Skincare Routine | Moisturisers

During the past 3 months, I've only been using proper moisturiser at night and use lotions/emulsions during the day as I layer tone-up cream on top. For today's post under my Beauty Routine series where I'll be giving out my thoughts on line of products at certain point of my skincare or makeup routine, so I'll be talking about these products that help me maintaining my moisture barrier. 

LANEIGE White Plus Renew Original Cream. My first tub of this brightening moisturiser was back in 2014 which marked my first round of this skincare. Its creamy-gel texture is great for day and night routine though I now only use this at night. This is my last tub before I'm changing to White Dew skincare line.

Innisfree Whitening Pore Cream. I mentioned previously that I only use this for my day routine as it’s sebum controlling and offers brightening effect at the same time. I do like this especially under a thick opaque physical sunscreen at the same time.

THE FACE SHOP Fresh Lotus Soothing Gel. Of course, I have to have soothing gel for a quick remedy whenever I feel like my skin irritated from the sun or trying lots of ingredients at the same time. Also, when I’m experiencing flaky skin I usually just applied heap amount of the gel on the area, let it sit for about 20 minutes and slough it off to get rid of the dead skin cells.

THE FACE SHOP The Therapy Toning Moisture Blending Formula Cream and White Seed Spotlight Radiance Cream are two tone-up creams that I reviewed previously. I definitely am in love with former as it hydrates so well and giving me a natural-looking toned up look throughout the day. As the whole White Seed line is primarily targeting those in 20s, I have to add extra moisture for the tone up cream blends nicely on my skin.

What kind of moisturiser that you're currently using? Let me know by leaving comments!

Until next post, annyeong~

Skincare Routine | Eye Care

I go through more or less of 10 products for my night routine but eye cream is the step that I often skip even though I know that I need to take better care for my eye area especially now that I'm entering my 30s. I went to the store and got myself 2 products from my favourite brands merely because I just want to motivate myself the fact that LANEIGE is getting more expensive year after year (thanks to weak Ringgit Malaysia) and the Innisfree Orchid line is my favourite line from the brand. For today's post under my Beauty Routine series where I'll be giving out my thoughts on line of products at certain point of my skincare or makeup routine, so I'll be talking about these eye care products that I have love-hate relationship with.

LANEIGE Time Freeze Eye Serum. I got this around last year and I'm not even half into this small bottle. The texture is quite thick despite its name and it does take several minutes of massaging around my eye area before it's fully absorbed.


Innisfree Orchid Eye Cream. I'm a huge fan of the moisturiser; Orchid Enriched Cream although to this day, I haven't finished using the sachets and deluxe-sized samples that came with my purchases and after watching @joankeem video on her ultimate eye cream battle, this one actually came out as a winner to her hence I decided to get this. I’ve been using this for the past week or whenever I feel extra dry under eye area.

Are using eye cream in your routine (stupid question, sorry) too? Do let me know in below comment section!

Until next post, annyeong~

Skincare Routine | Emulsions and Lotions

As someone with Normal to Oily skin, I always prefer light moisturisers over heavier ones any day as balancing the amount to my day-to-day skin needs is such a hassle as less of it can result in dryness on my cheek and jawline area while excess of moisture oftenly result in breakouts or clogged pores. To me it's much easier to just use emulsions and lotions as my sealant. For today's post under my Beauty Routine series where I'll be giving out my thoughts on line of products at certain point of my skincare or makeup routine, so I'll be talking about the products that I use at this step in my skincare routines. 

I have several products under this category and each of them targeting each of my concerns. Depending on their respective consistency, I tend to use the lightweight ones in my morning routine and the thicker ones in the evening. I saw some bloggers mentioned that lotions are thicker than emulsions but I have to say that it really depends on that product.

THE FACE SHOP White Seed Brightening Lotion is a brightening light moisturiser that I prefer to use in the morning while THE FACE SHOP The Therapy Hydrating Formula Emulsion; a deluxe sample with anti-aging purpose at night. I really like the latter as the finishing is nice and smooth however it's not readily available in Malaysian stores yet.


Innisfree Jeju Sparkling Mineral Lotion is kind of heavy to me and most of the times I felt like the product just sits on my skin without being absorbed. I've tried massaging for few minutes but I still feel the slippery film so I guess I will only be using it on those days when I feel my skin is really dry which is often these days.

LANEIGE White Plus Renew Emulsion is the last bottle I have and it's actually no longer available at the store. I do like this product throughout the time I was finishing the other 2 bottles previously and this works well with my skin in terms of balancing the hydration level and complementing the toner and essence from the same skincare line.


Actually, I'm in the process of transitioning my skincare method. Previously, I use single line skincare products for my morning and evening routine separately and now, I want to focus more on each of the product's texture especially the lightweight ones and layer them on top of each other as they formed a hydrating, brightening and sebum-controlling film. Yes, I'm talking about adapting the "7-skin method" where I'm using several toners; layering one on top of another and sealing them with light moisturisers. This works well with my skin for the past few weeks and I'm going to continue with it for another few more to see whether it works with my skin or I'll just go back to regular routine.


What kind of moisturiser do you like for your skin?

Until next post, annyeong~

Skincare Diary | Morning Routine

This was my morning routine today and the past several weeks. I've mentioned previously that I always go for brightening or sebum-controlling skincare line for my morning routines but this line from Innisfree called Whitening Pore does both and I’m loving it. The toner contains some sort of powder that helps with controlling sebum and the squeezed fresh tangerine peel juice contained in the whole skincare line is for fresh and brighter skin tone. Oh, I forgot to include the cleanser in the above photo. Sorry!

I have started using Innisfree The Green Tea Seed Serum since September I think and I’m almost halfway through the bottle. I usually use it in the morning for extra boost of moisture.

As I mentioned before, the Innisfree Daily UV Protection No Sebum SPF35 PA+++ needs proper moisturiser to be layered underneath or you won’t be able to spread it even. Indeed, it’s meant for oily skin (my T-zone is) but even with my dry cheeks, I still want a matte finish with my sunscreen. I guess I need to find a hydrating sunscreen for my skin very soon. 

I guess that's all for today's skincare diary. I hope you enjoy your days onward.

Skincare Routine | Sheet Masks

If you have been noticing, I've been obsessing with sheet masking on daily basis since August last year I think so for today's post under my Beauty Routine series where I'll be giving out my thoughts on line of products at certain point of my skincare or makeup routine, I'll be talking about these ~600 sheet masks in my beauty stash! Just kidding. Merely a little bit of everything if you know what I mean.

I know, even I am quite overwhelmed to this sight as I gathered all of my sheet mask stash from every crook and cranny of my room. I'm going to move out probably at the end of April so I need to start sorting through my stuffs and these babies are the first group of items that I managed to take care of i.e. buying proper shelf and containers.

I bet you're already know that sheet masks have evolved from merely delivering moisture and hydration to your skin. Currently there are about 10 types of fabrics for the sheet like the most common ones; cotton fibres, silk, to much more recent cupra sheet, tencel sheet, and not forgetting those bio-cellulose sheet and hydrogel masks.

There are daily sheet masks focusing on hydration and of course my favourites are treatment sheet masks that comes with much more concentrated function like anti-wrinkle and intense hydration. There are even sheet masks that come in small patches that are to be placed at targeted area like smile lines and undereye area but I've been amazed by sheet masks that comes in two part; upper and lower parts that just envelop the curves of my facial area better compared to other regular masks.

At some point, I was obsessing over multi-steps packs that include cleansing step, serum or ampoule and then a sheet mask; all pack in a single packet of mask with different compartments which are great for travel. Just grab several for the trip along with your cleansers and moisturisers and you're good to go.

I guess that's all from me, do let me know if you have suggestion by leaving comments down below.

Until next post, annyeong~

Say hello to myrabeautydiary.com!

Finally after more than 4 years of having this little blog of mine, I decided to get my own domain so say hello to Myra Beauty Diary!

To those of you who have been reading my blog from time to time (or is there any of you who read every post here? Hugs!) I'm pretty sure you guys know that all I've been doing here in this blog are writing beauty reviews, hauls and of course beauty topics. Therefore, I think it's befitting the new name that I chose for this blog as it's pretty much like I'm writing my diary, with snippets of my view on stuffs and some photos.

I have to admit that I've only been so active on social media especially Instagram and sometimes Twitter as I've been working on new contents hopefully in much more organised and coherent manner. It's about time for me to really show you guys on what's going on with my beauty routine and other things I'm eager to share with you guys (hint: I've got new place to live!) as all I've been doing for the past months were just sharing my obsession with sheet masks and some beauty blogger mails and packages. 

So let's engage by letting me know your thoughts on the latest trendy topic on Asian Beauty. If you did left comments before, please know that as I've changed my domain, all comments are no longer available (that's just how Google+ works) so feel free to drop some comments down below. 

Feel free to reach me via Instagram or Twitter @myrabeautydiary. That's all for now and I'll see you guys on my next post! Annyeong~

Skincare Routine | Serums and Ampoules

As we previously talked about Essences, for today's post under my Beauty Routine series where I'll be giving out my thoughts on line of products at certain point of my skincare or makeup routine, I'll be talking about the serums and ampoules that I incorporated in my skincare routine.

I actually got the THE FACE SHOP The Therapy Water-Drop Anti-Aging Moisturising Serum to complement the rest of The Therapy products I have personally purchased and received from the brand for review purposes. At this point, I haven't gotten around of using this yet but I'm excited to as I've actually tried the samples and loved it! It really hydrates and plump my skin  without greasy feeling due to its light texture. I'm going to finish using LANEIGE Time Freeze Essence first before starting on this one.

Innisfree Whitening Pore Synergy Serum is a brightening serum with pore care effect. I've been using this for my AM routine and I love the texture under my sunscreen as it's quite thick yet gel-like hence it's perfect under a thick and opaque physical sunscreen that I have.

LANEIGE White Plus Renew Spot Ampoule; there are 4 mini bottles in one box and I've used one bottle I think around October last year, and currently using my second bottle (it's in the fridge) to lighten the acne scars I'm having. This works well for me but I still haven't got the opportunity to properly document my experience with this however I'm not going to recommend this as this cause dryness at my jawline. Need to find a better alternative.


Are you using serums and ampoules as treatment as well? Do let me know by leaving comments down below!


Until next post, annyeong~

Skincare Routine | Essences

When I first introduced to an essence when back when, I'm like why in the world do I need an essence? Isn't the moisturiser hold the title for being the most important product in the whole skincare routine? Then I realised, it's not entirely true especially for brightening skincare line, the essence/serum/ampoule is usually the star product and if you (well, I) want to see faster or better result, it's imperative to include the most concentrated product in the routine. So, for today's post under my Beauty Routine series where I'll be giving out my thoughts on line of products at certain point of my skincare or makeup routine, so I'll be talking about the essences that I'm currently using.

White Plus Renew Original Essence is probably my 4th and I still have another bottle in my stash but that'll be the last of it as the whole line has been renewed to White Dew line. It does brightened up my skin tone literally 2 tones brighter. Click the link to read my review.

I redeemed the LANEIGE Time Freeze Essence around April last year I think. I have been using this for several days so I'll keep you guys posted on this one at least a month of using it. So far, I do like its consistency as it's not that sticky compared to the other anti-aging essence that I've tried.

I actually am alternating the Innisfree Jeju Sparkling Mineral Essence with the Time Freeze Essence; when I feel like I need something lighter yet still moisturising essence, this is my go-to. I feel my skin is refreshed and just ready for next step. I only need a little at one time as it tends not to get absorbed quickly if I were to put a lot and sits on my face for about an hour before I can proceed with my moisturiser.

That's all of it and do let me know if you've tried any of these and let me know your favourite essence from K-beauty brands by leaving comments down below. 

Until next post, annyeong~

Skincare Routine | Toners

If you do not use toner in your skincare routine then I'd be surprised because you're missing out on so many goodness brought by merely bridging your cleansing and moisturising routine for using toners. For today's post under my Beauty Routine series where I'll be giving out my thoughts on line of products at certain point of my skincare or makeup routine, so I'll be talking about these toners that I'm currently using.

THE FACE SHOP White Seed Brightening Toner and Innisfree Whitening Pore Skin are lightweight toners which I use in the morning. Both comes with brightening function with the latter gives slightly sebum-controlling function. I am alternating these two currently.

THE FACE SHOP The Therapy Hydrating Tonic Treatment and Innisfree Jeju Sparkling Mineral Skin are moisturising and anti-aging toners that I use for my night routine. Again, I am alternating these as I also alternating the whole skincare lines but these days as my skin tends to get drier, I opted more of The Therapy products.  Maybe it's time to incorporate more anti-aging products in my routine, yeah?

I guess that's all from me. As I've been thinking to get more and more exfoliating toners these days, do you have anything to recommend? Let me know in the comment section below. 

Until next post, annyeong~

Skincare Routine | First Serums, Exfoliating Toners, Skincare Boosters?

When it comes to Korean beauty skincare routine, there are products you can use (usually in night routine) in between cleansing steps and toning; these products are known as first serums, first treatment essences, exfoliating toners or skincare boosters. For today's post under my Beauty Routine series where I'll be talking about line of products at certain point of my skincare or makeup routine, I'll be talking about these first treatment products that I absolutely love.

Son&Park Beauty Water isn’t a first essence or serum as it’s actually a watery toner that I use as a first step after cleansing routine. It actually goes extra mile for its ability to remove light makeup as well; a pre-cleanser that I use in the evening before I get into double-cleansing. Then I followed up with my regular toner and the rest of my skincare for the night. I also use this especially right before using any sheet mask.

LANEIGE Clear C Advanced Effector is originally meant as a "skincare booster" to my brightening skincare line. I finished 5 bottles of the first version of this product while going through 3 rounds of White Plus Renew skincare line and this is only my second bottle of the upgraded version and I already got my hands on the third version as of last month as backup. Crowned with HG status from the first drop; it helps in evening my skin as it removes dead skin cells and clears the path for my brightening skincare products.

THE FACE SHOP The Therapy First Serum is the first product I got for my anti-aging skincare line. This preps my skin with ample of hydration and making my skin feel soft and plump! Absolute must for my dry facial area and I usually use this at night and followed up with hydrating toner and emulsion from the The Therapy line.

Innisfree The Green Tea Seed Serum is the first First Treatment product I ever got and it's a hydrating first serum that I use in the morning prior my morning skincare routine. This hydrates so well but lightweight and it helps in preparing my skin for my simple morning routine. 

So that's all about the First Treatment products that I currently use in my skincare routines. Do let me know if you have suggestion on products that you've tried by leaving comments down below. 

Until next post, annyeong~