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Which girl can resist Taylor Swift’s Wonderstruck perfume?

Dayna — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:25:21 +0000

Check out the super gorgeous bottle! The holographic finish in shades of purple, grey and gold is just too beautiful. Mum got this for me on the flight back to Singapore yesterday¹. The scent is oh-so-sweet! I’m rarely into perfumes but this is simply too irresistible.

I think it is only sold in Changi Airport or on flights, currently not available in stores yet.

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My first Vanity Trove!

Dayna — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 09:49:02 +0000

I subscribed to Vanity Trove earlier this month after doing a bit of “research” around. It seems to be one of the best ones in Singapore and I’m glad to say I wasn’t disappointed at all!

Although I have to admit I was extremely surprised to receive my trove on a Sunday. I wasn’t at home to receive since I was at Kim’s; well, in fact, no one was. I told the delivery guy to simply leave it at my door hoping that nobody would take it. Luckily, it was still sitting there by the time I arrive home at 4!

Say hi to my first Trove!

April's 2012 Vanity Trove

What's in the box!

Close up of the goodies

I’m absolutely in love with this month’s Trove! So many new stuff I’m dying to try, been wanting to try Clinique since forever as Sissy has been raving about it in the past.

You simply cannot ignore how great the packaging is. Factory sealed and everything was nicely laid out in the box. Nothing was messed up during the delivery. Honestly, I am impressed!

Some closeup shots of what’s in the Trove:

Mini mag of what's in the trove

Style Hair Moisturiser

Pussy Soap

Clinique Moisture Surge

Braphy Liquid Eyeliner

K-Palette Zero Kuma Cover Control Concealer

A complimentary 60 mins spa voucher was included. Since I’m not a spa person, will most probably give this to Sissy. I’m sure she will love it!

Complimentary Spa Treatment at Masego The Safari spa

Along comes the blogshop discounts vouchers, ah, my favourites! There are some shops which I have not heard before, time to do some more shopping!

Blogshops Discount Vouchers

At S$25/month, I would say it’s worth it! Most would also feel the same way as Vanity Trove is considered one of the best beauty box subscription in Singapore¹.

Now, I’m eagerly awaiting my next trove in May!

So, what did you receive in your April’s trove? Share with us!

Well, I did my homework and there are generally very positive feedbacks on their samples and customer service.

Happy 24 years young, my dearest brother!

Dayna — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:29:30 +0000

I finally got the time and energy to work on this post. Was down with a bad flu since Monday and I’m still battling it. Singapore’s weather is absolutely horrible; one minute the sun is there, it’s pouring the next.

Anyway, was out “celebrating” the 24th birthday of my dearest brother, James! Please do not remind me mine’s coming up really soon. As usual, we walked miles and miles in inappropriate attires. It baffled me why we always walk so much every single time we are out.

Lunch was settled at Barracks Cafe and the commendable dishes are their mushroom risotto and warm Strawberry Shortcakes. Simply the best!

Their Tau Sar Bao¹ is dub to be the best in town at S$2.50 each. The normal coffee shop version is only about a dollar. Not bad but for the price, perhaps there would be some other better desserts around.

Here’s Sharon’s & James reaction after their first bite:

And that’s him with the tees we got. I’m especially proud because I was the one who chose the tees and I love them! You can never go wrong with green.

Hope you love the tees bro and wishing you forever 24 years young. As always, may the sun and happiness shine on you and be ever so bright!

Finally, a tad random, got this pair of geeky glasses with Bren last weekend at Eighty Two Tales. Love it? It’s my new in look!

Red Bean Paste Steamed Buns

Bella Box – What’s that again?

Dayna — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:33:04 +0000

The “beauty box” wave has hit the shores of Singapore! I was introduced to Bella Box while surfing a few of the makeup sites recently – the concept is that you subscribe to this service for a fee (Bella Box is at S$15/month) and a gift box with samples of new skincare and cosmetics products will be delivered to you monthly. I was quite tempted to order but Sissy beat me to it!

Here’s what the box looks like:

Pretty packaging in pink!

Our March box contains:

Royal Cosmetics Royal Herb EX Cream
A’kin Lavender, Geranium & Jojoba Hand and Nail Creme
Caudalie Vinoperfect Radiance Serum
Pure Therapy Intense Nourishing Body Moist
Dermalogica Multi Active Toner
S$50 Dermalogica voucher

Honestly, I’m disappointed that it doesn’t even contains a single makeup product. I am usually quite adventurous when it comes to cosmetics but not so much on skincare. As you can see, I am not a huge fan of March’s box. I’ve tried A’Kin’s hand cream previously and it’s good, a tad too thick though.

Leave it to Sissy with her perfectly flawless skin to try out the above skincare products since I’m still battling my allergies! I will definitely prefer if they have a choice of skincare or makeup box. That would be awesome!

What's in the box for March

I’m actually consider subscribing to Glama Box which is at S$18/month, just slighty more pricey but I browsed through their products samples so far and it seems to suits me better. It’s also currently available in Hong Kong, Macau, China, Taiwan and Singapore.

A quick search also leads to to these based outside Singapore:

Have you subscribed to any of these? If not, would you?

Stepping closer to the 23rd mark

Dayna — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 12:28:16 +0000

Another week before I turned 23. Not much thoughts except I’m really starting to feel old. Although I got to admit there isn’t anyone who thinks I am older than my actual age yet. Thankfully. I spend my Sunday hanging out with the girls before we met Mr Pink¹ for dinner.

Nice scenery, quiet place, good music, juicy steaks, cakes, pasta, you name it, we have it!

We took lots and lots of pictures. Just because, I’ll never want to forget beautiful memories like this.

Not to forget, they got me something on my wish list!

I can’t help laughing at the “Terms & Conditions” written on the back of my DIY Happy Lemon Vouchers. They are creative, I don’t deny. In fact, I am starting to believe James has some hidden designing talents while looking at those vouchers. It’s still a mystery how they managed to get hold of my National identification number. I’ve no clue!

On a last note, I am super in love with the lace skirt from Lacepipe. I’m not usually a lace person but their stuff are really awesome!

I hope he does not read this. I might get assassinated tonight if he does.Then again, he rarely ever wear any other colours except black, white, brown and grey.

My 23rd Birthday Wish List

Dayna — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 12:04:45 +0000

1 month to go! Well, JUST IN CASE someone really does find this useful.

Flickr Subscription
Milk Tea with Pearl/Pudding Vouchers (this don’t really exist so…)
Kobo eGift Cards – Books books and more books. It’s the best app on my iPad ever!
Pandora Charms, Studs?
Movie treats? (please don’t ask me out if you’re a couple, I hate to be a light bulb but I really appreciate the thought)

I received these early birthday gifts from Sissy and Frans¹. I was literally bouncing around the room after unwrapping it, not to mention the bunch of kisses I smacked on her cheeks.

Coach Gift Boxes, very pretty!

Pink, rose and silver - The perfect gorgeous combination

Match-made in heaven for my Black Agnes B work bag

It’s really the thought that counts so I’ll be equally glad if you are thinking of me.

My dearest brother-in-law

Birthday surprise!

Dayna — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 05:45:40 +0000

We had a gathering co-organised by James and I to meet up with Huaian who came back to Singapore during his school vacation yesterday. I was extremely surprised when these adorable fruit tarts with smiley faces popped out in front of me as an early birthday celebration. Who doesn’t love these freshly home-baked low sugar fruit tarts with love from Jess? Honestly, I’m so touched they took the effort to “secretly” planned everything and Jess’s effort for waking up at 9 in the morning to bake the tarts. I feel loved! I didn’t suspect anything even when Jess kept walking around and sneaking behind James. I thought she was asking him to show her where’s the washroom. I thought that was odd though.

They taste as good as they looked which reminds me I should get the recipe from Jess and try this at home sometime. The custard tastes heavenly!

We dropped by Mind’s Cafe and found a new game which was really fun! True colours is a game where players attempt to best anticipate how others perceive them. Each round consists of several private ballot votes on who best fits a particular question. Once votes are entered players guess at the number of votes they received for that particular question. The better your estimate the more points you make and the winner being the player who best understands how others see the player. I ended up as the one with the lowest point. Hopefully James will get this for his board games rental site! It’s really fun and entertaining playing with people whom you know.

We went to Bottle Tree Village for dinner and got lost on our way there because the taxi drivers didn’t know how to go there. We chalked up to about SGD 30 of fares. That wasn’t the worst part because the walk back to the bus stop was so creepy. There wasn’t much street lights and no one was walking along the road. It was like a mini night adventure similar to the night walk during our secondary 4 adventure camp but I swear I’m not going there again without a car. It was horribly inconvenient!

On a last note, thanks guys for the gift, tarts and wishes! I really appreciated your thoughtfulness and everything.

Merry Messy Christmas

Dayna — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:33:54 +0000

Merry Christmas to everyone! Did you take part in any countdown events last night?

On a side note, I actually drew the above illustration for my own Christmas cards but couldn’t find a inexpensive place to print it. There’s usually a minimum quantity of 100 to 200 and I don’t need that much. I only got to know of a shop at Bras Plaza that does printing for $1 per card with minimum spending of $30 from Ivy when we meet up for lunch last week. Hence, I will just leave the handmade cards for this year since it’s a bit too late to do that now.

I spent Christmas eve at home with my friends and family. We didn’t want to hang out at the parties due to the crowd. So Dad cooked steak and we had Christmas dinner at home. Michelle joined us for dinner and mahjong session as well. No turkeys on the table though.

We had a small gift exchange session and here’s Francis, Michelle and my sister with their presents. The panda Michelle’s hugging is from Chewy. He bought it in Hong Kong and she’s utterly soft and adorable. Definitely the cutest panda on earth.

My sister showing off her new iphone. She’s been waving it in front of me these past few days! I’m super envy because I’m dying to get my hands on an iphone. I’ll wait and get it next year.

It’s our custom to get a Christmas cake every year. Ta-da! This is our ~~log~~ mango mousse cake from The Icing Room. We couldn’t find a small log cake for 6 so we decided to get this instead. I was surprised when the cashier asked me if I want any candles. Does anyone put candles on Christmas cakes?

Joke of the day:
Mum: Is there cheese in the cake?
Dad: Yes, there is cheese in basement 1 of the cake.
Me: LOL! Our cake has basement 1, 3, 5 – mango mousse and basement 2, 4, 6 – chocolate sponge.

The cake is delicious though. Everyone gave the thumbs up for it.

I received this card from Huaian today. I was really touched. It has a photo of us taken 6 years back and he still has it sent all way from Australia. I love it Huaian! Thanks so much for the awesome card. I hope to see you back in Singapore in Feburary.

This is from my sister and her boyfriend, Francis. My sister gave me a beautiful necklace from Gold Heart which matches all the tank tops in my wardrobe.

That’s it for today. Hope you have fun on Christmas eve as well and have a great Christmas!

Panda Santa’s Christmas Giveaway

Dayna — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:54:42 +0000

Time really flies and it’s been 5 years since I started blogging. Even though I’ve been around the past few years, Amour Chaleur was only launched last December. To commemorate Amour Chaleur’s upcoming first birthday on the 8th of December and in conjunction with Christmas, I am holding a Christmas giveaway. Panda Santa will be giving away a panda notebook from Artbox.

To participate in this giveaway, you must have a Twitter account. Tweet the following message once or come up with your own creative tweets (which must be relevant to the giveaway). All tweets must contain the hashtag #amourxmasbook and the link to this post http://bit.ly/8pYc6R .

The giveaway has ended. Congratulations to @jadoreivy for winning the giveaway! Thank you everyone for participating. Stay tune for the next giveaway in December.

The giveaway will start on Monday, 30th November at 12 PM (GMT+8) and ends on Wednesday, 2nd December at 12 PM (GMT+8). It will last for 48 hours. A random winner will be chosen when the giveaway ends. I may hold another giveaway again in December to spread some Christmas love. Good luck and have fun!

Christmas is coming to town

Dayna — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:09:41 +0000

My Samsung Corby

I finally bought some pop-up stickers from Urban Write to “brand” my Samsung Corby. I didn’t want to make it too fanciful thus I just added 2 little star stickers to brand it as my personal phone. I have to say this isn’t an original idea from me. This idea was from my current favourite show, You’re Beautiful. In the show, the female protagonist has a few pop-up stickers on her Corby as well. I love this idea because I find it really cute.

Mi Nam's Pig-Rabbit

I’m a Christmas girl and I love buying gifts for myself during the Christmas season. I admit I’m a huge fan of You’re Beautiful. Hence, I ordered the pig-rabbit toy from Korea for SGD 39! Mama never fails to get me a Christmas gift every year and this is her gift for me. =D It’s an extremely unique toy since it’s a rabbit with a pig nose. It’s definitely not the kind of toys you see everyday.

Pig-Rabbit

Isn’t it the most adorable bunny? It’s a huge toy standing at 55cm and I’m so excited to receive it. It will arrived in Singapore at the beginning of December. I’ll be posting photographs of my new toy then. I am thinking of naming it “Minami” after the female protagonist in the show. Sounds cute, no?

Click here to view the embedded video.

I shall end this post with my Christmas wishlist of 2009.

Christmas Wishlist

Bod Clarifying Clay Mask – I got this as a gift for myself today!
The BodyShop Winter Makeup – Eye & Cheek Palette
The BodyShop Winter Makeup – Shimmer Gloss
The BodyShop Divine Calm Essential Oil
Eco Tools Retractable Kabuki Brush
You’re Beautiful Pig-Rabbit Stuff Toy – Just ordered this from Korea
Long Bi-Fold Clutch Wallet / Hello Birdie in Almond from Cottonpurr