020 - TSUBAKI Hair Oil Product Review

Edited - 8 Sep 2014

Hands up if you agree that hair is the most important part of your body which affects your entire look!

For me, I'll definitely raise both hands and legs up for this statement! A good hair day can do so much in making you look good, and more importantly FEEL GOOD!

My hair has never been in its healthiest state since years ago when I first dyed my hair, and I have always envied those with really soft and silky locks. Sometimes i find it a chore to manage my waist-length hair coz they get tangled really easily, looking exceptionally wispy.

I was really excited knowing that I was able to give Tsubaki Hair Oil a try! Finally something to tame my hair!

The Tsubaki Camellia Hair Oil from Shiseido is a deeply penetrative hair oil which is formulated with high concentration of selected camellia oil to deeply protect, moisturise and repair your hair, resulting in a luxurious shine. Not only does it instantly penetrates hair upon application without feeling greasy or sticky and gives a silky smooth finish, it also protects your hair from damage by UV rays and heat from hair dryers (or other styling equipment), while preventing split ends and hair breakage. Moreover, it comes in a pretty red glass bottle which makes you feel happy even looking at it! Pssst, coz I like red la! Haha!

As mentioned earlier, this is me with my heavy long hair (in a mess) which doesn't seem to look very nice and healthy with all the frizzy flyaway hairs.

A close-up shot of my hair. Actually this is considered as my good hair day already. On other days, my hair look worse and more grass-like! >.<

But this amazing Tsubaki Hair Oil is still able to make a difference even though I am already considered having a good hair day!

Before I get down to how I apply the oil to my hair, I wish to say that I love love love the scent! The hair oil gives a light perfume-like scent which is able to last through the day! The scent is made up of the combination of floral and green fruity notes, giving you an elegant and luxurious feel! I like it that the scent is not too overpowering, just nice enough for someone close to smell it! <3

Application (How to Use):

How to Apply Evenly - To prevent irregular application, spread half the appropriate amount (about 20-cent coin size for mid length hair) onto the palms and work through the hair. Then, spread the second half onto the palms and focus on areas that require extra application.

How to Prevent Flat Hair - Refrain from applying large amount inappropriately and unevenly. Start application from the damaged tips and gradually work upwards to the roots to avoid flat hair.

(Particularly recommendable to those who have soft and fine hair)

How to Reduce Volume or Prevent Dry Hair - Apply an appropriate amount to wet hair and dry it with a hair dryer. Then, spread a small amount onto the palms and apply on bottom half of the hair to reduce the volume.

(Particularly recommendable to those who have thick and voluminous hair)

 

For myself, I have a pretty flat head so usually I will try not to apply anything near the roots of my hair. So as per the instructions, I applied the hair oil starting from the damaged hair ends and work upwards until where my ear is. I will only gently comb my hair with my fingers to finish off the remaining hair oil that's on my hand. This is also to prevent any tangling during the application! =)

I have applied the Tsubaki Hair Oil on just one side of my hair so that you can have a clearer picture of the before and after use! Amazing results isn't it? On the left side of the picture is before use, where you can see that my hair looks dry and fuzzy and in a total mess! On the right side, my hair looks tamed and silky smooth almost instantly after application! I didn't even have to use a brush/ comb to brush through my hair!

Just another close-up picture for you to have a closer look at the difference! Vast difference I would say!

 

Applied the hair oil on the other side of my hair as well...

And TADAH! My hair is now all smooth and nice! 

I love it that the results after application is instantaneous and leaves no sticky nor oily feeling! I have tried some other leave-on serum and didn't really like it coz it would leave my hair in clumps unlike Tsubaki Hair Oil! My hair is still in strands after use, just that they look and feel softer now! The best thing is that the entire process took me less than 2 minutes! Goodbye forever to bad hair days!

Oh, and to add on, the hair oil lasted me for a full day even though I did not use alot of it. Remember, a little goes a long way!

So do remember to grab your own bottle of the TSUBAKI Hair Oil (S$26.90/60ml) sold exclusively at Watsons from 11 Sep 2014 onwards! =)

Oh waitttt! How about getting the TSUBAKI Hair Oil for FREE?? Sounds good?

All you have to do is to:

1. Like Tsubaki Singapore Facebook Page
2. Share the contest post & Tag 2 of your friends

Just follow the 2 steps and you are on your way to winning the TSUBAKI Hair Oil (Not just for yourself, but for the 2 tagged friends too!) HOW AWESOME IS THAT!?

Do note that the contest is starting on 12 Sep 2014 (Fri), so do follow Tsubaki Singapore Facebook Page closely! =)

019 - Our Shopping Continues! (Bangkok Trip Days 2 - 4)

Woke up super early in the morning feeling quite awake even though I only had about 3-4 hours of sleep. Alarm was set at 7am coz we were planned to head to the Pratunam morning market. But the poor lady beside me didn't feel as awake as I did but still managed to pull herself out of bed. We quickly got ourselves ready and out we go for more shopping!

We shopped at the normal Pratunam wholesale market, not realising that it's not the morning market that we were looking for. It was only until 8.30am that we spotted some white tentage behind the wholesale market then we realised we got our focus wrong! Didn't manage to grab anything from there coz most of the stalls were getting ready to close! Yes you got me right, they close at 9am in the morning, pretty much why they are called the morning market! =P

With information I gathered online, the Pratunam morning market opens daily from 4am to 9am. So do remember to look out for the white tentages if you are planning to go there for some crazy shopping!

We continued our shopping back at the wholesale market before going to the famous wanton mee stall for our breakfast. Some REAL FOOD finally! We had to go vegetarian and garlic-less the previous day and there were so many things we couldn't eat. So the rest of the trip must eat 够本. Lol.

So here comes our wanton mee!

We were thankful that we didn't have to wait for a seat coz it was only a while later we saw a queue outside the stall (many of whom are Singaporeans, I believe)! Almost didn't feel like we were in a foreign land coz the stall crew speaks Mandarin as well as many other customers. Maybe more of Singlish. Lol.

Anyway, my take on the taste of the highly-raved wanton mee is that it's pretty much of a disappointment. The noodle was way too dry and not QQ as what I have imagined it to be. The noodles were so dry that they got really clumpy. But of course, they were not famous for no reason. You can easily taste the flavorful pork lard from the noodles and it is indeed different from the wanton noodles we get in Singapore.

For those who may wish to try, the address of the wanton mee place is at 4/32-33 Soi Petchburi 19, Pratunam, Bangkok, Thailand. It is along a small lane, right beside Shibuya Mall.

We headed back to the hotel after breakfast to place our stuff coz our bags were so heavy! Bought so many items just after 3-4 hours of shopping! I had a quick change of clothes into something more comfy!

黑白配!

Continued our shopping at Platinum Mall before walking over to Central World for lunch! This was our most awaited meal for the whole trip coz of the recommendations we saw on the internet! HuaplaChongnonsea is the name of the restaurant. Surely it wasn't that our expectations are too high, coz there was really nothing extraordinary about the food. =(

Stir-fried Squid with Salted Egg. Not too sure if the squid was fully-cooked, coz we had a hard time chewing and swallowing.

Greens. Stir-fried Mimosa they state. I have my doubts though. Lol.

Probably the only decent dish that we had among all. Shell-less crab with egg. But to me it's too eggy. Lol. And what's the joy of having crabs without sucking on the shells right.

Tom Yum Goong. Soup was a little too sour, but it was good that they gave many big and fresh prawns!

I can't remember the total cost of the meal, but from what I recall, it didn't come cheap. At least not worth the quality of food that we had especially when we were at BKK. Wouldn't recommend this place for a meal coz the street stalls' food taste much better in my opinion! =p

Had a stroll in Central World before heading over to Siam Paragon for some teabreak at Mr Jones Orphanage! The cafe was nicely decorated with many many teddy bears! The only con about the place was that sitting areas were a little cramped and they had really low-hanging lights. So you've gotta bend a little to see your friend in full view on the opposite side.

We ordered 2 cakes to share and here comes!

Strawberry Sponge Cake. My preferred cake of the 2! Cake is super fluffy and soft! Strawberries are really sweet too! Two thumbs up for this refreshing sweet treat!

Can't remember the exact name of the cake, but it's the best-selling chocolate cake! Cake is moist and really chocolatey! Chocolate lovers would really dig this!

Next up on the itinerary was Talad Rot Fai, the weekend railway market. We took train to On Nut BTS station before hopping onto our first cab of of the trip to the night market. The sky was dark by the time we got to the railway market.

The night market wasn't as fascinating as what was written on websites which we read. There many restaurants inside with live bands, but many of which were quiet with few customers. Shopping wasn't great as well, we can easily find another night market with better shopping.

Thought this Mario statue was quite cute so we posed with it!

We got out of the night market pretty early, at about 8 plus. But we were so unlucky that we got a newbie cab driver who doesn't know the way from Talad Rot Fai to Pratunam! We were stuck in the cab for about an hour I think? Sighs. And we did not even get to Pratunam. We got the cab driver to drop us off at Sukhumvit instead and we took the BTS back. We were so relieved when we saw Terminal 21 coz we thought we were never getting home. *Cross fingers* Lol.

Rested for awhile in the room and down we went for foot massage! This time at the famous Number 1 massage place right below our hotel. The foot massage was so shiok that we both fell asleep! The 60 minutes passed by too quickly! We could hardly keep our eyes open on our way back to the room, coz we felt soooo tired! Had a quick wash-up and off to lala-land. Zzz.

Day 3 now!

It's shopping at the morning market again! The crowd was crazy. Soooo many people can. But I managed to get some great deals! Bought 3 rompers at merely SGD5 each! Haven't got the chance to wear them yet though. Haha. Shall wear them for weekend dates! =D

Continued on at Platinum Mall. The same old place. Got more rompers. Hurhur. More weekend dates, pleaseeee.

Lunch was with the new friends that we made. Treat was on them. Haha. No pictures, but it was an enjoyable lunch. =)

Shopping. Shopping. Shopping. Until a point that I wished somebody can chop off my legs coz the ache was freaking unbearable. BUTTTTTTT. Shopping was our main purpose of coming to Bkk, and we only had another day more! So just bear with it.

Dinner was suppose to be mookata near Victory Monument station, but we decided not to go for it as we weren't very hungry during dinner time coz we had Phad Thai elsewhere earlier on. We still went to Victory Monument station anyway. And boy, we were so glad we did! There was this huge night market there which sells nice clothes and very cheap shoes! There was a fashion mall nearby too where I grabbed another two pairs of shoes! So cheap, so nice!

I guess this night market opens till late coz when we were getting ready to leave at 9+ or 10, there were a few stalls which was just getting ready to start their businesses. Will definitely be back here next time!

Bought back supper coz we were hungry by then! Had roti prata, chicken rice, otah, coconut jelly and Smirnoff to satisfy our growling tummies!

Went back to Number 1, this time for thai massage! So so good too! We both fell into deep sleep even though the masseur really used ALOT of strength during the massage! Felt so rejuvenated after that. Extreme shiokness!

Day 4

Nothing much. Just some last minute shopping and lunch at the airport. And home we go! =)

Shall end the post with this last picture of us taken in the plane. Can see that we were both VERY TIRED. Me and my mini eyes. Anyway, was glad that we FINALLY travelled together! It was a good and different experience! Hope you feel the same too! =D

#018 - Shopping Trip in Bangkok (Day 1)

Gosh, can't believe it was 8 months ago since I have last posted.

Decided to come back to this space pretty much because I read through my older posts and found it meaningful to look back at what I did. So here I am, back again. :)

Not going to backdate to 8 months ago, so I shall just start from my recent trip to Bangkok!

Had my first trip of the year to BKK with Serene in late July, and it was our first trip together with just the 2 of us!!

We had our flight at 10 plus in the morning and we decided to squeeze with the morning crowd at 7+am with our 2 huge luggages. Many stares but we don't care. =p

Reached the airport, done with check-in and we started our holiday with meipai video and many pictures! =D

Was pretty fascinated by this Kinetic Raindrops at T2!

Wefie 1..

Wefie 2! Can see that we are getting excited for our trip right!

Saw this pretty indoor garden, and there we have another nice background for our wefies!

#TheSocialTree at #ChangiAirport

Call me a suaku, but I really haven't seen this before! Probably because I was always rushing for all my previous trips! So we took a picture..

and FLICK! Up we go on the social tree!

Then it's time for us to board the plane! *SINGS* High, high, into the sky~~

Thought I could catch a wink on the plane, but I didn't manage any. =( Mainly coz we met with a strong turbulence which shook the plane up, down, left, right! I was so super scared that we will be the victims of the next plane crash! >.<

Anyway, I HATE the jerky feeling on the plane, or even on buses! My heart always goes up and down with them, often leaving me somewhat breathless. 

So, nothing to do means more pictures! Alone coz ah rene is sleeping! =)

And 1 more before we FINALLY landed!

Took the airport rail link out to the city and we had a great chat with a few new fellow Singaporean friends! Marked a good start to our trip!

Agenda of this 4D3N trip was mainly shopping, so we booked for a hotel room really near Platinum Mall, @ CentrePoint Pratunam Hotel.

Hotel was about 7 to 10 minutes walk from Ratchathewi BTS station, and can be easily spotted due to the high building. Check-in was fast and in 5 minutes we were up in the room!

The room was REALLY big and spacious, in an apartment style which we love!

A small dining table which we really made use of for our suppers!

The bathroom basin

And a bathtub! We didn't use the bathtub like how we should, but we still made use of it to soak our aching feet every night for some pain relief!

The room was so big that the beds were placed soooo far apart. Then we decided to move the side table and join our beds together instead. 相亲相爱. HAHA.

There was a balcony too, which overlooked the pool and many trees. No picture of it though.

Selfie on the bed before going out to shop. The TV very big hor? Lol.

First day's shopping venue was of course at Platinum Mall, coz we didn't really have much time to go elsewhere as we have got other agendas on the list for day 1, which is to 拜四面佛. I prayed and made a huge wish and I sincerely hope that my wish can come true, please. We went vegetarian that day for the purpose of 拜拜 and it was pretty much a torture coz there were many things which we couldn't eat! Then again, it was only for a day so we beared with it!

We didn't take much food that day except for instant noodles, an XL pack of french fries and ice-cream toast from After You Dessert Cafe (which we didn't finish).

With the nice brick wall background!

I want one too!

The menu

She went mad shortly after.

The ferrero rocher toast bread with ice-cream! Looks nice but we could barely finish half. The taste is so not to our liking. Probably won't return again given that the taste was meh and price wasn't cheap. 

Headed back to hotel to place our shopping loots before we went out for a thai massage! Shiok shiok! 

And that's it. End of day 1. Shall continue posting about the trip tomorrow! Time to sleep. Goodnights~