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Illiya Ridzuan

My mother in front of the map for origins of ingredients used in L'Occitane products.

My mother and I were invited by L'Occitane Malaysia to visit their very first ever beauty market! Hence, here is the video of the activities that we did when we were there! We had so much fun.


If you like, you can experience it too! Just come to Mid Valley Megamall Centre Court. The market is open until 18 of August 2019. For more information, you can visit www.experienceloccitane.com. 




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Vegan Sausage Pizza

Ingredients

Ingredients list:
1) Tesco Wheat Bran Boule
2) Nuttelex Buttery Spread 
3) Vegie Delights BBQ Sausages
4) Violife Mozzarella Flavour Block (Shredded)
5) Carrot (Shredded)
6) 1 Tablespoon of Cooking Oil (I used Palm Oil).

How to: 
1) Slice the bread.
2) Spread the butter on both sides of the bread. Put aside.
3) Cut up the sausages. Put aside.
4) Shred the cheese. Put aside.
5) Shred the carrot. Put aside.
6) Cook the bread on a non-stick pan.
7) Cook the sausages with the cooking oil.
8) Layer the toppings.
9) Heat it in the microwave. This is to melt the cheese.
10) Done!


Violife Mozzarella Flavour Block (Vegan Cheese)

Vegie Delights BBQ Sausages (Vegan Meat)

Tesco Wheat Bran Boule

Nuttelex Buttery Spread (Vegan Butter)

Watch the video here:

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Vegan Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream

Ingredients:
Two frozen bananas, 60ml (1/4 Cup) of Plant Milk, 1/2 Tablespoon of Cocoa Powder,
and 1 Tablespoon of Peanut Butter.

Plant milk: V-Soy Original Soy Bean Milk.
Peanut butter: Tesco Smooth Peanut Butter (100% Nuts).
Food Processor: KitchenAid Artisan 3.5 Cup Food Chopper KFC3511.

How to:
1) Put in the frozen bananas.
2) Add 60ml (1/4 Cup) of Plant Milk.
3) Add 1/2 Tablespoon of Cocoa Powder.
4) Add 1 Tablespoon of Peanut Butter.
5) Blend well.
6) Transfer it into a bowl and eat.


Vegan Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream

Vegan Banana Milk Ice Cream

Ingredients:
Two frozen bananas and 60ml (1/4 Cup) of Plant Milk.

Plant milk: V-Soy Original Soy Bean Milk.
Food Processor: KitchenAid Artisan 3.5 Cup Food Chopper KFC3511.

How to:
1) Put in the frozen bananas.
2) Add 60ml (1/4 Cup) of Plant Milk.
3) Blend well.
4) Transfer it into a bowl and eat.

Vegan Banana Milk Ice Cream
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This Ramadan, Rejoice proudly unveiled its new collection of Shampoo and Conditioner ‘Hijab Perfection Series’ that comes with a breakthrough 3-in-1 formula!


The new products claim to solve:

1) Dandruff problem with extra clean anti-dandruff properties.
2) Heat & malodor with the extra cooling Menthol and refreshing smell of Kasturi flower.
3) Tangled hair by ensuring extra smoothness that lasts all day.

Rejoice Hijab Perfection Series
Hence, it is said to be the right haircare solution for Hijabistas.

Rejoice Hijab Perfection Series is available in two variants for Shampoo; 3-in-1 Perfect Cool (for stronger cooling and ultimate freshness effect) and Perfect Perfume (for long lasting scent intensity).

The shampoo variants are complemented by 3-in-1 Perfect Conditioner for smooth and conditioned hair with lightweight feel. This conditioner can be paired with both variants of the 3-in-1 Perfect Series shampoos.



‘Hijab’ is a religious and symbolic identity of majority of the women in Malaysia and Hijabers face unique hair concerns beneath the veil every day. To address these concerns, P&G Rejoice scientists have interviewed hundreds of consumers and found that there is a considerable increase in temperature and humidity in the head region under the veil versus outside in their recent study. According to the study, three main hair and scalp concerns for Hijabistas today are dandruff, malodor and tangled hair. 

To counter this issue, Rejoice proudly unveiled its new collection of Shampoo and Conditioner ‘Hijab Perfection Series’ that comes with a breakthrough 3-in-1 formula at a media event on May 3 where the science behind the new Rejoice formulas was shared along with interactive science demonstrations by Dr Rebecca Kan, P&G Asia Pacific Haircare Scientific Communications.

(Second from left to right) Mr. Sahil Sethi, Beauty Care Commercial Director, P&G Malaysia, Elfira Loy, and Dr Rebecca Kan, Principal Scientist for P&G Asia Pacific Haircare sharing their thoughts on the new offerings from Rejoice at the talk show.
I have been the face of Rejoice brand in early stages of my career and was also popularly known as ‘Rejoice Gadis Bertudung Hijau’. I am extremely delighted to partner with Rejoice again to be part of the launch of the new Rejoice Hijab Perfection Series. I am thrilled with how this new product keeps my hair cool and fresh throughout the day. I am also in love with the youthful packaging design that completely symbolizes a modern day Hijabista like me. I would definitely recommend the new Rejoice to all my fellow Hijabistas in Malaysia this Ramadan, said Elfira Loy, a Popular Malaysian Actress and Entrepreneur after she unveiled the new range. 
 
Dr Rebecca Kan, Principal Scientist for P&G Asia Pacific Haircare sharing the breakthrough innovation of how Rejoice Hijab Perfection Series works.
With Rejoice’s new ‘Hijab Perfection Series’ of shampoos and conditioners, MYDIN customers can now look forward to an innovative formulation that can finally give them the solution for perfect hair under Hijab. With a breakthrough formula and new age innovative packaging, we anticipate a positive response from our customers with the launch of the new series by Rejoice, said Datin Wira Dr Hjh Siti Hawa Mohd, the Director of Mydin Mohamed Holdings Bhd.

(From left to right) Mr. Sahil Sethi, Beauty Commercial Director for P&G Malaysia; Elfira Loy; Datuk Wira (Dr) Haji Ameer Ali Bin Mydin, Marketing Director of Mydin Mohamed Holding Bhd.; Kok How Goh, National Sales Manager of P&G Malaysia during the official launch of Rejoice Hijab Perfection Series.
Rejoice has always been a brand of firsts by launching the first ever 2-in-1 shampoo, the first ever cosmetic anti-dandruff shampoo and also the first ever hot oil shampoo. It has always defined the benchmark for superior smoothness and has been one of most loved haircare brands in Malaysia. Continuing our innovation streak, we launch our new ‘Hijab Perfection Series’ that tackles dandruff, heat, malodor, and tangled hair all at one go making it the perfect solution for Hijabistas this Ramadan, said Mr. Sahil Sethi, the Beauty Care Commercial Director of P&G Malaysia.

Everyone posing with the newly launched Rejoice Hijab Perfection Series.
If you are interested, Rejoice ‘Hijab Perfection Series’ shampoo and conditioner are available in three different sizes with 170ml (RM9.90), 340ml (RM15.90), and 600ml (RM26.90). This new range of products is available across MYDIN and all other major retail stores nationwide. To find out more about Rejoice Hijab Perfection Series, you can visit Rejoice Malaysia Facebook Page.

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Since the creation of L'Occitane in 1976, the company has shown real commitments to values of authenticity, respect, and solidarity. The promise to preserve nature, which L'Occitane has always upheld through its products, a desire to support the women's empowerment and pledge to fight avoidable blindness have become L'Occitane's priority commitments.

This 22nd of April, in conjunction with Earth Day, L'Occitane Malaysia is proud to announce the official launch of their first recycling program - "Big Little Things" in partnership with iCycle Malaysia, a local solution provider of waste separation and recycling.


#BigLittleThings with L'Occitane

Details on L'Occitane Sustainable Packagings

L'Occitane Eco-Refill packagings use up to 90% less materials than the original containers.

With this recycling program, L'Occitane Malaysia makes it very easy for everyone to play their roles in reducing waste because;

1) iCycle recycles all L'Occitane packagings.
2) L'Occitane accept packagings of any beauty brands.
3) L'Occitane have 15 drop-off locations nationwide.

How it works?

1) Everyone can bring their finished plastic, glass, or aluminium containers (from any beauty brands, not limited to only L'Occitane products) in clean and dry conditions to the 15 selected L'Occitane stores.

Notes: L'Occitane accept empties of any brands from the categories of Toiletries, Face Care, Hair Care, Body Care, and Fragrance products in the condition of DRY and CLEAN. They do not accept empties from the categories of Makeup, Hair Styling, and Mouth Care products.

2) Upon dropping off the items into the recycle bins, all collected recyclables will be tracked, picked-up, and managed by iCycle Malaysia.

3) Items will then be segregated into different categories of recyclable waste and sent to respective recycling factories to be weighed, washed, and repurposed into new items. For examples, plastic bottles can be recycled into raw materials of plastic pallets such as PET (Polyethylene Terephthalate), HDPE (High-Density Polyethylene), PP (Polypropylene), and so much more which later can be made into usable items such as shoes, polyester, etc.

Clarance, the PR of L'Occitane Malaysia is giving an introduction about the new recycling programme.

A representative from iCycle is giving in-depth details on how effectively iCycle will recycle waste collected from L'Occitane Malaysia.

L'Occitane Big Little Things Recycling Reward

With all of these being said, do take part in this eco-friendly movement and be rewarded by bringing back your empties to the 15 selected L'Occitane stores! Each empty, full-sized containers will be exchanged for one digital stamp. The accumulation of stamps can be traded in for rewards as shown in the picture below. For more information, click here.

L'Occitane Big Little Things Recycling Rewards

How to?

Step 1: Register yourself here to track your recycling rewards online.
Step 2: Save up your empties and make sure you clean and dry them properly.
Step 3: Find your closest selected L'Occitane stores.
Step 4: Bring your empty beauty products from L'Occitane or any beauty brands to be recycled.
Step 5: Receive one stamp for every full-sized empty beauty packaging. Be rewarded with complimentary gifts such as L'Occitane deluxe-sized bestselling products once you collect more stamps.

Important things to know:

1) L'Occitane accept empties of any brands from the categories of Toiletries, Face Care, Hair Care, Body Care, and Fragrance products.

a. Beauty packaging such as lip balm tubes, makeup remover bottles and pumps, fragrances bottles and pumps, and deodorant sticks. 
b. Skin care packaging such as face care packaging, refill pouches, and dispensers and tubes for shower gels, facial cleansers and body lotions. 
c. Hair care packaging such as pumps and caps from shampoo and conditioner bottles, hair care dispensers and containers, hair product trigger heads, and refill pouches.

2) L'Occitane do not accept empties from the categories of Makeup, Hair Styling, and Mouth Care products.

3) The empty packagings must be clean and dry before handing them to the stores.

4) A digital stamp is only eligible for one full-sized empty packaging. Hence, bring more full-sized empty packagings to L'Occitane for them to be recycled in order to collect more stamps. 

5) A digital stamp is not eligible for minis or deluxe-sized beauty products. However, L'Occitane still accepts them to be recycled.

6) The process of collecting the stamp is cumulative. With 6 empties, you can get the L'Occitane Almond Shower Oil 35ml. The next time you bring in 6 more empties, you will get the L'Occitane Repairing Shampoo 35ml. And so on. If you bring in 30 full-sized empty packagings and get 30 digital stamps, you are eligible to get all 5 complimentary gifts from L'Occitane.

7) Complimentary gifts are subject to availability in store upon redemption. L'Occitane Malaysia reserves the rights to change the gift offering without prior notice.

List of Participating Stores

Nine Stores in Klang Valley

1) L'Occitane 1Utama (Petaling Jaya)
2) L'Occitane Sunway Pyramid (Petaling Jaya)
3) L'Occitane Suria KLCC (Kuala Lumpur)
4) L'Occitane The Gardens (Kuala Lumpur)
5) L'Occitane Pavilion (Kuala Lumpur)
6) L'Occitane Sogo (Kuala Lumpur)
7) L'Occitane Bangsar Village II (Kuala Lumpur)
8) L'Occitane IOI City Mall (Putrajaya)
9) L'Occitane Setia City Mall (Shah Alam)

Six Stores in Outstation

1) L'Occitane Gurney Plaza (Penang)
2) L'Occitane Queensbay Mall (Penang)
3) L'Occitane Mahkota Parade (Melaka)
4) L'Occitane Southkey Megamall (Johor)
5) L'Occitane The Spring Kuching (Sarawak)
6) L'Occitane Imago KK Time Square (Sabah)



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I woke up with a jolt. I checked the alarm on my phone and it was 3.30 am in the morning. "Fuhhh..", I heaved a sign of relief and hurriedly grab a towel in my hand and head to my parent's bedroom. I needed to take a shower. We promised to go to the hospital at 4.00 am.

I slowly walked inside my parent's room and saw my dad sat on the bed. The room was big but his shortness of breath was clearly heard in that silent morning.

"Abah okay?", I asked gently. I needed to know that he was okay. I needed to know that he can still respond well to my voice.

With a gentle and weak voice, he said "Okay. Abah okay."

I took an infrared thermometer, put it on his forehead, and clicked once for a temperature reading. I read out loud with a soft voice, "38.2 Celcius". His forehead was hot, his eyes sunken, his whole body looked super pale, his clothes were drenched with sweat, and I could even felt the dryness in his throat when he spoke.




When I was 8 years old, I had this vivid dream of being in a hospital and had a female doctor looked straight into my eyes and said to me “It is cancer.” I had the exact same dream again when I was 19 and then it occurred again when I was 26.

In those three dreams, the dreams always ended in the same way without any answers. For years, I never understand what they meant. Not until the 25th of March 2019, when a female doctor said to me while looking right into my eyes. "Based on the bone marrow test that your father did last time, it is shown that it is indeed Acute Myeloid Leukemia."

What initially started with an innocent unexplained fever, turned out to be something bigger than I thought. I looked at both of my parents who were sitting beside me at that time and they seemed at ease. They looked tired, but at ease. Which was a good thing.

We already saw this coming. We had been going back and forth from multiple clinics and hospitals for months, so this news wasn't a suprised to us. At least now we know what the problem is and what we are supposed to do next. I know chemotheraphy is not going to be easy but I will try to be strong and try my very best to help make the process bearable.




When I was pursuing my PhD study, I really didn't understand why it was impossible for me to get a scholarship. Some people had it easy. Some people even got multiple scholarships offers and had the privilege to ignore the interview just because they deemed the scholarships were not good enough for them. But for me, I didn't even had one chance.

I applied for every options that were available, went to so many public offices, tried so hard, and struggled for one year and a half by using my own money. Each time when I applied for a scholarship, I was met with disappointment. Which made me very confused.

Everytime I looked at my application, it made me think, "Am I that bad? Are my results that bad? Is that why I am not able to get even one?". Even all the people around me including my family members, friends, and supervisor were so confused as of why I couldn't secure even one scholarship.

Then, something happened that pushed my financial problem far further. My laptop and all my PhD data got stolen. I tried to get back up again by selling my things online. With the help of people around me including my readers on Instagram, I managed to get myself a preloved computer and buy all the other necessary things. I wrote everything back from scratch until completed. But still, the computer broke again and I was left feeling stunned and speechless.

I didn't know what to do. I was going to fight and get back up again, but the massive amount of stress was causing my health to become progressively worse. I've been struggling non-stop that I didn't even realized that I was burning out. It was a super hard decision to make, especially since my research was going so well and I already wrote everything back. But quiting was obviously the only decision I could make at that time. There was no other options left. Only one.




After I quit my PhD, I was hoping that things will get better. Then when I announced that I had to withdraw from my PhD study due to personal reasons on Instagram, all of sudden the amount of my followers decreased. I lost hundreds of followers overnight. All I wanted to do was being honest with my readers, but it seemed like the title 'PhD student' means more to some people than I thought it would be.

I was okay and accepted the fact that I lost hundreds of followers. However, some cosmetic brands that I was working with were not so happy that my number of followings decreased. Some completely ghosted on me. Some suddenly withdraw their projects from me although they had already asked for my home address to send the products to review.

By that time, there were only two brands that were left. Then suddenly, the management changed for one of the company and lastly, only one company was left. But one is actually more than enough for me. And if one day they decided to change for something better and they no longer needed me anymore, I would understand and accepted that. Because if it is my company, I would want the best for my company too.

When all of these things happened, I wasn't mad or had any regretful feeling about it. I just felt numb. I didn't know what to feel. What I clearly remembered was that my chest hurt and that I cried, cried, and cried every night. Begging and praying for answers from Allah swt. Because I know there is definitely a reason why these things happened. There must be a reason. Allah swt knows. He knows what is the best for me. He knows. So I just have to trust Him.




Fast forward to this present day, Allah swt gave me the answer that I was waiting for. It was because of my dad. Allah swt wanted me to take care of him. Allah swt helped me to make the correct decision in my life. He left me with no options, because he wanted me to choose the only one correct option in my life.

There was this one time when my dad had a fever and I was changing the wet towel for his forehead, he smiled and said to me, "Terima kasih Liya sebab tolong Mak jaga Abah. Kalau Liya takde, it must have been hard for her. Terima kasih sebab tolong jaga Abah."

Without even realizing it, my eyes were suddenly wet and there were tears dripping down my face. If I was still busy studying and had beauty events to attend to, who will help to take care of him? That is why I am grateful and glad that I was given a chance to take care of my dad. If I had to choose between fame, success, money, and my dad, without a doubt, I will choose my dad in a second.

This journey is not going to be easy. While people in the 30s and 40s pushing their parents on wheelchairs. Here I am with my brother in our mid twenties, pushing our father on a wheelchair to the emergency room. While people of my age are excitedly getting married, having children, chasing their dreams, and travel the world, here I am with this huge responsibilities on my shoulder.

I know that maybe I am going to be missing out on so many events in my life. But I know that this is the best for me and I am willing and happy to do it. No regrets! At all!

So if you are currently going through something difficult right now, I know that it is hard to make sense of everything at the moment and that it is hard to view it in a positive way. But one day, just like me, you are going to get your answers and finally understand why those things happened in your life. Hold on and be strong! You can do it! InsyaAllah. I pray the best for you and for us. :)

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