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Thursday, April 06, 2017

ELLE Spring/Summer Fashion Photography Experiential Workshop

Once again, it is Spring/Summer season and ION Orchard has done it again with many promotions and events during Mar and Apr.

ELLE Singapore has teamed up with ION Orchard again to bring you the Spring/Summer’17 Fashion From The Front Row this April.

It's my 3rd year joining in the IONxELLE events and still as excited as ever, cos ION Orchard would also be celebrating their 8th year anniversary this year!

First up, you can tell from our happy faces I was elated to join the OOTD workshop held by ELLE. This year, they invited the renowned fashion stylist Furqan Saini, and Mediacorp's in-house photographer Kelvin Chia to share with us top tips for nailing great fashion shots.

If u think OOTDs are just about looking pretty, think again. It's time we all level up and take care of lighting, composition, pose, and even lenses! If you missed this session... wait for the one next year then!

The complimentary drinks and cupcakes we got.

It was my first time trying the cupcakes from Plain Vanilla and omg it was soo good!

Anyway, after their presentation, we were split into 2 groups and my group headed down to level 3 for a light graffiti shot.

Due to time constraints, we could only take a group shot. It took quite a while at the light graffiti studio as the photographer has to teach u how to control the light stick, and after that pose for the photo.

This was our shot. ahem as u can see, the light stick drawers didn't position correctly and the word overlapped with the heart shape. But it's ok, I'll still be going back for another shot when I have the time!

Afterwards, we headed down to the ION fashion garden at level 1 to put our skills learnt to good use.

Unedited photos:

And this one I had to tweak the warmth on my phone cos it was a weird colour at first, but didn't realise it was too blue until I saw it on my computer. (forgot to turn off the blue light filter on my Samsung!)

I'll need to go back again as the backdrop lights up at night! Think pretty fairy lights and garden all in one! Just look at the hashtag #ss17xIONxELLE on Instagram to see what the rest posted too!

There will be a series of fashion workshops this April - the Spring/Summer’17 Roving Fashion Masterclass, where we join the fashion stylist in visiting two fashion and one skincare/cosmetic boutiques at ION Orchard.

Thank u for having me, ELLE Singapore!

Till then, will update on that again!

Friday, January 27, 2017

Dior Forever Perfect Cushion

Attended my first ELLE event of the year at Dior MBS last Saturday, where we:

- Learnt how to achieve that flawless perfect luminous matte complexion with Han, 1 in 16 Pro Team member worldwide and Singapore's most decorated makeup artist.

- Had a quick complexion touch up with the new Dior Forever Perfect Cushion.

- Played with the Dior lip sugar scrub

There is also a complimentary rhinestone personalisation service if you buy the new cushion now.

Personally I'm more interested in the lip products like the wide array of lipsticks, and also the lip sugar scrub which I thought was amazing. It was a self-vanishing sweet exfoliating lip balm, which means that you can feel the exfoliating beads on your lips when applied. After you purse your lips, those beads will vanish!

Yep looked at some of the Dior Lip Glow products.

The store had a lovely section dedicated to fragrances too. Played around with them a bit. I still have a bottle of the Miss Dior Blooming Bouquet EDT at home!

Thanks ELLE Singapore for having me once again!

Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Perth TPFF 2016 Day 6

Sundays are for Fremantle.

So we went there for some exploring.

Everyone told me that I had to visit Fremantle while at Perth. And I'm glad I did. It had a different feel from the city and I liked it very much.

Our driver drove us to Cottlesloe Beach for some phototaking first as we were still early for our next programme.

Our driver drove us to this place Bib and Tucker for lunch with AJ.

The food was gooood, service was gooood,

and I'm so glad AJ recommended this place to us! I also tried rabbit meat for the first time and it tasted just like chicken. So... I shall just stick to chicken in future?

Bib & Tucker
18 Leighton Beach Blvd, North Fremantle WA 6159, Australia

However, there wasn't anything to shop for in Fremantle;

I had thought that there would be quirky souvenirs I could buy back for my friends but nope. The only souvenirs they had there was the boomerangs and dreamcatchers. U know, all those mainstream kinds that tourists normally buy.

At Fremantle market, the selection was also weirdly items that I would not buy.

And we decided to dabao the famous fish 'n' chips back to the hotel.

There were 3 restaurants selling them though and they all claimed to be "No.1", "Best" etc.

So we decided to buy from Joe's and Cicerello's to find out for ourselves!

Joe's Fish Shack
42 Mews Rd, Fremantle WA 6160, Australia

Cicerello's
44 Mews Rd, Fremantle WA 6160, Australia

But the journey back to the hotel took more than half hour and our food became soggy and all. But alas, it was still good, better than any other fish 'n' chips I've had in Singapore my whole life!

Anyway, the venue for our last night here in Perth actually changed to Perth Cultural Centre.

It was a unique experience and recent runway shows tend to go more towards this type of style rather than the usual normal runways.

However, I still prefer the lighting at the usual runways cos the spotlights here didn't do justice to my camera's photos!

All previous shows were held at Perth Concert Hall and that was just a 3min drive from our hotel.

First runway show for tonight: Flannel

Last show for the week: Closing Night

It was a dramatic close as we had a live symphony and opera singers instead of the usual cd-played music for the shows.

I liked how every dress was elaborate and exaggerated for this closing night and it was my favourite show in the whole TPFF.

It was the last day and I had to get a photo with Drea!

Day 7 was just breakfast at McD with our driver since it was a public holiday and every cafe was closed :(

And that concludes my week at Perth TPFF!

Also do check out my TPFF round-up on ELLE.sg here! teehee.

Click below for the rest of the trip:

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Perth TPFF 2016 Day 5

It was D Day!

I am supposed to cover a Wine story for ELLE Magazine; like seriously the physical magazine! So today was planned specially for that purpose.

We visited some wineries...

Want to find out more about some of the wines? Then be sure to get your copy of ELLE Magazine in newstands... January next year.

Anyway, we had lunch at the most picturesque place ever - Sitella Winery. Just look at the view we had while having lunch.

These oysters are the best fresh oysters I ever had!

And since I am in Australia, I tried kangaroo meat.

Yep tastes like beef but it is way cheaper than beef in Australia. Kangaroo meat in Australia are from the wild to control their population, so u don't really have to worry about animal cruelty or what not.

Sitella Winery
100 Barrett St, Herne Hill WA 6056, Australia

We also visited Whistler's Chocolate.