I am a long time user of this brand and I love it!

And of course, i am still a student and the skin care range's price has marked up so much from Japan's, I find it hard to cope up especially the toner (or they known it as lotion) G lotion and VC lotion.

So, I am using a combination of different brands but I am still using HABA.

Anyone is using it too and what are the products that you are using from this brand?

What do you like the most?

I am now using G lotion

smooth skin essence (Pore minimizer)

blusher (marble cheek puff ltd ed)

a few of their lipsticks and gloss (love it)

Q10 squalene oil

Charcoal mask and SPA treatment mask (ltd ed too)

hand treatment and Bulgarian rose hand serum (ltd ed)

their eye cream is nice but too expensive >_<

white lady is superb but they sell it too expensive here too.

squa balancing gel is really soft and light. perfect for oily skin.

big time user of their squalene oil.. but have stopped using it after using Q10

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Added on January 24, 2010, 6:30 pmbummer~ no one is using this brand? unbelievable. lol. it's such a good product!

This post has been edited by oatkrunch: Nov 16 2010, 10:55 PM

hi there! want to know where you get HABA products....would like to try it...

you can get it at isetan KLCC, metrojaya MV, the gardens

today i finally bought HABA products after trying it out in Metrojaya, Midvalley - can feel the difference after the first time, hopefully it will last

and currently, one of the most expensive skin care product i ever bought...and i bought a small set one

i have bought
1. micro force cleansing
2. squa powder wash
3. g lotion
4. squa dew

total cost = rm 212

hope it really help my skin

ohh i love their micro force cleansing.. however, i still prefer their cleansing oil when comes to remove waterproof mascara.

are you having oily skin? any blemish? actually even though i am having oily skin too, i find squa dew isn't moisturizing enough for me. perhaps if it's used as facial mist every now and then to keep skin hydrated, that is ok. but if it's to be used as moisturizer throughout the day especially when i am in air-condition room is a no no. not moisturizing enough. hehe! i still prefer their squalane oil.

G lotion is a superb toner. i hope you will like it.

i have oily skin, but bcos of pimples treatment, my skin is rather dry - so it is like oily to dry

btw, the sales lady keep ask me put more G lotion; how much is more? how much do you put? i din over put - put about two layers only

everyone's skin is different. it's according to your skin needs. after cleansing your face, you squeeze 4-5 drops onto your palm and spread it all over your face.. pat until g lotion being absorbed, then repeat the process until your skin became slow in absorbing the lotion. that means your skin is well hydrated. then, apply squa dew. if your skin is dry due to treatment, you should use squalane oil instead. i don't understand why would she recommended squa dew. perhaps you should try squalane oil and squa dew, just use it as facial mist. even though squalane is oil but it's not oily if you use it correctly. all you need is just one drop and due to water is more than oil, your face won't be oily at all.

as for my skin needs, i repeated the lotion process about 2-3 times is sufficient.

thanks alot oatkrunch

btw, do you use their cosmetics products - like make up foundation, make up powder and so forth?

yes i do! most of my base make up is HABA's. i am using their base, liquid foundation, concealer, blusher and lip gloss. i bought their lip stick too. i love their lip gloss! most natural lip gloss that i have ever used. love their blusher especially sugar pink but so far they are out of stock for sugar pink. sugar pink gave me the most natural flush of all. it's not too pigmented.. it's just gave me that natural pink on my cheek. as for their concealer, i find it not so good as the coverage won't stay but their japan's beauty advisor told me that it's because i used too little. she also suggested me to use 2 different colors. i have finished using the concealer and now using canmake. hehe!

love their foundation. it has only sheer coverage btw. it gives off that natural finished. base make up will really brighten your entire face and even out skin tone before foundation. their foundation has a property to diffuse light; hence it gave an illusion of making your acne marks and pores not so visible. but anyway, if you are looking for something that has heavy coverage, HABA's foundation is not for you because their products are more for a natural finished.. so i would say it's sheer to medium light coverage.

as for eye shadows and all.. i don't really buy it because i don't think i would buy 1 eye shadow for RM38. haha! so, so far i have only tried their base, liquid foundation, blusher, lip stick, lip gloss and concealer.. oh! i forgot. their pressed powder too. their pressed powder is said to be water and sweat proof.

Thanks for sharing

Today is my 4th day of using, still hoping that it suits my skin..... if all well, will try its other cosmetics products.......but it is abit costly

hmmm.. so how's it going on for you now? so far so good? i just came back from singapore and bought 2 things from HABA that malaysia haba doesn't have it. it's the eyes and mouth base and their limited edition's lipstick. not sure if haba malaysia will bring in that eyes and mouth base because this is a new product in japan too. as for the ltd ed lipstick, i don't think malaysia will bring that in because this is kinda an old product now.

So far so good, at least no new break out...but actually, I can feel the difference....especially since before I used HABA, i had breakouts and stopped using any cleanser

btw, under the advice of my make up artist, I stopped using Squa Dew - not because of the product, just that my skin not suited for moisturiser use...

i am still using the three other products, especially the squa powder wash (i like this the most) and g lotion

i don't understand this statement and what's the rationale behind what your make up artist suggested?

hi! difficult to re-phrase what she said, but it is kinda true that my skin is slightly better without moisturizer...i would stop for one month and see how it goes

anyway, do you apply g-lotion with your hands/ fingers or do you put it on a cotton pad?

ehh? i don't agree with whatever reason that is saying our face do not need moisturizer. it just depends different moisturizer serves for different skin. haha!

but anyway, g lotion is meant to apply using your hands. just pour a 3-4 drops of g lotion on your palm and spread it all over your hands and pat it on your face

repeat this process until your face is well hydrated

thanks alot oatkrunch

btw, which liquid foundation are you using? enriched cream? light emulsion? o/w foundation? and how much is it if you get it in malaysia?

and do you know how much is the pressed powder (in malaysia)?

i am planning to get them....so, need to budget for them

thanks

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Added on January 3, 2011, 9:20 pmoh...found the prices at its website: http://www.haba.com.my/found_pt3.aspx?cate...DER&&flag=right

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Added on January 8, 2011, 5:06 pmbtw, BB plaza's HABA does not have make up products, only skin care

I finally bought HABA's make up base light emulsion and powdery foundation from the KLCC's HABA....

This post has been edited by leongal: Jan 8 2011, 05:06 PM

oatkrunch, may I know what's your skin type? Do you have open pores and blackheads? Wondering if HABA's products can target this two issue. Are you still using HABA coz read your other thread about KIEHL's.

oh i am so sorry that i didn't check here cus since new msg of yours merged with your old message, it doesn't show that someone has posted new message. haha!

ohh i am using light emulsion (their base) and liquid foundation (o/w foundation). how do you find their powder foundation? i am using their pressed powder as well. i use this after the liquid foundation. hehe!

tell me how do you like their cosmetics yeah. ^^

hotgimmick: yeah! haha! i changed products all the time but after that, i will go back to HABA for a while before i decided to try some other product but as for now i am using KIEHL's. i am still using their powder wash though. yes! i do have open pores and blackheads. >_< HABA said that if you use their powder wash as mask especially around your blackhead area, it will help to reduce it. i personally have tried this for quite some time but didn't see any result. haha! i bought their ion-my-esthe and their deep cleansing is able to deep cleanse from within, from your pores; hence it helps to banish blackheads. i have used it for few months and since you can only use once a week for deep cleansing, i don't see dramatic results (blackheads on my nose). however, before using ion-my-esthe machine, when i applied foundation, i can see that my blackheads on my nose are protruding but once i am on this machine, now when i apply foundation, my nose looks smoother.. as if i don't have blackheads. haha!

as for pores, HABA's ion-my-esthe machine, if you are using their refining function, it can help in refining pores. this is to used with their ever famous white lady. i am still using their machine routine twice a week. once for deep cleanse and once for refining. i can see that every time i finished using it, my face become brighter. haha! i actually wanted to buy this machine for the longest time (since few years ago) but i was still studying on that time and it's not cheap! and now i am working, there was one time (last year) HABA was having some promotion event at KLCC and their Japan's representative was here to promote HABA's product at isetan KLCC. i became their model for her to demonstrate HABA products on my face including that ion-my-esthe. it was then i decided to buy the machine. haha!

and yes, if by using it religiously, i can see that my pores are refined but not to the point like my skin is at early teenage cus i need to accept the fact that my skin is no longer like early teens. haha! our skin texture will change as we grow, as changes in hormones and as our skin is lacking of hydration and collagen, pores will become more visible. they have a product call smooth essence or something.. it's green tube and it's for pores reducing.. though many users have said it helps that pores to become more refined, to me, i don't see any result. hahah! i find that machine with white lady is much more better in refining my pores.

This post has been edited by oatkrunch: Feb 8 2011, 05:56 PM

i want to get their blusher...went to metrojaya midvalley, isetan gardens and isetan klcc, all out of stock.....all waiting for next shipping =.=

and, today, most of the make up products in isetan klcc are sold out....

and they duno when is the next shipping, nit to call them to check out next time before i go there

yeah true. haha! i wanna get a few lipgloss of theirs (specific colors) and their pink blusher.. but it has been out of stock quite some time already.. tired of waiting; hence i went ahead and bought kose's esprique to try out. lol i bought their x'mas set that consists of an eye liner, eye shadow palette and lipstick. all for RM145. what a deal because esprique's eye shadow palette costs RM110 itself. i am waiting for their spring collection. that eye shadow's design is really cute. haha!

i went to singapore and i bought 2 HABA's limited ed cosmetics related stuffs... malaysia doesn't bring in. one is call "magic base for eyes and mouth zone" and a limited ed lipstick with slick lipstick casing. magic base is for those who have fine lines around their eyes and mouth, this works to plump that up so that foundation will go on smoother. lol.. well, not that i don't have fine lines around my eyes but it doesn't give me the problem that the foundation sets in the lines or whatever (cus it's not wrinkles) and so i don't know why am i buying that for. lol. that lipstick is something like coral-ish color with sheen gold undertone. i love that color on my hand when i did swatches but when i bought it and put it on my mouth, i look so dead and pale. lol. as my make up has been always light and simple (because lacking of skills), that lipstick doesn't work too well on my simple make up. it would work better for dramatic make up? not sure but i still like that lipstick color. haha!

i am going to singapore again for a short trip on tues and will drop by HABA again to see what can i get from there. perhaps i shall get that pink blusher that malaysia doesn't have it yet. haha! i mean waiting for their next shipping.