I went to Hair Inc a week ago to have my serious dark brown hair restored since the color from the last dye faded. 

Before and After
Yes, I know it's not THAT much of a difference. But we can't all have the hair color we wish for when we have to work :( 

I went to the Serangoon Gardens outlet, and the stylists were very friendly, offering drinks and wifi password despite me telling them consistently that I needed neither (and then I was offered food haha) 

I went on a Sunday, and there was some free space/time, so at one point in time I had 3 stylists blow-drying my hair O.O. Cherrie did my hair treatment, washed, and dyed my hair, and Jameson trimmed my hair. Both are great stylists to book :) 

The experience was comfortable and they didn't try to hard sell anything.
See the price list at: http://www.hairinc.com.sg/pricelist/

There are also promotion vouchers on their website you can download, and till 15 October 2016 there's a complimentary 3-Step hair colour treatment worth $68 - $108 with any hair colouring service. Not applicable with other promotions. 

Time to reflect on the week / your work life in view of the upcoming weekends. 

You can be doing awesomely well, loving your job, but still be extremely stressed out. 
You can love the work you do but feel immense pressure from it. And, as it turns out, the symptoms caused by stress can be pretty detrimental to your health and well being — so it’s important that you recognize the signs that your job is stressing you out, and do what you can to reduce the tension as quickly as possible. 

Here are some signs you're job is stressing you out:

1. You have trouble sleeping
   Insomnia and nightmares, being unable to get quality sleep, is one of the most common and most suffering signs. Your health suffers as the bags under your eyes get more fashionable by the day. 
2. You have to keep a bottle of Eno Salt in your desk.
   Or yoghurt, yakult, in your fridge.
   There's a link between job stress and acid reflux symptoms like heartburn and nausea. 
3. Headaches are frequent.
   Kimberly Holland writes for Healthline.com: “Constant mental stress can cause migraines. Home life and work life are two of the most common sources of stress and can damage your mind and body if you can’t control it effectively.”
   
4. You grind your teeth.
   Both awake and asleep. 
   
5. You become forgetful.
   And things just keep slipping past your notice. You're too caught up to keep everything in check. Then you beat yourself up because you can't handle not having everything in control.
   
6. You have angry outbursts
   Maybe not at work. Because you need to be professional. But if you're sniping at your family and loved ones, maybe they're really not the cause. 
   
7. You have panic attacks.
   Some common symptoms include: rapid heartbeat, sweating, trembling, nausea, chills, and chest pain.
   
8. You get the Sunday Night Blues.
   We all dread Mondays, before it even arrives. But if you feel the dread threatening to swallow you up, and you just want to take medical leave to escape, maybe you really do need to reflect on your work life. 
   

So there. Before your next Sunday Night Blues strikes you. ENJOY the rest of your Friday and saturday, and know that there is nothing greater than family and your loves one. 

Happy Friyay! 

Happy Midweek Ladies!!!!! (Bolded the middle exclamation mark haha)

​Sometimes I really admire and love, and wish and hope that I live in the United States. Sample Sales, Budding Designers, Aesthetic Stimulation everywhere. More than Singapore anyway. 

Before you think Sample sales are really just cheap out-dated crap sales, let me explain. Since designing pieces along with selecting curated designs, I've learnt that samples are crazy lot of work. You design, propose material and cutting, sketch, choose the actual fabric, see the arrived sample (Sometimes they aren't awesome, or you think the market may not be ready for it) etc, then battle round two of the amendments in cutting, material etc before production. Each design takes like a month. So along the way, some designs can axed. Sometimes designs are awesome, but the cost doesn't give you a profit margin.  Every sample is hard work and blood, show some respect. 

Sorry, I digress.

​Presenting, Net-a-porter's Editor's Picks of this week's latest, most desired pieces in America! <3

The next thing they'll tell you about is Gigi Hadid and Tommy Hilfiger's crazy nautical collaboration.

So we'll give them the one up. Presenting you... the bags you can easily get from Singapore that are as stylish at Net-a-porter's selection. I'm nice, click on the image to go to the link. 

Such love for structured bags!

I guess my favourite thing about them is that things don't slide around as much, so you don't look so sad standing on the spot sliding your arm everywhere inside your bag trying to find what you need. 

But then again structured bags have limited space, and sometimes the flap doesn't close. But we can't have the best of both worlds.

Look Sharp Ladies! 
​Love <3