Sunday, 23 Oct

Bukcheon Hanok Village

It is officially our first day in Seoul. I plan to meet two of my friends in anguk station. We walked in to Bukcheon Hanok Village which it is close by to the station. I already prepared for a hiking trip at that day but in reality it was quite short trip. Naver Map said it takes about twenty minutes walking from Bukcheon to Gyeongbukgung but we entered behind so it was quite close somehow, thanks to our friend who has been staying for about one year in Korea. We visited Bukcheon at early day but many people were already there.  We  were lost at the beginning but bumped into Baek Inje Hanok Museum. We went straight down from Bukcheon to National Folk Museum.

Seoul Square (Gyeongbukgung Palace, Gwanghwamun Gate, Sejong Statue, Yi Shun Sin Statue, Sejong Museum)

We entered Gyeongbukgung from National Folk Museum which is located right behind. Sadly, we missed the guard changing ceremonial. We visited in Sunday morning so there were a lot of students coming to see the palace and also there was a flea market in front of Gwanghwamun Gate. I didnt really watch any of colosal drama so the palace area is quite new for me. I am quite upset now since I finished watching Scarlet Heart Ryeo drama and fell in love with the characters, why I didnt spend a lot of time in the palace area. I took some pictures with the palace guards. They are so tall. I accidentally speak to the guard men if they were tired. Lol. They put so much effort on their make up as a guard and standing for hours there, meanwhile people try to hold their arm for taking photos. I believed that they are part timer workers, which it can be found easily all around the country. Part time job is a common situation in Korea.

Right in front of Gwanghwamun, you can find Sejong statue and Yi Shun Sin statue (also a museum behind the statue which is free). Finally, I entered one of the Running Man site, Yi Shun Sin museum, which is quite famous for the war ship.  There is also a big korean post office nearby if you search for postcards and korean stamp. They have a small place for traveller who want to pray for the victims of Sewol accident. I hold my tears at that time cause they displayed all the victims there and most of them are students. I hope that their families are strong and living well. Gwanghwamun square are packed with a flea market every sunday. They sell shoes, clothes, accesories, bags, hanbok etc. Hanbok is quite cheap there. My friends bought some hanbok for his friends. It was about 10.000 won or equal 10USD. My friend told me that he bought so many stuffs back then when he first came to Korea in Gwanghwamun flea market. They sell second hand clothes and shoes which are very cheap but original. I found Nike, Reebok etc was sold at 15.000 won or 15USD in a very good condition.  I bought a coat which it cost 10USD. What impressed me a lot is I found the biggest subway exit in my life lol, the Gwanghwamun station is located right in front of the statue.

Tongin Market

I was following Cory youtube channel diligently before I went to Korea. One of the attraction place that I want to visit the most is Tongin Market. We can walk from Gyeongbukgung palace to the market but we decide to take the bus. The bus directions are written in korean, so better if you want to visit Korea please learn korean alphabet first. We pay 5000 won for a doshirak/lunch box and we got 10 coins. You can exchange the coins with any kind of food in the market. We got odeng tteokpokki, pajeon, mayak kimbab (I desperately want to try this), fruit salad, and sikhye (finally I got it). We shared our lunch box for two cause you’ll get a lot in one lunch box. For moslem, be careful of what you want to eat cause some foods are mixed with meat, for the example : kimbab are mostly mixed with ham.

K-Style Hub

We were looking for praying room. I know that K-Style Hub has one. We took the bus from Tongin Market to K-Style Hub. I had one thing that I’m quite confused about the bus driver in Korea. Some of bus driver asked us to get off from the bus (K-Style Hub and Arirang). We found out from the bus display that the place is not that we were looking for. We got off and what we find is our destination. Whats happen here, exactly? Lol. I just ... still confused. It was raining at that time. My accuweather told me that it was 8 celcius. So cold. The K-Style building was warm enough to make us stay. You can pay for about 10.000 won for experiencing cooking class or crafting class, but make sure the class is available at the time your arrival. There are some photozone where you can take photos with your favorite YG artists such as 2NE1, Big Bang and PSY.

Dongdaemun Design Plaza

We missed the opening hours of DDP yesterday night so we try to visit one more time. DDP is not as amazing as I see in youtube. There are a lot of walking and all the place are covered in white so it was boring enough for me personally. I got some beautiful postcards here. They were sold at 1000-2000 won each. I personally think visiting DDP at night is a lot better.

Ewha Womens University

We got only tired in DDP so we head to Ewdae. Shit, this is the most regrettable place for me. Simply because I didnt see alot around the area. I walked only for about one hour here and missed the famous shopping street which located left side of the university. I told myself that I will be back to visit this area one more time next time. The area is not really that crowdy maybe because it was raining? I saw bunch of cosmetic store all around the street. I visited almost all the stores lol. There are a lot of 50% sales when I visited Missha store, especially for their cushion line. I visited the famous Ewdae entrance gate and I dont know that it is actually a big library! Gosh! The entrance gate is covered with library both on the left and right side. That was so beautiful.  When we got back to the subway, we asked a man around. We finally met someone who can speak english fluently. Manse!  

Hongik University

Of course, we dont want to miss the opportunitty visitting Hongdae. Again, we only walked for about 30 minutes here so we got nothing. I definitely will be back here! I didnt even see the famous street perfomance here. There are a lot of cafes. There are so many people here. I cant see any of quiet place, all were packed! I think the most generous cosmetics store (in term of sample) are found here. I bought only one wash off mask from SkinFood and they gave toner and emulsion sample, also two other sample. 

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I just came back from my Seoul trip las week. I plan to share about what I’ve been doing in Seoul. The first chapter will be the itenerary. My itenarary changed a lot. I did plan more exciting itenarary but suddenly we want to visit Arirang broadcasting TV so that the itenerary changed.

Saturday, 22 Oct

Dongdaemun Gate

After checking in, we went straight to find Dongdaemun Gate. We took the subway from the Sinseoldong station to Dongdaemun station. We need to find the Dongdaemun gate cause personally I need to find a cosmetics store nearby. There always one or two person in charge of a subway station, so we asked which exit we need to take in order to get close to the gate. Sadly, they cant speak english. I asked about my destination : which I believe international tourist more familiar with the name Dongdaemun Gate which I cant think there is an official korean name of it. Shit. So that, we asked around in korean (yes I can speak korean, even though it’s my first time visiting Seoul) and they dont even recognize the place. I remembered Namdaemun also has one, so that I explained again in korean to the grandpa police and he recognized the gate. We follow his direction but cant find the gate. We try to enter every exit and finally we found the gate. It was satisfying!

Dongdaemun gate is more familiar as Heunginjimun Gate in Korea so that explains everything. I personally think visiting this place at the day will be better than at night. I cant take any photo of it because there is no enough lighting for taking photos. There a lot of stuffs to see around like cosmetics stores, socks store, bag and accesories stores, and many more. Dongdaemun is also very popular for travellers who want to buy cheap clothes and shoes. There are many shoes and clothing market nearby, for the example : Pyeonghwa Market. We visited the famous coffe shop Paik’s Coffe, which I’m not really sure that is quite famous in Korea lol. I recognized the owner is a famous korean chef. After we visited the coffee shop and try some delicious odeng and hotteok (which are very very cheap), we need to get back to the cosmetics store cause my friend need to buy something. Suddenly, an ahjussi (an old stranger in a suit) came to us and called us multiple times. He want to give us some fruits so I received the fruits. There was kind a misunderstading between us cause he offered us kkam which has multiple meanings. It can be a part of meat but also can be a fruit name so I was confused at that time but cant reject his offer. I didnt recognized that he was drunk at that time. It is kind a difficult to recognize a drunken man/people in Seoul cause most of them are still well behaved. I told my friend about what I’m going through and he said he experienced similar thing where a stranger old men suddenly bought him lots of fruits. For me, dongdaemun area is the most exciting place cause it was our first destination. We stayed at nearby guesthouse around dongdaemun as well.

Dongdaemun Design Plaza

We still have a lot of time. We went to DDP, of course by subway. We saw the famous shopping malls in Korea from afar like Doota etc. We already know that is very pricy so we didnt get in. I saw a lot of couples there. I didnt think that korean is “very open” in a relationship before my trip. In reality, skinship in public is kind a normal thing. Kissing in public is kind a normal there. We met an Indonesian student when we took some photo in front of DDP. He asked us to take a photo of him and we were offered to take a photo also. I dont know but it is kind a new experience for me cause I met many kind people in my trip. Sadly, DDP museum was closed at that time. But there are a lot of cosmetics store such as Tony Moly, Nature Republic, The Face Shop etc inside DDP building. 

Second Chapter will be up in two days! Stay tune!

Saya sadar bahwasanya saya terlalu lama memendam tulisan ini di draft huhuhu. Saya mau membahas sedikit apa itu aplikasi Fesyen. Fesyen adalah sebuah aplikasi android terkait fashion dan beauty. Saya kebetulan membuat account di Fesyen sekitar tahun lalu setelah diperkenalkan oleh salah satu Indonesian beauty blogger. Saya cukup aktif di masa itu untuk ngepost aneka macam produk dan review singkat. Fesyen sering memberikan rewards bagi pengguna teraktifnya. Pengguna mendaftar campaign keaktifan terlebih dahulu sesuai periode rewards yang sedang ditawarkan dan kalau kita beruntung kita bisa terpilih. Karena saat itu sekali saya terpilih, sekarang saya mau share apa yang saya dapatkan dari reward Fesyen.

Pertama, paketan yang saya dapatkan dibungkus di dalam sebuah box kardus dari Fesyen yang bertuliskan Fesyen di atasnya. Box nya menarik dan sempat saya simpan cukup lama namun karena kotor jadi kemarin saya buang huaaaa. Tapi yang penting disini isinya. Kebetulan waktu itu saya mengikuti campaign untuk mendapatkan SKIN1004 Zombie Nose Pack. Dan saya dikirimin dua buah paket nose pack lucu di bawah ini.

Sejujurnya ini pertama kali, saya mendapatkan triple nose pack. Dari dulu berkeinginan ingin mencoba namun belum sempat karena triple mask begini harganya emang agak mahal. Di wishtrend atau hermo saya sering liat triple nose mask begini dijual dengan harga mulai dari 30ribuan alias enam kali lipat daripada harga single nose pack. Masker ini terdiri dari tiga jenis masker yang digunakan secara bertahap dalam sekali waktu. Pertama, membuka pori-pori di area hidung dengan menggunakan masker tahap pertama. Pas pertama menggunakan masker ini rasanya panas banget. Sampe-sampe karena nggak kuatnya saya lepas cepet-cepet, anjurannya sih 10-15 menit tapi saya keburu nggak kuat panasnya. Pas dilepas ternyata komedo di hidung saya meleleh huaaah nggilani yah hahaha. Maaf maaf tapi itu kenyataannya. Langsung cepet-cepet saya bilas dan dilanjutkan dengan masker kedua yaitu mencabut komedo yang tadi muncul di permukaan. Setelah kira-kira 10-15 menit dilepas dibilas. Terakhir, tinggal menggunakan masker terakhir untuk menutup pori-pori yang tadi terbuka. Kalau tahap ini sih bisa dilama-lamain. Boleh juga sisa essence nya digunakan di seluruh wajah atau bagian tubuh lain.

Penggunaan triple mask ini dianjurkan dilakukan satu hingga dua kali seminggu dan digunakan setelah dimasukkan ke dalam kulkas. Komentar saya setelah menggunakan triple nose pack ini adalah instan! Tanpa tahapan seperti dijelaskan oleh masker ini, saya pun sebenarnya melakukannya dengan cara yang agak berbeda. Ritual mingguan saya selalu dimulai dengan exfolliating dulu sehingga pori terbuka, dilanjutkan dengan masker wash off untuk mengangkat kulit mati dan diakhiri dengan sheet mask untuk menutup pori. Jadi sebenarnya sama aja ya? Hihi. Tapi saya akui triple nose pack ini praktis banget, khususnya jika sedang travelling produk ini cocok banget untuk dibawa. Namun sayangnya treatment menggunakan triple nose pack ini membutuhkan waktu yang cukup lama kira-kira sejam-an.

Okay itu tadi review Skin10014 Zombie Nose Pack. Entah kenapa awal tahun kemarin, aplikasi Fesyen susah untuk pos foto dan error kalau mau join campaign. Sayang banget yah. Sekarang saya udah nggak mengikuti lagi perkembangan aplikas Fesyen ini. 

Aku mau cerita mengenai kegalauanku akhir-akhir ini. Aku tiba-tiba teringat salah seorang teman dekat kuliahku dulu yang ribut melulu masalah kandungan mineral oil di dalam produk kecantikan. Waktu aku cek di meja riasku, gaya bener meja rias disebutnya padahal ya kecampur sama meja kerja juga sih, banyak produk yang mengandung mineral oil bok! Pas paling kaget itu liat semua cleanserku mengandung mineral oil. Langsung galau setengah mati. Pasalnya tahun lalu, aku nyobain drugstore night cream yang menggunakan mineral oil sebagai bahan utama dan hasilnya mukaku cekit-cekit. Karena tidak mau sejarah terulang, yang nggak enak diinget nggak cuma mantan yang beginian juga nggak enak cuy, akhirnya aku mulai menyeken- baca men-scan- semua skincare yang aku miliki. Dan tetap, kegalauan masih berakhir di cleanser ku yang semua bahan utamanya adalah mineral oil. Karena kesal, akhirnya aku mencari-cari di Wishtrend dan Koreabuys cleanser lain-yah barangkali ada yang diskon 50% YAKALI. Ternyata cleansing oil itu bahan utamanya juga mineral oil ibu-ibu! Ndeso sekali saya. Kemana saja saya selama ini. Langsung mencakar tembok dah ane. Terus penggantinya yang kira-kira murce apa? micellar water macam Bioderma gitu dah nemunya. Ini aja Bioderma hadiah dikasih nggak gue pakai sampai sekarang karena sayang barang mahal, masa iya gue mau buka dompet pribadi buat beli micellar water. Nangis setahun gue ntar. Dan pas aku cari-cari di Wishtrend dan Kobas, aku nemu banyak cleansing water yang reviewnya apik-apik dan muraah book! Iya murah karena ukuran botolnya segede botol aqua seliter- eh nggak seliter juga sih. Jadi, sementara itu aku masukin wishlist. Ntar deh belinya, ribet ngabisin cleanser yang di rumah.

Eh kok, tiba-tiba aku ngomongin mineral oil yak? Iya jadi review kali ini tentang skincare berbahan natural. Yaelah, ngomong dari awal kek buk, sorry lumayan kan curcol. Mana mungkin gue cerita-cerita ke temen gue tentang kegundahan mineral oil, yang ada mereka bengong sambil nanya, “Apaan barusan? Mineral water? Tuh beli aja di Alfamart!” Yaelah pingsan di tempat.

Brand yang mau aku share sekarang adalah brand yang juga baru pertama kali aku dengar sebulanan lalu. Naruko itu ternyata brand dari Taiwan dan udah cukup lama melalang buana di dunia kecantikan. Sayangnya, ini brand masih belum populer di Indonesia. Di FD aja nih ya, thread nya sepi abis. Tapi nggak terkenal di Indonesia bukan berarti nggak bagus lho dan bukan berarti mahal juga. Kalau nggak percaya, coba liat review beauty blogger luar di Youtube. Mereka semua bilang Naruko products itu holy grail! Wah gimana nggak penasaran gue!

Naruko- inget ya K bukan T berabe entar dibilang temennya Kakashi- adalah brand yang mengkhususkan produknya hanya dibuat dengan bahan-bahan natural. Inti dari pesan yang ingin disampaikan brand Naruko ini adalah enhance you fairness. See? Bikin kulit jadi lebih cerah dan meminimalisir pori-pori yang terlihat di permukaan. Huaa this is something that I need. Wajahku mudah kusam dan pori-pori di area hidung juga melebar semenjak menggunaka pore pack. Dasar pore pack jahanam-eh salah sayanya yang nggak paham kalau harus pores closing setelah treatment huaaa.

Naruko Raw Job’s Tears Supercritical CO2 Pore Minimizing and Brightening Moisturizer membuat kulit menjadi terlihat lebih muda dan kenyal. Moisturizer ini menargetkan semua jenis tipe kulit, baik yang mau mengecilkan pori-pori dan hyperpigmentation.

Cara penggunaan : tuangkan produk secukupnya ke kapas dan aplikasikan dengan cara menepuk pelan ke seluruh wajah. Hindari area mata.

Setelah menggunakannya kira-kira hampir satu bulan. Aku melihat ada improvement di wajah berupa pori-pori di pipi mulai kabur, sementara di hidung dan dagu masih terlihat. Produk ini belum mencerahkan untukku namun mencegah jadi kusam. Soalnya habis make up-an seharian dan kena matahari, wajahku gampang gosong. Setelah pakai ini, wajahku jadi nggak gampang gosong. Pelembab ini juga lumayan melembabkan kok untuk ukuran kulitku yang kering. Teksturnya mirip banget 11:12 sama Laneige Skin Refiner yang hydrating toner. Lumayan juga hemat waktu pas pagi-pagi karena nggak perlu pakai pelembab lagi, tinggal dilanjut sunscreen dan base make up. Packagingnya apik banget nget nget. Jadi inget SK II yang anti aging. Miripppp abisss.

Aku mencoba objektif namun aku belum menemukan kekurangan produk ini selain masa penggunaannya yang terbilang singkat karena bahan-bahan yang digunakan natural. Produk ini juga bebas paraben-jadi yang anti paraben ayo merapat, bentuk barisan dan teriakkan AKU MAU INI hahahaha. Harganya juga terbilang masih affordable dengan isi sebanyak 120ml. 

Overall, aku cinta dengan produk ini karena bahan utamanya natural. Selain itu, teksturnya yang watery bikin cepat meresap di kulit, melembabkan dan wadahnya cantik. Oiya aku nemu kekurangannya apa guys! SUSAH DIDAPAT! IYA SUSAH IBU-IBU, SAUDARA SENEGARA! Guardian official yang menjual- apa Watsons yak lupa kak ampun- itu cuma di SG, Malaysia sama Taiwan. Jadi kalo mau beli harus kesana dulu. Semoga besok pas gue transit di KL bisa nemu ini buat restock huaaaa. Daripada postingannya tambah bikin gue galau, saya tutup kawan-kawan. See you di postingan yang lain! Kiss Bye!

Saat ini disampingku ada dua nail polish kesayanganku akhir-akhir ini yaitu L.A. Girl Color Pop GNL817 dan Just Miss Stroberi no 013. Sementara ini aku mau mereview nail polish alias cat kuku dari Just Miss Stroberi dulu. Kalau kalian ngikutin beauty trend tahun lalu, Just Miss ini adalah brand yang cukup digemari oleh kalangan perempuan di Indonesia, tentu tidak lain karena lip crayon nya yang murah abiss dan warnanya apik-apik. Sebiji lipstick nya dihargai belasan ribu doang dan itupun isinya luar biasanya buanyak. Semenjak itu, saya juga mulai icip-icip produknya di counter Stroberi. Eyeshadow nya juga apik pigmented dan murah. Nail polish nya sendiri warnanya banyak banget pilihannya sampai bingung. Saat ini saya punya no 03,024,013, dan 014. Meskipun harganya sama, ternyata mereka ini konsistensinya beda lho. Kali ini saya mau review shade 013 dan 014 dulu karena tekstur keduanya yang mirip.

Giliks udah lama nggak nulis mantra kayak di atas, susah juga euy nulis ulangnya wahahaha. Kalau saya cocokin sama nail polish saya yang lain bahan utama yang dipakai masih sebelas dua belas, hanya saja yang lain-lain masih mengandung bahan tambahan yang mungkin membuat teksturnya berbeda. Warna 013 lebih ke warna orange tapi pas diaplikasiin agak sheer. Sedangkan warna 014 lebih ke pink pokoknya apik.

Kecepatan keringnya termasuk lumayan lama ,tapi ya bisa dimaklumi toh harganya murah sekitar 12ribuan. Sejauh ini nail polish dari Stroberi ini tidak membuat kuku saya jadi kuning ataupun rusak. Memungkinkan sekali untuk diaplikasikan double layer tapi kadang-kadang malah jadi rusak. Aplikatornya terbilang kurang begitu bagus. Kadang suka nggak rata atau mengumpul di satu area sehingga membuat waktu pengaplikasian jadi terbilang lama.   Isinya terbilang banyak yaitu 10 ml. Untuk masalah keawetan, berdasar pengalaman sepertinya tidak ada nail polish yang akan tahan banting terhadap pekerjaan rumah tangga tanpa dikasih toap coat. Sehingga dalam keadaan apapun saya selalu menggunakan top coat. Kan kesel tu kalau nail polish yang udah susah-susah dipakai kok malah netel/lepas.

Anyway, Just Miss ini sudah mengantongi sertifikat BPOM sehingga tidak perlu khawatir. Kamu tetep bisa menghias kuku dengan cantik tanpa mengeluarkan uang banyak-banyak. Oh ya! Kebetulan saya suka ngikutin acara Get it Beauty dan disana diceritain kalau maksimal menggunakan nail polish itu sebaiknya sekali setahun. Duh. Kalo saya 12 kali setahun hahaha, diitung amet sih ya hahaha. Tapi untungnya meskipun sebulan sekali makai di kuku sendiri langsung, nggak pakai kuku palsu, kuku saya tetap sehat hihi. Yang penting ngebersihin yang bener dan sering diperhatikan aja kesehatan kukunya, termasuk kuku kaki ya girls!

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*tatatat tatatatat* *malah ngedance glassbead*

Bingung harus dimulai seperti apa jadi maaf kalau opening agak nggak jelas. Hiih saya tuh ya seneng banget sama G-Friend habisnya mereka kayak boneka. Semoga pas saya ke Korea saya bisa ketemu mereka (aamiin). Nah postingan kali ini saya mau curhat tentang penggunaan Tea Tree Skin Clearing Toner. Karena namanya panjang banget, kita singkat jadi TTSCT. Wakakak jadi inget nama salah satu club di SMA dulu namanya TSC *lagi-lagi nggak nyambung*

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Dong ding dong...

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