Pink and Undecided

Behold : the magicest cream and sheet mask above all : Centellian 24 Madeca Cream and Madeca Derma Mask II !

So Centellian 24 is a South Korean skin care brand that specialized in Centella Asiatica based products - you know i am a fanatic to centella asiatica now, every single product using this ingredient is a huge hit for me and my skin (and hunny's too!), and every single new one that i try is better than the previous FML. I hope y'all don't think i'm over hyping coz i am sponsored or anything, i just.. Truly and madly in love with Centella Asiatica skincares (please note that every skin is different, Olin isn't particularly fond of Centella Asiatica based products while it's like an instant magic ingredient for mine). I can honestly say now that this cream and mask from Centellian 24 is the best so far. If i loved the M+ Madecassoside Cica Cream, i am CRAZY for this one - i will explain the difference later and why i am using both.

Centellian 24 is called that because it is aimed at 24 year old female skin (OMG :)), i am 12 years too old but it works so well on my 36 year old skin so well, what can i say?) and keeps your skin moisturized for 4 hours. Centellian 24 is made by Dongkuk Pharmaceutical alongside their other brands like Madeca 21, Madeca Derma, Teratox and May Always. 

Although the cream is quite light, it is very rich as it leaves my skin quite greasy - nothing crazy or major, but enough for me not to want to use it during day time and definitely not under makeup as i have oily skin. This and my natural sebum, my makeup will melt off under and hour no no no, i do use it as spot treatment any time of the day tho. I actually have greasy feeling on my skin, but as the result is so amazing, i actually don't mind using this every night now haha.

I see improvement and positive effect after ONE use, my skin feels so much more smoother, acne free (but please note that i don't have an acne prone skin in the first place, but it's even more clearer after using this) , tighter and brighter. After using it diligently for weeks, my skin is in its best condition in a long while and i am absolutely besotted hehe. 

If you read my review on M+ Madecassoside Cica Cream you'w know that my skin reacts really well with this cream too and i see improvements within days - but Centellian 34 Madeca Cream is like M+ on steroid *LOL*, the improvement is pretty much instantaneous and it keeps on improving the longer i use it. 

BUT i am personally going to keep using BOTH creams because as much as i love this Madeca Cream, i already mentioned that i cannot use it during day time as it is not very comfortable for my naturally oily skin (while the M+ one is still fine) so i will stick to M+ for day time and use the Madeca Cream every night. Maybe if you have a very dry, dehydrated skin then you can use it during day time and under your makeup too, but i really cannot comment on that as i have the opposite skin type and can only be using it maximally and comfortably at night.

This cream feels soothing on my skin but on areas with acne and skin imperfection, i do feel it tingles and makes my skin feels tender for a little while. As an acne treatment, it's superb too! It calms my zits down super fast, dry them out and repair my skin twice as fast if not more compared to my other acne treatments. And like M+, this product is actually good for dry skin too (especially if you have acne AND dry skin! Finding the right cream can be a nightmare, and i am honestly highly recommend you to try this) as it hydrate my hunny's skin deeply and doesn't dry out his skin at all.

The cream does come in 2 sizes, 15 ml (only IDR 182.000 on my Charis Shop!) and 50ml (IDR 348,000), which one i recommend? Without hesitation i would say save your money and get the 50ml one as it will last you a while and your skin will thank me *LOL*, but if you do have very limited budget, still want to try it out or only want to use it as a spot treatment then i guess the 15 ml one is okay too although my kiasu heart is screaming at you haha.

Now let's move on to the only mask sheet that makes me fall head over heels in love :

As the concept is pretty similar to M+, i cannot help but compare the two. While i do love the M+ cream, i wasn't a fan of the sheet mask as they were way too rich, too sticky, too greasy and it actually gives me white heads from being too rich. On the contrary, this Madeca Derma Mask II has just enough serum (the left over in the pack is enough to apply on my arms and legs without being too much) and it feels super comforting on my skin - but beware that if your skin is acting up like mine during allergy attacks, it can make your skin feels a but warm, tingling and tender for a little bit - it also can be felt on each acne! But for me apparently it's a sign that the product is working to repair and improve my skin as my skin is immediately improved after use, even allergy flares are soothe a bit afterwards!

It leaves my skin soft and silky without it being too greasy (yes, it's still a bit greasy like how all sheet mask feels ofc) to a point where i have to rinse off (like the M+ one) and i just LOVE how it makes my skin look and feel. Whenever i have allergy attacks that leaves my skin with dry spots or when PMS brings hormonal acne, the first thing i want to do is slap this mask sheet on as i know it will make my skin better immediately! 

If you don't know yet, i am not a fan of sheet masks. I much prefer peel off/wash off mask as i find application of sheet mask is tedious and bothersome, i also have peeling the mask off and trying to fit it into my face, i have how most of them makes me feel sticky afterwards - i am just not a fan in general - but i have tried a LOT of sheet masks i feel pretty much the same about them, none of them successfully make me a convert and none of them makes me want to spend my own money on them - until this one. As much as i hate the process, i crave the result so much i am willing to put it on twice a week. I actually used only one or two on hunny then i decided i want them all for me so i put on a different mask on him instead *LOL*, it works super well on his skin too but he can benefit from other masks while i struggle to find one that i love so all Madeca Derma Mask II are for me!!!

If you have any skin problems like acne, allergies, dry spots and dehydration, i would highly HIGHLY recommend this mask to try. I would actually recommend both the cream and the mask for maximum result! The cream and mask are available as a package too : IDR 453,000 for 15ml cream + 10 sheet masks or IDR 733,000 for 50ml cream + 10 sheet masks! Remember your can only get these special prices at my Charis Shop okay ^^!

Hey guys!

Okay, before we even get into this post, lemme declare my love for Centella Asiatica *LOL*, no seriously i begin to think that this leaf is a magic leaf because my skin loves products with Centella Asiatica so much - and so does hunny's skin even though he has very very different skin type from mine! I think it's definitely a heaven sent ingredient to save all of our skin from all kinds of problem T.T. Okay okay, before i sound like i'm trying to start a cult for Centella Asiatica, let's move on!

Ofc today i am go review products that contains Centella Asiatic in them ^^ : imma share with your my thorough experience with Charis' own brand products : M+ Madecassoside Cica Cream and Mask!

If you follow my blog for a while now then you'd know that i just recently reviewed another Cica Cream (Cica Cream is a cream with Centella Asiatica as its base ingredient) that i absolutely love and raved about (you can read my review on Natural Derma Project Cica Bio-Placenta Cream here), but there is just one problem with that product : the price >.<. As much as i love the product, i know that not everybody has that kind of budget for skin care - this is why i was super duper excited when i heard that Charis has come up with their own brand of Cica products with much lighter price tag! I am hoping that it could be a substitute (or even replacement) for the expensive cream - and can it? Ofc you have to read on to know the answer :D!

As we grow older, skin can (and most probably) change too. I am currently in my mid 30s, and while i was younger i thought that i would probably deal with fine lines or early signs of wrinkles in my mid 30s, but trust me - there is no way you can predict what aging will bring to your future :)). I have no fine lines or any signs or wrinkle yet (touch wood, i don't want the choi!) but my skin has became l0x more sensitive (i used to have very oily skin with only black heads problem) and i also suffer from occasional hormonal adult acne, which i never had when i was younger - all of my problem seems to be the perfect candidate for this cream, yea?

It spreads super easily and gets absorbed into my skin like a dream. It is very very moisturizing tho so it does make my skin quite oily after a while, but not in a uncomfortable way - more like i know my skin is getting the best treatment it can get kind of way so i can even use it under my makeup (as it doesn't leave any greasiness nor stickiness behind), i just need to set it properly so my makeup can last all day without melting or breaking up.

I LOVE this cream! Now, i am not gonna sugarcoat anything, in comparison to the previous Cica Cream product that i used, i would say that if you do have troubled skin (acne ridden and or rough texture) then you wouldn't notice the improvement as fast as the twice as expensive product would (because i think the other product dries off my acne and white head as fast and one day while M+ takes about two days to do so), but the difference is pretty small and the benefits are very similar!

There are also other things that makes me prefer M+ than the other product other than the price, that is the packaging. I really am not a fan of jar packaging where you have to use a spatula or your finger to scoop out the product, these squeeze tube type really is a plus for me! Other than that, M+ cream also doesn't make my skin as greasy as the other product, but gives the same amount of (very high) moisturization, so in terms of comfortability on oily skin, M+ won again.

I have been using M+ Madecassoside Cream nonstop since i receive it, it really helps my skin to recover especially after my hormonal periods, allergy flares and post holiday skin (i brought it to my Jogja trip too and it really helps keeping my skin calm as my skin can act up during holidays due to change of temperature, dust, sun exposure, etc). I love it so much i consciously opt to use it day and night - normally i would only use these type of creams at night as i prefer creams that already contain SPF during the day, but i would suffer the hassle of having to add SPF on top just because i see skin improvement twice as fast when i use it twice a day.

Another thing about Cica creams is that i notice even though it speedily helps me with my acne/whiteheads problem, it doesn't dry out my skin at all (like most acne products can), instead it gives my dehydrated skin deep moisturization so my skin is very supple and youthful now! 

And like i mentioned earlier, i use this cream on my hubby who has very dry, dehydrated and sensitive skin (he almost never get any acne on his skin and his skin is almost poreless so it has no texture) and it works just as wonderfully, leaving his skin deeply hydrated and mochi-like!

So it's safe to say that i stan this cream and i would highly recommend this to all skin type, i don't often have the confidence to recommend a skin care to everybody as all skin are different and might have different reaction to one product, but seeing how it works on both hunny and i.. i would actually tell you all to give it a try and i'm pretty confident that you'll like it as much as we do!

As it is marketed to be used in compliment of the cream, it expected the feeling and result to be similar (but amplified) to the cream, but ofc i am always 100% honest with you and i have to tell you it's actually has very different result than the cream. Don't get me wrong, it's GOOD, and if you have dry or very dehydrated skin, your skin will THANK YOU if you use it - but i must admit that it is way too rich for my skin type and it overwhelms my skin.

The serum of this mask is really thick and i must say that it is the stickiest sheet mask that i ever tried >.<. I know that there are people who rinse their face with water after applying sheet mask (like Oline) because they have sensitive skin and if they do not rinse, they would have breakout. This never happened to me before. No matter how moisturizing and sticky the sheet mask i tried before, i managed to leave it be and i never had any obvious breakout afterwards. I tried to do the same with this sheet mask but after only half an hour or so, i just couldn't take it anymore and i had to rinse it off with water because it's so sticky and uncomfortable for me (it's also sticky on hunny's skin but not to point where it becomes uncomfortable).

I also immediately got a bump the next day after the next use, always a sign of a product being too rich for my skin. I didn't give up and decided to give it another try afer my skin calmed down *LOL*, this time i immediately rinse it off after taking the sheet off (FYI, even after rinsing the serum off, my skin becomes super oily and sticky only an hour or so later, this is how crazy moisturizing it is). On both times that i try the mask, my skin does become super smooth and velvety, but even after rinsing off immediately, i get a bump under my chin the next day - that is when i decided that the sheet mask is simply too rich for my skin.

I would say that the sheet mask is still amazing, it makes my hunny's skin suuuper good - so if you have normal, dry or dehydrated skin, i would highly recommend to give this mask a try. But if you skin is oily and sensitive like me, beware that it might be too rich for you - i would suggest you try the cream instead!