Hokkaido Okhotsk Mystar Hand & Body Cream

Hello lovelies,

these babies are my treasure during my recent trip to Hokkaido. Lately, Japan has been booming with all natural skincare products from face wash, serums, lotions to multi balm and nature infused and based on ingredients.

Famous local benefits like honey, seasonal vegetation, to fruits and flowers, many highly acclaimed crops has been used, and in this post, it would be about honey, sunflower oil, and asparagus. I'll separate the post into three, each for one product that deserve a post on its own.

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I bump into these babies on a mall right next to New Chitose Airport and we were about to board that day. It's kinda a last minute shopping spree thinking that I should get some for inside the plane. It would be around 12 hours journey including transit time in Hong Kong and my skin can be pretty dry. The kids can use it too since it doesn't have known harmful chemicals. Ooh, I can go on and on about beauty products from Japan nowadays how they grow improving the local produce to home industry, it is their brilliant mind that never seize to amazed me.

They have testers on the store and when I tried them I knew I have to buy them. These are the babies, irresistible babies.

Each of them have different texture and benefits that are so beautiful while making the skin beautiful too.

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Let's start with a Hand & Body Cream with honey as one of the main ingredients.

The packaging, details given on the store, are all about honey and the benefits of honey in this product. It care, nourish, and protect the skin while healing them as well. The sweet smell of honey is irresistible, I love how calming it is and made me feel comfortable. And the texture is surreal, it was one of the reason why I feel like I have to made this post, since I think it is one of my best finding. I love traveling since it made me allows meetings with these beauty products, a product that was unique, effective and healthily beautiful.

The aroma is not just honey but a bit of citrus too, so it's a refreshing addition while the texture is melting on the skin, covering, creating thin films that made my dry skin so happy and healthy. I love it, it changes my view of a hand and body cream where it becomes light, breathable, but very much moisturizing and the effect is immediate and last on the skin, it soothe and gives my skin an instant lift. That tiny cracks when the skin is super dry, are covered in a matter of seconds and looks perfectly moist once again and no residue whatsoever on the skin. Like it was drunk all at once, the formula must be so good to be so acceptable by skin.

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http://www.e-mystar.jp/

As it is with a smooth feeling of use, a new formulation of moisturizing ingredient betaine Firmly protects hands and body that are prone to roughness with moisture's veil.

Pure larch tree from Higashi-cho, Hokkaido (Uenoju) Honey mixed with moisturizing ingredients, It is a moisturizing cream for hand and body. A smooth cream sticks to your skin without getting sticky, Care for hands and bodies that tend to be rough. Of course, please use it in the part where the clinging is anxious, such as elbows, knees, heels, etc. Citrus essential oil of orange grapefruit smells slightly with mixed honey.

Beet derived moisturizing ingredients Betaine New formulation. Sticky, smoothly grasp hands and body

Take an appropriate amount on a clean hand,
Please familiarize yourself with the part you care about drying the body and fingertips and use.

[New formulation] Betaine

It is a derivative of natural amino acid derived from beet (sugar beet) from Hokkaido. It gives moisture and flexibility to the skin, and it is moist.

Vitamin B group Derivatives of pantothenic acid, also called pro vitamin B5, will prepare the texture of the skin.

Pure larch tree honey	Squalane	Ceramide
I am using pure larch tree honey, which was honey collected in Higashi - cho, Hokkaido. It has high sugar content, it has excellent moisturizing and water retention ability, keeps the skin soft.	It is a natural origin oil purified squalene extracted from the deep-sea shark's liver. It is hard to oxidize, has high stability, keeps the skin soft and has excellent emollient effect.	It has exactly the same structure as the main component ceramid of intercellular lipid that keeps the moisture in the stratum corneum, is excellent in horny water retention capacity, and has high moisturizing effect.

Water · Honey · triethylhexanoin · pentylene glycol · dimethicone · DPG · phenyl trimethicone · squalane · cetanol · jojoba seed fat · hyaluronic acid Na · ceramide EOP · ceramide NP · ceramide AP · panthenol · betain · allantoin · phytosphingosine · Sodium hydroxide · glycyrrhizic acid 2K · (hydroxyethyl acrylate / acryloyldimethyltaurine Na) copolymer · orange peel oil · grapefruit peel oil · xanthan gum · cholesterol · arachyl alcohol · behenyl alcohol · arachyl glucoside · lauroyl lactylate Na · caramel · Carbomer · tocopherol · phenoxyethanol

I'm using it for my hands and body too. Too bad I only bought a smaller version since I'm worry about travel limitation on liquid, but I'll be sure to get some more whenever possible.

Highly recommend this product for everyone. The scent may not last for hours but the protection does, I simply use it twice a day and enjoy the benefits of a nourish skin all day long.

They sell the hand and cream for around 1500 yen, which I think so worth the price. A lot of very expensive products in Indonesia market that comes with hefty price but in so much less benefit nor quality.

You may continue to read about the next product on my next post, see you there.

The Body Shop Japanese Cherry Blossom Strawberry Kiss

Hello lovelies,

last week I was invited by The Body Shop Indonesia to become one of the witness as The Body Shop together with customers and media are presenting charity for SabangMerauke Program and celebrating the diversity of love.

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While waiting at the store, as usual, I manage to find new gems inside their store and this is one of the thing that fascinate me the most, it's a new variant for the hair care. Clearly Glossing Shampoo that burst with strawberry, from the packaging and tinted clear bottle, they look good, right?! I will definitely review the product someday.

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One of the highlight on the event is the announcement up there. I personally think that's an achievement we manage to collect for the good in all of us. Many has posted their concern on social medias how Indonesian need to be open for tolerance. Where diversity are seen as richness, privilege, and even as the strength of our country. We need to speak up for diversity and tolerance in Indonesia as a safe place for all of us.

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During the event, representative from SabangMerauke did a little speech, continue with representative from The Body Shop and company behind The Body Shop. There's two persons attending representing the customer with most donation and from Love Your Body Members.

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Meiske Demitria Wahyu, Tim Perumus dan Co-founder SabangMerauke juga berterima kasih atas donasi yang berhasil dikumpulkan, “Kami ucapkan terima kasih yang sebesar-besarnya kepada seluruh pihak yang telah mendukung SabangMerauke dalam kampanye Diversity for Peace. Sungguh kehormatan dan kesempatan yang luar biasa bagi kami di akhir 2017 hingga awal 2018 ini dapat berpartisipasi bersama The Body Shop® Indonesia karena kami memiliki bentuk kepedulian yang sama untuk merawat toleransi dan keberagaman di Indonesia.”

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Rika Anggraini (GM Corporate Affairs and Sustainability The Body Shop® Indonesia)

also shares her happiness in The Body Shop eagerness to keep on having campaigns that give back to the community.

So please, whenever you stop by to any The Body Shop store, do take a look around or ask the cashier if there's a donation going on where you could participate, any amount will do, no matter how small, we can all contribute for a better Indonesia.

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“Ini merupakan capaian besar untuk pengumpulan donasi melalui kasir dalam periode yang cukup singkat dan ini juga menunjukkan bahwa kepercayaan pelanggan terhadap The Body Shop® sangat besar. Kami juga mengucapkan terima kasih dan memberikan apresiasi yang tinggi kepada para pelanggan The Body Shop® yang selama ini telah mendukung berbagai program yang kami jalankan, khususnya kepada para donatur yang merupakan loyal customer kami dalam program donasi untuk SabangMerauke. Hal ini menunjukkan dukungan besar dari pelanggan terhadap concern kami untuk merayakan toleransi dan keberagaman.” jelas Aryo Widiwardhono. (CEO The Body Shop® Indonesia)

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And, another highlight during the event, Japanese Cherry Blossom Strawberry Kiss. I was given a set of shower gel and body butter, with a shower flower too, a mini trio perfect for traveling.

As advertised, the scent is something sweet and romantic at the same time, it is not as sweet as the strawberry alone and not as floral s the cherry blossom alone, it's a merit between the two and the combination is unique yet wonderful.

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On some times aside from using a perfume spray, I apply a bit of this lovely Japanese Cherry Blossom Strawberry Kiss Body Butter every now and then, the scent last and burst everywhere like using a perfume spray. It's addictive too, the buttery cream made the skin glisten and against all dryness.

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For sure, a product this good have to be against animal testing too.

Thank you so much The Body Shop Indonesia for having me during the event and these lovely goodies not to be missed.