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Saturday, October 17, 2015

SISTAR Soyou DIY Hair Tutorial (Shake It MV)

Haloooo!!
Pasti teman-teman tau kan rambut ombre dan sering liat orang dengan rambut ombre? Jadiii sebenernya pas ngecat rambut bulan Juli kemarin udah niat gak bakal mau eksperimen lagi sama rambut. Karena setahun yang lalu aku ngecat rambut pake Etude Bubble dan jadi alergi di kulit kepala dan bikin rambut rusak parah, makanya abis itu aku selalu cat warna coklat gelap pake Revlon hair color (dan ternyata cocok). Tapi karena udah cinta banget sama Korea jadi tiap nonton MV girlband korea pengennya ngecat rambut, dari mulai warna yang shocking banget sampe ombre berlapis-lapis. Rambut dan kulit kepalaku sekarang udah sehat kembali, jadi ombre kayaknya wajib dilaksanakan nih just because it's on my wishlist before graduating college hehehe. Setelah cari inspirasi kesana sini mulai dari google images, hashtag instagram, pinterest, dll aku nemu warna ombre yang masuk akal (alias bisa dilakukan sendiri a.k.a. DIY). Aku pengen ombre bronde (brown & blonde) atau merah, karena dua warna itu bakal ngeblend sama rambutku sekarang yaitu dark brown. Tapi sayangnya setelah mencari di toko kosmetik terdekat, kedua warna tersebut gak ada sebelll (padahal udah beli bleaching). Awalnya udah bete banget karena hari itu libur jadi gak usah buru-buru ngecat :( Dan rezeki emang gak kemana wkwkwk pas beli buah di S*perindo, aku nemu cat rambut lucu banget dan tanpa pikir panjang langsung aku beli. Warna dari hair color ini bikin inget rambutnya Soyou di MV Shake It, and I decide to go with that style after all!

What do you need:

Aku kurang tau si Beauty Labo ini merk mana, apakah dia temannya Hada Labo aku pun kurang mengerti. Tapi kalo diliat dari harganya yang hampir 60ribu aku rasa dia bakal bagus dan warnanya gak cepet luntur kayak cat rambut 20ribuan hehehe. Yang aku beli ini shade Raspberry Pink, warnanya merah tapi bakal jadi agak pink gitu pas di bawah sinar matahari, lucu bangeetttt.

Aku pake Makarizo bleaching powder dan bodohnya pas beli ini lupa beli developernya, jadi besoknya harus balik lagi ke toko itu -_- Untuk developernya aku pake L'oreal yang 30%. Untuk yang 30% bisa mengubah rambut kita menjadi 3 tone di atas warna sebelumnya, sedangkan yang 20% buat bikin jadi 2 tone di atas warna rambut. Aku beli yang 30% karena judulnya ombre jadi ya harus keliatan bersinar dong walaupun sebenernya kasian juga sama rambut wkwkwk.


Bubuk bleaching dicampur dengan developer, aduk rata dan aplikasikan ke rambut. Bau bleaching selalu menyengat bangettttttt, jadi aku dan temenku yang ngecat pake masker aja biar gak kena ISPA abis bleaching rambut .___,

Setelah 10 menit bilas rambut dan tadaaaaa I'm supposed to look like a foreigner but I'm looked like a tarzan girl instead -_- It's alright I'll still show it to you, readersss LOL

Cukup keringkan rambut pake handuk, kemudian aplikasikan cat rambut ke bagian yang udah dibleaching tadi. Tinggal masukkan bubuk cat ke botol developer, kemudian pasang mulut botol yang warna pink and happy coloring! Rambut aku tipis banget jadi catnya masih sisa banyaaaak banget, yaudah oles-olesin aja lagi biar warnanya tambah masuk dan ga ada yang masih pirang. Well it's DIY guys karena masih sisa banyak banget jadi kita mau bikin balayage ala-ala, tinggal taruh cat rambut di tangan (pake sarung tangan plastik lho ya!), gosok-gosok terus usapkan sampe rata ke semua permukaan rambut. Ini bikin highlight di rambut dan bikin ombrenya gak kaku banget, karena di rambutnya juga ada kilau kemerahannya gitu.

Setelah 40 menit keramas rambut dan pake conditioner yang buanyakkkkk biar rambut gak rusak. Setelah keramas aku biasanya pake vitamin rambut yang oil tapi karena abis ngecat jadi pake vitamin spray aja biar gak luntur warna rambutnya. Rambut aku biarin kering sendiri terus abis itu dicatok (karena kalo gak dicatok nanti kayak singa abis blow dry huhu).
PS: I've found a fact from Google that you should style your new colored hair with flat iron in order to lock the color. (tapi cukup pas abis ngecat ya, jangan sering-sering kayak aku nanti rambutnya bercabang dan jadi tipis bangett)

Yeayyyy senangnyaaaa akhirnya bisa ombre juga sebelum graduation hahaha, plus the color is too cute and lively!!! Di bawah ini adalah rambut aku sebelumnya #DarkBrown dan rambut ombre baruku.


TIPS: Buat yang kulitnya super sensitif kayak aku, jangan pernah bleaching atau cat rambut dari akar rambut karena itu bakal bikin kulit kepala panas banget, jadi kasih jarak at least setengah cm dari kulit kepala, dan jangan pernah bleaching rambut lebih dari 10 menit karena itu bakal ngerusak struktur rambut dan malah bikin rambut kayak sapu ijuk :( Pake conditioner yang banyak dan rajin pake vitamin spray di minggu pertama. Cara ini cukup berhasil, ini hari ketiga dengan rambut ombre yang baru dan ombrenya udah lumayan halus mendekati tekstur rambut yang atas.

This was my story to get those Kpop looks inspired by my favorite idol, yet I don't have to splurge my money since it's a DIY. Buat temen-temen yang pengen DIY ombre hair jangan takut. Selain hemat biaya, dengan ngecat rambut sendiri di rumah serasa main barbie, it makes you happy and you can customize your looks in any ways you want to! Well then it's time to wrap up, dare to change your look because you're fabulous like Unicorn as well, see you XOXO!

Thursday, July 09, 2015

(REVIEW) The Face Shop Lovely ME:EX Dessert Lip Balm #3 Honey

Hello! Kali ini aku mau review lip balm baru (baru lagi) gara2 lipbalm nivea favorit pada discontinue padahal udah muter kemana mana masih ga nemu juga :( Oh well aku juga bakal review produk ini pake bahasa Indonesia aja yah because I'm tired after doing piled of final papers *ugh* and I realize that most of the readers are Indonesian so here we go~~~

Nama lip balm ini lumayan panjang ya seperti produk Lovely ME:EX line pada umumnya. Nama lengkapnya produk ini The Face Shop Lovely ME:EX Dessert Lip Balm #3 Honey tapi cukup sebut The Face Shop Dessert Lip Balm kayak yang tertera di jar nya. Lip balm ini bukan termasuk produk baru tapi tetep aja excited pas pesen ini soalnya packagingnya cubangeeet *cuteness overload*. Yang bikin produk ini menarik perhatian yaitu lip balm ini dikemas dalam bentuk jar tapi juga dilengkapi dengan spatula imut jadi lebih terjamin kebersihannya ya daripada asal colek pake jari wkwkwk. Aku beli lip balm ini di olshop Instagram seharga 60 ribu, harga yang termasuk murah sih apalagi buat merk korea. Dessert lip balm ini punya 3 varian yaitu Strawberry, Orange, dan Honey. Berhubung aku udah sering beli lip balm rasa buah dan menurut review orang2 yang strawberry itu ada sheer pink nya, lalu kuputuskan buat beli yang honey aja (no. #3)


Dan beberapa hari yang lalu paketannya datang yeayy~ padahal sempet agak takut kalo paketan datengnya bakal telat di hari-hari menjelang lebaran kayak gini. Senaaang karena aromanya sesuai ekspektasi manisss bangettt kayak madu asli. Untuk scent sih masih ketauan kalo itu artificial dan sempet bikin takut kalo pas dipake bakal ga enak, tapi ternyata pas udah dipake enak2 aja sih hehe. Untuk teksturnya lip balm ini padat, warna orange bening kayak madu asli, dan kalo diliat dari jar keliatan kayak jelly. Aku coba aplikasikan ke bibir pake spatula nya, agak ribet sih soalnya harus buka tutup jar dua kali buat ambil spatula terus lip balm nya, tapi dimaafkan kok karena ini lucu sekali~ (dan lebih bersih!) Waktu pertama diambil pake spatula keliatan kalo teksturnya emang padet banget tapi nggak keras. Kalo buat aku sih malah seneng daripada lip balm yang bleber kemana mana. Untuk spatula nya bahannya dari plastik jadi emang keras sih waktu dibuat oles lip balm nya ke bibir, tapi ga sakit karena ujungnya yang bulat. Waktu diaplikasikan ke bibir harus rajin-rajin puter spatulanya ya biar lip balm nya merata karena teksturnya padat jadi agak susah di blend di bibir (kecuali kalo pake tangan, lebih gampang dioleskan karena dipengaruhi panas tubuh). Setelah diaplikasikan karena tekstur padatnya kali ya jadi langsung ngerasain tighting effect, bibir tiba-tiba kayak ketarik kenceng gitu (wkwk apalah). Lip balm nya bening dan hasil akhirnya efek glossy. Aku ga ngerasain kalo berminyak atau jadi berat sih, cuma ada efek kilapnya (PS: glossy ya bukan greasy). Aromanya manisss bangeeet pengen jilat rasanya tapi untung masih tahan kok wkwkwk. Menurutku tekstur dan efeknya hampir mirip Baby Kiss Lip Treatment, cuma yang Baby Kiss lebih kental (mungkin juga efek kemasannya tube.)

Setelah beberapa kali pemakaian menurutku produk ini bagus sih soalnya ga bikin iritasi mengingat kulitku yang sensitif huhu. Ada efek glossy mirip kayak ngolesin madu asli ke bibir, tapi lama2 jadi lembut lip balm nya melting gampang diserap ke bibir. Cara kerja produk bener2 kayak madu asli. Lasting effect nya lumayan bagus, yang biasanya harus pake lip balm tiap 3 jam pake lip balm ini bisa bikin aku sehari cuma pake lip balm 5 kali aja. Untuk scent nya strong ya jadi buat temen2 yang suka makeup beraroma manis kayak Etude House cocok buat cobain lip balm ini. Harganya juga terjangkau kalo belinya di olshop hahaha. Overall menurutku dessert lip balm honey ini cukup bagus buat bibir kering.
Tips: Setelah pake lip balm biasanya aku bersihin ujung spatula nya pake tisu, biar lip balm nya nggak menggumpal jadi spatula tetap higienis setiap kali pemakaian.

sumber gambar: Google images

Thursday, July 03, 2014

My Lovelips Balm Experience (Review: 10 Various Products)

Hello! It's like thousand years since my last post. Now I'm coming back with a review of various lip balms that I ever used.
PS: My lips are super dry, easy to get chapped, and sensitive so that I can't survive from bleeding if I don't apply lip balm *geez* *sigh* *ohwhyme*

1. LIP ICE Lemon Lip Balm

The first one is Lip Ice Lemon Lip Balm. I used this product several years back then when I was in junior high school (PS: I'm a sophomore in university now). I decided to buy this very first lip balm just because my friend dragged me to cosmetic store to buy this. I only like the smell because the lemon scent reminds me to Stella Air Freshener or Freshcare hahaha. At that time Lip Ice is rocketing since its first advertisement in Indonesia TV channels so I just buy it.


  • (+) The lemon scent is quite nice
  • (+) It has no color
  • (-) The icy effect after using this lip balm turned into burning effect for my very sensitive lips
  • (-) I can feel the menthol all over my lips (it's really uncomfortable)
  • (-) It doesn't protect my lips at all
  • Repurchase? NO

2. NIVEA Fruity Shine Cherry

Description: Taste the scent of summer cherry while bathing your smile in a glossy shine, with deep red tones on top. The new formula of NIVEA Lip Care Fruity Shine Cherry combines rich almond oil, jojoba oil and shea butter to keep your lips as soft and fresh as they can be!
  • Delights young delicate lips with fruity scent and smoothing, long lasting care
  • Naturally enhances your lips with shimmering pigments and a soft glossy colour
  • Contains SPF 10, protection against UVA and UVB rays
After getting allergy from the-previous-icy-menthol-lip-balm then I decided to use nothing (kinda weird, huh?) Actually I used to flake my dry lips skin so my lips are chapped and sometimes it's even bleeding. I also tend to lick my lips when it's dry but for my-beauty-sake I never do those things anymore. Then I tried this product and I also fell for its scent. The color is shiny red because its cherry flavor and it has shimmer. It was not bad for just covering my lips in order to not looked so pale, but it's a bit heavy cause of its color.


  • (+) I like the red color
  • (+) It last quite long for a lip gloss
  • (-) I hate the shimmer effect
  • (-) It's heavy for daily use (for me) because this shiny lip gloss is sticking to my lips
  • Repurchase? NO
3. ORIFLAME Tender Care Lip Balm


Description: Find all the benefits of legendary Tender Care with a delicious chocolate flavour. A softening and protecting formula for lips, face, cuticles or any area that is dry and rough. 15 ml.

I thought it's the most suitable one for dry season. I first purchased the chocolate scent from my friend who was a member of Oriflame. This balm was really tender just like the name and it hydrated my lips as well. I loooooove this product more because it is in a large size. Then I also ended to be member of Oriflame and I splurged my money to buy a box of Tender Care Lip Balm. The packaging was elegant with a beautiful box. It contained four lip balms, there were Cherry, Caramel (my favorite one), Vanilla, and Coconut. I'm kinda greedy LOL then I gave the Cherry and Vanilla balms to my mom and my sister, and continued using the Caramel one. However I were no longer using this because my lips get allergy and irritation from this balm T.T I confused because I have used that for a year but I get irritation just after a year. I searched in Google and there were research said that you could get allergy from using a product continually (because there are some ingredients that your body cannot receive). My lips were getting red and swollen. It made me like a person whose lips are stung by a hornet geez! I stopped using it but I still use the Coconut one to moisturize my dry skin (elbow, knee, etc).
  • (+) Available in various sweet scent
  • (+) It can be used to moisturize every part of your dry and chapped skin all over the body
  • (+) In my opinion all the scents is good except the Cherry scent
  • (-) It moisturized well but it might be irritant for some people
  • (-) I need to dip my finger to the pot every time I want to apply it to my lips
  • Repurchase? NO
4. SILKYGIRL Silky Lips Color Lip Balm
It was my almost favorite lip balm with Cherry Red color. Well I love red for my very pale lips so I didn't look like a-person-with-illness. The packaging was so cute with pink dot pattern, well it was such a-cute-girly-thing. It was also very affordable about IDR 20.000 or US$ 2. The color was light so it's a perfect color lip balm to be used when i want to go outside yet looked fresh.
  • (+) It's affordable and easy to get in cosmetic stores
  • (+) Cute packaging
  • (+) Available in some colors (but still I love this one!)
  • (+) It has light color that will blended well with no make up face
  • (-) I have to reapply it because it can't moisturize for a long time
  • Repurchase? MAYBE
5. ORIFLAME Beauty Wonder Balm


Description: Protective and moisturizing lip balm containing soothing Aloe Vera extract coupled with Vitamin A and E. Infused with pearls for a shimmering appearance. 4 g.



I decided to buy this one because the description told me that it's a moisturizing lip balm. It came in a package looked like a lipstick instead of a lip balm. Its color is pink but in the description written that it was infused with pearl so I think the color was gleaming soft pink. Personally I didn't like this product because it didn't work at all for my dry lips. It didn't moisture my lips and it had a strange color. When I applied it my lips become glittery in silver color and made me looked even more pale. It also came in a compact shape like lipstick. Its texture didn't have tenderness like other lip balm. However I still used it to coat my lips after using lipstick to get the shimmer effect.



  • (-) It's too solid to called a lip balm
  • (-) It doesn't work for dry lips 
  • (?) If I want have a shimmering lips then I could coat my matte lipstick with this infused-pearl-lip-balm
  • Repurchase? NO
6. SILKYGIRL Silky Lips Magic Pink Lip Balm
Actually this was my roommate's lip balm and I also used it because it as soooo good. I thought I'm in love with this brand because it provided lovely and light color for teenagers. It had a cute color as usual that swayed to me every time I see it lol. This balm was a real magic. It had white color and after I applied it to my lips for seconds the color was turning pink. The color wa strong pink so I don't need to apply it a lot. It also moisturized my lips and it has menthol effect. Anyway this balm didn't irritate me with the menthol effect and suited magically well to my dry lips.
  • (+) Affordable and easy to get (about IDR 25000 or US$ 2,5)
  • (+) Cute packaging
  • (+) It has a magical cute color
  • (+) It moisturizes in quite long time and the color doesn't fade
  • (+) Repurchase? YES
7. NIVEA Med Protection
Description: The new formula of NIVEA Med Protection with Vitamin E soothes dry lips. The invisible protection layer moisturizes your lips and effectively prevents them from drying out. 


  • Gives intense, long-lasting moisture
  • Soothes dry lips & prevents future dryness
  • Protects against UVB (SPF 15) and UVA rays


Now I will introduce my lips' best mate! Finally I found this long-lasting-moisturize-lip-balm-ever. I read the description after using this lip balm for quite long time and that's the first time I wa not being fooled and tricked by the company's description lol. It worked really like the description so I thought I didn't have to describe it for more.
  • (+) It's very suitable for dry and very dry lips
  • (+) It moisturizes for a long time
  • (+) It doesn't affect negatively on sensitive lips
  • (-)The scent is a little bit sweet but strange
  • (-) It's a bit solid so I have to apply a lot in the beginning
  • (-) It's hard to find it nowadays in drugstore or supermarket T.T
  • Repurchase? YES
8. NIVEA Essential Care


Description: NIVEA Lip Care innovative moisture store effect – highly effective formula based on skin’s own hydramine and grape seeds extracts long lastingly supports the natural moisturisation of the lips, leaving them soft and smooth.

  • Provides long lasting and intensive care
  • Effectively protects your lips from drying out in all weather
I couldn't get any stock of NIVEA Med Protection in my hometown, geez! So I decided to buy this and my roommate also recommended me this product. This product was really intensive care and I thought it is over-moisturizing the lips! It is reallyyyy tender and again over-tender so when I apply this my lips is greasy and sticky. It is also easy to melt like butter and one day I found my lip balm was reshaped just because i put it in my bag -_- However it will absorb well 30 minutes after I apply it and it leaves my lips really smooth and chewy!
  • (-) Over-moisture and over-tender
  • (+) Once I apply this I barely had to reapply it again
  • (-) It makes my lips greasy and oily
  • (+) In my opinion this lip balm is similar to butter, very tender but easy to melt
  • (+) It has a sweet scent
  • Repurchase? MAYBE
9. Pixy Lip Conditioner
The description itself told that this lip balm contains Vitamin E and Lip Conditioner Agent to moisturize lips and makes it smooth. Well yeah I hated when I was back and forth from cosmetic stores in my hometown, and the NIVEA lip balms are Out Of Stock! It feels like "God damn, why???????!!!!!!!!" Mental breakdown attached me and makes me sooo desperate to find my daily lip balm. Then I asked to the storekeeper about which no-color lip balm that was still available and he showed me this one (yes, he -_-). I just purchased it and hoped that it won't turn out bad to my lips. The packaging was like a lipstick. This lip balm was also too solid like a lipstick and has powdery scent (I hate this!) Anyway I survived using this for about a week in order to prevent my lips are getting chapped. After using it, the corner of my lips were getting dry and chapped (alert of irritation!!!) so I stopped use this product.
  • (-) The scent is not good and powdery like flour
  • (-) It's too solid so it doesn't moisturize my dry lips
  • (-) It leaves white dry skin when my lips are getting dry
  • (+) it's cheap
  • Repurchase? NO
10. AUBEAU Volage Lip Care
Sorry for the low quality picture T.T I couldn't find the HD picture of this product in Google so I took a picture by myself using my only-2MP-cellphone-camera.

Description: Moisturizer & Volumizer, plumps the lips and redifines their contour. Enriched with Vitamin Complex and Sun Screen to prevent dry or chapped skin.

This morning I went to a cosmetic store around my campus. I intended to buy NIVEA Med Protection lip balm because I could only find it in that store. However everything was turning out like I-dont-know-how-I-ended-buying-this-product ._. Actually when I asked about NIVEA lip balm then the SPG suddenly promoted about a lip product from her brand. She passionately promoted that a very dry lips like mine needed a long-lasting moisture care yet light to use. She said that a tube balm like I used to use could only moisturize lips from the outer part. In her explanation she said that an inner care was really needed to keep lips are smooth and natural. Her lip balm was in gel so it is easy to apply and absorbs quickly once it is applied to lips. At first I hesitated to buy it but her explanation was not kinda tricky and finally I gave a try for this local brand. When the SPG talked a lot to promote her product I suddenly remembered about a scene in Miss Korea (Korean Drama). In that drama, the company person is working really hard to sell his cosmetic products and showing that a local brand is also could compete with imported products. So I'm looking for the evidence of the SPG's explanation. I've applied it once and it did well in my lips and I hoped I'm not getting irritation anymore *sigh*
  • (+) It comes in gel so it feels cool and absorbs quickly once I apply it
  • (-) At first I feel like my lips are watery
  • (+) It leaves my lips smooth and chewy after 10 minutes
  • (+) It is soooo light and I feel like not using any lip product (the salesgirl was so good explaining this)
  • (+) It moisturize well and long-lasting
  • (-) It is quite expensive for a local brand
  • (-) It smells bad (I can't stand products with medicine-like smell)
  • Repurchase? NO
So these were bunch of lip balm I've ever tried. If you had super dry and sensitive lips like mine, you have to be careful while choosing for the suitable lip balm for yours. I'm still looking for the best one for my lips and if I try other brand I'll let you know. Stay tune and see ya in my next post XOXO!

Pics credit: Google images

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Believe You Are Loved (Poem by Jj Childs)

When you are in a crowd,
When you are alone;

When you are in pain,
When your world is dazzling with delight;

When life isn’t fair,
When your joy multiplies exponentially;

When you rise up,
When you lie down,
And all times in between;

Realize
that is when you are thought of,
Know
then is when you are appreciated,
Believe
this is when you are loved.


Source: Believe You Are Loved, Thank You Poem for Friends http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/believe-you-are-loved#ixzz2Q2ZimkB2 
www.FamilyFriendPoems.com