Sasa

On the 21st November 2013 marks the launch of a new professional makeup line from Germany arrived to our shores known as ARTDECO exclusively available in Sasa. ARTDECO is becoming the market leader in Germany’s selective market where they constantly focus on delivering the best quality at a reasonable price that most of us could afford. In the international beauty arena, ARTDECO has been repeatedly voted as the most popular brand in the beauty salons.

ARTDECO offers a wide range of cosmetics that perfectly complements and with the nail polish range, they could reach for that niche market. They offer refillable beauty palettes which helps to optimize makeup junkies’ selections and satisfaction.

ARTDECO’s basic collection have the most fashionable complete range of makeup products of high-end makeup, to a variety of lipsticks and lip glosses, multitude of mascaras, eye liners and best selling eye makeup to the colorful selection of nail lacquers. This collection has completely change the market of eye shadows and became the best sellers in ARTDECO line.

Finding the right foundation shade can be really tricky and ARTDECO helps to solve this dilemma by offering many shades with functional properties such as Hugh Performing Lifting Foundation, Long Lasing Foundation SPF20 (Oil Free), Mineral Powder Foundation and more to accomodate to different skin types from normal, combination and dry.

ARTDECO’s Eyeshadow Base has became the absolute best seller of the entire eye makeup range. Above all, they have the Magic Fix, Hot Chili Lip Booster, extensive Camouflage concealer range, Mascara Base, Lash Growth Activator, a selection of artificial and permanent lashes, premium brushes which differentiates ARTDECO from the rest and makes their collection unique.

Elaine Daily was the host of the night where the launch was held at Penthouse, The Icon. ARTDECO is now available exclusively at Sasa bringing more affordable makeup to everyone. The price range of ARTDECO is from MYR19 – MYR129.

This video presentation was shown as an introductory to everyone an idea of what ARTDECO offers.

The Vice President of ARTDECO, Ms Anna Blasco delivers her speech in full enthusiasm and energy. She truly understands what makeup junkies wants and believes that ARTDECO will be able to deliver it.

Special guest of the night is Amber Chia as well as ARTDECO’s International Makeup Artist, Derek Grillo to do a live makeup demo for a brown neutral day makeup. Showcasing their best seller Eyeshadow Base, it makes their eye shadow so vibrant and pigmented. Derek lightly applied on Amber’s eyelid with brown eye shadow and the shade stood out very much.

The brown neutral makeup looks refreshing on Amber and also it gives that settle sophisticated look.

Showcasing models with the same element of neutral look, suitable for any time of the day. This neutral look could go with almost any lip color of bright red, bright fushia, mauve and pinks.

Derek also showed us how he transform the neutral look into a night party look by adding more colors into it. Predicting that purple will be the most worn color next year, he applied purple eye shadow on Amber creating that smokey effect with extended eye liner and bright fushia lips.

Transitioning Amber’s look also could suit anyone to cocktail parties, night outs or evening dinners. It’s sexy, elegant and sophisticated without looking overly done.

The launch ended with a group photo and mingles between media, brands, ARTDECO and Sasa. Currently in Sasa, they are having promotions on ARTDECO and check them out at your nearest Sasa or you could also check here on their promotions. Give Sasa Malaysia a like on their Facebook below for their latest fuss buzz in town!

xoxo,
Traclyn Yeoh

RAYA RAYA RAYA!!! It’s the festive and holiday season, share the cheers and laughter by visiting your family and friends’ house or even neighbors. Let’s all be happy and jolly! To this festive season, I would like to share with you and its Vanity Trove Exclusive Sasa Hari Raya box! They are heavy, handful and comes in full sized! Plus they are also great skincare essentials when you’re going back to your hometown.

Here it is and take a glance of it. This is a brand exclusive trove with Sasa Malaysia and you may find these products from Sasa too. What they have to offer in this trove, is mainly skincare products, afterall the foundation of physical beauty begins with skin.

The card of all the products information, I would also say this box accommodates to many skin types either normal, dry, combination to oily skin types.

Cyber Colors Cleansing Oil in Lavender,(200ml)

‘…is a moisturizing and soothing oil that can thoroughly dissolves all makeup and impurities. it helps to retain moisture of your skin and leave skin smooth. With dry hands, dispense an ample amount (2-3 pumps) onto palms. Apply cleansing oil all oveer the face. Emulsify by cold water and massage thoroughly onto skin. Rinse thoroughly with cold water.’

The scent of the lavender is just so soothing and relaxing plus they have my favourite, which is green tea. By all means the scent of this cleansing oil is the first scent that I could smell when I first open the box. Best of all that it comes in full size, yes I’m not kidding at all! I did a short test on it with my most stubborn mascara and it cleanse most of it, only leaving two tiny spot unclean. Impressive and for 200ml, cleansing oil like this can last really long.

Price: MYR 53.90

Neogence Amino Acid Cleansing Mousse, 50ml

‘…is a silky foam cleanser that cleans skin thoroughly without any tight effect. Its natural active ingredient, Amino Acid has a mild acidity of pH5.5, which is nonstimulating, and suitable for all skin types. Besides deep cleansing, it also moisturizes, increase skin metabolism and helps to soften dead skin. Pump 2-3 times on palm, gently massage on wet face. Rinse and apply toner/routine skincare.’

The mousse bubbles are not as fine as I expected but I love the sweet citrus scent. Once pumped, it spreads around quite fast as you can see from the image above on left, the bottom of the bubbles had liquefy slightly. I like the fact that it doesn’t dry out my skin and the full size is at an affordable price too. For this as a deluxe travel size, great for me to bring it around while I travelling or outdoor sports.

Price: MYR39.00 (180ml)

Haruhada Yuzu Pore Cleansing Gel, 50grams

‘Contains several citrus extracts. With the warming effect, it helps to eliminate blackheads and remove dirt skin and to control oil secretion. Leaving your skin with an oil-free and refreshing sensation.’

I have not came across this brand before and indeed its an eye opener. I didn’t expect that the gel to be black but it’s that type of color that fades once you rub the gel on the skin and doesn’t stain. What’s special about this gel that it is meant specifically for nose area to reduce and remove blackheads and other impurities. I love how the warm sensation comes in when I rub the gel at the back of my hand but no worries because it doesn’t burn. The warm sensation is really gentle. I can’t wait to try this, I have tons of gunks on my nose and chin. This is a full size!

Price: MYR34.90 (50grams)

Nuxe Huile Prodigieuse Multi-Purpose Dry Oil, 10ml

‘As best-seller of for the brand, this dry oil nourishes, repairs and protects the face, body and hair with its unique concentration of Precious Plant Oils (30%) and Vitamin E. It enhances the skin and eaves the hair with a radiant shine in just one step. Many women also use this special oil in replacement of regular fragrance! It does not contain any preservative.’

I love oils, the fact that they provide and holds up moisture better than cream most of the time. This dry oil looks really light in texture and once applied it doesn’t feel oily either which is definitely a plus point. It leaves the skin smooth and moisturized. The turn off is that it has intense jasmine scent that becomes lighter once blended, maybe its just me. I’m not too comfortable with this scent.

Price: MYR 148 (100ml), exclusively at Sasa

BRTC Jasmine 3D Moist Powder, 5 grams

‘…comprises of jasmine extract wrapped powder capsules that mellts into skin like velvet cream upon application. It creates a moist, radiant skin look along with a cooling texture as the moisturizing capsule helps endow liveliness to rough, dull skin. It can control the secretion of excess face sebum, moisturize, cover imperfections and provide a brightening and soothing effect. After foundation or BB Cream application, gently tap appropriate amount on entire face.’

Clearly when its mentioned jasmine, it does have jasmine scent but not as strong as I expected. The scent is much more acceptable. Although this is a mini sized, it is still comes in a sifting jar which the full size product is too. Also, it comes with a puff which I could foresee that I will hardly use it, I always prefer to use brush. The powder texture is really fine and finishes off matte.

Price: MYR 55 (25grams)

Natural Aqua Gel by Cure,(3grams x 10)

‘Japan’s No.1 skin exfoliation product, Cure! Cure contained with 90% Hydrogen Water which helps to remove dead skin and dirt to support the natural skin regeneration process. It is preservative free, coloring free, fragrance free also mineral oil free and alcohol free! This Cure is the safest and most gentle exfoliation to your skin! Apply Cure on Face and gentle massage. Gently rise off with lukewarm water. Moisturize your skin follow with lotion or emulsion.’

I have came to known this brand from other blogger friends for their launch but I have not tried it before. This seems like a promising product from Japan. They came in sample cards with 2 sachet in each. I will see if I will like this.

Price: MYR 115 (250grams), exclusively at Sasa

This trove also comes with MYR10 discount voucher when shopping at their store. Now this is keeping me thinking what to purchase there!

Verdict?

Although this brand exclusive trove with Sasa is priced higher which is MYR70, I think it’s still worth every penny considering the worth of products in there especially with 2 full size products. Cyber Colors Cleansing Oil is not any tiny sized product but 200ml. It’s a great discovery of products too especially the Haruhada Yuzu Pore Cleansing Gel, I wouldn’t have known about it until today. However, the shipping took about almost a week to arrive and it’s most probably because of the Raya season where tons of parcel to be sent out at the same time. I was worried that the package would have gone missing but it did arrived to me safely.

My Rating: 4.8/5

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