Remedies In The Eyes of Old People

So, I'm sure I've complained about my acne and clogged pores long enough.
Well what do you know? I'm still suffering it.

Not surprising.

Today, I've decided to just follow what my mom's been telling me for weeks.

Use Bunga Kuduk-Kuduk.
Don't know what that is? Unfortunately I don't know the scientific name either.

But it was a remedy my mom and many other old folks believe to heal scars, but I didn't want to believe it.
Because I used to use it, to me it didn't do anything but I was young and I forgot if it worked or not.

Plus, I thought that infected my brother's wound until he had to go to the hospital!!!

Talk about trauma.

Anyway, here's the flower:

Bunga Kuduk-Kuduk

It kinda looks scary LOL.

I asked my maid to get some for me. They grow in the wild :O

They do!!

I wish we can just grow them so there'd be no dangers of snakes.

Basically, what I do is I make sure my face is cleansed first (preferably with rice water), if not, I scrub my face with it prior, and then I clean with anti-bacterial cleanser and then rub it on my face again.

I think for proper scrubbing, you use the whole flower.

For gentler scrubbing, use the petals only.

After that, leave some on your face, especially on darker scars.

Like so. I didn't edit my face here.

 You can't really see it but both my cheeks are horrendous. With clogged pores and what not.

What I noticed is that it kinda smoothed out the bumps (a bit).

Dried, bruised petals.

After that, I remove and use something moisturizing. Preferably, oil free.

LOL.
I sound as if I've been doing this for a while.

NO.
Just today.
Day and night.

And I feel it kinda work. Kinda.

Some scars lightened up a bit but maybe that's just psychologically.

But yeah.
Have you tried this method?

'til then!

-Nisah-

Will this work...?

So, the texture of my skin's been pretty bad.
Dare I say it's like....rough, bumpy....dry-ish.

I dunno, but I hate it.

I'd post pictures but I'm ashamed lol;
I guess I can post some HQ zoom-ins of my recent photoshoot. Although that's covered by a bit of makeup.
Sad thing is, you can still see the bumps.

Might get disgusted LOL (you've been warned)

This is WITH light powder and layers of concealer!

THE BUMPS. THE FUCKING BUMPS!

By this time, my makeup's melted so yeah.

For a photoshoot, I didn't want to use too much makeup, planned to photoshop them. It was a small at home photoshoot, hence I didn't use BB Cream nor Foundation.

You can see how the bumps are my worst enemy right now.
Clogged pores = acne.

And I heal very slowly ):

So I hate it.
I hate my skin right now.

Hated it so much I went back to something that might not work but it's called desperation.

THIS. Or rather, I went from OXY10 to THIS.

 When I used OXY10, it didn't work. It never did.
But then back then I nevr experienced these bumps.
These clogged pores, just acne here and there.

Back then is not now.
So now, I need to try this out again.

At a less concentrated formulation.

With that, I also got this.

SkinLab's Concentrated Vitamin E Cream

What it's supposed to do.

The reason why I got this was because Bio-Oil, even though it worked, was too oily for me.

But this, it sinks right into the skin.

I haven't seen much results. I'll wait for a week.

But I only use this at night.

Same with the OXY5.

Hope this works for me :(

I feel a bit sad today...

But ah well.

'til then!

-Nisah-

It's HEALED

Let's see, it took a few days to actually look like this, but I can honestly tell you that my skin improved loads just after a night of layering the ointment on!

Just one night, one thin layer.

And it reduced redness, and itchiness and I believe it removed the dead flaky skin too.

Continued usage on and off and this is what I got now!

Look at it! (Okay, not so HQ this one but that IS an improvement!)

Look at it! As if there was no rash in the first place!

Okay, granted that this is not HQ, in real life, there's a layer of shiny skin (?!) replacing the dead one. I don't know how long it'll take to actually return to it's real skin texture but for now, I'm happy.

Although I have to add that it does itch every now and then if I don't apply the ointment.

Other than that, I also took some tablets to soothe the bumps on my hands and maybe also on my face.

But yeah, I guess if I didn't go see a doctor, I'd still be with ugly rashes that just itches like hell.


And you know what? The Body Shop Brunei hasn't contacted me.
I'm a bit unhappy.

Because I also found out that despite what I thought at first, the one that caused my mom to have an allergic reaction is also a Body Mist, not perfume like initially thought.

It's the White Musk Libertine Body Mist.

I don't want compensation or whatnot, just some clarifications as to what actually caused the reaction in the first place. And no, I don't use anything else other than that Cherry Blossom Body Mist on that day.


AND. I don't know what to do with the stupid body mist.
Sure, I can use it on the body and sure, I have an ointment to help if I have another allergic reaction BUT what would YOU do when you have an offending item that caused you needless pain?

Would you use it again? You'd have second thoughts, won't you?

Yes.

That's what I'm worried about.

So, The Body Shop Brunei, if you're reading this (which is highly unlikely), DO CONTACT ME.
I love your products and I'm just very unhappy with this one. VERY.

At least tell me what the ingredient I'm allergic to is so I can avoid it in the future.

'til then!

-Nisah-

P.S: I'd love to do a review on my DUO Body Butter soon but until they contact me, I won't :x

Doctor, Help Me

So yeah, finally, after telling my mom how much it hurts, finally she had time to take me to the clinic to get my allergy rash checked. It was already drying I believe, but I still wanted it checked.

Fobancort and ....allergy tablets?

This picture is AFTER a night of applying the ointment I was provided (only a thin layer):

Disgusting yes, I know. But this looked better than it did yesterday!

What I think the ointment did was "dissolve" the dead skin layer? I dunno. I think it did that.

It didn't itch which is good.
But yeah, I haven't tried the tablet. I should only take it if the bumps on the back of my hand appears again.

These bumps that itch like a mother----er.

I noticed that the deadly body mist from The Body Shop only affects my neck and my hand, but that doesn't mean I can't accidentally affect other areas!

I don't want to give it away to someone either! I don't want them to suffer like what I did!

So, I'm still waiting for a call from The Body Shop.

They said they will, let's see.

If they don't, yeah, maybe I'll file a complaint properly, as a customer.

I mean, I LOVE The Body Shop, sure, they are expensive but I grew up with them.

Heck, that's why I'd apply for work there too.

I didn't even care much that they didn't accept me, God knows I can't sell a product.

I'm much too nice, to promote something that can affect me like the picture above.

But well, the body butter works. The one mentioned in this post, so well, I can't say they're all bad.

However, I WILL think twice about buying from them if they don't do anything about this.
I have never had an allergic reaction this bad.

NEVER.

Until I thought I was one of the lucky people who will never have an allergic reaction ever.

So yes, Japanese Cherry Blossom Body Mist, you're deadly to me.


'til then.

-Nisah-