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Review : Cowstyle Bouncia Body Soap

Hey guyssss :D!

Trying my best to get back into my normal blogging rhythm, and it's totally time for a review!

I was lucky enough to win another campaign by Kawaii Beauty Japan and Cowstyle, and this time round i got to try out Cowstyle Bouncia Body Soap!

I'm not gonna lie, i've been eyeing this body soap ever for the longest time (pretty much ever since i first heard about it long long time ago) but i had too much soaps in my stash and needed to clear them out first before purchasing anything new, luckily i got sent this so i can finally try it out!

Let's see how Bouncia works for me!

Of course, gotta talk packaging first! Cowstyle Bouncia Body Soap comes in a big pump bottle made from high quality, sturdy plastic. Although the packaging is simple and generic enough, i am highly attracted to it because of the mouth-watering image of whipped cream! It makes me super interested because i imagine that i can bathe with whipped cream-like lather hahaha. The blue gradation also very pleasing to my eyes!

All of Cowstyle's products are made in Japan (SQUEAL! I thought after going to Japan, i would either love Japan more or not so much, well... The previous happened *LOL*) so top notch quality is to be expected! Prices for Bouncia varies in different stores, but it's around IDR 75.000 (more or less) for 550ml which means it's actually super cheap!

Like most pump bottle soaps, all you need to do is twist the pump to open it, and silly me only recently realize that it can also be sealed back (if hunny didn't show me, i probably would never know :p!) so you can bring it to travel if you want, but who travels with 550ml bottle of soap??? I'd move some into travel bottles, if it's me!

The consistency of Bouncia Body Soap is slightly runny (not as thick as most shower creams) with pearlescent white color.

I prefer to bathe using shower puffs, Bouncia's super easy to lather-just a few quick squeeze on the puff would result in bountiful, dense bubbles like pictured above! Since the lather is very dense and fluffy , it really does feel super creamy and sort of whipped cream like *i loveeeee!* :D and because of Bouncia's dense and bouncy leather particles, it can penetrate skin pores so our skin's always clean and the moisture level is maintained.

Cowstyle Bouncia Body Soap is enriched with hyaluronic acid, collagen and milk butter to maintain skin's natural softness and hydration therefore it's very suitable for those with dry skin. I have normal skin and it's totally loving Bouncia-my hunny on the other hand, does have very dry skin made worse by our recent winter trip to Japan (although he loves cold weather, his skin doesn't react well to it!). I am trying my best to help him regain his skin's healthier condition and Bouncia's definitely helping with making sure that our body soap isn't making the dryness worse, but helps to restore his skin's moisture level instead.

Not only that, Bouncia also contains licorice-derived dipotassium glycyrrhizate that can help replace dead skin cells.

Another thing that i LOVE about Cowstyle Bouncia Body Soap is the scent! It has this classy floral scent (and i'm not the biggest fan of floral scents!) that is very pleasing to my nose (it's not super strong that it bothers your nose, don't worry if you're not a fan of strong scents!). I'm not exaggerating, i always take a deep breath now whenever i shower because i enjoy the scent so much!

Cowstyle Bouncia Body Soap is also available in refill form (retails around IDR 35.000)

For Indonesian, Bouncia can be easily found at Guardian, Papaya, Metro, Watsons, Yogya Super, Setiabudi Super, Grand Lucky, AEON, Ranch Market, Century and Hypermart. Also available online at Sukamart and Nihonmart.

I truly enjoy my experience with Bouncia and i definitely would buy it with my own money. I highly recommend Bouncia for everybody (i personally think it's suitable for the whole family, except for very young children), it has lovely scent, it's kind to one's skin, and it's pocket friendly! I can't think of anyone to whom i wouldn't recommend this body soap, maybe only those who cannot stand scents in their body products?

Follow Cowstyle's social medias for information and updates (they often throw giveaways too!) :

Facebook Page : https://www.facebook.com/CowStyleID/?fref=ts

Twitter : http://www.twitter.com/cowstyleid

Instagram : @Cowstyleid

Thank you KBJ and Cowstyle for letting me try out this awesome product!

Since this is a Japanese product, imma leave you with a selfie of me with my Mori girl hair that i got to try on my trip :D

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Review : Cowstyle Milky Body Soap in Mild Soap

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Hello!!!

Been slacking again in product reviews *sigh*, oh well.. You know me and my moods. Anyway, i'm very happy to win another campaign held by Kawaii Beauty Japan and this time round i tots feel lucky that i got to try out Cowstyle's Milky Body Soap :

Cowstyle Milky Body Soap in Mild Soap

I've been eyeing and planning to try out Cowstyle products for a while now, not only because i like to try out various brands (as you might already know by now)-but also Cowstyle is a JAPANESE personal care brand and we all know how obsessed i am with anything Japanese. All of Cowstyle products are made in Japan-and my mantra is : whatever's made in Japan must be GOOD hahaha.

Although Japanese brands' high quality often come with high price tags as well, this Milky Body Soap's actually still quite wallet friendly. I got this product as a gift so i don't really know how much it costs, but after browsing around a bit i come to the conclusion that the price range is around IDR 70.000-80.000 (because different store might sell them in different prices so i cannot pinpoint the exact price) for a bottle with 580ml of products-that's not bad at all, isn't it?

Cowstyle Milky Body Soap comes in four different variants :

The available variants : Mild Soap, Happy Fruity, Relax Floral and Refresh Citrus

And i decided to choose the Mild Soap to try out.

It comes with a normal looking big bottle (also available in refill pouches) made of sturdy, high quality plastic. Mild Soap's bottle's dominated by light blue and white colors, totally embodies the word MILD (IMO)

When it's still brand new, the pump's sealed like this

All you need to do is to twist the pump to the left and pump the desired amount to your hand

The dry, pruny looking palm belongs to my hunny, my own palm's much prettier than that hahaha

The Mild Soap variant has an off white, pearlescent color. The scent is mild and soft, kinda reminded me of another Japanese originated shower gel that i used to use when i was younger so it's kinda nostalgic haha. Not only nostalgic and familiar, the scent is also very relaxing and therapeutic that i left the shower always feeling invirogated and refreshed. I can't really describe the scent well (i never could, actually >.<), but i can say that i can definitely smell some soft milky scent and maybe a hint of floral?

The texture is slightly thinner than most liquid soaps i've used in the past, quite runny but even though it's runny, it can create more bubbles than those thicker liquid soaps!

I only need one pump to create the crazy amount of bubbles that i love so much!

It's super easy to lather, it makes me so happy haha ^^. One thing that stole my attention is the fact that the bubble and lather Milky Body Soap creates are so much denser, creamier and richer than most other shower products i've used before (and trust me, i've tried PLENTY. You can say that i hardly ever use the same brand/variant anymore so i know what i'm talking about), it's a real pleasure to use. You can definitely feel how mild and soft the body soap is when you slather it all over your body!

Even though the bubbles are so thick and creamy, i was surprised when i see them washed out very quickly in my shower's floor. Some brands' lather would take forever to disappear and i read somewhere that bubbles/lather that doesn't disappear for a long time is bad for environment!

Milky Body Soap is definitely able to clean my skin thoroughly without stripping them of their moisture, i'm glad to say that it leaves my skin smooth, supple and hydrated, not squeaky clean or tight at all. No dry patches can be found in my skin ever since i began using this product, and hunny's sensitive, super dry skin is also in tip top condition (of course he is using whatever i am using!). For those of you who hates the filmy residue some moisturizing shower cream leaves on your skin, fret no more! I finally found a body soap that leaves no filmy residue but still manage to keep my skin well hydrated!

It's so hydrating thanks to the three different milk ingredients (so much milky goodness in one product! I just loveee milk on my skin products, they're the best! And the fact that i love milky scent makes this product get another star in my eyes!) : milk ceramide (Sphingomyelin), milk powder (skin milk) and milk protein (Hydrolyzed Casein).

I highly recommend Cowstyle Milky Body Soap to... well, everybody! Haha. You who are looking for a pocket friendly (remember, 580ml-it can last you a very long time, maybe up to three months if you're using it alone?), mild, effective body soap that can help you maintain a soft, silky skin. The Mild Soap variant in particular i'd recommend to those of you who have sensitive nose and can't stand strong scents, or if you don't want your shower products to interfere with your perfume (this is important for me since strong scented shower products and clash with my perfume of the day!).

I would definitely purchase this with my own money! And yes, i would purchase them in the future because i'd love to try out the other variants!

Follow Cowstyle's Social Medias for information, updates and various quizzes :

Facebook Page : https://www.facebook.com/CowStyleID/?fref=ts

Twitter : http://www.twitter.com/cowstyleid

Have you ever try Cowstyle products? Do you like them?

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Review : Kracie Naive Green Tea Facial Cleansing Foam

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Heyyy guyyyysss :D!

So much to blog about i need to speed everything up before the 14th *sigh*, for once this blog truly seems like a proper beauty blog with endless beauty related posts as opposed to... I dunno, 5-7 a month? Hehe. It's a good thing though, isn't it? (Not for those who follow this blog for the lifestyle contents haha) Especially because today i'm about to share with you another great product from Kracie that i recieved from Kawaii Beauty Japan!

After the cleansing oil, now it's the cleansing foam's turn :

Kracie Naive Green Tea Facial Cleansing Foam

They have four variants that cater for different skin types and i am very lucky to recieve the variant that's perfect for my skin type : oily skin!

Now let's take a look at the real product :

Kracie Naive Facial Cleansing Foam comes in a normal plastic squeeze tube that's quite generic looking but doesn't feel flimsy or fragile. The Green Tea variant (of course) is dominated by white and green colors.

It claims to cleanse dirt and dead skin cells speedily and thoroughly with natural, creamy foam. The green tea leaf's extract would help control excessive sebum/oil and makes your pores smaller. Natural Amino in the ingredient would keep skin hydrated naturally and treating skin from dryness while making sure the Amino Acid in your skin doesn't get thrown out. It also contains Botanical Extract (hydrated integrant) to give moisturization for your skin (btw, the Indonesian information is actually an extra sticker stuck on the tube, i can see the original information beneath that's completely in Japanese as this product is made in Japan)

Ingredients list

The expiration date is clearly printed on the side of the tub

The squeeze tube comes with the usual flip cap. I am quite happy with the quality of the flip cap because even though it's not very hard to open (like some caps that would definitely make me ruin my manicure whenever i try to open them >.<!) , it is still sturdy enough not to get broken after being flipped open rudely (by both me and hunny) twice a day!

The instruction said to squeeze 1-2 cm of cleansing foam to your hand, this is about 2 cm and i found it too much, 1 cm is more than enough!

The consistency of this cleansing foam is very creamy (quite solid kind of creamy), soft and it is white in color, it lathers very very easily and abundantly due to Glycosiltrehalose it contains. Then like any other cleansing foam, you just need to slather it all over your face.

Ta dahhh hahaha!

It is very very soft and creamy, definitely one of the softest and creamiest facial foam i have ever tried, i can feel how gentle and nurturing the product is on my skin. This product is especially formulated to have plenty of soft but dense foam to act as cushions between your skin and your hands to prevent excessive rubbing. The foam can also reach every part of your face, leaving your skin completely and thoroughly cleansed. It washes off very easily, without leaving any annoying trails of residue on my skin.

Scent wise, we all know i am not the biggest fan of green tea-however i feel like this cleansing foam's scent doesn't bother me as it's quite soft, mild and non-offensive smelling with a slightly tangy note. My nose detects a freshly-mowned kind of scent, which i don't necessarily like either *LOL*, but thankfully it didn't put me off. It has a slightly cooling sensation, which i like, but not overly minty like some other products can be. It's a real pleasure to use!

A tip from Kracie to use this product : wash your T area slowly because this area is where the oil glands tend to be aplenty. On the other hand, the skin on the U area (chin and eyes) is a lot thinner than the other areas so you need to be gentle and swift when cleansing this area to make sure that the important keratin doesn't get eliminated!

Act like i was in a commercial with a messy hair, red and spotty face *LOLOLOL*

Again, this was taken before my skin-saving facial! But despite the redness, my skin felt super fresh and clean after using Kracie Naive Greem Tea Facial Cleansing Foam!

I always check my makeup remover and facial wash combined power when i'm applying my toner. If i still find traces of makeup on my cotton pad, that means the makeup remover and facial wash i am using does not meet my standard!

No traces of makeup at all even when i was wearing full, heavy makeup! Yay!

I love how Kracie Naive Green Tea Facial Cleansing Foam's able to remove every inch of dirt/makeup (combined with the cleansing oil, of course) from my face as well as keeping it soft, supple and hydrated! No stretched feeling! My hunny has very dry skin and even though this cleansing foam's targeted for oily skin, it didn't make my hunny's skin extra dry and works pretty well for him too.

As in oil control, well... I believe you need to use oil control products (skin care and makeup) and cannot rely on a cleansing foam to keep your skin shine-free all day, even though this cleansing foam definitely eliminate all extra sebum and annoying oil from my skin, the natural oil would reappear on my skin after a few hours-which is normal, i believe. And the pore tightening part... I do feel my skin feels tighter (not in a bad way), but just like the oil control, you need to use other products that works to reduce the size of your pores and not rely on cleansing foam (but it can help the whole process) alone because it doesn't work that way!

Kracie Naive Green Tea Facial Cleansing Foam is 100% safe to use because it is containing 100% natural cleansing agent, doesn't induce allergies, doesn't contain alcohol nor coloring agent. and their target is to cleanse while keeping skin's hydration level up so facial skin would feel as soft as baby's skin.

Love it!

This product works really really well on my very oily skin (and quite okay on hunny's skin), it keeps my skin soft, supple, healthy and able to remove oil and dirt from it without any bad side effects, it is purely my personal experience and what works well on my skin might not work well on others, i notice some bloggers who also tried out this product (the winners of the same campaign) has negative results with this product, so whether or not it will work well on you depends on your skin condition.

I personally would highly recommend this product to everybody who has oily skin and looking for a soft, creamy and easy to lather cleansing foam. It is quite affordable (i don't know the exact price of this product, i have actually bought Naive Cleansing Foams in the past but they have different packaging, i don't know if this is the new packaging with the same formulation? If so then the price is very affordable especially because they went on promotion a lot in Guardian!) and easy to get in Guardian. Would not recommend this for anyone with sensitive (because i heard that some bloggers got pimples after using this) or dry skin (try out their other variants that cater to your skin's needs instead!).

Would i purchase this with my own money? Yes! I would keep an eye on it (i would love to try out the other variants too, especially the Peach one for my hunny) and stock up whenever it's on sale/promo haha!

I have one more post of Kracie product's review : the sheet masks! Please look forward to it, thank youuuu ^^.

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PS : I know normally i'd avoid same type of posts back to back, and #Undecided just posted her review yesterday so technically under normal circumstances i'd post some other type of blog post, but i have a deadline (for once!) so i gotta do what i gotta do ^.*!

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Review : Kracie Naive Make Up Cleansing Oil

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Hey hey :D!

What's up what's up? I am back to fulfill my promise to review Kracie products that i've got from Kawaii Beauty Japan ^^! We all know that i tend to go on and on when i write a review (well, when i write whatever, actually >.<!) because i really want to cover everything there is to inform you about a product, so i decided it'd be wise to review every product (except the masks that will be reviewed together) separately. Start from the cleansing oil!

Kracie Naive Make Up Cleansing Oil

Am a huge fan of cleansing oil so i was quite eager to give this a try and see if it works as well as my current favorite cleansing oil!

Kracie Naive Make Up Cleansing Oil comes in a high quality, sturdy transparent blue plastic bottle with pump mechanism-which is the best dispensing mechanism for cleansing oil because it'd be easy to control the amount of product you dispense, and also because the oil won't spill out and make a mess. Imagine if your cleansing oil comes with a toner-like bottle with little hole to dispense the product inside and you'd have to tip the bottle to pour the product into you hands! It'd be a total disaster in a bottle for clumsies like me, not to mention how greasy the bottle would be whenever we use them and get the product all over the bottle. The horror!

Containing sunflower see and olive oil to maintain your skin's hydration

Ingredients. This products's selling around IDR 100.000 in local drugstores (please correct me if i'm wrong, i think i saw the price once and this is also the price that came up when i try to research online), very affordable-and very surprising because it is made in Japan. Japan made products are so high in quality which means their price range's usually quite high, but obviously it doesn't apply here!

The pump is secured with a little stopper

It can be removed very easily and put back on if you worry about accidentally pushing the pump

Or maybe you want to bring it to travel with you. But i wouldn't recommend traveling with it since it's quite bulky (the bottle contains 250ml cleansing oil, which would last me a good few months!), i'd suggest you to decant a portion of it (depending on how long your trip is) in a smaller bottle that you can buy easily in local chain accessories stores.

The texture of this cleansing oil is very runny and watery, i've tried both the watery type and thicker-oilier type in the past and in my experience the very watery type didn't work as well as the thicker type in removing waterproof makeup, but worry not! This was not the case with Naive Make Up Cleansing Oil!

Scent wise, i did not detect any disturbing scent whatsoever with my sensitive and fussy nose, all's good!

Let's see how it performs, shall we?

First : On light makeup.

I was wearing concealer, compact powder, non-waterproof liquid eyeliner, pencil eyeliner and blush on here

The instruction told you to use four pumps, but i found four pumps to be way too excessive! After some trial and error, for me to remove lighter makeups 2.5 pumps are more than adequate while fuller makeup (with waterproof mascara) needs no more than 3!

I smear the oil lightly all over my face (i usually use different eye&lip makeup remover because i do not like oil touching my eye area but for review sake i use this all over my face including my eyelids and under my eyes) and massage very gently. Remember i mentioned how watery this cleansing oil was? Somehow when it came in contact with my skin, it feels thicker and not so watery anymore! Almost like the oil is thickening to take off my makeup somehow haha.

It melted my makeup right off (btw no need to worry if your hand or face's wet because this cleansing oil, unlike the older generation of cleansing oils, can be used on both wet and dry face and it won't affect the performance!)

Look, all makeup gone already and i haven't even wash it off yet!

Please excuse the state of my skin, i was having quite a breakout around my nose areas for a few weeks, it's all better now after i went for a facial but it was still very red and bumpy when i took the photos for this review! And also excuse the crazy eyebrow, i want to get them shaped again next month in Jakarta so i let it grow!

Btw, one of the reasons why i don't like using cleansing oil on my eye area is because they tend to leave a film of oily layer on my eyes! It blurs my *already very blurry* vision and even though they don't sting, but i find it uncomfortable and disturbing. However, Kracie Naive Cleansing Oil actually did NOT leave any oily layer when i used it on my eyes! I still do not like the idea of rubbing my eyes with oil to get eye makeup off so i would still continue using eye&lip makeup remover beforehand, but now i know if i ever ran out of the eye&lip makeup remover, this cleansing oil would do a great job on its own anyway.

When i wet my face the clear oil turned milky white (one more thing apologize, my bathroom's poor lighting and my crazy looking face *LOL*, it's not easy to snap pictures while washing your face okay!)

Ta-dahhh, instantly clean face!

I don't know about you, but i always double (normally triple!) cleanse whenever i'm wearing makeup so although my skin felt very clean already (but in a good, healthy way-not the squeaky-clean-to-a-point-that-your-skin-feels-stretched way!) with only using the cleansing oil (and in fact it SHOULD be okay to use this cleansing oil on its own but i'm a creature of habit!), i followed the step with Kracie Naive Green Tea Facial Cleansing Foam (which i will be reviewing next) and my skin felt amazing!

Let's see how it performs on a thicker makeup :

Here i was wearing a full makeup including BB cream, compact powder, concealer, waterproof mascara, eyeliners, eyeshadow, blush on and deep red staining lipstick that's proven to last 14 hours (i wore it for 14 hours and it didn't budge by the end of the day!)

The steps are exactly the same as the one above, i only used the cleansing oil and rub it (gently, of course :p) all over my face

The melted mascara smeared all over my face and the red lipstick still clings to the inner part of my lips

But as soon as i wash it off with water, they were completely gone! (i look like a panda in this pic -___)

So it melts both light and thick makeup very easily and fast! I also tried removing this very annoying eyeliner that stains my eyelid badly (for something so strong it should be waterproof, right? WRONG! It smudges like crazy and the tiniest contact with water mess it like crazy, but it still stain my lids boldly! What a useless eyeliner -____-), turned out it didn't work on the crazy staining eyeliner so i had to use my usual eye&lip makeup remover. Actually that eye&makeup remover also doesn't work on its own, so the combination of eye&lip makeup remover with this cleansing oil will be able to remove the most stubborn makeup and that's awesome!

The complete line of Kracie Naive

I absolutely LOVE this cleansing oil and believe that it belongs in the Best Oil Cleansers category (that i've used to far, it's absolutely on my top 2!) and i would recommend this product strongly for any ladies out there (and gentlemen who wear any type of makeup) who are looking for an affordable cleansing oil that works awesomely (for lazy girls who cannot be bothered to do more than one step when it comes to cleansing their faces especially!) and very gentle on your skin. Can't think of anyone whom i do not recommend this to, perhaps cleansing oil haters? Even them should give this cleansing oil a chance because whatever put them off cleansing oils in the first place might find this Kracie Naive's doesn't posess the same annoying traits that makes them dislike cleansing oils!

Would i purchase this product with my own money? Of course! Kracie Naive Cleansing Oil would be the first product that i search for when i run out of cleansers!

Kracie products can easily be found in Guardian ^^.

Thank you Kracie and Kawaii Beauty Japan for this awesome product! See you soon for the another Kracie product's review!