Showing posts with label cleansers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cleansers. Show all posts

Sunday, January 26, 2014

Aromatherapy Associates Renewing Rose Cleanser review

I was introduced to Aromatherapy Associates by accident, and I bought a set of cleanser-toner-face-oil from Beautybay last year, and have recently opened them as cream cleansers have become my best friend now. My skin can no longer take heavy-foam cleansers since it's turning dry, and it took me a while to get used to cream cleansers, and this cleanser has really converted me into a cream cleanser fan.

Sunday, June 23, 2013

Fresh Soy Face Cleanser Review

I fell in love with Fresh Soy Face Cleanser after trying out a deluxe sample a few years ago, in Sephora's last FF sale, I asked a friend of mine to pick it up (since the product is pretty marked up locally). I have been using it in rotation with other cleansers and it's time to properly review it.

Sunday, April 28, 2013

Clarins White Plus Total Luminescent Pearl-to-Cream cleanser, Brightening Soft Aqua-Milk review

Clarins had been a keeper in my books ever since I tried their hero BB Cream. A while ago I've been given these two Clarins products to test, and today I'll be sharing my thoughts and verdicts with you: they are the Pearl-to-Cream Brightening Cleanser, and Brightening Soft Aqua-milk, both from the newly revamped White Plus Total Luminescent Line!


Saturday, April 6, 2013

GLYCEL White Ice Sleeping Eye Mask, Whitening Toner and Whitening Cleansing Milk reviews

Today I'll be talking about whitening products from GLYCEL - a Swiss skincare brand. The brand had released the "White Ice Series" especially in Asia for women who are after white and radiant skin. I'm not big about whitening products but I admit I do have a few spots I like to "whiten", namely my under eyes and post-breakout dark spots (eeeek!).


Saturday, March 30, 2013

Trilogy Balancing Gel Cleanser Review

I've been testing out this Gel Cleanser from Trilogy lately. Trilogy is a skincare brand based in New Zealand and their products are like the packaging, simple yet effective. You might have heard of the Rose Hip Oil released by Trilogy before, the oil was voted best in various women's magazines. Trilogy skincare is available on Boots.com, Lovelula.com, Zuneta.com (previously).


Saturday, December 29, 2012

Attempting to curb my HAUL-iday madness - the very first Empties Post


Happy Holidays my lovlies! I was inspired the other day to do an Empties Post (after reading Beauty Reductionista's blog, Rouge Deluxe's, and many others), startled at the rate my beauty stash is growing, I decided a curb on the haul-iday madness (pardon me for the pun). Holiday is a a very good / bad time for good deals, depending on how you see it. Most brands would release value-saving makeup / skincare sets which entices you to buy because the sets are such a bargain. My soul fell weak in front of these holiday deals. That was when I embarked on keeping product empties on a monthly basis, and do a short review of each of them.


Friday, February 18, 2011

HG Cleanser: LUSH Angels on Bare Skin Review//LUSH 流星天使洗面膏

This post will introduce another item from my January favourites post, it's ice cream! LOL just kidding...it's Angels on Bare Skin Face Cleanser that comes in an ice cream pot. I bought this when meeting up with a fellow blogger Stellar in Hong Kong. It's the first LUSH skincare I bought and I am in love with it ever since!

今日同大家介紹近排非常非常之喜愛既洗面膏, 佢就係LUSH既流星天使洗面膏喇. 包裝好似雪糕咁, 好有新鮮感! 舊年俄同Stellar去街時買既, LUSH既香氛皂之前都有試過, 但佢地既護膚品就係第一次用, 用完就愛上了 .

Directions for use: Take a blob (I take the size of my thumb nail) from the pot and mix it with water. Add water bit by bit though... it's easy to go overboard with water and the texture will be very runny.

用法: 拎適量既洗面膏放手心 (個人會拎大約像姆指指甲大小份量), 加少量水. 不過水還是慢慢加, 太多的話便會令洗面膏質感水汪汪的了.

If you have sensitivity towards smell and scent, I encourage you to smell this before buying. This cleanser carries a strong herbal /lavender scent which can be soothing for some (or tormenting if you don't like it). I like the smell a lot though :3 As you can see in the photos, there are lavender (?) granules inside it. The product info says rose is for softening skin, ground almonds for exfoliating, and lavender is for controlling the skin's natural oils. This is another reason why I like this cleanser because it doubles as an exfoliator when you mix it with water, it becomes a 'paste' and the granules are not harsh to rub on skin. Since the formula is so gentle, LUSH website says this cleanser is suitable for all skin types.

流星天使洗面膏有好濃郁既薰衣草味, 聞落好舒服, 好relax. 個人非常喜歡它的味, 每朝起身洗完面成個人醒晒, 臨訓前洗完面之後塊面好滑. 洗面膏裡面有碎杏仁, 薰衣草同玫瑰香薰精華油, 拎黎洗面同時去角質好岩. 用黎做面部磨砂都唔洗驚會令毛孔變大, 因為D碎杏仁都好幼細, 好溫和 (見下圖).
Thoughts:
Ever since having this cleanser, it makes me look forward to the cleansing step each day and night, partly because the exfoliating bit is fun, seriously! I don't abject the herbal smell, I found the smell to be quite soothing on the senses, and this product definitely leaves my face feeling so fresh like it can finally breathes again, no products can do that so far.
As far as my wallet is concerned, I would gladly make a repurchase of this cleanser despite the price tag being a bit over my usual budget for a cleanser (I paid ~$130 HKD for this jar, $119HKD/120 grams). A jar of this would probably last you 1.5-2 months (buy it HERE). I think I'd try Dark Angels next!

呢隻洗面膏令我每日都好期待洗面既一刻, 我好鍾意佢既磨砂既效果, 香之餘, 洗完面令到個人好relaxed, 塊面又好滑. 雖然佢比我平時用開既洗面膏貴少少, 一jar可以用兩個月 (buy HERE), 但係好值得試試, 所以回購既機會都頗大, 但係我會想試黑色天使洗面膏.

P.S. A guy friend of mine was complimenting on my skin the other day and said my skin has become smoother, I immediately thought of Angels on Bare Skin!! It might be the NARS Copacabana Multiple that I have been using, or worse, the powder foundation that I've been using is not good at controlling oil and making my skin look 'glowy'.But I'm pretty sure Angels on Bare Skin has its effects!

P.S. 前幾日有男友人讚皮膚滑了, 我第一時間就諗起Angels on Bare Skin!!