HAIR ENERGY - Anti Aging Creambath (Aloe Vera) by Makarizo

Untuk yang malas menghabiskan waktu lama dan biaya mahal di salon, tapi tetap ingin creambath secara teratur, HAIR ENERGY sepertinya bisa menjawab kebutuhan kita.

Creambath instan dari Makarizo ini sangat praktis dibandingkan proses creambath biasa. Khasiat utamanya untuk menghindari penuaan dini pada rambut yang katanya menimbulkan gejala rambut semakin tipis, lepek, dan kusam. Selain aloe vera (lidah buaya) yang berguna untuk menguatkan rambut, series ini juga mengeluarkan “rasa” lainnya.

Cara memakainya gampang banget. Kita tinggal keramas rambut, lalu ratakan Hair Energy ke seluruh batang rambut. Isi Hair Energy untuk saya yang rambutnya pendek, terasa sangat banyak, bahkan berlebihan. Tapi, karena ini pengalaman pertama, jadi saya pakai saja semuanya. Mungkin kalau dituangkan ke dalam mangkuk, krimnya bisa memenuhi satu mangkuk, jadi kira-kira sama banyak dengan krim yang disediakan kalau kita creambath di salon.

Setelah meratakan krim di seluruh batang rambut, kita pijat-pijat kepala selama 5 – 6 menit. Kalau melakukan sendiri, 5 – 6 menit akan terasa lama, jadi mungkin lebih baik dilakukan sambil nonton TV ^_^, daripada dilakukan di kamar mandi, nanti bisa bosan. Saat proses pemijatan, kulit kepala akan mulai terasa dingin, walaupun tidak sedingin kalau kita dipijat saat creambath di salon.

Selesai memijat, kita tinggal membilas rambut sampai bersih, tidak perlu di-sampo lagi. Dan selesailah proses creambath instan yang memang ekstra cepat ^_^. Menurut saran di kemasannya, untuk hasil terbaik gunakanlah Hair Engery dua kali seminggu.

Poin positif:

• Sangat praktis karena bisa dilakukan dalam waktu 10 menit kurang, karena tidak perlu proses steaming. Coba bandingkan dengan proses creambath di salon yang memakan waktu minimal 1 jam.
• Sama sekali nggak pelit krim. Saking banyaknya, mungkin untuk yang berambut pendek, krim bisa dibagi untuk dua kali pemakaian.
• Hasilnya benar-benar membuat rambut halus, bercahaya, ringan, bersih dan mengembang. 
• Hasil creambath akan bertahan sampai keesokan harinya
• Setelah rambut kering, akan tercium wangi yang segar. Dan wangi ini pun bertahan sampai keesokan harinya.
• Tidak membuat gatal kulit kepala.
• Mudah didapat (dijual di supermarket atau minimarket, dll)
• Dibandingkan creambath di salon, Hair Energy yang harganya cuma Rp. 10.000 bisa dibilang super murah!

Poin negatif:

• Wangi krimnya agak aneh saat baru dikeluarkan dari kemasan dan diratakan di rambut. Tapi tidak perlu khawatir, karena begitu rambut kering, wanginya jadi enak, ^_^.
• Salah satu hal yang saya suka kalau creambath di salon adalah efek “cool” yang terasa di kulit kepala saat krim diratakan di rambut. Nah, Hair Energy rasanya kurang efek “cool”-nya, walaupun mulai terasa sedikit saat rambut dipijat.

Kesimpulan:

Dengan begitu banyak poin positif di atas, saya jadi tertarik untuk memakai Hair Energy secara rutin. Dan mungkin, mencoba “rasa” yang lainnya ^_^

CHERRY TREE SOLID PERFUME by SHILLS

From Shills (www.com.tw)

Made in Taiwan

Net Wt 0.3oz

I found this perfume when browsing in an online shop called Chic Princessa. A perfume that looks like a balm, woow this is perfect for travelling I thought, so inspite of the expensive price and me not knowing the exact scent, I went ahead and bought this unique product. A very impulsive decision I know, more over because I never use any of Shill's products before. But, I guess at that time my shopping spirit took the best of me.

Chic Princessa has a good service, so the product came not long after I ordered it. Without further ado, I opened the package and it really looked like a balm, or Vicks :D, with metal rounded container. Honestly speaking, it looked cheaper than the price. I wish they made a more attractive packaging.

Anyways, here are some positive and negative points I summed up:

The positives:

• Because of the solid form, it's very convenient for travelling. You'll have no worries of spilling your perfume.
• A small size of this product could last a long time, again thanks to the solid form.

The negative:

• The scent is not my cup of tea. Instead of a perfume, it smells more like an aroma therapic candle's scent. Maybe this is what they meant by the text “Voluptuos Scent” written in the cap. Is this how “Cherry Tree” really smells like?
• Too expensive.
• The scent doesn't last very long.
• The packaging is too simple.

Conclusion:

Nope, I won't buy it again. First of all because I'm not crazy about the scent, secondly it's too pricey.

Lady Speed Stick - Powder Fresh

It's my new substitute for the regular deodorant stick I regularly used. From my teenage years until just recently I had been using Rexona dry stick to demolish unwanted body odour. Rexona dry stick does its job pretty well odour wise, and I like the fragrance too. I already have a favorite fragrance that's fresh and soft, plus Rexona is a house hold brand in Indonesia, the price is cheap because I guess they have their own local factory here, so the access to Rexona products is very easy.

But, I can't help but noticing how Rexona always leave some whitish stains in the arm pit area of my clothes. It broke my heart every time I see how Rexona ruins my new blouse or my new t-shirt from the inside, especially the dark colored ones. Besides, what's more important is people said Rexona tends to make our arm pit skin darker. Well, after hearing that, I have to admit, maybe mine is darker than it supposed to be. 

So, my BFF suggested this Lady Speed Stick product from Mennen (distributed by Colgate-Palmolive). According to her, this stick won't make our arm pit skin darker, and won't leave any stain in our clothes. Lady Speed Stick isn't a new thing for me, cause I often saw it  in many drugstores which sell imported products. But, the problem is, it's an imported product made in USA, thus the price is about double the Rexona's price, or more.  

But, I don't want Rexona to ruin my skin and my clothes more that it already  has. So, after using up all my Rexona, I bought Lady Speed Stick at last. I choose "Powder Fresh" fragrance (powder scent always works well for me). The price was quite expensive for my range, Rp. 47.000 (around 4.7 $) for a stick that weighs 39.6g. Judging from the size, I think it could last a long time. It said, this product contains aloe vera extract that will keep our skin soft and moisturized. 

Since then, I have been using it for a week, and quite happy with the result ^_^. It really keeps away unwanted odour all day long, and so far I have not found any (new) stain on my clothes. But I don't know about the darker skin thing, I guess for this one, I need to observe longer to know if this product really reduces the darker shade on my arm pit skin. 


UPDATE: 
After a few months applying this product, the darker shade on my arm pit skin was reduce!! Yaaayness ^_^, so this will be my household product.

Dear Darling Lipt Tint by Etude House

This is my first Etude House product. I ordered it online from Onik-chan's shop when she opened a korean cosmetics "pre-order". Now, Etude House together with some famous Korean cosmetic brands are all the rage now in big cities of Indonesia. My first encounter with Korean cosmetics was two years ago when my sister in law asked me to buy her a brown sugar mask from Skin Food. She told me to buy it in a Skin Food official store in Jakarta, and I was dumbfounded when I found out how expensive it was, so at that time, I thought there's now way I would buy any Korean cosmetics, because the price range between other Korean cosmetics brand  was not so far with Skin Food's. 

But, later on, I found out how girls here still can afford Korean cosmetics, despite the steep official price tag. They ordered it online via seller who would purchase the cosmetics straight from Korea, of course with a way cheaper price! Even some of them went so far, as to go straight to Korea! Well, that made sense, because that way, they can cut so many cost; tax, location rent, shipping etc. Since then, I tried to ordered (online) Korean cosmetics my self  ^_^, and I'm one satisfied girl with their always cute packaged, fully packed natural ingredients and good quality products. 

Now, although there are many Korean cosmetics brand in the online shopping world in Indonesia, so far I still only stick to Skin Food (and I tried Baviphat once). So, I'm dying to try the next best Korean cosmetics (maybe), which is Etude House! From some time, I was reluctant to buy any product of Etude House because I think it's a bit pricey than Skin Food, and the packaging is just way too girly for my age (although I love pink and cute stuff). But what the hey, I'm curious, so I ordered this Dear Darling Lip Tint no. 1. And here's my positive and negative points according to my skin condition and lip tone.

Positive: 

- It has a distinctive aroma, just like a red syrup's.So much fun to use. The scent is so sweet, you'd wanna taste it.

-Since it is a lip tint not a lip stick, the color is sheer, but what makes it special is; this lip tint is able to make the impression as if the redness of the color come from inside our lips, not outside (I hope my description is understandable). Just like when you drank red Fanta, the red coloring will linger in your lips, just like a child's lips. Naturally reddish.

- The color stay on for hours

Negative:

- It's hard to apply it evenly, since the mixture is too watery. Especially after you have applied balm or lip gloss.

- Quite pricey

Conclusion: I probably won't buy this product any time sooner. I love the effect on my lips. But sometime I get frustrated when trying to apply it evenly.