TheFaceShop Mask Sheet review

TheFaceShop real nature mask Cucumber

 

 

I prefer this cucumber mask sheet the most. It left me the least sticky feeling the most, or should I say no sticky feeling at all XD  I used to hate mask sheet but since I tried this, I started to accept mask sheet again :D  It hydrated my skin yet didn't make it sticky like most mask sheet would. I have sensitive and acne-prone skin so sticky-ness is really bad bad bad, mask that leave sticky feeling will break me out and clogged my pores(that what I felt). Anyway, my skin is hydrated and soft and smooth after using this.
p/s: I pat lightly until ALL the essence absorbed into my skin, this is especially important for me to really make sure I don't get any stick-ness. (This took some time)

TheFaceShop real nature mask Green Tea

This is the No.2 mask sheet I liked from TheFaceShop. I had very dry skin and a few acnes that dried up and form patches and I had to meet a friend the next day, so I used this mask as emergency treatment to hydrate and soothes my skin so that my makeup will not get cakey and form ugly patches the next day. I always did a gentle exfoliation to remove dead skin cells before any mask so that the essence will be absorbed by my skin and not getting wasted. After washing and exfoliating my face, I apply toner and put on this mask for about 20minutes then I will remove it and pat gentle until everything is absorbed.
My skin is hydrated and soothed and the dry patches and redness greatly reduced :D

TheFaceShop real nature mask Aloe Vera

well, this is ranked No.3.. basically the result it gave me was almost the same as the Cucumber and Green Tea, but why I ranked it No.3? it was basically just because it gave a little bit more sticky feeling than the another 2. It did hydrate and soothe but the moisturization was a bit rich for me :)


I still have a few others but not yet try :D

Price per sheet: RM6.9 (I bought when TFS had promotion, BUY 5 FREE 5)

Definitely will repurchase!!

Skinny Jeans

who loves skinny jeans???!!!!!
well, I DO!!! haha
last 2months, I bought 2 pairs of jeans from Brands Outlet and Padini. They are cheap and affordable for students (ME!!)

First, skinny jeans from Brands outlet. Overall, the quality is good enough for the price. The only down side of this is the smell. It has a very strong chemical "jeany" smell. I cant get rid of the smell although after a few washes. To avoid it becoming loose, I strongly advice to not wash it toooo frequently :D


Brand: Brands outlet
Price: RM49.9

 

Second, from Padini. I love the colour! I wanted a dark blue jeans and they had it with a super affordable price when I went to shop for a dark blue skinny jeans! So of course I have to grab this! It's a little bit more stretchy than the Brands Outlet jeans. I liked this one a bit more because it's comfortable and doesn't have the strong chemical smell.

Brand: Padini
RM39

July online shopping

just a simple experience sharing blog..as I bought quite a few stuff online this month..hope will help some of you that are interested to shop from these websites :D

1st, naruko.com.my
I bought stuff here quite a few times already because some products that I wanted are not available at stores like Watson, so I decided to get all Naruko products that I wanted online...I liked their service, I received my order within 3days.
definitely will repurchase from this website again.



Naruko box



products are covered with papers

code on each product for you to check whether it's authentic products :)
you can check on their website :)

Next, hermo.my
this is actually my first time buying from this website.
I received my order 1week+ later, this is due to 'out of stock' problem, so I had to wait them re-stocking.. but I still received it within 3days after they informed me that my order was ready to ship..
yup, I will repurchase from this website, as brand like Innisfree that the store is not available in Malaysia is available here and the price is reasonable :) sometimes they give samples too, but it was my bad luck, samples finished when I made my order :(

I will do Naruko products review (that I bought) soon..as I used them for quite a long time / a few bottles already.. but for the products that I bought from Hermo.my, I have never use them before, so I will do reviews on them after I use them :D

*I'm NOT sponsored or anything :D

SkinFood Vita Juice Hand Essence review

So I got this for quite a while now, I think about 8months..? I am not a hand cream person because I hate that greasy feeling that most creams/lotions give, so, if I'm using any creams/lotions then they must be really non-greasy :D

SkinFood Vita Juice Hand Essence

oopppsss!

it's a little bit dirty now as I always

bring it with me :p

 so, what does it claimed to do?
1. light weight
2. non-sticky
3. enriched with vitamins
4. nourishes and moisturizes dry and rough hands

well, it does everything it claimed!
it is not greasy at all and it is super light weight. my hands are dry sometimes, so I just put it in my bag and carry it with me wherever I go so that I can apply it anytime and anywhere I want.

Mostly I applied on my hands only, but sometimes my elbow too.. it makes my hands feel softer and moisturize yet not greasy at all! I don't like to hold my pens or phone or whatever with greasy hands, it is just super annoying. 
I have to do lab experiments for like twice a week at least, so in the lab I actually washed my hands quite often, so my hands can be a little dry than usual so this hand essence/cream is very good for me! (lots of "so" huh :P)

The Face Shop Pure Water Facial Mist (Jeju Marine) review

 

 

I used this as my toner too sometimes, especially when I'm out, I normally would bring this with me when I went swimming :D swim can make your skin dry,well, mine at least. So I will use this to freshen up my face after swim. I also used this if I'm out in the hot sun (It's Malaysia,so,yeah,hot!) It makes my face feels a lot fresher and cool.





look! it's finishing! BTW, this is my 2nd bottle!

Definitely wanna try another two - Jeju Orange and Jeju Flower.

Price: RM18.9 at TheFaceShop

YADAH Moisturising Cactus Mist (fruit garden) review & repurchase update

I got attracted by this cute design! haha. then I started to read the description on the box. It used organic cactus extract(Opuntia) to soothes skin problems. then I thought 'hmmm, I should give it a try' and so I bought it!



I used this as my toner or sometimes as my light moisturizer, depends. But this is not my everyday toner/moisturizer. I use it only when I feel my skin needs it. 

If my face is a bit dry and red, I will use this as a light moisturizer and to soothes my skin. And oh, this is a good product for acne and sensitive skin, which I have! It didn't break me out.

what it claimed:

*24hour moisturizer

*containing 3% of Opuntia extract to ease damaged skin.

*ease acne

well, I did use it to soothes my acne and dry skin. It works well! I will definitely try other products of Yadah as I read their website, Yadah produce hypoallergenic and low-chemical plant-derived products. I always love to choose products that minimise the use of chemicals! 

Main ingredient: water, Opuntia extract, Betaine, Glycerin.

Price: around RM22+- at Sasa.


UPDATE!! (10/10/2014)

Tadaaaa! I repurchased, TWO! I got the fruit garden scent for my brother since I already tried it before.. I'm really liking the Lime scent. If u like refreshing scent then get this one XD

Btw, they are the same,its just the scent that's different :)

Burt's Bee Natural Acne Solutions Targeted Spot Treatment review

I LOVE THIS!!! I've tried a lot of acne treatment products but this is definitely the best that I've ever tried. This is my 3rd bottle!!!

 

 

This is 100% NATURAL (Natural Products Association certified). I love the fact that it is natural :D

It is a acne treatment that contains salicylic acid(0.75%) derived naturally from willow bark extract which contains natural beta hydroxy acids, which acts as a skin exfoliator to help unclog pores.

It is also formulated with Tea Tree, Calendula, Yarrow, and Parsley Extracts to help calm and reduce redness while Borage Extract promotes healthy skin.

 

 

what it claimed

- Clinically proven to help reduce the appearance of blemishes in 48 hours

- Non-irritating

- Soothes skin and reduces redness

- Noncomedogenic

 

It basically does what it claimed but for the "48hours", it depends on the acne. For huge and cystic acnes, it might need much longer time. For my own experiences, huge and cystic acnes took up to 1 week to disappear, sometimes longer. For normal acnes or pimples, it will takes 2-3days. ANYWAY, the important point is IT WORKS! (well, for me, hehe, everyone is different)

I had sensitive and serious acne skin problems and I tried so many products, some worked for a little while, some even make my skin worst! but this works the best so far!

Yuan soap and this spot treatment were the main products that helped me to get rid of my horrible acnes!

 

It does not make my skin dry so I can actually apply this right before my makeup and it wont cause any effect such as cakey or makeup doesn't stick on to my skin. It absorbs super quick!

*oh, don't use cotton swabs to apply this, use your clean fingertip or else you'll waste the product!*

 

Ingredients:

Active Ingredient: Salicylic Acid (0.75%) Inactive Ingredients: alcohol denat., citrus medica limonum (lemon) peel oil, water, calendula officinalis flower extract, achillea millefolium (yarrow) extract, borago officinalis (borage) extractcarum petroselinum (parsley) extract, foeniculum vulgare (fennel) fruit oil, salix nigra (willow) bark extract, melaleuca alternifolia (tea tree) leaf oil, eucalyptus globulus leaf oil, juniperus communis fruit oil.

 

Price: RM78 at Burt's Bee store (Price might be different at Sephora, I bought it at RM69 but not sure if they increased the price recently because Burt's Bee store increased the price to RM78 from RM68)

 

Repurchase? Definitely!!! 5STARS for this!

Yuan Soap review - Lemon

YUP YUP YUP~ another Yuan Soap review! haha :D

 

This is actually a repurchase. I finished the 1st one and it's soooo good that I have to repurchase this! 
I finished it during my exam week, it took me 2 weeks to go to the mall(I bought this at midvalley) to repurchase it, had breakouts without this :'(

So, lets get in to the topic!

Lemon soap is for oily skin with large pores.
what it claimed
- brightens skin by removing old/dead skin cells
- tightens pores
- lightens pigmentation
- control sebum production

well... it does what it claimed! or else I wouldn't get another one XD
I noticed that it brightens my skin and my acne scars are less visible now. I have large and clogged pores especially at my nose and cheeks area (I believed that a lot of people are having the same problems), I noticed that my skin is getting better.

However, I don't recommend this to acne skin, but if you have acne-prone skin (like me), maybe you can give it a try :) Because you might want to solve your acne problem first then only you switch to this, just like I did. Normally I will change my skincare when my skin's condition changed.

I also don't recommend this to dry skin.

This soap will be great for people that stay in hot and humid places and need a refreshing soap (like me, in Malaysia =.= HOT! HOT! HOT! )

Ingredients & Price & Weight

checkout my others Yuan soap reviews!
http://katherynkoong.blogspot.com/2013/11/review-on-yuan-soap-mung-bean-jobs-tear.html


REPURCHASE UPDATE (4 June 2015)

Tadaaa..! bought it again last week! <3

**The price increased from RM33.90 to RM34.90

 

 



Dermalogica Gentle Soothing Booster & Ultracalming Cleanser review

I was recommended to both of the products after I did my facial treatment at Aster Spring. It was about a year ago. Both of them are quite costly. I think they're the most expensive products I have ever owned especially Gentle Soothing Booster because it's so small and expensive. haha! I will do both of the products' review but more on the Gentle Soothing Booster :D

Dermalogica Gentle Soothing Booster (30ml)

- it claims to help soothe, hydrate and calm irritation caused by sensitivity and breakouts.

- FREE from artificial colour, fragrance and oil.

- contains Red Raspberry Extracts and Honey to calm and soothe.

- suitable for all skin types.

At first I actually kind of hated it because I thought it just make my face oilier even faster and didn't help with my sensitivity and acne-prone skin. I actually stopped using it for quite a while.
But after that I thought I should give it a chance. so I tried it back, with a lesser amount. I just around 3drops for my whole face. and I just love it! from that 'lesser amount trial', I knew that I should just use a little amount.
It does what it claimed. although my skin is not severe acne skin anymore but it is still very sensitive and acne-prone. For the last few months, my skin is more on combination skin where T-zone is oily and U-zone is dry instead of oily for my whole face. then I started to apply this focus only on my U-zone, I skipped applying this on my T-zone. I used this mostly as my moisturizer in my night skincare routine.
It soothes and calms my redness and also hydrates my U-zone. If I only apply this on my U-zone, I'll just use 2drops. It is quite concentrated, so its enough for me because I hate those thick and heavy moisturizers, I just something very light to lightly hydrate my face.
I especially love to use this after I scrub my face, it feels good!
This small bottle can actually last for a long time (more than 6months according to my usage amount, it can last longer,maybe), it's sad that I almost finish it :( 

Price: RM210 (I'm not sure the exact price because I bought this a year ago)

Ingredients: Propylene Glycol, Water/Aqua/Eau, Rubus Idaeus (Raspberry) Fruit Extract, Butylene Glycol, Calendula Officinalis Flower Extract, Anthemis Nobilis Flower Extract, Tilia Cordata Flower Extract, Centaurea Cyanus Flower Extract, Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract, Hypericum Perforatum, Honey (Mel), Phenoxyethanol, Tetrasodium EDTA, Chlorphenesin, Benzophenone-4, Methylparaben, Ethylparaben.


Ultracalming Cleanser (250ml)

(picture from the internet, I didn't take picture of this) 

- it claims to calm the redness from sensitivity.

-FREE from artificial fragrances and colour.

It is gel-like texture. I think yes, it kind of calm and soothe my sensitive skin but it didn't help my acne problem. oh, this can be finished quite fast, it only last me for about 3months.

The staff at Aster Spring told me that this can be used to remove the Averine Cover Spot concealer which I bought there too, so I guess this can remove light makeup such as sunblock as well. Just massage it into the skin and rinse off with warm water or if you're removing makeup, its better that you tissue off with cotton.

I won't repurchase this because I find it quite similar with Physiogel Cleanser, which is a much much much cheaper alternative. They worked almost the same.

Price: RM160 (I'm not sure the exact price for this too)

Ingredients: Water/Aqua/Eau, Cetearyl Alcohol, Bisabolol, Zingiber Officinale (Ginger) Root Extract, Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate, Glycerin, Avena Sativa (Oat) Kernel Extract, Cucumis Sativus (Cucumber) Fruit Extract, Rubus Idaeus (Raspberry) Fruit Extract, Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Flower Extract, Salix Alba Bark Extract, Usnea Barbata (Lichen) Extract, Butylene Glycol , Pentylene Glycol , Hydroxyphenyl , ropamidobenzoic Acid, Citrus Medica Limonum (Lemon) Fruit Extract, Fumaria Officinalis Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract, Fumaric Acid, Echinacea Purpurea Extract, Panthenol, Acrylates/ C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate, rosspolymer, Cocamidopropyl PG-Dimonium Chloride Phosphate, Disodium Lauryl Sulfosuccinate, Cetrimonium Chloride, Aminomethyl Propanol, Glyceryl Caprylate, Disodium EDTA.

P/S: if you are very concern of what you are putting on your face, then you might want to google up details information about disodium EDTA because both products contained disodium EDTA. However, there are a lot of well known beauty products that contain this chemical too.

But for my personal opinion, I prefer to get products that are more natural because their prices normally are in this range too, so, yeah, I'm not going to repurchase these.

 

Alcohol allergic

I found out that I have alcohol allergic last week in Chinese New Year. it's not fun at all to have this. after I drank a few cups of alcohol drink, I felt my throat was swollen and experienced a little breathing difficulty but it's just a while because I stopped drinking. I thought that it was just my asthma (not a serious severe asthma).. after I got home, I started to feel itchy around my neck, arms, chest and back, then my skin obviously become red because I scratched them..haha

after 2 days, I went to doctor because it was still very itchy and the redness was still very bad. The doctor wanted to give me an injection as it will heal faster, but I refused, I chose tablets and cream.

yesterday midnight I went out with my friends to celebrate my birthday and I drank a little, btw, my past allergic was still there, SO, yup, it became worst  =,=

it was super red and itchy!! I still feel itchy now.. but it's much better as I applied cream and ate medicine that doctor prescribed for me. I also drank a lot of water to flush everything out.



redness on my back

 

 the redness already reduced half when I took these pictures. still very red but the photo didn't really show it.

So, here are the medicine that my doctor prescribed for me:

Cream

 

H-CORT cream

 

apply to the area affected (obviously,haha)

it is not greasy

 

 

Tablets

 

 

 

 

 

please do go to the doctor ASAP if you experience ANY allergic. everyone maybe different. don't try any medicine without advice from the doctor/pharmacist .

 

 

UPDATE:

side effect (skin peeling) that I started to have on my skin within 1-2weeks. I'm guessing its the cream that resulted this because only the skin area that I applied the cream was peeling.