Blossom's review: DIY beauty routine

Having a bright, clear, and soft skin are every girl’s dream, include me. But, sometimes the facial foam that i used is not working and leaving a bad impacts for my skin. At the first usage, I didn’t feel anything just soft and relaxed skin.  So, I decided to use it. And then a few months later, suddenly my skin felt rigid after i washed my skin with it. It makes me confused, and feel like “for God’s sake, i must change my facial foam, again?”

Actually, changing your skin care isn’t recommend. It can be damage your skin because your skin is needed to adapt with new facial foam (again). And your skin isn't always suitable with every skin care things. That's what happened with my skin, so i found another way to clean and smooth my skin. I started browsing do-it-yourself skin care that made from natural ingredients such as cucumber, tomatoes, apple, eggs, oatmeal, milk, coffee, strawberry, lemon, etc. 

What i've done with those natural ingredient?

• For cucumber, i slice or chop the cucumber then apply it all over my face. Let them dry for 15-30 minutes. Then, I wash my face and rub some ice cube all over my face to fresh my skin! :)
• Tomatoes, apple, and strawberry are good combination juice that I always drink everyday. Oh, it's also avoiding my skin from acne.
• Sometimes, I have a blackheads too. I pour an egg with a drop of lemon water, especially an egg white to make a face mask. Just apply it for 15 minutes and clean it.
• Last but not least, this combination is my daily skin care beside facial foam. There's both ways to apply it, as facial mask or facial wash. To rest my skin from chemical material, i often applying it as facial wash to substitute my skin care. What's ingredient that I use? Yup, oatmeal! Hohoho.... the result of oatmeal facial mask is pretty good for my skin. Now, I will show you how to make an oatmeal facial mask. Here you go :)

First, you need an oatmeal and make sure it doesn’t have any flavoring and other additives. (If you’re not sure, get plain oats). In this case i use Quaker Oatmeal that can be found at mini market. 

Take 1 tablespoon of oatmeal and place it on a plate

Second, pour three tablespoon of water (or more) until it turns into a paste

Voila! You've got an oatmeal paste. Just apply it all over your face as facial mask, or rub it to make it as your facial wash. And last step is rinse with cold water :)

(You can apply moisturizer) 

If you want, you can mixing it with coffee or milk too. Do you know? Oatmeal contains avenanthramides, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory compounds that soothe itchy, dry and irritated skin. Oatmeal is also great for acne-prone skin because it absorbs oil from the skin’s surface. That's why I love this DIY beauty routine.

Who's already try it? What do you like the most, with coffee/with milk/just oatmeal? Leave your comment below! :)

xoxo,

Rara

Blossom's Review : Hada Labo Shirojyun Ultimate Whitening Series

Hello!

How’s your day, Minna-san?

Today (yeah, i know, tonight i mean) I’ll tell you about Japan’s skincare: Hada Labo!

"Hello, guys! Meet us, Hada Labo Ultimate Whitening Moisturizer Series"

I used Hado Labo Ultimate Whitening Lotion and Milk, they’re really really different although they have similar package. The difference is Hada Labo Ultimate Whitening Lotion lighter than Hada Labo Ultimate Whitening Milk. You can mix both of them like i used every night (put Hada Labo Lotion on your face  and then Hada Labo Milk, don’t forget to clean your face before applying it!) but it doesn’t matter if you want to use one of them. Before you applying Hada Labo Ultimate Whitening Lotion or Milk, you should know your skin types.

With High Purity Arbutin, they'll make you face supply and brighten!

I recommend Hada Labo Lotion for oily skin type, because it won’t make your skin more oily.

And for dry skin type, you can use Hada Labo Milk to moist and soften your skin.

“How to recognize my skin type?”

Depend on my experiences and all articles that I’ve read, you can recognize your skin types from how long the oil stays on your face. If you feel like “Oh my-God, my face is soooooo oily, it looks like a frying pan with a liter oil!” “Breakout, again?” “How can i kill this acne clearly?” “I looks like a salad with extra olive oil” You have an oily skin type. But, if you feel like “why my face is so rigid?” and your powder isn’t long-lasting to cover up your face, your skin is dry. All you need is moisturizer!

In fact, I’m afraid of trying some skin care that I’ve never used before. But, someday i want to try Japanese’s skin care like Hada Labo or other. I bought Hada Labo Ultimate Whitening Facial Foam in medium size, and used it to clean my face. So far i like how they moisten and soften my skin, finally they made me change my daily skin care products.  And for moisturizer, I tried Skin Aqua Moisturizer Milk. Actually, I couldn’t buy Hada Labo Ultimate Whitening Milk and Lotion, I got it from my internship partner, Kak Fanni, who tried it but it didn’t work on her face. So she gave it to me.

At the first usage, I don’t really like their texture, because it’s too sticky on my face even i tapped-tapped-tapped my face with a drop of them. Oh, i felt like my face a lil bit rigid too. So, i used them for night skin care. Anndddd.... I LOVE THEM THAN BEFORE! They made my skin soften, moisten, and lighten. Psstt... I wore them all over my body as body lotion too! Hehehehe.

Repurchased? Umm... I don’t think so. Maybe yes, maybe no.  I don’t like them if i use for daily skin care, but i like them for night skin care. What do you think?

(+) Fragrance free and colored free. It makes our skin more healthy, right?

(+) Whitening effect

(+) Moisten and soften

(+) Make your skin supple

(+) Less breakouts (for me)

(+) Three-months usage (saving my money!)

(+) Brighten your skin

(-)The packaging

(-) Too sticky