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Murad Review: Skin Care Skin Care - Anti-Ageing Skin Care - Pores Concern Skin Care - Sunblock/Sunscreen Skin Care - Wrinkle / Fine Lines

Murad Invisiblur™ Perfecting Shield Broad Spectrum SPF 30 | PA+++: A photoshop in a bottle with skincare product benefits and invisible sunscreen

When I received the invitation from Murad to attend the official launch event for the NEW Invisiblur™ Perfecting Shield Broad Spectrum SPF 30 | PA+++, I quickly concluded that it is going to be a sunscreen product launch due to the word “Broad Spectrum” within the product name. Can’t blame me though, we are in the middle of a sunscreen Olympic whereas most of the brands are releasing or reformulate sunscreen products. I extended the invite to Arpita and when she asked what was the launch about, I told her it’s a new sunscreen product LOL. Nope, it’s definitely not a direct sunscreen product and I’ll tell you why.

Murad Invisiblur Perfecting Shield
Right after telling Arpita it’s a sunscreen product, I did a quick Google search on Invisiblur™ and I stumbled upon this video by Sephora.

Review: Skin Care Skin Care - Sunblock/Sunscreen Sunplay

Sunplay Skin Aqua Sarafit UV SPF50+ PA++++: Smells like a skincare, works like a skincare plus sun protection

Sunplay, if you don’t know yet has the most extensive sun protection line at an affordable price. That doesn’t stop the brand from coming out with more sun protection product. In fact, recently Sunplay Skin Aqua came up with a new extension range, named as Sarafit UV.

Sunplay Skin Aqua Sarafit UV
Sunplay Skin Aqua Sarafit UV offers the highest UVA ray protection with its PA++++, which targets the main cause of premature aging. The range is formulated in Japan using Double Silky Powder Technology, a technology to give comfort to the skin and oil absorbent even after sweat. Therefore it is ultra-light and silky smooth matte to wear on the skin, under hot and humid weather. Besides that, it is also enriched with Hyaluronic Acid and Super Hyaluronic Acid to deliver long lasting hydration throughout the day by targeting each layer of the skin. One ingredient I was surprised to know that is infused in the product is Collagen. Collagen in sun protection product? Say what? Yes girls. Collagen that is in the product help to improve skin elasticity and youthful, smooth look. Are you sure this is sun protection and not skin care? 😀

GLAMGLOW® Review: Skin Care Sephora Skin Care - Cleanser

GLAMGLOW® THIRSTYCLEANSE™: My least favourite but it’s not all bad for me

Okay. I lied. I promised to talk about my #1 favourite GLAMGLOW mud-to-foam cleanser from the lot last week but I didn’t. Being as random as I can be at times, I decided to talk about the GLAMGLOW® THIRSTYCLEANSE™ first instead.

THIRSTYCLEANSE is a revolutionary cleanser, created with only one purpose in mind – to hydrate, restore moisture, replenish and calm skin. To me, this hydrating mud-to-foam cleanser is the express on-the-go version of ThirstyMud, my least favourite mud mask from GLAMGLOW. So by default this THIRSTYCLEANSE is also my least favourite cleanser among the four.

GlamGlow ThirstyCleanse
Whether this is my favourite or not, I must say I like how the pump system dispense out the right amount of product per pump. The pump is not those shallow type of pump where you don’t get the satisfaction of pressing the pump down but instead it goes down quite deep.

GLAMGLOW® Review: Skin Care Sephora Skin Care - Cleanser

GLAMGLOW® SUPERCLEANSE™: Fantastic treatment cleanser and a perfect complement to SUPERMUD

Last year, I had the honour to attend the launch of GLAMGLOW and this year, I was once again given the honour to attend the GLAMGLOW GLAMTASTIC Party in celebration of GLAMGLOW’s 1st Anniversary in Malaysia and also for the launch of the World’s First Mud-to-Foam Cleansers, which was held end of April last month. I could not believe that GLAMGLOW has been in Malaysia for a year now. How time flies and it has been fantastic!

GLAMGLOW launched the World’s First Mud-to-Foam Cleanser range, which consists of four cleansers namely YOUTHCLEANSE, SUPERCLEANSE, THIRSTYCLEANSE and POWERCLEANSE just this January 2015 and two out of the four cleansers hit our local Sephora stores in April 2015. The two cleansers that are now available are SUPERCLEANSE and THIRSTYCLEANSE. I like all four of them but there are two that stands out to me the most. I finally bought SUPERCLEANSE at the recent Sephora Private Sale. The additional 20% discount makes it even more affordable 🙂

GlamGlow SuperCleanse
SUPERCLEANSE is a mud-to-foam cleanser for problem skin, just like the mud mask version – SUPERMUD. If you know how SUPERMUD works, this cleanser is supposed to be the cleanser version of it. Same in everything except that this is the cleanser version. It contain the same mud from SUPERMUD, which transforms into a gentle foaming lather when in contact with water to dissolve oil and makeup, getting rid of pore-clogging debris, impurities, excess oil, absorb excess sebum oils and create a mattifying layer on top of the skin for clearer complexion.

Caudalie Review: Skin Care Skin Care - Face Mist

Caudalie Beauty Elixir: Getting on the bandwagon, minus the glowing result

The Caudalie Beauty Elixir is not a stranger in the beauty atmosphere. I have never been intrigued by it after so many years despite all the raves and hypes. I’m not someone who would pay heaps of cash on a face mist. However, recently I’m very much into face mist. I guess you can tell 🙂 . Any kind of face mist. I want to try all of it. So when Sephora had the 30ml bottle in the store, I had set my eyes on it. It’s time to test it out. I finally purchased it during the Sephora Mid Valley official grand opening last month.

Caudalie Beauty Elixir
The Caudalie Beauty Elixir comes in two sizes. A 100ml, which I can’t recall the price (I’ll update when I do) and a 30ml. The 30ml although is still pricey for a face mist, but it’s still cheaper than splurging on the full size without knowing if it’s good or it doesn’t. The plus point is that it comes in a frosty, heavy glass bottle, making it all worth paying RM60.

Review: Skin Care SK-II Skin Care - Anti-Ageing Skin Care - Face Mist Skin Care - Hydrating

SK-II Mid-Day Miracle Essence and Mid-Night Miracle Essence: Portable crystal clear skin booster for anytime and anywhere

Interestingly, when photos of the NEW SK-II Mid-Day Miracle Essence and Mid-Night Miracle Essence popped up on the internet, I was wondering what it was because of the description on the bottle and that it doesn’t looked like a mist at all. What’s even more interesting is that the word “Pitera” printed on the bottle. I read that this new duo are actually the on-the-go version of the famous Facial Treatment Essence.

SK-II Mid-Day Miracle Essence and Mid-Night Miracle Essence Review
I found out that the inspiration behind this duo came from SK-II Global Brand Ambassador and Academy award-winning actress Cate Blanchett herself. When asked at the recent Google Hangout Live chat recently on how she keep her skin fresh all day while on-the-go, Cate said that she would decanted out a small amount of Facial Treatment Essence and put it into a small spray bottle. She would sit at the back of the car and mist all over her face. This small little trick helped to keep her skin moisturize from day to night even under the heavy makeup. Now that SK-II had came out with the mist version for the convenient of everyone who wish to bring their favourite Facial Treatment Essence out and about, let’s see how does it fare on our Malaysia hot humid weather and if it really does wonders for me as it does to Cate Blanchett 😀