REVIEW: Missha BB Boomer

thank the gods of mount olympus i only have this as a sample.  i got this at the Missha store at SM North-Annex.

so since i don’t read, i didn’t read what this was actually for until after i tore it open.  it’s merely a primer to a bb cream, so to me it’s a primer to a primer LMAO.

after it’s blended on the back of my hand and on my face.

so yes, ladies, i popped my zits and black heads and i have OILY to combination skin thus my pores are well shall we say HUGE.  i don’t have the full size product, so i can’t say anything about its packaging.  i only used this twice, why? read on:
Likes:

• moisturizing

Dislikes:

• the scent – omg, i’m sorry to be an ageist [well actually i’m not sorry LOL long story especially in the last year] but this thing smells like my lola’s perfume, the type that hurts your nostril and sticks in there until way after 
• no pearlescent effect 
• with or withOUT it my bb creams last or not last on my face so no effect in short it didn’t work at least on my oily to combination skin.

Can’t say if it would’ve broken me out since i only used it twice.

Do i recommend this? – neither for dry skinned [whose makeup generally last longer since they don’t produce much oil to break down their make up] nor for oily skinned people like myself, no i do not recommend this.

REVIEW: MISSHA TEA TREE SHEET MASK

One of the things i purchased the local Missha store at the SM North Edsa was this tea tree mask.  i bought 3  masks that day and got my fourth one for free.
they’re supposed to be chock-full of moisturizers and whatever the label says it contains.  the other night was tea tree.

OMG, the instructions are in ENGLISH!!  of course, i took it for granted that the directions would be in Hangul so i just did my normal obagi gel facial wash, pat my face down dry and put this on my face without the toner directions #1 stated i should do.

so i wait, and i was reading and delighted that the instructions and ingredients are in english.  wow 30 minutes on my face [grumble grumble]

it’s soaked sopping wet with the ingredients.

hay, i waited the full 30minutes instead of the minimum 20 as the back label suggested.  it kinda felt sticky and tingly on my face at the same time.  it was cooling and soothing on my face after a long day.  the mask is tad big on my face, but i suppose that’s so it would fit most faces.  the nose flap didn’t fit my entire nose 0_o and since it was soaking soppy wet i was kinda leaking which made me wrap my hair.  the smell was very faint.  it smelled like a mint leaf, kinda herbal-ly.


the effect.  nope no pic of me after, hehehe.  i was a shining shimmering splendor, hahaha must be all that glycerin and castor oil.  the tea tree in this is like the 12th ingredient on here.  usually the ingredients is listed from the ingredient with the most amount in the product down to the ingredient with the smallest amount.  so it’s a fair assumption for me to see that there is quite a small amount of tea tree on here.  the rest of the ingredients are the skin softeners, the alcohol etc.


my skin felt soft and supple the next day when i had to wash off what was left behind by the mask.  the supple feeling lasted well into the day.  i usually use tea tree for blemishes and the night i used this, i was hoping that the healing quality of what little tea tree there is in the mask would help me keep from getting a zit.  but about 36-48 hours later i got a little zit on the bridge of my nose.  must be all that glycerin, LMAO.


it’s a skin care routine that i maybe too lazy to do compared to applying a wash off mask or a sleeping pack.  so i’m kinda iffy on the whole facial mask routine.  but i did like the effect of the product the next day.  so i’ll prolly get to the next mask by next weekend.


DISCLAIMER:  i did read the part where it says it is adv to do the routine 2-3 times a week so i may have gotten better results if had tried this a few more times.
Likes:

• the packaging, it’s simple and easy to tear off the top to get the product out
• the instructions – the fact that they are in english
• the fact that the mask is big that way, it makes room for a women of the non-petite type or MEN
• the supple and soft feeling i immediately had after just one use of the product
• the price, it’s something from the local Missha store i can afford hehehe

Dislikes:

• the fact that the tea tree ingredient is way down the list.
• castor oil, may have given me my little zit

Would i recommend this:  sure if you have the time and have the time and don’t get fidgety while you wait for something to go through it’s time.

Would i buy this again: i hardly ever buy anything twice, except maybe my two blushes, the stila lip and cheek stain and the lioele blooming pop pinky tint and my peach sake stuff.

REVIEW: L’EGERE WHITE MULTI BB CREAM

thanks to fuzkittie the youtube make up guru i was influenced to look for and purchase the most expensive bb cream among my collection. and i’m not sorry for buying this.

L’egere White Multi BB

White Multi Blemish Balm Cream

ALL IN ONE

sun protect + make up base + skin cover + foundationS for 24 hours, skin white, transparent, Moisture, and elastic

that’s what’s written on the bottle. ano daw? [say what naooo?]

finally, i get to this bb cream. this seemingly magical product to see if the women on the internet are right about this product.

let’s break it down, shall we?

Packaging:

it’s an updside down squeeze tube. after all of the bb creams i’ve tried, i think, for now, i prefer this type of squirt tube. somehow i have better control squeezing out the right amount of product that i need to spread over my entire face or specific areas.

The BB cream itself:

it’s a not too thick a cream. i can only describe the consistency as something between a hair conditioner and philadelphia cream cheese spread. it’s very easy to spread and blend over my moisturized oily to combination skin.

This smells really nice. a very faint baby powder scent, LOL, sadly, at least i think so, sadly, the scent dissipates right away.

The Shade:

it initially starts out a tad dark on my skin but then blends right in to what my skin shade really is.

it matches my skin. but, since the skin on my face IS slightly darker than the skin on my neck and chest, then it will still not match the skin on my neck even if i apply the bb cream on my neck. the solution a setting powder whose shade matches the skin on my neck.

Oil Control:

though it doesn’t really say that this formula is for oily to combination skin, it does slightly better in controlling my oily t-zone compared to my Etude House total age repair wrinkle repair royal bb cream or even compared to my missha perfect cover bb cream. the oil control of this L’egere Multi white BB cream is sorta like the face shop’s skin extra bb cream, at least on my face.

Lasting power:

it says 24 hours! Maybelline 24 hour and revlon colorstay this thing is sooo NOT. never the less it lasts a full day’s shift give or take a couples of hours. so about 8 to 10 hours with at least one blotting of some shine from my nose and surrounding area and one retouch with whatever compact i have in my purse.

Skincare/Blemish Balm:

it has not compounded the 2 zits i had while using this. in fact, i leaning towards the belief that it helped dried up the 2 huge a$$ zits i had during my monthly womanly thing, which is around the time i have those anyway.

Whitening effect. that’s kinda hard to gauge, considering i’ve only been using this a week. the only time i will admit that i’ve gone fairer is when the skin on my face finally matches my neck and chest.

SPF:

dude, unless the bottle / label shows me a number and at least one + sign, then i will consider thing to only the bare minimum of SPF and no PA protection, which is about SPF6 similar to what the revlon colorstay for oily to combination skin has.

Coverage: ‘transparent’ nga daw eh LMAO [it did say transparent on the bottle doesn’t it?.  doesn’t cover up my pores too well but hides the redness around my nose.

Makeup Base:  i’ve only tried this as a makeup base under my the face shop phytogenic powder foundation [meaning not with any other kind of foundation yet] and so far it made the foundation last and i only touch up once and only blot the oil once or twice throughout the entire time i have the makeup on (usually about 8-10hurs)

i had used the l’egere multi white bb cream for the first time when i took this pic.  so with the right shade of setting powder this not only lasts it will match the skin on my neck and chest.Will I purchase this again?: at US$29.99 at iMomoko.com [or a price starting at US$23 onwards] wow that’s a tough question. but then i have a lot of bb creams to go thru before i can justify another bb cream purchase. but I DO HIGHLY RECOMMEND this bb cream as a fantabulous makeup base or light coverage foundation for occassions you just super as in just can’t get out of the house without something on your face. 

Random Update(s) a tiring weekend – Doctor Jart, The Face Shop, posters, tumbler, calendar, makeup

This weekend i had a very very very long saturday, that i nearly slept through the whole sunday, yesterday.  Last saturday started out normal, i went to class, but then i received a call requesting i go down to paranaque after class.  i wanted to go there with my husband so i waited in makati and walked around.

my normal stops at malls are the record bars and the makeup stores.  how glad i was to see that the astro at sm makati had almost all the albums of my one of my two most favorite korean male groups, SS501. the only thing missing since they started to bring these albums here is ST 01, their very first album.  so as of yet, ss501’s latest and last album (for now), Destination, is still not distributed in Manila.

Though i have both normal and special edition versions of Destination, i make it a point to purchase the TW version either from odyssey, astro or fully booked to drive home the point that the demand for kpop is here and is likely to stay for a long time.  yeah, i mean you, warner phils.

And while walking around the SM’s dept store, i saw a little kiosk for Doctor Jart, LOL, i keep meaning to do a review on the silver label bb cream i have since i really like that.

the sales lady was hesitant to let me take a pic of her little kiosk at san ka pa baliktad ang letter T. LOL, i said ok na yan, there are people like me that know the brand anyway, and there are people like me that know about bb creams already.  there are at least 3 variants of the doctor jart bb cream out now.  the rest of their stuff is still being passed thru our BFAD.  the SA said that their bb cream for men is already on the way and being passed thru BFAD already along with their other cosmetics.

I must warn though, that the 50ml bb cream is tagged at PhP1900++ while the 30ml is about PhP800++ so er, ang mahal compared to buying the stuff from your suki multiply seller.  but like i keep saying, if you’re not willing to wait for a pre-order, and if you’re willing to fork out that much for something worth between US$17 to US$25 (around PhP750-1000) then pay the extra for the cost of tax and shipping of buying this at the mall.

All the same, i’m pretty pleased that this brand made its way to manila.  now that we have the face shop, laneige, skin food, missha, etude house, vov, and now doctor jart.  let’s keep the competition coming.

and finally, what’s a trip to the mall without checking out the face shop.  i had seen one of my facebook friends have their photo taken at this very branch at the glorieta (next to mcdonald’s ground floor) and said to myself, woah, this pic is different from all the other branches.

i got to speak to the store manager of the glorieta branch and she said that they’re expecting items to come in from Korea.  items like calendars, posters, and tumblers with the picture of kim hyun joong like these:

she mentioned tumblers and possibly calendars and most of all paper bags with leader’s face on them.  so very similar to what tony moly had done while leader was with tony moly. and yes, for now, the price range of worth items purchased from the face shop is around PhP800 to get a poster or some item.  for now don’t quote me on this.  this can still change.

some of the items that i mention while leader was with tony moly are shown here on my vid:

 

BUT, BUT!

i spoke to one of the head admins of TSPH, the fan club of kim hyun joong’s male singing group, ss501.  i met up with the senior members of tsph as one of my last stops last saturday.  (so yeah from UPDiliman to Paranaque, to megamall, back to QC musta naman samin ng mister ko) LOL.  i’m afraid that the posters and other items from the face shop with leader’s face on it will not make it in time for this year’s KPOP convention at the picc.

so it is likely that the items mentioned will be ready by the turn of the year.  unfortunately, as well, the possibility of kim hyun joong coming back to the philippines before the year ends has become less and less.  the signing events will be at Singapore and to two other countries before the year ends. but the Philippines is not one of them.