Pick up the Lioele Waterdrop Sleeping Pack and your wallet will not feel the pinch

Paris B 34 Comments

I got a little confused when doing my research on this product. The one I have is called Lioele Waterdrop Sleeping Pack. Online, and in my press kit, a similar product appears to be known as Lioele V-Line Waterdrop Sleeping Pack. I’m going to assume they are the same thing unless shown otherwise, because pictures don’t lie! :P

lioele waterdrop sleeping mask review

Lioele is a brand from Korea. I’m not too familiar with Korean brands so for me, I find it slightly lesser known, but no less affordable. I think its great how skincare and cosmetics coming out of Korea area pretty decent to use and affordable for the most part :)

The Waterdrop Sleeping Pack or V-Line Waterdrop Sleeping Pack is as the name implies, a sleeping mask – a product popular in Korean skincare. Its a thick gel that you apply on your skin but do not wash off and usually has hydrating properties to hydrate skin while you sleep. There is a slight difference to this one though that bears paying attention to.

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Its a Bonanza! Cool, Moisturize and Brighten Skin in one cooling gel mask

Paris B 31 Comments

I have a thing for masks especially hydrating masks and the few masks I’ve tried coming out of Taiwan have all been sheet masks. They’re practical and easy to use and don’t cost very much. Usually, when I slather a cream mask on my face, its a purifying mask. So, when I was recently offered a chance to try a gel type hydrating mask out of Taiwan, I was quite intrigued.

bonanza gel cooling mask review

The brand was Bonanza and the mask was the Active-Moisture Membrane KUM which to be honest with you, meant nothing to me. It probably tells you a lot more if you read the Chinese words and somehow, knowing the translation services employed, perhaps it doesn’t quite mean what the English words say either :P Bonanza is a brand out of Taiwan and I’m told, one of the hottest, fastest selling hydrating masks in the market, endorsed by their local celebrities and bloggers. Ooh! Good thing to try yes?

It came in a serviceable industrial looking purple tub as you see in the picture, with a spatula. Instructions came in a leaflet written in Mandarin. Not being able to read it, I looked around online, asked the distributor, and then took a stab at it.

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New! Clarins Hydraquench Intensive Serum Bi-Phase and Hydraquench Creams

Paris B 14 Comments

New? I just just hear some of you squeak. This isn’t new! Clarins has had the Hydraquench range for years!

clarins hydraquench range 2011 new

2 years to be exact. I still use the Hydraquench Cream Mask and it still never ceases to amaze me how it just disappears into my skin when its feeling dry and sits on top of my skin when it isn’t. It does a pretty good job of hydrating skin and I like using it after a purifying mask. I also complained previously that the rather popular Hydraquench Smoothing Gel did not quite do it for me. So there’s now a product called Cream-Melt that is a lightweight cream that melts on the skin. Something heavier for picky people like me :P

So yes… they still look the same as the “old” Hydraquench but its been improved so it performs better :)

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The L’Occitane Angelica Face Toner Also Doubles Up As A Hydrating Face Mask

Paris B 16 Comments

So, earlier today, I told you that whilst the L’Occitane Angelica Hydration Cream was a pretty decent moisturizer, it didn’t quite tick all my boxes. I’m not quite sure why myself. I’m usually a lot more forgiving :P

But there is one product in the Angelica range that did tick all the right boxes – the L’Occitane Angelica Face Toner.

l'occitane angelica face toner review

This is an alcohol free face toner infused with the Angelica water and Angelica essential oil which as we learnt earlier this morning, has hydrating and skin repairing qualities. Like the Hydration Cream, this toner smells green. I swear its like a cucumber-parsley mix which isn’t unpleasant but is very green. To me, the scent isn’t as strong as that in the cream and does not linger on the skin.

Part of the reason I like this toner after trying the tester size that was provided to me, is because it does not dry the skin. I wet a cotton pad and wipe it over my skin and it feels refreshed, and clean and not drying at all. The other reason I like this is because I can also use it as a mask! :D

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