Does a moisturizer enhance your skin or worsen your skin?

I have done a small experiment based on an article that I have read a few months ago .

It teaches us how to differentiate the ingredients used in the skincare products that are common in our facial routine.

One of it is on how to differentiate whether the moisturizer  we use actually helping us to hydrate our skin or just contain petrolatum / mineral oil that will clog our pores.

The method of testing is firstly , get a paper and dab a small amount of the moisturizer on the paper and for it to dry. Next, check and see whether the part where the moisturizer is dabbed is wrinkly or slightly translucent.

If it is slightly translucent , that means it contain petrolatum/ mineral oil. 

On the other hand if it just turn wrinkly , that means the product helps to hydrate the skin without the use of petrolatum

I did this experiment based on a few moisturisers that I have been using . These are :

 

BIOTHERM AQUASOURCE (normal to combination skin )

FRESHEL (BY KANEBO ) WHITENING UV GEL

ZA TOTAL HUDRATION AMINO REFRESHING GEL

NARUKO ( by Niu Er)Magnolia Brightening and Firming Night Gelly EX 

NARUKO白玉兰雪耳钻采紧致晚安冻膜

SKINCOLOGY (by Niu Er)ADVANCED HYDRATING CREME EX2 玻尿酸全效循環保濕水凝霜

And it turns out that  

1.biotherm contain quite a high amount  of petrolatum

2.freshel contains the most ( I am not sure whether it is due to the UV protection function of it )

3.Za has a minimal amount

4.Naruko negative traces of petrolatum 

5.skincology  negative 

KEeeeraizy... FISH ( crazy fish @ Solaris Mont Kiara review )

Everyone kinda went, eeeeeeewwwww........ When I told them I recently found a place that does live octopus. For people who've known me for a while I've been dying to try it out so I was beyond excited when I found out.

I was so excited when I found the place in Solaris Dutamas. It is a single shop lot in the middle of a lane filled with many many cars. Expect to double park unless you are willing to walk all the way from a different building. 

So, on to presentation, it was a simple dish with just a few leaves of lettuce for garnishing. I personally was expecting the live octopus to be trying to crawl out of the plate but I was kind of let down. We had to squirt some soy sauce on it for it to start moving but, it was to be honest very exciting. The dish itself was quite simple. Just soy sauce, sesame oil and sesame seeds. Simple but as it was still alive, it was good and fresh... Hahahaha how much more fresh can it get.

Taste wise, the octopus was quite salty. Not chemically, salty but it tasted like the ocean. Furthermore, I might have over did it with the soy sauce, trying to make it move. Texture wise, it was no different than eating squid sashimi. So in the end it was a once in a lifetime experience, but taste wise it was nothing out of the ordinary. That being said it was still good. So I. The end I give it an 8/10 for taste and that is great.

For the price point however, it was quite high. Rm70 for two small octopus is very expensive, but I guess it was a good gimmick so I guess it wasn't too bad. For this I give it a 5/10

In conclusion, it is worth trying out if you want to have a new culinary experience, but the taste definitely will not be anything out of this world

Crazy Fish

9-G, Jalan Solaris 3, Solaris Mont Kiara, Kuala Lumpur

Open daily for lunch & dinner, except the first Monday of each month. 

Tel: 03-6211-7313