Okay, before we start I want to explain something about my skin. I have oily skin with a few acne scarring. I've always used Korean skincare line for everything. Face wash, toner, moisturiser, everything. My skin don't really agree with 'western' skin care line, those skin care line they have on Sephora basically. I've tried the oh-so-popular-and-adored Philosophy Purity cleanser, even that don't work on my skin. Hate it! I've tried, again, Philosophy Renewed Hope in a Jar, it was just okay. It was good but not life changing, and considering the price, uhm, no! I've tried Fresh Soya face cleanser, hate it too. Not that I hate 'western' makeup brand, 95% of my makeup are 'western' brand, but for skincare, nope. I have Asian skin.
However, I was looking through Luxola Black Friday discount. Their biggest sale of the year 40% off. Ever since Sephora got its hand on Luxola, Beauty Blender and The Balm is no longer on discount, which is suck. Usually I would get like three Beauty Blender on their 40% off and be done with it, but not anymore I guess. So I explored other brands and I came across Mario Badescu as one of their discounted brand. Before I buy, of course I googled for reviews. Amazeballs! 90% of the reviews were 5 stars. Before that I've also heard some beauty gurus on Youtube talked about it but not really that interested. But now with 40% off, no doubt I immediately clicked add to cart.
I selected three products. Their rose water spray, silver powder, and (the famous!) drying lotion.
Where should I star with this? This rose water smells and feels AMAZING on the skin. It says on the bottle, "Once you've tried our rejuvenating facial spray, you won't want to be without it." I couldn't agree more. Next sale, I'm getting three of this. This is a multi-purpose product, you can spray this as a refreshing spray, primer spray before your makeup, or setting spray after your makeup. It doesn't feel sticky or anything and it does improve your skin. I always sit in front of the computer for hours and not move an inch. Then my skin would get reddish and nasty and super oily. But, yesterday, yes, I only got these stuffs yesterday, I sprayed my face with this mist every once in a while while in front of computer like usual and my skin didn't get nasty at all! There was no redness at all. It also helped with the excessive oil. I think this stuff would be BOMB in the airplane. Never tried this as a makeup setting spray but I think this would be as good. Because what if I told you that MAC Fix+ is not a setting spray? It is a refreshing mist. And I dig Fix+ as setting spray, so I think I would feel the same about this.
PS: This spray has 2 years shelf life. How about that?
My friend, I've tried Glam Glow. I thought it was good, until I discovered this. With 1/3 of the price. I think Glam Glow is a piece of.... wreck. Glam Glow is good, but this is AMAZEBALL! Okay, this powder is a mask. The applying technique is a little bit tricky. In the packaging the instruction is to grab a cotton pad, wet it with water, dip the cotton on to the powder, and apply it to your skin. The powder should get like a paste with the water from the cotton pad. That's how I see other people use it too. It works, with a high quality cotton pad. I only have this cheap square cotton pad from the drug store and as I tried this method, my cotton pad got sticky into the paste and it started ripping off. Horrible description. Anyway, it didn't work. The cotton sticked to my face. So I improvise. I put the powder on to the lid, and give it a few drops of water. I mixed it with my finger and it turned into paste, put it on my face and done. Easier in my opinion and I didn't waste any product.
You only need to leave it for 10 minutes. It would harden and you suppose to wipe it off with toner. I rinse my face after toner because I felt like the toner didn't remove all the residues. Anyway, result, amazing. I've never seen any mask that have this immediate after effect. My pores shrank so much! I feel my complexion brightened so much, and my pores. My pores. Amazing. I don't have that much problem with black heads, but what I read this stuff help a lot for black heads. This is my first use. Imagine your skin after a month! Use this mask 1-2 times a week. Get this. Now.
Now this is one of the product that Mario Badescu is famous for. The drying lotion. So you're not suppose to shake this product. You dip your cotton swab to get the pink powder, that's the magic, and put it on your troubled area. I have one active acne on my face right now and a few acne scarring on my cheeks. I applied this on clean face, before bed, dabbed it on to my acne and acne scarring. Over night, my acne has improved greatly. It doesn't make my skin dry or anything. It dried out my acne so fast! And what makes me amazed even more, dare I say, after the silver powder and the drying lotion, the acne scarring on my cheeks almost GONE over night!! Almost gone. It has improved super duper well!!!!!! This stuff is no joke. I always have problem with my acne scarring, no product ever helped me like this. Seriously if you have acne problem, go run and get this. You. Need. This. In. Your. Life. Thank me later.
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