Niu Nails: My New Nail Sponsor

Introducing my new nails sponsor, Niu Nails! I'm extremely excited to embark on this journey to prettier nails with Niu Nails, and to share with you girls a lovely home-based manicurist. 

Owner of Niu Nails, Serene, is a home-based manicurist from Hougang. A little cozy nail salon is set up in a room for her customer's comfort (plus, you can watch some television too, talk about indulgence!). Once seated, we got about choosing the nail colors for the design that I want.

With so many gelish colors available, I'm spoiled for choices!!

I've always wanted to do a nail set with the Marc Jacobs daisy, and Serene very gladly helped me incorporated it into a nail set just for me. I got to chose my very own bling too!

Doing up the finishing touches and topping it up with a super pretty bling ;)

The final product? A super sweet & girly set that left me so delighted after it was completed! The whole process took about 2 hours and Serene was so friendly and chatted with me the entire session to make me feel at ease. I love how it's so comfortable, social and cosy, unlike usual manicure sessions in stores where customers are rushed from one to another.

I'm really pleased! :)

My brand new nail set consisting of Marc Jacobs Daisies, marbled tones, glitter and bling!
Happy girl is me!

Good news to all ladies out there!

Niu Nails is having an attractive promotion from now till 18th October 2014

With every set of gelish manicure done, get a free session of eyelash extensions.

(You can get both done at the same time too! Imagine lying down and having two pampering treatments done at the same time to save time)

I honestly can't think of a better pampering session than this. You'll be able to walk out feeling a lot like a princess with your nails & lashes done, heehee.

Call or SMS Serene / Niu Nails at 81136741 to book an appointment now! :)


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Etude House Wonder Pore Freshner

It's that time of the month again for... My Etude House review!

This September, Etude House is bringing to you a refreshed line of Wonder Pore with Wonder Pore Freshner, a toner that contains a patented blend of Mint Vinegar and Anti Pore-Dex Complex. The all new Wonder Pore Freshner now boasts of 10 in 1 benefits (up the previous 7). 

The new Wonder Pore Freshner now boasts 10 skincare solutions:

1. Removes leftover makeup 

2. Lightly acidifies skin to optimal pH 5.5 level

3. Controls sebum

4. Minimises pores

5. Treats uneven skin tone

6. Maintains skin elasticity

7. Hydrates skin

8. Smoothens skin texture

9. Gets rid of impurities and dead skin cells

10. Refreshes and cools the skin

I've received the Wonder Pore Freshner Kit which comes with 500ml of the Pore Freshner, and 50 cotton pads.

It is the essential Summer toner (Singapore is Summer all year round so it's perfect for our climate!) with Mint Vinegar, which prevents the widening of pores, tightens pores, sterilises and soothes pores with a strong astringent function beneficial to widened pores and skin without elasticity, and even helps with itchiness, inflammation and pimples! Mint Vinegar also removes and inhibits the growth of Demodex, which is one of the causes for enlarged pores. 

Another key ingredient is the Anti Pore-Dex Complex that is made from Pasqueflower, Western Dandelion, Chrysanthemum and Cypress Leaf extracts which deeply cleanses and purifies the pores to effectively remove the last traces of makeup. It also possesses a light acidifying quality which balances the skin and preps it for better absorption of your moisturiser in the following step!

Here's a look at the cotton pad. It's of a better quality than the usual ones I've used because it's slightly thicker, and I could separate more layers of the cotton.

I could generally tear it up into 4 pieces (with some layers still being quite thick), whilst I can only separate up to maximum 3 layers with my usual ones.

The Wonder Pore Freshner also comes with a push dispenser (is there a proper term for this?), which I absolutely love because it is a lot more convenient for me to dispense some toner on my cotton pad by just pressing it down!

The Pore Freshner is dispersed adequately on my cotton pad without any mess or spillage, yay!

Fun fact: Did you know that there are about 20,000 pores on the face? 

And each diameter of a pore is about 0.02-0.05mm.

That would mean a lot of pores to care for!

The Wonder Pore Freshner can also be complemented with other Wonder Pore products to tackle skin woes. New products from the Wonder Pore Line includes the Wonder Pore Facial Soap (available mid October) and Wonder Pore Modeling Ultra Clear (available 1st October). 

The Wonder Pore Line helps tremendously with sebum control, dead skin cell removal and the eradication of red pores, resulting in smoother and tighter skin. In our hot & humid climate, we are prone to producing a lot more oil, and constantly battling enlarged pores due to the excessive sebum production, so get cleaning, and make sure your pores are cleaned thoroughly with Etude House's Wonder Pore Freshner today!

The Wonder Pore Freshner Kit (500ml + 50 cotton pads) is now retailing at all Etude House stores for $32.