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3 Killiney Road #01-06 Winsland House 1, Singapore, 
Singapore s239519

Sharon Wu
6836 2959

I keep my hair colour the same but put a little magenta red to ease my boring hair mood.
It seems like no matter what, I keep end up in this colour tone for my highlight.
Not sure if it's because I like it a lot or it is because no other tone that could match my skin tone as good as red hue. >.<'

Have I told you that my soft korean perm hair is still as good as the day I left Salon De Choix a month a go?

The whole process of hair treatment and the colouring is pretty much the same as before, and as always..I am looking forward to see the end result :D

See how the monthly treatment at Salon De Choix keeps the dry ends away from my bleached, coloured, and permed hair? Usually after we bleached our hair, we tend to have a split ends and the annoying bristle right? but really thanks to the treatment Sharon gave to me, my hair is always in a top notch condition.

Also, one thing I love about Sharon's hair cut skill, is like..even after a month..you can still see the perfect layering she did on me.


This is something fun I would like to share with you about hair colouring :)

Have you ever wanna go out and have a crazy colour hair but you are scared to carry the colour the next day as it is too fancy for your job or your school?

How about having it done semi permanently with this cute hair crayon by Salon De Choix?
It lasted until the 2nd wash :)



I am choosing blue colour to go along with the magenta highlight! :P


Half way done..


..and tadaaaaaa!!!! Nice right!!!


Lets have a little crazy fun colour for your school holiday or your mid year break!

My editorial shoot using Panasonic curler and Liese Hair Spray!

Tried and tested!

Liese Free Arrange and Liese Super hard hairspray
for my today's editorial shoot,




and Panasonic multi styling straightener.

As a make up artist, I mostly invest on hair styling tools that is good and has a lot of function :) It is simply fuss free to just bring 1 tools that do multi jobs - believe me, you don't wanna end up bringing 4 different curler to the shoot location, when the designer haven't decide the hair look or - just in case - the designer suddenly change her mind about the hair look. :P



Anyway, just to share this new baby that I use for today's editorial shoot.
This Panasonic multi styling straightener comes in 5 different function in creating:
- Medium curl
- Large curl
- Extra large curl
- Volumizer
-Straightener

and it has the heat temperature controller range from 1-5.

For today's look, I am using the medium curl to create the soft curl as a base styling.

Meet my model of the day :)

This is Lisa,



and today I am creating this hair look for her:

She has a supeeeer long straight hair..
..and in order to get that hair look, I am using Liese free arrange for the setting curl to start with.

With the Panasonic medium curl, I curled up her hair and easy set it with Liese Free arrange hairspray :)

Then I begin to do the styling and locking the hair based, using Liese Super hard hairspray :)

and oh, just a little tips to share on how to:

" bump up our hair "

Tease your hair near to the root, spray 15 cm far Liese super hard  to the hair root 

and you will get the hair bump as what I did to my model below :)

Overall, I am pretty happy with the make up and hair look of today's shoot.

The curl and the bump stay up until the last outfit even though it was pretty windy at Marina Barrage.

Laporan..

Gw dong kemaren tiba2 melo pisan buka buka blog gw jaman gw galau pisan mo berenti kerja - takut ga ada duit, mo les make up- takut usaha make up nya ga berhasil, mo explore passion gw - takut kalo ternyata salah arah, dll. Yang padahal, kalo detik ini gw liat balik..ternyata semua plot nya uda diatur sama The Man Up There. Tuhan baek, walo gw bandel.

Sekarang, kl gw nilas balik gimana dulu gw harusnya tau kl semua step gw itu Tuhan uda atur, dimulai dari doa kalut gw yang langsung dijawab lewat firman pas lagi kotbah..I should have known dan ga perlu ngerasa galau kayak yang taon taon lalu gw tulis. Jelas banget loh gw dapet itu firman yang kira2 tulisannya " keluar dari tanah mesir ini sekarang, dan Aku akan memimpinmu ke tanah perjanjian yang penuh susu dan madu " ga inget di kitab mana, tapi kira2 itu intinya. Pas baca itu, gw langsung berasa " That's for me! " dan tetep dengan gundah gajebo, 6 bulan kemudian baru gw resign dari kantor dulu. 

Lalu kan dengan proses galau soal semuanya, akhirnya set my feet back untuk set up 

Make up by Bubbly Brush as part time job and go full time ke forte eke di dunia marketing. 

Dan puji Tuhan, susu dan madu ada di kulkasku dan abang arip sekarang..Tuhan sanggupin kebutuhan kita, apa yang kita perlu tepat pada waktuNya, dan ga cuma itu..banyak other blessing yang kalo gw itung itung, OMG..ini Tuhan ga pernah kasi tau loh kalo mo ngasi Bonus. 

Intinya, Tuhan baek..dan gw mo share ini ke whoever yang kebetulan baca postingan aku yang ini, be sure - lu baca ini bukan kebetulan, dan emang Tuhan mo bilang 

" Do not worry, I am with you - Everything gonna be alright "

Sekian untuk whoever yang perlu kata2 penguatan yang bikin gw ngerasa tergerak untuk nulis. 

I believe God is good - for all the time!

Sekarang, aku mo:

1. Pajang perut!

 
 Cepet yaaa uda 22 weeks aja ni baby.

So far, uda gerak gerak gajebo..suka bisa tiba2 nendang2 ga keruan kalo gw lagi bend down ato di posisi perut kegenjet. :)



So far, dah naek 6 kg dan dokter gw uda mulai ngoceh ngoceh karena gw uda makan 1/2 weight gain quota pregnancy yang dia mau.

So far, tetep suka sayur ma buah..apalagi semangka!

So far, baby sehat, organ ga ada yang defect, dan gw nya juga sehat (lapor diri), cuman sering banget batuk pilek, sumeng sumeng selalu.

2. Cerita Bangkok Trip

Ini trip ke Bangkok yang paling hectic, paling cape tapi paling gile ngakak ga berenti yang pernah gw jalanin.

Ceritanya, nemenin plus dandanin Oneng (cousin) gw yang mo pre wed di Bangkok sama Ko Aswin nya Luna Photography. Saban hari gw bangun jam 5.50 am untuk siap2 en jam 6 teng, masi jigongan dandanin si Oneng ini. *kita panggil dia Oneng, karena pas jaman kuliah otaknya lemoooood gilaa kayak si Oneng di Bajaj Bajuri*

Ni mukanya setengah jadi ^^


Dan bo, bawel abis ini bride to be..hahaha! banyak cincong istilahnya, tapi ga berani komplen karena gw judesin balik. :P

Pagi- pagi di dandanin, dia bilang " ini keputihan foundationnya "
(yang berkali kali gw bilang - lu shoot masi 5 jam lagi..nanti kulit lu oksidasi, kalo foundationnya gw kasih warna lu nanti sorean jadi gelap tong!)

trus dia blg " gw ga berasa cantik " dan juga gw jawab " mang dari sono nya lah nyong "
..enak yah punya client sodara sendiri, dikomplen ga pake otak..ya gw jawab nyosor ga pake filter pula lah. :D

Tapi siangan dong..pas mulai moto dan dia liat dia sudah berubah dr itik jadi angsa..mulai bilang " make up gini gw suka ka. " dan tentu gw reply pake kemplangan kuas di kepalanya " gw bilang juga apa! percaya gw aja nape? " :P



 





Trus selaen moto pre wed nya dia di Bangkok, aku beli baju bebi sedikit..
Lucu yaaaaa?



3. Masak memasak

Alhamdulilah hobi dan skill mendadak masak gw ga ilang :)
Kemaren masak apapun tetep enak rasanya, dan ga sulit cui..masuk2in dan nyicip, trus..ah kurang ini kurang itu langsung tambain en jreng, enak!



Bikin menu 3 dishes simple buat makan malem pun jadi gampang, it's like gw tau apa yang mesti disiapin duluan en sungguh dishes dibawah ini 35 min jadi loh..*pat shoulder sendiri* Good job el.
Bangga ga penting.



Dan karena gw paling anti makanan tuh disimpen di kulkas buat berhari hari, gw selalu masak porsi yang nge-pas..ini aneh? ato emang wajar sih? gw liat ada orang yang bisa masak sayur buanyaaaaak banget en buat dimakan seminggu gitu. Ewww ga seh? dah ga fresh en vitaminnya dah ilang entah kemana. Although capek nyiapin makanan fresh tiap hari, tapi lebih sehat ga sih?
* sotoy mampus dah daku*

Gw tau ada beberapa makanan kayak rendang, dendeng, dan beberapa daging2an masak yang bisa tahan berhari hari..tapi sayuran a big no no kan ya?

Sekian lah update-an ku kali ini..apa kabarnya kalian semua?

Btw, nanti malem mo ke Mt. Alvernia ngunjungin my best friend's (Henny) baby.
Cepet aje da brojol..

Bulan depan aku mo bikin kuis nama baby :)
Nantikan yah!

How To: Create your very own professional facial (at home).

I won't call this post as tutorial, but I prefer to call this my tips sharing for you who loves to pamper yourself at home and enjoying the professional result as the outcome. :)

Flash back to about 1.5 years ago when my blog has not got any recognition (means no sponsor, no treatment invite, etc) and I just quit my full time job to pursue my study in Professional make up artistry, I was so limited in term of " pampering budget ", so I cut down my frequency to go to salon, facial spa, and manicure and pedicure.

 With that limitation, I am still vain and want to keep my old maintenance thingy - still believe that my skin is an investment and will gain me some cash in the future. Lol! - So, I created my own home facial regime. Its working! although the result is not as good as the professional one.

You know, one of the reason we go to pro facial is to get the steaming machine that we don't usually get at home. That face steamer works wonder to do the:

- Deep cleansing
- Moisturizing for a deep moisture retention.
(my preggie skin condition need this so bad!)

And lucky me to have new baby joining my facial at home regime, and turning it into a pro facial treatment at home.

If you keen to find out what are the things needed for my facial at home, keep reading!

~*~

For me, I like to follow the rule of:
1. Deep cleansing
2. Exfoliating
3. Facial massage
4. Mask

Cleanser and Toner: 

Decleor Aroma Cleanse

For me, this preggie time has taken the moisture in my skin, and nothing - seriously NO other facial cleanser could help my extreme dry skin but this lovely Decleor.

I plan to re-purchase the full size after this batch is finished.

Exfoliator:

 CURE

Facial Massager and Mask:

Sonic Cleanse and Khiels Rare Earth Deep Pore cleansing Masque

Facial steamer:

Panasonic Nanocare facial steamer

Let's start with a bunny headband, to hold your hair.

I like to wrapped a dry towel around it as well for a quick hand wipe after every steps :P

No lah, I actually wrapped it around to cover my ears and fine hair around my face. I don't like it when those little fine hair get's into cleanser or even mask.

Take your cleanser :)

Dot it generously all over your face and gently massage it in circular motion to give a relax feeling to your skin :)

I love to spend around 1-2 mins in doing my hand massage to the face.

Take the facial steamer,

Fill up the water..


Switch it on and let the Ionic steam start " brewing " :)

Once you see the steam start coming out like the photo below..

Take the facial steamer 10 cm away from your face..and hold it for 3 Mins and let the hot steam helps to lift the dirt and oil off skin.

After that, you can wash your face or in my preference..wipe it off with facial cotton.

Then double clean it with Sonic cleanse soaked in warm water.

Then continue with a light toner..

To give you a non sticky feeling after the cleansing milk + the steam.

By this steps, you can already see that my skin is waaay cleaner than it was before.

And pardon me if my face look lighter than my neck, this is a mistake a I committed long back when I started to use skincare, so ladies..use skincare all the way down to your neck to avoid my mistake.

Have I told u that CURE is the only exfoliate liquid I use all this time?

Be it on face, elbow, knee and even the back of my ankle - pretty much everywhere that has skin folding.

..and as always, it never fails me. Love u, cure!

 After the simple exfoliation, I like to put my face under the hot steam for 10 mins to soften the stubborn area and let my nose area softer for the little extraction after the steaming session.

Then I used this sterilized stainless stick to push some black head and white head out of my nose. I DO NOT recommend this if you have an active pimples or a super sensitive skin. It works for me so far, because I pushed it gently and never caused me any breakout the next day. Use it gently and wisely, ok?

Last step, Mask time!

It's totally up to you on the mask type, for me..ever since my purpose of having this facial at home is to clean my face, might as well I go for the Deep pore cleansing by Khiels for a total clean feeling.

Apply it and wait for 15 mins while doing whatever you want!

Rinse it with warm water..and you will get a clean and glowing face afterwards.

You don't have to worry in getting red blemished after the extraction if you do it gently, and REMEMBER - It never ok and there is no such thing as " beauty is pain " when it comes to facial. 

Know your limit and enjoy the beauty of facial (at home).

'Till the next sharing session..stay safe and pretty!