[B.Liv] Off with those heads

Few weeks ago, I was emailed by B.liv team to try one of their product, Off with those heads.

This product is specialized to remove blackheads and whiteheads. Also, to reduce large pores size.

Sounds interesting?

About B.Liv (Quoted from their website),

B.Liv is skincare line under Cellnique. Cellnique has been the leading paramedical brand in professional skincare industry for over fifteen years. Cellnique has intensively focused on providing the best available skincare solutions- namely, its well-known 9x9 skin care matrix – through professional consultation with skin care centre.

Their aim to create Off with those heads is to help people who has blackheads and whiteheads problem. Therefore it's really suitable for tropical countries.

Why?

After experiencing to live in other country with 4 season (Australia), I feel that I got more skincare problems (such as acne and blackheads) while I'm in Indonesia.

Ingredients

Water, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Extract, Carbomer, Propylene Glycol, Menthol, Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Oil, PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Sodium Hydroxide, Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Oil, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, Diazolidiny Urea.

Let's jump to my review..

Packaging

This product comes in plastic bottle. Eventhough I prefer it to be made from glass (to looks more classy), but the materials they use for the packaging is good (doesn't made from cheap type of plastic). From the bright side, this item is light and easy to fit in your skincare bag.

Once you open the cap, there's a pump and the liquid will come.

Scent

The scents is nice and doesn't stings so I think you don't need to worry about it~

Also, rather than having particular scent, actually the cooling feels stands the most. 

The first time I apply, it kinda stings my eyes. However it doesn't happen on my next application.

Texture

It's designed as serum-type, so you can apply it easily. When it comes out, it looks like gel, but actually it's watery.

Below is my before and after picture after using this product for 2 weeks (I use it frequently every night).

*Actually if you use it every morning and night (as directed), the result might be better than mine.

On before picture, I took the photos 1 day after using porepack. I don't have any whiteheads but I have many blackheads on my nose and my pores are kinda big. Eventhough I have normal skin face type, but my T-zone are dry (especially in nose area).

On after picture, my skin is improving. I have few blackheads, but it can be get rid easily by gently wipe my nose after washing my face. Therefore, I don't have to squeeze anymore to make the blackheads comes out.

I also feel that my nose now creating enough oil so that my nose aren't dry anymore and my pores are getting smaller.

**note:

Result might differ for people with different skin types with me.

I'm not sure for the result with people who have oily skin types. Also, since I don't have whiteheads, I don't know if this product could removes whiteheads. You may refer to other reviews for better understanding :)

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PROS

+ control oils

+ Removes blackheads

+ Travel friendly

+ Easy to apply

+ Pores getting smaller.

CONS

- Pricey (IDR 590,000 or USD 50)

- Cooling sensation stings eyes on first application.

Where to find B.Liv and their products? 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bliv.indo

Instagram: bliv_indonesia

Website: www.bliv.com/id

Thanks for reading,

have a good day  <3

Food Travel: Too Too Moo

Hello everyone,

sorry for my long absence! >w<

Few weeks ago, I got a chance travelling to Surabaya with my siblings. It was my first time travel to another city without my parents. LOL. 

We have lots of fun there~

First destination after we reach our hotel, we went to a dessert cafe named, 

Too Too Moo.

They have various desserts and some beverages. Too bad I don't have the courage to take picture for all cakes they display, because I was too shy >////< *slapped*.

The interior is really cozy. It feels like home for me <3

They also have television on the front cafe. You can play, talk, and relax in this place.

 Here's some desserts that we order

 1st dessert: Chocolate Tart (with marshmallow below the chocolate ganache and rhum)

Basically the taste is rich and fun, since they use marshmallow. However, you can feel very full after eating half of this tart. I also can't really taste the rhum when trying this tart, I think they have to put more rhum to the cake (*note: personally, I love the smell and taste of rhum). 

2nd dessert: Mango mouse (with sliced sponge cake)

This mouse is my choice and I didn't regret to order this XD I don't usually eat whole cake/desserts (I only take some bites), but for this one I can finish it by myself. LOL.

When usually you can feel very full when eating a cake, the 'sweetness' from mango in this cake won't make you 'feel sick' easily. Definitely a perfect combination for this cake!

                   
                                                                           
3rd & 4th dessert: Dark Chocolate ganache cake and raspberry macaroon

First of all, sorry I don't really remember the exact name of the last dish, but if I'm not mistaken, those are the names. The chocolate ganache is really yummy, eventhough chocolate have rich flavour, but when eating the cake, it doesn't make me full easily (I think it's from the bitter taste from dark chocolate). The chocolate sponge feels very soft and fluffy too~
As for the macaroon, I really love how it taste! The texture is soft eventhough the outer part is kinda hard. Also, it's not very sweet like other macaroon usually are.


Overall, I love the cakes in here, since the sweet level is perfect (not too sweet) and the price is reasonable too (the range is about IDR 20,000 - IDR 50,000, but most cakes are IDR 30,000).

If you visit Surabaya, maybe you can drop by this place! :)

 

-- See you in my next post! :D

[Lucido-L] Hair Vitamin for dry hair

Hello~
Finally after some hectic days preparing this and that for my fashion show (other than doing my primary job as a college student), I have more time to properly blog again :')

Today I have 2 hair products that I wanted to share.
Both of them is coming from the same brand, Lucido-L.
They have 3 choices based on types of hair, the one that I picked is for Dry Hair, since my hair is very damaged because of smoothing 1 year ago :')
*note: damaged hair can make hair easily dry.

First, Lucido-L Hair Vitamin Oil for Dry Hair.

The liquid is in form of oil, so it slides very quickly when I try to drop it on my hand. It can also absorp well into my hair after application.

See the picture below? this is a comparison before and after when I test the vitamin oil on my super dry hair :( I'm using 1/2 pump to achieve the 'after' picture.

The effect after using this product for few months: 
It really helps me to at least make my hair better (not really dry), but it's not that super awesome that can always make my hair smooth everyday. The effect after applying this vitamin oil after I wash my hair can be directly felt. Before (without using the oil), when I comb my hair, sometimes the comb get stuck, but if I apply the vitamin oil, my hair is very smooth and I can combed easily.
In my case, usually I only apply the vitamin oil (including vitamin spray) once in every 2 days (only when I wash my hair).

Second, Lucido-L vitamin spray.

The after effect of this spray is not as amazing as the vitamin oil. When I spray it to my wet hair, I still feel that my hair didn't change. However after my hair is dry, finally I can feel that my hair is smooth~
Therefore, the effect will be feel only when your hair isn't wet.

The long term effect for this item is more or less the same with vitamin oil :3

Anyway, I think that those 2 are a great product, considering the price which is very reasonable (about IDR 35,000 or $3) :) I recommend this hair product for those who want to have a good and healthy hair.

Thanks for reading! :)

[Kojie san] Skin Lightening Soap

Hello,

today I'm going to share my opinion about Kojie san Soap.

Before sharing my review about this product, I found some background info that I got from Kojie san website and ads.

• Functions: Helps lighten dark spots due to acne, age spots, freckles, sun-damaged skin, and other skin pigmentation
• Directions: Use daily as a regular soap for the face and body.
• Ingredients: Pure Kojic Acid, Sweet Orange, VCO, Glycerine, Vegetable Extracts, Vitamin C

So, the products are sponsored by Kojie san Indo. For the soap, they have 3 size: 30gr, 65 gr, and 135gr.
From the product catalogue I got, other than soap, they also sell skincare like toner, cream, cleanser,etc. 

Actually I don't like Soap in bar/solid type, because it's not practical and will took longer time to shower. However I still try the soap because I'm curious with the result.

Medium and big bar have plastic package to maintain its quality if the soap, while the smallest size don't (but the outer packaging is already made from plastic).

Since my skin is kinda sensitive, so I tried the smallest soap bar first to test whether it suits my skin..

In about 1 month, the soap already become like this XD it become very small and fragile. lol.

So, I'm just going to summarize my thought about the soap. Hope you find it helpful~

The soap has orange fruit scent which is very interesting. The soap also produce foam easily (while some soap bar don't). 
Maybe some of you will react, " are you kidding me? I think all soap could produce foam easily, or else people won't use it... 
My answer: Because the soap have many natural ingredients, so the soap can melted easily, which will help people to have liquid type of soap and make it easier to produce more foam than other soap bars.

I tried using the soap on my knee, since my knee have darker tone color than the surroundings. What I found after using it for almost 1 month, my knees are 1 skin tone lighter, than previously. hoho.
Eventhough I heard this soap can dry the skin, it didn't happen to me. I found that my skin is in normal condition. There's also no side effect to me (skin feeling itchy or become red).

*note: I don't use the soap for my face or other part of body since I'm scared that I will achieve lighter skin color. I don't want to be more white, or else I can be like zombie (?) Better to prevent right? LOL.

IMPORTANT TIPS:
1. You must put the soap in soap case/any case, because the soap can melt easily when there's water or placed direct sunlight/heat.
2. Try to buy the small size first if you're unsure whether the soap will suits you/not. That's because I found that people have numerous opinions about the soap. Some likes and can use the soap, but some others said the soap dry/irritate their skin..

Thanks for reading,

Have a great day <3

[Artistry] Eye&Lip Makeup Remover

Hello everyone,

sorry for my absence for not blogging last week ;;;

Alright, now i've another product to share about my opinion with you :)

Packaging is great. The bottle is made from mixture of glass and plastic, so it's little bit heavy but it won't break if it drops. As for the design, I would give my thumbs up. LOL.

Why? because it creates an image of that this product is expensive by looking at its design.

(*note: design will be valued higher if it looks more pricey)

To make the liquid comes out, you need to shake several times and the liquid will drops little by little (just like circle lens water solution). This idea is great, because if you accidentally drop this remover, all of the liquids won't get out everywhere and become a waste.

The Scents is nice, it has sweet scent and not too strong. Also, for the feeling when using this remover, I can feel relaxing because it has cold sensation (like putting mask on your eye) XD Moreover it doesn't hurt my eyes when I tried to remove my waterline eyes. 

Other than that, I find that most of makeup remover will make my face oily (after removing all makeup), but this product doesn't create too much oil on my face~

This is the essential point of makeup remover, the Power to remove our makeup.

As an experiment, I choose Bobbi Brown gel eyeliner. This eyeliner is well known for the durability of waterproof and smudge proof.

Applying the eyeliner (only)

Then, I put few drops of the remover to a cotton..

Swap 1 time

Swap 2 times

After swap for the 3rd time, the eyeliner completely clean.

Last, for the price, it cost around IDR 200,000 which might be considered expensive for most people. Anyway, it's just a remover right? lol.

However, I knew that I shouldn't put too much pressure especially on eyes area when removing all eye makeup. Therefore, choosing a remover which have good power on removing all makeup would be the best decision.

Overall, I don't regret for buying this when comparing the price and the performance. 

Thanks for reading <3

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