Product rave #2: Dr Jart+ Detox Healing Blemish Base

Disclaimer: I am in no way or another associated with the company or brand mentioned in this blog post. Item featured is given to me as a sample from a company i paid to have delivered to me every month. I am not being paid for the product place and views on product are of my own.

I am very particular with what i put on my face. I used to be very lax about it and there are products that worked and some that made my face worse. 


The thing about facial product is that, you really have to keep using it to know if it works for you or not. And most of the time, the thing doesn't work well on its own. It really is the type of skin care routine you use and such. 


I don't use foundation. I have not found a foundation that i really LOVE. I have tried a couple but i don't know why, I always tend to find something wrong with them. So, if you guys have a good foundation that you all can recommend me, do leave me a comment or just @ArynneVengeance me on Twitter. 


Okay, i don't use foundation, but instead i use BB creams. I have tried A LOT of BB cream, mostly drug stores ones. I have tried a really expensive BB cream before, Laroche Porsay  or something like that. It was great for a couple of weeks, and then after while, i noticed my skin gets REALLY oily in the middle of the day. 


I tried Maybelline and L'Oreal, but they're still the same. 


When i first got this product, i was a little bit skeptical but i gave it a try anyway. 


I liked it the first time i tried it but i didn't want to get my hopes up since there is such a thing as "first try syndrome" where you LOVE everything that you try the first time. Well, i have that. 


I have using Dr Jart's BB cream for about 5 months now, since January, and i am repurchasing it once i ran out of it. That's also the good thing about this product, it lasts FOREVER. It's almost 6 months and i use it every single day, but i still have some left. AWESOME, MUCH?! YES.


The product claims to covers redness and trouble spots, evens out your skin and whitens. It's also moisturizing and has SPF 25.

I do agree cause i still have red spots once in a while during that time of the month, and it covers all my red spots. I wouldn't say it has a heavy coverage but i don't have to wear a lot of concealer anymore. Just a few dabs.

I am not really sure if it evens out my skin tone and whitens it because i do use other products that claimed to do the same thing, but with it having SPF 25, i don't have to worry so much with the sun burning me! But it could be though, cause all i had on in Pangkor when i was having my holiday in March, was this BB cream and i didn't tan one bit.

It leaves my skin really dewy and my make up stayed the whole day when i use this BB cream cause it's also acts as a base.

I don't know what to say, but i really like it. I have to say though, people with oily skin might want to use this sparingly, because this product is REALLY moisturizing and i know some people with oily skin who doesn't really work well with this product.

It's all up to each individual though, but for me, i'd give it two thumbs up! 

Happy One year to me.

Happy one year to me.

Haha, well, not really one year. It's been a little over a year since i joined the customer service frontline. I joined NLB on 30th May 2011.

I could still remember the first day i get to work.

I had to, of course, go to the headquarters which is at Victoria Street for the usual orientation. Yada yada, met some new people and yeah, pretty much just a briefing. I then had to go to my branch, Jurong Regional Library for my first day.

So i got to work and was introduced to everyone. People were friendly, well, i guess they all are to the new people. What i noticed though, is that, the office is not as warm. There's no life. I remembered thinking, "oh my god, what have i gotten myself into?".

People should know me, i'm pretty loud and i'm a noisy person. It's a little bit dead on my first day, i have to admit that.

I remembered my pc wasn't even set up yet, even though i was actually scheduled to come in to work one week early. So, i pretty much just walked around the library, making myself familiar with the workflow and stuff. I even had to read pages after pages after pages of policies. I literally went cross eyed. I had to do that for 3 days.

Then, i get to follow people around the library, looking at all the things they do. I felt so excited that i couldn't wait to be one my own.

It was so exhilarating when i FINALLY get to do counter alone. Even though i didn't know much at that time, everyone was so willing to teach.

I really really love this job. There is so much to learn even though i've already been in the company for a year. So many different experiences to take. So many personalities that i can meet. It's weird, cause i never wanted to work in the customer service sector.

Being deskbound for one and a half year, i guess, there's no harm trying something i don't like. I did not regret it one bit cause as it turns out, i absolutely love being around people.

The job do get so stressful at times, but i don't know what it is that makes me want to come to work every single day. Of course, there are times when i just wanna laze at home and not be anywhere near people, but it's so fulfilling.

It's just very nice to feel appreciated once in a while. I never thought i would appreciate the word "thank you" as much as i have now. It's rewarding to hear someone say your name just to thank you.

I love it!

I have to admit, i used to be a bad customer. I was demanding, i was very very impatient and stuff, but i now  know how hard they work. Shit, i have my fair share of demanding customers, and i have to keep my cool even though all i want to do is strangle them with a freaking wire.

It's all part and parcel of work though.  I did not regret it one bit.