Crabtree & Evelyn - La Source Mini 60 Second Hand Fix Kit

Good evening xx
Unusually for this blog, today I am going to review European product today. I actually received it by accident, but I like it so much I wouldn't be without it!

So first at all - how did I accidentally get it? I ordered some cosmetics from Korea and parcel must have fallen apart on it's way, as I received it in special Royal Mail's bag for damaged parcels. It was still kind of holding together, just side of the box was torn. When I had unpacked it, it turned out that there is completely different product inside...

Sorry for poor quality.

This is a picture which I took as a proof to contact the seller, that I received wrong item. Seller told me that they never seen this product and there must had been another parcel that fell apart and Royal Mail's people must have mixed them up. Anyway, Seller been absolutely ace and send me stuff that I ordered again, so I ended up having this for free ;)

Now for the actual review :)

Product description: Restore dry, parched hands to silky smoothness in just two easy steps with our La Source Mini 60 Second Hand Fix Kit - a rich blend of nourishing marine extracts and intensive shea butter.
How to use: First apply La Source Hand Recovery, our revolutionary hand treatment that cleanses, exfoliates, and moisturises. Follow with our intensive La Source Hand Therapy hand cream for beautifully soft hands all day. Our Mini 60 Second Hand Fix Kit is perfect for travel and on the go treatment and care.

The Kit contains two 25g tubes: hand scrub and hand cream.

Unfortunately I cannot show you the cream, as I use tones of hand creams and it's long gone. But anyway, hand cream is a hand cream and there is no magic in it - thick consistency, pleasant smell, well moisturising, but takes a moment to absorb. Can be easily replaced with any other hand cream.

The main reason for this review is Hand Therapy, which is a scrub. Do you sometimes after applying hand cream feel that under the first layer of skin is still dry? This products fixes that problem. It's absolutely phenomenal!

This scrub has very thick and kinda dry texture. It has really nice scent, floral and marine note, quite fresh and feminine. It contains very fine peeling grains, so it's suitable even for sensitive skin. It's supposed to be applied and massaged into dry hands, but because of it's thick and dry texture this may be a little difficult. I always start off dry, then add a few drops of water and continue massaging. It gives a bit of warming sensation on the beginning. After washing off with water I can immediately feel that my hands are smoother and softer. Brilliant <3

Price: £8 on official Crabtree & Evelyn website.

 Products are available separately in 100ml versions, but they are quite expensive - £18 for Hand Recovery (cream) and £16 for Hand Therapy (scrub).

Hand Therapy Ingredients: Macadamia  Ternifolia Seed Oil, Calcium Stearate, Sodium Chloride, Maltodextrin, Pumice, Avena Sativa (Oat) Kernel Flour, Butyrosepermum Parkii (Shea Butter), Eleais (Palm) Butter, Spirulina Maxima Extract, Fucus Vesiculosus (Bladderwrack) Extract, Algae Extract, Emulsifying Wax NF, Isopropyl Maristate, Water, Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate, Stearic Acid, Caprylyl Glycol, 1,2 - Hexanediol, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Caprylyl Methicone, Cetaryl Alcohol, Sucrose Distearate, Cetyl Alcohol, Behentrimonium Methosulfate, Potassium Stearate, Glycerin, Fragnance, Benzyl Salicylate, Limonene, Hexyl Cinnamal, Eugenol, Linalool, Citric Acid, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate.
Ingredients Analysis: http://www.cosdna.com/eng/cosmetic_09ac135739.html

Missha Super Aqua Marine Stem Cell Intensive Serum Review

Good morning ^^
Today is International Woman's Day, so dear ladies - all the best! ^^
A quick review for the weekend :)

  
Product description: The Super Aqua Marine Stem Cell Intensive Serum contains Ulvalax from seaweeds to fill in the gaps in the inner layers of the skin and effectively create firmness and elasticity. 

According to Missha's New Zeland website, product is aimed at mid20s ~ mid 30s "Who has dehydrated, rough and dull skin - Who wants richly moist skin care series - Who wants to get moist and firm skin care benefit at the same time".

The full size product is glass bottle with pump, I was just resting out the 1ml sample.

Product has consistency of a light, opaque cream. It has very subtle and refreshing smell. It glides very smoothly among the skin and absorbs quickly and completely, but it leaves skin slightly shiny. I was testing it out in the morning, under BB Cream and it worked perfectly. For AM use on my oily skin it offers just the right level of moisture without feeling heavy.  However for the nighttime, when I would like to give my skin as much moisture as possible, this product wouldn't be enough and it would have to be followed by some cream.

Price of full size product: from £12 on eBay.

Pros:
+ lightweight
+ offers just the right level of moisture for day use
+ absorbs quickly and completely

Cons:
- too light for nighttime use on it's own (but since it's only a serum not a cream it's fair enough)

I am really torn apart by this product. It was nice in use and refreshing and the whole line has such an elegant and fresh look, I just want to buy it all! But it's not the cheapest (in general Missha is more expensive than for example Tony Moly) and I would really want something preventing wrinkles or brightening not only moisturising... but on the other hand my oily skin feels a bit dry recently, so it produces even more oil than usual and this done a good job on hydrating it without oiliness... Maybe I will just buy more samples and see how it goes (there are also samples of toner and emulsion available). If you fancy purchasing some samples I really strongly recommend this product, it's soooo nice! :)

 Official Aqua Marine Stem Cell advertising. Looks very appealing for me :) 

Ingredients: Water(Aqua), Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Cyclopentasiloxane, Hydrogenated Poly(C6-14 Olefin), Niacinamide, Silica, Glycosyl Trehalose, Hizikia Fusiformis Callus Culture Extract, Rhizophora Mangle Callus Culture Extract, Chaetomorpha Solitaria Callus Culture Extract, Salicornia Hebacea Callus Culture Extract, Sea Water, Caulerpa Lentillifera Extract, Chlorella Vulgaris Extract, Nymphaea Alba Flower Extract, Laminaria Digitata Extract, Spirulina Platensis Extract, Sargassum Pallidum Extract, Crithmum Maritimum Extract, Portulaca Oleracea Extract, Hydrolyzed Algin, PEG-60 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Dimethicone, Panthenol, Pentylene Glycol, Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate, Triethanolamine, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Caprylyl Glycol, Adenosine, Dipropylene Glycol, Sodium Palmitoyl Proline, Sodium Hyaluronate, Octanediol, Lecithin, Carbomer, Xanthan Gum, Disodium EDTA, Phenoxyethanol, Fragrance(Parfum), Limonene
Ingredients analysis: http://www.cosdna.com/eng/cosmetic_fbe0133511.html

Skin Food Royal Honey Premium Kit Review

Hello honeys :)
Quite a massive review ahead! I was actually quite sure I already wrote about it, but I was trying to refer to it in another post and guess what, it's not there :] It can't wait any longer!

Premium Kit contains 4 pieces: Toner, Essence, Emulsion and Cream. I will review them in the order of use.

PS. If you wonder why this set has so many pieces, what is essence and emulsion etc. there is a post about cosmetics layering coming. I will link it here when it's done.

Royal Honey Toner

You can see full size product [HERE]

Product description: A treatment toner with royal black honey and royal jelly extracts that hydrates and transforms skin into a nice honey-glazed complexion.

The sample size is 20ml. Toner has slightly thicker consistency than average water-like toner, but it's still very runny (runny enough to make it very hard to make picture without wasting the product lol). It has very subtle smell, I could smell something honey-like in it, but my sensitive nose smells alcohol in it as well. It absorbs into skin quite well, but leaves skin a tiny little bit sticky. It cleans face, as sometimes I could see on a cotton pad some dirt left over after face foam.

Pros:
+ moisturise skin
+ cleansing
+ nice smell

Cons:
- slightly sticky
- contains alcohol (fortunately not as a top ingredient, like some toners do)

INGREDIENTS: WATER, HONEY EXTRACT, DIPROPYLENE GLYCOL, PEG/PPG-17/6, COPOLYMER, ALCOHOL, PROPYLENE GLYCOL, BUTYLENE GLYCOL, GLYCERING, GLYCERETH-26, ROYAL JELLY EXTRACT, GLYCERYL ACRYLATE/ACYRLIC ACID COPOLYMER, BETA-GLUCAN, BIOSACCHARIDE GUM-1, YEAST EXTRACT, BIS-PEG-18, METHYL ETHER DIMETHYLSILANE, PEG-60 HYDROGENATED CASTOR OIL, HEXYLENE GLYCOL, PHENYL TRIMETHICONE, ACRYLATES/C10-30 ALKYL ACRYLATE CROSSPOLYMER, TRIETHANOLAMINE, AMMONIUM ACRYLOYLDIMETHYLTAURATE/VP COPOLYMER, DISODIUM EDTA, SODIUM HYALURONATE, METHYLPARABEN, PHENOXYETHANOL, CI 19140, CI 15985, PARFUM
 Ingredient analisis: http://www.cosdna.com/eng/cosmetic_8e40135359.html

Royal Honey Hydro Essence

 You can see full size product [HERE]

Product description: A hydrating treatment essence with royal black honey and royal jelly extracts that replenishes moisture and transforms skin into a nice honey-glazed complexion.


This essence has consistency of very runny clear gel. It has very subtle, sweet smell. It absorbs into skin quickly and completely. Somehow it reduces stickiness of toner :) In general whole Royal Honey range is rather aimed at driers complexion types, but I think that this product can be easily used by every skin type. I have very oily skin and this essence moisturised it a little bit, without leaving heavy or oily feeling. BUT essences in general are very light and supposed to be absorbed completely, so if you are looking for short skincare routine, with only 1 or 2 moisturising products, this product may not be moisturising enough.

Pros:
+ quickly and fully absorbs
+ reduces stickiness left by toner

Cons:
- so light, that can't really be used on it's own, must be followed by other moisturiser (but this is typical for essences, so it's not really that much of a con)
- not very efficient - from whole set this run out first

Royal Honey Emulsion

 You can see full size product [HERE]

Product description: A treatment emulsion with royal black honey and royal jelly extracts that moisturises and transforms skin into a nice honey-glazed complexion. 

Essence has a consistency of very light cream, opaque colour. It has very synthetic smell, slightly sweet, but not so obviously honeyish like other products. A little goes a long way - when other products almost run out, I am hardly in the middle of the essence. But the packaging annoys me - it's hard plastic, so I can't really squeeze it, shaking doesn't really help as well, so I ended up picking it up from bottle with cotton bud. Hygienic, but annoying and time consuming, as I have to dip the bud at least twice to get the right amount of product. In full size version you may experience same problem, as it's glass bottle without any applicator. WHY? =.=

Pros:
+ nicely moisturise
+ lightweight
+ a little goes a long way

Cons:
- synthetic smell
- it's hard to get product out of bottle


INGREDIENTS: WATER, GLYCERIN, CAPRYLIC/CAPRIC TRIGLYCERIDE, BUTYLENE GLYCOL, CYCLOPENTASILOXANE, HONEY EXTRACT, MACADAMIA TERNIFOLIA SEED OIL, ROYAL JELLY EXTRACT, LANOLIN, GLYCERYL STEARATE CITRATE, BETA-GLUCAN, SORBITAN STEARATE, PEG/PPG/POLYBUTLENE GLYCOL 8/5/3, GLYCERIN, GLUCOSE, DIMETHICONE, CYCLOHEXASLOCHANE, DIMETHICONE/VINYL DIMETHICONE CROSSPOLYMER, YEAST EXTRACT, OCTYLDODECYL LAUROYL GLUTAMATE, DIGLYCERIN, CARBOMER, BIOSACHARIDE GUM-1, POLYACRYLAMIDE, LAURETH-7, C13-14 ISOPARAFFIN, TRIETHANOLAMINE, SUCROSE COCOATE, TOCOPHERYL ACETATE, ALCOHOL, SODIUM HYALURONATE, HYDROGENATED LACITHIN, DISODIUM EDTA, GLYCEROPHOSPHOCHOLINE, SUCROSE LAURATE, SODIUM POLYACRYLATE, CREATINE, MANNITOL, LYSOLECITHIN, CERAMIDE 3, SODIUM ASCORBYL PHOSPHATE, PHENOXYETHANOL, METHYLPARABEN, PROPYLPARABEN, CI 15985, CI 19140, PARFUM
Ingredients analysis: http://www.cosdna.com/eng/cosmetic_0ce1135371.html

Royal Honey Hydro Cream

You can see full size product [HERE]

Product description: A hydrating treatment cream with royal black honey and royal jelly extracts that replenishes moisture and transforms skin into a nice honey-glazed complexion.

This product is has rich, but rather gely than creamy consistency. It has nice and subtle honey-like scent. A little goes a long way - the amount shown on the picture was enough for the whole top of my palm. It moisturises very well, but is slightly sticky and leaves face shiny, so I was using it only at night time. Also it's quite "heavy duty" moisturiser, so I was using it only when I felt my face is quite dry, for a regular use it's to heave for my oily skin and could break me out.

Pros:
+ very nourishing and moisturising
+ a little goes a long way
+ lovely scent

Cons:
- slightly sticky
- leaves face shiny
- too rich for everyday use on my oily face (but this is fault of my face lol).

INGREDIENTS : WATER, BUTYLENE GLYCOL, CYCLOPENTASILOXANE, HONEY EXTRACT, GLYCERIN, OCTYLDODECYL MYRISTATE, GLUCOSE, HYDROXYETHYL UREA, PHYTOSTERYL/BEHENYL/OCTYLDODECYL LAUROYL GLUTAMATE, ROYAL JELLY EXTRACT, BIS-PEG-18 METHYL ETHER DIMETHYL SILANE, DIMETHICONOL, ACRYLATES/C10-30 ALKYL ACRYLATE CROSSPOLYMER, BETA-GLUCAN, HYDROLYZED VIOLA TRICOLOR EXTRACT, TRIETHANOLAMINE, YEAST EXTRACT, CARBOMER, DISODIUM EDTA, NATTO GUM, TOCOPHERYLA ACETATE, AMMONIUM ACRYLOYLDIMETHYLTAURATE/VP COPOLYMER, ALCOHOL, CAPRYLIC/CAPRIC TRIGLYCERIDE, SODIUM HYALURONATE, HYDROGENATED LECITHIN, CREATINE, GLYCEROPHOSPHOCHOLINE, MANNITOL, SUCROSE LAURATE, CERAMIDE 3, LYSOLECITHIN, SODIUM ASCORBYL PHOSPHATE, METHYLPARABEN, PHENOXYETHANOL, CI 19140, CI 15985, PARFUM
Ingredients Analisis: http://www.cosdna.com/eng/cosmetic_9001135374.html

 Summary

 In general this line is dedicated for rather dry complexions. I have an oily skin, but it tends to be dehydrated or dried out in some places - I've bought this set to find a product for my "dryer days" and it worked well for me this way. I was thinking about getting some full sized products from this set to use as my PM routine, but I decided to test out some other products first and preferably look for something anti-aging or/and brightening.
If you would like to introduce some honey into your skincare routine, but you don't want to invest money in the whole set, I would recommend:
- for an every day moisturising, for all skin types: toner + essence or toner + emulsion, or essence + emulsion.
- for heavy duty moisture any from set + cream.

Overall I really enjoyed testing out this product. It's actually the first time I had chance to experience product layering with product from the same line. If you ever have chance to catch set of samples - go for it (don't put it away because of your skin type - every skin needs some heave duty moisturising from time to time) ;) it may also be a nice gift.

Etude House Sweet Recipe Baby Choux Base #2 Berry Choux

Hi everyone! I have for you review of a super popular and super cute product from Etude House. Enjoy! ^^

Porduct description: This light and fluffy choux cream-like makeup base creates baby choux skin with its moist inside and soft smoothness on the outside. It works as a make up base + primer, fixing skin tone. Dandelion extract and cotton extract cares for your skin. SPF25 PA++.

The product used to be in a well known jar packaging with spatula - now it's a tube. Size stayed the same, 35g.

The Baby Choux Base is available in three colours:
#1 Mint Choux - to correct red skin tones.
#2 Berry Choux - for pale skin tone , to give it more life.
#3 Peach Choux - to brighten up dark skin tone.

The sample I was testing out was a free gift, so I didn't have a choice in colour. If I was to choose myself, the Berry Choux probably would be my last choice, as my face is naturally quite pink. However it turns out that it worked quite well for me!

The texture of the product is really nice, smooth and fluffy, just like in description ;) it has sweet, but very subttle smell. Aapplication is smooth and easy, it blends realy nicely into skin. Becouse it's a tinted base, there are two ways of using this product: you can use it as a make up base, or on it's own. I was actually very surprised how good my face looked with only base on. I have very uneven skin tone, my temples, neck and ears area are very bright, almost white, my cheeks are rather pink with some dark and a bit purplish spots (old acne scares) and my eyes area is shady (it's genetic, got it after my dad and it's not influent by the amount of sleep I get). This pink base managed to even out my skin tone, nicely covered all the purplishness (the spots were still visible, but much less). I tested it out with three BB creams:

• Etude House Precious Mineral Bright Fit BB - together products lasted on my face all day long :)
• Tony Moly Dear Me Petite Cotton BB - lasted all day long as well, after 8h shift at work and then fitness class, my face was still nicely covered, not cakey, just needed a bit blotting.
• Lioele Dollish Veil Vita Natural Green BB - it was a pore cover dream team!

There was only one thing I didn't like - this base really hooks up on a dry patches and any irreguralities. Even though I use a peeling gel every day it still managed to find some irrs on my forhead, what the hell. The dry bits was especially visible when used with EH Precious Mineral BB, the best for covering them was Tony Moly Dear Me BB.

Price: from £6 on e-Bay.

Pros:
+ leaves skin silky smooth in touch
+ a little goes a long way - sample leasted me easily for three applications
+ makes make up last longer
+ evens out skin tone good enough, to be used on it's own

Cons:
- it makes any dry patches and irregularities in skin texture more visible

Generally I don't like having much on my face, mostly because I got oily skin and I am afraid that each extra layer of cream/make up will make it even more oily, so I was never using any primer before. I thought I don't need it at all. This product convinced me, that base can actually help me out, by making make up last longer and covering my spots. I am thinking about getting full size of this product and since I am convinced that it's good to have a primer on, I can't wait to test some other brands as well :) If you haven't try this product yest, get yourself some samples, it's worth it! :)


Ingredients: Water, Caprylyl, methicone, cyclopentasiloxane, ethylhexyl mexthoxycinnamate, titanium dioxide, ethylhexyl salicylate, cyclohexasiloxane, glycerin, dimethicone crosspolymer, butylene glycol dicaprylate/dicaprate, cetyl ethylhexaoate, cilica, cetyl peg/ppg-10/1 dimethicone, ethylhexyl trazone, butylene glycol, caprylyl methicone, sodium chloride, dimethicone/vinyl dimethicone crosspolymer, peg-12 dimethicone, quaterium-18 bentonite, triethoxycaprlylsilxane, gossypium herbaceum (Cotton) extract, taraxacum offinale (Dandelion) Rhizome/root extract, carthamus tinctorius (Safflower) Seed oil, lincolei acid, linolenic acid, salvia hispanica seed oil, ethylhexyl olivate, sodium potassium aluminum silicate, mica, alumina, disodium edta, phenoxyethanol, caprylyl glycol, ethylhexylglycerin 1,2-hexanediol, fragrance, CI 77491, CI 77492 
 

Skin Food Pineapple Morning Peeling Gel

Hello!^^
Today I would like to review for you Skin Food's peeling gel. The Asian peeling gels differs from well known in Europe scrubs. They don't contain any scrubbing grains, they are either completely smooth like Ginvera Marvel Gel or contain cellulose like this one.

Product description: This deep peeling gel containing cellulose particles and AHA from apple effectively exfoliates dry skin and eliminates sebum in pores. Pineapple, aloe, and purslane extracts make skin clear and blemish-free.
How to use: After washing and towel-drying, massage onto face in a circular motion, and rinse with warm water.

Because it doesn't contain scrubbing grains you may wonder how it actually works. As you massage product into your skin the moisture texture of it starts to dry out and the cellulose bits are starting to roll up on your face with all the impurities from your skin. You can imagine that your face is a sheet of paper, impurities are pencil marks and peeling gel is an eraser.

Peeling gel before massaging.

Peeling gel after massaging into skin - cellulose rolled up with impurities and dead skin cells.

Because this product contains cellulose you may think that it doesn't really collect anything from your skin and just rolls up on it's own. To check that out I've done a little experiment.

I've put some gel onto clean plate and start rubbing it in clean, rubber glove.

After a good minute of rubbing into a plate gel haven't roll up.

I think this proves that somehow gel reacts with sebum and skin impurities.
I can also confirm that it works by observing my skin - after each use my skin is a little brighter and the pores are tighten. After a two weeks of constant use I can also see that my blackheads are much smaller or gone, however you have to use it regularly to see that effect. I wanted to hit hard my blackheads, so I use it AM & PM - it is gentle enough for twice a day use.
I actually owe this gel from May last year, I was using it constantly for two weeks. Then I stopped when I had a massive break out on my face (it wasn't fault of the product, I just stopped taking my acne antibiotic and my acne came back twice as bad as it was before the antibiotics) and just probably forgot about it, lol. I came back to using it last week, I am using it constantly for two weeks now, and I am in the middle of the tube, which means it last much longer than Ginvera Marvel Gel, which I reviewed earlier on.

Price: £6-8 on e-Bay.

Pros:
+ nice, fresh scent
+ minimise pores
+ fights blackheads
+ gentle for use even twice a day
+ good value: not too pricey and goes a long way

Cons:
- because it's very gentle it may take a good couple of uses to smooth out some dry patches


Overall I really like this product and I would re-purchase if I wouldn't want to try couple of other peeling gels. If you never tried this type of peeling gel before I definitely recommend you to give it a go :)

Caution: If you have an acne prone skin you may experience breakout after some time of regular use. I figured out that it must be some impurities from depths of the skin coming out - I experienced breakout after week of twice a day use, stopped using for couple of days until spots healed and then come back to use once a day - my skin looks great! Scars faded a little bit and some of the under skin bumps smoothen out. So if you experience some breakout don't give up completely on this product :)

Ingredients: Water, Cellulose, Butylene Glycol, Alcohol, Panthenol, PPG-26-Buteth-26, PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Carbomer, Triethanol amine, Allantoin, Ananas sativus, Pyrus malus, Portulaca Oleracea Extract, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Lactic Acid, Citric Acid, Milk Acid, Tartaric acid, Glycolic Acid, Disodium EDTA, Propylparaben, Methylparaben, CI 19140, Parfum 

Etude House Moistfull Collagen Cream & Moistfull Enriched Collagen Cream

Today I have for you review of a little duo! :)

Moistfull Collagen Cream

Product description: Moisturising and tightening cream improves complexion look and feel with concentrated Baobab Tree Extract and Collagen formula.

The full size product is a 50ml jar, I was testing out a 1ml sample sachet.

 

Product is an opaque gel-cream, with nice fresh scent, a bit citrusy and floral I would say. It's not greasy, but kind of light and rich at the same time. It absorbs quite quickly and I could feel straight away how well it moisturised my skin, but it wasn't too heavy. I have an oily/combination skin, which tends to be dehydrated, so what I'm aiming for is some light, preferably mattifying cream for the daytime and something well moisturizing and possibly wrinkle caring for the night time. I applied this product in the evening and it seems to match my PM cream requirements perfectly. In the morning my face was moisturised, but not too greasy, nice and smooth. The moisture level was just right, as if it would be too heavy it would break my out like Nutrifull Shea Butter Cream.

Price: around £10 on e-Bay.

Pros:
+ quickly absorbs into skin
+ well moisturises
+ not too heavy- didn't break me out

Cons:
- leaves face shiny
  
This sample lasted me for two applications, so I can't say anything about it's firming properties. 
But I am really happy with the moisture level it offers - well hydrating, but not greasy. 
I am considering buying the full size product, but there is a few more samples I would like to try 
first, to make sure I found my perfect PM cream. I would recommend this product to all skin types 
- for more dry/normal ones as universal cream (if you don't mind the shine for AM) and for 
combination/oily as a PM. 
  
Ingredients: Hydrolyzed Collagen, Water, Butylene Glycol, Cyclopentasiloxane, Adansonia Digitata Fruit Extract, Glycerin, 
Cyclohexasiloxane, Glyceryl Polymethacrylate, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Cetearyl Alcohol, Hydrolyzed Adansonia Digitata Extract, 
Betaine, Cetyl Ethylhexanoate, Glyceryl Stearate, Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, Stearic Acid, PCA Dimethicone, Dimethiconol, 
Cyclomethicone, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer, Silica, Dimethicone, Polyethylene, Sodium Polyacrylate, 
Polyglyceryl-3 Methylglucose Distearate, Hydrogenated Polydecene, PEG/PPG-20/15 Dimethicone, Phenyl Methicone, Ethylhexylglycerin, 
 PPG-5-Laureth-5, Carbomer, Disodium EDTA, Phenoxyethanol, Fragrance, Yellow 5 (CI 19140), Red 33 (CI 17200). 

Moistfull Collagen Enriched Cream 

Product description: With whip cream type texture, this cream supplies moisturizing relief on dry, rough and sagging skin with abundant moisture and nutrients, containing enriched collagen and baobab seed oil.

Again the full size product is a 50ml jar, but I was testing out only a 1ml sample, which lasted for two applications.

As the name suggest, this product has richer consistency than non-enriched Moistfull Collagen Cream, not gel-like, but really creamy. The smell is pretty similar. It absorbs into skin quite well, leaving it a bit shiny. Just as with previous sample, I used this cream before going to bed - in the morning my face was well moisturised and soft. As it's slightly heavier I was afraid it may break me out, but it didn't :)

Price: approx. £10 on e-Bay.

Pros & Cons will be pretty the same as with non-enriched Collagen Cream.
However I think I would have to be more careful about this cream, because of rich consistency 
I think it could break me out after few applications. As in the description of the product, I would 
recommend it to people with really dry skin.

Etude House Precious Mineral Bright Fit BB Cream

Hello!
Another day, another sample to test out :)

Product description: 
- Avocuta* - It prevents the skin from being oily and dull by controlling the sebum balance.
- Natural Antioxidant Powder - makes the vivid and clean skin tone by preenting discoloration of powder by Oxidation.
- Pearl Extract 16.5% - Excellent Whitening and Moisturising Effects of the pearl ingredient prevent melanin from being accumulated and help to make the skin tone look brighter and clearer.
- Seaweed Extract Complex - contains Abundant Nutrients and Minerals, deep moisturizes into the skin and make the moist, smooth and healthy skin.
- Soft Fitting Effect and Excellent adhesion of Melting Powder and Special Mesh Layer maintain the clear and elastic skin texture all day.

*Avocuta is an original patented active ingredient derived from avocado pears which combats the excessive sebum secretion characteristic of greasy skin and hair.

The full size product is a 60g tube with pump applicator, I was testing out only samples. This BB is available in four shades: N02 Light Beige, W13 Natural Beige, W24 Honey Beige and W15 Sand Beige. My samples were in Natural Beige. It has SPF30 PA++.

Precious Mineral is quite runny, so I applied it with fundation brush (often I just like using my fingers :P), using similar amount as on the pic - because it's quite runny I ended up using a bit more than with thicker BBs. One sample lasted for two applications. Product has very subtle smell, hardly noticable. The coverage is nice - made my skin looking even and refreshed, but natural at the same time. Some of my acne scars were still visible (I learnt to live with that long time ago...), but all the redness was toned. The glow effect is just perfect - giving the face healthy glow, but not too shiny. I followed it with mattifying powder only on my nose. Sebum on my oily skin started to show up after approx. 3h, which is my standart time. BUT! After a little touch up with blotting tissue, the BB seemed to be completly untouched on skin. It didn't get cakey, didn't roll up in my wrinkles. Skin was still smooth and even. When I am writing this review is over 12h since I have it on, and all it needs is another touch up with blotting tissue and I could go out again - which is absolutely amazing, usually after the whole day at work I would have to completly redo my make up to go out in the evening.

Price: approx. £9 on e-Bay.

Pros:
+ beautifully evens out skin
+ looks natural
+ doesn't roll up in wrinkles
+ looks good all day long

Cons:
- a bit runny, so I have to use a little bit more than some thicker BBs.

Summing up, this BB was a very nice surprise. I was a bit anxious on the begining, because of it's runny consistency - usually runny BB's tend to just disapear from my face after few hours. However it stayed on my face looking just fab for the whole day, needing just some blotting. Awesome! I definetely add it to my "need to buy full size one day" list :)

Ingredients: Water, Pearl Extract, titanium Dioxide, Dipropylene Glycol, Cyclopentasiloxane, Phenyl Trimethicone, Hydrogenated Polydecene, Butylene Glycol Dicapraylate/ Dicaprate, Butylene Glycol, Ethylhexyl Olivate, Arbutin, Cetyl PEG/PPg-10/ 1 Dimethicone, Sodium Hyaluronate, Polyglyceryl-4 Isostearate, Hydrogenate Vegetable Oil, Sorbian Isostearate, Hexyl Laurate, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Beeswax, Sorbitan Olivate, Dimethicone, Calcium Stearate, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Silica, Hydrogen Dimethicone, Butyl Avocadate, Trimethysiloxysilicate, Dimethicone/ Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Adensine, Tocopheryl Actate, Propylene Carbonate, Mica, Alumina, Manganese Dioxide, Lauroyl Lysine, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Pearl Powder, Codium Tomentosium Extract, Ecklonia Cava Extract, Gelidum Cartilagineum Extract, Hizikia Fusion Forme Extract, Disodium EDTA, Caprylyl Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, 1,2- Hexandiol, Phenoxyethanol, Fragrance, CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499