Review : Rice Milk Soap and Tokyo Love Soap Premium

*Thoughts are my own. What works/doesn't work for me might have different effects on other people.

I wanted something new as my body soap so I decided to try the Tokyo Love Soap Premium and K Brothers Rice Milk Soap.

My experience with the Rice Milk Soap (RM5~10 depending on seller) :

First of all I want to say that I love the smell. It smells, well, like rice but with a floral hint to it. Whenever I use it, my whole bathroom will smell of it. Free perfume for my bathroom hehehe. When I first started I using it, I liked the effects. My skin became smoother and smelt nice for quite a few hours. However, after a week of using it my eczema started acting up (I get eczema on and off). This soap made my eczema worse. The area of skin with eczema would sting when the soap bubbles touched it. So, of course, I had to stop using it.

The fancy box

What the soap looks like

My experience with the Tokyo Love Soap Premium (RM65~90 depending on seller) :

After I stopped using the Rice Milk Soap, I started using this. This soap did not aggravate my eczema at all. There was no stinging or tingling sensation on the area of my skin with the eczema rash. This also smells awesome, it smells of roses! This didn't dry out my skin. I also noticed that my skin became a bit fairer and really smooth. The scent would last almost throughout the day. No need for deodorant! 

Review : Clinique Derma White Brightening City Block

*Thoughts are my own. What works/doesn't work for me might work for you.

Front and back view

I've been using Clinique products for about 4 years now. They were vital in helping my skin recover from the weather shock when I first moved to Japan. One of the things that I tried in their range was the Clinique Derma White Brightening City Block.

First of all, this product has a very strong chemical smell. You know that thick plastic-y smell that sunblocks have? Well, that is what it smells like. I seriously don't like the scent. Even though though the liquid has a yellow undertone, upon application it will leave a white cast on your skin so be careful not to use too much or you'll end up looking as pale as a ghost.

I like the fact that it has a high SPF but the consistency is too thick and oily for my oily-combination skin. I feel like after a few hours, the product just starts slilding around on my face and my face ends up looking patchy and blotchy, especially on my T-zone.

Left : consistency of the product; Right : what it looks like after blending it out a bit

I think this product would be better suited for those with normal, dry and dry-combination skin but not those with oily and oily-combination skin.

Gifu University's 65th Annual Festival

On the 2nd and 3rd of November, we had our annual fair. The Malaysian students here opened up a stall where we sold mee goreng, satay, kebab and roti canai. It was a huge success thanks to everyone chipping in and so much fun!

We only had the booth for a day, though, because we weren't lucky enough during the lottery draw. 

By around 3pm we had already started packing up and were probably one of the first booths to do so. Yay!

Here are some photos from the event, including my scary face next to a moster-like thing. Till next year!