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Etude House's Any Cushion Pearl Aura (full name Precious Mineral Any Cushion Pearl Aura) is the latest BB cushion to come from the brand. The Pearl Aura Cushion is, as the name suggests, infused with a brightening liquid for "pearl aura", or a highlighting effect. The idea is that the "pearl aura" will give you the glowy skin finish that is so popular in Asia, particularly Korea. As an additional benefit, the Pearl Aura Any Cushion also comes with SPF50+/PA+++ for sun protection, too! Etude House Any Cushion Pearl Aura: The latest addition to Etude House's Precious Mineral Any Cushion line I kind of have to admit, despite the popularity of glowy skin, I've found it to be something I have mixed feelings towards. While I love the idea of glowy skin - I mean, nothing says youth like radiant-looking skin, right? - when you live in a hot and humid climate, as I do, sometimes the "glowy" finish really verges more into "sweaty, and really gross ...

Biotherm's Life Plankton Essence was launched last year, and is billed on the Biotherm website as a "Fundamental Skin Treatment". The description for the product goes on to say, "For the first time, Life Plankton is infused at its highest concentration within Life Plankton Essence (5% for anyone wondering). In 8 days, see and feel a new-born skin: more radiant, more even, smoother, hydrated, with greater resilience and fine lines faded. Immediately, the skin is soothed and softened." So essentially, this is a lotion-style essence product, with a high concentration of Life Plankton. This is meant to be used before other skincare products, like moisturizer. Biotherm Life Plankton Essence: A lotion that claims to improve skin in 8 days The Biotherm Life Plankton Essence was launched end of last year to much fanfare and raves, and this year has continued to get a steady stream of attention from both mainstream press and bloggers. So I figured it's probably a go...

The Body Shop's Drops of Youth Concentrate is a new skincare product, and according to The Body Shop's website , it "works to help boost surface skin cell renewal", so that your "skin feels immediately moisturized and instantly softer". For those who like such products, it also claims to be silicone-free and paraben-free, with "99% natural ingredients". The Body Shop Drops of Youth Concentrate: Part of the Nutriganics Line With such a description, I was very curious to check it out and see exactly how it works! I mean, even the packaging has a whole list of awesome things the Drops of Youth Concentrate does - smoother skin, firmer skin, more even skin, fresher skin. What more could a girl want, right? The Body Shop Drops of Youth Concentrate: Advertised skincare benefits include smoother, firmer and more even skin With that in mind, I decided to take a look at the product's ingredients list first, in order to really get a sense of how it works,...

Too Faced's Love Flush Blush is the new release from the brand, and these seem to be all over my Instagram account - I keep seeing all these pretty previews on my Instagram page, and I managed to actually swatch these at an event, so here are the swatches! The Too Faced Love Flush Blush comes in 6 shades, that cover both light pinks, nudes, and deep intense plums, and the shade range accommodates deeper-skinned ladies as well as fairer girls. The shades are decently soft, and really pigmented - I think these are best applied with a stippling brush or some brush with less dense bristles in order to avoid a colour overdose! The packaging is also really pretty - each of these comes in a heart-shaped case, with really pretty embossing, too. Anyway, without further ado, let's look at the swatches! Apologies for the indoors lighting! Continue Reading . . .

If you aren't following me on Instagram, then you won't have seen the news about my Instagram giveaway , so if you missed it, then here's the news! This giveaway is for 3 products from BonjourHK , some of I have previously reviewed in this blogpost : 1. Dr Bauer Pobling Pore Sonic Cleanser 2. DHC Cleansing Oil 3. Hada Labo TamagoHada Face Wash The Pobling Pore Sonic Cleanser and DHC Cleansing Oil were both products that I've tried before and liked, and I hope you will like them too! Basically the rules of the giveaway are already in my Instagram giveaway post , but all you have to do is follow myself and Bonjour.HK on Instagram, repost the image with the hashtag #bonjourmusicalhouses (that's how we keep track of entries), and tag your friends. I know usually my giveaways are not limited to any particular blog platform (usually as long as you follow me on one platform you're in), but the format for this giveaway was decided by BonjourHK, so I apologize if you d...

It's been a few months since my last empties post , so here's a check in on what I've been using! I'm happy to add, I have a lot of empties to show you! I don't know about you, but since I'm a beauty hoarder (one of the problems of being a beauty addict, I suppose!), I have way more product than I can ever use up in my entire life (that might not, by the way, be an exaggeration), so I get overly excited whenever I do actually use up something! Empties! So many empties, including skincare and makeup items of all sorts! This time round, I have a lot more empties than normal because I decided to consciously use up some of the products that were starting to run low, especially for colour makeup, which I don't always do. I actually set a blush that looked like I could hit pan on it to be my "everyday" blush until it actually got used up, and I couldn't be prouder of myself, haha. All my empties! Look at how much stuff I actually use up! Anyway, let...

The Face Shop Ink Lipquid (with the really cute portmanteau in the product name) is the Kbeauty brand's latest lip product, and it is marketed as a cross between a lipstick, lipgloss, and lip stain/liptint. The selling of the Ink Lipquid, according to the Face Shop, is the combination of moisture and staying power. I don't have the website, but reading off my phamplet, the Ink Lipquid promises "moist lips with 70% water base", and a "vivid color lasts on lips for 12 hours" (gotta love that slight Engrish over there, but you get the idea). The Face Shop Ink Lipquid: Advertised as a cross between a lipstick, lipgloss, and lip stain There are 12 shades in the range, and like most Korean brnds, the colours range from brights to pastels, and cover a fairly good array of colours. I have 3 of the shades today, PK03 Shah Pink, OR02 Orange Some, and RD02, Red Sing. The Face Shop Ink Lipquid: Gives a long lasting stain, while not drying out the lips Alright, let's...

Kiehl's Iris Extract Activating Essence is one of the brand's major launches for the year - it's a brand new product, rather than an extension of an existing line, so that's pretty cool. According to the Kiehl's websites, the Kiehl's Iris Extract Activating Essence is an " essential 'first step' anti-aging treatment to maintain skin�s youthful texture, reduce fine lines, and activate radiance ", and a " multi-action treatment essence for youthful, radiant skin ". If you're familiar with the concept of lotions (which have been very popular in Asia and beyond over the past few years), then the Kiehl's Iris Extract Activating Essence is essentially a similar product - basically, a light, watery lotion that you can apply on your face before heavier creams and treatments, like face creams and so on. Kiehl's claims that applying this lotion first " optimizes penetration of subsequent skin treatments ", and I've s...