Ellips Hair Care Launching Event

So few moons ago, I was lucky enough to join the hair tribe on #EllipsTeaParty #ShineLikeStars , along with other 9 amazing bloggers.

Beberapa waktu lalu, saya mendapat 'privilege' bergabung dengan 9 amazing bloggers di Jakarta, untuk mengikuti launching produk terbaru Ellips dalam #EllipsTeaParty #ShineLikeStars event.

The afternoon was so girly and intimate. The room was all decorated in fuchsia color, and it was definitely a fun time meeting with other fashion and beauty bloggers in town, as well as receiving new insights about hair and hair treatment with Ellips' brand ambasador and beauty experts.

Acara di sore itu terasa sangat feminin dan intim dengan dekorasi yang serba pink (fuchsia), ditambah pertemuan dengan para fashion dan beauty blogger Jakarta lainnya membuat seluruh acara ini menjadi sangat menyenangkan. Seluruh undangan mendapatkan berbagai jenis tips mengenai perawatan rambut untuk beberapa macam rambut perempuan Indonesia, mulai dari pesan dan pengalaman brand ambassador Ellips (Julia Estelle) dengan rambutnya, dan juga tips dari beberapa ahli kecantikan dan hair stylist yang terundang.

I snapped a few shots of the event to share with you guys..

Kamu bisa lihat beberapa foto dan keseruan yang saya tangkap pada acara di sore itu.

Ok, now for the products they gave me. Here's my honest opinion about them.

Ok, sekarang mari kita bahas produk yang Ellips berikan pada saya. Ini adalah opini personal saya.

Unlike other girls, below and/or my age, I don't do treatment at hair salons. As I've shared with you on previous post, I'm really into natural treatment for my face, body, and of course, hair. Well besides that, I'm actually too lazy for a complex treatment in a salon which requires my time and money once or even twice a month.

Tidak seperti perempuan ibukota lainnya, saya sangatlah jarang melakukan treatment di salon. Rambut saya sangat tebal dan mengembang, ditambah dengan keriting yang tidak beraturan. Dan tidak semua salon dapat memberi treatment yang sesuai dengan saya. Selain itu, saya juga agak malas untuk pergi dan menghabiskan uang untuk treatment di salon. Meskipun demikian, saya senang membuat natural treatment untuk rambut, muka dan wajah saya dengan bahan-bahan alami (seperti yang sudah saya bagikan dengan kamu di post sebelumnya). Jadi jika ada treatment baru yang mudah dan alami di pasaran, saya sangat excited utuk mencobanya.

When I received this exclusive box from Ellips, well... I must say that I've never tried this kinda hair treatment before. So I opened the box, and gave it a try.

Ketika saya membuka kotak eksklusive ellips yang diberikan pada saya ini, well, saya bisa katakan bahwa saya belum pernah mencoba jenis perawatan rambut yang seperti ini! Tapi kemudian setelah membaca kandungan dan natural essence (pada beberapa jenis produk) yang tertera pada kemasan, maka saya segera mencobanya pada rambut saya.

Aaand holy guacamoley! They have quite a handful of varieties to meet certain hair needs.

Dan ternyata setiap varian produk ditujuan untuk merawat rambut dengan jenis dan kebutuhan tertentu! Saya hitung, ada lebih dari 10 varian untuk lebih dari 10 tipe dan jenis rambut kita.

And this is shocked me most: they have JASMINE scent hair essence!! Oh, how you should know I'm addicted to all Jasmine scent! So they have this new variant which contain Balinese essential oils. Safe to say that I use this EVERY-DAY. Even the Frangipani Balinese scent is best.

Dan ini yang sangat membuat saya sangat kaget ketika membuka box produk Ellips ini: mereka mempunyai hair treatment beraroma Jasmine!! Oh, betapa kalian tahu bahwa saya penggemar apapapun yang berhubungan dengan aroma Jasmine! Ternyata, salah satu varian terbaru dari Ellips adalah produk yang mengandung minyak esens Bali, yaitu dengan aroma bunga Jasmine dan bunga Frangipani. Saya pun juga sangat menyukai produk aroma Frangipani nya!

Scent wise, it's my ever favorite thing to be put on my hair. Really. But it doesn't last till the day ends. YET, the essence's treatment really makes my curl at its best shape. And it last till the next day! I have this super thick and puffy hair without the treatment, and this Balinese essence tames my puffiness and leave the hair shiny & smooth! You could see the difference of my hair before and after I put on the #EllipsHairCare treatment essence.

Secara aroma, ini adalah produk rambut ter-favorit saya so far. Really. Esens yang terkandung di dalam nya sangat membantu membuat rambut keriting saya lebih rapih, halus dan tidak terlalu mengembang. Dan efek ini pada rambut saya bertahan sampai ke-esokan hari nya! Kalian bisa melihat perbedaannya antara sebelum dan sesudah pemakaian #EllipsHairCare treatment essense.

before and during application

I use a drop after towel-dry my hair (after bath), and usually give another small drop when I'm going out.

Saya menggunakan satu butir Ellips sesudah mengeringkan rambut yang telah di keramas dengan handuk, dan biasanya, saya pun menambahkan penggunaan sebanyak 1 tetes sebelum pergi keluar.

hair with #EllipsHairCare

So yeah, I guess it's true that only shampoo is enough for our hair. The vitamin in shampoo usually washed away when we rinse our hair. And of a lazy bones as me, this easy hair treatment is BEST! It's a quick repair and treatment to the hair, as well as looking amazing and shining like the stars! This Balinese essence is actually my new ritual, every morning. :D

Jadi, memang benar bahwa hanya sampo tidaklah cukup untuk merawat rambut kita. Karena biasanya, vitamin-vitamin yang terkandung pada sampo akan hilang ketika kita membilas rambut pada saat keramas. Dan untuk seseorang yang tidak rajin ke salon seperti saya, hair treatment seperti ini adalah yang terbaik. Dengan cepat dan mudah kebutuhan rambut akan terpenuhi, ditambah dengan efek shiny atau berkilau nya pada rambut! Varian Balinese essense ini menjadi ritual saya hampir setiap hari. :)

Until next post, toodles-doodles!

Hair Secret

[ Indian Bindis - LOOK I'M NOT A FLUKE Unicorn Choker - AAD Mesh white top -
unbranded Faux leather shorts - H&M Rings - JEFFREY CAMPBELL plaids shoes ]

Ola hermosas!

So as I promised you, I'm gonna share some thing or two about my hair.

My hair pretty much ruined due to last massive bleaching process. My hairstylist bleached them like 3 or 4 times, and it starting to falling off. Pretty bad. So, think this post might be useful for you guys who've been through what I've been through lately. Hair-wise.

Since the strong chemical ruined my hair, I decided to soak myself with a full knowledge of how to treat yourself (not only hair, which further on I'm going to write also) with organic treatments. Yes, the keys to highlight here are (by) yourself, and organic.

1. Shampooing Your Hair
First thing, I used to shampoo my hair every-day. I have an oily scalp and it just annoyed me so much if I didn't shampoo every single day. But since my hair get dried, or fried to be exact, due to those bleaching and dyeing process, I shampoo every two days now. But here's the first tips and what I do everyday: shampoo + conditioner on 1 day, and only conditioner on the next day, then repeat.
[I'm using TRESemme Keratin Smooth Conditioner]

Actually, the more your hair get wet, the more colour gone from your hair strands. So, if possible, you can prolong the processes of shampooing your hair. But I just can't stand it, not to wash the hair everyday. So, here's the second tips, put a small amount of your hair dye (mine's Manic Panic) into your shampoo. Best way is to purchase Silver Shampoo, but since it's pretty hard to find , so I use that trick instead.

2. Organic Hair Treatment
Then the treatment, I smear my hair with Extra Virgin Olive Oil every 2 weeks. Olive Oil is one of my fave organic ingredients for hair&body treatment. It's excellent for dandruff, frizzy hair, add shines, and soften your strands. You can read the benefits fully HERE. What I do is, put enough Olive Oil on a metal bowl and heat it on boiling water. Just like melting a chocolate bar when you're making cake. Leave it to get colder for couple of minutes, and just smear that warm oil on your hair with gentle hand strokes until it soaked wet with oil. I usually wrap my head with shower cap and leave them for 1 to 2 hours. The longer actually the better. But I just wash and shampoo my head after 2 hours top.
[I'm using Filippo Berio Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil]

Every once a month, I whisk one full egg and smear em on my hair. WARNING: this might leave your hair smells like omelet for 1 or 2 days! SECOND WARNING: if your hair's bleached and just as dry as mine, DO NOT leave the egg for more than 45 minutes. 30mins the best! It's because egg contains a lot of protein, and the more you leave your hair on egg mask, the more protein it will absorbs, and it will make your strands stiff as hell.

Ok, since I'm actually an organic-treatment sucker now, I do feel obliged to share this with you. :)
1. Lemon Face Mask
Buy a fresh lemon, put it on your cooler before using it. Cut it in the middle just like you wish to squish a juice out of it, and cut that half into half. So you have two circle cuts of lemons. Keep the whole half back on your cooler for next usage. Squish a bit with your thumb and index finger until the juice wet the whole surface, and smear your face with that. It might stings a bit, but you'll survive. Leave em on your face for 15 minutes and wash with water (warm of cold, your choice).

2. Egg White Face Mask
Separate the white and the yolk. Each will have different treatment to your skin. For acne and pore tightening treatment, use the white. As the yolk is more to moisturising and adding Vitamin A to your skin. I mostly use the white for pore tightening and anti-aging cleanser effects that smooths my skin (coz you know, I'm pretty old already. Turning 26 this very Saturday, so I need to treat my ageing process and do wrinkle prevention as soon as possible). I do this quite a lot, like 2 to 3 times a week with organic eggs (telur ayam kampung).

Well there're a whole lotta list for your organic hair&body treatments, but these what I do every week and is a GREAT GREAT GREAT investment of your time and (less) money. You do not need those expensive beauty and skin care shiznit. Just make a schedule and a stroll down the organic fruit and ingredients alley on the grocery store, you're all set.

Anyway, this is the outfit from the last day of INFARE III early June. I'm just so in love with the mesh top designed by my blogger fella Amelia Bunjamin for her label ApparelAfterDark.

To closing up this post, try press play on this song and tell me if you like it:


Start from now, I'm gonna reply all comments & questions you posted on my posts. So go ahead ask or comment down below! ;D

Until next post, toddles-doodles!

Home Is Where The Heart Is

[ TOPSHOP leather jacket - ZARA stripes shirt & studded black skirt - CONVERSE original black sneakers - GREEDY SASSY recin rings - NEW LOOK cross earrings ]

Before you go on read, please play these as a back sound as you read:

Ambient. from jbear_4 on 8tracks Radio.

Fuh... It's really good to be back home.

Ok, so my while life I've been dreaming to live away from my hometown, like million miles away and having my own kinda life and job there. Well I've been living that, sort of, for the last couple weeks. And I miss home (read: Indonesia) really baaaaaaaaaaaad! Guess all them saying was true after all, nothing beats the feeling to be at home.

But I'm beyond grateful tho, be able to feel that longing to get back home, and the opportunity itself of course. :)) Yeah, God is reaaaaal good, all the time.

I've been posting few pictures on my instagram as a diary, I could say, on that business trip which was the first for me. I'll post some more BTS pics on this blog soon. I hope you would drop by again to read.

In mean time, since I'm posting during my office hours, I gotta go and wrap today's post up now.

I love you all guys so so much.

Thanks for keep reading fellas!

Hug and kiss kiss.

Until next post, toddles-doodles!

First Gang To Die

[ FrontRowShop Maroon grunge dress - CLOTH Inc plaid shirt - SWATCH transparent watch - LOOK I'M NOT A FLUKE Tattoo bracelets - GREEDYSASSY Starwars Yoda & Darth Vader rings - Forever21 Metallic boots ]

Son of my mom!! It's been an effing long while. :"(

Hmm, now where to start.... This feels like when you're not seeing a good friend after a while, and when you finally meet, you actually don't know what to say...even if there's actually LOTS to tell.

So I'm gonna be on my first buying trip next week to China, and I'm going to do a photoshoot as well in Shanghai for two brands I'm handling in the company. This opportunity is just.... WAHOOOO! God is reallll good, all the time. :)

I'm going to share a lot of this journey of my life -being a bit dramatic, on my Instagram and, of course I'll blog about it!

Anyway, I MUST share this store where I got this maroon dress I'm wearing on this post to you. If you happen to dig girly-grunge style like I do, you just gotta drop by to > FRONT ROW SHOP . I mean, I'm literally drooling over their whole collection! *lift my palm up and being so serious*

Anyway, I was featured on GoGirl Magazine November edition as one of the 5 Fabulous Instagers! Better yet, they note my style as 'Uniquely Grunge'! Uuu I love that. I'm beyooooooood thankful and honoured, really. Guess this describes my feeling and the way I smiled the whole day reading the magz -> :))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) , and that's not even close to how big   

    my ear-to-ear smile of happiness. ;p

I thank you guys so dang MUCH for (still) reading my blog, even if you knew I'm a lousy blogger for the rare updated post. Oh and, there you've seen a corner of my office, as I took the photos on this post -and more post to come, during my lunch time, when everybody's gone. ;p

Until next post, toodles-doodles!