#anarose

[umpotemeu]

Quanto tempo eu não venho aqui desabafar não é mesmo? Mas eu voltei por hoje. Hoje foi a formatura da minha Amiga da faculdade, era pra ser a nossa. Mas por um descuido nao foi. E doeu. Doeu mais do que deveria doer. Doeu num nível que eu não soube disfarçar. Doeu e está doendo. Eu queria estar radiante de alegria por ela. Ela conseguiu, venceu e se formou. E eu? Será que minha vez chega? Outro episódio aconteceu, minha mãe, como sempre ela. Não deveria ser assim, mas o convivo entre nós está num estagio preocupante e ultimamente eu tenho sido fraca para aguentar a"pressão". Não estou conseguindo conciliar meu emprego, minha vida social e familiar. Eu preciso do meu cantinho, do meu espaço. Depois muitos anos sem falar nada, eu relembrei de feridas que achei que estivessem fechadas, cicatrizadas. Mas eu percebi que não estão. Será que um dia vão ser curadas? Será que levarei uma vida normal sem ser assombrada por fantasmas do passado? Será que algum dia eu vou poder me abrir com alguém sem me sentir a pior pessoa do mundo? Será que algum dia eu serei o orgulho da minha família? Eu ando me sentindo tão frágil, tão sensível, tão desprotegida. Eu sinto que tudo tem me afetado, coisas que não deveriam me causar nenhuma reação estão me causando um turbilhão de emoções. Eu ando com medo de onde essas assombrações vão me levar, da ultima vez elas me levaram a Beira da Morte.

Ana Rose

[0201-sims]

Hello! I recently downloaded your Anarose file compilation (thanks btw), but one set I was particularly interested in only included the preview pic. :( I wonder, do you still have the files? It's an eight-piece eyeset, the female model in the preview wears a blonde hair updo with a fringe and a red hairband. Thanks in advance :3

You’re welcome! Unfortunately, that picture wasn’t included in a folder because I don’t have the files right now. :(

Guessing this is the set? If anyone has it, a contribution would be great! I’ll definitely keep my eyes out no matter what though!

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MUN No. 11 Anarose Rejuvenating Rose Toner Review + 10% Off

I was first intro­duced to MUN in 2013, and I wrote my first review of the now-renowned skin sav­ior known as MUN No.1 Aknari Bright­en­ing Youth Serum (for­merly labelled Night­time Dream Youth Serum) back in May 2013. My love of MUN has held steady these last two years, as its proven itself over and over again as the ulti­mate super­power in face oils.

Even peo­ple who have had the worst expe­ri­ences with face oils will buy MUN Aknari in trep­i­da­tion, then email me two weeks later enthu­si­as­ti­cally exclaim­ing how their skin is now clear/plump/brighter/smooth/you name it.

It’s just one of those prod­ucts that if it ever ceased to exist, there would be a lot – and I mean kilo­liters – of tears.

When Munemi Imai, the beauty and brain behind MUN, told me of her plan last sum­mer to launch a toner, I imme­di­ately knew it would be a stun­ner like its big sis­ter. And let’s put it this way: I was sent a bot­tle for review and have since bought two more. Keep read­ing for all the details!

MUN No. 11 Anarose Reju­ve­nat­ing Rose Toner Review

Years ago, I was not a fan of toners.

I didn’t see the point. They dried out the skin, they were a tremen­dous waste of cot­ton balls, and they seemed like just another way to extract a few dol­lars from our pockets.

I have since changed my mind. A real toner is meant to bal­ance the pH of the skin, and work in tan­dem with your nat­ural skin bar­rier to keep your skin smooth, hydrated, and free of infec­tion and acne. A prop­erly for­mu­lated toner is worth its weight in gold.

The basic idea is that our skin is nat­u­rally acidic, and when we cleanse it alka­lizes our skin, giv­ing way to that “stripped” feel­ing every­one talks about and result­ing in some com­bi­na­tion of the fol­low­ing issues: dry patches, flakes, tight­ness, post-washing oili­ness, and smat­ter­ings of blem­ishes. The two biggest “secrets” to pre­vent­ing this fall­out is to use a more acidic face wash (between pH 4.5 and 6, ide­ally noth­ing above a neu­tral pH 7.0) and use a prop­erly for­mu­lated toner post-cleansing. That’s where MUN saves the day yet again…

Ben­e­fits & Experience

Ton­ers are sup­posed to be on the acidic side (between pH 3 and 5) in order to help bring the skin back to its nat­ural, healthy, acidic state (healthy skin is about pH 4 to 5.5). MUN Anarose is per­fectly acidic at pH 4.5 but don’t be fooled – there’s no burn­ing at all. In fact, it is instantly sooth­ing and encour­ages the skin bar­rier to repair and main­tain itself prop­erly, which pre­vents dry skin, dry patches, rough­ness, red­ness, and blemishes.

I love the sooth­ing and hydrat­ing abil­i­ties of this con­cen­trated toner and I notice a big dif­fer­ence in the hydra­tion level of my skin – dehy­dra­tion lines are nowhere to be found, oil pro­duc­tion slows, and my follow-up skin care prod­ucts like face oil or mois­tur­izer sink in much faster. The tex­ture is watery, not arti­fi­cially thick­ened with fillers. It has the del­i­cately flo­ral scent of rose­wa­ter which dis­si­pates a few min­utes after applying.

How I Use It

First I dou­ble cleanse (first with an oil or cream cleanser, fol­lowed by a gel or foam cleanser) and gen­tly pat dry. I then pour a few drops of MUN Anarose (I’m care­ful to pour slowly, it’s very watery) in the palm of my hand, press my palms together, then press my toner-soaked palms onto my cheeks, fore­head, nose, and chin to dis­trib­ute the toner. I don’t like using cot­ton pads with ton­ers because the cot­ton soaks it up and I would rather my skin do the soak­ing (the only excep­tion I make is a Chizu Saeki lotion mask).

My skin looks and feels instantly radi­ant, healthy, soothed, and hydrated. I imme­di­ately apply my serum and mois­tur­izer. You don’t have to wait for the toner to dry. I like to apply a drop or two of MUN Aknari all over my face while my toner is still a bit damp on my face. Try it that way and you’ll notice even more star­tling results.

Full Ingre­di­ents List

De-ionized Water, Rose Hydrosol* (Rose Water), Aloe Bar­baden­sis (Aloe) Leaf Juice*, Mal­todex­trin, Opun­tia Ficus-Indica (Prickly Pear) Stem Extract, Lycium Bar­barum Fruit (Goji Berry) Extract, Hyaluronic Acid, Salix Alba (Wil­low) Bark Extract*, Rosa Cen­tifo­lia Flower Extract, Jas­minum Offic­i­nale (Jas­mine) Flower Extract, Bel­lis Peren­nis (Daisy) Flower Extract, Xan­than Gum, Veg­etable Glyc­erin, Dehy­droacetic Acid, Ben­zyl Alcohol.

100% Nat­ural. 92.5% organ­i­cally derived. Vegan. *Cer­ti­fied Organic.

Ingre­di­ent Highlights

MUN is known for its qual­ity for­mu­la­tions using the exper­tise of a cer­ti­fied lab in con­junc­tion with its supe­rior sourc­ing of high qual­ity, organic ingre­di­ents directly from Morocco and Bul­garia. Below are some high­lights from the stel­lar ingre­di­ents list.

Rose Hydrosol (Rose Water)

You will notice rose hydrosol as the sec­ond ingre­di­ent, mean­ing it takes up a high per­cent­age of the for­mu­la­tion. In this case, the ingre­di­ent is derived from fresh rose blos­soms hand-harvested from Val­ley of the Roses in Bul­garia, where they are steam dis­tilled to make a con­cen­trated hydrosol. Not all hydrosols are cre­ated equal – in order to cut expenses, many man­u­fac­tur­ers dilute their extracts and dis­til­la­tions with water or syn­thet­ics to lend a stronger rose-like scent that would occur nat­u­rally if the hydrosol hadn’t been of lower qual­ity or diluted heav­ily. Qual­ity rose hydrosol like this con­tains beta carotene and pos­sesses antibac­te­r­ial activ­ity, great for those with acne and rosacea.

Aloe Bar­baden­sis (Aloe) Leaf Juice

This is a clas­sic wound healer, most com­monly used for the treat­ment of sun­burns (who hasn’t seen those giant tubs of green-dyed goop in stores?). What is per­haps less com­monly known is that aloe vera increases skin hydra­tion, reduces water loss, and helps main­tain the integrity of the skin bar­rier, which is essen­tial for every­one, espe­cially those with dry skin, dry patches, or acne.

Mal­todex­trin

A com­pletely safe, non-toxic poly­sac­cha­ride derived from starch that helps to sta­bi­lize skin care for­mu­la­tions. In a study in 2000, mal­todex­trin was found to enhance anti-aging activ­ity of weak acids and reduce skin irri­ta­tion asso­ci­ated with their use.

Prickly Pear Stem Extract (Opun­tia Ficus-Indica)

Prickly pear is a pow­er­ful anti-inflammatory, and has long been con­sumed for its nutri­tional value and anti-aging abilities.

Goji Berry (Lycium Barbarum)

Goji berry has the incred­i­ble abil­ity to pro­tect the skin from UV dam­age and increase the skin’s super­ox­ide dis­mu­tase activ­ity, reduc­ing free rad­i­cal dam­age and keep­ing the skin youth­ful, firm, and resilient. Fun fact: super­ox­ide dis­mu­tase plays a key antiox­i­dant role in the body, pre­vent­ing oxida­tive stress and even play­ing a role in longevity. Sign me up!

Hyaluronic Acid

This ingre­di­ent occurs nat­u­rally in our bod­ies, and keeps skin plump, firm, and hydrated because of it’s incred­i­ble moisture-binding abil­i­ties. In fact, it’s one of the main rea­sons baby’s have such plump, beau­ti­fully tex­tured skin. I make sure to use at least one hyaluronic acid-containing prod­uct per day in order to increases my skin’s hydra­tion (which pro­tects against fine lines and blem­ishes) and also pro­tect against free rad­i­cal dam­age (which pre­vents signs of aging).

Dehy­droacetic Acid & Ben­zyl Alcohol

These two ingre­di­ents might sound scary, but they are not. They are both nat­u­rally derived and syn­the­sized preser­v­a­tives that are safe and non­toxic. Don’t be scared of the word syn­the­sized, either – rose hydrosol is a syn­the­sized from roses and water, tea is syn­the­sized from boil­ing water and the leaves/stems/etc. of a plant. Both have been approved for top­i­cal and inter­nal use by the FDA, ECOCERT, NSF, and Whole Foods. You might have seen that ben­zyl alco­hol is rated 5 from the EWG as a con­tact aller­gen, yet it’s impor­tant to read the details…it is rated a 5 at lev­els nearly 10 times higher than is used in cos­metic for­mu­la­tions. Keep in mind that some per­sonal care prod­ucts use ben­zyl alco­hol in the 5% range of a for­mu­la­tion and they are still tested safe and non-irritating. MUN Anarose con­tains less than 0.5%. Sev­eral years ago, I used to believe that nat­ural = safe and syn­thetic = bad but this is not the case at all. Remem­ber that just because some­thing is nat­ural does not auto­mat­i­cally make it safe (poi­son ivy, arsenic, potassium-40 any­one?), and just because some­thing is chem­i­cally syn­the­sized or derived does not make it harm­ful (peni­cillin, insulin for example).

So does their list of prod­uct claims match up to my expe­ri­ence and results?

* Hydrates skin with an all-day effect. Yes! And it works beau­ti­fully with any facial oil or mois­tur­izer. * Soft­ens and mois­tur­izes skin. Yep, and it makes a big dif­fer­ence in how well your mois­tur­izer sinks in. * Refreshes skin, giv­ing it a nat­ural glow. Yes, my skin felt instantly calm and cool after apply­ing. * Soothes, smoothes and com­forts areas prone to dry­ness and fine lines. Def­i­nitely. * Helps enhance per­for­mance of mois­tur­iz­ers and anti-aging treat­ments. Yes (see above). * De-pollutes and pro­tects against envi­ron­men­tal dam­age. This is backed by sci­en­tific data on the ingre­di­ents, so yes. * Achieves opti­mum results when used with No. 1 Aknari Bright­en­ing Youth Serum. Yes (see above).

10% Off + Free Ship­ping For Epic Beauty Guide Readers!

MUN No. 11 Anarose is $68 for 3.38 oz./100 ml and lasts me about 3 months of twice daily use. It’s travel-friendly and can be brought in your carry-on lug­gage. MUN has gra­ciously given a spe­cial code just for Epic Beauty Guide read­ers.  Go to munskin.com and enter code epicbeau­ty­mun at check­out for 10% off and free ship­ping any­where in the USA. 

Enjoy!

I hope you love this ton­ing essence as much as I do. Let me know if you have tried it or if you plan on try­ing it. ~Steph  x

[umpotemeu]

Não deveria está doendo porra. Que raiva que eu to de você, que raiva que eu to de mim... Pq eu não fui embora no início, pq eu não evitei tudo isso. Choro por saber que estou num beco sem saída. Choro pelo fato de que tudo isso poderia não estar acontecendo.

Ana Rose

[umpotemeu]

Eu não deveria estar me sentindo assim em relação a ela. Não temos nada, não ficamos, não nos vemos... Mas o sentimento de posse está lá. E saber que ela voltou a falar com a "mulher da vida" dela me mata. Me sinto insegura indevidamente, é como se eu sou perdesse aquilo que não tenho. Ó céus, me ajude a entender que ela não é minha, me ajude a suportar essa dor que não deveria estar aqui. Me ajude a superar essa paixão proibida.

Ana Rose

[umpotemeu]

Eu to cansando de manter as aparências. Dói demais esconder as dores, cicatrizes e feridas da Alma.

AnaRose

[umpotemeu]

E eu sei. Que quando o dia chegar eu vou chorar mais do que eu já estou chorando. Eu sei que no dia será como se algo fosse arrancado de mim. Vou ter falta de ar. Por que vão arrancar meu coração. Eu sei que nada fara sentido. Eu sei que nada continuará igual... Eu serei incompleta sem você...

AnaRose