BB cream samples short revie & swatch

This time it would be short review of some bb cream samples i got, which are etude house presious mineral bright fit bb cream, etude house precious mineral sun bb cream and tony moly expert triple bb cream.I'm so sure that you are already familiar with etude house precious mineral, since it's so popular out there. Sun bb cream also quite popular these days among bloggers. These are some information about products that i got from googling.

Etude house precious mineral bright fit bb cream

 Etude House Precious Mineral BB Cream Bright Fit N02 - promotes silky complexion with pearl infused sheer coverage. Contains adenosine & arbutin for anti-wrinkle & whitening efficacies. SPF for UV protection

Etude house precious mineral sun bb cream

[Features]

1. Water holding system keep skin cool and moist.
2. 3 in 1 function : Coverage, Sunscreen, Waterproof effects help BB cream to last longer on face.
3. Attached sponge helps easy and perfect make up.

*No parabe and tar color, contain 5% pearl ingredient

Tony moly expert triple bb cream

 

Tony Moly Expert triple BB cream SPF45 PA+++ is a Tri-functional BB Cream, providing Whitening, Wrinkle Care and Protection against UV rays.
Red Ginseng extract helps regenerate the fibroblast and aggrandize the skin's immunizing functions.
Organic Lavender Extract boosts to restore the damaged skin and β-Glucan substance protects the Langerhans Cell in skin, which gets easily deteriorated by UV rays.
50ml

swatch and review

From left to right : etude house precious mineral birght fit no.2, etude house precious mineral sun bb cream no.3, tony moly expert triple bb cream

without flash

with flash.

From the texture, etude house precious mineral bright fit is the most watery among all, while tony moly expert triple bb cream is the thickest.From the shade, not too much different from all the 3. They are all fit to my skin tone.
Precious mineral bright fit bb cream,
It's easy to apply, and the colour is fit and match for me perfectly, i don't have to wait to make the colour 'blend' or 'adjust' to my skin. But the downside of this is that it doesn't provide enough moisturiser for me, or at least now in the winter season. By the afternoon i saw some part of my face getting dry with some dry flakes.. oh no.. and This bb cream can't add moisturiser i needed.

Precious mineral sun bb cream,
i like the texture, not to thin and not to thick. The colour also match perfectly, enough moisturiser, didn't cause flaky dry skin. The only downside is that i saw the white cast from this product, specially when i sweat or after washing my face with water before praying, it made my skin looks uneven.

Tony moly expert triple bb cream
a little thick in texture, but don;t worry it's still easy to apply. it gave me enough moisturiser, and quite good for my big pores nose too. and even perfect as a make up base. Just add loose powder on top of this and i'm set. It gave my face this fresh glowy look skin. And i even notice one day after going out shopping in 2 different supermarket, book store and beauty store, when i came back home and check on the mirror, my face still looked fresh and even better than before i left home, although i was sweating out there. So i really like the appearance of this bb cream on my face.

conclusion...
My favourite from all the 3 is.. tony moly!! and 2nd fav is precious mineral sun bb cream!

Watson @Shanghai Haul

When i was in Shanghai, China, one of my favourite shop was Watson! i Think i visited Watson more than 3 times in 3 different malls there. I was excited to shop for bags and shoes too, but when i entered Watson, i got even more excited with all those cute skin care and make up that are not available in indonesia. Everytime i entered Watson i alway ended up with something in my shopping Basket. lol.

well, let's take a look what i got there

Shower travel set! contain body scrub, body wash and body lotion. My husband and i looove this kind of set. Not just that it's convinient for travel but also it's nice to use complete body care from the same set and same scent. My mom loves this kind of cuties too so i bought another 2 of this for her.
I've tried the grape one and it smells sweet.. like grape but not too much grape scent in it.

Hair products..the one on the left is another travel set..contain shampoo, conditioner and body wash. at that time we were staying for a week in Shanghai, and the shampoo at the hotel was not so good so we went to Watson to buy Shampoo, we found this set so we bought 3 sets of this. lol. The shampoo and conditioner was so so, not my fav though. The one on the left is bubble hair mask. Yup.. i'm a sucker of the cute packaging so i bought this because of the packaging.lol

Watson mask sheet. the packaging is so girly.

and then.. there is this tools to suck your white heads/blackheads on the nose. My husband bought me this because he knew that i'm obsessed with the big pores on my nose. Lol. i tried this and although it worked but it hurted and made my nose red so i didn't use it a lot. The one on the right is a peeling gel and i haven't tried it yet.

There are soo many cute stuff in watson.. There was this rack full of skin care goodies with cute cute packaging.. sleeping pack, mask, cream,, all so tempting but i only bought one which is a cleanser and i don't have the picture because i left it in Jakarta.

Overall, i enjoyed shopping in watson, it's always nice to see many different stuff there. from local brand to intenational brand. i was so tempted to try some maybelline product that's not available in indoneisa too but i really really needed to stop.lol

skin care travel set review : Skin food fresh apple

When i saw this new products on the net, i was sooo excited! why? because i'm a fan of skin food peach sake line and i was wondering when will skin food release new line for pore care. After peach sake, skin food didn't launch more skin care set focusing on pore care. So when finally i saw this, i was like..ooo..finally! and.. "i must try this!!"
and when i saw one of my fav online seller chicprincessa have this item for travel set.. i bought it straight away. A travel set! means i got to try the toner, serum, emulsion and cream without buying the complete full bottle!

So this is the mini set i got. Enough for the whole week. I got the toner, emulsion, serum and sparkling pore cream.
I like the packaging of the full size bottle, it looks so fresh and not boring. . So now i'll just write my opinion and experience of this set.

first.. the toner
This is type of watery liquid toner, not light gel type toner that lately i found. This one smells lovely and fresh. And sweeeet tooo.. just like any other skin food products.All the set smells similar like the toner. The toner on my skin gave this cooling feeling. Like there is alcohol in it. But the good thing is that it smoothen the surface of my big pores nose. But if you have sensitive skin you might get the tingly burn feeling.

Serum

The serum is white colour, with lotion texture, not too thick and not too watery. This serum gave the same effect like peach sake serum, or at least that's how i remember about peach sake serum. It gave me smoooth skin.it's like a good primer that tighten my pores and make the skin smooth. I like it. When i touched my face after applying this, it felt different.

Emulsion

OMG, this is the most watery emulsion i've ever tried. i couldn't even take a picture of the emulsion product. it's just like water that running down my hand straightaway. I really don't know why is it so light like this. In fact my holika cooling toner's texture is thicker than this emulsion. When i see how watery and light this toner, i was sceptical, i though, it won't be enough to keep my face moiturised. and i was right!. it was nice at first, it absorbs really quickly, but before dawn my skin started getting dry. I don't know, maybe this is for summer use, not winter. but still, i'm a little bit dissapointed of this emulsion.

Sparkling pore cream

Now the cream, The texture is thick gel, but not too thick, still easy to spread and absorb. This one felt similar with the serum, only thicker and richer. But there's one downside for me. I felt my skin a little bit itchy and little burn feeling after applying this.. :( oh no... i really hope this set will work good on me like peach sake.. did i use it in the wrong time? maybe i should use it during summer?
I'm really curious with the other cream though, the smooth pore cream. i don;t know why there are 2 types of the cream and what the difference betwen them, but i'm really curious to try if the other type works on me. Because so far i like the toner and the serum.

Conclusion..

I really like the toner and serum, but not the emulsion and sparkling pore cream. i'm curious to try the smooth pore cream version though, and also the peeling.. i want to try the peeling!!
A little bit dissapointed because the emulsion is not as good as the peach sake emulsion, not what i was expected, but at least the serum has the same quality.

cleansing foam review : Baviphat milky strawberry latte mousse foam

I must have at least 1 cleansing lotion/water, 1 cleansing oil and 1 cleansing foam in my drawer. I just like each different type of cleansing for each different purpose. As cleansing foam, i like to use it in the morning to freshen up and clean the last night skin care i applied. This one, is not any other usual cleansing foam. This one is a mousse foam. yeah, i admit, i bought this because it sounds cute. haha. Well, it's Baviphat, who always manage to attracted me with their cute packaging, name and product itself.

So this one is Baviphat milky strawberry latte mousse foam. comes in an aerosol can with a pump. The tag line is "pore and deep clean". Not much information i can get from the net, and no english information on the packaging also.
This is the information i can get by googling :

Cleansing Foam contracting pores and removing wastes and caring cleansing and massage at once.


Directions for use
Take proper amount, apply on face evenly, massage 1-4 minutes softly and wash out with warm water

this is the pump. it's so easy to pump out the product

The colour is white.. You have to shake it before use, or else the texture inside would not mis completely. When i first using this I didn't shake it first and the product is more liquid, not moussy type, and the colour is seperated with with and light brown colour.. the brown is like the latte and the white from the strawberry.

The scent is sweet strawberry scent. at first i could smell between strawberry and coffee, but after a while i could only smell the milky strawberry.
look at the texture.. it's moussy.. it's actually just like a shaving foam. look at this :

Can you imagine you cover your fave with this? You would feel like your face covered with whip cream,, or shaving foam.
So how is it anyway?
i use this every morning while shower, massage gently on my face, oh it smells sweet and refreshing. The good thing is that it doesn't dry at all. As i washed it off with water, i didn't feel this foam taking moisturise from my skin, in fact i felt moist as i washed it off. it felt like when you rinse off scrub from your body.
So it's good as a cleansing foam, but as for removing make up it's not good. I tried to test removing some make up that i drew on my hand. The result is that it could remove the powdery make up like face powder, powder eye shadow, but it couldn't remove cream or gel make up like gel eye liner and even lipstick, it couldn't remove completly. So for me it's only for morning cleansing or the last cleansing step after i remove my make up with cleansing water first.

Overall,  i like it. I do... This is one of the stuff i will keep using until i finish it. Repurchase? hmmmm.. the thing is i always want to try something new!! 

Face scrub review : Tony moly latte art cappuccino cream-in scrub

i know..i know.. the packaging is cute.. and simply just irresistible.and yes, i admit. i bought this because of the packaging. ha ha... well, i knew tony moly for awhile now, and so far their products quite good for me. so when i saw this. ok.. why not.. right.
i mean..look at this!!

look at the top.. with a latte art look like.. and a spoon? well actually the spoon is the spatula to scoop out the product. cute, right..

close up the spatula.

So this one is a face srub. there is another one from tony moly like this, whis is a morning pack or something, and there is another new one that i'm sooo interested! haha.. well for now let's start with this then.

To open the coffe cup, simply just rotate at it will open. The jar is in the bottom, covered with another plastic cap.

So this is the scrub. brown colour, it smells like... coffee!!!not creamy or cappuccino coffee, for me it smells a little bit like nescafe 3in1 or mocca coffee. Nice scent for me, as a cappuccino lover. but if you don't like coffee, or you don't like the idea of putting coffee on your face, then you may not like it.

The texture is very thick and creamy, and the scrub particle is tiny.
To apply, i tried it both on my dry and wet face, and i like it more dry with only little water as i start to scrub my face. When i applied on the dry face, it could be a little rough sometimes, so that's why i add water as i massage gently. I tried it on my wet face too, and the result was not as good as when i applied on cleaned- towel dry face.

scrub on the dry skin. Can you see the scrub particles? it's tiny and as you massage and rub gently the colour will turn into white creamy.

The result?
After scrubbing my face with this, i could feel my face clean, smooth and a little bit moisturised, and another good thing is i felt my big pores on my nose tighten and my nose felt smooth to touch.
so do i like it? oh yeah i like it.. and although i'm not gonna repurchase this but i'm gonna buy the new version of this latte cup with cocoa.

Lip color review : Maybelline watershine pure C22 & revlon colorburst lip butter 001

I wanted to write on title "lipstick review" but since this time revlon named this product "lip butter", not "lipstick" so i decided to just wrote it lip color.
Anyway, last time on my holiday in Jakarta i bought lots of lip color products including these two. I also bought local brand lipstick martha tillaar in 3 different color but i left them in Jakarta and just brought these two plus two other tony moly lip color products(review coming soon). i thought, 4 enough. is it? lol girl never have enough of lipstick/lipgloss!

left : maybelline and right : revlon

the color..

The maybelline is C22, more to the soft pink color, not too pale and not too shocking pink, while Revlon lip butter i chose is 001 in pink truffle. it said pink but for me it is more natural brown color, although when i tested it on my hand it looked also like coral color.

the swatch..

without flash

with flash

up swatch : maybelline, down : revlon

as you can see from the swatch, the maybelline color somehow turned into more orange or peach than pink, but on the lip it still pink, but in natural color. not too much. it didn't dry my lip or made it flaky, which is good.

For the revlon lip butter, on my lip it turned to be more natural lip color, brownish with a hint of coral. This one gave the extra moisturised feel on my lip, like you were applying lip balm twice before your lipstick. it is actually a good thing, it didn't dry my lip and i felt it moisturised but it didn't last long. last than 2 hour i guess?

In my conclusion, i like them both, generally, although i'm not really satisfied with the color, so i will look for another color next time for sure.

Toner review : Holika holika smooth egg skin cooling toner

When i first knowing holika holika, i was sold straightaway to their cute packaging and products. I started by trying some products, and turned out they are quite good. So i kept buying and trying for more. This one is a toner. I always bought extra toner because i knew that toner will finish first before the lotion or emulsion. So for 2 bottles emulsion i'm gonna need 3 toners. or even 4? anyway, i chose this cooling toner because it's targeted for pore tightening.

SO,Are you ready for this cutie?
yup...cute cute cute... take a look at the bottle

it looks lika a bottle from fairy tale.. like a potion bottle right? :)
Anyway, there is some english information on the packaging box.

Holika holika
smooth egg skin cooling toner
Like a cold water patting massage, this innovative pore care gel skin provides tense to the skin with a fresh cooling sense tighting the skin pore.
Application guide : simply double the coolness by shaking 4-5 times before use, changing it's gel form to liquid. Apply proper amount on the skin after morning and evening wash.


So first of all, i like the packaging. i like to see this cute bottle standing on my table, i wish i have a set of it. But i just wanted to try first so i only bought the toner.
However, when i opened the bottle and tried it for the first time, i had a hard time trying to scoop the toner out. there is this plastic cap with a very tiny hole, and the hole didn't help so i just opened it and now it's much better.

The cap without the plastic cover.

Now to the product,
the texture is a light gel type, not that water type. If i shake the bottle first, it gave me a little bit cooling sensation, but not too much, just a little. I don't know about the scent, what it smells like, i can't figure out. but it's just smell sweet and ok, not over powering.
This toner didn't dry my face, in fact it gave me this fresh feeling plus moisturized. it tightens my pores specially on my nose, and get my face ready for the next step. it sounds good isn't it? in fact it is good. i like it. A LOT. yup, this is officially my fav toner for this year!