Ariul Stress Relieving Purefull Cleansing Foam - review

What memebox says about this product:

Abundant, cream-like foam bubbles penetrate deep into your pores, cleansing away any makeup residues, skin impurities, blackheads, and dead skin cells piled up and leaving your skin freshly cleaned, moist, and brighter overall.

Actually I am very picky when it comes to face cleansers. Like I mentioned dozen of times, I own really sensitive to dry face so it’s really hard to find cleanser that cleans my face enough and at the same time doesn’t over dry it and irritate. Ingredients list of Ariul cleansing foam seemed to be really promising so I decided to give it  chance. It doesn’t contain sulfate-based surfactant, paraben, talc, mineral oil and artificial color additives. What it does have is sansevieria, rosemary, pine needle and various of essential oils. Here is full ingredients list (credit to toxid-lotus):

Glycerin, acid pre-Stick, Water, Butylene Glycol, Potassium cocoyl glycidyl carbonate, potassium hydroxide, stearic acid, cocamidopropyl betaine, Rick Lau acid, sodium methyl cocoyl Tau rate, blood’s -40 stearate, glyceryl stearate, stearate -100’s blood, the living tree fruit extract, chamomile flower / leaf extract, rosemary extract, pine extract, bear, sanseberiah Leaf Extract, Bergamot fruit oil, lemon peel oil, eucalyptus leaf oil, sunflower seed oil, Europe pine leaf oil, lime oil, orange peel oil, tocopheryl acetate, sodium tree this itty, mineral water, oxygen, phenoxyethanol.

High position of butylene glycol might cause drying of your face but I didn't observed such thing with this cleanser. In the contrary, my face was smooth and hydrated. Cleansing power isn't the best though as it couldn't wipe off my bb cream and eyeliners (tested on hand). I don't mind it because to remove makeup I use cleansing oils and the foam is just to remove oil or sebum if I wasn't wearing make-up. It has pleasant but strong scent of lemons - it isn't one like from dishwashing liquids fortunately.

As you can see it has really creamy consistency. After adding water it becomes more liquid but still very creamy so I'm not sure why it is called foam. It's the only bad thing I can say about this product but also it is really important thing for me. My face loves foams since they aren't so harsh like cleansing gels/creams. I like using Ariul ,,foam" but only with my bubble maker net. Thanks to it this prodcut gets quite nice, thick foam but it also means I can only use it when I'm home. 

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Memebox Christmas Collection #2 My Holiday Glam

What memebox stated about this box:

Tis the season for gorgeous! Sparkle just as brightly as the holiday lights with festive K-Beauty glitz and glam! Whether you prefer subtle shine or want to rock full-blown fab, there’s a gorgeous holiday party look waiting for you in this box! With this festive K-Beauty holiday makeup essentials box, you’ll be able to step outside the traditional party look and pull together a perfect party look. Don’t miss out on this coolest, most luxurious collection – perfect to give, love, or hoard for yourself!

 So here is the card with information about products that came in the box (click for bigger image):

Isn't this card super cute? :) As you can see in this box we could receive 6 full sized products which memebox valued at $97. Now let’s take a closer look at the goods.

• Peripera Wholly Deep Jewel Pot #6 Burgundy 3g (29$)

Glam up your eyes with multi-angle jewel glitters that contain real diamond and amethyst powders for extra radiant, sparking holiday season. Fool-proof pearly eye pigments last all day and all night. Channel your inner beauty queen in no time!

My thoughts: I never tried anything from Peripera but I heard it’s pretty good brand. Lately I’m quite into sparkly eye shadows so I am even more happy getting this. I am not sure if the color will fit me though. In one hand it’s really beautiful and unique but at the other hand not really wearable at normal, working days. I think I will end up using it when going to parties and so on :).

What’s great about this product is pigmentation - it’s honestly splendid. Another amazing thing is the ,,moist” factor, thanks to it glitter won’t spill all over the place. Also it’s really important to kip inner lid to prevent pigment from drying. Application is pretty easy (which surprised me a bit) it goes really smooth and staying power is just amazing. Check out the swatch but truth to be told it’s even prettier in real life.

• Deoproce White Flower B.B. Cream SPF35 PA+++ 30g (12$)

Enriched with a blend of lotus, lily, and peony extracts, Deoproce’s White Flower B.B Cream combines the moisturizing and protective powers of a skincare product with the complexion-perfecting and tone-balancing properties of a foundation. Its featherweight texture smoothly coats over skin with long-lasting adherence, leaving the skin velvety soft and glowing with youthful radiance.

My thoughts: Color was randomly selected from #21 Natural Beige and #23 Sand Beige. I hoped for Natural Beige as I’m rather pale and even some products advertised as #21 can be a bit too dark for me and of course I was so unlucky to receive it in #23 :(.

Formula of this bb cream is quite nice. My skin is dry most of the time so it’s really hard for me to find bb/cc cream or foundation that doesn’t give cacky look and highlights dry patches. After testing some products now I know that I need to use creamy, water based bb creams which are really smooth and easy to blend. This bb cream seems to be like one of those. 

I only swatched it on my hand but I think it will do great job on face too. I think it has rather light coverage (as it has really light formula) but I’m pretty sure you can build coverage on needed parts of your face. I think I would enjoy using this product but as you can see it's way too dark and at the same time impossible for me to wear it.

• Vivito Painting Jelly Tint RD02 Squeeze Cherry 5.5g (29$)

A moisturizing jelly-type tint with a water gel formula enriched with pomegranate, mulberry, fig and Vitamin E. It smoothly melts onto dry, colorless lips for instant hydration, rejuvenation and long-lasting color radiance.

My thoughts: This tint has really interesting, jelly formula. I really like how it’s performing on my lips: it does stay on pretty long time but also doesn’t dry them up, which is super surprising since every tint I used cracked my lips so bad.

As for the color - I really do like it as I mostly wear red products on my lips. This tint have nice red colour but with warm tones and it's a bit translucent so it's perfect for daily use.

• Cool Enough Studio The Mirror 1ea (15$)

Still bringing around a big fat mirror? Good Enough Studio present ‘The Mirror’—the thinnest, most stylishly designed mirror for ladies to carry around with them to glamorous holiday and year-end parties in their pretty purses. 

My thoughts: ,,Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all?” Well, you wouldn’t be able to hang this mirror on the wall but for sure it’s fancy looking :). I really like the design as I find it really pretty but I don’t think it’s convenient at the same time. I prefer old-school, rounded mirrors to put into my purse so I suppose this thing will end up on my desk or shelf as decoration.

• Dearberry Rockcat Girl Waterproof Pencil Liner Purple 7g (5$)

Dearberry rockcat girl eyeliner provides budge-resistant radiance in sophisticated deep purple with easy glide, creamy texture. Definitely a must-have for a refined, chic holiday makeup fit for any and all occasions.

My thoughts: I’m so in love in gel eyeliners (I blame you Memebox :)) and lately I’m using them more often than regular eye shadows. They are super practical, you can just draw pretty upper or bottom line or just smudge it on your eyelid. What’s even better is staying power of those things. My eye make-up with normal shadows used to get really nasty after like 4h after application which was pretty sad. Using gel eyeliners I don’t need to worry about that, they will stay till I won’t use cleansing oil to wipe them off. 

I love this particular liner because of its color. It’s just so wonderful with purple sparkles (and purple is my no. 1 colour) and dark-blue undertones - picture doesn't really show how beautiful it is, it was really hard to capture purple glitter in it. Also it’s really wearable for me so cheers. It isn’t as creamy as liners from Clio or Beauty People but I don’t mind it. Because of that blending isn't that easy but on the other hand you can draw more precisely lines with it.

• Eclipse Poppy Red & Fresh Green 15ml x 2ea (7$)

Go festive with Eclipse’s holiday red and green nail colors—vibrant and long lasting in radiance and easy to apply and quick to dry formula.

My thoughts: I received nail polish from Memebox once before which was by L.vida and I really liked it so I hoped those would be as good. The color selection truly fits the theme but I’m afraid I won’t be using green one really often simply because I don’t like that color very much, at least on my nails. 

The red one though is one of my favorite if it comes to nails and lips so it’s even ^^. On the picture you can see how they present with one layer only. Pretty amazing right? Application is really easy but they are really liquid so you must be careful not to make a mess. These polishes go on really smooth and dry to a shiny finish but I'm not sure how long they will last yet.

Overall: I think this box is one of the best make-up boxes from memebox. I'm really happy receiving eyeshadow and eyeliner, I will never have enough of those and both have gorgeous colours. The bb cream is quite interesting too but it's a bummer that you can receive it in #23. I never liked situations in which you could get randomly selected products from some range - you will most likely end up being disappointed. The nail polishes are ok but I'm just not nail person at all. Only thing I would replace is mirror, simply because I can buy mirror anywhere not like korean products ;).

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Memebox Special #55 OMG 4

What memebox stated about this box:

All countries have those strange beauty products that make you go huh and hmm, and Korea is no exception.This 4th OMG Box is bursting with a range of bizarre and brilliant to “WTF?!” but we promise that these beauty befuddlements will provide a wide range of beauty benefits.We admit, these beauty innovations may look slightly intimidating at first, but we know that you secretly want to give these crazies a try!

So here is the card with information’s about products that came in the box (click for bigger image):

In this box you could receive 6 full size products which memebox valued at $172.00. Now let’s take a closer look at the goods. 

• Nadu Ski The First Love Pack (6$)

Here´s to a truely OMG product in the history of Memebox - specially designed mask packs for a female´s and male´s Y-zone (definately not for facial use!!) - to be used to moisture and treat the most sensitive yet uncared part of the body. They´re formulated with lavender flower water and various mosturizing nutrients and each designed to perfectly fit female and male body.

My thoughts: Let’s be clear, I do love sheet masks, at last ones you use on your face. Here we are getting sheet masks but for intimate parts of man’s and women’s body, well that’s for sure OMG. Frankly speaking I am at the same time intrigued by this product but also scared to use it. Honestly it’s super weird and not knowing ingredients list doesn’t help at all.

Both masks are made from bio-cellulose and they supposed to moisturize and nourish your skin. First one is obviously for him and it has black raspberry essence. The one for her should have pomegranate essence but like I mentioned I can’t find ingredients list of those things so I can’t be sure what exactly they contain. 

• Pureplus+ Cocoon Returning Toner 200ml (18$)

Replenish, control excess sebum, remove dead skin cells and impurities and brighten up dulled complexion with this returning toner packed with cocoon extracts, witch hazel and various vitamins to make your face look and feel younger.

My thoughts: That’s interesting product for sure. The OMG factor is the fact this toner has silkworm cocoon extract. I actually heard about this ingredient before and also it seems it’s good for acne prone skin. 

As you can see, ingredients list in general isn’t really bad. We have some good things in it like witch hazel at second position or lemon or aloe extract later on. Also we have alcohol really high so I wouldn’t recommend this toner  for people with dry skin.

Normally I use toners by purring them on my hands and then taping them into my face but because of alcohol I used old-school cotton pad method ;). The product itself is almost like water, since it’s normal toner not gely one. I was surprised by scent, I expected to smell alcohol, but actually it does have pretty nice smell. I could sense some herbs but at the same time it was quite sweet scent. After using it my face felt a bit hydrated. I also hope it will lighten my dark spots as it has niacinamide very high in ingredients list. Anyway, so far so good.

• Abalone Crystal Double EX Cream 50ml (78$)

This Abalone Crystal Double EX Cream is concentrated with fermented Abalone, balck bean extract and watermelon extract to deliver a cosmic blast of skin care benefits. Fresh "abalones" from the Southern Coast of Korea are highly recognized as the King of Shellfish with their mucin containing abundant minerals, proteins, amino acids and essential fatty acids to provide remarkable skin revitalizing, wrinkle reducing, skin brightening and hydrating benefits. It also soothes irritated skin and anhances the skin´s elasticity to deliver visible anti-aging results with each use.

My thoughts: At first I didn’t know why it’s OMG product as I had no idea what abalone is. Then I googled it and yeah OMG. I used to snail mucin in cosmetics but that is different story. I like to try new, crazy things because mostly they end up being amazing. So what the heck abalone is?

Abalone is a common name for any of a group of small to very large edible sea snails.

Each The abalone is well known not only for its taste, but also for its remarkable effects on the skin, such as skin irritation relief, skin revitalization, wrinkle reduction, whitening effect, and moisturizing effect.

Containing pure energy 20 times higher than human skin cells, Abalone has full of vital contents such as Minerals, protein, amino acids, and essential fatty acids. It makes skin cells much activity. Moreover it promotes the vitality of the skin and you could regain your skin’s softness.

Everything sounds so good and promising. I quite like the package of cream. The jar is really heavy and solid  which reminds me of expensive western creams my mom uses. The texture of cream surprised me a bit. I was sure it will be rather creamy but also sticky (like Bounce Cheese Cream) but it’s really thick, like super thick. Despite that it goes really smooth on skin leaving it soft and hydrated. It does have strong scent, which reminds me of some expensive fragrance and also that smell lasts quite long. I can’t use this cream under make-up but I think it can be great as night cream, especially in winter.

• Shara Shara Secret Magic Lipstick (8$)

A secret, color-transforming lipstick which offers a highly pigmented radiance, a long-lasting adherance and a moisture lock in all in one single swipe. Experience how it magically changes its shade according to the temperature of your lips! It´s gentle formula is enriched with Avocado oil and topopheryl acetate which effectively protects lips from dehydration.

My thoughts: You could receive one of those three: 01 Sky to Pop Pink, 02 Green to Pink, 03 Yellow to Mango. I didn’t found this product OMG at all at first since colour changing lipsticks are well known to me (I have here in mind lipsticks that have particular colour and give totally different  colour on the lips). What was new to me is colour which changes together with temperature. 

I received green one but I know that only from information on package.  As you can see lipstick turned to gross, grey colour. Apparently it’s due to high temperature changes. The fact is, after some time laying around it got more green colour but still it’s not as on the picture. I do hope it will go back to normal because now I’m a bit scared to use it on my lips and truth to be told I really would like to try this on them. The colour this lipstick gives is really interesting. If you apply 1 layer it’s light pink (top one on the picture) but you can build up colour to stronger nicely. Also at first swatches I made were quite pastel but after some time (I assume my body got warmer or something) they turned more vibrant, which I liked. Smell of the lipstick is lovely too – it’s sweet like avocado with some fruit. What surprised my was staying power. It was really hard to wipe off, almost like tint.

• Dr. MJ Moisture Bounce Aqua Memory BB SPF30PA++ 45g (46$)

Yes we´ve been through a BB cream, but what about a bouncy, jelly like BB packaged in a bottle and scooping using a spatula like any other face cream? Dr. MJ Moisture Bounce Aqua Memory BB adheres tightly onto skin with it´s cushiony texture and offers wrinkle care, UV protection and skin brightening effect as well.

My thoughts: This is the reason I got this box. Lately I’m so into bb creams and even if I have way too much of them I can’t stop myself from getting another. Also I really have a thing for Dr. Mj brand. I suppose it’s OMG product because it’s in a jar and honestly speaking I never seen bb cream in the jar so yeah I think I can say it’s OMG worth product. Despite that I prefer products in tubes. I was planning to make my own cushion so I will probably use this product for that.

I’m not sure why it has ,,bounce” in the name. In my opinion it isn’t bouncy at all but still I do like formula of it – it’s really creamy and easy to blend in. I hate thick, strongly pigmented bb creams, they just look ugly on my face. Unfortunately I can’t use this bb cream just now as it’s simply too dark for my face. I hope it will fit me perfectly in summer when my skin will catch some sun. 

• Purebess Hot Styling Hair Fixer (16$)

No it´s not a hair spray or a wax gel cream. It´s a hair fixer that you can apply multiple times consecutively because the formula is a non-sticky and lightweight formula and it´s shaped in an easy to use mascara-like package! Simply wipe away to fix up and style any loose loose hair for that perfect stewardess look.

My thoughts: Actually I have seen similar product before on some Korean site and I wanted to try it since then so I’m really happy getting it in here. I think it’s OMG product, because I can’t buy such thing in my local shops and for sure it’s quite untypical product. I really like the idea of it. I hate to use gels, waxes, sprays actually anything to style my hair, because my hair really thin and if I use anything on them, they just look so ugly and unnatural. At the same time I’m often annoyed by messy hair that stick out from my hairline so I think this product can be great solution for me. What’s most important to me, after applying it on my hair I couldn’t feel any sickness and my hair wasn’t harsh and stiff. Basically you can achieve what this product promises but I’m not sure how long this effect will last.  

Image from: http://item2.gmarket.co.kr/English/detailview/Item.aspx?goodscode=588572700

Overall: I quite like this box. I’m really happy with cream, bb cream and toner and also hair fixer will be really useful to me. The lipstick would be quite nice if not that weird colour of it. The only thing which  is quite meh is masks but they gave this box OMG factor and well they made me laugh :). I suppose all those items had something weird in them, more or less so I think they fitted the theme.

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Ariul Mood Maker Mask Nobody Knows Why I'm So Sexy

From memebox site: 

This skin firming facial sheet mask revitalizes exhausted skin, and enhances the skin’s elasticity for younger, more supple skin.

Key ingredients: hyaluronic acid, vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin B3, vitamin B5, vitamin B6, eucalyptus extract, coenzyme Q10

This mask is part of Ariul Mood Maker Masks. All of them are 5 free, which means they don’t contain artificial coloring, mineral oils, benzophenone, talc and sulfate substances. Moreover sheets are made with natural fiber. The ,,sexy” phrase doesn’t really mean much, it’s just a name. Basically what this mask should do is lift and firm your skin. 

Like I already mentioned in my previous reviews of other mask from Mood Maker series Ariul tend to have fancy looking but also quite minimalistic packages though Mood Maker masks are big exception form this. They all are super cute and full of images. I like ,,I’m so sexy” the least but I must admit rabbit head with this hottie chest made me laugh. 

Essence of this mask was really similar to other Mood Maker masks. It was really creamy and sheet was well soaked in it – when I pressed mask sheet to adjust it to shape of my face the essence literally was pouring. The scent is quite hard to describe, I think I could smell a bit of alcohol but also something sweet. 

The size of sheet mask was perfect for me. It didn’t had cap for eye lids (like Benton mask does) but I don’t mind it as I wouldn’t use it anyway. The foil in which mask comes isn’t really big so we don’t get crazy amount of essence but still you can find some remains inside of it. What’s most important is the fact that mask sheet doesn’t dry up on your face and it does stick to it pretty well. 

When putting mask on I could feel some burring sensations on sensitive parts of my face but it wasn’t something I couldn’t bear with. I didn’t noticed any lifting effects after using it but it did smooth my skin nicely but also it did something which isn’t mentioned on the package. I had some nasty bump which I tried to heal around 3 days and after using this mask it didn’t hurt anymore. What’s more, my skin calmed a bit and wasn’t that red. Only thing I don’t really like about this mask sheet is stickiness it leaves. Besides that it was really good mask.

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Memebox Starter Set #4 Glowing Skin Secrets

What memebox stated about this box: 

South Korea is a woo~rld away, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t discover the country’s best-kept skincare secrets for glowing, radiant skin!While the famous million-step Korean skincare routine may intimidate some, our easy 5-step guide will get you from blah-skin to glowing skin in no time! It includes skincare goodies that address the most common skin concerns such as irritation, dryness, blemishes and more to give you flaw-flee, glowing, dewy skin!

This set includes: ($180 value for $40 + Free Shipping)

I was eyeing this set for quite long time. The reason I didn’t purchase it right away was inaccuracies about bb cream. When it was released you could see Dr. G Blemish Base picture in description and also disclaimer that you could receive one of three types of bb. I thought that means you will receive one of bb creams by Dr. G, which made me super happy as I wanted to try Dr. G bb creams for a while. Unfortunately both picture and disclaimer disappeared shortly after that. After that there was only  information about free ,,randomly selected BB Cream”. On January 31 we received information that memebox will stop international deliveries so I decided to make my last purchase on their site, hoping that this free bb cream indeed will be one of Dr. G. So here we are, at my most likely last memebox unboxing/first impression post. 

Since link with descriptions of products can disappear shortly, I decided to edit information which memebox provided on their site. 

• CALLI Black Bee Kkuleansing 150ml ($38)

My thoughts: I decided to get this box after all mostly because of this item. I needed to buy cleansing oil anyway, and this particular one looked pretty amazing. Lately I’m so into honey cosmetics, I opened honey cream and I’m really happy with it. I hope this cleansing product will be as gentle and hydrating as their promising. Super excited to try this out.

• SECRET NATURE From Jeju Serum 50ml ($36)

My thoughts: About this product I was exciting the least. It was so because I have way to much serums/essences and honestly I don’t know how I will be able to use them all. Another thing is, I do have 2 favorite essences (LJH and Benton) so I don’t really feel like trying new ones. Despite that, this serum looks nice at first glance. I might use it if I will find ingredients list for it.

• MD Tea Tree Soft Lotion 50ml ($46)

My thoughts: Another exciting product! I love tea tree, it really helps problematic skin to stay calm. The packaging of this lotion looks really fancy and interesting. I quite like size of it, I don’t like if something is too big because it takes way too much time to use it up ;D.

• RAPPOL Aqua Gel Cream 100g ($34)

My thoughts: Memebox already included one of Rappol creams in previous box, which was Yogurt Cosmetics. I really wanted to try this product but since rest of box wasn’t thrilling for me, I decided to pass on it. So I am really happy receiving other cream by this brand. The description of it looked amazing. My skin gets easily irritated and this cream seems to be perfect for such times. I also like it’s gel type. 

• ETUDE HOUSE Spoon Scrub Massage Yogurt 7ml x 4 ($2)

My thoughts: I’m not really fun of scrub products for face. First of all, their irritate my skin, and secondly I heard using them you spreading bacteria over your face. Basically, if you have pimple or little breakout on some part of your face, using scrub, which is way too harsh for such things, you make bacteria spread to other parts of your face. Having that on mid, I maybe will try this product when my skin will be relatively clean. I checked some reviews on web and it seems it doesn’t really have ,,grains” in it, it’s rather creamy, so maybe it won’t be so bad. 

• *FREE Secret gift: 1 Randomly selected BB Cream ($24)

My thoughts: Like I mentioned before, I really hoped for Dr. G bb cream, actually any of it so I’m really happy receiving one . I heard a lot of good things about  Dr G. Brightening Balm and also I love Dr G. Mentor Cream therefore I think this bb have great potential to be amazing. 

Overall: I really like this set. It’s almost full skin care routine (only foam and mist is missing ;)). We are getting 5 full-sized products and all of them seems to be great and worth a lot. I’m super excited about this cleansing oil, it has interesting texture – it really looks like honey in the bottle. The lotion is smaller than I thought but it’s fine with me since I don’t use lotions at all. Rappol on the other hand is bigger than in my imaginations, which is amazing sine I do use creams a lot. I’m glad that I got Dr. G cream, even if I kind of hopped for the purple one but you can’t get everything right? :) Knowing it was one of my last memeboxes makes it really sad moreover it was one of my favorite, like not favorite, box. 

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