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Hey guys!

(an attempt to give a hint of lomo effect to my pictures end up with me looking like a zombie with red hair and red lip lol.)

I am so sorry for neglecting this blog for awhile, I’ve been really busy enjoying my lovely life. Yeah life is good when you surrounded yourself with family and good friends that will always be there for you. Oh oh, let’s get straight to the topic okay, since a lot of people have being emailing me about what is my skincare routine like I’ve said before, I’m not going to tell all of it in one entry but I will let you guys know bit-by-bit hehe. So for today’s entry, I nak kenalkan semua dengan pencuci muka yang sudah menjadi teman setia I selama  6 bulan, yayyy! Ini dia tadaaaaa.

Okay, obviously I dah nak kehabisan pencuci muka ni haha so I’ve Google a nicer image of the face cleanser on the internet and here it is.

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One word to describe this cleanser relationship with me; SOULMATE! Hahaha.

Buat masa ni, cleanser ni la love of my life cause seriously I tak pernah nak rave sangat pasal any face cleanser because before this to me; a face cleanser is just a face cleanser. I’m only gonna use it to clean my face from any dirts and make up, fullstop. But nooo I was so wrong. A good cleanser is the first key to maintain a good skin. My skin has never look better since I’ve switch to this face cleanser, so being a beauty blogger myself, I just gotta share this valuable info with my dearest readers la kan?

It took me about 6 months to honestly say that, I never wanna change my face cleanser to any other brand besides this. Yeah, you heard that from a skincare junkie okay  so in other word this product is really good in my opinion, because it has become one of my MUST-HAVE items list. I will definitely try some new face cleanser out there if any of them seems interesting enough to trigger my desire to buy it haha but I think I’m gonna stuck with this cleanser for a long times.

But before you guys take my words, you need to check this list of results that I expected from any face cleanser that I use. Yeah, saya cerewet, but you only got one area of skin covering your whole face, so you better be cerewet with what you put on your skin okay *kepala goyang-goyang kiri kanan cause I typed this paragraph with attitude! LOL*

So far, I can honestly say that I have been switching back and forth between wallet-friendly face cleanser to the high-end  face cleanser; from the one sold by Neutrogena (I loveee their face cleanser too, I’m still using it during ehem ehem that time of the month when mother nature cause my whole face erupted with acnes boooooo ) to the one sold by Estee Lauder (pricey but the result is so so lah) .

After tons of trial and error, I finally came out with this list of results that I PERSONALLY want from a face cleanser;

1) Not too foamy or doesn’t produce any foam at all.

2) Doesn’t leave my skin feeling tight

3) Doesn’t make my face feeling squeaky clean

4) Leave my skin feeling softer and matte

5) My skin becomes oily only after about 3-4 hours later.

6) Doesn’t requires me to clean my face more than 2 times a day

7) Help to unclog my pores (make it easier to extract blackhead or whitehead after using the cleanser)

Hehe, let me explain some of the reasons why I expected all this from my face cleanser i.e this is my 7 tips on how to choose the right face cleanser for everyone, I believe this tips can be beneficial to all skin types; dry, oily or combination skin. And no, I ain’t snow white, so whitening effect is not something that I look for when it comes to face cleanser yeah.

1. Not too foamy or doesn’t produce any foam at all

-any type of cleanser that produce a heaps of foam means that it has a lot of sulfate in it. It’s not good for your skin if you’re using a face cleanser that contain a lot of sulfate, this will strip away the natural oil of you skin and therefore in long term, it will disturb the pH balance of your skin.

-I know, it is fun to clean your face with something that is foamy or produce a lot of foam, but seriously if you do concern about you skin balance, then stop using foamy face cleanser yeah?

2.Doesn’t leave my skin feeling tight

- if your face cleanser leave your skin feels tight as if you just had a strong wind blows your entire face which end up making you look like you just had a mini face lift *okay lawak bodoh haha* then stop using that cleanser pleaseeeee!

-If your skin feels tight, it means there’s a lot of natural oil that has being strip away from your skin by that particular face cleanser. Once this happened, your skin will produce more oil to replace that natural oil that has being strip away. So that is why some people complain that after 1 hour (or less) cleansing their faces, their skins started to becomes oily and greasy again.

-Especially for those with oily skin, as much as you despise that oily skin of yours, you cannot remove all of that oil from you face, so the best way is to use any cleanser that contains salicylic acid if you have oily skin that is prone to acne breakouts. There’s a lot of choices out there, so I don’t think I need to list it here

3.Doesn’t make my face feeling squeaky clean

-yes, you heard this one before. Squeaky clean is only for your floor, not for your face. So never ever use any sort of face cleanser that make your face feels squeaky clean, it goes back to point no.2 just now where squeaky clean means a lot of your natural oil had being strip away by that harsh face cleanser.

4.Leave my skin feeling softer and matte

- depends on you skin, if you skin is normal, then it doesn’t make any different if you face cleanser give you that soft, matte texture feeling to your skin. But my skin is combination skin, so I do welcome any face cleanser that helps to control the excess sebum on my skin.

5.My skin becomes oily only after about 3-4 hours later

-I have address this in point no.2 kan?

6.Doesn’t requires me to clean my face more than 2 times a day

-we all heard this one before; “clean your face only 2 or 3 times a day”. I personally follow this golden rule.

-When you clean you face more, you skin will work harder to replace that natural oil that you’ve remove from it, so this will make your skin even oilier than it originally is.

-So if you use make-up to go to classes or work,the way I do it is that I clean my face in the morning and then after coming back home, I will clean my make-up with the make up remover first and then I’ll use the face cleanser  to rinse everything away.Later at night,I’ll just use the tap water to clean my face again and to prep it for my night skincare routine.

7.Help to unclog my pores

-I’ve never went to those skincare spa or treatment centre to get my blackhead or whitehead extract. I basically do everything myself because it’s a lot cheaper plus it save a lot of time since I am pretty much busy with studies and my own personal life.

-So I just bought the cheap whitehead extractor from the Body Shop, I think it cost about rm13 kot, and I use that to extract all of my whitehead and blackhead. A good face cleanser will helps to open up your pores to make it easier for you to clean all those dirts and dead skin cells.

But usually if you have a good skincare routine, for instance you exfoliate your skin regularly, you won’t have to deal with whitehead pon. *obviously i don’t have a good skincare routine sebab I ade lagi whitehead booooo *

So yeah, based on the 7 reasons, I can honestly that this Clarins cleanser works like a charm for me, it does fulfill all of the 7 criteria that I look for in my face cleanser.

Hopefully this entry could assist you guys out there to figure out which face cleanser is the right one for your skin. If there’s anything, do leave your comment in this entry, I will try to get back to you ASAP, but if you urgently need to ask me anything, do follow me on my twitter; twitter.com/LilianaMardiana or just email me here; liliannamardiana (at)  gmail.com

Love you guys! Have a wonderful Hari Raya Aidiladha and have a great weekend everybody!

Hey you guys!

Ye ye, lamanye tak update, dah bersawang dah blog ni haha. Sorry sangat-sangat, I ade midterm exam sepanjang 2 minggu ni, so yeah, I have to stay focus on my studies. That is a valid reason for not being able to update my beloved blog, right? Study must and will always come first. Syukur alhamdulillah 3 papers dah habis, Computer law, Land law and also Company law, phewwww. *kesat peluh. Next Tuesday, I have Equity and Trust paper, wish me luck, guys! *nervous*

Ok disebabkan I dah lama tak bercerita pasal products di blog I ni, hari ni I nak update pasal 3 products yang I tengah sukaaaaaa sangat-sangat.As a skincare junkies, I tend to buy a lot of unnecessary stuffs just for the sake of testing it out and if that product doesn’t impress me or the performance was just so-so; I won’t re-purchase it. So ye, saya memang fussy bab-bab ni, hehe tapi biarlaaaa.

Sebenarnye I ade beli banyak jugak barang-barang baru untuk bulan ni, but this three is the best and it had become apart of my skincare regime, yang lain tu I cuma guna sekali sekala je.

(Ceutical Scar Potion yang botol kuning kat bawah, Ceutical Scar Serum yang botol putih di atas)

1. Ceutical Scar Potion

Price: RM 10 for 3ml (1 bottle)

Shop at: I bought this from Sharon, a friendly seller at Vanity Talks fan page. (click the link)

Ratings: 5/5 stars.

What is it for? : To reduce the size and color of acne spots.

Review: How can I not love this potion? Seriously. Haha I mula-mula dapat potion ni waktu I beli masker ceutical dari Sharon and she gave me this potion to give a try. After that, I saw a significant different on the brown color of my old acne spots. So I have to get more of them, hehe and now that I have restock a couple of bottles of this potion, I have to say that this is one of my favorite brown-spot remover, simply because it works on my skin and cheap.

Sebab kulit I jenis pigmented skin, maknanye kulit I sangat mudah untuk dapat bintik-bintik coklat hasil dari gigitan nyamuk gigit sekalipun *sigh* so this product is great whenever I have to deal with brown spots left by acnes or insect bites.

Dan macam yang I cakap, product ni I guna untuk pudarkan bintik-bintik coklat di kulit I, bagi sesiapa yang nak kurangkan bintik-bintik coklat dengan lebih effective, boleh cuba Ceutical scar serum bersama-sama dengan Ceutical Scar Potion ni, both works wonderful together, so far I dah guna kedua-duanya hampir sebulan lebih, memang nampak bekurang sangat-sangat warna coklat acne spots I tu, now I’m almost back to my old clear skin. So yeah, two thumbs up of from me!

2. Origins Spot Remover

Price: RM53.00 for 10 ml

Shop at: Origins counter in Parkson.

Ratings: 5/5 stars.

What is it for? : Can be use to unclog pores, treat small whitish bumps on skin, zap away any potential small pimples and blemishes.

Review: I have 2 bottles of this and I always carry it around me, yeeeeee kecohnye saya. I always believe that prevention is better than cure. So sebelum mana-mana lubang roma yang tersumbat dan membengkak tu jadi jerawat yang merah meradang, lebih baiklah I kawal dia awal-awal kan? So this is my combination skin best friend!

Tapi perlu ingat yang benda ni ada Salicylic Acid, jadi bagi mereka yang berkulit kering, kulit korang mungkin mengelupas kalau guna terlalu banyak benda ni.

So my suggestion is guna dengan cotton bud dan cuma titikkan betul-betul di tempat yang ada blemish atau clog pores, letakkan 2 kali sehari dan keesokannye insyallah boleh hilang.

Notice: I pernah cuba letakkan Spot Remover ni pada jerawat jenis pustules, it didn’t work. So bagi I, untuk jerawat yang ada pustules tu, I kena jugak gunakan Oxy10 or Oxy5. So disebabkan ramai readers yang asyik bertanya mengenai cara I mengatasi jerawat. Please take note of this;

Jerawat yang merah meradang, yang sakit ketika di sentuh dan nampak membengkak, itu jenis jerawat yang ada pustules. JANGAN sesekali di picit jerawat jenis ni sebab dia ada bakteria yang mungkin merebak di bahagian lain dan akan menghasilkan parut yang sangat sukar untuk dihilanhkan. Guna products yang mengandungi Benzoyl Peroxide bila berdepan dengan jerawat begini, bagi yang tak tahan dengan Benzoyl Peroxide (kulit mengelupas, kering dan pedih), gunakan Sulfur.

Salicylic Acid,sesuai untuk jerawat yang bila di sentuh tidak sakit, tidak berwarna merah dan tidak membengkak. Jerawat jenis ni terhasil dari lubang roma yang tersumbat atau blackhead sahaja, so yeah, Salicylic acid works well for this type of acne.

So please take note of the type of acnes that you’re having and then choose the correct treatment for it, okay.

3. Trilogy Purifying Masque

Price: RM99 for 50ml

Shop at: I bought this at TNS Skin Lab counter.

Rating: 5/5 stars.

What is it for? : Deep cleansing the pores and remove impurities for a clear smooth skin.

Review: This mask is impressive. I love my Origins Clear Improvement mask that I’ve being using for almost 2 years, but this Trilogy clay mask might actually come in between my love relationship with Origins you know, haha

Bagi sesiapa yang pernah cuba clay mask, kita semua tahu apa akan jadi kalau clay mask tu kita guna terlalu kerap dalam masa seminggu kan? Yeah, lubang roma memang terasa bersih, kulit kurang berminyak etc, tapi kulit akan kering dan terasa sedikit ketat lepas tu kan? Well duhhh, it’s a mud that you put on your face, what else do you expect?

But not with this one though, mask Trilogy ni tak buat kulit I terasa kering atau terasa ketat sama sekali, all thanks to the Rose Geranium oil and Rosehip Oil ingredients in this mask.

Lepas pakai, kulit dan lubang roma memang terasa sangat bersih dan kulit I jugak terasa lembut, gebu dan memang tak kering sama sekali. I just loveeee this mask. And I do love the idea that it is made from natural ingredients, which is not only good for my skin but it also have less impact on the enviroment.

Disclaimer: All of the products that I have stated were tested on my skin. (types: combination, pigmented and a little sensitive skin) Do bare in mind that whatever that works for me, may or may not works for your skin, so do consider doing some research and do not rely 100% from my review; it is an honest and non-profitable review, but everything that I have stated is purely based on my own judgment, opinion and experiences, I am no professional but just a law student who happens to love and passionate about beauty related stuff.

p/s: Yeah, kena letak disclaimer. Anything just feel free to ask me, apa yang I tahu mesti I akan jawap, mana yang I tak tahu tu, maaflah I tak berani nak memandai pulak kan