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I am absolutely in love with Cire Trudon’s candles, with their unique scents full of characters and imagery. Each scent’s inpired by something, may it be a place, an era, a room, a person. A brief history of this company: Established in 1643 by Claude Trudon, Cire Trudon is the most famous wax producing factory in France. As the provider of Louis XIV’s French royal court, as well as the most glorious cathedrals and churches over France.
The Wax: Cire Trudon candles are 100% paraffin-free and devoid of any secondary minerals derived from petrochemicals. Using a secret palm oil, rice, soy and coprah with wicks of pure cotton, all Cire Trudon candles do not contain any of the substances listed by OSPAR (referred to by Greenpeace). 100% biodegradable. Burn time of up to 70 hours.
The Glass: Cire Trudon travelled to Vinci in Italy to have master craftsmen realise its hand-blown candle glass. Its deep colour and its smart irregular profile varies for each glass, no two glasses are identical.
The Label: Sporting embossed golden letters, the gold label adorning our candles is produced exclusively for Cire Trudon by the oldest champagne label maker in France.
My favorites are La Marquise, Trianon and Ernesto. Love to infuse my home with these lovely smells.
La Marquise
The cheerful and powdered air of a delicious boudoir; verbena and lemon stimulate the sensuality of the white flowers and the rose. This perfume at once, tender and clever, keeps up all the sharpness of Madame Pompadour’s conversations and the voluptuous charms of the Rocaille chic.
Trianon
The picking of hyacinths, roses, white flowers, wild herbs from the meadows and graminaceous plants, this bunch of flowers reminds us of an ideal nature, that of the Nouvelle Heloise and the country life dreams of Marie Antoinette. Vibrating with the memory of a summer evening and the warm scent of musk of torches, this candle is an homage to the Queen of taste who inspired so many candles to Maison de Cire Trudon.
Ernesto
In a hotel of Havana, sizzling under the stubborn sun of the Revolution, fierce overtones of leather and tobacco meddle with waxy silence of wood. Breaking out of the cool dimness, sly grimaces emerge, framed by the smoke of cigars and the barrels of guns.
Hot red wig and a new panda outfit. Cute huh? 
Looking handsome riding a llama.
…or not.
Joop gave me a blythe long time ago and she’s been neglected by her owner (me LOL) for a loooong time. Her hair was totally messed up so I just chopped it off with blunt scissors. I can’t remember why but last year (I think?) I bought a blythe with blonde straight hair, and she’s been sitting in the corner since then. Joop came to my place and I showed her the horrific looking blythe and she agreed to give my poor blythe a makeover. Last week we went shopping for blythe clothes and now my dolls look super cool!!!
Here’s my first blythe after the makeover with her new clown outfit. Her face was given a matte treatment with new eyes which look brighter.
A closer look:
Here’s the blonde blythe I bought. No cosmetic surgery on this one. Check out her awesome outfit that Joop loooooves so much.
Her face looks so oily. @@
It’s time for some sexy and flirty lingeries which I can never get enough of. Check out Lascivious, a UK brand launched in 2004.
Yesterday I was walking in Central and there’s a girl in front of me. She was wearing black pants and I saw this gray thing sticking out of her pants. It’s a white panty that turned gray!! Please wear some clean and fresh underwear girls!! Love yourself and buy some nice lingerie please! I love the ones with lace…They aren’t the most practical but they definitely make me happy wearing them. Some of the brands I like are ID Sarrieri, La Perla, Lejaby, Simone Perele, Cosabella and Aubade.
Few things to keep in mind when washing your precious lingerie:
1. Handwash ONLY
2. Use lukewarm water
3. Do not dry them under the sun
4. No bleaching
I use Tocca laundry delicate. It’s mild which is good for lingerie and leaves your clothes smelling nice.
Shops I go to in Hong Kong:
Jilian. G/F 31 C-D Wyndham Street, Central.
(852) 2826 9295
Lane Crawford at IFC Mall. Podium 3, IFC Mall, 8 Finance Street, Central.
(852) 2118 7600
Private Shop. L1-36 Festival Walk, Kowloon Tong.
(852) 2265 8877
Mariage Frères is a French tea company that makes really good tasting tea. If you are a tea lover and haven’t tried it yet you really should mark it down on your priority list. There are over 500 varieties of tea in the Frères family. The few I’ve tried are all very unique with their own characters. One of my favorite is Earl Grey French Blue, an elegant silky blend with blue flowers. Another one is Thè Au Tibet, which is a silky and flowery black tea. Thank god their tea is finally available in Hong Kong where I live. You can find it at Lane Crawford home store in the Pacific Place. They carry about 20 blends.
The Lane Crawford Home Store
Shop 126, Pacific Place, Admiralty. Hong Kong
tel: +852 21183652
