✿ December Favorites 2012

Hi ladies!! I'm sorry I haven't been posting lately but I had food poisoning until a few days ago. It took me a week to fully recover and it was awful! I thought I was going to die ^^;

Anyway, here I am with this month's beauty favorites post. I'm not really in the mood for making a video so I decided to post about it. I also decided to only make a blog post about my monthly favorites not a video. I've been using various skin care products the past month but most of them broke me out even though they worked well. So these are the things that worked well and didn't break me out ^^!

Essence Mask Hyaluronic Acid from Etude House: My skin type is normal with oily T-Line and dry patches... Yes... Dry patches appeared. My skin felt totally dry so I decided to use this for excess moisture.  These masks worked well. My T-line didn't get much oily either. I'm going to repurchase them as soon as I can ^^)

Collagen Eye Patch from Etude House: I love love those! I use them before I fall asleep and the area under my eyes look fresh and moisturised in the morning! I hope they make my fine lines disappear eventually. We shall see! These patches became essential for me. I highly recommend those!

Visibly clear Oil-free Moisturiser from Neutrogena: Moisturises, prevents acne and makes my skin look healthy. T-Line stays normal and moisturised. I've noticed the creams for oily skin gives that matte finish that doesn't look very healthy and moisturised in my opinion. I love this cream because it gives me a healthy moisturised skin without being oily nor totally matte. I think this moisturiser is here to stay!

Hand food Hand cream from Soap & Glory: The best hand cream ever. I had a HUGE problem with my hands. They were REALLY dry because of washing the dishes and stuff. This hand cream repaired them and it doesn't feel greasy on hands either. Also after my hands got back to normal that lasted a couple of days before I had to apply the cream again. Even after that my hands weren't totally dry. It's like the only reason I have to apply that cream is to maintain the moisture on my hands. A really good hand cream with nice smell^^) I've tried various hand creams and I think this one is the best!

High Beam from Benefit: Creamy, glossy highlighter from Benefit. I'm sure everybody knows about it. I like the glossy look so this highlighter have been my favorite this month. I also wore it yesterday on Christmas Day ^^

These have been the products I liked and worked well on my skin this month. I highly recommend them if your skin type is similar to mine of course. I hope you are having nice holidays! 

I liked the Hand Food cream from Soap & Glory so much that I've decided to giveaway a 50ml one to one of you! All you have to do is to be a follower via Google Friends Connect and leave a comment below. Any comment will do but it  has to do with this post. Not out of subject comments please! The Giveaway will end  on the 5th of January 2013! I'm going to announce the winner soon after that. Good luck!

Thank you for reading!

-Eva

The person who won the Soap & Glory hand cream is Arya  De Guzman!! Please comment here with your e-mail address or send me a private message via Google friends connect with your address! Thank you everybody for participating ^^)

New Etude House Missing U products 2012

A quick presentation of the new Etude House Missing U products! I want to try them all but I'll probably won't buy them all because there are so many <3

Hand Creams:

Lip Balms:

Lip Gel Patch:

Sheet Masks and Packs:

Stay tuned for more posts about the new Etude House products!

-Eva

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|Etude House| Happy Fresh Foam Witch Hazel Review

Happy to write this review like this Happy fresh foam! Hehe~!
Happy Fresh Foam comes in different variations for different skin types. Today I'm going to review the Witch Hazel one.

This facial cleanser is for Oily/Combination with Black Heads! There is another version of this for just oily/combo skin type called White Clay. I  have huge pore problem on my face so I went for Witch Hazel.

This product is amazing! I use it every morning. It deep cleanses my face and especially pores. I wouldn't say it's good for removing makeup though. Every time I use it my pores get cleaned but get clogged up after a couple of minutes. This foam cleanser has helped my pores to become smaller. I believe that if I keep using it I would be able to get rid of my pores eventually. I use the Wonder Pore Freshner as a toner after I wash my face with this one.

The 30% on the front means that is formulated with 10% sebum absorbers and 20% moisturizers. I'm not sure why they combined it to 30% though  lol.

Directions as listed on the product: Wet face. Squeeze small amount into palm and rub hands together to form lather. Massage over face avoiding the eye area, then rinse thoroughly.

It only takes a small amount of the product because it seems like it's compressed paste that turns into foam with water and rubbing. So it's a great value, it's going to last me for a long time in my opinion. I have tried with bigger amount of the cleanser and my skin felt a little irritated. Just a little bit is enough.

Something I must not forget to write here is... it contains a few micro beads like the ones you find in peelings! So yay for the light peel while cleansing! I'm super happy about this feature. I think it really makes a difference! They are spread here and there so they are not hard on your skin. Please note that this cleanser is very strong like the Baking Powder foam cleanser by Etude House. Not sure if it's suitable for sensitive skin!

They wrote the ingredients in English! No parabens! I think those micro peeling beads are the Myristic Acid. Not sure though! Stearic Acid - something a lot of cleansers have - helps with deep cleansing the pores. I can't analyze every single ingredient but Sodium Benzoate is the Preservative instead of parabens. Methylaparaben and other ingredients that end with -paraben are known to cause breast cancer and I wouldn't recommend products with that ingredient to any body. Sodium Benzoate is something that Etude put in this product instead of  -Parabens! If you see any "bad" chemical in it feel free to point it out.

The variations of the Happy Fresh Foam cleanser: (what they are used for is based on research done by me)
[Update] Taken from The Certified Latebloomer Post :

• Essential Collagen (Firming, smoothing and moisturizing)
• Essential Hyaluronic Acid (Holding moisture, Anti-wrinkle and Anti-aging) 40% Moisturizers
• Essential Vitamin C (Brightening, Vitamin C, exfoliates and softens)
• Fresh Witch Hazel (Pore Astringent and 10% Sebum absorption)
• Fresh White Clay (Oil Control and 10% Sebum absorption)

I hope the above helped you to choose which of the cleanser is suitable for you because it's a bit unclear since there is nothing written in the description of the online shops I came across. They don't tell you which one is for what. The above are based on research done by me.

There are so many variations of this product that's impossible for someone not to find one or more cleansers suitable for them. For example I use two different cleansers daily. One for my oil and pores and one for acne and oil! My skin is always busy!

I will definitely repurchase and there is nothing wrong with this product in my opinion. It works great for my skin!

Please don't hesitate to ask any questions, Thank you for reading!

|Etude House| Be Clear Moisturizer Review

Be Clear Moisturizer Review

A cream moisturizer that brightens up and evens up your skin tone. Yes? Yes!

Hi guys I'm sooo excited to write this review. The last four weeks I have been using this moisturizer non-stop everyday and I have been loving it! At first I was hesitating because most of the products that are for skin whitening they make your face look like you have a white tint all over it. But this one just makes your skin look brighter and goes down half a shade in my opinion. It takes a couple of minutes before it really makes your skin look brighter. But it really does what it say at least for me. Also it makes your skintone even with no red parts over time. So even if I wash  my face or don't apply it on for a day my skin will continue to look nice and bright. But once per day application is essential I think.

It's the third step of the Be Clear line. The steps are:

1. Be Clear Cleansing Foam
2. Be Clear Skin Toner
3. Be Clear Moisturizer

I never used the cleansing foam and the skin toner. I always mix and match skin care products. My face has so many different needs. I need something for the red parts, black heads (huge pores), oil and moisture.

It has SPF 30 an essential feature for products you use in the morning. So you can use it as a sunblock lotion as well. And you can apply it before foundation that hasn't got any SPF and still be covered.

The scent it's not bold. Which I love. But it's floral. I'm not good with the smells though!

Directions: After washing the face in the morning , dispense onto hands and apply to facial surface by gently massaging into skin.

Ingredients on the image above. No parabens! Which I LOVE! Oil free! But it has alcohol which personally I don't mind. Glycerin helps the skin to lock moisture. Please note I don't have sensitive skin. This product doesn't cause me break outs.

Preview on my face!

I have been using this cream almost every day. So the before photo is not exactly before I ever used it. It has made some changes on my face since I started using it. But you can still see big difference on the After photo. The After photo was taken a few minutes after the application.

Does it really moisture your skin? Yes it does. But you still need to have a second moisturizer for your night skin care routine. I ran out of mine so I'm thinking of ordering the Moistfull Flower Cream by Etude House. Which I tried and loved.

Would you repurchase this product? Certainly yes! 

Things I love about this product:

• It brightens up my skin
• It evens up my skintone
• Has SPF 30
• Moisturizes

Things I'm not very happy about:

• It doesn't slide much while massaging (if that makes any sense)
• The scent is not my favorite

Sooo Thank you very much for reading and I'm hoping to see your thoughts in the comments below!

-Eva

Where to buy the Be Clear Moisturizer by Etude House Click Here!

-- Not sponsored, products bought myself--