Mirror On The Wall

Lulur Mandi Susu Purbasari

Kadang-kadang, hanya sekedar mandi dengan sabun mandi yang lembut setiap hari sekalipun tidak cukup. Memang sabun mandi yang tepat bisa melembapkan kulit dan membuatnya nampak cerah. Hanya saja, perlu juga diselingi dengan scrub setidaknya sekali dalam seminggu. Banyak orang yang memilih lulur, tapi bagiku, untuk melulur tubuh sendiri rasanya sangat merepotkan dan tidak terlalu efektif. Lulur harus dioleskan di kulit yang sudah lembab, lalu ditunggu hingga kering sebelum digosok hingga luruh. Itu artinya, perlu menghabiskan banyak waktu di dalam kamar mandi. Oo..oo. Lebih baik singgah di spa dan membiarkan terapis disana yang melakukannya sementara aku bisa tidur santai. Hehehe. Pilihan yang lain adalah menggunakan body scrub yang tidak perlu ditunggu hingga kering sebelum digosok. Pilihanku kali ini adalah mencoba Lulur Mandi Susu Purbasari.

Aku suka kemasannya yang simpel, berbentuk tube ukuran besar. Tidak seperti kemasan body scrub lainnya yang berbentuk pot, sehingga aku perlu mencolek isinya dengan jari sebelum dioleskan ke kulit. Rasanya kurang higienis. Tapi dengan kemasan tube seperti Lulur Mandi Susu Purbasari ini, aku tinggal memencet tube nya saja. Praktis dan higienis. Teksturnya sama saja dengan scrub badan yang lainnya: berwarna putih, kental dan banyak butiran scrub nya. Wanginya juga enak.

Sebelumnya aku menyiram badan dengan air dulu dan menunggu hingga air nya agak habis agar kulit jadi lembab. Sambil menunggu air ya tiris, aku biasa menyikat gigi atau keramas dulu. Kemudian mengoleskan scrub ke kulit. Tidak perlu menunggu hingga kering, tapi cukup menggosok scrubnya di kulit selama beberapa menit, terutama di sekitar tengkuk, siku tangan, lutut, tumit, mata kaki dan jari-jari kaki. Kemudian bilas dengan air mengalir untuk membersihkan butiran scrubnya.

Di kemasan ditulis kalau Lulur Mandi Susu Purbasari ini bisa dipakai sebagai pengganti sabun, tapi bagiku sabun adalah sabun dan body scrub adalah body scrub. Karena itu aku selalu memakai sabun lagi setelah menggunakan scrub badan. Khusus untuk ini, biasanya aku memakai sabun susu yang biasanya digunakan untuk bayi untuk membuat kulit jadi lebih lembut dan wangii.. Secara keseluruhan, lulur mandi ini enak dipakai dan butiran scrubnya tidak terlalu kasar. Dengan pemakaian rutin, kulit bahkan nampak lebih cerah.

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.

L'oreal Revitalift Milky Foam Facial Wash

Last month, my Balea Mildes Waschgel facial wash has officially end ^^ I used the very last drop of it and felt sad afterwards. I realized that maybe I will never be able to use this excellent facial gel again. But I found another great facial wash: L'oreal Revitalift Milky Foam. Its totally different from the Balea except for the package form. They use same kind of flip flop tube but with different size, since Balea is 150ml and L'oreal Revitalift Milky Foam is 100ml only. And it can easily be found in nearby drugstore.

The texture is milky just like written in the package and the foam will come up a few minutes after you rub it with water on your palm several times. The smell is nice and didn't hurt my eyes. I usually rub the foam into wet face without adding any water first since I like the milky texture on my face. Then I add few drops of water into my palm and rub my face again so that the milky texture will change into foam in the last minutes before I wash it with running water.

I like my skin afterward. It feel moist and soft. My usual problem everytime I change any of my skincare product is that my skin will need more days to be adapted. During that time my skin usually breakouts or sometimes becomes even drier but after few days everything will get better and my skin will finally accept the 'new comer'. But with this Balea Mildes Waschgel, my skin looks just fine from the very first day until now. So I vote for this one. Anyway, if you love whitening series skincare product, I think this is not for you since I can only read: Anti-wrinkle and firming written on the package :)

I am going to stick with this one for few months and review my skin afterward. I will change into new facial wash brand if needed.

Ingredients:

Aqua/Water, Sodium Cucoyl Glycinate, Coco Betaine, Glycerin, Sodium Chloride, C1 77891/Titanium Dioxide, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate, Crosspolymer, Sodium Hydroxide, Glycol Distearate, Sodium Benzoate, Peg- 14M, Polyquaternium-39, Salicylic Acid, Methylparaben, Butylparaben, Ethylparaben, Propylparaben, Isobutylparaben, Phenoxyethanol, Parfum/Fragrance, Linalool, Benzyl Salicylate,Citronellol (Fil:B12795/1)

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 :)

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.

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 :)

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

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 :)

Etude Sheet Facial Mask - Pomegranate

Another facial mask here, ladies :) This one is different type from my previous facial mask review from Garnier Lightening Peel-Off Mask which you can read here. That Garnier mask is a peel-off mask while this one here is sheet mask. Etude Sheet Facial Mask - Pomegranate. Basically its made from paper which has been dampened with moisturizer (glycerin is very common). It has four holes on it, so when you put it on your face it will not cover both of your eyes, nose and mouth. Here is the package of this mask

I'm sorry for the tear in the package. I forgot to take picture of it before taking the mask out. The mask is so damped that your skin will get very wet on it. The smell is sweet just like the name Pomegranate. I like to keep it in the fridge for few hours before and feel the freshness on my skin when applied.

First, as usual, you have to clean your face before using this Etude Sheet Facial Mask - Pomegranate. I'm still using Balea Mildes Waschgel right now and you can read my review about it here. Take out the mask from the package and open gently. Put it down on your face according to the position of the four holes on it. These holes will fit on your eyes, nose and mouth. Leave it for about 15 to 20 minutes. You can lay down and get relax while waiting. If you put it on the fridge before using, the mask will also bring the cooling effect on your skin. Very relaxing.

After 20 minutes, take the mask down and dispose. Your skin will still remain wet with the moisturizers, do not wash your face. Gently rub the remain moisturizer onto your skin until fully absorbed. My skin feel moist, damp and soft afterwards. I will use it regularly and will find different type other than Pomegranate :)

Balea Beauty Effect- 24-h PFLEGE

This cream is one of Balea line I use other than serum and Bb Cream. You can read my review about Balea Q10 Anti-Falten Serum here and Balea Q10 Anti-Falten BB Cream here. I use Balea Beauty Effect 24-h PFLEGE as a night cream after applying the serum. I love this cream too as much as I love the serum. It soften my skin and make it looks moist. And read my review about Garnier Lightening Peel-Off Mask here.

Its actually a day cream and for normal type skin as you can read in the pot. But my skin is acne prone and too much moist will bring negative impact. Night cream is usually contains more amount of moisturiser compared to day cream. My first plan is to find out how moist is this day cream before buying the night cream. And turns out this day cream is moist enough even when I apply only a small amount of it into my face. I don't need to buy the night cream. I use this cream as night cream and will find another kind of day cream since this cream does not contain SPF. The pot size is regular for 50ml and unlike the Balea Q10 Anti-Falten Serum or Balea Q10 Anti-Falten BB Cream which have white background with yellow tone, this cream has blue tone instead. Unfortunately, it doesn't have spatula and I must use cotton bud to take the cream out. I will not use my bare finger, its not clean enough even if I wash it carefully.

The texture is light in pearly white colour and the smell is very pleasant. It absorbs quickly and doesn't leave any residue. I can feel the moist right after applying it into my skin. I sleep with air condition ON and I must use a proper moisturiser otherwise my skin will get drier night after night. And this Balea Beauty Effect 24-h PFLEGE really lasts until the morning comes. When I wake up, my skin still feel moist and soft. After I wash my face with water (without facial foam), my skin looks bright and soft. I really love it.

Too bad, that this Balea product will also be the last one for me because I will not repurchase it, just like my Balea serum.

I will buy another brand for my night cream and will share the review here just likeI always do.

So, good bye for now :)

Balea Q10 Anti-Falten BB Cream

BB Cream... BB Cream... Almost everybody loves this one, including me :)

Some say that BB Cream is a kind of cosmetic that you use as make up while some other consider it as skin care product. For me, BB Cream is covering both of them. BB Cream is a skin product that can be used as cosmetic as well. But I always wear this after applying serum and moisturiser first since I don't think that BB Cream has enough moisturiser in it. I use Balea Q10 Anti-Falten Serum and you can read my review about it here. BB Cream I use right now is Balea Q10 Anti-Falten BB Cream like this one below.

It is from the same line with my serum: if you want to read my review about it. The package is in tube of 50ml with the same colour as the serum which is white one the background with yellow tone. I think the tube is quite tricky and a bit hard to squeeze when its almost empty. When the tube is full, you can squeeze the tube slowly and the cream will come out, but when its almost empty you need to squeeze harder in couple of times.

The texture is thick and I think it only availables in one tone. Its thick but quite easy to blend and apply. But in my skin, this cream quickly absorbed and disappear. Its literally 'disappear' as if I'm wearing nothing at all which I don't like. I have read many reviews about BB Cream and find out that it should not be disappear into your skin. That there supposed to be a very thin layer of colour on your skin and makes it glowy like wearing tinted moisturiser. As you can see below, the right picture is my skin after applying this Balea Q10 Anti-Falten BB Cream and you will see nothing. LOL

I also think the oil control is not good enough since my skin starts to look oily after half and hour which is not good for me. I have dehydrated kind of skin which actually dry but produce oil as well. Its complicated :( and excellent oil control product really is a must for me. The result in my face after two months is'okay' with no break out. 'Okay' means it doesn't break my skin out but it doesn't improve it either. I keep using it since I do not want to throw it way and better use it but no intention to repurchase.

My last tube is almost empty now and I am about to buy another BB Cream from different brand and say good bye to Balea Q10 Anti-Falten BB Cream. I will write my review about the new BB Cream soon :)

Balea Q10 Anti-Falten Serum

It's been a while since my last English post in this blog due to the hectic time and lots and lots of things to do back home. And sometimes, I just feel that I have nothing to write down at the moment. And there's no use to push myself to the limit just because I want to write something new here :D since for me blogging is for fun anyway and not to add anymore pressure to my 'already hectic' life LOL

Anyway,
For this time post, let me share something new with you who accidently come over here. Its a kind of thing that I've never done before. A beauty review.

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.

My first beauty product I want to share is: Balea Q10 Anti-Falten Serum
Actually, this is the very first beauty product I used from this Germany brand. We can not find Balea easily here in Medan and can only be bought from a friend who imported directly from Germany. And this friend of mine is the only person I know selling Balea products in Medan online (no offline store available). Later I found out that this brand is actually drugstore skincare products.

I have never use any kind of serum in my face before. My first reason is because every kind of serum I found is a bit pricey and I can not be sure that it will make my skin better. Then why risking too much money for stuff that you can't be sure will work right? But i decided to try this Balea Q10 Anti-Falten Serum since the price is lower, only 190k Rupiah for 30ml. At least if somehow i find this product is useless it won't be too hard for me throw it into trash bin. But I was surprised with the result!

As you can see, the bottle is quite simple with white colour combined with yellow. The pump quality is excellent that you can easily control the amount of serum you want to use. For me i just use the size of peanut to apply in my whole face. The texture is not thick and easy to absorb. The smell is also pleasant for me

I love this serum since the very first time! It makes my dehidrated skin soft and smooth, no breakout and excellent oil control. And I can see the result just within one week. But I'm not a big fan of whitening product and this serum is not for whitening purpose. But the moisturiser ingredients are so easy to absorb without any oily residue. I really like my skin right now. It looks brighter and smooth.

As you can see, on the left is my bare skin after cleaned. And on the left is my skin after I applied the serum. I took picture of it right away after applied before the serum dissapear into my skin so that you can see the difference. But after the serum absorbed completely, you won't find any residue on my skin left. I can only feel the moist in my skin and it feel smooth. I really love it. But unfortunately, I'm going to find another brand of serum for the next month. I already bought my third bottle but I think I will not repurchase this Balea Q10 Anti-Falten Serum again since my friend who usually sells this serum is running out of stock. The time of the arriving products from Germany to Medan is so unpredictable. Sometimes, buyers will need to wait until one month or more after ordered. That means if your serum bottle is already empty while your next order hasn't arrived yet, you will not be using any serum in the meantime. Unless you buy another available serum from different brand. And if so, why bother to go back using this Balea Q10 Anti-Falten Serum again if you already find another substitute serum which actually works for your skin too? However, I really love this serum and the ingredients are all safe too, no dangerous ingredients whatsoever. It's so bad that I'm not going to use this serum again Lucky for you who stay in Germany and have easy access to this treasure.

A little cry

Tonight, somehow I feel so empty in my heart. I'm so tired with all my routine this day yet I can't sleep. These few days have been quite hard for me. I lost my temper almost the entire day. I was mad at everything which I realized as weird myself.

And this was the time when I finally realized that I have nobody to talk to. Someone I trust enough to share my strange deeper feeling. Someone who's not my lover or sister or mother. I can count my real friends with just one hand. I know lots of people and I keep lots of Phone numbers and emails. But somehow I don't feel comfortable enough to share the wound inside my feeling. Its hard to find someone who able to hear without judging me.

Maybe I can share my tears with you, anonimously. Since I don't know you and you don't know me. If you have time to read this story then you may also have time to share your thought with me.

I must confess that I'm a high temper kind of woman. And quite perfectionist too. I'm a well organized person and love to do things by myself. When something went wrong in the process I can get mad quite easily, especially if it happens because someone did things differently from what I them to do. In this case, I'll be furious. Deep in my heart I know its wrong and I often regret it the moment after.

The furious and regret are bad bad combination for me. I cried silently. Just like now. I think i've lost my temper since afternoon and unable to smile even if its time for me to go to bed right now. I still feel like I want to cry. My lover is out of town and I can cry freely.

Right now I feel better. This writing things apparently has wipe away some of my anger and calm the fire inside of me. And now my tear has stopped.

Well, whoever you are who accidentally stopping by this blog and read this insignificant post yet still reach the end of the post, I'd like to say thank you for stopping by. Don't forget to leave something which maybe can make me smile :)

Well, its time for me to try to lay and close my eyes. Gosh! I feel so tired and tomorrow is still a busy day for me. I hope whatever I feel right now isn't the sign of depression much less an emotional breakdown. I pray to God.

Nite nite, gorgeous.. Sleep tight.. XoXo

I Sell, You Buy

I own an online shop ladies, called SASSY MISS PURPLE where I sell replica bags imported from China or Hongkong. Good quality in affordable prices and comes in various brands. This is the kind of business I have these past two years. And I can tell you that this actually a good business, suitable for a stay home mother like me

But running an online shop is not as easy as it may heard. The problem is that you can not meet your costumers directly as it is in original shop. You sell your products by displaying pictures in your blogs and all communications are through email, BBM, Facebook or SMS. So as you may see, the main problem here is credibility and trust.

Building a trust-able online shop is a life time job. It's not easy to gain trust from other people (whom you never met before) who plan to buy your product. At the same time, it's not easy either for you to trust other people as well. Since in online shop, buyers will have to transfer full payment of their purchases first, and then the sellers will send their purchased item afterward. This is where fraud may happen.

Buyers can pretend that they already send their full payment (via paypal or something) when actually they haven't. Or they order so many items from your online shop, but when it comes to check out, they suddenly delete you from your Blackberry contact or refuse to reply your SMS/email and disappear without a trace.

But sellers can also con buyers too. Bad sellers will display fake pictures on their online shop or maybe stolen pictures from other true online shop and pretend that all products as theirs. To gain more attention, they usually give a very cheap price compare to other trusted online shop. Buyers who are not pay attention to this, may think that they finally find an online shop where they can buy the same product with other online shop but in a cheaper price. Well, you're wrong darling.
The price maybe cheaper, but in the end, you'll got nothing in return of money you've sent. You will send money but you will get nothing. You've been conned.

So, you better be careful and choose online shop carefully. And for you ladies who plan to have one of your own online shop one day, you must work hard to gain trust first. Once you have the credibility, you must work hard to maintain it too. Because once your customers lost their trust, it's so hard to bring it back.

But, if you're able to follow the path directly and maintain the trust of other people as your customers, you will realize that this is a promising business (if you enjoy selling things) just like I do :)

Saving time with online ticketing

During holiday season right now, I guess some of you would love to go to a music concert or theater as an option about how to spend your spare times. But I think we are not the ones who actually make a plan like that, there are many people out there who think the same way too. So, tickets will be something we need to purchase in the first place. There are a few artists who will perform such as def leopard concert tickets (my favorite one), arctic monkeys tickets and jerry seinfield theatre tickets to save your time, you can always purchase all the tickets online and find out about where and when the event about to perform. Enjoy your holidays then. Cheers...

Buy Sunglasses Smartly

In a tough economic condition we have nowadays, finding ways to spend your money in a smarter way is a must. You must start thinking to buy stuff in a cheaper groceries store, buy cheaper cloths or anything like that. Some people even choose to stop buy things which don’t show up in their “must have monthly” list. But what about eye glasses then? It’s not something that you can use today and throw away tomorrow. You are going to need them in order to be able to work daily.

And as you may aware, a pair of good sunglasses is not cheap. Money expert, Clark Howard said that it is better for you to shop sun glasses online to get cheaper prices. He talked about Zenni Optical on CNN as one of great ways to save your money. Zenni Optical offers high quality prescription eye glasses in a fabulous price compare to direct eye glasses store. If you need to spend money for at least $70 in ordinary store, in Zenni you can get $6.95 prescription eyeglasses. I guess now you can see why a money expert like Clark Howard mentioned about Zenni Optical in CNN. So be a smart eyeglasses buyer from now. This post was brought to you from a friend and all opinions are 100% mine.

Dangerously Crazy

So many women nowadays become so addicted to designer items such as bags, shoes or clothes. As you know, most of those things are really expensive. Why? In my mind, those items were designed for groups of people with certain range of income such as heir/heiress, actor/actress, noble family or kind of people like that. That's why they make the shoes or bags expensive.

But what will happen if you become one of those who addicted to these expensive item, while you actually come from "average" people? The answer is, dangerously crazy! For example, if you work as a staff in a small with income less than $2000 per month. Somehow, deep inside your heart, you dream about having a $8000 Hermes birkin bag. Then to fulfill this dream, you will do almost anything such as borrowing money, or stop having dinner for more that a year just to be able to save some money. This what I called dangerously crazy!

What exactly is the reason why women are so crazy about designers items? Well, I know a friend who loves to buy original Louis Vuitton bags for collection just because most of her friend in her office wear that kind of bag. Some people also say that designers items are usually last longer than anonymous bags. So, even though you must sacrifice a big amount of money to buy it, you still can consider yourself as as investor who save her money by purchasing expensive original items since you can always sell them back anytime you like. I'm sure you can add more and more reasons to this addiction.

It's okay to buy or to collect expensive designers items as long as you don't have to sacrifice your own neck for that. If you only have $2000 income per month, then buy for your self a maximum $1000 bag. Because an expensive bag is not worth to replace your meal money or other bills you must pay each month. Forget "Shop till you drop" and replace it with "Shop wisely"

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My Precious Beautiful Hair

Your hair is your crown, especially for woman like us. It's your pride. Whatever color you have there. Whether you have a shiny wonderful blonde hair or beautiful and mysterious black hair. I only choose the best for my daily hair treatments such as shampoo or conditioner. I also have special times to visit hair salon to get weekly or monthly treatment to keep my hair healthy and shiny. Well who doesn't anyway? But, what if something bad happens to your precious hair? Due to health problem or even just because you are getting older. You can not keep your hair healthy forever for sure, but you can sure try to keep its healthiness lasts longer. But if the condition turns bad and there is nothing you can do more, then a special hair treatment like Shahmalak is worth to try. It's where you can have your hair restored or even have a hair transplant. So that you can have your beautiful hair back and increase your self confidence. This is a sponsored post and all opinions are 100% mine.

Walgreens Brand Health & Wellness Products

This post brought to you by Walgreens. All opinions are 100% mine.

People nowadays are so busy and forgot how they can suddenly got sick at any time. No matter how strong you think your body is, there is always possibilities that sometimes you feel not so good when your wake up in the morning. Look at your lifestyle now and find out are you having a healthy one? Have a healthy way of life including food, rest and sports. It will be better if you add supplement to support you better.

Walgreens Brand Health & Wellness Products such as Gold Seal Vitamin C 500 mg Dietary Supplement Tablets is very useful for me. Vitamin C is the best way to maintain your daily stamina.

As a matter of fact, all their are suitable for every family member, just like this vitamin C supplement. As you may already aware, how we must choose wisely when talking about supplement or any other health products. You need to make sure that the product you use is safe and worth to buy.

Then at the same time, by purchasing Walgreens Brand Health & Wellness Product you also take part in bringing preventive wellness services to local communities through Walgreens Way to Well Fund™ where they contribute up to $3 million annually to provide free preventive health tests as well as health education to the community. They also bring you giveaways where you can get a chance to get some Walgreens Gift Cards.

Stay Update With The Collection

This post brought to you by Ringier Media. All opinions are 100% mine.

Getting pregnant and experiencing the miracle is almost every woman's dream. I am lucky enough to be one of those who has been given a chance to carry that tiny little person in my womb for the second time. Thank God. But I realize that not every woman in this world is as lucky as I am. Some women must struggle so hard in order to have their own babies due to particular issues they have. You can read so many stories about these "mommies wanna be" from the media, such as magazines, books or even internet.

Lately I read one about them called "The Global Baby" from the collection of my Ipad' s application. Such an inspiring story about surrogacy which presented beautifully in 3D performance. It shows me how amazing in the process of the birth of human being and how it effect everyone around. Well, I am a mother and that's why I feel interest with this issue whatsoever.

But there will always be different kind of topics about the current issues happen around the world right now that you will find interesting. the collection will make it easy for you. For example, the first issue was actually dedicated to Prince William and the Royal Wedding. As you can see, you can always find globally relevant topics from your Ipad just by downloading this app from the App Store. Such an easy way to stay update, right?

Be A Fair Seller

I love to shop online and manage to buy several things this last few months. Well, some may consider that shopping online is not actually shopping (as a friend of mine said) since the buyer and seller is not actually meet each other. So it has lost the excited part of selling and buying process. But I don't see it that way. For me, nothing is better than able to buy things I like from in front of my laptop without losing time to visit the place directly. Not to mention the benefit that I will be able to buy stuff from online stores which far away from my hometown which sometimes offer quite lower prices. I bought things cheaper from online stores out of my town compared to the stores nearby.

So, you may say that I'm not a newbie in this online buying anymore. I have enough information and know more about how to buy things online safely and avoid from being conned about the exact price. I will not easily believe the price I saw before making any research about other store's price list first. Price and trust are things you need to maintain from your customers if you have an online shop business.

The only thing I hate from buying online is that I can't have my purchase directly after ordering. I must wait at least two days for it to arrive. That's why sometimes I also like to buy stuff from friends who sell their products from door to door. The price is a bit higher than the online store (maybe because they also buy products online too, right) but I can have my purchase right away. That's the beginning of my story.

I met a new woman who sells almost everything I like, especially bags and accessories. She told me that all her stuff are cheaper than other sellers and she offered me special prices. And guess what? She's a stupid liar! As a matter of fact, all her stuff are too expensive compared to the online stores which offer only half price from her. I can't stop laugh. I wonder if anyone out there is stupid enough to buy from her whatsoever. Maybe, there will always one or two customers who will only buy once from her. But they will never come back to buy more.

I mean, how dare you playing with higher prices when people can easily get the lower ones? Especially to someone you know. You will lost the opportunity to have a long term relationship with your customers which is bad for your business. And believe me, rumors spread quickly and many more people will find out about your stupid business. Just be fair. Even a fair seller sometimes finds it's hard to have regular customers nowadays.