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My mug was broken (by someone) few months ago, and yet I haven’t been able to find a replacement that I liked. Finally one day as I walked by a small shop, I saw it sitting on the top shelf and it made my day. Perfect size, shape, color and material. Actually I bought some nice cushions at the shop before but never thought of going back there to look for mugs.
Shop: addiction
Address: G/F, 15 Gough Street, Central, Hong Kong
Mission of the week: Cake experiment. Still going through page after page looking for delicious christmas recipes. I wonder which flour/brand is the best for baking cakes.
Recent happy smell: Voluspa mini Minaret Candle – Mirabelle
Normally I am not a fan of sweet smell, but this mirabelle candle’s got magic in it. The tiny 2oz ceramic pot is way too cute. “The tart fragrance of prized mirabelle plums grown on the fertile regions of Lorraine, France. Notes of green leaf, pear, tuberose, and freesia are expertly harmonized to reveal this plum’s inner secrets.” So that strong sweet smell is derived from plums!! The smell is anything but subtle. It doesn’t smell like plum to me, but a combination of floral, sweet, unique, happy fragrances joyously married together, making it the perfect little gift for christmas! I am keeping mine to light up for special moments. For now I just open it from time to time to sniff at the sweet smell hahahaha.
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.
When I lived in Vancouver, I enjoyed going to stores that carried all kinds of weird, stupid and dumb items. $1.99 for a soft squishy figure for stress relief, or $2.99 for a box of bandages with Jesus pattern. It’s weird there isn’t a store like that in Hong Kong. Maybe that’s why Hong Kong people are so stressed out.
I wanna get this tattoo rubber duckie so I can be a punk ass even in the bath. USD$8.95 set of two.
Glow zombie finger puppets. What better way to impress a girl than having them wrapped around your finger? USD$4.95 for a set of 5.
Bacon strips bandages. Yummy!!! USD$4.95 for a box of 15.
Archie McPhee store in Seattle is my kind of store.
I used to have a super nice Celine umbrella with star pattern, but it was destroyed many years ago during typhoon no. 10. How stupid I was to let my friend open the umbrella in such weather! The umbrella flipped over immediately the moment he opened it I was like WTF?! Thank god this stupid incident will never happen again with the new generation of umbrella design. My dear gadget boy M bought me an umbrella by Senz that’s virtually unbreakable because of its patented aerodynamic design, which makes it windproof for up to 70 MPH.
Product Features:
• Aerodynamic design means that it finds the best position in the wind
• Doesn’t turn inside out, it is windproof in gales up to 70 MPH!
• Unique patented design means it is practically unbreakable
• Still one of the lightest umbrellas available
• Winner of multiple design awards
• Shape allows for perfect vision with the best rain protection
• ‘Eye savers’ stop people getting poked!
• Innovative opening mechanism uniquely integrated in the handle
When I first saw the picture I immediately fell in love with the idea: boring light bulb casting the shadow of a chandelier. What a genius idea to transform the mundane into something glorious, full of humor, and creative! This particular sticker is designed by Munchausen which is sold at Ugly Home in Paris. This sticker is about USD130.
