The Face Shop Aqua Drop Pack~ 더페이스샵 아쿠아 드롭 슬리핑 팩 후기/리뷰

Hello everyone! 

As promised I started writing reviews for most of the products I have showed in previous haul posts. 

Todays item is The Face Shop Aqua Drop Pack sleeping mask.

Before I received a sample of this product I didn’t know that such thing as sleeping mask existed. Last year when I bought a bunch of stuff in The Face Shop store they were kind enough to give me a bunch of samples and she gave me quite a lot of this sleeping mask because I was suffering from dry skin at the time. This sleeping mask is especially for moisturizing and baby like soft skin. I used my samples and fell in love with this product so I went to buy the full size of the product which comes in a huge tube which I don’t think I will run out of in a while.

The consistency of this products is very gel and water like. At least that’s what it feels like to me. It has a extremely pleasant smell which is great to fall asleep to. It is very fresh and clean like smell and not overwhelming at all.

Because it has quite a runny consistency to it, it is very easy to blend and spread on to skin and the amount you see on my hand would be enough for the entire face.

When you spread it on to skin it looks very shiny and dewy and feels just a little bit sticky but since it is a sleeping mask I do not mind the stickiness. Also that stickiness is good to lock up the moisture into your skin and have the skin get all the benefits from the product. It never really completely dries on the skin so you may have some rub on to your pillow cover so keep that in mind and don’t complain because it is a sleeping mask! 

In the morning when you wake up you seriously do have a very soft and supple baby like skin. Your skin feels elastic and soft and very moisturized. Now the only con of this product is that I do not recommend it to people with very oily skin because all the moisture content in the mask might make you more oily and shiny (I don’t mean good shiny but oily shiny) but people with combination skin and dry skin should definitely try this. 

You definitely see the change in skins texture even after one use and in long term use it makes the skin feel great. I personally use it once a week and it makes my skin feel great and smooth. 

I haven’t seen it on online shops but I have seen this product in all of The Face Shop stores I’ve been to. So if you have a store nearby you can get your hands on this product easily. 

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[REVIEW] Dior Rosy Glow Blush

Hello again! Today’s post is on a perfect pink blush for every season! 

I’m a pretty pale skinned person especially during winter I tend to be a lot more paler then I already am. I don’t look as pale as I say I am in my photos because my bedroom has red walls which somehow makes my skin look dark in photos. Well, most of the time I need colour in my cheeks or my lips to look fresh and alive~ I usually choose to wear colour on my cheeks rather than my lips though. If you are a pale person you would know that it’s hard to find a blush that will give you a perfect natural flush. However, I can say that I have found the perfect natural looking everyday blush for myself. It is the Dior Rosy Glow blush. 

This is what the colour looks like. It is a very soft pink that is great for everyday use because it looks very natural. 

It has very pretty Dior engraving on it which makes me not want to use it. 

The special thing about this blush is the colour changes on every individuals skin differently to match them perfectly. Dior explains this as “Rosy Glow adjust to moisture of each skin to make the cheeks blush with delight.” Another very special thing about this blush is, it smells like roses! It is not a overwhelming smell but rather it is a very fresh smell of roses and you can still smell it a bit after putting it on your cheeks however it does disappear after some time. 

It is a luxury and high-end product but it looks amazing on my skin and gives me a fresh and healthy look like it says on the package. Even though it is a powder product it still blends perfectly with the skin and looks natural. Usually with other powder blushes (ie. MAC Blushes) I usually spend a good time to blend my blush to make it look natural and less overwhelming because especially these kind of colours would have a chalky look to them. I always like to keep my make-up very natural and doll like so if you are someone who likes that kind of look too I definitely recommend you to check this blush out. When you go to check it out in the store the colour of the blush will most likely look extremely pale and different than my photos but that is because they are out in the open and not in a compact which makes the blush change colour according to moisture level of the air. 

All in all, if you want to buy a blush that matches you perfectly do go and check this one out. It is a great colour for every type of skin colour out there and honestly I believe this would look amazing on especially very dark skinned people! :)

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[REVIEW] Geo Grang Grang Choco

Hello everyone! Today’s post is about GEO Grang Grang Choco circle lens that I purchased from Eyecandys.com ! Check out the photos below of the packaging (which is very cute) and the lenses itself. 

Grang Grang lenses come in two different sizes. This one I own is 14.2mm and the other one is called Big Grang Grang which is 14.5mm.

The lens vials have every info about the lenses. I recommend everyone to especially check the expiration date that is written as I am sure nobody would like to put expired lenses in their eyes.

GEO lenses always come with authenticity stickers on them. Please check the code on their website to make sure it is a genuine product.

This is what the colour and the pattern of the lenses look like. It has a dark brown ring around it and a light brown gradation towards the pupils. 

Overall : 

Pattern/Desing - The pattern is very natural looking one from normal/close distance. The gradation of dark brown and light brown is done very well done and natural looking. 

Colour- My eye colour is naturally very dark brown. If I am not looking at a direct natural light it tends to look almost black but these lenses give my eyes a very natural lighter brown colour around the center. And the dark brown ring enlarges my eye without looking fake. 

Enlargement - The diameter that is written on the vial is 14.2mm and I think it slightly looks a little bigger than 14.2mm I prefer this type of enlargement rather than the max pure grey because this is more natural and ulzzang like. 

Comfort - The first time I wore them it didn’t feel as comfortable as my max pure grey lenses but the second time it was very comfortable. After a while I even had to ask my friend if lenses were still in my eyes. However, after 4-5 hours I do feel a little dryness and I get redness just a little bit so I recommend using eye drops if you are planning to wear longer than 4 hours. 

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[HAUL] Korean and Japanese Beauty Products

Hello everyone! 

Today’s post is a haul post. I purchased everything myself in the store. Some of them are gifts for my mother and my friend (양승부인). Usually when I go shopping for cosmetics I tend to buy more than I need so now I started buying skincare products more than I need because I decided I would use up my cosmetics before I purchase any new ones. Not including my eyeliner and mascara because I always buy new ones every 3-4 months. Enough with the rambling and here is my haul!

Usually when I go to Mitsuwa they are always out of stock of the Dolly Wink eyeliner and I am very impatient to wait for my online orders so when I saw they had them in stock I bought 2 for myself and 1 for my friend. I also bought two boxes of my trustworthy Hadanomy collagen face masks and a box of a brand I have never tried before. If you have ever used it let me know what you think about it. I also bought a set of Essential Nuance Airy. Now that I have my virgin hair back the volume in the roots are gone so I thought I would give this a try!

Then I went to The Face Shop and bought more face masks because I use a lot of masks and while I was in the store they were having a special sale event so I bought a lot of new things to try too. Especially the new smart capsule CC cream. I have used it once already but I want to use it few more times to write a review about it. 

I bought anti-wrinkle and anti-aging skincare products for my mother to use. The girl that was working in the store praised this collection a lot so even though my mother uses very high end products I bought this for her to try. I also bought another CC cream for my friend. They also gave me two neck creams for price of one so I gave one to my mother. She also gave me travel size kind of samples of other anti-aging and anti-wrinkle for my mother.

They gave me a bunch of samples and these are just few them. I can actually say they gave me a box full of samples of all different products. They also gave full sizes of Aqua Jelly face and body mist and a mousse facial cleanser and few more masks but I forgot to take photos of them.  

This is all for now! When I stop being so lazy (SORRY!) I will write bunch of reviews and comparisons! 양승부인 is actually pushing me to make videos and tutorials too but I don’t feel too comfortable show my face yet! My next post will be another circle lens review but this time a more natural one ;) . Be ready! 

Thank you for reading such a long blog post. I really am trying to make my posts more simple but I just can’t stop myself from writing! 

-Livia

[REVIEW] G&G Max Pure Grey

Hello! Today’s review is about circle lenses which I wore for a while and fell in love with! First of all let me say this, I’m not a everyday contact lens user and before max pure grey I never used any circle lenses. 

Most of the people say for first circle lenses you shouldn’t order ones with very big diameter because your eyes may not get used to them. I’m not a very great advice listener so my first circle lens order was max pure grey which has a 14.5 mm diameter with 15mm effect. These lenses has a dark grey ring around them with thin grey lines going towards inside. It has a very natural gradient to it. They also have a duration of 1 year depending on how you use and take care of them.

I ordered this pair from PinkyParadise and they sent it with a very cute animal shaped contact lens case. You can read my review about pinkyparadise here.

When I first wore them I didn’t have any make up on so I thought “Woah! My eyes look extremely huge!”. I didn’t think I would actually be able to wear these. But after I put make up on my eyes the lenses actually looked very nice. Made my eyes look shiny and big and not too unnatural. I have very dark brown eyes almost black so the grey gradient on the lenses gave my eyes a nice shiny gradient colour. The first time I wore them even though I have sensitive eyes and lenses diameter was big they didn’t feel uncomfortable actually after a while I didn’t even feel them in my eyes. They did not move around and made my vision blurry which I was actually scared of happening.

As you can see in the photo it makes my eye look huge! I’m also raising my eyebrows to make my hooded lids to look big :P You can also see a little redness in my eyes. I took the photo after wearing it for about 4 hours. I got the redness after wearing it for 4 hours and for circle lenses they say not to wear it for more than 6 hours so I think it’s fair I got that little redness and let me remind you my eyes were definitely not used to wearing circle lenses at the time. After wearing them for few times, my eyes got used to it and I can wear them for about 6 hours without getting any redness or discomfort in my eyes. So these lenses are very comfortable even for first time circle lens users. They give you the ulzzang effect for sure. I think Hong Young Gi’s lenses look very similar to these ones actually. I wish I could provide better photos but the expiration date has passed on these lenses and I already threw them away so this is all I have for now but if I happen to find better photos in my computer I will definitely update this post with them (: I’m also wearing them in my profile photo! 

Overall:

Design/ Pattern: 5/5

Soft pattern with nice gradation and not too pixelated. From a distance it blends in naturally but upclose you can see the pattern.

Colour: 3/5

Dark grey with gradation, when worn on dark brown eyes the colour looks natural from a distance but upclose you can see the thin grey lines which looks very pretty. With flash photography the grey shows up really well but in natural lighting it’s blended with your natural eye colour.

Enlargement: 5/5

The description for these lenses and even the package says they are 14.5mm but they have 15mm effect! Definitely looks bigger than 14.5mm.

Comfort: 4/5 

Very comfortable even for a first time circle lens user. Might need eyedrops after 4-5 hours.

My next post will be about Korean and Japanese Make Up Haul but I’m still debating whether I should make a video of it or a blog post or maybe both? Well we’ll see! Thank you for reading my blog!

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: Hadanomy Collagen Face Mask

After too much praising for My Beauty Diary mask I have to talk about my favourite mask among all the other ones! It is the Hadanomy face mask. I first heard of this mask in ekiBlog (click on the link to see her review on the entire Hadanomy collection!). Her blog is one my favourite blogs that I follow, even though her review for the mask was so-so I still wanted to try it out because, I am more of a face mask person rather than tons of lotions, essences, serums and etc. 

My first thought on this mask was "Why is it so expensive~ ?" It comes in a pack of 4 and compared to My Beauty Diary face masks that comes in a pack of 10 almost for the same price, at the time I found it as a nonsense. But(!), I was wrong there is a reason for that price difference! 

 First time I used this mask I fell in love with it even though as it is mentioned in ekiBlog the design is kind of difficult to work. The mask has a jelly formula and 250mg of collagen in it. Now, I'm a very young person so I am not suffering from wrinkles or visible small lines but you still need to prevent those! This is definitely my favourite face mask right now and it is very easy for me to get a hold of it because it's sold in my local market! They have it for cheaper on www.sasa.com but if I were to pay shipping costs it would be the same price as my local market sells. I have already finished two packs of this mask and even with all the other ones I own I am planning to go and buy one more pack! 
Every time I use this mask on my face I always feel my skin feel hydrated, soft and very strong if that even makes sense to you. Best way for me to explain that would be that my skins gets plump and literally soft and elastic like a baby skin. I rarely have a breakout, I am glad I have good genes when it comes to skin but, a week after I came to the tropic place I keep mentioning my skin broke out very bad :( So I stopped using anything on my face no makeup, no skin products, nothing! I only washed my face but then one night I put this mask on and believe it or not but it really helped me with the breakouts especially on my forehead. The dry bumps (they were not pimples, acne or anything I still don't know what it was) disappeared in the morning. I don't know if it was because of the mask but I believe it was because my skin felt great in the morning! I highly(!) recommend this mask to anyone that has combination skin. I will be honest though if you have very oily skin I would not recommend this to you as it may leave you on the oily and shiny side a lot more than you already are... 
I shall post a before and after picture in the upcoming blog entries or just as a update on this entry. Look forward to it please! 

Pros:

Moisturizing 

Great smell 

More product left in package

Elastic and strong skin

Bright and glowing skin

Cons:

Design is hard to figure out at first. 

Feels sticky after taking it off

HAUL: Lush and The Face Shop

Hello everyone! 

I haven't made any posts lately and the reason for that is I came to visit my parents and before I did that(!) I went to some of my favourite stores to stock up on things that I may need while I am visiting them since it will be long visit! 

First I went to The Face Shop, I bought a lot of face masks! Not just face masks though I also bought hand and feet mask, which I haven't tried yet and can not wait to try! I also bought a BB Cream and essence for my face. While I was in the shop, because I am running out of my Etude House Precious Mineral BB Cream I thought I would buy a back-up. While there I asked one of the girls which one I should get, she was very helpful and chose aqua tinted for me. I am glad she did because where I am right now is a very tropical place and it is very hot combined with humidity (now I know why I was so sure about leaving this city). I will be doing a review on this BB Cream and comparison with my other one! Last thing I bought from The Face Shop was the face essence, for a while now I was using La Mer moisturizing gel but I ran out of it and with everything going on I did not want to go and pay all that money for it but I knew I had to get something for my face so I gave The Face Shop a try. The girl in the shop told me that this Eco-Therapy series was their best seller and I chose to try the essence since I do not like to use anything too heavy on my face. The girl that was working in the store was so nice she gave me couple free face masks, UV protection cream and few more stuff. I will be making review posts on these products at the end of the month since I actually want to have better idea for all. Moving on!

I went to the Lush store to buy bath bombs for myself as I am a person who likes to take long hot baths. I ended up buying two bath bombs (Butterball and a green apple one, sorry I can not remember the name), Volcano foot mask (it is not in the photo because it was for my mother), bath bubble bar in Green (that is the name for that). Even though I did not buy much they gave me two sample size Sultana and one sample size Honey, I Washed The Kids. I think I will fall in love with Sultana because it has a great moisturizing feeling to it even when you just touch it. 

I feel and know that I have talked too much so I will end this blog post here. Hopefully now that I have more time in my hand I will be making tutorials and review posts! Please expect them (: 

TUTORIAL: Chocolate Drip Nails

Helloooo, helloooo, hellooo!! :) 
I know summer is already over but I came to visit my parents and wow this place is so tropical it makes me want to nom~ on ice creams all the time! Long time ago I saw Hikari's nails in a photo and I thought it looked so cool I had to try it and what's better than having ice cream nails with chocolate dripping on them?! 

These are Hikari's nails. (Photo is taken from her blog)

Watch the video below to learn how to get nails like these! Please be nice to me since this is my first video ever! And I'm sorry about the position and the focusing! It will be better once I get used to it (: 

The end product photo is old when I first did it on my short nails! I forgot to take new photos because I usually always have dark red nail polish on and I took these off after I was done recording! Boo-hoo...

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I will have a new blog post about my new The Face Shop haul and reviews of the products from my old haul post!

♥♥ The Face Shop Haul! ♥♥

Hello to whoever is reading this! (: 

So recently I went to The Face Shop store in order to get myself a facial cleanser since I used up all mine. But(!), whenever I go there I end up buying more stuff because I love everything I get from The Face Shop. The price is reasonable, products are great and you get to see Kim Hyun Joong's face everywhere~ 

Sorry about the bad lighting :( I really wanted to take photos of the products before I used them!
From L - R:
Self Steam Hair Pack, Bubble Net, ChangPo Hair Essence, Lovely Me: EX Lip Stain, Pearl Face Mask, Herb Day Cleansing Foam

This time when I went there, I initially wanted to get Herb Day Cleansing Foam facial cleanser with peach only. It is for all skin types but as description tag under it said it is for "moisturized and glowing skin". 

Of course I ended up getting more stuff. As I have talked about in my previous post I have overly processed hair on the tips so I bought the hair pack and the essence. Later for my skin I bought the foaming cleanser and recently I saw on DanceandMelodee's (check out her channel she has great tips for good skin) skin care video that she uses a bubble net for her cleanser so when I saw one in The Face Shop I immediately added it in my shopping bag! I also bought a mask since I'm running out of my other ones (expect a face mask review for different brands soon!☺) 

And last but not least I bought a lip stain. After watching too many dramas I realized that most of the actresses always has this tint in the middle of their lips that looks very nice so let's say I got jealous and wanted to go for that look! That is it for now I will do a review on each product soon and the promised ice cream nail tutorial. 

Thank you for reading... 

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.

Pinky Paradise Review

Pinky Paradise! I even love the name of this website! They carry a lot of great stuff. This is a very late post but months ago I ordered several things from Pinky Paradise for the first time. Of course I was sort of scared ordering them as you don't know if you will get authentic things or even if you will get them or not?! They had a promotion for express free shipping at the time depending on how much you spend. 

This FedEx envelope was inside another FedEx envelope for which I believe the safety of the items.

The items were sent in a FedEx bubble envelope which was again inside a FedEx bubble envelope. The shipment for me was free and it was express shipping. My order came over to my place only after couple days that my order was processed. In case if you are wondering my order was processed the day I ordered my items.

They had the Etude House BB Cream wrapped in a soft bubble wrap. They sent the contact lens cases and hair holder as a gift which I believe is very nice of them!

Pinky Paradise staff was very friendly. Before I ordered my contact lenses I asked them a lot of questions and they patiently answered all of them as soon as they could! There were these specific contacts that I was looking for at the time, which I saw on a celebrity and they even helped me figure out which contact lens is the most similar to that one.

They had the contact lenses that I ordered wrapped in soft bubble wrap so the  glass vials were safe from damage! They also sent the eye masks as a gift too (: 

 I am very happy with my order from them. The shipping was very fast and not just that but the items I received are great and I am happy with every single of them. So, if you are looking for some Asian cosmetics (which is hard to get a hold of outside of Asia) and circle lenses that are authentic, you definitely need to check out their website. Click here to go to Pinky Paradise's website!