Belated winter nail posting...

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



My very first BB cream is...

Skin79 Vital Orange! *wooo* The crowd goes wild...
My mom very generously bought me a big bottle from H-Mart. She said I knew so much about BB's and we so enjoyed talking with the SA that she really wanted to treat me to one. I picked Vital Orange because the shade was my best match.

It adjusts fairly well to my skin tone but is still lighter than my neck. It covers extremely well and lasts all day without smudging or being rained off. So excellent! Unfortunately, it REALLY accentuates dryness and lines. My mom tried it on her hand and it looked pretty bad- and her hand is smoother than my face! So I'll be saving it for later when my skin is balanced again. It has SPF50 which I love, especially since it stays on so well. The whitening is actually noticeable after I take it off in the evening, though the effect is lost if I don't use the cream every day.

You can pump out as little or much as you need which is convenient and hygienic. (I'm getting anal about skin hygiene since I have so many issues.)

Overall, I can see why Skin79's BB's are so widely known and used. This one is excellent and I'm so glad to have it. (All 40g O.O)

 

Haulin' and guiltin'...

I finally pulled the trigger on an order from ebay seller f2plus1 even though the timing turned out to be not so great. (The guilt.) I should have saved my fun money for necessities to keep things from being quite so tight . But the order shipped before I knew how tight the finances would be and sometimes things just come up all at once that we can't foresee :-/ Anyway...

This seller is The Best. I will stick with them for LIFE.

• Prices on Korean cosmetics that are lower than most American drugstore brands? Check.
• US$2 flat shipping w/tracking? Check.
• Shipped in two days (on a weekend)? Check.
• Arrived in 10 DAYS (not business days- ALL days)? OMGCHECK.

Ok that last one may be Korean airmail kicking ass, but still...

Here're the goods...

 

(L to R) Holika Holika Aqua Petit Jelly Make-up Fixer

Skinfood Red Orange Face Mist ~ Glossy

Lioele Seaweed 90 Trouble Care Mist

Holika Holika Petit BB ~ Essential

Skinfood Good Afternoon  BB ~ Berry Berry Tea

Skinfood Red Orange Sun Stick BB

Etude House Goodbye Pore Ever Primer Essence

Etude House and Innisfree BB samples

 

Broccoli, get on my faaaace...!

 

Tony Moly Clean Dew Broccoli Sprout

cleansing cream

Sweetest packaging~ the leaves on top are rubber and you can make them go *boing*! OMGsquee...anyway...
I love this stuff enough to deco its pic- fareals. It's basically a cold cream- multipurpose cleanser/moisturizer, though it's only marketed as the former. I'd eyed it online but when I found it at H-Mart, as one of two Tonymoly items they carry, I figured it was meant to be. *PS~ I don't know if Tony Moly is officially spelled as one word or two...*

The cream is white with tiny green 'beads' that dissolve instantly. I use it primarily as a night cream/pack,  (it gets very greasy once it melts,) and in the morning my skin is AMAZING. Why does this super-moisturization result in invisible pores too? Don't know, don't care, it's amaze-balls.

It *does* break down base makeup pre-wash, but I need something separate for mascara. At first I thought it smelled very old-ladyish. But after awhile I got used to it and realized I LOVE IT. Overall, Korean skincare scents are a lot more pleasing to me!

H Maaaaaaart!!!....

I got to go to H Mart OMGeeeeeee! H Mart is a (mostly) Korean supermarket in Houston. It's been there 30 years and I NEVER knew. I wasn't sure what to expect since I'd only heard about it's grocery, but when I walked in I swear a choir of angels descended. So big...so clean...so much of everything. A bakery/tea/smoothie counter, several food court style lunch counters, amazing produce and seafood, premade foods like tofu and mochi. And the markup was so much lower than other places as to possibly be nonexistent! (Yeah, Uwajimaya, this hairy eyeball's aimed at YOU.)
My mom even said she wants to go back and she only shops at, like, three places when I'm not in town. Sprout wasn't thrilled with the hour+ we spent, but once he discovered the snack aisle (Asia-exclusive Cheetos flavors!) his 'tude settled down.
I saved the beauty and housewares for last!

Solar Flower~ it wiggles in the sunlight!

$2.99 O.O

 

Ohai, 35...

It's MAH BURFDAY!

Shmocktober...

Ooo, no posts for October yet. Well, fall isn't my best time of year. I get down. And stressed. And generally become a total poopy-head. So I've been getting myself together and praying a lot and trying to re-process and let go of stressors. But I have many frivolous postings waiting in the wings!