Pink and Undecided: sari ayu

New Week, New Haul (Post) :p

Hi my lovelies!

So i delusionally was convinced that i do not have too many hauls after April, until i went through the photo folders -___-. Damn wrong. Still many to cover *sigh*. So i won't be retiring my Weekly Haul Posts in the near future *double sigh*. You guys seems to really enjoy seeing me lost control though judging by the number of hits my haul posts got *dirty stares*. Hmph! Anyway! Retail therapy really makes me feel great anyway *LOL*.

This week's haul post is still covering my shopping in April >.<...

First package was an online buy :

Black Velvet and faux leather strips with metal squares from Rosemary Online

Maybe some of you remember that i ordered it when i got my first paycheck? I don't remember how much this was, it wasn't expensive though, IDR 200.000? Around that lah (oh, i was right! I just checked at their FB hahaha)

Next stuffs are some Garnier products i asked my mum to buy for me when she went to Singapore (well, it was like a month and a half before we went to Singapore but, i just couldn't wait). Please note that in April Garnier BB cream hadn't arrive in Indonesia yet! I've been wanting Garnier's BB cream since it first came out (probably like a year ago or so) but never gotten around to get it, but my craving worsened because around that time period, lots of Singaporean bloggers raved (well, it was probably an advert, but whenever Xia Xue post beauty stuffs, i would instantly want it desperately, yes in case you dunno yet, i ADORE Xia Xue) about this BB cream so i just had to had it!

But of course, like always. Whenever i want something so badly until i asked people to help me buy them overseas, they became readily available in Indonesia like, within a month or so *glum*. So MADDENING! Andd what's worse is Garnier BB cream's like, dirt cheap here GRRRRRR. Weirdly enough, lots of Indonesian bloggers' reviews rates this BB cream badly, while Singaporean and Malaysian bloggers seems to have nothing but praises for this BB cream. Seriously weird. It's not unheard of that the same products that's manufactured in different countries could differ in performance though, so i probably gonna get myself one locally and compare their performances.

I also asked my mum to buy a few more Garnier products that i don't think is available yet (so far) in Indonesia.

Garnier Miracle Skin Perfector (i just googled the Indonesian version, and it seems to be slightly different than this one that i got. I wonder (and hope) if they really are different? Sometimes brands release different variants of the same thing in other countries afterall)

Garnier PureActive 2in1 Tinted Spot Roll-On, my DHC treatment concealer's almost run out so i was frantically searching for a replacement. I do not want a regular concealer that won't help cure the spot (they'd worsened the spot because they'd clog the pore even more, that's what i believe anyway), it must be one that specifically help to treat the spot. I think QiuQiu introduced this product in her blog (if i remember correctly). While i can always repurchase the (hideously expensive) DHC concealer, i always want to try new products now and this one's a lot lighter on the price department so i thought i'd give it a try

Garnier BB Eye Roll-on (a back up for my under eye concealer hehe)

I was also still gathering stuffs for my Europe trip back then and i was scrambling to find a solid perfume that i can bring into the airplane's cabin (because we're going on a four days worth of journey, back and forth! I cannot survive without any sort of fragrance please!). I then remembered seeing Tony Moly's super cute solid perfume so i visited their booth in Matahari (no time to join PO and i don't think perfumes and bath and body products are necessarily cheaper online than at the counter, different than the make up) and got this :

Tony Moly Hello Bunny Perfume Bar in #3 Dodo Rose

It was a toss between this one or the Green Tea one (surprising because i hate green teas) but L said the green on smelt of wet wipes -_____- (but then again she hated all of the smells, she just hate perfumes in general lah, she prefers sour armpit smells i guess LOLOLOL FHL) and i forever love rose scents so i got this one lah. I am not a fan of solid perfumes though, but i won't talk too much about it now because i am going to make a review of it seperately

I also needed feminine wipes for the plane rides, and we went to one of the supermarkets we frequent (either Carrefour or Hypermart), then i saw some new variants of Citra Body Lotion, i love Citra (even though my mum would get a heart attack if she knows i'm using them because according to her, only mbak2 would use them, or we can use them but for massages only) and i cannot resist any new variants!

I also bought some travel sized skin cares, BB cream and facial wash so i won't have to tote full sized items :

Got them all from Chic-Princessa, my go-to online shop for cheap and complete ready stock items

Skin79 BB Miniature Set. I only brought two of them to Europe, the hot pink and golden one but ended up only finishing the hot pink one! One travel sized BB cream is enough for two weeks of everyday usage! So far i've finished the hot pink, golden (on the SG/JB/Jakarta/Bandung trip) and halfway through the peach colored one (used them on our Taiwan trip). Will be doing a review on them too, but i can tell you one thing : they are pretty awesome!

Etude House Collagen Moistfull Skin Care Kit that i didn't even made a dent on most of them even though i've used it on every trip i went on except the (AWESOME) eye cream that's long finished. I intended to use them on hunny as well, but you know, trips are always so tiring and i ended up forgetting to 90% of the time *LOL*

I would probably write a review on them as well

Samples and It's Skin Mini Bebe Creamy Wash in Banana

Yes, i was madly attracted to its super duper cute packaging!

It's GREAT! And it smelled so yummyyyyy *bananaholic*, will also review this lah hehe

If i remember correctly, i was in Hypermart (or was it Carrefour..) and saw SariAyu on sale, and since i've been loving SariAyu a lot lately but haven't had my hands on any of their lip products (because i definitely don't need them, of course that doesn't mean i don't want them! Beauty junkies must be able to relate to this misery!) so i caved...

SAriAyu Liquid Lip Color Double Action in Merak Kasmaran 02

There's nothing new here, i don't remember the price *LOL*. But i think it was originally around IDR 35.000 and i paid less than IDR 30.000 because it was on a 20% off

I'm done with beauty stuffs! Moving on to fashion items :

Black Scarf from Payless

If you've read my Europe trip diary series you'd see me wearing this almost everyday. Dun remember the price either, it was less than IDR 139.000 (the numbers 89.000, 99.000, 119.000 popped into my head, you know i can go on saying random numbers whenever i am trying to remember the exact price of an item...)

I love Colorbox to death but i almost never buy anything from them on a normal price. This purple cropped glittery top was on a 50% off so it was buy-worthy :p, must be a lot less than IDR 100.000 for me to purchase any top from them, This one was IDR 85.000 after discount

The last but not least item :

Electric Blue Body Con Tube Dress with details on the hips

This was the original price

And it was reduced to this! The dress was pretty enough to wear to parties and it fits like a glove (okay i lied, it was really loose on the chest area like always pffffftttt, i can always wear a heavily padded bra though!) so i didn't think twice and snatched it! Super cheap for a Zara dress, yes?

L tried on the same dress, but since we have a polar opposite body shape and style (even though we're roughly the same size, we just gather fats on very different parts of our bodies ZZZ), anything that looks good on me, she can never pull off (we've tried on the same clothes countless of times and most of the time the fancier ones turns out this way. Not basic and simple ones that would look good on anybody, clearly) and vice versa (like she can wear any sleeveless top and not look scary because her arms are much smaller than mine, but she cannot wear tummy hugging stuffs because her tummy is less than flat, you know what i mean) so she didn't get the dress.

Annddddd, that's all for today, folk! Did i tempt you to shop some more? Please do, so i won't feel too guilty for continue on spending!

Toodles!

#Pink (who's in dire need of a fringe trim)

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Pink's #19 : Local Products

DHC

Hey ho! Today I’m gonna tell you about #19 on my favourite list : Local Products!

Now now, most people would not believe that I wear local brands, especially local cosmetics. Even sales people of those local cosmetics often look confused when I browse in their section. And once I purchased a local branded face powder and they took a second look at me. This is one of the things I find annoying about Indonesian. We sometimes underestimate our own products that it’s kinda weird for a Chinese Indonesian woman to actually purchase (oh come on, no SARA contents here, just stating the obvious) local products. Such treatments make me hesitant to buy them, even a little embarrassed, like it’s a bad and embarrassing thing to buy local cosmetics. FOL.

Guess what, I am actually a pretty patriotic person, I do love my country! I am very proud of my country’s richness in culture and resources. I think the government is stupid and there are stuffs that I hate about Indonesia, but all in all I love Indonesia and wouldn’t wannabe of any other nationality other than Indonesian *firm*. But I’m not gonna rave about it in this post (probably in the future, coz I do feel very strongly about this issue), lemme go straight to the local product that I really love.

So, people who know me IRL know I have a pretty clear complexion. I’ve had my share of teenage acnes but it was never that bad (mainly thanks to my other sis-in-law CJ who took me for facials regularly once I hit puberty, I am forever in debt! LOL). I take a good care of my skin, religiously cleansing-toning-moisturising it (so imagine how horrified I am when I found out my bffs are all slacking in taking care of their skins! OMG c’mon girls, we’re so old already, you all wanna develop early wrinkles or something??? Geez!!! I cannot believe #Undecided doesn’t even moisturize! And then she dares complains about her skin going beserk on herself! FHL! Serve you well, I must say! Huh!!!) and (almost) every month I’d go to my fave skin treatment centre, Dermasense, for a facial (not sharing mine and #Undecided’s fave facialist’s name coz I’m afraid y’all want her to do a facial on you and then she’d be too busy for us, no way jose!).

Once my mum’s friend even said my complexion’s so bright and clear (#ahem. She said ya, I’m not bragging LOL) that even a fly would fall off if it tries to stand on my skin coz it’s so slippery (whatta weird expression but it’s a quote, what can I do?). Actually my skin is super oily, that’s probably why she said it looks slippery ahahahaha FML. But dewy skin is very much coveted and my oily face is actually dewy-looking, until you see me dabbing on oil papers, I’d use two sheets in one go and it’ll be soaked, then you’ll be damn disgusted hahahaha.

In my adult life I do get occasional zits, not even monthly (you know, during or before PMS), but probably once in every three months. Like when it’s extra hot, or when the weather’s changing, and when I travel. Especially when I go to Jakarta, OMG… I guess Jakarta is like super polluted. So imagine my horror when recently (like a month ago, it was super duper hot and humid for about three weeks in Surabaya, unbearably so, even air-conditioners didn’t help at all, lots of us are forced to sleep on the floor to cool ourselves FOL. I complained endlessly when I read people tweeted about cold weather, winter etc-jealous obvi. Geez) totally broke out with zits, like my face completely exploded!!!! HUAAAAAA!!!!!

OK, I probably exaggerated a little. There were probably… three or four pimples. But they were so nasty looking!! And for someone who doesn’t normally get zits (I do have lots of black and whiteheads especially around my nose since my skin is very oily and my pores are pretty huge too hikhikhik) it was like a complete nightmare!!! (and I’m like, super fair-skinned. Zits looks especially obvi and scary on fair-skinned person I think) So I freaked. I moaned and complained and sobbed to #Undecided everyday. And I went crazy and purchase lots of different kind of acne treatments. They worked but by the time the zits are healing new zit would spruce up, huhuhuhuu WTF. Til I stumbled into one of Indonesian beauty bloggers (there are apparently lots of them, I didn’t know) who recommended Sari Ayu Intense Acne Treatment. She said it works really well. And I figured, it’s jamu (Indonesian herb concoction) so it should be safe and Sari Ayu is like one of the most prestigious Indonesian cosmetic brand (I swear this is not a sponsored entry, LOL. They didn’t pay me to say this, they should though :p) so it should be fine.

But as I told you before, I am still too embarrassed to go to the store and purchase it (don’t wanna suffer the curious looks of the sales people zzz) so I was very delighted when I found their official online shop!!! And even better, they’d send it to your home free of charge if you purchase minimum IDR 100.000 worth of their stuffs. So, I went a little nutz. I bought quite a few from their acne treatment series.

I bought two Intensive Acne Care (for only IDR 13.000 or around USD 1.50 each!!!), one for me and one for #Undecided coz she suffers from acnes too (we were loving 3M Nextcare Acne Patch but they are so hard to find in Indonesia huhuhuhu, I bought four packs from disdus.com and gave one to #Undecided but we’re running out very fast! That’s why I freaked out and search for a replacement and found this gem, fortunately!) and I am such a good bff I always remember her whenever I’m buying stuffs for myself (say yes #Undecided! *pulls collar*).

How to use this? Shake the bottle well and the instruction said to drop some into a cotton pad and apply to acne, but I prefer dipping a q-tip and then apply to the acne. This thing works like a miracle! So well that I only had to use it a few days (maybe three or four) and all the acnes dried off and peeled off! #Undecided said it works really well on her too! 2 out of 2, so it must be pretty good stuff right!

I also bought Sari Ayu Acne Care Lotion, it’s a toner and I am currently using it, I love it so much! I don’t use the intensive acne care anymore since there are no more zits on my face but I am still using this lotion to prevent future zits! I might stop using it soon since I am a bit worried it might dries out my skin (but it’s not, so far. Been using it for about two weeks). Both the intensive acne care and lotion cause a tingling sensation once applied on you face (#Undecided loves the sensation, she said she wanted to rub all of her face with the intensive acne care but I stopped her, told her she should purchase the lotion instead. Who am I kidding, If I leave her to it it’ll be Armageddon before she actually buy it so I should get her one when I shop for more Sari Ayu stuffs)I think it’s because they contains sulfur (which is very good for acnes!)

It’s very easy to use, just shake well and drop (I drop like five drops for my entire face, avoid eye area obvi) some onto cotton pads and apply all over your face.

This is more than enough for my entire face.

I also bought Sari Ayu Anti Acne Soap (IDR 15.000) but I haven’t use it yet. I didn’t have a soap dish since all of my cleansers are liquids and gels, and I didn’t want to use it before I have a proper dish to place it, I bought one already but my skin is zit free so I decided not to use it for now hehe.

I was so horrified of acnes I bought their Anti Acne powder (Refreshing Aromatics) as well hehe, it is only IDR 16.000!!! I also haven’t use it yet. I am usually very worried about putting on makeups after I went for a facial, I don’t want the recently cleaned pores to be clogged up so soon! And usually after facials my face are a bit sensitive so if I wear too much makeup it’d even lead to a new zit FML, so I usually put on acne treatment powders for a week or so before changing to my normal powder. I am currently using DHC Acne Care Base Make Up, a powdery foundation, but it’s not available in Indonesia (my mum bought it for me in Watson’s Singapore) and not to mention, very expensive zzz. Let’s see if this super cheap powder can be a dupe for it hehe. *Fingers crossed*.

Sari Ayu Anti Acne Powder

DHC Acne Care Powdery Foundation which is very good but also quite pricey

Since all of those acne care stuffs above contains sulfur they does have a distinct aroma, but it didn't bother me. I have a very sensitive nose so if it doesn't bother me then it should be okay for most people. Oh, and since they are all made of natural stuffs there is a warning that the liquid might change color overtime but it won't affect their effectiveness, as long as you keep an eye on the expiration date okay (they have it printed on the boxes).

Since the online shop’s minimum order is IDR 100.000 I purchased their eyeshadow palette too (coz I read Indonesian beauty bloggers all raved about Sari Ayu’s eyeshadow and lipsticks, I am intrigued to give it a try hehe), will try it and show it to you all in the future.

So there you have it, my #19 out of our #25 Favorite Things! Hope you all will give our local products a chance and not too embarrassed to use them hehe. Toodles!

PS : Leaving you with a close-up picture of me as a proof of my clear skin! *any reason to cam-whore*