Beauty Talk | Cleaning My Brushes

If there's one thing I could not give up when it comes to makeup that will be not washing my makeup brushes. I usually wash these babies like once a month as I have multiple brushes for similar function for example I can use one powder brush per week and use another in the next one. But washing all of them together is quite a task these days I rather wash one set of brush every week so it'll take like at least 15 minutes to go through all of them. 

Beauty Empties 6.0 | December

Salam and hello, my lovely readers! It's been 2 weeks since the started of 2015!! How did you guys celebrated New Year? My parents came to town and I got to spend some time with them before sitting for my finals. 

I'm gathering some materials as I do wanna start doing posts like Monthly Favourites or Beauty Must-Haves as for the past year all I did was doing a number of product reviews and Monthly Beauty Hauls, Empties plus local Korean beauty store promotions. 

But first, let me share the first post of this year with an Empties post of December last year. 

As you probably know, I do Empties post once in 3 months cause that's the usual period of time I used up my skincare items and other beauty products. 

Review: Nature Republic Garden Recipe Kohlrabi Cleansing Foam

Annyeong, lovelies! wah~ few more weeks before final exams going to start and I'm so nervous with all the things going on recently.. hmm~

Today is gonna be a simple review on this product, Garden Recipe Kohlrabi Cleansing Foam from Nature Republic. I reviewed its sister product here so if you like strawberry-based product, make sure to check it out!

Honestly, I never heard of Kohlrabi before.... have you?

Review: Nature Republic Garden Recipe Strawberry Cleansing Foam

Annyeong, lovelies! How's your week so far? As we're getting near and near to the end of semester, we got a lot of assignments to be submitted and whatnot.. sigh

Hence, today it's gonna be a simple review on this facial cleanser that I've been using for about 2 months now, which is Garden Recipe Strawberry Cleansing Foam from Nature Republic. 

#StrawberryChronicle 

the hashtag is just one of the thing I called whenever I review another product based on Strawberry. ^__^

Beauty Haul | April

April passes by so fast! I didn't even realize it's already May tomorrow! As it's the end of the month, it's time to post the haul of the month! It seems that I've been shopping a lot since the early of this year but what to do? As I love trying new products! Does that reason justifies the act? But this time it's not really that much compared to last month's. haha trying hard not feel guilty. LOL

Anyway, let's just get right into it! First, let's go to Nature Republic!

   

As last month's haul was focusing on skincare items, this month's haul is more on the cleansing products and wash-off masks. I decided to get these two Garden Recipe Strawberry Cleansing Foam for brightening, Garden Recipe Kohlrabi Cleansing Foam and Garden Recipe Kohlrabi Cleansing Water for deep cleansing purposes. To go with the cleansing products, I also grabbed Garden Recipe Strawberry Wash-Off Pack and Garden Recipe Kohlrabi Wash-Off Pack. 

As these two were at marked down prices, I grabbed these Polynesia Lagoon Water Fresh Aqua Wet Tissues. It's always great to have this in hand especially while travelling or literally 5 seconds before passing out on my bed after a long day at the studio. 

Review: Nature Republic UV Lock Flower Waterproof Sun Cream SPF50+ PA+++

Annyeonghaseyo, lovelies! How's your weekend so far? Ah~ for me it's all about relaxing and of course, making some amendments for my design and of course studying for exam next week.

Anyway, today I'm going to review a product from Nature Republic, UV Lock Flower Waterproof Sun Cream with SPF50% PA+++. 

Sun care is the most important thing after skin care products. It's important to protect your skin no matter where you go during the day time. Even if it's cloudy or you're just sitting in your room with bright sun rays coming in through the windows. 

Beauty Haul | February

I didn't get a lot of things for this month as I've been busy with assignments and didn't have much time to go around the stores trying new products. With that saying, I'm battling my laziness when it comes to night routine by replacing emulsion and essence or serum step by using sheet masks every day.  So, when I had the chance to go out and hang out with my friends, I just quickly grabbed some stuffs at  Etude House.

I bought the I Need You, Mask Sheets in Pearl, Lemon, Green Tea, Aloe and Royal Jelly  and so far I've tried all of them and I love the Lemon variant the most. 

I was feeling a little bit posh when I grabbed these Moonlight in Spoon: Blending Sleeping Cream in Evening Primrose, Shea Butter, Royal Jelly,  Rosehip, and Blueberry as they're actually a bit expensive for a one-time usage hence every time I use them, I usually just take out a half amount of product and use the rest of it the next night.

Like I've mentioned in the previous post, I'm into peeling products these days so I bought these two Magic Bubble Peeling Brush Peeling  Foam and Magic Bubble Peeling Oxygen Water Peeling Pack. The Peeling Foam is something that I can use everyday but for the Peeling Pack, it's better to use every 3 to 4 days.

Beauty Haul | January

It's the end of the month so it's time for Monthly Haul! As you're probably expecting, let's go to TheFaceShop!

I've been wanting to try another method for exfoliating the dead skin cells so I got the Smart Peeling: White Jewel Peeling as I was curious to see how it works and whether it's better than physical scrub. 

As I already tried the Apple Flesh Mask, I decided to grab other variants from the same Real Nature line which are the Strawberry Sorbet Mask Pack and Kiwi Jelly Mask Pack. To go with those wash-off masks, I bought new facial pack brushes as well.

I tried the Lovely ME:EX Mini Pet Hand Cream in Baby Powder at the store and fell in love with it! I love baby powder so yes, it's awesome and just look at the cute packaging!!

Review: Nature Republic Aloe Vera 92% Soothing Gel

Hello, my dear readers! How's your day today? As for me, me and mum went to hospital today to get some meds supplies. It's raining season right now so to all of you out there, please take care of your body and eat proper food, okay?

Anyway, today I'm going to review another product that I carried along while I was on trip a week ago which is this awesome Aloe Vera Soothing Gel from Nature Republic!

Hours and hours of walking under the sun, my whole body felt like burning at some point so this is the savior! But first, let's go to the basic details.

Product Description:
Enriched with 92% Aloe Vera! 
Mild formula free from paraben, mineral oil and artificial colours.
This soothing gel with 92% organic Aloe Vera certified by California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF) can be used to mildly moisturize various parts of the body such as the face, legs and hair.

How to use:
Apply appropriate amount to dry , sensitive parts of the face and body for best results.

Net Weight: 300ml

Wah~ That's Hara! Along with two other KARA's members, she endorsed this brand for a year and this product is one of those promoted by her. If I'm not mistaken I think there's a poster with Jang Geun Suk holding the product as well.

Updated: here's a video where EXO-K is doing some promotional shooting for the product. Though it has no English subs. Do tell if you see it anywhere with subs, okay!

From info that I got from around the internet, this product is an upgrade from a previous version, which is promoted by Jaejoong, that have 90% of real aloe vera in it.

Anyway, let's get on to the packaging.

Basically, the product is housed within this huge transparent green tub. They used real aloe vera as illustration I bet to show how natural the product is. Of course, they use green hues. Fresh and soothing!

There's a product description at the bottom of the tub. Just zoom in to see the long list of ingredient as well. 

There's a nice transparent plastic lid provided so it won't spilled while you're traveling with it. 

That's the aloe vera gel. It's colourless, smells fresh, with cool and soothing sensation. It's a lot so you can use it for a long time. Well, I recommend within a year. 

As you can see here, that's how it looks like on skin. That generous amount can cover my whole face, including neck area. :D

Final verdict: 

Do you know that this product is multi-purpose product? I bet you already can imagine!

Of course, I gotta try these methods! :D

1. Moisturizing cream. On those days while traveling, when I get really exhausted, I just removed my makeup, wash my face, used my toner, and apply this on my face as my moisturizer. 
2. Make up base. How? Mix the gel with foundation or BB cream and apply it as usual on skin. Totally gives you a very nice cool sensation. Though it's kinda hard to blend. For me, this need practice. hehe
3. After shaving for boys. Or girls. I'll use this after shaving my legs cause my legs tend to get dry after shaving. So this is good. 
4. Hair treatment. I do this sometimes. When my hair feel dry, I'll put on the gel at the ends and it'll make my hair more lively and soft. I sometimes put on my scalp as well. 
5. Relax swollen eyes. After late night sessions at the studio, lack of sleep will give me panda eyes, or after watching sad Japanese drama (have you seen 1 Litre of Tears???) this soothing gel is definitely helping in calming down my eyes. hehe ...or after my best friend went back to Singapore. I'll cry like crazy! T_T
6. Nail essence. I tend to neglect my nails like most of the time so I use this gel as treatment. 
7. Body care. I use this like I'm using my body lotion. Just smooth it to all over my body.
8. Mask. If you want, you can use dry mask sheet and put this on. Or just put this on your face for 15 minutes or more and wash it off and continue with your skincare routine. I prefer the latter method. 

Overall, I love this soothing gel. The generous amount in one tub, I can use it in so many ways, and above all, it's really helping in soothing my sunburns while I was on my trip (yeah, I kinda forgot to put on sunscreen for like 6 hours or so...). 

I find a lot of people pointing out the huge bulky tub is a minus point but for me, it's okay. I just scoop out the gel into my traveling containers and voila! problem solved!

I have my own spatulas so yeah, it's okay for not getting this gel without accompanying spatula. Spatula costs me like RM5. Cheap. 

Final verdict: 5/5. By far, this is the best Korean soothing gel I have tried, and I'm definitely be looking forward to the next upgrade. 95% of aloe vera gel I supposed! 

I got this from the Nature Republic Malaysia store in Sunway Pyramid for only RM32.90. 300ml for only RM32.90? That's affordable! They sometimes have 'Get 4 for RM100' promotion so yeah, it's awesome! 

Anyway, I guess that's all for the review and I'll see you guys next post!

Au revoir!

Beauty Haul | November

When I see other bloggers hauls, I noticed that most of them post their monthly haul at the beginning of the month. But for me, like today, I'll be posting on stuffs that I bought throughout this month of November, so when I decided to do reviews on them, it means I have been using them for a quite period period of time, unless it's stated it is a first impression post. 

Now let's get right into it!

I've been loving the products that I have from Skinfood so I went to the store again to get some more products and trial kits which are perfect just to try out some stuffs. I got the Black Sugar kit that contain Black Sugar Perfect First Serum Miniature with Cotton pads and Black Sugar Scrub Foam and the Facial Care Kit that contains Carrot Cleansing Foam (50ml), Facial Water Vita-C (Mist) 50ml, a head band, and cotton pads. I also got the Black Sugar Wash-Off Mask as I've been hearing great things about it being a holy grail product among beauty bloggers. 

Beauty Haul | September

As I'm still new to the whole Korean skincare routine, I decided to pick up some stuffs to try - trying to get them into my routine as soon as possible and I guess I'll be reviewing them and therefore, I'll update this post with a link to the items that I've reviewed.

Let's get started!

First, let's go to THE FACE  SHOP Malaysia. 

For treatment steps, as I'm a batwoman i.e. I sleep like 3 to 4 hours a day, I decided to grab Raspberry Roots Sleeping Mask from the store so I can apply it whenever, wherever I want to sleep. I'll just wash my face, tone and apply this luxuriously and go for a quick 20 minutes nap in the evening. Sometimes at 4 in the morning, too. I also grabbed the White Mud Nose Pack as I never tried a nose pack before (only those nose strips) and so far it's working great at getting rid of my whiteheads and some blackheads.

For sun protection, I bought my first Korean sunscreen, the Natural Sun AQ Super White Sun Cream SPF50 PA+++ (Whitening) to finish off my skincare routine and too with a face powder. The lady at store managed to convince me to get 2 makeup items that befit my needs (natural coverage and sun protection) so I got myself the Smart Capsule Color Control Cream SPF40 PA++ and Face It Aura Color Control Cream SPF30 PA+++ in Medium Beige. As I'm not into anything with pigments for my lips, I grabbed that Lovely Mix Dessert Lip Balm in Orange and this comes with cute applicator.

As they were having a Buy 5 Free 5 promotion, I bought I think most of the variants from the Real Nature sheet mask line; Rice (Brightening & Complexion Improvement), Green Tea (Hydrating & Energizing), Acai Berry (Firming), Bamboo (Hydrating & Refreshing), Mung Bean (Clarifying), Honey (Moisturising & Radiating), Blueberry (Highly Nourishing), Lemon (Brightening), Pomegranate (Skin-Radiating), and Aloe (Soothing & Hydrating). So, I guess I'm good for the next 3 months?