Skinfood Carrot Collagen Eye Sheet review

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I'm using it on my eyes. The black nose patch on my nose is the skinfood black bean nose pack.


Skinfood Carrot Collagen Eye Sheet is one of Skinfood's bestsellers and retails at $5.

Instructions:
Remove transparent film of eye sheet and put the patch under the eye area. Remove the outer white film and leave the patch on for 30 - 45 minutes until its serum is completely absorbed.

From the skinfood website:
Contains carrot extract full of vitamin A, marine collagen and royal jelly that moisturizes and tightens the dry and sensitive eye rims. Hydro-gel, which offers excellent skin affinity, contains an extensive portion of nutrients that gets absorbed into the eye rims easily.

My thoughts on it:
It felt really uncomfortable, but after 30 mins, my dark eye circles did get noticeably lighter by a few shades or so! My dark eye circles didn't disappear altogether of course but it was pretty good, considering that all the eye creams that I've tried before didn't even make my dark eye circles lighter by even a shade. I can see why its on the bestsellers' list.

I do like this a lot but the price makes me wince. Its $5 for one. Which is reallllyyyyyyyyyyyyyy expensive. So I think I'll probably buy this when there are special occasions coming up like weddings or CNY (I tried this on CNY eve haha).

I do recommend this though.

Skinfood Black Bean Nose Pack review

Remember the skinfood Black Bean Nose Pack I bought some time ago?

Well, I finally got around to using it haha
(You can click on the images to enlarge them)




Well, I admit I was pretty surprised when I saw that the nose strip was black haha it does say black bean, but it never really registered that it would be black in colour. It has a funky smell, but its not a big problem. After sticking it on for a while, you get used to the smell.

All you have to do is wet your nose and peel off the plastic before sticking it on for 15 mins.

As for its effectiveness...Skinfood Black Bean Nose Pack really works! :DD Although I usually don't like nose strips cos they don't work for me. Most of my blackheads were gone, and any residue left by the nose pack can be easily removed using water or toner, unlike the Biore strips. :D

The only drawback to this is that the price is horribly high in Sg. One Skinfood Black Bean Nose Pack costs $2.10. You can also buy them in packs of 7 at $12.80, so it works out to be around $1.80 each.

If you really have a bad blackhead problem on your nose, I recommend this, but be prepared to shell out a bomb.

Skinfood Aloe Vera bb cream review

Tested out the Skinfood Aloe Vera bb cream today. Got it as a sample when I went shopping at skinfood.




Swatch


Before and After in natural light


Before and After under fluorescent light


Comparison on hand



I felt that it was pretty thick and difficult to blend. Blending is important as it tends to settle in the fine lines and accentuate them. The colour was a closer match to my skin than the etude house bb cream, but the colour was a bit too yellow and beige so it made me look sallow. I'd say the coverage is light to med, as my dark circles are only slightly covered. However, it does make my face look like it's been airbrushed over haha. My skin does look dewy and brighter after applying it.

It has additional spf 20 and PA++ as well, which is rather good, and a sample can be used for 2 or 3 applications. But it is rather pricey at $38 for 30g. Overall, I'd say its a no-go, for its jacked-up price and yellow colour.

Lol and here's a super cute CNY brochure




will be updating on CNY inspired nails soon :D wait for it.

Haul: etude house, skinfood, silkygirl, the face shop, beauty credit, Accessorize

Here's my haul for today...



My first stop was ion orchard. I saw that Accessorize was on sale. like 50% off on a lot of items!!! :D
So of course I had to get some.

The hair accessories and bags were on sale, along with some mirrors and stuff.
The pouches weren't on sale sadly :( There were some wallets 50% off though.
I got some hair accessories for myself! :D and a hp/bag accessory.

I love stuff with union jack design:D



I spent $21.35 only! or else I would've paid 42.70.
The firework clip was the most expensive at 21.90 originally. After 50% off its 10.95 only! :DIts super pretty and sparkly with pearls and rhinestones. Love it loads :D
Also wanted to buy this other hair accessory but it was 33.90. Ouch.

I know it looks really ugly in the picture but you've gotta see it in real life! Really pretty! :D

Then went to etude house :D
Spent enough to get a membership card! You have to spend more than $50 to get one. Each membership card entails you to 7% off the next purchase.

Sadly, the Hello Kitty line is not available in Spore. The new hand creams as well. But the moistfull collagen, Total Age Repair and Code:B lines are stocked.

Didn't get the stick eyeshadows in the code:B range in the end cos the colours weren't really attractive in real life. It comes in black, brown and white. They weren't really pigmented and the eyeshadow smudged really easily.

This is what i got from etude house:


What I actually bought:


From left to right:
Petit darling lips pk004 $14.90, Good bye Dark Circle Eye Cream $32.90, pencil sharpener $0.90, Code: B Nail Art Pen $6.90, Dear Darling Tint 01 $10.90, Kissfull tint chou 04 $13.90

Haha was super pleased with the code:B nail art pen. but I still need practice tho. need to learn how to control the amt of nail polish that comes out. Just wish they have white ones. The other ones are pink and red :(

The eye cream price was a bit ouch too. It came with a massager. It'd better work! its more than double the price of my nivea eye cream which was totally useless btw.

Here's the free stuff I got:




2 fluffy ball pens, a box of cotton pads, a O2 white sheet mask, a collagen moistfull trial set containing emulsion and lotion haha and of course, my pink membership card! :D

haha this is totally random but I think they changed the manufacturer of the fluffy ball pens. You can see the diff. the old one's on the furthest left.




Actually I also wanted to get the cherry tint ($15.90) after hearing rave reviews about it online but after testing it at the counter I found it to be uber sticky...and I hate sticky stuff on my lips cos hair will stick to it. Which is gross. So i decided not to get it in the end.

Wanted to get the aqua 10 tint as well but it was so expensive at $17.90. :( But i liked it more than the dear darling tint due to its watery consistency. It comes in 2 colours, berry red and orange red.

Then went to skinfood at far east plaza. Really regretted going there.
Cos whenever I go there I feel guilty due to the shop assistants and usually wind up buying expensive stuff that I don't really use.

I got the black bean nose pack set. 7 pieces for $12.80 (horror of horrors). I don't know why I bought this. It's super expensive! And a carrot collagen eye mask ($5).



Got 2 sachets of aloe sun bb cream free. Aish. Should've told the SA I dont put on make up cos I dont really like putting on foundation/powder/bb creams on my whole face. Makes removing makeup a tedious task and clogs my pores as well. D:



Then went to chameleon and bought myself a pretty ring! :D
Love it loads :D It only cost $3.90.




then walked all the way down to 313@somerset.
went past beauty credit and the SA handed me a free gift pack! :DD
was super happy cos i thought it was a flyer at first. actually wanted to go in but nobody was in there and all the SAs were standing outside so it was intimidating :(

But the giftpack was quite good! :D
Really liked it. There's tons of samples in it :D


Contains: bb cream (again!), Q10 cream, kiwi mask yogurt pack, sunblock and face wash :)And there are instructions in eng too unlike a lot of korean brands.

heheh gonna try them out then go shopping there. Signed on as a member at www.beautycredit.com.sg. There doesn't seem to be any benefits for members except for receiving their e-newsletter. But they have this cool app on their website that lets you try on their makeup colours on Koo Hye Sun!

haha it was pretty fun and since she'd warm-toned like me, I could see which colours worked on her and which ones didn't. So it was kinda useful. But sadly their website doesn't list the prices of their products so its difficult to compare prices. you have to head down to the store itself to check the prices.

Went to the face shop as well and got 2 new nail polishes for 5.20. somehow one of them was 10% off. I think the SA forgot to change the cash register after the last person. anw it was good for me cos I paid 5.20 instead of the usual 5.80.



Wanted to get some other stuff as well but decided to wait cos the pile of the face shop face masks my bro brought back from Korea are still sitting there. I'm super lazy to use them cos they're sheet masks and the masks are always too big for my face! So the serum drips everywhere and that's annoying.

That's why I prefer wash/peel off--its cleaner that way. So who wants those masks? I can spare some. I have hyaluronic acid, collagen and pearl ones.

There was 20% at John Little! :D
So I bought a silkygirl funky eyelights eyeliner pencil in olive green($10.90) and a moisture rich lipstick in cute ($10.90) for my mom :D

That's all!
Feel free to comment :)

New nail design!

A photo of my new nail design! :D
haha removed the purple and silver nail polish and painted my fingernails nude in colour with sparkly orange french tips! :D

created it with nail polish from the face shop


but you can't really see the sparkles in the photos though.





my previous nail design:




created with:


Happy Christmas everyone! :D