Review : skin food fresh juice c serum

I can't believe that i skipped this one to review after i wrote about fresh juice cream and toner.. well, i think i made a short review about this on my post about the fresh juice set before. Now that it's only 1/3 left,, i just want to update that overall i like this, eventhough it's not my favourite. gel cream/serum based is just not my fav..

what i like most about this is..... the packaging!!

look at this,,, soo coooooll.. it's like an infant medicine.. you press the top, then you get the product and the good thing is that you can control the amount of serum you want/need.

the srum itself, it is light, but quite rich at the same time. it gives me fresh feeling and moisturised a little. for whitening effect, well,,, i don't believe whitening promise anyway. i bought this because i want some fresh scent and my face sometimes looks dull. i don't see any whitening effect, but sometimes when i didn't go out and just stay at home all day, i just apply my fresh juice set, no bb cream, no powder, nothing.. just fresh juice toner-serum-cream, and my face all day was fresh and stay ok, i mean, not dull or something..

well, that's it my esperience of my skin food fresh juice products.. i almost finish them all.. now i am gonna start using my skin food peach sake series..

Review : skin food Gold apple hand balm

I'm not a fan of hand balm or hand cream. For me, body lotion is enough. why do i need hand lotion when i have body lotion that i can use for my hand too? this one from skin food, i didn't purchase this. it is a gift from my husband from his bussiness trip to china. He knows how much i love skin food so he bought me this and other skin food products from china.
As i'm not a hand balm/lotion person, i forgot that i have this item, untilll... my maid got married and went home.. pulang kampung, gak balik... then.. there i was, in very dry winter, dealing with laundry, detergen, chlor, dish washing, and other ckeaning chemical stuff.. my hands were dry,, flaky,,itchy... and somehow lotion didn't help. Vaseline would help, but of course,  made my hands sticky..
and then i remember.. hey, i have skin food hand balm!
what's written on the packaging:

fresh hand cream that contains citric acid-rich apple extract to make your hands gently soft without a sticky after-feel.
to use : apply it after hand washing or whenever you feel the hands are dry.

gold apple? i don't know why skin food named it with gold. is there any gold in it? i don't think so. the first thing i did when i opened this, of course, sniff on the product, and yeeeaaayy.. it smells sooo lovely.. not smell like a fresh apple, but smell like creamy apple.. reminds me when my daughter started eating puree,, i made an apple pure with milk, blend them together.. that's how it smells. creamy apple!
the products itself, well, i'm glad that it works! it is creamy and rich but absorbs quikly, no sticky feeling after. and after some days, i can't remember, my hands were healed, back to normal. since then during winter i applied this cream everyday until it finished.
The packaging, i think it is a little bit too bulky. not convinience to carry around, unless you have a big purse. and you must close it tightly or else, if you have a toddler like me.. yup... my daughter once opened it and dipped her fingers in it!

Shopping and beauty products i found in Taiz, Yemen

A while ago (when i started to write this ne blog), i read in lovely cosme blog about indonesia cosmetics-lulur paradise, you can read here , she remind me of  how i love indonesian products, specially body scrub/lulur, and how i ordered one box of lulur bali all varians when i first came to Yemen, because i was afraid that there would be no lulur here in Yemen. hehe.. I left a comment on her site, and she replied, asked me about yemen local cosmetic brands or beauty products..well, i swear i was gonna write about that on my first post but i was so excited writing reviews about korean cosmetic brands at that time.

Anyway, now i decided to write about shopping in Yemen and beauty products i found in Yemen. First, Yemeni women like to go shopping in Souq. What is Souq? well, if you watch sex and the city 2 where they travelled to Abu dhabi, then you know what souq is. It is more like traditional market, you can found everything there. Here in Taiz don't expect a mall like pondok indah mall or plaza senayan. There is no such thing like that. We shop in the souq. The souq in Taiz is located in 26 street, it is a loooong street. you will get tired walking and shopping here. My mom asked me what is it like, and i told her, well, maybe you can imagine Blok M behind melawai plaza or pasar mayestik, but it is a looong road with shops on your light and right. The main street is always crowded, and there are some alleys with air conditioner, one you enter, there is another long alley with shops. there are also some 3-4 storey building like ITC, cafes, Bank, restaurants, and at one end of the street is spice and foods market.

i copied this picture below from www.ycmes.or, it is a picture of souq in Yemen.

When i first came to Yemen, i bought my beauty products from Al furais supermarket, that i wrote a post about it before. I found some familiar products, like l'oreal and clean&clear for my face, sunsilk, garnier, herbal essence for my hair, dove, lux, nivea, johnsons for body. For baby&kids products, what familiar for me is only johnson&johnsons. the rest are new for me.And for your information, there is no unilever, or P&G in yemen. so all that products i mentioned are not made in Yemen. They are all imported.
For me who like trying new products, it was interesting to found many new products i never heard before and not available in Indonesia.

After a while i met some new friends here, then i started visiting souq and found my self enjoying my time in souq. Beauty stores in Souq are intersting. i was surprised to found many brands from all over the word. The seller always sell by saying, oh, this one is made in germany, this one made in france.. this one made in USA.. bla bla.. i wanted to try foundation or powder but never found a right shade for me. so i just bought lipstick, lip gloss, eye liner, eye brow pencil, from various brand i have no idea.lol
There is this interesting story, when i wanted to buy dove soap bar in the souq. I told the seller, i wanted dove soap. And the seller asked me, Dove made in germany or Dove made in UAE? i was like what? what's the difference? then the seller gave me both to compare, and yes they smell different even though they are the same dove variant. and the other day i heared a woman asked for dove made in USA. the seller said sold out.Then i heard they offered her dove made in germany and made in UAE, but she didn't want. she insisted she wants only dove made in USA. wow. then i heard they were talking about dove  made in usa is a favourite here. well, that's a new thing for me..

anyway, let's jump to some products i found here. Here are beauty products i have now;

I checked the packaging, most of them made in germany, some made in france, uae, UK, PRC..

This is my fav line products at this time.shampoo, conditioner and body cream shower. the name is "Dulgon", under the company Mann & schroder, made in germany. and of course the first reason i bought them is because they smell good..i got fade up with shampo, conditioner and soap with cosmetic-artificial smell, so when i found this i was so happy... the shampoo and conditioner i bought 3 varians. Acocado&mango, apricot and olive.

look at this. cream shower with coconut flavor? it smells yummmyyy,, i love it a lot! it smells like coconut milk (santan).

and this is Dulgon for kids. the lotion smells soooo girly and sweet. The other bottle is a hair mist, or like zwitsal hair lotion.

My fav body creams!!! the name is "soft colors", made in PRC. There are so many variants, and these are my 4th, 5th, and 6th tubes. i finished my first 3. I keep buying them because they are good in moisturizing my skin, and they smell niiiiceee...

.. while this one is my husband's fav lotion from johnson's. it is made in france.

scrubs.. the left one is from farmasi, made in turkey. Farmasi is quite famous here. not just body scrubs, they have also body spray and make up. I saw one farmasi counter in one of the shop here. the website is www.farmasi.com.tr . the right one is beauty formula, made in UK.

another products for baby,, the name is sanosan, made in germany, also under company mann & schroder

 Vaseline jelly!!! vaseline jelly is a must have here. it is a "weapon" for women here. all women in yemen have at least one in their house. hehe,, well, at least that's what i got from all my Yemeni friends here. It is like a multi purpose cream here. for your lip, very dry skin, crackes heels, etc. i am so happy that now they have varians, not just original. now they have varians in aloe and shea butter.

and this is the dove soap made in germany i mentioned before..

now for hair care... in Yemen you need more than just shampoo and conditioner, as the weather is extra dry here and your hair will become dry too. seriously, my hair was so smooth before and i have no problem brushing my hair, not it's dry and hard to brush smoothly. so you need extra treatment. you can choose hair cream, hair oil, or anyany other you like. At this time i have l'oreal elvive nutri gloss sine masque.this one is made in UK. then i have sunsilk hair fall solution hair cream. this one is available in indonesia too. and for another hair cream is eva honey hair cream, made in egypt.
I also have Vatika cactus hair oil. Vatika is one of the middle east famous brand. it is product of UAE. they have also shampoo and conditioner with many variants. oh, and hair oil is also very popular here. mow women use hair oil for their hair.. the next product with ginseng inside is banana leaf hair crystal, made in PRC, and garnier fructis oil replacement, the same function like hair oil, only in cream texture.this one is made in france.

fiuuuhhhh this is a loong post!
almost finish.. for yemeni local, they have some lotion or cream perfume. so it is actually a fragrance/perfume, but the texture is cream, it is home made, and smells oud or some arabic fragrance.They have also in oil texture where they put them in some fancy perfume bottle. But for soap, shampoo, lotions, make up, all import.

Haul from Al-furais

I wanted to write this post together with my last arhab haul, but then my daughter woke up and started crying, so i couldn't write another post.

Anyway, Al furais is not a beauty  store. It is a supermarket, in fact my fav one in Taiz. It is also favourite for foreigners, because they sell import food. Yup, mostly they sell food and beverages, and of course some house cleaning supplies just like other supermarket. They also have beauty corner, where they sell bath and body products and of course make up.

my haul last saturday :

 left to tright : Dulgon cream soap milk & honey, soft colors body cream in pure seduction, soft colors body cream in vanilla lace,garnier fructis oil replacement, vatika cactus enrich hair oil, banana leaf hair crystal ginseng formula

i'm so excited trying this product. as you can see, there is a real ginseng inside the bottle.cooolll... can't wait to try this one!!

i want to write about all beauty products i found here in yemen. i hope i have time to write today or soon..

Haul from Arhab part 2-> shawl, hijab, accessories

As i mentioned in my previous post before, Arhab also sells shawls, pashmina, hijab, inner hijab, accessories, almost everything women need. Normally i bought hijab from souq, but yesterday i saw they have new collections. i wanted to buy 2 or 3, but i couldn't choose, so i just took 7. lol

what i am so happy about it is that they are cheap! around 500-800 YR only, or around Rp.25.000-Rp.40.000. Last week i was browsing hijab from online seller in Indonesia, and browsing about hijab style and trends from muslimah bloggers, and i can see that now the trends is arabic style,or they call it "kerudung arab" and pashmina, no longer "jilbab paris". Kalau yang aku lihat sih sekarang lebih banyak yang pakai kerudung segi panjang ala pashmina daripada kerudung segiempat yang dilipat dua jadi segi tiga. bener ngga?
well, here in Yemen the trend also with this kind of hijab, not "jilbab paris" style. anyway, when i was browsing hijab shops on the net, the price is around Rp.45.000-Rp.80.000 for this kind of hijab. So yes, i am so happy i can get them cheap..

ini yang disebut "selendang/kerudung arab brokat" oleh para online seller yang aku kunjungi.

kalau yang ini yang para online seller bilang "crumple shawl"

untuk yang ini macem2 sebutannya. ada yang bilang kerudung turki, ada yang bilang kerudung arab motif..

motif hitam putih dan polos warna krem.. kok difoto jadi kaya warna abu abu yah?

jepitan, bros, dan pin-pin/klip sebagai pelengkap berjilbab..

overall,,, i'm so happy with everything i bought yesterday.. but i can't found inner jilbab that cover the neck too, in Indonesia some call it ciput ninja, ciput syria, ciput leher.. apa lagi yah? di sini belum ada yang jual tuh..  so i will still do some online shopping soon..

Haul from Arhab part 1-> beauty product

I have been wanting to write about shopping or products in Yemen, but somehow i always got busy or distracted, and until now i didn't write yet. besides i still have soo many beauty products to try and review.
 
anyway, yesterday i went out for shopping. On the way to grocery store, i stopped by in "Arhab", it is a 2-storey shop for ladies, they are selling make up, perfumes, beauty products, bags, shawl/hijab, accessories, and fancy jewelries (not gold). it is one of my fav shop here in Yemen. I used to come here to buy gifts for my family in Indonesia, but yesterday i went there to shop for my self.

 beauty products i bought..

for my hair, i bought garnier color naturals by nutrisse in black, and as i asked the seller to give me this, he offered me Katrina, the one in green sachet. this is new product, he said. it is a shampoo coloring. Ha? yup, i got confused at first, thank God there is english written in the packaging, it said, " a new breakthrough in dyeing. Perfect color will be presented after shampoo" hmmmm.. ok, it sounds cool, so i just took one sachet.
at home, i checked this item, o ow.. the instruction at the back is in arabic..lol..not a problem anyway, since i can always ask my hucband for a translation, and thank God there is a picture on how to use it, and it seems really just like you apply shampoo.

    

the next item i bought for my hair is L'oreal elvive nutri-gloss intensive shine masque. I finished my l'oreal serum, and i need some other treatment for my hair. It said shine masque, but from the directions it seems like any other conditioner. apply after shampoo, wait for 1 minute, rinse. well, i hope it is good product.

next, i bought lip gloss, eyeshadow pencil, lip care, and nose pore strips.
the first lip gloss is M.n splendid honey lip gloss. i don't know this brand, never heard of it, and there is no explenation on the lip gloss, not even written where it made.lol
the second lip gloss, VOV. really? wow, i was surprised that i found vov here in yemen.
then i bought eye shadow pencil and lip care vanila. i like the eye shadow pencil. it has 2 colors, gold brown and pink-maroon.I think they are made in turkey, i recocnize from the language written on the back of packaging, it is written in turkish. but i don't know about this brand before.
wait. i just checked the website. it is started in Milan, but then the production moved to turkey, and the distribution is all accross the europe and middle east. they have some other interesting products too. too bad that they don't have a store here in Taiz. They have 1 in Sana'a
the other item is skin doctors nose pore strip. it is like biore nose pore strip, but since there is no biore here i just bought any brand available for nose pore strips

That's it for beauty products i bought in Arhab. i will post part 2 haul from Arhab soon.

review : skin food vita-c cream & mist

 

I saw this line on skin food website just a day or two before i submitted my pre order list. I was almost confirmed, but then i thought, ok, let's check skin food website for the las time, and taraaa...!! they were new products at that time. I was like wow, skin food face mist. this is new!! i need face mist, and replaced my order for face shop mist with this.

I doubted this line at first time. First, their packaging is not eye catchy, not like other skin food products. Second, the line is not complete. I mean, they have varians of vita a, vita b, vita c, but only mist and cream. no serum, no emulsion, no toner. I mean, look at avocado skincare line. toner-essence I -essence II-emulsion-eye balm-cream-lip balm..now even they have the essential oil-multi balm.wow.

while this one, it is like they are not serious about it.. (ngga niat gitu) haha..but i bought them anyway.. i thought, for back up, just in case my fresh juice line and peach sake line finish before i come back to jakarta. who know that... they turn out great and in fact saved me from the hard time,very bad dry-winter season.

 The cream
from skin food website :

A facial water cream that instantly fills thirsty skin with vital hydrating energy of Vita C complex and Alaska glacier water.
[Vita C Complex Story] This complex delivers revitalizing hydration with effective ingredients from vitamin C-enriched berries-Rasberry, acai berry, cranberry, and strawberry.     
[Alaska Glacier Water Story] Alaska is on initial source of water covered with over 20,000-year-old glaciers. Alaska glacier water is fresh water at mildly alkaline pH, enriched with oxygen, minerals and ions.      
     
*To Use     
Use after mist or essence application. Apply an ample amount onto the face and pat gently until the cream is absorbed completely.          
Refrigerate before use to enjoy a cooling skin treatment. When you experience unusual exhaustion and stress, apply liberally and use it as a hydrating mask pack.      

my review :
the cream is gel-type, and easily absorbs. as i mentioned before, i bought this for back up. but then there was this time when my skin became so dry.. well, it was winter, very very dry here in  yemen. emulsion or lotion will not be enough. you must use cream day and night!! and then.. i saw dry flakes.. and even though i put my skin food fresh juice c cream, after 2 hours or so my face already dry and it was realllly bad..
so i decided to open this cream.

i was surprise, it worked!! it worked reallly good. this cream in fact worked like magic. my face kept moisturized and no more dry flakes.. even when there was this time when my face became extra dry, irritated, sting when i put toner, and as i read on their website to put this cream in the fridge for cooling skin treatment, i did, and yes, it worked to cool down my face that felt burning at that time.

so i set aside my fresh juice line and continue using this cream for the rest of the winter. since there is no vita c cream toner, i spray the mist instead toner before apply this cream, and it was even better. no toner, no serum, no emulsion, just this mist and cream, and it worked great!!

Facial mist

A facial water mist that fills thirsty skin with vital hydrating energy of Vita C complex and Alaska glacier water.            
[Vita C Complex Story] This complex delivers revitalizing hydration with effective ingredients from vitamin C-enriched berries-Rasberry, acai berry, cranberry, and strawberry.            
[Alaska Glacier Water Story] Alaska is on initial source of water covered with over 20,000-year-old glaciers. Alaska glacier water is fresh water at mildly alkaline pH, enriched with oxygen, minerals and ions.
            
*To Use  
Mist over face after washing or whenever skin feels dry. Refrigerate before use to enjoy a cooling skin treatment.      


my review :
I like to use facial mist before make up and to carry around, to use everytime i need some refreshment. My fav facial mist that always in my purse before was mustika ratu green tea facial mist/spray. well, mustika ratu still my fav though, since it is much much cheaper. i just like to try new products so i bought this.
it is just like any other mist. well, what can you expect from facial mist anyway? it is just for refreshment and keep your skin hydrated.
this one smells nice, fresh-fruity scent, lovely one.i use this before make up, or in the middle of the day when it was hot outside, or whenever i feel my face dry, dull, and need some refreshment.

the bottle contain 145ml, which is quite big to carry around, so i bought this cute small bottle, and pour some of the mist into it.now this pink cute bottle always inside my purse.i don't have to carry the big bottle around.