The It Product: Olive Oil

Okay, so this is my most favorite skin care product.
It’s olive oil which I have used for almost one year now.

Dulu, pertama kali tahu produk ini waktu facial di Larissa. Merek bilang olive oil – atau di Larissa disebut Treatment Oil – bisa meminimalisasi kerutan di kelopak mata bagian bawah, dan melembutkan bibir. Berhubung saya bekerja di ruangan ber-AC, bibir kering kadang jadi masalah buat saya. Kerutan di kelopak mata bagian bawah juga mulai muncul karena saya sering terpapar radiasi komputer. I thought it was a good recommendation, so I bought it.

Kenyataannya, saya juga mengoleskan Treatment Oil tersebut di tangan, tumit, serta lutut. Judulnya #OgahRugi ni yeee. Setelah habis dua botol, saya merasakan perubahan signifikan (#tsah) pada tangan saya. Maklum, meski saya mengendarai motor, saya jarang banget pakai sarung tangan. Ostomastis yang namanya tangan tuh kering dan dekil, hiks. Alhamdulillah, berkat Treatment Oil, tangan saya sekarang jadi lumayan halus. Walau ga ada yang gandeng, yaudah dinikmati sendiri aja. #lhah

Kenapa ini lama-lama jadi kayak testimonialnya Klinik Tong Fang sih? Hahahahaha. Anyway, sekarang saya sudah berpindah ke lain hati – bukan, bukan karena oil-nya Larissa ga bagus. Kebetulan saja saya belum sempat ke Larissa lagi, jadi saya beli yang mudah ditemukan di department store.

Kesan pertama saya ketika membuka produk ini adalah, bok, wanginya kuat banget.. Macem pembersih/penyegar atau apalah itu yang embel-embelnya Kenanga, dari merek yang sama. Kalau tidak terbiasa, rasanya jadi kayak wangi orang tua. Mungkin, mungkin lho, soalnya yang pakai produk merek Sariayu Martha Tilaar di rumah saya cuma nenek saya. Jadi buat saya, produk Sariayu Martha Tilaar identik sama ‘nenek-nenek’ #MaafkanAkuSariayu

Tapi kenapa saya tetap suka? Karena tingkat lengketnya agak lebih baik daripada oil-nya Larissa. Bahkan, saya ‘berani’ pakai untuk sebadan, seperti body lotion/body butter gitu, biasanya seminggu sekali. Barangkali juga karena spesifikasinya berbeda (ini oil atau gadget sih? :p). Olive oil-nya Sariayu Martha Tilaar utamanya ditujukan untuk pijat, jadi meski dibalurkan ke seluruh badan ga bikin ‘tersiksa’ karena lumayan cepat kering.

Penggunaan lain dari olive oil, seperti yang saya temukan di instagram-nya adik saya – ehem – Raisa, beberapa minggu lalu adalah.. you can make your own scrub at home! Caranya, campur:

1/2 fresh lemon (peras)
1/2 sdm gula pasir
1 sdm olive oil
1 sdm madu

Setelah diaduk, oleskan ke kaki atau tangan sambil digosok pelan. After then, bilas dan mandi dengan sabun biasa. Voila, you’ll have super smooth skin right away ;)

Konon katanya scrub ini juga bisa digunakan untuk wajah, tapi saya belum mencobanya sih. But still, for using olive oil at your face, kamu bisa mengoleskannya di kelopak mata bagian bawah dan bibir sebelum tidur, and you’ll see the difference when you wake up.

Gimana denganmu, sister? Ada yang memfavoritkan olive oil juga? Share dong :)

Love,
Prima 

Kartini: The Power of Writing

 “Kartini once said: writing is a work for eternity.” – Pramoedya Ananta Toer

Hello, beautiful ladies in pretty traditional clothes, along with all of cute kids in the kindergarten or elementary school.. I know, I know you might have waited for today so long. Like, not everyday we can wear kebaya and jarik to the office without anyone ask if we are okay :)))

But, as I wrote on my Path, I believe you know too, that Kartini day is much more than that. I’m not gonna be SKSD with Kartini now, but from what I’ve heard, she spoke up like no woman ever done it before. And I guess, women are still struggling with these problems until now. Do you know that even in United States, women get paid less than men in the same field of job and same working hours? If we move here in Indonesia, as I’m experiencing it now as a graduate student, people still talk about whether a woman should go to the higher education. One of my lecturer (she is a woman) told about her family story – where her brother is prioritized to go to school and her family didn’t even pay attention to her study. 

If you think that wearing beautiful clothes reflect Kartini’ battle, please also remember that the idea of a woman who is beautiful AND smart still frightening to most people. It’s like… as a woman, you can’t have both. You can be beautiful, but if you are beautiful and smart, people will be afraid of you. 

However, every woman is struggling for her own story. Every single of us has different perspective, and I do hope we don’t get distracted for the real battle. One of the good example that Kartini give for us is, you have many ways to fight for your issues. 

And Kartini fight through her writing. 

Indonesians must have seen many people share quotes from Kartini today, and not just ‘habislah gelap, terbitlah terang.’ See this Instagram post from Dian Sastrowardoyo, she wrote some and I think I’s enlightening.

Kartini proves, that when you write, even if you die, your legacy can still be useful: inform, educate, and inspire whoever read it. 

If you think that your life story isn’t worthy to share about, think twice. We never know when people will really get something from our writing. We will meet people who has less, same, or even more problems than what we are facing now. But trust me, writing heals yourself and help others. Read, to know that you are not alone. Then write, to pass on the lights that have shined on you. 

So, what are you waiting for? Start writing!

Lots of love,

Prima

Furious 7: It's All About the Brotherhood

It was a nice Thursday afternoon as I have collected my mid-test essays. I feel so freeeeeeee.. I believe I can fly~~~~~~ *jump off from my college building* :)))

As I have said before, our deadline is actually Friday but I finished mostly everything on Tuesday. Too bad, I met one of my lecturer on Wednesday and I have to work on some revisions on Thursday morning. Argh. But enough is enough. Kalau kata teman-teman sekelas, prinsipnya anak S2 itu simpel: #YangPentingKelar. Duh, ga kebayang gimana masa depan bangsa ini kalau begini ceritanya, huahahahaha.

Back to the lovely Thursday. As I didn’t give a deym care for those assignments – I mean, I have squeezed my brain so hard, so yes I deserve a break. No, not only KitKat (krik krik). But… it’s movie time!

Last time I watch movie on theatre, it was Hijab, with my fellow Indonesian Hijab Blogger friends. This time, me and Kina, my pretty classmate, arguing for the movie choices. I definitely think about Furious 7, because it’s everywhere. Gw mah mau jadi anak gaul gitu orangnya. But when we see the 21 website and find out that Cinderella still on, we plan to watch it. Turns out, the one that being shown in Jogja City Mall is Beauty and the Beast, which makes us like…what?! So yes, we decided to watch Furious 7.

I didn’t have any expectation for this sequel. I know nothing about the storyline, especially because I stop watching the franchise after Tokyo Drift. But one thing I know, it is good. Like, really good. What I can remember mostly is, it’s not a common race movie. It has everything audiences want: the plot, the characters, the cars (and here they have a $3,4M car, phew), and… the chemistry. Seriously, even though I’m not their fans – I personally don’t feel like a fans of Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, or anybody else, but the connection between each other is worth the tears. That’s why I left the studio with blurry eyes…..

Kina herself, never watched The Fast and The Furious, she said. She kinda shocked to see girls with ‘improper clothes’. Oh, I forgot telling you that Kina dress syar’i-ly. Later then, she said she enjoy the movie. Alhamdulillah #eh :p

If the story is not too appealing for you (or for me too, and because of that, I almost googling at some first minutes), just enjoy the race and the fight.. For me, it’s getting more awesome when they have to take ‘the important stuff’ in Abu Dhabi. After Mission Impossible taking scene in Burj Al-Khalifa, it seems like the government of Abu Dhabi got a little bit jealous. They ‘provide’ not just one or two buildings, but THREE Etihad towers (sponsor alert!!!), to be destroyed by the ‘flying car’ rode by Dominic (Vin Diesel) and Brian (Paul Walker). The scene makes me remember Brian’ statement (and repeated by Brian’ son) at the beginning, “cars don’t fly.” Anyway, they made it. Make the cars fly, I mean.

However, right before the scene of flying car, I kinda disgusted by a scene where they attend a party run by a Jordanian prince. Okay okay, Arabic princes are many. But my imagination of Prince Ali, the Crown Prince of Jordanian, almost ruined by this movie. I have read a based-on-true-story novel tells the life of the Arabic royal family so I wasn’t too shocked. But I do hope my husband candidate a.k.a the Crown Prince of Dubai never hold this kind of party. No way, he is too busy with horse riding, skydiving, and photographing the giraffes somewhere in Africa.

Ehem, back to the movie. Besides that Abu Dhabi thing, the rest is just so… The Fast and the Furious, and I’m sure you know what I mean. Of course I can’t spill too many details as I don’t know who direct the movie and put some ‘innovation’. For some ‘technical’ stuffs like that, I recommend you to read this review. The writer is insane, I warn you.

By saying that the movie is just so-so, doesn’t mean that I don’t like it. Otherwise, I looove it and proud of myself who makes the decision to watch the movie. The ending part is just too sweet, it takes my breath away. Later I found that Paul Walker has been CGI-ed in some scenes – it makes me scared and try to remember if I can see the differences. But no, I let myself cry at the ending, especially when Dominic said, “that bond will never be broke and the love will never get lost” and then they drive to separate way.

It’s just good to know that Paul Walker is remembered that way instead of others, like suicide or other bad story. Car accident is also bad, too bad for an actor in a car-related movie. But, ah, I can’t even say another word to describe my painful feeling..

So, yes, I highly recommend you to watch Furious 7, even though I still amazed by the way Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) cracked his arm bandage. Badan gede amat om, sarapannya kayu jati? #abaikan

That’s all from me, and have a great week ahead – assignments are coming (again, sigh).

For Paul,
Prima