Recently, I've been so annoyed receiving many broadcast messages in Blackberry Messenger that advertise the products that they sell. Advertisements is okay for me, even if I need to wait the buffer of advertisement in Youtube, it's still okay. However, it's going to be annoying when it comes to advertisements of junks, rubbish products.I'm talking about cosmetics. I've found so many cosmetics that unclear where it is from, what it is made of, but they advertise its in a persuasive way and also in a junky way, in my opinion.

Let's go directly to the case!

Here, I found this


And also this


What's weird from those pics is the seller said that whitening product is from Korea, but why there's Chinese writing with no Korean Hangul?! So where does it come from actually?! Another weird thing that we can see clearly in second pictures is how can a product can instantly whiten your skin (the seller said in three minutes. WTH)?! Does it made of wall painting?!

And another case


Lip tint is not a Wow New Product, but the seller assures that this product that makes the Korean actresses have a cute red lips. They use Goo Hye Sun's photo as Geum Jan Di in Boys Before Flowers. Seriously?! Of course she uses branded products not that odbo tint.

Then, I found another pic of this tint.


They use Sandara, who everyone knows that she's a brand ambassador for Etude House, that is ORIGINALLY from Korea. That pic is taken from Kiss Note CF, and there, she uses My Dear Blooming Lips from Etude.

Found the original one, taken from Etude House event


See! How can a product can be guaranteed safe if they stole another product model's photo.

In fact, Etude House sells so many lip tints that also affordable for our wallet. I asked the seller that the odbo tint is sold for IDR 50,000. Gosh! Just add little amount of your money, and you will get Etude lip tint, such a Fresh Cherry Tint, Dear Darling Tint, and many more. All Etude products are guaranteed safe and have good quality too.

As a conclusion, I suggest you to be a smart buyer.  Don't be misguided by their advertisement. I'm used to see the review on the internet if I wanna buy cosmetics online, until I find whether that products is suitable for me. So, research, research, research! Use the search engine for this! This is why beauty blogger exists, for the one who need cosmetics review. And also, I prefer branded cosmetics than unknown cosmetics. Note it! Not all branded cosmetics are expensive, you can find the affordable one, like Etude House, Tony Moly, or Lioele, from Korea and Maybelline or NYX from US, and also PAC from Indonesia, and many many more I think. I do that because makeup is directly applied to our skin, so I don't want my face to be break out after using junky products.

For Indonesian reader, I think this group and page will help a lot to increase awareness of fake and junky cosmetics. Because the advertisement like I explained above can be included as fraud, and surely we don't want to be trapped in this. Be pretty, be smart, girls!

Finally! This is the review of the new Fresh Cherry Tint from Etude House. I, actually, bought this a loooooong time ago, two months ago, maybe, but just made a review today. Hehehehehehe

If the old version of Fresh Cherry Tint have three variants, these new products have four, which are named by the code, RD001, OR001, PK001, and PK002. RD001 is the red one, OR001 is orange peach, and these new tints came to two different colours of pink, the soft pink and the more shocking one.

Orange lipsticks or lip gloss never fail to satisfy me. So, I decided to try the orange one of Fresh Cherry Tint new.

This is the colour when I applied it on my hand


 And my lips! Don't mind if my face also in it


The colour is so soft, and when it's applied on your lips, it becomes very natural. The tint pervades perfectly. The scent is also nice, yummy like a cherry. It makes you wanna taste it, but believe me, don't do that! The taste is not good as its scent. It's bitter, of course.

The lack of this product is maybe it makes lips dry faster than other kinds of product for lips. I think this is the characteristics of lip tint. The solution is don't forget to apply lip balm before the lip tint.


Oh, and I love this tint, because it's so affordable. Only IDR 70,000 here. Grab it fast yaa! :D

Hey, I've just been back from my holiday travel this year. In my country, there's a tradition called mudik where the people go back to their hometown once a year. It happens during Lebaran or Eid al Fitr. They visit their relations for silaturahim.

Most people in Indonesia live in Jakarta, the capital city, but only a few are the real citizens of Jakarta. Mostly, they come from another city, or small town, or even village, to make a living. So, once a year, they visit their home to be together with their beloved family at the Lebaran moment.

I was born in Jakarta, I grew up in Jakarta, and till now, I live in Jakarta. So, I am a citizen of Jakarta, though I'm not a Betawi (an ethnic living in Jakarta). My Mom came from Blora, Central Java, and this is where my family go once a year to gather with my grandma, grandpa, uncles, aunts, and other relatives.

Usually, after visiting my Blora family, Dad, Mom, and the kids, go to the tourism areas in Central Java. So this year, we visited Semarang, the capital city of Central Java. It wasn't a long visit though, just four spots that we visited.

We arrived in Semarang, at night, so we decided to stay in the hotel. Then, we go to the Kota Atas of Gombel (Kota Atas, literally, city above). We spent a night there.This area located above the city. So, we can see a beautiful view of Semarang from above.


It's prettier at night.



The next day, we had brunch at Jalan Thamrin. Here, you can found the best soto, not only in Semarang, but I think in Indonesia.




Yes, its name is Soto Ayam Pak Darno. IDR 8000 for a bowl of chicken soto, and IDR 5000 for the satay, there are clam satay, chicken satay, and quail eggs satay. It's pretty cheap, isn't it?! And believe me, it's so delicious. This soto stall is always crowded.

After feeling so full with soto (I ate up two bowls! yumm.. :9), we headed to Lawang Sewu. This is a historical building in Semarang. The name 'Lawang Sewu', literally means 'A Thousand Doors'. Why is it called like that? Because of this...


See! Doors..Door's everywhere.

This building used to be Nederlands-Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij or NIS's office during the colonialism in 1904. Now, it becomes a museum and it's open for public for historical tourism. Lawang Sewu becomes well known in Indonesia after this place becomes a location for Dunia Lain. Remember my post about Trans Studio? Dunia Lain is a ghost house, its name comes from a reality show in Trans TV that people can test their guts by staying in a haunted place all night long. And that Lawang Sewu gave a really good show in one of the episodes of Dunia Lain. That place is really haunted and scary. So then many people, including me, were attracted to go there.

The Map

The Yard

Building A

Building B

It's me! Inside the Building

Museum, inside Building C

I found a bird nest

Lawang Sewu reminds me of Kota Tua in Jakarta. All of them are Dutch's building, and they are ancient, so maybe it makes them seem scary and haunted.

After enjoying Lawang Sewu, we prepared to go back to Jakarta. But how can we go home empty-handed?! There, in Pandanaran street, we bought some foods, special from Semarang, for our relatives in Jakarta. Along this street, there are shops that sell Bandeng Presto, Loen Pia, Wingko Babad, and other food that have Semarang taste. The famous one is Bandeng Juwana. But after seeing frustrated crowded, we decided to go to other shops. Then, we ended in Djoe, and got what we wanted to buy.

Just a few days ago, I dyed my hair with Prettia. I usually use Palty for dyeing my hair, but this time, I wanna try different brand, so I can make a comparison. I, actually, ordered the new colour from Prettia, that called Jewel Peach. But, it was out of stock, and I was sent Prettia in Sweet Pink as the substitute. This is an old version of Prettia, and maybe the new version is called Jewel Peach. However, I'm not sure these two have the same colour or not.

This is the Prettia Sweet Pink.




What are inside the box.


What you need to do is just pour the liquid in bottle no. 1 to the bigger bottle. Close the lid, and turn the bottle down and up, so the liquid is mixed. Don't shake it! It will only make the foam inside the bottle. Then, change the lid with the pink one, and squeeze the bottle to make foam.

The application is so easy. It can be used like using shampoo. So, it's easier to make sure the foam was applied evenly. Besides that, one box of this foam dye is more than enough for my hair. Even, my sister can apply that to her hair. One box for two. Woww!


This is my hair before. The black root is long enough and so annoying seeing that. And also the uneven colour, as you can see near my root seems to be lighter.


And the result!


It's really good in covering my root. Besides that, it helps to even my hair colour. The scent is good too, not damaging scents like others have (but Palty also has the good scent).

Next, maybe, I'll try Palty Bubble Hair dye, the foam series of Palty. What colour should I try?

On Monday, my family and I went to Bandung. The main reason of our trip was to pack my stuff out from my boarding room that I've rented for a year. Yaaa, I don't live in Bandung (Jatinangor actually) anymore, even though my study hasn't finished yet T_T. A few more subjects to take, plus thesis to deal with, after that I can graduate next year. I hope.

That day, my family, who rarely have a holiday's trip because of the super busy parents, decided to go to Trans Studio after my boarding room has been left empty. It was my first time going to Trans Studio. Many people said it was a very good theme park. Finally, the time had come to step with my own feet at Trans Studio, Bandung.

At the entrance

This theme park is located in Bandung, the capital city of West Java. It was built a year ago. I remember last time I go there, it was only a mall called Bandung Super Mall. But now, the mall is still there, added with a theme park and a very luxurious hotel. So at there you can playing, shopping, and taking a rest. It's not cheap though. Hahahaha.


Not many people went there because it was Monday and also a day on Ramadhan. There was a special price for the ticket, only IDR 110,000. Moreover, I could ride many things without queuing. But when evening came, I just realized the visitors increase. I didn't expect there would be a crowd like that, can't imagine what will happens there during holiday. Glad I came on that day. But unfortunately the Yamaha Racing Coaster was closed because they said it was under maintenance. Ahh, I've been waited in my life for trying that roller coaster.

However, I have pretty much fun time trying almost all of the rides there, except the Giant Swing. At first, I wanted to ride it, preparing myself to get in there. But no one wanted to accompany me, so I thought 'is that so scary?', then I became a coward and decided to not ride that. I actually planned to ride that since I was still at home. In contrary, I was trapped into Dunia Lain, which I thought I would not have a courage to try that. Dunia Lain is where you will be scared with many Indonesian ghosts like Pocong, Kuntilanak, Suster Ngesot, and many more, original from Indonesia. That's not real (are ghosts real?!), I know, but those things scared me most than a Giant Swing. However, with so much fuss, I saw Dunia Lain. Fiuuuhh! No need to tell you what's inside it. No surprise, no fun.

Being swung on Vertigo (this ride's my favourite), seeing the cute doll's performance which show the provinces of Indonesia and their uniqueness in Bolang Adventure, trying many science props in Science Center, and becoming Insert Investigasi presenter in Broadcast Museum, but there was just a part of Trans Studio I'd been at. I was at Studio Central. There were still two more parts of Trans Studio left, The Lost City and Magic Corner.

After swinging on Vertigo. Glad we still can pose for this pic.

Taking a pic with a very tall and very nice clown.

The hyper-excited Insert Investigasi presenters.

Epic doll at Bolang Adventure represents the real tukang becak in Yogya. Big LOL!

The Giant Swing which I only saw it.

Trying one of the science props at Science Center

Time to head to Magic Corner where I tried Dunia Lain and rode Negeri Raksasa where I was being dropped down so badly (uhh my tummy!). Then, at the last part, The Lost City, I was being soaked by riding Jelajah (not too soaked actually. No need to change clothes. Hehehehe), flying around Trans Studio in Skypirates, and wall climbing at Kong Climb.

Look at the silly face of mine! So nervous to ride that cart entering Dunia Lain.

In front of Dunia Lain posing after 'enjoy' our trip there.

Last, I watched a show titled 'Legenda Putra Mahkota' (It's Lion King story) at the amphitheater. That was a great show with a good special effect, properties, designed stage, actors, and dancers. There are dancers who flew beautifully and some did acrobats too.

Such a great time I had with my family. Obviously, I wanna go there again, and pluck up courage to try Giant Swing.

Since I was obsessed with make up, I hadn't found a very good eyeliner that can satisfy myself. I tried many products, but it ends with the result 'it's good, but...'. There was always a lack. But, a few days ago, I bought an eyeliner, named K-Palette Real Lasting Eyeliner. It's written on the pack, '1 Day Tattoo'. My reaction is "Oh, really?!". However, I expected much of this eyeliner because it's pricey. I bought this for IDR 160,000.




After I received the K-Palette Eyeliner (I bought it online), I tried it on my hand.


Then, pour it with water. Yeah, it's waterproof, nothing changed.


The appliance is also so easy. The slim tip makes the line easier, and the amount of the liquid eyeliner is under control because you don't need to dip the brush to the jar.


How about the resistance?! I will say, this is a real tattoo, but I don't know if it is a 1-day-tattoo or just a half day. Hahahahahaha. It doesn't wear off easily, unlike my previous eyeliner, after a longwear, it fades, smudges and here comes time to say hello to panda eyes. But you don't need to worry how to wash the K-Palette eyeliner off. Simply use makeup remover, and it's gone.

I think, this is the best eyeliner I've ever have. No lack I've found yet. It is also good for a beginner who want to learn to wear an eyeliner. It is the easiest for you to use. A thin line is no problem. For deep and dramatic eyes, just add more. Next time, I'll try Dolly Wink Liquid Eyeliner, because many say it has similar quality with K-Palette.

Acne is a very common problem that many people face it. Therefore, almost all of skincare product provide acne treatment. Etude House has a solution for acne too, its product called AC Clinic. There are AC Clinic Cleaning Foam, AC Clinic Cream, Mist, Toner, and even BB cream. So, these products are suitable for all people who have acne trouble.

I, actually, have a dry skin, but it doesn't mean I'm free from acne. However, I think this product, as other acne treatments, can dry skin, because it also can control oil. So I decided to try just one product of this AC Clinic. I bought Red Spot Balm + Whitening. It's affordable, just IDR 118,000. You can buy it here. Here's the package:


It comes with a tube of Pink Daily Spot, and this is what I will review. To be honest, I didn't know that it will come with a Pink Daily Spot, so then I took the tube and gave the Red Spot Balm to my sister who have more oily skin than me.


This little tube contains 5ml pink cream that you can use for the pink spot on your face. It seems a very little amount but I have used it for about a month, and I'm still not out of it. I put this cream on my acne, a small acne, and an acne wanna be, pinkish spot on my face every night before going to sleep.

Well, the result is not bad. This pink daily spot helps reducing acne and make it dry before it's going to explode. Hahahahahahahaha..sorry for the way I describe it.

Pink Daily Spot is a good product for acne. That prevents acne going bigger, but however it cannot prevent acne appearing on your face. I think because this is not what this product is going to work. You can prevent acne by using another product from AC Clinic, like the foam, toner, cleanser, and many more. I recommend you to try a trial kit from AC Clinic, including pink powder spot, gel lotion, and cleansing foam.So just small amount of them and see if they work on you or not.


Get it here for only IDR 90,000. Indonesia only.

I know I'm really lack in creating new posts. Hahahahahahaha...... How can I upgrade my self if laziness is everywhere filling my mind?!

Anyway, now I'm trying to update my blog with a review from Japanese hair dye product, named Palty. Initially, I don't have an interest to buy this product because it is pretty expensive (range from IDR 160,000-180,000). Why spend so much money to dye your hair? There are many other hair dyes that have affordable price. But I was wrong. I once bought a hair dye at the supermarket. Then..........nothing changes. I even chose the lightest colour that I've seen but my hair was still in black. O-kay, that was called 'spending money'.

Hereafter, I saw this Japanese hair dye product everywhere, in many online shops which I added on facebook. So, I searched for the review till I decided to buy it. Honestly, I was attracted to buy this product because there are the pretty Tsubasa Masuwaka and Yui Kanno on the cute boxes of Palty. The effect of these-two-gyaru-icons-on-the-box is the colours seems so cute and gorgeous. It's really gyaru.

So, finally, I bought my Palty hair dye in Milk Tea Brown, the lightest colour in the chart. Here is the box (with pretty Tsubasa Masuwaka on it).



It's really easy to apply. Just squeeze all the hair dye into the mixing bottle and shake it until it mixed perfectly. After that, apply to your hair from the tip of your hair to the root. It's because if you do your root first, your root will be lighter than your tip (like what happened to me). Then, wear your shower cap, and wait nicely. I waited for an hour before I washed it all out. Use the conditioner that is provided in the box. Dry your hair and tadaaaa, your black hair will be lighter.

Under the Sunlight

With Flash

I was so satisfied and thought of buying this hair dye again until I reach the lightness that I want. But then I found that Palty has bleach series, Natural Brown, Gold Brown, and Sparkling Blonde. Because I want my hair to be light but not too light, I choose the Gold Brown, which has middle range of lightness. The box still has Tsubasa Masuwaka, not in pink, but in yellow.



The application is similar with the hair dye series, but the Gold Brown Hard Bleach has the bleach powder and besides that, I think you don't need to wait for an hour because it's BLEACH, your hair will be damaged if you wait longer that the suggestion. Fifteen to thirty minutes is enough. I waited for about twenty minutes and here is the result. 


Not as bright as I expected but SO MUCH WIN!!

However, the hair colour is uneven T-T. I think I need to go to Salon.