February 17, 2016

Miss Luna Sheet Mask Review

Who doesn't love pampering themselves by the end of the day? I usually love to take a long nice bath and then put on a sheet mask while watching movies or just chilling on my comfy bed and reading some books. Well, that's another reason why I love sheet mask. They're easy to use even while we're doing other activities. 


Today I wanna introduce new sheet mask from Miss Luna. Miss Luna is originated from South Korea, which we had probably known are famous for skincare and cosmetic products nowadays. These sheet mask are created from fruits fiber which make them non allergic and pretty thin. There are two different variant availables, Hyaluronic Acid and Snail Mucous. 

MISS LUNA HYALURONIC ACID SHEET MASK


Miss Luna Hyaluronic Acid Sheet Mask is packed inside a matte packaging with baby blue color. Hyaluronic Acid is a natural substance in our skin. By the time we're aging, the amount of Hyaluronic Acid in our skin is decreasing, especially if we're not having a healthy lifestyle, high level of pollution, stress, and many more. Lacking Hyaluronic Acid in our skin will cause wrinkles, dry, and loose skin.  This sheet mask is more suitable for adults which often experience dry skin and wrinkles.


All descriptions and ingredients are written in Korea.


MISS LUNA SNAIL MUCOUS SHEET MASK



Snail Mucous is one of natural ingredients with a lot of benefits. In beauty industry, Snail Mucous are often used in many skincare products as it could help to moisture our skin and regenerate our skin cell. It also great to fight against acne and scars. Snail Mucous Sheet Mask is more suitable for teens and young adults. It could help to soothe sensitive skin and get rid of any acne problems that usually occurs on teen age. 


Here's how does the mask look alike. It is actually the plastic separator because the mask is very thin and not sturdy enough to be captured.


HOW TO USE
Wash your face thoroughly before put the sheet mask on. Let it sit for around 30-45 minutes. Take off the mask and gently pat the remaining essence on your face to help your skin absorb it. No need to rinse your face anymore afterwards. I recommend to use this sheet mask at night before bed time so the essence could work better during our sleep. 


The shape fits my face nicely, not easily slip, and surely thin. It doesn't feel heavy and there's a bit of cool sensation right after you put the mask on. The amount of essence are also just right which means no dripping, an extra point for me as I don't really like the mess it causes.


Hyaluronic Acid Mask contains a light but very moisturizing essence. It refresh and soothes my skin especially in the dry area such as cheeks. It makes my skin bouncy and glowing without any kind of greasy feeling. I really love to use this to pamper my dry skin especially after being inside an air conditioned room whole day or when the weather is getting cold on rainy season. I like the moisture feeling without being drenched. 


As for the Snail Mucous, I noticed it has a thicker essence consistency compared to Hyaluronic Acid Mask but it has a similar moisture properties. It also helps to calm down inflammation and acne when my skin is getting sensitive. The only downside is it left me with a bit of greasy feelings afterwards. Remember to use this only at night time as we're going to sleep so the greasiness will not be troublesome.

Overall, I really love these mask as they provide good nutrients from my skin. They also do not contain any funny fragrance that might annoy some people and do not break out my skin so far. Okay some people might start wondering if this mask will be goddamn expensive or perhaps could empty your pocket. Afraid not, because this mask will only cost you Rp 15.000,00 ($1) each. Yes, I didn't mistyped the price. A great deal! I could say it is very affordable and the quality could be equal or even better than other famous Korean brand that we know. 


Which one is my fave? I can't really tell since I use them alternately so I love both of them. 


I think I need to stock this for myself now and hopefully they will come with more variants. 

For order and further information
Instagram : @missluna_id
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Contact : Fenny - 0812 1962 2017

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Disclosure : These products were sent for review purposes. All opinions are based on my own experience and not influenced in any way. 

January 27, 2016

Laser Hair Removal Experience with De Hair !

Do you have any concern about unwanted hair? Perhaps most of women did. I'm personally okay with hair on my arm or legs since they are pretty thin and slightly invisible. The only area that I concern is my underarms. The hair around my underarm area is not thick to begin with but still it is visible especially if I'm wearing sleeveless tops. It is very disturbing when I need to regularly shave or wax every time I want to wear sleeveless clothes. Besides, it is painful and hair tends to grow thicker than before which is another nightmare for girls. That's why I always curious with permanent hair removal.


Last month, KBJ and De Hair kindly invited me to try on their laser hair removal treatment. I was so excited since I never tried this kind of treatment before. I make an appointment and visited De Hair Laser Treatment at Mall of Indonesia, Kelapa Gading. I do recommend you to call and book an appointment before you come, especially on weekend.

The treatment room is pretty spacious and they gave us a sleeveless top to change into. They will also give you a pair of glasses before doing the treatment. The process is pretty similar with IPL. First, the targeted area will be shaved and the therapist will start applying a thick of cooling gel. If you're wondering what is the difference laser with IPL, so here it is. The therapist will set a certain amount of laser power for certain amount of time and they will continuously rub the targeted area with laser.



Talking about pain, it is painful. Not literally so much pain that will make you scream but do not expect the tiny ant bites just like when you're doing IPL. I feel sort of burning and tingling sensation in the middle of the process. The pain last me several days before it completely gone. Honestly, I was pretty horrified with the process and kinda afraid to try on laser treatment in the future.

It has been around a month so I think it is the right to see the treatment results. I am totally impressed. The amount of hair have been reduced like 75%! No kidding and it was only one treatment. Seriously, I am very impressed. I don't even notice that I rarely shave for this last one month. There are several strands of hair growing but it is completely unnoticeable since it grows thinner than before. Compared to several IPL treatment that I've been trying before, this laser treatment gives an obvious result, so all the pain I've been gone through is actually paid off.


However the other downside comes from the service. I feel that the therapist didn't communicate a lot to explain about the whole process so I feel like totally clueless and have no idea about what's going on while doing the treatment. They don't even explained what is the after treatment DOs and DON'Ts until I come with tons of questions. Not even asked about whether I have allergies, or my previous treatment history which mostly would be asked. I don't know if the standard for laser hair removal is different but I think the service could have been done better.

Here's the price list of the treatment. 

The treatment is quite pricey but I think the result is very satisfying and worth to try. Highly recommend this treatment for those who want to get rid of unwanted hair and see a noticeable results in one go.

DE HAIR MALL OF INDONESIA
WEBSITE    |    FACEBOOK
Mall of Indonesia. 
Rukan Italian Walk Blok L No. 17, 
Kelapa Gading Square. 
Jl Boulevard Barat Raya No. 1
Kelapa Gading, Jakarta Utara, Indonesia

Phone:
021-29364945 |  021-45869355

Open Hour:
10:00 am - 07:00 pm

January 17, 2016

Garnier Hair Color Natural Review

I always love to dye my hair lighter and lighter. Why? Simply because it is easier for me to change my hair color according to my mood. Various hair color are easier to apply on lighter hair color. On the other side, you need regular touch up for your roots and so on which sometimes could be really annoying. That's why I was thinking to tone down my hair color a little bit darker for now. Think about give some rest to my hair which previously bleached and colored.

Lucky me that earlier last month, Garnier sent me a whole set of Garnier Color Natural. So what's inside the box? Let's take a look.


There are five boxes of Garnier Color Natural, each are in different color which are all available in Indonesia. 
1.0 Black
2. Dark Brown
3.14 Burgundy
3. Brown
5 Light Brown.
Garnier Color Natural are formulated to achieve natural hair color and help to cover gray hair perfectly. A good selection for those who are new into hair coloring and wanna achieve a natural hair color or for elders who wanna get rid of gray hair. 

Coming to my surprise, apparently my mom always use Garnier Color Natural 3.16 Burgundy. She said the color is really nice and cover her gray hair perfectly. She never experienced with dry or damaged hair so far so I think there is no doubt that Garnier Color Natural is safe and less damaging for your hair. Garnier Color Natural is also enriched with Olive Oil which helps to protect and moisture your hair.


Not used to dye your hair or is it your first time using hair color cream? No worries. Here's an easy step-by-step.


1. Put on the plastic gloves on. You will also need unused towel or big plastic sheets as a cape so the hair dye will not stain your clothes, especially if your hair is long. 
2. Here's the basic thing about hair coloring mixture. You'll always find the hair color cream and developer together in the box. All you need is mix them together in a non-metallic bowl. 
4. This is optional but sometimes hair color cream are all over your skin while coloring. People usually use vaseline or any kind of thick cream. It is just way too greasy for me so I prefer to use lipbalm instead. Pour over your lipbalm around this area, such as along the hairline. 
5. Have fun and some patience in coloring your hair. If your hair is thick, you need to do your hair in batch. Make sure to use the special comb for hair coloring and spread the hair color cream evenly.
6. When you're done, wait for 30 minutes and rinse your hair thoroughly with shampoo. 


Nowadays it is very easy to dye your hair at home, although long hair like mine may need assistance to apply the hair coloring cream evenly. Please also note that long hair might need two boxes as I only use one box and it is not enough to cover the entire hair. 


I choose Light Brown to tone down my hair color as the upper part is pitch black now and doesn't blend really well with the lower part. Let's take a look the before -after.


It does lighten up the upper part nicely and create a nice color gradation from upper to lower part. I thought the color will hardly show up as my virgin hair color is totally pitch black. As for the lower part, I run out of the hair dye so it doesn't cover most of the lower part. No need to question why it has no significant color changes. I was thinking to use two boxes in different color but I think it will be hard for you to notice the changes so I stick to one box only.

I can also feel that my hair is smooth and not dry at all after coloring process. No itchy feelings whatsoever and now I understand why my mom sticks to Garnier Color Natural. 

Talking about price, it is very affordable. I had visited several drugstores and hypermarket to compare the prices. The price will vary depends on the store but most of them are below Rp 50.000,00 which is a pretty good deal for me. 


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Disclosure : These products were sent by Garnier Indonesia for review purposes. All opinions are based on my own experience and not influenced in any way. 

January 10, 2016

Hello 2016

Hello everyone! I know it's kinda late but Happy New Year to all of you. As usual, I will start my annual post about the end of the year.



December is one of the busiest month, at least for me. My mom's birthday, Pat's birthday, and our anniversary. Not forget to mention, workload is increasing like hell too. I was so excited because things are totally different after we moved out (read here for the story about our moving).

December 31, 2015

Farewell

Life sure has its up and down. Sometimes we are on top and at the other time we are at the bottom. There is no such thing last forever. People and things could change as the time flow. Sure I am aware of the basic rules of life. However, I feel like the whole 2015 was frozen in my mind as I couldn't even remember how it started. At least that's what across in my mind when it comes to the end of 2015.


Going back to the exact time last year. In the end of 2014, I see that 2015 is a year I've been waiting for. I feel like everything was settle and I will reach another checkpoint in my life. I remind myself about what to do when I'm turning 24. I had such a lot of plans, goals, and things in my mind. Few days after the new year, things started floating to the surfaces.

In the beginning, I didn't think it was such a big deal. A lot of things happened where ever I go and apparently not a good one. It seems I don't have a place to fit in.  It didn't last me long to handle such a lot of thing in such a short of amount of time. Three months afterward, things were just getting worse and it is one of the hardest time when I had the worst mental breakdown. I rarely talked to my friends and avoid any kinds of meeting. Remember Elsa in Frozen's movie? Never think I would be in the same situation. All I could do is shut people out and be alone. I'm afraid that I would hurt people in my current state although they understand and seems fine with it. I kinda understand how it feels to be under serious depression and how it could lead into serious attempt that might risk your life. I need such a long time to get things back on track.



Everything seems like a big mess. As a very complicated tangled knots in my life no matter how hard you tried. I started to pray a lot and a very good friend of mine told me to keep in my faith that the best is yet to come.

It might sounds cliche, but then I don't know a better word to address it.

MIRACLES HAPPENED.

By the end of the year, we're just talking about moving out. Few days afterward, a serious matter happened and we were finally urged to move out. Something serious enough that could shut people up of disbelief. Something unpredictable and not even once across in my mind. I was in a state of shock for only few days but then I just feel relieved. God answered me... in a way that no one could ever imagined before.


I still could hardly believe that everything happened in a flash and we actually started living a new life already. A lot of things happened in 2015 and I learned my lesson. When you need a long-break, just take your time, there is no need to rush things. When you need time to be alone, don't be so hard to yourself. I never think that I could enjoy life more than this. It feels like my life has started ticking again. Just in the right time. 

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