August/ September Hauls + Empties

Hola lovelies~

This is what I've bought in August!

free gifts on the bottom woot! sheet masks and sample sachets

Hauls from iqueen.my and Secret Key!

I've bought a foam cleanser in a pump, cleansing water (both from Coni Beauty), KYL Cucumber acne gel and two boxes of paper masks (MBD and My Scheming) from iqueen.my. It's fast becoming my favourite site to purchase masks woot.

And two bottles of toner and an acne control mist for my younger brother from Secret Key. Woot. Review for the Black Out Pore Clean Toner is out!

Just recently I bought a curler/straightener which is a knockoff of Babyliss Ipro230. Arrived in the mail after 4 days from China. Isn't that super fast? I got this at RM40 ish.

Anyway I've been exploring on how to style my tresses. Oh gosh it's so hard. And then i saw Youtube videos where hairstylists use straighteners to do both jobs on their own hair and I'm like holy smokes, how do they do it? I can't see the hair on the back of my head and I'm super scared of accidentally scalding my scalp or something hahaha.

And a #MyCyberSale haul from Iqueen.my

free gifts on the right side yo! Thanks Iqueen~

Please. Kill. Me.

Yes, I know I've been a bad girl.

That aside, things were super cheap during the sale and I've spent enough to get their free mystery gift box hohohoho.

I got meself Oseque's Cybershine Oxygen Mask, Showking Mascara, masks from My Scheming (again! I'm loving this brand actually!), a foam cleanser from My Scheming (for my bro) and a moisture gel from Berrisom. The gifts were a truckload of masks, a full size snail lotion from Coni Beauty (I was hoping to get the gel mask tho) and some sachet samples!!

Anyways, am TRYING not to open these until I've cleared all the old products that I have~ Maybe it'll be around half a year sob sob. But I have itchy fingers.... so ya'll prolly will see me reviewing some of these in the near future *looks away (I've already opened the mask cleanser and the mascara lol)

I've been working damn hard to get rid of products that are nearing expiry or products that I don't really enjoy so that my dressing table/bathroom become tidier haha

Empties (No pictures cuz I chucked the empty containers into the recycling station lolol) :
Klairs Soothing Preparation Toner
-finally! This toner was kinda meh for me. It doesn't provide me exceptional results with its long and impressive list of ingredients =.=

Bio essence Deep Cleanser
-not really impressive and i'm not really comfortable with its smell so I've been wanting to finish this asap and now finallyyyy it is empty!

Teen's Nature AC Control Recipe Clearing Toner
-My brother is too lazy and I ended up using this up hahaha. The gel lotion is almost empty too

NARUKO Raw Job's Tear Supercritical CO2 Pore minimizing & Brightening Lotion
-I got 2 small bottles of this and they are finally empty~ woohoo!

Mizon Vichum Renewing Energizing Cream
-Major like for its nice smelling buttery texture! At the last 5ml or something it oxidised and turned into a vaseline like yellowish gel. O.O And I had to use it on my body sob sob.

I'm gonna work on clearing the 813549735940 sample sachets I have next. Let's just hope my face doesn't rot hahaha!

ciao!

Review: Secret Key Black Out Pore Clean Toner

Volume: 150ml
Price: RM 30 ish
Availability: Qoo10.my
Description: Contains white clay which absorbs excess sebum. With charcoal, which draws out dirt and unclogs pores. With fermented plant complex water extract and papaya extracts which help tighten pores. Contains fermented garlic, black soybean and black sesame which helps make skin smooth and elastic. Contains witch hazel extract to help fight and prevent pimples, black heads and whiteheads, and calms down irritated skin. Free of harmful chemicals.

I got this for my brother who has a thick layer of dead skin cells which he is always lazy to get rid of so i thought this would be good for him to manage those dead skin cells and reduce clogged pores.

Image from BeautyNetKorea, looks so promising

On the description page it has several black coloured food ingredients of which I had a pretty good impression of. Looks like superfoods in a toner. Haha. It has extracts of black fermented garlic, black soybean and black sesame etc.

Ingredients list in Korean

The packaging doesn't look anything out of the ordinary and just plain. The sticker design however reminds me of Etude House's Wonder Pore Freshner with all the stars at the side.

I didn't like the smell at first and I'm still not fond of it today. It smells a tad artificial, floral kind of scent which is not my cup of tea.

The toner is transparent, watery with a hint of slipperiness. I have tried using it with cotton pads and patting on the skin.

I find that using cotton pads may be better because it exfoliates better this way. It is quite moisturising for a toner in my opinion.

Left: toner smeared on skin; Right: Toner absorbed

Given the powerful ingredients listed on the description image, I find that it doesn't really deliver its promise. It is moisturising but doesn't really exfoliates the skin which is what I'm looking for.

Packaging: 3.5/5 Plain but functional

Smell: 2.8/5 Not my cup of tea, quite heavily fragranced. There's fragrance in the Korean ingredients list.

Moistness: 4/5 Very moisturising given that it is supposed to exfoliate and clean up your skin.

Overall: 3/5 Average kind of toner. I normally use this after a mild cleanser or soak the cotton pads for some mask session.