Pale Products and More

I got this product in my last Jolse haul. I really don't have many masks, save for a handful of sheet masks I've gotten as samples and my Aztec Clay mask. I really wanting some more nourishing masks that weren't sheet masks. Aaaaand that leads me to why I got this product. I opted for the Nutritive version, as I had never done a peel off mask that wasn't intended to pull shit out of your skin.

It goes for about $8 on Jolse. I was surprised by how small the tube is when I got it. I was expecting it to be the size of my Cosrx Low pH cleanser, but its pretty tiny in comparison.

The smell is sooooo familiar to me, but I can't for the life of me figure out what it is. Its very fresh, and slightly floral. Its not overbearing and really pleasant, in my opinion. The smell does stay as it dries.

You really don't need too thick of a layer, but too thin will make it difficult to peel off. I used about a medium thickness and that worked well. It will not, I repeat WILL NOT peel off in one pull. Here's a really flattering boomerang of me peeling it off.

Hi Hi okay today I have a review for a highlighter! If you know me you know I love highlighters and will literally never stop buying them no matter how many I have. I'm always on the hunt for more because I have a highlighter problem if I'm being honest. Pretty early on in my highlighter search I came across the Physicians Formula Mineral Glow Pearls in the color Translucent.

This retails for $13.99 on Ulta for .28 oz of product (for reference the Becca highlighters are the same amount for $38). Its supposed to give you a "glowing complexion" and "perfectly even skintone", the latter being a weird claim for a highlighter if you ask me.

As far as packaging its pretty standard for Physicians Formula, and by that I mean its not very attractive and a little cheap looking. But it has yet to break on me or anything like that. You do get a brush with it, but I've never used it.

I'm not gonna lie, I have pretty yellow teeth; its inevitable, I drink coffee everyday. I've never been super self conscious about it, but I've always been slightly interested in whitening them. I never wanted to spend as much as the Crest brand kits are, so when I saw the Target brand one I figured why not.

Disclaimer: I have never whitened my teeth ever in my entire life. I went in to this not knowing what to expect at all, and have nothing to compare this product to.

You can get this for $13 at Target, although I grabbed it for more like $10 on sale (a big part of why I got it to be honest). It comes with 2 sets of trays, 2 single use whitening rinses, and 1 minty fresh whitening rinse.

I followed the instructions and used one of the whitening accelerator rinses, then applied the trays and waited for 25 minutes. Then I did the other whitening rinse and applied the second set of trays. While the trays are on, they don't take up much room and aren't uncomfortable in your mouth. The whitening stuff kinda gets in your throat and feels minty, but not uncomfortable. After another 25 minutes, I took off the trays and used the whitening rinse.

And here are the results. Pictures on the top are before and the ones on the bottom are after. The results aren't drastic by any means, but I do see a slight difference.

Its time for another foundation review! I came across swatches of the theBalm BalmShelter Tinted Moisturizer in the shade Lighter than Light and knew I needed to head out to Khols and swatch it for myself. Surprisingly when I did so, the swatch impressed me as much as the pictures! I shopped around to see if the swatches would oxidize after an hour or so and I was pleasantly surprised when they did not!

This product retails for $25 for 2.15 fl oz (compare to Tarte's which is $36 for 1.7 fl oz), it doesn't get any better than that. It claims to be "weightless" and to "improve the look of your skin's tone and texture, leaving a polished complexion". Pretty vague, but I guess that's good so that there's not impossible standards to live up to.

As far as color its nice and pale with neutral leaning yellow undertones. I tend to prefer a neutral base even though I most definitely have cool toned skin, because cool toned products always seem orange on me. Although this is slightly yellow, it doesn't clash with my skintone since it is very sheer.

I primed with theSaem pore primer (can't ever remember the actual name) and set my face with the Hard Candy primer spray as setting spray. I wore it for 9 hours with no touch ups.

product applied to left side of face

product on entire face

Immediately after application, my skin is evened, but the coverage is obviously very sheer. It can be built up to light coverage, but I'm usually too lazy to do so. It gives a nice, dewy finish that is very skinlike.

full face done

I did my first check in at 5 hours, and I looked pretty good. I was a bit oily, but nothing major. Where my glasses touch my cheek was rubbed off a bit, but that was definitely due to the concealer, not the tinted moisturizer. There was slight clinging to dry spots on my nose and chin.

At the 9 hour mark, I was looking pretty dang good. I didn't get pictures (I almost never do I'm a terrible reviewer I'm sorry okay), but I honestly didn't look that much different from the 5 hour mark; I was pretty oily as to be expected, but my pores weren't huge like they can sometimes get by the end of the day. The clinging areas were still there, but there was no new clinging. I really feel like if I needed to, I could have powdered at this point and gotten a few more hours of wear out of it.

Overall I give this an 8/10. I wish the color selection was better/cooler, but other than that I don't really have many complaints. If it didn't cling to dry areas I would have bumped it up to a 9.

My hunt for deodorant led me to the Stinkbug Naturals All Natural Deodorant in the scent Lavender. I've basically accepted that in order to find a natural deodorant that works, I  just have to try as many as I can (my wallet is sad though).

I think I got it for around $4 at Marshalls, but on the brand's website is goes for $7.99. Its got all the typical claims of keeping you smelling good and all that, but this one contains coconut oil, which I hadn't seen before. Coconut oil is a natural anti fungal and anti bacterial so I figured it was worth a shot.

After applying it feels a bit strange and there's really only one way I can describe it. If you have ever applied coconut oil to anything with your hands, and then tried to rinse them off, you understand the feeling I'm trying to describe. Obviously this is due to the deodorant containing coconut oil. Its not sticky or unpleasant, just...coconut oily, I guess.

As I always do for deodorant reviews, I applied it at night, then again in the morning when testing; sometimes reapplying throughout the day when needed.

By the time I was ready to sleep (3 or 4 hours after application with little sweating since I was just laying in bed), it seemed to be lasting pretty well. I didn't smell bad at all, though the initial scent had faded a bit. In the morning I didn't smell all that great, but that's not unusual for me, so I wasn't too discouraged.

Its seems that on a typical day this will last 3 to 5 hours, 5 is pushing it. If its an extra sweaty day or a shift at work this probably isn't going to last more than an hour. Not to mention when you sweat, the sweat mixed with this scent is not really all that pleasant. Like it doesn't smell bad necessarily, but its not what I want to smell like on a day to day basis. And once that goes away you just smell plain bad.

Overall I give this a 2/10. Its lasting power is shit and the initial smell isn't even that nice. Also, due to the coconut oil its pretty hard to completely get off of your pits, which is annoying.

So I have previously reviewed the It's Skin Green Tea Calming Cleansing oil (review here), but when I went to repurchase it on Jolse, it was no longer listed (not even sold out, just straight up not on the website anymore!). So I decided to try the cream version.

It retails for $11.48 on Jolse. You get a decent sized tub, and don't really have to use a lot, so I foresee this lasting awhile. Like any other cleansing cream its supposed to be your first cleanse to take off your makeup and sunscreen, to be followed up with a foam/gel/etc cleanser.

Its got a really fresh scent, but its not the same as the cleansing oil.

I have only tried one other cleansing cream (review here), and this one blows that one out of the water. The feel is creamy and smooth, not greasy in the least. It feels very moisturizing on the skin and doesn't leave you feeling tight or greasy. It completely removed all my makeup; mascara and all.

Overall this gets a 9/10 for me. I do still like the oil version better, but that's just a personal preference of cleansing oil over cream. I will happily use up this tub, and possibly repurchase in the future (if I can't get a hold of the oil).

So I'm gonna be real; I used to hate body lotion. I hated every lotion/cream/etc I had ever put on my body. They always felt sticky or heavy or left a nasty film or whatever. I just hated them! I don't have particularly dry skin, so I never noticed any negatives effects of not lotioning my body. Out of sight out of mind.

Then, I got a random sample of Soap & Glory's The Righteous Butter and holy shit, game changer. I opened the sample packet with disdain, thinking that I was going to absolutely hate it. But the second I put that stuff on my legs, there was no turning back.

A 10.1 oz tub of this product retails for $15. I have no idea if that's cheap or expensive for lotion, as I've spent my entire life ignoring the existence of it.

The smell is hard for me to describe, its feminine and maybe floral, definitely fruity. I guess its their "signature Pink scent" which Ulta describes as "fresh bergamot, mandarin, rose, jasmine, peach, strawberry, and soft musk & amber."

As everyone knows, I love Asian skincare; therefore Asian beauty trends are something I'm pretty keyed into to, I just don't normally base my own makeup off of them. But every once in awhile I like to do a more "Korean" look if you will; with soft subtle makeup, dewy skin, you know the drill. And that's what I did for this look!

• Peripera Moist Milk Pact in Pink Milk
• Nyx HD Concealer in Lavender
• Hard Candy Cheeky Tint in Diva
• Benefit High Beam
• Loreal setting spray

When I saw the swatches of this product on Jolse, I knew I had to order it. The PeriPera Milk Moist Pact was calling to me. And naturally, I gave in and ordered it. It is to be used as a foundation/base product, and its main claim is that it is to be used to brighten up your complexion, as is a popular look in Korea.

It retails for around $12 on Jolse. There's not at all that much in terms of claims, just that it will brighten your complexion, give you seamless coverage, and a luminous glow. It is a foundation mixed with a milk ampoule to give you a milky white complexion. Now, I've already got a milky white complexion, so I figured it would be a good match.

Its in a really cute baby blue compact that feels relatively sturdy. The closure doesn't feel like it really closes too securely though.

i had already swatched it

peripera is applied to the left side

applied to full face

full face of makeup done

those pores, lord

Its been awhile since I hauled anything from Jolse, so I treated myself to a little after Christmas gift. This haul is a mix of skincare products as well as makeup. These aren't first impressions after use, but first impressions upon opening them. This post is not made to be a review, just a little run down of reviews to come!

• The Face Shop Baby Face Pack in the Nutritive Modeling Mask version. Its the type of mask you apply after toning, then peel off (not to be confused with blackhead peel off nose strips or anything like that, its not designed to pull stuff out of your skin). It has a really familiar smell that I can't quite place; its very fresh, almost floral.
• Goodal Moisture Barrier Liquid. I have only ever heard good things about the Goodal brand, but had yet to purchase anything from them. I recently broke the only essence I had (I cry when I think about how much was left), so I was in the market for a new one. Its got a liquidy consistency and a fresh smell.
• It's Skin Green Tea Calming Cleansing Cream. I bought this because I was low on my It's Skin Green Tea Calming Cleansing Oil, and Jolse no longer stocks that. It smells the same as the oil, and has a creamy- but not greasy feel.

Today's foundation review is on the SKIN79 Green Super Plus BB Cream (this has a super long and confusing name but we'll just go with that). I got this guy awhile ago after seeing that it was the lightest bb SKIN79 makes. SKIN79 bb creams get really good reviews, so I was heading into this with pretty high hopes.

I've seen it around being sold for a few different prices, but its always under $20, so there's that. It doesnt seem to be on Jolse, but I've seen it Amazon (and I think that's where I got it, not sure).

As far as the claims, on the SKIN79 website this bb cream is supposed to give you a "natural glowing look and even the skintone". There's really not much else as far as claims. It gives a pretty skinlike finish, maybe slightly satin and/or dewy; but just more natural than anything else.

I applied it over the Rimmel Perfect&Fix primer and sprayed the Loreal setting spray on top. It was worn for 5 hours, but I've worn it for longer on other days and find it performs exactly as I describe in this review.

Skin79 Green applied to left side

entire face with Skin79

finished face. I can't take a straight on picture for the life of me lmao

my pores look pretty dang good for me

you can kind of see the smile line situation here

For Christmas I had asked for this little gift thing from Too Faced, I think it was called You Glow Girl. It had little mini versions of their blush, highlighter, and bronzer, and came with a mini brush. I had always been curious about these products, but never enough to actually buy them in full sized versions.

Which brings me to this review on the (mini version) Too Faced Candlelight Glow Highlighting Powder Duo in Rosy Glow. This shade is the "cooler" version (I use that term loosely as this is a golden highlight).

It retails for $30 for .35 oz, but like I said, I have the mini version.

It can be applied very subtly or built up to a nice glow. Whether you use only one half, or mix both, you always get a very gold tone (even when only using the pink). It does flatter my cool skin though. It slightly emphasizes texture, but I have yet to find a highlight that doesn't.