[REVIEW] COSRX Two in One Poreless Power Liquid

Hi!

So I was pretty excited with some of the new releases from COSRX so I actually purchased this products right after my purchase of the second tube of the PHA cream. So it's about two months now I guess? When it first releases, this essence sold out like everywhere until I found it on sale on Jolse so I put it into my cart right away :D

Anyhow, let's start with the review, shall we?

Full List of Ingredients

Salix Alba (Willow) Bark Water, Butylene Glycol, Hydroxypropyl Cyclodextrin, Water, Pentylene Glycol, 1,2-Hexanediol, Betaine Salicylate, Arginine, Betaine, PEG-60 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Allantoin, Panthenol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Sodium Hyaluronate, Carbomer, Cassia Obtusifolia Seed Extract, Menthyl Lactate, Mentha Haplocalix Extract **Salix Alba (Willow) Bark Water & Cassia Obtusifolia Seed Extract contain tannin

Notable ingredients: BHA, Tannin and Menthyl Lactate.

Minimal packaging design as usual from COSRX.

Just like a lot of COSRX products, this also came in this pump tube.

 Pretty runny right?

I would say that this has the essence texture, which is easily absorb into the skin. I uses this as the second step in my skincare routine because it is quite runny and would absorb better in fresh skin more than on top of other skincares.

It does feel cool once I applied the essence on and I did like it because it cools down the temperature of my skin thus making it less oilier. The tannin and BHA is surely a plus point of this product although I had to cut off a lot of BHA skincare to give way to this so that I don't over exfoliate.

I read from Sokoglam that this essence can be used after blackhead extraction or to calm any redness. Although I don't really do blackhead extraction because I barely got any (from a good skincare of course!) so I expected it to calm my redness that usually got after face wash.

So far, I don't really see a major difference like I'm not really sure what it actually does to my skin in these two months because my skin were quite behaving because I don't see much redness nor acne coming out that often but I do like the fact it feels cool on the skin and feels like it "tightens" my pores in the morning before I put on my makeup.

But I do think that it contributes to my "behaving" skin as I see less whiteheads and blackheads were pretty much nonexistent.

Overall, this is pretty nice! It doesn't break me out or sting my skin and it absorbs pretty well too without much effort. The thing that I like the most if cooling effect it has from the menthyl lactate, although it disappear after a while.

 Thank you for reading! 

xoxo

[REVIEW] Althea Petal Velvet Powder

Hello guys! Wow, it's been a while! (I promise there's a new review that I'll be posting next so this sentence won't be as cliche every time I posted a new review with a month apart XD)

So today I'll be reviewing this NEW Althea Petal Velvet Powder from althea.kr and it is also their first ever product! If you see the photos below, you would already guess on how much the powder left, because I've been using it ever since I've gotten it.

This debuting beauty is a translucent powder that sets makeup and leaves behind a silky finish to the touch. Infused with oil from Althea seeds, this powder works to keep sebum production at bay without drying out the skin for a radiant, fresh look, all while giving out a gentle scent. Keep your makeup looking great all day or dust some on to stay shine-free! - excerpt from Althea (althea.kr)

Size: 3g / Price: RM16 / Color: translucent, for all skin types.

Can you see on how much it already left inside?

Came with a super smooth, velvety puff :3

One thing that I like with this packaging is that the "holes" are pretty big if compared to some "popular k-brands" powder and this makes it easier for me to let out the product on the cap and dab the powder from there.

source : althea.kr

When I first test it out, I was surprised on how silky the texture of the powder! I never use a powder that was as smooth as this and I was totally mind blown! 

The powder is very lightweight and it was almost translucent in color because even though it is claim as translucent, but if you put a little too much, the white color will show through on the skin, although not much. 

There's a little flowery scent too it which the smell is not overpowering and smells really nice! I do notice that using it for some time now has changed the scent a little, which I think it may be cause my mixing of cosmetics.

The powder itself is very easy to apply and spread easily with the puff. I tried both brush and the puff and honestly, the puff did a great job rather than my brush so I like using the puff better.

It does keep the oil away for my oily skin for a few hours, maybe about ~4 hours until I see a little sebum on my forehead and around my nose and so far, it doesn't break me out at all although I sometimes would have it on face for a long day! Be sure to watch out for creasing because it would crease after a few hours especially when the area have crease and sebum.

Overall, I think it was a nice powder and it was so cheap too! They would have this even in the lower price for a discount event sometimes so watch out!

and psssst, do you know that Althea also offered buy 2 and free shipping right now?! It was ridiculous because I would totally broke faster like this XD

Thank you for reading and here's a photo of the box that althea.kr sent to me and just look inside! It's soo cute and smells good too!

xoxo Mizu

[REVIEW] PACKage Float Mask Bundle & Consolation Mask

Hello guys! 

Sorry I haven't been posting for some time. I've been to Indonesia for my internship for two months so this post kinda delayed about that long. Anyway, I'll be reviewing this mask bundle sent to me by Q-depot.com as review purposes. If you didn't know, Q-depot.com is a Korean cosmetics online shop that sells particularly Korean cosmetics including Korean skincare and Korean makeup. Check them out because they have over 1000+ products on their site.

They kindly sent me a box of the Float Mask Bundle and three pieces of PACKage Consolation masks which is on of their latest releases (and pssst,..people are lovin' it too!). Previously I've tried the Float face mask and love it so I'm soo excited when they sent me a bunch of PACKage masks :D

So let's start with the consolation mask since I'm most excited by these!

There are three types of the consolation masks which is "Don't Worry - for trouble skin", "Sweet Dream - acne, wrinkles" and "I Love Myself - makeup booster". All of these mask contain 8 Free harmful ingredients. They are pretty much the same with mask fit, which is overall okay however I would like to point out the not wide enough mask. The mask sheet is verryyyy thin which makes it a little tricky to spread it and the essence is quite runny but abundant.

Out of three, I only tried two so far which is "Don't Worry mask" and "I Love Myself mask".

I tried this literally yesterday before wearing makeup and kept my makeup sticks on nicely. There's no scent to the mask however, I find it to be a little sticky once the essence dried. The mask's liquid is is abundant but since it is too liquid-y, it kinds of dripping off everywhere. However, the result is quite nice. I find that my skin does look a little brighter :)

I wore this mask when I had quite a terrible breakout around my cheeks where it hasn't been this irritated for some time and I do find that the mask does lessen the redness and calm the irritation. It does feel a little sticky after the essence dries off.

I leave my unappealing face here then. (Don't Worry mask)

Next is this Float Mask Bundle. In this box, there are 8 Everyday Bouncy - face mask, 8 Melt Me Softly - blackhead nose mask and 1 Monthly New Feet - a feet mask

As you can see, it contains lots of essence until it drips of everywhere..lol

Anyway, there's a little mint scent with this blackhead mask and it feels cool on touch. Honestly I'm a bit skeptical about this blackhead mask since blackhead, you know, is kinda hard to disappear with only a mask, although I don't have that many but I can still see the blackhead after I'm done with the mask but nevertheless, it did brighten my skin which I like. I think this would be great after you extract those things from nose and this would makes your pores smaller.

As I said before, I have tried this mask even before this package and lovin' it. It does feel a little sticky like other PACKage masks and this does have a herbal scent to it. What makes me like it so much is that it would make my face appear brighter.

I haven't tried this yet but I'll update once I do.

Anyway, thanks for reading! I'll make sure to update for those two masks I haven't tried yet but so far, I can conclude that PACKage masks is worth to try especially if you like brighter skin (I have dull skin, that's why). It also free from those nasty ingredients in the market and totally safe for your skin.

Give it a try if you haven't!

xoxo

Mizu

[REVIEW] Secret Key Tattoo Eyebrow Tint Pack

Hello~

Today, I'll be reviewing this eyebrow tint from Secret Key. It is one of the peel off tint that you might have seen around Kbeauty community and it is also my first time trying this peel off trend. I don't know why but I'm not that interested before but now I do..haha

So, in short, I saw this on althea.kr and I needed a new eyebrow pencil, then coincidentally came across this and thought why not? that's how the story goes.

I bought this for RM on althea.kr, make sure to check them out!

Soft brush tip.

I know there isn't a lot of pictures here but I have a great demo of it in a video that I posted on my instagram and I'll link it here so you can watch it.

A video posted by Mizu (@ashihana) on Feb 5, 2017 at 7:34am PST

My verdict:

1) Long lasting

On my instagram, I said that the tint will disappear after one wash and yes it does. I did try of using it just for half an hour as well as 1-2 hours testing on me and I find that the longer to leave it to dry on your eyebrow, the better color outcome as well as it won't wash out easily when you clean your face. If you did leave it for hours, the next time you wash your face, there still would be traces left.

The tint won't budge nor disappear as long as you don't wash that part of eyebrow.

2) Color

I chose cafe latte color which is a light toffee brown color and it does came out like the ad photos they shown. This color would be awkward on me without an extra help of the same color browcara since my hair is black. By the way, I do love the color on me, just personal preference.

3) Smell

There isn't much smell to it once you peel it off and the wet liquid certainly smells a bit like glue but I don't think it would bother anyone since it wasn't that strong.

4) Easy peel off

My brows is a little on the bushy side, certainly not really full but the hair is long so that's why it is hard to control. I find it is easier to peel off if you leave it for 1-2 hours but if you don't want to wait for that long, the liquid would still be a little wet and making it a little hard to peel. 

Overall, I like it and would repurchase it again :)

Thank you for reading.

[REVIEW] Son&Park Beauty Water 500ml

Hey guys!

Today I'll be sharing my review for this all-time raved Beauty Water from Son&Park.

I bought this from althea.kr for about RM175 for 500ml (the biggest one they had!) and they are eligible for free shipping since orders above RM99, you'll get free shipping. That's s super deal right?! And to add, I also got a free Benton Snail Bee High Content Essence in one of their event which you'll get one free item of your choice. I actually wanted to buy the combo, Beauty Water and Beauty Gel but sadly the Beauty Gel is out of stock that time so I chose the Benton instead. Both are great deal anyway since I'd love to try either one.

Here's a little info that you might want to know about this product;

1. A multitasking toner and cleansing water that creates a clean base for any skin care and makeup that follows. 
2. The Beauty Water is not just a cleanser, it also has mild exfoliation abilities with willow bark and papaya extract to help sweep away dead skin cells, revealing brighter skin tone and smoother texture. Lavender water, rose water, and orange fruit extract impart a subtle hydration so your skin can be prepped to absorb the next skin care steps, while adding in a bit of moisture.
3. Beauty Water can be used in the morning to create the perfect canvas for makeup application, midday as a refresher and night after cleansing to whisk away remaining impurities. For normal, oily, dry, and combinations skin types. Beauty Water has a pH of 4.5, effectively resetting the skin's natural pH after cleansing. - source Sokoglam.

I tried to darken the words written on the box since they're so light in color.

Hope you can see them :)

Not my favourite type of packaging since it is easy to spill.

I just want to refer it as a toner (although it is a multitasking product). I uses a lot of toner on my skincare routine and I feel like it is the first product that I want them to penetrate my skin after all the face cleansing to refresh it back and give it some moisture before putting more skincare on top.

The first time I uses this is without cotton pad since I always dislike cotton pad because it soaks too much liquid and waste the product. So the first time I probably a little excited and put on a lot of it on my face and there's a little white foam residue can be seen, which is later disappears. This is kind of white foam usually gives an extra moisture and this time it definitely does!I actually had no idea since I really thought that this will be a normal plain toner..(I admit that I actually didn't read any of the information before buying this, I'm buying it coz everyone says that it's good).

The second time I tried it with a cotton pad (since I've read all the information for this second try and cotton pad is said to be important) and it does soak the product but lesser than I would normally use without cotton pad. Since it has an abundant moisture, the cotton pad itself doesn't dry in itself and it was enough to give my skin moisture that I want. 

It is says that the Beauty Water will remove impurities or any residue makeup that wasn't cleanse thoroughly. By reading this I really thought it's not gonna change anything since I trust my cleansing oil and my cleansing routine to clean all the nasty stuff. My first try with cotton pad I actually didn't spot any difference, like if there's any residue or whatsoever but then after like a few tries, I do realizes that sometimes the cotton pad will change color from white to a veryyyyyyy subtle yellow, which is almost unnoticeable if I didn't really look through so I guess it does remove all the remaining nasty stuff that I can't reach while cleansing.

Since then, the Beauty Water has been my number one trusted product and I uses it pretty much every time I wash my face. I religiously applying this toner with cotton pad whenever I wash my face. An important time that I always use this is when I wanted to go to bed. I don't really want to go through all the cleansing again since I did with daily night bath time around 7 p.m but I had to apply "before-bed-time-skincare" around 12 a.m so I always uses this toner to clean all the sebum on face before applying more skincare.

Some things that I wanted to point out while using this, I don't have any redness appeared after applying this or I think it does tone down the redness I got from cleansing (it's a normal thing coz after my skincare done, I got redness too but it'll fade away). It also doesn't break me out nor irritate my skin which is a plus thing for me because sometimes some product can make some areas on my face itchy and I hated it. Brightening? I'm not so sure about this. Lastly, it also doesn't dry out the skin or tightens them.

To those who might be concern about the ingredients, yes, it has all the paraben that you might afraid of as well the alcohol denat. I know some of my friends were sensitive to these ingredients so watch out for that before buying it.

Oh one last thing, it says that there is lavender water in it but I definitely detect the rose smell stronger in it. It also has a sweet-like scent to it which I really love. 

Overall, I'm recommending this toner if you love multitasking product. Grab the smaller version 340ml or a sample( which I'm not sure where you can get this little sample) to try since this is worth the raved everyone was talking about on the internet.

Thank you for reading

xoxo

[REVIEW] Yadah Anti Trouble Bubble Cleanser for Pimples, Acne and Blackhead

Hi guys!

Today I'll be reviewing this cleanser from Yadah which is sent to me by BBcosmetic.com

You can purchase this product by clicking HERE for $19.98 with free shipping!

A little info that you might want to know about this product;

1. A cleanser created for acne of troubled skin.
2. Contains natural extract and very minimal chemical with low stimulations on the skin and maximum effects against skin toubles.
3. Main ingredients are Green Tea extract, Aloe Vera gel, Rosemary extract and Sage extract to give natural moisturising effect and hel soothe and astringe the skin.
4. Low in acidity, similar to skin pH and protects the moisture from leaving the skin.
5. 6 Free System: No Paraben, No Benzophenon, No Mineral Oil, No Animal materials, No Sulfate, No Artificial dyes

Very little ingredients yet a lot of them are natural extracts.

The pump that makes the foam.

So fluffy~

Before and after cleansing, pardon my hand look a little red  since I scratch it..haha

I would say that it cleans the lipstick after two washes.

VERDICT:

1) Smell

Smell a bit medicated, almost natural to me and I dislike it at first but now I'm getting used to it so I don't really dislike it like the first time I was using it.

2) Content

It was written that it is 150ml, and I find that I consume this type of bubble cleanser a lot than I used to with my normal cleanser since the foam didn't give me much "soap" like texture and I like those so I find that this a little thin for me and the result it I used about 3-4 pumps per use. 

3) Pump

I do like the pump because it saves the time to manually do it and with a few pumps, I can just put it on my face, massage it a little and it goes away easily with water.

4) After wash

It doesn't stripe away my skin moisture since it has a low pH but it feels matte? I don't know how to describe this but that's how I feel after washing it off.

5) Breakouts

I don't have any breakout with this and I find that this cleanser control my redness really well and doesn't cause new acne or pimples to form on my face.

Overall, I do like this cleanser a lot since I almost emptied the bottle now.

Thank you for reading :)