Mustika Ratu Peeling Mundisari

We all know that washing your face with daily base facial wash is not enough. Daily facial wash I use right now is Balea Mildes Waschgel which you can read here. It cleans my face from daily make up I wear especially on the surface but I still can feel the dead skin cell underneath and I really want to get rid. And facial wash only is not 'strong' enough to do that, if you know what I mean *winked. I regularly use peeling to scrub the dead skin cell from my skin, usually once a week. I use facial scrub also every three days since the scrub's size are smaller than this peeling. Avoid using peeling too often since it makes your skin dry but if you use it wisely, you can get rid the dead skin cells easily and smoothen your skin at the same time. Here, I use Mustika Ratu Peeling Mundisari. Its a local brand which known for traditional and natural ingredients products.

I bought it in a supermarket without any box attached and its not expensive at all. There have been several changes in the packages before this one but basically it always has the same green colour on the background. It comes in tube with small cap which easy to open but can tightly close after so you don't have to worry about the spill. Squeeze the tube slowly onto you dried palm and measure the amount you want to use. The colour is pearly white with a texture almost like a gel but with tiny beads as scrub on it and smells like herbal. 

I usually wash my skin first to get it damped and wipe it with towel. Then I apply the Mustika Ratu Peeling Mundisari all over my skin until its all covered but remember to always avoid the eye and mouth area. I wait until it dry and turns into some kind of white powder on my skin (usually around 10 to 15 minutes) then I start to scrub it all down. In the process, this powder will also take all the dead skin cells along and clean your skin surface.

After scrubbing I wash my face with facial foam to make sure that all the scrubs have taken down and feel the smoothness on my skin. I usually do this right before going to bed so after peeling time is over I apply my serum and night cream afterwards. I feel clean, fresh and relaxed :)

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Every post I write about beauty review is solely based on my own opinion and experiences. All the pictures here are all my own and can't be used for any other commercial purposes. I bought all those beauty products with my own money and receive nothing as payment for this post (unless stated otherwise)
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Balea Dunkle Flecken Aufheller

Among my other Balea beauty products, I use this Balea Dunkle Flecken Aufheller as a day cream. It contains Vitamin C consentrate on it. Vitamin C will lighten your skin and make it glowing. I use it after washing my face but before putting make up. For facial wash I'm still using Balea Mildes Waschgel and. I wrote about it here.

On my clean face I always apply the serum first. Until this time, I'm still using Balea Q10 Anti-Falten Serum and you can read my review here. After serum, I apply this Balea Dunkle Flecken Aufheller as my day cream. And then I put on my BB Cream. I'm still using Balea Q10 Anti-Falten BB Cream which you can read here. For a casual event, I just use loose powder and lipstick. But for formal event, I apply foundation first to make it stay longer. And then the make up section can now be started. LOL

The package is simple, a thin tube. The colour is white and absorb quickly into my skin and left no residue. No particular effect happens instantly but I can feel my skin smoother after a long time use. It does not make my skin oily nor dry, just smooth. I love it.

It smell nice and I store it inside my fridge along with the serum. And again, will be the last Balea Dunkle Flecken Aufheller I bought. As I wrote before, Balea products are getting harder and harder to find in Medan right now. So I must use another brand for my day cream instead.

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Every post I write about beauty review is solely based on my own opinion and experiences. All the pictures here are all my own and can't be used for any other commercial purposes. I bought all those beauty products with my own money and receive nothing as payment for this post (unless stated otherwise)
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Garnier Lightening Peel-Off Mask

Hi there :)

I'm back. This time I want to review Garnier Lightening Peel-Off Mask and share it will you all, ladies. I first read about this mask on a beauty lover forum and found lots of positive comments there. Many of them agree that this mask is really worth to buy, that is why then I decided to buy one for myself and give it a try. I always love facial masks and peel-off mask is one of my favorite since I will bring all the whiteheads and blackheads on my face and gives instant result. Indeed, this facial mask is worth to buy.

As you can see for yourself from the picture above, the packaging is very simple and hygienic. Every single package contains two sachets of Garnier peel-off mask. Each of the small sachets contain 6ml for single use. So you have two sachets of masks in single package. The texture is creamy and sticky in yellow colour. I can smell a little bit of lemon in it. But when you apply it to you skin, the yellow colour  will not appear. Instead, your skin will look wet and shiny without colour.

I always wash my face clean first before using any facial mask. On the second picture, the image of my bare skin after washed is on the top. The middle picture is how my skin look after the peel-off mask applied (sorry for my poor picture quality, I hope you can still see how my skin looks wet and shiny) and the bottom picture is how my skin look after I peel the mask off. I use my bare finger and apply the mask to my skin and avoiding the area around my eyes and mouth. You may also want to avoid the eye brow area and the line of your hair as well. Unless you want to have instant waxing on your face when you peel the mask off later. LoL. 

And by the way, I always wear facial mask at night, before going to sleep. Since I do not have much time to do it on a day time, I also avoid using cosmetics after facial mask. I want my skin to rest and breath for a few hours before wearing cosmetics and it can only happen during night time. On day time, I always use (at least) BB Cream or face powder. I can not leave my house without them.

I wait until 20 minutes for the mask work until my skin feels stiff and mask has been properly dried. Then according to the instructions on the back of the package, I start to peel the mask from my chin and jaw first. I managed to peel the masked without tearing any part as you can see below. I can not capture the mask any closer than this to get clear image of whiteheads and blackheads from my skin on the surface of the peeled-off masked. It works and I like the result. 

My skin looks soft and smooth and my pores looks better (LoL) unlike my usual big pores. And indeed it lightens my skin as well. I wash my face again with warm water to get rid of all the residue of the peel-off mask on my skin. After that, I apply the serum into my skin. I still use the Balea Q10 Anti-Falten Serum right now, you can read my review about this serum here The last layer is to wear a night cream. Right now, I use Balea Beauty Effect 24-h Pflege to moisturize my skin during the night time since I always sleep with the air conditioner ON until the morning comes.

Overall, I will definately repurchase this Garnier Lightening Peel-Off Mask for the next time. The result is over my expectation while the price itself is very "purse-friendly" LoL. I love this product and will use it regularly :)

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Every post I write about beauty review is solely based on my own opinion and experiences. All the pictures here are all my own and can't be used for any other commercial purposes. I bought all those beauty products with my own money and receive nothing as payment for this post (unless stated otherwise)
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Balea Mildes Waschgel

Actually, I'm running out this mild wash gel right now. It has a very big tube for a facial wash type. This is also my first tube after all. I was persuaded to try this after I bought a few products of Balea such as Balea Q10 Anti-Falten serum, Balea Dunkle Flecken Aufheller as day cream, Balea Q10 Anti-Falten BB Cream, and Balea Beauty Effect 24-h PFLEGE as night cream. I was about to buy a new facial wash at that time and then I thought why not try this one too? The price is not expensive, 120k Rupiah. In a short story, i bought this Balea Mildes Waschgel too.

As you can see from the picture above, the package of this Balea Mildes Waschgel is very simple just like any other facial wash in tube. But a 150ml size of facial wash is big for me because my usual facial wash is only 100ml top. It has flip flop cap so you do not have to take the cap lose, just open the cap and squeeze the tube. I found the cap is a bit hard to open but that is not a problem because you can carry it inside your bag without have to worry that the contain will spill out, right? The package colour is blue just like KRIM BIRU I used as a night cream. You can read my post about this cream here.

Inside, the texture is a very clear gel, just like the picture below. Squeeze a small amout of the gel into your palm. I usually add a little water in order to make it foamy, but since this is gel I choose to wet my skin face first and directly apply the facial gel into my skin. As I predicted, this gel is not a foamy kind of type. After applied, slowly the clear gel turns into soft white. I can feel it took away the oil acces from my skin face. I am a big fan of foamy facial wash actually but after using it a few times, i think this facial gel is not bad too.

I massage my face with it for a couple minutes before rinse it with water. Somehow I still feel some residues left in my skin which is bad for me. Residue usually makes my skin oily and will bring acnes after a few days. Suprisingly, its not! After a few days, my skin still look good without acne, even until now when I'm running out of gel. I must confess this Balea Mildes Waschgel is a good facial wash for me even without foam. Too bad I am goning to stop using this and back to my old brand of facial wash since I will stop buying any product of Balea in the future. Nice product though.

Ingredients:

Aqua, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Glycerin, Sodium Lauroyl Glutamate, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl AcrylateCrosspolymer, Phenoxyethanol, Panthenol, Propylene Glycol, Sodium Benzoate, Xanthan Gum, Parfum, C12-13 Alkyl Lactate, Ethylhexylglyceri ,Citric Acid, Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Hydroxide, Nelumbo Nucifera Flower Extract, Bambusa Vulgaris Shoot Extract, Hexyl Cinnamal

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Every post I write about beauty review is solely based on my own opinion and experiences. All the pictures here are all my own and can't be used for any other commercial purposes. I bought all those beauty products with my own money and receive nothing as payment for this post (unless stated otherwise)
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Zen Garden Spa Medan

This evening, I have spent 3 hours in spa named Zen Garden. This was my first time here and I had a wonderful time there and I want to share my experience with you.

The Zen Garden front desk looks simple and oriental. You can find path of white coral and scent of lemon filled the room. It comforts your nose and your mood in a minute. The body treatment I choosed is called: COFFEE ENERGIZER in 90 minutes duration (180K) + FACE TREATMENT in 60 minutes (100K). They ask me to choose between three different kinds of spa essences and I choose green tea essence. Then I sit in the waiting room and wait for my therapist to come and fetch me. They serve me a small cup of cold fragrant tea and a small cold towel to wipe my face. And then my therapist came with a pair of slippers for me and keep my shoes in a drawer.

The female section in Zen Garden is on the second floor and I was directed to a room with three beds inside which not been occupied when I was come. I was asked to undress and wear only a disposable panty they gave, then laying flat on my stomach. She massage me for one hour with the green tea essence and its soo relaxing. She gave me face treatment which are cleansing, scrubbing, massaging and then applying face mask. She also massage my head as well, very relaxing. She then covered both of my eyes with damped cotton in green tea scents.

While waiting for the mask to stiff, she started to apply the coffee scrub onto my  skin and let them dry for about five minutes. Then she rubs the scrub gently until all the residue fall down. She moves to my face to wipe the stiffen face mask from my face. My skin feels smooth. After that she asked me to lay down on my stomach again because she will apply the coffee scrub on my back side.

After scrubbing and all the coffee residue fell down, I enter the sauna room for ten minutes. The sauna room is big and clean with proper place to sit down, she gave me a cold towel to cover my face inside the sauna. I could not make it to 10 minutes and give up after five minutes. Then I lay back on the bed for the next treatment. She covered my entire body with warm coffee body mask.  Then wrapped me in a grey soft plastic for 10 minutes so that all the benefits from coffee mask can absorbs into my skin. After that, I take a bath under running warm water to clean my skin from the coffee mask. I wash my skin with soft soap and rinse properly.

I go back to the room after drying my skin and find two little pots on the bed: the smallest pot contains moisturiser for my face and the bigger one contains moisturiser for my body. What an excellent closure! I can feel my body feels moist and soft with a little scent of coffee. While waiting in the waiting room, she served me a hot tea in a small cup and give me back my shoes. I tipped her properly since I love her service very much. This is exactly the kind of activity i like to do on weekend and Zen Garden provides all I need. I surely will sleep well tonight and ready for tomorrow :)

Disclaimer:
Every post I write about beauty review is solely based on my own opinion and experiences. All the pictures here are all my own and can't be used for any other commercial purposes. I bought all those beauty products with my own money and receive nothing as payment for this post (unless stated otherwise)
Thank you.