Schwarzkopf 120th anniversary

For 120 years, Schwarzkopf is a name synonymous with quality, reliability, expertise and innovation in the hair care, colour and styling industry. Schwarzkopf runway is the birthplace of many styling trends throughout the years. This year, the brand takes a step away from conventional beauty stereotypes and embraces diversity and individual expressions of style, fashion and beauty.

The #createyourstyle campaign embraces individual styles and urges users to have the confidence to wear your favourite style in the best way. Or even, a non-styled; wake up hair style that says “So what? It’s me and I love it”. In this context, Schwarzkopf sets the stage for a clean and healthy head of hair with ever reliable products such as the Schwarzkopf Extra Care Hydro Collagen Shampoo, Schwarzkopf Extra Care Hydro Collagen Conditioner and Schwarzkopf Extra Care Hydro Collagen Express Repair Spray. The rest is all up to you. The possibilities are endless, really!

At the launch event held in Talent Lounge, 3 top Malaysia influencers got to flaunt their favourite styles and share personal stories about their hairstyle of choice. 

Sharifah Eleen Al-Baity loves wearing her hair in loose, carefree styles that are easy to achieve and reflects her wanderlust and free-spirit. She's in above photo, standing in the middle.

This is beautiful Emma Shazleen

Local celebrity, Mawar Rashid, is a fan of simple, elegant hair styles. “A timeless hairstyle is very flattering and looks good at any angle; perfect for someone who needs to be photo-ready at any moment.” said Rashid during the event.

Schwarzkopf Extra Care Hydro Collagen Shampoo
Schwarzkopf Extra Care Hydro Collagen Shampoo, offering daily cleansing for normal to dry and coarse hair. Restores the optimal moisture balance, resulting in healthy re-hydrated hair that shines. The state of the art pH 4-5 formula with Marine Collagen & Hyaluronic Acid optimizes moisture absorption and retention, making hair tangibly smoother and shinier.
(200ml at RM 18 and 400ml at RM 28)

 Schwarzkopf Extra Care Hydro Collagen Conditioner
Schwarzkopf Extra Care Hydro Collagen Conditioner, providing just the right balance of re-hydration for normal to dry and coarse hair.

Long lasting hydration and 72-hour smoothness effect.

Perfect combability for lustrous shine.
(400ml at RM 29)

 Schwarzkopf Extra Care Hydro Collagen Express Repair Spray
Schwarzkopf Extra Care Hydro Collagen Express Repair Leave in Conditioner delivers intensive regeneration and moisture that repairs the hair structure and smoothes the hair surface while leaving it completely comb-able.
(150ml at RM35)

Shopping for hair care range for self or loved ones? Can check out this range of Schwarzkopf Extra Care Hydro Collagen range of hair care products are available at selected Guardian and Watsons outlets nationwide. They retail from RM18 to RM35.

 

Veet Sensitive Touch Workshop

Speech by Tiffany Tang, Marketing Director of RB Malaysia & Singapore

  

 Last week I was invited to attend the Veet Sensitive Touch Workshop, the workshop was held at Talent Lounge at Damansara Perdana. 

The new gadget in town is Veet Sensitive Touch, beauty can be a tricky stunt when it comes to hair removal and trimming, as many sensitive body parts demand skill and care. Bikini lines, eyebrows and underarms are delicate areas that requires gentle yet precise trimming, which existing tools like razors and tweezers cannot fully provide. I am glad to tell you that world's No.1 depilatory brand Veet has recently rolled out a new beauty gadget that makes hair trimming a breeze.

 Currently women often shape eyebrows by tweezing or threading, as well as use razors for hair removal aat bikini line and underarms. 

"Research has shown that unfortunately the market does not cater to method that treats each sensitive area with the precision, gentleness and convenience it needs. Hence, women seems to need a whole armory of tools like razors, tweezers, cream, wax strips and so on to tame those tricky terrains," said Tiffany Tang, Marketing Director of RB Malaysia and Singapore at the workshop. 

According to Celebrity Makeup Artist Stevensunny, maintaining a well-shaped brow is just as important in a woman's beauty regime as skincare. "Your eyebrows speak before you do. You can convey boldness and confidence with a squared off brow, or arch it differently to show free spirits. Many women have told me they don't know how to do it properly and are afraid of messing it up. This is why I love Veet Sensitive Touch, it is suitable for all brow types and skill levels, and you can adjust the length of hair to trim. So, if you don't like or got bored of the style you created, it is easier to change it!" says Stevesunny, who demonstrated the ease of using the device to create arches and angles at the gadget workshop.

demonstration of Veet Sensitive Touch by Stevensunny, Celebrity Makeup Artist

Chit-chat session with Amber Chia, Malaysia Supermodel and Actress

Malaysia Supermodel and Actress Amber Chia, gushed that Veet Sensitive Touch saves time-pressed women like her from the inconvenience and discomfort of traditional eyebrow shaping methods. "Gentle, precise and no fear of cuts - this is what beauty should fee like," says Amber Chia.

No bigger than en electronic toothbrush, Veet Sensitive Touch can be carried in a handbag and come to the rescue in any hairy situations throughout the day. Have a dinner date but the brow is looking unruly after work? Simply whip out the device and quickly comb it over the brows to gussy up your look!

At the workshop, get to see the Veet Sensitive Touch gadget and used it to trim the fake hairs

Each Veet Sensitive Touch comes with one beauty styler, one two-sided precision head for optimal eyebrow shaping, one bikini trimming head, one comb attachments, one styler cap, one cleaning brush, and one beauty pouch. The device runs on AA battery, which included in the packaging too. Veet Sensitive Touch retails at RM119.00 at major pharmacies nationwide and online retailers.

The Veet Sensitive Touch, this new gadget in town is a game-changing device that comes with various detachable heads to faciliate accurate and gentle hair trimming at sensitive body parts, such as the eyebrows, underarms and bikinilines. The cutting blades are specially designed to never touch your skin during usage, hence no risk of cuts. I tried the gadget at the event and it didn't cut my skin, it's user friendly tool.

from L to R: Rock, Korean and Bohemian Brows with Veet Sensitive Touch by Stevensunny, Celebrity Makeup Artist

More photos has been taken do check out album 1 of my Facebook page. Click on the link to view. You can also follow the updates on Facebook Veet Malaysia.

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Pharmaton® Introduces Brand Personalities Fara Fauzana and Sherson Lian

In today's modern world, I am sure you know most of lead hectic lifestyles and it can be difficult to look after our health and diet. It is paramount that we do not neglect our health as in the long run it is a good health that matters most. Eating well may not necessarily provide our body with the complete nutrients hence multivitamins are essential in supplying most of them in the form of a super convenient supplement. 

Pharmaton® the market leader in multivitamins in Malaysia is a brand  that delivers more than your daily vitamins and minerals. Pharmaton®   provides the energy to fuel ones fast paced life and to ensure one is  ready to face challenges head on. It improves bodily functions and assists in  reducing tiredness. Pharmaton®’s Swiss formulation that is  enhanced with standardized Ginseng Extract G115® and a combination of  vitamins & minerals, delivers the nutrients enabling one to achieve more  besides providing optimal health benefits.

Ms. Carmenza Alarcon, Head of Consumer Healthcare Malaysia/Singapore,  Boehringer Ingelheim (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd

Fara and Sherson as the brand personalities for Pharmaton® 

Both of them are perfectly capture the essence of product's benefits with their active and energetic lifestyle.

They are both dynamic, charismatic, successful and are the perfect embodiment of a Pharmaton® user who is sharp, focused and want to achieve nothing but the best in  everything that matters to them.

At a recent event, members of the media were introduced to the two new  Pharmaton Personalities, Fara Fauzana and Chef Sherson Lian. The event was held in Talent Lounge at Damansara Perdana.

Emcee of the day, Nadia Heng, she introduces two new Pharmaton Personalities, Fara Fauzana and Chef Sherson Lian

Official signing ceremony of Pharmaton Personalities – Fara Fauzana 

In a chat session during the event, Fara and Sherson shared their personal tips on sustaining energy levels despite their daily challenges.  

Fara Fauzana or more fondly called by her fans FaFau, mentioned that her day starts very early. She needs to wake up 4am every day and be at the office at 5am in ther morning, at the break of dawn, she says it requires a lot of discipline and energy but she's passionate about her job and do not mind doing it every day. 

She added “You have to be hyped up at 6.00am when the show begins, be well-prepared and be engaging with my listeners”. 

With Pharmaton®, she is on top of her job and has the energy that can see her through till the end of the day including playing her favourite sports every  night with friends. 

Official signing ceremony of Pharmaton Personalities –  Sherson Lian

Sherson on the other hand claims that he has to stay alert and physically fit  due to his nature of work.

If you love cooking, I am sure that you know cooking requires planning and precision. Sherson needs to have focus in everything that he can do from planning the menu to choosing the best and freshest ingredients. As chefs he needs the energy to be able to manage the challenges in the kitchen such as the heat, heavy utensils and being on their feet for long hours. I know that as my brother works in the kitchen before. 

Sherson as a host on food programmes, it is important for him to have the alertness, to be able to memorise scripts as well as endure long shooting hours. 

Sherson when asked about why Pharmaton® is important in his daily life. In 2012 he set up a consultancy called Cookery Chemistry Solution that handles everything with food from restaurants, to food consultancy and shows. 

Meet the Pharmaton Personalities – Fara Fauzana & Sherson Lian

 Fara Fauzana, Carmenza Alarcon and Sheason Lian photographed with Pharmaton

At the event, Sherson also showed off his culinary skills as he prepared a special dish created with the key ingredient, Ginseng found in Pharmaton®.

Fara Fauzana & Sherson Lian preparing the Pharmaton inspired Ginseng ice cream

Check out my instagram video, you'll see smoke coming out from the blender, find out why.

Pharmaton Capsules and Pharmaton Caplets

Now I am sure you are awaiting to know the recipe of the Ginseng Ice Cream. It's my first time to see dry ice being use to make ice cream. 

Pharmaton Inspired Ginseng Ice Cream Recipe

Equipment needed 

1. Stove x 2

2. Stainless Steel Mixing Bowl x 3

3. Stainless Steel Whisk x 1

4. Measuring cup x 1

5. Sauce Pot x 2

6. Large  Spoon x 2

7. Sift x 1

8. Ice Cream Scoop x 1

9. Table Top Mixer x 1 (with flat beater attachment )

10. Blender 

11. Serving plates (if there is going to be tasting)

12. Serving spoons as well ( if there is going to be tasting )

13. Small bowls or containers for the ingredients

Recipe

1. 1 ½ cups – cream

2. 1 ½ cups – milk

3. 1 tblspn – vanilla extract

4. 5 egg – yolks 

5. ½ cup – sugar

6. 2tblspn – butter

7. 1nos – cinnamon stick

8. 1 cup – macadamia nuts 

9. 3/4 cup water 

10. 1/3 cup – ginseng chopped

11. 1 handful – ginseng flower

12. Pinch – nutmeg powder  

13. Salt to taste

14. Berries and flowers

15. Dry Ice

Method

1. Put 3/4 cup water, ginseng and simmer for about 15 mins.  
Add ¼ cup of sugar and  continue to simmer until mixture turns into syrup. 
Sift and set aside to cool. 

2. In another sauce pot, combine milk and cream and vanilla extract and simmer. 

3. In a mixing bowl whisk the egg yolks with ¼ cup of sugar until smooth and creamy. 

4. Add into the milk and cream mixture, stirring slowly. Do not boil. 

5. Continue to stir and simmer until the mixture becomes like custard. 

6. When ginseng syrup is cool then add into the custard.

7. Blend dry ice into powder with the blender.

8. Pour the custard into the mixer’s pot with the flat beater attachment. 

9. Turn on low speed and add the powdered dry ice a little at a time. 

10. Ice Cream done!!!

For the Macadamia Caramel .

1. Put sugar into a none stick pan. 

2. When sugar is melting and nice and brown add in 1/3 cup of water with cinnamon stick. 

3. Allow to dissolve and thicken then add in the macadamia nuts and butter. 

4. Salt to taste. Serve. 

Assemble. 

1. Scoop ice cream onto a bowl, drizzle with the macadamia caramel, and some macadamia.

2. Place berries around. 

3. Garnish with edible flowers.