Sephora Play - October 2016

The Cool Cut
The Next Big Things

The bag says, "Lipstick and things", so I amused that there was at least two lipsticks.

1. Smashbox - Always On Matte Liquid - Lipstick in Driver's Seat
2. Skin INC - Pure Revival Peel
3. Belif - The True Cream Aqua Bomb
4. Christophe Robin - Regenerating Mask with Rare Prickly Pear Seed Oil
5. Blinc - Mascara Amplified
6. Yves Saint Laurent Mon Paris perfume sample

Nothing was new to me in this bag.
I have owned all the products except the mascara product and I don't use mascara.
Highly disappointed in this month's bag.
I have seen other Youtubers Sephora Play Box and was much more interesting that mine.
Plus, since when did Sephora give out different products per bag?
You can do better, Sephora. Let's see what next month brings!

Sephora Favorites - Soko to Tokyo

I have been eyeing this Sephora Favorites for a month since it came out.
Been to 5 Physical Sephora stores and not one carried it so my last resort was buying it online.

I was highly disappointed.
Half the products (Japanese ones) was reactive for my sensitive skin and the Korean brands that Sephora chose for this box was very exciting.

Blame me for using Korean products for over a year so I'm picky for the brands and products that I use. There is definitely room for improvement.

I guess for Sephora I will stick to the non-Asian brands.
However, this box is great for those that are new to Asian brands.

- 0.2 oz/ 7 g AmorePacific Treatment Enzyme Peel
- 0.34 oz/ 10 mL belif The True Cream Aqua Bomb
- 0.84 oz/ 25 mL boscia Charcoal Pore Pudding Intensive Wash-Off Treatment
- 0.49 oz/ 14 g Caolion Premium Blackhead Steam Pore Pack
- 0.17 oz/ 5 mL Dr. Jart+ BB Cream in Light to Medium
- 1 oz/ 30 mL Erboran Yuza Double Lotion
- 0.33 oz/ 10 mL Shiseido Ultimune Power Infusing Concentrate
- 0.68 oz/ 20 mL Skin Inc. Pure Revival Peel
- 0.4 oz/ 12 mL Tatcha Luminous Dewy Skin Mist
- 0.23 oz/ 6 g Too Cool For School Egg Mellow Cream

Summer 2016 Asian skincare routine

Step 1 - Pre-cleansing Oil/Wipes - Aritaum Aloe No Wash cleansing Water+ INNISFREE Jejubija Trouble Cleansing Gel

 

Step 2 - Cleanser - Purity made Simple Cleanser+Happy Bath Facial Yogurt Foam-Herb Essence
 

Step 3 - Peeling Gel - The history of Whoo Gongjinhyang:Seol Brightening Gel and Baviphat Urban Dollkiss Peach All-in-one Peeling Gel
 

Step 4 - Toner/Refresher -INNISFREE Jejubija Trouble Skin +HADA LABO Goku-jyun Alpha Lotion
 

Step 5 - Essence - Missha Time Revolution First Essence Treatment

 

Step 6 - Ampoule/Serum -MISSHA Time Revolution Night Repair Science Activator Serum 50ml+INNISFREE The Green Tea Seed Serum+ SkinINC

  

Step 7 - Sheet Mask - SooAe Charcoal Flower Mask + Hanaka Marine Mud and Seaweed Mask
  
Step 8 - Eye Cream -  BELIF Moisturizing and Firming Eye Cream

Step 9 - Emulsion - HADA LABO Shiro-jyun Milk and + goodal Luminant Plus Whitening Essence

 
Step 9 - Moisturizer -  DR.JART+ Ceramidin Cream 50ml
 
Step 10 - Sleeping Pack/Night Cream (PM) - Saint Peau Collagen Pudding Sleeping Pack



Step 11 - Make-up (am) -

HERA CC Cream+

MissHana cushion +


#2 [ Hanyul ] Luminant Cushion SPF50+ PA+++ 15g +

A'PIEU Air Fit A'pieu Cushion XP+


 Innisfree Ampoule Intense Cushion Cover



SKIN Nutritious Magic No Sebum Pact DX



TonyMoly Fruit Princess Gloss 1 Strawberry+



Clio Gelpresso WaterProof Pastel Upper Liner+



SKIN79 Kick It Side Fantastic Eyes #MEMORABLE BLACK


Clio Virgin Kiss Milky Water Tint

Step 12 - Sunscreen/Mist -  
Clio Micro Fine Collagen Mist

Shisedio Anessa 



Kose Suncut Cool Essence in UV Protect Spray - Aquary Floral

Skin INC Get Perfect Holiday Set from Sephora

I have been wanting to try out the Japanese luxury brand Skin INC for quite some time but never got the chance until Sephora had the brand in stores. I got my hands on the SKIN INC set. I was interested in the serum, but sadly you couldn't choose which 3 serums you wanted to add to your final serum bottle.

Date Ordered : March 10
Date Shipped : March 12
Date Arrived : March 14

I'm not picky with shipping, but Sephora stuff used to get to my house in 2-3 days, but now the offer you to pay for "flash 2-day shipping" and if you got the "free shipping over $50" you would wait and extra 2 days--interesting.

 


My first impression was the box is so dirty; it had so much dust on the outer plastic. It must have been sitting in Sephora warehouse---not good at all!

The only reason I brought this set was because of the serum bottle. This is my first SKIN INC product. I could care less about the peeling gel nor the mask. The two white tubes felt so light like there's barely any product inside. Yes, people complain that the pink serum bottle isn't filled to the top-that was my first thought when I took it out of the bottle. Where's the rest of it? But as long as it equals to 30ml, I don't care. I thought that they would tell you want three types of serums was put inside your "custom-blended" serum bottle. I can only guess by visual observation. I see two shades of blue beads so I'm leading towards hyaluronic acid and ceramide. Plus the set says hydrate sensitive skin so I think it's hyaluronic acid and ceramide-I just read the back of the box which confirms the two ingredients. I'm ok with those two ingredients since most of my sheet masks and emulsion have those two ingredients.

I had a few pimples and they have disappeared within 4 days with the help of this serum. This serum will last me until the end of the summer but I think $90 is a bit steep for 30ml of the product. I will not re-purchase this again, I will just keep using the Korean products which has the same stuff. Brands like Dr. Jart+ and belief doesn't disappoint.