My first shopping experience with OASAP!

I’m going to tell you something quite shocking.. Are you ready?

Not only was this my first shopping experience with OASAP, but it was also my very first time doing fashion online shopping!

The previous post on my Essie purchase was actually after this purchase, it’s just it was quicker to post so I posted that first. All that I’ve purchased online last time was only music CDs and it was using my dad’s credit card. But since I’m a *cough* grown up *cough* now, I use my own and it feels great! :D

My first experience was not what I expected, although it turned out fine at the end. Here’s the story:

I’ve seen many bloggers doing OASAP giveaway and it drew me to check out their site and I’m glad that I did, because I liked a lot of things they have there!

But since this was my first time, I wanted to judge the quality myself and thus I purchased only 2 items.

The first one is this pair of galaxy leggings. I really like the colors, I think it’s really cool! I didn’t expect the material would be this light though, but in fact I quite like it since it’s suitable to wear in a hot weather like in Singapore. What I didn’t quite like though was the stitches. They gave me the impressions that it can be ripped easily with my fat bum, though it’s a one size. 

Galaxy Print Leggings

I’ve worn once and now I think they’re pretty strong despite its look. The exact same pair is no longer available in the website, but there are many similar ones available, take a look here.

Now comes the second item..

I’ve been wanting to have a small brown bag and when I saw this, I immediately FELL IN LOVE. This was not the brown I first wanted, but I just knew I needed to get it nonetheless. So I did.

Vintage Flower Embossed Shoulder Bag #1

I was pretty excited when I held it on my hands, I really like the details on the bag. Oh, but wait, do you notice something odd with it? Like, the SHAPE? It is slightly taller towards the right side and I was like, whaaaaat?

Not to mention that the stitches are messy and the sides of the bag are VERY wrinkled. I thought it was just because the bag got pressed too long in the package for many days during shipping so I stuffed in papers and plastics to make it fuller, in hope that it would turn to its original shape. It did get slightly better, the pics above are the results. So yes, initially it was worse.

But still, I was still bothered by the shape. It’s really not pretty and I was really disappointed. I was thinking whether to return it or not, but if I needed to pay for the return shipping, I wouldn’t do it. But anyways, I decided to contact the staff via live chat and to my surprise, she was surprised that I did not receive the package in a box (it was my first time, I had no idea it has to come in a box lol). The second pic of this post was the original package that I first received. She asked me to email with the pics but I got busy and only sent the email like 2 weeks later.

Then they replied with a satisfactory answer – they have despatched a new bag via express shipping just before I emailed them. I guess my live chat messages were convincing enough to make them do so haha.

So this is what I got. It came with a box as shown in the first pic of this post.

Vintage Flower Embossed Shoulder Bag #2

Yay the bag looks balanced! LOL. I still can comment on the stitches (yes, I’m particular and perfectionist like that), but it’s much better than the previous one.

I honestly had not bought a fashion-y bag that looks really structured (if you know what I mean) before, so I guess little imperfections like messy stitches and wrinkled material are normal? Do let me know with your experiences since I’m not so much of a bag/shoes person.

However, I still don’t think it’s worth the money. I don’t know.. it was USD35 and I guess with that amount of money I can get a better one else where. What do you think?

So I’m not sure whether I’ll be shopping with OASAP again. Their service is great though and I do have several items on the wishlist from their site. I just think ASOS has better quality, I just received my ASOS package recently and I’m fully satisfied (haul soon!). So yeah, we’ll see!

Have you shopped with OASAP before? How was your experience like?

xo, Jo

In The Mail: Essie In The Cab-ana + Marshmallow

Recently I’ve been quite addicted to online shopping and while hunting for some fashion stuff from ASOS, I tried my luck to search for Essie nailpolishes on the site, since there’s no retail selling Essie in Singapore, and apparently ASOS sells them! But the prices made my jaw drop to the ground.



They sell it for SGD21.57 each and pretty much lack of choice of colors. I know Sephora Singapore sells OPI around 20 bucks too (I assume the quality would be the same) but via online everything should be relatively cheaper, right?

So I extended my Essie hunt till I arrived at this local Ebay-like shop, Qoo10, which was not actually foreign to me but somehow I just never explored it and found a vendor that sells a wide range of Essie products for reasonable prices! And so, I decided to get 2 colors from them. Each was SGD11.50, plus delivery fee everything was SGD24.50. YAY.



First of all, apologies that my nails are far from decent. My cuticles are just really dry no matter what I do to them. I need to keep my nails short as well since my face gets rashes if my nails are dirty (longer nails tend to store more dirt) as I touch my face a lot. Also, because I play the electone. Piano/organ players out there would understand :)

Marshmallow is an opaque, cloudy type of white, which I prefer compared to the porcelain white kind. I actually saw this color from Bubzbeauty on YouTube and thought that it’s really nice :)



While In The Cab-ana, is an oceanic blue color which I thought would be bright but the result is actually a little darker than I had expected. It's got a little of green hint into it although in the picture above is like true blue color. I still like it though!

I like the liquidy consistency in general, although Marshmallow is really sheer for a single coat.

The other colors that I wanted to get but unavailable in Qoo10 is this orangish red color, Geranium..

and this gorgeous dark plum color, Sole Mate. The color in the picture does not really reflect the actual color though, since I’ve researched for bloggers that have tried this and it looks pretty different, and nicer too!

Have you tried any of these colors from Essie before?

Do let me know! :)

xo, Jo

Electro August (#TT119)

Hey there lovelies!

So.. it's August, huh? Hmm yeah.. ok.. well.. I'm speechless! Lol.

I've been very busy with work (again) for the past 2 weeks and thus no posts -.- and guess what?! Now I'm sick! Urghh :(

Anyways, below are the songs that I've been wanting to share with you guys. The first two are electro songs, followed by pop and R'n'B. 

My first impression on this song was "this sounds a lot like K-pop!" 

And this one, it reminds me of Bastille a little. The model is so pretty :3 kinda looks like Miranda Kerr!

My motha f*ckin princess :)

Which song(s) do you like?

Have a great week!

xo, Jo

P.S. I'm gonna do a haul very soon! Been online shopping lately :p

Another list of mainstream music! (#TT118)

Hello lovelies!

Just a quick post of music highlights of the week. Enjoy!

Rumoured to be the next Bieber. Hmm... This song reminds me of 'N Sync A LOT. I can tell that he's a fan. There's even "bye bye bye" in the lyrics!

Cute video from Queen Spears for Smurfs 2 soundtrack. Her kids are really cute!

Interesting collab. I never heard of her music before but she's so pretty! I like it that she still incorporates some Bollywood tunes into the song. Love her outfits too! The shoe-pool dipping scene is kind of random though. I mean, why would someone do that?!

Been a while since the last time I listened to Panic and thanks to this song, now I recall that their music was and STILL is so much alike Fall Out Boy's. Even the music video is as stragic as FOB's latest MVs!

Last but not least...

RIP Cory Monteith :(

I never really watched Glee (shocking, I know), but this news definitely saddens me.. Especially after finding out that he was just about to start a new life with his girlfriend :(( If my idol passes away, I think I'd be pretty much miserable like all the fans who are devastated at the moment.

Song: "Angels on The Moon" by Thriving Ivory - I think I found my new favorite band.

'Till next time peeps!

xo, Jo

Detangling those locks: Bed Head vs Liese Review

Hello lovelies!

Today I want to share with you a couple of hair products that I’ve tried in order to detangle my super tangled hair.

Just a quick background about my hair that I believe I have raged about sometime ago. My hair is super fine (thanks mom and dad), weightless, thin, fragile, limp and of course, can’t get away from fly-aways. I know the positive side from this type of hair is smooth, soft and silky, which some people are begging for, and that’s why I’m happy of my hair regardless of its negative sides.

My hair got tangled really bad when I had a long hair (omg I haven’t posted my new hairdo! Ok soon). Not only that it was dry, but the length just made it worse to comb. I never found a day whereby my hair didn’t get tangled, and one of these products really helped me in cheering up my days. But still, I was so tired of it till I chopped my hair off and permed it! No more combing! Anyways, let’s get back to the business.

First product...

Liese Smooth Hair Cocktail

I got Liese first just to try out because I was so desperate. Liese is a Japanese brand under Kao. I’ve tried their styling products before and found them pretty okay, so I thought why not try their other product?



I’m so glad they have English translation description as some of Asian products may not have it. Here it states that it smoothens out tangles instantly as this product contains:

• Moisture Milk
• Repairing Water

Uhh, I know what you’re thinking. General much?

Especially when most of the ingredients are those that I can’t pronounce. I admit I was sceptical at first but HOLY MOLY, IT WORKS!

Since it’s got milk and water inside, you need to shake it till it’s mixed well altogether. Then you simply spray to the tangled parts and at the same time working it with your comb. The product will make your hair more slippery so that you could separate those bad boys apart. It has fruity fragrance that is slightly strong but not so overwhelmed which I can take. Some of you who like good smell on your hair that lingers for the whole day, you will like this one!

Moving on to the other pink bottle!

Bead Head Superstar

I was just casually taking a look at this product and I thought “oh, another leave-in conditioner”, till I saw the back of the bottle.



It promotes to condition, detangle, add volume and give light hold. That’s all, the rest is not in English lol. But I thought it was perfect! It’s got everything that I need! I was still using Liese at that time but it was running out soon so without any further due, I snatched it from the store rack.

The verdict:

It does NOT do the job. 

Sure it’s got sweet candy fragrance (too much of it makes me sick by the way), but neither does it detangle or add volume. I’m pretty disappointed of this brand, since this is my second Bed Head purchase and both of them don’t satisfy me. This product is more of a hair perfume that you would use after a heavy barbeque session.

On the other hand, I’m pretty satisfied of Liese hair products in general. Besides this hair cocktail I’ve tried their Designing Jelly, Bubble Hair Color (many times!) and Wave-up Foam. The jelly and foam are pretty good for styling permed hair :)

So there you have it!

Have you tried any of the two products before?

Have a good weekend!

xo, Jo