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Review: Skinfood Gold Caviar Nutrition Mask

7. July 2013
Here is a sample of Skinfood’s Gold Caviar Nutrition Mask, which I got with my last order at W2Beauty (here). The sample contains quite some product so you can use this mask for around 3 times which is really great for trying out.

Here is the description of the product taken from Skinfood’s web page:
A total care nutrient mask that leaves the skin full of youth and vitality by managing the wrinkle, nutrient, resilience and moisturizing care through caviar and gold ingredients.

* To Use

Apply evenly onto the cheeks, chin, forehead and nose and massage in an outward motion starting from the center.
After 5~10 minutes of massaging, wipe away with tissue or rinse with lukewarm water.
The packaging of the sample sachet is very typical for Skinfood, with its vintage style colors and design. The full size product comes in a very nice jar with a golden lid. It looks really noble, as all products from the Gold Caviar Line appear to be.
The product has a heavy cream-gel texture with a gluey consistency. I didn’t like the scent of the Gold Caviar Nutrition Mask. It was a scent which reminded me of rancid oil or something similar. And since you have to massage the mask into your skin for quite a while the scent is rather obvious and annoying :/ Did anyone try this mask, too, and had the same experience with the scent?
After applying onto your skin and massage it, the sticky texture turns into oil and makes massaging really easy. This mask is indeed very nourishing. It is also very heavy in my eyes. I guess it is good for mature skin. I won’t recommend it for oily skin, but I think it will be great on people with really rough and dry spots. After washing my face with water it left the skin very soft.
Personally I won’t repurchase it, I guess my skin doesn’t need this kind of heavy nourishing skincare yet.
The full sized jar contains 90 g and costs US$ 32.72 at W2beauty. If you use my link or the sponsor code 088505 for registration at W2Beauty you’ll get a 5.00 $ voucher after registration and you can use it immediately for each purpose from US$ 30 onwards. So would pay around 28 US$ in total.
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Graveyard: June Empties

5. July 2013
 I wanted to share with you the products I’ve been using up each month and here is my picture for June.This month I didn’t use a lot of products because I was concentrating on decreasing the samples I hoarded.
Wonder Pore Freshner: Repurchase? Yes, I love the packaging and the product.

Sexyhair- Bigsexyhair Big Volume Conditioner: Repurchase? Nope. It was okay but nothing special.
Balance Me Super Toning Body Wash: Repurchase? No, I didn’t like the scent.
Holika Holika’s Prime Miracle Snail Essence: Repurchase? No, I want to try other snail products. And I liked Missha’s Time Revolution First Treatment Essence more.
Hope you like the post although it’s short :)
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Review: Missha Flower Bouquet Cherry Blossom Fresh Cleansing Oil

4. July 2013
Hello ♥
Today I have another sample based review for you. I got a sample of Missha’s Flower Bouquet Cherry Blossom Fresh Cleansing Oil. I already reviewed the Cherry Blossom Cleansing Cream here. And I was (and still am) really in love with the scent, a refreshing and flowery scent of cherry blossoms. This sample of the Fresh Cleansing Oil was sent to me with my last order at W2Beauty (here) and I’m really happy to be able to try the cleansing oil of the Cherry Blossom line.

Here is the description from Missha’s page in New Zealand:
1. Concept
Refreshing Cleansing oil to remove heavy makeup perfectly and cleanly with pore care benefit
2. Descriptions
MISSHA Flower Bouquet Fresh Cleansing Oil Series
Perfect cleansing!
Washes away dirt and heavy makeup in one step
Effortless washing!
Rapid cleansing without leaving an oily residue
A fresh finish!
Does not leave your skin dry or sticky
  • Perfect Cleansing
One-step, complete cleansing, removing even the toughest of waterproof makeup 
  • Fresh Finish
Provides a refreshing finish without leaving an oily residue or drying the skin
 
  • Effortless washing
Light cleansing oil with powerful hydrophilic properties quickly and easily removes dirt and makeup residue
 
* Each character of MISSHA Flower Bouquet Fresh Cleansing Oil
Pore Care
Cherry blossom and Azalea extracts nourish and exfoliate the skin while reducing the appearance of enlarged pores 
4. Directions
 
1) Pump 2-3 times onto dry hands.
* After dispensing, wipe away any oil remaining on the pump head to allow for easy use later.
2) Gently massage onto dry face for 30 seconds.
* In order to completely remove lip and eye makeup, take extra care to gently massage the delicate lip and eye areas.
3) Dampen your fingers and gently massage until oil and water emulsify and appear milky-white.
4) Rinse face with lukewarm water to wash away dirt and makeup residue.
* There is no need to cleanse again, but if you have extremely oily skin then rinse again with Flower Bouquet Cleansing Foam.
The packaging of the sample has cherry blossoms printed on, like the full sized products of that line. I like the packaging a lot, because it’s simple but cute on the same time. ♥
The product itself is a clear oil. It has to be applied on the dry skin for cleansing and massaged in a while. The make-up already starts to dissolve in this step. Then you can wet your hands and continue massaging. The oil starts getting milky when combined with water. The make-up is fully dissolved after this step. Now you can rinse of the cleanser and your skin will be left clean and smooth.
This cleanser is really nice. It removed all the make-up I applied and it didn’t make my skin feel dry after cleansing. Since I have dry skin some good cleansers which are able to remove all make-up thoroughly are simply too drying. I didn’t have that feeling this time. Also, it didn’t leave my face oily at all. I will buy the full sized product probably as soon as my cleansing cream is empty and I can recommend this product for people with dry to normal skin. Missha states in their product description, that people with oily face should use the foam cleanser afterwards. I don’t know how effective this will be, since I don’t have oily skin.
The full size contains 150 ml and costs US$ 22.23 at W2beauty. If you use my link or the sponsor code 088505 for registration at W2Beauty you’ll get a 5.00 $ voucher after registration and you can use it immediately for each purpose from US$ 30 onwards.
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Review: Kiss Me Heroine Make Smooth Liquid Eyeliner Pen in Deep Black

3. July 2013
Another product that I ordered recently and now fell in love with is Kiss Me’s Heroine Make Smooth Liquid Eyeliner. It’s actually the first time I bought a pen eyeliner :D It’s so easy to use, I’m really impressed!
Kiss Me is a japanease brand (my first Japanease product, too :D). The packaging of the Heroine Make Line has a very characteristic design displaying Marie Antoinette Anime drawing on it. Thus it looks very nostalgic and girly with a lot of ornaments embroided in gold on the products. The Anime character reminds me of old Animes like “Georgie” and “Lady Oscar”, with the curly hair and long and dense lashes. I’ve always loved those Animes ◕ ‿ ◕ Here is a link to their web presence if you want to have a look at their products.
The Kiss Me’s Heroine Make Smooth Liquid Eyeliner Pen comes in a cute packaging, as already described above. The pen itself is dark purple and has golden letters and ornaments on it. The pen’s tip is very very fine. I never used a pen of this kind before, so I was really supprised about the fine tip. The color of the eyeliner is buildable, so you can either use it very naturally or darken it to your desired pigmentation.
The eyeliner color is waterproof, using cold water nothing happens. It’s smudgeproof too, as long as the rubbing is not to intense or combined with warm water. But using warm water and a bit rubbing it fades easily. At the end of a working day parts at your inner eye area start fading. That’s really the only downside I see. I’d wish it would stay on eyes longer.
I really like how easy this eyeliner is to use and I’m really happy about my purchase. I will try out other liquid eyeliner pens in future :D
You ca buy this product at:
– Sasa for 12.30 US$ (depending from where you order you have to take the shipping costs into considerration)
– Testerkorea for ~18 US$ (depending from where you order you have to take the shipping costs into considerration)
– Ichibankao for ~17 US$ (regular post service included)

 

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Review: Aritaum Wannabe Cushion Tint Clair and Summer

30. June 2013
Hey everybody ♥
If you follow me on instagram you might have seen already that I’m up to some new reviews these days. I’ll start of today with the brand Aritaum and their Wannabe Cushion Tints. I just bought myself two of these: one of them is called “Clair” and is a lip concealer, the other one is called “Summer” and is a bright red-orange color.
Aritaum is part of Amore Pacific Group and I discovered it by reading the blog of Mizuchan (click here ♥). I was instantly curious about this lip product, partly because the packaging is really nice, too :D
The Cushion Tint is formed like a pen with two ends. One for the tint/ lip stain and one for the cushion. The packaging of each of the pens is different and they have written their names in golden letters on their caps.

 

You can use the cushion or sponge applicator in order to blend the lip tint and create a gradient effect on your lips. Below, you can see the swatches for the lip concealer “Clair” and the shade “Summer”, on the right side I blended the red color out with help of the provided cushion.
And here I’ll show you how both products look on my lips. I applied lightly the lip concealer first. Then I added the red color and blended it outwards to create a gradiation effect.
As you can see, I didn’t overdo the color on my lips, because I wanted to create a smooth and natural look and it is really easy to achieve with this pens. I never tried to create a gradiation effect on lips before, but I was really surprised how simple it was. Also, the texture of Aritaum’s Cushion Tints is very light and smooth. It feels nice while wearing. And they have a nice sweet scent, a bit like vanilla and candy mixed together. I would recommend not to overdo the lip concealer if you have dry lips, because it will just look terrible, when it settles into the creases of your lips. Instead I tried only to dab the concealer lightly on my lips and it worked perfectly.
The staying power is as with all lip products good, as long as you don’t drink and eat to much. It still leaves a stain behind after all though.:)
I am completely happy with these two pens and with that product in general. I will totally be buying more of these. There are still 9 other colors to test, and I read that there will be new colors available, too (link).
You can find Aritaums Wannabe Cushion Tints
– on ebay for around 10 US$
– on twofacemall for15.50 US$
– on Testerkorea for 8,500 Won (~8,50 US$)
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Unboxing: Glossybox June 2013 Grazia Edition

28. June 2013
Hey there,
this week my Glossybox for June arrives. This month they have a collaboration with the magazine “Grazia”. The box and the rest of the packaging were changes and everything was represented in “Grazia” colors black and yellow. On top you got the magazine for free, which is a nice idea. Generally this month they had a lot of nice products. Unfortunately, I didn’t get the products I would have liked most :/

This is what I had in my Glossybox June 2013:

Rituals Yogi Flow Shower Foam (8.00 € / 200ml – box contained travel sized product) 

 Astalift Replenishing Day Cream (52.00 € / 30g – box contained sample sized product)

Zoeva 230 Pencil (5.80 € / 16,5cm – box contained original sized product) 

Biodroga SPA SENSATION satin powder in luxurious powder puff (9.90 € each – box contained original sized product)

Kryolan Eye Shadow Iridescent (9.00 € / 2,5g – box contained original sized product)

Here are the descriptions for the products:

Rituals Yogi Flow Shower Foam 

Foaming shower gel sensation

  • Unique shower foam containing Organic ingredients Sweet Almond Oil and Indian Rose
  • Ancient Ayurvedic ingredient Sweet Almond Oil restores the skin’s moisture balance
  • Indian Rose has a relaxing effect on body and mind
  • Complete your Ayurveda Shower Foam ritual by applying the matching Sweet Almond Oil and Indian Rose scented Shanti Chakra
Use:  Massage into damp skin and enjoy the rich foaming sensation.
Ingredients: Aqua/water, sodium laureth sulfate, cocamidopropyl betaine, sorbitol, isopentane, parfum/fragrance, isopropyl palmitate, isobutane, peg-120 methyl glucose dioleate, sodium chloride, sodium benzoate, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, citric acid, guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride, hexyl cinnamal, limonene, linalool, butylphenyl methylpropional, coumarin, prunus amygdalus dulcis (sweet almond) oil, citronellol, benzyl benzoate, rosa damascena (rose) flower oil.

Astalift Replenishing Day Cream

Discover perfectly moisturised skin. This delicate cream helps prevent the visible signs of ageing by fighting skin oxidation. Renowned for its restorative properties, plant squalane works to strengthen the skin’s natural barrier, providing intense hydration and increasing suppleness. Marine algae offer protection from skin-ageing free radicals while royal jelly extract and apricot kernel oil have a revitalising effect. Skin has renewed elasticity, firmness and a brilliant radiance. 

Ingredients:
Aqua (Water), Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Squalane, Isopropyl Palmitate, Octyldodecyl Myristate, Polyglyceryl-3 Methylglucose Distearate, Behenyl Alcohol, Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil, Pentylene Glycol, Prunus Armeniaca (Apricot) Kernel Oil, Batyl Alcohol, Dimethicone, Tocopherol, Phenoxyethanol, Methylparaben,Hydrogenated Lecithin, Xanthan Gum, Parfum (Fragrance), Glucosylrutin, Lactic Acid, Haematococcus Pluvialis Oil, Royal Jelly Extract, Hydrolyzed Collagen, Acetyl Hydroxyproline, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Polyglyceryl-10 Oleate, Sucrose Stearate, Soluble Collagen, Lecithin, Ethylparaben, Propylparaben, Butylparaben, Isobutylparaben

Zoeva 230 Pencil

(in German unfortunately)
Wer ist der treueste Partner des Lidschattens? Dieser Pinsel natürlich, mit dem sich Farbe exakt entlang des Wimpernrandes auftragen und präzise in der Lidfalte schattieren, verwischen und verblenden lässt. Egal, ob schlichtes Tages- oder aufregendes Abend-Make-up, der handgefertigte Pinsel mit seiner spitzen Form und den kompakten Naturborsten aus Ponyhaar steht Ihnen allzeit als nützlicher Helfer zur Seite. 

Anwendung: Benutzen Sie den Pinsel um Ihren Lidschatten perfekt zu schattieren, zu verwischen und auszublenden. Das Arbeiten in der Lidfalte wird durch seine spezielle Form besonders vereinfacht und ermöglicht das gleichmäßige und detaillierte Auftragen der Farbe am Wimpernrand. 

   

Biodroga SPA SENSATION satin powder in luxurious powder puff

(in German unfortunately)
Ein faszinierendes Facettenspiel auf der Haut mit einem Hauch Urlaubsfrische schenkt Ihnen der wertvolle Seidenpuder in der luxuriösen Puderquaste. Dank schimmernder Pigmente können Sie ganz nach Wunsch Wangen und Dekolleté betonen oder das Gesicht professionell konturieren. Rücken Sie Ihre Haut ins „rechte Licht“ und genießen dabei das zart-seidiges Gefühl. 

Produktanwendung: Tragen Sie den Seidenpuder direkt mit der Puderquaste auf der Haut auf und setzen somit schimmernde Highlights.

Inhaltsstoffe: Silk Powder (Serica), Talc, Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891), Iron Oxides ( Ci 77491, Ci 77492, Ci 77499), Mica

Kryolan Eye Shadow Iridescent Chig G

Eye Shadow Iridescent is a creamy pressed powder for dry application. The exceptional formulation enhances a gentle application and produces a pleasantly soft feeling on the skin.
The micronized pigments offer the possibility of applying this preparation not only with fashionable transparency, but also with vivid color emphasis. Excellent durability on the eyelids makes this Eye Shadow exceptionally well-suited for professional application. For intensive colors and enhanced durability apply Kryolan Eye Shadow Primer before. ECARF certified.


Ingredients: Talc, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Mica, Magnesium Stearate, Zea Mays Starch (Zea Mays (Corn) Starch), Silica, Parfum (Fragrance) And May Contain: [+/- Titanium Dioxide CI 77891, Iron Oxides CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499, Ultramarines CI 77007, Ferric Ferrocyanide CI 77510, Chromium Oxide Greens CI 77288, Carmine CI 75470, Manganese Violet CI 77742, Bismuth Oxychloride CI 77163, Chromium Hydroxide Green CI 77289, Yellow 5 Lake CI 19140, Red 40 Lake CI 16035, Blue 1 Lake CI 42090, Aluminum Powder CI 77000, Tin Oxide, Silica, Alumina, Mica] (EU Seulement/Only: CI 15985, CI 73015, CI 12085, CI 45380, CI 45410, CI 15850, CI 77120, CI 77266, CI 58000, CI 74160) May Contain Carmine As A Color Additive.
 

Conclusion:
When I opened the card and saw the brand Kryolan I was very happy first, because I thought I’ll get one of the lip & cheek color tubes. That would have been great. But it was eye shadow, which would not have been too bad, actually, but in green?! Seriously? I hardly use eyeshadows at all, and if, I go for brown or black…I’m not yet sure what to do with this eyeshadow :D The brush from Zoeva is nice, but here again, I rarely use eyeshadow…Perhaps it’s a sign for me to start practicing :D
The powder puff with the containing powder is nice and huge, but it doesn’t have anything for keeping it. I don’t know where to put it to prevent it from getting dirty, and from loosing powder all over my dressing table. Day creams are always useful. This time it’s a cream from Astalift. I still didn’t try the Eucerine cream from last month because I want to empty my current one first…I hope I won’t get another day cream next month XD
Last but not least, the shower foam from Rituals: This is actually the only product where I definitely will be able to use it up in near future. Also, I never tried Ritual products before, and the term !shower foam! makes me curious.
All in all, this is not the best box I got. If they would have put a nice tin for the powder puff at least I’d been more happy and I could hide my dissapontment about the green eyeshadow…Let’s see if I will be more lucky in July.

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If you want to try GlossyBox by yourself, just go to their web page (here). They have different kind of boxes, too. 
GLOSSYBOX.de

 

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Review: Tonymoly Luminous Goddess Aura Beam + BB Cream

27. June 2013
I ordered a couple of samples of Tonymoly’s Luminous Goddess Aura Beam + BB Cream. Each sample sachet consists of two parts, one containing the primer, the other containing the BB cream.So it is a nice way to try both products.

Product description from Tonymoly:
The self-luminous BB Cream moisturizes the skin and maximizes the radiance of the skin.
+ Customized for your skin! Provide moisture and radiance to your skin.
+ Blemishes Cover! Provides firmness, smoothness and radiance to your skin.
+ Faithfully delivers the function of BB Cream.
Directions: Mix Goddess Aura Beam and BB Cream (or foundation) at a ratio of 1:2, and apply the mixture to the entire face in a gentle tapping motion. If you are only using BB Cream, apply an appropriate amount to the entire face, and gently pat your skin.
The full sized product comes in a white plastic tube with a pink cap. The sample uses the same colors: white and pink.
Tonymoly’s Luminous Goddess Aura Beam is a pink colored gel which contains very little glitter. It is very fine, so you won’t see real particles sparkling on your skin. It just gives your skin more radiance. Tonymoly’s Luminous Goddess Aura BB Cream is a beige colored BB cream. It comes only in one shade. The consistency is not too runny but comparable with Missha’s Perfect Cover BB cream (review here).
If you have a look at the Perfect Cover BB in shade 23 from Missha, you can see, that Tonymoly’s BB cream is a bit brighter than Missha’s. The scent of Tonymoly’s BB cream is floral, but not as strong as Missha’s scent. But coverage of Missha Perfect Cover is still better in my eyes. Also, Missha’s oil control seems to be better…
Below you can see a picture of me, wearing Tonymoly Luminous Goddess Aura Beam and BB cream:
Actually, I like Luminous Goddess Aura BB cream, because it feels nice on the skin if you wear it on its own. The downside is in my eyes Luminous Goddess Aura Beam. It is too sticky in my opinion. It gives your skin a great glow, but it fells like putting honey in your face…and afterwards my hair kept sticking to my face all the time :/
I would recommend to try the BB cream though. Just skip the Beam, instead I really can recommend Lioele’s Pearl Base if you want some additional radiance and glow. I reviewed it here.
You can buy the full size product (45g) at W2beauty for US$ 18.11. If you use my link or the sponsor code 088505 for registration at W2Beauty you’ll get a 5.00 $ voucher after registration. You can use the voucher immediately for purchases from $ 30 onwards. The BB cream comes at W2Beauty with a special gift: a Tonymoly hand mirror with cute cat ears. I put it already on my wish list :D
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Review: Etude House Petit Darling Nails Matte No.1 Ceylon Tea Beige

26. June 2013
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Here is the last review for the products from my W2Beauty haul from last month: it’s Etude House’s Petit Darling Nails Matte Nail Polish. (I will review the samples from this haul, too, but I don’t know when…:D). You can have a look at the haul here and the reviews for Etude House Kissful Tint Choux in Tangerine and Skinfood’ s Vita Water Drop CC Cream are here and here :)
The Etude House Petit Darling Nails Matte are available in 11 different colors. I ordered No1 called Ceylon Tea Beige. at W2Beauty you can order 6 of the 11 colors.
As the name of these polishes says, they’re supposed to have a matte appearance after applied on the nails. I was really curious about the outcome, because I always wanted to have a matte nail polish. Ceylon Tea Beige is a beige/flesh colored shade. The brush is small and thin, but the application of the nail polish works great with it.
One thick coat of the nail polish results in a good color and nice matte effect, but partly the white of your nails still is visible. With two thinner coats you get a more opaque result. Nevertheless, I  discovered that if you put the second layer after some hours onto the first, it may be, that you loose the matte effect. You’ll loose it anyways after a day which is a little bit sad ;_; Of course it doesn’t mean, that they look suddenly as shiny as normal nail polish, but they simply shine more…perhaps the use of hand cream and touching fatty things is also contributing to that effect, which is logical somehow…
Nevertheless, I like this nail polish, the color is very natural/ nude and it dries fast, too. I’d which they would offer the other colors at W2Beauty because I’d like to try some of the other brownish shades :)
Each bottle costs US$ 3.63 at W2beauty. If you use my link or the sponsor code 088505 for registration at W2Beauty you’ll get a 5.00 $ voucher after registration. The other products I mentioned above are available there, too. You can use the voucher immediately for purchases from $ 30 onwards.
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Review: Nature Republic Photoshot 3D Mousse BB No.2

23. June 2013
Hello there ♥
This time I’ll do a product review for a full-size product again. After all the samples I used up recently :D But I still have a bunch of samples left, don’t worry :D
I’ll review Nature Republic’s Photoshot 3D Mousse BB in shade No. 02. I guess, it is my first Nature Republic review, isn’t it?!:D
Description taken from nature republic‘s web page:
Concept:  
-Photoshot 3D make-up line designs to cover skin imperfections flawlessly while remaining invisible on photoshots and in real life
-the perfect finish for use with photo-gel, so you look great on film or television and in your photos!
Age Target/Skin type/Coverage: mid20’s-mid30’s/All skin types/ medium to full coverage
When & how to use: apply directly on skin after skin care.small quantity is sufficient to make up the whole face.
main ingredients & benefits: 
1. MD101 Polynesia Lagoon Water
2. rose extract
 
Functions: 
– weightless mousse type BB has good application and excellent adherence on skin
– it fills in pores and bumpy skins to make up look
– SPF 30 PA++
– Sales point: this base make-up suits for humid hot weather (who doesn’t like heavy make-up during summer time)
– apllication tip: for best results, use with a puff.may use for body make-up as well
– two colors
 
Nature Republic’s Photoshot 3D Mousse BB comes in a package with a lot of description and information about the product. The text is in English and Korean.
Shade No. 02 is the darker shade they provide. It comes in tin with a pump dispenser. The pump is protected by a clear plastic cap. This is a bit of a disadvantage, but I’ll will explain later.
The packaging is purple colored and looks simple and not special at all. If you push the pump the BB cream comes out of the dispenser in form of a fine foam. Now here is the problem: If you push too much you’ll get A LOT of foam. It is basically impossible to use it all for one face only. Therefore you have to push only a little. Also, a lot of product stays on the dispenser opening and some additional foam is created afterwards still. That means if you put on the cap directly after usage, this foam will mess up all the cap from the interior, and since it is a clear plastic cap, it is visible, too! Not too nice :/
The BB cream itself is very light due to the foamy texture. It is easy to apply and to blend with the skin. I would say coverage is not medium to full, but sheer to medium. It is buildable to a degree. If you put too much it will settle into fine lines. I didn’t like the smell either. I expected a scent of roses, but it was another scent which I can’t describe. I just didn’t like it. Nevertheless the scent is not a big deal, since it wears off pretty fast.
Generally this is a nice BB cream with an interesting texture. I never had a foamy BB creme before. It is really light and performs nicely on the skin, if you don’t have the need for high coverage. I guess it is really a nice BB cream if you live somewhere with humid weather. It has a good SPF, too. Also, I applied it with my hands, thus I don’t know if it is more buildable by using a puff.
The product costs US$ 16.75 at W2Beauty. If you use my link or the sponsor code 088505 for registration at W2Beauty you’ll get a 5.00 $ voucher after registration. You can use this voucher immediately for minimum order of US$ 30. But they have such a variety of products, that it becomes much to easy to spend that money, haha.
 
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Review: Lioele Blooming Shimmer Pearl Base

20. June 2013
Hey there ♥
This will be a short review based on a sample of Lioele’s Blooming Shimmer Pearl Base. Again, I got this product with my Keautybox Sample Kit of May (here). Normally, I’m a base skipper in my daily make-up routine. Mostly because I don’t have enough time in the mornings ^_^”’ I hope you don’t get bothered or bored with all those sample reviews the last days, but I promise the next one(s) are full sized products again :D
Here is the description taken from Keautystore: 
Lioele Blooming Shimmer Pearl Base (pink) 
Feature
1. Unlike common makeup base that corrects skin tone only, luster and texture can be gorgeously enhanced by the light diffusing color system containing pearl for a radiant look.
2. Skin care makeup base that keeps skin moist by maintaining the water balance through naturally moisturizing amino acid derivatives and other various moisturizing agents
3. Transforms skin tone from sordid to brilliant, and gives definition to the face to make it lustrous and seem smaller. 
Main Ingredients:Squalane, Sodium Hyaluronate, Betaine
Color Feature 
1. Pearl makeup base to express a lustrous look, without any stickiness 
2. Transforms a simple face to a more defined one, maintaining water balance at the same time
Ingredients: Water, Cyclomethicone, Mica, Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Butylene Glycol Dipropylene Glycol, PEG-10 Dimethicone, Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer Betaine, Isononyl Isononanoate, Dimethicone, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Magnesium Sulfate, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Syntheic Fluorphlogopite, Palmitic Acid, Methylparaben, Chlorphenesin, Propylparaben, Butylparaben, Tocopheryl Acetate, Squalane, Carmine Iron Oxides (CI 77492), Sodium Hyaluronate, Fragrance
The sample sachet looks very simple with the colors typical for Lioele: white and pink. Also the little carriage is shown on the sample :D The content of the sachet is a pink cream with pearly shimmer. The consistency is not runny but pleasantly creamy. If feels very soft after applying and leaves a pearly shimmer, which is not glittery. I don’t like glitter in products, but this one was really nice and made the skin look more radiant/glowing. Although I’m a base and primer skipper, I liked this one. It didn’t look artificially and too glittery but provided a nice glow on the skin.
The full size tube contains 35 ml and costs US$ 20.40 (here), there is a miniature tube available containing 5 ml for US$ 4.80 (here). If you decide to buy something at Keautystore I can offer you a 5 % coupon code that they provided me. So if you plan to order at their store you can put my email address in the “referred email” box (which would make me very happy ^_^) and use coupon code listed below:
5 % coupon code: blog115 
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(Also, if you order there, you can write reviews for the products and the samples you got and earn reward points. This is really a nice idea for review junkies. You can get 1 $ per review and additional credit for images.)
 
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