Visiting Jakarta Aquarium at NEO Soho

The entrance of Jakarta Aquarium - Neo Soho

Hi guys, how are you?? Well, I hope you're doing great, cause I am too :)
Well, lately I'm feeling that I wrote too much on my blog about beauty, and it's kinda not fair cause this blog should be also posts about food and travel. So for the next few weeks, I'll write about other content such as restaurant reviews, and also travel report (includes the itinerary) for winter holiday in Hokkaido. But before that, I'll write about our experience when visiting the first aquarium in Jakarta, which located inside the shopping mall.

Jakarta Aquarium is a new destination for family in Jakarta. It was opened at 2017, by cooperation between Taman Safari Indonesia and Aquaria KLCC, Malaysia. When they're just opened, Aurelia asked me to go there because they also have penguin which is her favorite animals. However at that time Winston still too young and we decided it to postpone it, until he ready and understand about animals. Last months, we were visiting Jakarta Aquarium for the first time. At that moment Winston already understand about animal, especially fishes! He loves fishes and know it so well from the popular Youtube Videos : Baby Shark by PinkFong. Looking at his excitement and Aurelia's desire, we visited Jakarta Aquarium at the weekday to avoid the crowd.

At the touch pool

Stingray and Star Fish at the touch pool

At the ECO Skywalk which connected Neo SOHO and Central Park

Ticket's price to Jakarta Aquarium

Jakarta Aquarium located at Neo SOHO which connected with Central Park Mall. It was the first time for us to go to Neo SOHO as well, but the direction to the aquarium was very clear, so we could find it easily. There are 2 types of ticket : Premium and Regular. The difference is with Premium ticket, you can watch "SEA PERFORMANCE" at 5D theatre, where you can feels like under the sea, surrounded by beautiful corals and fishes. The Premium Ticket only can be bought on the spot, while the Regular one also can be bought by online here.

SEA Performance at 5D theatre - Jakarta Aquarium

This aquarium filled with many species of fishes and other sea creatures. But not just that, you also can see other animals that live on land such as reptiles, otter, and many more. Even though the place is quite small, but it was clean and the ambience also perfect for young kids (read : toddler) as their first experience.

Otter Tunnel

If you want to see the penguins closely, you need to go to PINGOO restaurant which also the part of Jakarta Aquarium. You can get a discount at this restaurant which comes with the entrance ticket of Jakarta Aquarium (you can ask at their staff when buy the ticket for this package). However, we have other plan for lunch so we didn't go to that restaurant.

Jakarta Aquarium
Address : NEO Soho Floor LG 101 - LGM 101. Jl. Letjen S. Parman Kav. 28. Jakarta Barat 11470.
Opening hours : Mon - Sun 10AM - 10PM
Phone : (+62)21 1500212
Website : http://jakarta-aquarium.com/id
:Neo SOHO Floor LG 101 - LGM 101, Jl. Letjen S. Parman Kav. 28.
Jakarta Barat, 11470

5 Simple Ways to Get a Healthy Skin

Having a healthy skin is a dream for everyone. Not just women, men also want to have a healthy skin to become a good looking person. Some peoples think that the only way to get a healthy skin is by applying layers of skin care. The fact is, skin care is just one of many ways to get a healthy skin. A healthy lifestyle also needed to have a healthy skin. Below are some simple ways that you can do to get a healthy skin.

1. Use the right skin care that suitable for your skin
Choosing the right skin care is kinda hard to do. A popular and luxury skin care brand not always giving a good result for your skin. To choose the right skin care, first you need to find out what's your skin type. Then you'll now what does you skin need. Once you found the right skin care which suitable for you skin, stick with it and don't change it with other skin care only because of its popularity.

2. Clean your face properly
Cleansing is the most important step on your skin care routine. Never skip it for any reasons. If you applying skin care on a "dirty" skin, it will make your skin getting worse. Instead of  get a healthy skin, you'll have tons of blackheads, whiteheads, even pimples on your face. To get a perfect - clean skin, you need to do a few steps of cleansing process called double cleansing. You can read more about double cleansing here.

3. Drink a lot of water
These words might be sounds cliche, but it's so true. 60% of our body contains water, and so we know that water is really important for our life. Not just for healthiness, but also for our skin. Lack of water will make our skin become dehydrated and that conditions will make your skin have premature aging.

4. Reduce consumptions of unhealthy food
Unhealthy food not just make your body become unhealthy, but it also give some bad effects for skin. Try to reduce any food which contains too much oil, such as fried food, meat that contains lots of fat. In some cases, these foods will make your body produce too much oil, which can make your skin become oily and causes acne. It also happened if you eat too peanuts. So, try to change you daily meal into something healthier. Consuming a lot of vegetables and fruits are much better than a junk food. Besides, it also make your skin become healthier and looks beautiful.

5. Have enough sleeping time
You must be missed it as an important things to do to make your skin become healthy. Although, this way also very important. No matter how good and expensive the eye cream that you use, if you don't get enough time to sleep, dark circle and puffy eyes will "stay" on your eyes. That's why, having enough sleep time is a must things to do. 7- 8 hours (for adults) in 1 night is the perfect amount of sleep. Not just the eye problems, have enough sleeping time also will make your skin looks fresh, glowing, and healthy.

The bestt time for sleep is from 10PM - 5AM

Those 5 things are very simple ways to get a healthy skin. You can do it everywhere, and it also doesn't take too much time. It might be hard to do it at the first time. But with great desire, you must be can do it.

Cleansing, The Most Important Step on Your Skin Care Routine

It's really important to take care of your skin since from young ages. Full skin care routine is very needed to get a healthy and beautiful skin. Many people has different skin care routine to take care of their skin, depend on their skin problems. However, from many steps of skin care, there's one most important step that can't be missed. It's cleansing.

Cleansing more often considered as a not really important step in skin care routines. Usually people will be more focus on serum or cream usage. They think that applying skin care is the key to get a beautiful skin, but it's not. Cleansing is the most important step, that's why it always be the first step on skin care routine. Applying skin care on a dirty skin, only make your skin worse. No matter what, make sure you have a very clean skin before start to use your skin care.

To get a clean skin, you can't just wash it with a facial foam. Especially after using make up. You need to clean it with a few steps of cleanser (known as double cleansing) before start applying skin care. This is an example of double cleansing that I do everyday, with my favorite cleansing products.

1. Remove all makeup on your face
You can skip this step of you don't use any makeup on that day. However, if you wear a makeup, this step is really important to do. A simple cleanser will not clean your makeup properly. You need to use a makeup remover which contains a special ingredients to clean your makeup, even if it's waterproof type. I like to use Sephora Waterproof Eye Makeup Remover for this step, because unlike another makeup remover, the formula is very gently and clean my eye makeup perfectly.

Sephora Waterproof Eye Makeup Remover

2. Clean the whole face with your favorite cleanser
Before wash your face, you need to clean the whole face with a "special" cleanser. No matter you're wearing makeup or not, this step is a must things to do. Nowadays, there are several type of cleanser such as cleansing oil, cleansing water, or cleansing balm. You can use any type of cleanser based on what you need. If you have a dry skin type, you might want to use cleansing oil. However if you have an oily skin type, you might want to use cleansing water which contains no oil. Personally, I choose to use cleansing water instead if cleansing oil, even though I have a dry skin type. Because if I use cleansing oil as a cleanser, I feel my face is very greasy, and I didn't think it's a good idea to have an oily face after cleansing. For this step, I choose to use cleansing water from Laneige. I love this cleansing water because it really clean my face very well. And like other Laniege's products, this cleanser has a gently formula with a soft smell which makes me feel relax after using it.

Laneige Vitamin Brightening CleansingWater

3. Wash you face with a facial wash
Well, I think everyone will do this step because generally this step known as the only way to clean your face. I really understand it because it's really simple and even you can do it at the time when you're taking a shower. But sometimes people also skip this step because they thought after using cleanser, their skin is already clean. But it's not. Though you didn't see any makeup or dirt left after using cleanser, you still need to wash it with a facial wash and water, to make it really clean and feel fresh.

Hada Labo Shirojyun Ultimate Whitening Face Wash

For this cleansing step, I choose Hada Labo Shirojyun Ultimate Whitening Face Wash. Hada Labo is a skin care brand from Japan. But this facial wash, is a product that produced by Hada Labo Indonesia. To be honest, it's really hard for me to get a perfect facial wash. I have a dry and very sensitive skin. Every time I washed my face, it felt very tight, even sometimes I felt hurt especially on cheek area. But, I don't feel any same effects with this facial wash. It cleans my face without make it dehydrated. It also doesn't contain any fragrance which is really good for a sensitive skin like I have.

4. Last step, facial toner!
When you're done with washing your face, it doesn't mean you face is totally clean. You need to do the last step of cleansing by using facial toner. There are 2 types of facial toner, for exfoliating and hydrating. Exfoliating toner is perfect for oily and acne prone skin type. Meanwhile, if you have a dry or dehydrated skin type, hydrating toner is a good option for you.

Some By Mi 30 Days Miracle Toner

Honestly, I started to put facial toner into my skin care routine for these past few months. I just realized about how important facial toner is. The first toner that I used was Some By Mi 30 Days Miracle Toner , which works as an exfoliating toner. However, since using that facial toner made my skin getting dry, I decided to use a hydrating toner - Fresh Rose Deep Hydration Facial Toner (will write a review about it soon).

Fresh Rose Deep Hydration Facial Toner

That's all the double cleansing routine that I do everyday. Cleansing is very important for help you to get a healthy skin. By using this double cleansing routine, it will reduce appearance of blackhead, whitehead, and pimple. So, don't forget to double cleanse your face before get started with your skin care routine.

Lip Swatches : Kylie Holiday Edition VS Koko Kollection

Kylie Holiday Edition 2016 & Koko Kollection

Hi lippies,
If you follow my new instagram account which specifically made for talking about beauty, you'll notice that I love to use liquid lip color from Kylie Cosmetics. Every time I post about "make up of the day", I always use liquid lip matte. Well, in fact, I'm not only use this at the special occasion or only for photos needed. Instead, I always use liquid lip matte for everyday look.

Lip Swatches Kylie Holiday Edition 2016 & Koko Kollection

You might be wondering, why I love this liquid lipstick so much. First, it's very pigmented. You can get exactly the same colors for your lips with what you see, even if you have dark lips. Second, they have a beautiful color collection. Nude or bold, they're all looks gorgeous. For these reasons, I have some special collection for this lip color. At this post, I'll make a lip swatches, to compare between Kylie Holiday Edition and Koko Kollection. They both came from the first edition in 2016, and I fell in love with these colors from the first sight.

As you can see from the pictures above, they not just offer lip matte from these collections. Instead, they also have some lip gloss as well. I love all these colors but the most favorite is "Angel" and "Khlo$". I always use these lip color for everyday make up. However, when it comes for a special moment, I use something which is brighter, and "Okurrr" is my choice. It has a bright - bold color, but it doesn't look too much on my lips.

"Angel" liquid lip color from Kylie Holiday Edition also comes in mini size.

"Okurr" liquid lip color from Koko Kollection perfect to create a bright - bold lips.

Lastly, the reason why I love this liquid lip color is because the formula from this lip color is really long lasting. I just did a test by clean this lip swatches on my arm by using warm water and shower gel, continued again with Cetaphil cleanser. But as you can see on the picture below, it wasn't really clean. That's what I love from this lip color. With this waterproof formula, I don't need to do a retouch after eat or drink.

Left : before washed | Right : after washed

Have you put Kylie Cosmetics on your lip color collections? Which one is your favorite?

Mudahnya Memulai Pola Hidup Sehat

Semua orang tentunya menginginkan hidup sehat. Namun tanpa disadari, pola hidup yang mereka lakukan sehari - hari tidak mendukung untuk kesehatan tubuh mereka. Itulah yang saya alami beberapa waktu lalu. Saya terlalu menikmati asyiknya serta berbagai kemudahan fasilitas yang didapatkan pada zaman modern ini. Memesan makanan secara online tengah malam, menghabiskan waktu dengan bermain gadget lupa waktu, dan masih banyak kebiasaan buruk lainnya yang pada akhirnya membuat tubuh saya menjadi tidak sehat.

Sekitar 3 bulan yang lalu, saya merasakan dampak negatif pada tubuh saya. Di usia yang baru 26 tahun, saya sering merasa kesakitan pada beberapa bagian tubuh. Dimulai dari sakit maag, nyeri pada pinggang dan juga beberapa bagian pada kaki seperti lutut, paha, dan masih banyak lagi. Saat itu saya mulai sadar bahwa pola hidup saya tidaklah sehat. Sebelum terlambat, saya memutuskan untuk mengubah pola hidup saya menjadi lebih baik. Tidak mudah untuk mengubah kebiasaan yang telah dilakukan selama bertahun - tahun. Namun saya menemukan beberapa cara yang mudah dan praktis untuk memulai hidup sehat.

1. Terapkan pola makan yang teratur dan sehat
Dengan kesibukan yang kita miliki, sering kali kita melewatkan jadwal makan. Sampai disaat kita merasa sangat lapar, barulah kita makan dan seringkali dalam porsi besar untuk menggantikan porsi makan sebelumnya. Hal itu sangatlah tidak benar dan bisa membuat lambung anda menjadi sakit. Sesibuk apapun kita, makan harus tetap teratur. Biasakan untuk memulai hari anda dengan sarapan. Tidak perlu dengan porsi yang besar, semangkuk smoothie bowl yang kaya akan nutrisi alami dari buah - buahan sudah cukup untuk memenuhi porsi makan di pagi hari. Pada saat makan siang, isilah perut anda dengan 1 porsi makanan sehat dengan kandungan serat, protein, dan karbohidrat yang seimbang.  Tubuh anda sangat membutuhkan gizi tersebut untuk melanjutkan aktivitas harian anda. Untuk menu makan malam, cobalah untuk mengurangi karbohidrat, dan diusahakan untuk tidak makan terlalu malam. Pada malam hari tubuh anda akan beristirahat total, jadi beri selang waktu yang cukup jauh antara jam makan malam dan jam tidur anda.

Contoh menu harian sehat

2. Banyak minum air putih
Ini adalah salah satu cara paling mudah untuk mendapatkan tubuh yang sehat. Dengan memperbanyak konsumsi air putih, dapat mengeluarkan "racun - racun" yang secara tidak sadar masuk ke dalam tubuh. Selain itu air putih juga dapat mencegah dehidrasi pada tubuh, terutama pada saat cuaca panas. Supaya anda dapat mengetahui berapa banyak jumlah air yang anda minum setiap hari, anda dapat menggunakan botol minum ukuran 1,5 liter. Biasakan untuk minum minimal 2 botol air tersebut setiap harinya, untuk mencukupi kebutuhan air pada tubuh anda.

3. Konsumsi buah dan sayuran
Seringkali kita melewatkan buah dan sayuran dalam porsi makanan kita. Padahal buah dan sayuran juga termasuk makanan yang sangat berguna bagi kesehatan. Jika anda tidak menyukai buah dan sayuran, anda dapat membuat segelas jus campuran buah dan sayur setiap hari, untuk memenuhi nutrisi vitamin yang terkandung di dalamnya.

4. Minum vitamin untuk melengkapi kebutuhan gizi
Vitamin adalah salah satu cara mudah untuk mendapatkan tubuh yang sehat. Nutrisi yang kita dapatkan dari makanan sehari - hari, tidak dapat memenuhi kebutuhan tubuh akan vitamin 100%. Oleh sebab itu, konsumsi vitamin juga diperlukan untuk melengkapi nutrisi dari makanan. Anda dapat mengkonsumsi multivitamin, minyak ikan, dan juga kalsium untuk menjaga kesehatan dan daya tahan pada tubuh anda. Letakkan 3 macam vitamin ini di tempat yang mudah terlihat, agar anda tidak lupa untuk mengkonsumsinya setiap pagi setelah sarapan.

3 macam vitamin yang penting untuk menunjang kesehatan

5. Lakukan olahraga ringan
Hidup sehat tidak hanya bisa didapatkan dari makanan yang masuk ke dalam tubuh. Olahraga juga memiliki peranan penting untuk membuat tubuh menjadi sehat. Anda tidak perlu melakukan olahraga yang berat. Cukup dengan melakukan beberapa gerakan pemanasan dan juga jalan kaki di pagi hari selama 15 menit. Dengan melakukan olahraga ringan, tubuh kita akan menjadi lebih lentur sehingga tidak mudah terserang rasa sakit seperti salah urat, nyeri sendi, dan juga pegal - pegal.

5 cara tersebut telah saya terapkan dalam beberapa bulan terakhir, dan saya telah merasakan dampak positif dari cara - cara tersebut. Sebenanya ada satu cara lagi yang bisa dilakukan untuk mendapatkan hidup sehat, yaitu donor darah. Ada banyak sekali manfaat donor darah bagi kesehatan tubuh. Selain untuk kesehatan tubuh, dengan melakukan donor darah kita dapat membantu orang - orang yang sedang membutuhkan darah. Namun sayang sekali saya memiliki anemia dan juga tekanan darah rendah, sehingga saya tidak kuat dan selalu lemas setelah melakukan donor darah.

Situs www.doktersehat.com

Jika anda telah melakukan 5 cara di atas namun ingin menambah cara lain untuk mendapatkan tubuh yang sehat, anda dapat mencari inspirasi dengan membaca website DokterSehat. DokterSehat merupakan situs yang menyediakan informasi - informasi yang berhubungan dengan kesehatan. Situs ini merupakan salah satu inspirasi saya untuk memulai #AksiSehatCeria. Yuk kita mulai hidup sehat, agar terhindar dari berbagai penyakit.