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CrystalPhuong.net is a Personal Style & Travel Blog based in Singapore, written by Crystal Phuong. The blog was nominated FOUR times in Top 10 Best Fashion Blogs in the annual Singapore Blog Award from 2012- 2015, voted as one of the Best Lifestyle Blogs in Singapore in 2013 by Hotelclub.com, and Best Travel Blogs in 2016 by Foodpanda.com. Crystal hopes to connect and inspire young women to lead a healthy and happy life. Be confident, be positive, and be kind.
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{BEAUTY}: GLOW WITH GLOW MINERALS MAKEUP

{BEAUTY}: GLOW WITH GLOW MINERALS MAKEUP



I just have to be completely honest to say that I don't really care much about makeup, cosmetics as much as I care about fashion. Saying "Care", I mean I should have known everything about the signature products of different brands, what is good, what is new in the market, etc... but I don't, really. 

And I always end up having a hard time to find the answer for these questions: "What makeup brand is good? Which products are suitable for my skin". I've tried many different brands before but none could give me the satisfactory feeling that I've been looking for. I haven't found the right product that is able to please my combination skin just yet. Very coincidentally, when I thought of trying out and looking for mineral cosmetics, this Glowminerals products came at the right time. A special thank to Cutis Medical Laser Clinic for introducing these products to me. Better still, thank you so much for the generous sponsorship, I do not know how long will it take me to finish all these products. 

I've received these gorgeous Glominerals products few months ago but until now, I haven't finished 1/3 of them despite applying my makeup everyday for the past 4 months. After so long, I'm still in love with these amazing products and have nothing to complain about. They are just perfect for me! 


Brought home bunch of products from Cutis Medical Clinic to try out. The have tons of items in the clinic or on the website to offer, so be sure to check them out. I didn't have enough hands and legs to carry everything back home with me, so here are the few that I personally picked.




Perfect lips duo, lips gloss and lipstick. 


Eye shadow trio and makeup blushes


Powder, Bronzer, Perfecting Powder and Protecting Powder with SPF30. These are my favorite. I'm also crazy about their face primer and the foundation with satin finish that gives me the smooth as silk skin. 

I don't know any way to describe how amazing these products are other than showing you an up close and personal look at my face before and after transformation using Glo Minerals products. Pictures speak thousand words. 

As some of you have asked me before about my natural daily makeup routine, below would be the best answer for you with my step-by-step makeup tutorial. 



As I need to be out and about most of the time, protecting my skin from the UV light is extremely important to me. I always apply sunscreen before anything else. Thereafter, I'll start applying face primer before foundation for a flawless and long lasting look. This is by far the best face primer that I've used. While other primers always freak me out with the extra (and unwanted) greasy look on my face, this does not only keep the shine away but also fill in my large pores and make skin look so fresh and feel like velvet. 
  
After face primer, this liquid foundation with satin finish is all you need to achieve the extreme flawless, smooth and fabulous skin.   


Don't forget to set everything in with Perfecting Powder before moving on to the eyes makeup. 




Curl your lashes. 




Apply mascara! 


Play-up cheekbones with the rosie blush. 
Lastly, give your lips some love. 

And that's it! The entire makeup routine doesn't take me more than 20 minutes to finish everyday. 
I heard you! You want to take a look at the before and after photo? Here you have it: 


See how much a little makeup could change our look? I'm not a heavy makeup person unless I'm on stage to perform or in dance competition, I choose to have natural makeup look most of the time. Personally, I think I've found my favorite cosmetic brand after so long. It's worth the wait! 




If you are a crazy fan of mineral cosmetics just like me, I suggest you should give Glominerals cosmetic a try and I'm sure you won't be disappointed. But please be warned: you might not even want to try any other mineral makeup brands after that at all. 

Interested in buying the products? Quote "CRYSTALPHUONG" when visiting Cutis Medial Laser Clinic at: 
9 Scotts Road #03-06 Pacific Plaza 228210 Singapore. 
Tel: 6664 8119
Email: hello@cutislaserclinics.com

Don't forget to visit their website, follow them on Facebook, Twitter, Youtube for more updates. 

Thank you so much for reading!

***This blog entry is proudly sponsored by Cutis Medical Laser Clinics . Products information is based on the Glominerals official website, opinions are on my own. Any further clarification, please email to enquiry@crystalphuong.net
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Mary Kay One Woman Can Beauty Contest 2013

Mary Kay One Woman Can Beauty Contest 2013


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Hi everyone,
Have any of you ever heard of Mary Kay before? Well, not worry if you haven't because I'm going to share it with you anyway. This brand has been around for 50 years with its products are sold in more than 35 markets worldwide, and the Company’s global independent sales force exceeds 2 million (According to company website). What does the company sell? 

Beauty & skincare products. 

I was given bunch of their products last week to try out and I'm so in love with their Dance to life products. I'm still wondering whether they actually know that I'm a dancer to send me such awesome stuffs. But anyway, I'm not going to talk much about the products today. I wanted to share with you something MUCH GREATER! 



Listen up!

Do you wanna win:
  • 4 Days & 3 Nights trip to HONG KONG for the regional Grand Finale event
  • Professional styling & photo shoot in Hong Kong
  • Cover feature and story in Mary Kay publications
  • Charity donation in her name to HOPE Worldwide Singapore
  • SGD 500 product hamper
  • The chance to compete with other Asia Pacific finalists in Hong Kong!
If you do, this is the chance for you to make it happen:


To commemorate Mary Kay’s 50th anniversary, Mary Kay Singapore, together with other Asia Pacific regions have kick-started the One Woman CanTM Beauty Contest 2013. Mary Kay® One Woman CanTM Beauty Contest has started to call for entries, where they will witness beautiful transformations of women from Malaysia and Singapore through exciting makeover sessions by Mary Kay's Independent Sales Force nationwide in both countries.



Mary Kay® One Woman CanTM Beauty Contest 2013 will make 5 women’s dreams come true as they will win an all-expenses paid, four-day-three-night trip to Hong Kong to attend the star-studded grand finale event. There, local country winners will compete against other Asia Pacific winners to earn the coveted Mary Kay Asia Cover Girl title.

Does it sound exciting enough to you? It does to me and I have no reason why not to join this awesome contest: 

Here are the RULES TO ENTER:
  • Get a beauty self-makeover through an Independent Beauty Consultant (purchase required for participation)
  • Upload ‘before’ and ‘after’ pictures on www.makeovercontestmarykay.com
  • Share their entries online to get votes, and stand a chance to be one of the five lucky 
    winners to vie for “Mary Kay Asia Cover Girl” in Hong Kong! 
5 luckiest winners will have the chance to win the above prizes whilst the grand winner at the Grand Finale event will win the title of “Mary Kay Asia Cover Girl”.

Entries for Mary Kay® One Woman CanTM Beauty Contest close on 10th May 2013 so hurry up! For more information about contest entry and how to take part, visit www.makeovercontestmarykay.com or contact Mary Kay Singapore head office at 6226 6888.

Good luck everyone and before ending this blog entry, I'm gonna just share with you my submission of before- after photos. 



This is my BEFORE 




And this is my AFTER. (*please don't get shocked) 
I'm done my part, now it's your turn. Let's make your dream come true with Mary Kay!
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YOUR SUMMER BEAUTY CHECKLIST

YOUR SUMMER BEAUTY CHECKLIST


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Summer is here! Besides working on your wardrobe, what else do you have to rock this summer? I've got my own checklist and I think these are the most essential items every girl should have
  • Summer dress (long or short)
  • Short, T-shirt
  • Sunglasses
  • Big hat 
  • Sunblock
  • Tanning lotion (for those who love sun tanning)
  • Bikini
  • Long lasting make up (which brand is the most recommended?)
  • Slimming. You probably ask "What summer got to do with slimming?"

I'm telling you now. 

Last week, I received this lovely basket from Maybelline and The Body Shop at my office and it simply made my day. They are going to have their new awesome products sold in store in July. What are they? You are gonna love them after reading this post. 


Maybelline Clear Smooth B.B Stick


I'm given two different shades to try out and both work perfectly on my natural skin tone. One is natural color and the other is slightly brighter. I have been using it for 2 days already and I must say: IT'S SUPER AWESOME!

These 2 little sticks at S$17.90 each make my Dior foundation which costs me S$70++ cry in jealousy craving for my attention. Why? 

10 reasons why I am in love with this B.B stick

1. It's super affordable. Don't tell me you don't even have S$18 to spend on your face.
2. Super lasting oil control. Oh yes! I've been using many different foundations, most of them are quite expensive ones but NONE satisfies me when comes to oil- control. When I started using this B.B stick, I thought it would be the same. I was wrong! 
3. Hydration. Nothing to complain about.
4. As smooth as silk. That's exactly how I felt after I applied B.B Stick. Because it provides matte, shine free finish ( I strongly recommend you to use matte B.B cream during summer especially for oily skin), it gives you the most velvet smooth skin ever. 
5. Pore size reduced. You'll see the amazing result later to believe in my after make up photo.
6. Reduce redness. 
7. Comes in 2 natural shades that don't leave behind grey cast. It leaves behind wearable color that stays the entire day and doesn't oxidise


Two natural shades that are so close to your natural skin tone. Love it! 

8. Super convenient to use and easy to carry around. 


9.  Blend well into your skin. I would recommend you to use brush instead of sponge or fingertips. You can see the difference on my left and my right face, how bright and smooth it is.


10. Not forget to mention, B.B stick also gives you a very glowing and healthy skin. See to believe!


Other than this awesome B.B stick, Maybelline also sent to me their 2 latest lip balms to try out. Baby lips.

Mango and Cherry smell. If you are going for a date and craving for a kiss from the guy you admire, wear this lip balm *wink*. 


Yes! This is my dry lips (on purpose) before putting on the lip balm. 


Forget about the normal basic lip balms, this has SPF20 formula to protect and moisturize your lips for a full 8 hours. 


I'm gonna apply it everyday because it's said to renew and reborn our lips after 4 weeks. But honestly, I didn't have to wait that long, my lips instantly shined right after I applied it. Don't believe it?


Here you go! Light make up face with just Maybelline B.B Stick and Lips Balm. 

You like it already, I know and I'm sure you will not regret buying this product. Remember to visit Watsons, Guardian, Sasa, hypermarkets in July to grab these awesome stuffs.

Enough attention for the face. What about our body? 

Don't forget when we talk about summer, we'll talk about swimwear season, sunbathing, beach vacation and so on. What is worse than not being able to fit in your favorite swimwear because you are out of shape?  Prevention is always better than cure.
Introducing to you the one and only product that helps you to firm and tone your body up: 
Spa Fit by The Body Shop.

From left: Intensive Toning Concentrate, Skin Perfecting Toning Massage Oil, Smoothing Refining Body Scrub, Tea Tree Pore Minimiser, Toning Body Massager.


The Spa Fit formulas are packed with orange, lemon, lime and grapefruit oils. These super effective, super fragrant naturals smooth and soften your skin and revitalise your senses day after day. Also, 74% of women said their skin felt smoother. Smoothing & Refining Body Scrub (picture above) and Spa Fit Massager are used to stimulate and exfoliate on your arms, legs, thighs, hips and buttocks areas. To get the best result, try to run a cold shower over your legs from ankle to knee.


Toning Massage Oil is used on your legs, thighs, stomach and arms 


together with the Spa Fit Toning Concentrate to get the best result. 
Don't forget to jot down your before- after measurement to see the difference. I'm sure you'll be pleased to see the result. 

This summer, I've had 3 new things to add in my beauty check list already and I hope you found yours too!

Stay pretty always!
Love,
Crystal

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ENHANCING YOUR BEAUTY

ENHANCING YOUR BEAUTY


Last week, I was invited to attend a beauty talk called "Enhancing your beauty" organized by The Sloane Clinic. As the name itself, the event was mainly talking about how to beautify yourself, enhancing your look without going through plastic surgery. Basically, I felt The Sloane Clinic is doing "charity" to everyone who attended the event that day which is awesome *Say thank to The Sloane Clinic*. By saying charity, I mean they are giving knowledge, tips, advices, solutions to all attendees for FREE. Of course, you need to get ticket to get in at only S$20/ ticket and S$36/ pair but hey, you got a goodies bag to bring home with many cosmetic stuffs which worth quintuple of what you need to pay for.

In conclusion, you learn, listen, consult anything with experienced doctors yet free stuffs to bring back. Need I say more??? I know some of you guys are reluctant, afraid and also bloody lazy to attend such useful talks because you think at the end of the talk, you need to sign up for a package or any service with the organizer. YOU ARE WRONG! This is NOT like those desperate so call "beauty-talks" that some cheapskate beauty salons did to get the customers. I know what you feel and I hate those to the max too. Of course every clinic or beauty salon needs to get more customers, but to what I observed in the event, The  Sloane Clinic is having no other intention besides educating people to understand truly about non-surgical make-over procedures, what are the new methods, technology that come out to maintain our beauty and youth. They scored at this point! 

Therefore next time, if I ever inform any event that they are holding, you'd better spare your time to attend. U'll never regret, I swear. Those who couldn't make it to join the last week talk, here is the chance for you to know what happened. 


Slogan at the entrance! Beautifully designed. 

C&T stands for Coffee and Tea :D


Light refreshment served after the talk. Cuteness and yumminess!


Time to get it started!
Dr. Low Chai Ling was the first one to present


She was talking about "Lifting your face with natural filler" which what I have done before. Read the old entry HERE!

What surprised me in her talk was when I saw many before- after photos of her patients at their ages of 40s, 50s after having their filler treatment done. They really look like 10 years younger than their actual ages, good God! To me, when I thought of filler, I only thought of enhancing my face features only like nose augmentation, chin augmentation etc....I was wrong! Restylane can do so much more than that. It can help you to maintain your youth for at least 10, 20 years, man.

Look at all these photos:


If you tell me the lady in the left looks like 40 years old. I agree  but NOT the one on the right! She looks like 30 years old at most. 

Now I understand why all Hollywood celebrities never grow old. Seriously, I'm thinking in 20 years later, I'll definitely need the help of filler to maintain my beauty. Thinking of having saggy skin, tons of wrinkles on your face...OMG, that freaks me out. I'm so damn scared of seeing myself becoming an ugly woman -_-. Noone can avoid growing older, but beautifully old, can? I even kiasu photoshopped my own photo to see how will I look when I'm at the age of 60s. And this is what I dont want to see 


Mad fugly and this is just 70% photoshopped done. Imagine if it's 100% -_-.

Everyone should go for Restylane and now you can confidently recommend this to your mother, grandmother, grandfather or even grand-grand mother.


Dr. Siew was the second speaker after that. He was sharing few solutions to lighten up our skin and treat pigmentation which most of us do concern about. Nowadays, you often to see some girls post up photos of themself in their Japanese chio style. What is Japanese trend nowadays? It should be fair skin, big eyes, cute pose. 

Every girl likes to have fair skin, so do I even though I'm born with tanned-skin. The problem is how to have beautiful fair skin which helps you to reduce 10 years of your age while we are everyday under hot sun. Many people smoke, drink, are having birthmark,  etc...However, not to worry because Dr. Siew is generous enough to share with us the 2 very effective methods to treat pigmentation and have glowy skin which are:

&
Luminous Program

Dr. Siew Tuck Wah with his presentation. 

Call The Sloane Clinic to consult Dr. Siew about all these skin problem, pigmentation, bla bla bla...He is the right one!

Lastly, it was Dr. Chua Han Boon to deliver his interesting talk about:

I personally like this topic :D coz there is nothing better than having your face transformed without going through plastic surgery ;)

Another handsome doctor. My God, all of the aesthetic doctors are so pretty and good looking. 

Dr. Chua was sharing about 2 new treatments: Thermage and Ulthera. Both are mainly used for face, neck lifting. When talking about these Thermage and Ulthera, you gotta mention about The Sloane Clinic because they are the leader and pioneer for these treatments in Singapore. Thermage is good for skin tightening around the eyes, cheeks and saggy jawline, stimulating collagen for smoother and healthier skin whilst Ulthera is well-known for face lifting. 

Here are some examples:

Look at how awesome thermage can do for you! Forget about big contact lens to have bigger eyes, now you can have it all, looking fresh some more. 


Isn't it that obvious different?

Wow! What do you say about this photo? Awesomeness! Faster bring your grandparents to see doctor ~_~



Everyone was focusing on the talk. The event took 1 hour and a half with a Q&A session at the end. It wasn't long at all, in fact I felt it's too short timing for doctors to answer all the questions. It's the proof to show there are many people nowadays do take care of their own beauty and youth seriously. That's the most expensive thing you have in your life, you'd better maintain it well. 

Look at Dr. Low! God! She is just so beautiful, isn't she? Not to mention that it's super nice talking to her. 

That's me with the 2 handsome doctors. Don't get jealous with me, ladies *lolz*


My most favorite stuffs from the event: Goodies bag with all the cosmetics. I thought they just gave some small samples of some unknown products but no, The Sloane Clinic is hell generous ok! And some girls got so jealous with me when they saw it. Who asked you never make it to attend. All these should have been yours!!!

Since the cosmetics are so nice and I love it so much, I decided to camwhoring with them, lolz


Cool feet airbrush catwalk heels!

This is what exactly I've been looking for. Everytime after practicing dancing, my legs get numbed and painful like mad coz of the high heels I wear to dance. And this Cool feet airbrush thing you are viewing here is just like my personal massager now. Just spray and all the numb feelings are gone! Super cool! 



Body cream! Love the smell, so sweet :)


Bronze airbrush face! One of my most favorite products. I'm happy to the max when I saw it because I've been looking for this tanning face spay for long time. Everytime joining dance competition, I need to get my whole body as tanned as possible and those tanning lotions are not advisable to use on face. So imagine, my whole body is tanned and the face is so fair -_- Now, airbrush face just settled my problem. Love it and love The Sloane Clinic too ^_^

Let me show you how awesome this little stick works!

Me with my make up on before applying tanning spray. 


First, I need to get my face cleaned up. 

This is not dirt, it's my foundation. 

Spray directly to your face if you are superb in doing it. 

Or you can spray some amounts to your hand and use sponge to apply onto your face. Look at the beautiful tan color!

Get it done!
and


Finished!!!!!

Half face is tanned, half is fair. Which one you prefer?


Fair skin without any make up on. 



Lastly, Pixi eyes bright kit with 4 different colors! No longer worry about your panda eyes :D

So, are you getting excited yet? Or are you getting envious with what I'm having or at least ask yourself, do you really care about how you look and what you feel? Like I said, the first secret to success is to feel confident in yourself. I know, some girls want to look pretty and hot but they are lazy to change. Some don't know how to change and what do they need to change. C'mon man, all information is here! What you need to do is:

1. Call your doctor and consult them. If you don't have any doctor that you can trust yet, call Dr. Low, Dr. Siew or Dr. Chua at The Sloane Clinic. Get their phone number HERE
2. Join The Sloane Clinic Facebook page so that if you are born with laziness, at least you get frequent updates from them!

That's all for today! Thank you for reading. Do come back again! 
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