Monday, August 24, 2009

Jurlique Misting Spray


With the 28-33 Celsius weather in Hong Kong, my skin has been extremely oily. I've been sporting the T-ZONE grease look for 6 months already and I've had enough. Oil blotting paper doesn't do anything for me, so I've started experimenting with other products to control my oil excretion.
While browsing through the May issue of LUCKY, I read up on Kidada Jones, Quincy Jones' daughter, maintenance routine for clear skin.

I've learned to stay away from traditional moisturizers. After cleansing, while my face is damp, I spray this on to lock in moisture and keep my skin from feeling tight. I also use it after applying makeup to set my foundation. -Jones

I really needed to find a solution to my oily skin, so I visited a nearby Julique counter and asked them for oil controlling products. They tried to sell me a set of products, but tempting as it was to try the set, I wasn't ready to invest 700 HKD yet. So, I just asked for their misting spray. From the picture, you see I did walk a way with what I wanted, oil controlling mist spray that you can spray whenever you feel your skin lacks moisture or feel facial oil creeping up your pores. I've been using this for already three weeks and it's not that bad. As for the price, a 30ml bottle at 220 HKD is quite steep. The life span of 30ml bottle is approximately 1 month depending on how many spritz and how frequent you spray. I've been quite addicted to the scent,a lemon citrus tangerine zest, it's quite soothing and refreshing.

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Second Time



While on a road trip I found a little town called Madrid, NM. It's pronounced Mad-rid, not like the Spanish city. That's when I ran across this necklace made of an old watch. It's from a Canadian designer that uses old broken watches to make jewelry. From the tiny print it looks like the watch brand was Belora from Swiss made.
Economic contribution $45 USD.

My Car Crapped Out!



This is a huge economy booster! No product was actually made but it was labor intensive! My car broke down in the middle of no where!!

Yes it was at Four Corners, the only place in the U.S. that 4 different states connect at one spot. It's nothing special but they have a little spot where you can take pictures. 60 miles from civilization my car craps out!

It took $105 to get me and my car towed to the nearest city. Make matters worst only a Lexus Dealer can fix my car because it had something to do with my laser cut key! The nearest Lexus dealer was 500 miles away! So I towed my car for $1,000 to Denver Colorado. Then I had to rent a car for two weeks because I am not about to forfeit my vacation that costs $600. So finally to fixing the car it costs $900 to change all the locks and keys.
Total for this fiasco $2,605 USD! (and that doesn't include how much it took for me to return the car and get myself home to San Francisco)