Review: Hakuhodo Snow Brush Set

I've purchased some makeup brushes from Hakuhodo in the past few months and this Snow set is my current favorite. Hakuhodo offers limited-edition brush sets at each stores in Japan, and Snow Set is LE for Christmas that is sold exclusively at Hakuhodo Osaka Takashimaya. I've actually never been there, I called them to send it to me and I received it the next day.

Review: Cosme Decorte Marcel Wanders Collection 2015 Face Powder

The most exciting product for me from the whole Winter 2015 collections is this very special Cosme Decorte face powder designed by Marcel Wanders, a Dutch designer, who designs for a lot of Cosme Decorte products. I received my reserved box on Dec 1st and I have to say this powder is DIVINE. Couldn't be happier with the purchase.

Sample Review: Albion EXCIA AL Cream and Emulsion foundations

Albion EXCIA AL Superior Cream Foundation has been on my wish list for a while. I just can't forget how wonderful my face looked with it. Recently my Albion SA gave me some more samples of the cream foundation and their emulsion foundation named Moist Emulsion Compact VX, so here are my thoughts on these two.

Sample Review: Elegance Costume Skin EX Foundation and Modeling Color Base EX UV

I'm still looking for better foundations. ADDICTION Tinted Skin Protector had been my favorite but after using it for a month, I noticed it clogs my pores. It's probably because of its high SPF component.

I've tested cream and emulsion foundations from Albion Excia AL (will post a review soon) and the cream one was amazing. Definitely the best foundation I've ever tried, but it's pretty pricey ($200 for 30g/1oz). And I found some reviewers saying that Elegance cream foundation is similar to the Excia foundation so I thought I should give it a try. Elegance is a luxury makeup brand from Albion.

Review: THREE Balancing Cleansing Oil

I've wanted to try THREE Balancing Cleansing Oil for quite a while because I get many orders for it. In Japan, for the past 5 or more years, everyone used to say that cleansing oils are exactly what make your skin dry out as they take off all sebum. I have dry to combi skin and I hadn't used cleansing oils for years, and I found milk and cream cleansers are certainly gentle but some are too gentle and don't even remove makeup especially when you're wearing sunscreen with high spf or heavy foundation. So I was looking for a good cleansing oil or better cream one, and I purchased two products. One is my current favorite cleanser, Cosme Decorte AQ Meliority Cleansing Cream (review coming soon), and I use this THREE one 2 or 3 days a week.