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New Stuff: Skincare...
Hellooooo, readers!
I have a tendency to obsess on taking perfect pictures and writing up fabulous reviews, and as a result, produce nothing. So instead of pressuring myself to write a squillion individual reviews, I decided I'll periodically lump a bunch together in one go when I've been hauling or changing up what I use.
Up first, skincare...what I'm using right now that I love and is making my skin nicer and more comfy!
One word, people. Yeast. I am on that bandwagon. What sealed it was a review of Missha The First Treatment Essence by Sheryl of The Wanderlust Project. She's an excellent writer, btw, blogging about her experiences living abroad, and Asian skincare and makeup. Go read her. Anyway, her reviews have never steered me wrong (for real, Skinfood Black Sugar Scrub, Innisfree Bija Trouble Spot Essence-R...and many more faves rec'd by her.)
I also read up on yeast ferment extracts in beauty in general and, seeing as it's lauded for a vast array of skin troubles I dove in.
So without further ado, Missha TFTE FTW!!!~
Without doubt, this is a new holy grail. I bought two sample packs from rubyruby76 on Ebay and it only took TWO days for me to know I should re-order. Smoothness, people. Smoothneeeeeessssss. Makeup that no longer looks caked on with a trowel. And acne is healing super-fast too, without as much scarring. All this in a month too!
But, what, no full bottle? Nope. Because I'm a klutz and it is pretty much like water. I'll either spill it or use way too much each time- just say no to wasting product! It's much more secure for me to open a sample packet in the morning, use half, roll down the top and use the rest in the p.m. Purists may say don't expose the product to air, but so far so good.
It's Skin Power 10 Formula cream~
(Wait, though, no more Etude House Like20? Sadly, no. Like so many others, it started to clog my pores and not moisturize as well. It's been relegated to the Sprout's basket of skincare stuff that he might need in the thick of puberty. And that I'm too frugal to throw out.)
I especially want to review this one because I haven't been able to find any other reviews online. It's Skin Power 10 line is known for serums, each for a certain skin issue. The yeast one has been on my try-it list for awhile, but I had no idea they made a cream until I literally googled 'yeast face cream'. Because, if a yeast essence worked so well then I need a freakin' cream. Well, this one does exactly what I need it to without clogging my pores or pilling AND further smooths my skin texture. I should mention that it's in no way what the American consumer knows of as 'cream'. It's a gel. It's thick enough to sit on a spatula for scooping it out though. It doesn't moisturize heavily enough on its own, but I pat my old favorite TM Broccoli Sprout Cleansing Cream on my cheeks afterward.
Milky Dress Peach-I serum~
Never tried MD but I saw its advertising about this serum helping rosacea/windburn/general flush and thought, why not? Besides generally ruddy skin, rosacea is something I've dealt with at any time of hormonal change and it's returned to hang out on my cheeks once again *le sigh*. But no worries because Peach-I is fantabulous. It calms the redness in just a few minutes! (It doesn't help with bumps from rosacea, but then, it's not marketed to. I hate those things. They need to bugger off.)
So those are my new complexion helpers. Any questions I didn't answer above, feel free to ask in the comments!
Coming up...the winter's makeup haulage and some awesome kawaii additions to my wardrobe!
I have a tendency to obsess on taking perfect pictures and writing up fabulous reviews, and as a result, produce nothing. So instead of pressuring myself to write a squillion individual reviews, I decided I'll periodically lump a bunch together in one go when I've been hauling or changing up what I use.
Up first, skincare...what I'm using right now that I love and is making my skin nicer and more comfy!
One word, people. Yeast. I am on that bandwagon. What sealed it was a review of Missha The First Treatment Essence by Sheryl of The Wanderlust Project. She's an excellent writer, btw, blogging about her experiences living abroad, and Asian skincare and makeup. Go read her. Anyway, her reviews have never steered me wrong (for real, Skinfood Black Sugar Scrub, Innisfree Bija Trouble Spot Essence-R...and many more faves rec'd by her.)
I also read up on yeast ferment extracts in beauty in general and, seeing as it's lauded for a vast array of skin troubles I dove in.
pic from misshaus.com
So without further ado, Missha TFTE FTW!!!~
Without doubt, this is a new holy grail. I bought two sample packs from rubyruby76 on Ebay and it only took TWO days for me to know I should re-order. Smoothness, people. Smoothneeeeeessssss. Makeup that no longer looks caked on with a trowel. And acne is healing super-fast too, without as much scarring. All this in a month too!
But, what, no full bottle? Nope. Because I'm a klutz and it is pretty much like water. I'll either spill it or use way too much each time- just say no to wasting product! It's much more secure for me to open a sample packet in the morning, use half, roll down the top and use the rest in the p.m. Purists may say don't expose the product to air, but so far so good.
pic from itsskin.com/eng
It's Skin Power 10 Formula cream~
(Wait, though, no more Etude House Like20? Sadly, no. Like so many others, it started to clog my pores and not moisturize as well. It's been relegated to the Sprout's basket of skincare stuff that he might need in the thick of puberty. And that I'm too frugal to throw out.)
I especially want to review this one because I haven't been able to find any other reviews online. It's Skin Power 10 line is known for serums, each for a certain skin issue. The yeast one has been on my try-it list for awhile, but I had no idea they made a cream until I literally googled 'yeast face cream'. Because, if a yeast essence worked so well then I need a freakin' cream. Well, this one does exactly what I need it to without clogging my pores or pilling AND further smooths my skin texture. I should mention that it's in no way what the American consumer knows of as 'cream'. It's a gel. It's thick enough to sit on a spatula for scooping it out though. It doesn't moisturize heavily enough on its own, but I pat my old favorite TM Broccoli Sprout Cleansing Cream on my cheeks afterward.
pic from milkydress.com (click on the flag for English!)
Milky Dress Peach-I serum~
Never tried MD but I saw its advertising about this serum helping rosacea/windburn/general flush and thought, why not? Besides generally ruddy skin, rosacea is something I've dealt with at any time of hormonal change and it's returned to hang out on my cheeks once again *le sigh*. But no worries because Peach-I is fantabulous. It calms the redness in just a few minutes! (It doesn't help with bumps from rosacea, but then, it's not marketed to. I hate those things. They need to bugger off.)
So those are my new complexion helpers. Any questions I didn't answer above, feel free to ask in the comments!
Coming up...the winter's makeup haulage and some awesome kawaii additions to my wardrobe!
Play is Always Therapy...
...so how could I resist this marketing?! The correct answer is...IN NO WAY. Etude House is just so fun! These packs are for pore/sebum control (green) and spot care (purple). Both are wash-off packs. Normally I go for sheet masks, but I love wash-offs because you can spot-apply. The Play Therapy line also has a wash-off brightening (yellow) and two sleeping packs, firming (pink) and hydrating (blue.)
Green:
This is the Soft Clay Pack with a smiley blob of clay (or maybe pumice?) on the tube. I bought the full tube after trying a free sample from an ebay order. Normally I shun clay masks because I find them too drying and also difficult to use. (Have you tried the much-loved Queen Helene Mint Julep mask? You could probably sculpt with it.) But this one is soft and spreadable and ALSO very easy to wash off.
I don't usually go into ingredient detail but in this case, the list was too tiny for me to get a good pic. AND I want to mention some ingredients that make this pack different from other clay masks (from my experience anyway!) Kaolin is, of course, way up on the ingredients list. Also up there are water, glycerin and trehelose. If I remember correctly, trehelose is a sugar substance (-ose) which gives...moisture? Happily bentonite is farther down in the ingredients, which explains the ease in washing off. Other than face packs, all I know of bentonite is that it's used to line man-made lakes! It's that water resistant. Hydrogenated veggie oil is also listed which, along with the glycerin, probably contributes to the mask not drying as hard as most and also not drying out my skin. Yay! Oh, and it smells sort of herbal/tea tree-ish. It definitely shrinks my patches of tiny proto-pimple/blackhead things.
Purple:
Purple is Spot-Care and has a gleeful looking broccoli. Even though the face is the same as the clay, Mr. Broc is sort of TOO gleeful if you ask me. (Big Sweety agrees,"Oh, THAT's not creepy or anything!") Spot-care has kaolin but water and glycerin are it's first ingredients. The glycerin makes it kind of slick. The pack also contains fruit, veggie and oat extracts and tea tree oil which is what it smells like. Very much so, so if you don't like that smell, this pack may annoy you. I love it though!
I'll be honest. I wasn't entirely sure what this pack's purpose was . Are the spots being cared for pimples? Irritated areas (like rosacea?)...*hope hope*. Well, after researching I believe it's for all of the above, as long as your skin can handle what's in it. I think it's especially good for adult acne because, while it has drying ingredients, it also treats your skin well with the oats and things. I imagine it could also soothe bug bites and maybe poison ivy, like calamine does. (Maybe. I don't know for sure. Not a doctor.) In any case, I really like the results even though, sadly, they don't last very long. It temporarily reduces redness and itchiness anywhere and swelling of pimples/rosacea acne/random bumps. This only lasts a day or so in my experience. I tried it on the same spots several days in a row and had some irritation, but I can't be sure that was "bad" or just my skin getting used to a new product. *shrug* All in all I give it a thumbs up though!
Part of me wants to try the firming pack because it's supposed to moisturize really well but...NO!
I must resist the charming pomegranate and stick with what works. (My Beauty Diary Rice Sheet mask not that entertaining. But moisturizing!)
pic from etudehouse.com
Green:
This is the Soft Clay Pack with a smiley blob of clay (or maybe pumice?) on the tube. I bought the full tube after trying a free sample from an ebay order. Normally I shun clay masks because I find them too drying and also difficult to use. (Have you tried the much-loved Queen Helene Mint Julep mask? You could probably sculpt with it.) But this one is soft and spreadable and ALSO very easy to wash off.
I don't usually go into ingredient detail but in this case, the list was too tiny for me to get a good pic. AND I want to mention some ingredients that make this pack different from other clay masks (from my experience anyway!) Kaolin is, of course, way up on the ingredients list. Also up there are water, glycerin and trehelose. If I remember correctly, trehelose is a sugar substance (-ose) which gives...moisture? Happily bentonite is farther down in the ingredients, which explains the ease in washing off. Other than face packs, all I know of bentonite is that it's used to line man-made lakes! It's that water resistant. Hydrogenated veggie oil is also listed which, along with the glycerin, probably contributes to the mask not drying as hard as most and also not drying out my skin. Yay! Oh, and it smells sort of herbal/tea tree-ish. It definitely shrinks my patches of tiny proto-pimple/blackhead things.
pic from etudehouse.com
Purple:
Purple is Spot-Care and has a gleeful looking broccoli. Even though the face is the same as the clay, Mr. Broc is sort of TOO gleeful if you ask me. (Big Sweety agrees,"Oh, THAT's not creepy or anything!") Spot-care has kaolin but water and glycerin are it's first ingredients. The glycerin makes it kind of slick. The pack also contains fruit, veggie and oat extracts and tea tree oil which is what it smells like. Very much so, so if you don't like that smell, this pack may annoy you. I love it though!
I'll be honest. I wasn't entirely sure what this pack's purpose was . Are the spots being cared for pimples? Irritated areas (like rosacea?)...*hope hope*. Well, after researching I believe it's for all of the above, as long as your skin can handle what's in it. I think it's especially good for adult acne because, while it has drying ingredients, it also treats your skin well with the oats and things. I imagine it could also soothe bug bites and maybe poison ivy, like calamine does. (Maybe. I don't know for sure. Not a doctor.) In any case, I really like the results even though, sadly, they don't last very long. It temporarily reduces redness and itchiness anywhere and swelling of pimples/rosacea acne/random bumps. This only lasts a day or so in my experience. I tried it on the same spots several days in a row and had some irritation, but I can't be sure that was "bad" or just my skin getting used to a new product. *shrug* All in all I give it a thumbs up though!
Part of me wants to try the firming pack because it's supposed to moisturize really well but...NO!
I must resist the charming pomegranate and stick with what works. (My Beauty Diary Rice Sheet mask not that entertaining. But moisturizing!)
Friday, January 16, 2015
7 Sins of Beauty Questionnaire
Hey! Decided to slip this quick post in here while I'm working on a longer draft. It's a questionnaire that's gone around the beauty web for awhile but was just posted on the fantastically informative and fun blog, Musings of a Muse. Comment if you want, and share your own!
Greed: What’s your most expensive beauty item?
As of now, a tie between the Sugarpill Sparkle Baby palette and Clinique Redness Solutions pressed powder, both around $34. Technically I guess the powder wins though since there are four full-sized shadows in the palette!
Wrath: What item do you have a love/hate relationship with?
Oooo, that's tough. I guess contouring/bronzing powders. I love the idea but am never sure I have the right shade or have applied the right amount. I guess I just really wish I had a jawline so I didn't need it at all LOL.
Gluttony: What brand takes up most of your collection?
I have soooo many, but Etude House is what I have the most of on my face at any given moment.
Sloth: What product do you neglect the most due to laziness?
Base touch-ups! I carry bb cream and powder with me all the time and hardly ever touch up. And I do need to.
Pride: What product gives you the most confidence?
BB cream (Well, foundation product in general.) I try to spruce myself up with it even if I'm too lazy to put on anything else.
Lust: Which item is top of your beauty wish list?
Impractical for me in so many ways but Guerlain Meteorites, especially the Pucci edition + matching brush.
Envy: Which makeup product/look is great on others but not on you?
Inner corner eye highlighting. I know it's supposed to make eyes look wider set but it makes mine look super-beady and close together.
Mindless beauty fun!
Greed: What’s your most expensive beauty item?
As of now, a tie between the Sugarpill Sparkle Baby palette and Clinique Redness Solutions pressed powder, both around $34. Technically I guess the powder wins though since there are four full-sized shadows in the palette!
Wrath: What item do you have a love/hate relationship with?
Oooo, that's tough. I guess contouring/bronzing powders. I love the idea but am never sure I have the right shade or have applied the right amount. I guess I just really wish I had a jawline so I didn't need it at all LOL.
Gluttony: What brand takes up most of your collection?
I have soooo many, but Etude House is what I have the most of on my face at any given moment.
Sloth: What product do you neglect the most due to laziness?
Base touch-ups! I carry bb cream and powder with me all the time and hardly ever touch up. And I do need to.
Pride: What product gives you the most confidence?
BB cream (Well, foundation product in general.) I try to spruce myself up with it even if I'm too lazy to put on anything else.
Lust: Which item is top of your beauty wish list?
Impractical for me in so many ways but Guerlain Meteorites, especially the Pucci edition + matching brush.
Envy: Which makeup product/look is great on others but not on you?
Inner corner eye highlighting. I know it's supposed to make eyes look wider set but it makes mine look super-beady and close together.
Mindless beauty fun!
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