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Innisfree Green Tea Seed Serum

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I bought Innisfree Green Tea Seed Serum when it was on sale in Hermo. You can also get it in Althea. I decided to buy this after reading it from a friend in Facebook.

I’m using it as my daily serum+moisturizer for both day and night. Even though it is serum, it is rich enough for me. If I apply moisturizer after that, it will be too rich for me and my skin can’t be even absorb the moisturizer. It’s pretty awesome that it comes in 80ml bottle instead of the usual serum size of 50ml or 30ml.

Innisfree Green Tea Seed Serum contains organic Jeju green tea and green tea seeds that hydrate your skin from deep within as it is rich in amino acids and minerals. They are using Dual Moisture-Rising Technologyâ„¢ in which fresh green tea can deeply hydrates your skin while green tea seed oil creates a strong moisture barrier to keep your skin moisturized for longer.

It serves me pretty well in the climate of Malaysia. However, you will definitely need to follow with moisturizer in places where the air is dry or you have dry skin.

I do like how it feels on my face, the texture is light, and it smells good. Whether it makes any difference to my face after using it for 9 months, let’s just say it didn’t cause any discomfort to me, not oily, quick absorption, no fuss. The key function of this product is to provide hydration to your skin. If you are expecting anything more than hydration, then this will not be for you unless you are going to follow up with other products that target your other concerns.

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Rainbow Hotel, Ximending, Taipei

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Rainbow Hotel (No.36, Han Chung St., Ximending, Taipei, Taiwan, 10842) is the third hotel we stayed in Taiwan. We spent 2 nights in Taipei. I booked a room for 5 pax. It’s located in a very strategic and convenient place, nn the middle of Ximending and the nearest MRT is only 280m.


The room is just nice for 4 pax, 5 pax would be quite packed as they will add an extra bed. All the amenities are provided in the room. The room, Family Deluxe, wasn’t cheap without promotion(I booked it at about RM560/night, this rate is from Agoda) but considering the area and the convenience, it’s actually not that bad especially if you share the room with three or four others. WiFi is inclusive. I booked the room with breakfast. The breakfast they have is very simple, not much choices.


You do not have to worry about paying for the the items of the minibar. It’s included in the room price. All these snacks you see are for you to eat. We brought them along with us when we went out. Pretty useful when you just want to have something to munch along the way.

I’m quite satisfied with the hotel. For breakfast, I’ll just forego. I might consider go back there to stay depending if I am able to get cheaper price hehe…

If you are interested, you can check out Traveloka the best rate possible, not just for this property of course, others too, maybe you can find better ones there.


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Hotels in Yuchi (Nantou) and Sanyi (Miaoli) Township, Taiwan

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Gonna share with you the hotel I stayed when I was in Nantou and Miaoli, Taiwan. I did not book these hotels, it’s booked by my tour guide cum driver as it’s part of the package. You can check the hotel price online. Once we landed at Taoyuan International Airport, we were greeted at the airport and started our road trip to Nantou.

We stayed a night in Classic Hotel Shvatan (No.8, Fuxing Ln, Yuchi Township, Nantou, Taiwan).

They have room for triple sharing. It’s clean enough. Bathroom is spacious. All the basic necessities are provided, WiFi is available in the room without extra charge. Staffs were friendly. Breakfast was included in our stay. Simple breakfast was served. You have to clean up after yourself after breakfast.


To get to this hotel, it is not as convenient as when you are in Taipei. You will have to hire taxi if you landed at Taichung Airport which is 52.5 km or 70.7km from Hualien Airport. If you are in Taipei, you will definitely need to drive, hiring a taxi from Taoyuan can be insane, I don’t think anyone will want to drive you there. It takes hours to reach Nantou.

The next day, we left Nantou and headed to Mioali. We stayed at Sanyi Sakura Resort (Miaoli Sanyi Township Guangsheng Village Road in front of eight shares eight Lane 1-18, Sanyi Township, Miaoli, Taiwan)

We got practically a “house” for three of us. There’s two bedrooms and one bathroom. One bedroom is a room and the other bedroom is at the living area. There’s stove for cooking as well. Maybe they converted the living room by placing a bed there since there were three of us. WiFi is inclusive. The staffs are very friendly and acted fast to help us solve some problems we encountered in the room. All the basic amenities are provided.

Lots of mosquitoes around due to the location surrounded by bushes. Our room came with breakfast and the breakfast place is at the end of another block. Also, you need to clean up after yourself after eating. Very simple breakfast was served with limited items to choose from.

This property is 23.5km from Taichung Airport and 88.4km from Taoyuan International Airport.

There you go… These are two hotels that you can stay if you happen to look for place to stay in Nantou or Miaoli. I can only share these with you as these are the only hotels I stayed when I was there and arranged by my guide hahaha… There might be better ones out there, just check them out on major OTAs.


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Real Fresh Skin Detoxer Rose and Green Tea

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Real Fresh Skin Detoxer Rose and Green Tea is the latest product you can find in Althea which is a collaboration with Korea’s top TV program: Get It Beauty! I was given these two tubes to try. I’ve been using them for more than two weeks as my daily mask and facial cleanser. I did not use any other mask or cleanser. It is a 10-second wash-off mask. Only 10 seconds to prep your skin for your morning and night skincare routine.


This is my daily routine for 2 weeks:-
Morning: Real Fresh Skin Detoxer Rose -> Toner -> Serum/Moisturizer -> Sunblock
Night: Makeup remover -> Real Fresh Skin Detoxer Green Tea -> Toner -> Serum/Moisturizer


ROSE: Refining

A rose-infused facial mask that would suit your morning routine to strip away dirt accumulated overnight to reveal a healthy glowing skin.

It’s quite watery. Smell nice, I like the smell of rose. You can find premium handpicked May Rose petals from France inside. Apply it generously before you take your morning shower. 10 seconds will be gone very quickly. By the time you applied it on your entire face, it’s already more than 10 seconds. Wet your hands and massage your face in circular motion, it will bubble up, then rinse off.

My skin feel so smooth to touch, as if there’s a film covering my skin but no sticky feeling. Looking at the mirror, my face look smooth and glowing too. I feel a bit tight after washing it off but just proceed with my usual morning skincare routine and I’m good to go! My skincare products absorb quickly and make up goes on well.

GREEN TEA: Purifying

Infused with purifying green tea extract, it helps to soothe and refresh tired skin after a long day outdoors.

The consistency of this is thicker than Rose. You’ll find young Jeju Island green tea leaves inside. Very refreshing to end the day with. It’s giving me the same effect as Rose. Be sure to clean your face from sunscreen or makeup before applying it.


Since there’re real rose petals and green tea leaves in it, make sure you don’t exposed it to too much heat. Putting it inside the fridge might be good idea for summer, you’ll get cold and refreshing mask after a long day and night. However, do not worry about the changing of colour, it won’t cause you any harm. I would recommend you to use it fast since the ingredients are fresh and will deliver better result when it is at its freshest.

Here’s how it works for me. Ignore the colour, the photos were taken at different time with different lighting. I just want to show you how much difference it made to my pores.

Left: My usual skin condition before I’m being introduced to Real Fresh Skin Detoxer. This is how my face feel and look. Very rough, even touching it is rough especially the nose. Sigh… No matter what I use, it’s still the same.

Right: After the first usage of Real Fresh Skin Detoxer, can you see the difference? The pores are very much finer, smoother and softer to touch. It’s not temporary but lasted throughout the day. Makeup goes on with ease too. No more worrying about makeup stuck around the pores especially those cream based makeup.

I highly recommend this. It’s good for daily use. Quickly head over to Althea to get this awesome product.

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Lancôme Énergie De Vie Illuminating Eye Gel

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Have been blogging about beauty and skincare products lately. Kind of busy to process all those travel photos, so many of them, so I’ll blog about beauty and skincare products for the time being since they have been long overdue.

This time, I’m going to share with you the eye gel I’m using. I decided to give Lancôme Énergie De Vie Illuminating Eye Gel a try after I used up my usual eye gel, Garnier Light Brightening Eye Roll-On. Lancôme is on the pricier side of course, got it while it’s on offer and with extra discount. I got this last year and have been using it for more than 6 months.

If you are not into product with fragrance, this will not be for you. The smell is pretty strong but it’s not revolting, I quite like it. Certainly not smelling like some cheap fragrance that can cause you sneeze non-stop.

It is very cooling and not oily at all. The roller does take a bit of practice to use. I would squeeze the gel out and use the roller to massage my eye area. Then I would also extend the massage to the sides of my nose and around the lips. The gel absorb easily leaving no greasiness. Hence, you do not need to worry about developing milia seeds.

The eye gel is suitable for all skin types. It is enriched with 3 plant extracts- Melissa, Ginseng and Cranberry.

Does it work? It did refresh the eye area. Coupled with the roller ball for massage, it can help circulation around your eyes to reduce dark eye circle and puffy eyes.

Repurchase? I was tempted but decided not to due to the price. If you have the budget to spare, maybe you can try it out. I think I’ll keep the tube so that I can use the ball for massage with other eye gel that I might be using in the future.

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