Korean Skincare Haul and First Impressions

At the start of April, I decided to use my Yesstyle account again for the first time in about 6 years. Having brought much of my current korean skin care collection on amazon, I was now finding that it was not only expensive, but also difficult to find all the products I wanted to try out. Yesstyle solved both of these issues, along with free shipping for orders over only $35, although the wait time was longer. However, I decided it was worth it and placed a small order, deciding that buying little and often was more efficient than buying everything all at once. I then placed another order at the start if this month, using the $10 off voucher from my first order and timing it with their upgrade to silver membership offer, which will afford me another $15 off and 6% off everything for my next order. The whole system is a little confusing, but anyway, here are the products I brought and my thoughts. 

Heimish All Clean Balm - $16.65

I’ve tried this a few times now, and the jury is still out. I’ve not used a balm cleaner before, but it melts in your hands to a standard oil cleanser consistency so wasn’t that confusing to use. It smells much stronger than I expected, but it’s a nice, clean, medicinal tea tree type of scent. It seems to do a good enough job of cleansing, but no better than my current oil cleanser, and it does seem to leave my vision cloudier than normal. I do like it, but I think that’s more because of the novelty of a new type of product. For the most part, the Simple one would still be my go to oil cleanser, because it’s cheaper (especially when it was on offer for £2, how I wish I’d brought 60 rather than just 6) and more easily accessible. 

Klairs Freshly Juiced Vitamin Drop - $18.96

I’ve been using this every evening, and I do think my skin has started to look brighter. The consistency is different to what I was expecting, it’s much more of a lightweight oil than the serum or essence texture I had imagined. This does mean that it takes a little longer to absorb into the skin, and the first night I was a little worried that I would remain slick faced until I washed it off, but my skin soaked it up nicely. The dropper was fun to use, and I experienced no tingling, warming or irritation. I know you have to be careful with mixing ingredients with vitamin C, so I don’t use it when I have used my neogen bio peel pads, and while I’m currently only using it in the evenings, when I build up to using it in the day, I’ll make sure to use a sunscreen as Vitamin C can make you a little more sensitive to sun damage.

CosRX AHA BHA Clarifying Treatment Toner - $13.54

I haven’t really given this much of a go yet as I was far more focused on the klairs vitamin drop and far too scared to mix vitamin c with these acids, but the couple of times I have tried it, I’ve mostly thought how awesome is is to have a toner in mist form. I still class myself a fairly new to toners full stop, and alternate between using pads and my hands to pat the product in. Misting seems to make so much more sense than either of these options, as well as saving money and waste on cotton pads, so next time I buy a toner, I’m going to look for a mist one. I’m currently eyeing up the Pyunkang Yul one as a non acid toner, but research has also told me that I should be able to use this toner with the klairs drop as I don’t have sensitive skin and they are of a similar ph, so maybe I’ll start giving it a go in the mornings. 

CosRX Pimple Master Patch - $3.45

These are A M A Z I N G. Luckily, or not, depending on how you see it, I had a pretty big cystic break out on my chin right as these arrived. I popped one of these on, and while it wasn’t invisible, it wasn’t obvious either and I felt comfortable enough to go out with it on. Within a day, it had brought all the gunk to the surface, which normally takes multiple days if not over a week. My breakout was also much less painful as the swelling went down so much quicker. Definitely would repurchase, and will definitely use them every time I break out. 

Face Liftimg Roller - $4.25

This was a bit of an impulse buy because I was feeling fat faced at the time. The reviews were good , but I think you’d have to use this consistently for like half an hour every day or something to actually be able to judge it’s effectiveness. So far, all I can tell you is that it bemuses my cat and makes her swipe at it, which isn’t ideal when it is in such close contact to my face. 

Etude House Collagen Eye Mask - Free

I haven’t used this yet so I can’t comment on it at all, but I guess the packaging looks cute?!

This has turned out to be quite a long post, and this is only the first order. I think I’ll have to do another haul post tomorrow or something! Overall, I’ve liked everything I brought so far, but time will tell how many of these products I will repurchase when these ones have run out. 

YesStyle Haul

I've always wanted to make a 'Haul' video or post, but never actually done it. Its probably just because so many of the beauty or fashion gurus on YouTube do it, but they probably buy a lot more stuff a lot more frequently than I do. The only time I ever buy enough to be worthy of the title of 'Haul' is when I shop on YesStyle, an Asian fashion website that I adore. So here goes.

PG BEAUTY BOW BAG

I have adored this bag ever since the first time I saw it, so naturally, I brought it when I first saw it. Then I went out for a Kpop night and put two pairs of shoes in it, which I should not have done. Its still perfectly usable and strong, just not so pretty any more as the top material split under the strain. But I love it so much that I brought another one. Its not expensive at less than £15, and it has plenty of pockets and an internal zip. Do you know how hard that is to find these days?

MOONBASA BUTTON BAG

 

This was brought for Linzi. I found it when I was browsing and thought it looked pretty and Inki-ish so asked if she wanted it. I'm glad I did, as its unavailable now. The colour wasn't anything like the picture, more of a light golden mushroom-y colour ( I have no idea how else to describe it) rather than the white depicted, but that's not a bad thing, just a pleasant surprise.

MELISSA BELT

Before Christmas I brought a red and beige striped dress that came with a slim tan belt. Not entirely sure it was supposed to, but I got one with it anyway. Put on the whole ensemble, and was quite content, and wore it for New Years. Then I watched myself back on the xbox and realised that the slim belt did nothing for me, and I resembled a circus tent far more than I had realised. So I brought this belt to go with that dress. It's a little like an obi belt, and I like it, even if I will have to hammer in some more belt holes.

KIWI SHOP SCOOP NECK TOP

I got this in blue. I really liked it in the pictures, but too many times have I brought things like this only to find that the look nothing like what I was expecting, so I was a little cautious when ordering. However, I like it much more than I thought I would. the sleeve and hem length are good and long, and its baggy enough around my tummy not to make me look like a hippo and yet still hint at my shape. Its quite girl-next-door-ish, cute but comfy and casual, and you could wear it with jeans, leggings, shorts or even a skirt, so its quite versatile. I'm really happy with it. I guess there is a reason why its been consistently one of the best sellers on the site.

TOKYO FASHION KNIT TOP AND SLIP DRESS

How cute is this? Its basically a jumper with a slip underneath, and the pattern is all Alice in Wonderland with clocks and rabbits and the queen of hearts. I don't normally go for colours like this, a deep purplish red, I'm much more of a cool colour person these days, greys and blues especially, so this is quite different and will stand out in my wardrobe. I like it because its warm and comfy, so you can wear it casually with jeans etc, but the skirt gives it a touch more femininity. The sleeves aren't as long as the picture makes out, but I don't really expect them to be, and its not like they are too short. Tokyo Fashion is probably my favourite brand on YesStyle, its like they know what I find irresistible.

ORANGEBEAR PLEATED SKIRT

This is one thing that wasn't exactly how I expected. Firstly, its clearly not pleated, despite the description, and secondly, its a lot more ... wooly. Its like brushed wool, quite thick and fleecey, making it a skirt I can pretty much only wear in the winter, which is a little disappointing. I do like the shape of it and its not too short (which a lot of Asian fashion can be), and balanced with black opaque tights, I think it will be fine.

TOKYO FASHION LAYERED SKORT

I first saw this and thought it was really cute, but even though it was on the new arrivals page, it said it had been removed. I was sad. Then it came back and I was happy. I noticed the sizes were on the small size, but after looking at the pictured in detail, I decided that I had a chance to fit them due to the elasticated waist. I did not. Damn my hips. I still think they are super cute though, and will rip them apart to re sew them so that they fit me. Its a skort, so it looks like a skirt but is actually a pair of shorts, which I think is an amazing idea. I'm really liking the idea of skorts and cullottes at the moment. All the benefits of a skirt but less potential embarrassment from wind or perverts.*

So that's it. I know I was supposed to include my own pictures (what gave it away? The fact that I'm not as cute as those girls or that I'm a different ethnicity?) but I'm not feeling particularly photogenic today and felt like an idiot when I tried. My versions just included a lot of lens flare from the flash and very white legs.

<3 x

*skirts that aren't actually skirts do confuse boys a lot though, which is always fun.