Althea Christmas Box

Hi there~ 2018 was really something.. we're now saying hello to 2019! Just like me.. I'm giving my blog a fresh new start.

Last year, I got this Christmas gift from my sister and what a great surprise. I love Althea boxes and everything about skincare.

Products:

The Face Shop - Eco Natural Sun
Nacific - Fresh Herb Eye Cream
Pyunkang Yul - Cleansing Foam
Missha Time Revolution Miniature Set - First Essence and Night Repair Serum

I am quite excited to use and blog them, will do it very soon. 

The Missha miniature set happened to be the cutest item on this box as it comes in a small golden box with the two sample sized products. 

Pyunkang Yul is also a new and interesting brand I see nowadays so I ordered a serum from them and will review it with this cleansing foam.

Blogging again very soon. Happy New Year. 

Althea Gift Box

Hello everyone! Back to bloggin' and I was so happy to receive our Althea gift box this month. My sister and I ordered lots of great stuff!

can't get enough~ ^^

Here's everything from the pink amazing box! I will really try givin' myself some time to blog each one of them. I've already started using the serum from It's Skin and the face moisturizer from Onsaemeein. 

We really love masks and they are totally addicting, it is not that wrong to stock so much more of them as they are so convenient, it's a must-have when travelling and most especially a part of the nightly skin care routine.

very elegant packaging + freebie from althea

I love everything in this box plus it was free shipping when we placed our order. I started using the serum and the cream after reading such great reviews about it. It's been a week now so I am so excited to blog these two items soon.

Its Skin VC effector Vitamin C

Great reviews so I got two boxes

It has a clear scooper inside

What's inaide ~ it has a glossy silky texture

Here's a sneak peek at the box when it arrived. Surprise! Order your korean skin care and everything now at ph.althea.kr and enjoy having that awesome skin. 

Wow!

Son & Park Beauty Water Review

This I got as a gift from my sister. It is the Son & Park Beauty Water toner ~ a multi-tasking toner and cleansing water that has quickly become a cult favorite, as well as a 2015 Soko Glam Beauty Award Winner! It promises creating a clean base for the next steps in your skincare and makeup routine. Originally created by master artists, Son & Park, Beauty Water lives up to its name.

The Beauty Water, apart from being a cleanser, is not just the ordinary toner as it mildly exfoliates skin. Enriched with willow bark and papaya extract to help sweep away dead skin cells, revealing brighter skin tone and smoother texture. Lavender water, rose water, and orange fruit extract impart a subtle hydration so your skin can be prepped to absorb the next skin care steps, while adding in a bit of moisture.

Beauty Water can be used in the morning to create the perfect canvas for makeup application, midday as a refresher, and night after cleansing to whisk away remaining impurities. For normal, oily, dry, and combination skin types. Beauty Water has a pH of 4.5, effectively resetting the skin's natural pH after cleansing.

The bottle I got is in a 16.9 fl oz / 500 ml so it's too big for me. What I do is to put a bit in my spray bottle for convenient use and perfect for travel too. it is really like water once applied and just need to moisten a pad or tap it in the entire face until it's absorbed.

Most reviews state that the beauty water is totally in a holy grail status! Using it for days now, it gives a bright, hydrated, and healthy skin.

To use, moisten a cotton pad and gently sweep across the face. Beauty Water is ideal:

- As a toner before application of the rest of your skin care products
- To remove remaining impurities after cleansing
- As a way to freshen up your face during the day
- Can also be used like a face mist or spray

Try it out to see the difference in your skin. This is a must try and really lives up to it's name. ^^ 'Till my next blog.

Cathy Doll Whitening Sunscreen Review

Hi everyone! Summer time just passed by! 

It's time to bring out the sunscreens and sunblocks to protect our skin from the harmful rays be it summer or not. Living in a tropical country like ours, this is always a must

I'm going to share my insights with this cute sunscreen in a tube my sister gave me from a blog surprise.

This is the Cathy Doll Whitening Sunscreen. A korean product, it has L-glutathione magic cream PA+++. It says it got the cool water splash technology with 5 key benefits.

~ skin whitening

~ waterproof

~ skin moisturizing

~ sun protection

~ pore tightening

Does not contain parabens and it expires 24 months after opening. A tube contains 60ml of product.

At first, you get the creamy water drop and there is a brightening effect afterwards. I can say it gives a cool feel on my skin after applying it. It has that menthol to ward of the sun's heat and give your skin an intense cooling sensation. SUPER LIKE!

sealed tightly ^^

The next level of sunscreen protection moves beyond mere protection against the sun and UV rays but shelter you from heat itself and it applies not only to your face but also to your whole body. This new formula is lighter than other sunscreen which provides high definition UV protection with titanium dioxide and immediately brightens your skin after one single application. Employing the power of cool water splash technology, the L-glutathione magic cream effectively wards off heat to deliver intense cooling sensation and penetrates skin layers fast to minimize dryness with intense L-glutathione and whitening pore tightening treats your skin will be brightened and free from dark spots. All-in-one moisturizing hydration, sunscreen protection and heat warding product especially for you.

Use a small amount and pat the face as I noticed a bit of a white cast left if not dried well. Then you can use a cc cream and bb cream after for the finished look.

I also use a fair amount for my arms and legs and spread it just enough as the texture is a bit thick and oily but watery.

Cathy Doll is already available in SM Malls and drugstores so no need to order or purchase them online as they are now available here in the PH. ^^

Check their facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/cathydollphils/

Skin Food Rice Wash Off Mask Review

Hi! It's been a while and seems like my first blog for the year 2017! 
Been busy a lot lately and missed to greet you a Happy New Year and Kung Hei Fat Choi!^^~

Here's my review of another Skin Food product ~ the Rice Wash Off Mask which comes mildly compared to the last one I blogged which is the brown sugar variant.

I got mine from Althea for 350 php in a small tub.

Althea price: 350 php
Small Tub: 100g

It is a wash-off mask that transforms skin into a pure and soft texture and contains rice bran water. This contains rice extract that moisturizes skin and brightens tone. With its texture of ground rice, it leaves skin bright, soft and lustrous.

Ingredients:
WATER, CETYL ETHYLHEXANOATE, CAPRYLIC/CAPRIC TRIGLYCERIDE, CYCLOPENTASILOXANE, CETYL ALCOHOL, GLYCERIN, PROPYLENE GLYCOL, ORYZA SATIVA (RICE) BRAN WATER, STEARIC ACID, POLYSORBATE 80, HYDROGENATED JOJOBA OIL, GLYCERIL STEARATE, PEG-100 DSTEARATE, SORBITAN STEARATE, CARBOMER, DIMETHICONE, TRIETHANOLAMINE, SODIUM ACRYLATES COPOLYMER, SUCROSE COCOATE, TOCOPHERYL ACETATE, DISODIUM EDTA, METHYLPARABEN, IMIDAZOLIDINYL UREA, BUTYLPARABEN, FRAGRANCE

I use this mild exfoliant on weekends only. At least once to twice a week to keep face looking youthful and radiant. This light, milky wash-off facial mask gently sloughs off dead skin cells while the rice extract brightens your skin and gives it a healthy, dewy glow. 

I would recommend it to those with sensitive and dry skin because of its gentle formula that could brighten up dull skin. Using this did not cause me any irritation nor any painful feeling so it's really a must-have.

Until my next blog. Will make sure to update you constantly. (^_^)

Skinfood Black Sugar Perfect Essential Scrub 2x

This is the second black sugar scrub I had from Skinfood. The first one I tried was the Skinfood Black Sugar Mask Wash off. I believe this one is the upgraded version of the black sugar wash off.

The black sugar line is the famous line from Skinfood and has been part of every korean skin care of most beauty bloggers. 

This tub was purchased from Korea when my friend / manager went there last time. It comes in a 210g dark brown tub which is bigger compared to the mask wash off of the same variant I had last time in a white small tub. 

This skincare introduces the following features and functions:

Bio-tone up
Skin Renewup
Multi Fruit Complex

This is a scrub type that removes dead skin, improves skin texture and skin tone, moisturize and helps brighten skin.

I use it twice a week as this works as an exfoliator and just enough to shy away the blackheads and whiteheads on my sensitive skin. I have been using this for months now and I think it is quite effective. My skin feels soft and clean after washing off the mask. 

Apply it gently on a slightly wet face and scrub it in a round motion very softly avoiding the eye areas. I usually put a lot on the nose area where my blackheads mostly are. leave it for 15-20 minutes and rinse it off.

Major ingredients:

Sucrose (76660.5 mg), macademia seed oil, meadowfoam seed oil, shea butter, evening primrose oil, olive oil, Camellia Oleifera Seed Oil, jojoba seed oil, brown sugar extract (210 mg), fermented rice, filtered water, lemon extract, apple extract, orange extract, papaya fruit extract, Lepidium meyenii root extract, Sarcodon, Aspratus extract

MISSHA Time Revolution Night Repair Science Activator Ampoule

Another MISSHA product I got is the Time Revolution Night Repair Science Activator Ampoule. Include this essential activator ampoule daily in your nighttime routine to get smooth and firm, beautiful skin. It provides your skin with extra nutrients and moisture lacking from your basic skincare.

This ampoule energizes, repairs, and restores elasticity. It also provides wrinkle repairing and whitening benefits. It has multi-vitamin complex ~ vitamins and vitamin derivatives, including vitamin C that creates a synergy effect with lactic acid ferment ingredients to help recover the condition of the skin.

The key ingredients would be: 
Bifida Ferment ~ strengthens skin barrier to prevent damages and improve the skin for a more vitalized condition.
Lacobacillus Ferment ~ protects the skin for a clean, healthy condition.
Lactococcus Ferment ~ strengthens and soothes sensitive skin for a healthier condition.

I was curious when they say it's the complete science behind beautiful skin. Include it as part of your day and night routine. However, I chose to use the ampoule in my nighttime routine to get smooth and firm, beautiful skin.

It provides skin with extra nutrients and moisture. The ampoule energizes, repairs and restores elasticity. It also provides wrinkle repairing and whitening benefits. It's recommended to people who are in their late 20s - early 40s. If you want to experience prompt improving of the skin condition and have more elasticity this is the product for you. 

The product comes in a hard glass bottle and a dropper to control the ampoule from the product. 

I ordered this product from Althea Korea 
amount: 1350 php
bottle: 50 ml

A massive list of the product's ingredients:

Water, Bifida Ferment Lysate, Glycereth-26, Juniperus Chinensis Xylem Extract, Sorbus Commixta Extract, Bis-PEG-18 Methyl Ether Dimethyl Silane, Butylene Glycol, Niacinamide, Glycerin, Betaine, Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract, Disodium EDTA, Silica, Tripeptide-1, Tripeptide-10 Citrulline, Hydrolyzed Soy Protein, Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein, Ceteth-3, Ceteth-5, PEG-5 Rapeseed Sterol, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Limnanthes Alba (Meadowfoam) Seed Oil, Sea Water, Portulaca Oleracea Extract, Chamomile Flower Extract, Ethyl Hexanediol, Cyclopentasiloxane, Dimethicone, Glyceryl Polyacrylate, PEG-11 Methyl Ether Dimethicone, PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, PPG-26-Buteth-26, Polysorbate 20. Cyclomethicone, Grifola Frondosa (Maitake) Mycelium Ferment Filtrate Extract, Ophioglossum Vulgatum Extract, Carbomer, Glyceryl Caprylate, Triethanolamine, Sodium Hyaluronate, Lactobacillus/Rice Ferment Filtrate, Portulaca Oleracea Extract, Lactobacillus/Soybean Ferment Extract, Saccharomyces/Viscum Album (Mistletoe) Ferment Extract, Yeast Ferment Extract, Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Acacia Arabica Stem Bark Extract, Adenosine, Dimethiconol, Xanthan Gum, Cardiospermum Halicacabum Flower/Leaf/Vine Extract, Echium Plantagineum Seed Oil, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil Unsaponifiables, Octyldodecanol, Cyclomethicone, Dipropylene Glycol, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Tocopheryl Acetate, Alpha-Glucan Oligosaccharide, Cassia Alata Leaf Extract, Dextrin, Lactococcus Ferment Lysate, Laminaria Digitata Extract, Manilkara Multinervis Leaf Extract, Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Extract, Lactobacillus Ferment, Lauryl Methacrylate/Glycol Dimethacrylate Crosspolymer, Saccharomyces Ferment Filtrate, Pogostemon Cablin Oil, Pseudoalteromonas Ferment Extract, Hydroxypropyltrimonium Maltodextrin Crosspolymer, Macadamia Seed Oil, Propylene Glycol, Retinol, Cholesterol, Beta-Sitosterol, Lecithin, Panthenol, Cucumis Melo (Melon) Fruit Extract, Ascorbyl Tetraisopalmitate, Ceteth-24, Choleth-24, Glyceryl Arachidonate, Glyceryl Linoleate, Glyceryl Linolenate, Ubiquinone, Cetyl Phosphate, Brassica Campestris (Rapeseed) Sterol, Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Copper, Amaranthus Caudatus Seed Extract, Biotin

Althea: Latest Haul and Unboxing

Annyeongg~~~~

I'm back with another post to share. ^_^ My sisters and I just ordered from Althea and here's our latest skin care haul. So excited to use them!

Althea is the South East Asia's largest online Korean beauty store with the lowest prices shipped directly from Korea.

As me and my sisters has this skincare madness (hahaha!) this is not our first order from Althea. I think this has been the 4th box we've ordered. Visit their website here http://ph.althea.kr/ and order products shipped directly from Korea. I can say the shipping time is not long as it takes within 7-9 days or even earlier. 

This box includes:

Nella Fantasia Honey Snail Ultra Moisture Cream
Nature Republic Aqua Moisture Cream
Nature republic Aloe Vera Mist
Mamie Blue 
It's My Magic Sponge Beauty Blender (Blue)
Etude House Bling Bling Stick

Freebie: Etude House Dr Mascara Fixer

I'm going to blog some of these skin care beauties soon! I'm just using up my Etude House Moistfull Collagen cream and Holika Holika Sleeping Pack Honey in Blueberry.

Etude House Moistfull Collagen Cream

I have been addicted to face creams lately. Recently, I just bought quite a few to make sure I have some on stock and try out those I am curious of.

I see there will be a battle of the creams. Ha ha! I just finished using this cream from Etude House and I loved it.

korean brand face creams~~

Honey Snail by Nella Fantasia; Honey Sleeping Pack by Holika Holika; Moistfull Collagen Cream by Etude House and Aqua Super Aqua Max by Nature Republic

I mentioned from my previous blogs that I am using the Etude House Moistfull Collagen line and had overall great results. So I added the collagen cream for the final step in my night skin care routine.

it comes with a spatula in the box

The moistfull collagen cream ingredients are composed of natural ingredients and no parabens and alcohol. 

weight: 75ml / 160 g

price: 985 php (approx)

scent: mild flowery scent

Hydrolyzed Collagen, Butylene Glycol, Cyclopentasiloxane, Glycerin, Cyclohexasiloxane, Glyceryl Polymethacrylate, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Cetearyl Alcohol, Adansonia Digitata Fruit Extract, Adansonia Digitata Seed Oil, Betaine, Kaolin, Cetyl Ethylhexanoate, Pca Dimethicone, Dimethiconol, Glyceryl Stearate, Sodium Polyacrylate, Stearic Acid, Silica, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/Vp Copolymer, Poloxamer 407, Polyglyceryl-3 Methylglucose Distearate, Phytantriol, Ppg-5-Laureth-5, Hydrogenated Polydecene, Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, Alcohol, Water, Disodium Edta, Phenoxyethanol, Fragrance

The product is filled to the top and it can be used for quite a long time. As it is the last step in my routine, it feels like sealing all the moisture of the products I used first and a small amount is fine. I make sure I use it all over my face and neck. 

No wonder this is one of Etude House best seller products in their list. It is definitely worth buying!~

It is very moisturising and I can say a very promising product indeed.