My Beauty Diary Hyaluronic Acid Moisturising Mask

Before I start to review this wonderful mask sheet, I would like to let you know that I am on #30daysmask little task of putting on different mask every night from mask sheet, mask gel or sleeping mask. I have most photos at Instagram.  Find me @inner_luxurious xx. 

My Beauty Diary Mask is ever popular! They have so many kind of Masks and J have few more then 10 now!!  Lately received another two kind of Mask - Hyaluronic Acid and Black Pearl.

What is it contain?  

With intertidal algae, fucus and aloe, it gently soothes skin, making it soft and resillent.  Combining arnica and ruscus, it boosts skin’s elasticity and firmness. Watercress and mallow can sooths dry and dull skin, provide intensive moisture to skin.  Patented moisturising ingredients CosphingoTM maintains skin’s natural state of healthiness. It hydrates and locks moisture, restores skin’s softness and smoothness.  This mask does not contains pareben, preservatives, alcohol or fluorescent agents.

So what is Hyaluronic Acid?

Beauty editors, skincare companies and anti-aging aficionados are having a serious love affair with hyaluronic acid lately. The stuff is everywhere: not just as the main ingredient in injectable fillers but also in topical serums, lotions, creams and masques; it's making its way into foundation, primer, blush and lipstick, too. Something that popular has gotta do amazing things for your skin—right?

Well, kind of. I've been dabbling with hyaluronic acid (or "HA" as the real skincare junkies call it) for a few years now with mixed results, and finally I figured out why. If you've been on the fence about it too, or are just curious about this so-called wonder ingredient, read on to find out what it does, how to use it—and if you even should.

It's particularly important to skin appearance because about 50 percent of the body's supply is located in the skin tissues, where the viscous, jelly-like substance helps keep it plump, soft and supple... for a while, at least. Our ability to produce hyaluronic acid declines with age (sob!), which can lead to increased dryness, fine lines, wrinkles and sagging. Ouchie.

So that's one reason why skincare and cosmetic enhancement companies are encouraging us to use their synthetically-derived hyaluronic acid products—they claim to help replenish our lost stores of it.  The other reason is hyaluronic acid molecules' unique ability to attract and retain more than 1,000 times their weight in water. One thousand! That's more than any other biological substance. What's not to love?

I won't go into too much Sciencitific here.  

I normally cleanse, and tone first and then place the mask sheet the face for about 15-20 mins.  Then, I will massage the remaining residual of the essence into your skin and followed by moisturiser.

As the result, my skin instantly plump and  chase away the full and tired skin. 

 

It is nearly midnight......

Sweet Dream zzzzzzz.....

Update: 

Next day look...

Shiseido ULTIMUNE Power Infusing Concentrate

Shiseido ULTIMUNE Powering Infusing Concentrate is one-of-a-kind, boosting, power-infusing face concentrate for youthful-looking skin. It is the ultimate treatment for enhancing skin's essential multidefensive power against visible signs of aging, environmental factors, and daily stress. It restores skin’s powers to resist, protect, regenerate, and strengthen, leaving skin smooth and deeply nourished. 

Like your body, your skin has an immune system that functions less efficiently with time, environmental exposure and stress. Ultimune helps boost skin’s multi-defensive powers while helping to strengthen its resistance to day-to-day damage and signs of aging. 

Shiseido’s exclusive Ultimune Complex* is formulated with a unique blend of Bulgarian Rose Water, Aqua In Pool and Yeast to protect, strengthen, and maintain healthy looking skin.  It is also formulated with a unique botanical power blend with Gingko Biloba Leaf Extract, Shiso and Thyme.

Research results:In a self-evaluation on over 200 women: - Immediately, skin feels full and supple with a silky smooth surface - In 1 week, skin appears to glow more than ever - In 4 weeks, firmness and resilience are improved.  I apply two pumps morning and evening after cleansing, and balancing skin.  When using with other serums, use ULTIMUNE first to enhance the serums such as brighthening or whitening serums serums and moisturisers that follow. 

Below is my before and after photos taken by  2 weeks use of ULTIMUNE and I could see the different.  The mouth line is softer and the skin looks so much smoother.

Shiseido ULTIMUNE Power Infusion Concentrate $90 for 60ml in David Jones Australia.

My next blog is going to be new Summer Skincare.  Sneak Peak below!

Have a great Sunday!

Lilian

Sneak Peak: January Beauty Products

I have just received all the above products some from My friends and some are my own purchases.

Here is the sneak peak of above:-

1. Shiseido Revital Granas Cream Gel

2. Shiseido Revital Granas Cleansing Oil

Shiseido Revital Granas is hard to find and I never heard of this range at all and also only a handful of people review this range.

3. SKII Facial Treatment Essence 

4. Albion Skin Conditioner and Paper Mask Sheets

5. Shiseido Ultimune

These are all sent from my Instagram friend Florance Tan.  

How's your January so far?

Lilian

Donkey Milk Skin Gel Mask Pack

Before I start to review this wonderful mask sheet, I would like to let you know that I am on #30daysmask little task of putting on different mask every night from mask sheet, mask gel or sleeping mask. I have most photos at Instagram.  Find me @inner_luxurious xx. 

Donkey’s milk is rich in vitamins and essential fatty acids, being very close to human mother’s milk. It has active anti-ageing, anti-oxydant and regenerative constituents. It prevents certain illnesses of the skin. It represents the ideal substitute to mother’s milk if the infant is allergic.

In addition, it would seem that Donkey’s milk encourages the healing process. The mineral salts enable the skin to be cleansed and remove dead skin cells thus making way for new living cells.

Donkey’s milk contains a sufficient quantity of lipids to have a nourishing effect. Essential fatty acids such as omega 3 and 6 assist in the absorption of vitamins. They help elasticity and prevent certain illnesses such as eczema and psoriasis.

I have tried Aqua and Whitening Gel Mask Pack.  Both have different outcome  but have a lot of gel inside the pack.

Donkey Milk Skin Gel Mask Pack Aqua

This mask gel is below average. It has too much gel in a pack and when I put it in it stinks my eyes but my skin is definitely more moisture after using it and that is all.  There are couple of downside of this mask.  You could see it does not fit on my face properly.  I understand that everyone's face is diffident. I have tried many mask sheets and this is actually the worse design of all. It says this is a "gel mask". For me I think more like a super thin mask sheet.

After 15 minutes, you could see I am not happy after using this mask. :(. 

I took off the mask and still a lot of gel in the surface of my face and it took a while for me to massage.

How to use: 
Step 1: Wipe water on the face with towel after cleansing, and arrange skin, then take mask pack by opening pouch

Step 2: Adhere mask pack after opening it, then remove it after 15~20 min rest

Step 3: Tap remained essence on the skin for good absorption

Ingredients:

donkey milk (strengthen moisture film)/ceramide (moist, elastic skin)/ Phytosphingosine (elastic enhancing)/pear extract (gloss, elastic-patent)/10 kinds of oriental medicine ingredients

Donkey Milk Gel Mask Pack Whitening

Donkey Milk Skin Gel Mask Pack Whitening  brightens my summer and dull skin, leaving a more radiant and brighter skin tone.  After used my skin feel soft and smooth.  I definitely will repurchase this.

Ingredients:-
donkey milk (strengthen moisture film)/ceramide (moist, elastic skin)/ Phytosphingosine (elastic enhancing)/pear extract (gloss, elastic-patent)/10 kinds of oriental medicine ingredients
-Skin moisture/Nutrition supplying
-Donkey milk which is similar to mother’s milk increases moisture film
-Various vitamins make skin clear and transparent

How to use: 
Step 1: Wipe water on the face with towel after cleansing, and arrange skin, then take mask pack by opening pouch

Step 2: Adhere mask pack after opening it, then remove it after 15~20 min rest

Step 3: Tap remained essence on the skin for good absorption

Donkey Milk Gel Mask is made from Korea and you could get it from 

1.MDMALL (http://www.mdmall.com.au) $2.80 or 

2. EBAY- if you want to get a pack of 10 you could go to EBay, around $2 per piece.

3. WOFABEAUTYSTORE AUD2.30

http://www.wofabeautystore.com/index.php?route=catalog/productdetail&pid=1218#.VMjD2UY8bCQ

Have you tried any Donkey Milk Gel Mask? 

Lilian 

Su:m37 Miracle Rose Cleansing Stick Review

Su:m37 Miracle Rose Cleansing Stick is a facial cleanser in the form of stick inside a twist-up style applicator. It claims to be hypoallergenic, non-stripping, mildly exfoliating, and to rinse without leaving behind any residue.

The container for the Su:m37 Miracle Rose Cleansing Stick is a sleek, light peachy-pink, twist-up tube. The product inside is a light pink stick, speckled with small, pink rose petals.

No surprises here – the Su:m37 Miracle Rose Cleansing Stick is very distinctively and classically rose scented, but it’s not sharp or intense. I would describe the fragrance as creamy and delicate.

One of the things I love about the Su:m37 Miracle Rose Cleansing Stick is that it can be used as either the first and/or second cleanser if you like to double cleanse. The rich oils in the cleansing stick remove makeup with ease, including waterproof eye makeup. As a second cleanser, it leaves the skin completely clean and soft, without making it feel stripped or dry. Most of the time I use the cleansing stick as my morning cleanser, and sometimes as my second cleanser in the evening. However, if I were traveling, this cleansing stick is the only one I’d need to pack. I’m really looking forward to traveling with this cleansing stick actually – it’s so compact, and because it’s solid, I don’t have to worry about it leaking all over the other toiletries in my bag.

To use the stick, I just splash my face with tepid water, and then rub the stick over my wet face in a circular motion. I really enjoy this part of the process – it’s basically a mini facial massage. Once I feel like I have enough of the lather on my face (there’s usually a few rose petals on my face at this point as well), I’ll wet my hands slightly and rub the cleanser in a circular motion with my fingertips. I like to take my time with this step – after 30 seconds or so, I am rewarded with a smooth, creamy froth. I give this another 30 seconds, and then rinse it away with a few splashes of lukewarm water. The cleanser rinses away completely, leaving no residue behind.

I’ve been using the Su:m37 Miracle Rose Cleansing Stick for about a week. I reach for it every morning, and often use it for my second cleansing step in the evening as well. My skin glows after using this cleanser, and I love the clean-but-not-tight feeling I get from it. I’ve noticed a slight decrease in skin sensitivity over the past couple of weeks, and I think the Miracle Rose Cleansing Stick might deserve the credit for this. I had one tiny pimple when I first started using this product, and I definitely noticed a significant decrease in its inflammation after using the cleansing stick just one time. I have not experienced any breakouts, irritation, dryness, or greasiness as a result of using this cleansing stick.

As far as exfoliation goes – I’d say those effects are minimal. It’s the rose petals that provide the exfoliating effect, and as you might imagine, rose petals aren’t terribly abrasive. I don’t think this is a bad thing – if I really want to physically exfoliate flakes from my face, I’m going to reach for a product that’s made to do exactly that. For a daily cleanser like this one, I much prefer a gentle product that isn’t going to irritate my skin.

Ingredients:
Glycerin, Coconut Oil, Water, Stearic Acid, Lauric Acid, Lauryl Betaine, Potassium Hydroxide, Betaine, Rose (0.5%), Fragrance, Camellia Oil, Tocopheryl, Green Tea Seed Oil, Sunflower Seed Oil, Olive Oil, Apricot Seed Oil, Yeast/Fermented Rose Extract Filtrate (0.01%), Basil Oil, Lemon Peel Oil, Lime Oil, Pot Marjoram Oil, Orange Seed Oil, Ylang Ylang Oil

I love how many moisturizing plant oils there are in this ingredient lineup, and really, there’s a lot to love about this list in general. 

I absolutely love the Su:m37 Miracle Rose Cleansing Stick – washing my face with it feels like a luxury experience rather than a chore, and I love how my skin feels afterward. I also really love that I can use this cleansing stick for both steps of my double cleanse. I don’t normally use it that way, but having the option is nice, and will be especially handy for travel. Its ability to act as both a makeup remover and a cleanser is ideal for those who’d like to treat themselves to a luxury product but still save a little money.

Have you tried this product before?

Share your thoughts here...

Last but not least, Merry Christmas to you and your love one!

Lilian

It's Skin Prestiges Masque D'escargot

Before I start to review this wonderful mask sheet, I would like to let you know that I am on #30daysmask little task of putting on different mask every night from mask sheet, mask gel or sleeping mask. I have most photos at Instagram.  Find me @inner_luxurious xx. 

It's Skin Prestige D'escargot (wow, mouthful!) is a gel- type mask with snail extract and Epidermal Growth Factor, originally from Korea.  It could hydrate your dry skin and smoot It claims to reduce for wrinkles (repairs) and also pores (smooth).  It has Brighthening elements which I saw my own after 20mins of using it.

 

After 20mins, you could see the gel has absorbed to my skin. 

Now you could see the before and after as proven it does brighten my skin.  How promising is that?

You could get this mask from Kim Soon Young at George Street Sydney or blusakeup.com.au for approx. $35-$39 for 5 pieces in the pack.

Have you tried the mask before?  

Nature Republic Snail Mask

Before I start to review this wonderful mask sheet, I would like to let you know that I am on #30daysmask little task of putting on different mask every night from mask sheet, mask gel or sleeping mask. I have most photos at Instagram.  Find me @inner_luxurious xx. 

I bought this mask back in February when ai was in Hawaii.  I only just started using it because I was not convince abouy 'Snail Solution'.  I couldn't put it in my face just by thinking of it, it is impossible. I have came across too mang bloggers and beauty  enthusiasts rave about how good is the Snail Slime.  I haven't used any of those products but I thought to give this mask a try.  Now is November, yes it takes that long to convince. 

Before I put on the mask, I wash my face wi th  La Mer Cleansing Oil and tone with La Mer Toner.  Then I open the mask and hit me with an array of lavender and fruity extract smell.  It is rather light.

It has three layers bedore I found the mask! 

Not sure what's the purpose but it does take longer to take it out.

I always apply mask from forehead to chin.  The mask is quite soothing.  I put on about 20mins but anout 15mins it started to dry.  My face feel little sticky after I took off and start to massage the rest of residual.  My face felt sticky after massage for a moment but afterall the skin is hydrated.

You could get this brand at Korea Depart or Natural Republic.  I won't get this mask anymore because I like the mask working twice as hard regardless the price - brighthening, hydrating, soft and smooth.

Albion Gel Foundation Review and Swatches for my Chinese Reader

Albion produced new foundation “Gel Mask Foundation”. This is liquid gel foundation, and according to Albion, you can apply this product without primers.

swatches ...

我自己用下来不是特别喜欢。

1.保湿：混合偏干或者中性皮ok，干皮要做好保湿用，油皮夏天会觉得油的，秋冬也可以。

2.遮瑕：遮瑕效果很弱，可能这就是不适合我的原因，遮毛孔的效果倒比瑕疵强一点。本来就没什么大问题的皮应该更适合，会让人觉得皮肤很好~

3.色号：040自然皮和偏白一点的都已经够了，上脸不黄。

4.质感：更偏向液体，并不很gel，所以滋润度不会太高。

5.妆感：提亮肤色肯定有，不上散粉的话有光泽感，会有皮肤本来就自然光泽的感觉。

6.要说说这个压泵，很短、并不是管子延伸到瓶底的那种，靠压强上来的？

SU:M37 SECRET PROGRAMING MASK REVIEW

The SU:M37 Secret Programming Mask is a mask mixed with natural fermented ingredients from 80 vegetables.  This essential mask recharges nutrients and moisture of the skin instantly.

When I use a sheet mask I look for several things. First is, effectiveness. Second is whether or not it can stick on my face and feel comfortable (or even better, I don't feel it being on my face after awhile). This is because I don't have the patience nor the time to sit there for 15-20 minutes. I need to be doing something while I put on this mask and if I need to fix it every minute because it's falling off my face then that's an instant fail. Third is whether or not it absorbs. If I don't feel a difference in the wetness of the sheet mask after 20 minutes.. then there is a problem with the compatibility of the mask with my face.

Effectiveness: It didn't even out my skin tone as effectively, it didn't take away the redness as effectively, and it only brighten up s bit as effectively.

Adherence: The texture of the mask sheet is thick and it is pretty hard to move around my face around but it would still stick really well. 

Absorption: I think the absorption of the mask  pretty well. 

Summary:

Brightens a bit, calms my skin tone a bit, took away the redness a bit.

Quality: 3/5 because it did a bit of everything 

Value: 2/5 because it's $8 per mask!

Repurchase? No :(

THE HISTORY OF WHOO GONGJINGHYANG Seol Brighthening Foam Cleanser

A snow-white herb extracts foam cleanser that adds transparency to your skin. While the rich and fine foam of the water-soluble cleanser thoroughly removes impurities and sebum even from the skin's pores, its oriental medicine-based 'Chilhyangpalbaeksan' ingredients help keep the skin moist and clear. 

[Gongjinhyang:Seol - Mild royal court whitening to keep skin fair and clear] 'Chilhyangpalbaeksan' and mother chrysanthemum extract have been added to protect the skin and enhance the internal functioning of the skin to provide care for concealed spots as well as skin dullness. It is an Oriental medicine-based whitening line for the fundamental resolution of skin problems. Direction Wet the face, apply a sufficient amount of the product, and lather. 

Gently massage the entire surface of the face and rinse thoroughly with warm water.