Review - Vitacreme B12 Day Cream Sun Protection and Vita Blanc

Hello gorgeous!

Last month Sociolla sent me two products from Vitacreme B12, Vita Blanc and Day Cream Sun Protection. A little bit info about Vitacreme B12, Vitacreme B12 is made in Switzerland and has Vitamin B12 as its main active ingredient. It claims to be able to regenerate your skin, increase the elasticity, reduce the lines and wrinkle, and hydrate your dry skin. 

I have to say I was kind of underestimating the products at first. I was aware that Vitacreme is a drugstore skincare product. The packaging is ordinary, box carton with Vitacreme B12 writing on it. The colours and design are also not standing out nor classy. So, the only thing left was to try the product itself and see if it's a miss or win. Want to know my last verdict? Keep on reading please.

I will start from the Day Cream Sun Protection first. The packaging is mainly covered in orange colour from the box to the tube. The sun protection is SPF 30+++ which is acceptable for me for daily use. The color is white and the texture is creamy like a cupcake icing. I was taken aback by the scent though; the scent is sort like a marker (the one we use to write), and it’s quite pungent. I have to breathe through my mouth for a few seconds while applying it to my face. Thank God that the scent doesn't linger and gone quickly. After the application, it will feel a little bit greasy and sticky, but all that greasy will be gone after I apply face powder on it. I thought that my face will be oily within a short time but surprisingly it did not! I’m so happy! 

The cream will also brighten up your complexion and some of my friends said that it has pink undertone that makes their faces turns pink-ish. Fortunately, my current skin tone is at the brightest that I ever been in my life, so even though usually I have yellow undertone, the pink-ish undertone does not show up on my skin and made me look like I just got sunburn. It just made my face looks brighter and neutralizes the dullness. If you are the type of person who likes to have a multi action product then Vitacreme B12 Day Cream Sun Protection is your thing, because it can act as a moisturizer and sunscreen.

The next product is Vita Blanc, a lightening beauty cream with vitamin B12. It is packaged inside a tube too but more like a toothpaste tube. Vita Blanc is dominated with light grey colour and the cream itself is baby pink. The cream claims to be able to tone down the pigmentation marks, even out your complexion, and of course lighten it up. The texture is very light, lighter than the day cream, more to a lotion instead of cream actually. I just need a little amount of it for my face and neck, so I guess 50ml will last for quite some time. It is greasier than the day cream but it’s not sticky, but I prefer to use it at night time before I go to sleep. The scent is okay, with a hint of floral and a bit of pharmacy lotion kind of scent (I hope you understand what I mean here hahaha). In the morning after, I felt my skin is softer and supple. So, I guess I love this one too! 

As for the lightening effect, like what I already mentioned before, my skin tone is pretty fair now (I just finished testing out Garnier Super Essence couple weeks ago and an avid user of SK-II Cellumination Aura Essence). At first I did not really noticed the difference but pictures will not lie. As you can see, my skin tone is lighter on Day 14. I was amazed that the lightening cream really worked!  It did not brighten my skin significantly, but you can see that my skin tone is fairer than before.

In conclusion, I love both products and thankfully they do not give me any breakout or whatsoever. Please note that every skin is different and I wrote this based on my personal experience. Don’t give up finding your perfect skincare combination to get that beautiful glowing skin.

Sociolla Voucher

You can order your Vitacreme B12 at Sociolla website. The Day Cream Sun Protection is 269.900 IDR and Vita Blanc is 269.900 IDR. Don’t forget that you can still use my voucher code POSHPLUS50 when you check out to get 50.000 IDR discount (min purchase 200.000 IDR). Sociolla also still giving out free delivery national wide for every purchase you made. Check their website at www.sociolla.com for more details and their latest promotions.

Cheers,

Stef

Unboxing - Sociolla Beauty Box January

Hello gorgeous!

Kalau kamu pembaca blog aku, pasti tahu kalau aku seneng banget belanja makeup dan skincare di Sociolla. Di akhir tahun kemarin, Sociolla meluncurkan produk terbaru mereka, yaitu Sociolla Beauty Box. Apa sih itu? Jadi, kamu bisa berlangganan Sociolla Box yang akan dikirimkan ke rumah kamu satu kali dalam setiap bulannya di mana isi dari Sociolla Box tersebut belum bisa kita ketahui sebelumnya. Seru banget ya! Rasanya tiap bulan seperti dapat hadiah hehehe (walaupun beli sendiri sih).

Sociolla menawarkan beberapa pilihan waktu berlangganan, 3 bulan/6 bulan/12 bulan. Apapun pilihan kamu, Sociolla akan memberikan 1 Sociolla Box gratis sebagai bonus untuk pelanggan yang baru pertama kali berlangganan Sociolla Box. Jadi, kalau kamu berlangganan 3 bulan, bukan hanya 3 Sociolla Box yang akan kamu dapat, tapi 4 Sociolla Box!

Di dalam Sociolla Box tersebut akan ada 3-4 buah trial size products dan 1 full size product. Tidak perlu khawatir dengan ongkos kirim juga, karena ongkosnya gratis alias free shipping (yeayyy who doesn't love free shipping?).

Aku mencoba berlangganan yang 3 bulan dan minggu lalu Sociolla Box bulan Januari aku sudah datang. Mau lihat isinya? Yuk cek gambar-gambar di bawah :)

Sociolla Beauty Box dikemas dalam satu kotak putih yang bertuliskan Pretty Things Inside berwarna emas. Kotaknya terbuat dari karton tebal dan kokoh. Menurutku membuat tampilan keseluruhannya sangat elegan dan cantik. Seperti biasa, semua produk di dalam box tersebut masing-masing dibungkus bubble wrap sehingga terjamin aman tidak bocor atau pun rusak. Potongan-potongan kertas berwarna pink juga ditambahkan untuk memastikan produk-produk di dalam box tidak berlarian kemana-mana di dalam box pada saat pengiriman.

Berikut detail dari isi box nya:

• L'occitane Hand Cream Iris Bleu & Iris Blanc (Full Size)
• Vitacreme B12 Day Cream Sun Protection SPF 30+++ (3ml)
• Lavie Lash False Eyelashes in Amaryliss
• Cottage Gentle Exfoliating Shower Gel in Violet Sugar (50ml)

Aku senang sekali melihat warna produk-produknya senada, yaitu ungu. Foto-fotonya jadi terlihat tambah cantik hehehe

Sekian pengalaman unboxing Sociolla Box bulan Januari dari aku. Postingan ini sama sekali tidak disponsori oleh siapapun dan aku berlangganan Sociolla Box secara pribadi. Mau sharing aja mengenai pengalaman aku selama berlangganan Sociolla Box ini karena aku suka sekali dengan pelayanan dari Sociolla. So, stay tune di blog aku untuk postingan unboxing selanjutnya ya. Kamu berlangganan juga? Sharing komen kamu di blog aku atau di IG account aku, @stefaniecarolina

Untuk keterangan lebih lanjut mengenai Sociolla Box ini, silahkan langsung menuju websitenya Sociolla ya di www.sociolla.com


Cheers,
Stef

Daily Skincare Regime

Happy New Year Gorgeous!!
I wish you an amazing year full of joy, peace, adventure, and wisdom. May all your resolutions will come true! I am very excited with this year because I have a lot of things I want to achieve. One of them is maintaining this beauty blog and share my love for beauty products to the readers.
As my first post in 2015, I would like to share about my daily skincare regime. Lo and behold, this sharing will take you quite some time to read since there will be a quick review as well on the products that I use. 

A polished skin is necessary if you wanted your makeup to look good and sits perfectly on your face. Everybody has different skin type and condition, and it’s sure not an easy journey to find your best skincare regime or combo to get that healthy glowy skin. But nowadays, there are a lot of skincare products on the market that I believe can cater our skin’s needs and it’s a matter of trial and error until your skin get that perfect combination of products and finally can perform its best.

As for me, my skin type is normal to combination but has the tendency to get dehydrated. You can see it easily after I clean and wash my face, the skin is pretty dry and need quite moisture to make it not look dull. I don’t have a lot of problems with acne, just occasional zits that comes with my PMS period. I have big pores and some acne scars around the cheek that I wish I can photoshop in real life as well as the persistent eye bag that makes me look tired all the time.

I started to use skincare more than just facial wash since I was in senior high school. I started with using facial moisturizer. Gradually, I added toner, serum, and sunscreen. My skincare regime nowadays involves cleansing oil, facial wash, toner, essence, serum, moisturizer, sunscreen, and a frequent exfoliant. Occasionally I will slap on some facial mask when I feel my skin needs a boost up. 

Without any further due, let’s go to the details, shall we?

Cleansing

Kose Softymo Deep Cleansing Oil

La Roche Posay Physiological Cleansing Gel

The Body Shop Aloe Gentle Facial Wash

The first step is cleansing. In the morning, I would only wash my face using La Roche Posay since I do not put makeup on at night, so gentle cleansing is enough. As for night cleansing, I always do double cleansing by using Softymo cleansing oil first to remove all of my makeup and then followed by Garnier facial wash. I would lather my face with the cleansing oil first, massage it a bit to make sure that no traces of makeup left. Afterwards, I wash my face. 

Facial wash is the part of my skincare which I experiment on frequently because that’s the part which I know will least irritate my skin unlike trying on new serum or moisturizer. Unfortunately, up until now, I haven’t found my HG facial wash. I need something that I can feel that my face is squeaky clean when I wash it but without drying it after wash. You know that dry almost chalky feeling on your face after you wash it? Well, me no likey those kinds of facial wash. This is my first time using The Body Shop. I chose it because it is aimed for sensitive skin, so my thought it will not make my skin dry. It actually not, yeayyy!! When you press the pump, the foam will come out and usually I use 2 pumps for my face and my neck area.

You might ask why I dont just use LRP then? Before this variant, I tried the Toleriane line which the after wash effect is making my skin a tad dry, so I decided to get the more moisturizing one and the SA recommended me this line. I would say this cleanser is more like Cetaphil Daily Cleanser. The texture is the same and has no fragrance as well. I’m not saying that it doesn’t clean well, it’s just I don’t get that clean feeling washing my face with it, just like what I experienced with Cetaphil. Yes, it did not make my skin dry but I just don’t feel clean, if you know what I mean. So, I decided it will be best to use it in the morning for the non makeup face.

Toning and Prepping

SK II Facial Clear Lotion

SK II Facial Treatment Essence

As you can see in the picture, my skincare line consists of many SK II products. I have been using them for around 4 years and find it a trustworthy product, that’s why it’s hard for me to experiment with other skincare brands. 

I think I don’t need to explain a lot about these 2 products especially because many of you would know how it works. After cleansing my face, I would tone it with the clear lotion and continue with the Facial Treatment Essence aka The Miracle Water. I used to spritz it using an atomizer but then decided to just pour it on my palms and then pat it to my face and neck. It’s a bit plentiful but my skin feel so hydrated after I do it hence the result is better on me. Some people say that you can use it as a face mask or to compress your acne to clam it down, but I never tried those, so I cannot comment on that.

Serum and Moisturizer (See picture above)

SK II Cellumination Essence EX

SK II Stempower

SK II Cellumination Day Surge UV SPF 30+++

A line up of SK II products waiting after the skin is prepped. The Cellumination Essence EX goes first. This serum has been my HG for achieving that glowy smooth skin texture. No more dull face whne you’re friends with this serum. It brightens and evens out your skintone, giving a supple glowing from within skin. This is the previous version before they launched the Cellumination Aura Essence just a while ago. 

As for moisturizer, I use two different kind for day and night. I am very happy that SK II launched Cellumination Day Surge UV SPF 30+++ to complete its Cellumination range, so without hesitating, I changed my Cellumination Deep Surge EX moisturizer with this one. In my opinion, it is the perfect day moisturizer for it contains broad sun protection spectrum compare to the Deep Surge (it has no sun protection) yet it doesn’t feel too heavy on your skin for daytime use. The texture is just a bit stickier than the first, but its fine by me. 

Anti aging product is essential to use as soon as you feel, well.. aging. I think the ideal time to start investing on your anti aging skin care is when you’re 25. Usually you’re also in the age where budget is not so tight anymore so you definitely can afford the “advance” skin care line. If you’re now more than 25 years old, fear not, but you better start browse and googling which anti aging products that can accommodate your skin issues. Better late than never, yes? The phrase aging gracefully is not without a work you know ;)

2 years ago I discovered SK II Stempower moisturizer. Attracted to its promise that it will enhance the ability to renew itself and makes the skin look firmer, I purchased it. It also mentioned that it will tighten the pores too. I love this red jar a lot and the texture is actually pretty light so you can use it for day time moisturizer. But I use it as my night time moisturizer because it doesn’t contain any SPF and I believe that an anti aging product works better at night when we are sleeping. After application you will feel your skin smoother and it is firmer in the morning after. SK II also has the Stempower Essence, an anti aging serum to be applied before the moisturizer. Experiencing satisfaction with the moisturizer, automatically when it launched, I want to complete my anti aging line with the serum, but unfortunately the ingredients in the Stempower Essence is a bit rich for me. My usually free of zits face got visitors. Even though that the zit came one after the other one’s gone, still I felt that something was not right, so I stopped the serum application and my skin went back to normal. Considering that the serum is too rich for my skin, I gave it to my mom who is in her 50s. As it turned out, my mom loves it to bits because she found it helps with her aging skin. So you might want to try it first for at least a week to see if the serum works well for you. 

Sun Protection

Ettusais UV Block Base SPF50+ PA++++

When I am out and about, I would add more sun protection to protect my skin better. Currently, I am using Ettusais UV Block Base SPF50+ PA++++. The texture is a bit thick but it is still easy to spread on your skin and my skin absorbed it pretty well too. I love the scent of it which I would say a bit herbal-ish similar to tea tree scent even though it said that its fragrances free. I also have other sunscreen sample from Lancome and Shu Uemura, but let’s talk about it more on a different post.

Exfoliation

Paula’s Choice Skin Perfecting 2% BHA Liquid Exfoliant (Salicylic Acid)

This is my HG liquid exfoliant! Found out about it recently and I would say it’s a must have product in your skincare arsenal. This exfoliant claims to shrink enlarged pores due to its ability to exfoliate skin’s surface and the inside the pore, leaving the skin surface smooth, unclogged pores, and improving skin’s turnover rate. I love what it did to my skin, it really shrinks my pores because it cleans my pores well and my skin texture also feel smoother. The direction is to use it daily but I only use it 2 times a week. At first you may use it 3 times a week, but after you see that your skin condition improving, you might want to reduce the frequency because too much exfoliation will not give you better result. Don’t forget to use sunscreen every time you go out of the house because BHA usage leads to more sensitive skin towards the sun exposure. You only need a small amount of it so this is a good investment because one bottle will last you for quite a while.

Booster

SK II Facial Treatment Repair C

SK II Whitening Spots Specialist

Sometimes, our skin needs more that the usual regime. I call it skin booster. My go to skin booster are SK II Facial Treatment Repair C and SK II Whitening Spot Specialist. I usually put on the Repair C 2 times a week to increase my skin’s moisture level and to improve the texture. I use it before the moisturizer at night and the next morning my skin felt so supple and smooth, plumped but not puffy, ready for the day. It also claims to reduce the appearance of fine lines but that is something that I haven’t really noticed.

SK II Whitening Spots Specialist comes to the rescue when I feel my skin tone is dull. It will give me brighter complexion within a week or two. Brightening or whitening products can dry up your skin, so I usually use it before my moisturizer at night so I can slap on extra moisturizer to keep my skin hydrated, something I cannot do on daytime. Hopefully this product can also help me in reducing the appearance of skin pigmentation or spots. 

Well, that’s my skincare regime on a daily basis. Hope my sharing can help to give some insight for you in terms of picking the right skin care that suits you. So far, I’m pretty happy with my regime result. I will update you again if I decided to change it. Thank you for reading my quite lengthy post.

Toodles,

Stef