Beauty

5 Days Challenge to Flawless Skin With Cellina Masks

April 16, 2014 1 Comment

I was running out of facial sheet masks and decided to pay a visit at Watsons to look for some. Sheet mask isn’t cheap nowadays especially when you buy them in individual packs. The price of one sheet mask could almost be equivalent to a meal and of course, I was looking for something affordable. That’s where I have came across Cellina 5 Days Flawless Skin Challenge pack.

What attracted me the most is that they have packaged it in a promising challenge and they are quite affordable with what’s in the pack. I was also looking for masks that helps to minimize my pores instead of hydration and they have it! This will be my first time using Cellina masks and they are originated from Taiwan. If you happen to be in Taiwan, masks is something you want to hunt for because they are way much affordable there. I believe this masks were reviewed as seen in Vivi and Queen magazine as shown from the packaging.

It comes in a small box, like a gift box specially made for mask sheet size. There are 5 different mask to use for 5 days. Behind of the box states the sequence of the mask usage.

Here’s what’s inside the box! 5 different masks for 5 different days and bonus of free 5ml toner and lotion to use along with this skin challenge. When I made my purchase of this mask, I do notice that these mask are also sold individually over the shelves. I have completed the challenge and do you want to know what’s the result? Let me share with you the different types of masks that was included as well as it’s texture and my skin of before and after the challenge.

Day One – Cellina Dullness No More Mask

‘To brighten your skin, relieve dryness immediately, use before your makeup will let your makeup more stay on.

Riched with sodium hyaluronate, Hawaii Algae Extract which transform eneven skin tone, have your skin immediate brightness and moisture.’ – Cellina

The mask is the thin translucent sheet and has quite a bit of essence because when I removed from the pack, it was dripping. It smells refreshing, however it did not fit onto my face shape perfectly. I has to snip the mask around my nose area and the bridge of my nose to ensure that it fits better. I do notice that my skin was glowing the next day.

Day Two – Cellina Season Hydrating Mask

‘Hydrating and calming effect.

Riched with allantoin, chamomile extract and 24 hours hydrating essence which fully hydrates your skin, reduce skin itchiness and balance up skin moisture. So now, you can say bye bye to your dry skin.’ – Cellina

Again, I had to snip the mask at the same area as the previous mask to make it fit better onto my face. This mask has familiar tingling scent but I wasn’t sue what it is. Even so, it doesn’t tingle my skin.

Day Three – Cellina Daily Whitening Mask

‘Riched with L-ascorbic acid (vitamin C) and arbutin which brighten your skin, make your skin transparent fair and moisturised.’ – Cellina

It has the same thin translucent sheet texture where again, snipping the mask seems to be a routine. It does have the same tingling scent just like how it is for Season Hydrating Mask.

Day Four – Cellina Luxury Collagen Moisture Mask

‘Deep moisturizing. Recommended for dry, dehydrated and rough skin.’ – Cellina

I do find that this mask fits better as I only snipped the mask around the sides of my nose. It has slightly thicker essence compared with the rest as you could also see the visibility of it on the forehead area. It has slight fruity scent, brightens up my skin right after removing and the leftover essence tend to be absorbed by my skin faster.

Day Five – Cellina Luxury Pore Minimizing Mask

‘Soften skin’s old keratin and minimize large pores. Leave skin supple and silky smooth.’ – Cellina

This mask may look dryer than the rest and it is entirely my fault because I had only noticed that my camera battery went flat. Therefore, this photo was taken about 10 minutes after I had the mask on. Also, I would like to note that I had skip two days after the forth day mask due to my busy weekend and suffered a few breakouts. I did try to use all the mask consecutively but only to miss it at the end of the challenge. This mask has that calming and soothing chamomile scent.

Remember the bonus of free 5ml samples? I use the toner before the mask and the essence after the mask. I have also continue with the rest of my skincare products after the essence. The texture of both is quite light and I only use them at night along with the mask regime.

Here is a before and after the challenge. I could see quite a significant improvement of my skin, It looks much more smoother, refined and plumped. Also, the scarring on my forehead and above my right brow disappeared totally. The new scarring on the After is from the breakout I mentioned earlier.

Above all…

I wasn’t convinced at first if the challenge would help my skin but what it did for my skin was impressive! Although my skin wasn’t completely flawless as it claims but I could see how well my skin improved and it made a difference. I may not have dry skin, in fact I do have combination skin. This challenge doesn’t have much effect towards improving skin oiliness. I do hope that they be able to have more slits around the eye area and higher slit for the nose area to enable it to fit better for different types of face shapes. For a difference with such affordable price, I wouldn’t mind going for it again!

Price: MYR 20.00

Availability: Watsons

Web: Timemask.com.tw

Like Cellina Mask Taiwan to find out more about them!

PROs:

Comes with guidance of which mask to use each day
Affordable
Improves skin texture, hydration
Fades acne marks

CONs:

Not enough slits to fit onto face

My Rating: 4.8/5

xoxo,
Traclyn Yeoh

Review: Dr. Barman’s Super Brush Cleans 3 Surfaces of The Tooth At One Go

April 8, 2014 Leave a Comment

I have not reviewed any oral care products before despite my effort of wanting whiter and brighter teeth. After all, smile is also a key factor to beauty. I do think our oral care is as important as taking care of our skin. In this review, I will be sharing Dr. Barman’s toothbrush.

This Dr. Barman’s toothbrush is not your normal toothbrush. It is specially developed for receding and sensitive gums. The one I have here is Dr. Barman’s Super Brush Special 2 and this is definitely some fancy toothbrush.

Behind it’s packaging, it describes the functionality of the brush and how it works.

brushes 3 surfaces of the teeth simultaneously
cleans inside as thoroughly as the outside
bristles are precisely angled to remove bacterial plaque from the gum line
more efficient cleaning within a shorter time
user friendly action also for both care providers and recipient
use short scrubbing strokes
grip the brush lightly
tilt the brush slightly for optimal plague removal along the gum line

Dr. Barman is known for developing 3-headed toothbrush for optimum teeth cleaning. These toothbrush promotes 3 surfaces of the tooth cleaning at the same time reduces plagues with greater contact with the tooth.

For the toothbrush that I have is only two headed which definitely look fancy to me. The brush head is typically small and it does felt weird on the first time using this brush. It was really easy to use for the teeth at the back but when it comes to brushing the front row, I had to keep the toothbrush horizontally to ensure the bristles of the brush has a good contact with my teeth.

Maybe my jaw is slightly narrow but the toothbrush tend to knock against my teeth a lot when it comes to brushing my front teeth especially on the curve towards my back teeth. I have had experienced temporary gum bleeding on my first few use but it wasn’t painful at all. The bristles doesn’t feel very firm, gentle enough for my teeth and I tend to apply more pressure.

Holding the toothbrush was a little tricky at first because it is designed flat and since I tend to apply quite a bit of pressure while I brush my teeth, there are times it slips off easily. It’s not a big issue after all.

Above all…

I can’t deny for the toothbrush useful function but I do feel frustrated when the knocking against my teeth does happens and cleans fast, somehow, it felt like my teeth wasn’t clean enough. In fact, my teeth is actually squeaky clean. I definitely wish that the brush head is much more flexible to reduce the knocking. I tend to get plagues on the inside of the front row of teeth and as far as I have used this toothbrush for 2 weeks now, there’s no build up on my teeth at the moment which is a good thing. It shows that this toothbrush helped. Of many toothbrushes I have used, I do think that this toothbrush is quite pricey. I recommend to grab them when it goes on promotion.

Price: MYR24.00

Availability: Hermo.com.my

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PROs:

Gentle against teeth
Cleans fast
Reduces plague build up

CONs:

Experience gum bleeding
Knocks against teeth
Pricey

My Rating:4/5

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This toothbrush was provided by Hermo for review purposes, kindly refer disclaimer.

xoxo,
Traclyn Yeoh

WIN! Revlon ColorStay Ultimate Suede Lipsticks, 3 Sets Up For Grab!

April 1, 2014 20 Comments

March came passing by so quickly and eventful. Here comes my birthday month and to give back to you for those who have supported me strongly in my years of blogging (Youtube too). I know it’s 1st April but this ain’t no April fool. Let’s have a look what to win for this giveaway!

It’s the Revlon ColorStay Ultimate Suede Lipsticks! There are 3 sets to win, each set has two different shades. These lipsticks was launched quite a while ago and you can check the shades from my post of Launch of Revlon ColorStay Ultimate Suede. Before sharing how you could win these lipsticks, let’s check on what other bloggers has to say about it!

Image and Review Courtesy of SabrinaTajudin.com

Image and Review Courtesy of Ruby.my

Image and Review Courtesy of YourShoppingKaki.blogspot.com

Everyone rocked their lipsticks beautifully, isn’t it? Thank you girls! Since there are 3 sets to win, I would like to share the shades of each set for a better selection for you to participate.

Set A – Iconic & Preview

Iconic – brown with gold shimmer
Preview – medium magenta

Suitable for those who wants to strive for slightly bolder look.

Set B – High Heels & Private Viewing

High Heels – candy pink
Private Viewing – nude with gold shimmer

Great for everyday look yet innocent

Set C – Fashion Forward & Womenswear

Fashion Forward – dark plum
Womenswear – medium pink

Shades that is awesome to bring the boldness out of you.

Terms & Conditions

Open to all Malaysia residents, participants who is aged 18 below will have to seek for parent’s permission
Only one set, one comment per participant. Strictly no spamming. If you are commenting for the first time, your comment will be held for approval. Don’t worry, I ‘ll check them daily.
For serious participants only who sincerely care to support all beauty knowledge in LaVogueFemme.com, not to only aim for freebies.
Winner will be selected based on their creativity in their comments and will be announced in my Facebook.
Giveaway ends on 15 April 2014 at 11:59pm (Malaysia time).
Winners will also be notified through email, please do respond in 48 hours to avoid prize being forfeited.
Prize will be mailed personally by me.

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Review: Ardell Lash & Brow Growth Accelerator, My Trusted Weapon For Longer Lashes

March 27, 2014 2 Comments

We got to admit some Asians don’t grow enough hair. Please, I definitely do not intend to discriminate but speaking the truth. One of them is me, I have fine hairs on my scalp, face and body which I’m actually thankful for because I save a lot on waxing. My problem would be, I don’t grow enough hair on my brows and lashes. Therefore, Ardell Lash & Brow Growth Accelerator is something to look upon.

I remembered when I first spotted this growth accelerator is when I was in Melbourne (precisely in Priceline), more than 5 years ago. I thought it was affordable, only AUD7.90 then and no harm on giving it a try. Upon using this, I do realize that my lashes became stronger, longer and more brow hairs were growing. Before returning to Malaysia, I have had stocked up half a dozen just to ensure that I won’t be missing it. One tube could last for a couple of months. When I ran out of stock, I didn’t purchase any and it is not available in Malaysia.

Luckily, they can be found now at Supermodels Secret and this would be an ease for me than searching high and low. I’m on the parole to get my brow hair and lashes all growing again. They usually come in blister package. The tube looks like your typical mascara and the gel can be seen right from it’s outside. I would say the packaging is just as handy to travel around.

On the back of the blister package, it describes how this growth accelerator works. Basically, it helps to strengthen and stimulates hair growth for brow hair and lashes. It is advice to use it daily, only at night which I did and will share with you how well this work for me.

Bonus points is that it doesn’t contain alcohol or paraben in this serum. As much as I read about castor oil, they are said to be very good for hair growth and this is included in the gel. The brand Ardell is from US and they also have a wide variety of false lashes sitting in our Sephora stores.

The brush wand looks just like your ordinary mascara and I do find that it’s a little stiff. It felt a little harsh when I applied over my brows. The gel doesn’t have any scent to it but it does turn bad after a month and a half or more from the numerous pumping and mixture of our skin care product that the brush picked up. I didn’t mind the ‘bad’ scent because it was meant to be applied at night before bed and it doesn’t stay long. Although the scent has gone bad, it is still working it’s charm.

I have started using this gel again a month ago and this gel never disappoint me. With the arrows pointing, those are the spots where I could tell there’s difference. I do have very sparse brows, notice that some part of it is now filled with hair? I do have medium length lashes that was grown from the previous usage but I have not use the gel for more than a year. I do notice some lashes starts to growth, became thicker and longer.

Above all…

When people ask me how did I get such lashes, I always recommend this gel to them. I used to have really short and stubby lashes and they were never flattering. I never thought of reviewing this gel previously especially it isn’t available in Malaysia and it will be difficult for those who is interested. With only a month use, I could get results but it all depends on individual, some could be faster or slower.

There is one effectiveness of this gel that I have yet to tell you on the earlier years of usage. You know how sometimes such products could get into our eyes? Yup, it did happen to me, no tingles, no irritation and little did I know, there’s fine hair growing on the lacrimal caruncle (the tiny nodule flesh at the inner corner of the eye). I thought my eyes were messing up with my vision and attempted to carefully tweeze it. No accident happened (thank God!) and I managed to tweeze those fine hairs (there was two). They were really tiny and it happened a couple of times before, therefore I didn’t tweeze only once. Apparently, I’m getting used to it.

If you are a first time user, you need to be dedicated to use this gel religiously to achieve results and this has to be use on long term. You can’t be expecting va-va-voom lashes within a month. It takes time to nurture your brows and lashes. Good news for Malaysians that you can find this at Supermodels Secret now! They ship internationally too.

Price: MYR39.00

Weight: 7.3ml

Availability: Supermodel2u.com

Web: Supermodel2u.com

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