Netflix and Coffee

Its finally Friday. It has been such a long and draggy week. Quiet and uneventful. Uneventful week makes me even more tired than usual.

Been binge-ing on Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. Its a unique talk show hosts by a comedian, Jerry Seinfeld. To be honest, I am not really familiar with his work. The only thing that attracted to me to even start watching the series is the word "coffee" in the title. Jerry took his comedian friends to various type of cafes, delis and restaurant around US and I find their cafes very very inviting. Especially those quaint cafes in small towns. And that Jerry Seinfeld really love his coffee. I don't feel like having coffee whenever I watch the show. It feels like I am already drinking the coffee just by watching him drink gallons of his coffee *i guess i am weird that way

I find comedians to be a very interesting bunch of humans. Although their work requires them to stand up in front of a huge crowd, most of these comedians prefer to be left alone and are socially awkward person. I find my self to be funny as well and sometime I can be a freaking weirdo around people but I like to think that I am friendly and approachable.

Anyhow, its the weekend. I have no plans but to spend time with my cat, drink coffee all day and perhaps do a bit of reading. That reminds me. I need to get something good to read when we are travelling to Hanoi next weekend. I am looking forward to drinking lots of Vietnamese coffee.

Products Review - Simple, Neutrogena, Nanowhite, Dr. Morita and Laneige

I have just starting to wear make up again. Its fun to put colors on my face and experiment with new products etc. The downside is that make up could cake up your pores and acne may appear here and there. This exactly what happen to me.

Make up could make my face look so nice and smooth but when I wash off my make up, my skin looks so tired and dehydrated. I just started adding face scrubs to my weekly facial routine. A routine that I have been avoiding before coz I was not using much make up and my face is on the dry side. 

I think scrubs facial wash helps to exfoliate dead skin and unclogged your pores. When you stacked so much products on your skin, even if you have remove them with make up remover and use a foam wash after, there may still be some residue. So I started using facial scrubs to exfoliate all those make up residues and dead skin. My current product is from Simple. Its cheap and readily available at any drugstore. 

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After scrubbing my face gently (pls be gentle coz the tiny grits in the scrubs will do all the hard work for you), I use a tiny amount of deep clean face wash from Neutrogena. This product has been my best companion for more than 10 years. But this year, this product needs a partner to be more effective (I am not ready to retire the product yet)

So Neutrogena has come up with a couple of variance to the above product which I have yet to try. When 1 thing works for me, I am not gonna replace it ever! That's just who I am I guess. After rinsing and drying my face, I would proceed to apply toner. For toner I just use whatever that is available and cheap. Currently I am using a product from Nano White. It is suppose to refine your skin but I don't think it is working. To me, by toning you are just ensuring that there are no soap residue left on your skin before you apply other skincare products.

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After toning, if my skin is having some acne on it or just scabs of acne, I would apply snail bee essence. It helps to cure the unhealthy spot. I got it from Hermo in April. 60ml sure last a long time.

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The last step is to moisturize. For this I currently have 2 options. My current favourite is from Dr. Morita. I think its hydrating, moisturizing and brightening my skins just after 1 use. I bought is from Guardian. I got it first from Hermo but I sure glad Guardian carry that brand now and the price is very affordable considering how huge the tub is.

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 My second pick is from a "high end" brand considering the price range. Whenever I use this product as a sleeping mask, I would wake up to a very dewy moist face. I prefer Dr. Morita's brightening effect plus Laneige is a bit pricey but you could get a good deal from Hermo.

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This is a long post. But yeah, maybe one day I could look back to this article and see if anything have changed since.