2014 Favorites!

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FINALLY, 2014 is ending and 2015 is coming and I'm getting older nooo. This past year was a roller coaster for me personally and there were sooo many things that I've gone through. Although 2014 was not a good year for kpop. yeah.

As a wrap-up post to end 2014, I'm going to write about the products that I'd been loving this year so far.

Here they are in no particular order:

[UPDATED and EDITED MARCH 2017] List of Cruelty-Free (No Animal Testing and Ingredients) Korean Cosmetic Brands

[UPDATED] KARA posted an update of the list on January 2017 and so as I promised, I updated this post.


So, the list is uploaded and regularly updated by Korea Animal Rights Advocates (KARA) site (here's the Korean site). The list isn't all about skincare and makeup although 90% of it is. I put a little description for brands who aren't skincare/makeup brands.

Let's jump onto the list. The list is divided into 4 categories with 3 indicators:

• No animal testing
• No animal ingredients; and
• The company doesn't export to China

Maybelline Clear Smooth Minerals Healthy Natural Concealer in Medium Sand

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Do you know how it feels like to have something really important and essential in your life, but still could not find the right one, yet? Yea. That's me and concealers. For someone whose dark circles gets worse as time passes by, under eye concealer becomes an important thing that I always keep in my bag. I actually haven't really tried that many though, but still, why can't I just find a good cheap concealer that works wonder for my under eye area.

 

I have many spots on my face (say hi to acne-prone skin), but lately, I just don't feel like covering them too much. I can walk confidently without completely covering all the spots. But covering dark circles is important. And does this concealer live up to my expectation?

Etude House Play 101 Pencil #49

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Here we go again with another Etude House again. I've been observing the Korean cosmetic market here in my country and I can say that Etude dominates the market. The brand is just so accessible. It's everywhere. Almost all online shops which sell Korean cosmetic products will most likely sell any kind of Etude. And the official stores of this brand is also everywhere here (okay, not literally everywhere, but you get what I'm trying to deliver, right?). There are currently only 2 stores here in my area, but it's actually more than enough I think.

Etude's products are quite affordable and even though they are affordable, I have to say that the quality is not disappointing which then pushes me to purchase more stuffs.

Anyway, it's time for Play 101 Pencil!

Pony from Pony's Beauty Diary had a special segment of this Pencil 101 on InsiteTV's youtube channel and she succeeded in poisoning me to purchase it.

Etude House Drawing Eyebrow AD - #2 Gray Brown Review

Hi, belles!

Happy holidays and Merry Christmas to you all!

December is finally here! Although I am living in a "sunshine all day, sunshine all the way" country, but it's cold here because we are in the middle of the rainy season. It rains almost everyday.

Anyway this time, I'm going to review another brow product. FYI, I finished Peripera Speedy Eyebrow Auto Pencil one and finally got this because it was so cheap.

Etude House Proof 10 Eye Primer Review

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For oily-lid(ders) out there, come here and let me hug you. I don't only have oily T-zone and chin, but also eyelids. My under eye area is super dry while my lid area is oily. What an irony. When I put nothing on my lids, it just gets oily by the day time and it makes me look dull because you know, eyes speak for the face (well, at least for me). And so I always put on eye primer even if I won't use any eyeshadow whenever I go outside for pretty long hours.

The product that I am going to talk this time is Etude House Proof 10 Eye Primer. Such a steal, you know, because this stuff works wonder for my lids and it's so affordable.

 

Skin Talk: Facial Experience

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A new corner of my blog! I may be adding many new corners so that I don't only post reviews but also share my view on skins and makeups and other related things. And what am I going to talk this time is facial. To be honest, I've only done facial ONCE in my life. So, why am I bringing up this topic? Well, I want to share with you my facial experience and why I never take them again.

I think I had my first facial early this year. I went to a spa house with friends and I got a massage and decided to try a facial. The massage was good, but the facial was horrible. Totally horrible. Well, the most horrible part of any facial is extraction. It hurt like hell. I never experienced it before so I thought it was normal. That being said, after we were done, my friend told me that she never felt this hurt whenever doing facials. I was so worried how my face would look like after that horrible facial.

A few days later, I had breakouts. I do get hormonal breakouts, but the breakouts were never this bad. And it lasted for a few months. I was tortured. When the new semester started, my friends (girls AND boys) were commenting about the spots on my face because I rarely broke out that bad. That's how insane my skin was, and I've been afraid to do facial ever since.

Well, you guys might think that I am probably just another unlucky girl who went to the wrong place. My friends recommended me their favorite facial spots and I'm sure there are actually many good facial spots out there, but I don't know, I'm still afraid that things will turn really bad on my face. ;__;

Many suggest to do a facial once a month. Facial is somehow good to "help" the skin (I think this post is good on explaining the basic things about facial), but I just cannot do it again, yet. My skin is much clearer now (after months of suffering ;__;) although the dark spots will stay here on my face for God-knows-how-long. But my skin is in its good condition and I don't want to ruin it. I will just wait for the day I am convinced to do another facial.

That's it. I don't write any tips or tricks, I just want to share my experience. Next post, I'll probably talk about my current DIY (aka homemade) skincare routine which I really enjoy and help my skin to improve from its worst condition. So, see you in the next post! :)