Some Simple food

A few days ago , I was at home. My parents and sister did not come back yet. Mal ,my brother ,was plonked in bed. Obviously he was tired with the night shift.  I thought of cooking but then , I felt quite hungry. So there were some prawn, tomato and eggs. I made the the shrimp louie. This salad is filling. I made some for my brother.

Before that , my sister Nas had a nice recipe with "Budu" involved . Budu is a delicacy , if I may say so favoured by those from the East Coast of penisular Malaysia .It is  fermented fish sauce.  My mother made some cabbage in coconut milk or masak lemak kobis, fried chicken, boiled or steamed fish and eggplant  with long beans. Of course a hard boiled egg in Budu with slices of  onion and bird 's eye chillies. It was very nice. I liked it a lot.

I was thinking of making some mee with wantan . My sister made some , it was dim sum the other day. Later we went to eat at a restaurant selling noodles . I had noodles  with beef.  I think I will make some beef stock and beef and keep it hot , so that I can eat some noodle whenever my mother is not at home or when  my parents fast on Mondays and Thursdays. My father said that fasting makes one healthy.  My husband had made some Carbonara sauce yesterday  and I had boiled some spaghetti.  I will have those tomorrow I and  will make probably make  some more shrimp salad.

Sendayu Tinggi - D'folia and Sedu Arrow

Last week I went to KL to buy a new jar of Pond's cold cream. I bought it at Hanifa textile at Jalan Masjid India. This is my third jar  in the last two years. I bought the 269 gm which costs RM 18.90. Then I went to buy a linen cloth at one of the shops. There is sale , I bought  an olive coloured one. Last time it was the soft peach .

Today I purchased    Sendayu Tinggi traditional supplements  called D'Folia and Sedu Arrow. I have been taking the supplement for about two years. D'Folia is from the honeymoon set and Sedu Arrow is from the women'sset.  I used both for anti aging purposes  and for  my overall health. So far I liked these supplement . I have not tried the ST  Beauty and D'Folia coffee though . One can became a ST  member  for RM 25  at their outlets and they  do have nice makeup colours. You can find the details here at  :http://sendayutinggi.com/

Aidilfitri ,Himalaya Neem Pack,Dr Denese and Payot

Selamat Hari Raya !!! This Aidilfitri , my sisters are here and my brothers with the exception of Zahid. There is the usual fare  , the rendang chicken and meat, sayur lodeh and the nasi impit. This year 's eid is quiet and happy. My sister Nas , Rafiq , Tae and Akmal were around with their families. Yesterday we went to Rafiq's house , Sadd is in Kelantan and Yati came back as a surprise. 

In  the past week I have been looking up for Dr Denese skincare. It looks good especially the Firming Pads. I am also interested in the age corrector cream, the blue cream the hydroshield cream and serum. Lastly it is her Resurface and glow treatment face wash.  I have been watching  all her videos . The founder of this skincare is Dr Adrienne Denese. She is from Hungary and  has a medical degree from Cornell  University medical college. In 1997 she opened her anti aging clinic in New York. She has also written a book called Dr Denese's Secrets for Ageless skin: Younger skin in 8 weeks. 

I have also used the Himalaya Herbal's  Neem Face  Pack for Oily and Pimple prone skin. This is a mask which contains Neem,turmeric and Fuller's earth . It has a distinct sandalwood scent. The colour is dark green with greying tones. It is a pleasant mask which is  cooling and tightening. It firms  and rejuvenate the skin and also clears the skin of all blemishes.  This face pack is said to regulate excess oil  secretion , cleans clogged pores and improves skin texture. It costs RM 19.90 for a 150 ml tube. So far I have used it twice.

The next skincare which caught my attention is Payot. Payot is a  French skincare , the founder is Dr Nadia Payot who  was one of  Europe's  first female  medical doctors  . She created the line in 1927. The creams are about RM 200 depending on the website . It is available at Impian Wanita and Strawberrry net.  I am aware of this skincare as  I used to work near the company which imports this skincare. The products I am interested in are Pate Grise for pimples of course and the Special 5 lotion. Some of  the interesting creams are   Design Lift , Creme Anti Rides ,Design Visage and Creme Jeunesse Du Visage. Most of the creams are  for anti aging and lifting . I think this will be on my wish list next year.

Pineapple juice and Sri Mawar cosmetic

I was thinking of how to eradicate  uneven skin . So far with the Garnier peeling cream, it is still visible but  not too apparent. I am into half of the jar and I plan to buy another . I was thinking of using pineapple juice. It has an enzyme called Bromeilan which is a natural BHA which is good to exfoliate the skin . One has to use the fresh juice immediately. Leave it on for 15-20 minutes.  . There is one  recipe calling for coconut milk and pineapple juice in equal quantity and putting  the concoction on the face. Another is to dip a face towel  into fresh pineapple juice and leaving the towel dripped with the juice for 15 minutes. This is one of the natural face lighteners  which I came across. Once my mother buys the fruit for her daily smoothie I will try it on.With natural ingredients , one does not have to worry about chemicals so much but sometimes who knows best ?

I was spying on  the Peter Roth Thomas 3% glycolic wash most of the time along with the  gentle pads.I wonder if it is any good . Since  I am not into high end product just yet . I was thinking of  trying the Sri Mawar Cosmetic. It is made of fruit extracts,flowers and vegetable protein.  It has been around  since 2000, from Johor . 

The line is simple and complete. I like the soft pink packaging.  I like the beautiful skin of the  lady in the advertisement . So fair and flawless.The basic line is made of  cleansing milk , foaming wash , freshener , glicoderm cream and uv cream. There is the normal skin set and the oily  skin set.        The whole set is for RM 260. Then one has to add about RM 100 for the the scrub and a moisturiser.   If you are interested here are some websites which sell this nice skincare line.http://srimawarkosmetiks.blogspot.com/ and http://yakinjaya.blogspot.com/2008/11/sri-mawar-kosmetik.html

Papaya and honey mask

I have controlled the acne  to some extent.  The Clean and Clear acne wash is very good. I have also used the tumeric powder on the last  pimple . So far it has receded.    I was thinking of  some mask to try . I found that a papaya mask would do the trick to exfoliate and for anti aging purposes. Papaya is wonderful fruit. It was called the fruit of the angels by Christopher Columbus. Papaya is an excellent source of Vitamin C and Vitamin E. It is good to prevent cancer . I mashed 1/4 cup of papaya and add 1 tablespoon of honey.  Maybe I should blend the fruit but it was little.  The mask is good . I used it for 15  minutes. There is not adverse affect , it does not feel itchy. I like this mask. It is tasty and sweet . A mask good enough to eat. Some other face pack I would like to try is the Neem Pack by Himalaya and Queen Helene Mint Julepe mask which is available in Malaysia. Either one it is for acne prone face like mine.

My sister Sadd  has got her doctorate degree . Both my sisters Yati and Sadd had gone back . Last two days we broke fast at the  Puteri Restaurant and Homst Chinese Muslim restaurant. The food is good with fish. The last four days we consumed more fish and seafood. It seems that my parents like fish . The bigger the better. We had 'Ikan bakar ' or grilled fish, some steamed fish . Here are some videos about papaya mask and treatment.

Break outs and Clean and Clear

I had breakouts . There are tiny zits popping on my face . About three annoying zits. It must be the sleepless nights and some house wife stress. . I thought of drinking  cucumber juice . I had blended one and now I will juice another one. Cucumber juice is good to flush  out toxin .It has manganese, potassium , silica , vitamin A among others and  is good for the skin and hair.

Today my sister Yati bought most of the break fast dishes. There is the coconut water, some prawn and petai sambal, some jackfruit curry  and my husband had cooked a tomato based chicken and mushroom dish. We had Tropicana twister for the drinks.  I had gone to the physio today . The lady in charge , Miss Sharifah said that it will take 3 months for my hand to completely heal . We will have to wait.Tomorrow my father said there will be roast lamb at the Ghufran mosque nearby.

As for the breakouts, I will have to change the oats which I bought . I need to buy rolled oats. I then went to make a tomato and yoghurt mask. I use it twice. It doesn't tingle though. So I think it's okay. Then I put Apple cider vinegar on the face constantly.  One zit is nearly gone and then I put the tumeric paste twice. It seem to heal but not drying. Lastly I went to Guardian Pharmacy to buy another face wash. My sister said her beautician said not to use the AHA and BHA cleanser everyday.  So off I went  to the pharmacy , there are Oxy , Clearasil and Clean and Clear . I wanted to buy the preventive face wash  for acne. Since I have acne my first choice was Clean and Clear. Perhaps because I have been searching for something or because it stand out. I use the gel cleanser last night and one pimple had dried and two had not. It will resurface again. I think I should eat something for this pimples. Like a jamu for pimple. Like the Puteri Binari  Jamu for pimple.Perhaps it will.

Olay moisturizing cream and Oat Mask

I have been using the olay moisturizing cream for some time. It's an on and off thing. I like the texture and the smell . I don't have any complaint about this cream. I don't use the fluid though. I never thought of using the fluid. Sometimes in my early twenties I just don't like the fluid. Then in my thirties I started to use the cream and until now at 45 . I use it alternately with the Olay Total Effect. I have not tried the Olay Regenerist perhaps I will use the serum only. Ramadhan is here. We break fast at home , yesterday my mother made her prawn curry and the tomato chicken and some salad or kerabu. It is Kerabu Kacang botol. My mother said she wanted to make a different kerabu every day. I read in many reviews that some elderly women their mothers or grandmothers did not have wrinkles when they use the classic Olay fluid. Another is Dorothy Gray's Satura cream . When I was younger I used to like the advertisements in the Female magazine. I have not seen this cream in Malaysia but there is an ebay seller called Perfumezen who sells this cream . It costs about RM 100 with postage .Some swore by  this cream . I thought of making a face cream my self . The only thing is I have sensitive skin. I found a nice website with   old  skin care formulations . I like the website because it has vintage and simple recipes . The only thing is to find lanolin and cocoa butter. Here is the website http://www.oldenbuzz.com/recipes/recipes/5/creams%09.html.

Today I tried the oat mask for the first time. I use the instant oats and I ground it. I use only water . At first it was cooling and then it felt itchy. I don ' t know why maybe I am not used to it or perhaps I did not use the way it should used. Well, I will try it the next time maybe with honey. The oatmeal mask is beneficial as   it exfoliates the skin and absorbs the excess oil from the skin. It removes  dead cells and unclog the pores. So for these benefits I will try once this mask once again. Someone also mentioned that they use the oats as a cleanser . Another  uses  skim milk. I think I will try  both. Here are some you tube videos with the oatmask yoghurt and honey. Enjoy ...