Edible Blossoms

Christmas has always been my favourite festive season since I was young. When I make this statement, I'm sure most of you would be like, "DUH. Isn't it the same for everyone?!" Well, I'm not sure about you, but what I mean is that it holds a sentimental value and it means a lot to me.

Not the presents and joy we receive from that day itself, but the time I get to spend with my loved ones. Especially my family.

As we grow older, we get sick and tired of family gatherings; We start to use these titles, "Naggy Mother" and "Neglectful Father" more frequently. I've always been baffled by people who hate their parents. What's worse would be people who openly discuss their hatred towards kin.

I guess it's part and parcel of majority of our lives that there will be a point where we start to dread hanging out as a family, and spending quality time with one another.

I've already gone through that stage, and it's funny because after all... It's pretty much like a cycle for most of us. When you're young, your parents are always there, then you start to drift apart during your teenage days. And lastly, you'd still end up realising they are the only two people you know for sure, will never turn their backs against you.

I'm not sure how it feels like to be in the shoes of those of you, whose parents don't give you the attention you pine for, and I apologise if I'm being insensitive in any way.

It took me quite awhile to finally understand that... "Blood is thicker than water," as cliche as it sounds... I believe all of you would eventually realise this too.

It's sad how Christmas is one of the only few reasons why people get to meet.

If you don't already know, I'm the only child in my family. I won't deny, it gets boring and lonely once in awhile... Indeed, I've received my fair share of perks along the way as well.

That being said, my cousins who share the same surname, take up quite an abundant amount of space in my heart too.

That's why it saddens me how our distance grows along with our age. 

That's what I hate. Spending too much time with certain people, cos before you know it, you start to feel attached to them. There comes the downside of it, when you guys drift, or when they leave.

That feeling is horrible. If you haven't experience it, lucky you. It sucks.

So anyway, I think that pretty much sums up why X'mas is so important to me, cos it's one of the rare times I get to feel this close to my family again.

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So as usual, what's Christmas without a spirit of giving?!

Received a huge package of goodness a few days back, from Edible Blossoms

Basically, they are an online gifting platform that offers cake pop and chocolate gift arrangements. These arrangements are a great novel gift for friends, families and even clients. 

Best part? They have a wide range of products suitable for every occasion. So it's not necessarily only suitable for Christmas!

Edible Blossoms currently offers 2 flavours for our cake pops: Citrus Lemon and Chocolate Truffle. Customers can opt for islandwide delivery or self collection (If you're too cool to wait.)

I've gotten the Rainbow pack and I love its exquisite design and how it's packaged. The pastel-coloured cake pops are just so irresistible. 

It tastes like chocolate on the outside, and cupcake on the inside to me. And I love cupcakes, but they are super fattening lol. However, because of how sweet the cake pop is, I believe one is enough to satisfy your tastebuds! It's really good, and it makes you crave for it! Haha, at least that was what happened to me.

If you're troubling over what to get, I guess this is something you can't go wrong with. (Unless that person doesn't have a sweet-tooth.)

Anyway, for the month of December, they are having a festive special where customers get a 10% discount off all products.

Enter the discount code “FESTIVE10PC” at checkout to enjoy the discount! ;)

Click (here) to be directed to their Christmas-edition.

Have a wonderful week ahead!

HER VELVET VASE

Have worked with tons of online stores over the years, but I've never been more excited than this. 

What's your definition of happiness? They always say, "Money can't buy true happiness," but if all these superficiality can be traded for a moment of joy, why not? No doubt, it's only temporary, but who cares!!!

I was soaked in bliss upon seeing the HVV Moodbox when I woke up that morning. I wasn't expecting much before receiving it, but I was so contented that I texted one of the owners, Sophie the moment I opened the box...

Besides being efficient (the box was sent to me almost as soon as I had my orders submitted), 

thumbs up for the exquisite packaging (I love how the items were placed in such a way. I would've ripped everything apart to express my excitement, but then again, it'd be such a waste to ruin this beautiful box. Besides, I've been a rather frequent buyer of a lot of American-based online stores such as, ASOS, Nastygal etc - And I usually spend a minimum of $300 and maximum of $700, but I don't remember receiving my parcels in any special packaging),

also, the fabric and quality of each item I received was of surprisingly good standard. For their rather reasonable prices, not only were they not paper-thin, but they didn't make me feel like I was wearing some inexpensive clothing which are easily attainable at places like Bugis street.

 I can still receive "garbage," for paying up to 80 bucks at times, and for the fact that HVV's stuff are probably around $30 on avg... Kudos to them.

If you're looking for things to pair along with your outfits, they actually sell an amazing variety of outerwear, shoes, and accessories too. 

Here are some of the things they chose for me that came in my Moodbox.

So anyway, are you one of those regular online shoppers that can hardly make up your mind on the things you wish to buy, due to the crazy amount of things these shops sell at times?

I definitely fit somewhere along the category of "indecisiveness," so it caught my attention when Sophie kindly explained to me how their exclusive HVV moodbox worked.

Basically, it's a subscription plan of gift-box to be delivered to a customer every month, based on their subscription plan (3 or 6 months). Contents of the HVV Moodbox is specially and carefully put together by the HVV styling team, based on your fashion mood which can be reflected by filling in the Mood Box subscription survey as follows: 

These were my picks!

Pretty cool isn't it? I'm not sure if this idea's new in the market, but it's definitely new to me. I LOVE surprises; just so because, the older I become, the lesser I receive. 

So every now and then, these good surprises makes me happy. At least for something like this, you know you'll probably still end up liking the items, because you already gave them an idea of what you're looking for. Hence, I believe it can hardly go wrong.

Haven't tried out the rest of the outfits, but I'll show you guys how I pair them up when I get to wear them!

Anyway before I end this post, HVV came up with a really special giveaway just for y'all!!!

Wanna receive your very own Moodbox?! Follow the instructions above and you'd stand a chance to win one! All the best cupcakes. X

Sydney Haul

Can you believe I actually filmed my haul video 4 times?!! (K, don't answer it. It's a rhetorical question.) Not like cutting, and recording 4 times. I mean I literally retook it 4 times, on 4 different days. It was a terrible experience, but I really want the two videos to end up being something you guys would wanna watch, so I didn't mind the sacrifice. Can't stand myself, damn act yi ge. 

And due to how long the entire video is, I've separated them into two parts in order to accommodate your comfort levels. 

Sorry I took so long. It took me 3 days to realise my entire video couldn't be uploaded (each attempt took more than 10 hours). Gawd. Alright, enough of all the pointless rantings. So here they are!!!

Enjoy!! Be back with a giveaway tomorrow ;)