#sp – My Black Shop soaps review!!

Recently I tried out some natural handmade soaps from My Black Shop, which are the Slimming and Bust-Up Soap, which seriously work!! I love them a lot.

At first I wasn’t convinced that soap could change my body in a week, but it definitely proved me wrong. After two weeks of religiously using the soaps once a day, I lost 0.75 inch at the waist:

And my chest measurement increased by an inch!

First up, the slimming soap!!

How the Slimming Soap works is that it accelerates blood circulation and promotes metabolism for a slimming and toning effect.

For the Bust-Up Soap, the papaya extract and rose oil it contains helps to stimulate the endocrine supplement resulting in breast enhancement. Speaking of ingredients, the soaps smell so heavenly! That’s a major plus for me - it’s like having a spa when I take a bath.

For extra significant results, it is important to use the soap twice a day and follow the massage instructions for the Slimming and the Bust-Up (see below) Soap. I used the soaps once a day only (but did the massages accordingly), yet I still saw results.

 

My Black Shop has also launched their new Whitening Soap that can help prevent the face from acne and pimples and to lighten scars and dark spots on the face or any other part of the body. It contains rice milk and coconut oil, which makes it smell so good!

Check out the soap - you can actually see the rice grains!

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HERE IS THE BEST PART FOR YOU GUYS:

1. Instagram Giveaway

2. My Black Shop Birthday Month Promo in August

3. My Black Shop x Shopee Mobile App Promo

1. INSTAGRAM GIVEAWAY

I’ll be doing a giveaway on Instagram so look out for that! Additionally, if you’d like to purchase the soaps, quote “valerie” for 10% off your entire purchase. For instructions on how to use the discount code, click here. It will be valid until 6 September 2015.

2. MY BLACK SHOP BIRTHDAY MONTH PROMO IN AUGUST

August is My Black Shop’s birthday month and in celebration of this special occasion, they are giving out a sure-win scratch card to each customer who makes a purchase with them in August.

3. MY BLACK SHOP X SHOPEE MOBILE APP PROMO

 

For SG50, My Black Shop has collaborated with Shopee from 3 to 10 August 2015 and will be having a STOREWIDE 30% discount on their Shopee store. (*No discount code is needed as all items will be set at 30% off)

Besides that, you can get an additional discount when you apply these discount codes:

Note that both the yellow and red discount coupon is valid only till 31 August 2015, and the green discount coupon will be generated for you as long as you are a first-time shopper on Shopee and making your first purchase. The green coupon is for one-time use only and will expire once you have used it.

To enjoy these great discount off My Black Shop’s soaps products and selected nails products on Shopee, all you need to do is download the Shopee application which can be found here. Then shop and purchase from My Black Shop here or look for the shop via the search bar with the search term "MyBlackShop".

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USA // NY 9.2 - Out and about in Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Trench Coat from FASH MOB

We were stuffed from our meal but I insisted on heading to Peter Pan Donut & Pastry Shop because I saw good ratings on Yelp. I don't know if I got the wrong donut, but my toasted coconut donut (forgot if that was the exact name) was way too creamy and buttery. I should have gone for the classic glazed donut instead. Anyway, if you're interested in checking it out, I heard the honey dipped, old fashion cruller, apple crumb and red velvet are good. I must mention, though, that I think Dough's donuts win Peter Pan's hands down.

After my very unsatsifying donut, we walked towards Bedford Avenue, where you'll find many vintage shops and other clothing stores like Ugly Luggage (antique furniture and houseware) and In God We Trust (a casualwear New York label selling apparel, jewellery and accessories. I love the jewellery here!). There's also Mast Brothers Chocolate, a chocolatier with innovative flavours like Maple. We got Stumptown Coffee, which didn't taste like much at first, but was better towards the end. Not really my thing though and I prefer Awfully Chocolate for the price. If you're into coffee, try Blue Bottle Coffee! It's pretty famous. I didn't try it because I had been having too much coffee so I opted for a smoothie from Juice Press instead. My absolute favourite smoothie chain in New York.

Peter Pan Donut & Pastry Shop
727 Manhattan Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11222
b/t Meserole Ave & Norman Ave
Greenpoint

Mast Brothers Chocolate
111 N 3rd St
Brooklyn, NY 11249
Williamsburg - North Side

Blue Bottle Coffee
160 Berry St
Brooklyn, NY 11211
b/t 6th St & 5th St
Williamsburg - North Side

Other places you might wanna check out:

BeeHive Oven Biscuit Cafe
182 S 2nd St
Brooklyn, NY 11211
b/t Driggs Ave & Roebling St
Williamsburg - South Side

Moe’s Doughs Donut Shop
126 Nassau Ave
Greenpoint, NY 11222
b/t Eckford St & Mc Guinness Blvd
Greenpoint

USA // New York 9.1 - Brooklyn Brunchin'

How Javin looks when he drinks his drink

 vs how I look when I drink mine

 One of the best dishes I had in New York!

 Brunch with a view ;)

The weather seemed warmer so we headed out of Manhattan and into Brooklyn to explore Williamsburg. Finally!! Javin was really excited about this place because we heard that there were a lot of menswear stores there. It's also known to be upcoming, hip, indie etc etc.

We started off with brunch at Fives Leaves (not Four Leaves ah Singaporeans this is upgraded hahaha), which turned out to be one of the best meals I had in New York. It's a bit of a walk from the station but it was worth it! From the outside it didn't seem like much, but when we entered, we were greeted with chatter and a lively ambience. Woody elements with lots of light made the place feel very comfortable. As we were shown our way to our table, I couldn't help gawking at everyone's food! Everything looked so delicious.

We got truffle fries, mushroom toast and ricotta pancakes to share. The truffle fries and ricotta pancakes were highly raved about on Yelp but the star of the meal for me was the mushroom toast! Oh I wish I could have it now. The gravy reminds me of ikea's meatball gravy.

Five Leaves
18 Bedford Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11222
b/t Nassau Ave & Lorimer St
Greenpoint

USA // New York 8.2 - Dinner at Cocoron

We wanted to have our dinner at Egg, but it was closed. Sought help from Yelp for alternatives and went to Cocoron, the soba place we had dinner at the first night we were in New York, together with our Thai friend who was working in Manhattan for two months. Funny how we had Japanese at Little Italy.

It's not life-changing but it is super tasty and so heartwarmingly comforting in the winter. I'm not a noodle person but I love japanese noodle dishes! This hit just the right spot. This time I had the warm soba, but Cocoron is known for their dipping soba, which I tried the first time. Each dipping soba will come with an individual hot pot containing your selected sauce, with a flame below to keep it warm, and a serving of soba. If there were any add-ons ordered, they would come in a separate dish, not together with the sauce. That's perfect because I love tempura flakes and I wouldn't want them soggy from soaking up all that sauce... The way to eat is to just dip the soba into the sauce and then slurp it up. The regular serving is just nice for me, but for Javin perhaps the Large would have been better. Towards the end the sauce does get a little salty because the flame causes water to evaporate quickly and the sauce becomes pretty concentrated, but Cocoron will serve some water (?) to add into the sauce.

The warm soba doesn't come with those funky sauces, it was just soba in a light soup with some other ingredients, depending on what you order. Not as interesting, but for days when you just wanna have lots of soup with your noodles, this is great. The cucumber thing is very refreshing too! We tried the egg but it wasn't fantastic.

Cocoron has two stores, one in Lower East Side and one in Nolita. I've only been to the one in Nolita, which is the second store, but I heard that the two stores have different menus and my friend's favourite sauce is from the store in Lower East Side. I suggest being there by five to five-thirty pm, because it does get crowded during dinnertime and the space is small (typical of New York haha).

Cocoron (Delancey St)
61 Delancey St
New York, NY 10002
b/t Allen St & Eldridge St
Lower East Side

Cocoron (Kenmare St)
37 Kenmare St
New York, NY 10012
b/t Mott St & Elizabeth St
Little Italy, Nolita