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There are umpteen ways of pampering yourself. While listing them all wouldn’t be the sanest option here is the most hi-tech way. Check out the dry head spa robot and join us in believing it is undoubtedly the most hi-tech option of taking care of yourself. The robot developed by Panasonic begins with recovering a 3D scan of your head which is followed by 3D tracking mechanism, one that enables the 24 fingers to follow the shape of your head. The robot is now set to knead your scalp gently, rejuvenating and relaxing you like nothing before. The cherry on the cake is a massage chair to give a full-body experience.

Wavering headphone cables can be troublesome, especially while travelling. Shapeways Button 2.0 has a little notch on the side of a custom 3D printed clothing button to both keep your shirt broached-up, but also keep any earbud cords of 2mm diameter from swinging around.Its clever to transform any shirts in to a convenient headphone tidy.

So you have a birthday party, Halloween event or just another fun get together with the friends coming up, and you can’t think of what to serve for dessert? It is a Star Wars themed party, and you get to work preparing cookies. Let’s not pretend we are any sort of Martha Stewarts in the kitchen. The first step is admitting you need help. For all your Lego shaped and Star Wars themed cookie needs, you can depend on Etsy seller TheSweetShopCookieCo. They offer Star Wars Lego Party Cookies, which are custom cut-out cookies in batches of a dozen. These cookies are truly adorable – some shaped like little pieces of LEGO bricks, while others sport some of the most recognizable Star Wars detailing. They promise that the cookies are made from the best quality, most delicious ingredients. Once baked, the cookies are given their particular characters with the help of icing. Best of all, as the customer, you can specify exactly what you want your cookies to look like.

Boys, pay attention! Shopping for your girlfriend, daughter or sister just got a whole lot easier! Canadian popstar sensation, Justin Bieber’s fans (and really, who isn’t?) will love this new Justin Bieber Girlfriend Gift Set! It contains every teenage girl’s fantasy – all in one convenient pack. The gift set contains a 1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray, a 3.4 oz Touchable Body Lotion, and a 3.4 oz Be With Me Body Wash. The Girlfriend perfume has already been garnering rave reviews for its enticing, flirty fragrance. It contains notes of Pear, Mandarin, Blackberry, Mara Strawberry, Pink Freesia, Star Jasmine, Apricot Nectar, Orange Blossom, Vanilla Orchid, and Musk; all packaged in the most gorgeous gold-laced bottle. It is supposed to induce the feeling of being held tight be the popstar himself. The collection is rounded off with the Touchable Body Lotion and Be With Me Body Wash, both of which just accentuate the seductive experience. The only thing that would be better – Justin himself in the little box!

Angry Birds is going places! Literally! Rovio has collaborated with McDonald’s China to launch an all-new location-based promotional Angry Birds campaign. The game allows Angry Birds gamers to unlock content like game modes, stages and power-ups depending on which McDonald’s they are visiting in China. Players will also be able to vote for their favorite McDonald’s branch in China, and the branch with the most popular votes will see a gigantic slingshot attached to McDonald’s famous golden arches. Now this will be an awesome sight!

You are in a mad rush to get to work early in the morning. This means you have to probably finish off your hair and makeup on the subway or cab on the commute. So you look perfect from the front; however the back of your head is telling another story. The Four-Sided Panorama Compact Mirror is the perfect solution. As the name suggests, this handy little device features four separate mirrors, which are attached to form a long vertical line. These special mirrors can be folded out and held up at a curve so that you are able to see the back of your head and check if every strand is in place. So simple; ingenious! Four mirrors sound like a lot, except that the fold into each other so that they are one compact rectangle. Just carry it around with you in your purse without adding any bulk. It can be used to check hair, evenly color or dye every part of your head, or as a traditional compact. Whatever the situation, this compact ensures that no part of your face or head is ignored.

What can the recycled film roll magnets do for us? They will make us green (read Eco-friendly), they are surely making others go green too (read:envy) while making themselves an excellent option to put our most treasured moments on. Each one has a super strong neodymium magnet hidden in its insides. It’s recycled and back with nothing short of a superpower, how cool can recycling get.

This post qualifies to being one of the best ever not for anything else but the subject. It’s about women, their spirit, individuality and strength and uncompromising style even on the Afghan Frontline. This post isn’t about any women but the brave and dedicated ones who are winning hearts in Afghanistan. They are stylish, they wear the hot red nail paint that we all do, they catch up and let down their hair watching downtown abbey and they wear sexy lingerie too. They touch the hearts and minds of afghan women and also keep their moisturisers close to pamper themselves once in a while. Their lives have been documented by Alison Baskerville, a former RAF officer, who was granted access to the British Army’s Female Engagement Officers (FEOs) and the women at the Afghan National Army’s training centre in Kabul.

The sitting crane, the floating lotus, the baby Buddha…these are a few postures and poses that we will witness a lot of air-borne passengers practising in long-haul flights. With in-flight yoga becoming the latest trend that’s catching on like wild fire passengers will now have an option to stay relaxed and calm during flights. Yocalm’s seated yoga session aims to relax anxious flyers and reduce the adverse effects of flying. You will be glad to learn that Major airlines including Thai Airways, Hong Kong Airlines and Caribbean Airlines are gearing up to roll out yoga sessions through their seatback screens early next year. These easy-to-do relaxing exercises don’t need a t of space but can be easly done by passengers flying economy.

Everyday cooking can get boring and tedious. Make cooking fun, and add some retro music touch to your kitchen with the Boombox Chopping Board. Bring the best of food and music, while you prepare a scrumptious meal. The board is made from toughened glass and features stabilising non-slip feet. It’s the perfect surface for all your kitchen needs, and is easy to clean.

Halloween is around the corner, and some little elements in the house can make your guests shiver. Here is an item that can give your bathroom a perfect Halloween mood. Halloween Tongue Soap by New York-based artist Denise Mancuso, is life-like tongue soaps as part of her Halloween collection. The handmade vegan soap tongues are fragranced with “Vampire Bites” oil and come in sets of five. This bar is definitely a worthy addition to the creepy decor for haunted Halloween parties.

It isn’t really a Halloween party until you pull out the scary snacks. Really, the true testament to the quality of a good Halloween snack is when a guest is too terrified to even put it in their mouth. Until they taste it that is – then they shouldn’t be able to get enough of it. This time around, don’t settle for any boring old store bought goodies. Instead serve your guests with these terrifyingly delicious Severed Fingers Halloween Cookies! The deathly green “cookies” look exactly like severed fingers, and the “blood” seeping out from behind the nails just add to the effect. You can be sure your party guests will be delighted and creeped out, all at the same time. As scary as it looks, it isn’t all that hard to make. The recipe is simple enough; and with some elementary experience in the kitchen, you should be able to conquer it.

So sports and cooking doesn’t have too much in common. One thing they both inspire – undying passion. If you are the type of person who loves to cook, and loves your daily dose of baseball as well, you will also love the Bakeball Bat! It is like the perfect marriage of your two passions – cooking and sports. This “bat” is actually a rolling pin designed to look like a baseball bat. The makers themselves claim that they are aware that this is a product aimed at an extremely niche audience. However, they do hope that you will be able to convert your sports loving, sofa-sitting-screaming-at-the-TV person into a gourmet chef with one of these. Or at the very least, get them to help you out in the kitchen. Created by Spanish designer Jordi Pla, this bat puts the fun back into the kitchen. Gift it to a few buddies, and next time they are over for a game, make a competition out of break time – who can roll out the most cookies fastest!

i.d.e.a. branding and advertising agency has done something that’s almost impossible to fathom, they have turned models aka yoga gurus into motorcycles without any involvement of magic (against its unbelievable appearance). It may look like someone used a wand to create an effect of this magnitude but its all talent. Artist Trina Merry used body paints on the models and created a sport bike, a dirt bike, and a cruiser. All the hardwork you see in the pictures is done for this year’s Progressive International Motorcycle Show.

October is synonymous with Breast Cancer Awareness but now Estée Lauder will be too. Their efforts to create awareness is not just impactful and larger-than-life it’s breathtakingly beautiful, something that people will remember till the end of time. Estée Lauder Companies will be illuminating the Helix Bridge, ArtScience Museum and Marina Bay Sands in a bright glowing pink. The sight is an unforgettable vision that symbolises this year’s campaign message – “Courage. Believe in a world without breast cancer. Know we’re here until it’s true.” This year Singapore goes pink with the ArtScience Museum, Helix Bridge and Marina Bay Sands being lit pink. Estée Lauder has made it’s mark in over 200 global landmarks including the Empire State Building in New York, Harrods in United Kingdom, Tokyo Tower in Japan and the Taj Mahal in India.