NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream

Hello lovelies,

oh yes, this is definitely not a new stuff on the market, it's been around for a while and I just got them since, finally, a shop sells the shades that I've been looking for. Cairo and Transylvania.

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Cairo is so nude and too pale on my lips. Like I was sick or something, but somewhat still cool. The texture is creamy, hence the name is lip cream, applying it would be a bit tricky since the texture itself.

Compared to liquid lippies which dries up and gives the feeling of the lips being pulled, the lip cream stays as it is. Doesn't give the lips a drying effect and not moisturizing as well, so it was like putting relatively light and close to dry mousse on the lips and it stays that way.

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The color stays as long as I don't wipe it off nor eat anything oily. It has a pleasant texture overall but I don't really like the weird cosmetic scent.

And below is me using Transylvania, like the exact opposite of Cairo. It was deep purplish red tone which I really love. It's like the 'it' color of the season, and oh well, I love both nude and deep dark wine, and they both matches my hair heehee!!

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The bolder the color is the more difficult it is to be used, as the product is a bit patchy, hence do watch out during application for a smooth and even out tone.

Cleaning wise? Use your favorite lip makeup remover and they are gone without fail.

Citra Sabun Lulur

Hello lovelies,

last night I went into an event at Dharmawangsa area. An event that celebrate the new variant from Citra beauty world, Citra Sabun Lulur is here.

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Combining soap and exfoliating (or lulur in Bahasa) Indonesian can now enjoy daily routine of having a shower while deep cleaning their skin with the very fine beads by Citra.

Natural ingredients such as, rice, Japanese rice, milk, turmeric, pearl and other kind of ingredients are infused into each variant. There are three variants Citra Lulur Spotless White, Natural White and Pearly White.

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The scents of the variants itself are in sync with their previous collection, they all smells so fragrant and we can pick which one, or two that we like to use every day.

Some prefer the white ones, others like the pink and the rest are in love with the fresh green notes.
For me, it depends on my mood daily.


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The tagline of 'bright and clean skin every day' is introduced as busy women can now experience 'lulur' on daily basis without the concern of over exfoliated skin using traditional method that might be too harsh when done daily.

You can still enjoy 'lulur' or deep exfoliating once or twice a month.

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Uci Rudjito, Maria Rahajeng are there to share about the product and what they view about beauty itself.

We are all agreed that beauty is not just about what's look on the outside, but the inner beauty as well. Being kind, confidence, and how they interact with others.

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After the small talk show, we look into the texture of the product, almost everyone (including me) had a chance to try the product on the spot. The beads are indeed soft and really gentle and unlike other beads I've tried, and the skin feels squeaky clean after use and very fragrant.

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We also did a test during the event, some foundation is applied on the surface of the egg, Citra Sabun Lulur cleans well without damaging the surface of the egg. It remains smooth and moist.

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Comparison are done between the product and the conventional lulur, in so many ways Citra Sabun Lulur are proven to be softer and gentler to the skin, suitable for daily use. However, the soap on the product itself is like said above, it gives the skin a squeaky clean effect which is drying on the skin. Those with dry and sensitive skin wont really enjoy using the products.

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A workshop is added at the end of the event where everyone can make aromatherapy candles. Some flowers and aromatic ingredients are given, guests can choose which one to put on their candles. 

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The candles itself already so fragrant since using the same perfume like the ones inside Citra.

So most of the  aroma is from the candle. It was a liquid candle at first, the flowers and other ingredients can be put and stick when dried (around 20 minutes).

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Here are two candles that I made last night and now hanging in my bedroom and made the room smells lovely.

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Thank you so much Citra for the wonderful event at Plataran Dharmawangsa, truly a gorgeous place to be.

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See you again soon!!

Rimmel Lasting Finish Creamy Lip

Hello lovelies,

I'm back with another lipstick for today review, it's from Rimmel Japan. It cost 1300 yen each and they have 10 shades in total and I'm only interested in one of them, shade 014.

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• color, luster, moisture of Tsuketate continues!
  Petroleum is highly blended with high fitness to lips such as petrolatum.
  Two types of fit powder are also compounded to increase the fit to the lips
  It keeps the membrane firmly, so time passes, but freshly attached beauty continues.
• ● melt like soft creamy touch It melts softly and spreads when you melt with melted oil and soft spherical powder at body temperature.
• ● finish plump Boryumyi lips Soft spherical powder has soft focus effect, While glossy, fluffy fluffy lips finish.
• ● It is not clear color of turbidity It is clear coloring because it is not blended with a dampable powder wetting with oil.
• ● protect the rough easy lips Beauty liquid component, emollient ingredients
• ● mirror with cap
• ● Unscented

The name of shade 014:
Sexy and mode
Movement of the atmosphere

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I don't have an individual swatch, it's the one far right. Rimmel Lasting Finish Creamy Lip shade 014, my pick for this autumn.

The lipstick has a very smooth and glossy texture, it is not as pigmented as I want it to be, rather sheer, but not too sheer. Definitely very moisturizing and hydrating, but it's also rich. Suitable for dry climate in keeping the lips super moist but could be a problem in the humid and hot climate in Jakarta.

It's not waterproof nor great staying power, but it's there as long as I don't wipe it off. Slightly staining but very mild, I think the main focus of the lipstick is the 'creaminess'.

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I wish the lipstick could be more pigmented than this. It's glossy and a bit sheer to my taste, so perhaps, this is more like a tinted lip glossy balm instead of lipstick.

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What do you think? Which one is your preference? A glossy lipstick with sheer color, or highly pigmented? Rimmel has it all but perhaps in Japan, this kind of lippies is more popular.


See you on my next post!!

Original Source Body Lotion

Hello lovelies,

fresh news!!! Original Source Indonesia now have body lotions and they smell so good!!!

I was so excited meeting new items from Original Source a few weeks back in one of the biggest supermarket in Indonesia. They are having promos too.

I saw that they now have body butter, new variants of shower gels, body lotion, body spray and even body oils too. Someday I'll get them all, so I can smells so good with different scent on each day.

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The two item I'm going to share in this post is their Mango Body Lotion and Mint & Tea Tree Body Lotion. One smells so fruitiliciously good and the other so minty fresh, so cold and the tea tree is like a a wonderful addition to the skin. Tea Tree oil has been known to be an antibacterial agent, when applied on the back and shoulder, perhaps it'll help reduce the acne as well.

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Both of them comes is in white lotion texture, when compared side by side, there's minor differences between the lotion (mango, slightly yellowish, min & green tea, slightly greenish). However the smell is like so far apart, one is a tropical fruit and the other is so minty fresh, like super minty. But the Mango also give me a slight cooling effect too on the skin, it's not minty cold but cooling too.

Both scent last quite a while too, definitely last longer when using the shower gel, body spray and even body oil too. I smell like mango or minty all day long. Imagine using the mint on a hot muggy day, it'll help the skin and feeling to cool off.

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Here are the ingredients inside each product. Above is mango in yellow tube, below is mint & tea tree in green tube.

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As seen, they both contains alcohol, glycerin, shea butter and other things too, some of the 'special ones' are the key ingredients on each variant, like mango fruit extract or peppermint oil.

Overall,

they are both a very good lotion that moisturized my skin without any greasy nor oily feeling afterwards, so it's very much comfortable and the key ingredients made the products even more special. Smells so good and feels superb on the skin. Original Source has always been my favorite brand for their ingredients, effects on the skin and variations. Looking forward for more of their products.

The Soap Corner Bar Soap and Shampoo Bar

Hello lovelies,

here are some bar products from The Soap Corner. One for the body (as in soap) and the other is shampoo bar.

The handmade castile buttermilk bar soap is so gentle and feels so comfortable on my dry and sometime coarse skin. Sometime they even get eczema and that's why this kind of soap becomes very handy.

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Almost no scent whatsoever, lathers mildly, and gives the skin that milky kinda feeling, which is soothing. I enjoy the feeling when using the bar soap, but they don't last long. A bar usually stays with me for 2 weeks max. Maybe I use it too much  or, hmm, I don't know, they just do.

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Similar with the shampoo bar, it's also very comfortable to be used, but this one lathers easily when used on wet hair and plenty of water. When rinsed, the immediate feeling is squeaky clean and taut. Someone who are accustomed in using shampoo contained silicone, may not get used to this kind of feeling (as in 'seret). The first thing noticed is the tangled, even after using conditioner or hair mask, oh they do help, still, those knots are there. Smoother, with all those creams of conditioner but still stiff compared to using shampoo with silicone. Nevertheless, silicone are bad for the scalp, it will clogged and later on causing hair loss as the hair growth is disrupted.

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Using shampoo bar from The Soap corner help clean the scalp without causing problems in the short to long terms. It was known that these kind of shampoo bar is 'detoxing' the hair from all the chemicals and other things that has been sticking on our hair. During this 'detox' time, the hair are usually becomes stiff, keep using it until we are used to the condition and the hair will become ... like hair again. Just use a tangle teezer during those tangled moments.

Thank you so much The Soap Corner, my skin is getting better thanks to the Soap and the scalp is definitely happier too being de-clogged and they are breathing happily as well.

Kanebo Media Moisturizing Lipstick

Hello lovelies,

I've been looking for autumn colors since well, autumn is when the colors are the best, it has the depth of wine and dark colors berries, and I just love those colors. Or I could go either nude, it's like the best season ever.

I'm kinda bored with spring and summer colors now, and I'm in the mood for autumn. Winter itself usually about frost and metallic shades.

Oh well, here are the colors I picked from Kanebo Media (Japan). Pk-22, WN-08, RS-24, RS-18. They have 22 shades in total, surely anyone could easily pick one they prefer. Or in my case, 4.

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All the details are in Japanese, since after all they are all bought in Japan. Each of them cost 950 Yen, and just in case someone asking, I don't know where to get these babies outside from Japan.

Kanebo itself is a big brand in Japan, they have many brands below them or made by them, Media is one of the 'sub brand' from Kanebo. Hence we can rest assure of the quality  of the product.

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The product comes in deep blue color and pale gold lining. Opening and closing the product is very smooth and the details of the product is provided on the plastic box while the shades are seen on the bottom part of the lipstick.

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Aside from lippies by Media, I also bought one from Rimmel (far right), hence there's 5 swatches instead of 4.

And yes, they are all autumn shades. I wish I can get some more (being greedy).

Let's just start with the review shall we?! All of the lipstick are moisturizing for sure, comfortable to be used and since it contains Marine Collagen, Olive Oi,  and Jojoba Oil.

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The first one I use is RS - 18

The shade is like a faint rose, rather pinkish and subtly coral. Still in the nude zone for my lips.

Do pay attention, as one original lip color may affect the result of the lips your using, same goes with skintone. Hence, always try the lipstick prior from buying.

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It was subtle, comfortable and suitable for daily use as the color is mild. It gives me a fresh looking makeup do.

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The next one is PK-22.

This is probably the nudest one of them all out of all four.

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This is perfect when I want to have a heavy eye makeup do. So the attention will all goes to the eyes. And the nude lippies also somehow made the look appear serious and classy. Suitable for an event too.

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And for those who knows me well, must have already guess, WN-08 is my favorite.

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The wine shade like a dark berries is just irresistible and speaks autumn at it's finest. Like this is the best shade to be used during the season. Imagine red colored leaves, walking around with outfit that matches, the lips looks so ravishingly good. I know that Indonesia doesn't have four seasons, but we can never beat the feeling of in the season.

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Just imagining the whole scenery and simply enjoy the seasons shade. I love using WN-08. I did wish the brand invent a prettier name instead of coding and numbers.

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The next one is RS-24.

back to the rose, but this one is a bit like dusty and a hint of brown. I love it too. It is more to serious like going to an important meeting or so.

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It has a bit of metallic effect on me, perhaps I can still use the shade for winter.

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Overall,

all of them are wonderful, very smooth texture, glossy, highly moisturizing but not greasy nor oily. Some shades are more pigmented than the others, like WN-08 is the most pigmented, followed by PK-22, RS-18 and RS-24. Easy to be used, forgiving in terms of when making mistake, hence they don't stained nor have waterproof ability, but their shades does last pretty good as long as no swiping is done. Doesn't bleed on me and have a soft subtle scent that somehow fresh and a bit to the floral.

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Thank you so much hubby for getting me these babies and understanding that your wife needs more than 85 lipstick at home.

Dazzling Me Up Body Oil

Hi lovelies,

another product from The Soap Corner that I love. I've been using it for a while, around a few weeks now and at first, I did take it for granted, thinking it's just some body oil like other brands have. Oily, greasy and very much not comfortable when sweating or just about any activities.

And the thing that I hate the most is everything that I touched or happens to touch my skin becomes oily. It's really unpleasant.

Until I met Dazzling Me Up by The Soap Corner.

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It was different, smells so good, reminds me a lot of Chanel No.5, and when applied on wet or damp skin, it blends on easily on the skin and doesn't leave any greasy nor oily feeling. I can also add body lotion to the mixture or toner (with no alcohol) to help the oil to settle and taken by the skin.

And the scent last on me for the whole day, it was so beautiful and I felt like there's no going back, I would definitely use the oil for good now since the effect, texture, feeling and scent too is much better than any lotion or body butter I've used.

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Those with sensitive skin like me would definitely understand, lotions, usually the scented one or perhaps any that contains chemicals do more harm to the skin than caring it. 

Problems such as rash, eczema, itchy and other skin dilemma could be over by using the right products.

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Here are some of the why's provided by The Soap Corner and I agree to her. Plus, for sure, no harmful chemicals means it is better for our overall health too.

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Thank you so much The Soap Corner for Dazzling Me Up!!

The Soap Corner Tinted Lip Balm

Hello lovelies,

The Soap Corner, one of my favorite natural brand out there, is now making Tinted Lip Balm.

Using only the best for our skin, The Soap Corner also made lip balm with those safe natural ingredients. Hence sometimes when needed I let my kids use their products.

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The Tinted Lip Balm came in two variant, one in Pink Bubblegum and the slightly more tinted one in Sexy Red Vanilla. And yes, their scent is a bit like their names, bubblegum and vanilla.

The packaging is simple and the details are provided minimally, so you may need to check their instagram account for more details regarding the product.

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Lip Balm itself is not mandatory for me, in fact I'm not really a fan of lip balm since most of them is simply too greasy and oily. Even the mildest one gave me that balmy feeling.

The Soap Corner Tinted Lip Balm is definitely not oily nor greasy, it's a bit balmy but very thin and I consider their texture to be the lest problematic compared to any other lip balm I've tried and the most comfortable for daily use in Indonesia.

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Since we live in tropical island, our climate is still humid and away from dryness, but some people do live inside buildings on daily basis and air con has become their allies. The skin becomes dryer and so does the lips.

Lips also represent the water content inside of us, those who doesn't drink enough fluid usually have dry chapped lips. When we are unwell, having fever or sick, the lips also become very dry, lip balm can be very useful and helps reduce the uncomfortable feeling of painful lips.

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Back to Tinted LIp Balm, these two babies may look similar, but when applied on the skin, clearly visible that Sexy Red Vanilla is red and the Pink Bubblegum is kinda like a frost pink. Cool colors for sure!

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Below is me using Pink Bubblegum. It definitely give me a frost pink shiny lips. This is definitely interesting as metallic lips are IN at the moment.

The scent is adorable and the feeling on the lips is comfortable. I can use lipstick and even matte liquid lipstick afterwards and they are just fine. My lips doesn't crack as when using none.

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Sexy Red Vanilla, surprisingly, doesn't goes as red as when swatched on my hand. It has that reddish shade but very mild.

I'm using Sexy Red Vanilla on the image below.

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There you go, if you prefer something like frost pink, choose pink bubblegum, and a bit like red hues, choose Sexy Red Vanilla. Both give the lips a coat that protects without any greasy nor oily feeling. They also smells really good and doesn't have any dangerous ingredients in it.

Thank you The Soap Corner.