There's a beauty demo by MUA Mira E Thalina, I was picked to be the model for HD-MakeUp Look. Fellow beauty bloggers could try Absolute New York products here and swatched them at the table. Spotted the Icon Eyeshadow Palette which is their best selling eyeshadow palette. So excited to try them. What I really love from this brand is they have so many products like high end brands, from complexion to eye and lips products, so many colors to choose and the quality is great, of course with affordable prices. Who doesn't want that..!

Cute chocolate cupcake with Absolute New York topper, yummy!!

Find this sign if you go to Sogo DSM and you can stay there as long as you want trying the products one by one and don't forget to pay for it. Lol.. They have makeup chair too, so if you need makeup just come by there. 

This is the smaller eyeshadow palette. It's compact and affordable, you get 10 colors for only IDR 175,000. Plus it comes with a brush too inside.

From here, you can see tons of color choices, it's not all, only some of them. What I really love is they have many unique colors that other brands don't provide. Name it and find it.

Here's my favorite part. I bought the transparent primer for my face. It glides easily and making my face as super smooth canvas before applying makeup and it makes my make up lasts longer. Spot that super duper big size bronzer there. You can use it for your body too. I'm also impressed with the HD powder too, it's super soft and makes my makeup looks more flawless.

The key moisture element in the KLAIRS Supple Preparation Facial Toner are also included in the Supple Preparation All-Over Lotion. The All-over Lotion includes the same amount of moisturizing agent such as beta-glucan, hyaluronic acid, and Polyquaternium-51 as the Facial Toner. 

A lotion for the face and body Use freely anywhere on the body wherever moisturizing is needed. The All-Over Lotion is absorbed quickly without the stickiness. It’s useable all throughout the year, on any part, in any season, thanks to its smooth, light finish, full of hydration. With a generous capacity for various applications, you can use ample amounts as needed anywhere on dry areas. Beside for face and body, it's also can be used even for lips and hair. Super super all in one lotion. 

It has a big tube packaging with flip cap. It's easier to use and more hygienic compared to a jar packaging like the cream one. Best thing for hygienic reason, I hate to dip in my finger most of the time.

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PROS:

+ Contains a lot of product in a tube
+ All in one, multifunction product
+ Economical since it's big and multifunction
+ Moist enough as day or even night cream
+ Light texture and fast absorbing
+ Non perfume
+ Safe ingredients

CONS:

None

OVERALL:

It looks like a bit pricey at first but it's a total safe for the amount you get, plus it can be used for many things at once. I like how multifunction it is because this is the skincare that I'll use whenever I'm too lazy to use anything. I grab this and put it on my face and body, as easy as that.

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Price: $ 26.5 

Back with The Balm here.. If you've read my previous post, I was invited to The Balm Beauty Workshop and Opening, it was so much fun and I tried so many The Balm products. I loveeeee them. You definitely have to try their highlighter, bronzer and eye shadow, they're the best!

The Balm gave me a lip product from Meet Matte Hughes series and eyelashes from artisan pro. I will review the lip product I chose along with my sister's. I chose the shade Committed while my sister chose the shade Charming.

Description

Introducing a truly loyal long-lasting liquid lipstick—Meet Matt(e) Hughes. With eighteen dreamy shades to choose from, you can take your pick from this hopelessly devoted collection. This long-wearing formula has a comfortable matte finish with no commitment issues. These matte vanilla mint liquid lipsticks are stuck on you without feeling clingy!

Crazy lot color variant from The Balm Meet Matte Hughes. Which one do you want? from nude to pink, orange, chocolate, purple, brown.. I'm impressed!

The lip product comes with a box and as usual, super cute graphic from the one and only, The Balm. It has vintage and quirky cartoon image which I love. The bottle itself is a plastic bottle with matte silver cap, it's quite tall for a lippies.

The wand has slim slanted applicator, very easy to use on lips. I can make precision lip line easily in no time.

Committed: It has the perfect pinkish nude color which everyone will adore. However the color will tone down and gets deeper than the first time I swatched it but it's still pretty.

Charming: It's still on the nude side but deeper, the color is similar with committed but more to mauve. This is the perfect choice if you think Committed is too pale for you.

The texture is creamy as typical lip matte product, it spreads easily and not patchy at all, very easy to blend. I love the texture. It needs time to set, but we can layer it up without worrying it will get patchy.

The scent is so YUMMY!!! It has chocolate mint scent (I love chocolate mint ice cream btw), soooo yummy I wanna lick it. I can feel the minty sensation too on my lips after applying.

My sister, Aileen is using Charming (Left) while I'm using Committed (Right)

The Balm Meet Matte Hughes in Committed

Review

I LOVE IT! It stays there, smudge proof, long lasting and doesn't dry my lips. It's still there even after drinking and eating. The best part is if it's removed a little bit while eating, I can put the lip matte as layer without making it chappy and still looking good. Most lip matte products, we have to remove all the stain then put it on again as a new layer, so tiring and not practical especially if we need to go out for a whole day or traveling, I won't bring lip remover in my bag, you know. 

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PROS:

+ Long lasting

+ Smudge proof

+ Many color variants to choose

+ Doesn't dry my lips

+ Can be layered 

+ YUMMY Choco mint scent

+ Minty sensation on lips (some may not like it but I like)

CONS:

- A bit pricey

OVERALL:

It's a bit pricey but I think worth the investment since it's a good quality and long lasting liquid lipstick. The staying power is great and the formula works great on me. I love the scent, my favorite! 

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Price: IDR 260,000 

Where to Buy?

The Balm Indonesia

(Bali: Sogo, Discovery Shopping Mall)

Hi guys, as you have already known about this, the super late Althea box which supposed to be arrived around July but it's just arrived last month and came with normal box rather than Birthday box. It's a sad moment for all Altheans in Indonesia including me, felt like getting breakup with your loved one.

However, I still belonged to the lucky one because not all my friends can receive theirs. I'm so grateful yet feel super sad because this might be my last box from Althea. They can't enter Indonesia because of this ridiculous regulations for cosmetics. Urghhhh...! >_<

Despite all my disappointment, I wanna share to you what I got from Althea and give mini review about the products. I got many skincare rather than makeup, checkout my last Althea box too here. For makeup I only picked an eyeliner, while for skin and hair care I picked cooling hair pack, face scrub, nose pack and face mask.

I have two liquid pen eye liner from Dolly wink and K-palette which I adore them so much. They're really good and long lasting, the price is expensive tho, but it's worth the quality. But... they're just ran out at almost the same time, super sad. So glad that I bought this before that happened. 

This has a nice brush, easy to make liner with that, the color is black and color's payoff is great. It's also smudgeproof (hard to removed after it dries) but it's NOT WATERPROOF, it goes away as soon as I rub it under the water. Sigh.. too bad it's not waterproof, I always need something that's waterproof because I get teary easily.

I wanted to try this product since a while ago since hair pack sounded great for the scalp. Finally I decided to get this Nature Republic Natural Olive Scalp Cooling Hair Pack. It has plastic olive-green jar and looks like body scrub or mask jar.

Super cute olive watercolor sketch on the top of the jar. It's a twist cap so I need to open it everytime I wanna use it, I think it's better if it comes in a tube, easier to use.

That's all my (last) haul from Althea. I really hope, wish, dream and pray for Althea so they can make it to Indonesia again. I hope you like my haul and let me know if you have any questions regarding the products. Overall, I'm pleased with the products I get. Are you more a skincare person or a makeup person? Just a rambling question, lol. Don't forget to comment.. Xoxo.

Jaman sekarang kalau belum ngerasain Eyelash Extensions rasanya ga afdol, ya nggak sih. Mulai dari artis sampai ke wanita karir hingga anak sekolahan mungkin sudah mulai pada nyobain trend kecantikan yang satu ini. Baru sekitar beberapa tahun belakangan ini nih yang namanya Eyelash Extensions mulai menjamur dimana-mana.

Griya Lentik menjadi salah satu pelopor Eyelash Extensions di Denpasar, Bali. Mereka sudah buka cukup lama di Renon dan Kerobokan, namun sekarang mereka pindah ke jalan yang lebih besar yaitu di Jalan Tukad Barito Timur No 21C. Tempatnya yang baru sudah pasti lebih besar dan luas serta lebih mudah diakses. Bali Beauty Blogger diundang ke acara pembukaan gerai terbarunya ini tanggal 1 September lalu dan pastinya kita juga ngerasain dong Eyelash Extensions disini.

Lobby saat acara Opening

Receptionist

Setelah bikin appointment, akhirnya aku datang ke riya Lentik lagi seminggu setelah opening. Begitu masuk kerasa homey dan relax seperti ke tempat spa, interiornya didominasi warna oranye dan hijau serta lantai yang dilapisi parket, diiringi alunan musik tradisional seperti yang biasa didengan di tempat-tempat spa. 

Di lantai 1 selain ruang tunggu dan lobby, ada juga display baju-baju batik yang bisa dibeli oleh pelanggan yang berkunjung.

Setelah konsultasi dengan therapist Griya Lentik, akhirnya aku memutuskan untuk memasang bulu mata glamour yang panjangnya 10-11-12 dimix supaya hasilnya tetap terlihat natural dan ga terlalu nabrak-nabrak ke kacamata. Lanjut naik ke lantai 2 ke area Eyelash Extensions yang didominasi ungu dan kuning.

Banyak sofa-sofa empuk macem nonton premiere tempat kita bersantai sambil menunggu si bulmat dikerjakan, bisa ketiduram deh. Nyaman banget disini plus diiringi lagu-lagu spa.

Kurang lebih 1,5 jam kemudian eyelashku selesai dipasang dan berubah dari si botak jadi si lentik. Perasaan saat kalau sudah bisa bilang "I woke up like this" itu ternyata ah-ma-zing. A bit lebay, tapi kalau ngeliatin insta storynya artis-artis yang cetar membahana selalu dan selalu ON, salah satunya adalah faktor ini nih, Eyelash Extensions. 

I LOVE THE RESULT! Bulu mataku kelihatan natural banget tapi pajang, walaupun lentiknya ga sampai ke atas-atas kaya wiper mobil soalnya bulu mata asliku memang agak turun. Perlu dicamkan juga ya, kalau hasil dari Eyelash Extensions pada setiap orang tidak bisa sama karena ditempel ke bulu mata asli kita. Jadi kalau bulu matanya agak jarang jadinya ga bisa se-full yang bulu mata aslinya memang rapat-rapat dan banyak. Arah dan nyebarnya juga, kaya di mataku kalau dilihat lebih rapi yang kanan daripada yang kiri tapi yang di kiri kelihatan lebih cetar. Kalau benar-benar di zoom in baru kelihatan sih. 

Untuk ketahanannya juga berbeda masing-masing orang tergantung cara kamu merawat si bulmat ini. Ada beberapa hal yang harus diperhatikan kalau pasang Eyelash Extensions:

- Jangan kena air selama 24 jam sejak Eyelash Extensions selesai

- Jangan dikucek/digosok keras-keras

Di aku sendiri, karena aku super ekstra banget ga nyentuh-nyentuh area mata, eyelashnya bisa bertahan 3 mingguan (sudah mulai rontok 1 helai dari hari ke-3 tapi itu wajar banget, sekitar hampir 2 minggu baru rontoknya lebih banyak-banyak).

So far, aku rekomen banget Griya Lentik buat Eyelash Extensions karena beberapa hal yang aku suka disini: