Samples review from SampleStore.com

Posted by Carbunkid in Review on January 11th, 2014

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Re-posting this as it was accidentally deleted by mistake.

Recently I found there is a online sample store in Singapore that gives out samples either for a charge of handling fee or sponsored which delivery is free of charge. So I chose the sponsored items to send to me to try the service of the online SampleStore.com and also to review on the product that is sent to me. At the moment the sponsored items are Darlie double action Enamel Protect toothpaste, Brands InnerShine Marine Collagen Essence Strip and Hada Labo Super Hyaluronic Acid Hydrating Lotion.
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The delivery time from the day I requested for my samples are within a week time, which is quite fast. I myself was feeling pretty excited to received them and can’t wait to try out the samples. The packaging is a neatly sealed pack with SampleStore.com logo on it. Nice and self promoting envelope hehe.

Product Review.

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Darlie Double Action Enamel Protect- nice 50g sample good enough for 1 week of travel usage. The smell is liked spearmint taste, after a week of using it my teeth feeling so fresh and strong. I should use it on my hubby who have bad breath lol. Overall it is worth a buy for people who have sensitive teeth and at an affordable price in the market.

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Brands InnerShine Marine Collagen Essence Strip – sample including a leaflet on what’s the product is made of and how is it to help to improve the collagen level in body, neat! A discount voucher if you decided to purchase the product. And 3 sample strips of the collagen. Was hoping they will provide with the 3 different favors of them but I only gotten the Kyoho Grape favor which to me it’s liked a strong Ribena taste. Amazing there isn’t the fishy tase liked from the sea but just the taste of berry. Cools, it will works for people who can’t stand the fishy smell and also needed to replenish their collagen. Daily consumption is 1 to 3 strips, but I was addicted to the taste and finished off the 3 sample strip under an hour XD. Overall it is worth to get and easy to bring around for those who is always on the go and these doesn’t takes up the time to prepare, just open and eat. I noticed my picture having the discount code, I’m not buying the collagen strips at the moment. So if you can use the code please do so and enjoy the treat~

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Hada Labo Super Hyaluronic Acid Hydrating Lotion – sample is a tiny 9grams lotion. Very small to put in your personal bag to bring along as you might need an extra moisture boost on your face. After cleansing the face the neat step and toner plus moisturizer. This product pack a strong punch and will properly beat the other moisturizer flat. A tiny bit of the product on my face feels amazing smooth liked a layer silk covering it. After a day of applying it I still feels the silky feeling not sticky nor oily. Overall of this product, I will definitely go buy it when my old moisturizer rans out.

Overall experience on getting and testing the products from SampleStore.com, it is good. And hoping if I have some income I will try out the other samples. XD.

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Pineapple Tarts *Yum Yum*

Posted by Carbunkid in Blogroll, Food Related on January 11th, 2014

In just a couple of weeks time, we will be celebrating the Lunar New Year. Lunar New Year is all about spending quality time with families and friends. You can say it’s pretty similar to Thanksgiving.

This year at the request of some family members, I’ve decided to make a popular snack called pineapple tarts. To put it simply, pineapple tarts are ‘cookies stuffed with pineapple jam’. It’s really easy to do and it taste absolutely delicious.

The main ingredients are:
- flour
- butter
- eggs
- premade pineapple jams.

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What makes pineapple tarts interesting is that, you are not limited to a specific shape and size. You are free to come out with your own creations like the ones you see above.

That’s it for now. In the next post, I will get into the details on the making process.

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Do’s and Don’ts during pregnancy

Posted by Carbunkid in Blogroll on January 7th, 2014

As I am still in pregnancy (8 months now) I will like to share some tips with you on what we should avoid in doing and eating.

When you are pregnant, you will often hear people say “don’t do this and that….” Yup and it will get annoying if you hear the same things over and over again. But then again it is better safe then sorry.

When you are carrying an extra life in your tummy, your body will feel different liked hotter than normal, you will feel more tired then usual and your body will feels more ‘hairy’ Yup that is your body hormones changing and building the best condition for the baby to grow in. And that might create some inconvenience for yourself and your partner because you might not understand your change and might be in bad mood mostly of the time. So try to read up on the body changes before getting into a fight with your hubby.

The don’t do list is try not to stay in warm place as you will get over-heated very fast and will feel dizzy and worse case will lead to fainting. Even bright areas are bad to stare at. So try to bring around a pair of sunglasses.

This is a common knowledge tip that everyone will know, which is not to lift heavy stuffs. even movement must take note not to move too fast and too sudden. These sudden movement is bad for the little baby that is still growing in you.

Food intake also have a few notes to take notice. Cold food will affect the baby’s growth and might cause weaken the baby’s immune system after the baby is born. But once in a while it is okay to take a little bit of cold stuffs but not too much. There is a certain type of banana ( i need to check which type) which might give baby flame when baby is growing and will give baby weak immune system too. These are a few types of food which can do damage to yourself and the baby.

Next is sleeping position, as the tummy is growing so does your body is changing to adapt the space require for the baby. Your rip cage will expand and boobs will grow bigger which might cause you having breathing problems later on. The best sleeping position is to lie on the left side. Why the left side you asked, the placenta of the baby is position on the right side of the womb, so if you lie on the right side it will get squashed and baby will not have enough blood circulation and worse case will lead to still born baby. So try to invest on a good memory form pillow to support your left arm as you will sleep on your left side most of the time. Your left arm will have bad blood circulation, but with a good pillow you might have a good night rest, unless your baby prefer to do exercise every night, which mine does. Invest on a good bolster will help your blood circulation on your feet.

If your baby loves to exercise at night, it will be best to have morning naps to recover the lost rest as much as possible as you will need them to work rest of the day. And also you might not have the chance to do so when the baby is born.

Basically that are the tips I know of now. Let me know if I missed anything out and will let to share with the all the mummies out there. All comments are welcome =D.

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Do’s and Don’ts before pregnancy

Posted by Carbunkid in Blogroll on January 6th, 2014

I will like to share some tips on prepping yourself to have a healthy baby. I read some tips online that smokers will reduce the chance to having a successful infertile embryo to 60% chance which is quite a high drop not including the age of the lady getting pregnant.

So if you wanna have a good chance of getting pregnant best is to quit smoking before trying. Smoking also might have impact on the baby later on which might be dangerous to the growth of the baby.

Age plays a major role in getting pregnant, as you age the ovulation will be lower when you are in the twenties. So best to plan ahead on starting a family early in life.

We as human loves to eat food and always the best finger licking food are always bad for health liked fried stuffs. These food are really bad if you don’t eat them in moderation. Obesity is another factor that will reduce the chance of getting pregnant. So try to reduce the intake of oily food and stay healthy.

As working adults, stress is part and parcel of life for them. But do you know that stress is also a main factor that reduce the chance of getting pregnant? Especially it have greater impact for those who works on irregular hours liked at night shift. The body internal clock will be messed up and stress reduces the ovulation. The best if you are planning to start a family, request to work office hours and take a long vacation liked at least a week off and have a nice time with your another half of your life.

As the age progresses, our body will weaken and having lesser nutrition then before. As a Chinese, we have a few types of Chinese herbal medicine that can improve the health of the body to be ready for pregnancy. It is either in pill form or drink form which is super bitter. Everyone’s requirement on the herbal medicine is different so best is to approach a well-known Chinese medicine practitioner to take a look on what your body is lacking and he/she will prepare the best combination herbal medicine for your consumption.

Basically that are the major tips on prepping before getting pregnant. So best of luck in having a healthy baby of your life. The next topic I will focus on is do’s and don’ts during pregnancy.

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My Wishlist – Jan 2014

Posted by Carbunkid in Blogroll on January 5th, 2014

Everyone will have a list of what to have in life, same goes for me as well. I will write my wishlist here and hoping I can get them granted XD.

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Old time favorite is the cotton candy maker. I love to munch on cotton candy when I have a chance to buy them, so it will be great if I can make at home too.
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Secondly I will like to have is the popcorn maker, who doesn’t love to snack on popcorn while watching movie~~
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Thirdly is a healthy air fryer. We totally love fried stuffs especially fries and wanton, so to own a air fryer will be a healthier choice.
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Fourth on my list is a bread maker, everyone love the smell of fresh baked bread out of the oven and if the bread maker you can make custom bread liked banana or berries.
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Fifth and last for now, I really wanna own an embroidery machine that can sew pattern that I design not those that comes with their own preset.

Yup that is my wishlist for now~ Share with me what is your wishlist too~

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Review on Bag-in-Bag a purchase on Qoo10.sg

Posted by Carbunkid in Review on January 4th, 2014

Lately I have been window shopping online and Qoo10.sg is one of my favorite site to browse. As I was browsing away this product had caught my eye for sometime already and I asked my hubby if I can purchase that. My wonderful hubby gave me the pass and I picked up 2 bags which will be most useful when traveling.

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The first is the multiple pouch bag which is pretty useful as I always had a problem finding the items in my bag that I had to dig dig dig~~ (I’m guessing most ladies having the problem as I’m facing)

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The second item is a bag for storing women’s bras and panties when going for traveling oversea or a short vacation if you need to fresh change of undergarments. This bag helps to hold the undergarment neatly packed away and you will not afraid of destroying when they are in the big traveling luggage.

I gotten them from this shop on Qoo10 called PuppyStory (hope she/he don’t mind I post about this XD). The seller is very friendly and also inform that they are late on shipping when they came back from their business trip. Which keeps us to date on when we will received the items. So I give them a thumbs up on this.
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Free gifts are a surprise. Whee~~

Now I have gotten my lovely bag organizers, I can’t wait for the next traveling trip to use them. XD

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Review on Mama Milk sample products

Posted by Carbunkid in Review on January 3rd, 2014

I have been experiencing new things when I am pregnant liked having to hate certain food which I love, sleeping position that will benefit the growth of the baby and get more tired as the days progress. To be able to provide enough nurtrition for the baby, I have to take mama milk formula. As a new mum I have totally no knowledge on which formula is acceptable, so I went online to search for samples to try out. I requested from most of the leading formula milk brands, but sadly up to now I only received 2 products samples.

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The first milk sample I received is from Dumex which I received it within a week time after signing up and requesting from their website.

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Inside the large package there are, 2 packets of milk sample, 1 information chart telling you how is the baby growing month by month, 1 leaflet on the mama milk, 1 leaflet on dryper plus a free sample of dryper, a free gift of a small waterproof bag(not too sure if it is use to keep the drypers? but neat!) and 3 vouchers.

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The vouchers are 1 $5 discount for the purchase of Dumex Mama milk which I already used, 1 spa massage from BabiesBellies of $10 discount and lastly is $10 discount from a Spring store if you meet the $100 purchase. Quite a load provided from Dumex!

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The next product I received about 3 weeks later is Wyeth. Maybe because they afraid of people simply request the samples for fun, they have service crew to contact the person requesting to double confirm on the information before sending out the samples. Great service if you think about it.

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Inside a small package is 2 packets of milk sample, 1 leaflet on the mama milk and a $5 discount voucher for the purchase of S-26 Mama milk which also I already used.

Overall I’m still drinking the Dumex brand and haven’t try out the Wyeth brand yet. The no sucrose formula milk makes the milk less ‘heaty’ and the taste is nice too (I wasn’t a fan of drink pure milk).
Hoping to finish the Dumex brand milk then I will try out the Wyeth milk and will write a review on it. So have blast when you request for free milk samples, will post the links below of our leading milk brands.

Dumex
Wyeth
Friso
Abbott
Nestle Baby Club

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Happy new year 2014

Posted by Carbunkid in Blogroll on January 1st, 2014

Happy new year 2014 to my dear friends and readers.

I have decided to change my blog into a daily diary and will write almost anything on my mind. That will be my new year resolution for my blog. So stay tune for my updated blog. I may revamp the look too XD. Carbunkid sign out. P.S. me is 8th month pregnant too. Hehe.

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[Webcomic] Mocha & Friends – Differences

Posted by Carbunkid in Web Comic on November 25th, 2011

Compiling iPhone game codes are different from Mac to Mac ^_^

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Also posted on NEETBytes.com

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[Webcomic] Mocha & Friends – Back Fired

Posted by Carbunkid in Web Comic on November 17th, 2011

To catch the meaning behind this comic, you should probably watch this video first ^_^

Stupid Penguins - Back Fired

Also posted on NEETBytes.com

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