Review : A day at London Weight Management

For all those who googled London Weight Management, I'll have to say that you're so lucky you stumbled upon my post. Because this post will prepare you for all sorts of nonsense you'll have to face there. Also, do take note that I am writing this purely based on my OWN opinion and I do not represent London Weight Management in anyway. You may choose to or not to believe my words. I will also be replacing the names of the actual people with their initials.

Read on to find out more about my experience at London Weight Management. Let's just shorten it to LWM.

One random afternoon, I received a call from a V in LWM. Supposedly, I won a free treatment from them via some  Facebook contest so she arranged for my appointment to be at 7pm at the Woodlands Civic Center outlet. I was also told that I can bring a friend along. Do note that she confirmed for me to get my free TREATMENT on the day itself.

So yes on the day of my appointment, I went down to Woodlands Civic Center. While I was walking there with Ringo, I received a call from V again asking me where I was. Naturally I told her that we were in Woodlands and will reach the outlet soon. Guess what? She gave me a HUH? And told me my appointment was actually in BUGIS instead! Exhibition of poor management 1. In the end she told me she'd transfer the appointment to the Woodlands outlet so we continued our way there.

Finally, we arrived at our destination. Oh you've gotta love what we didn't know was coming. They told us that V only told them 1 person was coming so basically, Ringo came for nothing. Yea she let me go ahead because she's skinny and I'm a fat lump. Exhibition of poor management 2.

We proceeded to a room where a consultant named B attended to us. Mind you we had to wait really long for EVERYTHING. And then after a long while, B told us that another room was available so Ringo can be attended to at the same time. We'll give our experience one by one beginning with mine(Chiharu) because I got started first.

CHIHARU'S EXPERIENCE

I was led to a room to take my height and weight. Then I was told that I'm supposedly overweight. After a quick google search, I'm pretty sure I'm of the ideal weight. But fine, I just look plump so I'll go with the fact that I'm overweight. She then proceeded to make me wait in the consultation room so that she can grab a camera.

While waiting, I snapped these pictures.

Their ampoules.

Strange, peculiar structure with strands of hair

Posters telling people how successful their clients are in losing weight.

Even more.

A food pyramid.

Now at this point of time I was getting seriously bored. MAYBE, they had to go down to Courts to buy a new camera or something, else why would it take so long!!!

Okay, wait wait wait. Just waste my precious time waiting there while I could be reviewing something on my blog. AND FINALLY SHE RETURNED. And then I had to strip down to my bra and undies. We shall skip the awkwardness and move on with my experience. She has kids okay, so she seemed so motherly while explaining to me, telling me my fatty parts where I should be reduced in size. Pictures were taken. Then it all began. No more motherly figure, only sales person.

Sales person who has POOR knowledge. I don't know how many people fell for her explanation but let me reveal the truth. I am someone with irregular menses. So once she heard that, she begin to accuse my irregular menses of being the culprit behind my fats. According to her, menses is dirty blood. So when my menses is irregular and I fail to shed the dirty blood monthly, toxins will accumulate in my body and make me fat, give me darkened armpits and butt. Excuse me, I'm a biology student. So I asked what has that blood got to do with toxins?! She then raised another example. She told me to imagine it like Nasi Lemak. Irregular menses is like eating a packet of Nasi Lemak and not passing it out. Can you imagine my head with the dozens of ??? around it? Furthermore, she told me she had bad skin during her pregnancy because she did not have menses for 9 months so all the toxins are kept in her body.

I'm not going to flip my Biology book and spam you with details but the blood is NOT DIRTY. Sure it stinks but that is because it has come into contact with the oxygen in the air! This blood is actually supposed to be our uterus lining and provides support for the baby, along with oxygen and nutrients if you get pregnant. Also, breakouts during pregnancy is NOT caused by the lack of menses!!! It is because of the hormonal changes during pregnancy! I'm seriously wondering if LWM trains their staff before putting them out. Such an embarrassment to woman because even a quick google search shows that thinking that menstrual blood is dirty is a myth, something only the older generation believe in. People do not be intimidated and fooled into thinking that irregular menses makes you fat okay. Kindly google a little about it so that you will not be tricked.

After NOT clarifying my doubts, she proceeded to force me to buy the treatments. She kept asking me my budget. Telling me there's student price. Telling me this half price promotion is only for today. COME ON LWM, I'm here to experience the treatment I won. Also, I have not tried a single sh*t and YOU WANT ME TO SPEND HUNDREDS/THOUSANDS on your treatments? For goodness sake, even a bottle of expensive serum at Tangs has a tester. If you can claim to guarantee us a loss of blah blah blah cm and blah blah blah kg, why are you so afraid to let us try the treatment first before trying to sell us anything?! So I told her that I at least have to try it out first before purchasing. Her attitude changed immediately. She told me there's no time for treatment anymore because we came late. Hell it was the LWM people that schedule us okay, now you're telling me there's no time? You're awesome.

RINGO'S EXPERIENCE

The service is such a turn off. She arranged another day for me and I went to find Ringo. Now let me relate Ringo's experience to you. Basically, Ringo got attended to by a new consultant. She overheard their conversation telling the consultant to try and attend to Ringo because she's new and need more experience. Similarly, Ringo took her height and weight measurements. The best part? According to their table, she is UNDERWEIGHT. They have no business ethics. She still tried to hard sell Ringo into signing their slimming package. Like what?! So does this mean LWM encourages underweight people to not only continue being underweight but they should slim down even further? My best friend should be reduced to skin and bones?

The new consultant also related a steam room effects to reverse osmosis of a potato. Like what, because our body has toxins and a steam room doesn't, the toxins will reverse osmosis out of our bodies and we will become slimmer and healthier?! Steam room makes you SWEAT. Sweating is like detoxing. Which is why exercising gives you good skin. Not reverse osmosis. Poor knowledge AGAIN.

Ringo was quite peeved already. She hinted to the person that she wants to see the service standards first before signing anything. The person let out a mocking smile. To me it was a mocking smile because she was telling B that Ringo wanted to see their service with a sarcastic tone. No business ethics, poor service, poor management, lousy attitude, what can possibly be worst? Oh Ringo didn't get to try anything either because there was "no time". So yea she was arranged to return the same day as me. We went out of the room and saw this.

Yea, so true. A paying customer totally requires THREE of LWM's people to be sitting down and joking around with her. This is where our "time" went to? They are not free to attend to us because we didn't pay.

Slack, joke around, laugh, use iPhone. LWM has very busy staffs.

Mind you I was not holding a spy cam or anything. My camera can be seen clearly. But then again, we didn't pay so no one gives a sh*t about us.

Our ratings for London Weight Management? It can't even be rated. It has to be the poorest of all ratings. ZERO stars. Let me summarize all the reasons why they deserve ZERO stars.

1. Poor management
2. Lousy service
3. Bad attitude
4. Hard selling
5. No knowledge of what they are doing
6. No business ethics

We are never returning. And for all those who "won" themselves a free treatment, you have been warned. I will be sharing this experience with everyone I know. Needless to say, we never returned for the "free treatment" because we sure as hell do not want to experience ROUND TWO of this. I hope this post will help those who are intending to head down to London Weight Management and not let them be fooled by weird myths.

P.S. We're not the only ones who experienced this. I won't name the bloggers but T and H had a bad experience at the AMK Jubilee outlet too.

Should LWM feel the need to contact us to follow up on this matter, please email to Domokie@gmail.com

Love,
Chiharu ❤

Disclaimer : All of the words above are 100% honest based on our own experience at LWM. We do not represent them in any way. You may choose to agree or disagree with our review.

Event x Review : Bio-essence "The Biggest Loser in 7 Days" Slimming Challenge and Product Reviews

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As you all might have known by now, Chiharu and I attended the Bio-essence's challenge this month and Chiharu won! I didn't lose as much inches as she did, but I had quite a good experience with it as well, so here's my take on it. (2X Strength, 2X posts!)

Not my arm lar. This belongs to another blogger~!

So on 8th of May, all of us went back to get our measurements taken.

And not my leg lar~ This also belongs to another blogger, who cannot be named. : x

And the results were astonishing.

Showing off how much flab has been lost from our flabby arms.

And the winners all received a generous amount of Bio-essence products (especially Chiharu who won first place)! They each lost 12.5cm, and 10.5cm respectively. ; A ;

So on to this miraculous product:

Bio-essence gave us two products for review: the Celebrity's Choice Inchloss Shower Scrub and Celebrity's Choice Inchloss Body Cream (Extra Strength). 

For more details on the products themselves, you may visit Bio-essence's website or Chiharu's review on them. (For my post today I'll focus more on my personal experience instead!)

I am considered rather thin (slightly underweight in terms of BMI), but even so, there are areas which would benefit from more toning (tummy and thigh for me especially). For those looking to lose weight, the Celebrity's Choice Inchloss series on its own does not promote weight loss, but rather helps you to tone up your flabs to achieve a slimmer silhouette.

And all in all, it works! I'm rather surprised by the results actually. People even asked me if I have dieted after that week even though in actuality, I've been splurging on buffets and food (more on that later). : x  My thighs and arms didn't lose much inches because I've been exercising regularly, but my tummy lost quite a bit.

The products contain ingredients like ginseng, ginger, capsicum, caffeine and pineapple, so you would think they might stink (I hate the smell of pineapples especially), but surprisingly, both of them smell quite pleasant. In fact, they didn't smell spicy at all, and instead was a mild floral sweet scent. 

If you have a sensitive nose like me though, don't take too hard a whiff at it! Like Chiharu mentioned, you might sneeze (or worse, get a bit of a runny nose).

I have sensitive skin too so I was more cautious with the application amount. For those who are concerned, do a patch test first (especially for the body cream)! The shower scrub didn't burn at all for me though. I think it actually depends on your body heat and surrounding temperature, so experience may differ. Be careful not to let it run to your sensitive areas though! It exfoliates the skin quite well, and aids in the absorption of the body cream later.

For the body cream, the heat level was definitely a lot higher. First-time users may want to apply a lesser amount first to get used to the heat. For people with sensitive skin, your skin may itch a little, but be careful not to scratch it! Instead, take a small towel and gently wipe the cream off and apply a smaller amount. 

The heat actually comes on gradually, so if at first you don't experience any heat sensation, wait a while before applying more. Don't be 'kiasu', if you apply too much, the heat sensation may actually be too much to handle!  The heat sensation actually lasts for the whole day (depending on the amount you put), and is dependent on your body heat and the environment's temperature. So for those who work indoors in air-conditioned offices, there will be a lesser heat sensation compared to if you were playing sports right under the sun. 

Additionally, take note to not touch your eyes/ nose area after application. For those who wear contacts, put them on first before you apply these products! I don't think any of us really want our eyes to burn for real.  

Scent : ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ (It's not the most fragrant product, but hey, it's a slimming body scrub!)

Burning sensation : ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ (It's so minute I think I might have just imagined it.)

Effectiveness : ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ (It's really good for exfoliating, but get the Body Cream for best results.)

Overall : ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ (What are you waiting for, get it now!)

The Inch Loss Body Cream EXTRA Strength :

Scent : ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ (Chiharu loved it for its fruity scent, but I prefer milder fragrances~)

Burning sensation : ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (In case of fire, please dial 995.)

Effectiveness : ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (The attack was Super Effective!)

Overall : ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (What, you mean you haven't already bought it?)

Signing off,

Ringo

Disclaimer: All photos taken from Bio-essence Facebook page (unless watermarked).

Event x Review : Bio Essence "The Biggest Loser in 7 Days!" Slimming Challenge Results x Product Reviews !

So you've all seen the first post, are you ready for the revelation of the results? I have to warn you first, this is one of the lengthiest post you'll EVER see because it includes the products, the event and what happened after the event!

Let's recap a little bit... If you all remember, on 30th April, Ringo and I attended a workshop held by Bio essence at California Fitness... If you need a little more visual, refer to the post here. Each blogger went home with a set of products from the Celebrity's Choice series that included the newest member of the Celebrity's Choice series.

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I present to you from the Celebrity's Choice series, the Inch Loss Shower Scrub and the Inch Loss Body Cream EXTRA Strength!

The two goodies given to us by Bio-essence!

Here are the instructions on how you should use it. Let's move on!

As always, we start from the beginning, in the shower! Which means we will be talking about the shower scrub first.

Here's what Bio-essence says about their scrub :

"A revolutionary product that promotes blood and oxygen circulation while showering for a smoother, firmer and slimmer looking body. It contains Bio Energy Fluid, Bio Mineral Amino Acid Essence, Capsicum, Ginger, Ginseng and Pineapple Essence to stimulate the slimming and firming process while encouraging rapid cell renewal. It also deeply cleanses & exfoliates to remove dead skin cells during shower."

The star ingredients are as seen above in the picture along with their description.

They also have a rating system for the heat level and the firming speed. For the shower scrub, its heat level is rated as 2/5 and the firming speed is at 1/5. It's not a whole lot but then again, how many scrubs out there have this effect?

Moving on, we have the body cream which is to be used after the shower.

 

Once again the star ingredients are as shown in the picture along with the descriptions. For the sake of all our poor eyes, here's what Bio-essence says about their newest member!

"This body cream is power packed with unique and natural bio-heat active ingredients such as Bio Mineral Amino Acid Essence & Bio Energy Fluid to greatly enhance the absorption and effectiveness of the active ingredients. It also helps speed up the reduction of stubborn fatty deposits under the skin to achieve amazing slimming results of ½ inch off arms, tummy, thighs and legs in just 7 days! Feel the tingling heat sensation immediately after application, helping to promote body shaping, contouring and firming of skin instantly for a slimmer silhouette. What’s more, it also works to help reduce the appearance of stretch marks, moisturize and smoothen skin while promoting digestion and relieving bowel problems. Experience the pleasant fragrance with new increased heat sensation every time you massage the cream. It is the sign of the process to a slender you."

As you've noticed, the ingredients are somewhat the same because this series targets the same thing except for their bust cream, and that is to burn the flabs and firm our skin! So then you'll wonder, really? Can this product really give me a slimmer silhouette? I'm sure all of you want a yes. And it is a yes, only if you do have a proper diet and maybe an exercise routine?

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Let me share my experience with all of you! I'm a really lazy person. I am seriously like a couch potato because I really can just sit and rot at home the whole day just by watching TV or gaming. Then a miracle happened! This product came into my life. Of course at this point of time, I am a healthier person, I don't gobble down all my food and I refrain from snacking on fatty/junk food. I still didn't exercise though.

I did however use the products diligently day and night. Before I continue with chunks of words, here's what the products look like.

The cream is on the left and the scrub on the right

This is the scrub, can you see the tiny beads? It didn't foam a lot in this picture but let me assure you that it foams well in the shower!

My say on the scrub is that, despite all the scary and spicy ingredients, it smells good. It doesn't smell like anything spicy but do be warned that if you have a sensitive nose, you might catch a whiff of the spiciness that isn't very apparent. I don't mean the smell but it's like when you get pepper in your nose, you just sneeze.

I would have to say that the scrub doesn't burn at all? I'm quite thick skin IMHO and I didn't feel any burning despite massaging the product on my body and letting it sit for awhile. I did hear that some other bloggers felt the burning though! Be careful with this product because you don't want this to get into your eyes! Also do note that this is quite liquid-ish in texture so you want to be careful with how much you pour out.

As for the cream, it's to be applied after the shower scrub because if you have dead skin all over, the product wouldn't be able to penetrate as well and it might not be as effective.Similarly, I apply this cream on the areas I want to slim and firm and massage it in. This cream smells lovely, like apples and raspberries! Absorbs really easily for a cream and leaves my skin feeling soft and smooth. Great multi-tasking product isn't it?

How to massage? After you spread the cream all over, massage in circular motions but focus on moving upwards, or more towards the heart. Why? I don't really know why towards the heart, it's just a tip from the famous Taiwan beauty show "女人我最大". As for the upwards motion, it's because we want it to "defy" gravity! You don't want saggy skin so you have to defy gravity :/ Do take note not to scratch your nose/lips or rub your eyes after applying this cream because trust me, it burns. I was one of the clumsy ones who did that!!! Also, you can put this on your booties like I did but never your boobies!

FYI, this product is rated 5/5 for both heat level and firming speed! This is one hot mama so don't apply too much at one go! Slowly build the layers like you would with a foundation xD For me it usually burns for around 1 hour before subsiding. However it's meant to have a 24hour burning effect. It could be me being thick skin though.

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If you all remembered, the product claims that you will lose 1/2 inch in 7 days. And after 7 days, you'll be amazed at how many inches I lost. I'm not going to put my stats up here because I am a fatty and I don't need anyone else to know o(╥﹏╥)o

Basically, I lost about 1/2 an inch for each of my limbs except my right thigh which only lost about 0.2 inch. My tummy however lost about 3 inches!!! Sum them up and I'll have lost about 5 inches within only 7 days! Needless to say, I won! ＼（＾ ＾）／ Personally I really feel that the reason I lost was because I'm the fattest blogger. More fats = more flabs = more inches to lose!

Summary for each product before I reveal the generous prizes given to me by Bio-essence!

The Inch Loss Shower Scrub :

Scent : ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ (It's not my favorite scent but I'm pretty impressed with how it doesn't smell spicy!)

Burning sensation : ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ (I honestly didn't feel anything but this is just me~)

Effectiveness : ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ (Removes my dead skin and preps it for better absorption!)

Overall : ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ (Buy it!!! Worth it!!!)

The Inch Loss Body Cream EXTRA Strength :

Scent : ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (I love fruity scents and how this scent lingers on me like perfume!)

Burning sensation : ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (Like I said, one hot mama!)

Effectiveness : ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (The results are the best evidence you can find)

Overall : ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (Love it, hearts it, repurchase it for sure!)

I super hearts these products and I believe they can be found at Watsons/Guardians/(maybe) NTUC? If you only want to invest in one, GRAB THE CREAM!!!

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GOODIES GALORE NOW!!! Enough of the words, on with the pictures!

Omg look at how generous they are! A total of 10 retail sized products!!! Are you drooling yet..?

LOOK. The entire range of the bird nest series! I kept scratching my itchy heart ever since the day it proved to be more effective than my Hada Labo but I kept hesitating. So glad I get to try these!

The Bio-essence 24K Bio-Gold Eye Contour Lifting Serum with Bird's Nest Essence. My mom has been using this since forever and I received this on Mother's Day... So yea, you guessed it, it's now officially hers!

We have... MORE BB CREAMS YAY! I can never get enough of BB creams. Bio-essence BB all smell exceptionally good! Have you tried them yet? ;)

Deep Cleansing Milk with ATP

Tanaka White Ultimate Whitening & All Spots Fading Cream. This is also claimed by my mom because she has spots and I don't!

Yay for sleeping mask! These are superb for lazy bums like me~

Deep Exfoliating Gel with ATP. We all need to exfoliate no matter what skin types!

THANK YOU BIO-ESSENCE!!!

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This next part is optional. We bloggers went out and had lunch together (＾∇＾) Clara and Elfaine didn't join in though but they will next time!!!

All the below pictures koped from Yijing's FB! Hungry = never take pictures .__.

We went to...

RamenPlay!

Choose food must camwhore! xD

From L-R, Ringo/Chiharu/Tsuriki/Himeko/Yijing

Two is never too much!

From L-R, Ringo/Chiharu/Tsuriki/Himeko/Yijing

This is my spicy ramen that isn't kidding at all. Me and Tsuriki ordered this and nearly burst into flames! She didn't finish hers but me trying to act hero and burn my tummy finished the entire bowl!

I think this is Yijing's ramen. I was so hungry and obsessed with my own bowl of food that I totally did not see other's food ( > . < )

I believe this is either Ringo's ramen or Himeko's. Cannot blame me that I forgot which is which, I am a PIG.

Himeko and Tsuriki wanted to eat Cold Stone's Ice cream afterwards so the rest of us stood outside and camwhore in natural lighting! Ringo looks blur!

I am attempting to be cute but I think I totally failed.

Attempt 2, still fail because of crooked finger T___T

This is my personal favorite. I never expected myself to look decent *ahem cute* in specs because I've always hated them since young~ So in this pic I koped Ringo's specs and thus she isn't looking in the right direction!!! I think.

There are more pictures but they're with Tsuriki! Wait for her to post then I go and kop also LOL. It was a damn good outing man, we all got along so well and chat non-stop you'd be terrified if you weren't one of us! One outing is not enough, we're all going to Kbox/KTV soon! All together!

Super looking forward to it~

Love,

Chiharu ❤

Disclaimer : Products mentioned in this post are sponsored/given to me by Bio-essence. That does not in any way affect my opinion on these products. I only review products after using them for at least a week.