Skincare regime 2010

I bought the Citra Lestari rice milk on Friday  at Semua House and have been using it these days. Sometimes I will clean my face with Pond's cold cream. I saw some at Haniffa store at Jalan Masjid India. They have a few left . I still have mine so I did not buy the big one. I wonder if they will stop selling  the cold cream . Too bad if they do . The  rice millk soap has a clean smell and foams a lot. After that  I use the apple cider toner. Some school of thought  says  that using toner is not really necessary , some  say they do. matter  I normally do not use any toner maybe some rose water. Then I use a Pond's  moisturiser .In the afternoon or at  night I will use the bedak sejuk . I have made the egg yolk and honey mixture to prevent wrinkles. One teaspoon of egg yolk  to two teaspoons of honey. It is good as the face will become moist. Now if I have zits I will dap Apple cider vinegar on  to it. It stings and clears up fast. I put the acv on the my face while my face is still damp after washing. I find that it will sting the face if  it is dry.  Now I use baking soda as a scrub. It is cheap and works well .

As for sunscreen I still have the Murad sunscreen my sisters gave me and the Garnier one .  I try to limit the time I am under the sun.  At night I  use oil , moisturiser or the Safi beauty cream. I think this will do . I don't have a break out. I have some pigmentation. It is less visible and 3 black spots. There is some discolouration but not so visible.  I think the bedak sejuk does it's job . Well this is my skin regime for the moment . 

As for moisturisers I seem to be going back to Olay . The original one and Total Effects. Then Safi , now it's  Pond's. Maybe I will try the Regenerist line.  Safi is not bad . I read that there are many faithful users of Safi. I can get Pond's Dry Skin Cream  at Haniffa.  I used Tia Amelia whenever I could.  Some brands I'd like to try  is Renew or Sukin, Hada Labo , Roc , Simply Sity , Avalon and some other upmarket ones. If my face get's clearer , free from any blemish , discolouration  . I might stick to this regime.

Here is one of the  many websites that talk about  Pond's cold cream :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxC5dWT-V00&feature=related

Apple Cider Vinegar and Citra Lestari Rice Milk Soap

My husband and I went to buy an apple cider vinegar. Braggs from the neighbourhood organic store. We have consumed it for about three days. My husband felt more energetic.  There is a  face scrub made of bicarbonate soda . It is said to be good for  te hands. I saw the hand scrub from Hollywood beauty secrets in you tube.  I also made a toner with 50% water and 50% apple cider vinegar.   I then  put some apple cider vinegar on  to my pimple and had cleared in two days. 

I don't know why I have pimples popping on nowadays.  Perhaps it is  the stress. There is a therapy called LED light therapy. I wonder if it is availalbe in Malaysia.There is a soap in the market called Citra Lestari Rice Milk soap It is made from the rice water which is very good for the skin like the bedak sejuk I use every week. The large size is RM 20 and the smaller one is RM 10. It is said to lighten the face.. I have been changing cleansers . Now I am using Esmeria before it is Safi.

Here is the hand scrub from the lady who writes Hollywood beauty secrets.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsMQDjefczk and from Citra Lestari  http://citra2u.blogspot.com/2009/04/sabun-kecantikan-susu-beras.html.

Jane Austen and Jingga

Jingga my male cat has a lady visitor every night. A scrawny looking female cat from the colony of cats behind our house. She does not like him.  I had to bring her out.  Poor  Jingga , he is still searching and waits for her. He refuses to come into the house. She will come again around 2  am  with Awang the cat. I had to shoo shoo Awang out because I don' t want them to fight.

I have been watching Jane Austen's novels uploaded on the You Tube. I am currently watching Persuasion 1995 there is another version in 2007. I like cotton dresses, the thing is my tailor does not know how to make empire dresses . I saw a nice chiffon  dress at Arcadia in Jusco Bandar Utama. It is about RM 80. I will show it to my tailor . A Miss Diah.

 I have now realised my  dream to read again. I went to the  Project Guttenberg website . So there are three novels to read simultaneously , if I don't doze off. A room with a view, Greenmantle by John Buchan and The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton .A chapter a day.  My husband said that there  are period movies sold  in a shop where he works. All I have to do is give him the titles. Nevertheless , I can enjoy the movies now. So for now I can

go back to favourite pastime .

Food

I have been cooking since my husband is still on holidays.  Capati and the tomato yogurt chicken , ladyfingers and eggplant. Yesterday it was the same recipe using meat . We tried to make yogurt but it was not quite successful. So I finished the yoghurt . I bought some more today.  I  am trying to read Emma and Middlemarch which I bought years ago. Maybe I will get another book.

I saw 'Coco before Chanel' last night.It  was a sad story.  It was a wonderful true story of a woman who became very rich despite her being an orphan and humble upbringing .  Coco Chanel. I love her bags. She loved to read.. She never married. The man she loved  was married to  another rich woman and  he met an accident one day. He died . True stories of successful  ones  are often tinged with  sadness . So are  the classics. 

I wonder if I will be able to buy some wallpaper for my bedroom. I saw the french style bedroom set from John Lewis . Closer to home , there  is another white bedroom set advertised in " Pengantin"  or Bride magazine. Fella has white furniture . I am into white furniture . 

I thought of having pink wall paper but that is too feminine. Blue , well blue or maybe butter since I realised that  I love rooms with  cream walls. I am into creamy , golden . I also like blue or duck blue . A blue room. I intend to have a blue room one day with some chinoseries.   Well , a nother day for dreaming.

Capati and Emma

It took me about 18 years to learn how to make capati. A famous  flat bread. I don' t know, I am not sure how to knead or how much flour to add.  Last week I asked my husband to buy some atta flour. Since I know how to make well a decent looking pie sometimes , he did.  I looked up at the You tube. Tried doing one and then my husband showed me how to make a capati. He made a huge batch yesterday , he is still not sure that I could make the proper mixture. I rolled the dough . When you have knead the mixture and let it sit. Make a small ball and then make it into a round shape and pat both sides into some flour . That will make it easier to roll . So now my husband is very happy to eat the capatis at home every day.

I loved watching Emma by Jane Austen  I saw the latest one in 2009 at the YouTube where else .What a breath of fresh air and away from the real world.  How I love to see Emma having dinner and watch her antics. I love period movies.  I bought " Pride and Prejudice '' with Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Bennet. I especially love the part when they were having breakfast. I love watching food. I do not know where I place it. I have to search for it again.

Well, Mr Darcy is always dashing and aloof and tall. I have bought "Sense and Sensibility "  last two years. I have enjoyed it immensely. When I was a teenager , that is I used to watch a programme called " Affairs of the Heart ". It was everything about love in Victorian England. I used to love the large bird cage .Sometimes it is very nice to escape from the 21st century and doodle in times when things are less complicated or was it ?

I have also watched Fransesca Annis in 'Lillie ' the life of Lilie Langtry with my mother and sisters.