My last Empties post was for the month of March, so I skipped April and May. Mostly it's because I don't have time to write blog posts, and probably also because there weren't many products that I finished during those two months, and the 1-2 products that I finished weren't special and not worth mentioning, so I skipped it altogether.

Now let's skip forward to the last two months worth of finished products. I combined June and July empties because the truth is I forgot to put up June empties post, LOL. Sorry, but I'm a lazy blogger please forgive me.. (^0^)

So anyhoo, let's go straight to the post!

S K I N C A R E  P R O D U C T S

Kangen Water Strong Acid Spray

EOS Lipbalm Sphere

Banila Co Clean It Zero

Hadalabo Makeup Remover / Face Wash

Etude House Kissable Lip Smooth Care

Banila Co Clean It Zero Cleansing Balm

This was my first cleansing balm and I loved it. I love using cleansing balm because of this. Because it's so practical to carry on your travel bag, it's TSA approved (because it's not liquid), and it lift off your makeup easily. You can also wipe this off with wet tissue if you don't have water near you. Banila Co has a couple variants of cleansing balms and I believe this pink one is for combination/oily skin. I love the formula and it comes in a big tub too! It lifts off most makeup but still need a separate eye makeup remover to lift off heavy duty liner and mascara.

> Recommended & Will Repurchase

> Replacement : Heimish All Clean Balm 

Hadalabo AHA + BHA Makeup Remover / Face Wash

This was my travel face wash and I finally finished it. I love the practical smaller tube that makes it easy to carry around my travel bag. And I love the formula too. It has peeling properties while it cleanses and lift off makeup residue, oil, and dirt from your face. I don't use this for solely removing my makeup though, because heavier makeup won't be washed away just with this one. So I use this as my second cleansing. After I remove my makeup with a cleansing balm / cleansing oil, I do a second cleanse with this Hadalabo to make sure I lift off all makeup residue left.

> Recommended 

> Replacement : Laneige Multi Cleanser EX

Eos Lip Balm in Honeysuckle Honeydew

If you follow my blog and read my empties posts you might already picked up my love for Eos lipbalm. I used to have lots of 'em and now I finished mostly all of them so I only had a couple of Eos lipbalms left in my stock drawer. Anyway, this Honeysuckle Honeydew variant is one of my fave. They are easy to bring along in your bag too :)

> Recommended 

> Replacement : Still have one of these left, but right now I'm using up my Nuxe Reve De Miel

Etude House Kissable Lip Smooth Care

I am so glad I finally finished this one up! This has been standing too long in my bathroom sink and although I did used it all the time but it really took a long time to finish. It is a lip scrub and I think there's nothing special about it, I even got so bored using it because it took me a really long time to finish it.

> I think it's not available anymore

> Replacement : Currently don't use any lip scrub right now

Kangen Water Strong Acid Spray

This is an old spray from Kangen Water. I used to use up many bottles of these as skin sprays because these were cheap ;) I especially use this as a treatment spray for any skin ailments or to make any wounds heal faster. It really works! I didn't use this on my face though. And I think this was the last bottle left in my stock drawer.

> Recommended

> Replacement : Currently don't use any kind of this acid spray for my body skin

S H E E T M A S K S

Bio Essence Snail Secretion Repair Mask

My Beauty Diary Aloe Vera Mask

Bio Essence Snail Secretion Repair Mask

I experienced a slight sting on my problem areas (acne) when I used this sheetmask, but only for a few seconds. After that everything felt normal. It is a cooling mask and doesn't have a lot of extra essence in it, so it's not dripping wet. The shape is easy to adjust. I left it on for half hour and massage the extra essence to my skin. This mask made my skin feels supple, moist, and firm. It helps calmed down my acne too.

> Recommended

My Beauty Diary Aloe Vera Mask

This one has lots of essence. But there was a little dripping problem. Ugh, I hate dripping sheet masks. The shape has a pretty small surface but still fit my small Asian face. It felt a little bit cooling and calming on skin (but I think almost all sheet masks out there have this quality). So nothing really special from this one except that it helps moisture my skin and calms the problem area down a little bit.

> Recommended for calming skin

B O D Y C A R E  P R O D U C T S

Floral Dream Sheer Magnolia Body Wash

Watsons Natural Marula Oil Body Scrub

Bali Alus Goat Milk Natural Soap

Floral Dream Sheer Magnolia Body Wash

This was my shower gel that I keep in my parents house. I recently finished this big bottle of shower gel and I liked it! Everybody in the house who tried this also loved it. The scent is oh-so-nice, a combination of honey, shea butter, and magnolia. So lovely!

> Recommended & Will Repurchase

> Replacement : Les Tentations Mimosa Water Body Wash

Watsons Natural Marula Oil Body Scrub

This one doesn't have a particular scent, in fact I don't think it has any scent at all. The formula is infused with certified organic marula oil and mafura butter for intense protection and repairing as well as nourishing properties. The texture is nice enough for scrubbing. Not too harsh but not too soft either. The scrub has little particles in it that makes scrubbing your skin feels real, LOL. I just love scrubby texture instead of smooth formula in a scrub. It makes you feel really scrubbing your skin off :)

> Recommended for daily scrubbing

> Replacement : Spa Essentia White Glow Body Scrub

Bali Alus Goat Milk Natural Soap

This is a natural soap made of yoghurt, goat milk, and noni fruit extracts. The packaging says that it can help brighten the skin especially those darker areas such as neck, armpits, elbows, and knees. It has a subtle scent, characteristic of a natural soap. I love natural soap because they are less abrasive for the skin and kinder to the environment too. Although I didn't notice the brightening effect on darker skin immediately but it does smooths my skin.

> Recommended

> Replacement : Saboon Confetti Natural Soap

M A K E - U P  P R O D U C T S

NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream in Abu Dhabi

Maybelline Clear Smooth BB Stick

NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream in Abu Dhabi

My favorite NYX SMLC ! I always love NYX SMLC for matte lipstick because their formula are just great. They don't irritate lips, don't smudge easily, and don't dry out the lips too. And I love the matte texture they give to the lips. This particular shade is one of my fave from their range, it's a beautiful "your lips but better" nude shade for my skin tone.

> Recommended & Will Repurchase

> Replacement : Shu Uemura Rouge Unlimited in Dark Beige

Maybelline Clear Smooth BB Stick

This was my travel bb cream. I used these a lot for traveling and stay-overs, and I used to have two of them. They are so practical for everyday use, especially if I was in a hurry or don't want to use heavy makeup. This is so perfect for combination skin. They are in powder formula so they absorbs super fast and you don't have to wait for them to sink in your skin. But I don't think they have it anymore because it is an old product. I just happened to still have an old stock in my vanity.

> Recommended but I don't think it's available anymore

> Replacement : Skin Aqua Perfect Matte BB Cream

P E R F U M E / F R A G R A N C E

Dolce & Gabbana Dolce Edp (vial)

The Body Shop White Musk EDT

Dolce & Gabbana Dolce EDP (vial)

I will make a more detailed review in bahasa on my other blog (soon to launch!), but in short, I don't really fancy this one as it has almost zero sillage and zero longevity on me.

> Not Recommended, but you might try it first because different person reacts to different perfume

The Body Shop White Musk EDT

This used to be my signature scent years ago, but ever since I delved into perfume world I started to wear different kinds of perfumes and don't have a signature perfume anymore. Nowadays I prefer to wear perfume based on mood and occasion or weather. But I still love this though! I also already review this in english. You can read the review here >> The Body Shop White Musk.

> Recommended 

> Replacement : Still has a couple bottles of these in my stock :)

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Well overall, those are the products I managed to finish during June and July. I managed to finish 14 full size products + 1 sample size perfume vial, so in total = 15 products. That's not too bad, considering they are all full-sized ones that are harder to finish. 

I just took a peek inside my empties bin for this month and I already got a few of them there, so hopefully I can feature more finished products by the end of this month :)

Hugs n' Kissies,

So a while ago I found this new candle brand at Ace Hardware Gandaria City. I mean, it's not a new brand, but it's just recently released here in Indonesia. The brand is Better Homes & Garden. Yup, the same as the popular interior decorating magazine name. I knew this magazine since a very long time ago, because I used to flip their pages when I was a child (my father was an architect so he had lotsa decorating magazines in his home office). So I was surprised to find out that the magazine actually has their own candle line. 

Then I decided to try out this new-to-me candle brand because it was cheaper than Bath & Body Works candle. I went to different Ace Hardware locations in various malls after that, but never found the brand at any other Ace locations I visited. I think this brand might be only available in Ace Gandaria City (at the time I wrote this). Hopefully other Ace Hardware locations would also carry this brand in the future.

So anyway, the reason I talked about this new candle brand is because I tried it once and I loved it at the first sight. The bottle jar is huge, I think it's the same size as the BBW big jar. But with a fraction of the BBW price! Yes, it's cheaper than BBW. The price of a BBW big jar candle is around IDR 400,000 here, while this BHG big jar candle is around IDR 90,000. I know, right? 😉

My first try-out was the Triple Berry Freeze scent. Omagah, it smells so so nice! I love berry scents, and this one smells ah-ma-zing! It's fruity, juicy, fresh, like a berry ice cream fresh from the freezer on a sunny hot day! Just  like what the label looks like on the packaging :)

Aaannd the scent is strong too. Even if unlit, the scent would linger all around the jar. So the sillage is pretty much awesome, even though it only has one wick. So, compared to BBW candles these Better Homes & Garden candles are worth it. They are cheaper, looks good, and the sillage is amazing considering they have 1 wick.

But of course it depends on which candle scents. Just like any other candle brands, not all candles were created equal ;)

Some has wicked sillage, the other has weaker scent. I purchased two more candles from Better Homes & Garden when I visited Ace Hardware Gandaria City the other day, and these two are not as strong as the Triple Berry Freeze scent.

The Zesty Lemon Peppercorn is a unique one. Not your typical candle scent this one has a lemony spicy scent, just like what the name suggests. I don't know how peppercorn actually smells but this one surely smells like an Autumn kitchen. Not suitable for summer hot days, but I think it'll be great in the Fall or colder months. I think this would be perfect for the kitchen to help masks kitchen odour. A unique one indeed!

While the Swaying Palm Leaves also has unique scent. I definitely picked up some saltiness in the air when I lit this, maybe it's a concoction of salted sea breeze, mixed with palm trees and wet damp sand. There's something bitter in it too, so it's definitely different than most candle scent. Salty, bitter, damp, and a little bit spiced. Definitely not for everybody :)

Both of these scents are strong enough unlit, and if you burn it they would definitely emit their scents around, but maybe not as strong as the Triple Berry Freeze. But I'd say these two scents pretty much has a good sillage too.

So, if you like candles and if you found any Better Homes & Garden candles try them out. They have unique scents that you might not find in other brands, so I think they are worth to collect, especially if you love collecting big jars of candles. Remember, these came at a fraction of the price of BBW candles ;) - so why not, right?

Remember, always be a responsible candle burner. Never leave them un-attended :)

Hugs n' Kissies,

Again, I’m sorry for the lack of posts but here I am again with a quick perfume post!

So these are the fragrances that I used the most during the past few months a.k.a the tropical summer months. It’s been a very hot summer here after the moody rains some weeks ago, so I tend to use light perfumes and mostly fruity ones. No strong perfumes on hot sticky sunny days for me, eww.

Anyway, these are not the only perfumes I wore during the last few months because I occasionally still use other fragrances from my collection, but these four are the ones I reached the most during the last few months.

Katy Perry Killer Queen
Currently the only perfume bottle in my collection that stands on its belly a.k.a must be lied down instead of standing tall, Lol. I love the unique shape of the bottle, a resemblance of a jewel stone on top of a sceptre. This pretty maroon-ish colored bottle has a sweet and fruity juice inside. But it's not a full-on fruity scent, but rather a fresh fruity floral scent to my nose. With red velvet flower, red berry, dark plum, bergamot, jasmine, plumeria, cashmeran, patchouli, and liquid praline this perfume is really suitable for daily summer wears or for whenever you want to feel girly and flirty :)
PS > Click here to read the full review of Katy Perry Killer Queen on my old post.

Davidoff Cool Water

This is probably the one I used THE most amongst all four. Because the scent is just so easy to wear. It is one of those old classic perfumes that were all the rage back then. You must at least smell or try this once in your life! I love wearing light-as-air fragrances during summer or whenever I sweat a lot such as at the gym or doing my workout. This perfume with its arrangement of fruits and flowers is surprisingly really smells fresh like the ocean. The fresh aquatic scent is perfect for hot sunny days!

Dolce by Dolce&Gabbana

This is a vial perfume and I also used this one a lot until I finished it (I usually never finish a vial immediately, because I like to change up my daily perfumes a lot), but this one I want to finish real soon because I actually not really fond of it. I want it to be finished soon so I won’t waste product and can start opening a new other vial. With papaya flower, neroli, waterlily, narcissus, amarylis, cashmere, and musk, the combination seems very promising. But to my nose it has a weak scent. I can smell it during the first sprays but just a few minutes later I can barely smell it anymore. The floral scent is really subtle and soft and it seems that my body didn't pick up the scent very well. I think my skin just swallows it, Lol.
PS > Full review will be on my new blog project about perfume reviews in bahasa Indonesia. So stay tune for the announcement of my new blog :)

Aquolina Pink Sugar Sensuelle
I always want to try Pink Sugar by Aquolina because it has been raved so much as a sweet girly cheap perfume that every girl should have. But unfortunately I made a mistake of buying a decant of the "Sensuelle" version instead of the original one. However, I do like the Aquolina Pink Sugar Sensuelle as it is quite a grown up version of the original Aquolina Pink Sugar (at least that's what people said), so I do use this perfume quite often especially as my evening fragrance during this summer. It's light but yet it's sweet and flirty at the same time, bordering on cutesy. If you're a girly girl you might like this one :)



So yeah, that's my most-worn perfumes for this summer. As I told you I'm in the middle of creating a new blog about perfume reviews in bahasa. I hope you will like it once I finished tweaking it. Anywhooo, I still have a skincare review post comin' up soon so stay tune for that ;)




Hugs n' Kissies,