My Fairytales..

I'm gonna take a break from Holiday / Travel entry today.  I'm in a mood to share about my holy grail make up remover.  Through out the years, I've been using and trying different products and I finally found few that I really love and one I will die without.

In case you are looking for a new make remover, maybe this entry will help you

I've been using Lancome Cleansing Fluid for years and it works great in removing my face make up.  I still need another product to remove my eye make up especially the water proof mascara and eyeliner.

2nd one is the Bioderma Micelle Solution.  I can't live without this.  It removed my make up like magic and works really well for water resistant make up.
So happy its available in Malaysia now.  I had to get it from Singapore and Hong Kong for the past few years.

I usually get very excited and tend to pack at least 1 week before any of my trip (exclude my recent Jakarta trip!)  What I pack primarily depends on where I'm staying, duration of the stay, nature of the stay, the climate as each factor demand different things especially for my skin and hair.  As a make up junkie I wish I could bring my entire collection but alas, I just can't!  I brought very minimum this time.  I focused more on the skin care because it will be the end of winter and beginning of spring in New Zealand.  Going from summer, tropical, humid and blatantly hot in Malaysia to the cold and dry weather, I want my skin to stay moist.

I'm giving my skin care skill packing for this trip two thumbs up!! No sensitivity, no zit, no flakes. I did pretty well in overdoing the AM and PM layers on my face hehehehehehe..

Biore Make Up Remover Wipes

I were first introduced to this makeup wipes was during my visit to Japan.  I fell in love ever since. It removes my waterproof eyeliner and mascara easily and very handy for travelling.  

Clarins Foaming Cleanser 

This is not my routine cleanser and was the very first time trying it.  Got this as a birthday gift from a friend and thought the size is perfect for travelling as I'm running out of my travel-size routine cleanser.  It did extremely well and didn't dry out my skin. 

Lancome Exfoliating Clarifying Gel

Been using this facial scrubs for years and it slough off my dull skin layers.   

Lancome Hydrating Lotion / Toner

My to go toner

Clarins Brightening Hydration Emulsion

I should have use something more intensive which I don't have so I decided to double layered my moisturiser to survive the cold weather.

Beaubelle Vital H2O

This was a last minute decision but I'm glad I grabbed it. I applied the Clarins Hydration Emulsion followed by this everyday during my holiday.

Lancome Blanc Expert Derm Crystal Serum

This is my normal PM routine. I will apply this alternately with the Activating Concentrate before my moisturiser

Lancome Youth Activating Concentrate

My normal PM routine

Tarte Pure Maracuja Oil

I swear by this! One of my favourite multi-tasking product. This oil helped my skin a lot during the cold dry weather. I also apply this to my hair and cuticles.

Tarte Maracuja C-Brighter Eye Treatment
This is my to go eye cream and been using this before bed every day.

Lancome UV Expert GN-Shield SPF 50+++ PA

My normal AM routine.  Never leave out the sunscreen. Even it is cold, the rays never change.  I need to protect my skin from the UV rays especially in high elevations. 

Laneige Water Sleeping Mask

I apply this once every 3 days during my trip because I was scared that the Maracuja Oil will make me breakout.

Vaseline

Among all, my lips are the easiest to get dry and flaky so I apply this in the PM before going to bed. Been practising this even in Malaysia.

Cocoa Butter Lip Balm

This is my to go and must have lip balm.  I always apply this alone or under my lipstick.

Cocoa Butter Skin Therapy Oil

This was the only things that working on my dry hands and legs.  I'm glad I brought this along. 

Yes, you read it correct, Bath and Body Works has reached our country !!!  BBW stores are in the Lower Ground, Nu Sentral and Gurney Paragon Mall.  I was super duper excited when I heard about BBW coming to Malaysia and now they are here.

I wasn't able to go to the opening on 12th December and was so bumped out.  Since I have some spare time last night, I decided to pay them a visit because they are having quite a good promotion.

*Sorry for the low-quality photos. I totally forgot to bring my camera

Lower Ground, Nu Sentral

3 Wick Candle: RM78
Medium Candle: RM45
Mini Candle: RM20
They have not brought the candle holder yet.

They are having promotion 2 for RM30

Wallflowers promotion 2 for RM45 or 4 for RM85. You can mix the plug with the refills Unfortunately, there are only 1 pattern plug available. I was hoping for any holiday pattern like Snowflake Nightlight,  Baroque Snowflake, Skating Snowman.  But there wasn't any. Not even the Flower pattern. Do not expect the full range refill scents or any holiday scents as it came in 4 to 5 scents only.

Autumn scents 3 wick

True Blue Spa range

Effervescent Foot Soak: RM62
Cracked Heel Treatment: RM78
Exfoliating Foot Scrub: RM62
Super Rich Foot Cream: up to RM75
Hand Lotion: up to RM75
Super Rich Hand Cream: RM45
60 Second Manicure Hand Scrub: RM50

Aromatherapy range :

Luxury Bath  : RM68

Body Wash    : up to RM55

Body Soak     : RM75

Body Bar       : RM30

Sugar Scrub   : RM62

Hand Soap     : RM25

Body Lotion  : up tp RM55

Body Mist     : RM62

Bath and Massage Oil : RM62

Body Shine Shampoo and Conditioner : RM45

Madness overload!  The Pocketbac Sanitizer is 3 for RM30 and Pocketbac holder are RM20 and RM30 each

Total damage

My small collection

Please do not expect the whole range or the holiday collections are here at the moment but being a store of 5 days old, I am satisfied as most of their signature scents are available.  Hoping more scents to come in, especially their all time favourite holiday scents Winter Candy Apple, Twisted Peppermint and Vanilla Bean Noel. Yummmyyyyyyy smells.. 

Till the next post.  Have a great day everyone!!!

Hi, I'm back!! Well, I actually safely arrived on 4th December.  Sad but yeahhhh I'm glad to be home sweet home.  In my previous post, I mentioned about the essential items I packed for this trip and in this entry I will share what makeup I brought during the entire holiday.

This was all taken with me and I'm proud of myself

  Eyeshadow palette:  This is not the most compact palette that I owned, but I decided to bring this Chocolate Palette from Too Faced because of its wearable and variety day to nightshades.  I don't think I will take it again if I'm on travel light mode because due to my previous experiences, I don't usually put on too many colours / eye shadow during my trip. 

 Face Powder : Make Up Forever Professional in shade 205

 Mascara : Rocket Volum' Express from Maybelline and Lights, Camera Lashes from Tarte

 Lipstick : Rouge by Sephora, Tea Rose by NYX and Fancy by Tarte

 Blusher : Tarte Amazonian Clay Blush in Dollface and Winter Bloom by Laura Mercier

 Brows : Absolute Brows in Mahagony by Red Earth

 Eyeliner : (Wave) Length by Marc Jacobs, Eyeko Liquid Liner and Stila Liquid Liner in Intense Black

 Primer : Urban Decay Primer Portion

 Brushes :  Ecotools Kabuki, F84 from Sigma, the rest are from Laura Mercier 

 Eye Lasher Curler : Shu Uemura

That's all for now.. See you in the next entry!!

Looking at the date of last post in this blog made me feel very sad.  It has been more than a year. Emails that I received from few of you asking, encouraging, I really appreciate it girls. I really really do. I wasn't able to blog because I was soooo busy with my online clothing business and my beauty spa. These babies occupied my time the most.  I don't even have time to watch any Korean Drama online! I was about to post about my business before this but after a second thought, I don't think I should.  

It wasn't easy peasy, but we made it anyway.  I almost give up, but they whispered encouragement and held my hands to keep going.  Everything were right on track and I was able to breath peacefully when some dreadful things happened and I lost it anyway... 

I believe that everything happens for a reason. Things go wrong so that I can appreciate them when they're right. Good things fall apart so better things can fall together. Someday everything will make perfect sense, so for now I have to laugh at the confusion, smile through the tears..

I will start writing again, sharing my beautiful life adventures and splendid holidays. I owe a lot of travel post and will try to finish them soonest possible.

These are few photos of my weekend booth selling clothes and accessories and the photos of once my spa