My Heart is Crushed: LANEIGE

I've been in love with Laneige's Water Sleeping Pack_EX which is the BEST Sleeping Pack/Mask for me, I put it in a pedestal and is now my measurement for a good sleeping mask in case I try new ones (you can check my amazement with the product here).

And so when Laneige released a firming and then an updated version, I got excited! checked my wallet to see how much more should I make tipid to get them and voila! got them last year.

So are they good enough? Well my intro photo is a hint.

Laneige Firming Sleeping Pack
Already in my late 20's (it's inevitable, I'll be out of the calendar soon!) I just new that my skin needed some firming and all the anti-aging sheesh because they say, once you hit the land of 30s, lines, wrinkles and sagging will suddenly knock on your door and barge-in in your life with or without your permission.  And so even though a lot of people couln't guess my real age (yes! baby face lang) a little help of firming from Laneige Firming Sleeping Pack is very much welcome.

I saw an ad about this product that the pudding like pack will restore its form after sometime no matter how many times you jiggle or break it.  Sounds amazing but I thought "what will that do to firm my face, will the product particles once in my face will contact each other and say "Let's Bolt In? what a gimmick!".

Apple AC Therapy Sleeping Pack

Will an apple a day keeps a doctor away?

Baviphat Apple AC Theraphy Sleeping Pack

The official website of Bivaphat is in korean so I can't give you the exact description of this product but based on my research Baviphat Apple AC Theraphy Sleeping Pack is a wash off type mask recommended to those with troubled and sensitive skin type and with the various fruit acid the product contains, it helps in removing dead skin cells making the skin soft and brighter.

top+front+back+side with expiration date
Inside the apple~ish packaging is a small,very tiny spoon that I think is useless.  I guess I need to scoop at least 5 times and that's a waste of time so I usually just pour the sleeping pack in my hands.

inside the cute packaging with a tiny spoon
It's yellowish in color with a texture similar to a failed experiment of a person who for the first time tried to make an egg pudding out of desperation to have something sweet (^_^) meaning it's thick but still a little runny (in between emulsion and cream) and the smell reminds me of Nestea In Apple flavor.

the contents

How do I use this sleeping pack?  After washing and toning my face, I spend at least 7 minutes in spreading and massaging the pack on my face.  Next, I let the pack settle on my skin which takes around 8 minutes.  After this ritual, I usually feel that something watery is on my face yet when  I touch it it's not damped at all.  It's Magic.  My face is moisturize inside and out.

So what I hate about this product? Nothing!
What I love this sleeping pack? Nothing!

How about the magical moisturizing effect that I've mention?  Like the power of Cinderella's fairygodmother, the magic don't last long.  After washing in the morning, my face returns to it's former dry glory.

Overall, Baviphat Apple AC Therapy Sleeping Pack is a neutral product to me.  It doesn't improve the state of my sensitive dry skin nor heal my pimples but it also doesn't give me breakouts (which is good!).  Maybe this is just really for someone with troubled skin type.  Anyway I'll just use it as a massage cream every after two days.

Thanks for reading.  Till then.  Bye!

The Face Shop Lovely me:ex Waterful Grapefruit Mask

Remember this cute pic?  Yes, it's from my The Face Shop Haul post and I will now share my thoughts on the product.

There are 3 Kinds in this line:

Waterful Grapefruit Mask - A sleeping mask pack with fresh juicy grapefruits to enrich the skin with moisture to revitalize and hydrate tired and dry skin.

Magic Pink Powder Mask - A wash off mask pack with Calamine and Salicyclic Acid for a flawless solution in easing skin problems and provides care for troubled skin areas by softening flacky, dead skin cells.

Pore Ghassoul Mask - A  wash off mask pack of Ghassoul sourced from Morocco contorls sebum, a culprit of pore clogging. It gently removes dirt and impurities to smooth out uneven skin surface.

*photos from The Face Shop's Website

The one that I got is the Waterful Grapefruit Mask and thank God for the english description and instructions on one side of the box.

Directions:

Apply once or twice a week after toner in the evening.  Smooth gently over face evenly, avoiding eye and mouth areas.  Allow mask to remain on face overnight.  Then rinse off with lukewarm water next morning.

Caution:

1.  Discontinue use if signs of irritation appear.

2.  Keep out of reach of children.

The grapefruit smell didn't bother me when I sampled (in my hands) it in the store.  But I feel dizzy whenever I applied it on my face.  But it might just me.  Why?  Because I hate the smell of grapefruit.  I have the same feeling when i used a grapefruit variant body wash.  Anyway the smell goes away after a minute.

~looks like a pudding~

It almost has the same texture with panna cotta, only creamier.  The cream itself is in peach color.  The packaging is oh so cute and has a plastic lid on top of the cream when open.  I use this twice a week or whenever my face feel super dry.  The result?  Instant smoothness.  It also makes my skin softer the next morning.  Moisturize? yes. Hydrates? no, as I feel that my face is dry again after a day.

Can anyone translate this for me???

That's it.  Thanks for reading.  Till then.  Bye!