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Product review
Hi guys! I can't believe time flies and it's been a week since I updated. As I was promised in my previous Joyce Beauty haul, I would do a product review. So here it is!
Below is the list of the brands that I am going to talk about:
1. Omorovicza
2. Rahua
3. Kate Somerville
First, I want to talk about Kate Somerville. There are so much good things about Kate Somerville on the internet so I went to get some. Remember I said the first impression was "okay"? Well, it turned out that the products are a "NO" for my skin. It dried out my skin, got dry patches and lil' allergy bumps around my nose. I think I used it for 2 days and I couldn't stand it. It was making my skin feel terrible! I started mixing my Tatcha with the Omorovicza samples together. It was first the gold drop serum with my trusted Tatcha silk moisturizer. My skin felt so much better the second day.
A week later, I went to Hong Kong again with my mom/gma and stopped by Joyce Beauty again. This time, I purchased myself a few items of Omorovicza. " This brand is from Hungary and all products use their famous potent blend of mineral-rich healing water and their patented hydro mineral transference delivery system. Their products are free of those yucky chemicals like SLS, synthetic coloring and fragrance, silicon and etc. " - from my last blog.
I purchased their balancing moisturizer, which the sales told me it's for my skin type, a reviving eye cream and the blue diamond serum. The eye cream is light and watery. It feels great on your eye and does not feel greasy afterwards. Their blue diamond serum is great also. It absorbs into your skin like magic. It only takes a few sec before it all disappeared into your skin. The last item was the balancing moisturizer. It's gel-like! So it's actually to my liking. It quickly absorbs into your skin without feeling greasy or heavy. If you ask me to compare to Tatcha, I would still choose Tatcha because in my personal opinion, I feel like the Tatcha cream is more moisturizing for me, just a tiny bit more. If I don't pump enough of the balancing moisturizer, my nose area feels dry and by the end of the day, it turned into a dry patch. So, I still sometimes use my Tatcha silk cream whenever I feel my skin is starting to feel dry. Also, recently when I was browing at Net-a-Porter, I was able to find this brand and I got their hydrating mist. It acts as a toner and the sales told me it was their best selling product. So I purchased it online to try it out. I used it twice only so I cannot really comment on this yet. First impression, it was okay. My face does feel silky after the mist absorbs into my skin. Will I get Omorovicza again? I probably will not. It's quite expensive and it doesn't do super magic to my skin. I will get Tatcha again until I can find a skin care that does what Tatcha does to my skin!
Third, I actually saw Rahua in Net-a-Porter also. I didn't get it online because I was going to Hong Kong anyway and I know Joyce Beauty has it. I got a shampoo and conditioner to try because it was certified organic and it looks good. The smell though, I don't really like but I can stand it. The smell last a VERY long time on your hair. You can still smell it by the end of the day. I used it everyday for 5 days? My hair actually turned really dry and itchy for some reason. The conditioner is moisturizing to be honest but the shampoo makes my hair very dry. I probably will not get it again after I finish it. I still have half a bottle and it's making my hair and scalp starting to feel uncomfortable. I might have to end up switching back to Philip Kingsley before I can finish the bottle.
Below is the list of the brands that I am going to talk about:
1. Omorovicza
2. Rahua
3. Kate Somerville
First, I want to talk about Kate Somerville. There are so much good things about Kate Somerville on the internet so I went to get some. Remember I said the first impression was "okay"? Well, it turned out that the products are a "NO" for my skin. It dried out my skin, got dry patches and lil' allergy bumps around my nose. I think I used it for 2 days and I couldn't stand it. It was making my skin feel terrible! I started mixing my Tatcha with the Omorovicza samples together. It was first the gold drop serum with my trusted Tatcha silk moisturizer. My skin felt so much better the second day.
A week later, I went to Hong Kong again with my mom/gma and stopped by Joyce Beauty again. This time, I purchased myself a few items of Omorovicza. " This brand is from Hungary and all products use their famous potent blend of mineral-rich healing water and their patented hydro mineral transference delivery system. Their products are free of those yucky chemicals like SLS, synthetic coloring and fragrance, silicon and etc. " - from my last blog.
I purchased their balancing moisturizer, which the sales told me it's for my skin type, a reviving eye cream and the blue diamond serum. The eye cream is light and watery. It feels great on your eye and does not feel greasy afterwards. Their blue diamond serum is great also. It absorbs into your skin like magic. It only takes a few sec before it all disappeared into your skin. The last item was the balancing moisturizer. It's gel-like! So it's actually to my liking. It quickly absorbs into your skin without feeling greasy or heavy. If you ask me to compare to Tatcha, I would still choose Tatcha because in my personal opinion, I feel like the Tatcha cream is more moisturizing for me, just a tiny bit more. If I don't pump enough of the balancing moisturizer, my nose area feels dry and by the end of the day, it turned into a dry patch. So, I still sometimes use my Tatcha silk cream whenever I feel my skin is starting to feel dry. Also, recently when I was browing at Net-a-Porter, I was able to find this brand and I got their hydrating mist. It acts as a toner and the sales told me it was their best selling product. So I purchased it online to try it out. I used it twice only so I cannot really comment on this yet. First impression, it was okay. My face does feel silky after the mist absorbs into my skin. Will I get Omorovicza again? I probably will not. It's quite expensive and it doesn't do super magic to my skin. I will get Tatcha again until I can find a skin care that does what Tatcha does to my skin!
Third, I actually saw Rahua in Net-a-Porter also. I didn't get it online because I was going to Hong Kong anyway and I know Joyce Beauty has it. I got a shampoo and conditioner to try because it was certified organic and it looks good. The smell though, I don't really like but I can stand it. The smell last a VERY long time on your hair. You can still smell it by the end of the day. I used it everyday for 5 days? My hair actually turned really dry and itchy for some reason. The conditioner is moisturizing to be honest but the shampoo makes my hair very dry. I probably will not get it again after I finish it. I still have half a bottle and it's making my hair and scalp starting to feel uncomfortable. I might have to end up switching back to Philip Kingsley before I can finish the bottle.
COOLA 有機防曬
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因爲已經開始踏入夏天，我想同大家介紹一下防曬。你們都知道市面上其實有好多唔同牌子嘅防曬，有唔同SPF。因爲好多人會當防曬做底霜或者係搽咗防曬再搽base，所以一定必需要選擇一個比較對皮膚安全、少化學成份嘅防曬。
太陽光有2種有害射線- UVA同 UVB. UVA會射入我哋嘅真皮層。唔保護嘅話，我哋皮膚會過早老化同壓制免疫系統。而當我哋皮膚抵抗力下降，就會有皮膚癌嘅危險!! UVB就係通常曬傷皮膚嘅射線。
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| photo taken from coola webiste |
咁如果要買防曬，應該買SPF幾多呢? 係咪越高，防曬就越好? SPF 你哋都知係 sun protection factor 又名防曬度．SPF計法係compare unprotected skin and amount of time needed to burn - protected skin。啫係話未搽同搽咗之後幾時會燒傷嘅時間。好難明?1唔緊要！我俾個example你哋。如果你喺太陽下唔搽防曬10分鐘會燒傷嘅話，你搽SPF2，你就會20分鐘後燒傷．一個double！如果SPF15嘅話就會係 15倍。SPF20-45都係增加2.8%嘅紫外sin線防護。所以SPF30已經好足夠。
下面個chart可以見到其實SPF50已經係99%防曬，所以市面上個啲SPF100都係同50無分別。
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| Photo taken from coola website |
咁經典同礦物防曬有咩唔同呀? 分別係佢哋嘅活性成份。Classic sunscreen (經典防曬)係用化學活性成份吸受然後消散UVA/UVB。而mineral sunscreen (礦物防曬)係用礦物 (物理)活性成份例如二氧化鈦 (titanium dioxide) 和氧化鋅散 (zinc oxide)反射同散射UVA/UVB。Classic sunscreen就要至少30分鐘前要搽。Mineral sunscreen搽完就即刻OK!
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| photo taken from coola website |
其實我自己個人對防曬唔算認識好多因爲我之前試個啲都好sticky，搽完變咗白色blend唔到。所以我好少會買防曬。直至俾我遇上COOLA。
COOLA係一個luxury美國有機嘅防曬品牌。所有產品都採用最天然同有機嘅成份。佢哋選摘嘅成份有效保護皮膚亦可舒緩、保濕同滋潤。COOLA有啲產品有多過70%有機認證！
講咗咁多，邊款COOLA好呢？我試過佢幾款產品.
通常我用2嚟做base， 1同3就出海或者曬太陽用。3個一啲都唔sticky所以真係唔錯。
1. classic sunscreen SPF 50 - unscented moisturizer
2. mineral sunscreen SPF 30 - cucumber matte finish
3. Sport SPF30 - unscented sunscreen spray
夏天又好，冬天都好，防曬一定日日都要搽！
ILIA new face products!
I don't know if you all already knew, THESE goodies just arrived in Macau today! I was excited when I saw them on the ILIA website. I was waiting for them to release in Hong Kong and Macau. I love their lipsticks and lip balm. I mean, who doesn't love an organic lip products? I don't even know how much lip products I've eaten since I started using lip products. So, I think a healthy and safe lip product is a MUST in my makeup bag.
The packaging of ILIA's products is chic and neat. It's simple but not TOO simple, if that means sense..
The tinted moisturizer and the concealer come in 3 colors. So I got the second color for both the tinted moisturizer and concealer!
The tinted moisturizer is a semi-matte formula with soothing botanicals to help calm and revitalize skin. It has aloe vera so our skin has long-lasting hydration. It also contains white tea and rosemary extract to combat any radicals. The sodium hyaluronate is to promote skin microcirculation. It also has SPF. So, this little bottle of thing is GOOOOOOD. The texture is very thin. It spreads out easily once you put it on your face. I used my face to apply it and it's like putting on your daily moisturizer. It's like your second layer of skin!
Here's the before and after picture!
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The concealer is in a thicker texture. The concealer is suitable for sensitive skin also! Great for me since I have sensitive skin. The weather is changing in Macau so my face has a big red patch that itches once in awhile. The concealer contains healing properties of aloe and coconut oil to soothe and hydrate the skin. It also has arnica and green tea extract to help calm inflammation. So, you can put the concealer on your pimples and it will not block your pores! Great things always come in small bottles :P It says that it's best to apply with a brush to conceal dark circles, even out skin tone and reduce redness.
Okay, so I think overall, it's pretty good! Even though it couldn't cover all my red pigmentations from my pimples but it's a sheer tinted moisturizer so that's alright. It did cover a little bit as you can see from the picture. The concealer is a little too thick in my opinion but that might be because I used my fingers to blend it out. Maybe I am used to using a thinner texture concealer. I've been using the garner bb concealer and it's actually a really good concealer. It covers my redness and dark circle very well! Anyway, I will probably try using a brush to blend the concealer to see if there's difference.
Time to go out for dinner. Talk to you guys soon!
So here's a before concealer and after concealer picture!
Okay, so I think overall, it's pretty good! Even though it couldn't cover all my red pigmentations from my pimples but it's a sheer tinted moisturizer so that's alright. It did cover a little bit as you can see from the picture. The concealer is a little too thick in my opinion but that might be because I used my fingers to blend it out. Maybe I am used to using a thinner texture concealer. I've been using the garner bb concealer and it's actually a really good concealer. It covers my redness and dark circle very well! Anyway, I will probably try using a brush to blend the concealer to see if there's difference.
Time to go out for dinner. Talk to you guys soon!
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