[Review] Laneige Water Bank Hydro Gel

Assalamualaikum and hello everyone.

It's been two weeks since I last wrote here. Maafkan saya. I was busy settling some workloads and all. So yea, hari ni I'm not gonna write about apa I buat, mane I pegi blablabla boring stuffs. In fact, hari ni I nak tulis about something that I love so much and I can never live without. In short, I'm gonna write a product review! Well, it's more like a story compared to a review sebenarnya. Heheee. Well, I jarang buat product review unless I really really love that stuff. So yea, product apa yang I nak bebelkan hari ini? Well, jeng jeng jeng!

If you've been reading my blog for a while now, you might notice that I am a sucker for Laneige products. Siap pesan kat orang tolong belikan direct from Korea lagi. Amikkau! Tapi fret not, you can always find this product kat Malaysia. Even dekat KLIA, LCCT pun melambak. So, tak payah susah-susah nak pi Korea beli. I je saje gatal-gatal nak suruh mereka-mereka yang pegi Korea tolong belikan. Heh heh!

Water Bank Hydro Gel from Laneige

So yea, back to the product here. Laneige Water Bank Hydro Gel. I still remember the first time I tried this product. It was two years ago. I was roaming around the mall looking for new skincare products. Sebabnye the one that I was using that time was not so good and effective on my skin. Plus, I have an "annoyingly mengade" skin type. It may seems oily from the outside but at the same time dehydrated on the inside. Plus, it sorts of sensitive too! So, nampak tak betapa susahnya untuk I nak mencari skincare yang not only suitable but affordable at the same time?! 

As I was enjoying myself ke hulu ke hilir mencari, I came across a Laneige counter. Kebetulan pulak die ade buat free skin test. So, nak membazirkan masa I decided to do one. Plus, it's free kan? What's the harm. The SA told my that I have a combination and sensitive skin type. So I asked her, "which do you think suits me?" She replied, "our Water Bank skincare line". I told her my story and said the most important think that I'm looking for right now is actually a moisturizer. Haaaa, time tulah die kenalkan I dengan Laneige Water Bank Hydro Gel. Katanya, due to my oily skin she does not recommend the cream type sebab nanti ia akan membuatkan muka I oilier. So, she recommended the Hydro Gel.

In their website, Laneige stated that "Elite herbs grown naturally in glacial waters from the Swiss Alps are extracted with tremendous care and carefully mixed with the ‘Aqua SuperAction’ Novasome Capsules, along with Laneige’s already efficacious properties in the Water Bank line.  A light and refreshing aqua-blue gel type moisturizer with delicate soft granules in pale blue is the result! Despite being light, the gel is moisturizing enough to keep moisture and essential nutrients “locked” where they should. Skin is kept trouble and fatigue free as it soothes and calms. Skin experiences rejuvenation and illuminates with a natural glow.  It is also especially helpful to sun damaged skin with its cooling and recovering properties." Tempting enough? Heheee

Honestly, I was reluctant at first. I mean c'mon, I've tried dozens of products before yet nothing really suits me. Plus, it isn't that cheap hokayh! It was a hundred over ringgit. So I asked for some samples dulu. I was lucky! The SA was kind enough to give me some samples. She gave me the Hydro Gel samples and some other products that she thinks suitable for me. I was happy!

Balik tu, sampai je rumah, I terus try pakai. To my surprise, I straight away fell in love with it. Bak kata orang, cinta pandang pertama. Ok, bukan pandang but more to cubaan pertama. Seriously, it is very light and at the same time moisturizes my skin. And it absorbs easily too! Walaupun secara luaran I rasa macam tak pakai any moisturizer tapi on the inside I feel good and fresh. Plus, it smells good too! And it comes in a pretty clear blue jar yang sangat attractive.

Few days later, I terus pegi cari Laneige counter and bought the full size jar for myself. And not to my surprise, I've been using it ever since! In fact, I almost finish my 3rd bottle and will be getting my 4th bottle very soon! Percaya tak for the past 2 years, I baru pakai 3 botol. And yes, I've been using it religiously! So, walaupun die agak expensive but hey, you can use it for half a year a bottle which kalau harga die RM140 (RM140/6bulan = RM23.33) WHICH kalau you simpan duit seringgit sehari, in less than 6 months pun dah boleh beli! Totally worth it kan? Hahaha, ok nampak tak I semangat gile bercerita siap tolong buat calculation lagi!

So yea, that's all for now. To those yang ada skin type macam I and masih mencari skincare yang sesuai, feel free to try this product. Anda takkan menyesal. To those yang dah try, do share your experience yah. Sharing is caring kan??? Hehheeee. Have a nice everyone. Wassalam.

Ugly Betty vs. Ugly Nana. Eh!

Assalamualaikum and hello semua.

Alhamdulillah, akhirnya PRU13 telah sampai ke penghujungnya. Kepada yang menang, tahniah dan selamat menunaikan janji-janji anda, dan kepada yang kalah, inshaa Allah there's something good about it. Semuanya qada' dan qadar Allah so, terimalah dengan hati yang terbuka dan jangan mudah melatah. Ohkay, enough with the general election already!

Ok, mesti korang pelikkan apahal pulak tajuk entri I hari ni macam pelik je. Ok, disebabkan oleh kerja office yang belambak, I've decided to destress myself dengan menonton TV series. Mungkin orang kata, "apa barang tengok TV series tengok drama Korea lah baru best! Tengok Running Man lah baru gempak!" Ok, no offense to peminat tegar Running Man tapi honestly I memang tak pernah langsung tengok Running Man and seriously tak pernah langsung teringin atau terlintas dalam otak atau hati I rasa nak tengok Running Man. Mungkin sebab Running Man tu too mainstream kottt. Kekeke. Tapi I do watch Korean dramas tau! Siap Japanese and Taiwanese lagi. Cuma jarang-jarang je. Heheee

Ok, back to the story. I love watching TV series. For some, mungkin dieorang suka tengok Gossip Girl, How I Met Your Mother, Grey's Anatomy, Grimm, Law and Order. Some even enjoy watching Family Guy! Semua orang ada pilihan masing masing. Bagi I, walaupun I tengok each and every single series that I described earlier plus with some other bunch of TV series which kalau I nak list semua one by one sampai tahun depan tak habis (Ok, hiperbola je!), I always have my favourite series yang kalau tengok sepuluh kali pun I tak pernah bosan!

So yea, besides my all time favourite TV series which is F.R.I.E.N.D.S, my another favourite is Ugly Betty. Mungkin ade yang prefer the other version of Ugly Betty (Yo soy Betty, la fea), tapi I prefer this one. One, obviously sebab I paham each and every word and tak payah baca subtitle. Two, sebab walaupun cerita die pasal publishing industry yang I langsung takde kena-mengena except as the end user, somehow banyak benda yang dalam cerita tu yang boleh kita contohi.

America Ferrera as Betty Suarez

For example, as we already know, Betty is someone yang nerdy and not pretty like everyone else, tapi no matter what people do or say to her, she never give up. Her dream is to have her own magazine and walaupun she stucked being Daniel's assistant for like forever, she never give up on her dream. Lagi satu, yes, people make fun of her every single day. Make fun of her appearance, make fun of her outfit, make fun of her because she enjoys eating her sandwiches and bagels and not starving like everyone else just to look pretty and skinny tapi die tak pernah malu dengan diri die. She held her head up high and be herself no matter what!

So, that's Betty. Apa kena mengena die dengan I? Ok, since the first time I watched the series years ago, I belajar a lot. One of it is to just be myself in achieving my dreams. Tak kesahlah orang nak kutuk kita kite ke, orang tak suka kite ke, orang nak make fun of kite ke, yang penting as long as kite tak buat salah and kite tak menyusahkan orang lain, why should we be afraid and stop following our dreams? Plus, why do we have to sacrifice ourselves and be somebody else? Just stay strong and be yourself kan senang? Ye dak?

Nana Kamarul as Ugly Nana. Eh! Pun Bolehhhh -.-

Well, that's all for now. Kalau korang nak tau lagi kenapa I suka cerita ni, feel free to watch them sendiri ok? There are four seasons altogether. Nasib baik I tak suggest FRIENDS yang ade sepuluh season tu. Heheee. So yea, have fun watching. To those yang dah tengok, jom lah share dengan I your thoughts! Have a nice day!

We can Choose can't We?

Assalamualaikum and hello everyone.

Ape kabar semua? I sihat alhamdulillah. Anyw, pejam celik pejam celik kita dah masuk bulan Mei. Ya Allah, cepatnya mase berlalu! Oh yea, minggu ni pun dah masuk minggu mengundi. Mesti semua excited nak mengundikan? Ada yang dah balik kampung, ada yang dah amik cuti siap-siap, ada jugak yang dah buat persiapan itu ini. So yea, hari ni I tak nak cakap pasal mengundi. I cuma nak highlight pasal satu benda yang at first I thought was great yet in the end, wasn't that great at all. 

As we can see, sekarang ni bendara, banner dan macam-macam lagi, semua bersepah-sepah kat tepi jalan dekat building-building, dekat ... merata-ratalah! Walaupun at some point those things sangat menyakitkan mata and memburukkan keadaan, tapi I takdelah kesah mane. Afterall, benda-benda tu semua hak semua so, tak salahlah kalau dieorang nak berkempen macam tu. As long as nanti dah habis PRU13 kenalah buang balik eh. Kalau tak, buruk tempat kite. Heheee.

Mana satu pilihan anda? Heheee

So yea, few weeks ago, I tengah jalan-jalan dengan parents I. Konon-konon nak pi makan breakfast. Mase I on the way to the place, I came across these rows of houses yang ada sticker pasted on their gates that says "Keluarga Pengundi ....". Mase I tengok tu I macam excited kejap! I was like wow, semangatnya dieorang ni. Siap tampal kat gate lagi! At the same time, I macam bangga dan respect dieorang-dieorang ni. Mane taknye, semangat sungguh dieorang ni berkempen!

Few days ago, mak I datang bilik I tanya "nak ikut mama pi Tesco tak?" Since I have nothing to do, I pun ikut jela. On our way back, mak I cakap "tahu tak ade orang tampal sticker 'Keluarga Pengundi ....' kat gate rumah kite...". I laughed. Then she continued "... and rumah orang lain jugak. And those stickers tak boleh bukak. As in kalau bukak nanti dia berbekas dekat gate". Now, I was shocked! "Serious?! You took it off tak?" "Ayah did and thankfully it's barely there sebab gate kite besi and jarang-jarang. Tapi gate auntie F and auntie Z (my neighbours) dah buruk".

My neighbor's gate (before and after)

My other neighbor's gate (after)

Terkejut I! Remember I told you earlier yang I bangga dengan orang-orang yang tampal those stickers kat depan rumah dieorang. Well, now, I don't think I am that proud of it anymore. Especially those yang datang rumah orang tengah-tengah malam and tampal those stickers sesuka hati. I mean c'mon, this is our house. We bought it with our own effort and money. We paid for the gates, the windows, the walls , the floors and everything ourselves. Where's your courtesy? Kalau ye pun nak orang tampal those stickers, bagitahu dulu. Pass those stickers to us and let us paste them ourseleves. Tak pun at least, ask for permission bukan main sukehati tampal tengah-tengah malam time orang semua tidur. We do have the right to choose don't we?

So yea, back to the story. Bile I masuk je kawasan perumahan I, I can see those stickers everywhere. Ada yang dah bukak and tinggal bekas, ada yang tak bukak langsung, and ada jugak yang bukak separuh jalan and when they see the bekas they stopped and paste them back. Bagi I, benda macam ni should have not happen. Ni bukan kali pertama kita ada pilihanraya kat Malaysia ni. In fact, we can choose can't we? Tapi kalau dieorang dah sukahati tampal sticker kat gate rumah orang, mane peginya hak memilih kita? Plus, when they do such act especially bile time dah dekat-dekat nak mengundi ni, nanti silap hari bulan dari orang nak mengundi dieorang tapi desebabkan something like this, they end up mengundi untuk orang lain. So, siapa yang rugi? So yea, please think before you do something. Tak kesahlah untuk mengundi ke untuk ape ke. Yang penting, before you do something, do think about the consequences. Jangan main redahhhh je ok :)

So yea, this is just my two cents. 

Kalau ada yang tak puas hati dengan I, 

I nak minta maaf dari hujung kepala sampai hujung kaki. 

Afterall, we do have the right to speak don't we? 

Wassalam. 

New treat for myself! - March edition

Assalamualaikum and hello everyone.

Orang selalu cakap, "Nana you selalu beli barang baru! That's awesome" and those good people will always continue with "murah rezeki you babe. Alhamdulillah" tapi those not so good people will always say (behind my back obviously) "ni mesti pakai duit mak bapak. Mak bapak kaya bolehlah nak shopping selalu!"

Before I go any further, I nak stresskan kat sini yang no, my parents are NOT those filthy rich parents yang akan beli anything and everything yang anak-anak dieorang nak but alhamdulillah we are good enough to survive in this expensive world today. Secondly, yes I love shopping and I enjoy shopping especially when it comes to rewarding myself for completing certain tasks. Just to keep you motivated y'know! And no, I tak shopping pakai duit mak bapak I unless those things are necessary and everyone in the family pun dapat benda yang same. If you must know, everything that I bought (the unnecessary stuffs of course and sometimes the necessary too) semua I pakai duit I. Those money that I earned. Those money that I worked hard for. So yea, please stop talking behind my back!

Ok, back to the real deal here. Last month was the most hectic month for 2013 so far. I sibuk dengan online business I. I sibuk dengan my actual work dekat "office" and I pun sibuk dengan wedding kakak sedara a.k.a roommate I. Buat bunga pahar lah, door gifts lah, entah macam-macam lah! Nasib baik bukan I yang kawen, kalau tak confirm lagi sibuk macam hape. Hah! So yea, because I survived that busy month alhamdulillah, I decided to reward myself with something. Jeng jeng jeng!

Cantik tak kawan-kawan? This gorgeous, I've been eyeing it since forever. Ok, penggunaan forever tu sangat over sikit ye. But hey, ain't it gorgoues?! Ok, mula-mula tu serious I taktahu nak pilih mane. Semua cantik semua I nak. Tapi nak buat macam mane, I tak mampu nak beli semua. So I've decided to get some help from my friends on Facebook as well as Instagram for ideas and suggestions. Thanks to my awwsome friends, after let say few hours, ramai yang suggest suruh I amik this Blue color so I got that one for myself. Yeah baby come to momma! Erkkk!

Anyw, if you are wondering mane I beli bag ni, well here it is. I bought it from this fantastic online shop name die IlhamArisha (just click on the name and it'll bring you to Bags Wonderland). Remember I told you I was busy, so I takde mase nak pi shopping beli bag baru. Kite beli online jeee. Heheee! Since it's a pre-order thing, alhamdulillah last week bag I telah pun selamat sampai depan rumah I. Excitednya kiteeee! See see ain't it pretty?! Thank you IlhamArisha! You're the best. Jangan update bag cantik-cantik dah nanti habis duit kite beli! Heheeee.

That's all for now. Thanks for reading sweethearts ♥