Review - Elianto REVEAL Brightening Cleansing Oil

So today I’m going to post a review about Elianto Reveal Cleansing Oil! 

I’ve started using sunblock not long ago (I know I started waaaay too late =.=), 

the beauty assistant at the Laneige counter in Queensbay Mall told me about the need to cleanse your face using cleansing oil even though you are just putting on sunblock.

According to what she said, only using a cleanser to cleanse your face of the sunblock is not enough, you will need to use cleansing oil to clean up your face whenever you use a sunblock (No matter how low or high the SPF is :P). That’s a totally new thing for me! 

Basically everything is a new thing for me, I know nothing about skincare 2 months ago o.o

Therefore, TADAAAAAA! I bought Reveal Performance Cleansing Oil from Elianto! 

It was an impulse buying as I didn’t read any reviews about it before buying it, therefore I knew nothing about it! Luckily it turned out well, but sometimes I find it hard to remove the BB remainings near my eye sockets (Am I supposed to apply the BB cushion even at the eyes? I saw some videos doing that so I did that as well :/ oh well)

Packaging :

Elianto REVEAL Brightening Cleansing Oil

As you can see, the bottle is a see through, dark brownish-orangey color design. 

Honestly, it was quite hard for me to read it as the black wordings blended too much with the dark brown color. And it contains fragrances, so those with sensitive skin will really have to take note before buying this product. Luckily, I have combination skin, and have no problems with fragrances.

The product have a distinctive smell that was hard to describe. It wasn’t a super fruity scent, nor floral, and definitely does not smell like any perfume. Doesn’t smell like chemical either. If I were to really describe, I would say that it smell a little bit like combination of citrus (maybe because of the vitamin C) and lots of oil. Haha

Product Description

REVEAL Performance Cleansing Oil 150ml/5.28 fl.oz.

Elianto Reveal Performance Cleansing Oil is a gentle yet effective way to cleanse your skin while providing anti-aging benefits, thanks to a Triple Complex to rejuvenate your complexion and fight wrinkles. Plus, it contains soothing Aloe Vera, nourishing Sweet Almond Oil and Sunflower Seed Oil, plus anti-oxidants Vitamin E and Mulberry extract to keep your skin soft, healthy and radiant.

Usage Direction : Gently massage onto moistened skin in an upward motion, from neck to forehead. Rinse off with lukewarm water, pat skin dry and follow with toner and moisturiser. To be used once or twice weekly.

Ingredients : Isoproply Palmitate, PEG-20 Glyceryl Triostearate, Sorbeth-30 Tetraoleate, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil, Tocopheryl Acetate, Caprylyl Glycol, Phenoxyethanol, Hexylene Glycol, Dipalmitoyl Hydroxyproline, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Fragrance (Parfum), Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Morus Nigra Fruit Extract, Tocopherol

Made in Switzerland.

My verdict:

Pros :

• They really included many different oils in this product, and I was really worried that I would break out originally because of all the oils (this is my first cleansing oil that I’ve EVER used), but fortunately, it did not cause any breakouts. I use this once at night, almost everyday.

• It is not harsh at all. Really a gentle cleanser. My skin felt soft, smooth and kinda moisturized after using it! If I didn't start my skincare routine right after washing off, I will keep on touching it .. mwahaha love the smooth feeling~

• Can’t comment about the antiwrinkle part as I don’t really have obvious wrinkles. I do have FINE LINES near my eyes when I smile. Is that normal or they are Level 1 wrinkles? I don’t know :X
• It comes with a pump which prevents spillovers and over-squeezing and stuff. Love pumps! So hygienic and convenient :P

Cons :

• Sometimes I have problem removing thick eye make up or even BB cream in the sockets of my eyes. This is definitely a drawback since I need to use an eye makeup remover to totally remove everything from my eye area ( I don’t want pimples to pop out in this area! It will be so obvious, really =_=) But massaging the oil into my face longer gives off a better and much cleaner result :D Hehee

• If I used the cleansing oil to clean up my eye area, it would make my eye blurry (it’s worse when my contact lenses are still on). I’m short-sighted, and when I massaged it around my eyes, it tend to get into my eyes and it felt like my sight got “smeared”. If it entered my right eye, my right eye will become more blurry compared to my left eye L it takes a while for it to go off, since I can’t really use water to wash my eyes, right?

• I had tried once using it to clean off my eye makeup (eye shadow, eyeliner and mascara) and it’s not really able to clean up all of them. My eyes looked like “bruised” as the cleansing oil was unable to wash off all of my black eyeliner. Since I massaged around my eyes, it made my eye sockets look black haha I look like some desperate girl crying after a breakup. You know, with black eyes and black lines running down on the face :<

Does it really brighten up my face? I can’t confirm on the brightening effects, it may be masked by my Laneige whitening effects :O but that’s a good thing right? At least it does not further darken my skin! HOHO

This is my first cleansing oil and I’ve decided that from now on I will definitely include cleansing oil in my skincare routine, just like the Korean 2-step beauty cleansing routine. <3 

The next cleansing oil I’m eager to try is the Laneige Brightening Cleansing Oil! I’m basically a Laneige fan now, and I’m superrrr eager to try out everything from Laneige. But my wallet is crying, sobs :’(

**This is an honest review and the products are bought using my own money. If it is sponsored, it will be mentioned at the beginning of the post :D but too bad I don't really deserve any sponsored products now cause I'm just a total newbie blogger. :/

First on my wishlist - A MEMEBOX!!

As you might already know, I'm really a die-hard fan of Korean beauty and cosmetics products. 

I mean, they make such great products in Korea! 

That's why many people travel to Korea I guess. 

Because they have super handsome pretty idols (even though some of them are "man-made"),

also their cosmetics and skincare products are also of top notch quality! 

And since it's Korea, their products caters mostly for Asians. 
I wouldn't have to worry about my skin making a havoc out of a sudden :P

Okay enough rambling! I just wanted to express how crazy (!!) I am towards Korean stuff :O

This is not an advertisement post though. I'm not paid or sponsored to do this .. 
Just wanted to let the anxiety rush and urge out of my head! 
Because I just wanted to buy this so badly.

So today I wanted to share something new! I recently watched a whole lot of Youtube videos (Yes, I watched them while studying for finals, cause I'm too damn bored =_= 

don't ask anything about my results, it's a disaster not worth mentioning). 

While watching some reviews about the Beauty Boxes in other countries like BirchBox, BeautyBox and so on, I saw one of them reviewing about the MemeBox. 

The name was cute though. 

A box for ME and ME? Double ME? Okay I'm being lame now. 

Actually I've already heard about Memebox in one of Pony's makeup tutorial (Memebox Colorful Edition) and I thought that it was a Korean Beauty Box only in Korea. 
Since Pony is Korean. Haha. 

But turns out that they actually cater predominantly to customers in US, they also send Memebox to so many other countries in the world. And again, Malaysia is not there.

I started to think, does Malaysia even exists? They are always not there for anything! Can't even chase any hype like the others. We are always the slower ones. sigh =.=

Okay, moving on!

I was super interested about Memebox and was considering of getting one of them! It is one of the beauty boxes that makes me think "I need to buy that, literally!!!" and it was driving me nuts that I can't have it. Ugh. 
They say if you will have greater desire to something you can't have.
That's so true for me :(

Despite all that, the price range is above $20 (RM60++) for a regular box. Inside they have all Korean products! Really wanted to have my hands on one of them so badly until I emailed Memebox and asked about shipping to Malaysia. They gave a prompt reply saying that they will try to open back the shipping to Malaysia in the upcoming few months. I don't know when. I just hope that day comes fast before the end of the world. 

Also, it turns out that before this they do ship to Malaysia, but suddenly they closed shipping to other countries and then slowly resumed shipping to different countries slowly. Too bad Malaysia is not on the list yet. Why did I not discover about Memebox earlier?! Godammit.

From their website, Memebox products are sourced, packaged, and shipped directly from Korea straight to your doorstep. That sounds like heaven to me! I swear, if I'm already working now, I'll starve to save the money to buy that Memebox! Now, why am I so crazy about it?

Because it contains chocolate!! Kyaaaa I'm going nuts!

Memebox Cacao $23.00

Image from http://us.memebox.com/memebox-global

The first one is the regular or original Memebox. 

What is so special about it? It contains chocolate!!

There are a whole lot of others actually. :P

These are some that I was really interested in but some of them were sold out already.

I mean, these things sell like hotcakes!

It comes with 4 to 8 FULL SIZED and deluxe samples. They are carefully curated from Korea to give you the best experience and widest exposure to a range of products. 
I read reviews and they were all quite good, and the temptation of receiving FULL SIZED products .. 

I have an extremely soft/weak spot for full sized products. 

Because it gives me the feeling that the box is worthy of the money! 

And getting full sizes means you get to test out the products and give a better review about it, since deluxe sizes normally do not last long enough to see the effects. 

The regular Memebox include a huge range of products including skincare, hair care, makeup and all those good stuff. 
Really, you can't even compare it to beauty boxes in Malaysia. 

But currently Malaysia beauty boxes are the only ones that I can get :( sobs. Whyyyy

Besides the regular Memebox, they also have Superbox and Luckybox.

      

Superbox features all full-sized products catered to specific needs, and each Superbox comes with it's own theme which are designed to target particular concerns. 

For example, Herbal cosmetics Superbox will contain herbal-related products :D 

I'm really digging their idea of packing everything according to different themes, which means that if you have acne/trouble skin, you can choose to buy their Superbox #28, which has a theme of "Free from oil and trouble 3".

The thought of holding that heavy wonderful Superbox in my hands made me stare out into space and wandered off to dreamland, only much worse. I was drooling until I saw the price. Haha. Superbox also means that the price is super. It's more expensive. I will have to spend about RM100 for a beauty box. But since all of them are full sizes, it wouldn't hurt, right? (I can hear the voices already : Can you even finish using them??)

I was totally interested in Memebox Superbox #32, 

which has a theme of "Bubble Pop Cosmetics". 

Image from http://us.memebox.com/superbox

Recently I watched a Youtube video by Wishtrend TV which introduces about beauty products that utilizes the fizziness of carbonated water to improve your skin. 

Really, Koreans are totally the best in creating fusions out of creativity and innovation. Carbonated water in your drink? Why don't we put it on our face? Seriously they are like Japanese, only they are more into making new weird (?) beauty stuffs.

On their website, they give a brief description of the box and some spoilers about what is gonna be in the box, just so that you can have an idea of what is inside. 

For instance, the one spoiler they gave in this box is the "Brilliant Sparkling Powder Set". Seriously, I don't even understand the names of these things. 

They just get longer and longer and I don't know what am I looking at. 

Okay, it seems like its a powder set (?) that will produce carbon dioxide bubbles when you blend the sparkling powders with water. Seems legit. 

Sparkling water + Juice = Sparkling juice

Sparkling powder + water = Sparkling water. 

Yeah. Wonderful. 

So it claims to leave your skin spick-and-span but also deliver deep moisturising, brightening and tightening results. 

I was really curious of using carbonated water beauty products on my face. 

I'm pretty sure it feels like 100plus or cola on your face! No you won't get diabetes :P

I'm aware that it will make a fizzy feeling that some people might feel painful, 

but I really gave into my curiosity.

Curiosity kills the cat. In this case, it kills off my wallet.  

If only it ships to Malaysia .. :'( oh boy.

Image from http://us.memebox.com/luckybox

Then there is the Luckybox. Luckybox includes most popular items selected from previously sold-out Memeboxes, and all combined into one collection. Sometimes some new favourites are added into the box, while most of the time it includes a selection of products from the past Memeboxes. Just like Memebox, you wouldn't know what you will receive in the box, but at least you know it's gonna be something good. I mean, it's the most popular items from previous boxes, that are sold out. Enough information. I'm sold! ;D

They even sell the boxes in sets of 2 and 3 sometimes. They currently have the value sets!! More stuff with a much cheaper price, just what I wanted! 
Too bad I can't buy it huhu. I'm devastated. Ugggghhh.. Coping with the anxiety..

I really wish they open back the shipping option to Malaysia. Dying to get one of these!! It immediately became FIRST TOP ITEM on my wishlist (it goes way up from all the others that I wished earlier)

It's not a subscription box service. It's more of like first-come-first-served basis.
Often the boxes are sold out extremely quickly, so I really wanted to grab on one whenever they releases new boxes! I can even give them as a gift to my dear friends .. 
Y u no ship to Malaysia?!

Link : http://us.memebox.com/

Review - Petitfee Gold EGF Eye & Spot Patch

Petitfee Gold EGF Eye & Spot Patch

Each tub contains 60 pieces Eye Patches and 30 sheets of Spot Patches

It comes with a little spatula/spoon to help you in picking up the product as it might be unhygienic since using hands will introduce bacteria into your eye patches! Also, since it is in sheet form, it's kinda slippery and hard to separate by using fingers. 

The eye patches are crescent in shape while the spot patches are round in shape. 

Product Description

EGF offers skin resilience and health. EGF plays an important role in regulating cell growth, proliferation and differentation.

It also contains gold molecules to help soothe your skin and keep it pure (?)

It offers your parched skin an intensely hydrating infusion of moisture plus vital nutrients and experience the dramatic firming and cooling results 

you thought a professional spa treatment could deliver.

The patches are made of Gel type ingredients, which boasts excellent skin adhesion, skin absorption and essence containing capabilities compared to general mask sheets. 

The general ones are easily torn with weak adhesion strength, 

and the essence will just flow out and get discarded.

Suitable for all skin types

How to use : 

Wash your face cleanly, take out eyepatch or spot patch by using the spoon included. Put the patch on your face. Take it off after 20-30 minutes and tap your face slightly.

 I used the eye patch every 2 days instead of daily because it kinda stings :(

 You can see that the eye patch doesn't really fit my eye shape. 

It is covering part of my eyes near the nose :/

 I also used the spot patch (the round one) on my cheek for the acne scar, 

since EGF will help in cell growth :P my logic, don't sue me

Verdict :

Pros

• The product comes in a tub which is very sturdy and I really love the design! I personally have a thing for white colored things. It's gold and white coloured~ wee looked so classy
• It comes with a very mini spatula (super cute!) which is really useful since I don't wanna use my hands. 
• The effects are not very visible, since my dark eye circles are still there. But my under eyes definitely became brighter a little bit (even so, it goes back to DARK eye circles very fast, since I sleep late all the time. I really have a problem in eliminating the "root" of my dark circles =_=). 
• Normally, after a really late sleep in the night before (like 3 or 4, or even 5am), my dark circles will darken SO BADLY the next day until I feel like a panda myself. But if I use this patch on my eye before sleep, my dark circles look the same (or even lessen a little?) the next day! That's a huge thing for me because it works so well until I can even see the results! It prevented my dark circles from further darken and that's a huge thing for me. Because I will never ever sleep early :P
• After using the patch, my acne scars improved a little but it's not like it will go away in a day or something. Maybe I have to use it continuously and it might be able to get rid of the scars.
• Value for the price! It's super cheap and since I'm using the eye patch 15 times a month (30 sheets) it means that a tub can last me up to 2 months! At the beginning I used it consistently, but slowly I get lazy and now I only use it whenever I sleep late. Since it's most effective that way (for me) ...? Maybe I should just stop being stingy and use it everyday :P

Cons

• It stings during the first few times of application. I don't know why, but it is definitely uncomfortable. Luckily I was able to bear with it. But over time, it becomes better. However if I stopped using it for more than 1 week, the stinging feeling comes back again. For me it's bearable, but for others it might not. :(
• The shape of the patch doesn't really fit my eye, you can see from the photos. The shape was not really a huge bother for me, but if there were too much of the "essence" on the patch, it sometimes gets into my eyes and my eyes starts to burn! Would recommend you to use it before sleep, closing your eyes avoids the burning feeling. 
• I was expecting some wonderful/magical effect by the Gold particles that it contains. But I didn't see any drastic effects except when I sleep late =.= (gosh why am I so weird?)

So, I bought this on Qoo10 from the seller Good Friend. 

The price is RM25.30 and shipping costs RM8.20 as I chose Korea registered airmail.

Registered airmail is better as they give you a tracking number, you will be able to track your parcel. It's better than the normal mail as many parcels go missing in the process.

There were also other types of patches like Hydro Gel 98%, Ginseng&EGF, 

Arbutin coQ10, and Black Pearl & Gold Hydrogel. 

Looking forward to try the other ones in the future! :D

Qoo10 Shopping~! 3CE and others!

Another overdue post again .. 

My finals is 1 week from now so I would really like to post about my stuffs ASAP because it bugs me so much. My hands get itchy and I wanted to let all of you know about what I bought! 

Also the photos are eating up my storage haha. 

Time to delete share them with you! :P keke

So these are the things I bought from Honestskin on Qoo10!

I bought a total of 6 items from Honestskin~

 Gel Eye Liner (Glitter Black)

 Glass Gloss

Fresh Aqua Mist

 Glamour Mist

Closeup on the Glamour Mist

One thing special about this Glamour Mist is that it contains glitters! But of course not all glittered or else your face will glow brighter than the star >_< 
According to the description, it will make your face sparkling and radiant. Another unique thing is that it is in gel form (not liquid) and I was super curious that's why I bought this :D 
Since I was only curious and only bought it for fun, but it don't have a smaller version (like the Fresh Aqua Mist), so I bought a big one instead with the 1+1 promo, 
if I don't like it I might be able to give it to someone as a gift! Heheh

Next up is Aloe Vera 92% Soothing Gel! 

Nature Republic Aloe Vera 92% Soothing Gel 300ml

It was also on a 1+1 promotion, I bought this after reading some blog reviews and also because it can be used in many ways! Means I won't waste my money ;)

An incident occurred when I received my products. 
The seller sent me the wrong product as I ordered for 1+1 of the Facial Mists, I should be getting 2 full sized product but instead I received one smaller version of the Fresh Aqua Mist. So I contacted the seller, and it turns out that they sent the wrong item and refunded the money to me. I wasn't required to sent back the item, lucky me! :D

I also bought this on Qoo10 from the seller Good Friend 

Petitfee Gold EGF Eye & Spot Patch and 3CE Waterful Concealer

Waterful Concealer #001

 Petitfee Gold EGF Eye & Spot Patch

When I opened the box, the packaging was really cute and classy with its design *loveatfirstsight*

So that's all about the things I bought on Qoo10! :D
Will be posting some reviews about some of them soon, since I alrdy using them long before this post :O (I received them on the end of March actually. Sorry again >_<)

Pretty flowers from my dear!

Some shots of the flowers I got from my dear! 

 Placed it near my balcony for the sun. Haha

 I love the uneven-ness of the blue petals! <3

 This smells especially good compared to the others.

Makes me feel like wanna drink it up!

(because it smells like chrysanthemum tea :P)

 This purple-pink one reminded me of the flower in the movie "Epic" where the girl 

(who was actually a flower) was chosen to be the new Queen

I'm not really sure what is this .. but I guess it's a baby chrysanthemum >.< 

and it looks "unripe" hahahah just joking dear :3

Shopping experience on KitoBeauty - 3CE products!

Another super overdue post, sorry haha

I was interested in trying out a foundation and feel how it's like, 

at the same time I was raving about Stylenanda's 3 Concept Eyes! GRRR

And ... Kitobeauty was having a promotion on 3CE! 

(Which actually reminded me of myself resuming this make-up wannabe craziness back again)

I bought 3 Concept Eyes Glossing Waterful Foundation for only RM88! 

Great deal right? Muahaha~

Original price ranges from around RM 120-140 .. 

depends on the seller in Malaysia :O

Glossing Waterful Foundation Natural Ivory 40g

You can always buy 3CE products at their website : 

www.3concepteyes.com, 

they do ship internationally. 

But I wanted to avoid customs and stuffs cause they use EMS I think. 

Which means very high possibility that the customs (my country) will detain it and check 

and I might get taxed!! 

After getting the product, remember to check out the seal (usually by the side of the cap) to make sure that the product is a real new product :D

Especially if you didn't buy it directly from the website, because we wouldn't want to buy fake stuffs! There are a lot of 3CE imitations made in China and the packaging are extremely similar, I really wanted to avoid getting fake items for the price I'm paying.

Honestly, this is my first time buying in Kitobeauty, I stumbled across it while googling for online shops that sell 3CE products. I was kinda afraid at first, but since they are having promotion so I thought it wouldn't hurt to buy one item (even though it might be fake o.o)

And turns out they sell authentic 3CE products! :D Happy customer here!

From time to time they have promotions for different cosmetics, 

usually there will be some 3CE products and some other Taiwan cosmetics like Bevy.C that everyone's raving about!

They sell other stuff like Hanaka and MissHana. 

If you're interested you might wanna check it out! 

But the website is in Chinese, so .. yeah :X

Link : www.kitobeauty.com

What I posted is all my honest opinion and in no way sponsored by anyone. I just wanted to share out my experience on buying cosmetics online (there's always a chance of getting cheated by online sellers since you can't touch or see the products in real life). If anything is sponsored (if I'm lucky enough to get sponsored), it will be stated and I will always give honest opinions about my experience, I myself don't like getting cheated into buying something that isn't good. 

Also it feels really bad if I ended up buying something from a "sucky" website as nobody said anything bad about it (because talking about it might be a hassle), I would be really pissed off. So, yeah. Lets be fair! Hehe honest opinions help out the companies to know their products AND consumers better too :)

Pink Flowers!

Something my oppa gave me .. Aren't they pretty?? 

Hehe love them!