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Event Report : The Eyes of Women Photo Exhibition Opening with MiracleAesthetic Clinic

Hello hello....

How's everybody doin'.... I'm good but tired, insomnia strikes again *sigh*, been having trouble sleeping for the past week (right after i'm finally free of the flu which gotten me taking flu med for 10 days and made me sleepy all the time), sometimes i'd be wide awake until 4.30 AM even after taking some (herbal) sleeping pills :(... I don't know what's going on but i hope it's gonna get better soon! Btw i've been obsessed with stories revolving Mt. Everest and the tragedies happening at that place after reading the movie Everest, wonder if that contributes to the insomnia. When i'm having a fixation over something my brain tend to keep on going to that direction and won't stop whirling *sigh*.

Anyway, i am not here to complain or tell you about my latest obsession (at least not today :p), but i want to share this event that i attended last week!

Miracle Photo Exhibition : The Eyes of Women

As usual i got an invitation from the lovely Jennie (of Miracle Aesthetic Clinic) weeks before and i asked her if i can bring a friend (that's also as usual haha, hate being alone during events T.T)-she said yes so i dragged my MUA friend Shelley along (thank you for accompanying me, Shelley!) and we met Trixie (who's a Vlogger/Youtuber) at the venue.

Yes, it's an Opening Ceremony for a photo exhibition, that's something new and different ^^. Love how Miracle always comes up with different events with different themes (that still link to their expertise : beauty), making their events always fresh and interesting.

I went to GM to meet up with Shelley beforehand then we came together to Miracle, for once we were super early (well, thanks to Shelley. If it's up to me i wouldn't be so early *LOL*) and one of the firsts on the venue :

Checking out their display. Seriously loving their lashes, i used the one they gave me a few times and they're still quite perfect! Love the adhesive as well, one of the best falsie glueS i've ever tried!

A bit of an explanation about this The Eyes of Women Photo Exhibition, Miracle Aesthetic Clinic is supported by 8 Surabaya female photographers with different backgrounds (one of which is Miracle's very own doctor!) for this exhibition and their theme is Beautiful Nature.

Like the philosophy "The Art behind the Science of Aesthetic", Miracle combines aesthetic knowledge with latest technology (science) and art in their services to create facial beauty holistically. The Eyes of Women exhibition is one form of application, its purpose to give highly artistic taste in the clinic, which can be enjoyed by the clients.

Since it was quite a while before the event started, selfie is in order :D

With a fellow blondie for once (actually we're not really blonde la, but it's hard to explain our hair colors hahaha)

The event was finally opened by a very familiar MC (seen her a few times already in a few Miracle events) and Jennie gave a little introduction and background of the photo exhibition (mostly i've explained above already). Jennie also stated that what the doctors are doing in Miracle is also a form of art, making someone's face prettier is an art in itself so their philosophy definitely cannot be separated from art. She also gave a few other example like how their clinics are always decorated with art to make their clients feel comfortable, relaxed and entertained.

Then the MC introduced the photographers one by one and they each shared a little bit about their photography passion and some also share their interesting experiences in the photography world.

The first photographer introduced is dr. Elly Chandra (Miracle's Aesthetic Consultant Doctor) whose favorite genre is landscape, she loves traveling (high five, doc!!!) so she loves to combine two of her hobbies : traveling and snapping beautiful pictures. Btw, my fave photos in the exhibition were snapped by her!

The second photographer is Mrs. Go Dewi Sonanta who also loves landscape and macro ^^. I also loveeee her photos! Show you later!

Third photographer is this stylish lady (love her boots) B.G. Fabiola Natasha who's a lecturer, graphic designer, photographer AND painter! WOW, that's a lot of profession! She already love photography since her childhood and her fave object is wild life. She loves taking pictures of insects and she's currently teaching herself something called... Antology? I don't remember what it's called actually sorry T.T, something to do with insects lah hehe. She said she's interested in wild life because in this genre, there are not many female photographer yet. Why? Well, because you need to go to the wild life to get the pictures and most females are afraid of so many things, getting dark (only Asian can understand *LOL*) for instant!

Next is Mrs. Tjia Michellia who loves landscape and macro. She's also working full time so she doesn't exactly have a lot of time to hunt for objects therefore she settles to take pictures of butterflies in her front yard, for instant.

Followed by Mrs. Nurita Jasmine, she's a housewife and her fave genre's macro. She said the furthest she went for object hunt so far is to Tasikmalaya and she also shares that one of the downside of the genre she's interested in is when it's the dry season there'd be no animal to shoot!

This is Mrs.Elisabeth whose fave genre is black and white.

I don't know what happened, but i don't have the last attending photographer's picture (there's another one, Mrs. Nani Wijaya who unfortunately couldn't come) while she was in front >.<. Her name's Mrs. Adelce Limanu and she had some very interesting stories and i was listening to her, maybe that's why i forgot to take a pic? Anyway, you can see her photo below.

Mrs. Adel loves macro because it shows her a whole other world that cannot be seen with our naked eyes-but the camera lenses can. She said sometimes insects try to communicate with us and even warn us (like how an insect would get angry and point to us) but we couldn't see them (maybe ants got angry at us before they bite us??)-she saw it first hand behind her camera lenses.

She also shares how she went to a place for photo hunting, the same place for three straight days and on the third day the insects actually warmed up to her and became very friendly. They even posed for her! Sadly the next time she went there the place burnt down, she met a few insects that looked like the insects she met earlier and they all looked scared. How fascinating is that?

After all of the photographers are introduced, it was time to cut the ribbon to symbolize the opening of the exhibition :

Congratulation!

Here are some of photos (they're also available to buy) in the exhibition (still going until the end of September, in case you're interested to see/purchase them). I must apologize in advance, i'm not a photographer (but i take nice pictures of people #defensive) and i'm not even remotely good with my camera (all i can do is point and shoot okay!) so i couldn't do any of the pictures justice!

One of my fave photos in the exhibition, Silent Morning by dr. Elly Chandra

This is so good it almost looked like animation.. Bee Family by Adelce Limanu

The Beauty of Bromo Scenery by Tjia Michellia

In Memoriam Kenjie by dr. Elly, the dragonfly photo on the top left also caught our eyes-it looks so cute and appropriately named Where Am I? (by Nurita Jasmine), speaking of dragonfly-i actually have a deep fear for them -___- i dunno why, i am scared by insects in general but dragonflies are definitely my biggest fear zzz

And how cute is these insects (not sure what they are), looks like they're smiling for the camera for reals! Relax Time by Adelce Limanu

Snap a pic with Jennie, Trixie and Shelley

Goodie bag from Miracle ^^

Thank you again Miracle (especially Jennie ^^) for having us! Congratulation once again for the exhibition!

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Sponsored Review : TDF Age Defense Cleansing Gel

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Hi guys ^^...

This post is long overdue >.< i feel so bad, but you how busy i've been #defensive :p. Anyway, i've been using this particular product for months now so at least i am highly qualified to review it *excuses, excuses* hehehe. As you might already know, back in March Miracle Aesthetic Clinic kindly sent some products for a few bloggers included me, i've reviewed the other product (TDF Day Rejuvenation Complex SPF 20) before so now it's this one's turn :

TDF Age Defense Cleansing Gel

What is Age Defense Cleansing Gel and what it does?

This cleanser functions to stimulate skin cell's regeneration and reduce fine lines, wrinkles and other signs of skin aging. It effectively cleanse pores, erase makeups and eliminates oil. A unique formula from exfoliating acids, skin conditioning agent and botanical ingredients working in synergy to brighten and soften skin's texture. Making skin very clean, soft and bouncy. Can be used for every skin types.

How to use? Just like your regular facial wash ^^!

Let's see the packaging first!

The transparent nature of the gel makes the back of the bottle visible so it was a bit hard to see the writings on the bottle

Back side of the bottle

The instructions and information is in English so they stick a sticker of the Indonesian translation

TDF Age Defense Cleansing gel comes in a clear cylinder plastic bottle with white cap and pump. The bottle is heavier than your regular drugstore cleansers because of its high quality material. It feels very sturdy and in fact, it really is! I am such a klutz that i managed to drop it a few times from considerable height but it's totally fine. Not a single crack or chip was found!

The pump is very neat and easy to use

All you gotta do is pump! It'll dispense tiny amount of gel so you shouldn't have to worry about getting too much product out

The pump works fine and very consistent, from the very first time i got it until the last drop *LOL*. I have no idea what this kind of mechanism is called, but you can see there's a slightly transparent part in the bottom of the bottle? It hid this :

Sorry for the low quality of this pic! This was taken quickly with my Ipad because i forgot to snap pic with my camera

It has the same mechanism as... syringe? When you use the cleanser, the white part would push up the rest of the cleanser up so it's easy to get every single drop of the cleanser with no hassle, no need to tilt the bottle, open it or turn it upside down (true story) when it's almost finished. Totally brilliant, IMO! I only had one other product that has this mechanism before and it was a hair tonic.

As you can see from the bottle already, the color of the cleanser is light orange. The consistency is, well, gel-runny gel, if that's not too weird for you hehe (as in it's not dense, it'll slide and drop easily if you tilt your hand). The amount you see in this picture is one pump. One pump is actually quite enough to use, but i like slathering myself in products *oops* so i always use two pumps.

The gel cleanser feels very light and it doesn't lather much, which means it doesn't contain a lot of detergent (which is good), it might get a little time to get used to if you're a bubble monster like me though hahaha.

This cleanser feels very mild and soothing when used, i LOVE the sweet peach scent (on contrary to the Day Rejuvenation Gel) and it relaxes me when i am using it (mostly in the shower because i prefer to wash my face while i am showering). It's so soft that it doesn't drag on your skin and it leaves a moisturized feeling after use (but no greasiness), no tight, pulled skin feeling you sometimes feel when you use facial cleansers that are too strong and stripping.

It's strong enough to eliminates any dirt and oil from my skin, but it doesn't prevent my skin from getting oily haha, it's both good and bad for me : good because that means this cleanser is mild and not draining your skin of any moisture (this is a cleanser for all skin types, that's why), but also bad because my skin would start producing oils pretty soon afterwards (this can be prevented by using some products though i wouldn't bother if i'm staying at home all day).

The good news is, this cleanser can REALLY be used for all skin type, IMO. It works well for my oily skin (beside the fact that it's not controlling my oil production) and even better for my hunny's dry skin. His skin becomes very soft, less dry, supple and more youthful after using it just a few times, he loves it so much so i decided to let him use it most of the time. It doesn't break any of us out.

My skin feels refreshed and clean without the stripping feeling after using TDF Age Defense Cleansing Gel

Does it do what it claims? It definitely cleanse thoroughly and it does eliminate oil (but not preventing it from being reproduced), it also manage to soften our skin's texture so the "making skin very clean, soft and bouncy" definitely is justified. It, however, does not cleanse makeup. You definitely need to use a separate makeup remover (i tested by using some staining lipsticks, eyeliner and foundie. Nope, they're still there!) beforehand, it does help remove any trace of makeup you might leave behind (this was tested by swiping toner afterwards and no trace of leftover makeup was found in my cotton pad).

I have no comment for the reducing fine lines, etc because i do not have any yet-however i guess it's actually kinda works because my hunny did developed some fine lines on his forehead due to his dry skin (don't think we're old enough to actually get wrinkles yet okay!!!) and it's much better now because his skin is not as dry.

I also do not think you should rely on a cleanser for fighting skin aging signs, you need to incorporate anti aging skin care to your routine as well for a significant resut. But it sure is a good idea to use cleansers with anti aging properties to support those skin cares.

TDF Age Defense Cleansing Gel retails for IDR 475.000 and available exclusively at Miracle Aesthetic Clinic. It is rather pricey, like all TDF products, but one bottle contains quite a lot of product and a little goes a long way-meaning it'll take pretty long to be used up. I would definitely recommend this cleanser for those of you who are looking for mild, soft, refreshing and non-stripping cleanser that feels very luxurious and kind to your skin-especially for mature and dry skin.

Thank you Miracle Aesthetic Clinic for this awesome cleanser, my hunny's skin totally loving it!

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Event Report : Miracle Aesthetic Clinic's Mid Year Festival

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Hey guys...

Last minute blogging here, i have around an hour before we have to leave to the airport (and i just got back from #Undecided's birthday celebration. What a busy bee, yeah?) so i have to hurry because i have no idea when's the next time i get an access to wifi (probably tomorrow *LOL*) and blogging through the mobile app is a total pain.

Anyway, went to Miracle Aesthetic Clinic's event last Saturday with Sabsab :

Yeah, it was bustling with activities!

Time sure flies because it feels just like yesterday that i attended their Mid Year Festival LAST YEAR!

They held the events in their three branches, in three different days. Sabsab and i decided to drop by at the Kertajaya's first before continuing with a girl date at GM hahaha.

The place's already very crowded when we arrived

Most of the attendance were their loyal customers who didn't want to miss out on all the awesome promotions they had during the event

Miracle also prepared a very beautifully decorated sweet corner :

My camera's playing tricks on me again that day (actually, i'm the one who couldn't handle sophisticated camera la, just gimmie one that can point and shoot nicely huhuhuhu. According to hunny, i turned off the auto focus somehow in our attempt to change it into Macro mode so i produced lots of blurry pics that day ZZZ) *sigh*.

Here's a nicer pic borrowed from their Facebook Page

As Sabsab and i are beauty addicts, we were a bit sorrowful because they had the Beauty Corner in their Thamrin branch), but no matter, they had a Fashion Pop Up Store :

The collection was from our local designer, Yunita Kosasih

Cheeky Sabsab

There were a lot of unique and interesting designs from Yunita Kosasih, i love the quirkiness of them all! Snapped a few pics of our fave (the one with skeleton made of acrylic on it, also the heart patterned top with sexy back, and others) but sadly they all turned out super blurry *___* i didn't realize it until i was prepping the pictures for this blog post. GRRRRR, story of my life huhuhu.

But here's one with the cutest print top in it, picture borrowed from Sabsab's Instagram

FYI, Sabsab is like... A giveaway queen *LOL*, she ALWAYS wins!!! She joined one of Miracle's IG GA and won herself a Luscious Lips lippie :

Lucky B!!! #jelly #annoyed LOL

Live treatment demo that day was Miracle FaceLifting Revolution by dr. Elita

Yes yes, the coveted V shape, of course

The treatment series (done in one go) in Miracle FaceLifting Revolution, one can look instantly younger and fresher without having to go under the knife

Start with Miracle Barbie MD Lift

Of course, the thread they are using is a very special thread with hooks on them to "grab and lift" your skin from the inside

Immediately followed with Miracle BCL Beauty that would help with redness and other effects of the first step

And finished with Miracle V-Face Slimming Mask. It works to help fix face contour and make it V-Shape with unique design that covers lower face part and chin. This mask would help to reduce water retention, has a detoxification and fat burning effect said face and chin area, as well as tighten skin up. It's comfortable to use, elastic and would follow your face's contour

Yep, that's how the mask looks like. I am very interested to try! LOL

Let's start the live demo, shall we?

The treatment's model of the day, her skin's started to get loose and needs some lifting

The doctor started with dotting the areas where she would insert the thread at with a marker. The model had already been anesthetized beforehand

I don't remember this, but i'm guessing that the doctor's measuring the line so that she could gauge how long the thread should be?

Prepping

Andddd... here it goes

The result can be seen right away! See how much tighter and firmer the left side of her face is compared to the right side that hadn't been worked on!

Continued with the Miracle BCL Beauty, here the nurse's applying and rubbing the serum on the model's face

And using a machine with iontophoresis and cyro technology to transfer the serum and cool the skin+ease any reaction from the the earlier procedure

And of course, the Miracle V Face Slimming Mask

And that's it! Next time you're thinking of getting a face lift (errr, actually most of my readers would be too young to even consider a face lift *LOL*, maybe your mums!), think again! There's a less painful, non-invasive procedures that you can get instead!

In this event, we also got a new friend, Trixie the Vlogger! (Now Cynthian is not the only Vlogger we know hahaha)


Picture borrowed from Miracle's FB Page, we were looking at a different camera because this is a candid pic hehehe (with Jennie from Miracle, of course)

I was holding my laughter in this pic because the mas we asked to help take the pic actually (suddenly) said to me "Ce, SMILE!!!" LOLOLOL. I don't smile for pics, mas! My face's not V-shaped enough! LOLOLOL.

Thank you Miracle Aesthetic Clinic (and Jennie) for having us!

See ya next time!

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