Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Ice-cream Making Workshop at Tom's Palette + K-Palette Limited Edition Eyeliner!

i must admit it: i'm a horrible cook! the only thing i can cook without messing the kitchen up is instant noodles. hahahaha. but i'm pretty damn good at cooking instant noodles okay! it's an art. anyway, i had the chance to attend an ice cream making workshop at Tom's Palette together with Fel, and i jumped at the opportunity!!! who doesn't love ice cream??? and i didn't know that making ice cream could be so simple, even a noob like me can do it!

Fel came over to my place first, then we cabbed down to Shaw Leisure Gallery, where Tom's Palette is located! i've heard of Tom's Palette and their homemade ice cream quite a few times, but never had the chance to try their ice cream, so i was really excited to be there for the workshop!

so we had a demonstration by the experienced staff on how we should go about making our ice cream, before we jumped right in and started making our own, we all had work stations and ingredients all prepared for us already! and courtesy of Tom's Palette, i'll be sharing the recipe for making easy home made Horlicks ice cream that you can even try yourself at home... read on!!!

so proud of ourselves, with our home made Horlicks ice cream that tasted really really really good!!!!!! YAY!!!! actually, the ice cream recipe that we followed is like the easiest recipe ever la. most of the flavors found at Tom's Palette are much more complicated than that, LOL. so you must go down to Tom's Palette to try their unique and really damn yummy flavors!!! and that's me with Elfaine, the lady behind The Sample Store, who got this workshop organized for us. thanks Elfaine!!!! ^____^

i ended up buying a pint of the Salted Egg Yolk flavor together with Granny's Favorite! which is cookie dough with chocolate ice cream if i remember correctly. the two of them make such an awesome combination! i know Salted Egg Yolk ice cream sounds kinda weird, but it's REALLY nice!!!

Tom's Palette has been featured in so many publications before!

Fel and I are happy campers! after the ice cream making workshop, we went for a food tasting lunch at Oversea Restaurant at Shaw Leisure Gallery again (i LOVE that place!!!) but i'll post that up in a separate entry soon! too many pictures. hahah. ice cream followed by the best lunch ever. what a perfect Saturday!

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Tom’s Palette
100 Beach Road #01-25 Shaw Leisure Gallery S(189702)
Tel: 6296 5239 or 9070 7701

http://www.tomspalette.com.sg/

Operating hours:
Mon-Thurs 12-9.30pm
Fri-Sat 12-10pm
Sunday 1-7pm
(closed on the last Sunday of the month)

part of my outfit, H&M printed skirt, and stockings from Risque! i love them, they are adorable! thanks Ling! think they're not up for sale on the site yet, but should be soon! :P

Fel and i enjoying our Horlicks ice cream!

and i told you the recipe is so simple you can even do it yourself at home.. i tried it again at home, and it was a success!!!!!! YZ was so amazed with me hahahahahahaha

multiplied the ingredients x 3 so that i could make a bigger portion instead :D and i tried it with Milo powder.. just as yummy!!

some tips to take note of when trying the recipe at home:

*try to use full cream milk and not low fat milk cos it will affect the consistency/creaminess of the final product!

*it's whipping cream, not whipped cream, so don't buy the wrong one! whipping cream is a thick cream in a carton form!

*when heating the milk, just allow it to steam lightly, and then stir in the Horlicks powder!
*let the mixture cool down for about half an hour before freezing it, cos you don't wanna spoil your freezer by putting hot stuff in it!

*leave the whisk in the mixture when setting it to freeze! so that you can use the whisk to churn the ice cream more easily afterwards :D it took my mixture at home about 3 hours to really freeze into a nice creamy consistency! do check in every hour and give it a churn to keep the ice cream softer!

*the ice cream will keep for about 3 months without any preservatives, so you don't have to worry about it spoiling fast!

HAPPY ICE CREAM MAKING, leave a comment if you have any questions or inquiries about the recipe/steps!

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and other than Tom's Palette, guess what. my favorite K-Palette eyeliner now comes in this super super chio BRIGHT PINK packaging that's limited edition, especially for Christmas!!!

the pink packaging is specially designed by a Japanese model, Shiho Takechi, and it even comes with a Bonus Music CD containing K- Palette’s image song “Beautiful Girl”, sung by Japanese band, Thmlues! so cute, only the Japanese would come up with something like this!

this is Shiho Takechi, she's so pretty and doll like!!

and you can watch the promotion video for K-Palette X Shiho Takechi here!

now i won't have any trouble locating my eyeliner inside my makeup pouch anymore. it's so bright and pink i can spot it immediately!

my look with K-Palette Super Black Eyeliner, this is really my holy grail eyeliner that's so easy to apply, and even easier to cleanse off! love it so much!

K-Palette limited edition Super Black Eyeliner (Waterproof) in Pink exclusively available at Sasa, retailing at SGD20.90!

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randomly, i just bought (yet) another lens for my Olympus E-P3, and it's the 45mm 1.8 prime lens, which is pretty darn good for taking portraits... it's mid telephoto though so i'm not sure how much i'd use it.. but for the price ($430 from Alan Photo) it's definitely a good buy!

and my test subject.. always my fat chihuahua cos she just lies there..... and does nothing! she's the perfect test subject! hahahaha. awesome depth of feel and bokeh from the lens.

she is SO fat but SO cute. i know you love her too.

OKAY. this entry is getting way too long. update again real soon! i'm so excited cos i'm going on Spongbob at Sea with Star Cruises tomorrow night LOL YAYYY WHO LIVES IN A PINEAPPLE UNDER THE SEA??? SPONGBOB SQUUUUARE PANTS!!!!!!!!

:D :D :D :D

do go and try the ice cream recipe and tell me how you fared with it!!! have fuuuunnnn!!!

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i <3 this song,

tried recording a video with my new E-P3, the singing is very soft though cos the camera was closer to the speakers :S used the cross process art filter, together with my SLR magic toy lens! love the blurred background effect!

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ok.. the lyrics are wrong btw. and i came in too early on the 2nd verse.

hope y'all like!

dinner date at Timbre!

don't remember when's the last time i put YZ's face up here but i'm sure it's been ages, cos of a few reasons: we've been too lazy to even take pictures, and we haven't been going on any proper dates for the longest time! usually just hang out for comfort food at hawker centers and etc. plus, YZ's been working hard to pick up his business again (he's a property agent!) after a short break when he took part in the Giant TV show.

oh, and he's so damn vain now after his whole weight loss thing. TSK. he actually kept on looking at the pictures after we took them, with the sole purpose of self-admiration -.-

we pigged out at Timbre@substation, two of us finished one huge pizza and 2 sides entirely by ourselves! D: mad stuffed afterwards. the pizza is really shiok, though the roast duck one can get a lil bit jelat cos of the sweet sauce! complemented the italian half nicely since that one was savoury.

took the chance to test out my new baby as well since the lighting at Timbre was pretty dark! all pictures taken with the E-P3, and the flash is surprisingly flattering! doesn't wash out the skin tone which is awesomeeeee. woohoo!

our bill amounted to a very affordable $46.70 for having fed two pigs. definitely worth it, and even better if you have a small group of maybe 4-6 people, you can order more variety and it'd still be cheap!

the new cross stitch shoulders blouse that i'm in love with. wore it over a tank dress to dress it up a bit!

and here's a close-up of the cross stitch details. so intricate and neat! I'm a sucker for embroidery yes i am :X

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received Lancome's Virtuose Drama mascara together with the revolutionary Visonnaire Advanced Skin Corrector, so i decided to try the mascara since i've heard so many rave reviews about Lancome's mascara! (all the above pictures are with the Virtuose Drama mascara on!)

Lancome Virtuose: 100° lash curve with divine length all day!

sleek looking little tube, it was fairly easy to apply on and didn't clump much!

it was indeed very lasting, and didn't smudge as well! wore it out the entire day with no problem.

Lancome Virtuose Drama retails at Lancome counters for SGD$50 if i'm not mistaken! :)

i've also started using the Lancome Visionnaire Advanced Skin Corrector, which is supposed to be amazing! shall wait a week more before i review it. i'm pretty sure i can see improvement in my skin already! so excited for more results to show!

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the case i ordered from Gariz on gmarket finally arrived yesterday!! friggin' expensive but omg it is super chio, love it! though it only protects the bottom and sides of the camera. the top is still exposed! ah well. handle with care.

& a hot pink USB cable for my iPhone bwahaha. #bimbo much! you can apparently get this off gmarket too!

went for iS clinical's launch event yesterday with Evonne and made a couple of new friends, Gen & Cher! :D two pretty girls!! and Evonne bought me goodies from Japan too, hohoho. show them off soon!

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anyway, YZ just did something totally lame. he asked me, "where's your phone?" then fiddled with it, and disappeared outside the room. awhile later, my phone rang, and this is what showed up on my screen:

i was like, WTF? then i picked it up, and a male voice said in a low voice: "我是神。。。。"

LOLOLOLOL.

so i just WTF-ed and hung up the call and checked my call history to realize that it's my stupid boyfriend. after which he appears back in the room and is hysteric cos he cannot stop laughing at how funny he is.

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BOYS.

marshmallow goodness

i don't think i need to introduce this product: it's been reviewed to death by so many bloggers already! aaaand i got to try it too! yay me!

HELLO Biore Marshmallow Whip Facial Wash.

(randomly, i used to think marshmallow was spelt marshmellow but now i know i was wrong)

did you know that foam is of utmost importance when it comes to cleansing?

it's the secret behind effective and gentle cleansing! a consistent smooth fluffy foam helps to clean better with finer bubbles, and also cushions the cleansing stree from hand to face! the ideal foam is consistent, dense, smooth and bouncy, with very small bubbles!

RANDOM FACT: every bottle contains 150 pumps of fluffy marshmallowy goodness!

that means a bottle will last you for 2 months if you use it religious day and night. super wu hua for the price!

the foam is ultra dense and super fine, and it's COLLAGEN ENRICHED!!!

what ever's good for the skin, i like.

it's so easy to use the product, just release 1 pump of foam onto your hand, then gently massage thoroughly on your face for a minute and rinse off! no need to lather up at all.

everyone's been buzzing about excitement with H&M's newly opened store, and here's your chance to win you some H&M vouchers ($300 worth!!!)