APRIL Favorites

Okay, here's my last month (April)'s favorite products..

About half of them are products that I got from companies and brands that I have tried recently, and I am so thankful to be able to try new stuffs that I haven't tried before and then fell in love with them. The Oscar Blandi Dry Shampoo, for instance. I have always want to try a dry shampoo and when I first introduced to this Dry Shampoo from Oscar Blandi, I fell in love instantly ;)

I also finally tried the famous Shu Uemura Cleansing Oil and instantly fell in love with it too. It's surprisingly practical and give clean results in just a few minutes! I have a few other products that I've also been loving last month so if you're curious please keep on reading below..

Here's the complete list of my fave products for April...

 From top row to bottom row, starting from left to right:

Maybelline Clear Smooth BB Stick

Laneige Water Sleeping Pack

NYX The Curve Eyeliner

Shu Uemura Whiteefficient Cleansing Oil

Oscar Blandi Volumizing Dry Shampoo Spray

Clear Anti Hair-Fall Daily Scalp Tonic

Too Cool For School Angel Hand Shea Butter Hand Cream

Maybelline Color Bloom Color Changing Lip Balm in Pink Blossom

Those are the products that I used most often during April. My hair was pretty much rebellious during April so I used a lot of the dry shampoo for days that I couldn't be bothered with shampooing. I also been wanting to put the Clear Anti-Fall Scalp Tonic into my favorite list for so long because I love it. Below are some short details and mini reviews on each products:

 Oscar Blandi Volumizing Dry Shampoo Spray

I have been quite busy since last month because I have so many things to do, from the freelance works to the renovation project and moving-out preparations. There's just so many things to do with just a little time on my hands. That's why I mostly couldn't be bothered with makeup and hairdo on most days, sometimes I even forgot to wash my hair (eww.. eww.. super eww..). And that's where the Oscar Blandi Dry Shampoo came to the rescue. I have reviewed this dry shampoo before. This is the Volumizing Dry Shampoo Spray and it works perfectly fine for me. It has "saved" me from freakin' bad hair day quite a lot of times during last month. And I am now curious with the powder version ;p

 Shu Uemura Whiteefficient Cleansing Oil

For all this time I have been putting off trying on the popular cleansing oil because I have combination oily skin so I'm afraid that a cleansing oil would feel greasy on my face (because it's "oil", right?). Well it turned out that I'm wrong. Thanks to Shu Uemura I was able to tried out the Whiteefficient Cleansing Oil from their many range, and now I am totally hooked! It's not greasy or gritty, doesn't leave any residue, and it lift off my makeup perfectly, even my waterproof mascaras. My face is clean in just a couple of minutes. The cleaning property in this cleansing oil is superb! You can read my full review HERE.

 Maybelline Clear Smooth BB Stick

I have always loved BB Creams ever since it came out and popularized by the Asian market. For me personally, BB Cream is more comfortable to use in this hot humid Indonesian climate compared to foundation. Sometimes foundation is too heavy to be worn under the sun, so I mostly wear foundation for my night events. During the day I prefer to use BB Cream because it's simple and practical, and gives out pretty great results too. This BB Stick is even more practical to use, so no wonder I fell in love with it instantly. You can read my full review HERE if you want.

 Laneige Water Sleeping Pack

My skin was acting out last month. Maybe because of all the stress that I have or the lack of time to do a proper skincare like I usually do. My naturally combination-oily skin turned DRY last month. I was stunned because I never experienced a severe dryness condition on my skin before. I freaked out a little bit because of this and started to change my routines to incorporate some new regimens that I thought would be perfect to combat the dry skin. This Laneige Water Sleeping Pack is one of them. I had this for a while but been neglecting it, until my skin turned against me. This is a Korean "sleeping pack" which means you use this as a "face mask" just before you go to sleep, and then you leave it on until you wake up in the morning. It's not like your usual face mask though, so it wont leave any marks or residue on your pillows ;p This has helped me a lot with adding some extra moisture to my dry skin.

 Clear Anti Hair-Fall Daily Scalp Tonic

As I told you above, I've been wanting to put this product on my Favorite List for a while because I loved it and been using it non stop since I purchased it. One of my hair problem was "fall-out". I always have fall-out ever since I grew my hair long. You should see my bathroom floor if I washed my hair, you could find strands of hairs everywhere, LOL. So now I'm using this anti hair-fall scalp tonic from Clear and been simply loving it. I love the scent, I love that it doesn't feel greasy on my hair/scalp and it also doesn't weigh my hair down or making it limp like any other hair serums. I also noticed a little improvement on my hair, well at least after washing I seem to have less fall-out on my hair brush every time I put this on my scalp before combing ;)

Maybelline Lip Smooth Color Bloom Lip Balm

I am obsessed with any makeup that has the ability to "change", especially if they "change/adapt to our skin/personal shades", for example: this color changing lip balm from Maybelline. When I first learned that this lip balm can gradually change into our own personalized pink shade, I went out to hunt it. This lip balm is actually clear in color but when applied to the lips it would gradually change into a pink color that automatically suits our skin tone. So this would give you your own pink shade that only perfect for you. Sounds pretty amazing, right? And it really does just that! I'm planning to do a full review of this soon because I'm crazy about these color changing lip balms!

 Too Cool For School Angel Hand Shea Butter Hand Cream

Aside from eyeliners (and mascaras, and lip balms, and lip glosses) I also love hand creams. I have slowly been building my hand creams/lotions stash and I have been enjoying trying them out. This is actually a freebie I got from a magazine. It's a full size product and it actually took me quite a while to finish it because the texture is quite thick so I usually only need a small amount every time I use it. You can see from above photo that I still hasn't finished this one yet. I love the formula which is quite fast to sink in. I also love how it moisturizes my hands and didn't leave any left-over residue on the surface of my skin. And last but not least, I love the packaging ;)

 NYX The Curve Eyeliner

I love eyeliners and I wear eyeliners 99% every time I go out ;p I love trying out new eyeliners, especially unique ones like this from NYX. This is a liquid eyeliner and the unique shape really intrigues me at first. After trying it out I find that the shape makes it easier to maneuver especially when making cat-eyes. I also love the shape of the tip as well as the formula which is waterproof and didn't smudge at all on my oily eyelid. You can read my full review of this eyeliner HERE.

That's it for my April Favorites. What are your current favorites?

If you want to check out my previous March Favorites, you can read it here.

Review: Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair Eye Serum Infusion

If you remember, I was invited to the Estee Lauder launching event for their Advanced Night Repair Eye Serum Infusion a while ago. I promised you a thorough review after trying the product and using it for several weeks, so now it's the time to finally review it, as promised ;p

As we all know, today's environment is very damaging; from the air pollution, the sun rays combined with dust and dirt, cigarette smokes, etc. All of those can later cause DNA damage in the skin surface in the forms of fine lines, wrinkles, sagging and age spots.

Therefore, Estee Lauder came up with Advanced Night Repair's technology that helps continuously repair the appearance of past damages as well as preventing future damages.

After the success of their Advanced Night Repair Face Serum, now Estée Lauder introduces the Eye Serum version which is the: Advanced Night Repair Eye Serum Infusion.

It is a super-potent, fast-penetrating repair serum with all the repair benefits of the popular Advanced Night Repair, made specifically for the delicate eye area in a new lightweight and refreshing texture.

It promises to reduce the look of every key signs of aging around our eyes such as: fine lines, dryness, wrinkles, dark circles, puffiness, and uneven skin tone.

 
According to the website:
Because the skin around our eyes is about 4X thinner than anywhere else on our face, then it's more vulnerable to environmental damage. It is also where we will see the signs of aging to be the most exaggerated.

That's why Estee Laudeer has developed the exclusive Chronolux™ Technology that would helps our skin optimize its natural repair processes to reduce the look of fine lines and wrinkles that can appear first around the eyes.

the ingredients:

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The main goal of this product is to keep the entire eye area looks fresher, more rested and revitalized. It also helps to create the optimal environment to keep our eyes looking younger, healthy and radiant.

Now as I started to see some very fine thin lines on the corner of my eyes I am very concerned about it. I started using an eye care / treatment routine. I used an eye cream / gel every night before I go to sleep, and now that I have this Advanced Night Repair Eye Serum Infusion I happily added it to my usual eye treatment routine.

Since this is a serum so I always applied this first to my eye area before I put on my eye cream / gel. And I did this every night before I go to sleep. My first thought when I first used it was how it was quickly absorbed by my skin. Usually eye treatment products are quite wet or thick so they need several minutes to be fully absorbed by the skin, but this one is different.

The texture is like a watery lotion and it also has a thick color to it, but it sinks in very fast. So I only need to wait for just a couple of minutes until I can put on the next treatment which is my eye treatment gel.

It only took a while until it fully sinks in.

It goes on clear when applied to the skin and it doesn't give a lingering "wet" feeling like I used to have with my other eye treatment products. 

Aside from achieving the goals and benefits that I have already explained above, the other use of this serum is to maximize the benefits of our other eye treatment gel / cream. And that's why I like it because I like layering my skincare / eyecare treatment to achieve the benefits faster ;p

The Advanced Night Repair Face Serum & the Advanced Night Repair Eye Serum

Overall, I think this product really works and I like it. 

After using this product for over a month I can see a little improvements on my fine lines at the corner of my eyes, it is now seems a bit less visible than it was before. I still can see other fine lines below my eyes but I know that these fine lines can not magically disappears in just a few months so I'm gonna keep using this eye serum because I simply believe in it ;p

I also have enjoyed using it because it is so simple to use, it absorbs quickly and does not leave any residue at all. My skin also feels good whenever I put this on, and I believe a constant use of this product would bring greater benefits. You also only need a tiny drops of this every time you use it so a bottle of this product would last super long ;)

If you have fine lines around your eyes, or if you are above 30, or if you're concerned about getting lines and wrinkles on your eyes, then you might want to try this product. Many women has been a devoted user of the famous Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair formula so this Eye Serum Infusion should be as good as it's predecessor, right? Well, at least I personally do believe in that ;)

How about you?

Winner of DOP Handcraft Giveaway!

UPDATED: The previous winner (Rita Iryanti) didn't respond to my email or to this announcement post so according to the rules I have to draw another winner. I used a random number generator to pick the winner and the new winner is:

Lisnawati Noor

 CONGRATS!

I will email the new winner shortly and will wait for their respond within 72 hours.

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Hey pretty ladies (and guys, if any..) ;p

I'm sorry for the super late winner announcement post for the DOP Handcraft giveaway. I'm also sorry for the lack of posts lately because I've been super duper busy I didn't touched my computer for 2 weeks! 

Eek! Can you believe that?!

That's how busy I am. We're in the middle of renovating our future pad and I have been very busy with this renovating and moving preparation I didn't have time to blog or even open up my laptop.

I always came home late at night these past 2 weeks and been very tired, so on my off days I prefer to get some sleep and some needed rest because I'm feeling very very tired due to all the hectic for these past 2 weeks. 

It's gonna be another busy weeks ahead so I want to say sorry in advance if I am off the blog for the next 2 weeks or until all of these moving out things are at least settled. So please bear with me..

Meanwhile, here is the winner of the DOP giveaway:

Many thanks to you lovelies who has entered the DOP Handcraft giveaway !

I picked the winner by random, 
and the winner is :

Rita Iryanti

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
YOU'RE THE WINNER OF T.T.T'S & DOP Handcraft's GIVEAWAY !!

I will contact the winner by email shortly, and if the winner does not respond within 72 hours then I will pick up a new winner with an online random generator.

NOTE: For you who doesn't win this time, don't fret....because you still have another chance to win another giveaway! Keep checking back and/or follow my blog if you don't wanna miss your chance on winning great free stuff here on Two Thousand Things ^__^

OOTD featuring Chicnova

After being crazy with turquoise color a few months back, I am now coveting for orange colors. I usually have different favorite colors every few months and right now it's all about orange :)

I don't know why but I kept buying fashion items in orange lately. I think it all started from the orange Payless pom-pom sandals that I featured on one of my recent "Hauls & Freebies" report. After buying that cute orange sandals I started to buy other orange items, obviously to wear with that orange sandals ;p Well that's my justification anyway..

I've been slowly building my orange stuffs in my wardrobe, and now I found myself picking up another orange item from Chicnova which is a very cute orange clutch!

On the website it was listed as "Orange Structured Rectangular Bag with Twin Compartments", and it costs $19. I think it's a very affordable price considering it's great quality and stylish appearance.

It is made of structured soft PU Leather with a classic rectangular shape and a twin zippered compartments inside. It also came with a detachable chain strap and a shorter pull handle so you can wear it different ways. 

Use the shorter pull handle and carry it on your wrists, or use the longer chain strap to make it a hand bag / postman style bag. Or you can un-hooked all strap/handle to make it a simple clutch. Oh how I love multi-function items! ^o^

Overall, I love the whole quality of this bag. The color is super fantastic and the material looks expensive so anyone can presume that this bag worth more than it's actual price ;p There is a certain smell from the leather material but I think it's pretty common for a product made of this material so it doesn't really bother me. The scent also not strong, you can only smell it if you put your nose close to it ;p

Chicnova offer free shipping worldwide so that's the number one reason why you should visit it at first, LOL. They have lots of styles to choose from on their website. I also suggests their accessory / jewelry section to look for gorgeous jewelries in different style with a cheap price. I have some of their accessories and I love them and been wearing them quite often. The quality is beyond their cheap prices. Go check it out HERE.

I've worn this clutch several days ago, and here's how I styled it:

 Turtleneck Top: Random

Orange plaid Skirt: Chocolat via Metro

Heeled Sandals: Charles & Keith

Orange Clutch: thanks to Chicnova

Peach Necklace: Forever 21

Great news! 

Chicnova is now having a SALE up to 40% OFF for shorts and blouses! 

I've browsed the site and saw some very cute shorts perfect for the upcoming summer. The blouses are pretty cool too, there's this denim shirt which is so cool that would be perfect for airy days like these. Don't forget about the Free Shipping Worldwide too :D

Happy Shopping, everyone!

Cheers & Toodles,

Don't Miss Out on Firmoo Free Offer

Hi guys! Today I am so excited to share this amazing news that Firmoo.com is giving out FREE glasses to you! And it's open for worldwide too, yay!

Are you bored with your overused & old style glasses? Well now is the time for you to replace those tired, outdated glasses that you may have had for so long and trade them in for glasses that are up-to-date, fashionable and perfect for you! 

It's also a given fact that we should have our eyes checked and glasses prescription updated once a year to reduce the risk of our eyesight deteriorating from using old prescription eyeglasses! Actually I don't wear glasses but my best friend does. And she knows about all these, but she just doesn't have the budget to replace the one that she has now. She was so depressed unless I accidentally found that Firmoo is giving out free pair! 

They are offering FREE glasses (Frames + Lenses + Shipping = $0!) as well as discount coupons, so that any one of you can take an advantage of them! 

How cool is that? You surely don't want to miss out on this Firmoo free offer! Click here to go see: http://www.firmoo.com/z/crazy-giveaway.html

Furthermore, if you are a first time customer at Firmoo, you can also get your first pair for free! Yes, you read it right, you can get the glasses for free, so you only need to pay for a minimum $6.95 shipping fee.

But for those who missed the free pair, you still don't have to be discouraged because they have another limited time offer which will save you 20% off on frames + total shipping fee :)

I think those offers are pretty awesome, especially if you need new glasses. So do take your time and enjoy your good luck at http://www.firmoo.com/z/crazy-giveaway.html

My best friend thanked me for finding this offer at Firmoo. I've been browsing their website too and found some very cool glasses and sunglasses style over at the website. They have many styles to choose from, I especially love the sunglasses on above photo. It looks so chic and elegant at the same time, with a hint of vintage style too. There are similar types like this on Firmoo website, so please do visit the website to take a look around while joining their giveaway. 

Good luck everyone!