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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.
{BTS}: POINT OF ENTRY

{BTS}: POINT OF ENTRY


Hello, I'm back, people!


This probably the longest time ever since I started blogging and I left my blog "dead" for so long. 


Anyway, I've just finished my 2 months project filming for a local movie series called "Point of Entry". 

Finished! Finished! Finished! OMG! You can tell how excited I'm feeling right now. It was a fun journey with entire crew and I learnt a lot of things. 


Point of Entry basically is1-hourr action drama about an elite team of Immigration Checkpoint Authority special agents, and their fight to keep Singapore's borders safe from smuggling and illegal immigration by land, sea and air. That also means whatever you are gonna watch on TV are basically real life stories that are collected every day/ month/ year. 


They have finished Season 1 and Season 2 is back due to popular demand. 


And know what? I'm gonna be on the 1st episode of Season 2 (Watch the entire episode here)



I'm glad I did a great job. This was also the first movie I've ever done so far.


Guess what role that is?


A prostitute! Yeah! 


Initially when being invited to play this role, I was like "How come I always end up in such drama roles: ghost, suffering mom and now prostitute?". But then after reading the script, I agreed to take part with the only reason: it's talking about a Vietnamese prostitute whose life suffered so much in Singapore. She was pushed to be a prostitute, transmitted HIV, loved but couldn't love. Literally, I'm speaking on behalf of 1% of pitiful Vietnamese prostitutes in Singapore. The other 99%, I do not want to comment.  


Cut a long story short, there is sweat, tear, blood, anger, love, revenge, pain in her life. I couldn't reveal much the story before the movie is showed. You just gotta watch it and give me some constructive comments if my acting is lousy or good :D 


Now, sharing with you some of the nice photos I took during the filming. 




Hair and makeup. 


Half way there....

and done!




A complete look



Second outfit: Party look again for Ly (the name of my role) to work in the bar.


Third outfit: Naive & decent look whenever she came back home with her husband. This was the moment she lived life for herself and enjoyed the love. 



"At the hotel" scene. Can you see the knife Ly was holding? She wanted to kill the customer for pushing her for sex but ended up she didn't. 


That's Ly when she finished her work with "customer". Count the money and go :D


This is Crystal- after finishing shooting a scene :p


"At the coffee shop" scene. This's the place where Ly worked to make her living. 


Resting after the shoot.
From left to right: Bernard, Rajan, Me, Benjamin.


Me and Benjamin who acted as my husband in the movie :D


Rajen, one of the directors of the movie. They have 6 directors all together for this season. 


One more scene with Benjamin shooting at a HDB flat in Serangon. 


Self touch up in between scenes. I remember we shot this scenes from 6pm til 12am midnight which includes some scenes at the HDB flat, some by the road, at the car park etc...


At HDB car park. There were many passers-by stopped and watched us. They even came to ask me, what movie are we shooting, which channel & etc... :D


"In the pub" scene which involves some fighting actions 


Rajan, me and Jamie



Rajen and me


I & Bernard waiting for set up


"In the handphone shop" scene. 


This was the most dramatic scene for me. I had to act like a crazy woman who doesn't need anything in life anymore besides killing herself and the guy (Friven) who gave HIV to her. Ly (my role) hit Friven, tied him up and wanted to die with him. She was fierce, scary yet very emotional and hurt at the same time. The most difficult part for me was when I needed to cry out loud. Can't wait for you to watch it.



Outfit for the shoot. It's me happily waiting for the crew to set up lighting and sound.



I and Michael who played Friven role. We were connected on Facebook for a long time but have never met in person til that day we did the shoot :D


There are many more photos to share but I guess, I shouldn't reveal much the content of the movie. I'm sure it's very touched real life story. I'm not sure if the Vietnamese girl names Ly is still surviving after her HIV but currently she is in Vietnam and ICA refuses to let her to come back SG regardless the numerous appeals the husband have been trying to do. 


What a pity life!
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I can't believe that I haven't been blogging for 2 weeks. This 2 months have been crazy months for me :(. There are so many good and bad things happened at the same time and I was like a roller- coaster with many stuffs. But the latest thing about me that I need to share with you guys is: I'm being an actress *woohoo*. The reason I was away for so long because I was engaged in a movie of Channel5 called "Point of Entry" which will be showed in early December *Yay*, my new dance competitions are coming up in the end of the year too plus my busy work schedules and etc...

Anyway, there are so many things that have changed my life in different ways. I hope all is good. 

I'm about to continue my blog entry for Marie France Bodyline with the 3rd treatment that they did for me somewhere last month. Now, I have finally gained back my shape and figure but I do really miss their treatments. I used to spend 2 hours in MFB office for a good massage once a week everytime I felt tired and getting away from work. :( 

The last few treatments they tailored for me were very good. It all started with a good massage. 
In my 3rd visit, MFB tailored for me 3 different treatments:

First:  Mineral Mask Treatment (MMT). It's actually a full mineral sculpturing treatment using an electro blanket. It really helps to release large amount of stored calories in the body 

First, the therapist applied the mineral mask into my tummy

and then she massaged for 15minutes. 



Leaving the mineral mask to absorb into the body and reinforces the tone, firmness of the tummy area. 


Second: Vara Pulse Treatment: It uses sonic energy to painlessly pulverize stubborn fat and reduce the flabbiness in the arms and tummy area. The treatment breaks down hard to lose fat deposits around the hip, giving me a slimmer, shapelier silouette



The therapist applied some oils onto my tummy and she started massaging. I super love the massage from MFB <3. It could compare to 10 minutes of me having heavy work-out after my dance practice.


There the wrapping time. 

Applying one more layer of mask and waiting for another 20 minutes for it to get dried off. This was when I fell asleep most of the time. :D 

Third: Ultrasound therapy is to further break down stubborn fat deposits




All my tummy and arm fatty are liquefied through a state of the art Ultrasound machine. A body modeling gel that contains plant extracts is used with the Ultrasound machine to tone the skin and reduce the appearance of "one range peel" cellulite". This ultrasound treatment is one their most effective treatments of all. I believe so! 



That's me after the treatment with a much slimmer and flatter tummy. Happy :D

Wanna see the result after 3 weeks undergone intensive treatments?
Here you go, before and after photo


I did not do any photoshop of these 2 photos, purely original so that you can see the obvious difference. Picture tells thousand words, I guess. 

Interested yet? All you need to do is to check out their WEBSITE, or join their FACEBOOK fan page or TWITTER to get more updates.


Stay tuned to the final blog post because I'm gonna reveal the result with PROOF. See ya!
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{SHOP}: PERRY AMBER.

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Today's blog post is all about photos of...myself. I kid. 

Actually, I wanted to share with you some good stuff. 
Everyone knows that I'm a big fan of online shopping. Reasons?

- Convenient and time- saving. You can just stay at home & click the mouse, everything is done.
- The feeling of receiving and opening a parcel is like receiving a Christmas gift. I like
- Good, cheap plus unique stuff. 

Plus, I know my clothing size so I don't need to try them on, I just need to choose the design I want. So that's the reason why I always buy stuff online- especially clothes. 

A few weeks back, an online shopping website that sells clothing, accessories for ladies ONLY has just launched, and they offered me to pick up some of the launched items on the site. The website is called: PERRY AMBER. 



They have quite varieties of stuff from clothing, bags, accessories, etc...and the good thing is the price is very reasonable and affordable. Below are some of the items available:


Didn't I say the prices are cheap? Yes, I did!

I managed to find 2 pieces of clothes for myself. One is purple-black babydoll lace dress:

Purple + black = Magical romantically sexiness :D

The circle bottom makes the dress look so cute and dolly. I love the circle skirt/ dress. 


Scoop neckline is an ideal to show your  *ahem* cleavages. I know, men will love this.

If you want to go on a date, this dress with a flower as hair accessories is definitely a recommendation. 


The thing I love about this dress is the BAREBACK. OMG! I'm always going crazy over the bareback top, bareback dresses, etc....They are so sexy.

How much does the dress cost? Only S$28 including tax. See! You can still be sexy, classy even with the affordable clothes. It's all about STYLE!

The second item I got for myself was a blue looser sheer top or I'm wearing it as a dress because I'm not that tall. So here you go!


Blue chiffon material with brown hems and customized belt. These two colors surprisingly match pretty well together and I got attracted to it from the first look.

You can wear it like a top.


with simple straight hair style


It'll give you a dreamy and innocent looking.


or extra sweet look too.

And this is how I wear it as a dress.


Don't forget to wear a pair of sexy pumps to add more fuel into fire *roar*

in black 
or brown that matches the hem color :). It will give you credits for being a sophisticated Fashionista ;)

They have yellow color too in stock if you want to have different colors from mine :)




Love the looks I showed you? You can have it all. Just simply choose anything from there. They always have new stuff coming up. But guess what? Here is the good news for my beloved blog readers.

Simply key in "PACRYSTALSG10"  in the voucher code to enjoy 10% OFF total bill. Madness!!!!

So what are you waiting for?

Visit PerryAmber NOW!!!
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{BTS}: "UNNATURAL"

{BTS}: "UNNATURAL"


I'm not sure if I should categorize this entry into a hilarious story or a horror story.

Last 2 weeks, I was invited to take part in one of the documentary movies called "Unnatural" by Channel5, Mediacorp- Singapore local radio and television broadcasting.

 The movie name sounds a little creepy, I know. And when I told some of my friends about the role that I'm gonna play, they laughed out loud.

Ok, never mind, I'm not going to reveal what role is that till the end of this post.

Some photos I took during the shoot!


Makeup time! 

Mediacorp is huge. It took me almost 20 minutes to find the makeup room. The best thing was, my make up took only 10 minutes to be done.

and finish!


Ok, this is me after the makeup with scary looking eyes. Guess what role yet?

It's ok, keep guessing :D

We did the shoot at one of the dormitories somewhere in Jurong East. That was the first time ever I entered a dormitory for foreign workers from many different countries. It's huge and super crowded. Everyone was looking at me as if I was an alien from the Mars just dropped down the Earth. 

This is the room where we had a shoot. How many floors are there?


6th floor without a lift!!!! And I wore my 5 inches heels claiming up all the way to the top with my costume. 


This is what I wore for the scene. Ok, I bet you probably could guess what role I was playing.

"I was playing a beautiful Thai ghost" 

I know all ghosts are unidentified whether she is ugly or pretty but that's what the director told me, "You played a very beautiful ghost role". 


So here is a beautiful ghost and a girl in the crew.


"Woooooo! Gimme back my life" 


That's my victim: a Thai worker


and the ghost haunts him every night after his sleep. At the end, I killed him. I mean, the ghost killed him not me. 

I didn't know that this story is based on the real life story in Singapore, a group of foreign workers lived together, worked together. None of them had any sickness or illness symptoms besides homesick but somehow, some of them died mysteriously. 

Wanna catch the entire movie? Please follow the Channel5 program, I'm not sure exactly when though. Probably, it will take little longer for the movie to be broadcasted. So if you happen to watch a movie "Unnatural" and see the ghost. You know, it is the beautiful ghost ME. 

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Sorry for the late update guys! I've been really busy with so many works, projects and stuffs which I couldn't squeeze any of my time to blog. Anyway, I'm back here for the review of the 2nd treatment with Marie France Bodyline as promised. 

Second treatment with MFB was really amazing, despite I only had very tiny time that day due to my super tight schedule. I had only 1 hour available and it had been 1 week plus after my first treatment, I was kinda missing the massage. Hence, I did not want to postpone. But know what? Without me asking, MFB arranged 2 beautiful therapists to do the treatment for me at the same time to utilize my time at maximum. 

I was like OMG! I felt like being a Queen, seriously! I was super excited and I texted my guy friend "Hey, guess what? I'm having 2 beautiful therapists massaging me now. So shiok". His reply- "WTF! Life is so unfair", lolz....That shows how professional and awesome MFB service is!!!! Never fail to satisfy me :)

During the second treatment, I had a chance to talk to my personal nutritionist, listen to her advice on my daily diet. And honestly, I learned so much from her. Sometimes, we don't really care about what we eat, how much nutrition that we consume daily, how bad or good our eating habit is. That is absolutely not good -_-. I used to think I'm a very healthy dieting person, I eat a lot of vegetables, fruits. I don't take fried, oily stuffs so I should be ok. But I was wrong. We need to balance what we eat everyday. These are some of the infos that Jin Fang (my nutritionist) shared with me, I'm sharing it with you. See, I'm so kind! 


Sources of protein we should get. 


This is extremely important to those who want to be on a diet. What are the bad fats to you? 


And these are GOOD fat that we can eat without worry! 


Consultation time


Obviously, I need to have a photo of me and Jin Fang- my personal nutritionist. Look at how healthy and beautiful she is!!! Jealous!

After consultation, Jin Fang helped me to get my BMI (Body Mass Index) Screening done before I started my treatment. As usual, stubborn fat on my arms and tummy are still the main focus. The 2 treatments I had this time are slightly different from the first treatment.

First, I had Cryocelle Phased Therapy (CPT) treatment like the first time. It's a must have treatment because it's super effective, according to the consultant.


Ultrasound therapy becomes one of my most favorite treatments too.

I like the hot-cold feeling at the same time. First, there is a layer of cold gel applied on my arms and tummy, whenever I want to reduce the fatness. Thereafter, the therapist will use an applicator to massage thoroughly the entire area for 7- 10 minutes. This is where the heat derives from. The longer the massage is, the hotter I can feel. It's hard to describe it in details, but the only thing I can assure you that, it feels GREAT!

Second, I had ISS (Intelect Spot Slimming) treatment. This is when I had 2 pretty therapists doing the massage for me at the same time. We had a pretty fun chat during the treatment as the 2 therapists are so friendly plus they met a talkative person like me. So, what can you expect? ;)

After the massage, I fell asleep for 20 minutes at the end of the treatment. That's the best thing ever because it's like a dream. When you wake up, you feel totally different: lighter, slimmer and fresher. :D

Lastly, MFB even let me try out their Paraffin Hand Wax. Super awesome max <3


My therapist was doing hand-massage for me. She is so cute and friendly.


Dipping my hand one by one into the wax...I love the feeling. 


The paraffin slowly started to cool off and conform to the contours of my hand. Looks like I'm wearing gloves :D
Once the paraffin gloves were peeled off, it gave my skin super soft and smooth feeling. It's really amazing and I'm somehow kinda addicted into it.

Overall, I must say I LOVE MFB SERVICES. Not to mention their effectiveness of all the treatments they have, but their services are so professional and good. All the staffs are experienced and friendly. I never feel bored every time I go there. Everyone cheers you up with a big smile, makes you feel home and warm. I love that.

Two more treatments to go for me, but I already feel that my body weight has changed a lot. The proof is every single friend I met, said: "OMG! You look so slim and fit. What's the secret?". I answered them in return: "Yeah, I've been undergoing some slimming treatments with Marie France Bodyline and I have a personal nutritionist to help me keep fit" and smiled. :).

If you really want to try out their service, they are currently having FREE TRIAL! Sounds good? All you need to do is to check out their WEBSITE, or join their FACEBOOK fan page or TWITTER to get more updates.

Stay tuned for the last blog post because I'm gonna reveal the before-after photos after all the treatments. See ya!
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