Etude House Eye's Cream Vanilla Moist

For this year, I really planned to get a more moisturizing eye cream. I would want to splurge a little bit on my under eyes since I felt that I need it due to the stress that I get from work specially when I do home works. Giving myself this kind of at home treatments will make me feel good and of course will help me to maintain a better skin. Of course, I can't just simply take myself forgranted. haha! Selfish?? But no, we do really need to take care of ourselves!

Since I already finished my previous eye cream I have thought of why not trying a new one and on the search for it. I found out that Etude House has eye cream. It is available in two variants - Vanilla Moist and Mint Cooling. I decided to get Vanilla Moist as it is the variant that is moisturizing, brightening and anti-wrinkle. While Mint Cooling is like for refreshing the eyes. For me, I need moisturizing, brightening and anti-wrinkle since I wasn't using an eye cream for some weeks already. I needed to catch up! haha

Once again! Consistently, this Etude House Eye's Cream has a very cute packaging! It's very attractive and desiring to get one. I love the color! Pastel yellow! Super love!! Look inside! It shaped like an ice cream, they really put a lot of creativity in all of their products!

Looking at the actual product, it looks cute and very handy.  It even has a stop cap to prevent the eye cream touching the cap and also for hygiene purposes. 

Etude House Eye's Cream is not actually a cream but it is more of a balm. I like that it's twist packaging as it's very user friendly.

What I think about this product:

• On my first use, it's refreshing on the eye and it feels cool.
• At first, I didn't feel that it's moisturizing but as days pass by I can see that it somehow moisturizes my skin. But I am really not sure.
• After using it for more than a month I noticed that I have less lines on my under eye areas.
• I find it easier to place under eye concealer and it doesn't get cakey like before.
• It's not sticky nor oily as it is a balm.
• It's very easy to use, just glide it on to the skin.
• It has a very light smell that smells some like an aloe vera? But I really wasn't able to smell it when applying the product. It doesn't smell when it's already on the skin.
• I just notice that my under eye somehow brightened but the change is not drastic as I am using it more than a month already. But I think my under eye is still dark.
• My eyes are less puffy but it's still puffy but I sometimes think that it's still puffy.
• There's a little improvement but I won't consider buying this again. Maybe this product will do better for someone younger. 

Jan. 6, 2013

Feb. 16, 2013

After this I still have a line up of eye creams to use. Or do you think I should already start using the other products?? Hhhmm... Let me think about it first. :)

If you can still remember, this is one of the product included in my Celeteque loot.

You'll know about this on my next post.

-XOXO-

Etude House Green Tea Nose Pack

How was your Heart's Day! Heart's week traffic was definitely terrible! But no! This post isn't about V day and cheesey posts. :) Pamper day again! I've been absent from my derma for around 2 months already so blackheads are starting to come out again. I don't have the time yet to visit my derma due to several events and personal errands that I need to attend to. So when I recalled that I have a nose pack that I also got last December from my office exchange gift, with out a doubt it is time to use it!

I got Etude House Green Tea Nose Pack. Look at the packaging of Etude! They are really consistent with all their product on having cute and very colorful packaging. Etude House always give a story and a personality with all their product. For this product they named it as Cerulean Warbler.

This Nose Pack is packed with Green Tea that is said to remove oils and pore deep sebum. Great right? It will not just remove black heads but also remove oils and sebum.

Since this is a Korean brand, I like that it has English translation. We feel more confident to use Korean products of we can understand what's the composition of it. Another great thing about this product is that it has this easy tear feature! No need for scissors and think about the convenience that it will bring.

Look at the actual nose strip, it's very green tea! It something that is exciting to put on the nose! Upon opening, it really smelled green tea. 

Top part

the stick on part

 The stick on part is actually like a scotch tape where it is sticky but not the yucky sticky type.

It's very easy to use.

• Wet the nose area
• Place the nose strip
• Wait until it dries up ( I waited for around 8 minutes though it dries up easily)
• Then strip it
• My nose feels soft afterwards

It was very easy to put on the nose unlike other strips that you have to pull out then stick it on again. It has the right size and sticks properly on the nose. It wasn't painful to take off the strip.

After 8 minutes, it really work! I'm sorry for the picture below but I want you to see that it really striped off some of my black heads. It is not as visible but look at the black spots. It's a good thing since I just use it once for now. It will remove a lot more when used regularly.

I would definitely consider buying this again when I don't have the time to visit my derma again. I hope my derma won't ever read this post. haha

-XOXO-

Etude House Bubble Hair Coloring

It's been quite sometime that I had my hair colored. I felt that since it's new year I need a new look too ( o diba ang gandang excuse)! It really is a great timing to color my hair as I don't want to trim my hair nor do some straightening treatments (another excuse hehe). 

And yes, I did color my hair using Etude Bubble Hair Coloring. How did I come up with this brand? 
While debating on where to color my hair, either at home or in a salon (us girls really complicate things...). But I've been busy with work for the past year, so it will be more practical to color my hair at home. I have tried known brands for DIY hair colors and some were satisfying but some did not achieve what I wanted. Since I have super black hair, I needed a hair color that would be light enough for it to stand out but won't turn into blond or super bright color. 

I got my Etude Bubble Hair Coloring during the Holiday Season. Since it was the time for gift giving, exchange gifts and kris kringle, I decided to have this on my wish list (Thanks Porky Pig!!!, my kirs kringle daddy). I was choosing from the brands that I have used before which proves to be effective with my black hair and suites my taste.  But then I came up at the area where Etude House was located. I have known and own some of their products but I failed to notice their Hair Color line until recently. I noticed that Korean Girls have good hair colors which also complement their skin tone. And since I wanted a stronger hair color that would not turn into blond, I felt that Etude Hair Coloring is worth a try.

Etude Bubble Hair Coloring is a shampoo type hair coloring, its bubble foam can give more vivid color than cream type items. 
Available in 2 colors. Sweet Orange and Black. 
It cost around 370 bucks each.


The set contains: 

• 2 hair color potions (I don't know how to call them so I made up my own definition hehe) as the hair coloring
• 1 set of gloves
• 1 plastic apron (other brands don't usually have so I find this cool) 
• 1 conditioner 

How to use Etude Bubble Hair Color

Step 1:

Pour pink sachet into the pumping container. 

*The pink sachet contains a light brownish fluid while the pumping container has clear fluid.

Step 2: Mix the 2 fluids together. Shake shake shake and pump!!! This is so much fun!!!

You'll notice when pumping, the color turns into violet with a foamy texture. (Thought bubble: Oh no, what am I getting myself into?? My hair might turn into violet.) 

Step 3: Apply onto the hair, from the roots to tips.

Foam that has stained my hand turns into orange. (Still having thought bubbles: Have they mix matched the fluids? But still continues to apply onto my hair)

Step 4: Leave on for 30 minutes.

(Still having thought bubble: hhhmmmm my hair seems still black, will it turn to orange or violet?? oh my)

Step 5: Rinse thoroughly.

You will see orange like color that will flow along with the water while rinsing. 

(Continue with thought bubble: Oh no, it might not work)

And after drying my hair, the result was..........

It was a success! I liked it! The color enhances as the days pass by.

What I like about Etude Bubble Hair Coloring

1. The cute container! (I love it, I love the shape!!)
2. The pump of the cute container!! (Liking the pump as it makes the process much easier and fun) Like Like Like
3. Availability of an apron.
4. It doesn't have any stinky smell and the conditioner smells good!
5. It has the right quantity (not too much and not too little). 
6. I like that it turns into foam = less mess!
7. It is easy to use.

What I don't like about it

1. The apron got ripped off easily and I was not able to use it. :(
2. After 1 day, my hair became a little bit dry. (I just conditioned my hair and it went back to normal again Yipee!!! )
3. Instructions were written in Korean language, I needed to rely on the image at the side of the box.

I took another shot 2 days after. You can see the color enhances.

Sorry for the fake smile! :)
 Just took the photo stralling around to share with you the hair color....

* I would like to thank my nephew and niece for helping me apply the hair color. mwah!!!

-XOXO-