THREE Cosmetics Malaysia is now in Pavilion KL! Picture and Swatch of THREE Sakuraism Season 2016 Collection

THREE Cosmetics opened their first outlet in Malaysia in Pavilion Shopping Mall, Kuala Lumpur! THREE is also an organic beauty brand from Japan where all their organic ingredients certified by Ecocert. They used essential oils and other plant-based ingredients on their products.  In fact I have actually dropped by their counter back in Isetan Shinjuku Tokyo to try their base makeup. Honestly their products are not cheap to start with, after all it's a Japanese organic brand that has Ecocert.

Since they are in Malaysia , I dropped by over the weekend to check out their THREE Sakuraism 2016 Spring Limited Edition Collection in Pavilion KL. The first thing that caught my eyes was the blusher! 

THREE SAKURAISM 2016 SEASON COLLECTION

"THREE Sakuraism 2016 Season Collection" is launched accordance with the flowering of the cherry blossoms of the Japanese archipelago, and blossomed from towards the south. 

Haven't done this for some time, well I'm going to share the swatch of THREE Sakuraism 2016 Spring Collection which I took with my mobile phone. Hope the quality justifying the colours :) If you see later all the names in their collect some sort use the word Sakura or Sakuraim which this range being inspired.

THREE Whisper Gloss For Eye priced at RM173

Delicate light and nuance laden color of the veil, to dwell a glossy shine and the three-dimensional depth to the eyes, brings the spring seems to life feeling. 

Ingredients : Olive oil , meadowfoam oil tea seed oil Argan oil, jojoba oil ,Evening primrose oil , rosehip oil, Shea Butter, beeswax 

THREE Shimmering Lip Jam priced at RM157

A clear color and fresh gloss, lip jam of spring color to produce a sensual look. The color of the beautiful scene of petals and the sky color of the cherry blossoms are woven will be projected gently on the lips. 7 species of plant oil formulations happy to dry measures.

Ingredients : Tea seed oil Argan oil, jojoba oil, Evening primrose oil, rosehip oil, Shea Butter,beeswax and Cherry extract

THREE Whisper Gloss For Eye (RM173)

S01 Sakuraism Whisper - Bloom mode opulence to the eyes, smoky baby pink. 

S02 Sakuraism Blink - Chic haze is to brighten up the look, sophistication of Grayish Coral.

These are easy to spread glossy eyeshadow. It's pigmented but can be build if you want to create intensity like the colour the model had.

 THREE Shimmering Lip Jam (RM157)

S01 Sakuraism Sweet - bloomed to direct a smile to the sun, sweet pink shine in blue sky.

S02 Sakuraism Spirit - And sunrise sky dyed in vivid, the water surface of the petals Sensual pink

S03 Sakuraism Scent - As melt together is the setting sun and the cherry tree, milky purple mystique has been pulled out

These lipgloss colours are really pretty and  my favourite would be Sakuraism Spirit because it has the cherry sakura colours follow by Sakuraism Scent. It's quite sheer but can be build  by layering. Glossy finishing and not sticky!

THREE Cheeky Chic Blush priced at RM157

Decorate the cheek with good color and clarity of the balance, powder cheek that were transferred to color the feelings of spring. In would likely as smooth texture melts and touch, soft cheeks, and to the upper respiratory to narrate the arrival of spring. 

Ingredients : Tea seed oil Argan oil,  jojoba oil,  Evening primrose oil, rosehip oil, Shea Butter, beeswax

  THREE Cheeky Chic Blush priced (RM157)

S01 Sakuraism Rising - Of elation that cherry tree was blooming, bright cherry pink transparent to pure.

S02 Sakuraism Awakening - Feel the happiness in the spring of warmth, gentle flower bloom blooming Coral.

My pick would be Sakuraism Rising because my skin tone looks better in pink than coral. The texture of the blusher is pretty fine but it's semi matte and looks pretty natural. 

 

 THREE Nail Polish for Sakuraism Collection 2016 priced at RM95

Dance and spring of view of the cherry blossoms that spread to the fingertips While changing the impression in various scenes, representing the figure of a cherry tree burning in the hearts of people the moment, the nuances full of nail polish. Enjoy recoating or multi-colored in fully, it is a clear color.

  THREE Nail Polish for Sakuraism Collection 2016 (RM95)

S01 Moment of Sakuraism - Representation of the cherry tree of loveliness and heart admire it, innocent cherry pink.

S02 Sakuraism Sky - The petals will be sucked into the sky and image, dusty cherry Sky.

S03 Dancing with Petals - The image of a petal that run around freely in the spring, Airy cherry shower.

S04 In the Arms of Night - Were cut views of Hanafubuki spread in the night sky, brilliant fluttering cherry black.

Although this nail polish dry up pretty fast and colours like Dancing with Petals are pretty but this is really expensive which I don't think can justifying the price! What do you think?

Besides makeup products, there are bodycare under this THREE Sakuraism Season 2016 Collection such as :-
Sakuraism Aroma Skin Soap - RM210
Sakuraism Aroma Bath Serum - RM314 
Sakuraism Aroma Hand Cream - RM157

I'm actually quite shock at the pricing of the soap & bath serum...although it's organic and probably smells good because of Sakura flower, I wonder what so unique what this that justify the price. 

Which are your favourite product you want to try from this THREE Sakuraism Season 2016 Collection ? 

For me I would like to  Sakuraism Spirit lip gloss, Sakuraism Rising blusher, Dancing with the petals nail polish and Sakuraism Aroma Bath Serum ( I haven't try any product that carry the name bath serum.... sounds very moisturising like that!)

THREE Cosmetics is opened in Level 4 of Pavilion, opposite Snowflakes Dessert stall if case you plan to visit them too! 

THREE Cosmetics location in Malaysia : 

Lot No. 4.01.04, Level 4 Pavilion Kuala Lumpur

No 168, Jalan Bukit Bintang, 

Bukit Bintang, 55100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

THREE Cosmetics Malaysia Facebook : http://bit.ly/THREECOSMETICSMALAYSIA

Review : Serralon Nutraderma Serum for your face and hair scalp!

Late last year I received Serralon Nutraderma Serum as review. I have to admit the packaging is not as fancy as those you see in counter. It's very practical and interesting because this serum can be applied on your face and your hair scalp! (I bet you haven't heard any serum can do this!)

Serralon Nutraderma Serum is a natural product and contains a Cultured Coconut Concentrate “C3” and aloe vera which is a holistic functional food for skin that is chemical free and zero toxic! 

Yes you read it right Coconut ; it has been many decades we heard about the goodness of coconut and today Serralon has developed Cultured Coconut Concentrate “C3” which is made from a process called Micro-7 Aerobio (“M-7A”) platform which is a specially designed fermentation process. More info here. Below are  some of the benefits of Serralon Nutraderma Serum (SNS):-

i.Natural sunscreen: SNS protects the skin from the harmful UVA & UVB rays and minimize the risk of sunburn. 

ii. Youthful and supple healthy skin: Anti-oxidant agent in SNS helps protect your skin from accelerated ageing. 

iii. Reduce scalp & skin irritation and itchiness: C3 and aloe vera in SNS are anti-inflammatory. SNS helps soothe any skin irritation like rashes and acne. 

iv. Moisturises skin: SNS oily texture maintain long-lasting moisture in our skin that results in less visible wrinkles. 

v. Reduce the risk of infection on wounds & cuts: C3 and aloe vera in SNS anti-mircobial. Hence, it will reduce the risk of infection on your wounds/cuts. 

vi. Natural anti-septic: SNS is a good anti-septic as C3 and aloe vera in SNS are anti-microbial. 

vii. Skin detox: C3 in SNS protects your skin from harmful toxic by detoxifying existing chemicals buildup in your skin cells and prevent new damage.

p/s: If you realised all this benefits are from the powerful fruit coconut! Amazing right?

How to use Serralon Nutraderma Serum on your skin or scalp

Hair fall or scalp problems: You can apply SNS on your scalp at night or before you go off to sleep. Leave it on for the night and wash it off with shampoo the next morning. You can do this once or twice a week. For more serious issues, you might need to apply it on a daily basis for a week. And slowly reduce the application to once or twice a week. Usually for hair fall, you can see the improvement after the first or second application.

- Not only I applied on scalp, I put it as leave-in treatment to repair split ends. It works amazingly to moisturize your scalp and soften and give a healthy glow to my hair.

Acne or pimples: Apply SNS daily. At least once a day on your acne or pimples. You might go through a healing process where the pimples or acne will get bigger but this is normal.
- I tried this when I had some pimples during PMS and true enough pimples gone bigger but it heals faster as well.

Cuts or wounds: Apply SNS at least twice a day on affected area. 

- I have tried this... ah this is really  effective! Healing works faster too...

As moisturiser: Use twice daily. One pump is more than enough to be applied on your face. If you use it at night, your skin will feel supple the next morning. Also highly recommended for cold and dry weather. 

- I usually use this as serum and layer it with moisturizer because I have really dry skin... and amazingly it does not feel oily and works well to keep my skin supple next morning! 

Serralon Nutraderma Serum is oil in texture , it's really easy absorb into the skin when I absorb on my skin. This product has a quite strong scent but it does not bother me.

I have applied Serralon Nutraderma Serum for a month and one very obvious different I felt is my skin is really smooth and supple and I really like how my skin glows from within. I can't say pigmentation is entirely gone because it has not ; probably I have not use long enough to lighten it. Scars of my pimple during my PMS does really heals more quickly that usual. 

I am now even confident to walk out of house without makeup :P 

I have hair fall and dry split end problem ever since I back my hair early of this year (yes I totally regretted it!) So I had tried to save my hair by applying Serralon Nutraderma Serum on the hair scalp the night before before washing off next morning.

I never thought I would like this local brand..but this non fancy product is actually working well on my skin and hair plus price is pretty reasonable to try as well.  Seriously...I love the wonders of coconut!

Serralon Nutraderma Serum (SNS) 30ml is selling at RM 145/bottle at their website, do check their website at http://www.serralon.com/ . 

p/s: Now they are offering twin pack at RM200, more details here.

Review & Tutorial : Mary Kay Into the Garden Colour Compact transform Day to Night Spring Makeup Look

Not sure if you realised two days ago was the first day of spring for 2016. Besides winter, I love to travel during spring because there is something undeniably inspiring about warm sunshine and fresh flowers, beautiful blooms and lush greens.

And I just received this pretty palette from Mary Kay at my doorstep which is just in time for spring! Mary Kay launched their limited edition Into the Garden Collection this spring with assortment of garden-inspired beauty must-haves developed in collaboration with Brazilian born fashion designer Patricia Bonaldi which perfectly captures fashion’s current fascination with florals. 

Mary Kay Into the Garden Colour Compact is the all-in-one mirrored compact features four garden-inspired eye shadows and three ultrasheer lip glosses for endless color possibilities.

A close up look at the colour. So beautiful right?

My first thought when I saw the colour is I love the colour combination of the eye shadow which is easily suits all colour skin tone to create day to night makeup. And the lip colour combination is pretty has three very wearable colours to suits the eye shadow makeup.

Not forgetting the pretty season’s garden print on the casing which was made from hard cardboard material which would be great for travelling because it will be lighter than my usual metal casing.

As mentioned eye colours has a good combination of lighter & darker shade tone for me to blend to create day makeup to night makeup look easily.

Swatch of Mary Kay Into the Garden Colour Compact. 

Colours are really pigmented, smooth and easy to pick up really well with one swipe. And out of the four colours, three of them (namely Natural Taupe, Pink and Violet) has a little bit shimmering effect. 

I know some people are not into shimmering eye colour because they felt it's not easy to blend and looks a little bit too much. I think they key in using shimmer eye colour is the blending and always remember less is more! I actually put on shimmering eye colour daily because I felt it enhance my eyes and gives that extra "oomph" focus on my eyes!

Tutorial how to transform from day makeup to night makeup look using Mary Kay Into the Garden Colour Compact to create my spring makeup look this season! 

Day look : I applied Natural Taupe colour lightly all over my eyelid  to brighten up the eyes. Next I took a little bit of Pink colour and apply from the centre eyelid towards the inner corners of the eyes. After I'm done, I put on Violet colour and blend from outer corner of my eyes to the inner corner of my eyes,  carefully blending in the color to obscure the borders between the shades. Don't forget to take a little bit of Natural Taupe colour and apply at the browbone as a highlighter.

Night look : Using the Day Look I have created, I top up darker shade Plum Brown and apply along the upper lash lines, again applying more color at the outer corners and slowly blend towards the centre of the eyes to create the smokey eyes look.

After putting on eye colour, I line the upper lash lines with black eyeliner before finishing it up with my favourite mascara. 

Honestly I think this eye colours in this palette are great for everyday use because colours are really sweet and easy to play around and would be great benefit to beginners and to bring for travelling (because it's really light!).

And pink and violet are actually my sort of colours combination I wear quite often actually ... but in my case I have to match different palette to get this colour combination before having this palette colour combination in one palette. I personally think Pink and Violet are really a nice colour combination to give the sweet and romantic eyes makeup look, ah perfect to go for a date with this to mesmerize your sweetheart!

Next move to lip colour in Mary Kay Into the Garden Colour Compact ; Nude, Pink & Coral lip gloss.

Swatch of Mary Kay Into the Garden Colour Compact lip gloss colour.

Although the lip colour looks really pigmented on the packaging but when I swatch it it's pretty sheer... after all it does comply with its ultra sheer lip gloss formulation. 

Among the 3 lip gloss colour, I only use Coral most of the time because Nude lip colour doesn't really make much difference on my lips (because of my pinkish natural lip colour) and Pink looks too frosty on me. 

I would really love if there is a red lip colour because that's my favourite shade for lip colour!

But then again colour are really personally preference and I usually prefer darker or brighter lip colour shade because of my natural pinkish shade.

Which shade do you like the most among this 3 colours?

Although this is a lip gloss colour but it has some moisturizing effect to keep the lips hydrated and lips not feeling sticky after application, leaving the lips looking smooth and healthy. However the staying power only last me few hours with light meal in between.

This is my final spring makeup look I have created using Mary Kay Into the Garden Colour Compact. 

Ah...What do you think? Pass or not ? 

I think I'm ready for a spring picnic if I put on my cute floral hairband and dress! 

So if you are the kind who loves all in one colours in one palette, I think you can consider Mary Kay Into the Garden Colour Compact because all the colours are simply wearable!  

Mary Kay Into the Garden Colour Compact is currently selling at RM115.

And to those who are interested to purchase , you can contact Independent Beauty Consultant at 03-7711 7500 or log on www.marykay.com.my to buy.

Grand opening of Michael's Badminton Academy in Port Dickson & 8th MBA International Badminton Championship

Last weekends I took some time off to go Michael Badminton Academy in Port Dickson last weekends for 8th MBA International Badminton Championship since I really like badminton game and haven't really explore PD before ... so why not!

This is actually Michael’s Badminton Academy (MBA) latest badminton hall in Port Dickson – a full badminton facility equipped with modern and contemporary design and technology. 

Photo with the bloggers and MBA's founder Mr Lee

There total of 18 courts here with court rental charges of RM9 for 3 hours if you join their membership.

There is even a store for you to purchase your sports need from rackets, shuttlecock to sports attire

All ready set for the grand opening of this Michael's Badminton Academy Grand Opening in Lukut, Port Dickson.

Apart from local badminton enthusiasts, MBA is also honoured to have the exceptional backing of its international counterparts from Taiwan, China, Indonesia, Singapore and Vietnam that have continuously been supportive towards MBA’s International Tournaments over the years.

Mr Lee Kok Choong is the Managing Director of Michael Badminton Academy shared is opening speech. He said "At MBA, badminton is more than just a sport. We help people discover and improve. We help educate and inform. We watched as friendships develop and families bond. This is why is a one-stop badminton solutions provider which includes a full-fledge training academy and MBA tournaments always include special categories for families”.

This is Mr Michael Lee the founder of Michael's Badminton Academy. He is also an avid badminton player and always travel to play in International tournament. 

It's MBA's vision is to be the hub of private badminton training and solutions at the international level, to produce world-class players. And so far they had held more than 10 major international tournaments over the years, hosting close to 10 thousand players from around the world. And training academy has trained almost 35,000 students via our junior development programmes and provided free training for underprivileged children via our Hope for Change badminton charity programme.

MBA also showed their gratitude by recognizing and awarding this 8th MBA International Tournament participants that are more than 80 years.

They also showed generosity by giving back to the communit. Two RM5000 cheques has been presented to the two charity homes.

This event was officiated by Dato' Abd. Khalid Bin Mat, YDP Majlis Perbandaran Port Dickson, the launch of MBA PD kicked off with the 8th MBA International Badminton Championship 2016 from 11th to 13th March 2016. 

Also in attendance of the official opening of MBA Port Dickson was Mr Ng Chin Chai, Secretary of Badminton Association Malaysia (BAM) and Mr Wu Jun Yan, President of the World Chinese Badminton Federation.

It's really competitive at the courts there! This is my first time to watch live badminton tournament and pretty exicting to watch .... I can hear the smashing echo...

This 8th MBA International Badminton Championship was held for three-day and it managed to attract over 450 local and international badminton players to Port Dickson to participate in 25 different categories. 

The tournament includes all categories in an official tournament and also offers additional categories which are popular amongst families such as 3v3 (triples instead of just doubles) and family doubles (one parent and one child).

I was playing for Open doubles category. 

Me in action...

My opponents are really good and I think they deserved to win and I really need to brush up my skill and stamina.

People say badminton game is for all ages and these MBA Tournament participants are from Taiwan proved it right. All of them here are above 80 years and there are two (one sitting on left and another middle) are 97 and 94 years old respectively. Seriously they don't look like one probably because of their active lifestyle of playing Badminton makes them looks healthy and young.

Spotted Xiong Guobao who used to be China national badminton team and he was like the star player back in the 80s. He is also known as the backhand king... damn impressive when I watched his Youtube videos.

Overall, Malaysia took the lead with 11 gold medals, followed by Indonesia with 5 golds and China, Taiwan and Singapore had 3 golds respectively. And Former Thomas Cup player, Mr Kwek Chiew Peng, 63, who also participated in the Championship walked away with first and second place for categories in men’s doubles (combined aged 110) and men’s doubles (combined aged 120) respectively.

After the match & opening, we went to cafe hopping and found this really nice looking hipster cafe Inns J Cafe that's near to the Michael's Badminton Academy!

Some of the food we tested! The price is pretty reasonable and taste is quite up to par to those in KLs ones.

Haha I also did not miss out visiting the Port Dickson's beach. Surprisingly it was so much cleaner now compared to few years ago! I might considering coming here to for a short weekends trip again to play badminton at Michael's Badminton Academy, eat seafood and take a nice stroll at the beach...

If you live in Lukut, Port Dickson or even in KL, you can make a nice weekend trip to visit this Michael's Badminton Academy. I was told in the future, there will be more facilities coming up such as gym and sauna...

For more info, please visit

Website : http://mba101badminton.com/ 
Email : info@mba101badminton.com
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