Jasmine Chia: Lifestyle

Whether is it pink, yellow, green or blue, it's undeniable that the colours of macaron can easily capture the hearts of all girls. Every once in a while we like to reward ourselves with sweet desserts but this delicate French confectionery can be damaging to our waistline. While we may not be able to enjoy this on a daily basis, yet we can still indulge in some macaron inspired products.

Mini makeup case

Macarons mini makeup case
Image: Nightingale Collection

So kawaii and they come in 5 different colours. One for each day to delight our moods.
Image: Nightingale Collection

This makeup case is small, versatile and light. You can either use it to store your makeup or stationery. They come in 5 different colours, grab all colours, you will be guarantee your day will be sweet as candy.
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Hair treatment

Even the bottles are all in very tasty looking macaron colours.
Image: Milbon

When you're not in the mood, you will indulge yourself with some little treats or a day in spa. Why not indulge your hair too?

We subject our hair to all kind of harsh treatment everyday. There are many ways we can do damage to our hair ranging from colouring, perming and blow drying (Oppss... that sounded just like me). In the end your crowning glory will suffer and turn brittle and dry. So what's our hair version of little treat or spa?

Of late, my hair has been looking rather tired from the endless chemical laden treatment. So I did a Inphenom hair treatment at Scissors Empire at Solaris Mont Kiara recommended by Ken. It's a 5-step intense hydrating treatment from Milbon that replenishes essential moisture due to the damaged CMC to help regain power in retaining moisture.

The first step prepares the hair, the second starts the repairing process, third seals the cuticle layers to lock in moisture, fourth locks in repairing ingredients with a ceramide polymer and the fifth and final step restores a lipid coat on the surface of the hair for sine and smoothness. Watch the video below to understand better about the treatment.

After this treatment, my hair feels rejuvenated instantly. Hair is less frizzy, shinier and appear smoother. It's a stark contrast from before the treatment.

I'm just glad and happy that I have a hair salon where I can trust them with my mane.

After the 5-step Iphenom hair treatment, my hair is finally bouncing back to life.

Lip balm

New flavours added to their range

Some of their classic flavours that I also like

My current lip balm
Image: Evolution of Smooth

Even when I'm not wearing any makeup, lip balm is a must for me. Nothing is more turn off than a flaky and bleeding lip. It's big no-no for me. For this, I have eos (Evolution of Smooth) to keep me lip moisturised. It doesn't just maintain your lips but it does taste sweet too. This is highly recommended from me because it's an all-natural and organic product.

What are the macaron inspired products in your life?

Beauty - Friday, June 26, 2015

Macaron inspired products

Whether is it pink, yellow, green or blue, it's undeniable that the colours of macaron can easily capture the hearts of all girls. Every...

Beauty - Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Makeup brush drying rack

The chinese always have a saying ”这世界没有丑女人，只有懒女人 (There is no ugly girl only lazy girl)“. Whenever I get lazy in my beauty routine, I will a...

Nasi lemak has become the staple food for the regular Malaysians morning breakfast. This dish has grown up with us since we were young. It's hard to resist those aromatic coconuts infused rice coupled with basic sambal sauce and even harder it is for us to describe everything in a sentence of two because it brought with it a flurry of emotions. Over time, this dish has also evolved, the rice is still the same but the sambal sauce has incorporated with many other ingredients to cater to the needs of different palates.

On one of our regular Saturday morning, we headed to Brilliant Nasi Lemak for a late brunch and were told that they offer a variety of side dish to go with the coconut rice. Brilliant!

Try to spot this logo when looking for this place. It is right opposite RHB bank.

My order is the one at the top, it's stuffed squid sambal. The one on the bottom is nasi lemak with 3 types of sambal (regular, shrimp and one more don't remember). The dish on the most right is pork curry and that is their most recommended dish.

The meal was splendid for a late lunch. We were hungry and the menu seems to offer almost all my favourite dishes, from nasi lemak to wanton noodle to kaya toasts. Then I ended up eating more than I should (I have a constant battle between loving to eat and not wanting to be fat). Even though the crowd started to pour in (which I don't understand why because it's already quite late for lunch too) but we didn't have to wait long for our subsequent orders, we were rather occupied with our own food.

Halfway through eating, the table next to us ordered this. We couldn't resist not ordering and hate to be a lose out for something that looks so delicious. Boy, I'm glad we did. This fried drumstick is marinated overnight using lemongrass, galangal, turmeric and curry leaves. The result is a drumstick that is rich and flavourful from the spices.

Fried chicken wing, this is more for the health conscious. They use the air frying method, i.e. no oil is used in the process of frying the chicken wing. It's equally tasty and savoury.

Lastly not to be missed is this signature dessert that I can't recall the name, yet again. It helps to soothe the throat after all spiciness and fried stuff we had earlier. The portion is quite generous or perhaps I already had too much prior to this.

Brilliant Nasi Lemak Uptown
56 Jalan SS21/58 Damansara Utama, 47400 Petaling Jaya, Selangor
Mon-Fri: 10.00am-9.00pm Sat-Sun: 9.00am-9.00pm

P/s: If you're there on a weekend, look for Joe, the owner. He is still single.

Food - Thursday, June 11, 2015

Discovering Nasi Lemak: Brilliant Nasi Lemak Uptown

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Image: Aravind Yoga

Yoga for some people is a form of exercise to relieve their stress but to me it’s an exercise so that I don’t get the nasty PMS every month (ah the woes of being a woman). It’s like my pink panadol and if I ever skip then I’m signing myself up for a very bad stomach muscle cramp, very often ending up with me rolling on the bed and breaking out in cold sweats.

When I first started practicing yoga, I didn’t know it would help with my problem. I was only doing it because my friend wanted to try it out but too shy to go for it alone. After a few classes my friend quit but I’m still hanging on to it.

Anyway, a lot of us practitioners are aware how often yoga centers blossom and fizzle out rather quickly. For the unfortunate, they will often end up paying lots of money then only to realize few months later the center has closed shop and they will have difficulties to get refund.

Fortunately for me, I found a very good yoga studio, Aravind Yoga. It is a small studio with simple setting and run by two very warm and friendly people, Christopher and Phillippe. One of the reasons I enjoy here is for their small number of students and the instructor is able to correct your pose quickly. There is also no mirror to make you feel conscious about your body so you have better focus on your stance.

They also engage very experienced instructors and are usually quite consistent with their timetable, example I usually go for Monday that is taught by Phillippe Kerrelle and Thursday by Jonathan Ong. If there are any changes in schedule, they will usually update us via FB page and even if the teacher is on leave there will be a replacement teacher, so you won't miss any class.

Every now and then they will conduct workshop for the more serious yogi that want to further improve on their skill. Sometimes they will even invite oversea guests to conduct the workshops and it’s very beneficial to practitioners that seek out to learn from different perspectives. The teachers will also get to update and absorb the new knowledge from oversea instructors and impart what they learnt to people like me who are only interested in attending regular class.

Of course being a small studio there are things that can’t be compare bigger studios in terms of facilities and benefits. Their changing room can be a bit crammy. You also don’t get a lot of space to hang out after class. As mentioned, this is a small yoga studio, so don’t expect for classes like hot yoga or pilates (no shit Einstein). But I can assure you the teachers here are definitely comparable in terms of their skill.

Their website and FB page is quite updated, so if you ever need any details or information, you can retrieve it from there. In the meantime, I will continue to reach out for my toes.

Aravind Yoga // Facebook

Lifestyle - Monday, June 01, 2015

Review: Aravind Yoga

Image: Aravind Yoga Yoga for some people is a form of exercise to relieve their stress but to me it’s an exercise so that I don’t get t...

Models and celebrities gathered together for a final group photo

Recently I was invited by a friend to attend a fashion preview at Elegance Club along Jalan Telawi. I've always drove by the bungalow but never step foot into the building. So this time it's a good time for me to check out both the fashion show and the jewellery house.

This time the fashion show is a collaborative work between two locally renowned brands each showcasing their finest in this season's collection. They have adorned all models with beautifully tailored clothes and matching jewelleries to go with the each other.

It's my first time attending a fashion show where models get to mingle among attendees. It provides us with a different perspective and we also get to view the pieces in greater details. The models were very cooperative, posing for us so that we can have a good angle for our pictures. Although on the other hand, my legs were aching towards the end of the show as we are kept standing with not much seats available.

Lisa, dressed in one of Ridz Collection

One of the latest piece from this season's collection, also one of my personal favourite.

Model wearing clothes from Ridz and adorned with jewellery pieces from Elegance Club.

This is another one of my favourite pieces, I like the idea of having a cape. Makes one feel more elegant and precious.

A famous invited celebrity, Rozita Che Wan more lovingly known as Che Ta. She is also wearing from one of Ridz's latest collection. It's perhaps the one that I like the most of all the designs that I've seen that day.

Miss Rozita being served by the lady boss of Elegance Club, Datuk Tracy Ong.

Of course, not to forget my picture time with Miss Rozita herself.

A group pictures of myself with other attendees. I was also wearing one of Ridzuan Bohari's masterpiece and I really love that the dress comes with lots of feather like frills making the dress looking even more outstanding. Thanks Ridz for such an entertaining afternoon!