[Review] DIY Lip Scrub with Himalaya Lip Balm

Lip balm is an essential lip care product to prevent the chapping, drying and cracking of the lips. Recently, due to the exposure to cold weathers and working in an air-conditioned environment, my lip has become very dry.

I started using the Himalaya Herbals Lip Balm which contains key ingredients such as Coconut Oil Extract, Castor Oil, Wheat Germ Oil and Carrot Seed Oil that helps to nourish and soften my lip, keeping its natural moisture.

Now, the Himalaya Lip Balm can even double up as a DIY lip scrub for the purpose of exfoliating and removing of the dead skin. 

3 STEPS GUIDE TO DIY LIP SCRUB

STEP 1 - Mix some lip balm and sugar together using a 2:1 ratio

STEP 2 - Gently apply the mixture onto the lips and massage in a circular motion.

STEP 3 - Focus on all corners of the lips and wipe off after 30 seconds.

My verdict after using the product. Definitely a handy item to bring out that won't take up too much space in the bag. 

This Himalaya Lip Balm can be purchased at Guardian, Watsons, Mustafa, Giant & NTUC Hypermarket, National health group pharmacies and other bigger beauty retail chains at just $2.75.

XOXO

[REVIEW] Let Magiclean Fabric Freshener works its MAGIC

Weekend is the time I do the bulk of my household chores and cleaning is one of the most tedious and time consuming of all. Most of the time, I stopped after vacuuming and mopping the floor but there's still a handful of fabrics to wash like the bedsheets, comforters, Baby Rena's soft toys, stroller and more. These are some of the things that we are often in close contact with but washing them is simply too much of a hassle and if I don't get to dry them well under the sun, they will end up with a nasty smell. Thankfully, I get to find out that there is a product that is able to help.

Introducing Magiclean Fabric Freshener, a product developed by Japan advanced R&D that helps to tackle the invisible dirt and odor found in hard-to-wash fabric items.

As a mother, I have to keep a high level of hygiene in the toys she played with. Guilty to say that I have not washed Baby Rena's soft toys before, I've only hanged them out in the sun to dry. With Magiclean Fabric Freshener, the strong penetrative power of the formulation can penetrate into the deep layers of the fabric of the soft toys to kill 99.9% of the bacteria.

The easy to grip bottle makes it a breeze for spraying and with its unique trigger technology from Japan, it can dispenses a micro-mist spray for wider and even more coverage.

It is also formulated with natural deodorizing extracts to neutralize odor and prevent it from returning for up to 24 hours. 

That means, I can even apply it on my clothes and fabric shoes to get rid of the bad odor. This is extremely useful if you need to freshen up your clothes after lunch time when the clothes would be stained of the food smell.

With Magiclean Fabric Freshener, it brings along so much convenience to that I can clean these hard to wash fabrics anytime I want. I can have a peace of mind knowing that Baby Rena's soft toys are clean and free from germs cause she loves putting them in her mouth. 

Magiclean Fabric Freshener is also available Refreshing Mint and Pure Blossom fragrances and is retailing at $4.95 for a 370ml bottle.  

XOXO

[Review] The weaning process with HiPP Organic Cereal Pap Baby Rice

Weaning is the process of introducing solid foods to Baby to supplement their nutritional demands. I first started the weaning process with Baby Rena when she turned six months old last month. It's a way for baby to explore different tastes and textures as well as learn how to swallow using a spoon.

Although I'm quite adventurous in letting Baby Rena try all kind of food, I'm also pretty selective to minimise the risk of allergies. In this post, I'm going to share one of the first semi-solids that Baby Rena enjoys eating.

Introducing HiPP Organic Cereal Pap Baby Rice!

I started my baby on semi-solids with the HiPP Organic Cereal Pap Baby Rice for the following reasons:

- It's a single ingredient cereal and rice is gentle to the stomach thus least is least likely to cause allergic reactions.
- Convenient and easy to prepare either with water, breast milk, or formula milk
- The texture is smooth and light thus making it easy for Baby to transit from milk to solids. It's fine enough even for bottle-feeding.
- Contains Vitamin B1 that helps in the neurological development and function.

A list of weaning food extract from the Nestle Mother & Baby journal. This is the chart I refer to when I first fed Baby Rena with papaya and apple puree.

Alright, Baby Rena waiting eagerly for me to prepare her favourite meal of the day.

Super fine and powdery.

I prepared this by adding water.

Feeding time. Baby Rena trying to snatch the bowl of Baby Rice from me.

Needless to say, she finished the whole bowl of Baby Rice with great satisfaction.

Yes, that's the easy life of a Baby. Eat well, play well and sleep well.

The Organic Cereal Pap Baby Rice is just one of the many products that HiPP offers. There's a lot more variety on their website.

Happy Baby with Happy Mummy! Thank you Sample Store for sending this to us.

To sign up for HiPP Baby Club: https://www.hipp.com.sg/babyclub/register/

To try HiPP products on Sample Store: https://www.samplestore.com/catalogsearch/result/index/?q=hipp

For more information on HiPP products: http://www.Hipp.com.sg

XOXO

[Cafe] Brunches Cafe at 96 Rangoon Road (With Complimentary WI-FI & Vintage Collections for Sales)

Happy Mid-Week! 

Greetings from my bff, Lis and myself at Brunches Cafe. So nice to chill and catch-up at this cozy cafe that we didn't even realized that we've spent like almost 3 hours there! Times just flies when you are enjoying yourself.

Bunches offers a very nice and relaxing ambiance. The different tables are nicely arranged within an appropriate distance apart so there's enough privacy to have a good conversation with your friends. Their long table is big enough to cater up to a group of 10 pax.

Super loving their Christmas decorations making the whole cafe full of happy vibes and festive spirits. 

Some of the seats in this cafe are converted from old car body that is cut into halves and padded with cushioned seats, completed with a table in between the two seats. Needless to say, this is probably the most eye-catching and sought after seat in the cafe. We just had to take photos of us sitting in there even though we were sitting at the normal seat.

At the counter.

Everything seems to look so good inside the menu and we had trouble making up our mind on what to order. Thus, we requested the friendly staff to help us decide and introduce some of their more popular dishes.So, we were totally clueless on what will be served to us! Surprises!

TEA BY THE POT - $5.90 PER POT 

(Max of 2 teacups per pot)

A total of 6 different kind of teas are available for order and each comes with their own effects like rejuvenate, relax, cool, cleanse, beauty or simply black tea. We had the Chrysanthemum Bud Tea with Wolfberry, Red Dates & Dried Longan which is for cooling and inner strength. This thirst quenching tea is sweet and also refillable.

BRUNCHES SPECIAL : COFFEE ON THE ROCK

Chocolate Flavour - $6.90

If you are not exactly a tea lover, they also have a list of coffee to choose from. We were introduced to their Brunches Special called Coffee on the rock which comes in three different flavours and prices, original flavour at $6.50, chocolate flavour at $6.90 or bailey's flavour at $7.90. We get the chocolate flavour one and what we have to do is to pour the milk into the glass cup with the coffee ice cube inside. Observe and smell the aroma of how the coffee ice cube slowly melt and you will get your cup of cold and nice coffee in a while. 

  FRUTTI DI MARE - $16.90

Frutti Di Mare literally means "Fruit of the Sea" and is a popular multi-seafood dish. For this dish, it's Linguine cooked with Shrimps, Squid, Mussel and Clams served with garlic, chilli flakes and cherry tomato sauce. The flavour is just nice and just a little bit of spiciness.

 GOLDEN RISOTTO BALL - $16.90

Breaded risotto balls baked until crispy with a nice golden brown exterior that is filed with bacon and cheese. Served with Chicken in Tomato Sauce and Salad. Simply delicious. Thank you for introducing these dishes to us, if we were to order ourselves, I bet we would just go for the usual chicken steak, duck leg but this is really something new that I've never tried before!

Beside the main courses, Brunches also serves cakes and breads if you just want to have a small bites or desserts after your meal.

* Prices are subjected to 10% service charges and 7% GST

Beside browsing through the food items, one can also browse through the different varieties of vintage items that are being displayed in the cafe. All these are for sale too! 

Merry Christmas! Spot this giant inflatable snow globe and you will not miss the cafe! 

BRUNCHES CAFE

96 Rangoon Road 

Singapore 21838

(Nearest MRT Station: Farrer Park, NEL)

+65 8685 8488

Weekdays: 10:30am to 9pm

Weekends: 9:30am to 9pm

(Closed on Every Tuesday)

For more information, please visit their website

http://brunches.sg/index.html

XOXO

[REVIEW] Make Teeth Brushing a Fun Time for Your Kids with Playbrush

According to this Straits Times article, every one in two Singapore kids have one or more rotten teeth by the time they get into Primary School! This is a shocking trend and it may be due to the fact that some kids just hate brushing their teeth!  

What do you do if you have kids that refuses to brush his/her teeth? You don't have to be like Marge Simpson in the cartoon who have to supervise and brush her kids teeth for them! One easy way out is to make brushing teeth a fun time and this can be achieve with the help of Playbrush!

Playbrush is a unique device that turns into a gaming controller when you connect it with any normal manual toothbrush. It comes in either pink or blue. 

The main objective is to motivate kids to brush their teeth regularly and take care of the kids dental hygiene.

Search for Playbrush Ltd in the app store and download the games your kids prefer to play. There's 4 different games to be downloaded currently, "Utoothia", "Utoothia Magic", "Utoothia Sky" and "Utoothia Paint".

After which, turn on the bluetooth on your smart devices and you would be automatically connected and able to start the Playbrush Game on any smartphone on tablet. Customize the characters in the game and use the Playbrush as the game controller to navigate around in the game. It's that simple!

No longer need to use treats to get your kids to brush their teeth. With Playbrush, your kids will look forward to brushing time as it also means play time for them! What a great idea! 

 Check out my video compiled of Hayden (Jessie's nephew) with the Playbrush: 

 Thank you Sample Store for the Playbrush and thanks Jessie for sending the video and photos of Hayden! 

XOXO

[BRAND'S®] InnerShine® RubyCollagen Essence Drink

The first sign of aging usually reflects on our skin. We can't stop aging but we can slow it down by taking good care of ourselves and our health through our lifestyle, diet and the skincare products we use. 

It may be rather hard to change our lifestyle thus the next best alternatives to combat aging is to take note of what we eat and recommended to take some oral beauty supplements. This brings me to introduce BRAND'S® InnerShine® Ruby Collagen Essence Drink. Specially formulated for Asian skin, get ready to see the result of a more subtle and vibrant skin in just 6 weeks. (Results may vary between different individual). 

As we age, the collagen levels in our skin drop and the ability to synthesize new collagen also decreases due to environmental and lifestyle factors like Ultraviolet (UV) rays, stress, smoking, etc. In order to replenish the lost collagen and prevent further collagen decrease, BRAND'S® InnerShine developed a unique RubySignature™ Formula. Unlike normal collagen,  RubySignature™ Formula is created with ingredients derived from natural sources to challenge the existing paradigm in anti-aging skin care. The unique blend of ingredients includes a combination of micro-collagen peptides and one of mother nature's most powerful antioxidants, Astaxanthin which is harvested from a special strain of micro-algae.

Scientifically proven, the anti-oxidant power of Astaxanthin is 6,000 times more powerful than Vitamin C, 800 times more powerful than CoQ10 and 500 times more powerful than Vitamin E.  This serves as the perfect complement by acting as a natural shield against the collagen-depleting procedure. The final product when combined with micro-collagen peptides, a sophisticated hydrolysis process of breaking down the collagen molecules so that they can be absorbed by our body more efficiently and effectively is unrivalled in terms of quality and purity. 

The BRAND'S® InnerShine® RubyCollagen Essence range is available in both the liquid form and stripe form. Each box of the BRAND'S® InnerShine® RubyCollagen Essence contains 12 bottles. 6 bottles on the top layer and another 6 bottles below. 

Daily consumption helps to ensure that our body is adequately supplied with the essential nutrients for optimal skin support and protection. For optimum results, it is recommended to consumed twice daily.

Infused with natural pomegranate juice, BRAND'S® InnserShine® RubyCollagen taste just right, without being too sweet or sour. Best to consume it chilled and remember to shake well before drinking.

Make this delicious treat your daily skincare routine to form a comprehensive beauty regimen.

The RubyCollagen Essence range by BRAND'S® InnerShine® is available at all leading pharmacy and personal care stores.

For more information and to save the hassle by buying them online, please visit the BRAND'S® online e-store at

https://store.brandsworld.com.sg 

XOXO