Review: TonyMoly Pikachu Honey Moisture Cream

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Today I'm going to be talking about the TonyMoly Pikachu Honey Moisture Cream! Just like all the other Pikachu products, I definitely bought this because it has a Pikachu on the front. I chose the Honey Cream over the other options because my skin seems to quite like honey products.

First Impression: Tony Moly The Oriental Gyeol Cream

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Today I'm going to be talking about the Tony Moly The Oriental Gyeol Cream! I previously talked about the night cream version of this cream which I didn't particularly like, so I was interested to see if the regular version worked better for my skin! I could only find one description of the product which is uh, interesting.

What Does It Do?

"For beautiful skin texture: Moisturizing Firming and lustre. Salivary gland of leech: Improves unhealthy complexion. Sucks out bad blood. Cheongyeoul Boyundan: Anti-heat aging. Soothes facial redness and flushing. Onggi fermentation process for 24 months (more potent formulation) Deer Antler Collagen water and 12 medicinal herbs for skin nourishment and moisturization. Suitable for: Dry skin Facial flushing Dull and crumbly skin thin skin layer Skin problems at menopause Wrinkles Sensitive skin

How to use
Apply an appropriate amount to the skin around the eyes and spread thinly. Pat gently for better absorption."(1)

Provided for Review: Beenigma All In One Cream

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Today I'm going to be talking about the Beenigma All In One Cream! This cream was kindly sent to me for review by Beenigma, and I was really interested in the product because it contains Bee Venom which is an ingredient that I've never used before, but also Manuka Honey which I know that my skin loves. It's a product that's made in my home country of New Zealand too, so that's even better!

Fail or Holy Grail Review: Banila Co Miss Flower and Mr Honey Cream

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Today I'm going to be talking about the Banila Co Miss Flower and Mr Honey Cream! As soon as I opened this jar I was half way in love with it due to the smell and the name, after a month of use I am 100% in love with it!

First Impression: Xaivita Goat Milk Skincare

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Today I'm going to be talking about the Xaivita Goat Milk Essence and Cream! These little sample sachets came with a purchase I made recently, and since I have never tried anything from Xaivita I was very excited to try the Whitening Essence and Cream!

What Does It Do?

Goat Milk Whitening Essence
"The goat milk with abundant moisturizing element creates the moisture protective film and provide plentiful moisture and nutrients to the skin.

At the same time, it protects the skin from fine dust or yellow dust.

Moreover, it is an anti-wrinkle essence that creates elastic skin around areas that need special wrinkle treatment through anti-wrinkle functional components.

Also, it is an essence of no artificial additive system that it is safe to use because it does not contain any harmful ingredients to the skin."(1)

First Impression: Nature Republic Aqua Super Aqua Max Combination Watery Cream

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Today I'm going to be talking about the Nature Republic Aqua Super Aqua Max Combination Watery Cream. I had one sample sachet of this cream, and thought I would at least get two to three uses out of it, but I only got one use! Such a small sachet!

What Does It Do?

"Aqua Sherbet Network System protects skin from the external environment by forming a moisture film over skin. Hyaluronic acid, a plant-derived moisture factor, keeps skin moisturized by continuously maintaining moisture in combination skin for long hours.

 
HOW TO USE : At the last step of skin care, apply an appropriate amount to the entire face, and gently pat for absorption."(1)

Fail or Holy Grail Review: Skinfood Grape Seed Oil Wrinkle Neck Cream

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Today I'm going to be talking about the Skinfood Grape Seed Oil Wrinkle Neck Cream! This looks like such a fun looking skincare item, but in reality it's not a very effective one.

Provided for Review: J:Dew Green Moist Emulsion and Cream

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Today I'm going to be talking about the last two products from the Green Moist Skincare Line!

I really love the packaging from this line, it's so elegant but still so natural looking with the green and brown tones!

Review: Mizon Multi Function Formula Snail Repair Intensive Ampoule and All In One Cream

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Today I'm going to be talking about the Mizon Multi Function Formula Snail Repair Intensive Ampoule and All In One Cream! These came as a bulk buy for me, though I was really looking for a replacement for the Mizon Snail Recovery Repair Cream.

First Impression: It’s Skin Prestige Crème Ginseng D’Escargot

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Today I'm going to be talking about the It’s Skin Prestige Crème Ginseng D’Escargot! I chose to use this sample because my skin is quite dehydrated after having minor surgery, and it needs a bit of love!

What Does It Do?

"It’s Skin Prestige Creme Ginseng D'escargot features an exclusive MUCIN and SAPONIN extract that deeply hydrates and protects the skin. It has an outstanding skin regeneration effect of mucin from snail of feeding red ginseng and strengthen the skin by red ginseng ingredients, to repair damaged skin and enhance skin’s metabolism. Hence, skin elasticity is enhanced and flawless skin is revealed.

Multiple Effects: Lightens Spots: It contains high concentrations of snail mucus which has amazing repair effect, effectively repel acne, scars and pigmentation by destroying melanin on the surface of skin, makes skin feel luxuriously soft and look radiant. Also helps treat minor cuts, bruises, and blemishes.

Moisturizing & Hydrating: To lock in moisture for 24 hours, helping to maintain skin's moisture balance and keep it hydrated over time, leaving skin moist and supple.

Firming & Anti-Wrinkle: Increase skin cell regeneration by stimulate EGF (Epidermal Growth Factor), repairing damaged skin and prevent wrinkles and sagging skin. Also stimulate cell renewal and reduce wrinkles while softening skin."(1)

First Impression: Etude House Moistful Super Collagen Special Skin Care Set

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Today I'm going to be talking about the Etude House Moistfull Super Collagen Special Skin Care Set! I was given this as a free gift with purchase in Taipei, and was interested to try the new Moistfull Collagen since I tried a set 2 years ago! ^ ^

 

What Does It Do?

"The small particles of the super collagen water and Baobab water  in the Moistfull Collagen skin kit endlessly provide moisture and leave your skin feeling bouncy like jelly."(1)

First Impression: Mizon Intensive Firming Solution Collagen Power Firming Enriched Cream

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Today I'm going to be talking about the Mizon Intensive Firming Solution Collagen Power Firming Enriched Cream! I'm always so curious about Mizon products, but why do they always have to have such a long name!?

What Does It Do?

"Mizon Intensive Firming Solution Collagen Power Firming Enriched Cream is infused with rich collagen extract for the ultimate firming effect. Containing 54% of collagen solution gives a superior skin firming effect while delivering deep hydration. Adenosine helps to improve skin elasticity effectively. It actively boosts the production of collagen to plump out skin and increases elasticity to prevent fine lines. This cream also delivers deep hydration throughout the skin for a smooth and soft finish. The copper tree Peptide-1 and palmitoyl pentapeptide-4 regenerate damaged skin tissues, creating a synergy effects of skin firming with 54% of Collaen and hyaluronic acid. Also olive oil, camellia flower oil and evening primrose oil leave skin moisturized all day long. No Paraben, Ethanol, Benzophenone, artificial coloring, or artificial fragrance contained."(1)

Provided for Review: Klairs Midnight Blue Calming Cream

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Today I'm going to be talking about the Klairs Midnight Blue Calming Cream! This cream was kindly provided to me by Wishtrend, and has just launched on the 10th of March! I have been trialling this cream for a month now, so I feel like I know enough about it to review it! ^ ^

First Impression: It’s Skin Prestige Crème D’Escargot

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Today I'm going to be talking about the It's Skin Prestige Crème D’Escargot! I got one teeny sample sachet of this product, but the description seemed interesting so I decided to give it a go!

What Does It Do?

"Firstclass luxurious cream contains mucin (snail mucus), the ingredient with superior cell restoration, moisturization, and skin trouble relieving effects, and EGF (epidermal growth factor), through the combination of which creates a synergy effect to regenerate damaged cells, the fundamental cause for skin aging

#How to Use
Apply proper amount to the palms & spread it on your face all over softly following skin texture. Pat lightly to make it absorbed in the skin."(1)

First Impression: Tonymoly Panda’s Dream White Magic Cream

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Today I'm going to be talking about the Tonymoly Panda's Dream White Magic Cream! I received a couple of packets of this cream recently and was pretty interested in the product since I disliked the Secret Key Snow White Cream!

What Does It Do?

"This dreamy, creamy face lotion from Korea's TONYMOLY is our new favorite! TONYMOLY Panda's Dream Magic Cream hydrates and brightens skin for a fresh, radiant glow. Apply to your skin as the last step in your skincare routine."(1)

First Impression: Méthode Swiss Aqua Hydrating Day and Night Cream

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Today I'm going to be talking about the Méthode Swiss Aqua Hydrating Day and Night Cream! I received these as a gift with purchase from an order from Sasa and ignored them for a fairly long time as I just didn't know much about the brand. I decided to take the plunge and try this combo throughout the holiday season as I was travelling for about 3 weeks in December so this was a perfect time to trial these!

First Impression: Skinfood Miracle Food 10 Solution Serum and Cream

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Today I'm going to be talking about the Skinfood Miracle Food 10 Solution Serum and Cream! This long and confusingly named product is even more mysterious to me as I can't find any translations for each product online, only an overview of the line.

 What Does It Do?

Serum

"Skin Food] Miracle Food 10 Solution Serum 60ml

Whitening + Wrinkle Improvement

Experience ten different fascinating skin improvements within 10 days with PHYTO MIRACLE, a substance that was extracted from 10 Miracle food(Ganoderma, Raspberry Wine, Dark Green Tea, Macchie, Artemisia Capillaris, Spinach, White Ginseng, Quinoa, Honey and Carrot) by ultrasound low temperature sonication, and Miracle food 10 Solution Line, which contains antioxidant oil that was applied with SUBMICRON technology."(1)

This Serum is quite thick, erring more towards a lotion type of texture rather than a serum! I find that it absorbs relatively quickly, but leaves my skin feeling, and looking really nourished and moisturised. It does leave my skin looking a little shiny, though I don't mind that right now as I'm on Orotane so my skin is very very dry!

 Cream

"Skin Food] Miracle Food 10 Solution Cream 50ml

Whitening + Wrinkle Improvement

Experience ten different fascinating skin improvements within 10 days with PHYTO MIRACLE, a substance that was extracted from 10 Miracle food(Ganoderma, Raspberry Wine, Dark Green Tea, Macchie, Artemisia Capillaris, Spinach, White Ginseng, Quinoa, Honey and Carrot) by ultrasound low temperature sonication, and Miracle food 10 Solution Line, which contains antioxidant oil that was applied with SUBMICRON technology."(2)

This Cream is really thick, almost like a gel rather than a cream. It leaves my skin looking super smooth and nourished, but it doesn't absorb quickly at all, even after 3 hours I will still get some oily residue come off my skin. At the moment this is quite ideal as my skin doesn't produce any oil (due to Orotane) but I can imagine this being really overwhelming for oily skin or during the summer time.

Would I Purchase These Products?

At this point I would seriously consider purchasing these products if they were a little more affordable ($30-40USD each!) because they make my very dry skin feel gorgeously soft and plump! However, I'm not 100% sure if I should buy them, because as soon as I stop taking my acne medication my skin should go back to being quite oily. I don't imagine that these products would be ideal for oily skin as they leave a dewy/oily finish on the skin (unless of course you're wearing makeup over the top).

I would definitely recommend these products for dry skinned Princesses as they provide a lot of moisture and nourishment, but perhaps not for oily skinned Princesses as it might drown your face in oil. ^.^

Review: Secret Key Snow White Milky Pack and Cream

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Today I'm going to be talking about the Secret Key Snow White Milky Pack and Cream! I purchased these brightening skincare products in Taipei, but these are found in almost all online Asian cosmetic and skincare stores! These products claim to make the skin whiter and more "beautiful", so I would like to take a moment to say that you don't need white skin to be beautiful. If you like having dark skin, tan skin or pale skin and you think that aspect is beautiful, then great! ^.^ Having white skin does not automatically make you beautiful.

Snow White Milky Pact

Just apply and wash out, and Whitening Pack will brighten your complexion. It's quick absorption will not make it rub off on clothes, and it's smooth texture will make application very easy. Whitening agent niacinamide will multiply the whitening effects. It will provide moisture to keep skin soft and relieve irritated skin. Your skin will look most natural and brilliant, making you look more beautiful. Your skin will look and feel brighter with continued use.

The Milky Pack comes housed in a sturdy plastic squeeze tube. There's a surprisingly large amount of the pack because you can actually use this pack on your entire body (though I would stay away from sensitive areas!!).

This pack has quite a thin consistency and is really easy to spread on the face or body.

It's not water soluble, which makes this Pack really weird to remove. I see a lot of "before and afters" that have such dramatic results, but all it is is that the pack leaves a white residue on skin when not fully removed like in the picture below.

Here is my hand before and after thoroughly removing the pack. See any difference?

Here is the same hand in better lighting. See the difference now? No? Neither.

Here is the Pack on my sweet face! You're supposed to leave it on for a couple of minutes and gently wash it off. No scrubbing or face cloths required. I take that to mean that you're supposed to leave the residue on your face for the whitening effect because there is no way that this washes off without a face cloth.

See any whitening of the skin here? Nope. Niacinamide is a whitening agent that works slowly over time, so I'd need to use it at least once a week to get long term results. This mask claims instant results, but I can't stand leaving the residue on my skin so it's not happening for me.

Snow White Cream

Provides healthy complexion for dull or makeup-less skin for bright and luminous look. Applies lightly on skin without oily or sticky sensation, for soft and lustrous skin. Also, whitening agent niacinamide suppresses the formation of melanin, for gorgeous skin tone. Soft moisture is delivered deep into skin for energetic, resilient skin. In place of thick base makeup, just use Snow White Princess Cream for beautiful skin. It's an all-in-one makeup that needs no other. It will adhere closely to sebum to prevent oiliness, making the need for makeup retouching not as frequent. Also, it prevents pores from enlarging due to sebum, for baby-like skin. Natural amino acid moisturiser betaine extracted from sugar beets provides suppleness and resilience to skin.

The Snow White Cream comes packaged in an adorable, yet not so secure plastic jar. I love that the jar is plastic because if I drop it it'll bounce rather than shatter, but the lid doesn't look like it seals very well, so I need to replace the inside cap every time I use the cream. This cream does come with a little spatula which I love, it means that the cream stays hygienic and doesn't get under my long nails!

This cream has a really interesting texture, it's super soft and almost melts like butter when being spread. It has a very distinct scent, almost like a soft baby powder scent. I don't mind this at all, but fragrances can be really irritating to sensitive skin, so just be aware of that!

This cream does leave a while cast on my face, which is what it claims to do. However, if I apply too much or two layers of the cream you can literally see the cream pilling up (rolling off in wee balls) and it clings to my fingers! It claims to control oil and help makeup stay fresher for longer, but I haven't seen any of that at all.

I can see the difference between the left side of my hand (no cream) and the right (Snow White Cream)! The right side is so much smoother and brighter than the left.

I can see a very small difference between the below before and after on my face because my face is paler than my hands (dam driving tan!). I really like popping this cream on for days where I don't want to wear make up, but want to look like the same colour.

Do make sure that it's thoroughly patted into the skin though, I thought that I had gotten all traces of the cream but I had a lot of white streaks around my eyebrows! >< Not the cutest look.

What I Love

- Moderately cute packaging
- Cream comes with a little hygienic spatula

- Cream lightens the skin by one shade 

What I Don't Love

- Cream is highly fragranced (can be irritating)

- Cream has unstable packaging
- Too much cream can result in flakey/pilling of product
- Cream needs to be thoroughly patted into the skin
- Cream doesn't control excess oil/sebum
- Cream doesn't help makeup look better or last longer
- Mask leaves a gross residue on the face

Final Thoughts

I am not particularly fussed with either of these products to be entirely honest. I don't really like that they promote only white skin as being beautiful because it's simply not true, brightening the skin is totally fine, but the Milky Pack basically leaves a weird white layer on your skin which is probably going to look unnatural on most skin tones.

The Milky Pack does whiten the skin, but it does it by leaving a residue on the skin which I do not like one bit. I'm sure it would whiten the skin after some time due to the Niacinamide, but I just think that the pure white residue left behind on the skin will look so ghostly for most darker skin tones.
The Cream does work nicely when I'm using it to lighten my skin by one shade (my neck is lighter than my face) but it has very little hydration, unstable packaging, doesn't control excess oil, doesn't make my make up last longer and is highly fragrances which is irritating for some sensitive skin.

I would recommend the Milky Pack for any Princesses looking to drastically whiten their skin but don't have sensitivity to Niacinamide. I would recommend the Cream to any Princesses looking to lighten their face by one shade, but not looking for a moisturiser, more of a make up base.