What's (Currently) On My Bathroom Sink
10:42:00 PM
Hello…
How y'all today? It's been a pretty stressful day for me, my mum's driving me nuts all day long and once she start being annoying she'll gradually become more and more annoying *LOL*. You know how mums are, they can be super duper annoying right, i'm sure Baby Boy feels the same towards me haha.
So! Do you guys want to see what’s
currently standing on my sink’s shelves? No? Whatever, I’m still showing
y’all!!! :p
The products always changing (most
of them but not all of them), but this is what’s there right NOW :
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| They aren't pretty but necessary :p |
Wah, I just realized that most of
the products I have there are in pink or green color eh… I think because I am
very into acne preventing and most of acne cares products use green in their
packaging (wonder why is that? Hm…) and pink because… well, it’s the color I’m
most attracted to all the time in any kind of things (what do you think? My
moniker here’s #Pink right?). The two red thingy? Both belong to my hunny, it’s
his hair gels :p.
Anyway, I am not only showing you
all the stuffs on my sink but I am also gonna show you my step by step cleaning
process (I am inspired by my helpless friend *ahem, G* who uses cleansing cream
all over her face, even rubbing them on her eyes to get rid of mascara etc
-_____- OMG OMG). I hope most of you knows better than that *seriously you
guys… :(…
it’s basic, right… But so many people scares me by their cleansing routines
*ahem, #Undecided’s too*, I wanna help out those of you who really are clueless
when it comes to the proper *smug* cleansing steps. MINE IS PROPER OKAY!
But first, let me show you one of
the most important stuffs in my sink shelve.
Those are my contact lenses kit.
For those of you who doesn’t know me well in real life might not realize that I
have a pretty bad myopia, you might think I wear my lenses for fun and for
fashion purposes (I’ve been using colored contact lenses for super long
already, and recently moved to use circle lenses because I am in love with the
effect they have on my eyes) but noh! Without my contacts (or my glasses) I am
blind as a bat! -7.00 on both eyes (I’m using -6.00 lenses because the -7.00
made me dizzy so my eye doctor told me to go down one size, which is normal for
contact lenses users), so bad right!!
Been using Aqua Soft brand for
the solution ever since I've discovered them. Not only they’re the cheapest (big
plus!) brand I’ve found in big optics (I only dare to buy them in prestigious
optics please, they are for your eyes ya need the best and most trusted cares)
but they are also the best so far! I’ve tried quite several brands and even the
ones that priced double of Aqua Soft stings my eyes, so Aqua Soft is really
true to its name lah, it’s really soft and gentle! And I’ve been buying the
double pack ever since they have them, it’s a very good value for money package! You get two full sized
lens solutions (plus two contact lens cases) plus a bonus travel size
solutions, SCORE! It’s really hard to find travel sized lens solutions (in
Surabaya) and this comes in FREE, what’s not to love? :p. The package priced IDR 74.000.
Moving, on. Here’s the first step
in a cleansing ritual. Remove.
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My remover products :
Etude House Mascara Remover,
Biore Cleansing Oil, Pond’s White Beauty Cleansing Milk, Pond’s Clear Solutions
Shake & Clean.
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Okay, have to be honest, I skip
the remove step whenever I’m not wearing anything on my face. You know, if I
stayed at home the whole day, then I’d go straight to step number two. But if
there’s any make up on my face, even just powders, I never skip the Remove
part. Whenever I am wearing any eye make up I always use an eye make up
remover. This is very essential since
our eye area’s the most delicate part of your eyes, you need to minimize the
pulling and tugging, and cleansing milk (G,take notice!!!) is NOT created for
eye area. Keep on using them around your eyes and I’m gonna say I tell ya so
when you develop wrinkles around your eyes! *annoyed*.
Most of the time I use
Maybelline’s make up remover, but Etude House Mascara Remover (good enough for
mascaras that means even better for eyeshadows and eyeliners because they are
not as stubborn as mascara right!) was on a HUGE sale in KL last time, so I
bought it (with lots of other items, the price was ridiculous there… Dirt
cheap. There was eye shadows going as
low as RM 1 or IDR 3000, OMG… their clearance sale is REALLY a clearance sale,
everything must go kind of sale. KL’s definitely great for shopping, but I’m
not into KL clothing fashion so mostly I shop for cosmetics and bags) and
turned out I really really LOVE it! Its very gentle and works really well to
remove any make up I have on.
One little trick I do, after
removing my eye makeup I use them to sweep all over my face to lightly remove
all of my other make up, this helps the next removing step to be even breezier
(I just read in some local beauty blog that doing this breaks her out, so maybe
this is not for everybody, never had any problem doing this myself). This is so
far my favorite eye make up remover but I won’t repurchase in Indonesia because
it’s kinda pricey here, maybe when it’s on sale again :p, after all
Maybelline’s does the job too and they are super affordable (and goes on sale
all the time). My only requirement for eye make up remover? They have to come
in this two part-style, the one with dual colored liquid that you have to shake
to mix well before putting some on cotton pads. The one colored liquid ones
doesn’t work as well as the dual colored ones so it’s a must in my list. (Oh, I
tried SilkyGirl’s ones and I didn’t like it :( )
Next on the Remove step :
cleansing oil or cleansing milk. Choose one, you don’t have to use both of them
:p. My current cleansing oil is Biore’s (which I bought in Singapore way before
they became available in Indonesia, I also stocked them the last time I went
there, I didn’t expect them to be available in Indonesia so fast LOL) and they
are my favourite! I tried a few brands already (cannot remember all of them
though, but I remember using Fancl’s and even Fancl which is like much more
expensive and said to be one of the experts in cleansing oil didn’t perform as
well as Biore’s for me). I’ve told you before that my favorite type of make up
remover’s oil type. But I do not like to use them around my eyes even though they said it’s great to remove mascaras
too, I tried to do that a few times and I HATED it, made my eyes felt really
weird and I felt oil residue the next
morning when I woke up, ew!
Even though I love cleansing oil,
I don’t mind using cleansing milk as well and Pond’s my fave when it comes to
cleansing milk. Why do I have two types of cleansing solutions on my shelve?
Because I use the cleansing oil to clean my make up brushes (and they work
really well) since I cannot find a proper brush cleanser in Surabaya (anybody
knows where to get them??), and my cleansing oil’s running out (only a little
left so I use them exclusively to clean my brush) so I just whipped out the
next cleanser in line in my er.. huge stash. (yeah, I said I’m a hoarder okay,
at least I’m admitting it right!).
There’s also a third kind of
cleanser, the shake and clean one also from Pond’s, they are for emergency
only, whenever I am way too tired to do all the complicated steps (but still
need to remove eye makeup with the special remover okay! DO NOT use this on
your eyes!!!) this is what I’m reaching for. You don’t even need to wash your
face afterward. But I found it drying if I use them too often, plus it’d be
very uncomfortable for me to put on my skin cares after using this (and I ended
up skipping them altogether, BAD BAD #Pink! Kids, don’t do this at home!).
I know that some people doesn’t
do this step after using oil or milk cleanser but I’d much recommend you to
wash your face after removing your make up to make sure there’s no trace of
make up left on your face (they will lead to acnes and black heads! Clogged
pores are a nightmare). I do not have any fave when it comes to foaming face
cleanser, most of the products I used in the past did their job well (and I’ve
used countless brands) and I cannot stop myself, I use different brands
whenever I run out of foam cleanser *grin*. Oh, Neutrogena’s probably coming
closest to a fave for me.
Right now I am using Oxy
Whitening Wash. Yes, I am aware that I do not need to whiten my already pale
complexion, but if you’re thinking that way you, my friend, are severely
misinformed. Whitening products doesn’t work to whiten your complexion (the
good ones at least, not the mercury leaden ones), they work to BRIGHTEN your
complexion, as in making it clearer and help you get rid of unwanted dark spots.
There.
Whenever I hear the brand Oxy
I’d be reminded of my early teen years when I used Oxy pimple creams (which
were super strong and drying back then, I don’t know if they’ve improved their
formula now) so I was very intrigued *and a bit nostalgic* when I saw this Oxy
facial wash in Singapore (are they available too in Indonesia? I don’t know)
and promptly snatched them to try. Surprisingly this facial wash is really soft
and gentle! I was a bit worried they might be harsh and drying (since it’s for
acne treatment too, told ya I am obsessed despite not actually having acnes
much) but they are not! Strongly recommended even for sensitive skins :D.
The last step (before skin care)
is Tone. Always use toner to finish up your cleansing regime and prep your face
for skin products, this step also helps remove any last trace of make up that
might still be left on your face (even after those two steps above sometimes I
found little bit of make up in my toner-laden cotton ads, and I don’t even use
heavy make up!). I have two toners on my shrink shelve right now, Simple
Soothing Facial Toner, which I bought in KL as well (I don’t know if this
brand’s available in Indonesia? :p) and I LOVE this toner because it’s 100%
alcohol free which is great because alcohol content can dry out your skin and
even cause breakout for sensitive skins. It’s very gentle (yes, I do use this
word a lot in this entry, but GENTLE is very important when it comes to skin
products) and doesn’t sting my skin at all.
I also have Sari Ayu Pimple
Lotion (yes, apparently lotion is the same thing as a toner, I really just
found that out not too long ago. So weird, I always though lotion means something
like body lotion so it should be kinda creamy and milky and not in liquid form,
anyone else thought the same?) that I already reviewed, I use it
whenever I feel my skin’s not in a good condition and in danger of breaking out
(usually during PMS), please do NOT use this daily, your skin will be dried out
horribly.
I'd love to make this entry a tag post, so if any of you have a similar kind of post (or interested to write one), leave me a link of your post and i'll include it in this entry :). Toodles!
#Pink,
5 comments
I bought a cleansing emulsion yesterday but I'm quite... hopeless :/ do you know about it? does it work like cleansing oil or more like cleansing milk?
ReplyDeleteAnyway Pond's products break me out BADLY. All of their products :'(
i've actually never heard of cleansing emulsion before! I did some research, the said it's actually in between cleansing oil and milk *LOL*, they said you can both wipe (with cotton pads, like cleansing milk)or wash it (like cleansing oil), hope that helps! What brand did you purchase? Now i'm curious and want to try cleansing emulsion too (i'm blaming youuuu :p).
DeleteThat's too bad about Pond's product! Oh well, it really is hard to find products that works, what works in other people might not work on us! Like lova *ROFL*
Wahh thankss!!! I bought the green tea cleansing emulsion from the face shop. Gotta love green tea products, they smell so nice! :D ♥
DeleteLove SIMPLE products...you should try the cleansing wipenya...sukaaa..!!
ReplyDeletethanks for the comment on my blog dear..nail polishnya kualitasnya biasa sih, cuman skull bottlenya aja bikin pengen..haha..=D
thx for dropping by babee :D... Simple available gak ya di Indo, di sby kayaknya engga pernah keliatan, nanti belanja kalo lg kelaur deh haha. iyahh, botol nya lucuhhh :D
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