Adventure at Max Factor counter

My last night adventure at Sogo Kota Kasablanka Mall with Max Factor.
Appreciate good customer service by the make up artist there, Mr. Badawi.
They are having promotion:
 - Buy 1 CC cream and 1 Max Factor Colour Elixir Giant Pen Stick, only IDR 135,000. Normal price is IDR 225,000 (CC Cream IDR 130,000 and the lipstick IDR 95,000)
- Creme Puff, buy 1 get 1 free at IDR 70,000
They had another promo: Buy 3 lip glosses at IDR 99,000!
Somehow I wasn't attracted after I saw the color options and texture available.

Star Crushed Minerals second order

Yippie! Look what I received today. StarCrushed Minerals package from Halloween order. 
I received a pack of candy and a lovely note from Edie.... 
I can't wait to play with these colors. I bought various bold colors. While in my first purchase I bought neutrals. 

I will list later what colors I bought.

Check out the photos!

Star Crushed Minerals second order

Tons of Hauls, Reviews, and Looks!

Wowww,
I have tons of hauls and reviews to post. Been busy with my business since we have so many programs (Brazil - 2014, Mega Project in Bali - Nov 2013) I have deadline to meet :)

These are the brands which products were purchased:
1. Wardah Cosmetics
2. Make Over
3. Tony Moly
4. The Skin Food
5. The Body Shop
6. Inez
7. Bourjois Paris

Not to mention the eye and make up of the day. I have the pictures but don't have the time to edit.
So just wait.

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The Body Shop Haul January 19, 2013

I went to Cilandak Town Square and bought these products at The Body Shop:
1. The Body Shop Vitamin C Energising Face Spritz
This is instant pick-me-up to refresh and smooth. Has vitamin C rich Amazonian Camu camu and community trade aloe vera.
2. The Body Shop All in One Face Base shade no.05, IDR 209,000
3. The Body Shop Oil Free Balancing Foundation SPF 15 shade no. 06

The Body Shop stuffs

Haul from Shanghai, August 27-28, 2011

During my trip to Shanghai, Aug 27-28, 2011, I managed to go to Super Brand Mall (168, Lujiazui Xi Road, Pudong,Shanghai, China) and dropped by at Sephora store.

Sephora billboard near the mall entrance

What did I buy?
Sephora mattifying foundation in Medium
Sephora mattifying compact powder in Medium
Sephora blush me! in Abricot no. 11
Sephora smoothing primer

Free sample: Pure Body Lotion Cherry Blossom

Complete items

Sephora foundation, face powder, and bronze blush

Sephora face primer

 I received the member card. I don't know when I will be able to use this card as I rarely travel to China. But probably this is a sign that I will be back? Who knows......

Sephora member card

Sephora member card details

 When I flew back to Jakarta and transited in Changi, I bought Kiehl's Rare Earth Pore Refining Toner. I bought this at Shanghai Pudong International Airport, alas.... I cannot bring it through Jakarta, I was allowed to bring this only until Singapore! So I canceled this in Shanghai and bought at Changi Singapore.

The price is not much different from the one in Shanghai, around USD30

What it says in the website (http://www.kiehls.com/Rare-Earth-Pore-Refining-Tonic/793,default,pd.html):
This dual-phase pore minimizing toner is formulated with Amazonian White Clay to help remove excess dirt and toxins from the skin while helping to control surface oil and refine the look of pores throughout the day. Skin will appear softer, smoother and more matte with healthy radiance.

Kiehl's Rare Earth Pore Refining Toner

See the clay at the bottom of the bottle?

Label at the back

Closer look - Kiehl's Rare Earth Pore Refining Toner

NYX haul from NonPareilboutique.Com

When a reseller of my beautyshop placed two orders for items from NonPareilboutique.Com, I thought I'd  buy some stuffs too. There several brands there, mostly NYX products.

I wanted to try different colors of eyeliner and the famous NYX lipstick. I was lucky because a sale was going on.
So here's  my haul:

Complete Stuffs

They consist of:

Eyeliners

NYX Mega Shine Lip Gloss - Sponge Cake

NYX Mega Shine Lip Gloss - Queen of Africa

NYX Tinted Lip Spa

NYX Cream Eyeshadow Base



NYX Product Swatch

Haul from Singapore, Part 2 (Sephora)

Part two of my shopping in Singapore.
This part is the Sephora haul

What I bought:

All items

Burt's Bees Exfoliating Body Wash

Burt's Bees Exfoliating Body Wash - Label

Benefit's The Porefessional

Benefit's The Porefessional - Side Label

Benefit's The Porefessional - Instruction for use

The Porefessional

Sephora bath cubes

Sweet Sunnah Haul

Sweet Sunnah products

After knowing the benefit of Black Seed, and browsed around Sweet Sunnah website, and...... have the right forwarder to send to Indonesia (because send directly from Sweet Sunnah to Indonesia cost a lot!), I decided to purchase these products:


1. Shea Butter and Honey Indulgence, Dry Skin Treatment
Ingredients: Pure Shea Butter, Organic Honey, Black Seed Oil, Vitamin E.

What it says in the website:

It supports and soothes dry or sensitive skin while protecting it from harsh elements. Shea Butter Indulgence Cream is the ultimate treatment for overly dry or sensitive skin. Great against stretch marks and skin blemishes.

2. Black Seed Oatmeal Honey Soap
Ingredients: Organic Virgin Olive oil, Organic coconut oil, Nigell Sativa (Black Seed Oil), Honey, Oatmeal, Ground Black Seed, Essential Oil of Lemongrass, Vitamin E, and Rosemary Extract.

What it says in the website:
Oatmeal softens the skin and honey is a natural healer. My customers tell me that it also helps with skin blemishes like acne. Now you can treat your whole body to this affordable luxury

This soap gently exfoliates with added ground black seed.Your skin will radiate. A real bath time treat. Excellent for dry, sensitive or irritated skin. You wont ever go back to your regular soap! Contains no alcohol, animal ingredients, synthetic fragrances or colors.

Black Seed Oatmeal Honey Soap

Soap packaging

Soap packaging

Ingredients

I will post you the result of using above products later.

My collection of The All Natural Face products

Just to want to show you what products of The All Natural Face that I'm having. Crystal, the owner, launches new products frequently. And as one of her consultants, I'd like to try the products by myself :)
Besides purchased the Get Green Started Kit which consists of samples of most of her products, I also have purchased these items recently:

NEW Vegan Cream Mineral Foundation Made With Age-Defying Argan Oil, medium beige warmer
What Crystal said:
The rich formula is made with face loving Jojoba and Argan Oil. No cheap filler oils here! Only top shelf oils are used! Also, the choice of the oils make it a non greasy formula:) It goes on like silk and just like my powder mineral foundation...it has that "can't even feel it" quality to it but has awesome coverage at the same time:) This foundation is available in all 51 shades of foundation as well:) The classy black case it comes in offers the flexibility of being able to change out the empty foundation tin and replace it with a refill one...making this eco-friendly as well:) The compact comes with a sponge applicator as well:)

See me wearing the cream foundation

Vegan Mousse Foundation Pot 5 gram jar, in medium beige warmer
What Crystal said:
This mousse is very light weight:) It appears darker than the color it will dry to when you first put it on. The formula contains vegetable glycerin so that once the mousse dries the glycerin keeps it on your face, keeps the moisture in your face, and protects against the environment:) It only takes a second or two to dry and once it does you will have the silky smooth feel you love about my powder foundation:) This formula also has great coverage. You wont even know you have makeup on it is so light...yet you will still have a flawless look:) 5 gram jar

This is how it looks like when applied on the skin

Swatch of Midas Concealer, Cream Foundation, and Mousse Foundation

Vegan Cream Concealer, Midas
What Crystal said:
This tube holds about .15 oz of concealer. Choose any color you'd like:)
Midas: Corrects dark circles under the eyes. Pick me up. Light golden hue.

Midas Concealer, Mousse Foundation, Mousse Blush

Vegan Mousse Blush Pots 5 Gram Jar, Dusky Rose
What Crystal said:
This mousse is very light weight:) It appears darker than the color it will dry to when you first put it on. A couple of dots of this is all you need:) Don't get scared when you put it on and it is bright bright red:) hehe...it will dry to a beautiful subtle shade...just give it a second or two:) The formula contains vegetable glycerin so that once the mousse dries the glycerin keeps it on your face, keeps the moisture in your face, and protects against the environment:) It only takes a second or two to dry and once it does you will have the silky smooth feel you love about my powder blush:)

This is my first experience to have mousse blush on. I thought it would be difficult to apply, but after some practice, I managed to get the hang of it. Just use the ringer finger for application. Remember, a little goes long the way.

Vegan Shea and Cocoa Butter Mini Lipstick Candied Peaches
Heavily pigmented candied peaches lipstick: ) Lucious lipstick made with Organic Shea Butter, Organic Cocoa Butter, Sweet Almond Oil, and Candelilla Wax, oxides, mica....that's it! Smells nutty chocolaty: ) Very smooth texture with lasting color. Feels so good on. In a slim line mini lippie to carry everywhere: )

The packaging

Swatch of the lipstick

See me wearing Candied Peaches

100 % Organic Virgin Coconut Oil 2 ounce size
What Crystal said:
Lotion is mostly water that starts to evaporate as soon as you put it on. Oil, on the other hand, starts to sink in immediately. Coconut oil has a very low melting temperature so as soon as it hits your skin it starts to melt. Since this is organic and unrefined it smells like coconuts too:) Naturally beautiful. I use this to shave with and then before i get out of the shower I apply it all over my body:) Coconut oil is non-comedogenic, in other words it doesn't block pores. It is also an excellent hair conditioner. Use on hair overnight or apply pre-wash. Don't apply a lot...a little is all you need:) It is also anti inflammatory, anti bacterial, and anti fungal.

When I received the package, the form was in liquid. Now, it's in my fridge to help it solidified.

Latest haul from Aromaleigh

Been a long time since I ordered Aromaleigh products. I faced a difficulty to check out for my last order (maybe in November or December 2009), due to change of my home address. Somehow Paypal or the check out system didn't allow me to settle the payment.

When Miss K announced additional discount for her Aromaleigh discontinued products in April 2010, I couldn't help to rush and selected some items I wanted to buy, especially for rocks! sonic eyes which had crazy lowest price...


I bought Glissade and Porcelain finished powder in full size, because I have tried I've tried their samples.
I fell in love with indelible gel eye liner and I wanted to have a different look occasionally, so I picked Venomous, a purple liner.
Ordered place on 25 April 2010.
Received shipping notification on April 27, 2010.
I waited, and waited. Usually it would take 10-14 days for overseas package arrive at home, but this time took longer time.
I wrote to Aromaleigh Helpdesk to check whether I can get bar code number, because for this shipping there's no tracking number.
I have been getting some problems with overseas shipment for the last one month, I predicted that what delayed the delivery should be at Custom office end. (damn!)




When I was traveling to Surabaya last week for a business trip, I was informed by my sister that there was package awaiting to release but I must provide my tax ID and the cost is IDR 70,000.
I felt odd because usually I'd pay only IDR 7,000 to post office.

I was exciting on my way home from airport to check out my stuffs. It was nothing odd at all to see my package has been opened! So why did the custom need my tax ID for identification instead of my usual ID card? I hope they won't charge me high in my next overseas online orders!!

Anyway, here's my haul. Oops, I forgot to include Bete Noire nourishing color creme in Monique!


I picked these three samples of eye pigments from Hi-fi retro matte collection.

And these are Rocks! Sonic eyes with indelible gel eye liner in Venomous (above)


The face products I ordered:


Okay, here's Monique

Monique - swatch

Himalaya Haul

I ran out of Neem Facial Wash Gel.... So yesterday I decided to take a look in to Himalaya Herbal Store.
Alas, they didn't have the stock of that facial wash gel, instead they have Neem Foaming Face Wash. The packaging and the form of the product reminds me of The Body Shop Tea Tree Face Wash. You push the pump and you will get a dollop of foam.
I also need toner, so I bought Himalaya Deep Cleansing Astringent Lotion to use together with the facial wash. It's for oily and acne-prone skin. It said that to reduce oil secretion and effectively control acne and pimples. It contains citron, lemon, and common sesban.




Hey, I need some supplements too! This supplement intrigued me: relieves stress and mental fatigue. Ohhh, I definitely need to release the stress!
As per its packaging label, it contains Mango and carrot (vitamin A), Indian Gooseberry (vitamin C), Clove, Grapes and Wheatgerm oil for vitamin E, and also Licorice and Zinc Calx.


I have problem with my hair (or maybe my scalp?) because as I grow my hair, it falls off too. Maybe the root is not strong enough? Or maybe because I'm stressful?
So I decided to look for hair/scalp treatment and found this product: Revitalizing Hair Oil.
It increases hair volume (hmm, I don't need this because my curly hair is already make it big) and promotes healthy hair.
It contains Thistle and Indian Goosebery, Fenugreek, Chickpea, and Bael Tree soothe scalp.
What we do is we massage gently the oil into hair and scalp and leave it 1-2 minutes or more before washing.