April Skin Turn Up Color Cream Review

              Last week I tried this Turn-up color cream from April skin. I saw a lot of good review from their color treatment line but since I prefer something that's gonna last more than a week, I bought this color cream instead. Here's my impression on the product and how it turns out (I wasn't planning on doing review when I used it so there's no pics, sorry 🙃).

              The color that I bought was in the color Ash latte. It's supposed to be grayish even on my hair, which is medium brown color. The product includes treatment and plastic cover for body, hands and ears (lol). I tried mixing the 2 coloring chemicals together on the squeeze bottle, but it's just refused to mixed together (really disapponting 😫, I recommend getting it all out on a mixing bowl).

              I mixed it then put it on my hair for 40 minutes. the color is white which confused me. even on my hair after 40 mins, it's still white. I noticed there's less amonia smell which makes me happy, but I was soon disappointed. The result.....

             NOTHING!!!!!!!.....seriously, there's no change to my hair color at all. Such a waste of money. I've been hair dying myself for almost 2 years, using product from etude house and other brands, and you can always see the result on my hair. This time, even under the sun there's nothing at all 😓.

Thought to self: should've just bought the color treatment 😒😣😭

Innisfree Real Peppermint Mask Review (Indonesia)

            Ini salah satu produk masker yang sekarang aku sering pake. Waktu Innisfree keluarin seri "real mask" nya, walaupun aku masih banyak banget masker yang lain, di bela-belain beli buat nyoba (kurang ketahanan diri memang 😒), padahal di meja masih ada 8 jenis masker yang lain). Dari semua jenis yang ada, aku pilih yang peppermint karena dari penjelasannya, produk ini buat menyejukkan wajah dan menenangkan kulit wajah. Ini penjelasan dari website innisfree...

           Claimnya, produk ini memberikan hasil yang menyegarkan dari bahan-bahan natural, menenangkan kulit dengan kelembaban yang banyak, mengobati sebum untuk membuat kulit bersih, dan menyegarkan kulit dengan haruman natural pada saat menggunakan masker ini. Ini foto waktu aku pakai maskernya...

            Warna maskernya itu hijau muddy gitu (yah, namanya aja peppermint). Baunya itu awalnya aku kurang suka karna waktu itu aku kira baunya sama dengan produk-produk lain yang mint gitu tapi ternyata lebih kuat bau peppermintnya. apa memang peppermint itu baunya gitu ya...nggak tau lah 😒. Tapi setelah beberapa lama make ini, terbiasa juga sama baunya. memang menyegarkan sih...

           Rasa waktu dipake itu cool banget apalagi kalo dalam ruang ber-AC. Keringnya juga nggak gitu keras amat, tapi ya bagusnya kalo make masker itu tiduran ya, supaya mukanya jadi firm gitu. Sesuai di foto itu, masker ini ada butiran-butiran yang nggak gitu kecil juga. anggap aja exfoliate karna salah satu claimnya memang buat bersihin sebum. 

          Biasanya aku pakai satu kali seminggu, ditunggu sekitar 15 menit lalu dicuci dengan air hangat. Waktu nyuci, butiran-butiran itu agak susah lepas, tapi jangan terlalu keras gosok mukanya (big No No 😖). Pelan-pelan aja sambil ngusap dengan air nanti lama-lama juga lepas.

         Sesudah pakai masker ini, biasanya aku rasa muka jadi halus banget (btw, muka aku jenisnya normal to dry dengan kadang2 muncuk jerawat kecil2) dan jadi segar. Aku biasanya pakai waktu ngerasa ni muka kayaknya mau muncul jerawat2 kecil entah karena lagi panas diluar atau kalo lelah kepingin mukanya di cool down. Untuk harganya yang nggak begitu mahal, masker ini bagus kok. Kalau udah habis masker ini, aku pasti beli "real mask" jenis yang lain juga buat dicoba 😊.

        

         

Innisfree Real Peppermint Mask Review

                Here's one of the mask that I've been using quite a lot these days. When I saw Innisfree launched the real mask series, I just can't wait to get my hands on them. I chose the peppermint one because it claims to refresh and soothe the skin. So despite the large number of masks (there's like 8 type of masks that I own right now. lol), I decided to purchase this Innisfree real peppermint mask. Here's the product description and how to use from Innisfree website....

              I've been using this mask once a week for about 4 months and I've been loving it. At first I'm a bit put off by the smell. I was expecting a sweet mint smell which I always get from mint products, but this product has a stronger version of it. Maybe it's a real peppermint smell, I don't know...🤔 but I got used to it quite quickly and love the smell now. Here's how it applied on my skin

             As you can see, it's a green muddy color (since it's peppermint 😒) and has some bits inside which are quite big (I just take it as some exfoliating on the side). It's cooling when it's drying which is quite refreshing and not really that hard when it dried. After applying it for 15 minutes, you are supposed to rinse it with lukewarm water. I found that when washing the mask, the particles stuck to the skin and need some more rinsing to take it off but don't scrub your skin too hard. It'll loosen up and come off after a bit of time and water 😁.

            This mask make my skin feel smooth and cool. I especially like it when it's very hot outside and I need to refresh my skin. The price is also not so expensive and Innisfree products always get my approval since it's natural. I'll probably buy the other type of Innisfree real mask when I finished this one (or maybe even before of I can't stop myself 😑)

         

             

Innisfree Green Ginseng Scalp Tonic Review

In my journey to find the prefect hair tonic, I recently came across this product from Innisfree "Green Ginseng Scalp Tonic". I have to tell you, I have no idea what they mean by green ginseng. Does ginseng really have different color that I don't know of😯. I was sold on the fact that it was ginseng so I just have to try it myself

On the Green Ginseng Scalp Tonic it says "This scalp fluid, composed of anti-inflammatory and circulation function of Jeju dolwoe ingredients which are fully enriched with saponin, helps to create a healty scalp. the complex herbal extracts and panthenol ingredients alleviate hair loss by providing nutrients and moisture and instantly present a feeling of refreshment to your scalp"

Lets see.....I tried to google it but no clue as to what dolwoe actually is. Maybe it's their name for the ginseng. Saponin is a group of chemicals that comes from plants and have antioxidant properties and Panthenol is there to help the nutrients penetrates deep down into the scalp.

How to use : Shake well and spray an adequate amount directly onto cleansed scalp. Use finger tips to massage and pat for better absorption.

Results: My scalp is sentiive and prone to itchiness. I don't think the inflammatory that was promised work well enough for me since it's still quite itchy especially a day after washing my hair. I do like the minty feeling on my scalp after I spray and massage this tonic but it doesn't last long enough in my opinion.

The smell is very ginsengy (is that even a word) 😒 and I'm ok with that since I like ginseng on my hair products but if you don't like the smell of ginseng, well you're out of luck since it's Green Ginseng tonic you know 😁. The smell will disappear in the morning though if you washed your hair the night before.

As for hair loss, I'm not noticing a great difference from usual since I'm already using hair loss prevention shampoo (Brand: Ryeo brown) so I probably will not repurchase this product again. That doesn't mean that you should not try this product since it might be different for you. Good luck and thank you for reading this review

Nail Art 1 - Military/Party

This nail art was a recreation from @nailsbymimi on instagram that was published in @nailitmag. It's a simple nail art using just a striper and dotting tool but so elegant and can be changed to suit your party dress for example.

How to do:

- Use your base coat (always do this to protect your natural nail)

- Apply 2 coats of white polish on all fingers

- Use striper or nail art brush to draw the black outline (except the ring finger)

- Use dotting tool to put some black shape (just drag the dotting tool to create the shape. it's pretty much free style so do whatever you like)

- Fill up the rest of the space with blue shape just like the black one (put more blue than black so your design stand out more)

Done! 😊 I'll try to put the pictures for every step next time. Hope you like it.

Etude House Milky You Cleansing Foam Review

The first product I want to review is the Etude House Milky You Cleansing Foam. I was searching for a new cleansing product since the organic cocoa oatmeal face spa that I'm using gives me great exfoliation but not enough cleansing (I can still find BB cream residue so I have to use toner afterwards).

I have to tell you that I'm crazzzzzyyy about Korean makeup and skincare products since I found them about a year ago, especially products from Etude House (Helllloooo....cute packaging, effective and affordable. what's not to like ;) ). So after I read some reviews about this product, and found out that Etude Milky You Cleansing Foam is a one step cleansing (yes, I'm lazy), I decided to try it out. My skin is Dry to Normal and a bit sensitive

How to use it:   Just wet your face with water, put a dollop of the product into your palm (and I mean it, a small dollop is enough). Lather it on your palms for a bit, then massage into your face for about 1 min. taadaaa...squeaky clean face.

I've read around that waterproof makeup like mascara and eyeliner will not be quite clean so you should consider cleaning your makeup first before using this. Since I usually did that and only need this to clean my BB cream, it's perfect. And since it's from milk, I can even feel good about that. lol

Result:    My skin really feel smooth and clean after I used this (literally squeaky) and I'm using such a small amount each time that this Milky You Cleansing Foam is going to last a loooong time. The smell is pretty mild too. I guess it's the milk part. 

Conclusion:  Etude  Milky You Cleansing Foam is a really great product for those of us who are too lazy to do 3 or 4 step when cleansing our face. It works really well and didn't dry out the skin. The price is acceptable since it's quite a large amount. At the time I bought it, it was Rp 95.000 or about US$ 8.

Thank you for reading this review. I hope it helps you decide if you want to try this product or not. (^_^)

About this blog

It was my rule to always look for reviews on all the items that I was planning to buy. Especially if it was skin care products and make up. Since I'm a sucker for new stuffs and cute packaging, I thought I should start doing my own reviews to help other people decide if the product is worth buying (and I also need to remind myself why I shouldn't buy that product again 😅). Hopefully I'll be able to continue this blog as long as possible 😊

God Bless 😄