Recent arrivals!

I ordered five items from Amazon on November 1st, and they started to arrived later the following week.

● Elizavecca Green Piggy Collagen Jella Pack pig mask 100g
● Skinfood Black Sugar Strawberry Mask Wash Off 100g
● TONYMOLY Delight Tony Tint #2 Red (9ml) 
● MUJI Makeup Facial Soft Cut Cotton Unbleached 60x50 mm 140pcs
(still waiting on KOSE softymo Deep Cleansing Oil Refill)

Hey all! I thought I'd do a quick review of a sample of belif's aqua bomb cream for a late #samplesunday .  Prior to this, I had read inklings and rave reviews of mostly the aqua bomb cream, but nothing much else from the line, and I hadn't tried it for myself yet.


But the time is here: I've tried it and I see the light! Granted, it is a hard to judge from a sample packet of the quality of a product and whether you like it...but I'm sure that I'm interested enough that I'd purchase the small size for further, more in-depth review.

The aqua bomb gel-like cream offers a rush of hydration. It smells like a fresh lemon scent but turns to a more chemical smell, into a strong but temporary whiff of cleaning supplies (I'm not sure if I enjoy that, though...). The cream however, hydrated my face in such a noticeable way that I understand why there have been so many rave reviews.  I applied this in the car while on my way to work, on a skincare routine-only day. Through a lot of sweating and slight changes in the temperature at work, my face still stayed soft an moisturized, more than it usually is with my regular routine.

I beli(eve)f.

Yo! I decided to deviate from my usual My Beauty Diary sheet mask ventures and go diving into my (growing) sheet mask stash.  Tonight is going to be a quick review of one of Skinfood's Beauty in a food masks, in Jeju Tangerine.

やっほぉぉ♪ 今夜いつも使っているMy Beauty Diaryというシートマスクの代わりになんかズレちゃったら収集してるシートマスクのコレックションに飛び込んで決めた。今回、スキンフードさんのBeauty in a food maskってチェジュポンカンのシートマスクをレビュを書いていきたいと思います。

First, I want to be frank. Writing the final bits of the previous post this afternoon REALLY made me want to punch something--I'm not an angry person but good GOD! Blogger has REALLY pissed me off.

I complained on my twitter, but why is this extra HTML necessary?? How did this even come about?


 How????????????

Today, I'm doing a review of the Hey! Pinkgo Girl Brightening White Yogurt Lifting Lace Mask // Hey！蘋果肌女孩優格珍珠透白蕾絲拉提面膜 (wow what a mouthful!!) and I've got to say, wow! This wonderful mask was included in a box of goodies I won and gosh, I'm still so happy! This is probably a milestone in my sheet masking adventures: my first lace mask, and my first foray into Hey! Pinkgo Girl's sheet masks.


After taking of some photos opening the packet, I noticed the pleasant scent and the thick but pretty LACE! The mask was a little heavier than expected because of the lace and not the usual thin, cotton-type of material that masks usually are of., but add in some essence and this unusual type of sheet mask is a hit. I'm a fan and I'm only about to put this on my face!

Hey guys! So as I posted on Instagram, some mail arrived!!!!!    I made an order on Amazon very recently (Nov 1) and three of the items arrived earlier this afternoon (Nov 11).

Here's just a few things that Sephora and Ulta should really be doing:

Cut the Asian beauty inspired crap.

I'm pointing the finger at Sephora more or less, with it's "K-beauty skincare", and "Asian Beauty" routines which just seems like a new angle to market mediocre, mid-performance prestige products to consumers.  

Instead, both stores should stock actual products from Korea, Japan, Taiwan, China and other areas, and market it as "beauty from abroad".  It could be products are known but maybe harder to come across online (L'herboflore masks); well known products that might able to be sold in Sephora and Ulta (Etude House, Holika Holika, Peripera, etc) or a mixture. Just a thought: since princes themed brand Too Faced does pretty well, why not add Etude House to the mix?

I caved: I decided to buy the Birchbox "From Korea, With Love" box, primary because...well, K-beauty....? But I'm still very firm on not wanting to resubscribe to the monthly box from Birchbox at this time.

Basically, this curated box had items that I've been...well, lusting after for a while.