1/1/14

REVIEW : Etude House's Any Cushion (+ XOXO Minnie Case)

It's seems like a YEAR since I last posted. Literally.

Happy New Year, Everyone! :D

I felt like I've been slacking off and did absolutely nothing during year end. I went to seoul for a couple of days to watch F(x) and EXO's Christmas Wonderland concert~! I've actually wrote a lot in my 'dayre'! And I'm absolutely planning to write all stuffs related to my daily life there because it's so much easier to blog and write on the go.

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so, to the review! 


I know this is not anyway a new product, and I've seen in a lot of post about this product and a lot of bloggers recommend this for oily/combination skin. As an oily skin-ers(?) I was always wanted to try this! 

Finally, I bought this in December. The case was KRW 10.000 and the refill also retail for KRW 10.000. My shade is W24 Honey Beige. Remember, the XOXO Minnie case didn't come with a refill, so you have to buy the refill separately! D:

And I bought it on the store!






There's nothing special about the case, it looks the same with other brand's cushion base. I still remember the first time I saw the XOXO Minnie Collection and I was completely disappointed because it looks really cheap in real life. Like the prints are so cheap looking and made. 

But I chose the XOXO Minnie case anyway just to make it different from my other pacts. I love the fact that the case come with a full mirror








On the packaging it stated : 

"This cushion pact perfects all-day radiant and moist skin with its multi-function of brightening, wrinkle-reducing, sebum control, and flawless coverage"

For my Seoul trip, I only brought these with me! :D and this product remind me a lot with my IOPE Air Cushion, their scents are almost the same! 

ABOVE without flash BELOW with flash

LEFT before application RIGHT after application

Compact & travel friendly - This cushion pact is designed to be compact so that the user can touch-up anywhere, anytime (thus, the any-cushion). And during my Seoul trip, I find it to be supper fuzz free, because I can always apply it anywhere without having to bring a buffing brush with me. 

Great coverage - You can see from the swatch above that it successfully covers my blemishes. It cut me sometime for concealer! 

Nice scent!

Light application - felt light on the skin! 


Not really great lasting power - Even though it has a great coverage, my blemishes start to show again around 1-2 hours from first application.

Few shade selection - It seems that this is a universal problem with all Korean brand products. But the darkest shade is actually somewhat a little bit too light for me D: That's just too much! (I'm NW 25-30 btw) 



Overall, I think this is a great product for it's price range. It's a good budget choice for a cushion pact! Because good cushion pacts like IOPE and Laneige could cost more than $40! 

I still need to use primer and finishing powder too, the finish is more to half matte rather than a total matte, even after the "no-sebum" statement.

If I have to choose between the IOPE air cushion and the Any-cushion, I will still choose the IOPE though. And I did a comparison between the two, the result was IOPE air cushion (cover) still gave more matte finish than the any-cushion.


I hope my review helps!
Have a great holiday everyone!!

and yes, I cut my hait! :D

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12/22/13

REVIEW : KATE Rouge HG

Hello Fellas! Today I'm going to review a product that I got in my Memebox.


It's Kate Rouge HG!


Before you're confused, I'll explain. No, the box didn't come with 2 lipsticks, and YES I BOUGHT ANOTHER BOX. Call me crazy, but I love the BB cream so much, I take the risk and bought another box!

Luckily, the lipstick that I got is in different color!



"KATE" is a second label to a Japanese brand "Kanebo" and I think it just recently got into the Korean beauty market. I never see them before until around 2-3 months ago. If you live in Korea, you can get these in Olive Young! In Korea it retails for KRW 18.000. Comes in 15 shades selection.



I got the RS-9 (Rosy Pink) and PK-22 (vivid pink) shade. I got this for random, though I probably will love whatever I got from the box because all the colors are so pretty!

 LEFT RS-9 RIGHT PK-22 

 UP RS-9 BOTTOM PK-22 

    LEFT PK-22 RIGHT RS-9

This item is actually one of the reason I want to buy another memebox. I love this lipstick! 

Nice Packaging. The packaging is simple, so sleek and it's a stiff rectangle! So my style! 

Non-sticky, No Scent. 

Great Texture! It's glides so smoothly and it's not the type of lipstick that it's so creamy it's going to break anytime. It's like, creamy but hard? :D I found that this lipstick's texture is very similar to Revlon's Lip Butters, with less pigmentation and shimmer. 


Sheer Pigmentation. The color payoff is not that great, I know this is a sheer liptstick, but even after layering so many times, the color can't be build. I would love it if I could build the color up if I want too, but sadly it's not happening. That also means the shades look similar to each other


Overall, this lipstick is a very good lipstick, especially for daily and natural no makeup-makeup look. Most of the shades are the MLBB (My Lips But Better) shades. For KRW 18.000 per stick, this is definitely not a cheap lipstick. But I'm pretty sure one stick can last for a long time. 

I love these! But I don't think I could afford another one without any sale or discounts D:
Kate might be my new Japanese brand favorite :p

PK-22 

RS-9. The color is not really obvious, but I prefer this one to the PK-22 :D



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12/18/13

Unboxing Memebox!

Hello! Today I'm going to do my FIRST EVER *drumroll please*


BEAUTY BOX! from Memebox, the Colorful Edition with Pony's Beauty Diary!


This is my first ever beautybox, like ever. Recently the trend of 'Beauty Box' is almost everywhere and it's also reaching Korea. Memebox already been around for a while now, but none of its box makes me want to buy it, EXCEPT for this one!



There are 6 items in total, 5 of them are in full size, and only 1 item that came in sample size. I see this as a very good deal! This box cost KRW 22.500, and I'll guarantee you'll be shocked at the items normal prices!!





OK to the items + prices :

1. Bobbi Brown Smoky Eye Mascara (Sample)
1.5 ml (full size 7ml)


2. Art Deco Eyeshadow (@ 10.000) full size


3. Catrin Diamond Mineral Foundation in #21 (@ KRW 60.000!!) full size 3g


4. Tony Moly Crystal Blusher #12 Pink Heart (@ KRW 5.000) full size 6g


5. Kate Mineral BB Gel Cream in OC-D (@ KRW 24.000) full size 30g
This come in options, BB creams, foundations or primers. My initial choice was the foundation, but the BB cream turned out the perfect shade for me! 


6. Kate HG lipstick (@ KRW 19.000) full size 2.4g - I got in color PK 22!


Lemme do the math for you :

(Eyeshadow) KRW 10.000
(Powder) KRW 60.000
(Blusher) KRW 5.000
(BB Cream) KRW 24.000
(Lipstick) KRW 19.000

A Total of whooping KRW 118.000 and I only pay for KRW 22.500!!! (I don't even include the small size mascara..)

It makes me wonder, does the normal prices are too much? Does the prices really resembling the product quality? Especially the KRW 60.000 powder O_O

Anyway, I LOVE this box so much (I might already ordered another one)
and I'll review some items too for the next post!



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