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">