Selina Blueberry Cheese Cake Body Souffle

I am very thankful when slightly more than a month ago, i got a package of these wonderful body souffle. Inside my package, there's two almost look like an ice cream box stuff :

top : blueberry cheese cake body souffle
bottom : cookies and cream body souffle

And when opened, the purple box looks like this :

looks yummy!

Being a fan of body moisturizer i am, i do a quick swatch :

soft, light cream with a hint of purple

there's black dots that would disappear after some spreading

This body souffle is much lighter and easier to spread than body butter, and just slightly denser than usual body lotion. Much to my surprise, it does makes my skin softer and moist without being heavy. I tried it on my super dry skin area and it does doing a great job.

Fragrance wise, it's very sweet. The scent last for 4-5 hours on me. Sometimes i have to apply it carefully to prevent myself from being overly sweet.

ingredients
water, dimethicone, cera alba, glycerin, cetearyl alcohol, glyceryl stearate, phenoxyethanol, fragrance, shea butter, caprylic/capric trigyceride, stearic acid, ceteareth-20, lactose, carbomer, ceteareth-12, cetyl palmitate, imidazolidinyl urea, tocopheryl acetate, potassium hydroxide, BHT, microcrystalline cellulose, sucrose, sodium PCA, benzophenone-3, corn starch, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, CI12490, CL74160, biosaccharide gum-1, CI17200, CI42090.

No wonder it does amazing job, shea butter inside! And the fragrance is strong because it's on top of list. I'm amazed with new product range : body souffle and new fragrance based on yummy dessert in indonesian market. However i wish they'd make a softer fragrance range for those who enjoy subtle fragrance.

More review on selina is coming soon! I still have delicious Cookies and Cream souffle waiting!

You can get your own selina body souffle from their tokopedia and Beauty In U Store Mall of Indonesia. Each body souffle cost IDR 85,000 for 80 gr of product.

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Utama Spice Lavender Body Oil

Following my previous post about Body Oil, here’s my review for Utama Spice Lavender Body Oil.

Being in Indonesia, specially in Bali, Utama Spice’s products are easy to get. Not only their own store, Guardian and Century Pharmacy also has a handful of Utama Spice’s product. Their Body Oils are retailed for around IDR 101,000 but with member card, you can get it somewhat cheaper.

Utama Spice’s Body Oil packaged nicely in purple glass bottle, securing product inside from light. But actually for Body Oil, plastic bottle is fine enough.

The product supposed to be pouring from this normal size hole, but mine is hardly come out. I’ve tried to cut the bottom part of those plastic but nothing changed. Oh well. I want the body shop’s plastic bottle please! Nope, I don’t really want comparing but this problem aching my heart. As per now on, I depotted the Lavender Body Oil to my old Body Shop plastic bottle. Solved!

Product inside is simply made of Soja (Soy) Oil, Coconut Oil and Lavender Essential Oil. After doing further research about body oil, I was a little bit regretting my purchase because Coconut Oil (organic, not food grade) and Soja Oil are cheap and easy to find I could made it myself. However, the Lavender smells good and relaxing. A friend of mine complement saying that she thought I was just back from spa ritual because I smell so great.

It might unable to seen on pict, but the texture is a bit thick. It supposed to be, because even Soja Oil is light and easy to absorb, Coconut oil doing a bigger impact and thickened it. However, with some mix with water during application, it’s still easy to spread and absorb.

I use it on my body and hair. Body oil for obvious reason, and because as far as I know, coconut oil is widely used for hair oil (please read further for each ingredient below). But please just use a little amount of this for your hair. The thick texture would make hair looks greasy, so less is enough.

Soja Oil benefit :

• High in natural source lecithin, sterolin and vitamin E
• Feel light on skin
• Easy to absorb
• Leave skin smooth
• Odorless
• Low cost

Coconut Oil benefit :

1. Help skin to naturally control it’s oil secretions
2. Applying coconut oil right after shower help skins quickly restore pH level to 5.5 without blocking pores
3. Contains of vitamin A, B, E and phosphorus, calcium, iron, manganese and magnesium
4. Rich source of omega 3, 6, 9 and polyphenols.
5. Great for skin disorders (acne, psoriasis and eczema)
6. Prevent hair loss
7. Help to reduce protein loss in hair
8. Cooling effect when applied on head and scalp
9. High in moisture retaining
10. Great as hair conditioner
11. Anti dandruff
12. Lice protection
13. Effective hair care for dry hair
14. Beneficial for preventing baldness and gray hair

Lavender Essential oil (lavendula angustifolia) benefit :

• Bug repellent
• Relaxing
• Calming scent helps with nervous system
• Acne (can be use directly to the spot, undiluted)
• Pain relief (including sore and tense muscle, muscular aches, rheumatism, sprains, backaches and lumbago)
• Has stimulating effects for urine production
• Helps with respiratory disorders
• Hair loss treatment
• Improving blood circulation
• Stimulates the production of gastric juice and bile, thus aiding in treatment of indigestion, stomach pain, colic, flatulence, vomiting and diarrhea
• Regular use of lavender essential oil provides resistance to variety of diseases.
• Antibacterial, Antiseptic and Antifungal properties

Body oil is easy to make, no other chemical needed. Just mix carrier oil of your favorite with several drops of essential oil of your need in a bottle and shake! Super easy and very economic. It’s doesn’t even needed to use organic carrier oil here, but it’s purely your preference.

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Actually, after re-reading my own draft, I want to apply another layer of body oil! It really has great benefit on skin. At least when I skip applying this for a day or two, my skin is just fine. Means it really doing a good job moisturizing my skin that some forgetfulness are forgiven.

Will I repurchase in future? Maybe if price reduced, and the bottle changed.. I would consider to.

Thank you for reading and I hope that helps!

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Source :

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Natur Hair Serum Protecting Treatment, Indonesia Local Brand

First Impression

Terpesona banget dengan penampilan botol Natur Hair Serum yang merupakan produk baru dari Natur, salah satu merk lokal favoritku. Kemasannya terlihat wah tapi karena menggunakan warna hitam dan emas, masih terlihat ciri merk Natur dan ke-Indonesiaan (kebayang kebaya jawa yang biasanya hitam-emas itu loh).

botol dan box nya bertema sama

ujung botol yang pumping dengan lubang kecil

informasi produk, komposisi dan cara penggunaan
isinya persis sama dengan yang ada di box, jadi ga perlu khawatir kalau box terbuang, informasi tetap ada kok.

Karena tidak sabar, langsung aku pakai begitu membuka kemasan, tanpa keramas lebih dulu. Produk ini ternyata benar-benar serum, langsung meresap dan tidak berbekas di tangan. Tidak juga membuat rambutku lepek karena kandungan minyaknya. It just nourishing. Wangi nya walaupun tercium cukup kuat saat produk baru keluar dari botol, tapi ternyata tidak bertahan lama. Bagus deh karena ada hair serum merk tertentu yang wanginya menempel sampai hampir 24 jam dan membuatku gila sendiri..

Sebelumnya, untuk informasi, rambutku tebal dengan helaian yang juga tebal dan jumlahnya banyak. Teksturnya cenderung kering dan megar setelah keramas, bahkan kalau benar-benar tanpa serum/hair cream, bisa bertahan megar sampai hari ke 4, hebat ya?

Kalau biasanya setelah keramas aku menggunakan tonik rambut (Natur Ginseng, review coming soon yaa) dan body oil yang dioleskan ke ujung rambut, kali ini pakai Natur Hair Serum dong. Aku oleskan cukup banyak di ujung sampai pertengahan rambut dan dibiarkan kering alami, karena rambutku masih rontok parah setelah berkali-kali dikeringkan dengan hair drier.

Hasilnya rambutku lebih frizz free, tapi tidak lepek seperti kalau menggunakan body oil (ya iyalah). Besok paginya aku oles lagi supaya rambut lebih "diam" dan tidak melayang. Sampai sore pun tetep ngga lepek loh! Bagus!

Produknya seperti serum lain, bening dan tidak begitu kental. Mirip minyak tapi lebih ringan.

setelah produk di oles ke rambut, tidak ada bekas di tangan, YAY!

Lain kali mau coba deh pakai Hair Serum dari Natur untuk heat protectant, karena menurut Mba Gita (BR Natur), produk ini memberikan hasil terbaik jika digunakan dalam keadaan rambut setengah kering sebelum di styling menggunakan blow dry. Semoga rambutku cepat membaik deh, jadi bisa coba metode ini ^____^

Produk ini sementara hanya dijual di Guardian (Guardian Exclusive), namun pihak Natur masih menjajaki kemungkinan untuk bekerja sama dengan situs jual beli online. Per hari ini, 1 September 2015 sudah tersedia di toko-toko Guardian dengan harga retail Rp. 82,000.

Sejujurnya aku cukup kaget mengetahui harga retail produk ini. Jika dibandingkan dengan produk lain di swalayan, hampir 2x lipat namun isinya 1.5x lebih banyak sih. Dan dilihat dari komposisi produknya, terdapat panax ginseng root yang juga terdapat di Sulwhasoo Ginseng Renewing Cream. Bahan ini berfungsi untuk pemulihan dan menjaga kesehatan. Lumayan masuk lah harganya.

Untuk kesan pertama, aku lumayan puas dengan hasilnya. Semoga cocok terus jadi ngga pusing pindah-pindah merk, dan aku bisa memakai rangkaian perawatan rambut lengkap dari satu merk :D

Review setelah pemakaian akan aku update beberapa minggu lagi yaaa, stay tuned!

*wink*

Produk ini dikirimkan oleh pihak Natur untuk kepentingan review, namun tidak mempengaruhi isi post ini. I am a Natur fan for kinda long, more story coming soon!

ps. maaf yaa kalau pic nya agak kurang oke.. entah kenapa nampaknya kamera sedang ngambek sedikit. Kapan-kapan aku update fotonya kalau beliau sudah ngga ngambek *fiuh*

Citra Light Touch White Nutri Serum Japanese Wakame

Hellow in August!

There's funny story behind my purchase of Citra Nutri Serum Japanese Wakame.
I've told you before that i prefer to have the lotion gel version rather than this (read my review of Citra Japanese Wakame Lotion Gel here) but here's why i finally bought it.

That is Saturday when i realized that it's nearly empty, so i decided to bought another one that night when i was in Mall Bali Galeria. After a quick glanze into the cashiers, make sure that i wouldn't queue-ing for so long, i went inside Hypermart and quicky to body lotion section. I found this Nutri Serum version but not the lotion gel one so i ask to the Unilever's advisor near there, and here's the conversation :
Me : Mbak (Miss in Indonesian), where's the lotion gel version of japanese wakame?
Adv : It's out of stock. There's only one box came, and it's quickly sold out.
Me : (took the nutri serum, not sure if i want it)
---- a teenager beside me quickly said (not sure if she's talk to me or not, but there's only me and the Advisor near there) : The Nutri Serum is gooood, i like it. Very quick to absorb, and feel so sooooooft~

Well i am speechless, so smiled politely and get going with the Nutri Serum.

This kind of story also happened when i was in Papaya, also in Saturday night.
I was not sure if i want the Takesumi Shokupan (plain bread with bamboo charcoal) so i ask my Father who came with me, "What do you think about this, Dad?" Only he's not so close to me, so i raised my voice up. Before my Dad speak an answer, there's a young mom near me who said "Takesumi Shokupan is delicious. Love it." Just it and she went to her toddler who running inside the store.

Again, dunno what to say. I ended up bought that black bread too.

What's with Saturday night and Me? LOL
Hang in, if you're that teenager or that young mom, thank you. I love both product you girls recommend ^___^


Sooo into the review now...

Citra Light Touch White Nutri Serum Japanese Wakame

180ml

IDR 23,000 - 28,000

The tube is made from almost-clear plastic so it gave you extra pleasure of seeing the product insde. I adore it!

 

Concerning about ingredients?

Well, take a note that it does smell stronger than Lotion Gel version because it use more Fragrance (4th on the list) but has no Dimethicone Crosspolymer.

Also it's contains of Phenoxyethanol, which could raise you allergy.

I new the latest fact when i read Lintang's blog (randomandquick.blogspot.com). Most of body lotion in Supermarket has it.

If you're prone to allergy, make sure to clean your skin before reapplying.

 I have allergic to seafood and egg, and it does help raising my itchiness if i doesn't clean my skin before reapplying the product (not just this, anything with phenoxyethanol).

This one feels thinner than lotion gel, absorb faster and have stronger scent than the lotion gel version. And i think i could see the brightening effect too.

In my opinion, the nutri serum version is better than lotion gel one, IF you could take stronger scent (not offensive though) and if you like the price. Lotion gel is about IDR 12,000/120ml and about 19,000-23,000 per 240ml make it less than IDR 100,-/ml while Nutri Serum cost about IDR 150,-/ml.

However, i think i'd repurchase both of them since they're sooo goooood..

^___^

Have you tried it? If you're not, get it fast. Highly recommended.