Snail BB Cream

You may already know that I am a fan of BB creams! This is because of the the greatness that a bb cream can do! Again I love bb creams since it's an all in one product, like this diaKeli White Snail BB cream. Snail ingredient is very popular in Korea and then combine it with their equally popular BB cream = the ultimate beauty product!

So what's the difference of a Snail BB Cream to a regular BB Cream? As what I have posted before (you may read here) regular BB Cream provides moisture, reduce color imperfection and scars, skin brightening, evens out skin tones, has sunblock and can be used as primer, use as pore minimizer, etc. To recall, Snail ingredients are claimed to make skin healthy as it act like a collagen (but collagen will still be a collagen).  So a snail bb cream gives a more moisturizing effect vs a regular bb cream! It doesn't only work on the top most part of the skin but the totality of the skin.  

It says that Snaill BB cream gives a more healthier skin! Healthy with a BB cream, healthier with a Snail BB cream.

Look at the wonders that it is supposed to do.

I love that the product is sealed. I am assured that the product is new!

Now, let's put the product to test. 

Time for swatches!

with flash

with out flash

It looks more of a warm tone close to the color of my hand.

Now let's blend it.

with flash

with out flash

When blended, it matched well with my skin tone! It's as if I didn't put any Snail BB Cream on my hand. You can also see how it primed my hand filling up the small fine lines. You can also see that it looked a little dewy finish.

Now on the actual test. I actually am using this product for more than a month or so already and here's my experience.

What I like about the product:

• It's very easy to apply! It's easy to blend!
• It matched well with my skin tone.
• I find that it doesn't have any smell (which I like)
• It really acts as a bb cream! It helped me to lighten my blemishes as I am using it everyday
• I love that it has high SPF30!
• I love that it's an all in one product! It's like a tinted primer
• It's lightweight  as if I am not wearing any mu on
• It has a light to medium coverage
• It gives a dewy finish
• With the right amount, it's as if I am not wearing any bb cream (looks like the natural skin) naks naman natural skin nga ba?? haha

What I don't like about the product:

• It's not available here in the Philippines
• It has only 1 shade
• I find that it didn't really help me with my fine lines (I am still using other products for my wrinkles, my gosh spell w r i n k l e s! haha)
• Given the weather here in the Philippines, (like any other bb cream) we need ample amount of loose powder to minimize the shiny or oily look

June 3, 2012 photo

You may notice that the photo above is a little blurry. Yes as it is really a shameful photo but I want to show you the actual effect of this product. Even with a blurred photo, you can still prominently see the redness of my blemishes!

June 23, 2013 photo

I can say that I may be a little comfortable sharing you the second photo but it is still a shameful photo! :) But you can see that my blemishes lightened! It really helped me with lightening my blemishes but not so on the moisturizing or wrinkle effect. 

I am actually am using different products to prevent wrinkles and of course to have a healthy skin. But given that this product helps to moisturize and make my skin healthier, then I think that this is a great daily product to support the other products that I am using. 

P.S. Please pardon my bare face! I am experiencing oily skin and is prone to break out :( But I find my skin condition somehow improving lately.

Here's my photo using Snail BB Cream

I hope you like this post. :)

-XOXO-

Cream Silk Dry Rescue

Here's another hair care that I got a sample. I have this for quite some time already so you can see that the packaging is already crumpled. hehe I appreciate that it's in plastic and the flyer has information about the product too.

The complete line of Cream Silk Rescue Dry

The variant already speaks for itself, this variant promises to reduce hair dryness up to 99%! But even if it has information with in the flyer, it is not indicated what is the ingredient that makes it 99% dry free hair. So with my busyness at work for the past few weeks, I didn't had the time to take care of my hair. And it's a grea time to put this product to test! 

Cream Silk Dry Rescue sachet is the same with other conditioner sachets in foil type packaging, it is 11ml per sachet. It has the easy tear here portion too. The color of this variant looks chic as it is in gold to orange tone.

Look! The actual conditioner is color orange!

My Verdict:

• For a conditioner, I think that the amount in a sachet is a little few. One sachet is not enough
• It has a great smell, it's not that strong but just right
• The smell is not fruity nor flowery but it's fragrant
• The conditioner itself is rich and thick
• It gives instant smoothness on the hair where I applied the conditioner
• I think that this conditioner will work well when applied enough amount depending on the how thick and long is your hair

My hair today after using Cream Silk Dry Rescue

I will be posting another hair product soon! I am excited to post more of my back logs. For now, I am signing off to relax a little bit before work week starts again tomorrow!

-XOXO-

Missha Red Ginseng Mask

Hi there! I am back! Sorry for the lack of post for the past 2 weeks or more. I've been kidnapped by work but hey, I am back! I have so much to blog and thank God I am able to blog again.

With so much work in the office I was reunited with stress again. And after several weeks of stress, I am back and tried to get all the rest and fun that I think should have. So here's my coming back post. Just in time, I remembered that I still have stocks of masks that I got at K-Land. And while choosing which one to use, I decided to use this Missha Red Ginseng Sheet Mask. 

As a Fil-Chi I've been exposed and educated with how great ginseng are! It is widely known that Ginseng is good for the health as it strengthen stamina, good for the immune system, etc. It's like vitamins and or antioxidant. For the skin, it is said to give that boost or hydrated effect so it simply means Ginseng makes the skin look good.

I like that the packaging has English translation! It also has the easy tear here part.

What I like about the product:

• Upon opening, the mask was still very watery. It didn't dry up.
• I can really smell the Ginseng ingredient.
• It is true that the mask has a different shape, It's actually not flat but it has a curve in the middle where it follows the shape of the face. I like it!
• It feels very refreshing on the skin! It felt cool.
• I had instant super soft skin.
• I felt that my face was really moisturized and looks healthy too.

What I don't like about the product:

• I jut feel that my face is somehow sticky after an hour.
• I don't know if this is ok for oily skin.
• I am not sure if this is available here in the Philippines.

I hope you are still there! I will be posting more often in the coming weeks.

-XOXO-

Bohemian Spring

It's a sunny day Sunday! Yippee! No hassle rain for that day so I felt I want to be a little girly girly with my interpretation of Bohemian Spring look. Though we don't have that season here in the Philippines, it won't stop me having it as my outfitey!

When we say Spring, what comes into our mind is floral! Cool breezy floral attire and one thing is for sure = Floral dress! It's the safest way to go for a Spring cool look but try putting a twist by having it not super floral like this dress. 

It has flower details but the color is in rose pink with black lining. The round gold like buttons gives it a more bohemian look too instead of a super girly girly floral. But I say this is very feminine which is so not me. haha! 

Another thing that made this look different is the asymmetric style of the bottom / skirt. I recall that this cut was a fad during my high school days but then who would have thought that we can still wear this kind of style with out looking as if the dress is already outdated. I also like it having a waist shaper via waist band which is also adjustable too. I can wear it even if I gain weight but I don't have any intention to gain any weight please! haha

Lastly, to finish my Bohemian Spring with I wore this wedge with a very calm and cool mint green color. This kind of color is so light and is refreshing to the eyes too. It matched well with my feminine look for the day.

What I like about this wedge is that it's so comfortable! I walked with it for more than 3 hours and surprisingly I didn't feel any sore. I am not used to wearing high heeled footwear but this one is changing my concept of it already. I should look for more of this kind! Comfortable yet so trendy! Comfort and Fashion in one. 

I also like this kind of wedge which is not the fabric or weaved type. The only thing that made me think twice of getting this is that it's made from cloth instead of leather but who cares it's super comfortable! Since it's material is cloth, it's softness made it comfortable.

Since the dress has so much already, I wore minimal and very classic accessory. Less is more!

I hope you liked this look even if I am not a super feminine girl.

Here's my blooper pic for this post. :)

Nakaka consious ang mga people around! And yes I am looking at them  haha!

(Forever 21 dress, StyleCo. bracelet, Call It Spring Wedge, Michael Kors Bag)

 -XOXO-

Laid Back Saturday OOTD

Here's my ootd for a laid back Saturday. I find the weather better this way. It's not raining hard, the sun is up but it's not super burning hot. But then again, it still rain towards the night time. Since I've been wearing skirt as required in the office, I wanted to wear cover my legs naman for a change. haha! So here I am wearing a not so thin and not so thick outfit that is just right for the weather.

I got this dress / top from Shopsui which is owned by Yellowyum. It's been a while since I wore this and I find it so comfortable. It's body hugging but stretchable.

I love that it is yellow (my favorite color) but has simple that asymmetric details on the top and girly at the bottom makes it cool.

Since the length is a little alanganin I opted to wear it with a leggings. But it's long enough to be a dress so I can wear this when in the beach too.

To complete this look, I decided to wear a neutral colored ballet flats. Comortable Fashion. I love wearing comfortable pieces but not sacrificing fashyon.

I've been wearing few accessories for the past and to make my look a little different I used this what I call Baroque fashion bracelet that my previous boss gave me.

And that's my laid back Saturday ootd.

And as promised here's my bloopers picture for this post. haha

And I have my eyes closed!

I look so ewan. haha

(Shopsui top, leggings, bracelet as gift, Fancy Flats ballet flats, Long Champ bag)