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Affordable pre-wedding shoot dresses (below $70)

As I'm planning my wedding, I thought about our pre-wedding photoshoot and what I should wear. I did all my planning a la carte style so renting a wedding gown just for a pre-wedding shoot was rather troublesome, plus I probably wouldn't be able to get many gown changes unless I paid more. With lifestyle shoots being the "in" thing right now, I started to think about buying dresses off the rack.  I still wanted to look like a bride-to-be, so white was the colour I was going for. However, the dresses shouldn't look like a gown and it also shouldn't look too plain. While I picture myself in white, I have planned for my fiance to be in a white shirt (folded sleeves) ans jeans.... :) In my search for suitable and affordable pre-wedding shoot outfits, I chanced upon a few that I think would be helpful to those who have the same idea. Hopefully this would help brides-to-be in Singapore in their search for their perfect non-gown pre-wedding shoot dresses.  1) Maxi, s

The perfect red lipstick for Asians

I have always shunned red lipsticks. When it smudges or stains the teeth, my night is literally over. Who knows how long my friends have been staring at those clownish lips for? And the many times my compact mirror needs to be flipped so that I can check if the lipstick is intact...  In fact, I've always been more of a gloss kind of girl. The closest I've been to lipstick is when Chanel launched their Rouge Coco range - which felt more like coloured lip balm. It was comfortable and the colour was natural but it didn't have that much intensity.  When my friend introduced Chanel Rouge Allure Velvet in number 38 La Fascinante, my life changed.  Image from chanel.com It looks pinkier on screen but it definitely is a red. Intense red lipstick.  This is the first lipstick that almost comes packaged with compliments. I have worn other red lipsticks before but this, only this, will people sit up and notice.  I usually only wear this shade of red for special occasions, like for an e

Ellen DeGeneres' Twitter Oscars Selfie Sponsored by Samsung?

It's all over the entertainment news. Ellen DeGeneres and her legendary Oscar selfie cramped with A-listers featuring Meryl Streep, Jared Leto, Jennifer Lawrence, Channing Tatum, Bradley Cooper (the one holding the phone), Kevin Spacey, Julia Roberts, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt and Lupita Nyong'o. I've heard and seen so much on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, that same image being shared by my friends in Singapore as well.  Amazing exposure and virality for Samsung - it was a white Samsung Galaxy Note 3 that Cooper used to take the photo.  I've read so many articles on Samsung's $18 million Academy Awards advertising deal and how Ellen's selfie was perhaps not the most spontaneous.  Read Wall Street Journal's take here on Samsung's advertising strategy on the selfie and product placements for the Oscars.  Samsung claimed it was unexpected and it would donate US$1.5million to 2 charities chosen by DeGeneres. This quickly spawned a re