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Our wonderful National Day Party with PartyDiva.Co

#Elaine73ShareLobangWithYou Tuesday, August 04, 2020

How’s your week coming along? One thing is for sure, I’m so glad to be able to spend some time with the family and having my Dad come over to my place for makan! In addition to this joyous occasion - I was ecstatic that PartyDiva.co was there to help me plan everything seamlessly and effortlessly! ❤

PartyDiva.Co is a collaborative E-commerce and marketplace for gifting and party planning that connects and provides customers and vendors a seamless experience for any celebration on a single platform.

Isn’t this such a DREAM??? I created a soft #glamping theme as the backdrop for our dinner party out on our patio, with the soft golden hour sun - and once PartyDiva.Co arrived with the food and items, everyone was suitably impressed with the whole setup plus party themed items from PartyDiva.co too!

I love how PartyDiva.Co included these CUTE cake/food toppers with popular local slangs like “Jalan, Jalan” and “Jiak Kuang Tang” that I added to my mini buffet from Amici Catering!

I’m usually afraid to waste food coz my family is rather small (Total 7 pax plus in-laws and my dad) so this mini gourmet 5-course National Day buffet is the perfect portion for us! AMICI’s Catering’s Mini Gourmet Buffet ($108+) serves 5-7 people and includes 5 dishes (1 main + 4 sides) from a wide selection of up to 15 dishes to choose from. Plus, it also comes with a complimentary 6” Raspberry Lychee Rose Cake to end the meal on a sweet note!

The other highlight on my food menu is definitely the limited edition 8-inch Nasi Lemak Cake with ingredients to represent our ethnic groups - Sambal Goreng Tempeh Anchovies Peanuts in Kicap Manis (Malay), Papadum (Indian), Fried Shrimp Paste (Chinese) and Blue Pea Rice (Peranakan)! How INNOVATIVE is that! The blooming tea from Petale Tea in heat-resistant tea glasses also added a dreamy touch to the set up because you can actually witness the flower bloom before you enjoy the beautiful cup of tea packed with a slew of health and beauty benefits!

This limited edition Nasi Lemak Cake from Nasi Lemak Indulgence really blew us all away! Everyone was commenting how it was a different tasteful experience and how meaningful each ingredient was as they represents the different ethnic groups. (I’m part Peranakan, btw!) 😆

My kids absolutely LOVED it and attacked (read : ate all) the cutest red and white kuehs that symbolizes the Singapore FLAG! How talented is my friend #bossbabe Elizabeth - each traditional handmade kueh platter ($37.50) comprises of mini png kuehs (rice cake), kueh lapis and even these perfect little Merlion ang ku kuehs (with grated coconut fillings)! 😍

We also had these special Nana Sling cocktails in gorgeous glass bottles from Three Wisemen and lemme also just say .. these drinks were preeeetty potent. 😝 Nana Sling is a seasonal Summer cocktail that requires 5 days to make. An unmistakably tropical concoction, this drink is a heady mix of lemon juice, homemade blossom water, pomegranate syrup and Brugal Rum-infused bananas, all combined with the intense orange flavour from shots of Cointreau.

The party ended perfectly with Amici Catering’s complimentary Lychee Rose Cake! PS the cake is super NICE with a fragrance of rose and lychee bits, everyone had seconds!

Ho, ho, ho! HAPPY 55th Birthday to the best country (to me!) ever! I love you Singapore! #SG55

Thank you Singapore for being a lovely place to live in where my friends and family are. You’re not perfect of coz - but I’m thankful and proud to call myself a Singaporean. 😚

Majulah, Singapura!

And of courses thanks to PartyDiva.Co for making my get-together such a special and memorable one and taking the hassle out of party-planning! To know more, head over to https://partydiva.co/ to curate your very own special celebration! 💫

Special credits to PartyDiva.Co for everything and Word of Mouth Communications for organizing this. All opinions expressed are my own.

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Auolive’s Skincare Review - An Update after Four Weeks + Special Promo Code & Gift

#Elaine73ShareLobangWithYou Monday, November 04, 2019

As a mother to two young boys, I’m constantly time-starved because there seems to be endless stuff to do and errands to run! Do you feel the same? 💢 I’m so glad to have found Auolive, a proud Singapore multi-functional skincare brand that is Swiss formulated. 😊
Auolive’s Time-saving, Multi-functional Skincare
Formulated with natural ingredients like Ginkgo Biloba Leaf Extract and Squalene as a luxurious treat to your skin, Auolive is also paraben-free, with no color, mineral oils or allergenic fragrances.

Founder Claire Au is a fellow Mummy and skincare enthusiast who didn’t want to spend too much time layering and wasting time on multi-step skincare products so she came up with Auolive, a smart 1 minute, 4 step routine to replace countless products that we are used to!
My 1 Minute Skincare
I start off by prepping my skin with the Radiance Revealer, a superfruit exfoliating gel that is water-based and so gentle even on my sensitive skin. Trust me, you’ll be so astonished at how effective this is at removing dead skin! Look at the debris (the white stuff appearing on my hand as seen in pic below!) During the day, I will apply the Day Glower that has SPF 30 with UVA and UVB protection to protect my skin from skin damage. Before I head to bed at night, I will apply the Night Booster as a night treatment moisturizer as it contains a pure concentrate of Marine Collagen. Always remember to pamper your peepers with the Eyes Lifter too! This water-based Eye Serum helps prevent aging around our delicate eye area. Click to see my skincare video : Here

STAR PRODUCT - Day Glower
Antioxidant Brightening Moisturizer that is water-based, and has SPF 30 with UVA and UVB Protection

Today I wanna talk about Auolive’s Day Glower because it has been such a God-sent especially during the most hectic days!

The Day Glower is a lightweight award winning non-greasy moisturizer that is dermatologically and clinically tested, suitable for all types of skin - even mine, which is so sensitive!

Enriched with natural active ingredients like Vitamin C, this small but mighty Day Glower even doubles up as a makeup primer, a single application imparts a nice brightening glow! Perfect so I can skip all the other products especially when I’m in a hurry but would like to have sun protection (a definite YES!)

I also need to mention how much I love the Auolive’s Airless Pump Bottle technology which prevents ingredients from exposure to air (thus decreasing effectiveness) and its also child-proof (ding ding ding!) coz my kids tried to open it but failed! *Insert evil laughter* No mess, no wastage! It’s leak-proof too! So great for travel.

Glides on like a dream I must say, easily absorbed in skin with no sticky after feel. 💫

All in all I find this a really handy skincare product and I love the added sunscreen protection and natural glow that it gives, without the need for makeup as it evens out my skin tone. (Scroll to see Before/After pics below) The Day Glower left my skin feeling soft and it has a slight mattifying effect without making my complexion feeling greasy like some other day creams.

Before and after (Zero Edit)

*GIVEAWAY in Instagram*
Wanna try the Day Glower for yourself? Head over to my Instagram @Sugar73 to join!
Free Gift with Purchase
Can’t wait? Use my unique code code SUGAR18 for $18 off all purchases, no min spending required at https://www.auolive.com.sg/! Customers who purchase the Day Glower using SUGAR18 will receive this lovely pouch as seen below, limited to the first 20 customers only. This pouch (worth $19) comes in black or grey and a random color will be sent with each Day Glower purchased. While stocks last, so hurry! 💝

Woohoo! Free Travel Size Samples for YOU!
Hold on hold on... before I go, I just want to say a big thank you to YOU for being so awesome -Auolive and I would like you to try their award-winning star product - the Day Glower in Travel Size sample so that you can try this all-in-one, radiance booster that is anti-oxidant, anti-aging with soothing properties that can double up as a makeup primer while providing sun protection! 💙
To redeem, head to : Auolive Day Glower Travel Size Sample (Click here!)
Wishing you happy days ahead! Thanks for reading and remember to load up on your sunscreen!

*Item was kindly provided for my review, but all opinions are my own.

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Toddler Friendly Whitebait Fried Rice (No Salt Recipe)

#Elaine73ShareLobangWithYou Friday, October 11, 2019

[Kid Friendly #Whitebait Fried Rice Recipe✨] Fried rice has always been my family’s favorite and I love how versatile this recipe is! 😍 Growing up, fried rice has always been a sample at home and I love mine with a lot of red cut chili and sambal balachan! 😻

I like using whatever ingredients I have in the fridge, so really - the options are endless! I advocate no-wastage, coz food is really so expensive! And I hate to throw away food, so fried rice is always a perfect way to use up all the leftover rice from the night before 😇

Today I’m using fried whitebait, sliced threadfin (for the toddler) and mock crabmeat stock (for myself mainly 😅), along with #Hokkaido sweet corn and frozen peas/carrots. 🥕

Recipe

🥦Slice fish & crabmeat, beat eggs marinated with @liloikanbilis NEW Whitebait powder.

🥦Add oil (same oil used to fry whitebait) to pan and stir fry some chopped garlic.

🥦Add protein in and continue to stir fry. You can add some prawns for older toddlers. Add vegetables in, together with rice.

🥦 Create a “hole” in the middle of the pan with rice around and pour beaten egg in the middle. Continue frying and mix rice, egg and ingredients together. Make sure rice is well coated with egg.

🥦 Add some @liloikanbilis mushroom powder, splash of sesame oil for flavor.

🥦 I had some leftover whitebait, so I simply rinsed, dry and deep fry as a topping with my rice for a crunchy bite!

😋 Add more @liloikanbilis whitebait powder for added taste ✨💯

*Tip : Use overnight cold rice, or cook fresh rice with lesser water and leave to cool down before frying.

I have to eat it with lotsa red cut chili padi! So spicy, but SO GOOD!

Hope you enjoyed this little recipe! I’ve always liked cooking simple food for the family and I sincerely hope you will love these as much as I do! ❤

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My Halley Medical Aesthetics Ultherapy Results 3 Months Later

#Elaine73ShareLobangWithYou Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Recently I have been getting a couple of ".. But you look so YOUNG!" remarks and .. maybe Im born with it? 😉But actually maybe its Ultherapy by Dr Terence Tan of Halley Medical Aesthetics, that's more like it! 😜

As previously mentioned here : Ultherapy At Halley Medical Aesthetics - A Mother's Day Gift To Myself - I took upon myself to give the next best thing I can do to improve my looks and try to turn back time with the highly experienced Dr Terence Tan of Halley Medical Aesthetics.

My Halley Medical Aesthetics Ultherapy Results 3 Months Later

Now it's time for a review at Halley Medical Aesthetics 3 months later! Are you as excited as I am to see the Before/After pictures?? 😍 *Zero edit!

What is Ultherapy?

The only non-invasive skin tightening treatment with no downtime to be approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) - Ultherapy uses micro-focused ultrasound to trigger the body’s own natural healing process to lift, tone, and tighten loose skin. It can be applied with much precision that doctors are able to tighten soft tissue and skin with pinpoint accuracy. Micro-focused ultrasound energy is directed 1.5mm, 3.0mm, and 4.5mm underneath the skin without disrupting the surface.

The Ulthera device is highly versatile and is effective for lifting, contouring, and shaping the face, lifting droopy eyelids and smoothing wrinkles, reducing the appearance of eye bags and tightening sagging skin on the cheeks, neck, and eye areas. It is also effective for enhancing and sharpening certain facial features and the overall shape of the face.

Before / After Pictures

Front View

*Screams* Can I just say how utterly AMAZED I am comparing the both photos? I didn't realized how lifted my skin looks now, or how hooded my eyelids was previously. My double eyelids look more obvious and I don't look so tired!

Side View

Besides my eyes, my jowl area look chiselled now with tightened skin and a subtle contour especially around the chin area, don't you think so? 😊

Let's compare again.

Final Thoughts :

All in all I am super impressed with how non-invasive yet effective Ultherapy at Halley Medical Aesthetics is. Dr Terence Tan and team have been nothing but professional with the whole process and explained how the Ultherapy Amplify 800-line protocol would amplify and intensify a more dramatic lift using my own body’s own natural healing process to lift, tone, and tighten loose skin, with results more apparent over time. 😃

What do you think?
Leave a comment for me if you can! I would love to hear from all of you. 💓

Halley Medical Aesthetics
277 Orchard Road, #03-15 Orchard Gateway, 238858
6737 8233
info@halley.com.sg

Facebook Page : https://www.facebook.com/halleymedicalaesthetics/
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/halleymedicalaesthetics/
Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/halleysgmedicalaesthetics

For more info on Ultheraphy :
https://www.halley.com.sg/ultherapy/
https://www.halley.com.sg/ultherapy-amplify

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Hairwash and Beef Bowl

#Elaine73ShareLobangWithYou Sunday, May 19, 2019

I love chocolates but the next best thing is when I dun need to wash my own hair coz there is someone to do it for me lol. Thanks to a lovely media invite from WOM (Word of Mouth Comm), I headed down to Walking on Sunshine salon for a quick hair wash and styling with my girl friends! ❤️

Salon #legit looks very nice, with leaves 🍃and flowers aplenty. Used The Body Shop’s haircare range! Interesting... never knew they had Ginger hair care wor.

Jio-ed my girlfriends for a makan session and we had fun taking pics coz #StudioWoo (me lol) is around and then the place also so pretty so we just trigger happy with camera since film free rite. Hahaha joke joke. Imagine if it’s still film. I think I pok kai (go broke) from developing all the 200 photos from that day itself.

I can tell you we are laughing at nothing ahhahaha 😹 #Behindthescenes

Here you can see who are the serious ones and who are the crazy siao ding dong ~ (me mostly)

But there is this swing at the cafe, quite funny! Dun try to swing coz super off balance one! I really want to fall down and I kept screaming I cannot I cannot! Coz this Calista siao char bor keep telling me to try swing and this Jasmine can ask me to use my non-existent stomach muscles to pretend swing, but really cannot la! My butt too big!🙀

See, off balance liao!

Yea we were doing all these while waiting for Nadia’s turn to wash hair coz our appointments back to back but it was pretty fast and we had each other to talk cock... and also play with Didi, who woke up! 😻

I love him in this overalls! So cute de.

Super instagrammable cafe!

After that we all had lunch! My favorite beef bowl at OC!

And supermarket run at Don Don Donki - which I dun prefer to go coz I find the variety and freshness so so only. But bo bian, I had to go pick Elroy from school and head back to cook dinner. #rushrusheveryday 🤕

Dinner! With trusty #Lilo Ikan bilis and mushroom powders. I made Honey chicken wings, salad and soup for the boys.

#Mumlife

In my car boot! Changed my wedges for slippers, groceries, stroller and diaper bag lol. Not forgetting my huge ass water bottle - I make sure I finish my water when I’m out coz of my intermitted fasting schedule - I have to hydrate myself as much as I can. 💦