Korea - Japan Cosme Haul!

Hello, folks! :D

Finally back from the 3 weeks journey across Korea and Japan.
Anyone wanted to know how's the trip? Please let me know so I may do some travel post :D

And of course the most excited part is the beauty haul! I think 1/2 items are still discovered yet, a.k.a. lost in the baggage, I'm guessing it slipped into my sister's things. Yes we bought so much things that the baggage limits are maxed out (3 person @ 30 kg) plus 2 handcarry @ about 8 kg total of 106 kg lol ^_^"

So are you guys ready? It's gonna be quite a list. Here it goes!
Korea haul

 1. The Saem Mojito Pore Refresh Toner (x2)

2. Nature Republic Aloe Vera 90% Toner

3. It's Skin Power 10 Formula Propolis

4. The Saem Seesaw AC Control Red Solution

5. Skinfood Glacier Water Multi Gel

6. Skinfood Lettuce & Cucumber Water Mist

7. The Saem Aqua Fix UV Cooling Cushion

8. Shara Shara Sweet Cushion Lily

9. 3 Concept Eyes Matte Lipstick R19

10. Skinfood Rose Essence Soft Cream Blusher 01

11. The Saem Saemmul Jelly Gloss

12. Etude House Air Puff Blue (x2)

13. Holika Holika Jewelight Waterproof Eyeliner (x2)

14. Seatree Art Quick Styling Eyebrow Pencil

15. Etude House Brusher Shower Cleaner

Japan haul 1

 1. Ettusais BB Mineral Cream

2. Majolica Majorca Nude Make Gel

3. Kate Powderless Liquid

4. Kate Liquid Touch Powder Foundation Case

5. Kate Liquid Touch Powder Foundation

6. Majolica Majorca Powder Refill

7. Miracle Romance Sailor Moon Black Eyeliner

8. Disney Rapunzel Lip Gloss

9. Kate Lasting Eyebrow W

10. Kate Lipstick Rouge HG BE-33

11. Mentholathum Water Lip Mint Menthol

12. Dodo Color Point Mascara Pink

13. Canmake Cover & Stretch Concealer UV Waterproof

14. Ettusais Medicated Acne Real Fit Concealer

Japan haul 2

 15. Y.S. Park White Look Shampoo

16. Tsubaki Volume Touch Shampoo

17. Manic Panic Classic Purple Haze

18. Devil's Trick QuisQuis Creamy Lavender Grape

19. Shiseido Perfect Whip Foam

20. Kose Suncut UV Protect Spray

21. My Beauty Diary Japanese Cherry Blossom (2 sheet)

22. My Beauty Diary Bulgarian Rose (2 sheet)

23. My Beauty Diary Aroma Series Vanilla Moisturizing (10 sheet)

24. My Beauty Diary Aroma Series Citrus Firming (10 sheet)

25. My Beauty Diary Aroma Series Rose Brightening (10 sheet)

 (I'm still high on MBD masks aren't I?! Can't get enough of them >__<)

 

Yes Japan haul is much more than the Korea haul because all that I really interested in Korea is the skincare and cushion and 3CE's lipstick.
But yeah quite the contrary i didn't get much of cushion because my plan with the cushion all changed for some reason so I went with Japan's foundations as alternatives.

Which one of the products you want me to review first perhaps? If anyone. Lol.

Oh! And I'll be posting about the giveaway soon. The giveaway items are not in this post anyway. But it's from this trip.

Okay then that's all! Please follow this blog :D

Thank you all for reading
See you soon in the next post~

With Love,
Carol

Review - Neutrogena Hydro Boost Water Gel

Hello folks! :D

Finally getting back to blogging!

This time will still be a review of my HG moisturizer. Really. I love love this.
If last time it's the 'gel', now it's the 'water gel'

So it's in a jar. The size is just 'normal'. Not too big not too small. But yea so bulky if it's for travel so I usually move some of it to a mini jar (those around sample size). The packaging is similar to the tube one, which is plastic inside, then covered with glass. Even if it's empty already it's a lil bit heavy. But the glass just make it looks like an expensive product. The fact that it's not as pricey as it looks. In Singapore it's around 22sgd (if I'm not mistaken) and when I bought this in HK i bet it's more cheaper.

Anyway I'm currently using the 2nd jar - I finished the first one already.

The scent is kinda similar to the gel (the one in the tube) yea obviously it's the same line. I like the smell though. It's not a strong scent so I think it's still bearable for those anti to scents.

The texturee

And when spread,,,,,

Okay so here's the interesting part. The texture. I'm so wondering about the packaging. Why the 'gel' with thicker consistency is packed in tube while this, packed in jar. I first tested it in HK before I bought it back then. I tried and I'm loving the texture. When the gel's absorbed, it leaves your skin not greasy nor sticky AT ALL. My skin even feel kinda funny-smooth. It's like it has a 'smooth-veil' formula or something. But not that primer-smooth feels. Just a bit different.

I usually use this as my last step of morning skin routine as it really absorbs all the stickiness left from the previous steps. So these days the routine be like: toner, lotion, this, then make-up. But if I skipped the lotion part, it would be too dry for my skin.

The reason I don't use this at night 'cause I wanted a more plump/thicker moisturizer at night. This isn't meant for night application though.

I don't mind that it doesn't give so much moisturizing feels as for this product the plus point for me is the texture. At least it doesn't clog my pores anyway. Me myself won't use only 1 moisturizer so yeah,, I still love this.

Okay now the conclusion!
Packaging. 4 stars. Kinda heavy. But I like how it looks.
Scent. 5 stars. No complaints. lol!
Texture. 5 stars. Smooth and kinda matte. Bye-bye stickiness.
Result. 3 stars. Not so 'hydro-boost' if used alone.

I will keep using this from now on I guess. I still have 1 totally new jar. :P
Now I'm running out of it. Anyone in Indonesia know where to get this? Please let me know :) Would be very appreciated.

See you guys in the next post! :D

With Love,
Carol

Review - My Beauty Diary Apple Polyphenol Mask

Hello, folks! :D
It's been some time after my last post I guess?
I went to Singapore from 5th to 9th so I wasn't able to post anything....

Despite that here's the product!
My Beauty Diary Apple Polyphenol Mask!

My Beauty Diary has been my like, holy grail mask brand since I got this. It comes in a box with 10 pieces of mask inside. At first I kinda hesitate to buy. To think like, what if it's not good? But end up so grateful getting this!

Infos at the back of the box. So informational! lol. But really. I like it because not every skincare product has this much info.

Anyhow now the packaging is different already. At the back the writings are all Chinese. Even that I can speak Mandarin I'm not that good at reading those 'skincare-level-vocabs' and even worse on writing.

Inside each mask is packed like this. Simple yet leaves me kinda cute impression (  >w>)
Plus, some 'extra' info, the edges are so sharp that I had some cuts... Not that bleeding cuts but yeah, who wants cuts.

It has the smell of apples. Really. Really apples! Love it.

It wasn't that expensive too, compared to korean masks. Maybe because it comes in a box.

However, putting the mask on is kinda a pain. It has that extra layer of plastic to be disposed which sticked to the mask with the same shape and it just makes everything harder! (It's so annoying that I can't even bother to take pictures... Sorry guys)

BUT! I love the results! It leaves no sticky feeling at all, and as it claims, it really controls my oiliness without making my face dry. About the pore, it tightens a bit I guess. Works on the new opened pores. the old and large one just so-so but smoother.

So! The conclusion.
Packaging. 4 stars. minus one for sharp edges.
Design. 5 stars. I like it!
Scent. 5 stars. Total apple lover.
Mask itself. 2 stars for giving that extra pain of plastic layer.
Result. 5 stars! Everything it claims.

Afterall my opinion of the packaging, design and that plastic layer, won't be repeated in the future review of different types of My Beauty Diary Mask. In the future I'll talk only about the scent and result.

I have already repurchase this few days ago. Can't help but loving it! xD

So what do you think?

See you guys in the next post!

With Love,
Carol

Review - Skinfood Lettuce & Cucumber Water Jelly Cream

Hello, folks! :D

So how is your holiday?
Today I'm gonna review my current favorite cream. Even it's my current favorite, I won't be repurchase this for a while because I want to try different products! :3

*drumroll*

 Taa-daa The Skinfood Lettuce & Cucumber Water Jelly Cream!
Love love the packaging! It's made of glass though. The glass itself is a gradation from transparent to green with shimmers. In the picture it looks the cream's still full right? but actually NO! When I took the pic it almost run out. lol. You see that water-drop like on the lid? It's no water. But it makes the lid more interesting for me xD
Unfortunately, it comes just like this. Really. Like this. No box. However the explanation is on the bottom of the jar (which I forgot to take picture duh!). But still. I'd like to have additional box since it's not plastic.

The cream's texture and when spread.

 The cream here on the picture is white, but on the jar I believe it looks kinda greenish (or maybe it's just the effect of the glass color I mentioned before) 

If you think it's gonna be a thick cream like any other cream then you're gonna be disappointed. This cream is runny. Sometimes. I mean, it's hard to only take a little amount. Most likely you'll end up picking water-like substance. Me myself I'll use a lot because if I only use a little I don't feel moisturized enough. But even when I apply a lot, it'll be absorbed quickly and not leaving any stickiness! And it even cut the stickiness my-previously-applied-moisturizer by half! How amazing is that. You see when the cream's spread, it turns to be water-like but just a little thicker. 

Anyway, I find out that this run out REAL QUICK on me. Maybe because I use it too much? This last about 2 months, more or less, on me, who use real lots.

The scent itself,,,,,, I dunno what to comment. But don't get me wrong! It smells really good. And for me it's actually kinda smells like melon jelly. Well, nothing like lettuce or cucumber I guess.However the scent may stay kinda long so you guys who prefer scentless may annoyed. lol.

Now the result! From Skinfood themselves they only said that this is meant to cool down and hydrates. But I once asked the Skinfood's shopkeeper in Jakarta and he (yes he. A male) said it's good to reduce redness too! The redness I meant here is not because of acne, just sometimes in the morning during morning skincare routine, my face got kinda red -like of sensitive (But I don't have a sensitive skin really!). And this cream helps! That's why I really like this.

Another thing, just a tips, it feels GGUUUREAAAATT if you put this to freezer couple of minutes (I once left it there for 1 hour lol because I forgot). Feels like you're applying ice water on your face <33333 

So into the conclusion!

Packaging. 4 stars. The jar itself I love it but I prefer to have extra outer box.

Texture. 5 stars! Not sticky and cuts all other greasiness!

Scent. 5 stars. I don't mind melon jelly and the fact I like it.

Result. 5 STARS. No doubt that it do all that it's claimed for. Cools, hydrates, reduces redness. Thumbs up.

So what do you think?

See you guys in the next post! :D

With Love,

Carol

Review - Neutrogena Hydro Boost Gel

Hello, folks! :D

Back with another review. Again.
Sorry for not able to post for a time..
Honestly I was sick, because I catch a cold when I went 'somewhere' to do registration of 'sumthin' LOL. really. And I recover for a week and sick again, which I suspects it's actually IBS (Intestine Bowel Syndrome) oh yah well I recovered quickly and working the hellllllllll out for postponed assignments and exam. Hectic, right?

Anyway with the review, this Neutrogena gel is bought by my sister in Singapore because my mom and I were so sold to the ads in TVBS-G channel (some Taiwanese channel but too bad I can't watch it anymore...)

In the ads it shows that it gives super moisture and lock it in the skin by summer. Of course it has sun protection, but only 30 with PA++...

Here's the pic of the product~

It comes in a blue tube which I really love! It's not glass, it's plastic so it's not that heavy. To think again it's actually all plastic... -__-

Below is the description on the bottle.

 

 Nowadays what we (I) need is SPF 50 and above and with PA++++! Yes, 4 plus!

Here's the pic of the pump! Just usual pump.. I need like 1-1.5 pump for 1 usage.. I wonder if it's too much..
But this 1 bottle last long already. I think it's like almost a year or so and I still haven't finish it even that I use this daily!

Now the texture!

It's blue. And smells nice for me. But. It's actually quite thick for me.. It's easily spread but just doesn't absorbed by my skin that easily. In fact, it feels like it just sit there without 'infusing' itself to my skin, IF YOU DON'T MASSAGE IT. The instruction actually tells you to massage it.

Regardless, even with massaging, for me, is still hardly absorbed by my skin.

It may keeps my skin hydrated, but just the 'outer' side of my skin right after usage. I feel like it needs to be left like that for some time to really hydrates the 'inside'.

That's quite some seconds after I spread the gel. (Since I don't have steady hand so I need to take quite long time for a macro picture.. *sob*)
Still looks quite thick and unabsorbed right? :/ That's what I think anyway.











Conclusion:
Packaging. 5 stars. I'M LOVIN' IT. Since it's blue. :p It's not made from glass so I don't need to worry if it falls.
Texture. 1 star. I'm not liking that it's hard to absorbed by the skin and left me with sticky face.
Scent. I wonder how may stars... It's just that so-so nice... 4 stars, I guess.
Result. 3 stars. Quite good but needs that tad of time! And I'm that person who's always in a rush (puh-lease! xD)

So what do you think?

Till minutes ago, I, again, struggle with sticky hair. But I'm not sure that my hair is now safe. Because I can still feel the stickiness, even though it's much better. And to be honest that method I post some time ago didn't work at all... My friend suggest me to see a dermatologist.. I still want to see the improvement anyhow..

That's all for now. Sorry for MIA for a month. I was planning to held a giveaway last November since it's my birthday, but whatsoever I was sick and I didn't even celebrate it... See you in the next post!!

With Love, Carol

Review - Etude House Eye's Cream in Vanilla Moist

Hello, folks! :D

This time it's an Etude House product again! xD
This one is one of my favorite products from Etude House.
I present you, the Eye's Cream in Vanilla Moist! *clap-clap

This Eye's Cream by Etude House has 2 version. The one is this that I'm reviewing and the one in blue, called Mint Cooling. This Vanilla Moist meant to be used at night, which claims to moisturize and whitening the skin where you use this.
It's a short tube with quite big diameter. Unlike other products of Etude House. This one's not that cute.. :/

Here's the back.

Hangeul Hangeul and Hangeul. I mentioned before that I really don't like the fact that Korean brands write their description all in Hangeul without any English translation..

The tube has a cap with diagonal lines which if you pull that off, you'll see that the product has one more transparent cap to be opened.
This is how it looks like.

So you pull that off again, and start turning the tube like lipsticks and those tubed-glue for paper. You'll get the product, in creamy white. The picture shows how long the product is. Not that long eh? :(

If you look at the product, you'll see that it's very shiny-looking like the picture.

It glides very very very smoothly when you use it on your eyes. It feels like it melts as it touches your skin. lol. It may feels a bit thick, but you can massage you eyes for a while and it's fine.

But I have to say that it smells super wierd. I was expecting it to smell it like vanilla but well it smells wierd. It smells kinda fishy, salty. It isn't a really pleasant smell. But you'll get used to it once you use it daily.

I finished one, and because I haven't buy a new one back then, I just absent from using this. Then along with time I can see dark circles OMG. I never had dark circles before. It isn't that real, not that bad but I can see it if I look closely. Maybe it's due as a new design student with projects. LOL. But I was also lacking of sleep back then when I'm using the first one due to National Exam to determine whether you'll graduate or not. So I bet this works greatly. That's why I get the 2nd one.

I didn't buy this, I got a voucher from Etude House as I won their Healthy Face Movement on the 3rd place. So I use the voucher to get this and some things. :D
(Check out my winning video here: My Morning and Night Skincare Routine. But actually for NOW, it's outdated alreadyyy. Sorry guys)

So the ratings.
Packaging. 4 stars. Compact but not that much product.
Design. 2 stars. Not interesting and not cute.
Texture. 5 stars. It's glides super easily and smooth.
Scent. 2 stars. One word. Weird. But I can handle it. Some of you may not though.
Result. 5 stars. Total full marks for this. I don't want dark circles and this helps.

This is my second one, and maybe I'll buy it again if I'm not bored with this.

So what do you think?

I'm thinking to make a tutorial for SOME(that means it's more than 1) not-so-wow makeup for school as I wear some make-up now for college. Tee-hee~
Are you guys interested? Let me know!
Oh, and if you guys want to request some blog tag post please let me know. :D
See you all in the next post!

With Love,
Carol.

Review - The Body Shop Seaweed Clarifying Night Treatment

Hello, folks! :D

Back with me with my first The Body Shop item review~

 Yes it's the Seaweed Clarifying Night Treatment in travel size! ^w^
As you know, The Body Shop always claims that they don't do animal testing and always use recyclable packaging.
This little claims to controls oil as it moisturize.

I bought this because I don't have a night cream and I think this just suit me because it's for those who have combination skin. My skin is super combination (LOL). Very oily on the nose and forehead and super dry on the cheeks. Really.

I saw that it was sold for 50k while the original size, with 30 ml, sold for 169k. It's RIDICULOUS! Why would the half size sold much much cheaper? So I just immediately grab it and go. (I pay of course xD)

The bottle comes with transparent tube and a pump, that doesn't work like usual pump. Inside the bottle there's an additional bottom layer which will go up to push the liquid upward as you pump it. I think its very good so you won't have residues of the product along in the bottle when it's out.
Here's the pic of the pump.

Somehow I think it's kinda cute. Dunno why. Maybe it's because of the transparency. >_<

The liquid inside is kinda like gel. But as you blend it out it of course disappear like water. It's not sticky and absorbed easily. In the bottle the gel looks kinda yellowish. But if you pump it out it looks completely transparent o_o. I can't snap the yellowish color at all....

About the scent, it smells like the sea. Kind of salty. But it will gradually become quite a little sweet scent after sometime when you use it. But still smells like sea. I don't mind. I love sea. Don't you guys love sea? ;)

The result.. I don't think it's that very good. If I use it alone after toner, my T-zone feels good. Matte. But other than the T-zone, feels really dry. If I use it after light moisturizer, I'll wake up with oily nose.... But it happens a lot even without this so I think the problem is my nose afterall. Large pores and so.


Okay. Into the conclusion.
Packaging. 5 stars. Doesn't took a lot of unnecessary space, looks kind of sleek and the unusual work of the pump is great for me.
Design. 3 stars. The bottle's to plain. They can add some motives or pattern stickers to the transparent bottle..
Texture. 5 stars. Not too thick, not too watery. Perfect.
Scent. 5 stars. I love it. But maybe for those who prefer scentless product, is too strong.
Result. 3 stars. It doesn't really do what it claims... But I think it's my own nose pore problem though...

It's my 2nd travel size bottle already. And I don't think I'll buy this again for now since I have pre-ordered Skinfood's Lettuce and Cucumber Cream as a substitute of this because the 2nd bottle is almost out and they don't sell the travel size anymore ;_; I can't find it anywhere on the store.

So what do you think?

Thank you for reading this post! Next review won't take long. Tee-hee~

With Love,
Carol

Review - Etude House Wonder Pore Freshner

Hello, folks! :D

Sorry that I didn't post last week :p
Well I don't have that much readers though >_<

Today's post is a review again, from the famous korean princessy look cosmetic brand, Etude House!
At first I was planning to do more review on Korean brands but ya well. Tee-hee.

So here's the pic.

 

This is one of the best seller from Etude House, which claims to sink pores' size. This one is the freshener, you can say the 'soft toner' of skincare.
It is actually my 3rd bottle already. Yes you don't read it wrong, THIRD, of 500ml size.
 The packaging is quite cute-classy for me, and it lists the 7in1 effect of the Wonder Pore line.

You can see at the back, which all in hangeul (if I'm not wrong) that one point that I don't like of korean because that way we can't really know about the products details. But I love how it says, I'm the Wonder Woman for your pore! <3



















The interesting point of this bottle is the pumper! Yes it comes from the pump, you see that white circle, it's where the freshener come out. You practically place your face cotton on the pump, and press it, and there you go~

The scent was not that much bother if you don't concentrating on smelling it. I just realized how strong the alcohol smell when I smell it specially to know what to write on this review :x

But to be honest I'm quite disappointed on this since I have use 2 bottles but no changing on my pores.. But it really helps to calm my skin when it's super dying dry.

So,
Design and packaging. 5 stars. It's great and it's not from glass so not that heavy.
Scent. 4 stars. The alcohol smell's kinda strong if you try to smell it from your face cotton
The pump is the point. 5 stars. I would like to reuse it for other toner in the future if I can. LOL.
Price. 4 stars. I got this around 180k back then. If on the official store of Etude House here in Indonesia, it's 418k on normal price.
Result. 2 stars. It doesn't do what it claims to me :(
The thing is, as this bottle run out, I won't buy this again since it's my third bottle. I wanna try something new! :D

So what do you think??

See you all soon!

With love,
Carol