MY HAPPY WEEKEND!

I don't know of people who still read blogs now but I'm just gonna pen it down anyways since it was such a great weekend for Daniel and I. We haven't been spending much time with each other lately cos I've been travelling and both of us are very busy with work. The long weekend he had coincidentally fits into my free week nicely before I fly off for another work trip tomorrow. 

Here are just some outfit pictures I took on Saturday with my new bag (lol thinking of selling it off already cos I bought the wrong color!!) and an upcoming TJM long cardigan!

Sweet potato fries!!!

I know lantern festival is over but I was in China and I saw these really cute and cheap hot air balloon lanterns so I bought quite a lot back and dragged Daniel to play with me. Haha

Sorry pardon my "pyjamas" state. Hahah

The next day we went to RWS for the trick eye museum and it was surprisingly quite fun!

Pictures from Trick Eye!

Wahaha I'm finally taller than you!

Slumber party with the panda haha

 Pretty obvious who's having more fun yeah? hahaha

Daniel strikes again hahaha

Lol Singapore can be quite boring with the usual Orchard road so the trick eye museum is a good change to our boring weekends. The museum is a tad small but it was still fun nonetheless!

You can check it out here ->

http://www.rwsentosa.com/language/en-US/Homepage/Attractions/TrickeyeMuseum

So glad we got to spend quality time together this weekend. Will be back with another post soon. I wanna try blogging more haha.

XX

Sophia

Instagram and Twitter : @sophiachong

Solution to hairless underarms and legs!

I'm not sure about you but I'm not one who very much like body hair. Unfortunately, I'm considered relatively hairy for an asian girl since birth and I really dread it. I feel it looks so unsightly and makes me look less feminine. I love my shorts but having long skinny legs aren't enough when it's hairy, and those who shave or veet know what a hassle it can be especially when you're rushing out. I used to veet my legs but it kinda dehydrates my skin and leaves it a bit flaky? Besides, I keep getting small little cuts whenever I veet-ed too hard. And the worst part is, I can never fully remove all the hair. Like some spots are just more stubborn?

My number one pet peeve is also seeing girls airing their visibly hairy underarms. That's just a BIG FAT NO!!! It's revolting and girls should never be seen with thick underarm hair (that's just my personal opinion and I'm sure MANY of you would agree). I had previously done IPL on my underarm but it didn't fully remove all the hair so I've decided to get rid of them once and for all at a new another parlor, Regina. 

And in case, you think that shaving is your best bet, it's NOT. Shaving makes your skin rougher and dehydrated, darkens your underarms, and causes the pores to enlarge making your underarm look like chicken skin.

If you don't know what I mean, here you go.

Image credit to Google.sg

YUCKS RIGHT?!!!!! I cringe just at the sight of it!!!!!! You need to STOP shaving if you don't want your underarm to end up looking like that!

So I recently started my KPL treatments for lower legs and underarm at Regina hair removal specialist!

They use a technology called KPL similar to IPL to effectively and safely remove unwanted hair with zero downtime and it's almost painless.

Just a little info about KPL!

KPL uses intense light energy to safely and effectively remove unwanted hair from any parts of the body, putting an end to routine shaving and waxing. The light energy is absorbed by the pigment in the hair, melanin, which then converts to heat. The heat damages the hair follicle and destroys its ability to re-grow without harming the surrounding tissues.

Regina uses the latest advance FDA approved, patented pulsed light technology which delivers a higher performance with reduced side effects compared to other KPL devices. All their beauty consultants were highly trained by professional trainers in Japan so they're really good and professional!

Very comfortable and cosy treatment room with a closet to keep your clothes and personal belongings!

Very clean equipments!

The corridor of the treatment rooms which is very minimalistic, I like!

A very satisfied me after 1 hour of KPL treatment on my lower legs and underarm!

It's been about a month since I did the treatment and I must say I'm pretty damn impressed cos my leg hair actually grew significantly lesser, and it only took ONE treatment! I forgot to take a before picture of my legs to show you how hairy it was but here's my leg now without shaving or any other form of hair removal.

*no filter/photoshop, only adjusted brightness

I didn't expect it to be so effective! Thought it would take at least 2-3 sessions for me to see a significant difference but it only took 1. I'm honestly still quite shocked. I'm not gonna take a picture of my underarm cos that's just weird but I've only shaven once throughout this one month and it's still very bare. Even the hair that grew out were really fine. 

It's almost painless, just feel like needle gently poking your skin when the laser hits you. And zero downtime!

Regina has won many awards for its KPL hair removal service so it's really reliable! Besides, I've tried it for myself and it works!

Do you see the words "winner" and "best"?? I think they really deserve the accolade.

And in case you're wondering how the hair growth cycle works.

Happy that I've come to know about Regina and so excited for my next session in September!

Apart from hair removal, they do facials, eyelash enhancement and body contouring as well (:

They are currently having a special promotion!
$49 for 2 sessions Bikini Line KPL Hair removal + 2 Whitening Treatment

Super worth it!
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Regina is available at 6 different locations.

Suntec City

Tel : 68365310

Hitachi Tower

Tel : 64380010

Junction 8

Tel : 63580209

The Central

Tel : 62211558

Wheelock Place

Tel : 67355510

100 AM

Tel : 64445623

http://regina.sg/

XX

Sophia

Instagram and Twitter : @sophiachong

BALI {DAY 5 AND 6}

It's been almost 2 months since I got back from Bali and I'm missing it already. Always a #beachgirl!

So on the 5th day of our one week trip, we moved to the last and final villa, Samaja Villas, for the stay. It was just 3 mins drive away from Nyuh Bali Villa (:

Breakfast area!

The room wasn't ready so they offered us complimentary balinese massage for an hour. Talk about good service (: The massage was sooooo comfortable and therapeutic. Felt heavenly compared to the shitty one we did the night before at some roadside shop.

Checked into our villa after the glorious massage!

Our courtyard/dining area where we had our meals and chilled the night away watching TV.

Bathroom which has direct access to our private pool. I'mma make my future house like that!

The villa was very clean and spacious, and the staff were extremely accommodating and helpful!
You can check it out here -> http://www.samajabalivillas.com/

Wasted no time and headed out to Legian beach to surf! :D

This time we rented our own surfboards and did it without an instructor. We paid around $30SGD for unlimited hours of board usage, pretty decent!

Lol looking like a Balinese man?

It was super fulfilling to master a new watersport and I really LOVE surfing. Can't wait to get my hands on it again. It's actually quite hard to master it but I love challenging myself.

Was super tired after surfing for like 3 hours and we headed back to the room for some room service dinner.

I love my mee soto!

Corridor to our villa unit(:

Had an early night and woke up early the next day! Was super excited cos we were gonna visit this "secret beach" in Bali which was...absolutely perfectttt!
Brekkie first!

We hired a driver through the hotel and we paid approximately $50SGD for the entire day. Basically, you can pick the places you wanna go or you could ask the driver to bring you around based on his recommendations. We decided hiring a driver was better than cabbing cos the "secret beach" was pretty far away from where we were and it would have been quite expensive and troublesome to get a cab.

After a 40 mins drive, we finally reached Uluwatu Finn's Beach Club! Finn's beach club is the cheaper alternative to the uber luxurious Karma beach club. It's still super nice nonetheless. We had to pay $25SGD per person for entry fee. $15 could be used for restaurant credit so technically, the entrance fee was just $10.

Coral nails by Charme at Far East Plaza!

Selfie with my boo

So we had to take an inclinator down to the beach where the beach club's at and it was very nice seeing the view from the top.

No idea what this fool was doing hahah

The beach was too nice to not spam pictures heh

Daniel just asked me last night if I wna go for another beach vacation in November hahah.

Karma beach is definitely my favorite beach in Bali so far and honestly I hate to share it here where the secret location is cos not a lot of people know about it hence it's a lot less crowded than other beaches, which is what I love. But I guess sharing is caring so visit Karma beach if you do visit Bali!
I still prefer Boracay beaches to Bali's though.

After spending our afternoon there, we headed to Padang beach for a more local experience. Coincidentally, there was a Ripcurl surfing competiton going on!

Wanted to try the famous Naughty Nuri's pork ribs for dinner but the queue was massive so we went to Wahaha pork ribs instead which is pretty famous as well.

Yummy pork chop! Daniel and I loved it!
Had a restful night and flew back to Singapore the next morning.

Super thankful that this trip happened cos it was a good respite from all the heavy workload in Singapore. And it was timely since Daniel started work a week after we were back. I'll always love the beach for its infinite border and calmness from the waters. Thank you http://www.balivillaproperties.com/ for the beautiful accommodations. I'll definitely return again (: And most importantly, thank you Daniel for being there. You're my favorite travel companion.

One week wasn't enough cos we wanted to explore more places at the outskirt so...BRB, Bali.

XX

Sophia

Instagram and Twitter : @sophiachong