Review - Kerastase Ritual Irwan Team Hair Design

Hello gorgeous!

The first Monday in December! Siapa yang semangat menjalani hari Senin setelah santai-santai bersama teman dan keluarga di akhir minggu kemarin? Atau justru malah lagi mengalami Monday blues hari ini? 

Kalau cewek, salah satu hal yang biasanya bisa bikin semangat adalah a little visit to the hair salon. Either for haircut or hairspa or even just mani-pedi treatment, right? Apalagi kalau kunjungan ke salonnya untuk mendapatkan perawatan rambut yang mewah yang membuat rambut jadi cantik dan badan juga jadi rileks, wah pasti mood langsung cerah ya! Nah hari ini aku mau sharing sama kalian pengalamanku minggu lalu menjalani Kerastase Ritual di Salon Irwan Team Hair Design PIK Avenue. Apa sih Kerastase Ritual itu? Kerastase Ritual adalah sebuah perawatan rambut premium dengan menggunakan sepenuhnya produk-produk dari Kerastase Hair Care yang akan disesuaikan dengan kebutuhan rambut kamu.  

Lalu apa yang membedakan Kerastase Ritual dengan Hairspa biasa? Yuk baca terus di bawah ini.

Cabang PIK Avenue ini merupakan cabang terbaru Irwan Team, jadi sudah pasti semuanya masih gressss.. Ruangan yang digunakan untuk Kerastase Ritual berada di lantai atas, sedangkan lantai bawah biasanya digunakan untuk perawatan rambut biasa seperti gunting, cat, keriting, ataupun hairspa. 

Begitu memasuki pintu kaca dengan handle pintu K besar, suasana rileks, private, dan nyaman langsung terasa. Setelah dipersilahkan duduk di bagian pengecekan kulit dan batang rambut, rambutku langsung dicek agar bisa ditentukan jenis perawatan apa yang cocok untuk aku lakukan hari ini. Dari hasil pengecekan, terlihat bahwa kulit kepalaku agak sensitif (ada sedikit kemerahan di beberapa bagian) dan sedang mengalami kerontokan rambut (satu pori-pori rambut hanya menahan 1-2 lembar rambut, padahal normalnya bisa lebih dari itu). Batang rambutku masih berada dalam kondisi baik, tidak rapuh, jadi disarankan untuk melakukan Scalp Treatment saja. Scalp Treatmentnya sendiri juga akan difokuskan untuk mencegah agar rambutku tidak semakin rontok. 

Aku lalu diminta untuk berganti pakaian di ruang ganti dengan kemben dan jubah satin dari Kerastase yang dilanjutkan dengan proses pencucian rambut. Untuk shamponya, terapisku menggunakan Kerastase Specifique Bain Stimuliste GL, yang merupakan shampoo khusus untuk mengatasi rambut rontok. You will be surprised to see what Irwan Team has for their hair washing chair. It’s a friggin massage chair! So while the therapist wash your hair (throroughly with scalp massage and all), you will have the chair massaging your back too! Amazing experience, yes?! 

Happy and content face while hair washing

Setelah selesai, aku dipersilahkan duduk di salah satu sofa chair yang besar dan nyaman sekali untuk menjalani perawatan selanjutnya. Terapisku menggunakan Kerastase Specifique Acti-Base Treatment yang diaplikasikan secara merata di kulit kepalaku dan lalu dipijat agar lebih meresap. Selama pemijatan kepala, kakiku juga ikut dipijat oleh terapis satunya. Yep, ada dua terapis langsung yang bekerja selama perawatan. Pijatannya enak banget dan bikin badan jadi rileks. 

Aku memilih Chamomile Tea dan cookies untuk menemani aku selama perawatan. Selain itu, minyak yang digunakan untuk memijat juga bisa kamu pilih sendiri lho aromanya. Aku memilih Lavender yang berfungsi untuk merilekskan badan dan pikiran.

Bagian terakhir pemijatan, terapisku menggunakan hot stone untuk memperlancar peredaran darah. Hot stone nya sudah disterilkan terlebih dahulu dan dicek temperaturnya agar tidak terlalu panas jika terkena kulit. Selesai dipijat, rambutku lalu disteam selama kurang lebih 10-15 menit yang kemudian diakhiri dengan pembilasan supaya rambut bersih. Sesudah itu, aku dipersilahkan untuk berganti pakaian dan menuju ke lantai 1 di mana rambutku akan diblowdry.

Bagaimana menurut kamu? Kerastase Ritual ini asik banget kan? Apa yang kamu dapat saat melakukan perawatan ini dan Hairspa biasa tentu saja berbeda. Aku merasa bukan hanya rambutku saja yang ternutrisi, tapi juga seluruh badan jadi segar. Secara keseluruhan aku sangat puas dengan semua pelayanan yang Irwan Team Hair Design berikan selama perawatan. Semua staffnya ramah dan baik. Ga bakal kerasa deh kalau kamu sudah menghabiskan waktu kurang lebih 2 jam di salon hehehe.. Yang membuat aku sedikit kecewa adalah hasil blow drynya yang agak kurang sesuai dengan apa yang aku mau, tapi masih acceptable sih. Padahal biasanya aku tidak pernah kecewa dengan hasil blow dry nya Irwan Team lho.

Terima kasih banyak untuk Clozette Indonesia dan Irwan Team Hair Design yang sudah memberikan aku kesempatan untuk merasakan perawatan Kerastase Ritual ini. Jadi pengen perawatan rutin nih kalau begini soalnya enak dan nyaman sekali hehehe.. Jadi buat kamu yang lagi moodnya jelek atau butuh mood booster, boleh lah coba treatment ini. Tidak perlu tunggu weekend juga tidak apa-apa. Salon di hari biasa malah cenderung lebih sepi dan kamu bisa lebih enjoy saat menikmati me-time kamu.

Untuk info lebih lanjut mengenai Kerastase Ritual atau service apa saja yang kamu bisa dapatkan di Irwan Team Hair Design, kamu bisa cek link di bawah ini (harap diingat bahwa harga berbeda jika lokasinya berbeda):

Facebook  : www.facebook.com/irwanteamhairdesign

Instagram  : Irwanteamhairdesign

Thank you for reading and have a marvellous week, gorgeous!

Cheers,

Stef

Event - SK-II Festive Suminagashi Blogger Party

Hello gorgeous!

Tidak terasa ya sebentar lagi kita akan memasuki akhir tahun. Ada tidak yang di sini gemar memberikan hadiah akhir tahun atau tahun baru untuk keluarga dan sahabat? Kalau ada, mungkin postingan aku hari ini bisa memberikan ide hadiah untuk tahun ini. 

1 November kemarin aku diundang oleh SK-II Indonesia untuk menghadiri launching dari Gift collection terbaru mereka. Mengusung tema Suminagashi, botol Facial Treatment Essence dikemas dengan desain unik yang sangat cantik dengan tiga tema warna, yaitu merah, biru, dan hijau. Kalau mendengar dari namanya pasti kamu tahu bahwa Suminagashi ini ada hubungannya dengan Jepang. Yak betul! Suminagashi adalah sebuah seni kuno melukis (marbling) di atas air dari Jepang. Suminagashi sendiri artinya ‘floating ink’ alias tinta yang mengambang.

Sebelum aku jelaskan lebih lanjut mengenai Suminagashi, aku mau share hasil skin check aku dengan menggunakan Magic Ring SK-II dulu ya. Terakhir kali cek kulit itu kalau tidak salah sudah hampir setahun yang lalu dan waktu itu usia kulitku 16 tahun! Kali ini, hasilnya tidak beda jauh, yaitu 18 tahun. Seneng banget lah hasilnya setengah dari umur asliku. 

Aku memang pengguna setia SK-II sejak 6 tahun yang lalu dan so far, skincare routine yang paling cocok buat aku ya SK-II ini hehehe.. Dengan Magic Ring ini, kulit kamu akan dilihat dari 5 dimensi, yaitu Texture, Radiance, Firmness, Wrinkle, dan Spot. Nilaiku paling rendah di dimensi Firmness yang berarti aku harus lebih rajin menggunakan skincare yang dapat menjaga kekencangan kulitku. 

Acara dimulai langsung dengan mengundang dua SK-II Ambassador, yaitu Susan Bachtiar dan Anggun C Sasmi ke atas panggung. Anggun bercerita mengenai pengalamannya melakukan seni Suminagashi dan berbagi mengenai kekagumannya akan filosofi yang ada di balik seni tersebut, yaitu bahwa tidak ada titik warna yang salah. Semua titik warna berharga dan jika dipadukan, akan menjadi sesuatu yang unik dan indah. Filosofi tersebut juga sesuatu yang sangat mengena di hati aku karena benar adanya semua manusia diciptakan berbeda dan masing-masing memiliki keunikan tersendiri dan peran dalam hidup ini sehingga terciptalah kehidupan yang indah. Setuju ga?

Susan Bachtiar juga sharing mengenai bagaimana keluarga adalah yang utama untuk Susan, karena keluarga lah yang selalu menjadi pendukung terbesar dalam kehidupannya. Jadi, momen akhir tahun seperti ini biasanya digunakan oleh Susan untuk berbagi hadiah dengan memberikan SK-II Festive Limited Edition Suminagashi Art untuk orang-orang tercintanya agar mereka dapat memiliki kulit sebening Kristal.

Karena Anggun sudah berumur lebih dari 40 tahun, maka ia merekomendasikan SK-II Ageless Beauty Set, yang terdiri dari SK-II Facial Treatment Essence (botol warna merah), SK-II RNA Power Moisturizer, SK-II RNA Power Eye Cream, dan SK-II Skin Signature 3D Redefining Mask (2pcs). Sedangkan Susan memilih SK-II Glowing Aura Set yang terdiri dari SK-II Facial Treatment Essence (botol warna biru), SK-II Genoptics Aura Essence, SK-II Cellumination Deep Surge EX, dan SK-II Whitening Source Derm Revival Mask (2pcs) untuk kulit cantik bersinar dan bercahaya.

Selanjutnya, kedua ambassador dan semua tamu undangan diajak untuk mempraktekkan Suminagashi Art. Ibu Linda, salah satu pakar Suminagashi Art, menjelaskan langkah-langkah pembuatannya. Jadi, yang diperlukan adalah sebidang air, cat akrilik, dan kuas. Pertama-tama, teteskan cat yang diinginkan ke atas air, lalu torehkan kuas atau kayu untuk membentuk pola yang diinginkan. Tidak ada yang benar atau salah dalam seni ini, semua bebas berkreasi dengan warna dan torehan yang diinginkan. Setelah itu, ambil kain satin yang sudah direndam dengan Alumunium fosfat (agar cat dapat menempel dengan baik pada kain) dan tempelkan ke permukaan air sampai cat meresap ke dalam kain. Angkat dengan perlahan lalu keringkan, tadaaaaa.. Selesai deh Suminagashi Art! Cantik ya! 😊

Ini pertama kalinya aku melihat Anggun secara langsung dan aku sangat amat terpesona oleh kecantikan alami dan energy positifnya. She’s so humble and kind even though she’s already becoming an international star *fangirling hard*

Khusus untuk beauty blogger yang datang, kita semua ditantang untuk berkreasi menciptakan makeup dengan tema Suminagashi Art hanya dalam waktu 15 menit. Semua langsung berusaha membuat makeup sebagus mungkin sesuai dengan tema. Aku kebagian jadi model nih dan pasrah dimakeup oleh teman sesama blogger, yaitu Anita Maya. Seru deh pokoknya, semua rame hahaha

Walaupun akhirnya tidak menang games, tapi tetap senang soalnya bisa wefie bareng SK-II Ambassadors. Yeayyyy!! 😤💕💕

 

Suminagashi Photo Booth

Terima kasih SK-II Indonesia dan Clozette Indonesia atas undangannya menghadiri SK-II Festive Suminagashi Blogger Party. Jangan lewatkan promosi dan paket Festive Season dari SK-II tahun ini ya. Aku sih udah naksir banget sama botol FTE Suminagashi Art warna hijau, cantik banget! Untuk mengetahui  lebih lanjut mengenai paket-paketnya atau mencoba untuk mengecek kondisi kulit kamu dengan Magic Ring SK-II, langsung datang aja ke counter SK-II di berbagai department store ya.

Cheers,

Stef

Event - Clozetters Meet Up Travel In Style

Hello gorgeous! Who’s here is a travel junkie? Or maybe you already start planning for your holiday in December? 

Last month I got an invitation from Clozette Indonesia to attend a Clozetters Meet Up. Clozetters Meet Up is a meet up between Clozette Indonesia members. This time the theme is Travel In Style, which mainly talks about travelling and how to stay stylish when you are travelling. The event held at Koi Kemang on October 10^th, 2015. 

I love travelling! Going to new places, seeing new things and experiencing something different from your daily life is always such an inspiration booster. I’m not the backpacker type traveler though, good hygiene and good sleep is very important for me. So I usually will spend more on accommodation to make sure that I’m well rested and can stay healthy during the trip. That is why I couldn’t travel as much as the backpackers because I need to save more money to cover my trip expense hahaha

So what's in the Meet Up?

Travel In Style featuring two speakers from the traveling world, Kadek Arini (Travel Blogger) and Amalla Vesta (Travel Consultant).

The event started with a presentation from Kadek Arini, the travel blogger about some of local destinations that can be our option to go to. Jogjakarta and Sumba are her choices and then she described her itinerary and expense calculation for those places. Sumba is so gorgeous!! So scenic and such a natural beauty.

She also shared some of her experience traveling to Osaka and Kyoto. But I was too focused on listening to her and forgot to take pictures of her presentation about it.

Next is Amalla Vesta took the stage. Amalla Vesta, who prefers to be called Vesta is currently Head of Digital Marketing in PT. Garuda Indonesia. But before that she already an avid traveler who is also an independent travel consultant and freelance writer. She presented two destinations, Tokyo and Flores (Komodo Island). Just as Kadek, she explained her itinerary and also expense calculation for those places. One place that intrigued me is Shirakawa-Go Village, a traditional Japanese village in Gifu prefecture that looks like it pops out from some storybook due to its lovely set of houses and the village layout. The village looks even more magical and beautiful when winter comes and covers it with snow.

Along with her presentation, she also shared her travelling tips, especially on how to pack right. I think everybody has love and hate relationship in packing your stuff for travelling, right? We are excited to travel but then really annoyed when we have to choose the things that we need to bring for the trip. How we wish we have Doraemon pocket so we can just bring them all hahaha 

Well, Vesta said the tip is to classify your things. Put your clothes, accessories, shoes, toiletries, and beauty products in different pouches or containers. For clothes, you can separate it again into several pouches based on the days of your travelling time (eg: Day 1 and 2 or daily) or type of the clothes (eg: underwear, sweater, etc). That way, your suitcase will stay tidy because you will only need to open one pouch at a time. Voila! How great is that? Honestly, I never think about that before and will definitely put the tips to practice the next time I travel. Her other tips is never forget to apply sunscreen before you go out of the door, because sun protection is very important. Don’t like the sticky sunscreen feels on your skin? Browse around a little bit because nowadays there are already many sunscreens that is not sticky yet still able to give maximum protection for your skin.

After that, the MC invited both Kadek and Vesta on the stage again to discuss more about tips and tricks to travel with style, like how to take good pictures when you travel or how to always look stylish in every picture you took day by day as if you’re bringing your whole closet with you. Mix and match is the key! Bring essential fashion accessories that are easily to mix and match such as scarfs, belts, cardigans, or even hats. Those accessories will give you different looks and it will give the effect that you’re wearing different outfits in your pictures. 

Another important tip for taking great picture when you travel is to wear a contrast color outfit with the background of your picture. For example, if you are going on a beach holiday, bring a lot of bright colors such as red, yellow, or orange to contrast the blue sky and sea. 

A short Q&A session followed by a short presentation from Hadalabo representative, Ms Arlien about the importance of taking care of your skin while you are travelling. Dry and parched skin, acne, and uneven skin tone are the usual problems happen to us after travelling. Because, when you travel, your skin usually is quite neglected because the busy schedule visiting many different places every day. Ms. Arlien shared some tips such as drinking enough water and applying sunscreen to avoid those problems. She also added that Hadalabo, which contains Hyaluronic Acid; an important substance in skin hydration is a great choice to bring along in your beauty pouch. Hadalabo skincare set will help your skin retain its moisture and keep it supple during your trip. Now, Hadalabo even has CC Cream with SPF 35+++ that is such a staple items to bring on your trip. Its light texture helps you to even your skin tone, makes it look great for a selfie. The greatest part is Hadalabo products comes in travel friendly size, so you don’t need to worry that your skincare will take the most of your suitcase or bag weight. You can even bring it to the plane because it’s only 20-30ml per product (airplane liquid limitation is 100ml). You will definitely able to get off the plane looking fresh and stylish to rock that airport fashion like those Kpop idols hahaha

Hada Labo Booth where you can get a skin check

After lunch, apparently Clozette team already prepared a mini game for us. It’s Fashion Scrapbook Look game! We got divided into four teams, each team assigned to make one mood board with a specific theme. The themes are Winter, City, Summer, and Road Trip. Clozette team provided us with sheets of fashion item pictures, scissors, double tape, and a mood board. My team got Road Trip looks. We got 10 minutes to work together and create as many looks as we could. My team managed to create five different looks on the mood board. The result was great and I’m really satisfied with it, totally going to go with those fashion choices if I were going to a road trip (bias much? Hahaha). 

Kadek, Vesta, and Ms Arlien acted as judges and they chose the Winter team as the challenge winner. Congratulations ladies!! Each of them brought home shopping vouchers as their gift. Clozette also choose two participants that post best picture of the event and get shopping voucher as gift too. We closed the event with a groufie together. Aren’t we look great? ;)

It was such a great event. I learned a lot of tips in travelling and as usual get to know new friends. I did a little shopping on Hadalabo booth too and also brought home some goodies from Clozette too. I am amazed how Clozette Indonesia always managed to make their members excited with different kind of events and meet ups. It really feels like one big community where you literally can share anything and connects with people that share the same interest with you. Thank you Clozette Indonesia, Kadek, and Vesta for everything. See you on next meet up!

Cheers,

Stef

Event - Clozette Indonesia Blogger Babes Asia Female Blogger Gathering

Hello gorgeous people! Today I would like to share with you about my experience joining Clozette Indonesia seminar. In this event, Clozette Indonesia working together with Blogger Babes and giving us the most exciting female blogger gathering of the year.

Blogger babes..Hmmm.. What is Blogger Babes? 

Taken from their website; www.bloggerbabes.com.

“Blogger Babes is a community of driven female bloggers seeking solutions and support to successfully navigate the highly competitive arena of online curation and blogging. Our members gravitate toward lifestyle topics, such as the fashion, beauty, food, travel, DIY/decor and parenting niches. We provide education, sponsored campaigns, networking events, and business coaching and support services.”

So basically, Blogger Babes is a platform where all woman bloggers around the world could find the support they need to share and improve their blogging skills and network to become a top blogger. And at this event, Blogger Babes also happened to announce their partnership with Clozette Indonesia to launch Blogger Babes Asia.

The event started with the opening from Mr. Rolly Pane, the CEO of Clozette Indonesia. He explains what is Clozette Indonesia and what are the things you can get by registering as a member of Clozette aka becoming a Clozetter. Clozette Indonesia is a place where women can discover complete fashion and beauty content. There are several sections in Clozette that you can explore which are Fashion, Beauty, Hijab, Tutorial, and Article. They even have ClozetteShoppe and Find Similar features that will definitely give you plenty of choices in shopping and that’s exactly what a woman needs, right? Curious? Go and check Clozette Indonesia website at www.clozette.co.id

In this seminar we were all very lucky to be able to meet one of the founders of Blogger Babes, Heidi Nazaruddin.

Heidi Nazaruddin is a former high-flying CEO of a Nasdaq-listed technology company who left a successful corporate life to pursue her passion for writing. She started blogging since 2008 and you can find her writings on TheAmbitionista.com, a fashion blog for working woman.

Heidi kindly shared a lot of blogging tips on how to improve your blog and turn your passion for writing into business. She also explained the importance of branding your blog and how to be consistent in everything you do in the internet, starting from your blog design, the content, and your personality and writing style. All of those things need to be in line so you and your blog are able to stand out and people will recognize you easily. So, make sure at first you already really sure about what you are going to blog and who you are. For example, if you want to make a beauty blog then make sure the design of your blog looks like a beauty blog instead of a food blog. Put a lipstick picture instead of cupcakes.

Heidi also said that for a new blogger, use your first year to fill your blog with good content. Eventually, the business proposal will come along later. Without a good content, no one would want to cooperate with you. The reason they want to cooperate with you is to help them develop their business. If you can’t provide a blog that can attract a lot of readers or viewers then you will go nowhere.

The key is to be consistent and discipline on working on your blog. Don’t be lazy to write. If needed, create a writing schedule and push yourself to post something on the blog. But don’t just post anything random or unqualified content just for the sake of posting. Quality over quantity, ladies.

We also enjoyed the talkshow with Fifi Alvianto and Diana Rikasari. Two top bloggers from Indonesia that also shared their experiences as a blogger to us. 

Fifi shared how she overcomes the writer’s block in blogging. When it happened, she usually will go out to meet friends, spend time with her family, basically, just go out from the house and let her mind find inspiration by itself from the things that she sees or hears from the outing.  

Diana, who is well known by her quirky fashion style shared on what to post on your blog. She said that her blog is like her diary, so she will write on her blog almost every day even though it’s already late night. When you don’t know what to write, just post good pictures or quotes that can sparks inspiration for your readers.

All of them also shared their memorable memories working with their respective clients. The story of their ups and downs gave me a lot of encouragement and inspiration to work harder in giving the best on my blog.

After the talk show, lunch is served and we got the chance to mingle around with the other bloggers and also the opportunity to play on The Body Shop Indonesia, Diva, and Slim Fit booth that sponsored the event. 

I really enjoyed being there on Clozette Meet Up because it gave me a lot of new things to learn that I could use to improve my blogging skills. Even though I started my blog in 2013, I did not write frequently in it until the beginning of this year. There is still a lot for me to learn on how to provide a good content in my blog. Heidi gave us a last surprise by saying that we could download Blogger Babes E-book called Pitch It! for free. The e-book contains tips and tricks on how to manage your blog and how to sell your blog well. I already skimped through the e-book and find it really good because the book gives you the step by step on how to develop your blog into business. 

The Goodies inside the black Clozette Paperbag

Thank you Clozette Indonesia for the invitation and hopefully you can make more interesting and motivating workshop like this in the future.

Cheers,

Stef