Having a smaller, V-shape face is every Asian girl’s dream. Not just slimmer face but a shaper feature, bigger eyes, and fairer complexion too. We just want what we don’t have 😉 . Typically, Asian women has more and larger face pocket compared to Caucasian. Don’t ask me why. I want to know why too LOL. I started my Clarins journey because I was under Hyperthyroidism medication and the meds gave me extreme water retention which resulted in puffiness. A client of mine told me she uses Clarins Shaping Facial Lift and the rest is history. I purchased and repurchased over 30 bottles to date. So when it comes to combating puffiness and to give Asian women a smaller face, Clarins is the expert.
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It always excite me when there is a new whitening skincare range. It excites me more when Murad launched one. Murad, is one of the most effective high-performance skincare brand I have used.
Murad White Brilliance, a brand new range within the brand was developed using Porcelain Flower Extract to illuminate the skin and evening skin tone for a porcelain-smooth appearance. This flower is a native blossom to Asia, known for its high content of anti-oxidants and anti-inflammatories. The name came about from the bloom’s pure white color and crystalline texture to mimic fine porcelain and luminescent finish. The range also infused with moisturizing, reparative, purifying benefits, rich source of phytonutrients such as anti-inflammatory phytosterols, terpenes, flavonoid antioxidants, and Essential Fatty Acids. With these ingredients, this makes the range suitable for normal to even dry skin and sensitive skin users.
What I like about this range besides being a whitening range is the ultra simple steps. There are just four products – Cleansing Cream, Luminous Essence, Porcelain Serum, and Luminous Shield SPF50 PA++++.
Cleansing Cream (RM228 / 135ml)
The gentle foaming cleanser purify the skin by utilizing a blend of Omega-6 Essential Lipids and Jojoba-derived Esters to enhance moisture retention.
Luminous Shield SPF50 | PA+++ (RM398 / 50ml)
This is an ultra-light UV sunscreen lotion to shield skin’s rosy glow using Grape Seed Extract, an antioxidant rich ingredient. It has light-diffusing microspheres to fill in lines and wrinkles for less visible appearance.
Porcelain Serum (RM538 / 30ml)
The star product of the range is this Porcelain Serum. It is a high-potency powerful serum to enhance skin translucence using four brightening technologies. Porcelain Flower Extract evens and illuminates the skin tone, Green Tea Extract to further promote skin brightness and firmness while Hexylresorcinol (try saying this 3 times) and Hexapeptide-2 deliver a radiant translucent complexion together.
Luminous Essence (RM368 / 50ml)
A quick-absorbing and lightweight serum that works by delivering all the essential hydration to the skin deep using electrolyte-rich Kunai Root. It also has Red Algae and Indian Fig Extracts to exfoliate and restore youthful texture and luminosity.
For more information on Murad and its range of products, please visit Murad Malaysia Website or Murad Malaysia Facebook Page.
Price:
+ Cleansing Cream – RM228 / 135ml
+ Luminous Essence – RM368 / 50ml
+ Porcelain Serum – RM538 / 30ml
+ Luminous Shield SPF50 | PA++++ – RM398 / 50ml
To locate for a Murad store and skin centre, please visit this link.
Did you know that every year from May onwards, Zespri SunGold Kiwifruit will be made available in all supermarkets and fruit stores nationwide? I did not either! I am used to the green kiwifruit from Zespri and if I remember correctly, I have only tried SunGold Kiwifruit once. This time around I was down with nasty flu and cough so I need all the Vitamin C I need to recover faster. Zespri SunGold Kiwifruit contain over 3X the Vitamin C content found in an Orange for every 100g of edible flesh 😀
Sulwhasoo as everyone know is a well-known Korean skincare brand. Now the brand takes K-Beauty up a notch with the launch of its K-Beauty Makeup Collection. Korean beauty trend has always been adopting that dewy glow and natural radiance from within. The same concept are instilled in its makeup collection for a no makeup makeup look. However Korean version of no makeup makeup look is different from the US. Sulwhasoo are gravitating more to natural dewy flawless skin with a tinge of radiant colour.
Mamonde, a leading global premium cosmetic brand fully imported from South Korea is scheduled to be launched in Malaysia this coming August 2016 with its first beauty counter in Aeon Bandar Utama. Mamonde will be the latest skincare brand under leading cosmetic company, AmorePacific Malaysia’s umbrella.
The word Mamonde is the french word for My World. It is a beauty brand that offers quite a wide selection of skincare and makeup products. Price are pretty affordable. Let me just warn you. It is priced at the lower price than Laneige. Say between RM6 to RM169?
Mamonde’s skincare uses flowers as its key ingredients formulation. It is the first of its kind in the market for this formulation. Why flowers? It is said that blossoming flower together with its scent and colours naturally emits a inherent vitality and surging energy that is able to change one mood and calms the heart. Therefore an intensive research and development was done at AmorePacific Research Institute, uncovering the link between flowers and woman’s beauty. These research was done on various types of flowers, from the root to the stem up to the flower petals. Flowers contain moisturizing properties and skin nourishing ingredients that not only provide moisturization to the skin but also to balance oil production.
Each Mamonde skincare range uses different flower as its key ingredient. They are five main range with five different key flower ingredient and functions.
Honeysuckle, an enduring winter flower is widely grown on the mountains and in the forests. The blossoms are white but gradually turn yellow with age.
Hibiscus blooms beautifully under sunshine on summer days. Each hibiscus shrub is capable of growing up to 5,000 trumpet-shaped flowers over a long season.
Narcissus grows and blooms in bunches by the sea, revealing its pure and elegant beauty especially when clustered.
Lotus breathes as the sun rises and anchors itself firmly on a puddle of mud. The deep, noble scent that travels in wind is sure to attract you.
Camellia is a flower capable of enduring long winter is adaptable even in the ocean. The flower is also capable of preserving its intoxicating scent regardless of its surrounding.
Mamonde aims to bring women’s beauty into a bloom through the eyes of nature and wisdom found in the flowers’ vitality, which is now available in their products. Lookout for Mamonde first ever beauty counter this August 2016 in Aeon Bandar Utama 😀
For more information, please visit Mamonde Malaysia Facebook Page or Instagram for more updates.
With its sister brand adopting a new tagline, it is just the matter of time before L’Oréal Paris does the same. I was right. L’Oréal Paris revealed a brand new identity last week for its makeup products. They are now known as L’Oréal Paris Makeup Designer. L’Oréal want you to not just apply makeup but design your own makeup look.