Body Care Routine | Hand Creams

A hand cream or two with different scents and functions are staple in my handbag/backpack and definitely something I can't leave house without. I have severely dry hands as I'm too lazy to wear gloves while doing dishes or laundry so I just have to compensate the moisture in my skin by regularly applying hand creams, hand lotions even hand balms; depending on how I feel at that time of the day or night. For today's post under my Beauty Routine series where I'll be giving out my thoughts on line of products that I'm currently using in my body care routines so let's get into it! 

When it comes to hand care, I must have 3 things; hand wash, hand sanitiser and most importantly or most things that I've indulged so much for my hands are moisturisers for my hand. As I only been using Dettol hand wash and sanitiser, the above are some of my favourite hand creams.

I love perfumed hand creams from Korean beauty brands like Innisfree and THE FACE SHOP especially the ones with floral or smells like baby stuffs. These minis; usually sized in small 30ml tubes are regularly being repackaged as a whole and sometimes being released in limited edition scent and of course packaging which can make me go crazy as I want to collect them all!

On days I feel my hands are extra irritated, I usually go with EUBOS Sensitive Hand Repair & Care; now a favourite brand of mine from Germany along with ZOEVA. Some areas on my fingers tend to get dry and flaky especially after I do my laundry or dishes so this actually smooth out the area and I just love its silky velvety finishes.

I bought my first tube of L'Occitane Intensive Hand Balm thanks to @illiyaridzuan and it went to my dad as his hands are super dry too hence I bought another tube for myself. The brand released several hand creams under their Shea Butter line with different intensities i.e. percentage of Shea Butter and this contains 25% of it. I usually apply this before bed as one, it's inconvenient to carry around that huge tube and two, I just love how moisturised my hands feel in the morning.

Do you use hand creams on daily basis? Do let me know your favourites by leaving comments down below.

Until next post, annyeong~

Beauty Haul | Crabtree & Evelyn Caribbean Island Wild Flower

Of course, I firmly said to myself that I'm done with shopping for this month but as I passed Crabtree & Evelyn store in Suria Sabah, I just had to see the stuffs they're offering for this Holiday. 

I wasn't impressed with so many things as I only tried their most popular line i.e. Evelyn Rose but other than that, I honestly haven't tried anything else. I spent about an hour deciding on which line of fragrance to try next so in the end, I went with their Caribbean Island Wild Flower. I swear, it doesn't has anything to do with my obsession with Secret Recipe's Fish Fillet with Caribbean Sauce that I had earlier that night. 

Review | THE FACE SHOP Lovely ME:EX Mini Pet Perfume Hand Cream in Baby Powder

Annyeonghaseyo! How are you guys? Enjoying Spring already? Ah~ so envy of you who're living in 4-season countries.. I wish I can go to Kyoto, Japan or Seoul, Korea. I heard the spring blossoms there are the best. This goes to my bucket list! 

Today I'm going to review a hand cream from TheFaceShop, which is the Mini Pet Perfume Hand Cream from the Lovely ME:EX line. As you probably aware, Lovely ME:EX is a line targeted at young girls in teens to early twenties i.e. our Girls' Generation's Seohyun. :D

Any time, anywhere, inside my pocket ssook~ "Mini Pet"

Anyway, as you guys probably know, Spring/Summer 2014 fashion is filled with pastel colours. But as for someone who only have monochrome colours in her wardrobe, I guess this item is one of few things that I have in pastel colours. hehe

Packaging:

  

As I got mine in Baby Powder variant, this one comes in this soft pastel green cute tub. Just look at that cute doggie head on the cap!

There's product basic info at the bottom of the tub, including the expiration date. 20160320까지 simply means until 20 March, 2016. Well, that's the shelf life actually.  

There's ingredients list if you peel the top sticker. TheFaceShop uses Phenoxythanol along with Methylparaben for preservatives. Use within 12 months after opened and apply right after scooped out. 

That's the hand cream. It's white and the texture is any hand cream, creamy but not too heavy.

  

The cream absorbed into skin only after minutes. It doesn't leave any sticky feeling. The scent lasts for about 2 to 3 hours. I really love the Baby Powder scent. hehe

Final verdict: 4.5/5. I love it. From the packaging to the scent and texture. I just hope TheFaceShop will release new version of their hand creams without parabens next time. 

I got this from the TheFaceShop branch in The Spring Mall in Sarawak. As they were having Chinese New Year promotion, I got this at half price (retailed at RM22.90) with the purchase of White Jewel Peeling. 

So I guess that's it for this quick review, enjoy the rest of your weekend, and good night!

Au revoir!

Review | Crabtree & Evelyn Evelyn Rose Mini Collection

Hello, lovelies! How's your weekend so far? Hope you guys are spending great quality time with your loved ones! :D

Yesterday, me and mom bought a new Pavilion 20 All-in-One Computer from HP (I bought one sometime in October last year and mom said she wanted it too.. hehe) in Suria Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah and we got this (I'm assuming) Christmas Set from Crabtree & Evelyn, the Evelyn Rose line.

I honestly never been to this store before as I'm all about Korean and Japanese brands for skincare and as  for body care, I would go to The Body Shop and on those times when I'm on budget, Watsons.

So when I got this, the first thing that came out of my mouth was (of course thank you) and "So English!".
I promise I didn't mean to offend anyone and if you know me personally, I'm totally into English stuffs as in Victorian era stuffs, watching English dramas and of course, English Tea Time. Who doesn't love watching girls with big dresses and proper etiquette plus perfect grammar? Now  want to read Jane Austen books again. :)

Anyway, before moving on to the review, I'm going to give a little bit of info that I got from the Official Malaysian website.

Evelyn Rose, the delicately re-engineered, the luxury of the original scent has been infused with crisp airiness. Retaining the sophisticated allure which made Evelyn Rose an immediate classic, the updated fragrance is a softer, fresher reflection of the rose created for Crabtree & Evelyn by David Austin (a renowned rose expert) two decades ago.

Packaging:

Upon opening the beautiful sturdy box, you'll be greeted with this emblem from the brand. Wow. So classy!

There are three items included, from the Hand Care Collection, the Evelyn Rose Ultra-Moisturising Hand Therapy, Evelyn Rose Bath and Shower Gel, and Evelyn Rose Body Lotion. 

First, the Ultra-Moisturising Hand Therapy 25g.

 

Now that a very long list of ingredient! Open the image in a new tab to see the list clearly. 

Wow! Once opened this is good for another 24 months! 

 

Beautifully soften and enrich your hands with our award-winning, shea butter-rich Hand Therapy formulated with ceramides 3 and 6II to reduce moisture loss while promoting your skin's hydration level. Conditioning rose extracts help leave hands noticeably smoother and more supple with each use.

The moment I opened the cap of the tube, the rose scent filled the air and it's so calming! The product is housed within that pink tube. So feminine and classy!

The lotion is so nice as it doesn't leave me with stickiness or anything, quickly absorbed into my skin and the scent still lingers even after few hours! Ah~ 

Retail Price: RM78 ( for full size of 100g)

next, is the Evelyn Rose Bath and Shower Gel 50ml. 

  

Once opened, this can be used (though it'll be finish soon, hehe) for 36 months!

  

Discover a beautiful way to both cleanse and pamper your skin with our Evelyn Rose Bath & Shower Gel. Its gentle formula and conditioning rose extracts help soften the skin, while the luxurious and ultra-feminine fragrance will beautifully linger throughout the day.

It's actually a thick transparent gel body wash that smells like the hand cream, of course like rose. But this one is a little bit more refreshing. It's really nice as it's not really overpowering once I lather it up on my body.

Retail Price: RM115 (full size of 250ml)
Last but not least, the Evelyn Rose Body Lotion 50ml.

 

Did I mentioned how I love the minimalist packaging? Especially this one, it's a light rose colour with the emblem printed on it. Just my style. 

The body lotion is a little bit lighter in terms of its consistency compared to the hand cream. It's basically has the same scent like the shower gel and my usual routine would be smoothing my body lotion right after shower to make the scent last longer. This one too isn't sticky at all and just nice as it absorbed into my skin rather quickly. 

Final verdict: 5/5. Perfect for traveling, or just in my purse, especially the hand cream, and this is absolutely lovely if you're looking for gifts for relatives especially during the festive season. 

This set is actually in its old packaging so do check out their website to see the new packaging which is nicer. hehe well, that's my oppinon, though.

So I guess, that's all for the review, do share if you have tried this brand, or this particular product, tell me what do you think and do share if you have tried similar, better or cheaper options. 

I'll see you guys next post! 

Au revoir!

Review | THE FACE SHOP Fruits Bowl Hand Cream in Lemon

Hello! I'm back with another review! This time I'll be reviewing about this cute hand cream from THE FACE  SHOP. I bet most of you guys carry hand cream in your hand bags, school bags, college bags, even portfolio bags, nah, just kidding! But for me, I love buying body lotion samples at the drugstore counters and use them as my hand lotions. I love miniatures of The Body Shop body butter too!

Anyway, as I was doing my surveys on the best Korean beauty products at the beauty stores in my hometown, of course I did some shopping and got myself lots of samples. It was late August and THE FACE  SHOP was having Merdeka Sale (In conjunction with our 56th Independence Day) so I got this cute hand cream as a freebie.

Before I thought freebies are like those things that the store can't sell, or products that come in mini version, those that you'll get if you buy a full-size version of it. Like my Nina Ricci Paradis perfume. But I never experience where I bought some products and get a freebie that actually can be bought separately. Well, now that I remember it, The Body Shop done that before where I got miniatures of body shower gels but see? Miniatures. This one comes in full size. Isn't THE FACE  SHOP is great at things like this? You guys saw my October haul, right? Look at those freebies!

Anyway, let's get back to the aforementioned product.

Product Description:
Soften rough hands with Honey Concentrate!
Indulge your hands with sweet and fresh scent of lemon as pure Lemon Extract works with Honey Concentrate and Botanical Oil Complex to rejuvenate and soften the hands.