Saturday 25 June 2016

Review: Yves Rocher Rinsing Vinegar

Yves Rocher Rinsing Vinegar (150ml)
Today review is on Yves Rocher Rinsing Vinegar. 

Overall, I really cannot make a different on what this product did for my hair as I see no results before and after use. Apart from my hair become easier to comb after shower, there is really no other effect I can observe. I think this product don't work on my hair, so I don't think I will continue to use it after I have finished this bottle.

Yves Rocher Rinsing Vinegar Summary
Yves Rocher is a cosmetics and beauty company by French entrepreneur. 

Yves Rocher Rinsing Vinegar is a rinse off hair treatment made of raspberry vinegar.

Benefits:
  • Enhance natural shine of hair.
  • Treats hair fibre without weighing it down.
  • Leave hair soft, smooth and radiant.
  • Helps to reduce mineral build up.
  • Helps repair and seal the hair cuticles.
  • No paraben, no silicone, no colourant and contain 98% natural ingredients.
Ingredients:
aqua/water/eau, acetum/vinegar/vinaigre, parfum/fragrance, palmitamidopropyltrimonium chloride, caprylyl/capryl glucoside, propylene glycol, salicylic acid, aroma (flavor), cetrimonium chloride, citric acid, methylpropanediol, alcohol, ci 14700 (red 4), ci 17200 (red 33), ci 42090 (blue 1)
What is written on the bottle.
Go to Yves Rocher Facebook Page for more information. 

How to use Yves Rocher Rinsing Vinegar?
After shampoo and conditioner, massage onto scalp and the entire hair length evenly and leave on for 2 minutes. Then rinse off. This can be done just before your last rinse.

My Review
Well, can't really remember how this product came about. But anyway lets get into action

This rinsing vinegar came in a nice plastic bottle. 
Yves Rocher Rinsing Vinegar.
The cap of the bottle looks pretty cute to me. 
Cap looks cute.
And its really great that there is a stopper for easier pouring of the product
Stopper for easier pouring.
I thought the rinsing vinegar will smell choking but it actually smells really good. There is a nice berry smell.

The rinsing vinegar has a liquid texture and is between pink and purple in color. 
Liquid texture and is between pink and purple in color.
I don't really feel anything when using it. I thought it will feel icy cool but it actually don't. 

Also it is actually difficult for me to see how much I should use as its too liquid in texture. So I end up using quite a lot for just 1 use because of my long hair. So I think it will not last for many use for 1 bottle.

Actually, I don't see any different before and after use. The only thing I notice is that my hair is easier to comb after shower. Well, that is pretty much it. Nothing else it really did to my hair. :(
Before and after use.
Overall, I really cannot make a different on what this product did for my hair as I see no results before and after use. Apart from my hair become easier to comb after shower, there is really no other effect I can observe. I think this product don't work on my hair, so I don't think I will continue to use it after I have finished this bottle.        

Where to buy it?
Yves Rocher Rinsing Vinegar can be bought from Yves Rocher retail outlet at a retail price of S$18 for each 150ml bottle.

Where to get sample?
No Sample redemption for this product. :(

Disclaimer: Product in this post was bought for personal use only. Review is for the purpose of sharing my honest personal experience only. No sponsorship and monetary compensation are offered.

Saturday 18 June 2016

Review: Kinohimitsu Eyebright

Kinohimitsu Eyebright (30 sachets / box)
Today review is on Kinohimitsu Eyebright. 

Overall, Kinohimitsu Eyebright is really effective. It improves my tired, blur and dry eyes. Also nowadays, we have been seeing electronic devices for long hours during work and off work. So this product really can nourish and protect my eyes.

Kinohimitsu Eyebright Summary
Kinohimitsu Eyebright is designed for in depth protection for the eyes.

Benefits:
  • Protects Retina
  • Strengthens eyesight
  • Nourishes eyes
What is written on the box.
Suitable for:
  •  Dry or fatigue eyes
  • Farsightedness or nearsightedness
  • Contact lenses user
  • Poor night vision
  • Long hours driving
  • Long hours reading
  • Prolonged exposure to sun
  • Prolonged exposure to electronic devices
Ingredients and who should take Eyebright.
For more information, go to Kinohimitsu website

How to consume Kinohimitsu Eyebright?
Take 1 sachet a day before breakfast. 

Open the sachet and pour it directly into the mouth.

My Review
I have long wanted to try Kinohimitsu Eyebright and finally have the chance to try it when Kinohimitsu is having sales few months back. 

I have been having it for months already and the result is really good. :) So let get the ball rolling. 

Kinohimitsu Eyebright came in a box of 30 sachets. Each day one and 1 box can be consume for a month.
Kinohimitsu Eyebright came in a box.
1 Box came in 30 sachets.
Each sachet came in a long thin paper sachet. 
Each sachet of Kinohimitsu Eyebright.
The sachet is small and can be conveniently bring around. And I really like it that it's easy to consume. Just tear open the sachet and pour it into my mouth. 

Kinohimitsu Eyebright is in powder form and taste really delicious too. There is a very fragrance berry taste. So I have no problem to just eat it like that. It just feel like eating sweets. :)
How Kinohimitsu Eyebright looks like.
The effect is really good. I can see slight improvement in just 1 sachet of consumption. I was actually having tired, teary and blurry eyes. But I actually felt the slight improvement in just 1 sachet of consumption. 

Its been months since I consume Kinohimitsu Eyebright. My eyes now not only does not get tired and blur that easily now, my eyes do not get dry easily too when wearing my contact lenses. This really helps me to feel comfortable the whole day wearing the contact lenses without using eye drop.

But one thing, its quite expensive. So when Kinohimitsu is having sales, stock up more!

Overall, Kinohimitsu Eyebright is really effective. It improves my tired, blur and dry eyes. Also nowadays, we have been seeing electronic devices for long hours during work and off work. So this product really can nourish and protect my eyes. :)

Where to buy it?
Kinohimitsu Eyebright can be bought from Kinohimitsu Website or Kinohimitsu outlets for a retail price of S$59.90 per box of 30 sachets.

Where to get sample?
No sample redemption for this product. :(

Disclaimer: Product in this post was bought for personal use only. Review is for the purpose of sharing my honest personal experience only. No sponsorship and monetary compensation are offered.

Saturday 11 June 2016

Review: Hi-Tea New Package (DIY with Peach Fruit Tea, Chamomile, Lavender, Rosemary Loose Flower Tea)

Hi-Tea New Package (50gm/Pack)
Today review is on Hi-Tea New Package plus DIY with Peach Fruit Tea, Chamomile, Lavender, Rosemary Loose Flower Tea. 

Overall, I really have fun playing with the tea, blending my own tea, making my own dessert and food using the tea. The new packaging is really great for more DIY and blending. Drinking tea now turns out to be fun and relax for me. 

Hi-Tea Fruits and Loose Flower Tea Summary
Hi-Tea is a Singapore based flower tea company that provides flower tea products with quality and beneficiary to health and beauty.

Their tea uses 100% pure flowers and fresh fruits that is dried and mixed. Also it does not contain caffeine, flavouring, color or additives. Perfectly safe and healthy.


They have different varieties of tea:
  • Fruits Tea
  • Special Blended Flower Tea
  • Loose Flowering Tea
  • Blooming Flower Tea (New)
Tea in this Review
Chamomile and Lavender Loose Flower Tea
Lavender Tea
Flavour - Slight Sweet and Strong Fragrant
Benefits - Reduce blood pressure, stabilize digestive system, relief headache, improve sleep quality, minimize chance of getting flu cough or sore throats, relief menstrual pain and relax tension.

Chamomile Tea
Flavour - Slight Sweet or Slight Bitter
Benefits -
Aid in soothing lung, reduce symptoms of flu, headache, helps relief constipation, breathing problems, tension, improve sleep quality and menstrual cycle and beauty.

Rosemary Loose Flower Tea
Rosemary Tea
Flavour -
Fragrant and pleasant
Benefits -
improve memory, brain function, alertness, helps in blood circulation, normalize blood pressure,
indigestion, rheumatism, muscle pain, relax, prevent anemia, eliminate toxins and cleanse your body, calm digestive system, fight anxieties and headache, treat eczema and skin rashes and antioxidant which helps to fight cancer, free radicals and premature aging.
(Be careful not to over drink it.)

Peach Fruit Tea
Peach Fruit Tea 
Ingredients used: Hibiscus, French Rose Buds, Peach, Lemon

Go to Hi-Tea Website for more information.

How to consume Hi-Tea?
  • Place 5 gram of flower tea into 300ml of mug.
  • Pour in some water to wash the tea then add 300ml of hot water.
  • Steep it for 3- 5 minutes. Increase steeping time for each new brew. 
  • Its then ready to be serve. Add honey for better taste. 
The gram stated here is for reference only. You may adjust according to your liking. 

Keep flower tea in cool dry place.   
Brewing instruction on the package.
My Review
Its tea time!!! Yes, it's my Hi-Tea time again!!! :D And this time round, Hi-Tea have a new packaging. Follow me to find out now. 

As you may have previously seen, Hi-Tea Flower Tea comes in one individual sachet. That is their old package as they have come out with new packaging. 
Hi-Tea Old Packaging.
Now Hi-Tea Flower Tea comes in each individual, nice 4 way safe see through 50 gram light brown package. 

Yes see through means you can see the flower tea now!

How 4 way safe? The pack is water proof, it comes in a zip lock for resealing, it's fire seal at the top to ensure the pack you received is fresh and new and the sticker pasted on the bag ensure it's not opened.
Hi-Tea New Packaging.
Back of the package contain instructions and expiry date.
Kudos to the Hi-Tea team, all these packing of tea, to sealing to pasting the stickers to checking of the tea before delivering it to you are all done by human work, Not machine work. So you can now not worry and feel safe as each and every pack is carefully inspected before delivery. 

Each pack also comes with a refreshment chip inside the bag to ensure the tea stays dry. 
Comes with a refreshment chip.
This new packing means that I can better blend my own tea and adjust them according to my liking. Great for me to do more DIY. :)

How about those who still like them in sachet for traveling? Well you can always blend your own tea, then pack them in empty tea sachet that can be bought easily and finally place the sachet made in a container. This way, the tea that I bring along while traveling now contain my own unique tea that can't go wrong!
Empty Tea sachet you can buy to hold your own blend of tea.
With this new individually pack loose tea, I am having a great time having fun doing DIY to the tea. 

Before I go on to the fun of playing with the tea, let us look at one new tea here first, Rosemary tea. 
Trying out Rosemary tea.
I have eaten rosemary chicken but drinking it as tea!! I asked myself, "Are you sure!!??" So I did try making myself a very small cup

I have seen rosemary chop up into very small pieces but Hi-Tea's rosemary tea came in longer bigger rosemary leaves. 
Rosemary tea
The rosemary tea came colorless with just very light rosemary smell.  

And surprisingly, rosemary tea taste quite pleasant and fragrance. It taste even better when drink cold. Its quite hard to explain the taste but the feeling is just about the same when drinking lemongrass tea. Just simply it taste like rosemary....lol
Rosemary tea came colorless.
But if you still find it strange to drink rosemary tea, then eat them! I have tried marinating these rosemary tea into my pork rib and it taste simply delicious!!
Marinate rosemary to pork rib.
Delicious rosemary pork rib.
Enough of rosemary. let's move on to more DIY. 
 
Previously, I have tried drinking the readily packed relaxation special blended tea by Hi-Tea. To recall, it taste too bitter for me as the lavender is overwhelming. 

So, with these new pack of loose tea, I can now easily adjust and blend my own relaxation tea that suits my taste bud. :)

What did I blend? Besides lavender and chamomile, I added rosemary to form Swanple's relaxation tea.  
DIY Relaxation Tea.
DIY Relaxation Tea using chamomile, lavender and rosemary.
This time round, I added more chamomile and reduce the lavender. Also I added some amount of rosemary by using my gut feeling....hahaha
Amount I used for 1 pot of tea.
Results

It produces the same yellow color tea but taste so much better. 
Yellow in color.
There is a sweet chamomile taste with a very light lavender and rosemary taste towards the end. Also the rosemary taste is gone when the tea turns cold.

I love my own DIY blended relaxation tea. Taste just as I want it to be. ;)
Swanple's DIY relaxation tea.
But for those who want to blend back Hi-Tea's relaxation special blended Tea that you have drink in sachet previously, you can do so too. Its actually 2gm of chamomile tea and 2gm of lavender tea. 
 
Well, I know you must be scolding me right now. "Are you crazy!!! Singapore so hot still drink hot tea??!!!" Ok Ok Ok. Actually I sometimes think this way too. :p

Hm...ok then don't drink it hot. Let's make it cold till it freezes your brain. So I decided to make my own DIY Peach fruit tea ice-cream!!! Just the thought of it already makes me so excited. 

Ingredient used is simple. Just Hi-Tea peach fruit tea with strawberries.
Hi-Tea peach fruit tea with strawberries.
It's simple to make too. Cut up strawberries, prepare the peach tea and put them all to the ice-cream mould. 
Making my own ice-cream.
And I waited anxiously for my ice-cream to be form. *_*'''
Placing it in refrigerator to form shape.
The wait is worth it. My DIY ice-cream taste so so delicious. Not only delicious, it is healthy too.
DIY Ice-cream.
Hi-Tea peach fruit tea with strawberries ice-cream.
Overall, I really have fun playing with the tea, blending my own tea, making my own dessert and food using the tea. The new packaging is really great for more DIY and blending. Drinking tea now turns out to be fun and relax for me. 

Where to buy it?
Hi-Tea various type of Tea can be bought from Hi-Tea Website.It now comes in new package and each package comes in 50 grams. Check out Hi-Tea Website now for the price of each different tea. 

Where to get sample?
No sample redemption for this product. :( However you may like Hi-Tea Facebook Page for future promotion.

Disclaimer: Products were provided for personal review purposes only. All reviews are 100% honest and based on my personal experience. No monetary compensation of any kind was given or received for this review.