Review: TheFaceShop Phyto Powder in Cleansing Foam in Charcoal

Anyway, today I'm going to share with you guys about a cleansing foam that I've been using for about a month now, which is the previously reviewed product sister, Phyto Powder in Cleansing Foam in Charcoal.

Judging from the featured ingredient, you guys may already know that this is a product that you need if you want to deep cleanse your skin after having a long day at school or work.

Beauty Talk | Moisture, Moisturise and Moisturiser

Annyeong! How are you guys? It's been about few days since the haze here in KL just got crazier. Sigh. Make sure to wear face masks, okay! Deep cleansing is important as well!

Anyway, the last time I posted with this tag is Shea Butter which is in last December. So I guess it's been awhile hence today I'd like to talk about skin moisture, moisturising our skin and of course, moisturiser.

I read this topic on a magazine before so I'd like to express my thoughts on it.

With so many misconceptions and preconceived notions about the skin, it's only natural that there also be many myths about certain skin types, especially dry and oily skin.

Oily skin still needs to be moisturised.

A few years back, I thought having oily skin means I don't need to moisturise. Totally wrong on that! Having oily skin required you to deep cleanse your skin. But after the cleansing step, you still need to moisturise your skin to compensate  the stripped natural off on your skin or your skin will overcompensate the lack of moisture with a production of excess oil and sebum. Noooo!!

As much as you love the mud or clay-based masks, be moderate and stick to once or twice a week rule.

Review: TheFaceShop Phyto Powder in Cleansing Cream: Black Sugar

Annyeong! How's your weekend? Was it fun? For me it was definitely awesome as I get to spend some time outside the campus (and of course, design studio!!) and now, I'm back in campus, ready for another week ahead of me.

Anyway, as the previously posted about my current skincare routine, I also posted about my current morning cleansers (click here and here), today I'm going to post about a cleansing cream that I'm using right now as I just finished my previous product.

Phyto Powder in Cleansing Cream with Black Sugar as the featured ingredient, another product from TheFaceShop.

Review: Etude House Happy Fresh Foam: White Clay

Annyeonghaseyo! How's your weekend so far? I just came back from shopping and as I've rested enough, I decided to update this blog by doing another review on my morning cleanser which is Happy Fresh Foam in White Clay.

As you may already know, I used its sister product, the Witch Hazel version sometime around September last year, and decided to get this one last December.

Skincare Routine | Daily Skincare 2.0

Annyeonghaseyo! Are you guys excited about this upcoming weekend? Sure I am! As I finally can get some time to go for shopping as my current skincare products are about to finish. Well, I have lots of mask sheets, mask packs and whatnot (I'm not proud proud of this!!) but not main skincare items. hehe

If you guys are my followers from the beginning of my blog (since September last year) then some of you may read a post like this before which is my first set of Korean skincare products. (If you're curious, you can read here) 

So now after 6 months, there's a slight change in my skincare routine (and it's gonna change again pretty soon hehe) but for now let me share with you my routine for the past month.

Cleansing stage. For cleansing purposes, I'm using several products depending on my skin condition that day, and how deep I need to cleanse my skin especially in the evening.

• Morning Cleanser
• Etude House Happy Fresh Foam: White Clay. Review! 
• Skinfood Carrot Cleansing Foam. Review! 
• Deep Cleansing (whenever I use sunscreen, Pore Balm, BB cream, and powder pact)
• Cleansing Cream: TheFaceShop Phyto Powder in Cleansing Cream: Black Sugar. Review! 
• Cleansing Foam: TheFaceShop Phyto Powder in Cleansing Foam: Charcoal. Review! 
• Regular Cleansing (whenever I only use BB cream after skincare)
• Cleansing Cream: TheFaceShop Herb Day Cleansing Cream in Green Tea
• Cleansing Foam: TheFaceShop Phyto Powder in Cleansing Foam: Green Tea. Review! 

Exfoliation or scrubbing is important for my skin so I do this at least twice a week to remove dead skin cells and to help better skincare absorption. These exfoliation products are also act as my facial masks at the same time.

• Skinfood Black Sugar Wash-Off Mask. Review! 
• Skinfood Black Sugar Strawberry Wash-Off Mask. Review! 

Peelings. Similar like exfoliating products, but this is less harsh compared to scrubbing.

• Etude House Magic Bubble Peeling Creamy Peeling Wash. Review! 

Massage Cream: Facial massage helps to relax your skin, alleviate dullness and sagging also it can promote better circulation below the skin. As for the texture of the cream, it should easily glides over the skin instead of being fully absorbed. This allows me to massage my skin easily without stretching or pulling it. I usually massage my skin at least twice a week.

• TheFaceShop Rice Water Bright Massage Cream. Review! 

Wash-Off Masks: I love wash-off masks mainly because I love how I can feel the texture of the product while either massaging it onto my skin plus these masks are so nicely scented (naturally and sometimes artificial). This is how I treat myself after a long day at design studio. :D

To promote better absorption of the products into my skin, I will use my The Body Shop Deep Cleansing Face Mask Enhancer. Click here to know on how to use it.

As I have oily to normal combo skin, it's important to integrate clay-based products into my regime as well. 

• TonyMoly Tomatox Magic White Massage Pack. Review! 
• TheFaceShop Real Nature Strawberry Sorbet Mask Pack. Review! 

Nose Pack. To remove black and white heads on my nose and chin area, I use nose packs rather than nose strips. 

• TheFaceShop Volcanic Clay Black Head Nose Pack. Review! 

Toner: After using makeup remover, cleansing oil, foams, even masks, toner picks up any residue left, refreshes and balances my skin pH as well. 

• Etude House Wonder Pore Freshener. Review! 

Daily Paper Masks: If I'm not using my wash-off masks, I will use paper masks instead. It's so easy and simple! I'm big on paper masks so whenever I shop for skin care products, I will get like at least 10 for myself. Again, I'll focus on getting masks that contain brightening and anti-oxidant (with the haze in the city right now) active ingredients. I'm using paper masks usually on days I have extra time in my hands as I will at least need to leave on these paper masks for about 20 minutes before continuing with my skincare routine.

• TheFaceShop Real Nature Mask Sheets
• Etude House I Need You Mask Sheets
• Etude House It's Real Mask Sheets
• Nature Republic Given By Nature Mask Sheets

Serum: The most important (and expensive! grr!) skincare product I have. Should have all the things I need in one bottle. Brightening, moisturising, and anti-wrinkle as well.

• Skinfood Black Sugar Perfect First Serum. Review! 
  Honestly, I was quite confused in the beginning of using this. At first, I used this as First Treatment Essence i.e. use right after cleansing, but when I wipe my skin with toner after that, the result that I'm expecting isn't showing compared to when I use the miniature version of this product as serum i.e. after toner. So I changed the order to after toner. 

Emulsion: According to here, emulsion is practically a light moisturizer that is often used in the day, whereas traditional moisturizers, lotions and creams may be used at night. The advantage of emulsion is that as a light moisturizer it is just absorbed into the skin fasten, and does not clog pores; hence it is quite effective for people with normal-oily or oily skin. Furthermore, as a light moisturizer, it does not give the skin the shiny, oily look. I think I do agree with this definition.

• TheFaceShop Flebote White Crystal Brightening Emulsion. Review! 
  I'm about to finish this one. After 6 months!!

Moisturizer: It helps in preventing my skin from getting dry patches. Even though I have normal-oily combo skin, I always use moisturiser to compensate the stripped natural oil after a deep cleansing on my skin and of course to complete my skincare routine.

• TheFaceShop Flebote White Crystal Moisture Radiance Cream. Review! 
  My second tub. This one too is about to finish. 

Sleeping Mask: I love sleeping mask! Like I mentioned in previous post here, it's something that I used to whenever I have the urge to give my skin extra care especially on those days when I'm lack of sleep or rest where my skin feels lifeless, dull, and just screaming for help! But most of the time it's because I'm too exhausted to do the whole routine so I usually just cleansed, toned my skin and put this mask on and sleep with it. Wake up with a brighter and for lack of a better word, radiating skin.

• TheFaceShop Raspberry Roots Sleeping Mask. Review! 
• Etude House Moonlight in Spoon Blending Sleeping Cream. Review!

Soothing Gel: On those days where I walk a lot on campus ground, exchanging classes to one after another, I'll use this product to soothe the burning sensation on my skin.

• Nature Republic Aloe Vera Soothing Gel. Review! 

Sunscreen: As I'm using lots of brightening products, it's imperative to use sunscreens. I get sunburn easily so I use sunscreens every day before leaving my room. Both for facial and body.

• Nature Republic UV Lock Flower Waterproof Suncream  SPF50+ PA+++. Review! 
• Etude House Sun Prise Cooling Body Spray SPF50+ PA+++. Review! 

Wow. That was long. hehe Anyway, how about you guys? Do share the one product that you would never skip not even a day. I sure too want to know your favourite skincare product.

Until next post, au revoir!

P.S. If you wanna know my previous skincare routine, go here!

Review: Skinfood Carrot Cleansing Foam

Remember this photo from my November Haul?

Basically, this cleanser, Carrot Cleansing Foam from Skinfood comes in a kit (on top left) and I only been using this for about a week now as I just finish my travel-sized Black Sugar Scrub Foam from the same brand. So this is both a trial and travelling kit I guess. 

Review: Etude House It's Real Mini Pack: Chestnut Shell

Annyeonghaseyo!  Happy Wednesday! Oh, I love Wednesday! Why? 'Cause I don't have lectures on Wednesday! Teehee~

So Wednesday is the day where I usually trying out samples and whatnot. So I guess, I'm going to review another wash-off mask from Etude House, which is this It's Real Mini Pack, Chestnut Shell. 

Review | TheFaceShop Face It Oil Cut Pore Powder Pact SPF25 PA++

Annyeonghaseyo! How's your week so far? Nothing much for me today, as things have been pretty much about design studio these days. 

Anyway, as I reviewed the Face It Oil Cut Pore Balm yesterday, today I'm going to review the sister product, which is the Pore Powder Pact with SPF25 PA++. 

Similar with the Pore Balm, it comes with the same packaging, green hue and blue for the fonts. The design is simple and elegant. 

Review | TheFaceShop Face It Oil Cut Pore Balm

Annyeong! :D How are you guys today? It's really hot here in KL, Malaysia so do make sure to wear mask (especially in this crazy haze!) and drink lots of water! I drank almost 2 bottles of 1.5l today. Phew! Anyway, I want to apologize due to slow updates and whatnot. It's been really crazy for the past few weeks with assignments. Typical uni life.

So today, finally got some time to do some review, I decided to share with you guys about this product that I've been using the for about 2 months now, it's a balm especially for my oily T-zone area, the Face It Oil Cut Pore Balm from TheFaceShop.

I got this in my November Haul last year together with a powder pact. I'll review the powder pact in a bit. 

Beauty Haul | February

I didn't get a lot of things for this month as I've been busy with assignments and didn't have much time to go around the stores trying new products. With that saying, I'm battling my laziness when it comes to night routine by replacing emulsion and essence or serum step by using sheet masks every day.  So, when I had the chance to go out and hang out with my friends, I just quickly grabbed some stuffs at  Etude House.

I bought the I Need You, Mask Sheets in Pearl, Lemon, Green Tea, Aloe and Royal Jelly  and so far I've tried all of them and I love the Lemon variant the most. 

I was feeling a little bit posh when I grabbed these Moonlight in Spoon: Blending Sleeping Cream in Evening Primrose, Shea Butter, Royal Jelly,  Rosehip, and Blueberry as they're actually a bit expensive for a one-time usage hence every time I use them, I usually just take out a half amount of product and use the rest of it the next night.

Like I've mentioned in the previous post, I'm into peeling products these days so I bought these two Magic Bubble Peeling Brush Peeling  Foam and Magic Bubble Peeling Oxygen Water Peeling Pack. The Peeling Foam is something that I can use everyday but for the Peeling Pack, it's better to use every 3 to 4 days.