Showing posts with label Roseroseshop. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Roseroseshop. Show all posts

Sunday, 20 December 2015

Sponsored Review: Benton Honest TT Mist

(Sponsored)
Hello Princesses!
Today I'm going to be talking about the Benton Honest TT Mist! This Mist was kindly sent to me by Roseroseshop. This is my first Benton product, and I was really excited to try the mist as it's supposed to be quite cooling and the weather is only getting hotter in NZ!
This mist comes packaged in a very sterile black and white cardboard box, I'm really glad that everything is translated into English because I cannot read Korean (though I'm told it's actually not too hard to learn!).
The mist itself is very tall and skinny, and is again, very simply packaged. I was really surprised that the mist is in a soft squeezy bottle rather than a solid plastic bottle.
I really like the long tube packaging because it makes it so much easier to travel with! The only other facial mists that I own are the Tonymoly Pocket Bunny Mists, and as gorgeous as they are, they're just so hard to travel with!
This mist has a standard spray nozzle which works really well, it's super easy to depress so I can spritz my face quickly with no effort.
However, the spray does spray out droplets rather than a fine mist. This is great for hydrating my face as I feel like I'm getting much more of the product on my skin, but it doesn't work well over make up because the droplets are so big that they create little dimples in my foundation.
This mist also has no scent which is incredibly weird, it just smells like warm wet skin. I assumed it would smell heavily of tea tree, but no! I find that it hydrates my skin quite nicely, it's not incredibly heavy which means I can use it many times throughout the day without making my skin feel greasy.


What I Love
- Not scented (no irritating fragrance)
- Refreshing and cooling
- Lightly hydrating
- Great to travel with
- Great price point ($8USD)


What I Don't Love
- Can't be used over make up


Final Thoughts
I'm actually pleasantly surprised by how much I like this mist! I was slightly hesitant to review this product, just because so many Western Tea Tree products are very drying for the skin, and my skin is already quite dry. But I found that this mist was nicely hydrating for my skin and I really love how cooling it feels to spray during summer. The only thing that I didn't love about this product is that you can't really use it over make up because it almost melts my base a little, which as you can imagine is not that attractive! I do find this mist more hydrating than the TonyMoly Pocket Bunny Mists that I reviewed previously so if you're looking for something a little more substantial, I would definitely recommend checking out this mist!

Thank you so much to Roseroseshop for sending this product out for review, as always, I provide an honest opinion on products. If you would like to purchase the Benton Honest TT Mist for yourself, you can find it at Roseroseshop for $5.31USD!

Monday, 5 October 2015

Store Review: Roseroseshop

Hello Princesses!

Today I'm going to be talking about Roseroseshop! I've been shopping with RRS for absolutely ages and I always end up making massive orders with them because they are almost a wholesale store. Recently RRS redid their store, so I thought it would be appropriate to make another order for the good of the blog (or that's how I justified it!).


Website Practicality
I'm really enjoying the new look of the website! It's really aesthetically pleasing, the categories are well thought out and easy to navigate, it's easy to log in, track orders and checkout. There are still a fair few weird translations and missing descriptions, but it's a gigantic step up from what they had before.
Price Comparison
Generally when I shop with Roseroseshop, I buy bulk products. I tend to shop  for limited edition products elsewhere and with different companies for one off orders. It's cheaper to shop with RRS when you're buying bulk because you can justify the higher shipping price. It's still nothing in comparison to the extortion of KollectionK though, I may as well buy three from Cosmetic Love! ><


Roseroseshop
Tear Liner $4.57 + Shipping $4.46 = $9.03

Cosmetic Love
Tear Liner $5.90 + Shipping $0.00 = $5.90

KollectionK
Tear Liner $7.38 + Shipping $6.99 = $14.37


Shipping and Packaging
I placed my order on the 6th of July and it was shipped on the 7th. My package arrived at my house on the 16th of July and the entire shipping fee was  $8.86. 
I'm so impressed on how much faster the shipping is now, 7 business day's is fantastic in comparison to the 20 odd days it used to take. Everything was really well bubble wrapped and nothing was damaged at all. I also got samples in the form of a neon orange comb from Tony Moly and two wee Holika Holika skincare bottles. This is much less than I'm used to from Roseroseshop, but free things are free and I'm not going to complain about not getting enough free things!

Products
For this order I concentrated on completing collections of products that I already own. I'm a massive completionist, but I'm also a student who can't afford to purchase full sets of products until they're on sale. Sometimes it takes me years to complete collections, but I feel it's justified since I'm not pushing myself into debt in order to complete collections and do reviews.

This was the last shadow I needed to complete my Missha shadow palette! The Peach shades were not my first choice, but these seem to be mostly discontinued so I can't actually find any of the brown toned ones that I wanted! Oh well, the Peach duo is actually perfect for cheeks which makes this palette great for travel!



The Etude House Tear Eye Liner in the shade White is really lovely and surprisingly has gold glitter flakes throughout! I'm so excited to use this tear liner!
 

 No.10 Peach Parfait, No.11 Peach Chou Wafer
These are the last two blushes I needed from this range, and I was really pleasantly surprised with the colours as I thought that I wouldn't like these at all!


No.02 Sunny Flower, No.05 Baby Peony, No.06 English Garden
I've finally completed my collection of the Etude House Rosy Tint Lips! I adore the formula of these tints, but my goodness it's hard to push the product out! ><


I have one more of these blushes on the way, but my goodness they are absolutely useless. No colour payoff, and the rose scent is so overwhelming.
I'm so intrigued by this sun spray! I always struggle with reapplying sunscreen on my face every couple of hours when I have makeup on, how is that possible?! Hopefully this is the answer!
 

What I Love
- Website is aesthetically pleasing
-Easy to navigate, add to cart and check out
- Wholesale prices and insane sales
- Free shipping on selected brands (Mizon currently)
- Quick shipping


What I Don't Love
- Expensive shipping
- Odd samples?


Final Thoughts
I absolutely loved my shopping experience with Roseroseshop! I've always loved shopping with them, and now that their shipping is faster and the website works better I'll definitely be shopping with them more often! I think that as long as you keep your shopping cart light and you're buying more than one thing, Roseroseshop is the best place to shop!

Wednesday, 9 April 2014

Haul: Rose Rose Shop, The Tragedy Edition

Hello Princesses!

Today's post isn't just a haul - but rather an update on my shopping experience's with one of my favorite stores to purchase Korean Cosmetics from - Rose Rose Shop! I think it's really important to have a good experience shopping online, so I thought I would share some exceptional customer service with you all! ^.^

I initially purchased this bagful of goodies last November, but I have avoided posting it due to some issues which will be explained at the end of the post, but for the most part I just avoided editing this post because it's soo picture heavy and I really wanted to wait until I tried out all of the products so I could give you guys my first impressions on these products in one post!
Etude House - Perfect Brow Kit (No.01 Natural Brown) $9.00
The packaging is absolutely gorgeous - as you usually expect from Etude House!
This is the perfect kit for everyday brows and it's especially handy for travel! It's compact, lightweight but not flimsy, super pigmented, and has everything I want to use on my brows with the exception of a brow gel. I don't use the teeny baby brushes for everyday use because they are so small, but I do use them if I take this brow kit  away for a couple of days to reduce the amount of stuff I have to bring.
Missha - Near Skin Firming Peptide Shaping V Mask $2.50
I'm way too chicken to try this just yet >< It's only because my specific allergic reaction happens on my chin and this mask rests directly on my chin so it's a little nerve-wracking for me, but hopefully I will try this out soon!
Innisfree - Eco Beauty Tool Jeju Volcanic Steam Towel - $5.00
I absolutely love this facial steaming towel! The best part for me is the raised nose section, because I do have a pretty tall nose (unfortunately), so it really helps the towel fit to my face a lot better and doesn't suffocate me. Plus the embroidered eyelashes are just adorable! Cute and functional!
Missha - All Around Safe Block Soft Finish Sun Milk SPF50+ PA+++ 40ml - $14.80
I love love love this sun milk, but I had the stupidest experience using it - which I will share in my review in a couple of weeks >< but I have been wearing this ever since I purchased it and I love love love it! (Did I mention that I love this product?) :P
Etude House - Rose Drawing Show Creamy Pencil No.BE103 Creamy Romance - $6.00
I'm actually not a fan of this product :C I find it very difficult to use around my eyes because the pencil isn't soft or creamy, so it feels like it's tugging and tearing at my soft eye area which is just not pleasant. However, the packaging is absolutely gorgeous!
Etude House - Rosy Tint Lips No.04 Sweet Poison - $8.50
I love the colour payoff, packaging and colour of this product, but I hate how it works. The tube is SO HARD to squeeze, (plus I'm pretty girly and weak) so my hands tremble when I try to squeeze the product out which makes it hard to apply which is just ridiculous! I also don't love the sponge tip applicator, because even though it makes the product easy to blend and it never applies streaky, it gets dirty immediately, which is a bit germy and gross.
But look at how gorgeous that colour is! SO PRETTY AND LONG LASTING!
Missha - The Style Shadows - $1.60-$4.00
I didn't want to list every single hyperlink for these shadows because I haven't swatched them for this post! But I really love using these shadows and there will be a review on them up soon because they are absolutely gorgeous and inexpensive! ^.^
This section was the whole reason for my gigantic purchase from RoseRoseShop! The new (well in November it was new) Minnie Mouse Collection from Etude House! Can we all take a moment to bask in the gorgeous glory of the super cute Minnie Mouse packaging.
 So super duper cute!
 Etude House - XOXO Minnie In The Nails - No.02 Bubble Pink 
Etude House - XOXO Minnie In The Nails - No.01 Minnie Red
Etude House - XOXO Minnie In The Nails - No.06 Minnie Black Face  - $3.00
XOXO Minnie In The Nail Glitter - No.01 Minnie In White - $2.50
I know a lot of people didn't love these polishes because they found the colours to be streaky and the glitters hard to apply - but I think they're really cute and they work just fine for me! I want to buy the rest of the glitter polishes, they are just so cute! ^.^
Etude House - XOXO Minnie Look At My Eyes Cafe - No.PK005 Minnie Peach
Etude House - XOXO Minnie Look At My Eyes Cafe - No.PK006 Bubble Pink - $3.50
Etude House - XOXO Minnie Look At My Eyes Jewel - No.BE104 Shining Beige - $5.50
These eyeshadows are absolutely gorgeous in terms of packaging, colour and formula. I haven't really used the pink and peach as eyeshadows - but they work just as well as blush. ^.^ The Shining Beige is a super glittery beige as the name suggests, and while it's not overly pigmented in terms of colour, it's jam packed with glitter which makes it ideal as a glitter topper for any coloured eyeshadows! 
The eyeshadows have an adorable heart pattern stamped on them, and the barcode and safety stickers are in the shape of mouse ears! Squee!! You can see how lovely and pigmented the shadows are!

Etude House - XOXO Minnie Wink Lash - No.01 Minnie Up Lash - $3.00
These are super natural, and give me the extra volume I need for my lashes without making it look like I'm wearing falsies. I originally ordered the Lower Lashes as well, but they ran out of stock. :C
Etude House - XOXO Minnie Kissing Lips - No.01 Minnie Red 
Etude House - XOXO Minnie Kissing Lips - No.02 Bubble Pink - $9.00
I love the packaging, formula and colour of these lipsticks. I also love that they chose to include a classic red and a hot pink colour, because I think that they really represent Minnie Mouse, but for me personally, they aren't very wearable for an everyday look so I don't get as much wear time in as I would like, but they are still gorgeous lipsticks for special occasions!
 Etude House - XOXO Minnie Touch Blusher 
Etude House - XOXO Minnie Touch Highlighter  - $15.00
 These were the highlight of the purchase for me, but unfortunately tragedy struck as soon as I opened the highlighter packet.
When I opened the highlighter, I discovered that the highlighter compact was completely and utterly obliterated. The amount of damage done was just indescribable and the amount of sorrow and sadness I felt was equally indescribable. I think what makes it worse for me is that I had been really looking forward to this package and the super cute products I purchased, as well as the fact that these products (this in particular) are quite pricey.

*I'm aware that I can re-press this powder, but it's just not the same for this compact as it is supposed to have three separate colours with the shape of Minnie's face in the center.*

I'm honestly not sure what happened to this compact, because RoseRoseShop package their items super duper well, and nothing else (including an identical blusher compact) was damaged during shipping.

 So I emailed Rose Rose Shop to see if they would send me another Highlighter. To my surprise, they emailed me  back promptly asking if I wanted them to send it immediately or if I was planning to purchase something, and wanted it to piggyback in that order. Since I needed to purchase another cleansing sponge (which was supposed to be in this order but I totally forgot about it) that gave me a glorious excuse to shop for some more goodies! ^.^ When the new package arrived, so did my pristine new highlighter!

A lot of people assume that because I'm a blogger I have this magical power that forces store owners to give me anything I want, because if they don't make me happy I'm going to write a bad review that will trash their entire business, which is absolutely not true! In fact, store owners don't treat me any different than they do regular customers, so I was really happy when Roseroseshop said they would replace the highlighter, because they could have just as easily said no.

Let's look at it in all it's glory *angels singing*

I'm sure that you guys can tell why I would want to have the highlighter replaced rather than just re-pressing the powder, look at the gorgeous face detail!

The Minnie Touch Blusher is so cute! It's not a very vibrant blush, but rather very pale and pastel which I totally love! You can chose to pick up the peach, pink or purple colour separately, or mix them together to form a pink peach colour. I wish these had mirrors in the compacts though.
 
The Minnie Touch Highlighter is equally as gorgeous as the blusher! I did find that the shiny purple colour is the dominant colour of the highlighter unless you purposely avoid it, and I'm not sure how I feel about that! I will let you guys know in the full review!
I found it really hard to photography accurate swatches of the blush and highlighter, so I hope you guys can see the swatches clearly! >< I'll try to do them again for a full review!
Rose Rose Shop remains my favorite shop to buy bulk Korean Cosmetics! They are just so lovely to communicate with, reply quickly and there is never anything lost in translation. I'm so so happy that they replaced the highlighter for me because I would have just been devastated if I had to repurchase! I ended up re-pressing the broken compact into a spare quad square for travel, and in a little pottle to give to my baby sister (waste not want not) so I'm so glad everything worked out well!

If you guys have read one of my previous rants before (namely my Why is customer service so important) you would know how much I value good customer service - and for me - Rose Rose Shop went above and beyond in terms of their customer service. If you haven't checked them out, go and do it now!!

What did you princesses think of my gigantic belated haul? ^.^ Are there any products you'd like tosee more of?  
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