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CrystalPhuong.net is a Personal Style & Travel Blog based in Singapore, written by Crystal Phuong. The blog was nominated FOUR times in Top 10 Best Fashion Blogs in the annual Singapore Blog Award from 2012- 2015, voted as one of the Best Lifestyle Blogs in Singapore in 2013 by Hotelclub.com, and Best Travel Blogs in 2016 by Foodpanda.com. Crystal hopes to connect and inspire young women to lead a healthy and happy life. Be confident, be positive, and be kind.
MY FLAWLESS SECRET

MY FLAWLESS SECRET


This post was requested some time ago by some of my blog readers and friends, but I was too busy to post it up. They asked me: "What foundation brand are you using?", "What skin care products you apply?" "How come your face so smooth and flawless, what are the tips?" etc...

As today I just received some new skincare products, so I'm going to blog about it and share with you my simple daily skincare routine

1. Morning

I clean my face every morning with this brightening rice water cleanser from The Face Shop. The sales girl told me that, this is the best selling item of The Face Shop!
The cleanser foam is mainly made from rice water. So it's pretty safe and friendly for all skin types. Vote 3 stars for it.

 2. Afternoon
I don't put much make up during the normal day unless I go to any events or photo shoot. Normally, I just apply a little bit of sunscreen, Aloe Vera Propolis Cream bought from Forever Living Products, blusher and lipstick. That's all for the day! :)
Photo with no photoshop effect at all taken by my Berry!
But if I have to make up, this foundation and face powder from Chanel is definitely my recommendation.
I totally love this.  I've been using many other brands, but Chanel really makes my skin look significantly different. I have combination skin, so it usually gets oily after I wear make up for long hour. But with Chanel Mat Lumiere, I don't even have to worry about that. The longer I wear, the better it absorbs into my skin and makes it naturally smooth. Trust me! Not only that, it could control my oil level perfectly, I just need to use a piece of tissue to absorb the oil. That's it! Again, my skin is combination skin so if you have the same skin type like me, you can try out Chanel.

 3. Evening.
REMEMBER to remove your makeup when you are home! I can't believe some girls even wear the makeup to sleep. That's so horrible treat for your skin. Your skin needs to "shower" like yourself and it needs to breath too! Don't use normal facial foam for make-up remover, it won't work much and leave your skin dried. Instead, try to use some organic oil based makeup removers. They are gentler on your skin. I'm currently using a bunch of products sponsored by V & M. They are fine to me so far.
From left: Dead sea cleanser, Dead sear toner, Dead sea body and hand cream, Nail tool.
I'm only using Dead sea cleanser for makeup remover and apply Dead sea toner after that. The Dead sea body and hand cream are used as a body lotion. And the 4 in 1 nail tool, wow super cool. It combines of 4 functions: cleaning, brushing, shaping and shinning your nails. Really like a magic! I also love this Ocean sandy mask:

4. Night. 
I used to think that when we are sleeping, we need to let our skin free to breath. Thus, I didn't even apply and thing on my face at all. But after that I realized that my skin in the next morning became dry and dehydrated. A skin specialist told me that because when we are sleeping, lacking of water intake and the air con will dehydrate our skin. Thus, you need to apply some sleeping mask or skin products to moisturize the skin, drink lot of water before and after sleep. It really works.

I got for myself a sleeping mask from The Face Shop!
This is one of my favorite too! I apply it in every evening before I sleep. The specialty about this sleeping mask is, no matter how hot or cold temperature you store this product in, it still gives you a very cool feeling in your hands and the smell is really good. I love to apply a bit on my eyes every time my eyes get tired. It will re-freshen my eyes and give me a good sleep during the whole night. My boyfriend always says "You sleep like a piggy, just lie down for a few mins you can sleep already!" Hahahah....I gave him once sleeping mask to use too, and he slept like pig too, lolz :D Go and get one! You will love it!
The other reason why I like to use The Face Shop is because my favorite man Kwon Sang Woo- Korean actor is an Ambassador for this product.
Super hot! Yum.....:D How could we ladies resist!
Got this free product from The Face Shop too, while I bought the sleeping Mask. Pore treatment!
Mad Love! xoxox
That's all- my secret. If you want to have a good, smooth and acne-free skin like mine, you have to invest in it. Do it now and your skin will thank you later. If you don't take care of it now, you'll regret when you get older. Men need to take care of your own skin too. There are many skin care products for men nowadays that you can find. There is nothing more terrible than kissing on a congested and acnes face :D So thumb up for good skin everyone! I totally agree with the saying: "There is no ugly woman, just a lazy woman" :D
  P/s: Just bought a bottle of Tanning spray! I can't wait to be tanned! Love it!

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2010 NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS

2010 NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS


Have you guys noticed what? It's December 1st today! OMG, it's the last month of 2009, I've just realized. It's so damn fast the time flies. What you have done so far? What have you achieved in this year? Have you made any resolution for next year yet? I don't know why but every end of the year, I like to sit down and think back of what was happened to me, what I've done and what's not for the whole year. Remember I have the previous post about: Plan and prediction for 2009? Some forecast about what happens to me in 2009, and what should i do, bla bla bla...Now it's time for REVIEW. It's gonna be cool! First, the Prediction said that overall 2009, I need to guard myself for Sexual trap. Thus, I controlled myself lot from alcohol intake. But fuwk lahhhh, where got Sexual trap!!! Made me scared the whole month only, lolzzz.... Second, Career is said to be booming for me this year. Probably right, because I changed my job, I had a lot of new things coming up. Work seems good and flowy. So thumb up for this guess! Third: "Love is in the air in 2009". Yahoooo! I didn't expect this at all, but yeah it happened. So, no comment on this :D Fourth: Wealthy year gained by LOTTERY *pffffff, that's bullshit. I didn't even pick up any single cent on the road by chance. How to win a lottery? False. Anyway, look back my 2009, I think i have done lot of things so far:
1. Changed my job! No, exactly I changed to a new country. What an unexpected HUGE change ever! And my current job? Can't say anything besides the word GREAT! I love my job. The Internet can make money, that's for sure. 
  2. Exploring a new path of the career which is modeling, entertainment industry which is totally happening and awesome. I met lot of new people here 




Somebody even came up to ask me: Have you done any plastic surgery! Lolzzz.....

 4. Traveling. Oh, tell me about it! I travel once every month or sometimes twice. 
 5. Blogging? Earn some cash from my blog which is totally cool! Got invited to attend some events, function through my blog. Readers are more and more and the thing i was happy most is: I managed to change my blog design myself. A non- IT girl knows nut about web, html or whatsoever can create this website. 
 6. My photoshop skill is madness powerful now, lolz...I can really do many different things with photoshop now without going through any proper training. I swear! Look at this, I don't bluff you! Mad awesome huh?


7. Got my hair color changed with blond highlight. Love it! 
 8. Gadgets collection: laptop, DSLR camera, Blackberry, HTC touch, and many others which I couldn't recall now. 
 9. Love? Of course, I'm always surrounded by Love from many people who know me, I'm so blessed. 
 10: on the way to achieve til 31st Dec 2009: Attending FHM Party, few shootings for Christmas which i will be a Santa Claus girl, blogger event on 9th Dec "Get your sexy back", 2 dancing shows on 19th and 31st Dec. That's how I closed 2009! :)
Not so much, but I'm pretty satisfied by now. And another 2010 is on the way, here is my

TO-DO LIST in 2010! 
1. My prediction! 2010 is gonna be a year of traveling for sure. I can see it already! January: Jakarta, Feb- Vietnam; March- Thailand; April- Australia (in planning); May- Malaysia; June- Philippines. Half of the year gone! lolz 
  2. Career: Gonna have a lot of things new which I couldn't reveal here yet. But I'm super happy that I got an invitation from Big Foot Entertainment to go to Cebu (Philippines) for underwater filming and modeling for 4 months. A great opportunity I could say and I'm working with the director now to find the best suitable timing for me. More than excited! Thanks to Steve and Mick ;) 
  3. Dancing! I hope I could join some targeted competitions by early of this year. 
 4. Blogging! I promise I will blog more often! There will be a lot of new things coming up which you just need to patiently wait to see. 
 5. Blogging 6. Blogging 7. Blogging 8. Blogging 9. Blogging 10.Blogging
I WANT TO BECOME A PRO-BLOGGER!
Lolz, such a huge change in my life. I ever wanted to become a teacher, a diplomatic, a CEO of a company, a singer, and now blogger. Sounds nonsense at first, but you will never imagine how powerful cyber world can be and one day a blogger could be recognized as a celebrity and blogging will become an official career! :) It is now! So if you want to have a productive, wealthy, healthy and happy year, you gonna plan for it by now. Nothing drops down from the sky for those who are lazy sitting down and waiting. C'mon! make a plan and let's work it out! I'm sure 2010 is gonna be a good year, I can feel it! 

  P/s: Continue my booking a flight ticket. I'm gonna travel again in Christmas time! Yeahooo! :) Happy Christmas everyone! P/p/s: Dancing with Crystal vid is out soon tonite! :) Watch for your favorite samba routine
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FILLER INJECTION.

FILLER INJECTION.


I bet many of us, especially women are not satisfied with at least 1 thing on our body. Some are not happy with the short legs, small boobs, small nose, thin lips, whatever....So if you are not happy with it, what are you going to do? Of course PLASTIC SURGERY.

But I'm not going to advise you to choose this method because I personally think that it's risky, and  of course expensive. I'm recommending you a better method ;).

Last Friday 13th Nov, I was invited by Omy.sg to attend the event "Face to Face with Dr. Moon Hyoung Jin- an aesthetic doctor from Korea". What attracted me most is Dr. Moon's profile and experience. He has done so many face transformations for many Korean celebs before. I have been always wanting to make some changes to my face, and have been searching around for a trusted doctor to do. So when I received the invitation, I was more happy than to attend. I asked one of my girl friends to attend with me. It was held at Novena Medical Center! The light buffet was just right waiting for us!


There are some goodies bags for us too. Only for invited bloggers! :)



I was pretty hungry when I got there, so while waiting for the event to start, I quickly grabbed some cakes, pudding, and sandwiches to eat.


My friend, Joyce, accompanied me that night and she had a goodie bag for herself too :) Notice something in white color stick on my left hand? That was actually the name tag for invited blogger who turned up that night. Let's me zoom it out


So, what exactly this event was all about? It focused on the product called RESTYLANE.

Restylane is Non-Animal Stabilized Hyaluronic Acid (NASHA). It creates volume for the treatment of lips, lines, wrinkles and facial folds. It results are immediate. It consists of complex sugar chains which have been stabilized for longer lasting effect on the skin. It's Crystal-clear, the biodegradable gel is injected in target areas using a fine needle, where it fills out the “depleted” areas and restores that youthful plump in your skin. The treatment takes about 10-30 minutes, depending on the amount/area treated. Restylane is safe because it contains no animal proteins allergens or chemicals. Local anesthesia may be administered to avoid discomfort, though many describe that the procedure is only slightly uncomfortable. Patients can resume normal activities immediately after the procedure. You may have slight redness on your skin and some swelling at the injection site. This, however, usually disappears in a few hours.

Here you go, the Crystal-clear biodegradable gel Restylane:


And Dr. Moon showed us how he has transformed the Korean celebrity faces. Look at this to believe what could be done with his magical hands:



Korean celebrities!


Proof 1: He changed the nose to become sharper, the lips to become slimmer and the jaw to become smaller.

Proof 2: Perhaps I don't need to explain what are the differences in the before and after photos

Proof 3: Dr. Moon said, there are many men who came to look for him. It's not because they want to look more handsome. They wanted to look for a job. Because in Korea, if the guy is ugly, the boss will not want to hire him. Besides Dr. Moon, there was another female doctor from Singapore also shared with us about why do we need filler. The presentation was delivered by Dr. Low Chai Ling


A beautiful doctor I must say. But she spoke so fast that I couldn't catch fully her presentation. Just the main highlight: why we need a filler injection? To restore our volume, to restore our balance and symmetry, and to augment facial features. But how do they do that?

Let's follow me to the surgery center for a demonstration:


There was a patient waiting in the treatment room when we entered. She wanted to do filler injection to remove her eye bags, and basically to make her look younger and tireless. So the doctor just did some injections to her face.

The lady was still awake and it seemed not painful at all. After few injections, they massaged her face with a special cream. The whole process took about 15 minutes to complete. I couldn't stay until she was done because we still had something on at the other room. So I got back to the main room for an interview session. Oh ya, want to know who was the doctor did that demonstration. Here he is, our handsome doctor.

Few of the girls there were looking at him. I'm not so sure whether they snapped the photos of the patient or the doctor, lolz.... Ok, here is another interesting part of the event. I got interviewed by Omy.sg :D Wooohoooo! :D The guy who interviewed me is so cute :D He was asking what did I think about the event. 


I couldn't remember exactly what I talked, hopefully I didn't talk crap, lolzzz...I looked like I'm a primary student answering the teacher's question.  
After interviewing, there was another Q&A session before we wrapped it up. I didn't ask anything because it was pretty much clear information we had. Just had some quick cam-whoring before we left.



With Dr. Moon Hyong Jin and one of my model friends whom I met that night too.

That's the end of the event. We were all happy, especially with some pretty helpful information that we got that night. We were all educated with new things that we never knew. If you guys decide to make a new change to your face, do not think of plastic surgery, think of Filler injection because it's safe. I heard from Dr. Moon the cost for it about USD$600 and it would last for 18 months. So if you decide to do, let's go and check it out at the 18th floor, Novena Medical Center ask for Dr. Low Chai Ling.

Here are some stuffs we got from the event.


Some magazines, blue make up pouch and blue foldable make-up mirror.


I just love the mirror. It looks so cool!
P/s: When I and Joyce walked back, we discovered a very beautiful opened-air garden in the 18th floor of Novena Medical center. And this forced us to have to take some cool photos here!
See how beautiful it is, especially at night, after the rain.
Ok, it's 12.21am now. Time to sleep and I'm going to see u guys in the next post. Have a great week, everyone! 

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A SPECIAL CAKE ON 25TH BIRTHDAY

A SPECIAL CAKE ON 25TH BIRTHDAY


OMG! How happy I am right now. I got a HUGE surprise on my birthday today. These two days, I have been receiving many emails to wish me a Happy Birthday. I lost count of how many emails I received. I just want to thank each and everyone who dropped me a birthday wish.
 More than that, I received this so damn cute birthday cake while I'm working. It was sent by my lovely boyfriend. I can't believe that he could think of this type of cake to send me.

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Had a little time to celebrate with my working mates during office hour. They were so excited at the cake too :D

My colleagues


and office boys.

Many of you were asking what is my plan for tonight. I have no plan yet besides dancing. I have already celebrated my birthday last weekend with my love. But, tomorrow night will be my part-time. I'm going to have a party at Chengsan community center and giving a FREE dancing workshop there. Gift will be given to you too. So whoever is staying in Singapore and free tomorrow night, let's come and join me for fun.
See you there! P/s: Sorry for the blurriness of the photos. I totally didn't think of getting any photos today, that why I didn't bring my camera. :D
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