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Review: L’oreal Paris Total Repair 5 Damage Eraser Leave-On Oil Serum, Effective 5 Proven Results

August 20, 2013

Half of my hair is dry and damaged from all the chemical work and hot hair tools. Three weeks ago, I have decided to look for a hair serum and I picked up L’oreal Paris Total Repair 5 Damage Eraser Leave-On Oil Serum at Guardian for MYR13.95. It was on sale at that time but I think the retail price should be either below or slightly above MYR20. I’m a little skeptical on the texture because of the word ‘oil’ mentioned, just worried if it could possibly be too oily for my hair.

‘It instantly repairs your hair by addressing the 5 common hair problems like breakage, dryness, dullness, coarseness and split-ends. Say ‘Au Revoir’ bad hair days!’ – L’oreal Paris Malaysia Facebook

I often color my hair to cover the greys especially when my hair roots are showing and when hair dyes doesn’t stay long. I shampoo my hair daily due to having oily scalp and humid weather. Once shampooed and conditioned, I usually allow my hair to air-dry and poof! It gets frizzy and tangled too. I was hoping this serum comes to the rescue.

Here’s the ad that was shared by L’oreal Paris Malaysia Facebook. I love to see how bouncy Maya Karin’s hair looked!

It comes with a flip top lid which you can see that the serum gets all over it after a while of using it but the best thing is that it doesn’t leak to the body of the bottle.

This serum is great for 5 different types of hair damages, breakage, dryness, dullness, coarseness and split-ends. Which hits the point of my hair concerns lately. From the ingredients, it does contained alcohol.

The texture is slightly lighter than oil and it does felt greasy on hand. A little goes a long way for how much you need to use it on your hair. For as long as I’m using this serum, I have never squeeze a tinge bit on the bottle. What I did is to allow the serum to flow from the bottle, circling on my palm about 2 times and that’s the amount I’m using after shower. I also apply this serum before using hot tool on my hair and I use more of the serum just to protect my hair. I love the scent, sweet and refreshing, like fresh sweet scented flowers.

Verdict?

This serum was introduced in June, I find that this is inexpensive and I’m totally in love with it! Though I have no photos to show you a before and after (I wasn’t expecting myself to review this) but I can promise you that my hair is much more manageable, softer, shinier and it is an ease to run through my hair with my fingers. I have never seen my hair in such state for a while ago. The best effect that I’m totally impressed with, is using this serum with hot hair tools, it holds on to the style so well, makes my hair bouncier, shiny, smooth, soft and the style looks very natural. It is very economical for I have used it for 3 weeks daily and hot hair tools on weekends, I only used up to a quarter of the entire bottle. If you’re looking for some hair serum without spending too much, I totally recommend this!

Price: MYR 13.95 (on sale)

Weight: 80ml

Availability: Watsons, Guardian and major super and hyper markets

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PROs:

Effective to 5 proven results
Inexpensive
Maintain effectiveness even with using hot hair tools
Economical

CONs:

Contains alcohol

My Rating: 4.9/5

xoxo,
Traclyn Yeoh

Understand Our Hair and How Invati System Works At StreetLove x Aveda Exclusive Event

August 7, 2013 4 Comments

‘Our mission at Aveda is to care for the world we live in , from the products we make to the ways in which we give back to society. At Aveda, we strive to set an example for environmental leadership and responsibility, not just the world of beauty, but around the world.’

That is Aveda’s mission pledged strongly by them on what they believed in. I have participate this exclusive event knowing that StreetLove is collaborating with them to share about a pampering hair session with Aveda. Not only that I wanted to learn more of Aveda, I’m also there to support StreetLove.

They have ritual stations with neck, hand and scalp massage, its really pampering. I particularly like the blue oil where it is applied during the neck massage where it doesn’t only smell good but it has gentle cooling sensation right after.

Dressed in royal blue, there is Fiona of StreetLove catching up with her readers before the event starts.

Linda, the General Manager of Aveda began the event introducing to us about Aveda. The word ‘Aveda’ is not an English language but adapted from Sanskrit. They have products from skin care, body care to hair care and styling. One of the Aveda outlet in Japan has their very own salon, spa and cafe all together in one, how awesome is that? In 2013, Aveda has already won 11 awards locally from various media publication such as Harper’s Bazaar, Women’s Weekly, Cleo and more.

Adrian Sin, one of the trainer for Aveda helps us to understand about our hair structure and different types of hair concern. Little did I know that it is common that we shed 150-200 strands of hair daily and I freaked out for no reason for my hair that shed approximately less than 50 strands daily from shampooing, combing, styling and some were found on my bed.

He then introduces Invati solution for such hair loss problems. Invati means invigorate in Sanskrit and this solution has proven to reduce hair loss using unique blends of herbs from Ayurveda theraphy, a tradition from India of 5,000 years ago.

Invati Exfoliating Shampoo – helps to clean the scalp removing product build-up and sebum with wintergreen-derived salicylic acid where it helps to unclog pores.
Invati Thickening Conditioner – helps to thicken and strengthen each hair strand with arginine derived from sugar beets and soy protein, hence it reduces the chances of hair breakage. This conditioner is applied towards the scalp onwards.
Invati Scalp Revitalizer – is a tonic to be applied after towel-dried hair. It helps to revitalise and rehabilitate the scalp around the hair follicles with turmeric and ginseng, creating the best environment for healthy hair.

Along with the event, we had a fun contest to play with. Before we start on it, Adrian explained that we have two choices to style our hair to straight or curly and the right products to use and steps to follow before and after styling our hair. We are reminded to use the correct steps in order to pass the test.

These are the products to use. Let me brief you through for both styles on the right product to use.

Straight hair

Prep hair with Smooth Infusion Style-Prep Smoother
Apply Smooth Infusion Glossing Straightener before styling hair
Once finish styling with hair tools, set the hair with Light Elements Smoothing Fluid

Curly hair

Prep hair with Be Curly Style-Prep
Apply Be Curly Curl Enhancer before styling hair
Once finish styling with hair tools, set the hair with Be Curly Curl Enhancing Hair Spray

These are the hot tools given to style our hair. I have chosen to curl my hair but because the curling tongs are limited, I have used hair straightener to curl my hair instead. My bad for not capturing before and after, but I’m happy with how I did my hair. You can see how it turn out for me in my Instagram, here. We were given 45 minutes to get our hair done and had the opportunity for our photos to be taken.

Aveda team has given us special offer exclusively just for this event with two different types of promotion.

For the contest, these are the winners! Congratulations and winners are chosen based on the correct products that they have used and hairstyle that matches to Aveda concept. Winners hairstyles are simple, neat and well-defined. I really enjoyed myself learning about Aveda and facts about hair that I didn’t come across. Thank you Aveda and StreetLove!

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xoxo,
Traclyn Yeoh

Video: One Hairtie Easy Bow Hair

April 16, 2013 4 Comments

Bow hair was popular because of Lady Gaga and I was never a fan of bow hair plus I was too lazy to style my hair. Now that my hair is getting longer, I try to find ways to style it. A couple of weeks ago, I was playing around with my hair and discovered a way to create this bow hair with only one hair tie. Oh yes, I have Instagram-ed it and I thought sharing it out as a tutorial could be fun. This is a very cute hair style that anyone with long hair could achieve it.

Pretty simple eh? For layered hair like mine, some part of the hair might come out which is why I recommend using hair wax or gel for better control. If your hair is thick and heavy weighed, I recommend to use a few bobby pins.

This hair style/up-do is really cute and you could wear it casually or occasionally depending on how you like it.

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HELMER, I Want You!

March 15, 2013 6 Comments

I’ve been searching for affordable drawers after I have discovered that my drawers are wobbly and creaky. Fair enough because they are initially only four tiers and I bought two, modified it into become a tower of drawers. One side of the drawer is my desk and another is my bed which kept it stable enough. The amount of my makeup collection and skin care grew periodically, now I have limited space to keep them and began chucking into the drawers without proper organization. Its not a good thing for me once I start to chuck things around, it’s cluttering and I would prefer them to get it organized from the beginning and keep that organization till the very end. Maybe to have a spring clean periodically too. Fiona of Street Love shared her organization with her Helmer drawer from Ikea that caught my attention to check out the price of it.

I checked into Ikea Malaysia’s web and looked for Helmer. They come in two colors and my color of choice is white. Clicked and there you go, I WAS SURPRISED! I wasn’t expecting that it’s that affordable. For such a sturdy metal drawers (confirmed by Fiona, I asked her tons of questions about it), the drawers for MYR 99.00 is a great deal. The red drawers is quoted on a different price which MYR 139.00, slightly more expensive than the white. I wonder why.

The entire body of Helmer drawer is made of metal and comes with castor which is an ease of moving it around for many reasons. The design is simple and clean, each drawer has a label insertion which I’m not sure if I will label it. As for me, this will be a great storage for my makeups and skincare. I’m grabbing this two of Helmer drawers tomorrow from Ikea, hopefully they still have it. Follow me in my Instagram if you want to know I ever made it to grab it.