FOTD : Before ER Afternoon Shift on New Year's Eve 2013

Just simple and quick make up.. No eye make up, no lipstick.. Just do my complexion base and eyebrows.

With my beloved sneak-peeking behind me *LOL*

Contouring, Shading and Highlighting - Etude House Face Color Corset #5 Light Shading & #6 Tight Shadinh

My contouring, shading & highlighting arsenal:

Left: Etude House Face Color Corset #6 Tight Shading

Middle:  Etude House Face Color Corset #5 Light Shading

Right: Etude House Face Designing Brightener #1 Wannabe Face

You can read my Etude House Face Designing Brightener review here

1. Etude House Face Color Corset #6 Tight Shading

2. Etude House Face Color Corset #5 Light Shading

3. Etude House Face Designing Brightener #1 Wannabe Face

Etude House Face Color Corset 

Top: #5 Light Shading

Bottom: #6 Tight Shading 

Etude House Face Color Corset 

Left: #5 Light Shading; Right: #6 Tight Shading 

Etude House Face Color Corset #6 Tight Shading 

Etude House Face Color Corset #6 Tight Shading 

Etude House Face Color Corset Swatches

Left: #5 Light Shading; Right: #6 Tight Shading 

From the swatch, the #6 tight shading appears more yellowish while the #5 light shading appear more pinkish brownish beige.

Secret Key Snail+EGF Repairing Gel Cream

I've tried a tub of this Secret Key Snail+EGF Repairing Gel Cream. On my face, it doesn't feel oily and able to keep my oil at bay. No breakout. I feel happy using this gel because my skin became healthier so I decided to buy more.

I ordered from Cosmetic Boom at qoo10.co.id on Oct 13th, 2013 using non-registered korean airmail but hadn't received my order untill Dec 2013. Then I told the seller and they kindly resent my order with registered korean airmail service.

And on Dec 30th, 2013 my Secret Key Snail+EGF Repairing Gel Cream package arrived!
Tadaaa.... The package from Korea (^^,)

Want to try this stuff? Just ask me & leave your comments....

Yam Mie Kepiting by Ce Song Cek

Selama dinas di Kabupaten Ketapang, Kalimantan Barat, pastinya banyak pengalaman dan hal2 yang nggak terlupakan.. Salah satu hal yg paling berkesan adalah...

"Yam Mie Kepiting by Ce Song Cek"

Isinya:
Mie buatan sendiri (mienya ini yg one-of-a-kind bgt)
Daging kepiting
Bakso ikan
Potongan nugget ikan/udang (ga tau pasti)
Pangsit rebus alias "kiauw"
Ini sebenernya ada tambahan topping daging babi masak kecap, tapi ngga suka daging babi jadi request spy ga usah dipakein :p

Lokasi di Jalan Merdeka, Pasar Lama (samping Metro Ponsel). Koki pembuat yam mie kepiting ini adalah Acek bernama Ce Song. Mie-nya bikin sendiri dan rasanya enak bgt, fresh krn selalu bikin baru.
Yg di foto itu penampakan porsi kecilnya. Suka banget makan ini & ga pernah bosen. Sejak nemu bakmie ini, bakmie yg lain tergeser peringkatnya.. Pokoknya Yam Mie Kepiting by Ce Song Cek ini juara pertama deh hehehe.

Christmas Eve 2013

Christmas is coming... I'm a little bit sentimental lately, wish I could be at home on Christmas with my family, but I can't go home this Christmas. But for sure, I'll be home for Chinese (Lunar) New Year on end of January, 2014. I even had booked my airplane tickets since a month ago, so excited!!! No place like home...

I attended Christmas Eve Mass on Katedral St. Gemma Galgani with my best friend and her relatives. Actually I'm not Catholician, I'm Protestant. But I never mind to attend a Catholic mass. In fact, at Ketapang I feel more comfort when attending Catholic mass than Protestant mass. No offense.

Well... This Christmas I feel so grateful but at the same time, also a little bit sad. It's kinda confusing, when I supposed to be happy but the fact is I honestly feel sad and disappointed so I can't real feel the happiness. Today is announcement of civil government worker (PNS) recruitment test result. I'm one of those who passed the test, thank God... But sadly, not my boy friend and my best friend. Honestly, it's still mystery how could I passed the test while they didn't? Life is not fair, never. We just have to stay, struggle and survive for any reasons we fight for.

Well, hope all the best for those who failed the test. Wish there would be any miracles to bring better ways for them.

Merry Christmas!

Ring-ER

I'm not a fan of jewellery for daily use, because of my daily work acticities is frequently contact with patient and infectious material. I also afraid of accidentally losing them among the hectic situation *which is almost always*

This morning on my ER morning shift I saw one of my nurse wearing such a beautiful ring with rose gold color.The ring has quite a big heart shaped bezel with gems mounting, consist of pink fuschia and white gems. I had no idea how I could be interested on such fancy type of ring since I'm a fan of simplicity.
Then... After eyeing for a while, I asked her if I could see and try her ring.

This might be a little impolite for some people, but my ER team are very solid and close one each others, so I have no doubt to asked her like that. She didn't mind so I put that beautiful ring on my left ring finger.

Pretty, isn't it?

Review: Verite UV Multi Cushion SPF50+++ #21 Cover Vanilla

The box, the compact case and the refill.

I've been eyeing on this baby for a while. There are quite a lot of option from various brands beside Verite, there are Amore Pacific, HERA, IOPE, Secret Key, Innisfree, The Face Shop, Etude House etc. I choose Verite because from many reviews I've read on web, it is said that Verite has the most coverage and oil control. Also the packaging are soooo beautiful...

I'm very happy when first time I saw the box. The box is very versatile with metallic golden champange color. It actually quite bulky but still worth coz it contains a compact case plus a refill. The compact case includes a cushion and a puff, while the refill contains a cushion refill plus a puff.

This is the cushion compact case in my palm. It's slightly bigger and thicker than usual compact powder but still not too big. This cushion is quite travel friendly and convenient to carry in my make up purse, so I can easily touch up my make up anytime anywhere with the puff included. No need extra brush, no need extra mirror.

Inside the cushion there is a protector sticker that covers the cushion, to guarantee the freshness of the cushion and also to prevent the cushion dries. After the protector seal removed, you can see the cushion. 

I feel it's not wet enough at first when I touch the cushion very lightly, but after adding a little pressure the foundation will ooze from the cushion. The cushion itself is like a foam with numerous tiny holes, reminds me of bee hives... :p

Verite UV Multi Cushion is like a shortcut for complexion make up on my make up routine. I can skip applying sunscreen/sunblock and foundation on top of my skincare routine, just dab dab dab this with the puff. For my taste, this can be a good sun protector or a makeup primer but not a full coverage foundation when you look for coverage. Coverage is medium and buildable. It does provide a nice healthy glow with evening out your complexion, but I still need concealer to cover my stubborn acne scars.

I have shade #21 Vanilla Cover and it matches my skin tone very well. This does have a little cooling sensation when it touches my skin. The cooling sensation fade in a few minutes and it actually finishes with dewy finish on my oily skin. It might resulting semi-matte to semi-dewy finish depending on your skin type/condition. On top of this I put another layer of MAC MSFN #Light Plus because I prefer the semi-matte instead of the super-dewy finish on my very oily skin. 

Etude House Face Designing Brightener #1 Wannabe Face

It's heavily raining outside. In the begining of December, it seems that every day poured with rain. 

Today I share my review about Etude House Face Designing Brightener #1 Wannabe Face. This is my HG highlighter & face brightener. As its name, it is a face brightener to brighten your complexion. 

On my palm. This has a decent size that 'm sure will last long...

The shade I choose, #1 Wannabe Face, is a shimmery champange beige, making itu so natural on my fair complexion. It also has quite a large mirror which is useful sometimes if I want to touch up on the go. It doesn't come along with a brush, which is actually good, bcs I eventually found the brushes included with products are oftenly useless for me. I prefer to use my own brush.

The powder is smooth, finely milled with super fine & almost unvisible shimmer. It has no visible glitters (thank God!!!). On swatch & after blended, it gives a subtle luminous sheen finish appearence. 

I use this with powder brush or buffing brush allover my face to brighten my complexion or use it as highlighter with my E.L.F. small tapered brush to highlight my temple, nose bridge, c-area, cupid's bow and chin. Light application allover my face gives me a natural and healthy luminous complexion, just like glowing from lit within appearence on my face. It also buildable without being cakey, and you will never be a disco ball even with heavily handed application.

I do prefer this than The Balm Mary-Lou luminizer, which is too yellow on my fair complexion. I also hate the appearence of micro glitters on Mary-Lpu, making less natural result, With Etude House Face Designing Brightener, I always can add healthy luminous touch while stay being on the natural side.

Have you tried this? Share your thoughts!

XOXO

MAC MSFN (Mineralized Skinfinish Natural) Light Plus

MAC Mineralized Skinfinish Natural (MSFN) in Light Plus

This is another pict with different lighting, slightly brighter lighting...

I choose the Light Plus shade because the Light shade was out of stock at that time. I've read many reviews before bought this baby. They said that MAC MSFN has "forgiving" shades that will blend easily to match skintone. Those with NC 20-25 even still can use Light plus. For my NC 15-20 skin, I assumed that there'll be no huge difference between Light and Light Plus. So, I took Light Plus.

I actually haven't try it yet on my face as finishing powder... But from the swatch I think Light Plus will suit my skin well because my inner arm skin color is averagely same with my face skin color. After lightly swatch it blended well with my skin.

Hope this baby will be my HG!

Nov'13 Haul : Skincare & Make Up

Ecotools 6 piece eye brush set
MAC MSFN Light Plus
Tarte Amazonian Clay Airbrush Foundation Light-Neutral
Bootz No. 7 Lipstick
Donna Karan Woman EDP Vial Spray
Urban Decay Naked Skin Foundation Sample Card
Amore Pacific Tinted Moisturizer Sample Card