[Sponsored] Essential CC Oil & Night Care Milk

Remember last year Essential released a product to combat bed hair issues? Essential Sleeping Hair Mask could combat bed hair, shortening the time needed to get your hair ready for work in the morning. 

This September they have relaunches the Leave On Treatment range with the brand new CC Oil and Night Care Milk! 

So what does CC in the CC oil stands for? Not colour corrector :p, but Cuticle Care. It works the same as the BB/CC cream for skincare. CC Oil protects your hair against 5 stresses, leaving you with more beautiful, less tangles and manageable hair.

What are the 5 stresses that CC Oil protects your hair against? 

Brazan Blow-Drying Stress

This stress removes moist from your hair, both insides and outside. Leaving the hair dry, brittle and susceptible for further damage. 

Cruel Combing Stress

The second stress, Cruel Combing Stress, caused by daily combing through wet hair. This action causes great hair damage as the hair follicle is at is most fragile state. Likewise, the friction caused by coming through dry hair can form hair knots which makes hair prone to unnecessary breakage. 

Spiteful Split Ends Stress

The third stress, Spiteful Split Ends Stress destroys the ends of the hair which are oldest and dries parts into two with his karate skills. Split ends can go up to 10 split per end! 

Badass Breakage Stress

The fourth stress seems so harmless, but yet it is as bad as brazan blow-dry stress! Besides daily heat styling, blow drying and brushing, other seemingly harmless actions like tying your hair into a tight ponytail or twirling your hair with your fingers exert excessive stress on your hair, resulting in hair breakage. 

Despicable Dryness Stress

The last stress, Despicable Dryness Stress, like the name suggest, it ruins the happy ending of every girl and loath at the sight of gorgeous hair. Exposure to the sun, wind or even air-conditioning can result in hair dryness. The hair cuticle that protects the hair is weakened and is unable to retain moisture within the cuticles of the hair. 

CC Oil 

To combat these 5 stresses, the Essential CC Oil coats each strand of hair with a cuticle coat protection. The cuticle coat protection leaves hair smooth and tangle-free all day! And it is easy to use! Just need to apply it on towel-dried hair or damped hair, pumping an appropriate amount, apply it from mid-hair down. And you don't have to rinse it! 

After applying CC Oil

This is my hair state after applying CC Oil. It helps in coating a layer of protection, without leaving oiliness on my hair. My hair felt smooth and tangled-free the whole day at work. 

Besides combating the 5 stresses, our hair also come in contact with Pillow Friction, this usually happens when we toss and turn at night. This friction is causes the cuticles to be misaligned. Misaligned cuticles creates frizz, resulting in the fabulous lion’s mane the next morning. But in order to "reset" the lion's mane, we have to shower early in the morning to ensure our hair looks perfect for work. But this means sacrificing our beauty sleep! T_T 

Night Care Milk

To solve this issue and get extra beauty sleep, Essential Night Care Milk helps to protects our hair from pillow friction by leaving a protective coat around each hair strand and prevent misaligned cuticles when hair rubs against the pillowcase, leaving hair more manageable the next morning. And application is as easy as abc! All we need to do is to apply this on damp hair or dry hair before we head to bed! It will do its magic throughout the night. The next morning our hair will be all ready for work! The cuticle coat protection leaves hair smooth and tangle free all day. And it contains Hair Supplement Oil, which is similar to hair’s natural oil.

The next day after applying Night Care Milk the night before

This is my hair right after I wake up, applying Night Care Milk the night before. And I am all ready to head for work! No need to "reset" my hair early in the morning and it is time to catch up for more beauty sleep. All I need to do before I head out for work is to comb my hair once and voila, my hair is as neat as it is right after shower. The best part is my hair doesn't feel oily throughout the whole day and they smell nice. 

Now Essential is having a campaign where you can win attractive prizes weekly! All you have to do is to head over to their facebook, and click Play Game or click this link to start playing the game! You will play as Essential’s Mane Hero and combat the 5 evil Hair Stress Brothers and Pesky Pillow King! 

Feeling stress that you need your dose of CC Oil and Night Care Milk? 

Now you can get it at all leading supermarkets, hypermarkets, personal care stores and pharmacies. Both retailing at $11.90 each, which is worth for all the beauty sleep you can have.

[Sponsored] ClearSK Laser SHR Hair-Free

I always have issues with keeping my under arm hair-free, but that's impossible with just shaver. Especially that is an action that you have to do everyday. Waxing is out of question since it does hurt (I guessed). The other alternative is to go for Laser SHR and ClearSK has the solution to solve the hair issue that we have been all worried about.

Their Laser SHR Hair-Free is their latest treatment for ladies who have no time to spend on shaving or scare of pain.

Lasers and light sources use the principle of selective photothermolysis to eliminate hair and its potential regrowth without damaging the surrounding skin. During ClearSK Laser SHR treatment, light passes through the skin and is absorbed by the melanin in the hair shaft. This absorption raises the temperature of the hair follicle and thermally destroys the cells responsible for regrowth.

Clinically-tested by US FDA for safety and efficacy, this treatment is suitable for all hair types (from thick to fine) and skin tone (light to dark). Highly comfortable for bikini line and Brazilian hair removal too.


So i was offered a session of Laser SHR Hair-Free treatment at Novena Medical Centre. And was ushered into the treatment room once I've reached as I reached on the dot for my appointment. *haha*

Machine

This is the machine that is used for the treatment, the applicator is rather small for a big machine.

Before

This is a pic before my treatment, basically I didn't really shave for the treatment. The consultant had to do a little shaving before the treatment (my bad).

Cooling gel applied

A layer of cooling gel is applied on the area before the session. It's a little similar to the LaserSlim Treatment, a cooling gel is applied before the applicator is used. Then my consultant started to use the handpiece and I felt a slight warm sensation but it was not painful at all. The handpiece is to deliver continuous repetitive pulses of light. 

After treatment

Pardon for the blur photo, but it was taken right after the treatment. Not really hair-free but most of the hair were gone and basically can't even see the tiny heads like I do see after shaving ( either that I really suck at shaving).

After treatment, I applied moisturizer as I felt a little dryness over that area. And after a month, I do see even after a session of Laser SHR Hair-free treatment, the hair growth is minimal! This is amazing. Their recommended sessions to see optimal results is a minimum of 6 weeks and once per month. For hairier people, they recommend up to 10 sessions.

Hair reduction is observed after 4-6 sessions. Hair is evidently finer. For those with less serious case, the treatment causes permanent damage to the hair follicle and hence the results will be permanent.

SHR Hair Free treatment targets the deeply seated hair follicles and permanently damages them as opposed to shaving, waxing, hair removal creams which only serve to remove the hair shaft. Unless you have gone through hormonal imbalances caused by pregnancy, menopause, intake of hormone pills, most people enjoy permanent hair reduction/removal.

The 1st trial treatment is 20 minutes at the price of $68 each. They have outlets at Scotts Medical Center, Novena Medical Center, Velocity, Orchard, Tampines, Jurong East. They have an outlet at the different parts of this sunny island to cater to their customers.

You can visit their website for more information: http://www.clearsk.com

[Sponsored] Tsubaki Hair Oil

I always have issue with dry and damaged hair. All started ever since I dying my hair like nearly 10 years ago, my hair hasn't been at its best stage. :( At times, it will get so dry that split ends appears and that annoys me much. So bad that I am afraid to use hair dyer to dry my hair.

I'm always searching for leave-on hair treatment that will repair my dry, flat hair that has split ends too. However, nothing much works well.

Shiseido came up with a new product, Tsubaki Hair Oil. This hair oil is formulated with high concentration of selected camellia oil to deeply protect, moisturise and repair your hair, resulting in a luxurious shine. Sounds amazing and I couldn't wait to give it a try.

Application of one side to show the results

I've decided to apply one side to compare if it looks better after applying. In the picture, you can see that the side without Tsubaki Hair Oil looks dry and damaged. The side with application of Tsubaki Hair Oil looks smoother. And the best part is, it doesn't leave any sticky or greasy feeling like most hair treatment products (countless products have this issue). 

And even after applying the whole day, my hair doesn't get sticky or uncomfy. This product also protects my hair from UV rays damage while preventing split ends and hair breakage. This is a must in hair products as many of us miss out in protecting our hair from UV rays. We only remember our skin protection but not our hair. Time to keep up with the protection. *shivers from bad memories of head sunburn*

Tsubaki Hair Oil uses selected Camellia Oil, which has a elegant and indulgent scent of floral and green fruity notes. I like how my hair smells after applying. *sniff sniff* The Camellia Oil used is produced in the Goto Islands in Nagasaki, the perfect location for producing quality camellia oil thanks to the warm climate, fertile soils, and other favourable conditions.

This Camellia Oil have shininess, protective care, moisturising and repair effects. 4-in-1, which are things that we always lag in protecting our hair. And my hair does have that shiny effect even after 6 hours. I am happy to find this product before my big day this month, can't wait to have beautiful hair that doesn't look dry and dull all the time. Plus, my hair tends to get super flat in the afternoon when the weather is too humid. *gah*

Application of the hair oil is quite easy.

■How to apply evenly 

To prevent irregular application, spread half the appropriate amount (about 20-cent coin size for mid- length hair) onto the palms and work through the hair. Then, spread the second half onto the palms and focus on areas that require extra application.

Abou 20-cent coin size on palm

Rub on palms first before applying

Work through the bottom of the hair, especially those split-ends

Spread the second half of the palm on
areas that need extra applications. 

■How to prevent flat hair 

(Particularly recommendable to those who have soft and fine hair, like mine. I called it the stubborn hair)
Refrain from applying large amount inappropriately and unevenly. Start application from the damaged tips and gradually work upwards to the roots to avoid flat hair.

■How to reduce volume or prevent dry hair 

(Particularly recommendable to those who have thick and voluminous hair)
Apply an appropriate amount to wet hair and dry it with a hair dryer. Then, spread a small amount onto the palms and apply on bottom half of the hair to reduce the volume.

Wanna know more updates from Tsubaki? Remember to like their  facebook page to receive updates of their products !https://www.facebook.com/TsubakiSG And guess what? They are having a facebook contest, starting this Friday, 12th Sept. You May stand a chance to win a retail size Tsubaki Hair Oil!

[Sponsored] Essential Sleeping Hair Mask

One thing I always hate about whenever I wake up early in the morning, hoping to look fresh and bounce of out the house is the bed hair. Never once I look like sleeping beauty when I wake up from a good night sleep, sometimes I seriously wonder why do I even hope to look like her when I wake up. Looking into the mirror, I only see a lioness in making.

Bed Hair is caused by the pillow, your lovely soft pillow, which I don't even realised how bad it can be. 

Cleo Magazine Ad

These few little fellows are the cause of my bed hair every morning. *cuss*

I really hate Frizz and Toss! *bleah* I have thin hair and every morning I see frizzy thin hair that pretty much can never sit still for the next 5 hours. Without washing it in the morning, I really look like a mad woman who just woke up from her previous attack. Look at their criminal record!! *annoyed* 

Basically my hair is vulnerable to damage, thanks to these two little imp! Besides them, they have other accomplices. Here's their criminal record in my database. :(

I want them go to away, all these little annoying imps that deprive me from my beauty sleep. T_T

So what exactly causes them to be able to do so much harm to your hair that result bed hair morning?

Pillow Friction:

When we sleep, we tend to toss and turn, which results the hair to rub against the pillow, creating pillow friction. 

Pillow Damage: 

Pillow friction causes hair cuticles to open up unevenly, causing hair to be rough, frizzy or prone to tangles. These action causes damage to our hair.
Bed Hair:
As a result of Pillow Damage, you wake up the next day with frizzy, unmanageable hair like a lion’s mane. That is known as the bed hair.

Bugger, with bed hair = less sleeping time! 
I will need to wake up earlier to wash my hair so that I won't look like a mad woman in the office as washing hair ‘resets’ the uneven alignment of hair cuticles and makes hair smooth and manageable again.. But this also means I'm getting lesser beauty sleep. T_T

I need my beauty sleep!!!! HOW? 

Essential to the rescue!!!  They have launch a great product that targets and resolve bed hair every morning. And this time, it is the Sleeping Hair Mask ♥

Essential Sleeping Hair Mask!

Why am I so happy? I've tried this product and it does wonders every morning. The results are visible!

My usual morning hair without applying Essential Sleeping Mask yet. 

This is how bad my bed hair is every morning. I can see the frizziness of the hair. But after applying the sleeping mask before I sleep, next morning, my hair looks as fresh as before I head to bed.

 Here's the result:

My morning hair after applying Essential Sleeping Hair Mask

The best part of this hair mask? You just need to pump the treatment milk on your palm and apply it before you sleep. It is that easy!! The milky, non-greasy texture is absorbed instantly by your hair and forms a protective layer between each hair strand and your pillow, protecting your hair cuticles from Pillow Friction while you toss and turn.

Pump it out.

Apply it on your hair

Then you are done! Just wait for it to do its work while you are sleeping. Remember to apply it before you sleep. (: Besides this awesome sleeping hair mask, Essential has paired this up with their leave on serum.

Leave On Serum 60ml

This is to be applied before you head out as the Cuticle Protection Ingredients in the leave on serum form a protective veil over hair to prevent frizz and dryness caused by humidity and UV rays. Just spread the serum evenly onto hair and it invigorates hair, giving it a healthy and lustrous shine while protecting it from the sun.

Great price and available anywhere. 
Now you can get it at all leading supermarkets, hypermarkets, personal care stores and pharmacies. Pricing at $11.90 each, which is worth for all the beauty sleep you can have.

Try it first: 
Not convinced? You can get samples to try before purchasing. Head over to The Sample Store to redeem sample pack from them here.

Stand a chance to win 2NE1 concert tickets! HOW? 

Stand a chance to win tickets to 2NE1’s All or Nothing World Tour concert held at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on 28th June! Simply buy $10 worth of Essential products to qualify! Go to www.essentialsg.com/2ne1 for more information.

And remember, to like Essential on their Facebook for more updates and information. Also check out their other products!

Don't let bed hair deprives you from your beauty sleep ~