Alila Living: Pure C Facial Serum

The benefits of vitamin C in maintaining the health of our skin has already well-known.  Vitamin C  - known as ascorbic acid is a great antioxidant  that prevent skin damage from free radicals as well as ultraviolet radiation. Vitamin C also helps our body to produce collagen and to repair the wound and damaged skin tissue. No wonder we can see many different skin care products containing vitamin C!!

One of products of Alila Living that I currently use is Pure C Facial Serum. I guess this serum is exclusively made by Sensatia Botanicals for Alila as I can’t find this product listed in Sensatia Botanicals website (link).  Ok, lemme share my experience using this product.

Ingredients: 

Benefit: Stimulating and replenishing facial serum, powered by nature

Detail:

I use this vitamin C serum twice a day after cleanse my skin. After using this serum, I apply Indian Fig Finishing Cream (link to previous article).  This watery and non greasy serum easily sinks into my skin. I have tried different skin care products with vitamin C before but this one is different. It works wonderfully on my skin. This serum gives significant improvement to my skin. My skin looks brighter, glowing and more vibrant. I’m happy to see that my dark spots on my face somewhat fading.  This vitamin C serum in pipette glass bottle smells a little bit like tamarind – acidic. In short, I love the way it works!!! I would definitely buy again!!!

Drawback:  nope

Alila Living: Indian Fig Finishing Cream

Last October I visited Bali and eventually managed to buy Alila Living products in Alila resort at Ubud. (link  Alila Ubud website).  One of the products I bought is Indian Fig Finishing Cream – it’s a day and night cream. I thought this product is made by using Indian fig as the main ingredient (note: Indian fig is a species of cactus with edible fruit. The medical and cosmetics uses of Indian fig are very well-known).  When I read the ingredients carefully, I don’t really understand whether this product is using Indian fig or not.  Anyway, I have been using this product for more than 2 weeks and it’s time for me to share my experience:

Ingredients:

Benefit: Daily nourishing cream powered by nature

Detail:

I use this nut-brownie cream day and night after applying Pure C serum from Alila Living. When I open the jar, I immediately smell the herbal scent. The herbal scent is kinda powerful and it lingers quite long. If you like herbal scent, this would not be a problem. This light cream provides heavy and rich coverage – uhm…how to explain..this cream is light, I can feel it on my fingers, but when I apply it on my face, this cream is a bit difficult to spread evenly, but it sinks quickly into my skin. What I love most from this cream is that it works wonderfully on my skin. I wake up with fresh and glow skin. My skin is nourished and soft. This cream, packed in an elegant black container and box, helps to reduce the appearance of my acne scars. Love it!!

Drawback:

• Yes I have to say, even to my dry skin, this cream makes my face looks  a bit oily. I use BB cream and loose powder to cover-up oily effect of this cream and they work!!

• I just do expect that in the future there will be an indicator of shelf life on the packaging.

L’Occitane: Shea Butter Hand Cream

Salah satu produk yang selalu ada di tas saya adalah hand cream – as I always believe that hand is our second face. Ketika saya akan traveling ke Australia dengan perjalanan 8 jam di dalam pesawat, I cant resist to try L’Occitane Shea Butter Hand Cream – with 20% shea butter. I read reviews on this product and I believe this hand cream is perfect to carry for my trip.. Here is my review…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3neRy1PTJ4

Ingredients:

Water, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter), Glycerin, Dimethicone, Cetearyl Alcohol, PEG-100 Stearate, Glyceryl Stearate, Polyacrylamide, Linum Usitatissimum (Linseed) Seed Extract, Honey Extract, Propylene Glycol, Phenoxyethanol, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Brassica Campestris (Rapeseed) Sterols, C13-14 Isoparaffin, Ceteareth-33, Alcohol Denat, Chlorphenesin, Methylparaben, Fragrance, Althea Officinalis Root Extract, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Fruit Extract, Laureth-7, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Benzyl Alcohol, Xanthan Gum, Benzyl Benzoate, Citronellol, Hydroxyisohexyl 3-Cyclohexene Carboxaldehyde, Coumarin, Butylphenyl Methylpropional, Linalool, Hexyl Cinnamal, Alpha-Methyl Ionone, Limonene.

Benefit:

Rich hand cream to moisture your hand, powered by 20% shea butter

Detail:

It’s super creamy hand cream I have ever had. Bahkan di website L’Occitane UK (link) produk hand cream ini disebut  “the Roll Royce of hand creams” oleh Cassie Steer, beauty writer of Marie Claire. This hand cream gives you instant result, tangan menjadi halus dan hydrate. Efek halus dan moist –nya juga tahan lama, I don’t need to reapply it many times. Meskipun super moist, hand cream ini sama sekali tidak meninggalkan kesan lengket atau[un oily. Hand cream dalam wadah tube silver yang elegant dan mudah digunakan ini is a must have if you suffer a dry skin…dan it’s a perfect for winter time.

Drawback:  Nope

It’s pricey but it does work wonderfully on my hand. Perfect companion for traveling…

Alila Living: Vanilla Praline Facial Cleanser

What’s in your mind about “vanilla”?

Me? I’m thinking of ice cream (and many different mouth watery desserts)

Anyway, I bought Vanilla Praline Facial Cleanser at Alila Spa and then I learnt the benefits of vanilla to skin. Vanilla is not a monopoly ingredient for food industry. Vanilla has been widely used in pharmaceuticals industry as it has a great antioxidant, anti-depressant, anti-carcinogenic and aphrodisiac properties. Vanilla in skin care products could help to restore damaged skin as well as to prevent skin from pollutants and toxins. As it has sedative property, vanilla is relaxing – read: vanilla calms brain, relaxes muscles, and promotes sleep. Amazing!

After using the vanilla cleanser from Alila Living for more than 2 weeks, so I think it’s safe now to share my experience:

Ingredients:

Benefit: Irresistible and smooth creamy cleanser, powered by nature

Detail:

I use this vanilla cleanser twice a day, in conjunction with other Alila Living products – Pure C Serum and Indian Fig Finishing cream (link). I just love this cleanser as it’s creamy but not heavy and thick. It contains kind of moisturizer so that this cleanser doesn’t dry my face. It smells like a combination of vanilla and tamarind – sweet sour kind of thing. My husband doesn’t like the smell but it doesn’t bother me as this cleanser makes my skin looks soft and healthier. It also makes my skin tone more even. The elegant black glass bottle with pump makes it easy to dispense. Be careful if you want to bring this cleanser for traveling. Mine was spilled over my luggage on my way back to Jakarta from Bali and left me two third of the bottle.

One important thing: As this cleanser is exclusively made by Sensatia Botanicals for Alila, this product is only available in Alila Living store in all Alila Hotel, Resort and Spa.

Drawback:  nope

Ah, I want my vanilla ice cream now….