Beauteen DIY hair dye

Sometime last year I spent RM600 on my hair which includes some curls and highlights.
Spent them at Peekaboo TheCurve. However, I wasn't very happy with that money spent because the waves doesn't last long.....my hair almost went straight in couple of months. Plus, the highlights wasn't visible either....You can only see them when I'm under the hot sun. I really wanted to color my hair then but was advised to only highlight them by the stylist.

So being unsatisfied with my hair color, I later bought 2 boxes of Beauteen DIY hair dye to do them at home. It took me quite sometime to finally do it as I was unsure of the outcome and the last time i dye my own hair was at least 10 years ago. It was a bold step but Chinese New Year was around the corner and I decided one day when my baby was over at moms that Its now or never!!!!

Surprisingly, The experience was very pleasant. Unlike how I remembered hair dye was in the past, Beauteen smelled pleasant! It doesn't emit smelly acidic ammonia smell......In fact, it smelled nice. The steps was easy, everything was provided inside the box such as gloves, bleach mix, bottle, nozzle comb, conditioner. Instructions was clear in english as well as Japanese(Beauteen is a Japanese brand by Hoyu).

In the end of the day, the color turned out great! Plus, it doesn't make my hair overly dry. Amazingly it made my hair feel soft. Although my hair does become dryer than usual after a couple of days. It is important to maintain by putting lots of conditioner especially at the tips.
I'm very pleased with the outcome and I would definately recommend it. I can't remember the exact price but i think it was around RM22 at Guardian pharmacy.

Make blog post private?

I wish blogspot will make available the feature of making a post private like how wordpress can.
It would make things easier for me if i ever decide to reveal my blog. At the moment only a few people know of my identity for this blog. Otherwise, i'm just another cyber "character". Anyway, i couldn't decide if i should start a new baby blog. Some things i would love to keep private but some others i would like to share. Well....hope blogspot come up with the feature soon. It definately will be useful!

Busybody on Facebook

I've just finished being nosy on facebook and thought why not i do a little update on this severely neglected blog. hehe...

Do you think facebook is getting really boring? I really think facebook is boring. The only thing i like to see on facebook are pictures!! Other than that, i think facebook games are pretty lame and i hate it when those game applications fill up my newsfeeds.

Anyway, talking about being a busybody. I had just looked up some pictures of some old admirers and you know what....i can't help but to compare myself with their wives....and my baby with theirs.
And IF i look better than their wives, i feel damn shiok! haha....but if their wives are drop dead gorgeous, i wish i never bump into them ever!! haha...not untill i loose another 10KG. :)

Other than "keh pohing" around, facebook is pretty good to get in touch with old friends.

On another note, my little girl turned 1 last week!!! Can't believe how fast time flies......

Happy New Year!! 2010

Happy New Year 2010!!!
Wow....can't believe that my little princess turns 1 in couple of days. Is it 1 year already??? seems like it was only yesterday my water broke and we welcome our little one into the world.
I suppose the year 2009 was full of ups and downs....In my case..."super ups" and "duper downs".
Well...hope 2010 is going to be a better year for everyone ya.

Nestle NAN1 Pro

I've been giving my almost 11 month old daughter Nestle NAN1 pro formula milk since she was about 2-3 months old. It was a new product just out in the market when my family doctor suggested that i let my baby try it since she was colicky.

Well, it was absolutely difficult to find at that time because it was very new and my parents and i went to various places from Jusco to Gardian to Tesco......almost about everywhere and couldn't find it. Untill i finally found them at Cold Storage. It was about RM55.99. The reason why this milk is recommended is because it contains Bifidus, which is a kind of good bacteria that my baby needs. According to my doctor, she might lack good bacteria because she was a cesarean baby.

Well, i must say that after changing to this milk, I notice that my baby became less and less colicky. Compared to some other milk that i have tested before, NAN1pro does not produce alot of bubbles even after vigorous shaking. It was very effective in reducing my baby's gas problem.

Later on there NAN1pro became more common and available in the market, though still uncomparable to others, it is however available at major hypermarts. I use to buy them from Tesco at RM50.90 (cheapest so far) but since couple months ago, they increased the price to RM59 something!! whoaaa......
I now get my regular supply from Speedmart99 at RM51.85.

Recently Nestle NAN 1 pro came out with boxpack instead of the tin ones. And so i thought it was cheaper so i bought 2 boxes to try. Almost immediately i knew it was different! The texture of the milk powder is different. And most importantly, after making the milk, it produces ALOT of bubbles even after just a little shake.

I was not happy with that because i was quite worried about Melamine or things like that. Thus, a phonecall to the Nestle customer service made me discover that the boxpack is actually produced in Phillipines while the Tin is manufactured in Netherlands. Therefore there is a slight difference, however they assured me that it is fully safe for baby's consumption. But....i think i'll stick to the tin since after calculation, it is not cheaper afterall. Just about the same.

I thought this piece of information might be useful for mothers. So there........below are some pictures that you can see the comparison of the bubbles and non bubbles.





Tin, no bubbles!



Boxpack = 1 ounce of bubbles!!!! (see between 7-8oz)