My Skincare Regime

In Hydrating, Lip

The Body Shop Born Lippy Pomegranate Lip Balm Review

Hello everyone! Today I would like to review The Body Shop Born Lippy Pomegranate Lip Balm.

Basic Information

Weight: 5 g (0.17 oz)

Product of: UK

Other The Body Lip Balm/Butter that I have reviewed:

Product Description

Lip balm in a stick form
Gives lips a pop of colour, a shot of moisture and a soft shine.
Moisturises and conditions lips
Red tint
Subtle shine
Fruity pomegranate flavour

Packaging

It comes in a really cute red and white packaging.

Ingredients

Castor Seed Oil, Octyldodecanol, Polyglyceryl-3 Diisostearate, Limnanthes Alba Seed Oil, Sorbitan Olivate, Candelilla Cera/Euphorbia Cerifera (Candelilla) Wax, Cera Alba/Beeswax, Glycerin, Aroma/Flavor, Aqua/Water, Copernicia Cerifera Cera/Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax, Synthetic Wax, Tocopheryl Acetate, Benzyl Benzoate, Octocrylene, Sclerocarya Birrea Seed Oil, Ammonium Glycyrrhizate, Caprylyl Glycol, Coleus Forskohlii Root Extract, Sunflower Seed Oil, Olive Fruit Extract, Polygonum Cuspidatum Extract, Wheat Germ Extract, Sodium Phytate, Homosalate, Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane, Linalool, Sodium Citrate, Sodium Benzoate, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, CI 19140/Yellow 5 Lake, CI 15850/Red 7 Lake, CI 77891/Titanium Dioxide.

Texture and Fragrance
It comes in a stick form. I prefer this form of lip balm as it is less messy and faster to apply. It is red in color and smells like pomegranate!

Application

I usually apply twice a day after washing my face.

My Impression

The best lip balm I've ever used! I really like the subtle tint of red. Its not too much and the nice fruity fragrance. The best of all I like how it leaves my lips moist and supple throughout the day and I just have to apply once! I don't have reapply like all my other lip balms. In this hot weather where I'm not drinking enough water, my lips will be chapped and dry. Since I started to use The Body Shop Born Lippy Pomegranate Lip Balm, my lips are so happy! Yay!

Pros & Cons

Pros

Gives lips a pop of colour, a shot of moisture and a soft shine.
Moisturises and conditions lips
Red tint
Subtle shine
Fruity pomegranate flavour
Leaves my lips moist and supple throughout the day
I just have to apply once
Cute packaging

Cons

Bit pricey (but worth it)

Price
RM 26.50 / SGD 9.90

Rating

5/5

Recommendation

Highly recommended

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In Anti-Aging, Eye Cream

Secret Key Snail+EGF Repairing Eye Cream Review

Hey everyone, life is so hectic nowadays. Tiredness and lack of sleep causes my eyes to have to have huge, deep eye bags. Since I got no idea what to do, I bought an eye cream to reduce those eye bags.

Basic Information

Weight: 30 ml

Product of: Korea

Other products that is available from this line are:

Secret Key Snail+EGF Repairing Foam Cleanser
Secret Key Snail+EGF Repairing Mask Pack
Secret Key Snail+EGF Repairing Toner
Secret Key Snail+EGF Repairing Essence
Secret Key Snail+EGF Repairing Emulsion
Secret Key Snail+EGF Repairing Gel Cream
Secret Key Snail+EGF Repairing Cream
Secret Key Snail+EGF Repairing BB Cream

Product Description

Snail mucous and rh EGF ingredient helps skin elasticity and increase power to create healthy skin.

Creates elastic and vibrant skin around eyes as it absorbes quickly into sensitive eye rim.

Improves wrinkles and dark circle around eyes effectively by adenosine and arbutine ingredients

Keep moisture of the eye rim

Helps absorption of active ingredient by sealing effect

Improve skin

Prevent skin damage

Gives skin elasticity vitality

Hypo-allergenic for all types of skin

Brightening effect

Protect skin

Excellent moisturizing effect

More Detailed Description

1. Restoring effect for damaged skin

Keep healthy and smooth skin by mucin filtrate and EGF ingredient that restores damaged skin caused by various reasons

2. Soft, abundant and hypo-allergenic bubble powder

Soft and creamy bubble cleans up sebum and wastes without irritation

3. Pore ans dead skin cell care

Removes dead skin cell and wastes in pore and keeps skin clean

4. Give moistness after facial wach

Creates soft and moist skin even after facial wash by betaine that is excellent in skin calming effect and glycerin that is excellent in keeping moisture

Characteristic of the Product

1. Contains Mucin

Mucin is an ingredient of snail mucous which keeps moisture of the skin and protects the skin from harmful materials, and chondroitin sulfates is effective in skin improvement and keep nutrients with abundant condition

2. Contains rh EGF that helps elasticity

EGF is epithelial cell growth factor discovered by biologist, Stanley Cohen in U.S and is a type of protein that is formated in the body as it promotes formation of new cell combining with acceptor in the skin surface.

Packaging

It comes in a tube.

Main Ingredients

Adenosine

Beta-glucan

Niacinamide

Arbutin

Macademia Seed Oil

Jojoba Seed Oil

Squalene

Texture and Fragrance

The cream is white and thick. It has no any particular smell.

Application

Apply a small amount on your fingertip and gently pat around the eye are until absorbed.

My Impression

It’s a good eye cream, I used to have horrible eye bags and dark circles because of lack of sleep. Now, my eye bags are not that bad. I don't have dark circles anymore. I like the light texture as well and it absorbs fast in to my skin. Anyway, this is my first eye cream so I can’t compare this to anything else. And also, it did not give me any breakouts or allergy reactions. That’s a good thing. I'm not sure about the anti-wrinkle and improving elasticity part though...

Pros & Cons

Pros

Minimize eye bag
Moisturizes eye area
Contains snail mucous
No more dark circles
Contains rh EGF
Absorbs quickly into skin
Suitable for sensitive skin
Keeps moisture of the eye rim
Hypo-allergenic
Kinda cheap for an eye cream

Cons

Did not completely remove eye bag
Not easily available in stores
Not sure how much exactly it contains snail slimes

Rating

4/5

Recommendation

Recommended

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In Biore, Japanese

Biore UV Perfect Face Milk SPF 50+ PA+++ Review

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In Face, Hydrating

Neutrogena Lip Moisturizer SPF 15 Review

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In Aviance, Dandruff

Aviance Micro Cream Shampoo Review

Hello everyone! Today I would like to review Aviance Micro Cream Shampoo!

Basic Information

Aviance is a luxury division of Unilever. It is exclusively formulated by using technology of Unilever's Global and Regional Network with Centers in U.S.A, Japan and Europe.

Aviance Micro Cream line comes with both shampoo and conditioner.

Other shampoos from this line consists of:

Micro Cream Shampoo Hair Fall Control
Micro Cream Shampoo Hydro Moisture
Micro Cream Shampoo Color Revival
Micro Cream Shampoo Color Revival
Micro Cream Shampoo Maxi Volume
Micro Cream Shampoo Anti Sebum
Micro Cream Shampoo Frizzy Free

Net Weight: 300 ml

Ingredients

Water, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Sodium Lauroyl Sarcosinate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Dimethiconol, Polyquatemium-7, Sodium Chloride, Disodium Laureth Sulfosiccinate, Zinc Pyrithione, Perfume, Divinyldimethicone/ Dimethicone Copolymer, Glycerin, Menthol, Carbomer, Polyquaternium-10, DMDM Hydentoin, Methylparaben, Sodium Hydroxide, Amodimethicone, Zinc Sulfate, Poloxamer 217, TEA-Dodecylbenzenesulfonate, C12-14 Sec-Pareth-5, C12-14 Sec-Pareth-7, C12-13 Pareth-23, C12-13 Pareth-3, Hyroxylphenyl Propamidobenzoic Acid, Moringa Pterygosperma Seed Extract.

Product Description

For dandruff & itchy scalp Micro Cream Shampoo Dandruff Protection is specially formulated with Micro Cream technology that generates smaller bubbles and so creates a new, sensuously smooth texture.
Effective cleaning and delivery of active ingredients retains moisture and protects hair against pollution.
Plus White Flake Control ComplexTM, powerful ZnPTO and oat extract that help reduce dandruff and protect against the cause of dandruff.

What is

Micro Cream technology?

Deeply and thoroughly cleanses the scalp of your hair
Deeply delivers and deposits active ingredients
Retains moisture longer
Protects the hair against pollution damage

Texture and Frangrance

It comes in a very thick and creamy liquid. it also smells cool and refreshing for my itchy scalp.

Application

Pour shampoo into the palm of one hand and blend with the other hand until it appears creamy white. Massage into wet hair and rinse thoroughly.

My Impression

My dandruff disappeared in just one use. It feels cool and refreshing after use. It's a great shampoo. It smells lovely too. I also don't feel any itchiness after using it. The drawback is when I stooped using it, my dandruff returned.

Pros & Cons

Pros

Reduces dandruff in just one use
A little amount is enough for my shoulder length hair
Smells refreshing
Relieves itchiness
Do not dry out my hair
Makes my hair soft

Cons

Dandruff return after I stopped using it
Expensive
Not available retail stores

Rating

4/5

Recommendation

Highly Recommended

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In Acne, Essential Oil

How I got Rid of My Severe Cystic Acne

Hi, guys. A few months ago, I had a severe allergy reaction where I had rashes all over my face. It happened during the last month of my previous semester. I was thinking what may have caused it. It may be the food or any product I used. I seriously did not know. It continued for a month. Thinking it was acne at first, I tried all sorts of acne medication on my face. I know, it was dumb, I found out it was actually rashes after a month.

So, what happened when I got back from my semester break was a disaster! To clear up my face, my mum steamed my face and I used a tea tree mask after that. Then, my nightmare started. Just after 10 minutes after that, I had cystic acne. I never had them before and I had MANY bumps of cystic acne on my face! It was horrifying, dreadful and utterly painful. It’s like watching a horror ghost movie, but the thing is, it was happening, to me.

That was it. Every night after that, I would have average 10 bumps of cystic acne that would appear on my face. I had it all over my face, including all the parts I never had acne before.

I completely stopped apply any product on my face. I used lemon as toner and bicarbonate of soda every day. They did not nothing much. They just delayed the growth of acne. My face did not feel like face anymore. It felt like a lump of painful flesh which was full of huge, white bumps. It feels disgusting just to look at my own face in the mirror. Though The Body Shop Tea Tree Oil did a very good job in lessening the acne drastically but it was not enough.

After a month, I finally made an appointment with a dermatologist. First, she explained how acne is formed. She said the possible causes of cystic acne are:

Bacterial infection
Allergy reaction
Wrong product
Change of hormones
Too much of oil production
Wrong Diet
Lifestyle

In the end, she narrowed it down to that it was most probably allergy reaction. She asked me to take anti-biotic medication and some kind of hormone pills and it was not to be used by pregnant ladies. I don’t really like to take pills and medication so I got a shock of my life. The dermatologist even said that some of her patients took 2 years of anti-biotic! I really thought she was crazy, I mean it was an anti-biotic. Who takes anti-biotic for even more than a month? So, I just told I would take them for a month first. So, I did it. She even gave me a gel medication for the acne. I started using them for a month and I can see the acne were reducing.

After 3 weeks, I changed my face wash back to my old face wash. Then I understood. The face wash I was using recently were the one to cause my horrible acne! Who would have thought? The moment I stopped using them, no more cystic acne appeared until now. And I have stopped my, medication. They did help me, the medication. I am so glad and am the happiest person in the world. The only drawback is, the acne left my face with lots of scars in just a month. Hmm... I’m trying my best to get rid of them. Hopefully I do so soon. Thank you for reading my blog.

In summary,

How to Get Rid of Cystic Acne

Go see a dermatologist
Anti-biotic worked
Hormonal pills worked
Do not touch your face
Be hygenic
Control Your Diet
Wash your face with a mild cleanser
Identitify your alllergen
Apply Tea tree oil
Do not squeeze your acne

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In Etude House, Eyes

Etude House Lash Perm All Shockcara Review

Hey everyone! Today I would be reviewing about Etude House Lash Perm All Shockcara.

Basic Information
Weight: 10 g
Product of: South Korea

Product Description

Volume + Curling + Long Lash + Waterproof

1. Long-lasting C-Curl
Whirlwind-shaped brush helps in expressing C-Curls easily

2. Amazing Long Lash Expression
Zig-zag shaped high elastic pink whirlwind brush will help in expressing long lash easily

3. No powdery dust, No smudging
All Proof Wrapping System is applied for strong waterproof at sebum, sweats and water

4. High Elastic Pink Whirlwind-shaped brush
4-ways- pointing high elastic brush will apply mascara liquid to every single eyelashes evenly

5. Outstanding Super Fitting Technology is applied
Agglutinating powder is applied for excellent fitting effect

Whirlwind-shaped brush

Packaging

Front View

Back View

Ingredients

Acrylates Copolymer, Polyglyceryl-3 Beeswax, Beeswax, Copernica Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax, Styrene /Acrylates/ Ammonium Methacrylate Copolymer, PEG-15 Glyceryl Stearate, Acacia Senegal Gum, Silica, Ethanol, Polysorbate 20, 1,2-Hexanediol, Glyceryl Stearate, Octylacrylamide/ Acrylates/ Butylaminoethyl Methacrylate Copolymer, PEG-100 Stearate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Phenoxyethanol, Butylene Glycol, Cetearyl Glucoside, Potassium Sorbate, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Tromethamine, Sodium Metaphosphate, Disodium EDTA, Sodium Laureth-12 Sulfate, Caprylyl Glycol, Sodium Dehydroacetate.

Application

For powerful volume, apply with wider surface of brush bristles.
For dramatic C-curls and lifting effects, apply with narrow angle of brush bristles.

My Impression

I’m in love in this mascara! This is a really cute and great mascara! It did not make my eyelashes to clump. It also volumizes and lengthens my lashes easily without any mess. It is a great mascara. Its worth its price. The only problem I find is it is not waterproof as it claims to be. Nevertheless it did not leave any smudges on my eyes. So, it doesn't really matter to me if it's not waterproof.

Front View

Before application

After application

Side view

Before application

After application

Pros & Cons

Pros

Cute packaging

Volumizes lashes

Lengthens lashes

Cute packaging

Doesn’t clump lashes together

Easy to apply

Not messy

Does not smudge

Cons

Expensive

Not available in local stores

Not waterproof as it claims

Rating

5/5

Recommendation

Highly recommended

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, by Ane

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The Body Shop Born Lippy Pomegranate Lip Balm Review

Secret Key Snail+EGF Repairing Eye Cream Review

Biore UV Perfect Face Milk SPF 50+ PA+++ Review

Neutrogena Lip Moisturizer SPF 15 Review

Aviance Micro Cream Shampoo Review

How I got Rid of My Severe Cystic Acne

Etude House Lash Perm All Shockcara Review

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