Strip and Browhaus at Lippo Puri Mall

Hello everyone!!

It's another good news, hehe, New Year's Eve has to be filled with tons of information like these, right?!

Strip and Browhaus is opening their new branch at Lippo Puri Mall in West Jakarta. Hooray!! Finally, a really good place to was and have my brows done in my favorite place. So far, I haven't meet any other place that offer a better service and quality compared to Strip and Browhaus.

Their standard of hygienic is so far above other places, from the disposable gloves for each customer, spatula, and no double dipping, with clean room, towels, and other disposable things like cotton bud, pad and many other things. So you really know what you're paying for and get so much more with the staffs friendly attitude.

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The location of the salon is tucked behind restaurants, arrays of Suan Thai, Carl's Jr, Sukiya, etc. Go walk into the corner before the parking lot. It's a new mall in West Jakarta and it still pretty vacant, fans of Strip and Browhaus will enjoy it more here since it is less crowded than other branch where you really have to queue and make prior appointment before each visit. Still,  everyday, there will be customers here, after all, it's Strip and browhaus.

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Why do I came here? They have new services and products too. A semi permanent eye liner, which I haven't tried and they keep adding new current items to be enjoyed by customer too in the wax department. Do you remember my excitement around a year ago sharing about their liquid wax that become hard and doesn't need any paper to pull it off? It comes in chocolate and strawberry and I swear it was the best wax for Brazilian? Now, adding the lemon and cucumber.

Lemon helps brighten and cucumber is moisturizing.

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After a short wait (around 3 minutes) I was escorted to my room, they are seating for eyebrows, comfortable chairs and enough for around 4 people at once.

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As I went into my room, waxes are available for my delights. All in their heating container and all smells so good. There are exactly as their variant, the chocolate smells like delicious milky chocolate, the lemon are as fresh as your dishwasher liquid, the cucumber are delightful and the melon is sweet. Melon? Yes, a new one as well shown below, in red clear liquid, to be used for wide areas such as leg and still need a sheet to pull everything off.

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Below is cucumber, the one that I choose or advice to as well as it is moisturizing since my Brazilian area is rather dry.

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And here's lemon in milky yellow.

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The wax for my Brazilian and navel area are done around 15 minutes, they are consistent in making every treatment 15 minutes flat and the staff are fully aware of the pain level so they keep it to minimum. I've tried many places for waxing and they are by far, still the best one in terms of cleanliness, service and pain level.

I am someone who can't tolerate pain, at almost any level, and if I can bear this one, everyone can.

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Since my areas are sensitives, here are the preview on my legs and how the waxes are. They are all started as liquid, warm and cozy. Within seconds, they'll become hard and gripping the hairs only and not our skin. So when pulled, it is only the hair was being lifted off. Do check out my instagram account @carnellin for live video during my visit there.

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It is so practical, funny and cute at the same time. I love these.

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It's like a rubbery thingy that collect the hairs and only the hairs are being plucked.

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Same goes with the lemon, it is as milky and rubbery as the cucumber once dried and the application process itself is the same.

It's just the scent and the function slightly different. Aside from those, the texture and ability is simply the same.

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Here's how they are harden and easily peeled by the therapist. And then pulled all the way against the hair growth.

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Last but not least, the melon. It's a clear red wax that smells fruitilicious like melon do.

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And since it was made for areas such as leg, body, arms, etc, and need to be pulled off using a piece of clothe.

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Soon after that, I'm done in the waxing business and make my way to the brows area to get my brows done.

It's been a while since my last visit here and in this holiday season I finally have time to take care myself ehm brows.

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Within 5-7 minutes, my brows are done. They are plucked so fast using a tweezers by the therapist and drawn again using a powder brow available at browhaus. I love how clean it look now and as usual, just like the wax, I was advice to avoid peeling products, scrubs, hot/warm water, excessive exercise and overexposure of the sun. 

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Thank you so much Strip and browhaus, it's again another fruitful visit here and so happy that finally, they came to west area.

Do visit them when you're nearby.

See you there soon!!

The Royal Jelly Honey Wax

Hello lovelies,

I guess nowadays women like to wax more than before. I guess when I'm still a teen, shaving is like the 'it' thing. Now, since wax are 'considered' better, people tend to wax. It felt cleaner and doesn't damage the skin as much as shaving. Shaving also known to make the skin darker when done routinely.

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Wax can be done at the salons or at home. There are many types of wax nowadays and these stripes from Muku Group are one of the type of wax that are easy to be used and perfect when you have to do it by yourself without the mess usually created by the liquid one.

Each pack contain 3 pairs of stripes and 2 after wax treatment.

Here are the details from the official website.

http://mukugroup.com

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They look pretty easy, right?! But when I'm using it, heating them up took a while, so I'm using my heater to help 'melts' the wax.
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And then, it'll easily separated and not sticks like glue anymore.

Put the sheet on a clean and dry skin, let them sticks and have time to grab the hairs first, before pulling them off in one quick movement.

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As seen, the sheet is pretty big, hence 3 of them should be enough for my whole leg. One sheet can be repeatedly used until they'll stick no more.

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It turns out to be working quite well. I don't have a lot of hairs on my leg and the ones that I have also pretty fine still visible and as I doubting the effectiveness the sheet does pulls out those hair in a single grasp.

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And I can still use it again, around 2-3 times per sheet before it looses it ability to pull the hairs.

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The legs are cleaned now and there aren't much wax residue as other types of wax do, so it is easily cleaned, especially using the wipes given.

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Within a single wiping action it does help taking off the wax on the skin and made them super slippery, feels oily and the scent is different with the wax. The wax has a sweet honey scent and the treatment sheet is a bit like a milky oily lotion with comforting scent.

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The skin looks so clear with no hair and the wipes made them look so silky too. Look at my legs, they appear so smooth now after the treatment.

As usual, avoid warm or hot water during shower and bath time for at least 48 hours after the wax. Avoid direct sunlight as well and swimming if possible.

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Stay tune on my blog and social medias as I'll share a giveaway sponsored by Muku Group, this product will be included in the giveaway.

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Thank you Muku Group.

Muku Group Products

Hello everyone,

a few weeks ago Muku Group send me a lot of products in one package. They are Croc Oil, Queeny Aura, Salmon Bright and The Royal Jelly Honey Wax.

They sent me 5 sets of these, so each product comes in 5 items and while I'm reviewing them one by one, get ready, as I'll make a giveaway soon where you could win them as well.

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Let's start introducing the product one by one, shall we?!

Start from Queeny Aura Body Lotion SPF 50 PA +++

Seems like it contains a lot of spf and the body lotion looks like it has whitening properties as well.

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It has a pinkish white color with a texture of mild creamy lotion.

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This is The Royal Jelly Honey Wax and the bee look super cute. Like irresistibly cute.

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Each container consist of 3 stripes that can be peeled open into 6 patches and 2 finishing wipes for after waxing. It is said to help removing wax residue.

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As seen, all the details regarding their products is in Thai language, fret not, at their official website you could read everything in English.

http://mukugroup.com/

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Continue to their Salmon Bright.

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Seems like this particular product received a lot of attention on the social media. Perhaps this is the highlight of the brand. The container is new and I love it. Nowadays all pot/jar container has like this pump made for order container for a fresh batch every single dose.

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The product is like a creamy gel that is blue in color. Fragrant too.

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Last is Croc Oil, which I can't find the details on their website.

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It is said to contain shea butter and crocodile oil. Wow, I've known snail secretion, horse oil, and now horse oil.

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The product comes in a tube, white creamy texture and a bit like light oil gel too. Easy to be absorb by the skin.

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That's it for now, a small introduction to the products from Muku Group which I will make full review and giveaway too.

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Let me know which product you want to win or perhaps everything so my giveaway will be in sets.

Comments away and stay tune for the giveaway as you requested.

Thank you Muku Group.

Wax Inc

Hi all,

have you ever try waxing? I think most of us have tried waxing or at least heard about it and think whether they should get one or not.

The thing is, there are hairs in places we wish they didn't grow. Like for ladies, the hair on their head is the most important part and the one at their armpit is their least ^^

According to many waxing salon, armpit in the no.1 location and bikini line is next.

So, after looking for waxing places near my home, I found Wax Inc at Pantai Indah Kapuk.

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This is me, right before a wax is down, facing up. I use no makeup since well, this is not an event for it heehee. As seen, I have concerns and worries at my eyes, I'm scared of pain, and I'm getting a Brazilian wax here.

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The place itself looks pretty and they are using the sugar wax, cold and hot. The cold one is pretty interesting, like thick sugar jelly and used only on areas that are a bit more painful when using hot, like in the middle part of a Brazilian wax (ouch!) as it pull out more and faster.

So they'll combine in both hot and cold in a treatment on different parts. I've tried both and they are both ... painful on certain areas.

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In terms of technique, I think the staffs are actually quite good and they all get waxed from time to time so they can 'feel' the customers plus get practices. The place itself is never empty, there's always customers.

For me, I think I prefer to be waxed somewhere else since I know there's a place that offer less painful wax.

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Since they are close, I still visited this place during 'emergency' moments ^^

Beside waxing, Wax Inc also offers nails service, massage (which is far beyond expectation), body scrub, and many more, please do take a look of their menu below.

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Conclusion:

A place that offer sugar wax as their main service, located at Pantai Indah Kapuk area, slightly hidden from the main road. The place itself looks nice, but I think in terms of cleanliness and hygienic, they should improve. The waxing technique is okay and as painful as it can be, but bearable, it will sting for a while and you should bring your own after wax lotion/spray/ointment since they don't provide any.

I also dislike how they keep powdering the waxed area and wiping it off with tissue as it made everything more uncomfortable and the staff wipes from the back to the private part ( a huge no no).

The staffs also loves to chat between themselves and between rooms, which made customers also feel more uncomfortable.

I guess, there's a lot of room for improvements and potential to be better.

In term of price, they are in the reasonable area, they also have packages which means discounted price for more savings.

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Thank you for reading this post everybody ^^

Kanari Hime Dark Choco & Vanilla Oil Sugar Wax

Hello lovelies,

Kanari Hime sent me a product to be reviewed, it's their new variant for sugar wax, it's the Dark Choco and Vanilla Oil Sugar Wax.

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Details from www.kanari-hime.com

kanari-hime Dark Choco sugar wax memiliki ekstrak dark choco ASLI !! yang memberikan efek pelembab ekstra pada kulit setelah sesi sugar wax Anda . Dengan dark choco ASLI yang beraroma lezat sangat aman untuk perawatan untuk kulit Anda juga!
Dark Choco dikenal untuk melembabkan kulit yang kering sehingga menjadi halus dan lembut , juga menjadikan kulit bercahaya.

Kombinasi gabungan dark choco dengan minyak esensial Vanilla sebagai Antibakteri, anti-penuaan, Meningkatkan Kulit Sehat

Dark Choco Sugar Wax selain lebih melembabkan dan menghaluskan kulit setelah pemakaian daripada versi Original / Premium juga bisa dipakai langsung tanpa dipanaskan maupun bisa dipanaskan dahulu sebelum dipakai.
sedangkan versi original / Premium paling baik digunakan dalam keadaan panas ,
Original / Premium memiliki ekstrak madu Murni di dalamnya , sementara Dark Choco Sugar Wax memiliki ekstrak dark choco di dalamnya .

Versi dark choco yang lebih pekat dapat mengurangi rasa sakit dari hair removal secara ekstensif .

Dark Choco Sugar Wax ampuh menghilangkan bulu terkecil, juga bisa untuk mengangkat sel kulit mati . Dengan cara ini Anda mendapatkan hasil perawatan spa saat melakukan waxing.

Anda bahkan dapat mencoba dark choco series sugar wax ini di rumah. Tanpa harus repot ke salon

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This is the product, it's in a glass container and very very sticky. Opening the jar itself took time with all of those clear tapes sticking on the lid. I know it's for safe keeping, or perhaps to make sure nothing went wrong during delivery but still, 15 minutes for just opening it from box to finally see what's inside.

And what's inside? A very very dense and thick sugar wax, or to be more precised, chocolate sugar was with heavy chocolate invasion. I couldn't get it through, it really need to be heated or it wont be able to be spread on the skin.

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After 15-20 minutes of heating the glass jar in a hot water, the formula starts loosening up and usable.

Careful when using it, make sure you have the right temperature so you wont burn your skin.

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I applied the liquid (now, I can call it a liquid) on to the skin, when it is still warm, I put on the clothe for waxing (which is not provided in the kit), wait until it is cooler and let those wax grip the hairs better, before pulling it off in a single strike.

The result are quite clean, but for very fine and smaller hairs I can't seem to pull it all thoroughly. There are still some leftovers, so my tips would be to use this wax after your hair is at least half centimeter.

Overall,
plus size: glass jar, which make warming it more convenient and 'safe'.
able to pull thick hairs instantly and strongly
the very pleasing and comforting chocolate aroma and vanilla (irresistible and looks appetizing)

minus,
it doesn't contain the clothes for waxing
I can't pull those tiny and fine hairs with the wax.

Rp. 90.000 for 0.5 Kg

please do go to their website and check out other variants and products.

Thank you so much Kanari Hime.