First Impression: Lioele Pore Clean & Tightening Dr. Ampoule

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Today I'm going to be talking about the Lioele Pore Clean & Tightening Dr. Ampoule! This Ampoule claims to make your pores pretty much disappear. I'm quite skeptical about this since pores don't open and close, it's pretty difficult to minimize pores!

What Does It Do?

"Lioele Pore Clean & Tightening Dr. Ampoule is a highly concentrated serum made with Lioele's patented formula Phyto-Oligo to drastically decrease the size of pores. The innovative formula is easily absorbed and clinically proven to tighten enlarged pores for a more youthful appearence. Ingredients include Zinc PCA to eliminate excess sebum while effectively shrinking pore size. Lioele Pore Cleaning & Tightening Dr. Ampoule is perfect for oily and acne prone skin due to it's anti-bacterial ingredients like tea tree oil and limonum lemon fruit oil extract.

This is an excellent product to add to your pore treatment routine. There are many products on the market that help extract pores, but they don't decrease the pore size. Enlarge pores can make our skin look tired and rough. By shrinking pores it will help bring back the baby soft look.

Benefits:
    Sebum Control
    Decrease pore size
    Softening
    Smoothing
    Anti-Bacterial

How to use: Apply product after extraction treatment. A toner may be used before applying this product. Allow product to soak into skin before applying other creams or serums."(1)

First Impression: Lioele Secret Rich Pore Balm

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Today I'm going to be talking about the Lioele Secret Rich Pore Balm! This is supposed to be a pore smoothing primer that is very similar to the Benefit Porefessional!

What Does It Do?

"Pressed balm primer with great coverage of enlarged pore, lines, or skin imperfections. Specialized in sebum control. Lioele Secret Pore Rich Balm is a smooth photo finish primer. It helps minimize pores and fine lines allowing skin to become soft and smooth for an improved foundation/bb cream application. The balm contains new technology to diffuse light by mattifying the face to reduce shine, so foundation/bb cream application can be easier to apply and last even longer. It is made of various ingredients that can increase skin elasticity for a firmer and more youthful appearance."(1)

First Impression: Lioele Dollish Cera V CC

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Today I'm going to be the Lioele Dollish Cera V CC Cream! This was recommended to me as an amazing shade for Porcelain Princesses, so I bought a couple of samples to try it out!

What Does It Do?

"Lioele Dollish Cera-V CC SPF34 PA++ is a brightening CC cream that offers high coverage and moisturizing properties. Its soft, creamy formula contains color capsules that burst on your skin to match skin tone perfectly. Rich minerals and vitamins such as seaweed, vitamin E, jojoba seed oil, and Aloe Vera provide amazing nourishing and moisturizing benefits to promote healthier skin.  This CC cream will transform a dull, tired complexion into a beautifully brightened and flawless one.

Directions: After basic skin care. Apply CC cream all over face, adding extra to places needing more coverage. Wear CC cream alone or apply a BB cream/foundation over it.

Water, Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate, Propylene Glycol, Ethylhexyl Salicylate, Titanium Dioxide, Hydrogenated Poly(C6-14 Olefin), Caprylyl Methicone, Butylene Glycol, Titanium Dioxide, (CI 77891) Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Cetyl Ethylhexanoate, Cety PEG/PPG-10/1 Dimethicone, Niacinamide, Zinc Oxide, Sorbitan Sesquioleate, Phenyl Trimethicone, Magnesium Sulfate, Iron Oxides (CI 77492), Disteardimonium Hectorite, Beswax, Dimethicone, Aluminum Hydroxide, Iron Oxides (Ci77491) Stearic Acid, Acrylates/Ammonium Methacrylate Copolymer, Cyclopentasiloxane, Iron Oxides (CI 77499), Magnesium Stearate, Caprylyl Glycol, Acrylates/ethylhexyl Acrylate/Dimethicone Methacrylate Copolymer, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Macadamia Terifolia Seed Oil, Tocopheryl Acetate, Allantoin, Boron Nitride, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Adenosine, Glycerin, Caprylhydroxamic Acid, Triethoxycaprylysilane, Cermide 3, Sodium Hyaluronate, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Laminaria Japonica Extract, Adansonia Digitata Leaf Extract, Sambucus Nigra Fruit Extract, Poncirus Trifoliata Fruit extract, Algae Extract, Fragrance"(1)

Store Review: Cutie and Beautie

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Today I'm going to be talking about my shopping experience with Cutie and Beautie which is a New Zealand based KBeauty store! I have been wanting to shop with them forever and sort of just procrastinated buying from them because they don't have the most exciting and up to date collections. Now, they are closing down so I thought I should shop with them just for my own peace of mind! ^ ^

Website Practicality

The website is very aesthetically pleasing, but it has an awful pop up for a 5% discount that pops up on every single page you open which is incredibly annoying. The side bar is also pretty annoying because there is just so much going on there, ads, extra discounts and arrows, ugh! It was easy to create a log in, find items and check out.

First Impression: Lioele Triple the Solution BB Cream

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Today I'm going to be talking about the Lioele Triple The Solution BB Cream! This keeps popping up as a recommendation for fair skin, and I was pretty doubtful that this would work when I looked at the swatches on my arm, but since I had a couple of samples I thought why not give it a go! ^ ^

What Does It Do?

"Skin-perfecting BB cream whitens, smoothens and protects skin in one application, making it healthier with continued use. Rich and creamy formula contains hyaluronic acid and yogurt that effectively hydrate and nourish, keeping skin soft, supple and well-hydrated. For a flawless base, smooth on BB cream on cleansed and toned skin. Follow with foundation and end with makeup.
   

Ingredients    Water, Titanium Dioxide, Dipropylene Glycol, Butylene Glycol Dicaprylate/Dicaprate, Cyclopentasiloxane, Diphenylsiloxy Phenyl Trimethicone, Cetyl PEG/PPG-10/1 Dimethicone, Dimethicone, Glycering, Arbutin, Sodium Hyaluronate, Cyclohexasiloxane, Zinc Oxide, Sorbitan Sesquioleate, Magnesium Sulfate, Talc, Yogurt Powder, Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract, Fragaria Vesca (Strawberry) Fruit Extract, Canaga Odorata Flower Extract, Tocopheryl Acetate, Adenosin, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Polyglyceryl-4 Isostearate, Ozokerite, Beeswax, Propylene Carbonate, Zinc Stearate, Diisostearyl Malate, Hexyl Laurate, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Dimethicone/Methicone Copolymer, Methylparaben, Phenoxyethanol, Butylapraben, Propylparaben, Fragrance, CI 77491, CI 77499"(1)

 

First Impression: Lioele Waterdrop Sleeping Pack

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Today I'm going to be talking about the Lioele Waterdrop Sleeping Pack! This is my first water sleeping pack so I was super excited to give it a go since my skin is quite dry at the moment! ^.^

What Does It Do?

"Lioele Waterdrop Sleeping Pack includes Swiss Alpine extract, it is absorbed without stickiness and also formulates moisturizing film to supply moisture and nutrition onto tired skin by daytime to keep your skin moisturized until next day. Various beauty ingredients give shaping effect to make skin elastic by tightening skin while sleeping. Suitable for all skin types especially those with dry skin.

Directions: Cleanse your face at night. Apply an adequate amount of product on the entire face avoiding eye and lip area. Do not rinse, leave the Waterdrop Sleeping pack to hydrate your skin while you sleep. 

Ingredients: Water, Butenglycol, Cycolpentasiloxane, Cycolohexasilicone, Glycerin, Portulac Oleracea Extract, Cetyl PEG/PPG-10/1 Dimethicone, Sodium Chloride, Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Arnica Montana Flower Extract, Archillea Millefolium Extract, Gentiana Lutea Root Extract, Artemisia Asinthium Extract, Sodium Polystyrene Sulfonate, Sorghum Bicolor Stalk Juice, Hyaluronic Acid, CI 42090, Fragrance, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, Phenoxyethanol, Disodium EDTA"(1)

This Sleeping Pack really is something new for me! It comes out like a pale blue gel, then once blended out onto your skin the gel stays on the base of the skin and water droplets pop out! Once with water is patted back in my skin feels really hydrated and has a slightly wet look.

Look how cool it looks!

Unfortunately this Sleeping Pack doesn't really help keep my skin hydrated during the night at all which is a shame since it's so fun!

Would I Purchase This Product?

No. This just feels like an unnecessary step for me since it doesn't provide any extra hydration. The description mentions that it should make your face tighter, which I didn't notice at all either. It's totally fun and gimmicky, perhaps it would be better for Princesses that don't have such dry skin! I will update this when my skin gets oily again! ^.^

Sunday Swatches: BB Cream Swatches

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Today I'm going to be sharing my long awaited, updated BB Cream collection! Ever since my first BB Cream For Porcelain Princesses post (which now has over 15k views, oh my gosh) and has been shared on so many different websites including Reddit MUA and Reddit Asian Beauty and I've really got to thank you princesses for sharing my posts around! The more you guys share, the more buddies we get, and the more I can help other Porcelain Princesses sharing my struggle to find that perfect BB Cream or Foundation! ^.^

I'm actually really irritated, because I photographed this swatch session, and then a couple of days later my Skin79 Orange and Green BB Cream's turned up! -.- Oh well, perhaps I will just make a "pale BB cream" or "pale products" swatch post soon!

I also didn't do close up photos like I did on the other Sunday Swatches posts because I thought they would be clear enough to see in one photo :S Turns out not so much! I've linked all of the reviews that I've done on the BB Cream's I own down below! ^.^

1 - Missha Perfect Cover BB Cream - No.13
2 - Missha Perfect Cover BB Cream - No.21
3 - Missha Signature Real Complete BB Cream - No.13
4 - Missha Signature Real Complete BB Cream - No.21
 5 - It's Skin BB Cream - Silky
6 - BRTC Jasmine Water BB Cream
7 - Skinfood Peach Sake BB Cream
8 - Skinfood Platinum Grape Cell Essential BB Cream
9 - Hanskin Silky Treatment BB Cream
10 - MAC Prep & Prime BB Cream - Extra Light
11 - Skin79 Orange BB Cream
12 - Lancôme Bienfait Teinté Beauty Balm - Porcelaine
13 - Skinfood Red Orange Jelly BB Cream - No.01
14 - Skinfood Good Afternoon Peach Green Tea BB Cream
15 - Etude House Cotton Fit BB Cream - No.02
16 - Maybelline Dream Pure BB Cream - Light
17 - Etude House Cotton Fit BB Cream - W13
18 - Maybelline Dream Fresh BB Cream - Light
19 - Etude House Precious Mineral BB Dation - W12
20 - Oasis BB Cream - Cream
21 - Etude House Dear Girls Be Clear BB Cream
22 - Oasis BB Cream - Honey
23 - TonyMoly Expert Triple BB Cream
24 - Oasis BB Cream - Caramel

25 - Skin79 Snail Nutrition BB Cream
26 - Lioele Dollish Veil Vita BB Cream - Gorgeous Purple
27 - Skinfood Good Afternoon Honey Black Tea BB Cream
28 - ElishaCoy Always Triple BB Cream
29 - It's Skin Prestige Creme D'Escargot BB Cream

*Phew* That's a lot of BB Creams! Before you freak out - only 10 of these BB Creams are full size - the rest are samples! 

I hope this Sunday Swatches session was helpful for you princesses! ^.^ Feel free to share these swatch pictures - but please put a link to this post if you do share! If you've got any other recommendations of BB Creams I should try, or if you found these swatches helpful, let me know in the comments down below! 

Fail Pale Products: Foundations / BB Creams

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Today I'm going to be talking about some of my foundation and BB Cream fails! 

I've tried a lot of Foundations, BB Creams, CC Creams and Concealers since I started blogging. I usually try to ask for testers or samples before buying foundations since my colour is not a "standard" colour. Sometimes I cannot get samples, or they don't have testers, but are cheap enough that I just buy them without trying, so I end up with a lot of products that are not quite right.

At a rough guesstimate, I would say that I have tried about 80 odd foundations, BB Creams and CC Creams. This may seem like a lot, but if you think that at least half of those have been in tester or sample form, then it seems a lot less insane! Out of all of those foundations, BB Creams and CC Creams, I have found under 10 that are the right colour.

Sometimes there are some products that I cannot really review, because they are too dark for me to wear for a whole day. If I can't tell you about how it wears, (oxidisation, oil control, lasting power etc) all I'm going to be telling you is what colour it really is! So I thought that I would show you guys some swatches of products that I couldn't review, aka, Fail Pale Products!

(Click on the images to enlarge)

First up is Kleancolor's Velvet Moisturizing Liquid Foundation in Translucent Beige.

This was a very cheap buy, ($6NZD) for what looked like a super light coloured foundation. But when I came home to wear it, it turns out that it really is translucent! It doesn't cover pores, scars, redness or any veins. It's literally a tinted moisturizer that doesn't really moisturize or provide any benefits for my skin.

Next up is L.A Girl's Perfecting Liquid Makeup in Ivory.

This was another cheapie, ($7NZD) that looked so promising, but turned out to be the wrong colour and with an awful consistency! It just kinda moved around my skin without sitting, or absorbing, or doing anything but looking flakey and horrible. Urch!

Here are the arm swatches from Kleancolor and L.A Girl. You can't really see anything in the last picture because they really just disappear. How am I supposed to review products that just disappear? *grumblewasteofmoneycheapproductsgrumble*

The next set of swatches are from one off samples and the Rimmel and L.A Girl, which are in there for no good reason at all really.

L-R; 
Laura Mercier Moisturizing Foundation - Warm Ivory
Rimmel London BB Cream - Light
Lioele Dollish Veil Vita BB Cream
Etude House Precious Mineral Cotton Fit BB Cream - W13
L.A Girl Perfecting Liquid Makeup - Ivory

The next set of swatches are from my semi-recent ASOS haul, where I bought some Rimmel London products that turned out to look a lot different to online swatches.

The Rimmel London Match Perfection in Light Porcelain is a pretty good match in paleness for me, but is quite pink-toned and therefore not very suitable. The other products are laughably dark considering that they are the lightest colour in their range. The BB Cream is the darkest out of the three products.

Left; Rimmel BB Cream, Light. Right; Rimmel Stay Matte, Ivory.

My last set of swatches is from my latest destash of Foundations and BB Creams. I tried to order them from lightest to darkest, but some are a little out!

L-R
Kleancolor Velvet Moisturizing Liquid Foundation - Translucent Beige
Rimmel London Match Perfection - Light Porcelain 
Maybelline Fit Me - 115 Ivory
Maybelline Mineral Powder - Ivory
ChiChi Real Minerals - Fair
Skinfood Peach Green Tea BB Cream

L-R
L.A Girl Perfecting Liquid Makeup - Ivory
Maybelline Dream Fresh BB Cream -Fair
Revlon Photoready BB Cream - Light 
Rimmel Stay Matte - Ivory
Natio Young Camoflage Spot Cream
Rimmel London BB Cream - Light
Shiseido Dual Balancing Foundation I20

L-R
Kleancolor Velvet Moisturizing Liquid Foundation - Translucent Beige
Rimmel London Match Perfection - Light Porcelain 
Maybelline Fit Me - 115 Ivory
Maybelline Mineral Powder - Ivory
ChiChi Real Minerals - Fair
Skinfood Peach Green Tea BB CreamL.A Girl Perfecting Liquid Makeup - Ivory
Maybelline Dream Fresh BB Cream -Fair
Revlon Photoready BB Cream - Light 
Rimmel Stay Matte - Ivory
Natio Young Camoflage Spot Cream
Rimmel London BB Cream - Light
Shiseido Dual Balancing Foundation I20

*Phew!*

I still have a lot of Foundations, BB Creams and CC Creams to photograph, catalogue, so I'm sure there will be a part 2 to the Fail Pale Products! I hope this was helpful for people looking for moderately pale foundations and BB Creams!