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REVIEW: TheBodyShop Japanese Matcha Tea Pollution Clearing Mask

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Hey guys! I am back with another review!

*NOT A SPONSORED POST*

I rarely do skincare review mainly because I believe that different product works differently on everyone.

 My skin type: Dry cheek, Normal on the rest of the face

Today I am going to share my thoughts on this matcha mask. Can you believe that this is actually my second tub?!



I tried this mask a few years ago and now I am coming back for this mask.

I really like this mask not only because of the refreshing scent but also because of its skin clearing ability!


Let's take a look at their claims.



Enriched with matcha green tea from Kakegawa, Japan, dandelion extract and soul-soothing Community Trade aloe vera from Mexico, our indulgently creamy, 100% vegan masking formula deeply purifies, gently exfoliates and liberates your skin from the weekly build-up of city pollutants and everyday impurities.
  • Helps remove pollutants and impurities
  • Reveals radiant, younger-looking skin
  • Enriched with matcha green tea from Japan and organic Community Trade aloe vera from Mexico
  • 100% vegan
  • 91% of women agreed pollution felt removed from their skin (based on trial results from 103 women)
  • Formulated without silicones, mineral oil or paraffins
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I personally like the cooling effect a lot. It goes onto the face creamy and is very cooling. It might be a little bit stingy at first but the stinging sensation will go away after awhile.

Not to mentioned that the scent is very calming and refreshing. My skin definitely feels cleaner and refreshed after using this mask. 

 Let's take a look at its texture.

As you can see from the tub, the texture is very creamy. It applies smoothly onto the skin which makes the application fast enough.


The bits are natural ingredients in the mask which helps to gently exfoliate the skin. 

My skin gets dirty and clogged up easily. Even if I stay indoor for a whole week without applying makeup, I would get close comedones on my cheek and chins.  

(Close comedones are those white bumps that appear on your skin) 

You might risk yourself getting new scar if you squeeze on them. 

The ingredients are mostly for skin clearing and calming which is good for skin that are easily inflammed. 

Especially since I started working in the office, my skin is dryer than before. This mask does not make me peel or feel dehydrated. Instead, my skin felt clean and soft. (That is why I bought the second tub)

It is also a vegan formula which means that it is also cruelty free. So yay for that!
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Does it live up to its claim? YES

Will I ever repurchase it? YES YES YES

Price range? Hmmm....It's RM 97.00 
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Verdict:
Clearing ability: 4.5/5 (you have to use at least twice a week and give it some time)

Soothing effect: 3/5 (If you are really sensitive you might not like the stingy sensation)

Hydration: 4/5  (considering that my cheeks are dry and they don't peel after application)

Exfoliating: 3.5/5 (The chunks are all natural ingredients and are of different sizes)
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That's all for today~

I guess I'll talk with you guys next time!

Bye!

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Popular Korean Lens Dupe? Yes Please!

22:37

Hey guys and girls!! I am back with another blog post!

Yep, you see from the title. I am going to talk about colour contact lens dupe for famous Korean contact lens brand---Olens and Lensme.

Many of you asked me why I always manage to find nice lenses and I decided to share with you guys a few of my personal findings. 

I don't guarantee that they are 100% the same but I can say that they are quite similar on your eyes. 

Okay, these lenses are all from Barbie Eyesland. Yes, This is a sponsored post. No, I decide what I want to share. So, this is completely my own idea and findings.
 Thank you.

Let's jump right into the main topic, shall we?

Olens


Spanish One Day Series


Photo credit: Olens

This series was endorsed by Jennie and Jisoo of Blackpink. Their lens was the daily lens type while Barbie Eyeslands' lens life span is three months. 

Dupe: Iris Series
https://www.barbieeyesland.my/products/iris-grey13-5mm-14mm
https://www.barbieeyesland.my/products/iris-brown-13-5mm-14mm


As you can see from their shop's model photo, there are two more colours other than brown and grey. This series does not have any enlarging effect and the decorative pattern is very soft and subtle. So go ahead and pick your the colour you like! >.^ 
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Russian Velvet Series



Photo credit: Olens

The Russian Velvet series was featured in Girl's Day MV I'll Be Yours. Russian Velvet Blue was the K-pop Idol's pick. 

Dupe: Velvet Series
https://www.barbieeyesland.my/products/velvet-grey-14mm
https://www.barbieeyesland.my/products/velvet-brown-14mm


The velvet series comes in 4 different colours. My personal favourite is the brown colour as it is very natural, and can be worn without makeup. This is also another series without enlarging effect. 
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Blossom Series


Photo credit: Olens

The decorative pattern for this series is so so so prettayyyyyyy!!!! 
It is the pattern of a flower and it comes in two colours.

Dupe: Sakura Series
https://www.barbieeyesland.my/products/sakura-grey-16mm
https://www.barbieeyesland.my/products/sakura-brown-16mm





This series has enlarging effect and the decorative effect is very strong. Thus, you might need some makeup to pull off this colour contact lens. Anyways, this is a very cute lens :D
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Gold 3con Series





Photo credit: Olens

Look at the eyes of the model! I feel like my soul is being sucked into the pool in her eyes! (weird me
No iris enlargement, no crazy eye colour changing effect, I like it.

Dupe: Gold Tricon Series
https://www.barbieeyesland.my/products/gold-tricon-blue-14-2mm
https://www.barbieeyesland.my/products/gold-tricon-brown-14-2mm
https://www.barbieeyesland.my/products/gold-tricon-green-14-2mm
https://www.barbieeyesland.my/products/gold-tricon-grey-14-2mm
https://www.barbieeyesland.my/products/gold-tricon-violet-14-2mm


Just look at the on eye effect! They are seriously so gorgeous! I love how it doesn't enlarge the eyes but still give you that strong and confident eye look. Definitely stock up these before it runs out. It is the top seller in their shop.
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Lensme


Qlo Series

Photo credit: Lensme

Well I am sure that you guys and girls see this series floating on the internet pretty often. Many brands recreated this series. 

Dupe: Qlo
https://www.barbieeyesland.my/products/qlo-grey-14mm
https://www.barbieeyesland.my/products/qlo-pink-14mm
https://www.barbieeyesland.my/products/qlo-grey-14mm



This series also does not enlarge your iris. The decorative pattern resembles the galaxy with some specks of white being the stars. I can see why this decorative pattern is so popular due to the dreamy effect it delivers.
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So, that's all of my findings. I mean not all of us is able to afford Olens or Lensme but we still want to have nice colour contact lens. 
Barbie Eyesland sells their lens at RM 25 per pair and they have different discounts for every month. They also send out cute freebies which are very useful!
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I'll stop right here and I guess I will talk with you guys on my next post!
Thank you for reading!
See ya! 




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Exploring large diameter lens? My Top 5 large diameter lenses!

20:30

Heeeelllooooo guys! Welcome back to my blog!

Okay, so I received a request asking for large diameter lens recommendation. I know some people do not like large diameter lenses like me because my eyeballs aren't that huge ._. I always feel odd wearing large diameter lenses as it will occupy more of the whites as compare to wearing a normal diameter which for me is 14mm, 14.2mm or 15mm. 

So a few months back I was browsing through every online lens shop in Malaysia to get myself a large diameter lens for the Halloween makeup. I came across a few designs and I got two pairs of the large diameter lenses. My purpose was to create a look for Halloween makeup but I changed my look last minute. So, the large diameter lenses that I bought was kept in the corner until a month later, I decided to give them a try. I was shooketh! It was so nice, the design, the effect....everything was so nice! 

I had this experience that the lens diameter was too big and I can feel it in my eyes every time I blink. It was really uncomfortable for me and the maximum I could wear was for like one or two hours. Also, I keep seeing the colour decorations of the lens....like everything I see has a ring of the lens colour....so I was so skeptical about these large diameter lenses.
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Okay, enough said. Let's get into my list of Top 5 large diameter lenses!

Rank 5: Aurora Series






This series carries these three unique colours which is suitable for cosplaying or fun themed makeup. The effect is very obvious and the opacity of the colour is no joke. The colours is light but they are able to completely cover the natural iris colour of you eyes. The decorative pattern does resembles the aurora lights or polar lights in the antartica. So dreamy! 



Rank 4: Luna Series




Luna series has the most eye-defining effect in my top 5 favourites. The black limbal ring defines and separates the iris from the white part of the eyes. The colour blending is perfectly done for the decorative part of the lens. This series gives you a cat-eye look and also the clear marble eye kind of decorative pattern gives off an innocent vibe. 


Rank 3: Rita Series


This series quite natural for large diameter lenses in my opinion. The decorative pattern is not too exaggerating and also I like how there is a mix of dark lines with the colour on the outer ring of the lens which makes the blending really nice. I personally like the brown colour better but if you like Eurasian effect lenses, then you might like the grey one. *Stay tuned for my close ups on my IG.

Rank 2: Dolly Series






Okay,, first of all let me tell u why I like this series. I like this because of the colour selection and also how the colour blends nicely and naturally with the iris of our own. My personal favourite is the Olive colour one but clumsy me flushed it down into the sink :X I only worn twice and it's gone :X 
The outer ring has this soft smoky black blurring ring which gives you that mysterious eye effect for the brown and olive ones. While the grey and blue one is the Eurasian effect lens which will draw every single attention to your eyes xD

Rank 1 (My top 1!): Honey Series








Every single colour in this series is a hit! I love the gold colour the most! Gold colour is a mix of a few colours which make the eyes pop! You can see that the lens is without limbal ring. So, the enlargement effect is not really obvious but of course it is a series with slight enlargement effect because of its large diameter. It makes your eyes to look like marble and the colours are not odd to wear on a daily basis. *Pardon my photo quality because these were captured by my old phone :)

Which series I want to try in the future? Macaron Series


This series is BarbieEyesland's top selling large diameter series! It is always out of stock so fast that I couldn't get my hands fast enough on this series. I really like how it looks like nicely cut diamonds on the model's eyes for the grey colour. I think this is definitely a series with very obvious effects on the eyes like the Aurora series.
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So you guys might be wondering why are they all from a same shop?
website link: https://www.barbieeyesland.my/

1. My eyes are really dry and picky and so far I only find their lens comfortable on my eyes among the three shops that I've tried.

2. I also purchase my lenses offline in an actual store but the coloured lenses are not as pretty and they also drain my eyes. (I have tried a lot of different brands)

3. They offer Korean decorative pattern coloured lens at an affordable price.

4. I really try out these lens personally before I recommend to you guys. (you can see that I have almost all the close up photos)

5. They give you useful freebies when your purchase fulfill their gifting amount. (makeup pouch, lens cases, hand mirror, hair bands etc.)

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We have come to an end for this update. Thank you for patiently reading my blog. And also special thanks to my friend IG: celinehanmakeup for allowing me to use her photos. I'll chat with you guys next time! Bye guys! Have a nice day!



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