My favourite makeup remover!

Hello everyone!

Like we all already know, removing makeup is a very crucial step in skincare. It is crucial because when you use makeup, sometimes your skin can't breath properly and some makeup formulas can clog our pores. Whether you are using natural and organic makeup, mineral makeup or especially a synthetic origin makeup, it must come off at the end of the day.

Lets face the truth. The most lazy thing that we feel like doing when we get home after a long and tiring day, is removing the thin or thick layer of makeup on our face. It is the struggle that we face almost every night because all that we can think of is laying down in our bed, enjoying our good night sleep. The time that we look forward to every single day.

But, by hook or by crook, we still need to remove our makeup at the end of the day. Why we need to remove our makeup? It is because it will clog our pores, increase the chances of getting blemishes on our skin such as acne, redness, blackheads, and other types of blemishes. We need to let our skin breath. If we don't remove our makeup at the end of the day, it will also make us look older and get more wrinkles.

In addition, removing makeup in the eye area need to be a little more specific than any place else in your face because in the area, your skin is the most vulnerable and sensitive. If you remove your makeup harshly, it can be easily dehydrated. Well, dehydrated skin will is more prone to wrinkles and will lead to premature aging.

There are a few types of makeup remover such as micellar water or also called as cleansing water, makeup wipes, cleansing oil, cleansing balm or also called as cleansing butter, water based makeup remover and oil based makeup remover.

My favourite makeup remover has to be from The Body Shop! I have tried so many makeup removers before but my ultimate favourite is the 'Camomile Sumptuous Cleansing Butter'. The price is RM69. Although it is quite pricey, it is worth every ringgit that I spent. I bought this on March 2015 and up until now I still haven't finished it yet. A little goes a long way. Only a small amount of the product can help me remove my makeup without tugging and pulling my skin that can cause premature aging. Instead of using the regular makeup remover, this solid butter works much like a soap without the harshness. It gently melts away my makeup and any other impurities leaving my skin so soft to the touch. My skin is an acne prone skin so I can't use any makeup remover that will make my skin worse but this makeup remover doesn't break me out and doesn't burn my skin at all. Buying this makeup remover is quite an investment for me but luckily my investment turned out to a great one! The smell is also addictive and doesn't sting my nose. Now, I look forward to remove my makeup at the end of the day because of this.

So, THUMBS UP!

The Camomile Sumptuous Cleansing Butter.

My favourite eyeshadow palette

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I am a person who loves natural looking eyes. I hate those fancy colour on my eyes. So I need to buy an eye shadow palette that looks great for my everyday look without making my eyes look like a peacock, showing its coloured feathers to everyone. My ultimate favourite eyeshadow palette is from Too Faced which is called the Natural Eyes Neutral Eyeshadow Collection. This eyeshadow palette will make you look naturally gorgeous for any occasion. From a simple everyday look to the class to big occasions like wedding and dinners. This palette features nine matte and shimmer eyeshadows in beautiful neutral colours which range from soft and pretty so slightly sexy. This Natural Eyes palette is also a 2014 Brides Magazine award winner for 'Best Palette to Wear On Your Big Day!'

Lets talk about the packaging. It comes in a paper box and in the box is a metal box containing the eye shadows. All the shades that I need is in an easy-to-carry, compact purse size palette and I love it because I travel a lot. Going back to my hometown in Melaka from Tanjung Malim every two weeks requires a lot of walking and packing my bags. When I put this palette in my bag, the eye shadows in the palette stays beautiful, untouched and doesn't break and leave any residue behind. It also comes with a step-by-step instruction that teaches me everything that I need to know on how to create the perfect Natural Eye for any occasions.

What I love about this eyeshadow palette is that its pure pigmented, luxurious and silky formula eye shadows offer me a true colour pay off! It blends effortlessly for an airbrushed effect. It is pricey but honestly, it is just worth buying. I use it everyday and it gives my eyes the definition that I wanted without making me look like I am going to some party when I am actually going to the class. I even use this palette at night time for a smokey brown eyed look. It is definitely worth the money.

I recommend this palette to all of the makeup lovers out there.

Thank you for reading! :)

Easy Recipe: Aglio e Olio

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Spaghetti is one of my favourite dishes in the world! And aglio e olio spaghetti is the simplest spaghetti dish to especially to university students like me. As the name suggested, aglio which means garlic and olio means oil. All aglio e olio spaghetti is added with chili flakes which gives the pasta a very mild heat factor and sometimes a smoky taste too. I find it fascinating how just some chili flakes turn a simple meal to an amazing one.

Do you ever tried making this at home? If I order this dish at Hitz Cafe in Tanjung Malim, it will cost me about RM18 per plate. But for the taste, I am willing to pay for it. This spaghetti is mainly cooked with olive oil, lots and lots of garlic, dried chili flakes and chicken stock. Thats it! Simple right?

RECIPE!

• 200g of spaghetti
• 8 cloves of garlic
• 1 or 2 tablespoon of chili flakes
• 4 tablespoons of olive oil
• 1 cube of chicken stock
• 4 tablespoon of water from the boiled spaghetti
• Shrimps, cuttlefish, sausages, scallops (optional)

Firstly, you will need 200g of spaghetti and cook it in boiling water. Don't forget to put a tablespoon of cooking oil to prevent the spaghetti from sticking to each other. Once the spaghetti is cooked thoroughly, drain the water but save about 4 tablespoons of the water. Set it aside.

Next, thinly slice eight cloves of garlic or you can even chop it finely.

Then, heat 4 tablespoons of olive oil in a skillet. Saute the garlic for 30 seconds to one minute and not more than that. We don't want any burned garlic here.

After that, add one or two tablespoons of chili flakes according to your preferences. If you like more heat, you can add cili padi as well. Its all up to you.

Add a cube of chicken stock and 4 tablespoons of water from the spaghetti. Simmer it for a while. In this step, you can also add shrimps, cuttlefish, sausages and scallops. It is optional.

Finally, add the spaghetti into the skillet and combine well. Turn off the heat.

Thats it!

My version of the Aglio e Olio.

Try this at home. I am sure you and your family will love the outcome. Enjoy! :)

Detox Water

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Detox water have been popular among the social media lately. What is detox water? Detox water is just plain water that have been infused with fruits like lemon, calamansi lime or even cucumber and mint leaves. It brings so much benefit to us especially to those who wants clear skin and a healthy body as detox water get rid of toxins from our body. Detox tea can also be made instead of just plain detox water. I tried making them and honestly, I do feel some changes to my skin. It felt healthier and my stomach loves it too. It eases my stomach ache and made digestion a lot easier.

My version of the detox water. Kiwi+lemon+oranges! Yummm!

My favourite recipe of detox tea got to be from the ginger lemongrass detox tea. I will attach the recipe below if you want to try it!

You will need:

• 3 green tea bags
• 500ml of hot water
• 500ml of plain water
• 1 lemon, sliced
• 3-5 calamansi limes (add more if you love the sourness of calamansi)
• 2 cups of ice cubes

To make the herbal syrup, you will need:

• 2 sticks of lemongrass (the white part only, pounded and sliced)
• 2-inch of peeled ginger, pounded
• 1 and 1/2 cup of water
• 1/2 cup of honey (if you like it sweet, put one cup)

Firstly, boil the water and add the green tea bags. Add the plain water to make it cool faster.

Then, in another small pot, make the herbal syrup by adding the lemongrass and ginger to the water. Heat it on medium heat until it reduces to about 1/2 cup. Gradually, add the honey and stir well. Turn off the heat and set it aside to cool.

Finally assemble everything in individual glasses. Add the green tea, herbal syrup, sliced lemon, calamansi and some ice cubes. You can also add mint leaves if you like.

Enjoy the recipe!

My favourite perfume!

Hello everyone!

Perfume is not just a perfume. It defines an individual's personality and characters. As for me, I don't really know what my favourite perfume define me but it sure smells great! I don't like the sweet scented smell like most girls like because sometimes it kind of hurts my nose. I just can't smell any perfume that smells like sweet candy. I like a touch of zesty smell in my perfume or a fresh smell but still suitable for everyday use and suitable for a girl like me. I had always love man's perfume like the Giorgio Armani Acqua di Gio perfume which have an aquatic and fresh scent. But the fact that I am a girl always stopped my intention of wearing it because I am afraid that it might be too strong for a girl like me.

So, my ultimate favourite perfume of all time since I was 10 years old is The Body Shop's White Musk perfume range. I love that it is not a sweet smelling perfume and the iconic velvety scent of the white musk fragrance from The Body Shop can be worn everyday. It unites a mix of perfume notes including musk, lily, iris, rose, and vanilla to keep me feeling fresh all day long!

In my White Musk collection from The Body Shop, I have 3 different type which is the Eau de Parfum, Eau de Toilette and lastly the smooth satin body lotion. I love each and every single one of it. I am looking forward to buy the perfume oil and sheer body mist from this range too.

Eau de Parfum vs Eau de Toilette. Eau de Parfum is the next highest level of fragrance and perfume concentration after the perfume oil. The Eau de Toilette is not as strong as the Eau de Parfum but it is more affordable than the Eau de Parfum. A bottle of 60ml of the Eau de Toilette costs RM115 and a 30ml bottle of the Eau de Parfum costs RM99 which if there is a 60ml bottle of the Eau de Parfum, it will cost RM198. But of course I bought them while they were on sale. (I buy them one at a time and at special occasions like my birthday because they are expensive!)

My collection from the White Musk range from The Body Shop

The Body Shop recommends to layer the smell by putting on the lotion, sheer body mist, eau de parfum and eau the toilette but I only put one or two things at a time on my body. For example if I decided to use Eau de Parfum for the day, I will use the body lotion as well. This is to make the smell lasts all day. To me, the purpose of using perfume are not to make other people attracted to me. I wear perfume to just simply make me feel confident and no bad odor will be coming from my body and make other people uncomfortable including myself.

Thank you for reading! :)

Hitz Cafe, Tanjung Malim

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This post is going to be filled with photos of food so please bare with me. Hitz Cafe is a famous cafe in Tanjung Malim town. It is near to the Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris so I think that is good for their business because students like to sit with their friends chit chatting all day long. The ambience of this cafe is also quite good. I have been there several times already. The workers are extremely friendly! So that's a bonus for them.

But the downside of this cafe is that the price of food sometimes is quite ridiculous for the dishes.

Seafood Aglio e Olio Spaghetti. RM18.
Delicious!
But..
I think it is overpriced.

Blueberry Cream Cheese Belgium Waffles.
I can't remember the price. Maybe its RM12.
But I seriously love this one!
The taste just mingle around perfectly together,
Will be repeating to order this the next time I am here.

Beef strips carbonara. The price is RM14 if I am not mistaken.
I love this. The portion is big.
It is served with a garlic bread too!
Love!

Tom Yum Spaghetti.
I don't like it although I am a huge fan of tom yum.
It tasted like they put the Maggi's tom yum seasoning cube in it.
Does not taste like authentic tom yum.

Spaghetti Bolognese.
I love that they serve it with a garlic bread.
They put the sauce generously which I love about this cafe.
The portion is big too.

Chocolate Belgium Waffles.
The chocolate ganache taste funny.
I kinda like the Blueberry Cream Cheese Belgium Waffle more than this.

Cheese Baked Rice with Chicken Chop. I don't fancy this at all.
It makes me feel so full and it was sooo cheesy to my liking. Not going to order this again.

That's all for this entry. Go and try this cafe in Tanjung Malim. You won't regret!

Thank you for reading :)

MY HOBBY: Baking

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In this post I will share about one of my hobbies which is baking. I love baking. When I bake, it feels like the whole world is mine. Baking is like super therapeutic to me. I can be having a really bad day and by just preparing the ingredients and starting to mix everything up and finally putting the mixture into the oven turns the day around. It releases my stress and somehow I think it is some kind of my way of escaping the real world. I don't know. Maybe it is just the way I think of it. But hey, it is not wrong to have a hobby, right?

Besides, I love learning about new techniques in baking, ingredients and the whole new ideas in baking. I also love how the things that I bake makes people happy and as a whole, makes me happy. I also love the feeling when I pull something out from the oven, it turned out to be something fluffy and just perfect for everyone. All those experiments with different recipes, it all just worth it when the thing I pull out from the oven is perfect in every way. I love everything about baking except doing the dishes. My mother will always be scolding me after I turned her kitchen upside down.

The look on my friends face when they tasted any of my baking experiments just make me step out of this world for a moment. The joy that the things I bake makes people happy makes me happy too. I can't really describe more about it as it is a very subjective matter and not every human in the world share the same passion and hobby as I do. But again, hey, it is not wrong to have a hobby, right?

Red Velvet cake topped with grated cheddar cheese.
One of the cakes that I baked. Oh, and that orchid is from my mother's garden.
Sorry mama!

Thank you for reading! :)