GET MUCH MORE SAVING FROM YOUR SHOPPING AT QOO10 WITH SHOPBACK

Since it is Christmas and sharing is caring, I think you will love to save money from your shopping.

If you constantly shop online at Qoo10, Hermo, ASOS, Lazada be it for clothes or other essentials, I think it is great to know that you can get some percentage of the money you spent on your orders through Shopback account.  Discount and cashback online site, ShopBack where you can get real money back into your bank or paypal account.

I know many do your shopping on Qoo10 Malaysia since there are also big brands like Wishtrend, Jolse and Roserose there =) . Rest assures that the products that you get will be of high quality.

Shopback website

Here is the Shopback website =)

About ShopBack Malaysia

ShopBack is a cashback site where you literally get cash back when you click through to the partner merchants from our site. On top of existing discounts and voucher codes, get back a percentage of the money you spent on your orders! After making payment, the cashback is credited to your ShopBack account, which can later be cashed out into your bank account or PayPal for real cash. Rest assured that we're a legitimate service and we've established ourselves not only in Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines and Indonesia, but are expanding to the rest of South East Asia soon.

I am sure you will love to enjoy the savings and cashback that you will be able to receive when you shop from our beauty merchants like ASOS, Hermo, Althea and Luxola! You can even get cash rebates when you book your next overseas trip using Agoda and AirAsiaGo through ShopBack.

What is Cashback

Shopback website

Here is a video introductory/tutorial video on  Shopback.

 Here is how to shop through Shopback.

1. Sign up using email or with your facebook.

2. Then log into your account

 3. Choose from all the merchants available and go shopping =)  .

Since I noticed that many of you love Korean products and Christmas is just around the corner, here is some amazing deals inside Shopback.

You can also Buy Korean makeup with Qoo10 coupons and enjoy last minute Christmas promotions =) .  Who doesn't like saving? XP  I know I do.

Here is my referral link .  You can get RM7 when you sign up via my link.  You will receive another RM 5 upon making a first purchase.  I will get RM 5 only when you meet a minimum spend of RM 25 and when your Cashback turn redeemable!
I can't make a living out of this and the amount that I get will just help me with my future giveaways.


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REVIEW ON ROSKEN SKIN REPAIR DRY SKIN CREAM

There are times when the skin is dry and using moisturiser is important to avoid itchiness or redness.

I like to mix my body oil with this moisturiser for dry skin because the effect will be more long lasting and it works better for me.

I have combination skin for face, oily hair but the skin on my body is very dry so one can understand where all the oil goes to.  All the skin types in one body. T_T

Specially formulated for use on dry and damaged skin.  Significantly increase moisture levels and provide instant relief from the symptoms of dry skin,

ROSKEN SKIN REPAIR DRY SKIN CREAM

ROSKEN SKIN REPAIR DRY SKIN CREAM

Ingredients Water (Aqua), Glycerin, Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil, Cetearyl Alcohol, Dimethicone, Mineral Oil (Paraffinum Liquidum), Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Sodium Cetearyl Sulfate, Bht, Disodium EDTA, Methylparaben, Imidazolidinyl Urea, Propylparaben, Fragrance (Parfum), Lemonene, Linalool.

ROSKEN SKIN REPAIR DRY SKIN CREAM

It has light scent.  One will need to apply this daily to see the effect and if your skin is severely dry like mine, then it is better to mix it with highly moisturising oil like argan oil or sweet almond oil.

Using it on its own when I was having severely dry skin doesn't help much. Overall, it is drugstore products that moisturise the body skin and it is affordable.

Although you can use this on the face, I prefer not too since it has some ingredients that is clogging for acne prone type.  There is paraben and also mineral oil that many will not find it appealing.

Do check out the skin repair for sensitive skin if you need to see the differences between the two.  skin repair for sensitive is not moisturise enough but does not have a scent.


Products retails at 15.50 for 75ml.Made in Australia. Available in local pharmancies.
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BANANA CAKE RECIPE

Hi foodies,

Since some readers ask for some dessert, here is an easy banana cake.  It is actually nice to eat this with some ice cream with tea.

BANANA CAKE RECIPE

BANANA CAKE RECIPE

BANANA CAKE

BANANA CAKE

BANANA CAKE

Ingredients:

300g banana
1 teaspoon soda bicarbonate
140g sugar
5 eggs (medium size)
240g self raising flour
1/2 tea spoon salt
60ml vegetables oil (olive oil, palm oil)

Steps:
1. Smash the banana. add in soda bicarbonate. Leave it for 30 minutes.
2. Whisk the egg and sugar until it is frothy.
3. Add in the self raising flour add in the salt. Mix until it is smooth.  Add in the banana mixture and mix it. Leave it for 30 minutes.
4. Add in the vegetables oil and mix until it is smooth.
5. Grease the mould and pour the batter into a mould 8X 4 X 3 inches.
6. Heat the oven 180 degree for 10 minutes. (depending on your oven-use medium heat)
7. Bake inside the oven at 180degree celcius for 35minutes. (depending on your oven-use medium heat)
8.  Serve it with ice cream and tea.


I will try to come up with some other dessert.  Actually, Chinese dessert are all the warm ones but there are some cold Malaysian dessert but I actually am lousy at cooking dessert.  Another reason that I don't have much cooking recipe now because I forgot to take photos and ate them up already.  This is the problem if being a glutton.  It is so hard to suppress my appetite and take photos of the food.




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EASY SHATTERED GLASS NAIL ART TUTORIAL

Hi Beauties,

Shattered glass nail art is highly rave in Korea now.  Many find it really pretty and easy.
Here is my version of shattered glass nail art.  I am just using three things.  This is easily achieved and last for about 5 days.

SHATTERED GLASS NAIL ART

Is it pretty?

SHATTERED GLASS NAIL ART

I did silver and turquoise on the thumbs.

SHATTERED GLASS NAIL ART

Here are the things that you need.

Scissors
Silver holographic Cellotapes
Silver nail polishes


You absolutely don't have to use the same brand of nail polish that I use. As for the silver holographic cellotapes, I get it from stationery shop that sells 10 rolls for RM2.25 (USD 0.50) .  It is way easier to use since they are already in form of stickers and I can use scissors to cut them up.
This is the easiest since I find that holographic papers doesn't last as long as the one in stickers.

SHATTERED GLASS NAIL ART

1. Paint your nails in silver or colour that you like.

SHATTERED GLASS NAIL ART

2.  Cut those stickers into shattered types -triangular will be better. Let those shattered sticker stick to your scissors.

SHATTERED GLASS NAIL ART

3.  Take those shattered glass from the scissors with a tweezer.  Place those shattered stickers on your nails.

SHATTERED GLASS NAIL ART

4. Tadaa, beautiful nails.  Put top coat on your nails for the sticker to last longer.

SHATTERED GLASS NAIL ART

So, what do you think of it?  Do you think it is easy to create?




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SHOPPING HAUL DIRECT FROM JAPAN WEBSITE (KIREI STATION)& PERSONAL SHOPPING REQUEST

While there are many websites for Korean products, I can't find Japanese website offering products direct from Japan.  Okay, I can't read Japanese words so finding website that is in English is really difficult without going through website like Amazon or Gmarket.

Personally, I prefer to buy direct from Japan and so happy that I found this website > <  . Japan to you doorstep since who wants to fly to Japan just to buy a bottle of sunscreen?

Kirei website

I actually stumbled upon this website that offers Japanese products direct from Japan and they do personal shopping too. Only pay extra RM20 (USD5) for all the items which is ridiculous cheap. But of course don't asked for 100 different things since the fee charged is so low.

You can do the request from the Inquiries or pm them direct from Kirei facebook website.

I am kind of being frustrated with myself after I found out that I can request for other Japanese items not found on their website!  However, I need to be careful with choosing cosmetics now. If you read at the end of this post, you will know why.

New arrivals

 They have new arrivals and also Manager's Diary where there Editor favourite products.  Prices are in  Japanese yen and you need to use converter to figure out the prices of your items.  Transaction is done only in Paypal at the moment.

Les Merveilleuses de Laduree Face Color Rose Laduree SET

 12,500円 (USD104)

Here the famous Laduree Face  blusher from Japan.  It is really pretty and Princess- liked.  I heard buying from Gmarket cost like USD200 which is really more expensive than here. This is the summer version.  There are many popular makeup products like Kiss Me, Kose, Shiseido from the makeup section.



Shipping is based on weight depending on what you choose.
They will send you an invoice from PayPal after deciding on your shipping fees based on how much you bought.
Here is their Shopping Guide Link . Check for more details on shipping.


You can choose EMS which is really fast or SAL although it is so much cheaper since there is no tracking numbers and they will not be responsible for lost items.






As for shopping in their website, I think it is easy.  Just registered at the sign up now, fill out your personal details, choose products and click check out. For personal shopping, please request via Inquiries  . Have a name or photos of the link for the product ready to make it easier for them to track things you want.  I am not sure how long it will take for them to respond since I missed it.  Hopefully it is fast you if you plan for them to do 'Personal shopping'.



I took the EMS and it reach me in 5 days.  This package is opened for checking and please read the bottom on why it was opened and there is a cop there (ditahan-meaning they hold my item)
(especially if you are living in Malaysia)

So, what did I buy?

Moritaya Tofu Yogurt Pack& Kiku-Masamune Sake Brewing Skin Care Emulsion

Kiku-Masamune Sake Brewing Skin Care Emulsion (the pink bottle)
Selling Price: 1,407円 (USD12)
Size 380g

Moritaya Tofu Yogurt Pack (tofu mask) (the one in jar with a face of a girl)
Selling Price: 2,660円 (USD22)
Size: 150g




I got the sake emulsion which comes in really a huge bottle.  I am really curious as this is a skincare from a famous sake brewery! I saw some like the lotion very much.  At first I ordered the emulsion but it is out of stock T_T and the company is not making it because of the changes in the weather. Why is the emulsion is selling out so fast? It must be good stuff since it is sold out?   I wanted to get the lotion already to compensate it.   I am so impressed with the good customer service by the website!  They managed to get that bottle of emulsion for me!!!!  That is such high good customer service!  I think really highly of Japanese customer service and this really prove that I am right!  Nothing like what we have some lousy customer here.


*sigh* On the other hand, I will be very unhappy since this will be the first and the last bottle I can order.  My country doesn't allow sake stuff to come in here. T_T *cries*.



As for the Moritaya Tofu Yogurt mask, I saw some not so good reviews about it but the ingredients are really interesting and they are from natural things so hopefully it is going to be fine.  This is not cheap but apparently good for dry skin type.  I am just so curious and hope that curiosity is not going to kill me > <


So, that's all my simple haul from Japan. XP


PS:warning. If you are living in Malaysia like I do, then please do not Order brands that is not in the notification list with EMS.  Use just normal registered mails or The SAL.  IF you are really lucky, you will get a warning letter like me. I am really grateful and can't thank my lucky star enough for the whoever that hold my parcel is being nice to me and my product arrived to me with just a warning.  Worse your things get stuck at the "kastam" and destroyed just because some people is not holding the licence to import those product to this BOLEHland  !  Why is this so sad?  Do read this problem written about another person here too.  It is okay if the product is one piece, from brands like Shiseido, Kose, Canmake and not more than 1month supply if you want to use EMS.  I am envious of people from other countries that can get brands into without problem.  *cries bucket*  Ah, my *Kikumasamune*
Okay, I can still order it but I must use SAL.(slow mail)

19/1/2016 -  edited on the shipping details

update 26/1/2016 : 2 points is discount for 200 yen when you use it for your shopping later.
You will get 1pt from buying 1000 yen .

New sign up will get 10% discount and additional 5% if you use my codes. I don't get any benefits or money for it but just your readership or liking what I do.



Special codes for my readers: 5% DISCOUNT COUPON CODE- S01 

(From:1 Feb 2016   To 1 Apr 2016)


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HIGH 5 POCKET SANDWICH CHICKEN FLOSS SEAWEED

Came across this is a 24 hours convenient stores called 7/11  and I bought this out of curiosity.  Another reason is the adorable cute packaging.  I am a sucker for cute packaging  especially food since I am a glutton T_T .

Anyway, issues aside, this is how it looks.

HIGH FIVE  POCKET SANDWICH CHICKEN FLOSS SEAWEED

The front of the packet.

HIGH FIVE  POCKET SANDWICH CHICKEN FLOSS SEAWEED

The back of the packet.

HIGH FIVE  POCKET SANDWICH CHICKEN FLOSS SEAWEED

This is how the sandwiches look.

HIGH FIVE  POCKET SANDWICH CHICKEN FLOSS SEAWEED

This is how it looks inside.  It has chicken floss and seaweed.  If you are not fan of seaweed then stay far from this.  I think it taste really good with the generous filling of chicken floss and seaweed.  I do find it fulfilling with the two sandwiches and it helps with my snacking whenever I feel hungry.  After all I am to picky to just eat plain bread or just plain vegetable salad.

It is also helpful for travelling and just as snacks.



Product retails for

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KLUANG COFFEE POWDER FACTORY SDN.BHD.

Coffee is one of the beverages loved by many people.  Having one cup of coffee daily has many benefits to our body.  So, here I am at Kluang oldest coffee powder factory for breakfast.

KLUANG COFFEE POWDER FACTORY SDN.BHD.

This is really the oldest coffee factory in Kluang and there are famous for the coffee.

KLUANG COFFEE POWDER FACTORY SDN.BHD.

The interior of the shop.

KLUANG COFFEE POWDER FACTORY SDN.BHD.

KLUANG COFFEE POWDER FACTORY SDN.BHD.

So here is their bread.  It is really good that the butter just melt inside your mouth.  The kaya is really soft and smell really fragrance with just the right amount of sweetness.  It is so good!

KLUANG COFFEE POWDER FACTORY SDN.BHD.

There is only two kind of coffee serve here so do not ask for all those other fancy names or you will the blank look of the owner.  It is either cold or warm coffee so don't ask for latte, mix coffee with tea, mocha, americano and etc.

I love the coffee since it is serve is traditional ceramic cup that really reminds me of the old days (I am not that old) .  The coffee has the right sweetness and it just goes into the throat leaving the smell of aromatic coffee beans trails behind =)  .  Ah, the good old days.


Sorry that I am not sure how much it cost since it was like 3months ago.  It is not over RM5 for a cup of coffee and bread.  I am shy to ask how much each things cost since they operate by calculating everything together and there is no receipt.  XP



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NEW HEADER&BLOG DESIGN

Dearest readers,

Thanks for staying with me.  I was sick for the past few weeks and have not recovered yet.   Today, just wanted to share about this new header and template.

Do you like my new template and header?  I know that for the past few years I have been using some free header and template.  I lost the photoshop software along with the laptop.  Besides, I am not good in editing my photos so that is one of the reason that many has to bear with my ugly header for quite some time until someone told me that many bloggers around the world are using the same header.  Thus, I changed it to a another header temporary until I come up with this one.

Thanks to readers who leave lovely comments in my blog and brands that has been very kind to me too.

I had messed up a lot of my previous free template so I have decided to discard it.  It was quite hard working with a free template and it took me a month to fix that up.

Currently, I am just using one of the simple blogger template. I edited, changes and add in some build in. It is easier to work with the template that blogger offer than with some free templates that only allows you to edit in HTML codes which just look like bunches of foreign language to me. > <

Do let me know if my blog is working fine or if you would like me to change the font or size for easier reading. I am not sure how it looks for your.

I am not a programmer and many of the changes are made with help from googling.  Some tips offer in some site doesn't work.  I added the drop down box but still figuring out how to actually link it without using the labels. Unlike Wordpress, Blogger doesn't have many function to offer.

If anyone wanted to edit their template, consider the concept, header, colours and words.  I think that itself has taken me quite a lot of time to just work on that.  Make sure you do put lots of thoughts into your header.


So, here it is. Hopefully you will like it.


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JAPANESE GREEN TEA KIT KAT

Hi foodies,


When there is no one to cheer you up, you cheer yourself up!

One of the MUST get when you are in Japan is their Kit Kat. There are as many as 200 types of Nestle Kit Kat flavors. From dark chocolates, strawberry cheese cake, tofu, miso, wasabi , soya sauce and even the cake flavor which you have to heat up. Don’t get the wasabi unless you are up for a challenge. XD


It is a great souvenir since you can't get it from other countries.

JAPANESE GREEN TEA KIT KAT

JAPANESE GREEN TEA KIT KAT

JAPANESE GREEN TEA KIT KAT

JAPANESE GREEN TEA KIT KAT

So, basically there was only that usual milk chocolate Kit Kat until I got this green tea kit kat. Of course I was really curious about it even if it is more expensive than the normal ones. The packaging is the same as the one from Japan just that it has other languages on it. At least we can read it!

JAPANESE GREEN TEA KIT KAT

JAPANESE GREEN TEA KIT KAT

It has mild green tea taste. It is sweet to me but everyone threshold of sweetness is different.  Anyhow, if you care about your waist line, then don’t eat more than one mini bar per day.  Treat it as some sort of 'treats' that you can have once in a while.   It is good to share it with another person. It is nice and if you love green tea, this will be probably one of the flavors that you should get when you are in Japan. XP Better than those ‘cute looking banana cake’ which does not taste good to me.

One serving contains:
7.6g sugar
1.1g protein
5.6 fat
16mg sodium
9.7g cabohydrate

So, it is not advisable to eat more than 1 mini bar per day because you can easily go over your daily intake of 60g of sugar daily.  Besides, eating too much process food with high sugar content causes diabetes in long run,  you will also have bad skin(acne) and pot belly appearing.  After all, sugar is Number 1 killer for skin.

I think by the time I wrote this, other Asian countries probably already have this in their stores. Also, I have been thinking about it the whole day and by the time I came home, tired and unhappy, I was made even angrier because someone ate all the green tea Kit Kat I have been thinking all day. T_T



Products retails at
A packet of 8packets mini Kit Kat for RM13

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BEAUTY JUICE: COOLING JUICE FOR HOT SUMMER

If you are into natural way of taking care of you skin, then you have probably heard of traditional medicine that talks about the balance of ying and yang.  This applies even to the skin health.  If you are 'overheated' with food such as red meat and fried food, then it is recommended to drink or eat vegetables to balance the 'qi' out.

If you still do not do anything about it, then you are probably going to have sudden flare up of skin issues such as acne or pimples.

Personally, I hate eating cucumber because I can never like the smell not matter how hard I tried.  I know there are so much benefits from eating cucumber but well I just 'hate it'.  So, I will just make juice out of it.

This is a vegetables juice to cool down your body especially on hot day or in a summer.

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Ingredients (for 2 person)
1 big Jicama turnip(chinese turnip) (peeled the skin and cut)
1 Cucumber (I used the Japanese cucumber because it is sweet and not bitter) (I just washed the skin and cut it in half)


The reason that you can get such beautiful colour is I pressed the juice from the chinese turnip first. Then followed by the cucumber. Lastly, top it up with chinese turnip.  After you mix it, it will be light green.  The juice will look cool XP.

If you like cucumber, then you will enjoy the smell and the taste.  It is lightly sweet so it doesn't taste bad.  In fact, it is actually nice.  There is no need to add in any sugar or whatever sweetener.

The only thing is it has strong fresh cucumber smell.  It is just in my genes (I am the only one in my family that hates it).

Please don't tell me to keep forcing myself to eat cucumber everyday T_T  .  I had been doing it for the past 10 years but still hate it.  I wonder when my taste buds are going to change for the better and be in love with cucumber? XD

Beautiful colour right?

Another tips for drinking juice.   Drink the juice one to two hours before bed.  There is no need to eat heavy supper.  However, do drink a cup of vegetables or fruit juice which can assist your stomach and help your body.

*word of advice-do not give this juice to your children at night or they will either pee in the bed or run to the toilet in the middle of the night.

I have no time in the morning because I always in rush or am way to lazy.  Moreover, I prefer coffee or tea in the morning.  So fruit juice and vegetables juice is for my supper. XP





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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.

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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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