Mizon Original Skin Energy Hyaluronic Acid 100 30 ml Review

Ingredients:

Water, Sodium Hyaluronate, Copper Tripeptide-1, Butylene Glycol, Sclerotium Gum, Caprylyl Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Tropolone, Hydrogenated Polydecene, Capryl/capric Triglyceride, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Stearic Acid, C12-c20 Alkyl Glucoside, C14-22 Alcohol, Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Cholesteryl Hydroxystearate, Cholesterol, Ceramide 3, Triethanolamine, Carbomer, Betula Platyphylla Japonica Juice, Portulaca Oleracea Extract, Scutellaria Baicalensis Root Extract, Astragalus Membranaceus Root Extract, Arnica Montana Flower Extract, Artemisia Absinthium Extract, Achillea Millefolium Extract, Gentiana Lutea Root Extract, Rubus Idaeus (Raspberry) Fruit Extract, Beta-Glucan, Adenosine, Carbomer, Triethanolamine, Disodium EDTA.

I try to mark the sunscreen ingredients in red and other possible irritants in lilac. Ingredients thought to be good and useful for skin I mark green.  Learning as I go, google is my friend etc...

Thoughts:

- I have similar problem with Mizon's serum as any other hyaluronic acid products, I need to use squalane with it to not experience the tightness

- Pills if layered two layers (but who else would do that except me?)

- I wouldn't say it's "amazing" at hydrating the skin (more soothing)



+ If used one layer, doesn't pill, so it works for daytime too (compared to The Ordinary's Hyaluronic Acid serum)

+ Feels calming/soothing

+ Bottle looks like a jewel! Sturdy too. Dropper works well.

+ Sinks into skin fast, only slight stickiness that goes away soon

+ Multitasker product: hydrates, soothes, smoothes (but, requires squalane too)

* Overall I feel that Mizon's Hylauronic Acid Serum is a lot better than what I thought it would be! I guess I wasn't expecting much? I tried to postpone using it in fear it would break me out or something but now I'm just happy I bought it. It has a lot of plant extracts and other things I was afraid of.

* I noticed I soon started to favor Mizon's serum over The Ordinary's, even though I don't see the same results in fading PIE or hydration. Maybe it's just because it's more pleasant to use and soothing. I've tried to use Mizon for day, TO for night.

Price: 

USD$ 7.95, with shipping about USD$ 9.50 / 30 ml

Bought from: 

Beautynetkorea

Buy again? 

You know what, I actually might. Especially if I find the serum somewhere super cheap.

Worth the money? 

I think so! It's not overly expensive, it's pleasant to use, it really works, the bottle is pretty. If you want to try a serum and don't know which one to choose, maybe this could be it. However even though the bottle is not too expensive, it's only 30 ml and as a nice product, I wanted to apply it liberally and I felt like half of it was gone before I even noticed. If I keep using it like this it's finished in two or two and half months.

Canmake Be My Baby BB Cream SPF 50+ PA++++ 20 g Review

Ingredients:


Aqua, Cyclopentasiloxane, Diphenylsiloxy Phenyl Trimethicone, Octinoxate, PEG-9 Polydimethylsiloxyethyl Dimethicone, Triethylhexanoin, Pentylene Glycol, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Cetyl PEG/PPG-10/1 dimethicone, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Sodium chloride, VINYL DIMETHICONE/METHICONE SILSESQUIOXANE CROSSPOLYMER, Butyloctyl salicylate, BisEthylhexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenyl Triazine, Tribehenin, Butyrospermum Parkii Oil, Ensulizole, Butylene Glycol, Silica, Phenoxyethanol, Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, HDI/Trimethylol Hexyllactone Crosspolymer, Sodium Hydroxide, vitamin E, Squalane, Ceramide 2, Sodium Hyaluronate, Titanium(IV) Oxide, Talc Powder, Iron Oxides, Hydrated silica, Dimethicone, Aluminum hydroxide, Methylhydrogenpolysiloxane

I try to mark the sunscreen ingredients in red and other possible irritants in lilac. Ingredients thought to be good and useful for skin I mark green.  Learning as I go, google is my friend etc...

Thoughts:

- Sadly the Canmake BB cream is a bit too dark for me... I look surprisingly tanned. Takes an effort to blend it well and up to my neck and ears because they look pale against the parts with BB cream! It is very healthy looking natural tan however, so nothing else wrong with it except that my neck and arms etc are a shade lighter and it looks a little weird! Especially during winter.

- Because the finish is so natural, it doesn't quite hide proper (rosacea like) redness etc.

- I don't think it's buildable, it starts to cling to patches and accelerates facial hair. Best as a thin light layer.

- If you sweat, turns ugly patchy. Then again, most foundations do. I just happened to accidentally test this one.

- Small tube, gets pricy to order from Japan.



+ My skin seems to like it! No clogged pores or weird irritation in the evening when I wash it off. It's amazing. My skin looks almost or close to as good as in the morning.

+ Finish is quite natural, not too shiny or too covering, it takes a while until sebum appears, with powder on top it's alright almost 8 hrs! Very good also without powder, my skin but better look.

+ Feels light, doesn't dry my skin.

+ Minimal fragrance, barely smell anything.

+ Seems to melt seamlessly to the oily parts of my face.

This picture shows why the BB cream is not a perfect match for me. It's not properly blended (obviously)
so the difference is not quite that big afterwards, but still noticeable. But I think since taking
these photos I have already tanned despite sunscreen use.

* Even though the color of the cream is too dark, the shade is somewhat ok. Very yellow. Maybe too much.

* I'm guessing that for sun protection my skin likes Tinosorb S/BisEthylhexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenyl Triazine (UVA&UVB), Octinoxate/Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate (UVB and weak UVA) and Ensulizole/ Phenylbenzimidazole Sulfonic Acid (only UVB). This is similar to Pladerm's Dual Sun BB Cream that also doesn't break me out/clog my skin. Interestingly products with Diethylamino Hydroxybenzoyl Hexyl Benzoate have clogged me, but I don't know if it's the culprit.

* I would like to try other products from Canmake but I don't know how their other foundations are shade wise. I think something like Perfect Serum BB Cream looked quite orange/dark as a swatch. At least I know I should get the lightest possible shade.

* I have to say, it surprised me how small the tube is even though I knew it would be only 20 g. It is very tiny.

* My skin gets noticeably less oily with Canmake's BB Cream than Pladerm's BB Cream. However the color and shade of Pladerm is spot on. Both are not buildable and they cling to dry spots, to pimples, and hair. Pladerm is easier to apply, it's more runny. But it's very dewy as well and it adds to the sebum problem.

Price: 

 $12.69, Canmake website says 650 yen in Japan / 20 g 

Bought from: 

Ebay seller japan-beauty-of-quality

Buy again? 

If I tan. I guess it's maybe/no, maybe for summer. I wish there would be a lighter (and brighter yellow?) shade, then I would click several into my shopping cart immediately!

Worth the money? 

It annoys me how much more expensive it is outside of Japan. The tube is small. But it is very suitable for clog prone skin. If it is your shade, I do highly recommend it. It's definitely not for a cool toned or pale skin! Maybe it's more for normal-oily skin that doesn't have much bumps, because it does cling to my dry patches, but melts quite beautifully to my oily forehead.