My Experience with Rescue Beauty Lounge Nail Polish

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Last week I made a trip to the local mall. Stepping into the main lobby, what caught my eye was this store at a corner with a display of some expensive designer nail polish in the window, which I’m pretty sure it wasn't available in Singapore. I went straight inside the store. When I moved on towards the display, I was pretty stocked at the price of a particular piece I had been eyeing at for just SGD$20! WOW!
So what exactly was it that had caught my fancy? Rescue Beauty Lounge nail polish; something you must have surely heard of, in view of how it’s one of the best reviewed nail polishes out there. I decided to take one home for myself, just to see if it was worth the higher than average price tag. I picked up the light, muted nude toned pink. This colour is delicate with a little hint of shimmer, perfect for conservative work places. As soon as I laid my hands on the bottle, I could tell from the premium feel of the packaging that this wasn't your average nail polish. Opening the cap, I was surprised by the absence of a petrol or kerosene scent which is usually present in most brands of classic nail polish.
The bottle itself was of very high quality indeed. The polish, on the other hand, was very thick but easy to apply, and in just a single coat my nails were almost completely covered, with the second coat sealing the deal with perfectly opaque colour on the nails. Another thing I liked about the product was the brush applicator; it was manufactured in such a way that the bristles spread evenly and made for a complete coat in just 2 or 3 strokes, which totally helped in preventing uneven application.
Now to talk about how it looks after application, take my word for it… it looks absolutely amazing! Even though it’s pricey, the polish really makes up for it in terms of quality. After the polish dried, my nails looked absolutely fantastic, almost as if I had just stepped out of a beauty salon with fresh professionally painted nails. The colour stood out in a fantastic manner and didn’t even start chipping for more than one and a half of a week!
All in all, I would totally recommend the polish to anyone reading. Regarding variety in selection, there were tons of amazing colours to choose from. It ranges from nude tones to flashy glittery colours that are all the rage these days. Although it’s true that Rescue Beauty Lounge nail polish is priced way above most of the nail colour products you’d usually find, it’s well worth the heavy hit on your wallet when you take into account the superior colour quality and how long it stays on!

Baby Foot Exfoliant Gel Packs For Cracked, Dry Heels

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I am prone to dry, cracked heels. I even have a spot on the bottom of my big toe that gets pretty gnarly too. It’s tempting to pick at all the dry, flaky skin, which only makes it worse and more unsightly. I don’t like showing off my feet when my heels are this bad. I went to get a pedicure once and she did a great job in returning my heels to a beautiful state. I had to maintain my nice smooth feet with moisturizer cream each day and for a while I kept it up.  But laziness got the best of me and I once again found myself needing another pedicure.  Problem is, those tend to be expensive. I’d heard of pumice stones, but I was afraid I might damage my skin and cause more problems. Then a friend told me about Baby Foot Exfoliate Peel.

This product basically consists of a few gel packs. You apply them to your heels and the natural extracts penetrate dead skin cells and start to dissolve the adhesive fibers that hold them onto your feet.  Not much happens at first. When I first used them I thought they weren’t working. But about 3-5 days later I couldn’t believe my eyes.  Large sheets of dead skins just fell from my feet.  To be honest, it was rather disgusting. But after all the peeling was done, my feet were simply gorgeous!  Smooth, soft and just lovely. I still maintain with a good moisturizer, but every couple of months I used some more Baby Foot Exfoliate gel packs and I’m back to baby smooth feet.  It’s glorious.

So if you have dry or cracked heels that you hate looking at, stop being so lazy and go pick up some Baby Foot Exfoliate gel packs and watch the magic happen!

Chamos Acaci Trouble Skin Solution Magic Powder

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So I turned 21 this month, meaning I could now legally drink or smoke. I had officially turned into a young adult! No more babysitting or surprises for me, I am a grown up now! Unfortunately, the latter part apparently didn’t reach my mom, who went through the trouble of organizing one of those silly sweet 16 parties as though I had just hit puberty yesterday.
Needless to say, it didn’t go quite as planned. I was surrounded by my co-workers, half of whom probably didn’t even know my name or how old I was turning. So yeah, it was pretty much a huge wreck. However, out of the many useless gifts that my dining table was littered with after the guests left, there was one item that grabbed my attention.

Yes, this nail polish-esque bottle of pimple remover was the one thing that stood out among other gems such as an iPhone and iPod touch protective cover (none of which I actually owned). Why?
  • ·         Because my face, in particular my forehead was actually suffering from a pimple epidemic at that time which was kind of coincident.
  • ·         There was no gift wrap on the bottle. Heck, there wasn’t even any tag to tell who had gifted it. If I knew any better, I could’ve sworn this bottle was already present at the dining table. There was no indication of it being a gift whatsoever!

Sitting on my couch holding the bottle of Chamos Acaci pimple remover, I pondered over whether the sender had deliberately gave pimple remover to me as a cruel joke, or genuinely wanted to get me something I could actually use. Either way, I decided to make the best of the situation and used it the following night.

This isn’t going to be one of those stories where an ugly pimpled beast turns into a beautiful princess as soon as she applies some pimple remover. Results were slow, but they were present. When I used it for the first time with a cotton swab, I could feel each of my pimples go through a sort of burning sensation, like when you apply anti-septic over a wound. The stinging sensation pertained for a few seconds, which was followed by a more pleasant calming effect over the application area.


The next morning I woke up to see that my formerly dark pimples that were reminiscent of a Victorian era warzone had lightened up considerably. Eh, lucky strike. I had little to no faith that the hard to pronounce Chamos  Acai-whatever would actually help me get rid of the red bastards that dominated my face. However, optimistic as always, I kept on using the Chamos Acaci for a few more days.

The 8th day was significant as it was the day that the pimples on my forehead had subsided. Yes, they were now in continuity with the rest of my skin, meaning that the ugly bastards were now at bay.


By day 16, I couldn’t even locate where my former face-mates used to live; all signs of blemishes had completely been erased! I could actually walk around my office without thinking that everyone was looking at my forehead! Yes, I do miss the lack of attention, but that’s beside the point.

What I Do with My Extra Money?

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In times like these, most of us have to look outside our day job to make sure we can make ends meet. And even if our day job does make the ends meet, everyone needs a little something in the vacation fund. A while back I was looking through some different methods to earn some extra money. I wanted to have a bigger savings account and have a bit more freedom to tackle a few projects. In my search, I stumbled onto a little gem called MicroCap Millionaires. 

First off, I have little to no knowledge when it comes to the stock market. And quite frankly, before MicroCap Millionaires, I had little to no interest in it either. But after reading through their materials and newsletters and watching their videos, I become extremely curious. They constantly point out that trading penny stocks is risky and to prepared for losses, but they also have a high success rate, meaning these guys seem to know the mysterious ways of the markets. 

I couldn’t help myself. I was too curious and kind of down for an adventure, so following their advice and picking the stocks they picked, I invested a little cash into my first stock. It was such an adrenaline high. I was terrified that it would bomb horribly and I would have lost precious resources. But I was also excited at the possibility of turning a profit. 

Then came the waiting. I sat on the stock they told me to pick for about a week and looked for the “exit signs” as they call them. The “exit signs” are what tell a trader to get out before something goes bad. I would have never spotted the trends they see, but then I’m not the expert am I. So anyway, when the exit signs came up, I sold my stock and actually turned a profit! I was beyond ecstatic. I, someone who has never turned to the business section of a newspaper, someone who always turned the channel whenever the news talked about the DOW, just traded stocks and made money! 

So now I’m hooked. I pay attention to one stock at a time and I always prepare myself mentally for something to go wrong, but so far, I couldn’t be happier with the success I’ve seen using MicroCap Millionaires’ methods. I now have some more spending money or, if I want, a little more rainy day money and I’m loving it. 

They have lots of information and videos for you to investigate before you trust your cash to their expertise.  So go and find out if you can turn a little cash in to a lot of cash. 

Feel free to email me or comment below if you have any questions.

Change of Fragrance After a Decade

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Who doesn’t like getting a gift?  My good, great, fantastic and totally awesome friend bought me a bottle of Viva La Juicy by Juicy Couture last Christmas. Now, before I got any further, I must confess, I have been wearing the same Chanel perfume since high school. (Pause for shocked shrieks of horror).
I know, but it seems there are so few perfumes that I really love.  I’m just picky I guess.  So while I love my fantastic, stupendous and oh-so thoughtful friend for sending me this perfume, when I opened the box, I was a bit, well, nervous.
It’s a gift so you want to accept it gladly and be excited, but in my head I was already trying to tactfully word how much I was obviously going to hate this scent the next time I saw my friend.
To my awesome surprise, I took a whiff and fell madly in love with this scent. If I could spritz this post and have you smell this gorgeous stuff somehow, I would.  Let me try and pin down the scent for you. It has tones of berries and mandarin, but it also has a few smells I couldn’t decipher.  I’m not a perfume expert, just in case you were wondering.  When I looked it up on the web, I found that the gals behind this perfume also used Jasmine, Amber, Gardenia, and Honeysuckle.  It’s such a couture fragrance that it doesn’t really matter to me what exactly I’m smelling though. 
I’ve worn it a few times and I always get comments and inquiries as to what perfume I’m wearing and where to get it.  If I’m feeling generous, I might tell people, even though it kind of a secret I’d prefer to keep to myself. 
So if you’re like me and you’ve been going steady with the same fragrance for more years than are worth mentioning, give this perfume a try.

Bad Habit: Stop Peeling Your Lip!

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There is a reason chapstick companies make a lot of money.  Most of us experience dry, cracked, and peeling lips from time to time. I, however, feel like I experience peeling, flaky lips quite a lot of the time. What happens is that because they are flaky, I start to pick at my lips as it really annoys me. This all leads to sores and even bleeding lips. It’s a really bad habit much like biting your nails is.  I have found that I will often pick at my lips due to stress or boredom. It has gotten pretty bad actually. Some people see me and ask if I’d like to try this cold sore treatment they know. Imagine my embarrassment when I tell them it’s not a cold sore, it’s just my bad habit!
Even when I manage to leave my lips alone long enough for them to start to heal,  when I start to feel the edges of the dead skin healing, I’ll pick at them again, making it bleed.... I feel rather compelled to pick off all the dangling bits of skin.  At some point I knew I needed to do something. Where would you have gone for advice or treatment?  Do you think my reaction to stress or boredom is weird or crazy?  What bad habits have you formed when under stress?
Finally, my friend recommended that I should take a chapstick with me wherever I go and stuff it in my handbag. My lips need extreme moisture and they needed it constantly to heal. As long as the chapstick makes my lips feel smooth, I don’t feel that urge to pick at them. And if I do get an urge to pick at my lips, I hurry and apply more. I also have a little tub of Vaseline at my desk, at home and at work. Even though I feel like I've gotten better and I don’t feel the temptation to pick at my lips anymore, I still carry them with me at all times, just in case....
Despite staying vigilant and having a solution, bad habits are sneaky and can creep back into our routine at any moment. It’s a mind game really. Every time I feel tempted to start picking my lips again, I have to discipline myself and tell my mind that it doesn’t really want to go back to that bad habit.  It’s about self-control.  The best thing to do is have something you’ll say to yourself every time you feel tempted. When I feel like picking at my lips again, I say something like, “I want to be able to use lipstick and lip gloss again!" (This could result in a considerable difficulty for lipstick addicts like myself, as nothing seems more serious when attempting to put on red lipstick to crusty, dry, cracked lips.) This way, it helps to retrain my focus and keep that bad habit out of my life.

Have you ever had an experience where you've had to quit a habit?  What helped you?  How do you deal with the temptation to start back up again?  Shoot me your comments, I’d love to hear from you!

What's your favorite book?

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It’s often very hard for me to pin down a favorite movie. People always ask questions like that when they are trying to get to know someone, and I always say some movie that I really like, but a favorite? That I just don’t know.  There are too many to choose from!  But when someone asks me for my favorite book, that I do know.
I generally read a lot of dystopian literature now days. I love The Hunger Games by Suzanne Colins and Divergent by Veronica Roth and one called The Maze Runner by James Dashner. And while I loved all of those, they don’t really hold a candle to my favorite book.  What’s odd is that my favorite book isn't even in the same genre as the ones I mentioned. It wasn't even written in the same century. No, my favorite book is called The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. It wouldn't surprise me in the least if the person who asked me about my favorite book hadn't ever heard of this book or its author. This book doesn't have an post-apocalyptic world or anything like that. In fact, it is very much like a character drama.
It’s about this young, impressionable man named Dorian Gray. Privileged and handsome, he travels in the best circles and is exposed to many different ideals. What I like about the book is that it is a very rich study into the concept of influence. Dorian Gray is a rather tragic story and the reader has to wonder if one of the other two main characters, Basil and Lord Henry, have anything to do with the story’s rather dark ending. Can we really influence people to their ruin? Even though we all have our right to choose for ourselves, are those that heavily and willfully influence us also to blame when our lives fall to pieces? The premise of the book is that a portrait of Dorian Gray changes and distorts overtime as the real-life Dorian Gray makes questionable moral choices. It makes the reader wonder how different they might act if their soul could be painted for them.
It’s very much a book to think and ponder over. There’s very little action and quite a lot of talk, but it’s witty, intelligent and I love it.

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