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Event Report : Mustika Puteri Media & Blogger Gathering

Hey guys!

Happy Independence Day, my fellow Indonesian! Let's hope for a better Indonesia tomorrow, every day! Meanwhile, i'm going to share with you this event by a local brand (how fitting, don't you think? In the spirit of loving our country and supporting local products and brands!) that i attended last Saturday, Mustika Puteri's Media & Blogger Gathering ^^.

With my fellow beauty bloggers, L-R : Lina, Nessya, moi, Sabsab, Widya, a girl that i did not get the name of (oops, sorry!) and Dyta!

So, a while ago Ms. Lia from Mustika Puteri (which is the "daughter" or sister brand of the prestigious Indonesian cosmetic brand, Mustika Ratu) sent me the invitation to this event :

Honestly, other than the fact that it's under the same company as Mustika Ratu (it's actually the same brand but Mustika Puteri is catered for teenagers while Mustika Ratu's more targeted for women), i don't have plenty of knowledge about this brand-so it was very nice to get to know them a little better ^^. Of course, i've heard about them for the longest time, i even used some of their products back when i was a teenager myself (which is... a LONGGG time ago LOL) because this brand has been around for a long time and proven their mark in Indonesian cosmetic industry (winning various awards and all).

They have cosmetics and skin care lines, but this event is focusing on their fragrance line, namely the Lovely Mood line.

Sabsab and i were amongst the first to arrive (yay me *LOL*, i'm happy to not be late for once :p), the event itself was held at Black Canyon Coffee in Tunjungan Plaza :

Here's Sabsab registering before we took our seat

Lovely Ms. Lia preparing the press release and goodie bag ^^

A good thing about being super early was that we got first dibs on the seats haha, we got a very good spot indeed at the front so it was easy to snap pics of whatever's happening in the event!

Other than the press release and goodie bag, we were also given tickets for... JKT 48 (an Indonesian girlband which is also a sister group of the Japanese AKB 48) concert. I didn't watch the concert because ehm... I'm not a concert going type of person, i guess. I mean, i'd go if they gave us a special space for media, where i get to seat and snap pics in peace haha. But having to stand in the middle of their fans... I think imma pass hahaha.

Sabsab checking out the star of the event, Mustika Puteri Lovely Mood body spray

We were thoughtfully served some snacks and drinks to keep us refreshed and hunger-less hehe

While waiting for the event to start, we... go full on bloggers mode and start taking selfies hahaha.

With Sabsab

And one with Sabsab+Nessya

Then the event was opened by this cheerful and super friendly MC :

She told us a little bit about the star product for the event, and then proceed on summoning some of us from the media to the front for a little test drive :p. I was her first victim -____-. I wonder if i'm very eye catching or something because i ALWAYS got picked in every event, much to my humiliation *LOL*. But it's okay, she only wanted me to sniff the three variants from Lovely Mood and pick my fave. It was the green one!

Then she moved on to her next victim, this is Ms. Rini (if i remember correctly >.<) from Sindo?

Then she welcomed Ms. Martina Tesalonika, PT Mustika Ratu Tbk's Product Group Manager to give more detailed information about Lovely Mood.

Bloggers' serious faces :P

Ms. Martina explained that Puteri Lovely Mood is their line of body spray targeted for teenagers (definitely not me hahaha) that integrate fragrance concept to suit teenagers' moods (hence the name "Lovely Mood"!) with fragrance's trend in Indonesia. FYI, Mustika Puteri itself is a pioneer for splash cologne category (really, i think for us Indonesian, we'd immediately think of Mustika Puteri when we hear the words "splash cologne"!) and has been around since 1992 (before I even was a teenager hahaha, so they're older than me :p!).

Puteri Lovely Mood has three variants in their line, Dreamy (my fave) in green bottles has the combination of citrusy freshness, fruity (mango, raspberry, grapefruit) and vanilla, enriched with musky and woody scents to give relaxing sensation. Cheerful, represented by orange color, combines citrus and fruity aromas that spreads long-lasting freshness. The last but not least, Love (purple bottle) is combination of vanilla, musk and floral bouquet creating full of love aroma!

Ms. Martina also explains a bit more about body spray and the misconceptions about it. People often complains about body spray turning their clothes yellowish, well... It is BODY spray, which means you should spray it on your body and not clothes as it is not meant for clothes ^^. You should spray it on after shower and you'd experience a total freshness afterwards. It is also not a full on perfume so it doesn't stay on very long, that's why their colorful (definitely reflects the youthfulness of their target audience) packaging are made to be light-weighed and easy to be lugged around-you're supposed to re-apply whenever you need a freshness-boost!

Puteri Lovely Mood fragrance's brand ambassador is (obvi), JKT 48, which are selected not only because they're currently has lots of teenage fans, but also because they can deliver the message for teenage girls the importance to stay pretty (as in putting an effort to look presentable, i assume), smells great, energetic and smart-just like JKT 48's personalities.

In this occasion, six member of JKT 48 (i learned later that that have 75 members! My jaw dropped to the floor when i heard this. I did hear their unique concept of having their own theater and perform in rotation, but i had no idea that they have so MANY members! I wonder if they even remember each other...) were present to talk about Puteri Lovely Mood.

The 6 girls from JKT 48. Please don't ask me for their names, because i can't remember!

I don't really follow local celebrities so i'm totally clueless about JKT 48 and their members, but out of the 6 that were present in Black Canyon Coffee that day, i personally find this one to be the cutest :

Her name is Yuppie of something, i just remember that it sounds like candies *LOL* (JKT 48 fans, do not attack me!)

I kept on thinking that the girl on the right reminds me of some other celeb, then i got it. She looks just like Jessica Iskandar, don't you think?

They were asked to showcase a little bit of Mustika Puteri's... theme song?

They also shared a bit about their current activities and lives.

I'm feeling super old and tired just seeing their energy *LOL*

Dyta snagged someone's media tag that's been left and look at naughty Sabsab showing it *LOL*

After JKT 48 members went back to their consert venue to continue their rehearsal, it was a wrap of the event! We, however, were approached by some journalists (from Sindo, again i hope i remember it correctly!) who asked for a photo of us, pretending to do what we do best : swatching and gossiping about beauty products hahaha.

They mentioned something about an interview *shy*, well it's good to spread out our community's name i guess!

Oops. Slipping one selfie with Lina :p who out-of-characterly didn't put on flashy eye makeups which she usually rocks

And here are what's inside the goodie bag :

The complete series of Puteri Lovely Mood body sprays and a pink (Dazzling Me) Million Scents EDP

Thank you Mustika Puteri for having us (especially Ms. Lia for inviting us), we had a great time! I'm currently having a look at their website and getting interested to try out their lipsticks, so cheap! LOL.

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Event Report : Emdee Clinic 2nd Anniversary Beauty Influencers and Social Media Enthusiast Gathering

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Hey guys!

Today i'm going to share what's probably the hippest, most youthful beauty event that i've attended in my blogging career so far *LOL*, Emdee Clinic's 2nd Anniversary, Beauty Influencers and Social Media Enthusiast Gathering! (Gosh, it's a mouthful!)

I seriously never felt so old in any event before *LOL*, but hey... I think i look like i belong to this youthful group hahaha (thank you Cynthian for the pic)

It all started when my vlogger friend, Cynthian, contacted me a few weeks ago telling me about this event she was approached about. She also asked me to help extend the invitation to our Surabaya Beauty Blogger community and i happily done so ^^ (it's always fun to meet up with my fellow bloggers for events!). Actually Emdee wanted to invite around 20 beauty bloggers, but i think 20 is like... everybody in our community *LOL* (yes, we're a small and tight group!) and lots of the others couldn't make it to the event because of various reasons (mostly because they're still working at the scheduled event time) so there were only 7 of us (including Cynthian) that day.

For the first time we actually received an actual, hard copy invitation too!

Feeling like a real VIP haha

I've passed by Emdee Clinic (s) quite a lot in the past year (especially the one in Ruko Manyar because it's so close to my place), the orange and magenta color totally caught my eyes and yep, i secretly thought to myself "When are they going to have an event for bloggers?" LOL. That day has come!

The event was held at their Billiton branch
The Emdee Skin Clinic
Ruko Central Business
Jl. Biliton No 40 F
031-5039798

See how popular Emdee is from the congratulatory flowers!

When i arrived, i immediately see how festive the whole place looked with the all out, cheerful decor

I arrived at about 10.10 (yes, 10 minutes late, as usual blame it on my chaffeur slash husband because i completely rely on him and i had to wait about 15 minutes fully dressed for him to be ready zzz), Sabsab was already there with... Was it Tiffany? She was waiting for her boyfriend to drop off the camera. Later on Nessya also joined us and together we waited at the first floor for a little bit more before heading to the second floor where the event would go down-in a private little hall.

The set up

I'm not gonna lie to you, i was pretty shocked when i saw so many youngsters (guys, some more *LOL*) because.. Well, i'm just not used to that in events hahaha. Turns out most of them are from a community called "Surabaya Food Enthusiast". I didn't know there's such community before (and vice versa, they probably didn't know that Surabaya Beauty Bloggers existed hahaha) and it's always refreshing how events like this make me get to meet new people, ones that i probably wouldn't interact with otherwise.

Dita sure is always camera ready, huh? I didn't even know that she realized i was taking pictures hahahaha

First thing first :

When you meet your blogger friends, wefie is in order!!!

The event was running a bit late and i don't know if it's just my feeling, but it seems like they were a bit unhappy about it-totally justified of course, but i gotta be honest here-as someone who's been to countless events which never start at the time it stated, some of us (yes, me included haha) are conditioned to come 10-15 minutes late so we wouldn't have to wait for too long until the event starts. I was at events where i had to wait for an hour beforehand and after a while it's making me feel reluctant to be early. Still, we shouldn't have just assumed Emdee would be the same and i sincerely apologize for it-but please note that i didn't arrive THAT late, i was just waiting downstairs with my friends because we were informed that the event's not started yet anyway :).

They were also very thoughtful and waited for almost everybody to arrive before it finally started :

The event was opened by the MC, Miss Titi Harahap, Business Development Manager

Then welcome speech from Merlianny Effendy, who was the one who contacted Cynthian in the first place so... Thank you Merli!

Emdee called out 10 guests who came on time, they were going to get a surprise gift later-congratz guys, you deserve it :D!

Say hi dr. Leni Kumalasari who started the introduction to Emdee Clinic

I was so sure that dr. Leni was very very familiar, and apparently the feeling was mutual haha. I was very surprised when she recognized and actually recalled my name before i even tell her, that was flattering hihihi. We've definitely met before on Miracle Aesthetic Clinic's events!

Because Emdee is Miracle's sister brand! I immediately felt myself relaxing and reassured about introducing this clinic to my readers because i definitely trust (and have a soft spot for) Miracle and i believe the sister brand should be every bit as trustworthy!

As most of other aesthetic clinics, they provide both aesthetic product (FYI, all of Emdee Clinic's products are their own concotion and not using other brands) and treatment

Their concept is to be affordable, safe and effective

They have acne treatment, pigmentation treatment, rejuvenation treatment, hair treatment-so there's something for everybody : male, female, young, old. I initially thought that Emdee Clinic's targeting the younger crowd (what with their colorful logo and affordable prices) and i was a bit worried that i might not belong there (*LOL*. Like i said, i may look young, but we all know that i'm practically ancient compared to the other beauty bloggers in my circle!), but i shouldn't worry no more!

They have three branches already in Surabaya, one in Batam as well as a few others on progress in other cities in Indonesia

I only managed to snap this one because they went through the pictures very quickly hahaha

One of their prided treatment is their MD 27-which is their 27 minutes treatment (there are different MD 27 treatments for different skin needs) so if you have limited time for treatments (coz who has 4 hours to spare for a treatment, right? Well, except me :p) you have no more excuses now!

Skin treatments in Emdee clinic are done personally by aesthetic doctors with specialized training from prestigious aesthetic academy. What's even more interesting is, unlike most of other skin clinic where therapists performs facial-they actually have NURSES to do the facials in Emdee!

Their OTC products are made by pharmacy experts who are competent and experienced

The medical equipments are medically tested and safe to use

All of their OTC products are approved by BPOM already so everything's safe to use!

This point is also super important, Emdee Clinic puts hygiene and sterilization to all of their equipments and ingredients as a priority and performed by trained nurses

With 17 years of experience in running aesthetic clinic and aesthetic academy for doctors, nurses and staffs' training-you don't have to doubt people who are running Emdee Clinic!

List of their acne/inflammation, comedonal treatments

Pigmentation treatments

Anti aging treatments

This is their acne series for oily (i perked up immediately haha, you know i'm an oil tank so if i hear the word "oily skin", i feel like i am being called hahaha) or acne prone skin

Pigmentation series for skin brightening

Rejuvenation series-self explanatory!

And there's also their hair care series

A peek into their medical rooms

The recent activities. I was at the Jawa Post Beauty Fest (helping out another skin clinic haha) and i noticed their hanbok-clad SPGs!

Then dr. Leni also explained about the latest trend in beauty, the ever-so-famous Korean look haha. Btw, i think dr. Leni look super cute here so i'm not cropping her out of this hahaha

Is that Park Min Young? Wow, i know a Korean actress' name! I need a drink *LOL*

I recently went on a trip to Korea (last December) and was told about their very monogamous beauty standard, which totally scare as well as fascinates me. While i don't necessarily a fan of the Korean look (i'm more of a crazy Gyaru myself hehe), i was quite happy that i get to check some of these off the list *LOL*

Emdee's solution for those who crave the Korean V-shape without having to go under the knife

They also introduced (and did a live demo) their deep sea coral treatment (after showing a clip of Victoria Secret's show, which made the boys a little bit excited *LOL*. But the point was the models' glowing skin and how they apparently went for intensive treatments before the big event)

PMD27 KCT (Korean Coral Treatment) is a peeling treatment which has a similar result to laser treatment. It works by speeding up cell regeneration and stimulates collagen remodeling so it increases skin's ability to absorbs nutrition, giving a very effective and efficient result

Those with these problems (ohhh, blackheads! Me me me me!) can benefit from this treatment


MD KCT contains calcium from coral and nutrition that would penetrate directly to dermis layer. Activates and increase blood circulation system for the next 48 hours after treatment. Increase and regenerate epidermis and dermis layers. Speeding up dead skin's regeneration and minimizes big pores.


The advantages of this treatment : A very significant result after just 1 treatment. The procedure's very brief. Safe and effective. No PIH risk. Suitable for all skin types with only one treatment for all skin conditions.

Dr. Leni asked for a male volunteer for the live demo and a guy actually stepped up and sat on the treatment bed, but before the treatment begun suddenly he leapt off and refused to go through (because he had a bad experience with peeling treatment before) *LOL*, we really had a good laugh from this! Finally Dita volunteered for the demo since she's breaking out from trying out a new product (this is really the life of a beauty blogger, you see *LOL*).

The procedure really was very brief! I was very surprised when they were already done

I gotta say Dita's skin looks more glowing immediately!

Dita giving testimonial about how the treatment was. She said it was not painful, totally bearable although of course there are some itchiness ensued, which is totally expected from a peeling treatment

They also introduced the doctor for their Batam branch, who was a former... Puteri Indonesia (i hope i got it right, we all know my memory's not the best when it comes to this kind of details)

Dr. Leni picked the Best Dressed, Abi and Cynthian-congratz! Isn't it cute how Abi's present (the bag) matches his outfit? LOL.

They also picked three winners for their Instagram Tagging Competition and i was one of them (picture taken from their IG @emdeeclinic

If you've followed my instagram, you'd know that i simply love live-tweeting and always done do during events (if the stupid provider let me, i often don't get receptions in buildings and no, wifi doesn't always work too), in case anyone's thinking i'm only doing so because i was aiming for the present #defensive.

And here's the present! A voucher for their MD Skin Tite

Of course, not forgetting the 10 who arrived on time like promised earlier

With that, the event was a wrap! But we're not exactly done yet haha. We also could get a skin diagnostic and consultation, which i just did last month at Miracle so i didn't do it again.

Here's Sabsab getting her skin analyzed

Hehehehe i always find the picture to be funny

Avatar Sabsab!

Them it's Cynthian's turn. Cynthian begged me not to upload her skin analyzes pic zzzz dunno why, we can't look perfect all the time you know Cynthian *LOL*, we are human after all. But i know how it feels to have my horrible pictures uploaded in other blogs, so i'm not going to do that to her (even though i personally think the pic's funny in a good way!)

Then we went for a munch...

I took this pic when we arrived, but after we're done with the skin analyzes, they're no more *LOLOLOL*

They also had a sushi bar

It was so crowded (i think they're also having special promotions and sales for their members, it was very PACKED) that the sushi bar pretty much ran out when we went down *LOL*

Signed the board (always a good way to promote my blog *LOL* *self-plugin* *shameless*) and pose with the photo spot

I also went to snap pictures of Emdee's lobby. It was sooo crowded, but i will be back to use the voucher (s) and try out their treatments so maybe i would be getting better shots then.

Emdee's new model hahahaha

Checking out their products. As a beauty blogger, we gravitated to their powders and stuffs *LOL*


The goodie bag i received (that block of chocolate was given at the right time, it's that time of the month so the chocolate monster was here and nommed it within two days LOL)

There's also this very generous treatment voucher worth IDR 500.000 included in their goodie bag, planning to go with Cynthian (coz i'm very uncomfortable going for treatments alone *cry*)

That marks the end of this (super long?) post! Thank you Emdee Clinic for having us (and the generous vouchers), Merli and Cynthian for extending the invitation and for dr. Leni too! It was a very fun, friendly and relaxed kind of event-a fresh air from all those very formal events i am used to :D.

Hope to see you all again in another event *wink*.

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