Sariayu Masker Beras Putih

Happy Independence Day Indonesia!! It has been 70 years and I wish that our country will be able to keep on thriving for the best. I am hoping to see more and more development, not only in physically but also mentally. Let us all pray every day for the betterment of our country.

In the spirit of Independence Day, I will dedicate some of my blog posts in this month for reviewing and sharing my love for local Indonesian products.
Last month, I bought several face masks to try from Sariayu. I also bought a long time favorite product, Peeling Mundisari from Mustika Ratu, a face and body scrub that works wonders since I was a teenager. It has been a long time since I tried them and would love to share my experience with all of you.

The first product that I am going to review today is the Masker Beras Putih from Sariayu.
Sariayu is one of the prominent local beauty brands in Indonesia that was launched in 1977 by DR. Martha Tilaar, one of many inspiring women in Indonesia. Inspired by local wisdom and natural resources, they aim to make all women look completely beautiful in natural way.

Masker Beras Putih is a whitening face mask and contains lemon peel extract, known to its ability to brighten your complexion. I chose this one first to try as I am still in my effort to reduce the post acne spots on my face that suffered from a breakout a month ago.

The mask is in powder form and you have to mix it up with water or rose water and create a paste with it. I chose to mix it with rose water and bought myself a bottle of Sari Air Mawar Putih for this purpose. The rose water smells heavenly and so fresh. I put some of it in a little spray bottle and spritz it on my face if I needed a pick me up refreshment. 

Anyway, back to the mask. The powder is white with a little bit of yellow tinge.
The smell is a bit pungent but once you mix it with the rose water, it will not be that bad.
At first, I planned to only use half of the package because my face is small and I thought one package will be too much. But then I decided to pour the whole package to the plate and pamper my neck area too.
After the paste is formed, I applied the mask to my face. If you have a mask or foundation brush, you can apply it with that. I used my fingers to apply it because I don’t have either of them. As you can see, the application using fingers is a bit splotchy. I am pretty sure brush application will give more even and well distributed mask on your face hahaha..

My face felt cool when I applied the mask and I let it sit on my face for a good 15 mins. At the first 5-7 mins, I felt a stinging sensation on my face, I thought maybe because of the lemon peel extract. But afterwards, the feeling is gone and only leaves the cool sensation.

I cleaned my face with a warm damp face towel and did not use facial wash again afterwards. Make sure that you really clean your face because you don’t want the mask to clog your pore. I proceeded by applying my usual skincare routine.

Unlike my experience of SK II Whitening mask, the result was not that significant. Maybe because most of the ingredients are also natural, so it will take more time to show real results. I supposed regular usage will show better result. Even though it did not instantly make my face brighter but it did make my face looked fresher.

Have you tried one of those masks? The next one I’m going to review is the Red Rice Mask or Masker Beras Merah (of course I have to inline with the Red and White theme just like our flag hehehe). So, stay tune and thank you for reading, gorgeous!

To know more about Sariayu, you can check one of their social media:
Website :     www.sariayu.com
Facebook :  www.facebook.com/sariayu.MT
Twitter :       @sariayu_MT
Instagram :   @sariayu_MT

Cheers,
Stef

July Favorites : Fresh Soy Face Cleanser & The Body Shop Peach Body Scrub

Summer oh summer! Who loves summer? I do! Starting July, summer is here! This is a review about my two favorite things in July which are Fresh Soy Face Cleanser and The Body Shop Peach Body Scrub. Happy reading, gorgeous!

Don’t you love the feeling of clean and supple skin after a whole day of full activity? Cleaning my face while I’m taking a shower after a long day always been a refreshing part. I usually double cleanse my face by massaging my face and neck (yes, don’t forget the neck area please) with a cleansing oil. I’m still loyal with my Kose Softymo Deep Cleansing Oil for a good lather of my makeup. After rinsing it, then I would use my facial wash. If you read my previous blog post about my skincare routine, you guys must’ve known that I frequently changing my facial wash because I’m still looking for a facial wash that is gentle but can clean my face effectively, without leaving my skin too squeaky soap dish commercial clean. I heard a lot of good review about Fresh Soy Face Cleanser for quite some time and found some online shop sells them. So, when I’m running out of my Body Shop Aloe Cleanser, I decided to purchase one (the 50ml) and give it a try.

It said that it is suitable for all skin types and it is extra gentle yet effective enough to cleanse your makeup even mascara. You can see the highlights of the ingredients on the picture below. Those ingredients will deliver a radiant and healthy looking complexion. 

The texture is gel like, similar to Cetaphil cleanser, and it’s not a creamy type of cleanser. It doesn’t make bubbles or foam which means, its soap free. The cleanser is fragrance free too, so if you smell something, it comes from the natural ingredients. For me, the cleanser has cucumber and rose scent, with the cucumber scent to be more dominating than the rose. It smells so refreshing! Another treat when I’m cleansing my face hehehe

The aftermath result, my skin feels soooo smooth, supple, and not dry. It feels clean without your skin feels stripped. This soy cleanser is definitely gentle. I felt that during my usage of this cleanser, my skin texture is improved. They appear to be smoother and softer. Me likey!!

It is easily become one of my favorite cleansers, but unfortunately the price tag is a bit steep. I finish that medium tube in 7 weeks. Maybe because its gel texture, so it makes me tend to squirt more than I have to hahaha.. But seriously, if budget is not an issue, then this face cleanser is something you want to keep in your cleanser line up. I really really like this one; I squeezed it until the last drop hahaha 

The next product that I reached a lot in July is The Body Shop Peach Scrub.

In summer, a smooth luminous skin is what we want to achieve, especially when you are planning to have a holiday somewhere exotic, like going to an island or a beach. You gotta show that polished and luminous skin, girl!

One way to get it is by frequently scrubbing your skin, like once a week. Scrubbing your skin will cleanse your skin from its dead cells; helping it to regenerate better hence the new skin will grow healthier.  

I bought The Body Shop Peach Body Scrub when they had a sale some time ago, thought that Peach scent will uplift my summer mood. The texture is creamy and a bit thick, with peach seed as the scrub. It contains sweet almond oil and peach kernel oil which are great because it can retain moisture for your skin. I chose this because my skin type is normal to dry, so anything creamy should do some good for it.

I usually will rinse my body with water first before I lather the scrub all over my body, that way the scrub will not feel too harsh for my skin. Rub it in circular motion to scrub those dead cells, make sure you scrub your body really well. Finally, rinse your body with warm water (or cold, whichever fits you). Since I usually find my body still feels a bit oily after rinsing it with water, I wash myself with shower gel afterwards to really clean the scrub and my skin. If you have extremely dry skin, you might want to reverse the step by cleaning your body first then end it with scrubbing it. That way, your skin will keep the oil from the scrub and stay moist after you pat it dry.

I adore my skin after I scrubbed. It feels smooth, soft, and supple; makes you want to touch it all the time hahaha.. The peach scent will usually still linger even after I washed it with soap. What I love the most from this scrub is it doesn’t drying at all. Sometimes, when I scrub my body, the smooth soft skin will only last for one day, and then my skin will turn to be very dry afterwards. But this peach scrub does not make my skin dry at all. It stays moisturized for days, thanks to its creamy texture and the oil in the ingredients I supposed.

Last week, I went to The Body Shop counter again and saw Mango Seed Body Scrub is on sale. Buy one get one! I did not miss the chance and grab them. I wonder if this scrub will also do a great job in polishing my skin. I heard mango seed oil is also good to moisture your skin. So stay tune for another review on it.

What is your favorite body scrub? Any product that does your skin wonders? Please let me know via this blog or my IG account : @stefaniecarolina 

Cheers,

Stef

 

Event : Make Up For Ever Artist Plexi Gloss Launching

Hello gorgeous! Last week, I was invited to attend the launch of Make Up For Ever Artist Plexi Gloss. Make Up For Ever is known for their excellent quality of makeup products. Founded by a makeup artist, Dany Sanz, it’s no wonder that their products have been makeup artist favorites too. Me myself have tried some such as MUFE HD Foundation, Lift Concealer, and Aqua Eyeliner. Their products are so versatile and crafted really well. Your vanity needs them! 

This month they launched their newest product, Artist Plexi Gloss. It’s a lip lacquer with lipstick coverage and lacquered shine. Plexi Color Technology gives you a highly pigmented color of the gloss and Prizmalite^TM will deliver a vinyl shine finish and mirror like reflection. There are 35 colors to choose, 14 pearly shades and 21 non pearly (solid colors include one transparent). Imagine the limitless creativity in creating your lips look.

MUFE divided the colors into color codes:

100s : Nude and beige colors (100Ps : Nude and beige pearly colors)

200s: Pink colors (200Ps: Pink pearly colors)

300s : Coral colors (300Ps : Coral pearly colors)

400s : Red colors (400Ps : Red pearly colors)

500s : Artist colors (500Ps : Artist pearly colors)

Below are the swatches of some of my favorite shades. I was so overwhelmed with the amazing shades, I did not noticed the codes until later. So, I’m sorry if the swatches are not complete. 

As you can see, the colors are pigmented and really payoff. I especially adore the red and the hot pink shades. I fell in love with shade 405P, it’s a pearly marsala wine color. Jotted it down on my makeup wish list.

The artist colors became the most favorite shades to swatch by the beauty bloggers because when else can you play and experiment with those bold and crazy colors other than now. 

The Plexi Gloss also claimed to have 5 hours of staying power, a remarkable hours for a lip lacquer. Its superflex applicator also makes the application really easy too. The high precision paddle tip helps to apply the lacquer evenly on the lips without straying out of the line. The gloss reservoir, a small dent on the applicator, controls the amount of product coming out of the tube, ensuring a sufficient amount of gloss to be applied to the lips. So, one or two swipe is all we need to get that shiny and full lips. The applicator is also flexible and soft, definitely safe for any kind of lips. 

After a brief explanation about the product, given by Ms Sally Buntoro, MUFE Indonesia Public Relations Executive, an ombre lips demo was shown. The makeup artist showed us how to use Artist Plexi Gloss two ways, the first one is a full application on the lips, and the second one is applied to create an ombre lips. 

As you might be able to guess, afterwards, we were challenged to create our own ombre lips using Plexi Gloss. We can be as creative as we want by using other MUFE products available on the counter as long as the basic product used is the Plexi Gloss. You can imagine the excitement amongst us and immediately we went here and there grabbing the stuffs that we need to create the ombre lips. 

Since yours truly still hesitant to apply the artist colors (I felt like dark color lips are too vampy and unfit my overall looks), I chose to create a mix of pink and orange shade, I proudly called it O-pink! I was thinking about summer colors that day and I thought that I want to create a look that you can pull on summer days. 

Here’s the how to part (pardon me for unable to recall the precise codes of the products I used because I was too excited with doing the challenge).

At first I lined my lips with Aqua Lip Liner in Coral Orange, and then I started to apply the red orangey Plexi Gloss (its 300 if I’m not mistaken) on top of the liner and around the outer area of my lips aka framing the lips. I chose 2 pink shades to fill my inner lips, applied the lighter one first and then dabbed the bolder one on top of it. Voila! Its done! What do you think of my O-pink lips? Summery enough?

The great part is even though I layered 3 colors on my lips, it didn’t feel thick on my lips and the product stay still on my lips nicely. I will do separate review on Artist Plexi Gloss on other post later on and will share more experience wearing it. 

 

I still have time to mingle and chat (with a lot of selfie and taking pictures together of course) with the other beauty bloggers before the event ended. I had a blast on the event and it the highlight of my week. Artist Plexi Gloss has launched on August 1^st, 2015 and you can find them on MUFE counters. Have you tried them? If yes, please tell me what do you think about them? 

Currently, I am having a giveaway (Yes! it is my first ever giveaway! Sooo excited!) sponsored by Make Up For Ever. I am going to pick 3 random winners which will get one Artist Plexi Gloss each (colors are random). To join my giveaway, scoot out to my IG, @stefaniecarolina for the rules and how to. It will be closed on August 9th, 2015 at 11.59pm and I will announce the winners on August 12th, 2015 on my IG page. What are you waiting for?!! Join it right away!

Thank you Make Up For Ever Indonesia for inviting me! I wish you the utmost success for the launch of Plexi Gloss and sending you much love from here! *smooches*

For more information on Artist Plexi Gloss, you can contact Make Up For Ever Indonesia on their social media outlets:

Website : www.makeupforever.com

Facebook : MAKE UP FOREVER Indonesia

Instagram : makeupforeverID

Twitter : MakeUpForEverID

Cheers,

Stef