Romantic ,Beautiful Homes and Kutu.

La Belle Vie - Bel Air

It's the time again. I am back to my favourite themes. Romantic homes and Louis XVI furnitures. While I like English style themes , I am drawn to french furniture. Rococo , and more and more I am drawn to Louis XVI furniture once I know the difference. I love french doors . This is my dream home . It's called La Belle Vie, which is French for "beautiful life." It is in Bel Air and there are many Louis XV and XVI-inspired details. It's now for sale for USD 53 million. Well ,I read somewher that you have to dream for something that you want . These are my favourite things to surf .I like white furniture . I also like to surf the Horchow Collections, France Era, Sweet Pea and Willows and all others. Well it's no harm to dream of something lovely.

Now I also like a site called Cindy's Romantic Home. I love Cindy's blue bedroom. I love her white furniture. And she paints her funiture white something I wanted to do but do not know how. I like her French dining table and chairs with blue toile fabric . Toile is also very french. I especially adore her white lacy linens. Vintage of course . I also love the shrimp louie she has with her daughter Lauren outside with the white linens and all . Maybe I should do that also and have outdoor food with my parents . You can find the shrimp louie on the patio at :http://romantichome.blogspot.com/2009_06_01_archive.html

I just bought a Carvenzi white furniture bedroom with some romantic details. There is a brown chest of drawers which I thought of painting it white. I don't feel confident about sanding it . I did once with an old dresser . Perhaps I put new white doors for my cupboard . That will cost me RM 500. I thought of buying white and blue wall paper somewhere and that would cost me RM 1000.00. I think I will do some Kutu . Kutu is a system played by Malay women to buy what they want. It's played in a groups . It's like you can pay in installments not to the bank but those who offer the stuff. For example you want to buy something for RM 500 . There will be 10 ladies in a group , each will pay RM 50 per month and then when it is your turn , you will get the stuff and so on until you pay for the rest 9 month. It is a swell way. Most women do this so you have some monies to do whatever you want . My mother is the Kutu leader which means , she is the one who is conducts the Kutu and she will get the Kutu on the first month. Kutu leader and kutu players have to be trustworthy because some people might run away with all the Kutu money on the first month or refused to pay because they do not have sufficient funds.

Gold skincare

I have been reading on gold in skincare for the past two days. Anything that has gold in it , the serums , the ampoules the facial. I personally think that gold is a good way to heal the skin. It has been used as far back as the ancient Egyptians particularly by Cleopatra that is. I found an interesting site on the usage of gold. It's called the skin gold thread cosmetology.Using the face grids in like the Egyptians did , scientists in France and Russian had succeeded in the implantation of 24k gold thread into the face in 1999. It would be for those who want to look young for ever . As gold be for eternal youth.This is the site that says it all http://www.wanling.com.my/gold-thread/english/index.php.

It reminds me of the old malay practise that use gold called 'Susuk,' there 's the gold , and sometimes diamonds. Then there is UMO, the creator of the original UMO 24 Karat Gold Facial Treatment. Their headquarters is in Japan. Of couse there is the popular gold cocoa mask from Korea which I have bought and is using. It does brighten the skin.

There are some local companies which use gold in their skincare . One is BML a popular skincare by Becky M. Leogardo . It has been around since 1994.The skincare is hugely successful. Their gold skincare is called Alexa. Another gold skincare is from Silvana Ultimate. Silvana Ultimate has been around for 14 years .They have just launched a the gold set for RM 699 with Anita Sarawak as their ambasadress.

Years ago I used to buy a gold turmeric cream from Himani whenever I have any pimples. It does heal the pimples but it has a strong scent though. Shahnaz Hussein also has her own gold range, there is a mask, scrub and a foundation. I think they would have the gold facial as well.

So far I have found some ampoules that have gold in the first is tne the Beautee 24k Gold serum. There's the Italy 3003C Nano Gold Gel Mask and Italy 3003C Nano Gold serum which cost about 100 USD but you have to put it in the fridge once it is opened. Then there is the Swisa 24 Karat Ampoule which cost USD 249. So now you can choose to use the skincare, the serum or the ampoules. Then you can go for the 24k facial. For the ultimate in gold then go for the gold skin thread and be young forever .....

Mondays

Mondays are long. Last Saturday I sent my sister and her husband off to Dubai. It was sad . Then yesterday it was a long day. Today something happened to the the coding software. So now I am surfing again. It's raining this evening. I bought some jamu today . I think it 's good. I will go down on Wednesday to buy some beverages , I hope the girl at the shop does buy it.

Turmeric juice

My sister Sadd came back from Jakarta . She was on a show on Friday morning . All my sisters were here. We went to Shah Alam to Gulati's and then to have a nice lunch at a Vietnamese restaurant. This month we started to buy oranges and apples again for juicing purposes. I have not been very adventurous with this juicing thing though . I thought of buying some beets for the colour. So far I have not bought any. Last year I have made some Turmeric juice a.k.a Jamu Kunyit Asem. . I am not going out so much now . My sister Yati is going to Dubai this Saturday. Then it will Ramadhan. It was hectic last Ramadhan. I have not named the new cat but I think it has an owner .

Zamian Cocoa Mask and Muna Asy Syifa Herbs

I have received the gold cocoa mask today. I have tried and I liked it ,the mask is velvety and my skin feels soft after 20 minutes. I also received a Cacao facial scrub.I will wait and hopefully my pores will shrink by then . I think it will take about one month judging from the testimonies in the internet.

I also dragged my mother yesterday evening to buy some herbal preparations by Muna Syifa . The herbal product is free from preservatives and has been around for 40 years. What I liked most is that they have really nice traditional products for ladies and for a blissful marriage. I liked the bath herbal preparation. My mother seemed to like it too .

Today I also saw a toxin and fat foot patch from Japan.All you have to do is to put the patch on your feet and go sleep. It is sold for RM 89 for one pack. My husband is losing weight so perhaps I should try.

Korean skin care

Shills Hydrating Nutrient Mask = It can be used overnight . The difference is wonderful . It is made with sprirulina extract .

The skin after using the golden cacao mask

Look the no more pores !!!

For the past one week I have been surfing for beauty products. I stumbled across the BB cream. A Korean product which is used by the Korean movie stars. I have also wondered how they do get the flawless look. I found out about Skin79 which can be bought online for RM 70 to RM 90 depending on the seller. The retail price is RM 179 to RM 189 . Skin Food has their own BB cream which sells for RM 54.90. And then from there I saw their ad for the face mask. Well a picture is worth a thousand words. Need I see more, I was hooked. I was hooked by the photos only , not the description.

One of the face masks which attracted me most is the Shills Hydrating Nutrient Mask 50ml which cost from RM 39 to RM 50 depending on the seller. And another one the Korean Gold cocoa mask set which comes with two different soaps. I have just bought the mask from Wanita Melayu.com seller Zeta Joe for RM 81 . She said that I could use it over night. So here are some of the photos of both masks. Enjoy.