Etude House Vivid Pop No.8

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Today’s post is Etude House’s Vivid Pop Stick in #8. I recently got this product but I already love it. 

The product comes sealed in plastic wrap so make sure to check that if you purchase one. It has the production date written at the end of the stick. The packaging is a retractable kind. So you can twist the product out basically.

The colour and texture is perfect in the bullet. It feels creamy and applies smoothly.

It is darkest shade that is in this series and it is truly pigmented. On the photo above please check the true colour that I put on the right corner of the photo. This colour is the type that will look different in different kind of lightings. In flash photography it looks a bit dark red-pink.

This is Etude House’s promotional photo for this product. I tried doing the gradation on my lips with this product but I applied too much because I didn’t think that it was that pigmented. So if you are going for gradation look make sure to apply just a little bit and blend out and then apply a bit more. 

In the promotional photo the colour looks very matte but when I applied it on my lips it looked more creamy rather than matte. However if you want the matte look apply a little bit of translucent powder or red pigment on top of it and you will achieve the same exact colour you see in the promotional photo. I actually recommend setting with powder for a long lasting colour. 

I don’t have any complaints about this product. If I want it darker I can apply more layers if I want it a bit lighter I can apply a little product and be happy. It truly is a vivid and popping colour. However I recommend exfoliating the lips prior to application of this colour because if your lips are dry and chapped this it won’t look as nice but this is definitely not a drying lip product so girls with dry lips can use it too and it won’t feel dry on the lips. 

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[REVIEW] Etude House Dear Girls Lip Tint&Balm

Hello everyone! 

Today’s post is a pre one for a comparison that I’m planning to do soon. But I didn’t want to include all of my thoughts and complaints on this product in a comparison post because I tend to write a lot! 

This product is actually not mine but 양승부인’s. Thanks to her I got a chance to try it. It is the Etude House Dear Girls Lip Tint and Balm.

As with every product of Etude House this one also has a very cute and girly packaging. This product has both sides to it. As you can see one side is the tint with a applicator and the other side is lipstick bullet shaped lip balm. 

Before opening it, as you can see in the photo above, it has a seal on it for the balm side which I don’t know why... I mean like Holika Holika products it could be wrapped in plastic to make sure no one ever touched what’s inside what so ever. The colour I have here is #RD301. 

The balm has a beautiful colour to it but the only thing is that when I opened it, the balm was tilted to the side. Well onto the tint, it has a great applicator like all the other Etude House lip products. Especially if you like creating gradient effects with tints. 

As you can see in the photo below this tint has a beautiful cherry red colour to it. It is a very runny, liquid product that will sit into creases, as you can see on my hand. So I definitely advise to exfoliate and moisturize lips prior to it’s application. The balm on the other side, even though it has a beautiful colour in the bullet, the colour pay off is very sheer and almost clear but that is okay because a “balm” is not a lipstick so it is not supposed to have high pigment colour to it. Also it is a very soft balm.

The tint has superior staying powers to it. It is quite hard to take it off even with a make-up remover. During the day you would not really need to re-applicate because it does not come off even with drinking and eating. However, you definitely need to moisturize or put a gloss on top of it. It dries very quickly too so you need to be fast to blend it out. 

As I mentioned before this product is very runny and liquid, so the bad news is make sure the cap is tightly closed if you are planning to put it in your purse or make-up pouch. Unfortunately 양승부인 had a first hand experience with this product spilling everywhere. Unlike most of the tints I have seen, this one doesn’t really have a stopper(?) or blockage(?) to it which will cause it to spill. So when you open it make sure you put it straight safely on a flat surface. Another bad news is, the first time 양승부인 wanted to use the balm it broke because it is extremely soft. 

All in all this is a great tint but the balm is not. If you are looking for a very long lasting lip tint, this is it! However, I definitely do not recommend this to girls with very dry lips. If you do buy it though, make sure to exfoliate and moisturize your lips for a good looking stain on your lips! 

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HAUL: Lush, Kiehl's, Juicy Couture, Neiman Marcus, Victoria's Secret

Hello everyone! 

First of all happy 2013 to everyone that reads my blog. As 2012 ended and 2013 started all of the stores were having sales or specials. These are the stuff that I bought this month excluding clothing... For me to make a clothing haul would take me a while as the post would go on and on (: 

 

From Kiehl's I bought myself face moisturizer and cleanser. They were having a special so I bought the second moisturizer almost for free! From my previous posts I was talking about La Mer gel moisturizer and then The Face Shop facial essence, so how did I end up with Kiehl's? Well, while watching some old episodes of Get It Beauty I saw that they were raving about this moisturizer so I actually went in to the store to ask for samples that I can try for a week to see if it is any good for my skin. I was so surprised because it made my face very soft! I will have a full review on it soon.

Later I went in to Juicy Couture store and they were having a winter sale with extra 50% off from already discounted prices so I bought these blue ear muffs which you can also use as headphones simply by plugging it into your iPod. I also wanted to buy earrings for myself as I find Juicy Couture earrings very cute to wear especially drop like ones when you just put your hair in a bun they look very cute. Unfortunately they didn't have many options that were on sale. 

As I was running out of my favourite mascara, which is Dior BlackOut, I went to Neiman Marcus to buy that. You can definitely buy Dior mascara from other stores but I simply go to Neiman Marcus because the lady there always helps me out with whatever I need and we usually end up speaking French :P 

Last thing I bought was from Lush, again they were having a buy one get one free special! I originally went in to buy bath bombs but as they were having buy one get one free special for the gift boxes I bought those two gift boxes that you can see in the photo above. They include bubble gum lip scrub, rockstar soap, body wash, bath bomb and bubble bomb. And I got two just for the price of one so I am very happy. Also, the girls that were working in the store gave me a lot of samples for me to try (: 

Unfortunately I guess after some age you end up buying gifts but not receiving them so I didn't receive any gifts from anyone besides one of my good friend (I'm not sure if she would want me to give out her name here so I will call her 양승부인). She bought me this Victoria's Secret bath collection and lip products as gift and she also bought me the movie that I wanted to see so bad but never had a chance to see! 진짜 고마워 양승부인!!! 

Well that is it for this post. Soon I am planning about making video tutorials and reviews. I'm just trying to find nice setting with nice lighting. Also I will update my Etude House BB Cream review with better photos because I realized just showing it on my hand doesn't do any justice to that product! 

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REVIEW: Etude House Precious Mineral BB Cream All Day Strong #1

Hello! (: 

So today I will be talking about one of my absolute favourite product! Etude House Precious Mineral BB Cream All Day Strong in #1 Sheer Silky Skin. This product comes in #3 different shades which are not very different from each other but they differ with your skin type.

It has SPF 30 which is great to protect your skin from UV lights during the day.

When I got this product I didn't know that #1 was for oily skin type but I got it because it was the lightest shade (smart right? -_-). I have combination skin where only my nose area gets oily, my forehead are is very and the rest is just normal with a little sensitivity. But it worked great for my skin type! Also, I usually have trouble finding products for my skin colour because I'm very pale with both pink and olive undertones, if that makes any sense at all. But every product I use either looks very beige or very pink on me :( This BB cream matches perfectly!!

Etude House is a Korean brand and this BB creams advertisements were made with Sandara Park, who I love very much and I think she is beautiful! This product has a really nice, pleasant smell which is not very heavy... I can compare it to Chanel foundations actually because I find the smell very close to VitaLumiere which once I used. Also this product did not cause me to breakout or anything like that and usually my skin is not that great with products due to sensitivity.

It comes with a pump so all you have to do is to pump out the product out of the tube. Which is very sterile. 

I am a very lucky girl when it comes to skin because I don't have any blemishes or scars that I have to cover up aside from a little redness on my cheeks which happens because I blush easily. So this product is more of a light to medium coverage. If anyone out there with blemishes or acne scars wants to use it you will HAVE to use a concealer on top of it. With this BB cream I find it okay not to put powder on top if I want to have a dewy finish that day but at times I use translucent powder if I want more of a matte finish. Even so my skin looks very healthy still.

It looks very light on my hand but it matches perfectly with my face!

All in all, words can not describe how much I love this product and soon I will run out of it! It seems that PinkyParadise doesn't carry this anymore and I couldn't find it on any website that I can trust purchasing from.

Pros:

packaging (tube with pump)

great for combination skin types

pleasant smell

healthy, dewy finish

fair pricing
a little goes a long way!

Cons:

hard to find now (but there is a new range)

if you need heavy coverage it's not for you!
it's hard to get the amount you want with pump...

Thank you for reading my blog! If you know where I can get this BB cream again please comment down below! To go to Etude House website in Korean click here. If you want to visit the English website click here.