Effective inflammed acne cure

This remedy is a surprised find, as the purpose of this skin care remedy is supposed to reduce pores and remove blackheads.

The wonderful side effect, is reducing the volcano-like, inflamed acnes!!!

After the wonderful find, I did some Google research, and some people have indeed testified its effectiveness :D

The wonderful home remedy for inflamed pimples:

The ingredients that work wonders!

• Baking soda (gram/chickpea flour will do, but I think baking soda has a more microdermabrasion effect)
• Fresh orange juice

You just need one thin slice of orange

Add baking soda, until you can feel the sand-like texture in the orange juice. It's NOT going to be a thick paste.

You may need a clean brush to apply this on your face. I pour the mixture on my palm, and place directly on my face, focusing the concentrated baking soda and orange juice on the inflamed pimples.

Leave the mixture on for about 15 minutes, or until you can't stand the stingy sensation (for people with sensitive skin perhaps, I don't have the issue, except feeling the tingling sensation on the pimples LOL).

On the first use, the big-red-about-to-explode pimple on my forehead was flattened!!! Though you can still see the red patch but that is all!
I had this mega monstrous pimple on my lower chin, the size was significantly reduced!

For people with sensitive skin, it might give you a red face after the treatment. I don't have that except on the acne areas.
Here are some other remedies that I've tried and effective as well, particularly cinnamon with honey, tomato juice, organic oatfour with honey or yogurt, and ground cloves with yogurt.

Chick pea flour home remedy for face

I initially bought chick pea flour for experimenting new food recipe as I explore making vegan meals (chick pea flour is a substitute for eggs, other than flaxseed gel). However when I come across its use as beauty mask/cleanser/exfoliator, I can't wait to try it out.

I bought this from Giant supermarket in Malaysia, though I wish to buy one from Indian grocery (for the sake of authenticity), but I guess I can just try the supermarket product. It cost RM2 for 500g, pretty cheap!

So this is a popular Indian home remedy for beauty care, that works for skin whitening, reducing pore size, and overall improving face skin, sworn by Bollywood actresses.

I don't want the skin whitening effect because I don't want to look pale, but I have these freaking freckles resulting from driving to work and back, though I always have sunblock applied on my face :(
And also, the pore-size reducing effect is what I always wanted but any products that I used claiming to do the work never give me any improvements but my pores keep on enlarging over the years as I age T_T

So this is the recipe that I use, adapted from Indian Girl:

Ingredients from top to bottom: organic honey, low fat natural yogurt with ive and active cultures, and chickpea flour.

For whole face:

• 1 tablespoon of chickpea flour (I added more to reach the thickness that I want, so in the end it's 2 tbs I think)
• 1 teaspoon of milk or honey if prefer a thicker consistency
• 1 tablespoon of natural unsweetened yoghurt

After some experiments, you will eventually know how much you need for your whole face or only targeted problem areas. The picture above and below are the amount for cheeks and lower chin areas only.

After mixing everything together.

It's very important to use unsweetened products on your face because refined sugar/manufactured sweetener is the culprit to acne/pimples :(

I apply the mask on my face after cleanse my face with my favourite face wash, and then proceed to make meal and wash cloths (I love multitasking!). I don't know how long I left it on, may be about 15 minutes, and I only intend to wash it off when the mask starts to dry up. You can feel the tingling sensation and I don't want the drying up process creating wrinkles on my face. So I wet my hands and gently scrub around my nose, forehead, cheeks, and lower chin (acne prone/large pore areas) and then rinse them off.

The verdict? OMFG it's been years I have a minimal pore-looking face! The brightening effect and the pore-minimizing effect actually reveal my face with more freckles that I didn't notice... but the minimized pore does feel great! So now I know where to target the freckles... oh brown spots please stop multiplying LOL.

Chick pea flour is my new love now 

Make up remover

I bought wet wipes from Guardian pharmacy in Klang Valley Malaysia as make up remover, and they did a good job in removing foundation, powder, concealer, and eye make up.

These three actually smell the same despite different packaging colors (LOL). Each color comes in 3, which means I got 9 packs in total, for about RM11 when it was on sale. Pretty cheap I would say. Each pack contains 10 wipes, so these last me for more than 3 months, since I don't put on make up everyday.

The face would become extremely dry after wipe (for me), so I usually dot on some light moisturizer after each wipe, if I don't go to bath immediately after removing my make up.

I have to use oil-remover to remove mascara so I don't lose my precious lashes by rubbing too hard. As of now, the sage-coconut oil remedy for eye-lashes conditioner is doing good so far. I can see one of my lower eye lashes is outgrowing the other lashes (LOL), so I gotta make sure I have even application so they grow equally long. Will post a before-and-after verdict after some time.

I am looking for good natural make-up remover, I've tried coconut oil, but the result is not perfect and my face became a greased baking sheet after the make up was removed.

Sage leaves and coconut oil: eyelashes conditioner

This home remedy is adapted from Kirby Koo's. I have sparse eyelashes, and my lower lashes are almost non-existence T_T

The ingredients call for olive oil, but I don't think I like the smell of it on my eyes, so I substitute it with my favorite coconut oil, which I found some other people use instead of olive oil. In addition, it has the 'darkening' effect on hair (I don't mind having my lashes grow more, longer and darker) ;)

Ingredients:

- 1 tsp extra virgin coconut oil

- about 7 or 8  fresh sage leaves

- a small bowl

- some boiling hot water (just enough to submerge the leaves)

- a small clean bottle

- cotton bud

I prefer fresh herb over dried ones. Well, another reason is I can't seem to find any fried sage leaves here :p

The lovely herb with a lovely look  ♥

I chose a 'branch' of sage  J

Adding the boiling hot water. I added a bit more because I plan to have some  to be mixed with honey to drink. I have sore throat at the moment and the sage is said to be curing sore throat as well.
Let this sit for an hour for it to be cooled.

This is the result of 4 teaspoons of sage water plus a teaspoon of coconut oil. The coconut oil  can be seen as the top layer here.

Shake well before use. This is after shaking. I use cotton bud to dip and apply on  my upper and lower lash lines. You can use a clean mascara wand instead.

As suggested by Kirby Koo, make these in small batches so we use the freshest possible tonic on our eye areas.

Most remedies calls for 1 part of oil and 1 part of sage water. But I'm afraid that too much oil will clog pores or irritate the eyes. So I decided to reduce the amount of oil to sage water ratio.

For people living in Klang Valley of Malaysia, you can find fresh herbs especially sage leaves from Cold Storage. I got mine from Sunway Pyramid's Cold Storage, I suppose the one in Subang Summit have this too. I tried looking for sage leaves (dried or fresh) in Carrefour, Jusco, Tesco, and Giant with no luck.

Also, the sage leaves can be eaten! We can fry it stove top or bake it in an oven and then eat them as chips!

New home remedy love

It's been ages I abandon this blog, and finally I manage to guess the password right (phew).

I discontinue the green tea-apple cider vinegar toner because my partner dislike the smell on my face, and the smooching on the face turned awful (LOL).

And I finally wanna give this remedy that sounds horror a try... Extra Virgin Coconut Oil! And oh it has been  wonder product, and I say this after only a few days of use!

This is the one that I am using:

From Cosway

Cost about RM25 (roughly $8)

And I didn't realise the organic shop that I entered belongs to Cosway... smart strategy to use different name for a direct selling store (because I am most certainly will avoid walking into a direct selling store).

How to use coconut oil on your face:

After washing your face and patting it dry, use your favorite toner, and then dip one or two of your finger(s) into the coconut oil bottle, and then quickly and carefully (the oil is a very runny liquid) rub between 3 fingers of both of your hands, and then massage your face.

I focus on my T-zone, area around my nose and my chin, the most acne-prone areas.

Verdict:

After 3 days, I am surprised with another beneficial side-effect: my acne scars are fading!! I did a quick check on google and found out that people do actually have their scars faded after using coconut oil, what a welcoming surprise! My main purpose of using it is to properly moisturise my face and reduce the occurrence of acne. So this is like a triple-effect solution which is just perfect. Also, it reduce wrinkles :)

I just found out about my beauty faux-pax while visiting beauty salon for face spa: I shouldn't use cream-like moisturiser  And I had been using those for years! No wonder no matter what I use my face still looks out of control. So after I give up on my Hada Labo lotion which is white in colour and cream-like, I switched to gel-type moisturiser and my face is thanking me. But the gel-type moisturiser is whacking a big hole on my wallet---they are freaking expensive!!! This is the reason why I turned to google for help with great home remedy for moisturising face without breaking out, and that's how I fell for the new-found love of coconut oil :)

Hada Labo Retinol Lifting and Firming Lotion (Red), and its best-seller moisturising lotion (white). 

Source: MyWonmenStuff (I'm too lazy to take picture and put them up, orz)

The red bottle is the one that I currently use as toner. I have to give up the most-raved moisturiser in Japan (the white bottle) because it actually doesn't suit my skin type :(

I will still keep looking for a all-natural toner option. Because you know, our skin 'eats' 80% of whatever we put on it. So I hope my skin eat organic food too <3 p="p">

ミクの日感謝祭2010

ミクの日感謝祭2010

Miku's Day Thanksgiving 2010

初音ミク (Hatsune Miku)
Our DIVA!

• Watching this concert feeling uber touched (丌▽丌) Download the whole concert HERE.
• I really don't mind paying 4390 or 5000 yen for this concert T_T I envy those 2500 people!!!
• Although some people had blogged about this concert here and here, I feel compelled to blog about it because I snapped more pichas, muahaha.
• Since the first concert, there are many improvements in the concert organization, the hologram (more solid and not see-through; compared with last year HERE) and also the stage arrangement vis-a-vis the vocaloids, which I'll show in the following:

Miku on the stage and the die hard fans welding Negi (leek, her character item) neon sticks. 

I think I'd like to see in her next concert next year, miku herself holding a leek (≧▽≦)y

Unlike the previous concert, Miku changed lots of stage costumes, some originated from the PSP Project Diva, and some are the newly designed costumes for the latest version of the PSP game. 

When saw this, I was like: "No~~~ Miku, please don't show your panty~~~!!!!"

I was relieved afterward as she shows up in her bikini from Dear Cocoa Girls. Phew. At least she's not flinging her skirt exposing panties (▔﹏▔)

Watch the opening for this song HERE (ignore the annoying Japanese TV program commentators)

Dear Cocoa Girl's dance routine

Next up, the costume party! Each to different songs, certain costumes performed for 2 songs but not more than that.

Cyber Miku

Cute Pirate Miku

Neko Mimi Miku  (>^ω^<)

Devil Peachy Miku

Not sure what costume is this, but it's seems to me a lovely lady costume and I love to see miku in it. Look at the effect of the hair when her arm flipped through the hair during the dance, A W E S O M E !

Fans go crazy. Miku is singing Sayonara.Goodbye, one of my favorite songs from her.

This reminds me of Britney Spear's Circus ~(￣▽￣)~ and Miku looks great in her single ponytail too!

The thin bright line on the right is the frame of the hologram on stage.

This is a new outfit from her and she looks lovely and ladylike in her new dress and new hairstyle, everyone goes crazy \(≧▽≦)/

Adorable...

Right after the Good girl style, here comes a Miku gone bad style.

Note the drum set on the right. This concert is not only about displaying the virtual idol and playing her voice from MP3. The music comes from human musicians: the drummer, the bass, the guitar, the DJ, the violinists, etc; they are all presented on the stage and are famous musicians. Some of them are professional Vocaloid users/composers. Miku's size on stage is of human size.

Here comes another super star----guest performer, Megurine Luka 巡音ルカ!!!

The fans immediately flashed out their prepared neon pink sticks---Luka's signature color(/≧▽≦)/ 

She is so sexy with her left skirt split (☆＿☆) and a smile that kills!

Her hologram details are fascinating as well.

Every vocaloid has their drummer-together moment 

The DJ at the back. And Luka's Golden boots \(≧3≦)/

Run Luka~~~ 

Miku's giant leek from the courtesy of a die hard fan, LOL

Our superstar, yo! o(≧o≦)o

Her ending posture for the hit song "Just be Friends"

Another performance that drives the fans crazy, the famous duet from Luka and Miku, "Magnet". This is a song about the forbidden love between the same sex or other kinds of forbidden couples.

Dance coordination during the Miku solo part. Here, Luka's position is at the back of Miku. They switched position as song proceeded.

Die, all vocaloids fans DIE!!!!

They should kiss to make some fans down there nosebleed \(≧3≦)/

Luka's solo

Song's ending posture, 1, 2...

...and 3! 

(All fans die happy with no regret)

In the middle of the performance, they suddenly use a different hologram model for Miku, which is quite rough (not as detailed) as compared to the latest model. I dunno why, but... luckily it's only used for 1 or 2 performances, so it's OK. However you can see the quality is starkly different. It's great to see the fans were still cheering hard :)

OMG all the leeks LOL

And yeah, the mother of all neon leeks in the audience  \(≧▽≦)/ the one that almost hit (cross-reflected) on Luka. Because hologram is like a mirror that is consisted of lights, so....

Another nosebleed performance, Kagamine Rin 鏡音リン!!!! 
And all yellow neon sticks are out!!!

Lovely Rin with her Big sky blue eyes! I'm not sure of it's because of the camera timing or what, in her first performance I didn't notice any eye-closure... it's like she never clips her eyes >_<

Small girl made it BIG on stage.

When the melody of Purple Butterfly on Your Right Shoulder came out, little did I (or perhaps the fans down the stage too) expect that...

Kagamine Len 鏡音レン, the mirrored self of Rin, came out from her behind and immediately sang the song out loud!

I do hear some fan girls scream, I believe Len had killed lots of Shota fanatics...

Though I'm no Shota lunatic, I love him too! He is a great Vocaloid beatboxer in this song, it's VERY addictive!

Too bad Len only sang one song...

The final duet performance for the concert: Rin x Miku

Go go vocaloids and conquer the world!!!

Ending of the song performance...

Miku ended the performance with this song, From Y to Y (after that, there were 2 more encore songs). The only song that is lucky enough not detected by youtube and still survive from the deleted fate:

Time to promote Vocaloids: 

• For the classic hit songs from their debut since 2007/2008: Youtube Playlist Link
• For the vocaloid hit songs in year 2009: Youtube Playlist 2
• And my most recent favorites in 2010: Youtube Playlist 3 (will be updated until the end of this year). 

All lists are created by me based on my top favorites from them :)