Alis itu sangat penting.

Banget.

Alis yang terlalu tipis bakal bikin kamu kelihatan lebih tua. Makanya tren make up Korea suka banget bikin alis yang tebal dan lurus karena membuat muka kita terkesan lebih muda. Nah, contohnya cece YooNa yang cantik ini. Lihat alisnya, sama nggak kayak alismu?

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Nah, buat pemula, Beauty Chica rekomendasiin eyebrow powder buat kamu. Kenapa? Karena lebih gampang diaplikasikan dan menurutku hasilnya lebih terlihat natural daripada kalau pakai pensil. Ada dua eyebrow powder yang jagoan banget, Integrate dan Skinfood. Keduanya pernah ditulis reviewnya disini.

Integrate eyebrow powder review

Skinfood eyebrow powder review

#1: INTEGRATE LEBIH MULTIFUNGSI TAPI SKINFOOD LEBIH MUDAH DIBAURKAN

ATAS : INTEGRATE ; BAWAH: SKINFOOD

Integrate punya tiga warna dan wana yang paling muda bisa dibuat nose shading. Skinfood punya dua warna aja. Dalam hal ini jelas Integrate eyebrow nose powder lebih multifungsi. Dari warnanya, aku lebih suka skinfood karena lebih pigmented dan gampang dibaurkan. Wana integrate eyebrow powder "kurang nendang"  dan mesti dipoleskan dua atau tiga kali baru keluar. Teksturnya sedikit lebih keras.

#2 : WARNA SKINFOOD EYEBROW POWDER YANG LEBIH ASHY MEMBUAT HASIL AKHIR LEBIH NATURAL

ATAS : INTEGRATE, BAWAH: SKINFOOD

Dari swatch di atas, keliatan kan kalau warna eyebrow powder Integrate lebih hangat, dan Skinfood lebih ashy. Aku lebih suka warna dari Skinfood karena hasilnya lebih natural, lebih "masuk" ke warna rambut alis yang cenderung hitam. Memang penggunaan eyebrow powder sebenarnya lebih kepada menambah volume alis, jadi warna yang lebih membaur ke warna rambut asli bakal bikin hasil akhir lebih natural

#3: PACKAGING INTEGRATE LEBIH CLASSY DAN BRUSHNYA LEBIH LEMBUT

Dari segi packaging, Integrate eyebrow powder terlihat lebih classy daripada Skinfood. Keduanya sturdy, kok, walaupun jatuh beberapa kali, packagingnya nggak patah sama sekali. Tapi dari segi brush, Integrate eyebrow powder brushnya lebih lembut, sedangkan Skinfood lebih keras dan kaku.

#SIAPA YANG MENANG?

I would say tergantung selera masing - masing. Aku suka Skinfood karena warnanya yang cocok dengan warna alisku. Mungkin warna alismu berbeda dan lebih terang, Integrate eyebrow powder akan lebih cocok untukmu. Kalau kamu lebih suka yang multifungsi, Integrate adalah pilihan yang tepat.

Semoga comparison review ini membantu, ya! Apakah kamu punya eyebrow powder andalan? Share di comment ya :)

Halo semuanya! Hari ini Beauty Chica balik lagi sama review eyebrow powder dari Integrate. Pertama kali pengen beli ini udah bertahun tahun yang lalu, sejak lihat tutorial Sasaki Asahi di Youtube. Tapi ya gitu lah, nggak kebeli karena susah carinya di Indonesia. Di Taiwan, brand Integrate ini dimana - mana. Nah, waktu Skinfood eyebrow powderku hit pan aku beli ini buat gantinya.

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SWATCHES:

Ini dia swatchnya. Pigmentnya cukup dan tahan lama. Kegiatanku padat banget di Taipei ini. Pergi pagi pulang malam #sedih. Jadi nggak di touch up seharian pun, warnanya tetep stay. Hasilnya juga natural. Terus terang aku nggak suka alis yang terlalu made up, biasanya yang penting alisku agak tebal dikit, aku udah puas. Kira - kira kayak gini hasilnya kalau dipakai sehari - hari.

Secara keseluruhan, aku suka eyebrow powder ini. Satu aja kelemahannya, susah dicari di Indonesia, mesti PO dulu. >.<

BEAUTY CHICA REVIEW:

+ Tahan lama dan hasilnya natural

+ Warnanya bagus, nggak powdery

+ Packagingnya kuat dan brushnya berguna buat aplikasi

+ Multi fungsi, bisa buat eyeshadow dan nose shading juga

- Susah nyarinya di Indonesia, mesti PO dulu

Sekian dulu reviewnya. See you next time.

So, i got this as well aside of my La Roche Posay Spring water. It was quite cheap, just 100 NTD for two bottles. One spray bottle and one refill.

Kuan Yuan Lian is made of sponge cucumber water. No preservatives. Just pure cucumber water. The liquid itself does not have any scent. But if you sniff it much, you will smell slight cucumber scent in it.  

I finished two jar of Neutrogena Hydro Boost Emulsion. That is quite an achievement because i am not a loyal user for a certain product. I got this Neutrogena at Watsons. I forgot the exact price but i am sure it is not over NTD 400.

Key points: 

Water based

Oil free

Review:

+ Moisturizing

+ Affordable

+Does not make me break out 

+ Smells good

I bought this when my skin was crazy dry. I went to Watson and the sales lady recommended me Neutrogena. My colleague, another teacher at school also using Neutrogena Hydro boost range and her skin looks so great. That is why i was tempted to buy it. After a week using the emulsion, my dry skin starts to get better. It does not break me out and it has a very nice smell. Like floral fresh smell. However, i notice that my dry skin keeps coming back, as if the emulsion can`t keep it away once and for all. 

For me Neutrogena Hydro boost emulsion served the job moisturizing my skin, though it does not make the listing of my holy grail product. It takes time to absorb and it can not defeat my cranky skin at times. I am looking for better moisturizer. Stronger one. Any recommendations? 

Rating: 4/5

This semester i will have a “free time” on Tuesdays. I still got to work at night, but yeah, i feel lucky enough to have some time to breath. I am planning to get my feet out there, exploring Taipei. I realized that i am a lazy cat, snuggle around and watch Taiwanese drama whenever i have time. Such a waste. I am thinking that if i visit Taipei a little at a time, i hope i can finish exploring all by a year. Yes, a year, before real job kicks in.

I took a chance yesterday to see whether i like it or not, being in the sun and walking a lot. I had to pick up my ARC in immigration office and i figured that i had around five hours free time to visit places. I was planning to go to Taipei Botanical Garden and National Museum of History ONLY, but when i was there i found that National Taiwan Art Education Center, National Postal Museum and Yuyu Yang Museum were closed by, so i dropped in to visit.

EXPLORE TAIPEI Xiaonanmen ITINERARY

12.00 – 1 PM: Go to Xiaonanmen and pick up my ARC

1 PM – 2 PM: Go back to MRT Xiaonanmen and walk inside to Exit 3, Taipei Botanical Garden. Stroll around there.

2PM – 3 PM: Go to National Taiwan Art Education Center and enjoy the paintings.

3 PM to 4 PM : National Museum of History

4 PM – 5 PM: Yuyu Yang Museum and National Postal Museum

I barely spent nothing on this trip, really. Let me go down to detail with you

EXPLORE TAIPEI Xiaonanmen BUDGET

MRT Fee Round Trip from Zhongxiao Xinsheng to Xiaonanmen: 32 NTD

National Museum of History: 30 NT

National Postal Museum : 5 NT

TOTAL 67 NT!!

So affordable! and i feel so relaxed because of this trip. I am definitely going to do that again. Stay tune on Beauty Chica because i am going to give you full story on each destination i visited yesterday.

Hana log off…

Byeeee, xoxoxoxo

Yesterday was the last day of Polar Expo in Taipei. Polar expo is an ice festival in Tucheng, just outside Yongning MRT. Two minutes walk. It is basically a giant refrigerator with frozen things inside. Ice Bear Statue, huge ice slider and many more!

Entering the Polar Expo was a huge temperature difference. Outside was 30 degrees celcius and inside was minus 18! So yeah, my hands were all cold and trembling, and i had runny nose too! This man made winter was held during July and August. I am not sure of the exact date, but last Monday was the last day of Polar Expo. Probably, now all the frozen creatures inside are melting down since the expo is ending and moving soon! #tearyeyes#

Inside you could play snow fight. Not necessary “ball” fight since the snow was so thin. It was enough, though. I could scoop a handful snow and play snow fight with Mr. R. It was real fun! The snow went in to my bag, socks and jacket, you name it! since Mr. R was so mean and unforgiving. He chased me and poured me with snow >.<. Brrrr….

And yeah, this is me. All dressed up with wintery apparel!

  

Next? Igloo and this huge slider!! Igloo was nothing new for me. It was kinda small and not special, however when i went inside, it was actually quite warm compared with the temperature outside. Ingenious!

This ice slider was kinda scary. At first i did not have guts to play since the ice was so SLIPPERY!! I was afraid i would slide down and hurt my head or something on the way down. Really admire those little kids who played over and over again. They  have no fear! Oh kids..

Mr. R helped me to sit on the top and let his hands go when i was finally ready. Shooooooooo…. Hao wan!! It was not scary at all.

Oh yeah, there was this ICE coffee shop which i think was cool. I just felt bad to those waitresses who have to bear the cold for hours.

Last, Boat Miniature! It was fun playing at Polar Expo. Though it was kinda small in size, but it was great experience to feel a man made winter in the middle of the summer!

Love, hana

Hello! Missing me or not?

hehehe i have a life here, and it has been a hectic one. I work long hours daily and yeah.. when i come back and sit in front of computer my eyes are like.. HALF CLOSED wth! Not cooperative at all. Anyway, since i have not appear for the longest of time, here is small update of my life. I finally finished my first year of MBA in Taiwan! I went for a couple of trip. I explored the South Taiwan and another trip overseas which i will tell you more in detailed. When i have time. *finger crossed*

For now, i want to share with you about my trip to Tainan. Tainan is located in Southern Taiwan, near Kaohsiung and Pingtung. If you are planning to come to Taiwan and want to see more of the local people and Chinese culture, you should totally come here instead of Taipei! Taipei is a metropolitan city, well you can see small sparks of tradition here and there, but believe me, the ancient Chinese culture feels MUCH MUCH MORE real in Tainan! Let me show you around!

National Cheng Kung University

National Cheng Kung University is one of the top university in Taiwan and it has a LONG history. This may not your kind of cup of tea, but i like to visit world top universities, just to remind me about my personal dream about becoming a professor. You know, walking in this kind of environment spark some motivation inside me that my dream is just a step away. Just a little bit more hard work and patience, i am going to be there. As you read this, mohon doanya ya, semoga cita – citaku tercapai! Aminnnn.. Yuk dilanjut ceritanya.

When you walk around NCKU, you will see some ruin from the past. Like this red brick over here. It was build during the Manchu area and it was the city gate. I checked the map of current Tainan and it was amazing how the city has expanded!

Best breakfast in town!

I suggest you to visit National Cheng Kung in the morning and have a visit to the best breakfast shop in town. From Cheng Kung University take a turn to Yule Street. Turn right and you will soon see the red huge billboard sign. I am sorry my computer does not support Chinese character, so i can not type it out for you >.<. Upon arriving, find seats first because the shop is super crowded, then line up. The line would be quite long, but it is okay because the shop operate like Mc Donald drive thru. You will take what you want from the stall and pay them in the cashier.

To be honest, the place is kinda dirty. It is more like those warung in Indonesia with plastic chairs and crowded table. However the food was great and cheap. On average it will cost you around 40 NTD per meal. Do not forget to get yourself the famous dan bing, a pancake with egg.

I do not recommend this xian dou jiang.It tastes great for locals. My professor asks the locals for the opinions and they say hao he which means delicious. But when i tasted it myself … >.<……. It was soooo terrible! It is like a mix of ta hwa and soya milk but SALTY! Personally i am not picky eater, but this one, i really could not eat without cringing! But it is a MUST order, because this salty soya milk is traditional food. Just share it with many friends and taste a spoonful of it to see if you like it. Afterall, adventure would not complete without trying something new, right?

I am going to talk more about my previous trip in Tainan, but it is getting late here. See you in Tainan Trip part 2!

Cheers,

Hana