Hello all! I'm a little late on posting this as well....how to put it....I've been a little annoyed at Birchbox and the September box. I was and still am pretty unimpressed. Here's some chillingly honest thoughts, and why I cancelled my subscription...
Lately, I've been wanting to try a new toner so I did some research from YouTube videos and countless blog reviews. I noticed that many complained of the alcohol in the toner and that it either a) helped control oil but they hated the supposed smell, or b) that it dried out their skin. But I'm definitely beginning to see that skincare is truly YMMV, and you need to try it out on your skin whenever possible.
Evian water is a kind of craze lately, for its aesthetic and arguably, its status symbol among online communities. The taste is nice compared to filtered water or even tap water, but not as noticeable as say, alkaline water. But like with Fiji, Voss and similar waters, its popularity is because it is a status symbol.
The aesthetic of Evian spawned artist, Dom Sebastian to create a spin off that says "okay" instead of
of the regular Evian logo.
Hey there, everyone! It's been a few days since I last posted, but I'm here with good news! I got some exciting things in the mail yesterday and today.
Going by this lovely pink bubble wrap envelope, you guessed it: it's this month's ispy Glam Bag!!
I have to say, I really love my local TJ Maxx's skincare area right now. My luck has been great. The store is kind of small (compared to other stores up further north) so the foot traffic isn't as intense. Still it gets a lot of traffic so if you see something you like, you really do have to get it then and there.
I was out shopping at the usual places yesterday and stopped into TJ Maxx. I like going in there for skincare items, purses and housewares items that are one-of-a-kind, and often discounted designer items.
Nestled behind some bliss products, I happened to spot some Japanese skincare!! I found not one, but two jars of BCL's Collage Rose Aroma Moist Face Mask for 12.99 USD ea.
Finding Japanese skincare in the US (and not being up in Seattle, or at a Daiso, or any kind of Asian market with a cosmetics) is kind of rare. You will find Shiseido products from time to time at TJ Maxx, but actually with Japanese packaging?!?! not so much.
With all this sudden excitement, I whipped out my phone and threw the katakana name into Google to see how much it might be elsewhere, and to scour the web for a some quick reviews. At the time, Amazon showed it for about 18.49USD and a few reviews detailed the face mask as being a pretty moisturizing mask and having a fresh rose scent.
I haven't had the chance to use any BCL products, but my time has now come to try out the cult line!
I was sold, so I ended up buying both jars. The thing with TJ Maxx is items go fast: if you something you think you'd like, you should buy more than one because likely if you come back later or on another day, it'll be gone. And to date, that's the first time I had seen any Japanese skincare items there.
I also wandered over to the spa/skincare area, next to the perfume and spotted a small selection of sheet masks. Most where off-brand US branded masks, but there were a few definite Korean sheet masks there.
I settled on a pack of 5 of CREME shop's collagen sheet masks.
Reviews will be coming soon of both the BCL face mask cream and at a later point, the Creme shop sheet masks!
I'm obviously a little late blogging about this, but in addition to
ipsy, I also recently subscribed to Birchbox, and I just received my
August box yesterday morning, before work (along with some other very
exciting things!)
PNW. NC10~15, dry/dehydrated with rosacea. Sharing my skincare journey through reviews in English and Japanese of Korean, Japanese and Taiwanese skincare and makeup products.
