Baby Business
Of late, I’ve been surrounded by many babies. At 26, I have now two distinct group of friends, the unmarried singletons and the child-bearing demographic. I’ve been “Auntie Carrie” for the past two to...
View ArticleThe Secret to My Effortless “Wash and Go” Hair
I had seriously perfect hair in Perth. It was so on point that even Flora, my room mate on this trip, mentioned in surprise one morning that my hair was totally “wash and go”. I hardly needed to blow...
View ArticlePaying in Cake
I discovered just the other day that I was actually not as big of a hardened city bitch I always assumed I was during my trip to Perth. “I think we should get a cake or something,” I nervously (and...
View ArticleExploring the Deepavali Festival Village and Little India
Growing up in Singapore, I never had any urgency or impulse to really explore Singapore like a tourist would. After all, I have all the time in the world to. It’s a place I’ve known for as long as I...
View ArticleThe Climb, Life and Kathu Waterfall
“We’ll go Phuket to pet tigers, cliff dive, bungee jump and climb waterfalls, okay?” Jac had zealously sent me our entire Phuket trip itinerary in a nutshell over Whatsapp to which, without much...
View ArticleInterContinental Singapore
The unassuming exterior of InterContinental® Singapore hides away so much of its heritage I’ve been sitting on this post for the longest time. I booked myself a staycation at the InterContinental®...
View ArticleBiggest Shopbop Sale Event of the Year: Christmas Shopping List
If you missed the Friends & Family Sale earlier in October, you’ve got a second chance to score some designer goods along with some killer savings at Shopbop’s biggest Sale Event of the Year. This...
View Article2 Ways to Eat Out this Christmas on a Budget
Back when I was a teenager, I remember hanging out with my best friends at the void deck near our secondary school, having a quick bite before heading home. This often was a combination of instant cup...
View ArticleThe Ultimate Beauty Secrets that will Completely Transform Your Photos
So people have been asking me, how did the feel of my photos get so different suddenly. I’ve been travelling. A lot. Just this year alone, I’ve been to Bangkok (twice), Phuket, Hong Kong and Perth....
View ArticleThe Road to Ash Tones
Last month, I shared about how absolutely perfect hair was (wash and go perfect) after my first ever Mucota DYNA Argan Oil Treatment and DYNA Perm at Headlines Hairdressing. Life is way too short to...
View ArticleA Sweet Surprise for Christmas with Etude House
I’m not a big fan of major binge gift buying leading up to Christmas, but every year, I’ve got to give it to the companies putting together those adorable festive gift sets because they have me...
View Article5 Steps to Stretching Your Annual Leave for Travel
So a friend, Jac, recently shared this click bait hope-inducing article on “4 ways Singaporeans can get more time off work”. Both of us couldn’t identify with it so I thought I’d write something a...
View ArticleNight of Organic Glamour
I don’t typically work with makeup artists for my photo shoots because of convenience. I prefer to do my makeup a certain way and I haven’t been doing conceptual shoots, so there hasn’t been a need,...
View ArticleThe Advent of the One-Piece Bathing Suit
So my late twenties (wow, I still remember vaguely being eighteen) has just about rolled around with the arrival of 2016, and along with that, the advent of the one-piece bathing suit. The thing about...
View ArticleCalling DIBS on Surprising Creations at this Restaurant at Duxton
Stopping by 51 Duxton Road, DIBS Restaurant and Bar The first thing I did when I got an invitation to visit DIBS Restaurant and Bar was to check out the menu and boy was it elusive. Their sleek...
View ArticleHow to Use Kohaku Hada Products to Alleviate Dry Skin Conditions
So I made a beauty boo-boo for the longest time. I mistook lotions in Japanese skincare regimes as moisturisers and slathered them on as the final step in my skincare regime. Opps! I’ve been doing it...
View ArticleEscaping to Vung Tau: An Itinerary
Southeast Asian beaches bring to mind the salty breeze and crashing waves of Bali in Indonesia, pristine waters of Boracay in the Philippines and gorgeous sunsets and rowdy beach-side night markets of...
View ArticleChanneling My Inner Pin-Up Girl: The 1950s Bobby Soxer
Photo by Ivan Joshua Loh with the Fujifilm X-Pro2 So if you haven’t yet heard (because you’re not on my Facebook Page or following my Instagram), my sporting girlfriends and I worked with...
View ArticleIkki Izakaya: The Best Thing That Happened in my Hood
After almost eighteen years growing up and staying in the east, in particular, Simei, I moved to unfamiliar territory in the west of Singapore about five to six years ago. I am not sure why, but the...
View ArticleA Wave of Change
Hello new year, new hair On my last session at Headlines By Artistry, I lightened my hair colour and in the process, my “wash and go” curls loosened significantly. I took a break from chemically...
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