Living inTaiwan does open a door for me to try out some cool skincare and bathing supplies. Shiseido`s Tsubaki and Ma Cherie are in my reach. Moreover, no hefty price tag included.

Super lucky!

This is my hair savior.

I am so ruthless to my hair as i curled and exposed it to extreme heat of hair straightener. DAILY. #SORRYHAIR. This Ma Cherie Air feel shampoo has a subtle floral smell and makes my hair so smooth without weighing it down. I love the result. So far, my hair is very healthy and has less breakage even with crazy styling exposure.

In case you can read Chinese hehehe

This shampoo remains me a lot of a Baby Shampoo. The texture and the subtleness are very similar.

Shiseido Ma Cherie Air Feel Shampoo

Rating 4.5/5

This is my hair conditioner, targeted for a damage hair. Honestly, i grabbed this because it is cheap haha. But i don`t know why this conditioner seems to make my hair greasy faster.

Watson`s MIMOSA scented Hair Conditioner

Rating 3/5

And this goes my first ever skincare in Taiwan. Compared to Indonesia`s price this one is very expensive, like 50.000 per tube. Crazy.. it is more similar to the price in Singapore. I did not have much choice then, so i just grabbed the one that has familiar name.

Even with the rocketed price, i think this Dove facial wash is different with the one i used to know. Dove go fresh cleans so well, even my BB Cream comes off in the first wash! It does not dries out my skin and it has a pleasant Citrus smell.

Creamy and very very subtle. I love it.

Dove Go Fresh Facial Wash

Rating 5/5

I still have a lot of BATHROOM SUPPLIES in my drawer. Sasa Taiwan had their biggest annual sale and as you know it, i buy like crazy! Hahaha. So, stay tune and i hope these reviews help!

Xie xie,

Hana

Hello! I am back with concealer review. I do have Revlon photoready concealer in medium beige, but my skin has become fairer throughout this winter and it simply does not look good anymore on my undereye.

Too yellow.. Ugh..

So yeah, i tried this new one BELLEME u can cover concealer on my last trip to Ximending. Got this on 99 NTD, and i was like.. Oh well, if it doesn`t work, let it be..

As a total experiment, it actually works on me! I got mine in Light. I am so surprised that the texture is quite creamy and the coverage is high. This shade, light, brightens up my dark under eye quite nicely.

Here is some swatch. It is somehow dry and not sticky at all. My Revlon concealer glides better than this. But you know, i like this texture more since it would be more friendly to my under eye liner. Despite of the goodness and the price, BELLEME concealer could settle badly on fine lines. But if you have minimal lines, this BELLEME is totally a catch considering the price and the quality

So far, i like it. It delivers great value for my money. It is cute, professional and remind me a little bit of the BENEFIT Booing packaging. It works for my dark circle. My dark circle is not that prominent and i read some review that it does not work for really really bad dark circles. Well, i guess if you have really dark eye bags, this one is not for you.

It stays put for hours here in Taipei. But then, it is winter here. I honestly do not know how this concealer perform under the heat. So far i like it a lot, it is very lightweight, practical, and feels light on my skin. It smells flowery, though it will fades away after few seconds.

Rating 4.5/5

A great buy!

It is getting colder here in Taipei. Tonight the temperature reaches 12 degrees. Brrrr.. I heard it is worse in Maine and just as hot as always in Surabaya. I miss both of my hometowns and shrunk in gratitude of this amazing Taipei where i live now.

Today i will speak about my favorite Revlon balm. I have got four of them before and i could not stop my hand to reach few more. Before i went to Taiwan, i bought this Revlon lacquer balm in Vivacious and Revlon Matte balm in Showy.

Price : 88.000 rupiahs

Weight: 2,7 grams

I could not stop raving about the packaging. I love this kind of crayon type of lipstick because they are just super cute and convenient.

TOP: Vivacious, BOTTOM: Showy

Both colors are more on BOLD side. like.. very very BOLD. I wore showy on my whole lips last week. My colleague, Angela told me that it is just so BOLD. I still like them anyway. They are not drying my lips and has great lasting power. But because i look so ridiculous and clownish wearing them, i always use them as a color point. I dab them on the inside of my lips and sheer them out using lip concealer.

This is me wearing Vivacious. It is warm fuschia with satin finish. Sometimes it looks a little bit reddish.

This is me in Showy. It is a blue undertone pink. It looks very Barbie in a real world. I like it a lot.

I would praise this lippie for its long wearing, smooth result and travel friendly. So far, it is my most used lipsticks. Love them~

Read the other review here

Best regards, Hana

Sanxia is a fascinating small town. You can come here by taking a train from Taipei Main Station and get off at Yingge station. Take a stroll around with city buses and enjoy the view around.

This time i am going to show you how Sanxia night market look like. Sanxia does not have real night market, don`t expect it to be as crowded as Shi Lin or Shida night market. This nightmarket is pretty small, but offers many delicious food with great price.

It is more like a collection of street food stalls.

This one is my favorite stall. I could not read the name since it is in Chinese, but it is more like crispy fried chicken stall. Once you buy, they will cut it for you and put seasonings on top.

Do you see anything you like?

Another favorite store is this one. Everything is priced at 12 NTD. You got many choices from hot dog, sausages, chicken heart, or even vegetables. They will roast them for you.

Yummy!! My favorites are the corn and hot dogs. They are sooo irresistible!

With love, Hana

Desperately in need of a make up base, last month i managed my time to go SHOPPING to Poya. Poya is a famous make up store here in Taiwan, simply to say my make up heaven. My boyfriend even paid to get me a membership card there in my heaven.

“Oh boy, you don`t know what you are getting yourself into “ hahaha

My first pick in POYA is this KATE brightening make up base for cover. Kate is a Japanese brand and one of the line of Kanebo cosmetics.

Description (taken here):

A makeup base that covers visible pores with a trick of the light

The luster generates halation to reduce pore visibility and evens skin tone in a natural way.

A makeup base that makes the skin surface look smooth and also serves as a highlighter.

Price: 300 NTD/ 120.000

Love the SPF 23!

Speaking of the packaging, KATE brightening make up base has this elegant, professional feeling to it. The box looks expensive and the black tube, eventhough looks rather plain, actually made from a good plastic material. It is easy to squeeze the right amount of product out. No messiness.

Kate brightening make up base has yellow undertone with creamy feeling to it. Not too thick, which makes it blendable and quickly adheres to the skin.

Creamy and blendable

Do you see? It has this subtle glowy finish. I like it. For me, it is more like first step “lamination” to the skin without any shimmer and glitter on my face.

For a make up base, it has quite a good coverage. I drew a line on my hand and covered it up with make up base. It somehow blurred and disappeared.

This one is on my face. I would say my pore is less visible and KATE make up base ease out any dullness, gives me that bright and dewy effect. It somehow eases the redness though not eliminate them all. It soaks up excess oil quite nicely and make my make up stay longer.

I like to wear this with my Make over compact foundation, because it gives that flawless effect and extra long wear. I have ever tried this with BB Cream, but it is just too heavy for daily make up. Maybe because KATE make up base has a pretty good coverage to begin with.

So far, i like it :) I recommend this if you love dewy finish and hate any shimmer or glitter on your face. It might look oily in humid Indonesia, but for somewhere with lower temperature will love this. It gives you glowy gorgeous finish.

Rating 4/5