It's All About Self Respect and Love

Okay, so let me just say there is one best friend of mine, she is a lovely nice girl. Okay, sometimes she is a little bit annoying, but I also like to bother her too - lolol - so let me say we're equal. One day she is fall in love to someone, but she always told me that she does not deserve him. I asked her why, she told me that she has made a lot of mistakes in her life and she's hard to have a child (because her past illness), so she doesn't deserve anyone that is too good or too nice. Short story, the man treats my friend the way she thinks she deserve (a.k.a. take her for granted).

There is also a pretty woman. She has a nice sweet boyfriend. Her boyfriend is smart, actually this woman is also smart too and maybe even smarter than her boyfriend (?), but sometimes she's just a LITTLE bit lazy. Okay, that is a sarcasm and this woman actually is me. Lol. But you know what, I used to feel insecure with myself and that used to make me think that I am not good enough for him. When I told this to my boyfriend, he was mad at me. He said he never think about that even just for a second  and he told me to stop thinking about my self that way before I make him think so too. So, I stopped.

Sometimes there are times when we can feel a little bit insecure with ourselves and I think that is humanly. Sometimes some things that is just "a little bit" maybe won't hurt, but when you come into a conclusion that you don't deserve anyone that is better than you (at least in your thought), you need to STOP. Why? Because there is no one that is better than the other, at least we, human, can not measure that. Only God can do that, right? Everybody has made mistakes in their life and that makes us human. Nobody's perfect.

Yesterday I watched a movie, The Perks of Being a Wallflower. There are 2 lines in this movie that make me realize something: 

Sam: Why do I and everyone I love pick people who treat us like we're nothing? 
Charlie: We accept the love we think we deserve

Yup, that is really true. WE ACCEPT THE LOVE WE THINK WE DESERVE and I can't agree more. 

So, why do you think this can happen to us? For me, the answer is self respect and love for ourselves. Do you remember that song The Greatest Love Of All by Whitney Houston? It said that the greatest love off all is by learning to love yourself. I think that is really true. I know sometimes it's hard to do, but if  even you (yourself) can't love you for you, then who will? You get what I mean? And by learning to love yourself, you'll learning to have self respect too. And by loving and respecting yourself the way you are, there is no one that will treat you like a shit simply just because you won't let them to. No one can make you feel inferior without your consent (by Eleanor Roosevelt).

So let's take a deep breath now. Don't let anyone said that you are not good enough (especially yourself). Remember everyone has made mistakes. You have made mistakes. I have made mistakes and I believe that I'll make some more in the future. You have flaws, I have flaws, everybody has flaws. But those all that make us who we are right now. Don't forget, we all deserve the best (^▽^)


With love,

Judith
- A girl who has made many mistakes and has many flaws, but still awesome ;) -



My New Loves

Okay, before you think that I am a terrible woman (a.k.a. a horrible bitch) who has many boyfriends, I'll get some facts straight first: I only have one boyfriend (and I love him a lot) and I've always been such a really nice girl so I won't cheat of course (okay, the second one is a lie. If you mean to me, you'll have to say good bye to my "really nice girl" version and say hello to my "almost really bad girl" version. "Almost" because I won't be too bad lah, at least I won't bite you). Lolol..

I just wanna share my really pretty lovely new bags. I love them so much, can't choose which one I love the most. Hehehe..

So the first one is a tote bag from Love Moschino. I got this from my mom when she traveled to UK as my birthday present (my mom was in England when I celebrate my 22nd birthday recently). 

What do you think? Really nice, huh?  What I think? (。♥‿♥。)

Love Moschino Tote Bag

Love Moschino Tote Bag

Love Moschino Tote Bag details

Love Moschino Tote Bag details

This is what it looks inside ~(˘▾˘)~ It looks really well made..

Love Moschino Tote Bag details

The picture of me with my lovely tote bag from Moschino..

Judith Polimpung and Love Moschino Tote Bag

Now, the second one is a really cute pretty bag from my boyfriend. He gave this to me for my birthday present too. Actually he's also not there with me when I turned 22 because he works in another town for 2 years (it has been 8 months until now), but he'll take some days off and come home in less than 2 weeks so I am so happy right now (can't wait to see him) (≧◡≦)

Olive Oyl Bag Limited Edition

Really cute, right? It also can be use as a backpack, but if you don't want to, you always can take the strap off..

Olive Oyl Bag Limited Edition

This bag actually is  from Olive Oyl. It is limited edition..

Olive Oyl Bag Limited Edition details

The inside of this bag. Even this part is also cute (≧◡≦)

Olive Oyl Bag Limited Edition details

Okay, this is me (again) wearing my Olive Oyl Bag..

Judith Polimpung and Olive Oyl Bag Limited Edition

One selfie from me :p 
I'm wearing my new headband. I love it so much. So girly and pretty ♫♪♫( ´▽`)

Judith Polimpung in greem dress

If you often read my blog, you'll notice that I changed my blog template. Actually this is my first post after I changed it and accidentally in my picture above I wear a green dress that has the same pattern with my new template. Really coincidence. Lol..
Okay. That's all for today. I have to go right now and read my book for exam tomorrow.
Wish me luck #Finger Cross :)

So see you guys next time..
Bye..

Makeup Journey : Tips, Products, My Experience

I started to know about makeup when I was 17 (about 5 years ago). My very first makeup is mascara that I got from my best friend, Jeffica, for my 17th birthday. And that was the beginning of my journey in makeup world. Lol.


Since I got my first mascara, I began to collect another type of makeup like eye shadow, eyelashes curler, blush on, etc. Thanks to my mom, she was very supportive of me to learn to use makeup, so she help me to pick my another first makeup that time and of course paid them for me :p But because my mom don't know how to use makeup (she only wears lipstick, powder, and eyebrows pencil wherever she goes, oh, maybe a little bit pencil eyeliner in which she draws it on her lids with random motion and make them look messy), I had to learn using makeup on my own. So I did some research on the internet and then I did so many experiment with my own makeup on my face. Lolol. But for me it was really fun, such a great experiment I think. 

So after 5 years I learned to use makeup, I still can't say that I am pro because there are still so many things in makeup world that I need to learn and maybe I'll never called my self a pro unless I take makeup artist degree (really want to, maybe I'll do it someday). But even I'm not a makeup pro, I still want to share some of my experiment with you guys. Maybe they can help you on your journey in makeup world or if they're not, at least - hopefully - can entertain you all. Happy reading (∩_∩)

1. Great Skin = Flawless Makeup

Okay, so of course someone with nice healthy skin will make makeup application easier and make you one step forward to get that flawless makeup that every woman dreams of. But so bad, only a few women are blessed with nice skin and so sad I'm not the one of them (T^T) But for those who just like me don't be discouraged, because that's what makeup for - to hide a little imperfection and enhanced our natural beauty. But, there are still things that we can do to make our skin in their best condition. Remember to always wash you face before you're going to bed so your pores don't clog with dirt and makeup residue. If it is unnecessary, don't wash your face too often. Two times a day is enough even if you have oily skin because it can strip your natural oil on your face and irritate your skin. Even super oily skin can get dry. Don't believe me? You should because I have a super oily skin and I had some experience with my skin got dry and peeled of due to too much washing and using hot water to wash my face (never use hot water to use your face, it's better to use normal to warm water). Use skin care products to your face depend on your skin condition. Use face mask 2-3 times a week and never forget to use sun protection before you leave the house so your skin won't experience premature aging.
(Actually there are still a lot things that I can say about skin care routine, but it will be too long if I explain them in here and actually this is a post about makeup, so maybe I'll talk more about skin care in another post). 

2. Makeup Base/Primer

So you already do all of your skin care routine, the next step after using skin care products and before putting any makeup is using makeup base/primer. Actually if you want to skip this step, it's okay. I, myself, just began to use makeup primer about 8 months ago. But let me tell you, if you don't have a perfect skin, then this will become your best friend. It can smooth out your skin, make foundation or BB cream sit on your skin evenly. It also covers pores, fine lines, and other uneven areas on the skin. I have tried 2 kinds of makeup primer, Baby Choux Base from Etude House and No Sebum Mineral Primer from Innisfree. Between these two, my favorite is the one from Innisfree. If you want to know about it more, you can read my review about this product here.

3. Foundation/BB cream

Actually I can't really tell you about foundation since I never use it. I only have tried BB cream and finally I found the one that I really love so I never have any thought to replace my current BB cream with another BB cream or foundation. My current BB cream is Aqua Petit Jelly BB Cream from Holika Holika. I have tried another BB cream from other brand like Etude House, but Holika Holika Aqua Petit Jelly BB Cream is the best. It's really natural like your second skin, gives medium coverage, easily to blend onto my skin, has a great oil control, doesn't break out my skin, and gives ... hmmm I don't know how to explain it, but it gives you matte look but not really matte? I can't say that it is semi matte too, but in other words it gives a natural glow to your skin (even those who have a super oily skin like mine will look good with this BB cream too) so your skin look pretty and healthy. I usually use BB cream after using makeup primer. But sometimes when I got a little bit lazy, I directly use BB cream after my skin care. About foundation/BB cream, the one thing that you need to take a note is the color. More close it to your natural skin tone is better. Never use foundation/BB cream that much lighter or darker than your natural skin tone except you want to look like a clown or using a mask. If you don't have many option, it's better to use the one that darker from your skin tone than the one that lighter. I found the best way to apply foundation/BB cream is with sponge. I've tried to apply it with brush, but the result is not as I expected. The best sponge I've used is Beauty Blender. It's pricey, but really worth it  (∩_∩)

4. Concealer

Always pick concealer that is one level lighter than your skin tone. For me, I only use concealer for my dark circle. Most of my spot/pimples are already covered with my BB cream so I don't need to use any concealer anymore. My favorite concealer for my dark circle is Skinfood Salmon Dark Circle Cream. I love it so much because beside it covers my dark circle really well, it gives that glow effect to my skin too, so my eyes look more awake and bright. I found it's easier to apply concealer with sponge too.

5. Powder

I use powder to fix my makeup so it will last longer. My current powder is A'Pieu Oil Control Film Powder SPF 15 which has a translucent color. I've done a review about it before, so if you want to know about it more you can click here. From my experience, the best way to apply powder is with powder brush. Etude House has a nice powder brush with affordable price which I've reviewed here. Beside it will give you more evenly look, it also lessen the amount of the powder that you need to use so you can save some more money to buy another makeup product. Lolol. One thing that you have to remember, if you have oily acne prone skin, loose powder is your best friend. Never use compact powder because it can clog your pores and make your acne even worse. 

6. Eyebrow Fillers

Thank God I am blessed with naturally nice thick eyebrows so I don't need to use eyebrow fillers to much (except when I accidentally pluck my eyebrows too much  (>_<) Ugh..) But if you don't have thick eyebrows, no need to worry too much because there are so many ways today to get perfect nice eyebrows. You can use an eyebrow pencil, eyebrow gel, eyebrow mascara, eyebrow cream, or even get an eyebrow tattoo to get that perfect eyebrows. Just remember if you want to pick eyebrow fillers, whatever its type, the color must be one level lighter than your hair. Never use darker color or they'll look fake. 

7. Eye Primer

Eye primer actually has the same basic purpose with makeup base/primer. The difference is eye primer makes the eye shadow color more pop out. It also makes eye makeup staying longer before it crease. This will help you a lot especially if you have an oily eyelids which make eye makeup hard to hold out.

8. Eye Shadow

If you are a beginner, it's better if you buy an eye shadow palette that has many colors. It doesn't need to be expensive, the cheap one is nice too because the purpose of this is to find the best eye shadow color to compliment your look. My first palette eye shadow had 12 colors and it only costed me $5 (IDR 50.000). I had many fun experiment with it and after doing many experiment I found out that I look the prettiest with light brown or golden eye shadow. Even so I still do some experiment because it's really fun for me. I also love to use peach eye shadow. 

In store usually you'll find 3 types of eye shadow, cream, powder, and stick eye shadow. If you have oily eyelids, stick to the powder eye shadow. There are also matte and shimmer eye shadow. I usually combining them, shimmer and matte so my eyes look sparkle, but not too much. Always remember that shimmer eye shadow will accentuate fine lines. So for you who already have fine lines, it's better not to use shimmer eye shadow too much and stick with the matte one. 

9. Eyeliner

There are 3 types of eyeliner that you'll usually find in the store which are pencil eyeliner, liquid eyeliner, and  gel eyeliner. If you are beginner, pencil eyeliner will be more tolerable because it's the easiest one to use. My personal favorite is gel eyeliner because you can manipulate it in many ways. You can create soft natural to dramatic look with gel eyeliner and among them three, gel eyeliner has the best wear-resistant and pencil eyeliner is the one that has the worst wear-resistant.

10. Mascara

I always apply mascara after using eyelashes curler because I feel it's easier to apply mascara after they were curled and it made my eyes more pop too. Now I never apply mascara from the root of my eyelashes because in 2 hours my under eye will always full of black stain from my mascara. I always apply my mascara as close as possible to my eye lashes root, but never on the root. My favorite mascara brand is from L'oreal because it has a nice staying power and doesn't make my lashes really hard (I once tried mascara from Maybelline and it made my lashes really hard like they could broke). It has a great durable time too. I have this mascara from L'oreal that I bought 8 months ago and it still in a good condition. Not dried yet. Usually my mascara from other brands will be dried within 3 months.

11. Blush On

Oh, I always love blush on. They make my pale face looks healthier and with the right blush on, it will make you look like you flushed naturally. There are 3 types of blush on too, which are powder blush on (for normal - oily skin), gel blush on ( all skin type), and cream blush on (normal - dry skin). There are shimmer and matte blush on too. For blush on, I prefer the matte one because it will look natural on your cheek. My favorite matte blush on is Revlon Matte Powder Blush in Rose Rapture

12. Lippies

There are so many kind of lips product today in the market. There are lipstick, lipgloss, liptint, lip mousse, lip balm, lip stain, etc. There are so many colors that you can choose too and this will make you confused sometimes. But for those with less budget like me, of course you can't buy all of them right? So, what we can do about it? Actually we don't need all of those colors. You can only have 3 colors of lippies and you can get more colors from them. What I mean is you can mix those color that you have to get new color. For example, recently I really want cherry pink color, but I don't have any. So I just mix my pink lipstick with my red lipstick and I get that cherry pink color that I want. You can mix soft orange and pink too to get coral lips color, etc etc. It means experiment, experiment, experiment. My current favorite lippies is Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain in Honey Douce. It is also really good for beginner too because it's easy to applied and you don't really need to be careful when you applied it like if you applied matte lipstick ╭(^▽^)╯ 

If you have trouble with getting the colors on your lips because your lips are pigmented or dark, you can try to use lips concealer or a little bit foundation or BB cream on your lips. If you have dry lips, always use lip balm before put lipstick, liptint, or another lippies. To make your lips always in good condition, remember to exfoliate your lips 2 times a week (you can use sugar or soft toothbrush) and remember to use lip balm after that.

So, that's all for now. Remember, the key to success in makeup world is practice, practice, and practice. If you fail in your first experiment, don't be too disappointed. No one can do perfect makeup on their first try. You also need to remember that less is better than too much and never use makeup to change you, but to enhanced your feature so your natural beauty more show. Never think makeup will make you happy because it won't happen. Happiness comes from within and so does beauty. No matter how's your makeup look, if you confident and happy with your self, you'll look fabulous (#^o^#)

Thanks for reading. Please don't hesitate to leave comments bellow. It could be your makeup experience, questions, or anything..

See you guys in my next post..

Freshkon Alluring Eyes in Winsome Brown Review

Hi everyone!!! ╭(^▽^)╯

How's your holiday? I am so happy because I've got a full week off for Eid Mubarak.
Yay!!  \(≧∇≦)/  But starting this week I have to go back to my usual routine (T▽T)

So what did I do during my precious holiday? I got a lot of sleep of course, ate much delicious food, had fun with my sister, went shopping with my mom (I got a lot of new pretty clothes #so happy, lolol, ( ˆ⌣ˆ ) thanks mom ), had a great family time, chatted a lot, laughed a lot, played games, and many other fun things...

So when I went shopping with my mom, I stopped at one of the well-known optical store in my city to buy a new pair of contact lenses. I usually wear the clear contact lenses that need to be replaced every month from Acuvue Clear Johnson & Johnson. But that time I didn't bought them, but Freshkon Alluring Eyes instead.

Actually I already know about Freshkon Alluring Eyes from a long time ago, but I began interested in them since 4 or 5 months ago when I accidentally saw their advertisement - again - in the optical store where I usually buy my Acuvue Clear lenses. After much thought (which happened to be so long, lolol) I finally decided to try them.

Freshkon Alluring Eyes in Winsome Brown

As far as I know, Freshkon has many lines of products beside this Alluring Eyes, such as Freshkon Mosaic, Freshkon Colors Fushion, Freshkon Dezigner, and lots more. Freshkon Alluring Eyes aims to enlarge iris to create beautiful, bigger, brighter eyes. Freshkon Alluring has 2 types, the one is for monthly usage (which I have here) and the other is for daily usage. For monthly usage, Freshkon Alluring has 4 colors of choice, but for daily usage, Freshkon only has 3 (not included Mesmeric Black). I got mine in Winsome Brown.

Freshkon Alluring Eyes in Winsome Brown Review

Freshkon Alluring Eyes in Winsome Brown Review

Freshkon Alluring Eyes in Winsome Brown Review

What the box said:
INGREDIENTS: 2 sterile soft lenses, methafilcon A 45%, water 55%, soaked in saline 0.9%.
CAUTION:
1. Consult to an eye specialist every 6 months
2. If irritation happen or there is continuous red eye, remove the soft lenses immediately and consult to an eye specialist.
3. Don't use the soft lenses if eyes are sore and in the care of an eye doctor.
4. It's not recommended to wear the soft lenses for more than 8 hours or all night long.

This is the picture of the contact lense. The color is soft brown and so pretty. This soft lenses diameter is 14.2 mm. It is slightly larger than my usual contact lenses from Acuvue which have 14 mm. 


Freshkon Alluring Eyes in Winsome Brown Review



This is my eyes look like without the contact lenses. My natural eyes color is brown. I chose winsome brown that really close to my natural eyes color because this is the first time I try soft lenses that are larger than my natural iris, so I don't want to have too much transformation. I don't want any of my friends was shocked and said WHO ARE YOU? Lol. 

Freshkon Alluring Eyes in Winsome Brown Review


Below is the picture of me wearing the soft lense just on my right eye. Can you notice the difference? It is really subtle, but it still make a huge difference for me. Changes may be more pronounced when you look at it directly.

Freshkon Alluring Eyes in Winsome Brown Review


This is the picture of me wearing the lenses on both of my eyes So pretty right? (*∇*)
I love it so so much..

Freshkon Alluring Eyes in Winsome Brown Review


Freshkon Alluring Eyes in Winsome Brown Review Judith Polimpung

First time I used these soft lenses, it was not really comfortable. But from day to day it is getting better. I think you should get used to using them first even if you already familiar with another soft lenses. Like what the box said, you should not wear them more than 8 hours because they will be begun to irritate your eyes. But if you have to wear them longer than the recommended, you can use eye drops for soft lenses user to decrease the uncomfortableness. 

Freshkon Alluring Eyes in Winsome Brown Review Judith Polimpung

What funny about it is my family until now still haven't notice that I'm wearing new soft lenses. I think maybe it's because it looks so natural on my eyes. Lol. Only one my my friend who actually notice them. After wearing them, I got so many compliments about my eyes. Next time maybe I'll try another colors (^▽^)

Below are the pictures when I went out with my sister and of course I was wearing Freshkon Alluring that time..

Freshkon Alluring Eyes in Winsome Brown Review Judith Polimpung

This fried mushroom from Mushroom Factory tastes so nice (≧∇≦)


Freshkon Alluring Eyes in Winsome Brown Review Judith Polimpung

My OOTD :p (I really love those shoes from Nike. The color is just so eye catching. Lolol)

Judith Polimpung OOTD



See you guys on my next post ^-^
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