1. Straightening became part of my daily routine.
2. I was a professional in a salon blow-out style.

“The temperature is cooling down and winter is around the corner. Just like you change your wardrobe when the weather turns chilly, now is the time to change your skin care routine."

Vitamin C serums are legendary for a reason: They work!
Uneven skin tone, rough texture, fine lines, acne scars, general dullness — you can name just about any common complexion concern, and there's a good chance that vitamin C (and the skin-care products it's featured in) is a recommended treatment.

How does the ingredient work on the skin, though?
Are the brighter, smoother results thanks to the same potent antioxidant found in the orange juice you drink when you have a cold?

First, What is Vitamin C?

As far as your skin is concerned, vitamin C is "a potent antioxidant that can neutralize free radicals," explains board-certified dermatologist Patricia Wexler. "Because of its antioxidant properties, vitamin C aids in your skin's natural regeneration process, which helps your body repair damaged skin cells."

So, in the same way, that consuming antioxidant-rich foods aids your body in fighting off free radicals, topical antioxidants do the same for your skin by helping to offset daily aggressors like UV damage and exposure to air pollution.

A quick refresher course on antioxidants: They prevent or reduce damage to our cells by neutralizing the production of highly reactive molecules called free radicals. In other words, antioxidants help keep our body and our skin cells healthy.

How else does Vitamin C benefit the skin?

• Antioxidant 
• Skin-healing properties by accelerating the production of collagen and elastin. (we all know the benefit of Collagen and Elastin) 
• Promote collagen production 
• Prevent premature aging 
• Prevents hyperpigmentation and dark sports

How can you include Vitamin C in your skincare routine?

Dermatologists agree that the best vitamin C skin-care product to use is serum, because "serums are more effective than creams or toners"

As a general rule, serums should be layered underneath your moisturizer.

My personal favourite is The Body Shop Vitamin C range.
I personally own the The Body Shop Vitamin C Skin Boost and the Face Mist and I love it! I've been a user of the Skin Boost for almost 8 years and I can't love it anymore.


 I have tried a variety of Vitamin C ingredient skincare, and the one thing I would advise is to try it out. Get a sample if you can, try it out on your hand if you can't get a hold a sample.

Reason being, the scent, texture and consistency of different products vary.

A new Japanese website has just launched into Australia and in celebration to their launch, first 50 customers would get a free face towel!

They have just release the Rose Quarts Beauty Rollers!

You can shop now at Sumusu Beauty at here and also sign up to receive new release of their products!

Finally, you CAN have it all! Give your lips the attention and care they deserve with Powerlips Fluid. This ultra-long-lasting lip colour contains a special blend of good-for-you, skin-nourishing ingredients to help soothe, smooth, and prevent dry-out over time. And infused with our Sueded Comfort Cushion, Powerlips Fluid’s high-performance, weightless formula cushions your lips, leaving them feeling soft for hours. Plus, with its easy, one-step application, it’s virtually foolproof and won’t feather or bleed.
Enjoy intense, long-wearing lip colour that won’t smudge or budge all day—through work and play.

Seriously powerful. Simply wow! Powerlips Fluid.

Four shades including Determined, Persistence, Confidence and Unbreakable will launch on 11 December, plus three limited-edition shades (Roar, Maven and Breadwinner) are available on Monday 11th December 2017! Purchase individually or enjoy all seven shades in The Powerlips Fluid Powerful Pack.

• Vitamin E—nourishes, softens, and moisturises the skin while delivering anti-aging and antioxidant benefits.
• Beeswax—calms, soothes, and conditions skin while helping protect against irritants.
• Avocado Oil—hydrates and softens skin.
• Kaolin—natural clay base that supports rich, long-lasting colour.
• Silicones—help maintain moisture and soften skin.

• Creates a Sueded Comfort Cushion, a flexible film layer on the skin, that cushions your lips and leaves them feeling soft for hours.
• Comfortable on lips; does not sting or burn when applied.
• Has a light and silky, non-sticky consistency.
• Does not contain a harsh alcohol smell or taste.
• Is non-separating and does not require shaking to evenly distribute product prior to application.
• Won’t feather or bleed into lines around or above lips.
• The weightless formula contains a blend of skin-nourishing ingredients, like avocado oil, beeswax, and vitamin E to hydrate, nourish, and prevent damage.
• Is smudge-resistant, drink-resistant, and kiss-resistant.

Apply to clean, bare lips anytime you want a splash of long-lasting, powerful lip colour. Line lips with an applicator and then fill in colour. For best wear, use alone and avoid glosses and balms.

LIP TIPS

• For longest wear, avoid oily foods and glosses.
• For a sheer effect, try applying colours with a makeup brush.
• Contour and shape lips by applying a darker base layer and letting it dry. Then, apply a lighter or more metallic colour on top for a round, plump-lip look.

Get your hands now on the new Powerlips fluid!

From sensitive skin to dry skin to oily/Acne skin, Bioderma covers you all.

As we all know, our skin is complicated, there are sensitive and oily or sensitive and dry, or acne with oily skin or acne with dry skin. But regardless which, Bioderma is here to save your day!! #ikidyounot #notjoking

I would say I've tried more than half of what Bioderma owns. Okay, maybe not more than half but the majority of the best selling AND the holy grail ones. #yesiamsharingthesecret


As far as I remember, Bioderma was one of the first brands that sold the micellar water, and it is the holy grail, most-talked, highly raved product.

"1 bottle sold every 2 seconds" - they claim. 

Today, there are many micellar water products available in the market, dupes and competitors. From Eucerin to Garnier, L'Oréal to Lamer and so many more that it's everywhere.
Some dupes are cheaper, and some may clean as efficient, some may sting your eye and so on so forth.

I have sensitive skin, and everyone knows that, and here is where the dupes make a difference.

• Garnier may clean better, but it stings my eyes, and my irritates my skin.
• L'Oréal stings bad, not just the eyes but my cheeks as well.
• La Roche-Posay did not clean as well, and I found myself needing to use more than usual to remove my every-day face.
• Avene left my skin feeling there's a lipid layer.
• Sephora stings my eyes and has a floral + alcohol scent to it. Avoiding the eyes were fine, but it left my skin dry.
• Simple has a botanical herb scent and left my skin dry.
• Nivea needed a few extra swipes to clean as well, although it didn't leave my skin drying, I felt like I needed to spend more time cleaning my face.
• Eucerin may not sting, but it has a scent to it.

Bioderma has three different range on their skincare range and each comes with the Micellar Water. I've tried all three and none of them make difference

Hydrabio - Dry Skin
Sensibio - Sensitive Skin
Sebium - For oily skin

With Bioderma, my skin is never dry and it even removes all the waterproof makeup that I have. So if you haven't tried it. Give it a go!



P/S, these are my personal opinions. 

Finding a job these days isn't easy. (Any job is easy, but a job that suits you, and would be happy to stay and in a great company isn't)
Finding a job in a different country doesn't make it any easier.
Finding a company to sponsor your work visa and offer you a job isn't anywhere close to easy.

When I decided to move to Australia, it took a lot of consideration and thinking. I've been through a lot in the past 12 months, and that is why I am sharing my story.

When I first graduated, I searched for jobs in Singapore for nine months, and many times I was rejected because I needed a working visa/permit or I wasn't physically in the country for an interview. Hence, when I decided to move to Australia, I knew it wasn't easy.



I started sending my resume in October 2016, decided to quit my job back in Malaysia in December 2016 and moved to Sydney in January 2017, and that's when the serious hunt starts.

Looking for a job is full time - bear in mind. Updating your resume/CV and revising it a million times, cover letter, emails and applications. Every day, I searched for jobs for over 6 hours and applied for over 30 jobs. #lifeishard (Some applications even require you to sign up to their system and do an online test which takes more time)

I was lucky to be able to schedule in three interviews at least every week, and I took my interview sessions as a practice and consistently improving on how I would present myself the next time.  After two months of applying and interviews, I finally got an offer. (with the help of a very excellent recruiter)

With the process of applying for the visa and waiting which took four months, I received my visa grant and I've been working for two months.
Time flies.. ...

With this, many people have asked me how the process was and what are the steps needed for the visa.

Fees and Cost 

If you ask around, different agents will tell you a different cost of the visa, it various between $8k to $20k (depending on what the agent fee is and all that document cost and jazz) but that is up to the company to agree to pay for it.

A company can't randomly say they want to sponsor even if they are willing to fork up the money because the company needs to be in the list or to be "nominated" - this means, they are allowed to hire overseas and sponsor their visa. Hence during the Visa application, there is two part of the application.

1. Visa Employer Nomination
2. Visa Employee Application

Visa Employer Nomination is applied from the HR of the company, and Visa Employer Application is applied by you (employee). That means with every document and application, there is a fee. Something that I didn't know and nobody informed me before this.

Visa Employee Application Fee various from agent and time (thanks to the government) but what I had to pay and fork up;

• Application form $1,750
• Agent Fee $1,650
• IELTS test $330
• Health Check $323

That comes up to a total of $4,053 (rough estimate of RM15,000) that has to be paid for the visa before the agent starts any work what more the application. This fee doesn't include your flights here, accommodation, transport, food and allowance and anything else that you would need BEFORE you start working to earn any income here. So this is something that you would need to keep in mind, and to some people, it may be mentally stressful.




* In additional to everything * 


Eight days after we lodged our application, the Australia Prime Minister announced that the Working Visa 457 would be abolished and everyone freaked out.

The same morning, I emailed and contacted both my recruiter and the agent to ask if I would be affected and what would this mean.

New Rules: 

• Instead of Work Visa 457, it is now called Short-Term Work Visa or Medium-Term Work Visa depending on skills (Confusing, I know) 
• Instead of four years visa granted, the new visa would only be a two years grant. 
• Previous 457 visa allows unlimited renewal each time visa expires, new visa (Short Term Work Visa) only allows one renewal with no approval guarantee ( I was told there would be a review )
• Previous 457 visas can be applied with no working experience, and new Short Term Work Visa would require a minimum of 3-5 years working experience (depending on skillset and industry, I fall in Marketing Manager position which required five years).

Some people applied offshore and they are lucky enough to be able to stay in their home country while applying for jobs overseas, waiting for visa and all that jazz before coming over here hence they reduce waiting time and during the waiting time, you will not be allowed to work unless if you obtain a working holiday visa or any visa that permits you to work.



Many people told me they envy my non-working days, but I can honestly say I did not enjoy it at all. I couldn't do anything to have income, not even part-time of freelance (legally). That was my most significant obstacles, but after torturous four months of waiting, I finally started work, and I did not regret anything at all even if I had to be jobless for 9 months.




P/s. Everything is based on my personal experience.