Friska Notes

How does it Begin?
I think this quote is perfectly describe about beauty : "Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself" Thank you to Ms Coco Chanel :)

If you read my previous post in this blog, you will know I wrote "beauty" as a topic several times. This post shared about my disappointment in life, where people tend to appreciate others based on the look only. Furthermore, you will also read about my enlightenment I got while I was reading "How to be a Lady". Read more about it here.

Moreover, Bible also support to know and love ourself first through Matthew 22:37-40 (NIV)

'Jesus replied: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind

This is the first and greatest commandment. 

And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbour as yourself'

All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.' 

So it is impossible to realise how beautiful you are; if you do not be real, to be yourself. Why am I so confident about this? Because I am a living survivor of it. After you have this enlightenment and be at peace with yourself, the beauty you will appear and you just need to keep up to maintain the physical treatment.

Identify Yourself

2012. By the end of my 6 months project in Surabaya

The key of your physical treatment is to identify yourself. Learned how to understand your skin type and the surroundings. FYI I never had a pimple until my 20s. Before, I only washed my face with water, and there was NONE pimple on my face.

After my 20s, in the time when I worked on my theses, I did not know whether it's caused by hormone or stress, my pimples were there. You may read my previous post about it here. Thanks to the high pollution city and traffic jam forever Jakarta, I NEVER be at home by 5 pm hahaha. I usually arrive in Jakarta home after 10 pm, and do not sleep right away. So that I lack of quality sleeping hours. And yeah, the pimples were there.
By the time I moved to Surabaya in 2012, I had a good lifestyle. I arrived home early, the latest by 5 pm I should arrived at home. If I went outside on weekends, usually I arrived at home before 10 pm. Since my dormitory house's will be locked by 10 pm. Thank you Ibu Cipto :*

Six months after stayed in Surabaya, my skin was recovered, and NONE pimples at all. Yippee.. I was so happy. So that I keep in mind that I found sensitive skincare is the a perfect match for my skin.

Identify Your Surroundings

2013. Almost at the end of China Journey, I was in Langmusi

By 2013, I began my adventure to China for 55 days. You may read about it here. I continued to have my sensitive skincare at that time. However, it didn't work! I traveled in China from Southern to Northern, and from West to the East, where the climate change was extreme. From a desert to coldest temperature 5°C where my skin became stressful and dull.

I did not understand at that time. I thought there should be no more problems since I use my perfect match skincare for sensitive skin. Later on I found out, the problem should be the water I was using to wash my face. I used tap water to wash my face, and we never know whether it was clean enough or not, and the temperature of the water was various. If I visited the cold temperature place, the water was extremely cold, vice versa.

From this lesson I learned to wash my face using mineral water bottle when I traveled.

2014. Timika, Papua, Indonesia

However, when I moved to Timika in 2013, my skin was in trouble for years since I did not understand about the surroundings (yet). At the first three years I still wash my face using tap water and just walked around without using hat or umbrella. FYI the heat in Timika, Papua is that worse! The sun rays are very hot, no sunblock brand could ever function well.

I always go outside using sunscreen but nothing works. Later on I learned that we have to cover ourselves from direct sunlight. At the beginning I only used cap and later on I used umbrella. You might see it ridiculous, seeing me use pink umbrella in the middle of daylight. However, I saw the result already, my skin recovered very fast within my fifth years in Timika and it was improved also with help of the suitable sensitive skincare products.
 
Sensitive Skincare Products

I never use any beauty products until my 20s and that's why I became paranoid with chemical in beauty products. I do not want to have white skin, just be healthy and brighter as my natural skin colour underneath. Moreover, I am into natural products and found sensitive skincare products are the least product which use chemical. Here is 5 sensitive skincare I currently use to maintain my skin :






The Viva loose powder refill only cost us Rp 3.000,- ! It is that cheap but the most important thing is it's perfect for my sensitive skin. I used it for years and whatever new brands offered me, I would refused. Why I have to take another risk trying something new when I found the true love of my sensitive skin: Viva Loose Powder :*

2018. I used cucumber mask in Timika, Papua, Indonesia

This is the last treasure I found in 2018. A recipe of natural cucumber mask. Grate the a cucumber and mix it with a sachet of full cream milk (do not use the chocolate milk). Storage the mixture into your refrigerator and put it on your face daily. So, you have to spare your time to do it. I know it takes your time, but natural beauty never go wrong.

I used the mask for the whole month, it truly expand my skin glowing and restored my face skin. The acne scars were removed.

Being Old Gracefully 

2018. Christmas Celebration in Batam, Riau Islands, Indonesia

In conclusion, be at peace with yourself, learned to know what is your skin type, identify your surroundings, and what skincare suitable with you. Moreover, please pay attention for nutrients intake you have and do exercise regularly. Beauty and health are our savings for the future.

Would not it great to spent our old time healthy, able to walk around, swim, travel, and hike together with the (future) grandchildren. I have this vision to be old gracefully, and lets have this beauty begins everyday :)



Batam, 15 December 2018