Shiseido Aqualabel Special Gel Cream Moist Sakura

Hello lovelies,

produk yang aku mau review kali ini cukup spesial dan unik serta menjawab kebutuhan banyak orang yang ingin skincare tanpa ribet. An all in one gel that provide everything from toner, essence, serum, moisturizer (light), and even mask.

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Here are some details yang aku temukan:

Special Sakura Limited Edition → SHISEIDO Sakura Edition Aqualabel All-in-One Special Gel Cream A Moist is formulated with a high concentration of collagen GL that is highly moisturizing. This gel is part of the Aqualabel range of products produced by Shiseido, Japan. And it acts as 5 different products in 1 as it contents everything needed for hydrated, smooth, radiant and crystal-clear skin.

Acts as a lotion (toner), milky lotion, cream moisturizer, mask and beauty essence to give the ultimate all-in-one beauty product. Contains high concentration of collagen GL and baby amino acids to support and hydrate skin, and fight signs of aging. Smooth and non-greasy gel that infuses your skin with continuous moisture. Great for people with oily skin. Absorbs quickly without leaving any greasy feel. Directions of use: Use twice a day after cleansing. Apply gently to the face until thoroughly absorbed.

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The packaging alias kemasan is so cuteee!! Seperti biasa, Jepang kalau buat kemasan itu amat sangat niat dan cantik, apalagi menyambut musim cherry blossom dimana mereka sangat antusias to spend time in the spring.

Nah, warna yang dominan dari kemasan ini adalah pink dengan sakura all over. Details cara penggunaan, deskripsi dan saran serta ingredients semua dalam bahasa Jepang ya, karena aku membeli produk ini di Jepang, mungkin kalau kamu membeli di negara lain, akan ada stiker bahasa sesuai dengan negara tersebut.

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Semua details di kemasan tersebut kurang lebih sama dengan yang aku share diatas dimana produk ini memiliki partikel yang pas sebagai skincare dan membantu proses regenerasi kulit, sekaligus melembabkan dan melawan penuaan dini.

And karena produknya dibuat untuk kulit oily, teksturnuya sangat ringan dan nyaman tanpa bikin kulit greasy atau berminyak sama sekali.

Teksturnya berwarna milky pink gel dengan aroma sakura yang cukup tercium namun tidak menusuk, jadi cukup moderate tanpa kesan berlebihan. Tub/pot nya sendiri dilindungi dengan beberapa lapisan, saat pertama membuka ada seal/segel for safety. Dan untuk kalian yang always put hygiene first, gunakan spatula bersih saat tiap penggunaan ya.

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As usual, on a clean skin, aku menggunakan produk ini tanpa skip toner aku, buat kamu yang mau skip go ahead karena details produknya mengatakan it is okay dan bisa langsung karena 'all in one' concept tersebut. Karena kondisi kulit aku yang kering, aku prefer layering lagi pakai pelembab yang creamy, jadi aku gunakan toner, gel cream ini, and then moisturizer baru sunscreen dan makeup.

Produk ini juga enaakkkkk banget dipakai saat siang-siang abis keluyuran, cuci muka bersih-bersih, lalu layering cukup tebal, apalagi setelah ditaruh di kulkas, the cooling effect with the lovely ingredients are all participating bikin kulit asli adem dan calming.

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 Buat kamu yang mau nyobain, yang mager pake 5 steps, boleh deh cobain skincare ini karena manfaatnya all in one, tips dari aku jangan lupa rajin di massage ya kulitnya saat pakai skincare. Harga normal di Jepang sekitar Rp.400rb an per 90gr.

 

See you again soon on my next post.

Shiseido Sparkling Party Palette

Hello lovelies,

this is Sparkling Party Palette from Shiseido.

https://www.shiseido.com.my

Brilliant party makeup that makes you the sparkling center of attention.

A makeup palette of brilliant, luxurious colors creates looks that sparkle with joy and excitement.

*DERMATOLOGIST AND OPHTHALMOLOGIST-TESTED.

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Inside the container there's Lip & Cheek Tint, Eye Color Base, 2 Eye Colors, Cream Eyeliner, and a Blush.

Below is the map.

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Here's what's inside. Expect a lot of glitters, sparkles and shiny effects, but fret not, it can still goes on daily basis and natural when applied softly.

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The first thing I've tried is their lip and cheek product, comes in a fresh watermelon red shade and very easy to be used after the wet base.

I'm using it right after liquid foundation. It blends easily and the balmy like texture spread on the cheeks and lips just nice. It has a thin film feeling and a bit glossy.

I can add as much as I want thanks to its build-able formula.

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Move on to the eyes, start with the eye color base that has the colors like white pearls does. It has a creamy texture and help powder eyeshadow used afterwards 'sticks' better.

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The first eye color I'm using is the one in yellow tone. I use it a bit as I want them to be a bit more to the natural and suitable for daily look.

You can simply make it extravagant by adding layers, gradation and made them bold.

It's build-able and no fallout.

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I add a bit of darker tone in brown to accentuate the eyes. Similar to the yellow, it has no fallout, build-able and pigmented.

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The next step would be using a cream eyeliner, which is tricky for me, in sparkling navy blue tone and the tiny applicator doesn't really help. I should've use my own, but I really want to try everything in the container, as it should be perfect for traveling. I guess a 'real' brush is still very much needed.

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Since it was cream, it can be easily wiped off or blended. I'm worry about the staying power since I have greasy lids and they doesn't really last when used alone. Primer, a bit of dusting powder is necessary to help them 'set' longer and better too.

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And then I add some powder blush, which is the last item I used in this container, it was a lovely fresh soft pink color and I determine to use my own brush now.

And last but not least, I add some finishing powder to set the makeup.

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I simply add my fiery lip color for that intense look (image below) or have it more natural like the image above.

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Overall,
The Sparkling Party Palette is a palette can be used daily or add more for dramatization during party. The rich texture and vivid build-able shades are the key in adding layers of colors and pigment. Made them bolder and bolder for an irresistible night out.

Thank you Shiseido Ginza Tokyo for the lovely product. And yes, now Shiseido has added words to their products into Shiseido Ginza Tokyo.

Shiseido White Lucent Official Launch

Hello lovelies,

a few days ago I was invited once again by Shiseido. This time it is for the official launch of their recent collection, the White Lucent.

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The dress code is white lucent, with a hint of pinks, I come in white.

The event is superb, beautiful, just simply gorgeous. Filled with pink sakura and roses and everything in between. It is definitely an event worth remembering for.

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On each of our table lies a box of products, that's a set we can each bring home.

And they also prepare some to be 'played' with during the event. We can sniff, try, tested and enjoy during our time there.

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I personally have tried all of them from their campaign, a few months ago with other beauty bloggers.

You can read it all about the experience : here
Review about the products : here
and more about White Lucent : here

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Now, inviting medias and more bloggers to try on their product to celebrate the official launch. Yes, Shiseido White Lucent is now available in the counters in Indonesia. Everyone can finally try what we've been raving about. The texture, formula, scent, and how it feel on the skin.

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During the event, we get to experience a bit step further about sakura and enjoying a therapeutic moment of drawing those beautiful sakuras on our 'kimonos'. Yes, Shiseido team has prepared beautiful graments and paint brushes. We all started to draw and focusing as we don't want to mess the gorgeous outfit.

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Above are my sakuras, they look so pretty, I love the soft pink shades and wish to be able to see them for real soon.

Sakura has been a symbol of beauty in Japan for centuries. Japanese embrace, adore and rejoice the seasons where sakura blooms. I want to feel it as well.

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Every detail on the set are so beautiful. Look at those Sakura-like table and all the pink liquid. Reminds me a lot of our previous campaign with them.

One of my favorite product from White Lucent is the lotion, it is clear, comforting, smells relaxing and suitable for my dry skin.

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Would you give them a try?

Shiseido White Lucent is suitable for anyone from their 20's or 30's with bright flawless skin in mind. Dark spots can fade and even prevent upcoming dark spots. The technology used is far advance and can event be compared to laser treatments. Wow, that's impressive!

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Thank you so much Shiseido Indonesia, hope to see you again soon!

Shiseido White Lucent 100 Brightest Stars (Part 3)

Hello lovelies,

continuing my journey with Shiseido White Lucent as one of 100 Brightest Stars.

I've tried their products, reviewed them on my second post and now, I finally get to share their real packaging and the ones that will be available in Indonesian market (those who live abroad would definitely see them first).

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Invited to the second event, we are once again greeted with the beautiful pink and white decors. They are look so pretty and adorable! We all get to dressed up in pinks too.

Everyone who came feel so happy and the relaxing plus comfortable ambiance begun the minute when we walked in. Familiar faces and of course, we get to have a live chat with the Shiseido team in Japan.

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We are all busy chatting, taking pictures and preparing ourselves with the questions we want to ask the team from Shiseido in Japan, this is a rare and exciting opportunity, we also get to share our experience after using Shiseido White Lucent more than a month.

During the event another product is added, the masks.

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Cosmopolitan Indonesia is also here to help share the news, preparing the bloggers and recording our journey as 100 Brightest Stars ^__^

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It's like a dream come true.

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Waiting for everything to be set up, the bloggers are getting ready with the photoshoots, video recording, and finally, the live chat. We are all in pink ^__^

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With the help of a translator, each of us can us questions, mine are:
1. How to maximize the effects we get from Shiseido White Lucent
2. Does the products can be used with others to help those with different skin's need (like firming, aging, and so on)?

The answers:
1. Use the products are the instruction and always use a sunscreen during the day. Sun protection attire also help, like hats, clothing, umbrella, that have UV defense material. Try avoid staying too long under the sun when it is not needed.

2. Yes, Shiseido White Lucent itself also contain ingredients that promote hydration, calming and firming which is considered as anti aging. Those who uses White Lucent routinely and correctly will gain overall benefits.

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And yes, they are right, I've been using the white bottles above (which some has become empties now) and I do see the overall benefits. Hydration, firming alongside with brightening and improving the skin transparency too.

We are also told not to use sunscreen when it has been opened for more than 12 months. Not just paying attention to the expiry dates but the opening time. You can see that products has timings on its own once open, some 3 months, some 6 months and some even 1 month. Do read each of the products carefully.

And now, are you ready to see the real (packaging) of the products? Here they are!!! All so lovely in pinks!!

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The lotion, the serum, emulsion and night cream. Pardon the Ultimune, of course she also wants to be in the picture. And here are their real names:

lotion: Luminizing Infuser
serum: MicroTargeting Spot Corrector

emulsion: Luminizing Surge.
night cream: MultiBright Night Cream

Right now in Indonesia, you can only find Ultimune, my advice, try it and start being amazed.

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And here's the mask, the one that where each of them contain enough as a bottle of serum.

The mask can be used just about anytime, day or night. A lot of models use masks during the day before they are going to work, so their skin is ready for that day. The hydration, brightness and mochi like bounciness is lovely.

I've used the masks several times and the skin seems loving it. Do check out my instagram @carnellin as I'm sharing images when I'm with the mask.

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Use it on a cleaned skin, after the lotion. Put the mask on and try to rest so the mask can works better on a calm and relaxed skin. "This mask saturates skin with a profusion of whitening ingredients, and ejects excess melanin.

When you remove the mask, you'll see your skin looking refreshed, bright and even-toned, as though its excess melanin has been lifted and released."

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Then gently pat the skin so the rest of the 'juice' can be taken by the skin and non wasted. Use a moisturizer afterwards to seal the nourishment inside.

When the products all used together, they'll support each other and become optimized. I know for a fact that some people prefer to buy one and use one at a time and expect to see results as if they are using everything in the range. When you want to try Shiseido White Lucent, try using them all, if you're curious and want only to try one, try from their mask. You can see instant effects of the product.

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Thank you so much Shiseido Indonesia for the chance I don't think possible, I already have fair skin and usually avoiding whitening/brightening products since I thought I didn't need them, now I know there's more beyond Shiseido White Lucent that is not just brightening or whitening, it's de-stressing, comforting, relaxing the skin, away from redness, allergic reactions, sensitivity, pure hydration and unbeatable clarity and radiance I always adore.

As a skincare blogger, I truly recommend Shiseido White Lucent for beauty beyond fairness.

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See you again soon!!

Shiseido White Lucent 100 Brightest Stars (Part 2)

Hello lovelies,

 I've been a part of Shiseido newest campaign for Asia, 100 Brightest Stars and I'm still very happy and excited with their program. All of the bloggers and beauty enthusiasts are getting a lot of products from Shiseido in the campaign.

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If you read my first post about the campaign, then you'll know that those are the four mysterious items. The lotion, serum, emulsion and night cream.

I'm using them everyday and I'm ready to give a review.

Let's start with the lotion.

The one with clear and transparent gel like formula that smells like white flowers. Oh the scent is amazingly beautiful, calming and not too much. The minute it touches my skin with the cotton pad, my skin feels the hydration, like it finally can drink again after being cleansed.

It kinda smells like white lilies. I love it.

Cleansing sometimes can takes away some or few of the moisture off the skin, it does take away makeup, dirt, and so on, but the skin would need their moisture back, by using the lotion, the skin clean condition can start being nourish again, the lotion made them ready for the next step by softening the cells. Hydrating is the key.

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When the skin is hydrated enough, it's time to use the second bottle, the serum.

The lotion is clear and like a fluid gel, while the serum is similar but slightly milky, the scent is a bit sharper than the lotion and penetrate way easier on the skin, like almost instantly. It gives my skin an instant supple and bouncy effect. I'm a huge fan of serum and always remember to use it during my skincare routine. For me, serum is the concentrate, the main element in skincare, it holds everything together and made to be absorbed by the skin. This product surely shows all the good signs of a good serum. From the consistency, texture, and ability to give my skin a boost. Weeks after weeks my skin appear brighter, I thought my skin is already fair enough and I don't need to use a brightening products but I guess the White Lucent gave more than fairness, it has clarity and brightening effects I adore.

I think my skin also appear firmer and younger too thanks to the suppleness and less dark spots.

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Right after serum, it's bottle number 3. 

The milky white emulsion. They all smells so fragrant and calming at the same time. It is moisturizing, repairing and creating barrier for the skin with long lasting effect that last for 8 hours. It is pampering and help the skin fights against spots. At this stage, the skin already feels so good and very comfortable, it is perfect as an all night whitening.

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The last item in the series is the night cream. The one that is the thickest of all four. Like a gel, with faint milky pink color. Smells fresh and in sync with the rest of the products, I feel serene. The multi-functional cream hydrates, moisturizes, seals everything within the skin, like a sleeping mask that works overnight eliminating dark spots, dullness, acne scars (or other scars too) and uneven skin tone night after night. Like an eraser that remove all 'mistakes' happens on our life skin.

From being careless and hardly use any sunscreen during the day, habits on squeezing those acne, or things that we can't control like get an uneven skin exposure from the sun, chickenpox that leaves marks, and everything else that happens in life.

The products helps me to start a new beginning, like I have another chance to start over. The skin once again begins to clears up within weeks of usage, and hmm, it even looks better than before.

I have a dry skin, the series cares for the dryness too and I've been noticing that the skin doesn't feel or look dry anymore. The upper cheeks areas are the most prone area to dryness, now, they look comfortable and healthy.

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As I was happily 'playing' with the four fairies, Shiseido sent me another package, and this time it's a product that comes in it's own packaging and not hiding inside white containers anymore.

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It's the Ultimune.

http://www.shiseido.com

Description:

Powering skin’s beauty now, and over time.

Like your body, your skin has an immune system that functions less efficiently with time, environmental exposure and stress. Ultimune helps boost skin’s multi-defensive powers while helping to strengthen its resistance to day-to-day damage and signs of aging. Over time, skin looks smoother and more resilient, making wrinkles less noticeable as your complexion begins to glow.

• Shiseido’s exclusive Ultimune Complex* is formulated with a unique blend of Bulgarian Rose Water, Aqua In Pool and Yeast to protect, strengthen, and maintain healthy looking skin.
• Formulated with a unique botanical power blend with Gingko Biloba Leaf Extract, Shiso and Thyme.
• For women of all skin types and all ages.
• In 4 weeks: firmness and resilience are improved, making wrinkles less visible.
• To use: Apply two pumps morning and evening after cleansing and balancing skin. Apply Ultimune before using targeted serums.

FOR ALL SKIN TYPES. DERMATOLOGIST-TESTED.

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The details, instruction and everything is written clearly on the packaging, there's also a pamphlet that filled with needed information. The product is made to satisfy customer in a way that at least I haven't tried before.

It's complimenting the skincare used and in this opportunity the collection from White Lucent and help my skin by boosting the series plus adding it's own benefits from creating that radiant glow, de-stress the skin and best of all the skin looks younger. The wrinkles are less visible and the fine lines looks so much relaxed that they almost disappear.

I'm not young anymore and daily stress is definitely felt by me every single day. These products are right for me, it helps many different aspects, from becoming a multi-function anti aging by adding a single product it helps my skin in a way that I don't think possible.

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Most brightening products on the market focusing on exfoliating the skin or adding higher concentrate on certain ingredients for a factor of two, but Shiseido White Lucent start by preparing the skin, pampering and caring by help the skin to relaxed, by doing so the skin will become more flexible, resilient and when it is calmer or (best) stress free, the skin will 'eat and drink' better from the skincare put on top. It's like the body, we need to rest, we need to be pampered.

Like when we went into a spa, our mind also enjoying the benefits when our body is taken care off. We're become happier, more vitality and spirit to face the life.

I guess, with the same principal, Shiseido tries to comforts the skin and fulfill their needs as well as the senses. Hence the white floral aroma smells so good and made to help ease the mind.

Overall, Shiseido White Lucent and the Ultimune included, become a solution for almost everything I search for in a skincare products. And that's for me means one less thing to be worried about.

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The texture of the Ultimune is similar to the serum, also very light and easy to be used. I'm using Ultimune right after lotion and before the serum. It is absorbed easily too. Feels comfortable and adding a bit more bounciness for the skin to look plump. Giving enough 'omph' for the lines to smooth-en out.

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At this point, I feel like I'm in a point of no return, or to be exact, I don't want to return to where I was, I found them (my skincare) and gladly will continue using them.

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And when I think that I have enough, Shiseido gave me another product, the masks!!!

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Stay tune on my next post as I'll reveal the true packaging of the fairies, the review on the mask and a look inside the second event where we finally meet (online) with the team from Japan.

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Below is me in their campaign video.

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Okay, enough for the preview ^__^

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Thank you so much Shiseido for the wonderful experience and you for reading my post.

See you soon!

XOXO