up of face and reducing double chin!!


I think it's really cool that people are finally coming up with products meant for the chin and neck, which are so often neglected and yet as important as the face!

A box of the Hot face bra for $35 with 7 packets inside.

Age-lock with 14 masks altogether in one box.

The Hot face bra claims to be "self-heating".

Does it really work?

And what exactly is a "FACE BRA"??

I'm going to try it on now!!

Here's the mask stretched out.

Hang both ends on your ears!!

And the suspicious liquid on my shin was dripped from the mask. -_-

And I have it on!

SHOCKINGLY enough, after about 5 mins of having the face bra on, it started to heat up!!

And I mean REALLY heat up!!

I don't know what magical ingredient is in there but if it's so hot it's surely burning SOMETHING right??

AND you won't believe this but it continues being hot for the next 40 mins! I mean hot is in "spicy" hot, not temperature hot btw.


Anyway I had to wait for 30 - 40 minutes while having the mask on so while waiting, I check out the other products Lush Group sent me!

Sunscreen, 2 bb creams, and 2 foundations!!

And check out Elishacoy's luscious masks and cleanser!!

Of all the products they sent me, my favourite is...

The Milk Cacao Black Sugar Scrub!!!!

It looks all brownish and gross here but I assure you that it's super luxurious!!!!!!!

I'm madly in love with it!

The scrub smells SO FREAKING GOOD! The smooth brown gel just glides onto your skin and it smells like rich chocolate with a strong caramel scent...

I was so freaking tempted to taste it but managed to stop myself...

When you put it on your skin, you can feel the sugar grains... And as you rub and exfoliate, the grains disappear!

Not only does your skin become super soft afterwards, you can also see how u look like tan coz the gel is dark brown!! LOL... So fun.


I also like their cleanser btw. It's pretty good! Not too dry after using and quite foamy.

Also, Elishacoy’s product are all made from organic and botanical ingredients which are suitable for sensitive skin!!



Ok after 40 mins of the hot face bra...

HERE ARE THE RESULTS!!!

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BEFORE, with no photoshop on chin/jawline

AFTER!! (With Pumpkin climbing on my lap)

It's a bit hard to tell the difference so here are the before and after side by side:

What do you think? Got difference???

Here's another Before and After photo I took about 1 month ago when I first got the product...

I think the slimming is more apparent here!


I mean obviously the difference is not going to be freaking remarkably different. After all, I only tried the mask twice, and it's not magic!


I can definitely feel my skin tighten though. Even if it doesn't slim down your face or your face is slim enough, it is still useful to prevent wrinkles and moisturize!

So here I am also doing the Age and Lock mask on my neck!!! :D :D :D It makes me look like I have a stiff collar. LOL!!


Can't believe I showed you all my non-photoshopped jawline!! Utterly flabby and gross!!


Here's the photoshopped one. I insist.

Definitely more effective than the face bra but too bad it can't be used in real life. Boo!!!!!

Last chio pic!

Yufit's face shaper bra and Age-Lock Cold face shaper bra cost $35 each and are available at all SASA cosmetic stores and John Little departmental stores.

Elishacoy's products are available at all John Little departmental stores. Have fun shopping!

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Delicious like Mee!

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Everyone knows I'm a HUGE fan of instant mee.

Besides the fact that I mostly take my dinners at about 3am when food choices are sparse, instant mee can also be really delicious!!

And not to mention easy to prepare.

So imagine how happy I was when Nong Shim (and that's an instant mee brand in case you live in a box) sponsored me 2 huge packs of their new flavours to try!!

AND I AM GOING TO COOK THEM!!!!!!!!

Here I am, pretending to be a connoisseur of noodles with a crudely drawn on chef hat.

And my noodles - in Kimchi and Curry Ramen! Both sound promising!


Ok lah I'd be honest here. Actually I didn't think the kimchi sounded promising, because I don't like kimchi!

However, there is something different about THIS packet:

It has freaking CHEESE in it!!

I've never tried Nong Shim noodles prior to this, so before agreeing to do this advertorial, I asked Shuyin if their noodles were nice. She answered that they were, and the kimchi flavour tasted really good if cheese were to be added to it.


So I guess the company has realised this and made new flavours with cheese already added inside for everyone's convenience!


In fact, I did some research and found out that the Koreans all put cheese in their kimchi noodles! It's like a norm there!

Nong Shim's kimchi noodle has been a major hit in Singapore since its launch and still is - but this new variant is added with cheese for a twist!

BOTH variants can be found in all major supermarkets.

And another friend, Sheng Rong, abso-fucking-lutely LOVES Nong Shim. He said it's his FAVOURITE instant mee. But then again he also likes sea urchin and stuff like that, so I didn't really trust him.

Well, it's time to try them out!

Here's my "lunch" (8pm)... The packets are HUGE! The tiny packet is your normal instant mee's size.

The instructions are very precise - down to the SECOND!! It tells you to cook for 4mins 30seconds.

However, for a master chef such as myself, I'm gonna cook it according to my superior gut feel.

Here's my ingredients for the Curry Ramen... Not including the can opener and tomato timer at the background - We have...

- Coconut Milk

- An egg

It is of course not necessary to add the extra ingredients in but imho, curry ramen always tastes better with an egg in it!

The coconut milk of course makes it much more fragrant.

Inside the packs...

Bringing my soup to a boil...

Egg added...

AND DONE!!!

Here's my work of art - how does it look??

I don't care what you say, it looks awesome!

QQ bouncy noodles... Yums!

Now for the taste test:

PASS WITH FLYING COLOURS!!!!!!!! Hahahaha!!

It's damn nice lah!!

You will notice that my noodles are rather dry. That's coz I love the soup thicker and more tasty - plus (and these are words of wisdom), you can always add plain water to the soup if it's too thick, but if it's too diluted you can't do anything about it!

Anyway, the curry is really different from all the other curry flavoured noodles!

It is thicker... more "sandy" if u know what I mean, in a good way - more textured. Also not so spicy - kinda like japanese curry!

Loves it!!

Nong shim's noodles, as Sheng Rong has warned me, are a bit difficult to get perfect. And I mean the noodles themselves.

The noodles are slightly thicker and more Q than normal instant mee, so to get it right you have to take them out whenever they are ready - ie after every noodle stopped being hard!

The end result - soft and smooth on the outside, with the core delightfully al dente!! It's carb heaven!

Now for the Cheese Kimchi flavour!

Here's my ingredients for this:

- Veggies - is it called Xiao bai cai??

- Cheese cubes!

Bright red flavouring

After adding the powder to the base, the smell of cheese came out so strongly that I decided to just use one extra cube of cheese instead of two coz it really seems to be enough already!

Simmering...

I felt a little apprehensive eating this (as I didn't like kimchi) but it's scrumptious!!!!!!!!!!!

To my pleasant surprise, it doesn't have the very strong sour smell of kimchi at all! Or maybe it does (I only had kimchi ONCE) but somehow I love it!!

The soup is delightfully savoury and flavourful... Spicy, with the melty aftertaste of cheese. And yes, the cheese can DEFINITELY be tasted!! Very creamy too!

It is a very unique flavour. No other noodles I've ever tried tastes even vaguely similar!!

Hiyah don't know how to describe lah. It's just nice and yummy! Not very expensive anyway so just go try it out yourself!!

Here's Mike and I eating our noodles while watching TV!!!!

He looks so blissful everytime I cook, lol

And finished right to the last bite!!

You hungry yet?

Get your own Nong Shim at at major supermarket! :D

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When 140 Characters Just Isn't Enough

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Everyone knows I'm a big fan of Twitter...

However, Twitter does have its limitations, and everyone knows what it is: It's only limited to words, links, and these all have to be within 140 characters - the same length as an sms!

As Twitter grew in popularity, people have been trying to work around its flaws, like using URL shorteners or other sites to post photos on Twitter... Singaporean users can't even use SMS for Twitter because it's a USA number!

So, to fill up this void for the more avid Twitter users, here comes MOBJET.com!! All the way from Japan and now it's in Singapore too!

What IS mobjet.com?

Think of it as a mixture of Twitter + whatever blog engine you are using. Twitter without a word limit, and you can post ANYTHING on it!

I'm really impressed. When they say anything, they REALLY mean anything!

You know how people nowadays are really into using their mobile phones right? Yup. So you take a video of, say, a colourful butterfly that you saw while waiting for the bus. It's gorgeous, fluttering away... And you want to post this on the internet??

Easy - through your mobile phone, send it via email to post@mobjet.com - and it will be posted on your mobjet page!

Want to record yourself singing in the bathroom and let everyone be tormented by your screechy voice? You can go ahead and do the same thing!

Now here's the MAGIC of mobjet: Not only are all uploads swift and easy, they are all CONVERTED!

Even if you have a weird mobile phone which records audio in funny formats, Mobjet automatically converts your files for you, so that when it's posted, it's a universal format, such as mp3! Thousands of formats, numerous conversions each day!

If you wish to hear an audio clip on your phone from someone else's jet (this word is used like 'tweet') and your phone only plays a weird format, Mobjet also detects your phone and plays it for you! Sounds really complicated but some geeks out there are handling it, so all you have to do is just email stuff!

Isn't that cool? As far as I know, no other website makes it SO easy for you.

Digressing, I bought new contact lens from this brand called Solotica some time ago and they just arrived! The colour is gorgeous, a very light grey. Basically everyone has been asking me to snap pictures of me wearing them, so I put on some make up and snapped shots on my webcam!!

Since I wanted to also test out Mobjet, I posted all these photos on my mobjet stream!

Here's how my page looks like now!

Neat isn't it? All I did was to post a series of photos as attachments in the same email, and they get sent as a mini photo album!

When you click on the post, here's what happens:

Getting carpal tunnel from all the clicking? You can select it to play as a slideshow.

Took a vertical photo and now it looks stupid on the internet? Rotate it!

Want to see my face in its full glory? Expand to full screen!

What I love most about Mobjet is the ability to upload MUSIC!

Or rather, I guess audio files.

I uploaded a song, and it is not only very fast and easy to do so, it is also easy to play it back... Plus they allow embedding and downloading too! Click here to hear it!

And Mobjet's launching with a bang!

This Oct 22nd, get your ass down to The Arena at Clarke Quay for the Mobjet Launch Party!!!!!!!

Shan and Rozz from 98.7 FM will be hosting the event and I will be there too! I heard the hosts are supposed to grill me on stage. Gah!!

Famous Singaporean band Wicked Aura Batucada will also be there! If you want to win free tickets to the event, all you have to do is to be a mobjet user and at least 18 years old.

To get your invite to this fab party, click HERE!

Come come come!!

And don't say I'm not letting you have a chance to win goodies!!

MOBJET IS GIVING AWAY $10,000!!!

To win, all you have to do is to be a fan of the Mobject Facebook page, register, and GET MOBS (Followers) to follow you!!

The person who gets the most number of Unique followers win the top prize of $6,000, so it's best to start EARLY, ie NOW!

Ahem. I'm also participating in the contest so do follow me too!! MUAHAHA!! My link is HERE!!

Post salacious stuff and people will follow you - so good luck!

p/s: I shall allow soliciting of followers in the comments so feel free to link to your mobjet page and ask people to follow you!

p/p/s: Your username will automatically be your email address, so mine is "Xiaxue" coz my email is "Xiaxue@gmail.com".

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More Rolling, now for men!

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Remember my Loreal-Garnier Eye Roll-On advertorial? Now Biotherm came up with a product similar to that, but for guys!!

Tadah!

The Biotherm High Recharge Yeux!

Have no idea what Yeux means but it sure sounds all sciencey and like something that your eyes would love!

Eyebags and dark eye rings are unattractive for BOTH men and women (and worse on children on hindsight), but there difference is that there are loads of products for women to help them with this problem!

I have like 5 different eye creams myself. -_-

But none for men - till now!

This little tube contains Pure Ginseng and Thermal Plankton among other ingredients to soothe tired eyes! It's an instant solution for men when it comes to erasing eye fatigue!

This little cold metal ball gives easy application... it dispenses a cool, clear gel which perks up and feels good against drowsy eyes.

Instant freshness!



Men are usually lazy when it comes to the maintenance of their appearances, but there are ways to "persuade" them to work harder.


How far would men go doing crazy, slightly gross, and very questionable home remedies on their eyes just because they are asked by a gorgeous girl?


Biotherm did a hilarious campaign just to find this out!

Check out these poor dudes:



I would never have believed it, but these guys allowed Jeanne, the "Eye-Fatigue Therapist", to put DURIANS on their eyes!!

I love durians perhaps more than most people, but I won't allow durians on my eyes lor!

And two whole durians (seeds, not the spiky fruit, duh, that would be so painful)?? So sticky... and worse, the smell will be ON YOUR FACE for the whole day!

Hahahaha...



My second favourite video is SALMON!

Would anyone really believe that putting a slab of really fishy-smelling raw salmon on your eyes would curb fatigue??

These guys try it anyway!!


If you are really sadistic and want to watch more guys getting duped, putting things like bittergourds, cheese and grass jelly on their eyes, CLICK HERE!


But at the end of the day, of course, only Biotherm's HIGH RECHARGE YEUX works.

As Takeshi Kaneshiro endorses with his royal handsomeness.


I put some on Mike...




Poor guy has been sleeping very little due to his heavy workload...


Me to Mike, "It's all yours... Stop being lazy and..."




Men should be trained to be more vain!!

Wooooo! Promotion!

To get a COMPLIMENTARY eye massage, skin consultation and free samples from Biotherm's consultants, all you have to do is:

SMS BIOTHERM [space]

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YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS to

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Click here to see the list of outlets you may go to go get your freebies!!


It's time to drag your boyfriend down there and get him cuter!








p/s: You know who should really use this? J Lo's husband, Marc Anthony!



His eyebags/dark eye circles really makes him look like a combination of vulture and vampire.













Pauline: Can you remove the words DuriansforXX and SashimiforXX to something better-sounding instead like maybe "Durians on eyes" or something like that? Also, I think it's possible to make the freeze-frames more interesting...

Maybe you can make it stop at the scene which has the durians on the eyes... This would make more people click on the videos to watch! IMO sashimi's freezeframe is interesting enough, just the durian one...

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