Sunday, January 27, 2013

Review: Nature Republic Aqua Collagen Solution Marine Hydro Gel Eye Patch



Third eye mask review! I just did one yesterday for Nature Republic Snaytox Hydrogel Eye Patch, where I found that there wasn't much essence left in the patch. Not sure if it just evaporated or if there was just not much to begin with, but to be on the safe side I decided I might as well use this one too before it gets any drier. I was first exposed to the whole eye mask thing when I went to Korea last summer. I bought the immensely popular The Face Shop Raspberry Lines & Lift Raspberry Collagen Eye Patch, which were sold in packs of 200 and 300 in the stores there!

The criteria I have for eye masks is similar to sheet masks. First is, of course, effectiveness. Second is whether or not it can stick on my under eye and feel comfortable (or even better, I don't feel it being on my under eye after awhile). This is because I don't have the patience nor the time to sit there for 30-40 minutes. I need to be doing something while I put on this mask and if I need to fix it every minute because it's falling off my under eye then that's an instant fail. Third is whether or not it absorbs. If I don't feel a difference in the wetness of the sheet mask after 30 minutes.. then there is a problem with the compatibility of the mask with my under eye.

Saturday, January 26, 2013

Review: Nature Republic Snaytox Hydrogel Eye Patch



Second eye mask review! I admit, I don't use eye masks very often because I have to put them right up against my lower eyelid because that's where my fine lines are and it's not the most comfortable thing to keep on for 30-40 minutes. I was first exposed to the whole eye mask thing when I went to Korea last summer. I bought the immensely popular The Face Shop Raspberry Lines & Lift Raspberry Collagen Eye Patch, which were sold in packs of 200 and 300 in the stores I went to in Korea!

The criteria I have for eye masks is similar to sheet masks. First is, of course, effectiveness. Second is whether or not it can stick on my under eye and feel comfortable (or even better, I don't feel it being on my under eye after awhile). This is because I don't have the patience nor the time to sit there for 30-40 minutes. I need to be doing something while I put on this mask and if I need to fix it every minute because it's falling off my under eye then that's an instant fail. Third is whether or not it absorbs. If I don't feel a difference in the wetness of the sheet mask after 30 minutes.. then there is a problem with the compatibility of the mask with my under eye.

Review: Missha Dong Baek Gold Shampoo



Excuse the bad photo with my stuffed animal in the background..forgot to take a proper photo before I ripped it open. I got this as a complimentary sample. Didn't know Missha had hair products, but not surprised since Korean cosmetic brands seem to have a product for any part of your body. Dong Baek means camellia according to Missha's US website. According to wiki, camellia oil is commonly used in hair care. In Japan, high grade Japanese camellia oil is called tsubaki oil. I guess that's where the Shiseido Tsubaki comes from.

Sunday, January 20, 2013

Review: Missha Super Aqua Oxygen Micro Visible Deep Cleanser




This was the second and last complimentary sample I got from buying my Etude House Drawing Eye Brow Pencil Refill. The first one was my previous post, Missha Time Revolution Immortal Youth Cream. I think this is the first time where I've gotten 2 samples where both actually wow me enough to consider buying the full product. Usually at least one of them is going to be some inconsequential hydrating fluid or aqua base cream that only moisturizes my skin (if only that was the only problem on my face)! And to think that I got these 2 great samples from buying a $4 eyebrow pencil refill!

Review: Missha Time Revolution Immortal Youth Cream



I got this as a complimentary sample from buying my Etude House Drawing Eye Brow Pencil Refill. I used it yesterday and I only looked it up a few minutes ago to realized how expensive this cream is. Very grateful that I got this as a free sample!

Monday, January 14, 2013

Review: Etude House Collagen Moistfull Cream


Oops! As you can see in the photo, I only remembered that I didn't take a photo after I used it.. This was a complimentary sample from one of my internet purchases (too many, forgot which one already -_-). I've already tried the Etude House Collagen Moistful Enriched Cream at night so this time I tried using this cream during the day.

Sunday, January 13, 2013

Review: Etude House Drawing Eye Brow Pencil #5 Gray


I previously bought Etude House Drawing Eye Brow Pencil #1 Black Brown and I was curious to try other colors. I decided to be courageous and buy the #5 gray color. Not the dark gray, but gray. I was a bit scared it might not turn out well so I decided to be safe and just buy the refill, which is cheaper. 

Saturday, January 12, 2013

Review: Shiseido Tsubaki Shining Hair Treatment with Tsubaki Oil EX



I don't know if it's the indoor heating, the weather, the new hairstylist, the whatever, but my hair has been getting dryer and more frizzy since October. I've tried the Asience Inner Rich Hair Treatment before which came in a package along with the Asience shampoo and conditioner. I also bought a Shiseido Tsubaki shampoo and conditioner package which came with this hair treatment. 

Thursday, January 3, 2013

Review: Etude House Wonder Pore Clay Clear Pack/Mask



I've tried two products from the Etude House Wonder Pore product line so far: Etude House Wonder Pore Freshner toner and Etude House Goodbye Pore Ever Pore Primer Essence. Both have exceeded my expectations and are now added into my daily routine. Seeing the great success I've had, I'm definitely going to try the rest of this line! That's why I decided to buy samples of their pore clay mask. 


Review: Skinfood Peach Sake Pore Serum



Probably one of the most, if not THE most, reviewed Skinfood skincare product out there. I think this product was the first Skinfood product I tried 3-4 years ago. I actually bought the whole bottle back then because I didn't think of buying samples. I debated whether I should even bother writing a review since there are probably 3459393450 other posts you can check out. Most of them were raving reviews (which largely influenced me to buy this product back then) but my actual experience with this was slightly contrary so that's why I thought I'd write a review myself. Which will also partly explain why I am buying samples instead of a whole bottle as my second purchase of this product.

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Review: TonyMoly Clean Drew Broccoli Sprout Cleansing Cream



This is a cleansing cream for removing makeup. I haven't had a chance to use this cleansing cream until now because I haven't been putting foundation on my face (I usually only put on eye makeup which I remove with Skinfood Milk Shake Point Makeup Remover) until Christmas holidays and all those Christmas dinner parties!

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Review: Skin79 BB Cleanser

Happy New Year! I hope everyone has a great 2013 :)


Christmas holidays, with dress-up dinner parties, are one of the few times where I put foundation on. I've had this sample for awhile now...but I never used my BB cream foundation until this winter holiday. And what better chance to try out this sample than now.