ASOS – my happiness in a box;

My phone displayed notifications of missed calls and messages from my sister during my lunch-time yesterday, it turned out that she had wanted to let me know that my happy box had arrived! Heh, kudos to ASOS for its efficiency in dispatching out my ASOS parcel which took less than three weeks to reach me.

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Awesome packaging; due to the size of the clutch, ASOS actually packed it in a brown parcel.

Review on ASOS Tortoise Shell Frame Clutch
(Link to item here)

Item was received in great condition, and even mommy said it looks very luxe. Yay! I was actually contemplating to purchase this way earlier (like in Feb/March), but the price put me off. Also, I couldn’t really decide on the colour as well  - black or cream. So, when the discount code promotion came along (additional 10% off), the price tag looked so much more attractive. I decided on black in the end, ‘cos clumsy me would most probably stain the cream piece in no time. Also, judging by my wardrobe colours, black seemed easier to match as well.

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Images of clutch taken from the website

The cream version

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Image of clutch (taken under room lighting)

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The tortoise shell clasp (it’s a bit flimsy though)

Paired it with my OTD for Tuesday work day (Herwalkincloset Mod Block Top x MYntShoppe Snowflake Necklace)

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Speaking of which, I thought pairing it with a cobalt blue blazer will be nice too.
And I WANT a pastel-coloured blazer; mint or yellow? But first, I think a cobalt blue blazer tops the list.

Credits to TheBudgetBabe and Zara Women

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If you have  any comment or suggestion on pairing outfits with this clutch,
or places to get a pretty cobalt blue blazer under S$100, do share them with me!

Arigato!

xoxo, Noi

LB Kassel Knot Skirt in Wine/ Bralets/ Previews for MYnt;

Happy girl = parcel received in good condition without any delay! Came home to my parcel from Love, Bonito and it turned out to be the Kassel Knot Skirt in Wine

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Review time!

LB Kassel Knot Skirt in Wine 

I carted out this piece in size M, it fits me nicely and not too snug. The material feels really comfy, but I think it may fur after some time. The drapes can be pulled up or down, depending on your preference. Great for office wear or weekend dates! Not too sure if I am letting it go, still contemplating on it now. Meh.

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Just came back from a date night out with girlfriends in town, and we did some (window) shopping at H&M, Pazzion, and Charles & Keith! I bought this white lace blouse from H&M, for just S$17.90. The material is light, and definitely another versatile piece for work or weekends. Size 38 fits me loosely yay!

H&M Lace Blouse
Ref: UK 10, 168cm
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We also spotted bralets at H&M, but we thought the ones from Topshop are seriously much better in terms of design, boning structure, and the cutting as well. Nonetheless, I doubt I’m gonna buy any ‘cos 1) it looks better with high-waisted bottoms and I can’t pull off the look of high-waist cut, 2) the figure, and 3) can’t foresee myself wearing it. Having said that, the prints of these Topshop bralets are gorgeous, especially the white-based bralet! Did a Google search, and these bralets from Topshop popped up. NICE

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MYnt is gonna launch a new collection tonight (8.30pm)! Like finally after one whole month mailers will be sent out in awhile! Sis is helping to create a new website under the name MYnt Shoppe, but transferring our photolog over is taking us some time so we really wanna thank you for your kind patience and understanding! Here’re some polyvore compilations that I have done - inspirations behind this collection, and mix’n'match with the new MYnt items!

Bulk of the items are inspired from the fashion donned by personalities at the recent Coachella 2012 (blogged about it here), hence we are gonna name this Collection Six – Coachella Fever!

Catch ya at the launch tonight, 8.30pm!

xoxo,
Noi

Fashion x Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival

I’ve been following Free People on Instagram, and came to know of Coachella Festival that took place last weekend and will be continued again this weekend; weekend 1 – April 13th to 15th, and weekend 2 – April 20th to 22nd. I thought it’s a rather interesting event, something different from the usual major music and arts festival, so I felt like sharing it with readers here I’m no fashionista, but Coachella really got me hooked on their outfits! Here it goes

Background of Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
It’s an annual three-day music and arts festival held in Indio, California. The event features many genres of music, including rock, indie, hip hop and electronic music as well as large sculptural art. The festival is renowned for its cutting edge lineup, showcasing many of the top and up-and-coming acts in music as well as reunions. Notable performers include Prince, Radiohead, Dr. Dre], Oasis, Daft Punk, Roger Waters, Madonna, The Cure, Kanye West, At the Drive-In, The Black Keys, Rage Against The Machine, Gorillaz, Bjork, Nine Inch Nails, The Strokes, The Chemical Brothers, Pavement, The White Stripes, Jay-Z, and the Beastie Boys.
(Credit: Wikipedia)

What caught my eye wasn’t the music acts or the arts displays, but the people who attended and their outfits! Chanced upoon this article on dailymail.co.uk that the Vampire Diaries couple Ian Somerhalder and Nina Dobrev attended the festival too.

Gorgeous eye-candies

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MYnt Shoppe will be launching a similar necklace to the one that Nina is seen wearing here, stay tuned to previews on our Facebook page!

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Other celebrities spotted at Coachella included,

Dakota Fanning

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Ever gorgeous Emma Watson

Photo: Emma Watson at the Mulberry Coachella pool party. Credit: Donato Sardella

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Spotted at A|X Armani Exchange and T-Mobile event,
which kicked off the first weekend of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.

Credit: LATimesBlogs

Free People has also done a photo compilation of outfits donned on their staff and Coachella-goers, you can check out their blog here. And, I did a mini ‘Polyvore’ of an outfit for Coachella MYnt Shoppe is gonna launch similar necklaces too! So glad that my assignments are ending soon, so that sister and I can kickstart our re-launch proper.

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For more information on Coachella, you can check out their website (http://www.coachella.com), or simply Google for images and news stories by the major news wires. It’s interesting, and I’m pretty sure that you’ll get hooked Google-ing for fashion compilation of the festival

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Two more days to the weekend and it’ll be part two of Coachella. To all Coachella-goers, have fun! :B

xoxo,
Noi

Beautiful Saturday;

Headed out to Marina Bay Sands with mommy on Saturday, ‘cos she’s been wanting to check out the Louis Vuitton store Island Maison. Bratty sister couldn’t join us as she had to attend her friend’s 21st Birthday Party at Chevrons.

WIWT

Decked out in Love, Bonito Covet Walsh Top in Black, and Peplum Floral Skirt (this versatile piece was one of the few that I’ve scored from their Helipad sales!).
Accessorized with DKNY bag, RUBI sandals, MYnt-Shop snowflake necklace, and Omega Analog Watch.

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Sis’ decked out in Love, Bonito too; Poised Blazer in Mauve, and Pink Reversible Dress (from their first LB collection).
Accessorized with hand-me-down necklace from Mommy, and Victoria’s Secret Bag.

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Thanks to the Circle Line, it’s so much convenient now to commute to Marina Bay Sands via train! Wanted to locate Toastbox for some coffee and tea break, but the interactive map didn’t help so we gave up -___- Ended up window shopping, and mommy said no to the YSL clutch. She asked me to invest in a bag first, ‘cos it’s more practical. Mothers have their ways eh? Finally arrived at the LV store, and mommy eyed a couple of bags already. If only the price difference isn’t so big between Singapore retail price and European countries’ pricing, the heart pain wouldn’t be that much. LOL! In any case, it’s good time spent together with mommy her leg’s still hurting, but I’m glad she agreed to head out for awhile, getting some fresh air and (window) retail therapy helped too.

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Check out her happy face! :3

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Anyways, the skyline was so beautiful over the weekend. Managed to capture a few shots with just my iPhone, and the #nofilter photos are really mesmerizing. It’s always these few spots where you could proudly say that Singapore is a beautiful country – from the Helix Bridge, Esplanade, Fullerton Hotel, and the Promenade.

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(Taken from the Helix Bridge, at about 6+pm on Saturday)
#nofilter via Instagram

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(Taken from the Helix Bridge, at about 6+pm on Saturday)
Ink Well filter via Instagram

Over you// Lone road home // New beginning,

Hello April, be kind to us please.

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xoxo, Noi.

MYnt Shop on Pinterest;

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The pride of it all when people of the same likes (jewellery and crafts, in this case) repinned and liked MYnt Shoppe‘s creations on Pinterest. Here’s the link to our board – http://pinterest.com/myntshop/mynt-shop/. Thank you! =*)

Happy pin-ing!

xoxo,
Noi

My Saturdate;

In a slow turn of time, it’s finally Thursday. No doubt the shitty day, I’m sure it’s gonna be a great night ‘cos sisters and I are meeting up for dinner! What’s more, we are gonna celebrate da-jie’s (belated) birthday Most probably gonna dine at any good restaurant that we can find at Millenia Walk. Yay! Miss these girls loads, our last meet-up was for Christmas and I remember that was the first time we’d met Baby Clarisse. XOXO

Gonna be a short pictorial post, and review on Love, Bonito (LB) Dakota Blouse in Navy and Grey Clutch from Ascentee.

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Darling babysis dropped by my office last Thursday to pass me these lovely chiffon cakes, ‘cos she said she’s gonna miss when she flies to Malaysia with Mommy to visit Grandma. Sweet daooooo was really happy to see her, and not to mention…savouring these cakes during my lesson later that night. Tried to ask her for the address of this bakery, but all she could remember is, this is near her workplace at Robinsons Road. Goldfish memory = her. -___-

Cranberry, Chocolate, Marble, and Vanilla

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Quite sad to hear of the old folks being admitted into hospitals and/or falling ill out of the sudden, after hearing the news of my grandparents, Stan’s Grandma was also hospitalised for sudden vomitting and breathing difficulty. So glad that she’s out of the hospital now. Anyhoots, we had dinner at DTF and desserts at Secret Recipe! One can never get sick of XLBs, still prefer theirs over Crystal Jade’s anytime. And also, the Raspberry Marble Cheesecake that I’d ordered was simply divine. A tad too pity that the price is almost the same as Malaysia’s outlets, except with the change of currency sign only. Bummer!

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NOTD/ Nail Diary

My sis got into this hype over nail polishes, and bought a few bottles of loud (bright) hues for herself from The Face Shop. I did a little more work for my nails over the weekend, applied this purplish glitter shade from TFS and added another coat of glitter shade from LA Colour. Happy!

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OTD/ Outfit Diary; Love, Bonito (LB) Dakota Blouse in Navy and Grey Clutch from Ascentee

*myntshop Snowflake necklace as shown in photo

Managed to snag this piece via restocks collection! Was contemplating on white or navy, but slow fingers me was left with the Navy option in the end. Nothing to grumble about this versatile piece as it works great as a layering top for any outfit. I’d paired it up with a long singlet from Cotton On, and a black mini skirt from MNG. The clutch is my favourite till date, it comes with a chain sling but I prefer to use it this way. Any recommendations on where to get similar clutches like this? Thanks a million!

For ref, UK10/ 168cm.

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Stay tuned for MYnt’s launch tonight: http://mynt-shop.livejournal.com/ :)
Here’s a sneak preview!
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p.s. I’ve started my running regime again recently, and I definitely wanna say that I love running the aftermath of exercising feels awesome. Yay x2!

xoxo,
Noi

TGIF date with mommy and sister;

- Photos taken with iPhone 4 camera, and edited using Adobe Photoshop CSS Extended -

17th Feb 2012; impromptu date with mommy and sister to have our dinner together at Jurong Point! Ever since my sister quit her job at P, she has been looking so much happier and care-free. No doubt the income factor is an issue for concern, but I reckon this break will do her good Anyways, back to the dinner date, we had our meal at Kopitiam (btw, go try out the soup stall – it offers delish Double Boiled Soup at decent prices), and were deciding to have desserts at Swensen’s for some ice-cream lovin’ and yummy french fries. Sadly, the queue was a little too long and we gave up waiting. Sis suddenly recalled that her Starbucks card hasn’t been utitlised yet, so we settled on Starbucks for our dessert place!

All Mocha – two frappe and one hot drink x girly chats x some portrait-shots x laughters x mother-sister bonding time; so thankful that these two ladies are heading home this evening! Been missing them for the past few days ‘cos they had gone to Malaysia to visit my grandparents. The house was so quiet, and I was alone most of the time as my dad is on shift-work for this period. Good news that my grandma is recovering much better with the help of acupunture and TCM

See you ladies in an hour’s time! Toodles

p.s. @myntshop (http://mynt-shop.livejournal.com) will be launching this week!
p.p.s. finally went back to my running regime, feels good to get the injury out of the way for some jogging around the estate <3

xoxo,
Noi

Ushering in the Year of Dragon;

In a twinkling of the eye and it’s already Day 14 of Lunar New Year! So many gatherings with friends (more than with relatives), and lou hei, dinners, and definitely, outfits! Here are some online apparels that I am decked out in the days leading up to Lunar New Year 2012, and during the new year period as well.

A week before CNY
HollyHoque Ruffles By My Sides Top in Coral/ MYnt Reflections Necklace

A super long top from their June 2011 collection, this chiffon top comes with an inner spag top as the outer layer is sheer. Good for dress down work days and weekend casual dates I’d say!
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Eve of CNY Eve
Love, Bonito Covet Walsh Top in Black (Size M)/ MYnt Reflections Necklace

Another classic piece which needs no introduction – this Love, Bonito piece is a real beauty. The intricate crochet details makes the whole outfit more dainty. Albeit showing a bit of mid-rift, pairing with a long maxi skirt or mid-waist shorts should do the trick.
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CNY Day One
HerWalkinCloset Oriental Lace CheongSum Inspired Dress in Coral/ MYnt Earrings

This lovely dress was kindly sponsored by Eils from HerWalkinCloset a year ago (IKR?!), and I didn’t have a chance to wear so I thought of wearing it for the first day of Dragon Year! Bearing in mind the mouths of my relatives who never fail to comment on my past years’ dressings, so I thought this safe piece would just keep their mouth shut. Ironically, we didn’t manage to bump into them this year. Lol.
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CNY Day Two
Top from B&M store in Jurong Point/ The Tinsel Rack Floral Blossoms Paperbag Skirt in Violet Peonies/ MYnt Earrings

The coral top is from a B&M store in Jurong Point, and I got it at a steal of S$15 only! A tad sheer, but the scallop details help to cover the front portion. The paperbag skirt is a stunner which I had set my eyes upon this piece after Joyce uploaded on Facebook and Instagram! I took Size L, no thanks to my wide hipbone structure (bummer). Kudos to Joyce for throwing in a brown belt for every skirt, that’s what I call thoughtful service!
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That rounds up my OTD posts for now; back to essay. Feeling super shagged and lost with the writing. I seriously loathe these Social Sciences modules, roars.

xoxo, Noi

Happy New Year 2012!

There’s a backlog of photos that I really need to update soonest, but due to a packed week ahead, I shall just post the preview for MYnt first A new collection will be launched tonight at 8.30pm. For preview, you can check out the Facebook page – http://www.facebook.com/MYntShoppe <3

Here’s the preview banner, and a couple of my personal favourites from this collection! ;D

 

That aside, I spent my last day of year 2011 counting down to year 2012 with these peeps! We had actually pitched a tent at West Coast Park, and counted down to another great year with the other tent-pitchers. Heh, a whole new experience I must say, though we gave up after the count-down and ran for ‘shelter’ at McDonald’s to seek refuge for the night. Loving them! More photos to be up, I pinkie swear!

Day one of work later for a new year – bless us please.

xoxo, Noi.

More sneak peeks at MYnt’s upcoming launch!

MYnt’s Upcoming Launch (Wednesday, 30th Nov, 8.30pm)
Adding on to my previous post with some preview photos, we’ve got some great news to share :B the long-awaited feather charms have arrived (yay yay!!). And we managed to churn out some simple yet classic pieces, in time for this Wednesday’s launch!

LiveJournal is a little wonky, so we have prepared a blogger platform for the launch – http://myntshop.blogspot.com.

Here are more preview sneaks for the launch on Wednesday night!
The full preview is on MYnt’s Facebook page. Do Like and Share this album to enjoy free REGISTERED postage with any purchase!

Signing off,

Noi