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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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Review : Complimentary Mini Treatment at House of Mustika Ratu

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Hi guysss...

This is a very rare post because... I'm about to review a spa treatmentttt :p...

Well... Sort of. It's just a mini treatment but that's still rare because i don't normally go for any body treatments since i am uncomfortable having people touching my body *LOL*.

I only went to a real spa once in my life (then i got traumatized for life because the scrubbing and massaging made me almost peed myself and the manicure that we got at the same time as the treatment went wrong when the nailist cut my cuticle too deep, blood spurted out of my finger, and i passed out -___-. I think i told this story before in this blog WTF. Needless to say i'm forever terrified of spas and manicures ever since. I've overcome the fear of manicures a few years ago *when i started going to Me-Nail* but i still do not feel any desire whatsoever to go to a spa) and i thought i would never go for another body treatment again (never say never, and yes that annoying song by JB immediately played on my mind GRRR) until this happened.

Got this Complimentary Treatment Voucher from Mustika Ratu

Because i am ~~too kiasu to waste this~~ quite curious of what kind of treatment Mustika Ratu has to offer at their House of Mustika Ratu (in The Grand Palace, Grand City Mall, Surabaya). I read about little treatment places some brands have in their counters and always thought of them to be strange (i mean.. in a department store? Really? I wouldn't mind body treatments, but face treatments... That would mean going to and fro the mall bare faced? Not that i care about that, but i still find it strange) so... This is the right time to find out the deal for myself!

On Thursday i dragged my lazy ass to House of Mustika Ratu, accompanied by L (who somehow gotten hold of the same voucher *LOL*), Wynne plus Baby Boy and L's little daughter E (it was quite chaotic *LOL*, we're definitely two disorganized mothers who find shopping with our kids to be a total chore >.<). From the little entrance (that i completely forgot to snap pic of -___-, mainly because L kept on blocking my way when we first arrived so i couldn't take a decent pic, i thought i'd do it later... And promptly forgot about it!!! But you can sort of see the door in my event report of the grand opening that i already linked before, it's exactly the red door next to the body products' shelves), we immediately stepped into their little (everything about the place is little and compact as it is located inside a department store so space is definitely limited!) waiting room.

This is where Baby Boy waited for me (not very) patiently for a bit (playing with his Ipad) before he started poking his head into my treatment room on short intervals. Patience is definitely not one of our strongest suits in this family

They informed us that they only use Mustika Ratu and Taman Sari products only in this place (well, of course. Wouldn't expect them to use other brands for sure!), but i was a bit disappointed when they only used the Mustika Ratu products on me (because i am quite curious about Taman Sari products, heard lots of raves about it but never tried them myself).

There are two treatment rooms in this place, this is the first and the one where i ended up having my treatment at. It is small but very cosy and homey

Everything's decorated in Javanese traditional style, which is very fitting and nice

Hello, me!

Lots of traditional clay pots and even kendi (i don't think there's an English word for it, it's a clay water container used by traditional Indonesian, actually not just Indonesian but lots of other nations according to the wiki. You can see it on the top of the shelves for yourself)

Then i took sometime to snap more pics of the place.

The sink in between the two treatment rooms

The second treatment room, which i think a bit roomier?

They provided a batik kimono (that matches the sheets haha) for you to change into. They also gave me a disposable panties in case i wanted to change (if i'm afraid that my own panties would get in contact with the oil they use for massage), but i was still having my period so i opted to keep my own panties on hahaha

Yoohoo.. Immediately look more Japanese than Javanese, no? LOL. It's the geisha-face effect *___*

Since this is a mini treatment, they only used two products : olive oil and olive body butter

I gotta say i was a bit disappointed because when we first asked about the treatment that we're getting, i head "scrub" as one of the things included. Since i don't enjoy massage, i actually looked forward to the scrubbing part because i want dead skin cells to be off me! Oh well, maybe they gave us the wrong information because it turned out not to be part of the treatment...

Another thing is, they are just so very recently opened that they only have ONE therapist available even though there are two treatment rooms! That means L had to wait for me to be finished before she can get her turn (which she didn't end up getting that day anyway *LOL*).

Selfie before treatment (you don't expect any less from yours truly, yes?)... My hair looked really ash-colored in this pic, yea?

And then the treatment finally began! The nice therapist had to move the treatment bed sideways so she can easily reach to both sides of my body (coz the space's too narrow otherwise). Since i haven't been getting any body treatment in a long... long time, i was really confused about what to do and how to lay *LOL* how embarrassing. Thankfully the therapist was really kind and friendly, made me feel less awkward immediately (i find it very hard to warm up to strangers unless the stranger's as nice as this mbak).

Pleased excuse the face WTF, and this is the only way i could snap a pic hahaha. She started with cleaning my legs with damp cloth

Then she applied olive oil and began massaging

Lookie, who's here!

Hi Kathy!

I asked her earlier that day if she'd like to go for the mini treatment with me (i had to go that day because the voucher expired on January 5th and it cannot be used on Friday to Sunday! I am leaving for my trip tomorrow and wouldn't be back until the 3rd of January) and she said yes. However she didn't reply my Line later on so i kinda thought that she's not coming, apparently she was driving (her first time driving by herself, congratz!) and being super tense, that's why she hadn't been replying me hahaha.

The therapist is a good masseuse-if you like massages, but like you already know... I'm very very ticklish and cannot take strong massages so i kept on making weird faces and she's super attentive that she kept on reducing her strength, to a point where she pretty much just caressing me LOLOLOLOL. Don't be afraid to ask her to give extra pressure if you're into it, she's slim and all but she's strong!

Then it's the hand's turn. Look at the therapist, isn't she pretty???

Baby Boy got bored and probably not too happy when he saw Kathy sitting beside me and talking to me nonstop

So he decided to join in

After the massage, the therapist cleaned off the oil with damp cloth again and applied body butter all over

And done! LOL. I know, it's very brief and there were only two steps! But it is a mini treatment, and i had people queuing after me so... I guess it's justifiable. I heard that it's probably going to cost around IDR 100.000 per session once they're open for public (for now they're still accepting the complimentary vouchers only), which is a little too expensive for a brief massage and body butter so i really hope they'd throw in a scrubbing session as well!

Having said that, this is a complimentary session (and the therapist' super nice) so i cannot complain, plus even though i cannot comment on the massage (because i am not qualified to do so *LOL*, and she ended up not really massaging me much anyway *double LOL*. But i believe i'd enjoy it if i'm really really tired. Damn, i should've saved it until after my trip, no? LOL), but the mini treatment really left my skin super smooth and silky (a bit oily because there were traces of olive oil in some parts and on the floor, i ended up feeling quite greasy and my sandal very slippery *LOL*, still the positive effects trumps the negatives and i didn't even want to shower later that night because i don't want to wash away the goodness yet *LOL*)!

I was quite amazed by the softness of my skin, and it last for a few days. The dry patches on my elbow also got softened (but now it's dry again zzz. I should apply stronger lotions/butter on those patches!). That means that Mustika Ratu body products are really nice too! I would definitely get myself the body butter (when they have a promo haha) in the future!

It should be L's turn next but she was getting a stroller for her daughter and super busy so... Kathy went in instead!

Sillies...

Kathy's turn

And her epic expression LOLOLOLOL

Kathy also cannot take massages like me, but apparently she's a bit worse! She couldn't stop giggling, it was hilarous! Sorry mbak, you got two silly, very talk active guests that day (she said she liked it though, because the place became very cheerful hahaha)!

It was a very nice experience indeed, hopefully we'll get invited to get a more thorough treatment (but there will not be a full body treatment here because they have no bathtub where you can soak in afterwards) *LOL*. Getting a treatment in a department store apparently wasn't that weird, even though i did end up going around in the mall feeling like a very greasy wok hahahaha,

Thank you Mustika Ratu for the mini treatment and especially the therapist for being so hospitable!

This is going to be my last normal post before my trip officially started, i have some posts drafted and i'll post them whenever i can but it's gonna be quite sporadic for the next three weeks, don't miss me too much!

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