Shake it off.

But I keep cruising

Can't stop, won't stop moving

It's like I've got this music in my mind

Saying "It's gonna be alright."

My current mantra song.

When life gets you down, shake it off. It's always your choice whether or not it's gonna be a great day! (:

Spending the rest of my Saturday night finishing up Ed. Psych work (booooo) although I must say that, I did enjoy the bulk of my day today. 

More updates coming up, I promise ♡

Preppy fun! ☼

Ah, so I've abandoned my blog for quite a while now cause I've been quite swarmed with school. It's been quite taxing with the workload sigh. 

September's been busier than ever, with my full timetable kicking since the past week. Travelling to school just becomes such a chore to me because its a good 1.5 hours route to school everyday from Monday to Friday (so basically, waking up about 2 hours in advance of my class starting is barely enough time for me to get to school). Plus, it's extremely hard for me to get out of bed because hahaha I just love sleeping?!

Anyway, enough ranting; I will be a survivor -FLEX MUSCLES-

Can't explain how much I'm longing for December to arrive; I'm counting down to each weekend. 12 more weeks to the arrival of December heh so I can head off to BKK and Taiwan!

Onward to a fashion feature: here are some snapshots which the boyfriend took for Cleo and I on Friday! Thank you Tzu, for being so ever patient with my clothes obsession hehe ♡

Items featured:

Dress: Aforcade's Poppy Collar Dress

Bag: Lovebonito's Arlette Crossbody Bag

I have an absolute weakness for preppy items, and this dress is just too cute to be missed with its pleated skirting and contrasting white collar. We've paired it with Love Bonito's Arlette Crossbody Bag which is an adorable addition to my growing collection of bags with it's round body and eye-popping shades! (:

And yes, I'm guilty; I got both items in 2 colours. Hehe.

Love, Jo ♡

Mint Editor ✿

Mint Editor is a newly revamped online fashion store (the owners used to be running herssincerely.com) and they've kindly sent me one of their items to do a feature on it (: They serve a contemporary variety of ladies' wear ranging from midi skirts to gorgeously cut tops offered in girly prints to classic solid colours.

The item I've picked is the Jae Floral Midi Skirt, which comes in a pretty print of watercolour orchids with rich hues of blue and purple. 

I have a penchant for midi skirts hence, I couldn't resist selecting this piece as I had fallen in love with the beautiful orchid prints. The midi exudes a feminine vibe with a mix of blues and purples and it's made of a comfortable cotton blend which is easy and smooth on the skin; definitely a keeper in my wardrobe with it's opulent prints. 

Shop at Mint Editor today with a 10% discount code, "jocina10" (expires on 30th Sept 2014) and follow them at their social media platforms for collection previews and promotions: 

Website: www.minteditor.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/minteditor

Instagram: instagram.com/mint.editor

Thank you for reading and happy shopping! ♡

Hada Labo x Ellysage!

Hello everyone! (: So yes, I'm back to blog and this time's on Hada Labo! Thank you Ellysage for this collaboration with Hada Labo ♡

Well, Hada Labo is a very familiar brand and they are very much well known for their awesome moisturizing products and lifestyle philosophy of being a skincare range that's "Perfect x Simple"! (: I've actually blogged about their hydrating lotion previously before, but I'm gonna be introducing their whitening series here instead!

I'm not exactly fair I feel (cause of the years I've spent training for netball under the sun) but well it's never too late to start caring for your skin heh! (:

From left to right: Hada Labo's Whitening Face Wash, Whitening Milk and Whitening Lotion

Close-ups: 

Instructions at the back of the bottles indicate to cleanse your face using the whitening face wash, then proceed to use the whitening lotion and lastly the whitening milk! (:

Me posing with the products heh!

And here goes (I'm using the whitening lotion after cleansing my face plus I've removed my makeup as well!):

Basically, all you've got to do is to pour out some on your palms, and lightly pat the solution all around your face until your skin has absorbed the solution all around! Be careful while doing this though, cause the formula is really quite like a solution than a cream or a viscous sort of liquid. 

Aaaand, ta-dah you're done in just less than a minute! (: 

Hada Labo's products feel really mild on the skin, and it's non-sticky or greasy which is leaves your skin feeling very light (: Moreover, all of their products come without fragrances too and it's really fuss-free to use as well!

I'm looking forward to having fairer and brighter skin with this whitening series by trying to apply it every night before heading to bed (: Thank you Hada Labo and Ellsysage for sending these products my way heh (:

Stalk Hada Labo at their social media sites for promotions and more information:

Hada Labo Instagram / Hada Labo Facebook page

Thank you for reading! ♡♡

Phantom Joker Escape! ♡ ♢ ♤ ♧

Hi everyone! I was recently invited for a game experience by Nuffnang at the Phantom Joker Escape, which is a real escape game outlet that opened in Jan 2014 (: So, a real escape game is basically a setting where players have to solve clues/mysteries in a specific game setting in a set time limit.

I was quite looking forward to this event because I've played something similar before with the boyfriend and another couple as a double date activity heh!

Phantom Joker Escape is really cool because they offer "episodes" for players to explore and solve according to a single story line, instead of the usual different "rooms/scenarios" that other real escape game outlets offer! So basically, these "episodes" are linked to each other and it works together to solve the main mystery in the entire story.

Here are some visuals of the place:

Basically, the gist of the story is that you'll be playing the role of Carl, who's a FBI agent. Carl's brother, Brook, has disappeared mysteriously and is trapped somewhere. In order to rescue your brother, you'll have to go through and solve these episodes which the Phantom Joker Escape offers (: These include, breaking into a biochemistry company, exploring spooky alien worlds and even time-traveling to ancient times!

The episode that I tried was Episode 02 - The Fallen Star in the Ancient Villa! My group was supposed to find this secret evil source of power which traces back to ancient times, and we were brought into this dim room and given candle torches as lights to search for clues.

Blurry shot of the table set

Chess pieces

I really enjoyed my experience at the Phantom Joker as it utilizes high-tech machinery for players to solve certain parts of the mystery instead of just the usual lock-and-key puzzles. Players are also required to read through clues thoroughly and work together as a team, cause even the slightest details play a huge part in the entire story! (BIG HINT here hahaha)

And trust me, you'll be super in awe of the machinery that's put in place! All of us went like "OMG!" and let off frantic stifles when we managed to solve certain parts of the room hahaha. 

Group shot with some of the other girls present (: 

Unfortunately, my group wasn't able to solve all of the parts of this episode, and the staff were really helpful in aiding and guiding us through parts of the episode when we were stuck! (: It's really fun and definitely a good bonding activity with friends or for corporate companies! Would definitely be back with my friends to try out the other episodes (: 

The Phantom Joker Escape

146 Neil Road

$22/pax (Weekdays), $28/pax (Weekends)

Opening hours: 1230 - 6pm (Mon-Fri), 11am - 1030pm (Sat-Sun and public holidays)

More information can be found at www.phantomjoker.com too! (: And thank you Phantom Joker Escape for having me and Nuffnang for the invite too (:

Gonna hop off to watch the World Cup now hehe, thanks for reading and have a good night everyone ♡♡