Sabrina Tajudin | Malaysia Beauty & Lifestyle Blog: Nature Republic

Nature Republic Hawaiian Fresh Clay Pack Review

Sabrina Tajudin July 30, 2015 2 comments

Clay mask and all sorts of slapping creamy type of mask on ma face, I'm in. I just love and I find it is a fun thing to do. Smearing all that mud looking products on my face, wait for it to dry and wash it of. That feeling is just me. Attracted by the packaging and how creamy this clay mask looks like. I'm sold. That gray looking mud just really attracts me. This is the Nature Republic Hawaiian Fresh Clay Pack. This is one of the products in Nature Republic Hawaiian Fresh series. They also have a cleanser, toner and a emulsion in this series. I have the toner and this mask. I had this for a long time and have tries it a few times back a few months ago. i bought this from Hermo Malaysia, this always sold out so if you get the chance to grab it, go grab it fast. They always restock it too, So don't worry.

This is a mask that helps pore-cleansing, tightens pores, and after using it your skin will feel fresh, soft, and smooth. This mask comes in a clear pvc box with some hawaiian vibe design on it. I love it. The jar it self is a double wall plastic jar with a silver look alike lid on it. As you open it, it is secure with another layer of cover on top to protect the mask inside. First impression, the refreshing scent it self. I don't know how to describe the scent but it smells really good.

I apply this using my foundation brush. Applying this is like applying face paint on your face. Easy and does not mess up easily. I waited for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes my face feels a bit tight. I rinse it off with a room temperature water. My skin feels smooth, my pores feels but the only main thing I feel is that my skin feels a bit dry and tight. I have a combination skin, and I feel that this mask works best for people who have oily skin. It does helps to tighten pores, but if you have dry skin, make sure to apply a good hydration moisturizer or serum after wards.

This Nature Republic Hawaiian Fresh Clay Pack in 95g jar retails for RM39.00 and you can purchase it at here - Hermo Malaysia.

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Nature Republic Aloe Vera Gel Review

Sabrina Tajudin July 24, 2014 23 comments

As-salamu alaykum and hello everyone ♡. Today I am back with another product review. I have this product for a very long time. I bought it this early year during the opening of the Nature Republic in Time Square which you can read it here (click here). I bought this because it was in the Bestseller section and the SA is really convincing on saying this product is really good. Since the price is pretty affordable, so I give it a try. Describe as a soothing & Moisture ALOE VERA 92% Soothing Gel. It is Nature Republic best seller product. This soothing gel with 92% Globo Surf certified by California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF) can be used to mildly moisturize various parts of the body such as the face, arms, legs, and hair.

What I like about it. For a 300 ml product that only cost me RM29. I think that is pretty good. Because I was thought of that you can o so many things with aloe vera. DIY projects and other purposes. A lot of people don't like the scent but to be honest, I love the scent. It's very refreshing and mild. The texture of this product is very jelly looking and it blends nicely to your skin. It turns into water when you blend it in and dry for a few seconds. There is a bot of cooling sensation

What I don't like about it. Its a bit bulky and not very hygienic since it comes in an open jar. It can be a bit sticky if you apply too much. It contains alcohol, which helps with the absorption of a cooling sensation. You might feel a bit burnt if you put on your wound.

Overall & Recommendation. I think this is a must-have product because if it all-purpose benefits. You can use it for your whole body. There is the time when I burn my finger while cooking, I apply this on the burn area. A few minutes my burning feeling was gone and treated. Another thing I love to use for this product is for my dry leg, its very moisturizing. It's very lightweight and refreshing. It helps me with treating my burn and dryness amazingly. We are quite fortunate here because it is available here in Malaysia with an affordable price tag. I heard a lot of an intentional user have to import this from Korea and it cost them higher.

Name : Nature Republic Aloe Vera 92% Soothing Gel

Price : RM 28.00+

Made in : Korea

Net Weight : 300ml

Ingredient Highlights : 92% of pure Aloe Vera formulated free fromParaben, mineral oil and artificial color.

Where To Buy : Nature Republic Outlets

**Disclaimer - This product were bought by my own money

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Any tips or recommendation on using aloe vera gel?

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EXO Nature Republic Flower Tint Lip Balm Review | M Chen Honey Lemon

Sabrina Tajudin July 20, 2014 8 comments

As-salamu alaykum and hello everyone ♡. First off all I would like to thank every single of you who gave me the encouragement to stay calm and not to stress out. I have been in a pressure lately with my life as well as my blog. I posted up a status because I was a bit week with handling my emotion and I break my promise on always to stay positive. Well sometimes we do have breakdown moments but you guys help lift me up. Thank you for the positive words to keep me string. God bless all of you.

Ok calm down, calm down... I know there is a EXO fan here! Raise your hand everybody! I am not a K-Pop fan but I do heard about this EXO band that has been going around. So I did a little research just now and I find out there is 12 members in the group. Am I right? Hoho. So I got this lip balm from a local instashop that sells tons of Korean beauty product called Happie Bubbles. She gave me this lip balm and to my surprise there is a man inside the jar. I mean a picture of a man. Not a real man. Hok. So I just realize that it is one of the boys from EXO. Pretty cool, I wish I have Tubbie picture inside there. Haha. Just Kidding. So the lip balm I got is in the Honey Lemon flavor. This series comes in 3 different flavors and comes in 12 different design (picture of the EXO members) in it. So I got here is M Chen. I hope I get his name correct.

What I like about it. It is a clear texture jelly that glides smoothly on my lips. Pretty moisturizing and I love how it gives me this natural tint on my lips. As you can see it is a clear jelly looking lip balm but as you swipe it on your lip, it turns natural red. It has Vitamn E in it which I love. Vitamin E give your lip moisture effect. I also love the scent of this lip balm.

What I don't like about it. Maybe if I apply it too much it feels greasy. Overall, that all I think. I pretty much love this lip balm.

Overall & Recommendation. Of course if you are a EXO fan, you got to have this lip balm. Comes in 3 different flavor that you can choose from. It is very moisturizing too and perfect for you if you love natural makeup and just a natural tint of color to your lip.

Name : EXO Nature Republic Flower Tint Lip Balm in M Chen Honey Lemon

Price : RM 27.00

Made in : Korea

Net Weight : 5.7g

Ingredient Highlights : Sweet Almond, Vitamin E

Where To Buy : http://instagram.com/happiebubbles or Contact 010-8970367

**Disclaimer - This product were send to me for product review purposes

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Fan Girl scream for EXO maybe?

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Nature Republic Garden Recipe Wash Off Pack in Carrot

Sabrina Tajudin January 26, 2014 26 comments

As-salamu alaykum and hello everyone ♡. Remember my last shop tour post for Nature Republic new store at Times Square (read it here- link ). If you have seen it you know one of my haul is this mask pack that I am pretty excited to try. I am a fan of "spreading" type of mask than the sheet mask because I find it fun to use. Nature Republic is a Korean Brand focus on natural resources in their products. This is one of their product in their Garden recipe Wash Off Pack Line. I have picked up Carrot. There were not a lot of choices when I was there. There are suppose to be 5 different type of these. The only one I saw during that day is this Carrot one and the Kohlrabi Pack. So I grab the carrot one because it said its for firming. I'm reaching to my "middle" 20's so I though its time for firming care. Hehe. I have use it since I have bought it and tested it around 3 times.

This pack claims to be a product that have all kinds of vitamins & minerals with 7 kinds of fruit contents. One of it is the carrot which rich in vitamin A that provide elasticity for a firmer and energize skin.

My thoughts. Of course the packaging attract me. I love how it comes in a jar with these cute cartoon design on it. I know jar product may comes to the fact that they are not hygienic, but I kinda like this packaging. I use my left alone foundation brush to apply this all over my face. I don't use this brush in my makeup routine because I find its very tiring to use for foundation application. So I use this as a "spreading brush" for mask pack like this. As you open, a slight smell of "veggies" came out of the jar. The texture of this mask is very "goowyy". Kinda like a soft jelly with a hint of orange colour in it. One scoop is enough for the whole face. Talk about price wise, this pack is RM34.90 for 190ml. I scoop is equivilant to 3-4ml of this product. You basically can use it like 47 times!

How to use it? Spread the right amount on the entire face. Look at me! So lazy to wear my hijab, just wear my towel to cover my head. Haha. Ok back to explanation. Ok spread it all over your face. From my experience, I felt a cooling sensation when applying this. Which I like. The "veggies" smell does not bother me. It was okay. Then, leave it for 10-15 minutes. Usually i will wait until 15 minutes. Around 8-10 minutes it will get dry. Your face will feel a little tight. After 15 minutes, it will fully dry and then you can peel it off actually. But it is not easy. It is better to just rinse it with lukewarm water. My experience, my skin feel fresh and "cool" after that. It feel "bouncy" a little bit after that too. In term of firmness, I don't really can tell. Overall, I like this mask during my pampering night for that fresh and "awake" skin feeling.

Name : Garden Recipe Carrot Wash Pack
Price : RM34.90
Where To Buy : All Nature Republic Outlets (List)
Made in : Korea
Net Weight : 190ml for full size jar & 8ml for travel pack

**Disclaimer - This product(s) was obtain from a gift/door gift on attending a launch/beauty event I went before.

This Garden recipe wash off pack also comes in 5 different types. Purchase the full size jar for RM34.90 or the travel pack 8ml for RM9.90.

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have you tried any wash off pack mask? What is it?

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Nature Republic opens @ Times Square

Sabrina Tajudin January 15, 2014 13 comments

As-salamu alaykum and hello everyone ♡ . Come give me a big applause because I just submitted my Final year Project report just now! Weee! now I am free! Muahaha! Now I get to focus more to my project and blog. So today I am going to blog about a recent event I went. So recently, Nature Republic have open another store at Berjaya Times Square. It is located between Sasa Malaysia and Holika Holika at Level 2. It is a big store and you can run around! No just kidding. Don't run run inside there aaa... So me and the other Butterflies got the chance to come and witness ourselves and shoppingg... hehe. So I am going to give you a little tour and what product you should check out at Nature Republic this instant! During that day also, they provide free flow of Bubble Drink, cotton candy and pop corn!

Now let have a roll and tour inside Nature Republic Times Square! (Click to enlarge)

The shop is super spacious and you can just have your time looking at everything. All product have been divided into sections like, tools, body care, skincare, makeup, nail polish and more. So many to choose from! I took like 1 hour to go around choose stuff I like! So too many too choose from? Check out my own picks of items that you should check out if you pay a visit to Nature Republic Times Square below :

The store manager claims this Aloe Vera gel is their best seller items. It is a multipurpose gel that can be use as a moisturizer, mask pack, makeup base, after shaving cream, hair treatment, eye relaxing mask, nail essences, to be use all over the body, and also under to treat sunburn. I bought this one and will do a review soon. The Soothing & Moisture Aloe Vera 92% Gel retails for RM32.90 and the Moisture Aloe Vera 92% Foam Cleanser retails for RM28.90.

The most spend section I made on that day. I am a fan of mask pack than a sheet mask because I love to spread the mask all over my face and then I can just continue doing my stuff while waiting for it to dry. These are just some of it I find interesting. They have lots of mask selection, cleanser and treatment to be choose from. I bought like 3 type of mask pack that day from this section haha! So check out Garden Recipe Kohlrabi Pack price at RM36.90, Soft Creamy Egg White Cleansing Cream at RM34.90 (no, this does not smells like eggs, haha) , and a cool acne treatment product called Bee Venom ink Spot that retails for RM73.90. I wanted to buy this one, but its a lil pricey to me. It comes with a cotton swap to and packed so nice in a box.

Now talk about face makeup. I am not surprise. There were like over 25++ choices of BB Cream and CC Cream. You name it, they have it. I was searching for a concealer but I can only find 2 types ogf them which comes in a liquid form and a stick form. I bought the stick form. If you are a fan of BB Creams, Nature Republic have tons of it with different purposes. Check this out (from Left to Right on the above picture ) Super Origin Collagen BB Cream RM82.90, Blemish Lap Bye Pore Cover Concealer RM56.90 and Botanical Shine BB Cream RM34.90 (Of course I have to feature this, the packaging is so cute!)

Now to other makeup product, Nature Republic also carries all such as, Eyeliner, Eyebrow pencil, Eyeshadow, and other. I was fascinated most by their lip collection. All so cute packaged and lots of color option. If you are looking for a Korean lipstick with cute embossed pattern on it, look out for this (as in picture, left to right) Shine Blossom Rose Long Lasting Lip Stick RM63.90 each have more than 8 shades to choose from, Big Crayon Lip Rouge RM29.90, have more than 6 shades to choose from, Provence Rose Gloss RM40.90 **pssst! look how cute the packaging are! hehe. More than 10 shades to choose from.

Nature Republic also carries product for your hair and body. They have ranges like body wash, body scrub, body lotion, hand cream, foot mask, and many more. Here what I think interesting, (as in above picture left to right) Homme Sports For Soldier Special Set retails for RM62.90 consist of a after sport activities care, I love the foot spray. So cooling and I think will be a great product for your smelly feet after a sweaty sport activity. Hehe. Then look for this cool personalize hand cream called the Hand & Nature Hand Cream than comes in more than 6 styles and scent. Each have its own design on the aluminium tube type of packaging (If I am not mistaken, this is a newly launch hand cream and they have a Buy 1 Free 1 offer for limited time) retails for RM34.90. Also as mention they have a body care range, called the Perfume De Natural Creamy Body Wash comes in more than 3 scent set retails for RM81.90.

Any nail art fan here? Check out Nature Republic nail products. Mots of color to choose from and selection of texture too. The plain white cap called the Color Waltz retails for RM5.90 each, The textured and glitter ones called the Style : Lean Nail Color retails for RM15.90 and these cute stickers and nail art decal called the Style Lean sticker retails for RM9.90 Each pack. I love the leopard design!

Wooo! My haul! Since I am the first 50 customer who made a purchase since of theri opening I also got some free stuff! Thank you so much! Also, I buy some stuff for their Buy 2 free 1 promotion! This promotion ends 31 January 2014, so hurry up! How the Buy 2 free 1 works is tat If you bough 3 items, you just need to pay for the 2 most higher price, and the least price will consider as free. I had lots of fun during that day, Thank you to Nature Republic Times Square for this awesome deal and as well to my beloved community, The Butterfly Project for this awesome opportunity! Thank you to Innanie, Sabby, and Farah accompany me during my shopping spree!

Oh K-Pop fans here? Did you know EXO is their official Ambassador? I saw a few young girls so excitedly taking picture with a big poster in the shop. Lucky those girls! On our purchase we got a big poster of the EXO group and decided to give it to them. They were like so happy. Haha! So cute! You need it more girl!

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