Mieza Everdeen: September 2013

Nuxellence Jeunesse [REVIEW] : Twist It, Pump It, Feel It

anti-ageing Monday, September 30, 2013

Assalamualaikum and hello!

Have you ever thought that youth and radiance can be recharged? The famous skincare brand from Paris, no other than NUXE has WOWed me again! Aside from their famous Nuxe Huile Prodigiuse Dry Oil, they are also concerned about the ageing process that haunts women of the world and thus, has came out with something very special. This time, Nuxe is introducing an anti-aging fluid with 10 patents, with the tagline of floral energy at the heart of the skin.

The new Nuxellence Jeunesse by NUXE was sent to me by SaSa Malaysia and I have been using it religiously for almost two weeks J

First of all, why do our cells need re-charging? The latest studies in skin physiology found that as days passed, our cells de-charge themselves. They need energy to function properly and produce the essential elements of the skin like collagen, elastin, GAGs, etc.

To those who have learned (and still remember, I hope) Biology at school, we all know that there is an organelle called Mitochondria in our cells that produces energy crucial to ensure the proper functioning of the whole. In every cell, there are over 1500 mitochondria and in each mitochondrion lies mitochondrial DNA, which is very vulnerable and is the key to our skin’s ageing process.

Nuxellence Jeunesse, also called the first “floral battery” repairs mitochondrial DNA to ensure an on-going process of re-charging the skin with youth and a visible re-charging of skin with radiance.

LABORATOIRE NUXE studied 3 flower extracts (Passion flower, Anchusa and Poppy) that has an incredible action on the protection and repair of mitochondrial DNA, which now are the three patents in repairing mitochondrial DNA. This discovery is then combined with their complementary powerful botanical active ingredients, Calendula Petals, Araucaria Seeds, natural origin Hyaluronic Acid and Galanga Leaves. They help to diminish and smooth wrinkles and fine lines, and also restore the skin’s plumpness. Besides, Maca Root, Cocoa Cells and Olive Leaves are also used to restore the skin’s youthful radiance and not to be forgotten, corrective pigments, to instantly enhance the skin’s beauty. Do not worry about any false claims as the tests are all carried out by an independent Laboratory approved by the French Ministry of Research. Optimum safety and effectiveness assured!

Nuxellence Jeunesse can be used by women of all ages, as an essential step morning and/or night for normal and combination skin. For women with dry to very dry skin, use Nuxellence Jeunesse under a cream to pamper your skin. Plus point, Nuxellence Jeunesse can also be combined with another face care for an increased effectiveness ^_^

Been using it for almost 2 weeks, I can see that my skin condition is showing some improvements. It feels smoother and some of the uneven skin tone has disappeared. I will continue using it and see the difference after a month.

The packaging also catches my attention. Users have to twist the top of the bottle and get the pump out. Nuxe claimed that this removable pump system only needs to be pressed once to deliver the right amount of cream, which is super hygienic and non-messy at all.

I am madly in love with the scent of Nuxellence Jeunesse. The sweetly feminine fragrant comes from the subtle infuse of Linseed flower, Lily of The Valley, Heliotrope, Mandarin and Nectarine notes. Give it a try and you will be hooked in no time, hehe!

To all, do not worry as Nuxellence Jeunesse is a paraben-free formula, made from 87% of natural origin and contains no animal-origin ingredients, making it safe to be used by Muslims as well J Oh, worried that it might clog your pores? Fret not, Nuxellence Jeunesse is non-comodogenic too!

Nuxe also has not failed to give their commitment to environmental protection. This is because in the Nuxellence Jeunesse product packaging, they give preference for recyclable materials and also uses smaller size of box printed inside and outside, so yeah, no additional leaflets inside!

*Exclusively available at all SaSa Malaysia outlets

*50ml pump bottle

*RM180.00 each

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Review : Beauty Clinic Mediheal-Overlab Green Tea Real Powder Mask

Beauty Clinic Mediheal Saturday, September 21, 2013

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Ms.Rosy Tea Party with L'oreal & The Butterfly Project Malaysia

Angelic Scones & Tea House Saturday, September 21, 2013

Assalamualaikum and hello ^_^ I have been to a tea party with my fellow Butterflies of The Butterfly Project Community, thanks to L'oreal Paris Malaysia ^_^ It was held at the loveliest cafe I ever stepped in, Angelic Tea & Scones House at Hartamas Shopping Center.

From afar I could see the Eiffel Tower and Miss Rosy neatly waiting for our arrivals. The sight was pretty, I wish I could wake up to this every day :D

On the right side, there is a bench for us girls to sit and pose too, with lots of roses, a lamp post and a bicycle ^_^ It was very Paris like, loving the team for succeeding in decorating the cafe! *clap clap clap*

The event was held upstairs, and on the ground floor was the photobooth, DIY station and potrait station.

This is the Crafts Corner, where we got to DIY our Rosy Fairness insipred headbands. I was informed by Butterfly Illy that this Crafts Corner was prepared by the lovely L'oreal Team. Keep on reading and I'll show you how much fun we had and the end products ^_^

This is the artist of the day, his drawing of Miss Rosy was perfect!

Say hello to our Mamasan Tammy, having fun with the photobooth props ^_^ She and our SWAT ladies were very busy on that day, making sure the event became a successful one!

Then I went upstairs to see what's waiting for us, where the tea party took part. I was delighted to see how pretty everything was, as I never been to any English style cafes before this. Looking at all the prettiness reminds me of the tea party scene in Alice in Wonderland ^_^

The L'oreal team was thoughtful enough to prepare a Ms.Rosy Makeover Station for us Butterflies, in case we need to fix our makeups, get our tresses done and look pretty for the tea party :D

And oh, they also brought in a line of L'oreal nail colors specially for us! Do you know that these nail colors are not available in Malaysia? Yes, we Butterflies got the chance to see and play with them on that day, yeayy! I wish I could have them, you know. The colors are irresistibly beautiful!

This picture was taken while waiting for everyone to arrive. I really love how sweet the setting was, with Love Story by Taylor Swift and some instrumentals playing in the air, it was truly romantic!

During the introduction to Ms.Rosy and what her secrets to Rosy Fairness are, we were given the opportunity to experience L'oreal Paris White Perfect Day Cream and Night Cream. I really love the texture of both creams, they sink very fast into my skin, and left no oily feeling at all. The smell was heavenly divine too, not too strong yet not too faint. The day cream has SPF17/PA++ making it a plus point! I hope you guys will be patient enough for my next post about more secrets to Rosy Fairness okay ^_~

After the product introduction has ended, we were served with tea by the crews of Angelic Scones & Tea House. The first picture below was what arrived first. Pumpkin pastry and green curry mushroom.

I never tried both of them, and now I'm wondering how on earth can a pumpkin pastry taste that delicious and how they make the mushroom taste like chicken? I seriously can munch plates of these goodness, I won't stop until somebody tells me to do so, hahaha!

The tea came next with the scones, muffins and croissants. The mini croissants were the best I ever tasted in my entire life. I wish I can come back for more! Yeah, I'm a pastry sucker, I love them more than I love rice. Hehe :p

So these are what happened downstairs, where all the creativity pours! All Butterflies did not miss their chance to get themselves a headband done at the Crafts Corner. There were lots of roses, plain headbands, pearls, gemstones and hair clips for us to be creative. On the other side was the portrait corner, as you can see below Ayna was having her portrait drawn ^_^

Say Hi to these two Butterflies (the Sabrinas) Sabrina Tajudin and Sabrina Aziz-Bahaman who were really focused and dedicated in making the headbands!

My headband was done by Sabrina Tajudin and she too, did a bunch of headbands for others as well, yeah we the not so artsy gals depended on her that day :p

Finally, its time to say goodbye as the sun has set and I had to go home. I took the chance to take picture with the backbones of the Butterfly Project Malaysia, our ketua geng, Tammy, and the SWAT ladies Ayna and Illy ^_^

Crazy Face take 1 : I'm not crazy enough =_=''

photobombed by the artist XD

Oh before I forgot, let me share with you what Ms.Rosy sent to me shortly after the tea party ended ^_^

I would like to thank The Butterfly Project Malaysia for choosing me to join the Tea Party with Ms.Rosy ^_^ Thanks to L'oreal Paris Malaysia for the collaboration with our community and for the splendid afternoon I had with everyone. To Angelic Tea & Scones House, thanks a lot for the pretty cafe and delicious tea served to us during the tea party. Surely it was an unforgettable experience, and now I'm more confident with the secrets to Rosy Fairness I discovered ^_^

stay tuned for my next post : The Secrets to Rosy Fairness

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Kawai Makeup Look Workshop by BCL

BCL Malaysia. Makemania Data Friday, September 13, 2013

Assalamualaikum and hello! My week started with lots of fun! Despite of dreading the beginning of my fifth semester as a bachelor's degree student, I managed to shoo it away with a day full of fun with my beloved pretty ladies at a makeup workshop ^_^

Besides learning the steps and techniques to create a kawaii look using BCL products by the famous Mr.Tanabe from Japan, it was also a date between me, Sabrina and Farisha. I had so much fun spending the afternoon with them :D

There are 4 famous makeup looks among Japanese girls, which are Shibuya girl (confident), Harajuku girl (sweet), Akihabara girl (natural) and Yokohama girl (confident/elegant). We were given a guide book on all four looks in a cute folder, and there are some tips and hints on how to create or what to focus for each looks.

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We were greeted by the sight of these babies lined up perfectly on the table, waiting for our eager hands to try them on ^_^

The entire team for this workshop was flown from Japan, but some of them too are from BCL Malaysia's HQ. I'm amazed by BCL's effort in flying the team all the way from Japan, I feel very honored! I really respect the Japanese in their dedication towards work and promoting their products and services ^_^ The workshop was conducted in Japanese, and we had sweet Miss Yuko as our translator (English) on that day. She is a Japanese but has been in Malaysia for several years.

As you can see in the picture above, Mr.Tanabe (our MUA) is the one in black attire and the sweet lady in white is the model for that workshop. The rest in pink shirt are BCL crews.

I was quite surprised to see so many eyeliners and mascaras on the table. We were then told by Mr.Tanabe that it is normal for Japanese girls to use a number of same product but different functions to complete their makeup look. Talk about precision!

For our session, Mr.Tanabe taught us on how to create the Harajuku girl look, a sweet look which focuses on gradation eyeshadow and eyeliner that slants downwards (no upward-flicking cat eye here).

We started with a base, which is by using the face powder from Clear Last (feat Peach John). The one in pink casing is for darker skin tone while the one in black casing is for fair skin tone and it got shimmer too. It smells divine!! The peachy scent is so irresistible for me, I feel very sweet already by just applying the powder, haha!

Mr.Tanabe told us to pick some powder with the puff, pat it on our face and then finish with a rotating motion to ensure the powders got evenly distributed and adheres well on the skin.

Personally, I think both the powders suit people with fair skin. Sunburned face like mine cannot really cope well with the color of this powder (even with the one for darker skin tone), but dont worry as there's always a solution for every problem, we have to be creative right? If you have a flawless skin then its a bonus! I witnessed how well this powder works on other girls face during the workshop, they're just perfect!

You can get this powder at selected Watsons (the one with a Japanese corner) and SaSa outlets.

Next, Mr.Tanabe taught us on how to draw our eyebrows. The product used was Browlash EX Water Strong Eyebrow Pencil/Liquid. It is dual-ended as you can see above, and they came in brown and black (soft tone, not jet black) color.

As a person who never draw my eyebrows, I found this eyebrow liner very useful coz of its dual ended property. Mr.Tanabe told us to start drawing with the pencil part first and then finish it with the liquid part. Use small strokes like sketching method and choose the eyebrow liner with a shade lighter than your hair color. For ladies who has colored hair, use brown eyebrow liner.

Now we have come to my favourite part, the eyeshadow pens! This is my number 1 favorite product from the workshop, hehe ^_^ I'm a sucker for brown/bronze metallic eyeshadows, and these two eyeshadow pens from BCL offer the colors that I love! The swatches are below, and my preferred ones is the pink eyeshadow pen.

Mr.Tanabe said that for Harajuku look, we need to do gradation eyeshadow style, and we used the metallic brown color on our eyelids. I found that the pointy tip of the eyeshadow really helped me in applying my eyeshadow better ^_^

After the eyeshadow, we moved on with the eyeliners. There were gel liners, pencil liners (auto) and liquid (pen) liners used during the workshop. My personal favourite would be the gel liner in brown color. I applied it on my waterline and it stayed till I removed it at night when I get back home. It drizzled when I was walking outside and I sweated too while walking around after the workshop but the brown liner on my waterline does not transfer, smudge or melt. However the black gel liner on my lids did transfer due to sweating, but I yet to try it with a primer underneath.

The liquid and pencil liners are excellent too based on some bloggers' review, they stay true to their claims :) There are 2 types of each. The liquid liners have felt tip and very thin tip (more precise/sturdy than Hypersharp), both in black color. The auto pencil liner are in black and dark brown.

Macsaras! These babies are my favorite too! I never knew that Japanese girls use up to 3 mascaras just for 1 look. I labelled them already as you can see below. Firstly the hot pink tube is the mascara for volume. Next we proceeded with the pastel pink tube of mascara for curling effect. Mr.Tanabe told us to hold and press the wand a bit on our lashes' end for 3-5 seconds before letting it go, as this movement will create curls without the need of curling your lashes with eyelash curlers. This is the magic, he said :D It worked on my lashes! Finally we used the last mascara, the one in red, to elongate and separate our lashes. This one worked well too on our lower lashes, tested and approved by Sabrina :)

These mascaras has different wands to serve their purposes.

Finally, Mr.Tanabe told us to complete the look by using lip gloss. These glosses smell really sweet and I bet they taste sweet too, hehe! The colors are pretty, but sadly they are not available in Malaysia yet. If they're here I swear I would've buy it on the spot. I'm not a lip gloss person but when I found 1 worth buying I'll surely spend my $$ for it, hehe ;)

Another special product for the workshop was a facial scrub. The name is Tsururi Ghassoul Paste, made from Morocco Ghassoul and Andes Salt. This scrub is excellent for all skin type and it definitely helps oily skin as well. It can remove makeup too! See my test below, I swatched the eyeshadows on the back of my hands, put some scrub on it, use a rotating motion to distribute the scrub on the skin and voila!! the makeup is gone ^_^ This scrub is to be used about 2-3 times a week, and it is not too harsh either.

Us three stooges at the back, hehehe!

A picture with Mr.Tanabe and our pretty model :)

Group picture with everybody :)

the treasures in our goodie bag :D

-Lash Sculpture Long Separate Mascara

-Makemania Data Eyeshadow

-Makemania Data Gel Eyeliner in Black

-Tsururi Ghassoul Paste (mini)

Thanks a lot to BCL, Manoah and Mandom Malaysia for the invitation! I hope that there will be more workshops in the future and I cannot wait to review the products above soon

^_^

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