Category: Girl Stuffs

If you’ve been a fan of Chinese reality show, One Leaf facial mask will definitely be no stranger to you. They’ve been big sponsors for those shows. I was given the mask by a friend from Beijing who came for visit last year. I finally opened it up and used it. It’s surprising good! The quality is even better than many other brands. The essence is generous, no dripping, not sticky, very thin, smooth, durable, and adhere to the face well.

I’ve used facial mask made in China before(also given by friend), they were not really nice, the quality was not up to my standard in terms of the texture and thickness of the mask and how it’s being packed inside.

Check out this video to see how it looks like and I’ve also included my take in the video.

If you are looking for alternative to your usual grey coverage product, here’s one new product that is coming to Guardian Malaysia near you in in few weeks time. The usual hair color has Ammonia which can be foul smelling and come with chemical developer. Fret not, this one will just need water and it has hint of lavender smell, not too overwhelming, in fact I didn’t smell much of it after mixing it.

Here you go… Korea Premium Brand Grand Prize winner for hair care product… Pam&Roy Herbal Water Color.

Pam&Roy is made in Korea with 32 types of herb, plants, grain and patented traditional Korean Medicinal ingredients. This herbal permanent grey hair coverage dye product provides 100% grey coverage and can help in preventing hair loss and promoting hair growth. It can prevent hair loss cause by Alopecia.

There is no Peroxide, Ammonia, ingredients derived from animal, mineral oil, and Henna in the hair color which is great because you won’t get hair damage, scalp irritation, and eye irritation from it. It is also suitable for those with sensitive scalp. The key ingredients are Korean Red Pine, Mugwort Extract, Pestalotian Leaf, Sophora Flavescens Aiton, Cnidium Rhizome Extract.

It comes in 4 colours(Natural Black, Dark Brown, Light Brown, and Medium Brown).

Each box contains Pam&Roy Herbal Color Powder (10g x 3), mixing bowl, vinyl gloves, vinyl gown, mixing stick, a dye brush, and instruction manual. Having three individually packed powder is very convenient, you don’t have to worry about wastage and hygiene.

Each sachet can be easily opened without scissors.

All you need is warm water(70-80 degree Celsius) to be added with the color powder. Here’s the suggestion on how much to use:
Partial grey hair: 10g(1 sachet)+50ml water
Short hair: 20g(2 sachets)+100ml water
Medium length hair: 30g(3 sachets)+150ml water
*This is just a guideline, it depends very much on your hair length and volume.

This one here that I’m trying is dark brown. I don’t have any grey hair though ;p I’m getting help from my mother hahaha…

Left: After adding water and the herb powder into the mixing bowl, stir well for 1-2 minutes. It is best to let it ‘rest’ for 3-4 minutes so that you can get better result and not too watery.

Right: Start applying to the hair. Section your hair for easier application. The brush and comb is very easy to use.

After you are done with it, wrap your hair with shower cap(I used the vinyl gown to wrap) and leave it for 30-40 minutes.

When the time is up, rinse with warm water and shampoo twice.

After the coloring session, towel dry your hair and blow dry completely to prevent any color loss. For better result, you can apply hair oil to your towel-dry hair and blow dry with cool air.

Since the ingredients don’t irritate your scalp and hair, you can repeat the usage as many time as you want. There are feedbacks from users that the more you use it, the better the hair condition gets.

Here’s the before and after photos. It covers all the grey. Since the original hair has black and grey, the dark brown we used gave an illusion of highlight to the hair, the effect is quite nice. The grey area is dark brown in color while the black remains black. It can’t be seen in the photo though, tried hard to capture the effect but it just didn’t show. If you don’t want that effect, then it is best to get the color closest to your original hair color.

There you go… That’s my review of Pam&Roy Herbal Water Color. This product is given to me for review but all opinions are my own. You can buy Pam&Roy Herbal Water Color EXCLUSIVELY at Guardian Malaysia at RM43.90 per box. It will be available in middle of February 2020 in Guardian Malaysia.

Here’s my unboxing video:

When I received Orgga in my mail, I was so excited to try it because it’s a Malaysian skincare product founded by Zaza. It uses quality natural and organic ingredients to deliver nature’s goodness to your skin without the high price tag that you will usually get with such products. It’s also cruelty-free, plant based, no paraben, no SLS/SLES, and no harmful chemicals.

My skin has not been behaving lately and easily get sensitive. Guess because of my age(I’m in my mid 30s, seriously!), all the aging signs are showing too! Oh dear! It’s at the stage where something light is too light while something heavy is too heavy. It’s not easy to find something in between. When I’m given with the opportunity to try Orgga products, I didn’t think twice and hop on the bandwagon. I was given with Oliva Set mainly to target dry and mature skin.

First, let’s clean our face. A clean face is important to ensure whatever goodness we introduce to our skin will be able to penetrate well.

Orgga French Rose 3 in 1: Daily Cleansing Powder(RM69.00, 50gm) is not your normal cleanser. It can be used as mask too. No bubble at all. This is suitable for those with normal, combination, dry, and mature skin. Here’s the ingredient list:

Colloidal Oatmeal* · Moroccan Rhassoul Clay · French Pink Clay · Ground Almonds · Brown rice flour* · Coconut milk · Flaxseed meal* · Rose flowers · Hibiscus flowers · Lavender flowers · Chamomile flowers · Elderberry · Rosehip · Raspberry · Orange peel · Moringa leaf* · Goji berry · Grape seed

*organic ingredient

100% natural, 56% organic, no preservative

Essential oil: Rose Geranium · Palmarosa · Frankincense

Even though it’s made from a combination of natural and organic ingredients, I would recommend you to pay attention to the ingredient lists as some of you might have allergy on these ingredients.

The cleanser is in powder form, hence do not store it in the bathroom, you don’t want it to soak up the moisture in the bathroom. Since it has no preservatives, you don’t want the moisture to contaminate the powder. Also, I saw some people actually smell/inhale it! Hello?!!? Do not do that!! *LOL* It’s powder!! Why do you want to make yourself sneeze *LOL* How silly can that be?!?!

How to use?
1. Remove your makeup and rinse your face with water.
2. Pour about 1 teaspoon of cleansing powder on your palm.
3. Add few drops of water (I would recommend 3 drops).
4. Mix it into consistency of paste.
6. Massage gently in circular motion on your damp face and neck, then rinse off. Do avoid the eye area.
If you want to leave it for longer as a mask, just leave it for 2 to 5 minutes, it will dry on your skin, then rinse off.

For me, I will leave it on my face and step into the shower and rinse it away while I’m having my shower.

The granules are quite rough but it doesn’t leave any redness to my face after cleansing. That’s quite a surprise! My face feels so smooth and calm, no tight feeling too. The smell is awesome! I thought I was in a spa, so calming and relaxing.

However, I won’t recommend you to use it twice a day, maybe every evening would be enough. I only use it on alternate evening due to the rough granules. At the end of the day, it really depends on your skin condition, some people can use it daily, some cannot, hence you must understand your skin conditions and needs to adjust the usage based on it.

Second step, prepare your skin with Orgga Le Neroli Hydrating Face Mist(RM60.00, 60ml) which can also be used as toner. Great for all skin type but especially great for those with dry and mature skin. Do shake before use.

It has ingredients that can help in anti-aging, anti-inflammation, antiseptic, and anti-bacteria. Again, make sure you check the ingredients to ensure you have no allergy to them. Here’s the ingredient list:

Neroli hydrosol · Aqua · Aloe Vera leaf juice · Acai berry extract · Strawberry extract · Radish Root Ferment Filtrate · Vegetable Glycerin · Caprylyl/Capryl Glucoside (Vegetable derived)

100% natural, no artificial preservative

Essential oil: Neroli · Bergamot oil (Bergaptene Free) · Ylang Ylang

Look at the very fine mist. Love it! Love the smell! Face feel refreshed after spraying it. You can bring this out with you to hydrate and soothe your skin when you need aside from using it as toner.

You can proceed to step 3 after spritzing it and lightly pat it on your skin.

Step 3, while your face is still damp with Le Neroli Hydrating Face Mist, apply 2 to 3 drops of Orgga Oliva Luxe Beauty Oil(RM95.00, 20ml). DO NOT DRIP THE PRODUCT DIRECTLY ON YOUR FACE! It’s a wrong way to apply any skincare product and DON’T TOUCH THE TIP ON YOUR FACE! Not only it’s a waste of the product because you only need 2-3 drops, it’s is also unhygienic. Those “beauty influencers/gurus” are not teaching you the right method duh… It’s all just marketing gimmick, just for the camera to show you the product.

The correct way to use face oil is to get 2 to 3 drops of the oil on your palm, warm it by rubbing your palm together and gently pat or smooth it out on your skin. You can massage your face and neck with the oil or use it with a face roller.

I use the oil before moisturizer during the day because I read somewhere that oil can reduce the effectiveness of sunscreen. At night, I will use it on top of moisturizer. Sometimes I would just use it on its own depending on the skin condition of the day(you know sometimes the hormone can affect your skin condition). My face isn’t as oily at the end of the day as it used to and dry spots have lessen too.

Once again… Check the ingredients as I know some people are sensitive to certain essential oil, here’s the list:

Meadowfoam oil · Olive Squalane · Kukuinut oil · Morrocan Argan oil* · Sweet Almond oil · Rosehip oil · Pomegranate seed oil · Raspberry seed oil · Prickly pear oil · Sea Buckthorn oil · Natural Vitamin E · Sunflower oil

*Organic verified

100% natural and pure cold-pressed oil, no preservative

Essential oil: Neroli · Frankincense · Sweet Orange · Palmarosa · Clary Sage · Carrot seed

For the extra pampering, you can add in Rose Quartz Roller(RM120.00) which is great for anti-aging. It has two side, small and big roller. When it is brand new, make sure you wash it with warm water before using it. Also, make sure you clean it after every use by wiping it with clean damp cloth. Run it under warm water at least once every few days to clean it. Then wipe it dry and air dry it because you might not be able to dry the inside of the roller.

The colour might differ from each roller as it is made from natural rose quartz. Rose quartz is known to be great for aging skin because it can strengthen the skin structure(Silica), slow down aging(Magnesium), regulate blood circulation(Iron), fight free radical(Natrium), and provide glow to the skin(Oxygen).

You don’t have to press hard on the skin. Just roll it very lightly. The big one for the bigger area and small one is great for the eye area, the side of the nose, and upper lip area.

Do it in upward direction for the forehead;
Outward direction towards the temple area for the eye and eyebrow;
Outward direction to the tragus(A small pointed eminence of the external ear. You can google where it is) area for the face;
Downward direction from below the ear to the neck down to the décolletage.

This way, you can reduce puffiness from water retention and drain the toxin out from your face. It feels so good and I’m using it every night. The puffiness and the dark circle on my eye area has slightly reduced.

Be extra gentle when you use it on your eye area.

Be sure to do it in one direction very very gently, not rolling it back and forth otherwise your skin will get hurt from excessive rubbing.

I’ve been using this set for 2 weeks and my skin doesn’t suffer any breakout or any discomfort from using it. The smell is so nice that it makes you feel calm, relax, and happy. Maybe that’s why the skin condition improves too because happy mood, happy skin.

Here’s a video of unboxing and trying out the products:

There you go… My review of Orgga products. What do you think? Do you want to try it out? If so, I have a good news to share with you.

They are having #YESORGGA Year End Sales now where you can get up to 40% off! Head over to Orgga official website to check them out.