Hong kong Trip

Went to hk early this month n bought lots of skincare products! Esp from sk2.. Haha. Surprisingly, sk2 is much cheaper in hk than in japan! N i got plenty of free gifts!!

Sk2 facial treatment clear lotion

I first got to try these as i bought a starter 14 days trial kit which consist of a small bottle of this, a 75ml facial treatment eccense, a tiny tub of skin signature cream, a piece of facial treatment hydrating mask and some cotton pads. I was a bit skeptical about using this on my skin as it contains a tiny bit of bha and aha.. My skin did not react well (brokeout) with paula's choice bha thus i thought my skin just dosent like bha.

I pour this generously onto the cotton pad provided and wipe it through my t zone first follow by my cheeks. It did not sting at all and the cotton pad came off a little yellowish though ive just cleansed my skin with an aha/bha cleanser! Just after 1-2 use, i noticed that the pores on my nose looks almost gone and the blackheads are almost nowhere to be seen! (i do not have terrible strawberry nose but i do have visible pores with tiny black dots when i look closely at my nose but now they are gone!)

I use it in conjunction with the facial treatment eccense and skin signature cream.

Scary yea? (the cotton pad) lol

毛穴 powder

Bought this pore powder from the drugstore at only about sgd$20! I was rather reluctant to try cosmetics from the drugstores as im very breakout prone so i feel safer to buy higher ends products.. But this powder is highly raved in cosme.net (a review site for all cosmetics and skincare in japan) so i decided to try it out.

Been using for about a month (everyday) and no breakouts!! It contains some moisturising ingredients too. Totally not drying though it seems to control oil rather well.

Coverage.. Needless to say! Amazing! See my photos! It covers very well without looking too heavily made up and dosent clog the pores.. Amazing powder! Im not using anything under nor on top of this powder.

This comes in 3 shades and i bought the medium beige (for normal skin tone). It also comes with a really soft and fluffy sponge! Love it!

Sk2 facial treatment eccense

Many of my friends claim that this fte is a "miracle water" (as advertised in singapore) so i decided to give it a try when my skin condition was really bad and im glad i did! Indeed, i didnt get any new pimple while using this and the pores on my cheeks looks much smaller. However, i feel its not moisturising enough as my skin gradually got rough.. Not bumpy. Just rough. It looks great (no bumps no pimples, even coloured) but the touch is not what im looking for..

Nevertheless, im continuing using it and at the same time try my best to moisturise it more. I started out using cotton pad but i felt that might be the reason why my skin felt dry so recently i changed to patting it on by my hands. So far so good. It never fails to calm my skin down whenever my skin condition is bad. If the touch of my skin is smooth, i guess i can say its my miracle water too!!

Collagen jelly!!

This is rated no.1 in cosme.net (a japanese beauty review/ranking site). It has only about 1000mg of collagen but contains 108 types of herbs, vegetables and fruits! Its the first time i see such a long ingredient list in a collagen supplement!

Pros:
-Delicious (taste like grapefruit jelly)
-Easy to bring around
-Contains lots of herbs, ingredients n fruits
-No hassle since you do not need to mix with any drink etc
-reasonable priced (about sgd50 for a month)

Cons:
None

Results:
I started taking 2 sticks for few days then reduced to 1 per day as instructed. Im not taking this consistently as im taking fancl htc collagen powder too so i cant comment about the results but its a very convenient way to get collagen!

Eyebrow embroidery

I usually have my eyebrow embroidery done up at a salon name 'sophia's brow house' which is highly raved in a forum name 'flowerpod'. it is very cheap. sgd$178 with a free facial, free touch up and a free eyebrow cream to be applied after the embroidery is done. Im very satisfied with the service there though the staffs are rather pushy. sophia herself is ok. The eyebrow embroidery is not painful at all as they actually put some cream to numb the brows before they start with the embroidery process. the first time I did my eyebrow embroidery was at another place, they didnt apply anything for me before starting the embroidery n it was a super painful n unbearable process but YET i went back to the same place for 1 touch up again since i know no other place at that time and the worse thing was.. the touch up tat time wasnt free! so I paid to get myself pain hehe. wats worse.........the shape is terrible! everyone said i look like a mosquito! lol. it was unbalance and too arch.. a very bad experience.. so after my brows had faded, I decided to try sophia's brow house n i like my brows alot better! (looked a bit thick at first but very natural after it has faded. dont really like too thin brows)! painless experience is great too! BUT one thing tat is not very good is I felt tat the brow colour is a bit light after it peeled.. maybe thats y its better go back for a touch up again before i fly back to japan but I usually do not have enough time for it... 

Immediately after the embroidery

This is after peeled (about 4 days later)

Somehow I felt I look much better before the eyebrow peel though it does looks a little dark.. but after it has peeled off, it seemed a tad too light.. sometimes im wondering if i should draw myself (self touchup)... 


Few years back, sophia brow house was situated in Marine Parade Central (the shop that i went for the first time). Then, they opened a 2nd shop at bugis so i went there for touchup the last time i went back to singapore. Im glad that there is no expiry date to my touchups since i only go back to singapore like once every 1-2 years.. hehe. Recently, i heard that they opened a 3rd shop! seems like business is good huh lol. 


Im considering if i try the highly raved salon 1 at bishan the next time.. but they are always fully booked and i need to book many months in advanced which is kind of difficult!

La roche posay effaclar k

i used to have clear skin until one sudden breakout. since then, i have been experiencing frequent breakouts and also clogged pores(white heads) especially at the side of my face. after using effaclar k for about 2 weeks, my whiteheads are 90% gone! one side cleared up and the other side with a few. my strawberry nose also improved alot and at times it looks so poreless too. its totally not drying for my combi skin. i used it together with the effaclar toner and active matte moisturiser.

started out using it on its own without the same series's toner and moisturiser and it works very well too! i tried stopping it for a while and my clogged pores didnt come back. but i realise im more prone to scarring(i have the tendency to squeeze my blackheads at the side of my face) when im not on effaclar k..

Not using anymore after moving to japan as LRP is not readily available here.. Would love to use it again if i see it again here!

Ingredients: Aqua/Water, DI-C12-13 Alkyl Malate, Cyclohexasiloxane, Propylene Glycol, Aluminium Starch Octenylsuccinate, PEG-100 Stearate, Glyceryl Stearate, Salicylic Acid, Cetyl Alcohol, PEG-4 Dilaurate, PEG-4 Laurate, Zinc PCA, Sodium Hydroxide, Capryloyl Salicylic Acid, Xanthan Gum, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamate, PEG-4, Parfum/Fragance.