Happenings in May and Jun - ÉST.LAB Sunshield SPF50 + Phase 2 Heightened Alert

Saturday 1/5/21

Never step out of your home without sunscreen because it is the first line of defence against harmful UV rays and prevent pigmentation, sagging skin and wrinkles. 

I was being introduced to ÉST.LAB Sunshield SPF50, a water-resistant sunscreen that doubles up as a tinted moisturiser with Vitamins C and E for brightening, anti-ageing and antioxidant benefits. 

Being water-resistant, I don’t need to worry that my sweat will wash away the application and the needs for reapplication if I sweat. With SPF50, my skin is protected against the harmful UV rays and indoor lighting. 

The light texture cream contains a colour adaptive technology that allows the sunscreen to blend into our skin tone to provide sheer coverage for our skin, cover up some imperfections and give my skin a dewy finish. Thank you Daily Vanity for sending me the multi functions sunscreen that help to save my time for rushed morning.

Weekend is the only time of the week where I have the luxury time to put up on facial mask. Thanks Daily Vanity for sending them too.

I finally started using SU:M37 Skinsaver Essential Cleansing Foam that I purchased quite some times back as I just finished using my current facial cleanser.

The foam cleanser containing plant-based ingredient that contains essential fermented moisturizing substance, ensuring our skin stay moisturized even after cleansing.

 

Today was Sis V's big day. As we can't celebrate in big group, she has ordered catering to my home for my family consumption. The portion was really a lot for us, but we enjoyed the food. Thanks sis for the treat.

Sunday 16/5/21

With the tightened community measures under Phase 2 (Heightened Alert), we have to resume back to what we have experienced last year, which is working from home and no dining out. I was very comfortable and used to stay home, so the tightened measures didn't bother me much. The endless daily workload is sufficient to keep me busy all day long. However, these measures make it tough for the F&B establishments as people will choose to take-away their food from food centres or coffeeshops instead of restaurants and cafes. To support local business, I have subscribed to Grab Foodie Pack for the past few months. On days where my mum didn't cook, Grab Food delivery become our food choices. I also used this opportunity to order from different vendors, allowing my family to try something new and not get bored with the usual varieties. 

I recommended something new for my family to try. Ever since I last 京华小吃 2 years ago, I have been missing their Chinese Pizza so I don't mind pay a little more for the delivery fee to order this. I ordered a pack of Fried Rice, Xiao Long Bao and Chinese Pizza. The Chinese Pizza has won the praise from my family, I foresee we will be ordering from them regularly during this one month.

Saturday 5/6/21

We tried something new for food delivery today - Egg Stop.

Egg Stop offers Korean street-style sandwiches with an array of sandwiches to choose. The toast looked really delicious. I ordered Scrambled Egg Toast ($4).

The scrambled egg toast may looked simple, but it tasted delectable. The bread was toasted to perfection, together with the scrambled egg and mayo sauce, every bite was full of flavour. 

Thursday 17/6/21

As my parent were craving for dim sum, I ordered dim sum Grab delivery to satisfy their cravings.

We ordered xiao long bao, pan fried pumpkin cake and pan fried pork dumpling. 

The xiao long bao was delicate, we tried to be gentle when we picked up the dumpling to prevent the skin from bursting and the broth ooze out.

Tuesday 22/6/21

After my Swab test result was out on Sunday, I went to book a slot for my monthly scalp treatment and a haircut. I really dragged seeing the amount of hair fall after washing my hair and the floor filled with my hair, so I decided to cut it shorter.

I have chopped off a fair bit of length, this is my shortest length of hair that I have for the past 15 years. It is really more convenient to wash hair now. How do I look in my new hairstyle?

Sunday 27/6/21

Sunday dinner will usually be food delivery to give mum a break for cooking. This time round, I wanted to try something new and I spotted an offer from A-One Signature.

We gotten Prawn Paste Chicken Cube Corn Rice Bento where the second set was at 50% discount.

Unlike the other stalls that we ordered, the food was cold when arrived. We got 2 bento and a drink at about $16 via Grab delivery.

Wednesday 30/6/21

As my family are staying home most of the time, we always make it a point to buy delicious food back home when any of us go out. So this time round, my parents bought some pastries home for time break.

As mum was thinking on what to have for dinner, I suggested Tim Ho Wan since my family are dim sum lovers and they have never try before their famous BBQ pork buns. The food was still warm when arrived.

We have been trying new food stalls these two months so that my family get to expose to different variety of food that they never try before. It's not a bad thing to stay home too.

Scalp Treatment Review: Japan Hair Growth Consultants (JHGC) at Shaw Centre

It feel so good to be finally stepping out of house after one month of staying home. Ever since working from home, my stress level has reached all time high and I have feeling very tensed up. Other than work, I experienced tough times on personal issues. I observed that my hair fall have becoming more serious and calling for red alert.

Thanks GF for the recommendation, I visited Japan Hair Growth Consultants (JHGC) located at Shaw Centre Level 4 to try out their scalp treatment and relieve the stress on my scalp.

JHGC by Aderans is the pioneer of Japan's hair restoration and hair growth industry, they have brought the hair growth technology to Singapore. If you are facing hair loss and hair thinning problems, JHGC by Aderans has advanced hair care to tackle our issues.

My visit began with a scalp analysis by the consultant to analyse the hair problems that I am currently facing: oily scalp and hair thinning. 

The consultant explained the benefit of scalp treatment and each step of scalp treatment in details. With the scalp being deep cleansed, it promotes hair growth and strength the hair.

I love the layout of the hair salon such that customer can have our own space in the individual partition seating, perfect for privacy. 

The 6 steps scalp treatment is approximately 2 hours and include the following steps: 

1. Apply scalp care agent "Ang Water" to promote hair growth. 

The Ang Water is developed by their proprietary technology, the therapist sprayed the alkaline water on the scalp to stimulate hair growth.

2. Open pores by far-infrared steam. 

By steaming for 10 minutes, it helped to open up the pores on the scalp and allow sebum deep in the pores to resurface.

3. Sebum massage to rub out the sebum clogged in pores that has been resurfaced by the effect of steam.

The thing I enjoyed best was definitely the scalp massage, which massaged every pressure point to resurface the clogged sebum and improve blood circulation. It was so comfortable and relaxing with the soothing music being played that I almost fell asleep. 

4. Amino acid-based shampoo for cleansing.

The shampoo helped to cleanse away the sebum resurfaced by massage.

5. Apply hair tonic to promote growth and increase IGF production.

 After the hair wash, the therapist applied Benefage Scalp Grow which contains active ingredients that penetrates to the deepest pores promoting hair growth and strengthening hair root. After the application, the therapist performed a short massage to ensure that the hair tonic get absorbed into the scalp. 

6. Refresh the scalp with ozone irradiation for strong hair. 

Irradiated with ozone helped to refresh the scalp and strengthen the hair. The key to reduce hair loss is to maintain a clean and healthy scalp, so that new hair can grow and existing hair can be strengthened.

In just one session, I can see from the analysis that my scalp is cleaner and less oily with excess sebum being discharged out. I’m gonna mark JHGC in my to go list for scalp treatment in future.

JHGC is currently have a promotion for first trial at $58 inclusive of scalp analysis (U.P. $160.50). Quote “Shuqing” to enjoy a further $10 discount. Alternatively, you can opt for 2x trail at a promotion price of $89 ($10 discount not applicable).

After seeing the result, I am more motivated to take care of my scalp more diligently and going for regular scalp treatment. 

For more information about JHGC, please visit JHGC website or Facebook.

 Japan Hair Growth Consultants (JHGC) 

Shaw Centre, 1 Scotts Rd, #04 - 15 / 16

Singapore 228208

This post is a collaboration with JHGC, expressed in my own opinion.