Lazy Review of Skin Food Platinum Grape Cell (Gift Set Sample)

Just realised I have a lot of samples in my closet (some from way back, courtesy of Princess Milk), others recently acquired from my 2013 Seoul trip.

I feel like clearing them before I touch on my purchase of snail cream (sadly that's the only skincare purchase I got there. I am very surprised and dissappointed with myself as well ).

Today I am touching on the first use of Skin Food Platinum Grape Cell. Sad to say I don't really like it. Mainly due to the packaging. More on that later.

Description of Skin Food Platinum Grape Cell Emulsion & Toner
(taken from http://eng.theskinfood.com/)

• Skin Brightening & Anti-wrinkle.

• A premium anti-aging emulsion containing grape cells and platinum particles that brighten  and firm aging skin from the inside out.

Sounds promising! I am already at the age where I need a lot of help to keep my face from sagging so this is really going on my Christmas list if it really works as claimed. Not to mentioned that the design is super unique! Looks totally like a wine bottle! ^^

I am just testing using the gift set sample.This is the box it comes with. I am a huge fan of the color purple and I like the rustic feel of the embossed design on the box. Up to there I am truly pleased.

 

Here's where things starts to go wrong. And no I am not complaining about the obviously not fully filled bottle of toner. Both toner and emulsion are thick liquids. Usually in this case, manufacturers with intelligence and those who give the slightest damn will place it in a sealed foil package instead of bottles like this. Don't get me wrong. I hate the sealed packages with a passion. Just that it makes more sense in this scenario.

In the end I got really frustrated, not to mention that it hurts a lot , trying to dump the slightest bit of the emulsion and toner on my palm.

The retail bottles looks like it might be some kind of pump. Hopefully that will be better as something with such a thick consistency really ought to be packaged in something beside just bottles like this.

After application it gives a sticky feeling and it doesn't fade away after 20 mins.

Pros

• Cool design.  Especially on the retail versions.
• Solution is slightly purplish!
• Sweet smell, between wine and grape candy.

Cons

• Solution is hard to retrieve (from sample bottles)
• Solution stays on skin for a loooong time.
• Sticky consistency

Verdict: Hmmm...don't think I will be purchasing the retail version. My skin seems helpless in absorbing the toner and emulsion. Got to look for other anti-aging alternatives then. :(

Passed my 1st exam! 5 more to go~~ T_T

Got 44 over 50 in my first open-book (open computer, open everything) exam. Passing mark is 80% aka 40 marks. So in other words, I just barely made it.

Still got so many tests! And mock calls! And SVC ( Skills Verification Centre)!

Will I be able to last long in this job? The other trainees are awesome people, but they are not the ones I have to work with. I was assigned to Comtech and we are told that we will be further broken down into individual teams after this.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Wasted Purchase ? 19 Dec 2012

I think this keyboard is great though it might be made and designed in China.

Okay. Random.

Erm...let me give you a little background. From the top, my current keyboard decided to infinitely until the end of time.Thus making it impossible to key in anything especially logging in to Windows since  will be press after every entry on the keyboard (if lucky), your 3 tries will be used up in an instant and you will go into Temporary Locked Out Heaven.

My Current Keyboard - For those interested or simply kpo

So...I bought this keyboard today at CyberActive CompassPoint cause I decided that the on-screen keyboard is about just as irritating as a faulty keyboard.

Review
Comparing it to my current Dell keyboard which decides to work properly again for whatever stupid reasons (yes I am frustrated that I am now stuck with 2 keyboards despite them being perfectly good ones!), I still prefers the Dell wireless keyboard which I got free with the purchase of my workstation.

It probably is perfect for gaming, which is its primary function and what was advertised on the box. Either that or its brand name is Gaming. You can never tell what China manufacturers are actually thinking when they comes up with "innovative names" for their products.

I can only cross my fingers hoping that my keyboard will last.

I did tried to look for one that is not made in China though - Mission Impossible. In the end I settled for the value for money (??) set mentioned above.

Conclusion
Seeing as I would not be using this keyboard again for a very very long time, I can  only hope this keyboard will work as well then. In the meantime I will curse my current keyboard to malfunction just so that I can use this keyboard asap before it dies out on me.

I'm back! REVIEW - Brazilian Wax Down Under @ The Strip

Feel like updating this blog for no good reason. God knows how long this craze will last this time. 

Anyway, Vanessa has been harping about this awesome and affordable place where she did her underarm waxing so I manage to persuade her to let me tag along today. 

I asked Van to book me for bikini line Brazilian waxing at 2.45pm and was totally late. Can't help it. I tend to drag leaving home when my parents are around. Love talking to those old fellas. LOL. 

Anyway I got there about 2.50pm plus minus, strip down bare from waist down removing everything including my undies and that's when the lovely Malaysian lady told me that i don't have anything along my bikini line to wax! For a moment I was deciding between to be proud (hey, its kind of a privilege!) or to be paiseh (feels like I deliberately come and strip down to show off my private parts). In the end, I decided to do the full pubic Brazilian wax which cost $58 (before GST) by the way. Can even smell my pockets burning.

As you probably could tell from the "lovely Malaysian lady" part then I rather enjoyed my session. Not to say it wasn't painful. Mind you I even burst out Hokkien curse words in front of a cantonese speaking lady. Crossing my fingers she don't understand a thang I've said. However she was caring and helpful the entire session so it really makes the burning wax (and pockets) all worthwhile. I am always a sucker for good customer service anyway.

I will definitely head back again, probably to do my underarm waxing next time. The LML (Lovely Malaysian Lady) said that it grows super slow and there's nothing in the first place so I am gonna heed her advice and spend my 60 over bucks on something else. The Strip definitely provides professional service and as long as it continues to stay that way, you can be assure I will rain money on that place for a long, long time.

Butterflies In My Stomach!

3 more days to go before I head to Taipei for the first time in my entire 25 years of consuming oxygen.

I'm so excited!!!

Heard so much from my friends and family (mum has been there like at least 26 years ago?) and now even my colleagues are telling me things are freaking cheap in Taipei!

Omg, that's so gonna bring out the long subdued shopaholic in me T-T

And I so wanna dip in those natural thermal hot springs.

Me and baowei (travel buddy for this trip) has been planning this for a little more than a month now and NOW ITS DRAWING NEAR!!! TELL ME HOW NOT TO GET EXCITED? ?

So not in the mood to work this week. Lah.

【测试你的结婚日期】

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明年就25啦！

【测测你会多久厌倦一个人？】

你的恋爱倦怠期有多久？很准的哦~~

我是b型。。。啦啦啦~~~~

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【5个问题看出你的爱情观】

很短的心理测试,但是好准的答案！！！

我是：

A - 光明大道

B - 白色，红色各5个

C - 自己

D - 窗台

E - 便捷小路

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还不错嘛！和我的性格很像！

【右手食指指纹决定人的爱情命运】

日本富士通公司的工程师，利用网络指纹采集技术，收集了50000人的指纹，经过综合分析得到一项指纹性格分类图，此分类图将人们的爱情观分为八大类，准确率达90%。特别提示：男女都看右手，真的很准。

我是左流蹄状纹。。。。

【你的五根手指注定你的爱情】

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What Kind of Lover Are You

Another personality test. This time to test how you fare as a lover.

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Answers are READY!

Personality Test II

Here's another one. It's slightly more troublesome than the previous.

But give it a try! I score 19....

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Here you go~

Personality Test

Love personality tests!

Been doing quite a lot of those during my free time in the office.

This is one of my favorites:

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Fine, here's your answers:

How is it? Pretty spot on right?

I found this off weibo, which is the chinese equivalent of Twitter. Lots of interesting stuff happening over there so join me if you would! :)

Guilty as charged

Yesterday I met up with Steph as she comes to visit during her winter vacation.

She bought me my huge load of purchase of skincare and makeup products from Korea. And after that we bitch about other people. I think noone "innocent" was spared. Lolx. She's such an awesome friend! And perfect bitch buddy.

I'm constantly pondering over what I did to deserve my wonderful friends. And I have no idea at all. I'm nothing special but I have friends who sparkle wherever they are. Even though I have no (fixed) religion, I gotta say I'm really blessed.

Now looking forward to my two big trips in year 2012 (imo) - Phuket and Korea 2012.

Sorry darling...

I broke my hamster's waterbottle.

Now my Hamsters have to survive an entire day without water until I buy a new one on my way back home.

I'm a bad bad pet owner.

Heaven has a way of making u poorer when you're already have pockets full of holes.

Especially considering that I'm already in some sort of financial crisis. Just this week, I tear my only pair of contact lenses (abt sgd150 to replace) and I transfer sgd440plus to pay for my brother's insurance premium.

Can I get any poorer?

Okay forget I asked....

Excited!!!

Just booked an awesome trip to Melaka with Shereen! The friendly and helpful sales girl at Luxury Travel is the best! Gonna booked from them again if this trip turns out well.

Our hotel is freaking gorgeous! From the website la. I am sure it wouldn't be far from the truth anyway...

Gonna pull through next week and then...time to R&R!

Hehehehehehhe......*can't contain the excitement*

I want a vacation man!

But I do not want to go during peak seasons like the school holidays etc...

That leaves only Korea.

I want to go Korea so bad!!!!

Time to find cheap air tixs =)

This forum thread really echos my current feelings.

http://personalitycafe.com/infp-forum-idealists/23499-i-feel-like-failure-jobless-muse.html

What can I do now?

Call me slow but I just watched Pirates of The Caribbean 3 - Dead Man's Chest.

WTF, Will Turner is dead? Or rather Will Turner is now a zombie with a hole in chest where his heart was, only appearing once every 10 years? I don't think the scriptwriter is going to fast-forward 10 years for Orlando Bloom just so he can return like every 2 sequels or something (every sequel is already out of the question since Bloom is confirmed to be MIA for Stranger Tides)? Guess either Orlando Bloom got tired of the franchise or vice versa....

And I nearly died when Jack Sparrow did not appeared most of the first half of the movie, It.Got.So.Draggy.That.I.Wanna.Die. Never thought I will say this but Jack Sparrow makes Johnny Depp lovable. Even my Mum paid extra attention to the "swaying hoppity guy".

Oh, and my Mum was tricked into watching this with me because I told her Chow Yun Fat (Seriously, Fat as a name?) was in the movie. Regretted it though since Chow Yun Fat only appeared for a few scenes therefore Mum keep asking me if he is going appear again and making pretty accurate conclusions like "I guess he isn't the male lead since he did not appear much".

And this sequel kind of make me dislike Elizabeth Swan. How many guys did she kissed in this sequel? First Mr Fat, then the British-looking man who died under the sword of Snr. Turner and then two or three times with Jnr. Turner. Well to be fair, she did pushed one of them away (aka Mr Fat)...but maybe she don't like old asians who looked every bit like a eunuch?

As I mentioned previously, this movie is incredibly draggy - especially the beginning. At the end of one and a half hour, we thought it must had been at least two hours already. However it seems like we both have another one hour and 18 minutes to go. Towards the end it got better though and there were more actions instead of boring yakkity yak.

Rating:

★★★☆ out of ★★★★★

My Peanut Butter and Jelly