Etude House has provided the new Lovely Cookie Blusher in seven variants, #1 Strawberry Mouse, #2 Strawberry Shoe, #3 Raspberry Tart, #4 Carrot Cheese Cake, #5 Apricot Pudding, #6 Grapefruit Jelly, and last, #7 Rose Sugar Macaroon. Since it has cute and yummy name, I'm attracted to buy one. I choose the Grapefruit Jelly, because I like pink shade on my cheeks but not too bright one.

Here, the Lovely Cookie Blusher in Grapefruit Jelly. The packaging is tooooo cute. My attention goes to the cute white puff with pink ribbon. Pat that puff to your cheeks and those will be yummy and pinkish like a grapefruit jelly.



However, this cute thing doesn't help much. I prefer to use brush to apply this blusher. By using brush, I can apply evenly, and make a perfect pinky shade. Just patting it on my cheeks doesn't give a good result. Also, the puff becomes not hygiene after several times I use it. You must change it with the new one if you prefer to use the puff instead of brush.

About the blusher itself, I like the color that appears on my cheeks after applying it. The color is soft but able to make the look fresher. But....it kinda fail to last on my cheeks after few hours of application. So, I need to touch up often.




I like this product but not really like it. Its cuteness satisfies me, though there are many lacks. This blusher is affordable too, about IDR 90,000. So it's worth, I think.

Yaa, I have been wanting this eyeliner for a looooong time. I didn't buy it because I still had an eyeliner, because it's pricey, I waited until I was out of this makeup. Previously, I used K-Palette eyeliner. Read the review here. I was satisfied enough with my K-Palette eyeliner. However, I don't know, it dried so fast. I estimated I still have few weeks or months maybe before I need to buy a new eyeliner, but...the pen tip has dried. I don't know whether there's still any liquid of eyeliner in it or not.

So, yaah, I decided to buy Dolly Wink Liquid Eyeliner. I got it for IDR 185,000. It's really expensive, I know! But, is the price equitable with the quality? Let's see!


From the package, ooooh, many knows, Dolly Wink always has cute and girly packaging. This is the new package of Dolly Wink. I like it more than the old one. It's simple but so pretty, with flowers and Tsubasa Masuwaka (always become a reason when I buy product from Japan. LOL!). I even think this package does not deserve a place in a trash bin, so till now, I keep it.



Next, the pen tip is what I like most from this eyeliner. It's easier to apply eyeliner with this tip. The tip is not different from K-Palette's, but I think Dolly Wink gives the deeper black line. Also it's waterproof and long-lasting. It won't be cracked like most of the cheaper eyeliner, and it won't smudge and won't make your eyes like a panda after few hours of the application. It stays still until you remove it with the eye makeup remover.


Overall, I really like this eyeliner. I crown Dolly Wink Liquid Eyeliner as the best eyeliner I've ever tried. Let's see, if it dried easily like K-Palette! I will report the update. And another thing that is so important, I hope it's way cheaper someday. Poor my wallet! Hahahaha

Here's the look with Dolly Wink Liquid Eyeliner! Took with my phone, used magic skin filter to make my face looks flawless :P

In this post, I wanna share my experience on BIGBANG ALIVE GALAXY TOUR IN INDONESIA. Yes, I watched Bigbang performing live!!! Who doesn't know Bigbang?! A big K-pop boyband who has big fans called VIP, and I'm a VIP :D

The concert was held in two days, 12-13 October, at Mata Elang International Stadium, Ancol, Jakarta. I was planned to watch on 13 October. However, I also came to the venue on 12 October due to my work. I work for Samsung, and it's a main sponsor of that event. Actually, at first, I tried to find out whether I can get a free-pass to the concert, so I would be able to watch it without spending money. Hahahahaha, the ticket was so expensive! I got my Standing-B ticket for IDR 1,460,000!! But, yaaah~, during my work, I couldn't get in the concert arena because I didn't get a free-pass. If I got free-pass, I wasn't sure if I still be able to watch because of the hectic activities.

This ID Card didn't give me a free-pass. LOL!

Before-working-face

So, there was me, on 13 October, came again to watch Bigbang's concert. The concert was scheduled to begin at 8 P.M. I left home at 10 A.M. in the morning because I saw people start queuing since noon on 12 October, the first day. But then, when I arrived there, I was just like 'wtf?!'. I was too late. There was a huge crowded in front of the gate, and it was still 10 A.M?!!! The second day had much much more amount of audience than the first day.

At first, I also got in the line, but I could not stand it! It was a beach, the sun shined so bright, and the air was soooo dry. So I gave up, and..exit! I prefer taking a rest at the cafe, and waiting peacefully till the gate was opened. Meanwhile, there are many people who, unfortunately, fell off, fainted, collapsed, could not stand the hot weather, but forced themselves. Oh come on, you need to prepare the stamina for the main event, the concert!! How can you enjoy it with fatigue body?! I was back in the line at 5 P.M. Proudly, I announced you, I still got a perfect spot at the concert. Some pics will prove it later.

Okay, enough for all the 'something happened before the concert'. I finally entered the concert arena. There was a huge stage.


 
At 8 P.M, the concert began. Excitement raised! Audience shouted! Bigbang was there, on the stage, appeared from five different tubes! The show began!!

T.O.P, standing there, singing!! Me, melting.

Daesung is giving a 'souvenir' to VIPs

Seungri, cutely, arranges his pandas on the stage.

Hot Taeyang shows off his body.

I took all pics with my Samsung Galaxy S3. I don't have many good pictures, and too bad I don't have GD's pic that is good enough for this post. It was because I was sooo into the show, so my phone shook a lot. LOL! Blur pictures everywhere. But, actually, I still have some good videos. I recorded better.

This is the list of the songs they performed:

1. 'Still Alive' (played during Bigbang's showing up)
2. 'Tonight'
3. 'Hands Up'
4. 'Fantastic Baby'
5. 'How Gee'
6. 'Stupid Liar'
7. 'Knock Out' and 'High High' by GD and T.O.P
8. 'Strong Baby' and 'What Can I Do' by Seungri
9. 'Gara Gara Go'
10. 'Number 1'
11. 'Bad Boy'
12. 'Love Song'
13. 'Monster'
14. 'Blue'. The audience switched their yellow crowns to blue lightsticks. The stage felt sooo blue.
15. 'Feeling'
16. 'Wedding Dress' by Taeyang. Taeyang ripped his shirt and throw it to fans. He continued singing and dancing shirtless. Owwh, so hot!
17. 'Wings' by Daesung. Angel Daesung is angel! He flew over the stage with his wings.
18. 'Haru Haru' (accoustic version)
19. 'Lies'
20. 'Last Farewell'

They said goodbye, and went backstage. But, we wanted more! Shout to call them back to stage! And...TADAA, they appeared again with

21. 'Heaven'
22. Another 'Bad Boy'
23. 'Fantastic Baby' once more. This song was really overheated. I jumped crazily! LOL!

Many great things happened. GD wore blangkon, a traditional cap from Indonesia. Seungri said "dimana toilet?" or "where's the toilet?". Is the toilet really important for Seungri?! Hahahaha. Taeyang seemed like "aku cinta padamu" (I love you) so much. He even made a human beatbox version of "aku cinta padamu". Oooh, aku juga cinta padamu, Taeyang. Hahahaha. Also, I felt funny when T.O.P found it so hard to speak because we, audiences, shouted so loud. But then, he finally spoke...in Korean. So epic, T.O.P! I didn't understand what u said, so do almost people there. Before that, other members tried to speak in English. But he was sooooooo handsome that night, so I forgave him. Hahaha

Two hours and a half (almost)! Bigbang gave super exciting, fun, satisfying performance. They did not lip-sync-ing. They danced perfectly. They gave a lot of fan service. They showed their love to VIPs. Soooooooooo I love Bigbang much much more. Wish they will be back to Indonesia with another great performance!

Camwhoring after concert.

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.