sleeping mask review : The face shop Raspberry slim&lift sleeping mask

Sleeping mask became part of my routine since i first tried it almost 2 years ago. I just like the idea of extra care while sleeping. I don't use it everyday, maybe only once to twice a week. So after i finished etude house sleeping pack tube and many sleeping pask sample, i decided to buy a new one, and i chose this one from the face shop, raspberry slim&lift. Actually i wanted to try the raspberry root sleeping mask version but it seems like it was discontinued and this is the new version, i'm not sure, but i've been looking in some my fav sellers and only this one available..

anyway.. what is this product anyway?

a little bit information from the bottle : "facial contours are toned and lifted while you are sleeping"
that's it? no more information in english? ok then, i'll look on the net..
well, this is more information i googled;

Concept
This advanced lifting line formulated with Wild Himalayan Raspberry Roots instantly lifts tightens pores and re-contours the skin that lacks resilience.
Description
Nourishes hydrates and relaxes skin through the night - Convenient. Does not need to be washed off.

The packaging is this nice simple looking plastic pump bottle, with a plastic cap. The pump is easy to use, so far i don't have problem with the pump

The texture..

it's a transparant light gel. How to apply this sleeping mask is just apply evenly as your last step of skin care before sleeping. After washing your face, toner, serum or emulsion or cream, apply this as your last step. First time trying this, i could feel this is soo light.. not rich or creamy like a night cream. i was hoping it would be or feel richer since it's a sleeping mask. The scent, it's a sweet fruity scent, very light and not overpowering. i don't think it smells like any berries but it's just a hint of fruity scent anyway.

So i was expected it would give me extra moisturized during the night, but i was dissapointed. my skin care cream is richer and more moisturized than this. Ok then, extra moisturized maybe not what it promised. In fact it promised slim and lift... BUT.. a big but here, i don't feel any lifting effect either. do i have to use it continuesly to see more result? but some other mask i could feel the lifting effect instantly although not permanently. This one is not even instantly. No softer face, firm and lift face, nothing really. it's just a light moisturizer for me and i'm not a fan of it :(


Maybe i expected too much? well, i had a good experience with etude house sleeping pack, innisfree wine sleeping pack, holika holika honey sleeping pack..so i was hoping this would be good too.. but anyway.. since it didn't give me any breakout or rash, i will just continue using this until i finish the whole bottle i guess..

Nose pack/mask review : The face shop black head ex nose clay mask ys baviphat mud pore tightening nose pack

On my last year korean skincare haul, i bought these 2 products for my nose. Yup! i have a problem with my nose. large pores and white heads, no matter how many times i peel them off with nose pack, they always come back. Since these 2 products are similar, i will review them together and compare them.
First one on the left is The face shop Black head ex nose clay mask. i think this product is quite popular among beauty bloggers as i read some good reviews before i purchased this.
The one on the right is Baviphat mud pore tightening nose pack. This one is not as popular as the face shop one, and although i found 2 or 3 reviews on Baviphat website, it's all korean so i have no idea what they were saying :)

Anyway, let's start with the face shop

the face shop Blackhead EX Nose clay mask

information about this product from Sasa.com (no english information on the packaging)
description
The Face Shop Black Head EX Nose Clay Mask is a peel off mask that is designed for deep cleansing and dissolve blackheads. Contains Mulberry, Coix Seed and black rice extracts, which has anti-aging properties, leaving skin shine with healthy glow, youthful and supple.

how to use it

• Recommended to use THE FACE SHOP Clean up Gel Toner to dissolve the blackhead.
• Apply Nose Clay Mask to your nose with full coverage, wait 10~15 minutes for the mask to dry, peel it off and rinse your nose thoroughly with water.
• Take appropriate amount of THE FACE SHOP Quick Tightening Cream as the final step of nose care. 

This is the texture of the mask

the texture is very very thick, and the colour is grey-ish like a mud.
speaking about texture, after awhile (maybe around 3 months), when i squeezed the product out, i was surprised.. the product changed colour!! look at the picture below :

can you believe, this is still the same product from the same tube? it transformed from that thick creamy grey colour into this gel texture with army green colour?  i was wondering, what happened...!!!!???
turned out that... i have to shake the tube first to get the texture like the picture. so i guess it's like some make up remover type that you have to shake first befire using to mix and form the products inside.
it's same thing with this face shop nose clay mask. if i didn't shake it first, it would come out as a gel texture with green colour. i tried to applied it to my nose just like that, and it took soooo long to dry on my nose, and the result is not maximum. oh yes, speaking about the result, let's see it.

this is after i peeled off from my nose. the result? i see nothing.. no white heads stuck there. in fact, all those white head still stick on my nose!!
and you know what... it hurts!! the peeling off process really hurt!
at first i thougt that ok, that's it, is's an unusefull product that will just end up sitting in my drawer until expired. but of course i didn't give up!! i tried to use it again. This time, i started to use it regularly, every 3 days. turned out that it helps to tighten and soften my nose area. so it's usefull afterall, but sometimes i still have to reach my biore nose pore pack to peel my white heads off from my nose.

Baviphat Mud pore tightening nose pack

information about this product from www.korebb.com.sg (no english information on the packaging)
With hazel extracts helps pore and sebum control while green tea extract soothes the skin.

▶ Use
Spread thinly over nose or areas with blackheads, after about 10-15 minutes, remove from the bottom up.

the texture of the mask

 As you can see from the picture above, the texture of baviphat mud pore nose pack is not as thick as the face shop. But once you spread evenly, it will stick on your nose.


Actually this one has the same kind of texture like the face shop. Sometimes you have to shake the tube first or the product inside will not mix together. once i just squeezed out from the tube and the texture was a light gel with transparrent colour, not creamy thick-white colour like it should be. But when i wanted to take a picture of this product without shaking the tube first, turned out that the product same out ok, not change texture like the face shop.


now let's see the result..

Actually the result is not too much different than the face shop. this Baviphat mud pore nose pack also not able to take out those white heads sitting on my nose. after i peeled off the mask, the white heads still there. But if i use it regularly, like twice a week or every 3 days, it smoothen and tighten the pores on my nose area. at least for 2-3 days? the different is that this one from baviphat doens't hurt like the face shop. during peeling off was smooth and it doesn't hurt. 


anyway, i will make some point about these 2 products so you can decide wether you want to buy them or not.

• Both products are not able to take out white heads on my nose. Not like Biore nose pore pack that i can always see those white heads sticking on the mask after peeling off. i read some reviews and for some people this worked quite good and able to take out their white/black heads. so maybe it's different result to different person (or in this case i think my white heads are just to stubborn).
• Maybe it will be good or better result if you apply some oil or cream that supposed to soften the pores before using the nose pack. i saw many products for that like etude house black head ex oil, heating gel, and holika holika also got some products for that. Maybe if you soften the nose area first then using this mask, it would be different. i dodn't know. at this time i don't have those kind of products so i couldn't try it.
• although both the face shop and baviphat are not able to take out my white heads, both did a pretty good job in softening and tightening my nose area. well, it's clear enough as baviphat named the product "mud pore tightening nose pack" maybe it supposed to tighten only, not taking out white/black heads. 
• for good result, use the product (either the face shop or baviphat) regularly, like twice a week. because the result is not permanent. after 2-3days i could feel my nose are not soft anymore, white heads, large pores..rrrrrggggghhh and as for me i like to switch between the face shop and baviphat every 2-3 weeks.
• i will not repurchase bot products, but i will continue using them until i finish the tube. 

so, that's it from me. how about you? any recommendation similar product for me? specially for my nose?

Lip plumper review : the face shop lovely me; ex limp plumper 01

Lip plumper? well, this is my first one to try. well, actually i'm not interested with the plumper it offered. This year i just like lip tint/gloss more than lipstick, and i found some review and swatch about this product, and i like the colour. so i bought it.

The look is just like any other lip gloss/tint from the size and plastic packaging. Red colour, but clear red not bold red. Well, this is the swatch;

blend it well, it looks more orange than red. i really like the colour. so pretty.

this is the first time i have this kind applicator for my lip. well, it's easy to use though, but i prefer the 'normal' one, hehe.. sorry i don't know what's the name of both type applicator.

well, now i will share what i thought.
First time i applied this on my lip, i was surprised... with the hot feeling on my lip. yup! it gave me this burning hot sensation like you just applied a mint tooth paste on your lip. I don't like that feeling! and it last for quite long.. more than 3 minutes? i wanted to wash it with water straightaway. i dont' know, is it the effect of plumper? you feel your lip burning? hehehe.
After that first trial i knew i couldn't use it anymore. i don't like the feeling on my lip! it's hot! menthol but not cooling effect, mentholas in hot way! seriously.. is it just me? because from reviews i read they didn't mention about this uncomfortable hot sensation. Anyway, so i just put this one away....
...until one day, months later, i saw this and i thought, let's try again. i tried not to think too much about the hot sensation. i applied this everyday for the whole week,,, until somehow i think i get used to it. to the hot-burning sensation i mean, and i didn't feel it uncomfortable anymore. Besides after some minutes the hot burning sensation just gone.

So, overall, i like the colour, and the scent. ooopppsss forgot to tell, it smells nice too. flowery-mint, something like that. what i don't like is the hot sensation, although after a while i get used to it, still, it's a little bit annoying for me. As for the plumping effect, yes, a little but only if you apply it more than 2 stroke. the colour on the lip looks pretty, clear red, so natural red-orange, not too much and it doesn't stay long. after a meal it would be gone.

start browsing and shopping part 3: eggs invasion

Yup! as i was browsing for skincare-make up line, i realised that this year or since end of 2010 there was this "egg" new line launched by some brands. I know, eggs are good for your skin as a pore minimizer. when i was in high school i used to apply egg white all over my face as a face mask. I remember how my room turned to smell egg after that, not mention that if my hair accidentally laid on my face and stucked on the egg whites, disaster! i have to wash my hair too (not just my face) after that.
Thank God that nowadays they invented this egg stuff and i can't wait to try them! i read somewhere that this "egg concept" also associated with the egg's texture itself. imagine a hard boiled egg, so soft without lumps, that's what the products promise to you. a soft skin without or with minimize pore like a boiled egg. hehe.. make a sense right..

so, here are the eggs!
from tony moly

tony moly egg soap

tony moly egg pore skin care series

from holika holika

i have mentioned about this on my previous post about holika-holika

 

holika holika egg soap special set

holika holika egg cooling toner

holika holika egg tightening essence

from baviphat :

baviphat white egg foam

 

baviphat sugar girl egg herb soap in lavender.

they have also egg soap in green tea and jasmine variant.

skin food

skin food black egg pore foundation

skin food black egg pore primer

they also have the serum for this new black egg series.

egg white nose pack

egg white pack

this is not new from skin food, but since here is about egg, so i put it here.

moisture egg hair pack

this is also not new, and if you google for review about this product, most of them like this.

the face shop:

the face shop Home Aesthetic Pack - purifying egg white pack

from nature republic:

soft creamy egg white cleansing cream

soft creamy egg white foam cleanser

see? quite  a lot.. how can i choose? as a woman with sebum and pore problem on my nose, of course i am willing to try!! hehehe.. so this is what i have oredered:

holika holika egg soap set

holika holika egg cooling toner

tony moly egg soap

skin food black egg pore foundation

baviphat sugar girl egg soap in lavender

can't wait!! hehe

if you know some other egg products, tell me!

Let's try out some samples!

I mentioned in my previous post that i have finished my skin food fresh juice c cream.Before i start using my peach sake skin care line, i decided to try samples i got. I still have my fresh juice toner so i used the toner and then for the cream i tried samples and decided to make short review each one of them.


tony moly vita vital MX7 cream
i'm not familiar with tony moly. In fact this is the first tony moly product i have tried. i don't know what this cream for. is it for oily sking, dry skin, anti aging/wrinkle care? i have no idea.. First impression for me is always the scent. i always put the cream close to my nose to sniff it before apply on my face. this one smell ok. Something medical-herb, but not strong. The cream it self, i was surprise that it kept my face moisturized all day. so it is rich, good moisturizer, but i don't like the scent.


beauty credit coenzyme Q10
same like tony moly, i'm not familiar with beauty credit and this is my first. i read on the net that coenzyme Q10 is one of their popular product. It smells just like regular cosmetic brand in the market., nothing special. the serum itself, i like the texture of this serum. in fact the texture is just the way i like it for serum. creamy but light, absorb easily, and good moisturizer.


Missha all around safe block soft finish sun milk spf 50+
SPF 50+ ??!! wow. i wish i knew this product 10 years ago when i was still in school and used to swim on sunday! lol. anyway.. i forgot when was the last time i have sun block! ever since i was in college, office, i always choose make up base or foundation with spf, until now that i use bb cream everyday. i just can't be bother to put another sun block cream. back to this cream, i was surprised that the texture is soo watery. what i remember sun block texture is a thick cream. or nowadays all sun block texture like this? anyway, it is watery, so it absorbed easily. very light scent, almost no scent for me. i used this before my bb cream, and it was just ok.nothing special

Missha cream
what cream? seriously, i don't know the name of this cream as nothing written in english. all korean. Ok, first impression, the scent. it smell herb, and the strong one! smells like natural medicine from herb. i don't like the smell of it. But the cream itself is quite good. just like the tony moly.not too rich, doesn't make your face oily.

The face shop arsainte eco-therapy serum and cream.
first impression, of course, the scent. o my God.. it smells weird.. i can't describe it. herb-medicine smell, but imagine the 'not nice' one? i don't know, maybe it is just me. the cream it self is not rich enough to keep me moisturized all day, and the serum is very light.

next, skin food! what i like from skin food samples is that they are big size!! not like other brand samples. with skin food samples i can use them 3 to 4 times sometimes. this 2 samples in fact i bought them. yup, for skin food samples i don't mind buying them.

skin food green tea milk cleansing foam (fresh)
what i love about skin food is the scent, how they smell wonderful and yummy! and this one is dissapointed me. first, it smells just like regular cleansing from supermarket. no green tea or milk scent at all. second, this is the first time i experienced drying effect from a cleansing foam. i read many reviews about how cleansing foam can give you some drying effect, but i never felt that way, until now i know how it felt. When i rensed with water, i can really feel my face drying, i can even hear the squeaky of my hands rubbing my face.oh no...
or is it because it is fresh type, and they have moisturizing type?


skin food black sugar mask wash off
This is my second sachet of black sugar mask wash off. First time i tried it was 2 years ago when i got it for free from my purchase. i liked it, so when i saw this on chic princessa samples folder, i just clicked buy. it smells yummy, and feels good too. my face feels so smooth and moistured after wasf off.