Review - Tanzini (Originalo Booking)

Brand: Tanzini

Date : May 2012

Link/Facebook: www.tanzini.com.my/

The Pure White and Black Interior Look

Information :

Managed to make a reservation with Tanzini under Originalo gift pack. Before choosing Tanzini, did some google about this restaurant, and it appears to be quite a 'quiet' place during lunch time. We wanted for lunch, but apparently it is no more serving for the Originalo gift pack, so, we booked a dinner table for 4, 2 adults and 2 kids.

Cosme Decorte

Brand: Cosme Decorte

Date : June 2012

Place: Garden Cosme Decorte Promotion Booth

Method: Received SMS invitation of free sample promotion from Cosme Decorte, so I went over to the counter to check out the promotion they have

Link/Facebook: 

https://www.facebook.com/pages/COSME-DECORTE-MALAYSIA/298524223516187?fref=ts

Additional Information :

Don't know why, maybe due to some bloggers' review on this brand, I am fully confident with it even I have yet tried the product (I think I got some sample previously, but yet got the chance to try out the sample).

Clarins - Shaping Face Lift

Brand: Clarins

Date : September 2012

Place: Clarin Counter, Suria KLCC

Method: Newspaper cutting from Clarin promotional advertisement

Link/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ClarinsMalaysia?fref=ts

Additional Information :

I was late with this redemption, thought I won't be able to get one, but, seems like the visitors to KLCC don't read Chinese newspaper ? I got mine, and it was a fantastic of 3 bottles …. The sales assistant even put them in a mini paper bag, really cute ….

	Rating **normal = not related					Remark
Value for money	Not At All	Not Really	Normal	Yes	Absolutely	I count every cents spent (petrol, time, effort) compare to what I get, even before talking about the result of the product
Challenge to get the sample	Very Tough	Tough	Normal	Easy	Very Easy	How easy to find the counters, to get the product, do I need to wait long to get it
Tempted to buy more besides the free gift ?	Not At All	Not Really	Normal	Yes	Absolutely	Before getting the product, any push for sales commitment ?
Staff friendliness	Very Rude	Rude	Normal	Good	Very Good	How informative and friendliness the staff to you when you request for the sample ?
Consultation given ?	Not At All	Not Really	Normal	Yes	Absolutely	Any information and knowledge shared on the product ?

Product	Est. Size	Est. Price(RM)	Est.Normal Size	Est. Normal Price(RM)
Clarins Lift-Affine Visage (Shaping Face Lift)	15ml

Review - Face Factor ( The Factor of Peel !!)

Brand: Face Factor Silk Peel

Date : June 2012

Method : Lipstiq was having a contest, write up why you need this treatments, and really lucky enough, I won it and hence eagerly going to try a “high tech” facial treatment, which is by a certified professional doctor.

Link/Facebook:

Lipstiq:

https://www.facebook.com/lipstiqdotcom?ref=ts&fref=ts

http://www.twitter.com/lipstiqdotcom

Face Factor:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Face-Factors-Clinic/179414018743475?ref=ts&fref=ts

Review - Academie Light Fluid

The non Counter Brand, it is a thick semi-transparent glass bottle. BTW, there's a plastic cap  cover, I like that, it is hygiene.

Brand: Academie Fluid

Date : Dec 2011

Link/Facebook: NIL

Product details:

Product	Size	Est. Price(RM)	Normal Size	Est. Normal Price(RM)
Methode Swiss Thermal Oxygen Soothing Concentrate	30ml	192	30ml	192

Watson - Originalo Giveaway

Brand: Originalo

Date : May 2012

Link/Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/Originalo.Gift?ref=ts&fref=ts

www.originalo.com.my

http://www.facebook.com/watsonsmalaysia?ref=ts&fref=ts

Watson always has some surprises contest for the facebook fans. This round they were having the contest of giving suggestion to Watson on how they can improve their fanpage. So, putting up my thinking cap, there I wrote some of my suggestion to them, unexpectedly, I was one of the winner for the prize.

I need to plan a trip down to Watson headquarter to collect the prize, reluctantly, I took a day off to go to the heart of KL and get my prize. Surprisingly, there I see the Originalo boxes. I have been given 2 boxes, that's really very generous from Watson for the prizes. A big thank-you Watson.

Then, we started to hunt for special experiences from the booklet. It seems a lot, but it seems not enough option though. As we are very 'eating' person. So we end up choosing 'makaning' as our target.

When I called up the first restaurant, which is the Japanese restaurant, things go pretty well. We didn't do any advanced book, indeed, we called to reserve a seat 3 hours earlier, but we still managed to grab a seat.

However, the experience for the 2^nd booking is really very unpleasant. The information in the booklet was outdated. Most of the restaurant that we call in has changed their reservation criteria. Until I need to make a complained to the customer service of Orginalo, glad fully, their responses are pretty fast, and they do offer to assist us to make the booking, oh for sure, it is not a cheap-e-lak package like some of the 'Group---ong' thingy leh. At last we managed to grab one of the choice restaurant and dine in.

What I can say, it is value for money, and the feeling is definitely better than buying group---ong and wonder how and what you will be treated later. We were tread well as V.I.P.

The dining experience will follow later in another write-up.

Product details:

Product	Size	Est. Price(RM)	Normal Size	Est. Normal Price(RM)
Best of 20 Lifestyle Experiences For one or two persons				200

For website orders, of course we are measuring site experience (however for this round, I didn't do the order, so keeping some of them as Normal) :

	Rating					Remark
Site User Friendliness	Not Good	Not Really	Normal	Good	Very Good
Site Payment Speed	Not Good	Not Really	Normal	Good	Very Good
Site Informative	Not Good	Not Really	Normal	Good	Very Good
Site Information Accuracy	Not Good	Not Really	Normal	Good	Very Good
Request Response	Not Good	Not Really	Normal	Good	Very Good	How fast they response to your inquiries ?
Response Friendliness	Not Good	Not Really	Normal	Good	Very Good	Is the response seems to be friendly ?
Product Value for Money	Not Good	Not Really	Normal	Good	Very Good
Product Price Range	Highest	High	Normal	Affordable	Very Affordable	A very relative measurement Highest > RM 20 RM 20 > High > RM 15 RM 15 > Normal > RM 10 RM 10 > Affordable > RM 5 RM 5 > Very Affordable > RM 0

Overall

Very Bad

Bad

Normal

Good

Very Good

Ginvera - Green Tea BB Cream

Brand: Ginvera

Date : May 2012

Place: Mailer

Method: I was surfing Ginvera fanpage (looking for Ginvera promotion on MarvelGel), but saw the fan are asking for the Ginvera GreenTea BB Cream sample. So, I wrote an email to the person in-charge, and just a few days later, I got the sample dropped in my letter box. They are really fast in customer service, great.

Link/Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/GinveraMalaysia?fref=ts

	Rating **normal = not related					Remark
Value for money	Not At All	Not Really	Normal	Yes	Absolutely	I count every cents spent (petrol, time, effort) compare to what I get, even before talking about the result of the product
Challenge to get the sample	Very Tough	Tough	Normal	Easy	Very Easy	How easy to find the counters, to get the product, do I need to wait long to get it
Tempted to buy more besides the free gift ?	Not At All	Not Really	Normal	Yes	Absolutely	Before getting the product, any push for sales commitment ?
Staff friendliness	Very Rude	Rude	Normal	Good	Very Good	How informative and friendliness the staff to you when you request for the sample ?
Consultation given ?	Not At All	Not Really	Normal	Yes	Absolutely	Any information and knowledge shared on the product ?

Product	Est. Size	Est. Price(RM)	Est. Size	Est. Normal Price(RM)
Ginvera GreenTea BB Cream	3ml

Clinique - Facebook Fanpage Rewards

Brand: Clinique

Date : May 2012

Place: Garden, Clinique Counter

Method: Register for Clinique fans reward, and if you are the lucky one, you will get the confirmation.

Link/Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/cliniquemalaysia?ref=ts&fref=ts

Additional Information :

	Rating					Remark
Value for money	Not At All	Not Really	Normal	Yes	Absolutely	I count every cents spent (petrol, time, effort) compare to what I get, even before talking about the result of the product
Challenge to get the sample	Very Tough	Tough	Normal	Easy	Very Easy	How easy to find the counters, to get the product, do I need to wait long to get it
Tempted to buy more besides the free gift ?	Not At All	Not Really	Normal	Yes	Absolutely	Before getting the product, any push for sales commitment ?
Staff friendliness	Very Rude	Rude	Normal	Good	Very Good	How informative and friendliness the staff to you when you request for the sample ?
Consultation given ?	Not At All	Not Really	Normal	Yes	Absolutely	Any information and knowledge shared on the product ?

Product	Est. Size	Est. Price(RM)	Est. Size	Est. Normal Price(RM)
Clinique Turnaround Extra	7ml
Clinique 7 Days Scrub Cream, Rinse off Formula	30ml

CellLab - Qutie Coat

Brand: CellLab

Date : May 2012

Place: MidValley, CellLab Promotion Counter

Method: Register on CellLab Fanpage, print out the redemption coupon, go to MidValley and redeem.

Link/Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/celllabs2u http://cellgen2u.com/

Additional Information :

Biore - Makeup Remover for Eye and Lips

Brand: Biore

Date : May 2012

Place: Mailer

Method: Follow Pluzizedkitten, you will always be rewarded !!

Link/Facebook:

http://www.plusizekitten.com/search?q=biore

http://www.facebook.com/PluSizeKitten

http://www.facebook.com/KaoBiore?fref=ts

Additional Information :

I like Tammy's writeup, funny and lively, and also, very personal touch and very human and most of the time (oh, ya only most of the time ya …), it is truly her thoughts ….

Astalift - A Fujifilm Prduct ?!

Brand: AstaLift

Date : May 2012

Place: MidValley, Jusco, Astalift Counter

Method: A newspaper redemption cutover in 1 of the local Chinese News Paper.

Link/Facebook: www.astalift.com.my

Additional Information : Apparently this is a high range $$ product, which I didn't know about it until first saw the newspaper redemption. It is a product of FujiFilm … yeah, kind of surprise.

I also taken the skin tests and then product range test as well. The redemption is for the whitening series, while I tested the product on the anti-aging/special care range. Tested their star product, the Jelly Aquacrysta which cost around RM400++ for 40g, claim to be able to help your skin to absorb for the next products that going to apply on the face. My only comment on the test would be I don't really feel very very oily (which I used to have) after applying so many product on my face. But can't really tell anything else besides that.

	Rating					Remark
Worth the trip/time/overhead spent ?	Not At All	Not Really	Normal	Yes	Absolutely	I count every cents spent (petrol, time, effort) compare to what I get, even before talking about the result of the product
Challenge to get the sample	Very Tough	Tough	Normal	Easy	Very Easy	How easy to find the counters, to get the product, do I need to wait long to get it
Persuade to buy	Not At All	Not Really	Normal	Yes	Absolutely	Before getting the product, any push for sales commitment ?
Staff friendliness	Very Rude	Rude	Normal	Good	Very Good	How informative and friendliness the staff to you when you request for the sample ?
Consultation given ?	Not At All	Not Really	Normal	Yes	Absolutely	Any information and knowledge shared on the product ?

Product	Est. Size	Est. Price(RM)	Est. Size	Est. Normal Price(RM)
Toner	30ml	NIL	NIL	NIL
Essence	5ml	NIL	NIL	NIL
Cream	5g	NIL	NIL	NIL
Day Protector SPF 35 PA++	7g	NIL	NIL	NIL
Total		200

Review - Shills Bio-Active Set

Brand: Shill

Date : October 2012

Link/Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/shills.my?fref=ts

Read my post on how I get this product : http://readatnocost.blogspot.com/2012/10/shills-bio-active-set.html

Product details:

Product	Est. Size	Est. Price(RM)	Est. Size	Est. Normal Price(RM)
Shill Bio-Active Set Stem Cell Combat recovery Cream Stem Vivo BB Dewy Cream (SPF 50 PA+++) Stem Cell Combat Essence (DNA) Stem Cell Combat Eye Treatment				69

Additional Information :

I was having quite bad skin problem due to unknown cause. I suspect it would be one of the skincare product that I used that cause irritation on my face. Small white heads grow healthily on my face, they are just too many until my beautician was so worried about it !

I stopped all the product as I was not sure which one causing the problem, and that time also because I need to travel and in-need of only bringing travel sized skincare, so I decided to give it a try on this Stem Cell series.

For about a week of fully usage of the range, apparently my white heads started to disappear, or at least, they are shrinking !! Very amazing, especially I am super sensitive to BB Cream, but this BB cream seems work well on my face. Overall, I like this series very much. Only draw back would be the packaging is big, but the content is actually quite little, so it won't last long (say, less than 2 weeks usage).

	Rating					Remark
Texture	Very Thick	Thick	Normal	Thin	Very Thin	Thickness is compared to the nature of the product. A cream is compare in the nature of cream texture.
Color	Very Dark	Dark	Normal	Light	Very Light	Dark is with color, light is without color
Scent	Very Strong	Strong	Normal	Mild	Very Mild	The smell of the product after applying
Absorption	Not Good	Not Really	Normal	Good	Very Good	How well it been absorb
Feeling	Not Good	Not Really	Normal	Good	Very Good	Very personal feeling, likes it, do not like it
After-use Side Effect	A Lot	Little	Normal	Not Really	Not At All	Any side effect noticed ?
Effectiveness as per the product purpose	Not Good	Not Really	Normal	Good	Very Good	Is it effective as the product claimed ?
Value for Money	Not Good	Not Really	Normal	Good	Very Good	Compare the price range and the effectiveness, value for the money ?
Product Price Range	Highest	High	Normal	Affordable	Very Affordable	Per ml/g or per use Highest > RM 20 RM 20 > High > RM 15 RM 15 > Normal > RM 10 RM 10 > Affordable > RM 5 RM 5 > Very Affordable > RM 0

Overall

Very Bad

Bad

Normal

Good

Very Good

Review - Borneo To The World Soap ... It is Malaysia Product

Brand: Borneo To The World

Date : May 2012

Place: On the Street

Method: Borneo to The World was distributing the little cube sized soap sample around Bintang Walk, and lucky enough, I was there, if not I will not know this fabulous brand and the fabulous soap.

Link/Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/BorneoToTheWorld?fref=ts

http://www.borneototheworld.com/

Additional Information :

The size of the sample is pretty small, but I read the write-up details, seems like the one with pepper can cure some joint pain and also muscle pain. My mum has complained about it, so, I passed the sample to her to try on.

She found no allergy on the soap, and of course, not noticing if there really reduce her joint pain. But the toughest part is to get the soap back to Penisular Malaysia because they yet have counter setup here. The only way to get the soap is via internet order, with quite a high price in postage, hope one day soon they will come to this part of Malaysia.

Product	Est. Size	Est. Price(RM)	Est. Size	Est. Normal Price(RM)
Borneo The World – Lada Sarawak

	Rating					Remark
Texture	Very Thick	Thick	Normal	Thin	Very Thin	Thickness is compared to the nature of the product. A cream is compare in the nature of cream texture.
Color	Very Dark	Dark	Normal	Light	Very Light	Dark is with color, light is without color
Scent	Very Strong	Strong	Normal	Mild	Very Mild	The smell of the product after applying
Absorption	Not Good	Not Really	Normal	Good	Very Good	How well it been absorb
Feeling	Not Good	Not Really	Normal	Good	Very Good	Very personal feeling, likes it, do not like it
After-use Side Effect	A Lot	Little	Normal	Not Really	Not At All	Any side effect noticed ?
Effectiveness as per the product purpose	Not Good	Not Really	Normal	Good	Very Good	Is it effective as the product claimed ?
Packaging friendliness	Not Good	Not Really	Normal	Good	Very Good	How friendly the package … easy to open, no wastage etc
Value for Money	Not Good	Not Really	Normal	Good	Very Good	Compare the price range and the effectiveness, value for the money ?
Product Price Range	Highest	High	Normal	Affordable	Very Affordable	Per ml/g or per use Highest > RM 20 RM 20 > High > RM 15 RM 15 > Normal > RM 10 RM 10 > Affordable > RM 5 RM 5 > Very Affordable > RM 0

Overall

Very Bad

Bad

Normal

Good

Very Good