Style and Fashion 2015

Just an update of what is to come for the next 6 months. True to FloMummy's style, I will only recommend readers style items that affordable and yet it can make you look trendy. The trends I am concentrating on this post on mummy wearables which will have my reccomendations on your new hair do and colour, maybe buy some new pieces to look current while you to run around with the children. Of course carry a new bag and wear a new pair of sandals rather than your usual havaianas………. All without breaking the bank. 

HAIR

Lob also known as Long Bob. 

Things that make you look older than you are has to be the hair. If you are in dire straits to get a new cut and have absolutely no guts to go bob. Try this! Guarantee to make you look fresh and please get a nice warm colour along with it.

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Big Ribbon are a great clip to have it you are growing out your hair. It goes very well with the korean fashion and I find it very useful on days I run out of time to blow dry my hair. Please don't use scrunchie :(

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The latest hair trend is Babylights, the highlights are very fine and subtle which are designed to mimic the sunkissed tones that your hair would naturally have. This look is super low maintance and all you have to do is ensure that your hair looks dynamic and really healthy. 

Instyle

Pleating your hair is going to instantly look like you are so IN. No joke. If you can't braid then this will immediately make you look damn pro.

ACCESSORIES

I have been on a search for the right floppy hat for Singapore's weather. Winter is just over and all we got here in the shops are wool floppy hats. It is way too hot for our weather!! Imagine sweat beads accumulated in our floppy hats!

Pinterest

Panama Hat has been around for a while but this has creeping into the Singapore shores. I guess it has been accepted as someting useful that blocks the sun, simple enough to pair and yet it doesn't scream LOOK AT ME. 

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The must have brand would have to be Chrome hearts baseball cap right? This look would be the most trendy for mummies who love to be in their shorts. It will immediately spruce up an oufit and you can look stylish quick enough.

       Chrome Hearts

Mansur Gavriel Bucket bag seems to be the bags that keeps popping up on my reads and instagram. If you are not travelling to grab this overseas but is dying for a similar bag, I saw it on pssttt (Sandy Trove)

Mansur Gavriel

We need to stop wearing slippers.. period. I found these 2 gorgeous looking sandals that can go really well with the current midi skirts and culottes. This can help us without loading us with the weights we suffer with when we attempt to wear heels and carry the children.  

Charles and Keith

Charles and Keith

Fashion

Culottes are a blast from the past! To think I used to wear this style to clubbing! I am very excited about this comfy culottes as it is so wearable to go out with the kiddo and rough it out. It even comes with pockets! 

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Kimono tops are great! Soft and fresh looking to spruce up any outfit.  I love the especially the spring motifs. These the type of tops you can safely keep in the closet and bring it out every spring.

Stylebystef

I love how if you put both looks together, minimalist and functional.

River Island

If you are looking for prints, keep a look out for the Big Flower Motif. This particular print is everywhere from dresses to midi skirts. Even Zoe Tay wore it to Star Awards 2015!

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Makeup 

Korean Makeup are still trending and please contact me if you have not learn the latest makeup looks! Lips are bright and you can tone it down by layering it on your nude lippie!

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I hope you have enjoyed this post and our features in the Singapore Mom Bloggers website!

My goal

Many people have started coming up to me noticing a great change in me. Working towards a big goal is a challenge but you are like me waking up daily excited to discover and passing it on to others who hasnt got a chance to receive such goodness, it is to be a mission.

The goal to be a National sales director is not a title, it is a journey that shows the many people I have help create success and am part of their stories. I may not be an individual that reads the bible daily or speak of god. But I am a believer of my faith and that he will only put me in a place where my god given abilities and talents are made to good use. 

This is my give back for all the blessings that has come my way.  Learn to give only when you get to receive. Send me the blessings to constantly have the strength and positivity daily. Thank you 

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My 2 front teeth

I was comfortably lying in my bed, reading a book and then came endless screaming, followed by crying by V. Got the daddy to check and his version of checking was "Why the crying?" (shouting from our room.)

About few mins later, the small one came into the room "jiejie cry, dropped her teeth" climbed up the bed and pretended to lie down. Now all mummies will know this is a sign of mischief. The daddy came up at the moment with a tooth. I took it and placed it into the ziplock bag that held her 2nd tooth (she ate her 1st). 

Walked down and saw a distressed child, obviously stoked by the amount of blood that is paired to a tooth. Checked and realized she lost TWO front teeth!! There was already a party of family hovering over her with a little meek girl looking on by the stairs, fearing she will get scolded. Daddy searched and found the 2nd tooth! The grandparents n god ma was appeasing  and digging out versions on what happen. In the midst of crying we believe it got to do with tripping on each other and V hit her teeth. Resulting with a pool of blood and a shocked child. 

I carried the big girl and looked around, realized the amount of attention she is getting over 2 front teeth. At that moment it felt like she was getting married-So typical of a eurasian family. Everyone has something nice to say to the battered and wounded child who hasn't stopped crying. 

1 night, 2 lost teeth and advanced into another level in my parenting. I need a tooth container. Anyone? 

My Dream and My Reasons

20 reasons on why I want to be a National Sales Director of Mary Kay Singapore

1. I have the capability to give the highlife to my children and yet raise them with the culture of Mary Kay

2. That my family will be constantly comfortable and happy. 

3. To have the influence to change people's life especially those who trusted me in this Mary Kay biz

4. To gain respect from people and that my words have the power to ignite their weary souls

5. That my children gets the choice to study anything n anywhere they wish to explore

6. Show the children that dreams come true when you dare to dream, and when u dream it big. Mothers are the best teachers of life

7. Give a luxury life my husband and i deserve

8. To buy dream houses around the world

9. To leave a legacy in this world and that someone out there will agree that I did my best to change their lives

10. Be happy, to love and laugh

11. Be surrounded by people of higher vibrations

12. To travel around the world and fulfill my wanderlust soul

13. That my parents n in laws get a stress free retirement/old age. Medical at 1st class

14. So I have the capacity to share my story to people who needs to hear it.

15. Fulfill Mary Kay words "Enrich women's lives" Every other rejection doesn't matter

16. Buy a plot of land and house my family for generations

17. Have the money to help the research of my cause

18. Time waits for no one and in this life the people who walks in my life deserves to know what mary kay legacy is all about

19. That I know that the people who I brought in, has a life they desire.

20. To pass it on

My Little Pony Party Surprise 'Live' on Stage at City Square Mall

Saturday 14th march has been a FULL day of My Little Pony. If you are not in the loop, this is fashion - children fashion. The era of Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Twillight Sparkle and something something. I tried wiki and the names are overwhelming and V is zzz, so no one to help me.

We started the day at the girl's school Family day where I somehow by a sudden spur of some enthusiasm decided that we will do a tiny stall to sell My Little Pony badges. Wow, how exciting! not. I do get regrets sometimes hahhaha. 

Badges my cousin wanted to give away. She designed them herself!

I grabbed whatever toys we had at home to prettify the little stall. Printed 2 signs to inform the children of our sales, prep V on her duties and sent the husband + K off somewhere so that we can have a good start without disturbance. It started great, I sold 3 even before V got ready to start work. 

Step 1 to succes: Wear it, show it, flaunt it!

Step 2: Jio your besties, get your mother to text all her mummies group chat, get support from familar faces .

Step 3: Don't gender discriminate. Boys like My Little Pony also! 

Step 4: Keep the crowd. They bring more sales. Make use of siblings of friends and friends of siblings. Widen THAT circle 

Step 5: Leave the stall and have fun with the classmates. Daddy will handle it. 

Yes, you read right. She disappeared because her classmates came streaming in and they went out to play !!! So I arrowed the father to look ater the stall while I had to help out another mummy with glitter tattoos. In his words "These things sell by itself, I didn't even have to say much" Word. We managed to earn over $100 to add into the school's fund raising after 3 hours of "work" I did ask V for her thoughts during luch and she said, "Boring, tiring, must talk so much" Guess she managed to understand 1% of what her parents mean by work. 

After the family carnival, we rushed to media event of My Little Pony Surprise 'Live' On Stage. Besides watching you can go to Level 1 City Green where you get to feed, ride and take photos with ponies!!!!! * jealous much u know this mother. But so nice la, I mean $15 for a package and after that I get to go into a mall. Where to find? tell me..

Yea that big! cutness overload!! hehehe

My Little Pony Party Surprise 'Live' On Stage

Date: 14 March - 22 March 

Time: 2pm & 7pm (Mon-Fri); 1pm, 4pm, 7pm (Sat & Sun)

Venue Level 1 Atrium 

Participate in a series of song and dance with the characters from My Littel Pony 'Live' on stage. Join AppleJack, Pickie Pie, Rainbow Dash and Twilight Sparkle on their fun-filled pony adventures as they organise a magical birthday celebration for Princess Celestial. With a minimum spending of $50*, shoppers can redeem an exclusive pass for the Meet and Greet session one hour prior to each show at the Level 2 Customer Service Counter, while stocks last. 

* A maximum of three same-day combines receipts. 50 passes will be given out 1 hour prior to each show, strictly on a first-come first served basis. Receipts used to redeem this Meet and Greet pass canot be used for any other promotions, except Free weekday parking. Other T&C apply. 

Yes this is for me!

Interaction with Live Ponies (Pony Rides/Pont Feeding sessions/Photo Taking Opportunities)

Date: 14 March - 22 March, 28-29 March, 4-5 April, 11-12 April

Time: 1pm-8pm

Venue: Level 1 City Green 

Get up close and personal with the ponies brought in from Gallop Stable! For the package price of $15, you'll be able to go on a pony ride, hand feed the ponies and even take a photo with them to capture the moment. Be sure not to miss this opportunity! 

small one is not blogger friendly .. yet

Most of the carrots ended up errrr

** Please be ready with your own camera because our photo didn't go through well and the wait for the hard copy was 2 hours! Daddy wants me to remind all of you to wash your child's hair after wearing what was a VERY WET helmet. * he touched it  o.0

Take a Magical Shot (My Little Pony Photo Spot)

Date: 13 March - 12 April 

Venue: Level 1 City Green

Get your cameras ready and come strike a pose at Pinkie Pie's SugarCube Sweet Shoppe from Ponyville with your favourite My Little Pony characters. 

If your are damn desperate for a pony shot! hahaha 

In all honesty, go for this event! The $15 package is just so worth the trip, the children absolutely LOVED it!

Disclaimer : We were invited for a media event and given 1 pass for pony ride/photo/feeding. I paid $15 for the other child. 

March Monster Mash

Just came back from Gardens By the Bay! We were kindly invited by Angie of lifestinymiracles.com to attend a Movie Screening : Where the Wild Things are at the Supertree Grove. 

The girls got all excited to be attending a media event, predominately V, K decided not to nap (crap), the husband decided to, well have a night of solitude *wins hands down. So I was to fend going by myself absolutely forgetting how tiring it can be with 2 of them and that I do not have extra pair of hands for whiny, tired children especially 2 that NAGS at 10pm. We sort of got lost, you see I MUST REMEMBER to park correctly and that the 1st carpark is to the Super Grove! You would not believe we got lost getting out of the Super Grove. *note no extra hands and got to carry big yellow car and goodie bags and my handbag and small tired 2 year old and naggy 6 year old. Okie breathe and rant is over.

Man, the event was awesome! I loved it to bits. If they do run this again , please please do experience it for yourself. So from now Friday 13th March till Sunday 22 March, do pay Gardens By the Bay a Visit! The program outline is listed in their website and I have no idea how to create a stylo mylo table to key everything in.

Click here for the comprehensive listing 

We arrived to SuperGrove and saw familiar faces! It has been awhile since I last attended anything. So it is always nice to catch up and give hugs. 

Veraday of http://www.lifeisinthesmallthings.com, Delphine of http://lifeintheweehours.com, Me of http://www.flomummy.com. Jennifer of http://www.dinomama.com, Summer of http://www.ahappymum.com

The children got busy with decorating their car, not that K helped much. I set up the pinic mat on what is very nice fake real grass. I think is real la, feels real but somehow looks not. Then in SG we are capable to do anything. 

The big yellow car that sits the children real comfortably

Do be early to get a nice cosy spot

The movie started at about 8pm, it got them quiet for 20 mins then the grumbling about the sound so loud, the grass so prickly, so hungry, why so dark. Yeah, sounds familar huh. Oh and we had to go for toilet break. I managed to get a hot pizza to keep them quiet for another 30 mins then the small one repeatedly repeated to me "Go home mummy, I want to go home" for at least 50 times. I have not shared much about her the last 2 years so as not to jinx the good behavious but I have a persistent NAGGER in this one. *raises my hands up to heaven 

20 mins into the movie

My attempt to keep her quiet, sleeping on the boobs helped

Definitely a great experience with such beautiful backdrop 

My very lame attempt to be artistic. Monsters and all *huhuhu

Do check them out next weekend 20th March-22 March for a FULL day of Monster Craft, Face Painting, Balloon Sculpting, Water Play Performance Spash, Interactive Storytelling, Make me a Monster Workshop, Monster Family Parade and Competition!! 

Is free admission for every child with a full paying adult into events in the conservatories. 
T&C applies.

 If your family is a big fan of monsters, do check out Make Me a Monstor Workshop. 
Give the whole family a monstrous make-over in this costume-making workshop! Join for a wild rumpus around the Supertree Grove for some inspiration then learn how to turn simple household objects and recycables into awesome monstor costumes for the whole family! March with them in a MONSTER PARADE at the end of the day, where the best-dressed families stand to win exciting prizes. 
Date: Saturday , 21 March & Sunday, 22 March 
Time: - 3pm - 430pm
Location: Cannonball Room
Details: $25 per costume (inclusive of GST) Friends of the Gardens enjoy 20% off
Please register early to aviod dissapointment and do it here online by 16th March!

Note: Look out for the Saturday session, which will be co-hosted by a mystery celebrity mom!

psst there is a SSO @Gardens by the Bay too! It is happening on 22 March 630-730pm at The Meadow. 

Back on Blogger Again

Finally made THE decision 

Gosh I miss blogging! I took a hiatus from blogging in 2014. There was a certain confusion of where my blog should steer, I was crawling out of my shell as an insecure mummy to be someone who knew exactly where she is going. My usual rants sort of died down from being an immature to a sort of "experienced" mother of 2. I started doing reviews and sharing about what was new in the market and it was a interesting learning curve. The game plan was no longer the same and I changed the direction of being Victoria-eden.blogspot to Flomummy.com as it was not apt to write under my 1st born anymore. What started as the journal of pregnancy till year 1 sort of managed a life span (thank you readers!) and soon we are arriving into year 7!

Migrating to wordpress made me felt like I have moved to a foreign land and it became hostile to staying there. Adjusting to it took too much effort and in 2015 I relook at that platform once again. I was this close to giving wordpress a 2nd chance with a new blog facelift but in the end everything steered towards DIY. It took some adjusting and I sniffed around the blogs I "grew" up in, Facebook-ed a few old OLD blogging kakis (Note CheekieMonkies thanks love!)  whose blogs resonate with me and here I am back at Blogger!

My supportive bloggers friends have been giving me loads of advice lifestinymiracles.com, mamawearpapashirt.com, accidental-mom-blogger.blogspot.sg, dominiquegoh.com, and many few others who listened and laughed together with me on my process to be back here! Thank you all love.

So presenting a blogger template I bought on Etsy for USD $25! If you haven't gone into there yet? Omg its a shopping haven in there and it gets crazy when everything looks nice (well, nicer than your own, you know!) I narrowed to 2 and eventually "Leighton" template was the winner. Honestly, it was the other one with pastel rainbow but the HUSBAND chose this. So just to let you know, the blogger spouse gets to have ONE say since he is the one who has to lug and follow to events (which in our relationship takes ALOT *just saying)

The old header that was 3 years old and I couldn't bear looking at the highchair anymore!

Simple

This blog will still be what I love to write about especially my thoughts, the things I do daily and of course the time I spend with my children. It was a great break from events in 2014 and in these 4 days, I packed 4 events before a biz trip. So backlogs and labelling my blog *again!! will be the mission or maybe I won't bother much about the labeling la. *lazy bones. Following the 20/80 pareto rule, do the 20% will be just as efficient.

We just did 2 events and I know V loves being back blogging coz she couldn't stop hugging me today. (Guess I was not the only one who miss this aspect of our lives) It has become a part of us, to share, to inspire, to be connected.

How to Dress Fabulous as a Mother- Style

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This week is super packed and I have started planning my outfits for this trip! It's my 1st time documenting my outfits so please do bear with this. My inspiration for this trip is  with  Spring Summer 2014 fashion week: Xtreme Black and White! Suits my style perfectly!!!

My focus for this trip are the children and I need to be really comfortable with the  temperature fluctuating from 24 to 13 degrees in a day. Pockets for to keep my handphone on me without the need to carry a bag for I will be in charge to carry Kate who btw is a heavyweight.  So after much thought,  I decided to pair my Blacks and Whites with a pair of trusty jeans and a dotty (dots are a very current print) winter coat that I got from my last trip to Las Vegas.  Then it won't be Florinda if I don't pair it with my statement accessories! Stay tuned for my post after my trip where I share with you the details of the outfits for the photos do not do justice to the mixed materials and designs that I specially chose ! 

 

 Brands I shop at for the outfits of this post: H&M, Zara, LeNoir Apparels, Inny, Adeline's Loft , Desigual