Huney'Z World: Photoshop

Hi Huneybees,

BEAUTY, a word that is widely used and a goal that all ladies work full time for. What is beauty? Is a person with great figure a beauty? Au naturel is beauty? Or do we really require cosmetic surgery to be a beauty?

We are faced by so much media promoting models and celebrities in digitally enhanced photos that seem so unattainable, but the truth is, when you take away their make-up and fancy hair styles, those same people actually look “ordinary”…normal…just like you!

Chez Vous salon is here to liberate you from trying to live up to the unrealistic standards and make you start loving yourself and start believing in #therealme ! Wake up to feeling good, and looking good, make yourself shine with confidence! You don’t have to be a supermodel or top actress to look amazing.

As part of Chez Vous salon's 20th anniversary campaign, they are here to shout out to all women to discover their natural beauty and celebrate #chezvousbeautyisreal by allowing you to learn to love yourself more and to realise your full beauty potential. Beauty is attainable and very much within your reach, you don’t need a photoshopping session to find #therealme.

It’s time to discover The Real You! Do you really need to PS your photos to be pretty or simply with some tips on hairstyling and makeup, you can be that pretty too?

So, what would you choose – a makeover session or a photoshopping session? As shown above, beauty is very much within your reach and you can achieve your amazing look through a real experience. No airbrushing and no digital enhancements, just your beautiful self, #therealme . #chezvousbeautyisreal

So, wana learn how? Ready for a makeover transformation? Say YES!

At Chez Vous salon, you don’t have to be perfect; they will just help you to discover your own look, with the full guarantee of no photoshopping and no digital enhancements. This is a journey of positive transformation and all you that is required is you! #therealme

In an unprecedented move, on the 7th June 2015, every woman (regardless of age and race) will be given the opportunity to experience a full makeover session when they visit Chez Vous @ Ngee Ann City.

Every customer is guaranteed no photoshopping and no digital enhancements, just pure pampering bliss. This will be a journey of positive transformation that is real and will hopefully change how women perceive true beauty. While there are no restrictions on the number of people entering the salon, the sessions will be subject to the availability of beauty consultants.The complete makeover session will include:

Tips and tricks by a fully qualified beauty consultant
Hair wash, blow-dry and styling
Professional make-up
Professional photography (photos may be used for Facebook posting and other social media opportunities)

So, be sure to pen the date down on your calendar and be early!

For more information:
Address: 391 Orchard Road, Ngee Ann City Podium, 05-05, Singapore 238872 Phone: (65) 6732 9388
Email: emailus@chezvous.com
Website: http://www.chezvoushair.com

About Chez Vous Salon

At Chez Vous, their shopfront are regularly transformed by Singapore’s design personalities on the rise. And with this high standard of upkeeping their appearance, of course, an impressive team has be there for their customers.

Applying the “OHDA” (or Only Hair Directors Allowed) policy, only Associate Salon Directors, Directors & Chief Directors, with minimum 10 years of experience are hired. Many of the stylists were previously salon owners, academy trainers, leading stylists or salon managers and there's even a Caucasian Specialist Team that caters to different hair types.

Their special "Expertligent Fix You Programme" puts the Chez Vous’ team of directors another an initiative that will receive any customers who have had unsatisfactory treatments or cuts at other salons and redress any damage done. Armed with a team of experts in various disciplines, Chez Vous is more than well equipped to fix and repair sub-optimal results of hair services such as colouring, cutting, straightening, perming, bleaching etc. Of course, this is just one of their initiatives taken to be always helping their customers hair woes.

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Hi Huneybees,

Day 4 and Day 5 in Thailand saw me doing more shopping, roaming the streets of Bangkok, exploring and getting to know more about the city. I wore a pair of denim shorts that I got while shopping and I was "armed" for the "battle"!

I practically shopped every level and every corner of Platinum Mall, by the time I left the shopping mall, the sky was dark and my tummy was grumbling. Seriously, shopping in Bangkok is so distracting!

So, by the time I went back to the hotel, my tummy was "complaining"! I settled for dinner at the hotel's restaurant - LaTavola & Wine Bar. Hubby was to busy to join me, so I enjoyed all by myself. The food was great, a little costly compared to restaurants, but I would say pamper yourself!

The chef is an Italian, so you can expect authentic Italian cuisine with a twist of Thailand's taste. I loved the olive oil that they had, like vanilla, mint and spicy. Don't forget to end the meal with a Panna Cotta with the freshest berries! This definitely made my whole day well paid off...

Next day, was my photography trip. Too much shopping and it was time to walk around and "detox" and play with my new camera - Samsung NX300. I tried out several functions built into the camera and we had a great date!

One of the functions is that you can shoot with a Lomography feel. It was cool as I don't have photoshop the effect or use a lomo cam and end up wasting film. However, to me, it's just a lookalike, I still prefer the surprise element when I develop the photos...

There's also this Miniature function that can make the objects in the photos look as though they are toys. It's pretty fun, but it best works when you are taking photos from above.

The camera also has a Rich Tones function that makes every photo you take pop with colours. It brightens and brings out the true colours of the photos. However, it takes awhile to process the photo, so do not use it when you want to take any moving object...

So, that's a brief introduction of the camera, and it was time to explore more. Travelling around Bangkok is very easy, however, it is the system that jams up at the stations. Basically they are still using the coin buying system to issue Metro cards and the funny thing is, they only uses coins, change the notes to coins via the control station, then queue to buy tickets. Worse is that, if you have to buy 3 tickets, you have to key in 3 times and drop the coins in 3 separate times. So imagine if you have 10 tickets to buy!

Walking from my hotel to MBK is just 2 stations away and I can simply access through the skywalk, I did not have to take the train. However, MBK was not as vibrant as it used to be and well, shop there if you are interested to get "inspired" bags, otherwise, I think, you can skip that all together.

2 things that I liked was that Auntie Annie's only cost me S$2 and there is this store on Level 2 called Beauty Buffet where you can get beauty products as super cheap prices. 3 nail polishes and a nail polish remover only cost me 75 baht = S$3!!!

One of the highlight of the day, would have to be the trip to Siam Paragon. This is a huge mall with every single brand you can think of. It's a little costly to shop here, but I did not come here for shopping. I wanted to check out the Madame Tussauds Museum and the Siam Ocean World at the basement.

They have special packages for the 2 attractions, but all I can say is come early as there are floods of crowds and you might end up like me, stranded outside taking just that few photos. Moreover, I was alone, photo taking would be troublesome. Sigh...

The fun thing about Siam Ocean World is that you can interact with the fishes, there's diving activity and even a little boat riding on the glass bottom boat too. So then, you won't be disappointed like when in the open ocean, you might not see the fishes most of the times.

On the way back to the hotel to meet my hubby for dinner, I walked past this temple - Wat Pathumwanaram Ratchaworawiharn that is tucked behind Siam Paragon and Central World. I walked in and it was like a different place on earth, it was so quiet and peaceful, you totally ignore the bustling streets outside.

The temple is open to public at any time and some of the locals even do their jogging there. The time I was there, was just the time for prayer, so I didn't stay too long for fear of disturbing the monks...

This is the monk's hostel. It just seems so surreal to live there...

Along the streets, there were stalls setting up to sell food and I even spotted some teens having a cosplay shoot at Central World. I would say I had a fruitful day, moreover, I had more local cuisine like my favourite Green Curry and Chilli Prawns. SPICY!!!