God please give me good skin part two

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Garnier Pure A Facial Scrub

I first tried the scrub out of curiosity. I collected it from Nuffnang’s office (I went all the way from Klang to KL ... only to discover that Yee Hou was in Klang all the while, which is why he only has one limb now. The other is buried under his office building) and the unopened bottle was looking at me with those imploring eyes, tempting and inveigling me, and so I succumbed and tried it. Stupid seductive bottle.



I really liked the beads they had in the scrub because I always feel so satisfied massaging beads onto my face. The immediate feeling after that was one of freshness and, again, satisfaction (sorry it’s those beads!) but I had reservations because I thought it might just be my mind tricking me into thinking it regulates oil sebum, since I just read the description before using it. (See must be smart like me to take into account other factors!)

Now I want to relate to you guys just an incident that happened.

Okay, now, for those with oily skin (and for some with normal skin too actually) you know how when you go out and come home, you find your skin all oily and dirty and uncomfortable? Urgh especially when you touch your nose or any part of your face and then look at your finger you can actually SEE the oil! And then you wipe the oil on some unsuspecting stranger muahah

Let’s call this condition Skinoilisad – short for Skin Oily I sad. And I have that skin condition. I have Skinoilisad.

One day I was attending my cousin’s bachelorette party so I spent four hours outdoors, with only a single fan blowing in my face. I knew Skinoilisad would happen again, with greater intensity since I was sweating.

But surprisingly, and honestly this caught me by surprise too, Skinoilisad didin’t happen! Well not to the usual extent anyway! My skin was still in a bearable condition during and after the party! I came home, poked my skin for a while and then said hallelujah thank you Jesus and Gandhi. I never really asked why this sudden miracle, I mean when miracles happen you just be happy for it you don’t question it. Gandhi wouldn’t have wanted you to question it.

So it took me a while to suddenly recall I had used Garnier’s product for the first time today, and that was how my daily facial routine was different. Then it took me only a few seconds to make the connection. Aww I have Garnier to thank for my good skin today. [This part was written on the day that it happened.]

Overall verdict: Would give it 3.7 out of 5. My personal opinion is that this facial scrub is something that won’t produce miracles in one day – no facial wash is supposed to – and it’ll take a longer than the time that I had with this scrub to actually see the full result. So far it’s been good. It has the usual perks: skin feels refreshed and clean, easy to wash off, beads feel so good (okay no more mention of beads I promise! BEADS! Sorry one last time!). But I highly advise readers to know their skin condition before trying out any skin products. Garnier is good in a sense that a lot of people I know who have used their products have had it worked for them, but still you can’t be too careful!

Garnier Self-Heating Sauna Mask

This is a face mask that is used on the T-zone area and chin and left on for three minutes! (But I cheat and use them all over my face because it feels good shhh don’t tell the people at Garnier.) Its special feature is as a self-heating sauna mask so when I placed it on my face I felt this gooey layer on my skin getting hotter by the second (but not hot until can burn a hole through skin la siao meh) and the zinc working too.

Remember my crazy skin confession the other day when I was just yelling stuff to you guys’ face? Well one of the affected area is my forehead, as seen from this picture.


And now for the after. Behold.





One photo in a better light.

Well they’re totally cleared, it’s just a face product, not God, but it’s definitely better than before. If this doesn’t show the effectiveness of the mask at deep-cleansing, the following incident should!

You know how when you use the toner you swab the cotton all over your face and after that there’s this satisfaction about looking at the cotton to see how much dirt you got out? Well this is how my cotton usually looks like and mind you, I clean two, maybe three, times a day:


Okay the camera can’t quite capture the dirt and blackness properly, but trust me it’s there. My face is like a mini sewage sometimes.

Here’s how the cotton looks like even two days after I’ve used the mask (the effect’s supposed to last for seven days):


Not as black and dirty as before! The mask really did cleanse my pores for the better of mankind! What do you know!

Trust me I was shocked as well! I never knew this could be a way to gauge the effectiveness of a facial mask!

One effect was also after using the mask, I see my pimples and redness reducing in intensity. They don’t go away so fast, but it’s definitely a good mask to use before going out and you have a severe pimple that you want to calm down a bit.

Overall verdict: 4 out of 5. Very cool concept. The zinc was very assuring, and the self-heating part made your skin feel good so gotta give them points for that!