Want nice shiny nails?

Warning! The preceding is an out and out product endorsement for which the blog author has received not a penny. Said author had to shelve out the bucks and buy it for herself…but this product is worth every cent!

Most of us rely on manicures and/or weekly applications of clear nail polish to keep out nails looking their sparkly best. This process requires time and dedication but as they say “no pain, no gain”. That is until I came across this: A buffer imbued with minerals from the dead sea.

The saleslady had me say ‘hello’ to my new nail after she buffed it and trust me, even an old hand at nail beautification gasped! Better yet its supposed to last a month she says to me. Now I am a little sceptical but the buffer, moisturising lotion and cuticle oil came at an affordable package price so I figured why not.

That was 3 weeks ago. Here are my nails 3 weeks since the one-time buffing.

In those 3 weeks I have washed my bathroom, done several rounds of hand-wash laundry, countless rounds of dish-washing…in short I’ve gone out of my way to test the minerals!

Those of you who want sparkly nails can head over to Suntec Tower 2 and look for the store among the carts…I vaguely remember it being by the “Royal Sporting House”…I think

Go forth and sparkle!

P.S: There’s another product of theirs I’m dying to try out…will post a review once I try it out.

Karma and fish food

Just when I began on my road to a vegetarian lifestyle and given up seafood I’ve taken to being fish food myself. This maybe cryptic to most but not to the few of you who’ve seen the write-ups on “Fish Therapy” in most fashion mags. Now for the unenlightened few its where you go sink your feet/legs into a pool of water filled with ‘Doctor Fish’. These little fish, which thankfully have no teeth, then begin to suction off the dead skin on your legs and feet leaving your tootsies their softest since your early days.

I decided to try out ‘Kampong Fish Therapy’ at Novena Ville and the best endorsement I can give is that I plan to make it a regular addition to my regime of self-indulgence.

Here’s the snap of my turn on the lower rungs of the food chain

My unnamed accomplice had lots for the fish to feed on…she monopolized about 40% of the fish in the pool.

When you first get into the pool it is a little ticklish even if you are used to massages/pedicures and very ticklish if you aren’t. You do settle down and get used to the mild (the small fishes) to slightly strong (medium fish) suction from the fish as they go about their feeding.

The entire experience lasts 30 minutes at Kampong Fish and costs $38 without a package but if you sign-up, as I did for a 5+1 package, it comes down to $32 per session. The session ends with your legs being moisturized by the very nice ladies who staff the outlet. They are rather friendly and more than happy to answer any questions you may have.

I won’t promise its an experience you will return to again and again but its definitely worth a try….its not every day you get to know what it feels like to be on the sustaining end of the food chain