Biore UV Aqua Rich Cool Watery Essence SPF 50 PA++++ [Review]

Hi everyone! I hope you guys are safe and well. I’ve been away from this blog for so long but now since the new MCO I have the time to write some of the products that I tried over the year. In Sha Allah, I will try my best to upload more posts. One of the recent product that I tried is this sunscreen. If you want to know my opinion on this particular sunscreen keep reading ya. Thanks!

[Review]
Biore UV Aqua Rich Cool Watery Essence SPF50 PA++++

What It Claims:
Freshen up with the Limited Edition Biore UV Aqua Watery Essence Cool. A refreshing and amazingly light formula delivers high UV protection with cooling sensation. Ideal for daily usage.

Watery hydrating essence with Hyaluronic Acid & Royal Jelly Extract. Ideal as a makeup base which bends well with skin for smooth foundation finish. Used on its own to achieve effortlessly natural radiant look.

They claimed that they has the World’s 1st technology – Micro Level UV Defense which using encapsulated UV filters that can fend off harmful UV rays even at micro level. High resistance to sweat and water which it consists of amphiphilic ingredients meaning it has affinity for both water and oil.


UV Filters:
Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate / Octinoxate – UVB filter.
Ethylhexyl Triazone / Uvinul T 150 / Octyltriazone  - UVB filter.
Diethylamino Hydroxybenzoyl Hexyl Benzoate / Uvinul A Plus – UVA filter
Bis-Ethylhexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenyl Triazine / Tinosorb S – Broad Spectrum UVA & UVB filter.
 
This is a broad spectrum (UVA & UVB filters) chemical (aka organic) sunscreen, all filters are chemical sunscreens ingredients.
  

Ingredients:
Water, Alcohol, Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate, Ethylhexyl Triazone, Isopropyl Palmitate, Lauryl Methacrylate/Sodium Methacrylate Crosspolymer, Diethylamino Hydroxybenzoyl Hexyl Benzoate, Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, Bis-Ethylhexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenyl Triazine, Dextrin Palmitate, Butylene Glycol, Xylitol, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Dimethicone, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Glycerin, Propanediol, Glyceryl Stearate, Menthyl Lactate, Glyceryl Behenate, Vinyl Dimethicone/Methicone Silsesquioxane Crosspolymer, Potassium Hydroxide, Cetyl Alcohol, Agar, Menthol, Sorbitan Distearate, Isoceteth-20, Polyvinyl Alcohol, DimethiconeNinylDimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Stearoyl Glutamic Acid, Arginine, Disodium EDTA, Fragrance, BHT, Sodium Hydroxide, Tocopherol, Royal Jelly Extract, Sodium Hyaluronate, Phenoxyethanol, Methylparaben

It has Alcohol and Paraben but Sulfates free – to those who concern regarding these three ingredients.
How to Use It:
Apply as the last step in your day skincare routine and reapply throughout the day. Use two (2) fingers method or ¼ teaspoon for each application.
 

Packaging & Price:
Opaque blue and white stripes squeezable tube with white screw cap. RM 35 for 50g (as of date).
 
The packaging is so cute and beautiful. The nozzle is quite big so be careful when you squeeze the products. Price wise, in my opinion is affordable.

 
Texture:
Slightly yellowish gel texture and when applied no white cast visible. The gel felt a bit thick when applied, and it gave ‘cooling’ sensation which I don’t really appreciate – it indicate that it has menthol in it. It doesn’t spread or blend easily as well.

It kind of separates when I tried to blend it in and it does takes time to blend into my skin. At first it has slightly sticky finish right after I blend it but once it is set, it has satin like finishing which I think under makeup would be nice.

Scent:
It has strong alcohol and mint scent which not my favourite. Quite overwhelming for me. I think it is due to the high alcohol in it and Alcohol stated as the second ingredient in the ingredients list. The minty scent might come from Menthol in this sunscreen, so people with sensitive skin, I suggest to skip this sunscreen from your wish lists


Personal Review:
I think this sunscreen would be okay if you can tolerate with alcohol and menthol. Iif you have oily or combination skin, you might like this one but if you have sensitivity towards alcohol and menthol better avoid this. I really don’t enjoy wearing this at all. It feels thick, I am bothered with the strong alcohol and menthol scent. The cooling sensation makes me feels like it will burn my skin even though it hasn’t. So the whole experience is a no-no for me.

I prefer the original Biore UV Aqua Rich (blue packaging) rather than this one since it doesn’t contain menthol. So if between the original Biore UV Aqua Rich and the Aqua Rich Cool, I would buy the original (blue) instead of this one, but still in my opinion the original is not that great for me but it is still better than this one.

If you use this make sure that you thoroughly removes it. I find it feels thick and I can feel the sunscreen layer on my skin. As they claimed it has high resistance to sweat and water, I believe you might need to use oil cleanser to remove it while using micellar water only may not be enough to remove it. Please make sure to remove it thoroughly especially if you are a Muslim since it has high resistance to water, so wuduk’ nanti tak sah ya.

Even though it feels thick on my skin so far it hasn’t piling with any moisturizers that I use with. The SPF and the PA rating is at exactly where I want my sunscreen to be and I love it doesn’t have any white cast on my skin. Too bad I don’t enjoy wearing it. You should find the sunscreen that you enjoy applying it so that you are looking forward to reapply throughout the day and keep wearing it every day.

Overall opinion:
Do I like it?
Hate it.
 
Will I re-purchase it?
No.
 
Do I recommend it?
Not to sensitive skin. Maybe for the combination and oily skin if they can tolerate it.

[Product]
BIORE UV AQUA RICH COOL
Watery Essence SPF 50 PA++++
Available at drugstore (Watson, Guardian etc)
Offline and Online stores.

Thank you for your time and I hope this has help you. These are merely my personal opinion, experiences and preferences. Keep coming back, more reviews and tips are coming up. For any products suggestions or any tips that you would like me to try it out, you may do so, just leave your comment okay?

*Disclaimer: Any products review in this blog are purchased with my own money and no sponsorship or paid review whatsoever unless it is stated. Merely my own experience and opinion on these items.

A'PIEU Honey & Milk Lip Oil [Review]


Hi you guys! Has anyone else has super dry, chapped and crack lips? Even though you drank a lot of water but still without moisturize or using lip balm your lips are going to crack and chapped anyway. Well that is my case. No matter what I do, scrubbed it, used a lot lip balms like all the time and drank lots of water but still won't moisturize for long. And I always in the search of finding good lip products to battle this issue of mine. If your condition like me keep coming back to this blog, because I will find different types of lip balms and products to try and leave my reviews here for you guys to refer okay?

[Review]
A’PIEU
Honey and Milk Lip Oil


What It Claims:
The A’pieu Honey & Milk Lip Oil is infused with honey and milk protein extracts to deeply hydrate and nourish the lips. The oil texture allows it to adhere to the lips. Individual results may vary.

Ingredients:
There is no ingredients list that came with the products. But here is the list of ingredients that I found online:
https://m.mynunc.com/product/goods/view-goods?goodsId=BO00078093

Polybutene, diisostearyl malate, hydrogenated polyisobutene, tridecyl trimellitate, silica silylate, silica dimethyl silylate, milk protein extract, honey extract, polyglyceryl-2 triisostearate, Tocopheryl acetate, 1,2-hexanediol, ethylhexylglycerin, dehydroacetic acid, phenoxyethanol, fragrance, yellow 4 (CI 19140), yellow 5 (CI 15985).

There is a lot of emollients and moisturizing agents here. Therefore, it should be quite moisturizing. No Paraben, Silicone, Alcohol and Sulfate with Minimal Ingredients.

Packaging & Price:
Clear bottle with white twist cap attached with a wand. RM 27 for 5 grams (after discount) can’t remember how much it was before. I bought from a Personal Shopper who often fly to Korea and Japan, she also takes online orders direct from Korea and Japan.

I think the price is slightly expensive in my opinion for a lip products compare to what already available at the drugstore, but it is not that expensive to maintain. 

Love the packaging. Love that it is in clear bottle, easy to see how much left. Super love with the applicator wand. It is big enough to cover my lips area with just one swipe and the shape is amazing – it hugs my lips perfectly.

Texture:
            Thick gooey (just like honey texture) with transparent yellow – honey colour.

It felts more like a lip gloss rather than a lip oil. Quite thick and it doesn’t droppy all over which I love. The finishing very similar to a lip gloss. Glossy finishing but with hydrating properties? Why not! I can just slather this on and just go about my day.

Scent:
Like a milk or to be exact in my opinion it smells like a Vitagen haha, only if Vitagen has honey flavour, this would be the scent. I love the scent so much.

Colour:
Transparent yellow – honey colour.
When applied it doesn’t look yellow, instead it gives really nice sheer and clear colour lip gloss.

Personal Review:  
First of all, it labelled as a Lip Oil, so my expectation that the products will be oily to my lips. But instead the texture is more like a thick lip gloss. I love the texture and it gives beautiful finished on my lips. I can just use this during the day and that’s it. Even though it is thick but it doesn’t smear all over, it stays intact – you know sometimes there are lip gloss that would drip when you applied to your lips? But this hasn’t done that to me. It stayed which one of the reason why I like it.

Super love with the packaging especially their applicator wand, it is quite big and it doesn’t grab too much products and I don’t waste it unnecessarily – this may be because there’s smaller neck in the bottle that reduce the amount of the products before the wand is pulled out so that you won’t apply too much. The wand is also quite big, with just one swipe it can coats my lip and it has a curve-shape wand which hugs nicely on my lips too.

In my opinion, for people with normal lips or just slight dry lips might benefit this very well. It does moisturize and occlusive. Since it is occlusive and thick the products will keep the lips hydrate and sealed from drying out. But for my condition, it is still not enough to moisturize my lips by just using this lip oil. What I did was, I put on a thin layer of my favourite Aquaphor then I seal it with this lip oil and it works wonders.

I think you can also apply some colours to your lips, some lipsticks before apply this lip oil. I haven’t try it since I don’t have spare wands to try because I don’t want to re-dipped my wands with lipstick/or any colours back into the bottle.

Overall opinion:
Do I like it?
Yes

Will I re-purchase it?
Maybe.

Do I recommend it?
Yes.
A hydrating product with lip gloss finished on the go? Why not??


[Product]
A’PIEU
Honey and Milk Lip Oil
You guys can try find a Personal Shopper, I bought mine from PS Aida NurAriza (find her at Shopee, Twitter or Telegram). I do saw someone else sell this on shopee too.

Thank you for your time and I hope this has help you. These are merely my personal opinion, experiences and preferences. Keep coming back, more reviews and tips are coming up. For any products suggestions or any tips that you would like me to try it out, you may do so, just leave your comment okay?

*Disclaimer: Any products review in this blog are purchased with my own money and no sponsorship or paid review whatsoever unless it is stated. Merely my own experience and opinion on these items.

NUTOX Renewing Treatment Cream [Review]


Hi everyone! I haven’t post much about moisturizers in this blog, even though I have been trying quite few moisturizers in the past months. So today I’m going to review one of the moisturizer that caught my eyes from the drugstore. Read more to find out my opinion on this moisturizer.

[Review]
NUTOX
Renewing Treatment Cream

I am not that picky when it comes to moisturizer, as long as it does moisturize well, last quite okay without need to reapply often, doesn’t irritate my skin and the most important thing that it relieves the dryness and tightness on my skin. Then, that moisturizer will be good enough for me.

The reason I attracted to this moisturizer because, first of all, maybe because it’s pink! Who else bought anything because it packaged so well? Or even just because it comes in your favourite colour? I always attracted to pretty packaging and if it works well too with my skin then it will be a hit for me hahaha. But bottom line, it has work for me to love it, keep it and repurchase it. Second reason maybe because it claimed to be perfect for all skin types.

What It Claims:
Radiate - Care for your skin today, so that you can stay beautiful tomorrow and always. Nutox Renewing Treatment Cream is formulated with LumiNes to smoothen the skin. This cream also provides nourishment from deep within to keep skin radiantly glowing for a long time.


Ingredients:
Aqua, Glycerin, Cyclopentasiloxane, Butylene Glycol, Diethylhexyl Carbonate, Cetearyl Olivate, Phenoxyethanol, Sorbitan Olivate, Ammonium Acrylolydimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Sodium Hyaluronate, Caprylic/ Capric Trigylceride, Cyclotetrasiloxane, Chlorphenesin, Allantoin, Disodium EDTA Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Dimethiconol, Fragrance, Pseudoalteromonas Ferment Extract, Centella Asiatica Extract, Pancratium Maritimum Extract, Carica Papaya (Papaya) Fruit Extract, Cucumis Sativus (Cucumber) Fruit Extract, Xanthan Gum, Caprylyl Gylcol, Swiftlet Nest Extract, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Proline, Alanine, Serine, Diacetyl Boldine, Sodium Phosphate, Sodium Hydroxide.

Paraben, Sulfate and Alcohol Free but it has silicone.

Ingredients Analysis (Incidecoder):

How to Use It:
Use it after all your hydration steps (toner, serum & essence) and before your sunscreen.

 Use how much your skin need.

*for a jar like this, try to use spatula to scoop out the products or make sure your hands are clean to avoid contaminate the products.


 Packaging & Price:
Light pink frosted glass jar container with silver/chrome lid. RM 47.50 for 30 ml (as of date).

The packaging look so expensive and beautiful to put on your vanity. Love the packaging so much. The glass has it weight too. Really nice!


Texture:
            Gel type moisturizer.

The texture is really nice, I really like it, so smooth easily to spread too. It absorbed so well into my skin.

 Scent:
Fragrance is too strong almost like a perfume instead. And it lingers for a while too. I hate the smell, too strong for me and I think the fragrance in it irritates me (note that I have sensitive, just a tad fragrance or essential oils always fine, but this one my skin can’t handle it).

Personal Review:  
The packaging is the bomb! Feel super luxurious and so pretty on your vanity and your table – very Pinterest and Instagrammable. The texture is also nice, spread easily too. Combined these, this moisturizer makes me feel like indulging myself. I really enjoy me-time. I think this moisturizer definitely would be nice for a me-time session. You know, slathering the moisturizer (feeling so lux) and just enjoying it. However, there is ONE big problem!

It does irritate me and burn my skin. I don’t know what's wrong here, but looking at the ingredients all seems fine. Seems all are okay and good for dry skin, but it turns out not for me. But I suspected the fragrance is the culprit and it is too strong for me. Not only the scent is too strong, it lingers for a while too. Often I had a mild headache due to the strong scent that lingers my face. I hate it. I love products that smell good but I wish it will not linger and this is just too much for me.

I did stop for a while, I thought that maybe my skin was irritated at the first place before using the moisturizer. But after using it again and again, I’ve noticed that the moisturizer actually the one that burns and irritates it. It even burns when I applied it on my hands too. It claimed perfect for all skin types but I wouldn’t suggest it for people with sensitive skin.
In terms of hydration and if it really moisturize my skin? I can’t comment that as I unable to wear it due to burning sensation and irritation it gave me. I would suggest if you want to try this one, do a patch test first okay? Before put it on your whole face.

Overall opinion:
Do I like it?
No.

Will I re-purchase it?
No.

Do I recommend it?
No, especially to sensitive skin.
Only if your skin fine with fragrances. This will feels so luxurious and pampering.


[Product]
NUTOX
Renewing Treatment Cream
Available at offline – Any drugstore like Watson or Guardian.
Online – Watson, Guardian & Hermo.


Thank you for your time and I hope this has help you. These are merely my personal opinion, experiences and preferences. Keep coming back, more reviews and tips are coming up. For any products suggestions or any tips that you would like me to try it out, you may do so, just leave your comment okay?

*Disclaimer: Any products review in this blog are purchased with my own money and no sponsorship or paid review whatsoever unless it is stated. Merely my own experience and opinion on these items.

HADA LABO Mild and Sensitive Facial Cleanser [Review]



Hi everyone! It’s less than a week for raya! What have you guys prepared for Raya this year? Okay, this post is about one of my favourite cleansers. So keep reading to find out why I love this particular cleanser.

[Review]
HADA LABO
Mild and Sensitive Facial Cleanser 

If you have been following me, you may know that I have a dry skin and sensitive one. Usually people with dry skin wouldn’t go for a foam cleanser, but I was in searching for a gentle foam cleanser that won’t strip a dry-sensitive skin like mine. Which usually most foam cleansers do stripped my skin and make it feels so tight and uncomfortable. I did try a hydrating or cream cleanser, but it doesn’t feel so satisfying to wash face especially in the night routine. I prefer it for my morning routine instead.

Since I have severe acne issues before this, during the treatments I was looking for a basic cleanser. Just a basic one, that will do good cleaning on skin so that I can have a clean palette every morning and night, doesn’t have any actives ingredients in it (as it might interfere with my medications) and the most important thing I feel clean without it stripping my skin. And currently there are many types of cleansers out there and finding a good gentle basic cleanser is quite hard for me. Fret not, I found it!

What It Claims:



Ingredients:
Water, Sodium Lauroyl Isethionate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Sodium Cocoyl Glycinate, Acrylates Copolymer, Cocamide DEA, Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate, Sodium Chloride, Styrene/Acrylates Copolymer, DMDM Hydantoin, Polyquarternium-63, Glycerin, Disodium EDTA, Onsen-Sui, Butylene Glycol, Sodium Hyaluronate, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Propylene Glycol, Ginkgo Biloba Leaf Extract, Glucose, Sodium Benzoate, Calendula Officinalis Flower Extract, Potassium Sorbate, Lactic Acid, Caramel.

Fragrances, Colorant, Mineral Oil, Paraben, Sulfate, Alcohol and Silicone free with minimal ingredients. (so many free right???)

Key Ingredients claimed by the brand:
Calendula Extract – a natural herb that helps to relieve skin redness and irritation.
Ginkgo Biloba Leaves Extract – a botanical extract known for its antioxidant to helps protect skin from signs of aging.

Incidecoder Analysis:

How to Use It:
A dime size or just a blob should be fine as it will lather, but it depends on your preferences and need. I just use a small amount and it was enough for me.
Use it at second step in the night routine or use it as first step in the morning.
Like normal cleanser, lather it, massage the cleanser on your face for about 60 sec (60 sec rules) then rinse it off. Followed by your other skincare routine.

Packaging & Price:
            Simple white opaque tube with flip flop cap. RM 26.50 for 100 gram (as of date).
Quite big, you don’t need to use as much and it can last quite long time, therefore worth the money in my opinion.


Texture:
            Creamy foam cleansers – I really love the foam, it has very fine foams and felt so nice on my skin. Love how soft my skin look after cleansing.
            It doesn’t strip my skin on most days but on days that my skin is super dry sometimes it does feel slight tightness on my skin.

Scent:
I don’t notice any noticeable scent on the product.

Personal Review:  
As I mentioned before, I was looking for a basic gentle foam cleanser that will not strip my face, doesn’t irritate it (I turn red so easily) and do its job as a cleanser. I just want a basic foam cleanser. And I found one! Yeayy.

I love it has soap free formula, that’s indicate how gentle this cleanser is. Especially when you have dry skin you don’t want to take off all your natural oils from your face and makes it super dry and tight on your skin. And usually the culprit making your skin super tight and uncomfortable is due to the soap ingredients in it. And it is good for a sensitive skin people knowing that it is gentle enough to use. Even though it is soap free, but it lather well too. It lathers into fine-creamy foams and it felt so nice on my skin.


 Sometimes, I do find that this cleanser give me slight tightness on days where my skin are super dry. So this is what I do, always listen to your skin, if today my skin is too dry I wouldn’t reach any foam cleanser even for my night routine, or if I still use it, as the tightness are not that severe, I will make sure that I pack enough hydration and moisturize my skin well. One of the reasons that can cause your skin barrier issue is due to over cleaning your skin. So don’t clean it too often, don’t do it too long and don’t strip your skin, it will damage your skin barrier.


Speaking about skin barrier, I have been obsessed looking for skin barrier repairing products. This particular cleanser is actually formulated with Thermal Spring Water which it claimed that can help strengthen skin’s natural barrier. Good isn’t?

No irritation at all. So far it has been one of my favourite cleanser. This is currently my second tube now. I love it especially at my night time routine. It is so so so gentle and mild for my skin. My skin feels comfortable, it doesn’t burn neither irritate it. I have been using this almost a year and it has been doing great for me. I used to use the Hada Labo Hydrating Cleanser one, which is okay too in my opinion, but I prefer this so much more.

Overall opinion:
Do I like it?
Yes! Super Love!

Will I re-purchase it?
Already did.

Do I recommend it?
Of course!
In my opinion even if you have different skin than mine, using a gentle cleanser will still benefit any skin types. I would say try it, you might love it as I do, but different skin react differently and depends on your preferences too.


[Product]
HADA LABO
Mild and Sensitive Facial Cleanser
Available at offline – Any drugstore like Watson or Guardian.
Online – Watson, Guardian & Hermo.


Thank you for your time and I hope this has help you. These are merely my personal opinion, experiences and preferences. Keep coming back, more reviews and tips are coming up. For any products suggestions or any tips that you would like me to try it out, you may do so, just leave your comment okay?

*Disclaimer: Any products review in this blog are purchased with my own money and no sponsorship or paid review whatsoever unless it is stated. Merely my own experience and opinion on these items.

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