Cont' on Whitening and Sunblock

It took me quite some time to read and translate some of the info from another section of the VOCE mag. I think the format and the colour of the fonts are kinda hard to read. Anyway, there's really a lot info about whitening and stuff especially the part on 100 Q&A which is too many!! They even talk about laser in which I'm not that interested. haha. Well, but I'm not gonna present all the info, just some of the necessary ones!

Skincare [Translated from a magazine]
✿ If whitening products did not specifically state 'stay away in applying the eye and lip areas', you can apply at those areas if you want.

✿ Mixing SPF 20 and SPF 30 sunblock won't add up to SPF 50 protection!! The effect may also be weakened. And remember to reapply sunblock every few hours.

✿ Most products can last for about 3 years so even if you've opened it for over 6 months, the product's effectiveness/quality will not change.

✿ Using products of the same series would have a better effect than just using one alone out of the whole series. But most importantly is that it achieves whitening effect for you.

✿ Use whitening product that is suitable for your skin type.

✿ The quickest way to whitening for the next day: hydrating mask and massaging scalp → improve blood circulation and therefore skin will look brighter.

✿ Use exfoliating gel to remove dead skin as it will make your skin looks brighter and increase skin absorption power for whitening products.

✿ Whitening products will show its effectiveness after using for about 1 month later.

✿ On cloudy days, UV rays amount are lesser by 20-30% while on rainy days it's lesser by 50-80%.

✿ UV rays can penetrate in water, present at 95%. Therefore must apply sunblock when going for a swim.

✿ Australia UV rays amount is higher than Japan by 5 to 7 times. The beach reflects 25-30% UV rays, while the water reflects 10-20%.

✿ Improper diet may cause skin to darken.

✿ Drinking red tea or green tea is better than putting them on the face.

✿ There's a limit to how far your skin will be fair. It will never be as fair as a baby's. Fair skin attained is due to less black/dark spots.

✿ If you are often under the sun, black moles may form due to UV rays exposure.

✿ Computers and gel nail UV lamp give out very little UV rays so need not worry that it will affect your skin. If you're still worried about it, you can apply sunblock on both hands first before using the gel nail UV lamp .

✿ Eating black-coloured foods such as squid ink or blackberry won't turn your skin darker!

✿ Artificial tanning uses UV-A so it can still be harmful to the skin.

✿ There's no content in the swimming pool that can make your skin fairer.

✿ Do not rub the black spots appearing on the skin as constant rubbing can cause inflammation and may lead to darken of those spots.

✿ Consuming whitening pills will lead to overall whitening of the whole body. Therefore if you want fairer skin for certain areas of the body especially with black spots or dull skin, it is better to apply whitening products.

✿ UV rays is the main cause of skin cancer espeically UV-B. If under the hot sun for 1 hour, UV rays will cause 1 million times of damage on every skin cell. Usually will take 2 days to recover.

✿ As you aged, black spots will still occur even in the absence of UV rays, which is probably due to stress.

✿ Smoking is the greatest enemy to skin whitening!

✿ As under the sun can be the same as sunburn, use a cold towel on the skin to reduce inflammation.

I guess city life is for me afterall...

Went to quite a rural place overseas at a relatives' place in which the environment is so dirty!! I thought it would be a nice place to relax but I got bored very soon. There's nothing I can do there! I thought I can survive without internet, yeah I can but to be there doing nothing is the worst feeling ever! I just ended up keep staring at things as I'm the only youngest person there with no one to talk to. And the life there is just eat and sleep. Oh gosh...

I once thought of going to such rural areas and grow my own vegetable farm and lead a simple life since city life is so stressful. But my experience there made me feel such a decision is a no-no!! Maybe the retired old people would like to live there but as for me, I feel like a good-for nothing. I dun want this kind of life!! I'd rather have some good entertainment watching youtube videos, blogging or something like that in which I'm doing all along. Life can be simple there but it's just too simple!! It's just walking slowly, talking and eating and nothing else!! I feel like I didn't contribute anything significant to this earth at all. And there's simply no interesting life experience at all!! Everyday is the same old routine and so boring. I'd rather be at work, at least I can be doing something meaningful, meeting people and earning money. And I can do shopping!! There's really nothing to shop there and I can't walk around on my own. From there I do realized that I'm really really fond of shopping now. It makes me feel so satisfied and happy able to own things, in which I can never have there. I really can't do without shopping! Life will be so bored to the max. I'd rather be stressed with work [as I'm used to it since young] and can be able to do shopping. Otherwise it's just so not meaningful for me. Like there is nothing to look forward to. So no way!!

Okay, after all my complains. My wish now is to be able to travel around and see the world. I wouldn't wanna stay at the same place all the time. I want a sense of satisfaction and achievement in my life. I dun wanna sit there and do nothing. Anyway, just a little thing that I've done last week:

yes, bookmarks again. haha. I just love to cut and paste them since I dun like some of the old mags I bought [after discovering they have no interesting content somehow]. Might as well make use of it rather than throwing it away. I only did 2 since I feel like doing something for a short break. I'm bad at designing and creating things so probably they dun look very impressive or anything. But still, I think bookmarks like that is quite easy to make and so I prefer to do it. (^_-)- ☆

Last week's newspaper about Jay chou~!

I'm quite slow in realising that he's actually gonna come to sg for the F1 concert. haha but I'm not gonna buy the tickets just to see him. Guess this isn't worth like that. Wonder if there's any fans who bought the tickets cos of him? Think it would be better to get the tickets solely for his own concert. About 2 hours of all his songs is the best entertainment ever! hahaha.

Ayu: This August

Ayu's overall sales of A Summer Best in Oricon chart:
1st week → 2nd
2nd week → 4th
3rd week → 9th

Not bad for the first week! Can't expect a No.1 place anyway but still it's really good~! Her overall sales exceeded 100k already as of now. At first I wasn't being so positive about this compilation since there isn't much new stuffs about it. Oh well, I'm still glad anyway that Ayu can be able to achieve good sales results since she's the Jpop queen afterall. =)

And Ayu opened a Soundcloud account somewhere in August. I'm not really sure wats it really about. I could only hear You & Me Ayu's vocals only. I dun think she will be active there. lol. I dun think I should be bothered about it either. O_O

I had a nice time watching the Making of You & Me video~!!

I love the part where Ayu poses for the camera like this one ↑. I think Ayu is prettier in dresses. =) There isn't any special in the vid but we can see the scene of Ayu falls out of the car after a 'quarrel' with Maro. Seems to me she really falls. lol. And the car is overheated. And Ayu is complaining hot~! Anyway she really looked so tanned to me in this pv, in which I'm so not used to it.

oh great, and not forget to mention the Heart nail book~!!

Is really a book of Ayu's nail art designs in heart-shaped!! Pretty~~I love this one the most and also the black one in which she looks so elegant!! I love this so much now. I wonder does the book show how we can do the nail designs too??

Sunblock

Have been reading about whitening and sunblock in VOCE magazine so I'm also itching to buy a sunblock. haha. I have not been wanting to use sunblock since I think BB cream has so many properties, and have SPF/PA+ as well as being a foundation. And also be it BB creams or sunblock, u have to remove it with a makeup remover! So I think buying sunblock would be sort of a waste. But then, BB creams sometimes feel too thick and oily. I dun really like but I will still use BB cream as the base before my powder foundation. I feel this is okay. But recently I dun really like using BB cream alone only. I think it's better to use with powder foundation after that so that my skin won't be so oily. =)

Bought this sunblock since I think it's not necessary to put on makeup while overseas and the environment is really dirty!! I've became so concern of protecting my skin against the sun as the tone of my face is so dark compared to my hands. T_T I'm so regretful of not protecting my skin more back then when I was a student.  So right now I have to keep trying to whiten my face and also to protect it!!

I love this sunblock cos there's some that really smells so chemical and have oily texture. This one was good as it's a water base [which is better for oily skin], not sticky and has a nice fragrance. This can be applied on the face and body. =) I'm glad I bought the right one cos I'm so worried it's hard to find. Except that I only saw this SPF 30 and no higher ones. O_O

Now, some info to present: [Translated from a magazine]
✿ UV-A causes the biggest harm  on the skin as it can penetrate through glass. It is the main cause of wrinkles and ageing. It will always be present. Therefore should use products with PA+++. Should apply sunblock no matter what season.

✿ Need not apply sunblock when at home or indoors although UV-A may be present. So long as you do not stay near the windows the entire day, it is not necessary to apply.

✿ SPF stands for Sun Protection Factor against UV-B. SPF products help to reduce redness.

✿ PA stands for Protection Grade of UV-A.

✿ Our skin produces black spots to protect itself (naturally) against UV rays harm. If expose too much to UV rays, there may be serious skin condition that will occur.

✿ Consume Vitamin C [water-soluble] and E [fat-soluble] as they can suppress black spots.

✿ Areas that are likely to expose more to sunlight will easily have black spots appearing → Cheek, nose, temple, lips, shoulder and back.

✿ Apply sunblock 20 mins before you go outdoors.

✿ Need to reapply every 2 hours.

✿ Use those with anti-oxidants which will be more effective.

✿ Should emphasize on areas more exposed to the sun  → neck, nose.

✿ Products to choose: Indoors → SPF 20, Outdoors → SPF 30-40, Outdoor activities → SPF 50

Ayu new stuffs!

I was waiting for Ayu's news and stuffs all along. I think I'm getting kinda impatient already. Okay, I guess I was too bored that why. Ayu's Heart Nail book will be released on 31 August at the end of this month!!

I dun really like this cover though. A bit too simple, probably cos of the background. and the fonts are just boring. lol. I love her hair but why Ayu just like to do such lips. lol! And I noticed that she seems to wear that red band on her right hand all the time. Well well. That's really nice.

Saw some preview shots which are really pretty~! I love the sweet colours. But so far I only love this picture:

With those pretty flowers~~~WOW. I somehow wonder what will this book be all about. A collection of all Ayu's nail designs she's done for all these years? Or is just all Heart nails design by her nail artist?? I can't wait to see what's inside for us!! haha.

I'm kinda surprised at this Hello Kitty anyway:

It's so pretty and classy~!!
I can't believe that Ayu designs this. She's done fake eyelashes, and now Hello Kitty??? What else will she be doing next?? I actually want a Ayu cosmetics line. Can Ayu come up with her own brand someday? Something that I can buy and use it too. haha.

Anyway, an Ayu's You & Me CM after so long~!!!

On the first look, I thought it was Namie. lol. But it was Karina Nose. I would love to see Ayu in the CM instead. Well, the fashion is kinda pretty. Seems like Namie's style. haha. I more interested to see more Ayu please!

Diet methods 4

Have just changed the title. The following info are the different methods adopted by different people. For reference, so try it at your own risk!

[Translated from a magazine]

✿ Do 2km brisk walking every morning.

✿ A totally tofu-based diet as the main dish for everyday meals. Tofu, nattō [fermented soybeans] and miso soup! Low calories and yet can fill up the stomach.

✿ Play 2 of ur favourite songs [at least 10mins] while exercising the abdominal by doing sit-ups.

✿ Red bean tea is good for slimming! Even if craving for some snacks, choose red bean ones.

✿ Do the 'cycling' exercise with your legs up in the air for 100 times, everytime after a bath at night. Besides slimming the legs, it will also have an effect on the abdominal area.

✿ Drink soybean milk whenever there's craving for sweet food. Always choose to eat low calories snacks when you have the cravings.

✿ Listen to your favourite singers' music and dance at home. Can even relief stress too.

✿ Having mainly green peas as snack or eat it with rice.

✿ Eat rice vermicelli with some seasoning. Can also have cabbage with tofu as the salad dish.

✿ Make your own fruit juice everyday → Banana or strawberry with milk.

✿ Have a bowl of pumpkin soup before meal, eating half bowl of rice will be enough.

✿ Raw ginger tea with honey can increase metabolism, therefore have slimming effect.

✿ Eat Korean food → spicy kimchi and seaweed soup is a must! Will naturally decrease amount of meat you consume.

✿ Do sit-up exercise at night for 50 times to stop yourself from taking supper.

✿ Cut food into mini size and drink beverage slowly using a straw, so that you will feel full even if you consume small amounts.

✿ Eat boiled beansprouts with a bit of salt added, for a meal everyday. Can also eat 1/3 of the usual ramen amount you consume with lots of beansprouts.

List of Kagrra, pvs

Oh great. Nowadays I saw some HD pvs of Kagrra, uploaded at youtube. It's really great watching pvs in HD!! Many of their pvs I've watched in the past are of low quality. Well, so I dun really have the mood or anything to watch the pvs fully. lol. I usually listen to the songs only [not watching] in youtube while doing something else at the same time. Yes, I'm someone who just can't sit still and watch a pv fully. Kinda nonsensical cos I can watch an anime fully for like 20+mins but I just can't do that for a normal pvs for 5 mins. Lol. I dun understand myself either. (*^◯^*)

Well this time I think it would really be good for me to list down Kagrra, songs that have pvs. Do this just to make myself watch the pvs fully. hahahha.

All Kagrra, pvs [not in order]
01. Yume izuru chi 夢イズル地
02. Hara urara 春麗ら
03. Rin 凛
04. Ouka ranman 桜花爛漫
05. Kotodama 恋綴魂
06. Gekkasousou 月下想葬
07. Chigiri 契(チギリ)
08. Chikai no Tsuki 誓ノ月
09. Tsuki ni Murakumo Hana ni Ame 月に斑雲紫陽花に雨 [the longest pv at 9:18]
10. Shi Mi Me Yu Ki Sa A し、み、め、ゆ、き、さ、あ
11. Uzu 渦
12. Shiki 四季
13. Irodori no Sanka 彩の讃歌
14. Sakebi 「叫び」
15. Utakata うたかた
16. Shiroi uso 白い嘘
17. Sakura zukiyo 桜月夜
18. Shizuku 雫
19. Omou 憶
20. Urei 愁
21. Satsuki 皐月
22. Sarasouju no Komoriuta 沙羅双樹の子護唄
#23. Genei no katachi 幻影の貌

I hope this list is really the complete one. I dun know if #23 pvs over their 10+years singing career is considered okay. But of cos I wanted more Kagrra, pvs. I love to watch their pvs such as 桜月夜 cos there's a story behind it and many of such Kagrra, songs are really touching. Basically I love all Kagrra, songs. I can never get sick of them. I never regret following them them at all. Neo Japanese traditional music certainly is the best~!!

Anyway, I folded a crane for Isshi-san. Just thought of doing this suddenly. So do I have to do more for him? Crane [Tsuru] is a symbol of long life and meaning for happiness, good luck and peace. That's certainly my wish for him. I hope he will wish us fans good too. U know u will always be in our hearts ♥