Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Product Review: Bioré Marshmallow Whip Deep Clean Facial Wash

During these past few months, the weather in Singapore has been scorching hot and humid. This resulted in my skin becoming even more prone to oil production from sebaceous glands. Thankfully, Sample Store and Bioré sent me this product to try out! It is the new and improved Bioré Marshmallow Whip Deep Clean Facial Wash for Oily Skin! 



Having shiny oily skin is a common problem amongst Singaporean women. A survey done by Kao shows that Oily Skin is the 2nd Top Skin Concern (24.7%) for females in Singapore. Due to Singapore’s hot and humid weather, it naturally aggravates the skin condition as it leads to an increase in oil production from sebaceous glands. Oily skin is also associated with skin problems such as visible larger pores, black heads, acne that are also ranked amongst the top skin concerns. However, many oil-control facial cleansers worsen the skin condition as they strip of the natural oils on the skin causing dryness and hence, resulting in more oil production. With that in mind, Bioré has launched a new and improved product to the Burst of Joy Facial Foam and Marshmallow Facial Wash Range, Bioré Deep Clean to help consumers fight oily skin.

 The new Bioré Deep Clean range consists of two gentle yet purifying cleansers that can effectively cleanse the skin deeply and remove excess sebum, yet sealing in essential moisture and healthy oils to prevent dryness and hence, leaves the skin feeling moist and refreshed! Oil Control Bioré Deep Clean range helps to deeply cleanse dirt and oil from the pores and reduces extra sebum, without drying the skin. The gentle yet purifying cleanser ensures that the skin is cleansed thoroughly to help you enjoy a shine-free face all day! Improved Skin Purifying Technology (SPT) Cast away your fears of suffering from dryness after daily facial cleansing! The new and improved Skin Purifying Technology ensures that dirt and excess sebum are removed more easily and washed off more efficiently. Thus, preventing the loss of essential moisture from the skin and helping to improve skin condition, leaving the skin feeling moist and soft.

Directions for Use:
• Pump appropriate amount of foam (1-2 pumps) onto palm and massage onto wet face.
• Rinse thoroughly with water
• Avoid pumping in excessively wet conditions

Review:


As you can see from the photos above, it really foams after just one pump! Moreover, the foam is ultra fine as well, which cleanses better and gently with bubbles smaller than pore sizes. After the wash, I feel that this facial wash really removes sebum. This made my skin feel more refreshed and smooth after using! This product doesn't have any strong fragrance as well.

However, I have combination skin, so it might be a little drying for my skin. It would definitely work well for people with oily skin though!

Bioré Marshmallow Deep Clean Facial Wash is priced at $13.90

Available at all pharmacies, hyper & supermarkets, beauty stores, departmental stores and selected minimarts from 5th April 2016.

Head to Sample Store to read more reviews of Bioré Marshmallow Whip Deep Clean: https://www.samplestore.com/biore-marshmallow-whip-deep-clean-facial-wash.html

Sunday, February 21, 2016

Travelogue: Bali 2015


After months of procrastinating, I finally decided to sit down and blog about my impromptu weekend trip to Bali in December 2015, the week just before Christmas.



It all began with this photo. 

A week before I posted this photo, my friend's hall mate won a trip for 2 to Vietnam by Jetstar Asia and she went on the trip with that friend. For the month of November, Jetstar was having this contest to win a pair of return Jetstar tickets for a weekend getaway by hashtagging #jetstarasia #FridayFREEFlights. The catch is that we would have to leave almost immediately (like the earliest flight to that destination). I decided to just post a photo and see how it goes. Besides, what are the chances of actually winning right?

Lo and behold, I ACTUALLY WON. 


I was speechless. Absolutely stunned. But so very excited! I immediately emailed them accordingly and they called me up. They gave me 2 of the earliest flights to choose from and so I picked the earliest one which is a 4 am flight the next day. Next, I had to make sure my friend, Ohn could make it too. So I called her up and told her I won. She was just absolutely thrilled as well! 

I immediately went to grab my luggage and started packing. While packing, I was wondering how to tell my mum. At that point in time, I didn't think she'd oppose or anything. However, I was wrong. She was rather firm on not letting me go. 

But, I had to. It was the one and only time I would get this opportunity to travel for free. Flights and accommodation for 2 roughly add up to probably about 1.5k based on last minute rates? Honestly, what are the chances of ever winning something like this again? Hence, I took a leap of faith and went for it.



Day 1 (19 Dec):

Met Ohm at the taxi stand outside CityVibe to catch a cab to Changi Airport for our flight at about 2.15am. Reached T2 at about 3 am, checked-in and went in to wait for boarding.



Even at the airport, we couldn't believe that we're actually doing this without a plan. It was the most reckless thing I've done, ever. Well, we're both 21 now. So I guess it's time to do something we've never done before (':


Friday, January 15, 2016

Product Review: Eruca 3D Volume Up, Moist & Repair, Scalp & Volume

Hello! 

Today I'm back with another product review sponsored by Sample Store and Eruca, which is the full range of Shampoo and Conditioner by Eruca. Thank you Sample Store and Eruca for sending this over! They have the prettiest packaging ever (:





Eruca is Japanese hair care brand of botanical oil infused shampoos and conditioners. Eurca utilizes 12 different types of botanical oils that provides a luxurious and thorough clean while being skin-friendly. The focus has been on seed oils, providing nature's 'silicon-like' effects but without the harmful effects of silicon itself. 

Seed oils from broccoli, cowberry, bilberry, milk thistle, etc is the hallmark of this moisturizing and shine-inducing formula, while the blend also contains other rich botanically-sourced oils such as argan, virgin prune and marula oil, which helps rejuvenate tired tresses.