My Comfort Drink & Quick review

Most of us has her/his own comfort food, a typical food that would fix your bad hair day, makes you feel alot better after a plane flight, or simply could calm your mood when you feel like screaming your head off. well, today it's not abt my comfort food, but it's about my comfort drink hehehe..but the definition is slightly different, because I only reach this comfort drink when I feel Im in the verge of getting sick or need a boost in my immune system^^ I always feel better after I drink it!!

my Comfort Drink is so simple, Ginger boiled water!! :D I know few people are fond of ginger because of its strong taste and smell (sometimes). But it's really helpful and proven in combatting sore throat, flu, cold, stiff joint, and general body sickness. and so easy to made too, this is my dad's fave drink and Ive came to love it too! :D

here's how to make it :D you will need:

Ginger of course :D find one at least as big as your own hand (except if you have super tiny hand, then double it), if it's bigger than your hand then it's better.Peel off, sliced into big chunks, and smash it until it roughly look like the pic above

Cloves bud!! You can get this at chinese grocery or from your neighbour, since you only need a tiny bit

4 glass of water, and put everything else in. Cover it! Medium cook, wait until the water boils, open the lid, and leave it until the water boils again. takes about 15mins. There would be only abt half of water left by this time.



When you pour in a glass, you can see the water has a slight colour. Put brown sugar/palm sugar/honey if you cant take the strong taste. My fave is honey, because honey is good for health and skin!! :D

Since ginger is a natural products, Ive never heard of any allergic reaction to it, but I might be wrong :D if you feel your throat burns in exotic hotness when you first attempt to drink it, rest assured it's normal, just add more honey hehehe...


And just a quick review of this L'occatine product that I recently bought, while other products by this brand are wonderful I must say this one fails to impress me. the milk cleanser that claims to gently remove all make up (incl. eye areas) didnt do what it promises. After first wash, I could still see, particularly in eyes area, the traces of my concealer. so I did a second wash, only to find it's still there -_-"""
I need to wash again with my shiseido perfect whip to get rid of the oil residue and whatever left....
I dont think I'll buy again :(((( I had high hopes on this product so Im pretty dissapointed.
It's probably good for sensitive skin because it's very gentle (to the point that it has difficulty removing make ups lolz). I think I will use this when Im in Bangkok, coz I will wear less makeup there due to the weather

OKies...thats all for today. have a nice day everyone!! :D

Contest Season!! & mini L'occitane haul

There are soooo many contests at the moment (aside from blog sale ahaha) I really thought we should make one blog dedicated to list all the contests and blog sales that are on!!

anyway, here's double entry for two contests:

First is Maayari giveaway!!
Rules:

1. You must be a follower - international readers are welcome! Note: I need to see that you're actually following my blog, so if your profile is private or you're following anonymously, I cannot accept your entry.
2. Mention my giveaway on your blog, and provide the link in your comment
3. Tell me which giveaway pack you'd want to win more - Pack 1 or Pack 2
4. Leave only 1 comment to enter - multiple comments will not increase your chances of winning
5. Your comment must be recieved by 11:59 PM EST on Thursday, June 4

Ok, so what are you waiting for? hit the link and join the fun!! :D

Second one is Simply Nee and the following rules apply:
-you must answer my question on this same post
- you must be a follower
- you must reblog this post & link it
- contest closes on June 5, 2009 midnight (plenty of time for you to join and me to make your prizes fab)

So...click click, get the mouse working! :D

and I'm running out of shampoo so I went to my nearest L'occitane store and bought some stuff, they are currently having 50% discount on selected items ;)
I'm currently doing 10 project pan, but these items are not make up and I need them!! so, am I excused?? *pleading puppy eyes* hehehe

Here are the shampoo & conditioner, I've never tried them before, my hair is abit of a mess at the moment so I'd love to see how these products come to the rescue :P (next to buy is a product called ojan or sumthing...-_-" need to check sarah's blog)

Im still goin green! hehehe..finally convinced my hubby to give up liquid soap and go for the old-school bar soap hehehe...they're olive soap, Im sure they're yummy on the skin

and make up remover (including eyes area) cant wait to try this one! :D

Some samples to try

Other than that, I'm still doing my boxes hahaha...no surprise there, but I'm so absorbed in reading the magician there have been little progress with the boxes ^^"

Until next post! Stay happy!! :)