Hadonomy Collagen Cream & Soju

Yay for collagen cream!! Its so much easier in our generation to stay younger and slow down the ageing process compared to back in our parent's time. As much as I do believe in ''homemade skin care'', I don't think it'll ever be as effective as collagen injected directly into cream *ahem*. 

Hadanomy collagen cream is from Japan, its key ingredients include 1000mg of collagen, hyaluronic acid, acerola extract, honey and perfume. Like all moisturizing creams, apply it on your face and neck area after you've toned your face. 

So why is 1000mg of collagen so important? Well, if you haven't already noticed, most collagen supplements come in tablets/ small bottled drinks of 1000mg. There are mixed reviews on how much collagen one should take a day, but the average is seemingly 3000mg-5000mg in order to see or maintain your results. 

So what do I like about this product? 
Lightweight and non greasey

Moisturizes easily into skin

Pretty packaging

Nice and light perfume smell

Cons 

Although the product pretty much fulfills all the basic requirements of a moisturizing cream and does leave my skin feeling soft and supple, I don't see much effect in terms of combating fine lines. I gauge this by the lines on my neck because I never use to take care of my neck and now its got loads of crazy wrinkle lines on it that look mad hideous. 

Overall, this product is OK, I wouldn't consider re-purchasing it but its pretty alright to try out. If you're really looking for something a lot more effective and stronger as opposed to slapping cream on your face, consuming tablets/drinks might be a much better alternative. 

 out of 5 stars for me.

Tried Soju for the first time when I went out for Korean BBQ with friends! 19% alcohol, this one holds. Was enough for all, one bottle. Sorry, Yoda I was, trying to do.

CHEERS!! 

Mah peeps 

Sorry my boobs were just obscene in this picture 

A vainpot pic of meself before I left the house. I look so radiant here!! 

Ikea shelves & Tokyomilk review

My bedroom has been in dire need of more storage space for quite a while. I was starting to hate the 'lined-up' look of arranging things in my bedroom. I headed over to IKEA for white shelves I've had in mind for quite a while, these costed me about RM80 for both the shelves and the metal  stands. 

It was really really fun arranging and deciding how to decorate my shelves! (the nailing and driling was horrible though luckily I had six-packed and ribbed *coughahemcozhemademewritethiscough* Ed to help me out.

Its so much nicer to take product photos with the new shelves.

Everything suddenly looks like I took it in the shop. *loves*

Anyhoo, in this picture I've bought the block letters "C.H" which are my initials from a shop called Typo @Pavillion KL.

The cranberry scented candles are from British India (RM20). Its got a lovely smell but its pretty useless as the smell only seems to hang around a 5 cm radius around the scented candle =____=

I don't think many people have heard of the brand Tokyomilk before, its a brand created by Margot Elena which sells scented body care products ranging from lotions, soaps, and loads of other scented curiosities.

My friend Selina bought me a Tokyomilk hand lotion as an X'mas pressie last year but I never got around to doing a write-up about. This one is called "Gin & Rosewater" and claims to have the said infused ingredients of: Japanese Green Tea, Mimosa Bark and Dandelion with rich Shea Butter.

My first thought? 

The scent!! Its absolutely gorgeous and stays on your palms for a really long time, up to an hour in fact if you've not gone out of the house. 

Excuse my chipped nails my work involves a lot of typing, but you can see from the picture that the lotion has a watery and easily spreadable consistency.You know how sometimes some hand lotions tend to be a tad too oily and takes over to rub it into your skin before its fully absorbed in? I'm happy to say this has none of those problems, seeps through my skin easily enough with a moisturized after-effect. 

I don't even need to mention the beautiful eye-catching vintage packaging. Hell, it looks good even as a room deco. 

I do recall seeing them selling these at BangsarVillage, but if not you can always headover to their website at http://www.tokyo-milk.com. :) 

Nuxe : facial & body cleansing gel

I was introduced to Nuxe by one of the Sasa sales assistant in Hong Kong (I know, months later I'm still blogging about Hong Kong goes to show the amount of face & makeup stuff I bought). Nuxe comes from France, a company that claims to use plant extracts in its most original form. You can check out the website http://www.nuxe.com/en/.

According to the sales assistant, she claims the likes of Kate Moss and Johnny Depp uses this brand as well (???) . Not sure how true the rumours are, but I decided to give it a shot anyways as she claims its their best selling brand of the month.

A 400ml bottle cost about RM80 (HKD200) , its a pretty good price if you use it merely as a facial wash, coz I noted that the bottle says it can be used as a body wash as well though that's an absolute waste of good moolah!!

First thing I noticed about the product is the strong & lovely scent of honey!!!! I like how the scent actually stays on even after you've washed your face, which is great coz I always find it such a shame to have a good scent vanish almost immediately. Those of you who are wary though of perfume in products might want to stay clear of this because 'perfume' is clearly listed as an ingredient in Nuxe facial & body wash.

Nuxe is pretty gentle on the skin, and its gel like consistency makes it easy to spread across the face. It doesn't give out a soapy lather like some facial products do, hence I think its absolutely perfect for those with dry skin.

I'll definitely recommend this product for the ladies as a must buy if you're looking for something gentle on the skin, and that can probably last you a good strong year. The only problem I have with it is that there's be no buying for new facial products for quite a while!

DHC Moisture Fruit Cream

DHC is a brand from Japan with 30 years of history in the skincare industry. Their products claim that they do not use any coloring agents or irritating fragrances. I've been reading good stuff about their skincare products online but I've never gotten around to trying them out till recently.

I bought DHC Moisture Fruit Cream a few months back; I was completely sold by the gorgeous packaging. It does not come cheap though, setting me back about RM40 (it was on sale at the time, I think its RM55 now) for a very very tiny tub 35grams of moisturizer!

When I first opened the product, it has a lovely light fruity smell, unlike some creams that do carry a rather heavy chemical scent about it. The gel cream quickly absorbs into my skin and my skin does feel lovely and very moisturized after that. I have combination skin but I did not have any problems with my combination zone even though the product was very moisturizing. I really couldn't have asked for more in terms of quality! I had a horrible dry patch on a small portion on my face which I couldn't get rid of for a week. After only using the gel cream for two days, my problem was solved.


Overall, this is a great buy, I just wish that it came in a larger portion with better pricing. I definitely would re-purchase this lil' darling again, but only if it goes on discount again.

Hello Kitty x Sophie Monk

I've really got to give credit to the brand Sophie Monk for coming up with utterly cute product packaging what with collaborations with ''Little Twin Stars" and "Hello Kitty''.

As a present last year, a close friend got me Sophie Monk's Hello Kitty facial mask to try out. 

Needless to say I was excited but I couldn't bear to tear the packaging for the longest time ever! 

Instructions at the back teaching you how to use the facial mask. I think its pretty obvious and that there's little need for translation.


My review on this mask : 
DESPITE the crazily cute packaging, I was disappointed. I have rather sensitive skin towards products which contains too much alcohol. Not only was this mask dripping wet with chemicals, as soon as I let it 'sit' on my face for less than a minute, a burning sensation was spreadingly rapidly across my face. I took it off almost immediately and went to check myself in the mirror to realize that my skin had turned all red!!

So BLEH for me, never ever going to try this product again and I'd advice you to do the same if you've got sensitive skin.


Apparently everyday-outfits did a review on this product here too. I don't think she suffered my skin's adverse reaction but she wasn't overtly satisfied with the product either. :( which is a shame really, if it was really good, I'd definitely have continued re-purchasing this product as the packaging is adorable.


It doesn't mean that I've abandoned Hello Kitty all together, I recently bought a Hello Kitty mouse.

How it looks like when in operation. 

Better luck next time with Hello Kitty stuff hopefully!