REVIEW ON LINDEN LEAVES HERBALIST ROSEMARY AND CYPRESS SHAMPOO

Natural, organic, great smell and suitable for everyone in the family.  That is what this Linden Leaves herbalist rosemary and cypress shampoo is about.  I have been loving this wonderful shampoo that suits everyone in the family because my bathroom is too small to fit all the body products.  Having this made life easy since even the men like it too.

LINDEN LEAVES HERBALIST ROSEMARY AND CYPRESS SHAMPOO - 300ML

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

A gentle daily shampoo formulated with nature’s aid to cleanse the hair and scalp and promote healthy, shiny hair, with cypress to stimulate the circulatory system and aid skin balance, and rosemary essential oil to nourish, protect and add shine.

This natural balancing shampoo is suitable for men and women and all hair types including coloured and dry hair.

Formulated without parabens, sodium lauryl/laureth sulphates, artifical colour and fragrance for natural cleansing.

LINDEN LEAVES HERBALIST ROSEMARY AND CYPRESS SHAMPOO 

There is no boxes for the shampoo.

LINDEN LEAVES HERBALIST ROSEMARY AND CYPRESS SHAMPOO 

The bottle is transparent so that you can see how much is left inside the bottle.  It also comes with the stopper to prevent accidental spill during shipping or travelling.

LINDEN LEAVES HERBALIST ROSEMARY AND CYPRESS SHAMPOO 

LINDEN LEAVES HERBALIST ROSEMARY AND CYPRESS SHAMPOO 

Here is the list of ingredients.
The shampoo is in the herbalist range which means everything in this range are made from natural ingredients and doesn't contains paraben, sodium lauryl, sulphate, synthetic color or synthetic fragrance.

LINDEN LEAVES HERBALIST ROSEMARY AND CYPRESS SHAMPOO 

This shampoo is recyclable suitable for women and man and you should finish it within 12months after opening.  Made in love in New Zealand.

LINDEN LEAVES HERBALIST ROSEMARY AND CYPRESS SHAMPOO 

BBE1117 should mean best before year November 2017.



The shampoo is yellowish clear gel with smell of rosemary, cypress and citrus.  I find it really refreshing since I do love smell of rosemary.  It does lathered but not much considering that this doesn't contain sodium laureth sulfate which is harmful.  It has soft foam since it is made of natural ingredients and rest assure since a lot of foam doesn't mean it actually clean the scalp better.

I find it cleanses the hair well and doesn't leave residue on the hair.  It makes my hair fluffy without the use of conditioner as well.  I think this natural shampoo products are really great even for the whole family.  My family members love it very much.  It is also easy to carry just this one bottle of shampoo for the whole family during travelling =) .

Product retails at
 LINDEN LEAVES HERBALIST ROSEMARY AND CYPRESS SHAMPOO - 300ML RM82
Made in New Zealand.

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CHEE CHEONG FUN RECIPE/ STEAMED RICE NOODLES/ HONG KONG STYLE CHEE CHEONG FUN

I guess many knew about that famous leaning tower of Teluk Intan, Malaysia and "the must eat" food when you are in Teluk Intan. Today, I am sharing the similar food recipe of this famous Chee cheong fun or the direct translation will be the ‘intestine’.


There are actually few shops that selling the same thing but they amount of ingredients and price are different. Tourist will usually patronise the famous Liew Kee Chee Cheong Fun shop in Jalan Hill the road which only has takeaway.  The locals will go to San Siew Yeah Chee Cheong Fun further away from the town, Jalan Sultan Abdullah. which only opens at night.


The chee cheong fun in Teluk Intan is actually different because we eat it with green pickles chillies and the ingredients is mixed up inside the noodles itself. However, many who are used to plain chee cheong fun will not find it interesting or tasty.

Anyway, here my mum’s homemade chee cheong fun. We don’t know what is inside the real chee cheong fun as those are secret recipe that they won't tell anyone.  Here we put in anything we like. XP





Ingredients:

A: Flour
150 g rice flour

25g tapioca flour
25 g corn flour
50 g flour
a pinch of salt

25g oil

600ml boiled water

B: The toppings: (you can modified it to your liking)

3 spring onions cut
soya sauce
dice pork meat / dice meat

50g fried shrimps
80g Jicama turnip(chinese turnip) julienne turnip
30g preserved turnip/ chai po
2 cloves of garlic
a pinch of salt
small spoon of dark black soya cause
 a pinch pepper

Steps:

1.Mix everything of the A:flour together well.  Set aside.

2.  The mix up everything of B and stir them in the wok or pan until it is cook.

3.  Boiled the water in a steamer.
4.  Oil the pan and put inside the pan to heat it up first.
5.  Pour a thin sliced of mixture of A:Flour. Make sure it is even.
6.  Sprinkle the B:toppings on top.
7.  Steam it for 8 minutes.
8. Remove the chee cheong fun when it is still warm or else it will stick to the pan. Served with green chillies and soya sauces.




 Do try it and see if you like it.

The opinions and food recipe expressed here is my own and honest as always.

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RANDOM: HOW TO COLOUR SEA SCENERY

Dearest readers,

Today is just a day when I don't feel like doing anything, stress going up to the roof and people are testing your patience.  I have one of those days too. T_T

I like to draw although I am actually not very good in it.  It is actually self taught since I don't get to go for art classes.  Most Asian parents like mine doesn't encourage it and find that drawing is a waste of time.  I don't get to draw or colour at home so if I do colour, it has to be a secret. .

Anyhow, here is a drawing inspired by my feelings.  I didn't use any pencil in this drawing.  I just use the white pastel colour to draw the outline of it.(just the rock).  There is not smudging here.

I am only using the 6 colours-yellow, brown, dark blue, light blue, black and white.

If you are interested on how I come up with this, here is the few simple steps:

Ingredients: 6 main pastel colour (yellow, brown, dark blue, light blue, black and white) You can use pencil colour too.

1. draw outline with white pastel colour.

2. Use the yellow to colour the rock. Just colour anywhere you like and leave some empty white space.Use the dark brown to colour on the yellow and places near the water. Use the black to top it on the outline of the rock.

3..  Use the light blue to colour the flow of the water.  Leave some empty white spaces near those rocks where the waves will hit.  Use the dark blue to darken it.  Lastly, use the black to lightly draw on the outline.

4.  Just colour the light blue from the left to outside to the inside.  Leave some empty spaces in upper centre.  Then use the dark blue to darken some part follow up by black.  Then use the grey to fill up some spaces between the two colours.

5. Finally, use the white pastel to clear up and lighten up some part.

As you can see, my rocks look weird XP.

So what do you do when you are stress up or what you do for your hobby?

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KOREAN SKINCARE ROUTINE 2015 FOR ACNE PRONE SKIN

Many had actually emailed me and asked me to recommend products for acne prone skin.  Actually I am not in a position to tell what you should buy because I haven't get to try all the products in the world as well as my limited knowledge to what I had tried and what works for me.  Besides, I am not a certified dermatologist who is trained with many years of knowledge about skin.

I am just a self-taught person who through trial and errors found products suitable for me.

Before getting whatever I use, please check your age, skin types, your allergies(acne prone skin are known to be allergic to few things namely nuts, milk, sugar or medicine) and your type of acne (cystic, small localised bumps, pustules, blackheads or whiteheads).

Currently my skin is not bad but it is not perfect.  I still have those box scars and only procedure can remove it.  By the way, if you are pregnant, then I don't suggest you to use exactly what I used.


I am actually already in my late 20s so the type of skincare products I used are different from teenagers because adult skin can't take any harsh beating. Skin also heal way slower than the teenagers thus the scars =( .

Nevertheless here is what I actually use when I have pimples/trouble/acne.


Cleanser

Natural skincare cleanser- a'kin sandalwood and neroli pure facial cleansing gel (combination skin)
Drugstore - cetaphil gentle skin cleanser (dry skin) (if you do not mind paraben) Amazon link
Ayurveda-Himalaya Purifying gel cleanser (for oily skin and for men) Amazon Link


These two are my favourite cleansers after trying so many in the market.  Cetaphil has paraben if you don't mind.  I don't use cleanser specifically for acne because they are mostly drying.



Acne/pimples cream
Hoe T3 Mycin Clindamycin Gel 1% (afternoon)
Review on Differin (only at night) Amazon link
zinc oxide and calamine for acne prone skin (sensitive skin)
Tea tree (oily skin)
nixoderm (oily skin) Amazon link

Here are my few favourites.  I had tried so many and will still come back to these.  They are not from expensive brands but they work wonders.  Clindamycin is a type of antibiotic so stay away from it if you are allergic to aspirin or antibiotic.  Differin is a type of gentle retinoid but I think one need prescription if you are from the US.  In Malaysia, you can just get it from pharmacies.

Pure tea tree oil is generally recommended for oily skin type and do not use it too much as it is can be toxic.  It works.

Nixoderm is actually sulfur and it works wonderfully but do not apply too much as it will burnt your face.  Mmm, after all beauty is pain?

I love calamine to heal the skin and to reduce the size of the pimples but of course you can only use it at night or else looking like a ghost with white patches around the face.


If you are into Korean acne prone skin then do check these popular Korean brands
Enca (oily skin)
Ciracle pimples series
Chica Y Chico Tota 
CORSX

Moisturiser

Klairs moist soothing (dry skin)

Skinmiso pore zero night Cream
Marula oil (sensitive skin)

It is really important to use moisturiser since acne prone skin get irritated when it is dry.  Even if you have oily skin, you should use one.  Marula oil works the best on irritated skin but it is the most expensive one out of the four but if you have the money, you should try it.



Blackheads&whitehead

skinmiso pore beauty nose pack from koreaIf you only have blackheads and whiteheads on the nose then try this.  I think it is still the best even after trying so many brands for blackheads and whiteheads.  This is the only one that hasn't fail me and still work despite using it for few years.



If you are wondering why I didn't recommend toner, serum or emulsion, it is because my skin is too irritated to be able to use too many things when I have pimples so I will just use few products.  You should use sunscreen during the day even when you have pimples to prevent further damage to the skin.

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REVIEW ON LINDEN LEAVES ABSOLUTE DREAMS BODY OIL

Linden Leaves is very famous for their body oil with real ingredients in it. One of their most famous one would be the Memories body oil which has a stalk of rose inside the bottle.  Of course it is more unique to receive a bottle with flowers that will not wilt.

What I have here for today is the Absolute Dreams body oil which contains lavender flowers in it.  Of course it is not as romantic as receiving a stalk of rose but I prefer lavender for the relaxing properties and you can use it as a bath oil or as massage oil.

LINDEN LEAVES ABSOLUTE DREAMS BODY OIL

LINDEN LEAVES ABSOLUTE DREAMS BODY OIL

LINDEN LEAVES ABSOLUTE DREAMS BODY OIL

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

Organic rosehip and avocado oils blended with pure sweet almond and apricot kernel oils, enriched with vitamin E and infused with a mellow blend of lavender, sandalwood, cedarwood and orange, to keep skin soft and nourished. This beautiful natural oil contains real flowers.

Ideal for daily use after bathing or showering in place of a lotion, especially for dry skin or skin exposed to sun, wind or air conditioning. This oil is also wonderful as a relaxing massage oil or bath oil. Naturally formulated with natural and organic ingredients and without synthetic colour or preservative.

LINDEN LEAVES ABSOLUTE DREAMS BODY OIL

LINDEN LEAVES ABSOLUTE DREAMS BODY OIL

LINDEN LEAVES ABSOLUTE DREAMS BODY OIL

LINDEN LEAVES ABSOLUTE DREAMS BODY OIL

LINDEN LEAVES ABSOLUTE DREAMS BODY OIL

Even inside the box is decorated with lavender and purple. I can't throw the box away because it is just so beautiful.

LINDEN LEAVES ABSOLUTE DREAMS BODY OIL

This 60ml is a travel size that comes in a beautiful boxes decorated with according to one of the ingredients.

LINDEN LEAVES ABSOLUTE DREAMS BODY OIL

Here is the list of ingredients.  There is no harmful ingredients in it as the products contains natural ingredients of oil blends. The parfum are from essential oils as well.

LINDEN LEAVES ABSOLUTE DREAMS BODY OIL

The cap for the travel size is different than the normal bottle.

LINDEN LEAVES ABSOLUTE DREAMS BODY OIL

Absolute dreams body oil comes in gold yellowish liquid and it is quite thick but the application is easy and absorb well into the skin leaving no trace of stickiness.  The smell is absolutely soothing. I love the lavender scent that is not overpowering.  My skin is still lightly scented with lavender even after few hours.

Since it contains vitamin E, it will help with dry skin and also help to prevent stretch marks. I think it would make a useful gift during special occasions such as anniversary, birthdays, Valentines or Christmas exchange.


Products retail at
LINDEN LEAVES ABSOLUTE DREAMS BODY OIL RM89 (60ml)
LINDEN LEAVES ABSOLUTE DREAMS BODY OIL RM189(250ml)

Made in New Zealand

For more information, please visit TNS Skinlab official website. Press samples. However, the opinions expressed here are my own and honest as always. 

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REVIEW ON MON CHERI ESSENTIALS MOISTURISING LIP BALM

Mon Cheri Essentials has cute candy like packaging and appeals to girls.  

Here is Mon Cheri Essentials moisturising lip balm review.


Here is some details about the brands and the lip balm.

MON CHERI ESSENTIALS MOISTURISING LIP BALM

MON CHÉRI is to love and be loved. Staying undeniably true to its name, MON CHÉRI is a skincare line that encourages people to cherish their inner and outer beauty, to be comfortable in their own skin and to be confident in parading their natural beauty. MON CHÉRI , in short, is a brand with a well-defined attitude with the etat d’edprit of being a unique individual.

Mon Cheri Lip Balm is silky and soft on your lips, just like true love’s first kiss. Enriched with deeply moisturising Bee Wax, Shea Butter and Rhus Verniciflua Peel Wax from the peel of the fruit of Japanese Sumach, it is full of anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antiallergenic, and germicidal antioxidant properties which aid the healing of dry and chapped lips. It contains Vitamin C and Vitamin E which are antioxidants which protects your lips against free radicals; and Atelocollagen keeps your lips luscious and hydrated by locking in moisture and minimizes the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. Use Mon Cheri Lip Balm everyday to experience kissable lips.

MON CHERI ESSENTIALS MOISTURISING LIP BALM

The lipbalm is inside the tube.The tube is grey.

Here is the list of ingredients printed on the box.

Here is the packaging MON CHERI ESSENTIALS MOISTURISING LIP BALM

MON CHERI ESSENTIALS MOISTURISING LIP BALM

Application is easy because of the tip.  Just press the tube and the lipbalm will come out.  The lipbalm has yellowish transparent waxy gel.  There is smell of bubblegum.  One only need a little for the lips.  It does moisturise my lip and feel minty because of the menthol ingredients in it.  However, I am not sure about other beneficial effect that I can see from using it for a week. After all, our lips doesn't have oil gland that makes it prone to acne.

Here is 10% discount code to shop for their products.

Discount Code: bfsMC10

MOISTURISING LIP BALM – 12ML retailed at RM35.00. Formulated in France.


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WISHTREND DISCOUNT FOR JULY 2015

Dearest readers,

July is here  and here I am again sharing on the discount code and freebies that you can get when you key in the code:


1. Wishtrend are giving the regular 10% discount with any purchase over USD 55. Coupon code cannot be combined with any other discount or voucher code.
Share code WISHJULY2015

2, For JULY  2015, customers will be receiving 1 FREE Lei Lani Pink Mochi Nose clear pack as free gift with ANY purchase. Here is how it looks like.

Type this code: WISHGIFTJULY2015


You could use the promo code 06442512 to minus off USD5 from your shopping.
If you are new to Wishtrend, do register with this link HERE to get $5 off your first purchase
Here is the link to how to use the promo code Here


3. Free shipping zone products where you will get FREE SHIPPING with just buying that one item.
Even if you purchase just one single item from the Free Shipping Zone you will receive free shipping on your entire order! Even if that order contains items that are not from the Free Shipping Zone!


If you are a blogger and interested to become affiliated with Wishtrend, here is the link .  Do read up the FAQ since Wishtrend have made changes to the system.


Here is some of the link that I did for some of the products in Wishtrend

MY WISH LIST OF TOP SKINCARE PRODUCT AND COSMETICS FROM WISHTREND

REVIEW ON KLAIRS MOIST SOOTHING CREAM

REVIEW ON KLAIRS RICH MOIST SOOTHING SERUM

REVIEW ON KLAIRS SUPPLE PREPARATION FACIAL TONER

REVIEW ON KLAIRS RICH MOIST SOOTHING MASK

WISHTREND HAUL-MY SHOPPING EXPERIENCE

REVIEW ON CHICA Y CHICO TOTA-S 3.0

SKINMISO PORE BEAUTY NOSE PACK FROM KOREA

WISH EYECURL- EYELASH CURLING IRON (HEATED EYE LASH CURLER)

WISHTREND HAUL- ONLINE SHOPPING FOR KOREAN SKINCARE PRODUCTS AND COSMETICS

REVIEW ON 23 YEARS OLD PERGILLUS 15SEC FOAM CLEANSER

REVIEW ON C20(OST) PURE VITAMIN 21.5 ADVANCED SERUM

REVIEW ON TOSOWOONG 4D VIBRATION PORE BRUSH

REVIEW ON ELISHACOY VITAMIN&COLLAGEN MASK SHEET

REVIEW ON SKINMISO PORE ZERO NIGHT CREAM

Now, they have Mizon products too. Here are the links
Mizon All In One Snail Repair Cream USD18.03

Mizon Snail Repair Intensive Ampoule
Mizon Snail Repair Eye Cream

Discount codes are provided by Wishtrend.

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