A Date with Freshel & Yu Heng

A wonderful morning, started with hotel breakfast, my beloved bacons, scramble eggs and orange juice, also with Freshel and Yu Heng! 

Fresh!

Seriously, what can make you feel like you held the world in your hand than start off your day with a clean and fresh face! At least I feel more confident when I'm out with a fresh clean face early in the morning, and that's exactly what Freshel trying to deliver to their users! Super happy to be one of the blogger to join the sharing session of Yu Heng about Freshel and get to know more about the brand. The session started after we stuffed our tummy with lotsa yummylicious food from the hotel.

Look at all the Freshel products! I want!!!

Briefly updated with all the ranges that Freshel currently offer to Malaysia market, and good news is, there are more to come this year! Simple and fresh is what Freshel trying to convey their message to all their users, just like their packaging and ranges, nothing fancy, totally basic and suits everybody's needs!

Cleanser, all types of cleansers!

I'm currently using Freshel Clear Soap which contains Moroccan Ghassoul Clay, that can be used as face wash and pack (mask, what we normally called it) and it is so good! My skin feels clean, smooth and yet moisturized, no feeling of tense skin! I like it so much! Plus it is fragrance free and no artificial coloring, even great! There are 5 types of cleanser: cream, soap, oil, foam and lotion.


Cleansing lotion? What is cleansing lotion you may ask. It is a new concept product by Freshel which a single item that acts as makeup remover + face wash + pore cleanser. Easily wipe off and no need double cleansing a.k.a cleansing and rinsing. Sounds perfect for party goers, or lazy people like me who sometimes just wanna get to bed asap. Contains collagen and hyaluronic acid, remove and wash your face at the same time, keeping skin's hydration!



As I mentioned earlier, there are a few ranges of skincare Freshel offers to their users. Simple and time-saving is what they deliver to their users and always, simple is the best!

Whitening range

Moist and translucent, contains whitening, moisturizing and keratin-softening ingredients to allow fast and deep penetration of active whitening ingredients to control melanin production and prevent dark spot by repairing the damage from UV ray exposure. Perfect for girls who like their to keep her skin fair!

Moisture range

Penetrating and moisturizing range that leaves skin feeling moist, smooth and elastic. All thanks to its moisturizing ingredients - double collagen and hyaluronic acid, which effectively moisturizes skin as we all know the effect. Fruit acid mixture and prunus domestica fruit extract are added into the moisturizing range for light texture series and moist texture series. This photo's shown the light texture series one, where the moist texture series bottle are labeled as Moist.

EX Moisture range

Some may ask, what's EX Moisture range, and some may also wonder, does Freshel have anti-ageing range. This is it, EX Moisture range, which means intensive moisturizing care with extra thick and moisturizing formula. With its anti-ageing formula, skin remains moist, firm, smooth and lustrous. Contains the natural antioxidant coenzyme Q-10 and moisturizing ingredients double collagen and hyaluronic acid to ensure and effective anti-ageing care. Prunus domestica fruit extract further softens skin's keratin to aid with absorption, maximizing a deep moisturizing effect without leaving skin feeling sticky and burden-free!

For the special care - Freshel's Lift Moisture Cream and Lift Moisture Eye Essence

Universal concern for women around the world is skin ageing problems. The Lift Moisture Cream is designed for those with dry skin, sagging cheeks and around the mouth area, noticeable wrinkles that are caused by dryness and also skin with less firmness. The cream effectively treats problems with its Royal Jelly extract, collagen and hyaluronic acid, creates firm, supple and radiant skin. 

Lift Moisture Eye Essence for the door of our soul. With Royal Jelly extract, collagen and hyaluronic acid, it treats skin problems around area that are caused by dryness and ageing by leaving the skin moist and bright after application. 

Freshel's best-selling multifunctional cream (all-in-one-gel) series

This is one quick and easy skincare product from Freshel I would like to have! In just one step/one application, there are 5 effects in it - Lotion, Essence, Emulsion, Cream and UV-reducing Makeup Base effect! Effects of the gel can be absorb fast into the skin all thanks to keratin-softening effect, which down when it touches and penetrates into the skin without causing any stickiness. 

Thick and penetrating formula allows whitening ingredients to quickly absorb by skin, plant-derived ingredient is easily absorbed by the skin and forms a veil on the surface of the skin to keep moisture within and last but not least, while the gel forms a moist UV protection veil on your skin, it moisturizes and smoothens skin surface to allow foundation to tightly cling to skin, which make it a perfect makeup base! There's no other companies have developed such gels with UV protection in it. Kudos to Freshel!

Mineral BB Cream ( top) and BB Mineral Powder (Bottom)

4 types of mineral BB Cream from Freshel caters for four different range: Pore Cover, UV/Whitening, Moist and EX Moist. Each BB Cream has its different function, gentle on skin, serves as an essence, emulsion, cream, sunscreen and tinted makeup base. BB Cream color comes in 2 tones, which is Natural Beige and Medium Beige. They are not sticky, at the same time corrects your skin problem as you apply it.

• Pore Cover: Contains oil controlling ingredients, with collagen hyaluronic acid, witch hazel extract for moisturizing ingredents, apricot kernel oil which forms a veil on your skin which reduced visible pores, skin protecting minerals, and kept the skin smooth for a long lasting hours. 
• UV/Whitening: Contains spot visibility reducing ingredients - white color beads, this BB cream with its smooth and non-sticky texture reduces the visibility of spots, protects skin from UV rays and clings on to skin for long hours. With SPF 41 PA++, it also contains ingredients like collagen, hyaluronic acid, kiwi extract for moisturizing effect, prunus domestica fruit extract as keratin softener and veil forming ingredients are made from Macadamia nut oil derivatives. 
• Moist: A moisturizing mineral BB cream that spread wells and absorbed quickly by the skin to create a natural and beautiful finish. Contains double collagen, hyaluronic acid, prunus domestica fruite extract, Macadamia nut oil derivatives and Jojoba oil, last but not least, pore and dullness visibility reducing ingredient - Orange color beads. 
• EX Moist BB cream with firm and rich texture which reliably covers visible skin problems. An extra thick and moisturizing mineral BB cream that makes skin firm, lustrous and more younger looking. It contains Coenzyme Q-10, Alpha Lipoic Acid, double collagen and hyaluronic acid which supply to skin's moisturization, and there's Macadamia nut oil derivatives, Jojoba oil and Shea butter for veil forming ingredients. Gold color beads is the ingredients that make skin firm and lustrous. High coverage and moisturization, all in one bottle of BB cream!

Last but not least, the last product from Freshel I would like to intro is the BB Mineral powder which is gentle on the skin and can be used not only as a BB cream finisher but also as light makeup powder after your daily skincare routine. Contains Collagen, Hyaluronic acid, white, orange and gold color beads, that can be used together with the UV, Moist and EX BB cream series. Moisturizes skin at the same time offers coverage to skin with natural and clear finish. This is gonna be my target after my current powder runs out!

I know who you've been waiting for, after a long introduction of Freshel's wonderful products, here is the Malaysian ambassador for Freshel that meet-and-greeted us that morning with a fresh clean face - Yu Heng!

She's so cute and petite!

Her image pure and fresh image is one of the main reason Freshel ask her to become their ambassador. She literally brings out the image of Freshel, simple, clean and nice! We're tad bit nervous after she arrives, and don't know what to do or what questions to ask her, just keep on snap photos only hahaha.

Sharing session

Yu Heng shared with us bloggers bout her skin's concern, she's just like any other girl, with oily T-Zone, sometimes when the weather is too hot she gets pimples, but after she uses Freshel, she can feel that her skin improves alot. Especially for an artist like her who needs to travel alot, skin care routine is one essential work but also requires a lot of time, but with Freshel's simple and quick skincare formula, she can get everything done in just a quick few steps!



Her favourite item from Freshel is the multifunctional all-in-one cream. Just by one application, one simple step, she's done with all the steps: lotion, essence, emulsion, cream and also uv-reducing makeup base! She love it! It's so convenient for her to complete her skincare routine in just one step, and amazingly improved her skin's condition! We get to see her youthful looking skin that day, and it's so good I feel like wanna pinch her. lol.



Like what happened, we were stunned and not knowing what to do next, so we suggested what bloggers do best - taking photos! Selfies, group photos, photo with Yu Heng, we take turns and in the end, we requested for autograph. I have a Freshel skincare routine booklet with Yu Heng's autograph on it! Hell yeah!!!

Thank you for signing each and every booklet for all of us!

Such a wonderful time spent with Yu Heng and Freshel. Anticipating for her next single to come out in April/May, hopefully an album this year! Gambatte Yu Heng, we're waiting for you at Malaysia with your new songs. Of course, Freshel's gonna bring in more skincare series for the acne and sensitive skin users, yay for that! And also, the hype of the moment - CC Cream is available in Malaysia market this year too! Stay tune! For more informations of Freshel products, do visit your nearest convenience stores like Watsons, SaSa and Parksons to find out more!

Skin care products:

Whitening gel 80g                                 - RM67

Whitening UV gel 80 g                         - RM67

Moisture gel 80g                                    - RM67

EX Moisture gel 80g                             - RM82

Mineral BB Cream UV 50g                  - RM59

Mineral BB Cream Pore Cover 50g      - RM59

BB Mineral Powder 10g                        - RM59

Whitening Lotion (Light/Moist) 200ml  - RM52

Cleansing Lotion 200ml                         - RM44

Clear Soap 130g                                     - RM30

Cleansing Cream 250g                           - RM44

Pack and Massage Foam 150g               - RM48

Lift Moisture Cream 35g                        - RM67

Lift Moisture Eye Essence 35g              - RM56

Freshel Malaysia's Official Facebook Page

Freshel's Official Website

KOSÉ Workshop - Be A Translucent Beauty with Sekkisei Lotion Mask

Sometimes, I feel I am destined to be hardworking when it comes to skincare and beauty because, living in Malaysia, you can't be lazy for a day! The weather is hot and the scorching sun will burn a hole out of your skin if you forgot to apply sunscreen protection. Be a translucent and fair beauty like Snow White in real life has become my lifelong pursuit.

How to be as pretty as Aerial Lin I ask?
I got the answer today!

Thanks to the exclusive invitation from Nuffnang and KOSÉ, me and my friend Peiyue attended a KOSÉ workshop to show us how to get beautiful, translucent "Snow-White" skin in just a few steps! And I'm ready to share what I've learnt at the workshop with all of you here, so that we can be pretty together!

Are you ready?

Today, we're gonna complete a facial cleansing, care and makeup with the KOSÉ Sekkisei range:

From cleansing, to moisture protection, to basic foundation
KOSÉ Sekkisei have all you the things you need to transform your skin.

First thing first, cleanse your face thoroughly with KOSÉ Sekkisei Cleansing Cream. With the amount of cherry size, and apply it onto your face, they can remove the makeup and dirts that's on the surface of your skin. 

Time to remove my makeup. Oh no~~~

If you're doing this at home, you should do a double cleansing to ensure the makeup, dirts and impurities that clogging your pores removed using the KOSÉ Sekkisei Cleanser, but since we're in a workshop, so we shall skip the step and go into the moisture protection and brightening step. 

So, about the secret to a beautiful and translucent skin like Aerial Lin's is not a secret at all:

KOSÉ's star product - Sekkisei Lotion which contains Coixseed, Angelica and Melothria which are the main ingredients used in producing Sekkisei Lotion, which increase metabolism of skin, whitening, moisturizing effects and also suppress melanin production, helps create fine-textured, hydrated and translucent skin. Besides daily use, KOSÉ Sekkisei Lotion can be used as Lotion Mask to empower the benefits of the lotion to our skin. It reaches 10 times more hydration when use with bihadagoyomi lotion mask!

How to create Lotion Mask at home step by step

KOSÉ Bihadagoyomi Mask

Who is this guy standing next to me?

The next person who will show us How-To apply KOSÉ Sekkisei Lotion Mask is the famous International Makeup Guru - Mr. Osamu Dobashi. His experience in skincare and makeup industry has gained him high reputation, so happy I'm able to be his model for the day.

So first, prepare your Sekkisei lotion and bihadagoyomi mask.
Uncap the bottle, and pout the lotion into the cap until the line
Then drop the bihadagoyomi mask into it
wait until it soaks up the lotion and puffs up
Gently unfold the mask and apply

Then you have a KOSÉ Sekkisei Lotion mask now!

Apply the mask and leave it for 10 minutes for maximum result.

Here are the 9 benefits of Lotion Mask:

• Translucency
• Penetration
• Moisturizing
• '0' Pores
• Whitening
• Smoothing
• Firming
• Relaxing
  Evenness

I can feel the moisture of my skin being lock-in and the relaxing feeling due to the soothing feeling Sekkisei Lotion provides. This product suits for using in Malaysia so much as there are cooling effect, and leaving skin bright, smooth and soft but not sticky at all as the lotion is made for fast absorption into our skin.

Remember to not waste the Lotion Mask
Fold it up and wipe around your hairline and neckline area for total care of your face!

Totally feels good after applying lotion mask! But that's not all, there's this new White BB Cream by KOSÉ follows after the skincare regime. The White BB Cream cares for your skin while covering up the blemishes and also dullness. With oriental plant extracts, this White BB Cream comes in two tones.

Light-weighted and protects your skin!

Apply the White BB Cream all over your face for overall protection

Next step will be loose powder for more coverage:

Dab and drag around your face in very, very light motion
Circular motion if you wanted to cover your pores
I love how this loose powder works!

Completing my look of the day by Mr. Dobashi

Voila! The effect of Sekkisei Lotion Mask can be seen and feel instantly!!!

With Peiyue(above) and Jane (below)
It's a happy girl thing to be beautiful together with friends!

It was such a useful experience to learn more about KOSÉ Sekkisei range and their Lotion Mask that can benefit so much to our skin. As we all know, there are no ugly women, only lazy ones. So Imma try to apply Lotion Mask more often from now on and transform my skin to a beautiful, translucent one!

Group photo time!

Arigatou Gozaimashita, Mr. Dobashi

See the effects of translucent skin in just 14 days with Sekkisei trial kit! I kid you not! See the effect by yourself. Available at all KOSÉ counters from 1st of March 2014!

BUT WAIT! To all the readers of my blog, here's a Sekkisei Lotion Mask giveaway by KOSÉ, just answer the following questions by leaving the answers in the comments section:



1) What are the 3 main ingredients used in KOSE Sekkisei Lotion Mask?



2) Name one of the benefits of the KOSE Sekkisei Lotion Mask. (Any 1 out of the 9 benefits)




Please leave your name and email address in the comment section and winners will be announce soon! (Answers can be found in this blog post, so scroll up and read again!) Limited prizes to be given away, so hurry and submit your answers now now NOW! Period of contest is from 12th March - 12 April 2014.

And do remember to check out KOSÉ's Ms Cinderella contest HERE! You might be the Cinderella that KOSÉ is searching! Join now by clicking the link!

Once again, thank you Nuffnang and KOSÉ for such wonderful afternoon!




For more information:

Price and location to purchase products:
SEKKISEI Lotion 200ml- RM170
SEKKISEI Lotion 360ml –RM260

Available in every KOSE counters

KOSÉ Official Facebook Page

KOSÉ Malaysia Official Website

SEKKISEI Lotion

Garage 51

I'm not a coffee addict, but a coffee shop addict. Haha. I love to go to coffee shop, because it gets me all relaxed and forget bout the world just a bit. I love looking at the face of people chatting, how they laugh and share happiness with each other, the baristas with a serious looking face of making that perfect cup of coffee, smiling waiters and waitresses to take the order, and everything under one roof. 

Garage 51 is one of the coffee shop that I wanted to visit most in my list, because of its interior, because of their good reputation, because of I went once and it was closed! Haha. I guess human do want something that they couldn't get. So I went there the 2nd time. It was 10pm, bad time for caffeine I must say.

Bout their garage concept interior, it was brilliant! 3 symbols painted on the wall which is the patterns of bolt head, modified oil barrel sofa seating, and we're being seated on top of a modified cargo kitchen. It's a wonderful concept I must say! 

Modified cargo kitchen, and I love sitting on top of it!

What a beautiful scene!

Garage 51 is another concept cafe by Coffee Societe, hence the similarity of the menu and drinks. I went to Coffee Societe few times, but not really fond of it like how I were for Garage 51. Maybe I'm superficial, I don't know, because they are serving the same stuff, right? Yeah, therefore I really think I'm just being biased. Haha.

Mochatella it is!

Ordered Mocha, Mochatella and a piece of Red Velvet cake. The Red Velvet cake was soooooooo nice! One of the best I've eaten recently, so moist and rich and the cream cheese topping tastes just nice too. Mochatella is sorta fancy kind of drink: Nutella + Mocha Ice Cubes + Milk. The taste was good, maybe because of the Nutella, so everything with Nutella won't go wrong. lol.

Mochatella

Oily face.

Light bulbs, flowers, coffee, essential of life.

Love how these light bulbs reminds me one of Zedd's MV - Stay The Night

It was basically a good visit experience to Garage 51, friendly waiters, baristas, we stayed till 11pm which is the closing time of it (1030pm last call, kitchen closed at 10pm), so don't come late. I love the atmosphere, one of the cafe that I surely will visit again.

these wall art will be awesome to look at in the morning.

For more info:

51, Jalan PJS 11/9, Bandar Sunway
46150 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia


Business Hour: 11:00 am - 11:00 pm (Last call kitchen 10pm, drinks 1030pm)

Closed on Monday

Garage 51 Facebook Page

Bonne Saint-Valentin 2014

Ran out of idea (and cash) for a good Valentine's Day present, so D.I.Y stuff would be the best option to show our sincerity. This year, decided to bake (again!) for our Valentine at Peiyue's house. lol. Decided last minute what to bake after some quick browse through of cake recipe at bookstore. Muffin is our first choice, and biscuit is our back-up plan. Thank god we made it for the muffin. Haha.

So here are just some photos of the progress, nothing much. Spend two days to get all these done. From deciding what type of muffin to do, to buying the ingredients already costs us a day's time. So in total we spent two days for these heart shape chocolate muffin just for the sake of Valentine's Day. lol.

Split everything into two portions, as the first portion is for "testing purpose". lol

It's already been yearssss since I last bake, can't believe I still able to find the urge to bake. Maybe I do like baking from the bottom of my heart. Well, which girl doesn't like baking for the one she love, right?

Anticipating...

Smells good!

So yeah, we baked numerous of times because we only have four heart shape moulds. Can you imagine, four moulds and we baked 32 muffins? Each time baked for about 20 minutes. So yea, you do the maths and able to tell how many time we've spend on baking these lovelies.

Cooling down

I seriously salute those who bake cupcakes for living. Baking is one thing, and decorating is another thing! I wonder how you guys manage to come out different sort of decoration idea using the same concept. I think until my head wanna burst already! Lol. But nonetheless, feels ultimately contented when I see the box of muffin filled with all these heartshape muffins with different decorations.

Chocolate chips, Nutella, marshmallows and edible flowers for the decorating purpose. Well, not too childish isn't? It was such a good baking experience, and he ate all these 12 muffins! Haha well thank you very much for your support! I shall bake something else next year. lol.

White Valentine's Day a.k.a White Day is coming, have you thought of what to buy for the girl you love? 

Bon Anniversaire, L'Occitane Malaysia

Thanks to Xavier, got invited to L'Occitane Malaysia's 10th Anniversary. It's already 10 years since L'Occitane first started the business in Malaysia. How time flies! So glad to be invited to this joyful event with all the lovely people around.

L'Occitane Malaysia 10th Anniversary
10 years of love!

two huge bouquets with a figure "10"!
So nice!

A lot of 10s! 

In Chinese, there's a saying that 10 means perfect (十全十美), I guess this pretty much describe the party - perfect. Star-studded, lotsa local celebrities showed up in the party to give their support to L'Occitane, and bubbly L'Occitane staffs can be seen everywhere with a big smile on their face!

and balloons! I love balloons!!!

Win cute gifts for yourself by playing games at the party.

Bumped into Charmaine, Ponnie, Raine and some other bloggers at the party. Had some pretty awesome catch up time with each other. Even took photos at WOWPhotoBooth with Charmaine, our first photo together. lol. Good memories. The party started, it was a sunny afternoon, everything looks so well-blend together.


L'Occitane, founded in year 1976 by Oliver Baussan, is a company that not just focus on organic production methods, but also socially-conscious. L'Occitane products are never tested on animals and to my surprise, Braille labelling are on each and every L'Occitane's product package which allows the accessibility of visually impaired.



Olivier Baussan said: The sun smiles on Provence. Its warmth makes the soil generous and the people open-hearted. Its bright rays are reflected in the crafts, customs and traditions that have been handed down from generation to generation. The sun, the products of the soil and a love of nature are the essence of Provence. It is this essence that I wanted to share with the world. This is what inspired me to create L'Occitane. Well Monsieur Olivier Baussan, you made it! L'Occitane is now an international brand which can be found in over 80 countries and 1899 stores available worldwide. It is one successful story of an genuine entrepreneur which wanted the best for the world.

Beautiful performance kick-start the party

So, famous for its creamy shea butter collection and aromatherapy products, here are the 10 key milestones for L'Occitane Malaysia over these 10 years:

• The very first boutique of L'Occitane were located at KLCC, Kuala Lumpur
• July 2006, L'Occitane Malaysia brought 3 press members to Provence for an exclusive Lavender Discovery journey at the brand's homeland! (OMG I WANT!!!!)
• 2007, L'Occitane Malaysia branched out from Kuala Lumpur and opened its first outlet in Queensbay Mall, Penang, followed by another boutique in East Malaysia at The Spring, Kuching. Two outlets were opened at Mahkota Parade, Malacca and Suria Sabah, Kota Kinabalu.
• L'Occitane relaunched its best-selling anti-ageing skincare collection - Immortelle Precious formulated by its signature everlasting flowers - Corsican Immortelle in year 2007.
• Launched first premium anti-ageing skincare product - Divine Cream in year 2009.
• In line with L'Occtiane's CSR endeavors, the brand's first local charity fundraising initiative was launched in 2009. A total of over RM150,000 was successfully raised over the years and donated to the Malaysian Association for the Blind (MAB) to equip the association's different projects to empower the visually impaired with knowledge. This noble effort has become L'Occitane Malaysia's annual affair where funds are raised each year to help the visually impaired. L'Occitane Malaysia was proudly be commended by Foundation France in year 2013 on its local efforts to help these people to have a better and brighter future.
• year 2010, L'Occitane Malaysia introduced its first eco-friendly green house concept Boutique in MidValley, Kuala Lumpr and eco-Refill packaging was also introduced to reduce the usage of plastic bottle.
• Melvita, L'Occitane's sister brand was opened in Suria KLCC in year 2010 and the opening ceremony was officiated by Mr. Bernard Chevilliat, the founder of Melvita. 
• In year 2012, L'Occitane Malaysia relaunched its popular hydrating skincare collection - Angelica. Selected members of press were invited to an exclusive discovery trip to Salagon Garden, Provence.
• In year 2014, From one humble boutique in Suria KLCC to 18 boutiques nationwide, from 10 staffs to a team of over 150 employees, L'Occitane Malaysia's success story continues to grow and flourish...

As some of you knew, that I've been taking French courses lately, and to be a part of this French-brand birthday party is really making me feel more close to France. I really admire the spirit of Olivier Baussan, and also the brand L'Occitane he created just to make everyone of us be able to get a taste of Provence in our own country. So whenever we walk into a L'Occitane boutique or outlet, it never fail to make us feels like we're at Provence.




Emcee Jonathan Putra invited L'Occitane's South East Asia General Manager - Nancy Ferriman share with all the guests bout L'Occitane. I love her smile so much, and things she said during the tête-à-tête session. "L'Occitane always show that beauty is more than just skin deep. It is not just organic beauty products that L'Occitane were promoting, but a healthy lifestyle that helps its customer to shine from the inside." Nancy said. You can really tell that by looking at the glow on her face.

Cake cutting session followed after, and Mr. Tan Seong Teck, the director of L'Occitane Malaysia were invited on stage to cut the cake with Nancy Ferriman.

Bon Anniversaire, L'Occitane Malaisie!!!

All the celebrities that attended the party

Mr. Tan, Madam Nancy and the 10th year serving employees.

The party ended with a lucky draw session and guests who attended the party that day leave with goodies from L'Occitane and also a smile on their face. It was a successful party, and I'm glad I'm one of them to witness this blissful event.




Psst! L'Occitane is going to launch their online store soon! Now you can buy L'Occitane products online, anywhere, anytime!

Merci beaucoup, L'Occitane Malaisie!

For more information:

L'Occitane Facebook Page

L'Occitane Official Website