Anyeong! As you can see from previous few posts, Noona has been trying to religiously key in her calorie intake in a health app named MyFitnessPal. After a month of logging in, unfortunately, she does not see any weight loss despite the target of losing 0.5kg per month. Hmm...

Based on Noona's personal observation, these few points may be the main reason of why MyFitnessPal does not work for weight loss:

(1) The misconception of you can burn your over-consumed calories

While this is technically true if you are looking at it from mathematical point of view, Noona tends to eat higher calorie food for dinner especially when she sees she has enough calorie "quantity" left to consume for the day. So yeah, most of the time after gym session, she will see a whopping available calorie of 900 - 1000 kcal. Instead of sticking to the plan to eat healthy, she usually succumbs to food such as this bowl of fried rice. Uhm...

(3) You cannot always find the food in the apps' database

Some of the food that Noona consumes are not available in the database and she has to log in using similar food to key in the calorie intake. The thing is, while both food may be named as "fried kway teow" or whatever, they may have a way different calorie numbers contained in the dish. Because after all calories do depend on a lot of factors such as the way the food is cooked, the condiments used in cooking, the sauces, etc. 

With those reasons being mentioned, MyFitnessPal seems to be able to give more accurate calorie data on more popular food such as McDonalds' or hawker food (if you are living in Singapore). So yeah, while it is not foolproof, you can still check estimate number of calorie for those popular dishes. Hopefully, it will help you to choose healthier option when you are eating out. 

Meanwhile, the weight-loss journey continues. Let's just hope we can find a better way to reach our ideal body weight.

Fighting!

Finally the Missha x Line Friends make up ranges is available for grab at Missha outlets in Singapore. The collection is actually nothing new as it has been launched in Korea way earlier this year (around January 2016, perhaps?). Well, as a Line Friends fan, Noona made sure that she's amongst the first customers to go on the 1st day the collection is available.

It seems that this summer's most displayed body parts is the shoulders. This is a bad news for people who are top heavy because our shoulder blade will not be so sexy. Well, Noona's shoulder blade is definitely not as sexy as Nana's but that does not mean we should not embrace this latest summer trend, the bardot tops. For those who has the confidence and the sexy shoulder blade, bardot tops are definitely good assets to have. 

The latest pictorial of Jessica and Jay Park for Adidas is simply awesome. Rainbow is not new. The top Korean model, Irene Kim, has been sporting the look for months now. But the hair color looks so amazing on Jessica. Kinda makes Noona want to sport the same hairstyle but she would probably be summoned by the HR department in the office the next day. LOL. So, how to make this rainbow hairstyle works?

1. Pair it with a dark top

Her Look

What's more perfect than a sweet feminine floral touch to your look in the season of flowers? Lizzy seems to be very busy recently with her job (based on her Instagram, she seems to be heavily involved in a show called #Okkbeauty?). The inspiration for the sweet spring #ootd comes from one of her pictorial promoting the show. I kinda miss After School performing together but with UEE busy with her drama, it seems that we have to wait for a while before another comeback. 

Noona has been using her third refill of the Face Shop's Aura CC cream and so far, she is quite happy with it. If you feel like buying a new CC cream, you may want to consider Aura CC cream from the Face Shop because they are currently giving out free 2016 calendar featuring Noona's husband, Kim Soo Hyun. The calendar is filled with handsome photos of Kim Soo Hyun, obviously. 

1. Even out the pores

Apply the pore refining primer (e.g. GoodSkin Labs Z-PoreInstant Pore Refiner Minimize Pores) to the T-zone area of the face. You can use your fingers to apply the primer. 

2. Apply BB cream 

You can mix the BB cream with the remaining of the pore refining primer before applying to your face. This will give a matte finish to your face. I've used BB cream from Face Shop before and they are not bad for getting matte finish to the face. Alternatively, you can use BB cream from Etude House or other Korean/ Western Brand (although I prefer Korean brand for this BB or CC cream).

3. Apply the face powder and pressed powder

You can use powder brush instead of puff if you have difficulty in controlling the amount of powder that you want to apply. After you are done, you can apply pressed powder on those areas where easily get oily or creased (e.g. eyelids and nose)

The base make up will be suitable for hot and humid weather where we easily sweat. Happy Baby-facing! =P