Treats from The Sample Store

It was a last minute decision to visit The Sample Store's office @ 1 Kaki Bukit Road 1 - Enterprise One this morning, to collect my Ginvera Green Tea Hamper. The surprise hamper, unknown to me previously, was a surprise reward for 10 lucky bloggers.

I called Li Juan @ her office at 09:50am (the email stated to call from 10:00am onwards) and was pleasantly delighted that she was already in office. She agreed without any hesitation to allow me to self-collect despite such a hasty notice. Aside from the Ginvera Green Tea Hamper, I also took the opportunity to self-collect my sponsored products for the next bloggers' challenge.

My Ginvera Green Tea Hamper worth $200

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RETAIL-SIZE Sasatinnie Super Dolly Mascara from The Sample Store!

Have you received your SASATINNIE Super Dolly Powerful Curling Mascara Advanced Formula from The Sample Store? I have received mine today!

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Milky Foot Challenge

I have been experiencing calluses and cracked heels for many years. There were various brands of creams for cracked heels and I have tried most of the brands. Its disheartening to note that most of the off-shelf ones arent that effective and with my irregular applications makes it almost impossible to heal them.

Nowadays, I rely mainly on CLARUS Repair Foot Pack (available in SASA) which I used it twice a week. It is a quick and hassle-free foot mask and was able to instantly hydrate my cracked heels with each use.  Its a pity the results wasnt lasting, and were only able to last approx 2-3 days.

I am currently considering whether to try Milky Foot which is on a different treating philosophy. Instead of the usual concentration on intense hydration, it focus on intense exfoliating. Milky Foot believes in exfoliating aged skin and calluses to regain infant-like smooth skin.

Will Milky Foot be daring to take up this challenge and help me regain a pair of soft, smooth and infant-like feet after use? I am certainly keen to know!

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Food Therapy from SkinFood

Remember the Laneige Strawberry Yogurt Pack that Lynn bought for me previously? I decided to get her a gift too! :)

She loves and enjoys using SkinFood Acai Berry Mask, and has always been raving about how beneficial it is to her skin. So ... I decided to buy her this!

I gotta give thumbs up to SkinFood for the lovely packaging. I guess much of the cost is factored into its gift packaging.

"Acai Berry (pronounced ah-sigh-ee) is titled one of the most powerful and nutritious foods in the world. The Acai also has a near perfect complex of essential amino acids and together with its valuable trace minerals are excellent and vital for proper muscle contraction and regeneration, this slows the effects of damage to the skin that cause the signs of aging." http://ezinearticles.com

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BRTC Goodies

Yesh!!! My BRTC products finally arrived! They were hand-delivered right to my doorsteps today. Luckily Mummy was home to receive the stuffs. In case you dont know, I had to work during this long weekend. Sianz!

I bought the above at a heavily discounted price last week. My mini-haul includes two tubes of BTRC Perfect V Shaper Neck Firming Cream and and five packs of Perfect V Shaper V Shaping Patch.

Puzzled why I used Neck Cream and Chin Masks??? Well, besides taking great efforts to have youthful and porcelain skin, I have always been concerned about my chin, neck and décolletage area. In fact, if you do glance at the people around you, you will noticed  how much attention they have been giving to the face compared to neckline.

I certainly do not want sagging and loose skin on my neck! So I have taking extra efforts to apply neck creams for the past one year, never failing to do so everyday.

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Rejuvicare 3D Contouring Mask

Remember my previous post on "What's this?"? I am revealing this unique skincare product that Ezen has sent me quite sometime ago.

I was random surfing the net when I came across rejuvibeauty.com introducing its new Rejuvicare 3D Contouring Mask. I was attracted by the word "3D" which made me curious to find out more about it.

30g of essence, that's a lot!

Notice the unique part of the mask?

While I was google-ing more reviews on this 3D contour mask, I cam across Eroma's search for Rejuvicare 3D mask Ambassador. I emailed them expressing my interest without realizing that contest was over (silly me!).

Thanks Ezen, for responding with an invitation for me to try the Rejuvicare 3D Contouring Mask. Visit rejuvibeauty.com to find out more about it today.

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Review of the Yufit - Perfect V-Line Face Shaper Bra

This is a mask targeted at our chin and neck area, aiming to enhance our face-line. I was quite skeptical over its self-heating claims initially. However, right after applying it, the burning sensation starts almost immediately. It was barely 15secs and my skin was already "burning hot".

I was so worried that it may scalded my skin and kept checking to make sure my skin is fine. The amazing part is, though its burning hot, it did not cause any redness and the sensation was so lasting throughout the 30mins.

Any significant improvement in my face-line?

Frankly speaking, I did not notice any significant improvement in my face-line. However, the intense burning sensation somehow makes me feel that this Yufit - Perfect V-Line Face Shaper Bra - has worked hard to firm up my face-line. I have this sudden urge to use it again tonight.

Read my previous post on Yufit - Perfect V-Line Face Shaper Bra here.

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Yufit - Perfect V-Line Hot Face Shaper Bra

I received the Yufit - Perfect V-Line Face Shaper Bra from Lush Group last week. I was expecting the usual facial sheet masks, and was surprised to realise that it is actually a mask meant to enhance our face line. In fact, I am still puzzled over how it works as the packaging also mentioned words like self-heating, lifting collagen and cellulite.

Isnt this very girl's wish for a firm and defined V-shape face?

Yufit HOT Face Shaper Bra @ S$35.00 (7pieces)
Yufit HOT Face Shaper Bra at John Little departmental store & www.secretive.sg

The best way to clear my doubts is to use the mask now. So I shall abruptly end my post now as I will be testing the mask this very moment. Good night!

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Review of ELISHACOY - Ricebran and Arbutin Sheet Mask

[Sample + Review]

It has been quite sometime that I cease using whitening skincare products. Somehow, I feel that whitening products tend to make my skin sensitive and more prone to breakouts. In fact, I was rather hesitant to sample and review this ELISHACOY  - Ricebran and Arbutin Sheet Mask.

However, the tag-line "Are you concerned about dark face and blemishes?" tempted me to test this out. It is a face-cleansing mask containing Ricebran and Arbutin and helps inhibits generation of melanin pigments and makes skin clean by anti-oxidant activity.

Elishacoy - Ricebran and Arbutin Mask Sheet is a 100% pure cotton mask sheet (essence type) which prevents generation of melanin pigment and provides whitening effects via anti-oxidation.

Elishacoy - Ricebran and Arbutin Mask Sheet

Remove mask after 15-20mins and lightly pat remaining essence.

As claimed by Elishacoy, it's sheet mask is heavily soaked in essence and its texture is slightly thinner and softer than most facial sheet mask that I have tried.

I have posted my "Before and After" image. If you are trying to scrutinize my image for visible whitening effect, then it will disappoint you. No skincare product will show immediate visible whitening effect. Instead, you should be able to realize that my skin does look more moisturized and brighter.

Any improvements?

Verdict
I'm glad that I did not experienced any visible skin irritation during this sampling trial, except for the initial tingling / light burning sensation. The tingling sensation lasted almost 30secs before it subsided. I continued with the mask treatment since there wasnt visible redness on my skin.

It is bigger in size, with additional cuts for better fit.

The sheet mask is bigger in size and gave an overall better fit / coverage. As recommended by Elishacoy, its remaining excess essence can be applied onto the neck and arms. I'm sure with regular use of whitening sheet mask, it will have visible lightening and brightening of my skin, especially on my post acne marks.

Read more about Elishacoy Organic Facial Essence Mask here

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Elishacoy Organic Facial Essence Mask

Special thanks to Lush Group (Sarina) for sending me the Elishacoy Organic Facial Essence Mask - Ricebran and Arbutin (Whitening) with other Elishacoy samples.

Elishacoy Organic Facial Essence Mask

European styled highly dignified organic skin care, Elishacoy

Elishacoy Organic Facial Essence Mask is a trouble-free 100% cotton mask sheet, which contains natural essential components which help speedy absorption and help recover skin in a clean, healthy state.

Each Elishacoy Organic Facial Essence Mask Sheet;

- contains natural ingredients and its 100% pure cotton

- contains one bottle of essence (25g)

Elishacoy Organic Facial Essence Mask is available in 5pcs (a box) and retails @ S$22.90.

Vitamin and Collagen

Chestnut Husk and Houttuynia Cordata

Honey and Royal Jelly

Rice Bran and Arbutin

Aloe and Lavender

Read the above Elishacoy Organic Facial Essence Mask description

You can get Elishacoy at John Little departmental store & www.secretive.sg

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Elishacoy Organic Facial Essence Mask Review

[Guest Blogger - Ms SPinky]


Today, I am delighted to introduce a guest blogger, Ms SPinky from foodessence.blogspot to share with us her review of the Elishacoy Organic Facial Essence - Aloe & Lavendar Mask Sheet.

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More and more beauty products are incorporating natural food essence into their products to bring more beneficial goodness to the skins.

Recently, Lslyn from meandmythrills.blogspot, recommended me a brand called "Elishacoy - Noblesse Naturalism", a European styled clean and refined esthetic brand which makes use of herb extracts to maximize the skin's self-survival ability. This is known by them as "the essence of botanical healing". It makes use of and combines all-natural botanical ingredients and herbs-extract processed using advanced technology for maximal preservation of their natural goodness. 

Since this is in line with "Food Essence" image, I decided to do a review on the "Aloe & Lavendar Mask Sheet" which I have used recently. 

Like other brands mask, after washing the face, spread the sheet mask evenly on the face and leave it for 10-15 mins before removing it. 

Before putting on the mask, the skin of my face is dry and dull, especially after washing with facial foam which normally strips off the moisture level of the skin. Unlike other brands of mask which I have used, the eye portion of this mask has an opening which gives you a choice to or not to cover the eye portions. For me, I chose to cover the eye portions for maximal coverage. The essences which is already fully absorbed by the 100% cotton mask is not sticky and alcoholic. When spread evenly on the face, it gives a feeling of tightness, very cooling and soothing, accompanied by flora aroma which was very relaxing! I actually dosed off unknowingly! 

After 15mins, the mask is still quite wet but I decided to remove it. Looking at the mirror, I feel that the skin looks more radiant. The skin of the face becomes moisturized and feels more refreshing! 

Especially for women who has preference for natural beauty care products, I highly recommend this mask sinc it has also proven its effectiveness on my skin! There is a range of masks produced by this brand to suit the different skin types and age groups. The price for Elishacoy Organic Facial Essence Mask is SGD22.90 for 5 pieces per box. For more details, you may visit www.secretive.sg to find out their other products which might be of interest to you! You can get Elishacoy not only at the mentioned website, but also at John Little Departmental Store. Do check it out!

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Where to buy Clinelle Blemish Clear Mask?

I received several enquiries from readers on where can they buy the Clinelle Blemish Clear Mask in Singapore. In fact, I did tried visiting the Watsons store in Ngee Ann City (NAC) last wednesday, and was kinda disheartened that it wasnt available.

I decided to dropped Clinelle Singapore a wall post in FaceBook and here's the reply.

Do try the above stores for your Clinelle Blemish Clear Mask

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HADA LABO Super Hyaluronic Hydrating Mask

I was thrilled to receive this box of HADA LABO Super Hyaluronic Hydrating Mask (4 sheet mask) from Elfaine, when I met up with her at the recent BAWANG ( 霸王 ) Natural Herbal Shampoo - Blogger discussion session. It was a reward from Fr3b for the recent "Refer and be Rewarded" contest.

Hada Labo Super Hyaluronic Hydrating Mask

Hesitate no more! If you like the concept of "Try before Purchase", simple click the below image to join me @ fr3b.

Click image (above) to redeem 2 packs (4 sachet) of BAWANG sample kits

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Review of Clinelle Blemish Clear Mask

[Sample and Review]

Product : A 50ml Clinelle Blemish Clear Mask

I used this Clinelle Blemish Clear Mask twice before sharing my review of this product.

I am considered a "newbie" when it comes to clay mask. The only clay mask that I have used and is still using is St Ives Mineral Clay Firming Mask. Clinelle Blemish Clear Mask is white in color and is has a slightly less "thicker" texture, a soothing and pleasant scent compared to St Ives Firming Mask.

What are the benefits of using Clay Mask?

A clay mask helps stimulates and increases circulation, tighten skin, refines enlarged pores, exfoliates by lifting dead skin cells and cleanses the skin. Clay masks are usually good for all skin types, especially acne skin, as it helps control excessive sebum production. 

What's the benefit of Lllite (Green Clay) and Kaolin (White Clay)?

Green clay works by drawing out impurities and toxins from the skin, toning and firming while stimulating circulation. It is known to clear problem skin and heal blemishes*. White clay stimulates circulation to the skin while gently exfoliating and cleansing. Its mildly drying and disinfectant properties help heal existing blemishes and inflammations, while preventing new ones from forming.

* You should only use the clay mask once a week if you have dry or sensitive skin.

The results of using? Judge for yourself with the images below.

I like its smooth texture, which makes it much easier to apply. I did not experience any discomfort (eg redness or stinging sensation) upon application. According to usage directions, it has to be leave on for approximately 10mins before rinsing off with lukewarm water. However, I was surprised to note that barely 10mins, the Clinelle Blemish Clear Mask was almost absorbed into my skin. With my only experienced from St Ives Clay mask, it was supposed to harden and dry. Was it supposed to be this way? I am seriously unsure.

I did a trial on my hands to confirm my doubts.

Clinelle Blemish Clear Mask is excellent for sensitive skin** like mine. Perhaps the words "Blemish Clear Mask" gives me an optimistic feeling that it is catered specially to my problem skin and will help keep my skin clear and radiant. It is milder and I favor the after-effect of the Blemish Clear Mask as it is definitely not as drying and harsh to my skin. 

** In my personal opinion, it should be excellent for acne-prone skin too!

Question to ponder : Why was most of the Clinelle Blemish Clear Mask being absorbed into my skin, though it did leave a final "very" thin film on my skin? I am curious to know too.

All you need to know about Clinelle Blemish Clear Mask here

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Clinelle Blemish Clear Mask

Clinelle Blemish Clear Mask has finally arrived in Singapore! Aren't you excited to know more about this new clay mask that combats blemishes?

My skin's in for a sumptuous treat tonight!

A Clarifying and Refining Mask

(a) clears blemishes (b) tightens open pores (c) controls excessive sebum production

Clinelle Blemish Clear Mask * is a clay mask that combats blemishes without drying skin. A unique mask that uses green Illite and white Kaolin clay, the Blemish Clear Mask effectively draws out toxins, impurities and oil from the skin to calm inflammation and clear acne congestion while soothing and protecting properties prevent skin from drying out.

One of the main active ingredients, Nab Rhodiola Extract is a powerful and effective antioxidant that is newly introduced into skincare products, with advanced protective action to reshield blemish inflamed skin and defend against further acne attacks. It provides an effective defense against free radicals and boosts cellular respiration, with protective results that are comparable to Vitamin C. Found in cold mountainous regions, Rhodiola is also known as the ‘golden root’ and has been used in traditional medicine to improve physical endurance and longevity.

Drawing on the anti-irritant, anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial power of Alpha Bisabolol, which is extracted from the Chamomile plant, the Blemish Clear Mask accelerates the healing process of skin. The mask’s blemish clearing capabilities are further enhanced with botanicals such as Oleanic Acid, Rose Essential Oil and Orange Essential Oil to fight over-secretion of sebum, tighten pores and exfoliate dead skin cells. Anti-oxidant Nordihyroguairetic Acid prevents hyperkeratosis, or the thickening of the outer layer of skin.

* Info provided by Clinelle Singapore

Directions :
- Apply a generous layer onto cleansed face and neck.
- Leave on for 5 - 10 minutes
- Rinse off with lukewarm water

Read about my review of Clinelle Blemish Clear Mask

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CLARUS : Repair Foot Pack

SaSa Singapore is having sales on selected items (masks, shower and etc) till end of this month, 31st May 2010. I did not checked out in depth the actual items on sale. It was basically a grab and go affair for me yesterday. The Clarus Repair Foot Pack is going for a very tempting price of 3 packets @ sgd$5.00.

I had bought Clarus Repair Foot Pack before, and was very pleased with its hydrating abilities. It was a quick and hassle-free foot mask and was able to hydrate and rejuvenate my feet almost instantly.

More about Clarus Repair Foot Pack

Clarus Miracle Repair Foot Pack repairs, rejuvenate, revitalise, heal chapped areas and eliminate calluses from the feet. It's unique formula for beautiful feet nourishes and moisturizes them making your feet smooth and soft. For maintaining soft skin condition, use at least 2 to 3 times a week.

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FR3B : Sample Loots

Oh gosh! I am tired! I woke up real early to attend a work-related seminar today. The seminar was held somewhere nearby to Fr3b store, so I went to check out some samples before heading to work.

There wasnt much new samples when I visited. I only checked out the below items, which includes;

Bio-Essence Bio MultiEffect BB Cream SPF 25/PA++

 

Bebeco AC T LINE Hydro Emulsion

Bebeco AC T LINE Powdery Toner

 

Ossion Mild Touch Detox Bubble Mask

 Herb Essence 

The Face Shop THE SKIN EXTRA BB CREAM SPF20 PA++

  

Skinfood Black Garlic Serum

  

Skinfood Apple Vinegar Fresh Foam

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FR3B : Revamp In Progress

Fr3b'rs, do take note the below notice from Fr3b. Apparently, they will be temporary relocated to its main office till 01 August 2010. I guess due to the inconvenience caused to Fr3b store members like us, we get to have our membership extended by 2 months.

Here's the samples I have checked out from Fr3b Store

Skin79 HOT PINK & VIP Gold Super Plus Beblesh Balm Set

Bio-Essence Deep Exfoliating Gel with ATP

Bio-Essence Face Lifting Cream with ATP

Bio-Essence Radiant Youth Essence with ATP

Bioessence Complete Nourishing Sleeping Mask

Skinfood Salmon Brightening Eye Cream

Skinfood Salmon Brightening Eye Serum

New ASIENCE Inner Rich Shampoo & Conditioner

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