๐Cruelty free is one of the reason for buying skincare products. ๐บKlair is one of the Korean brands that is cruelty free and to support the animal rights movement, Wishtrend has created its first Cruelty-Free Brand Week campaign which will be open for one week only:May 24 to May 31 2018. Here are the special codes and freebies that you can get when you shop at Wishtrend.
Wishtrend 2018:Free Codes And Freebies On Celebrating
Cruelty Free Brand
So here is the coupon and link:
Coupon: WISH0505 (extra 5% off) (can be combined with other promotions).
Referral code: 7252756B (10% off)
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Here is finally a post on 7 favourite ingredients for
acne prone skin that I have tested and use it to help clear my skin. I have combination (t-zone oily, normal on other place), acne prone skin that is prone to redness.
The ingredients recommended here are ingredients that I have been using and some I had used for more than 3 years. Still, there isn't one single ingredients that work with every skin type so do your research, test it on a small part of your face for at least 3 days first and don't try everything on your face all at once.
There are some people that are allergic with tea tree, some with BHA and some with neem so do your research too๐.
Also I didn't include azealic acid, tretinoin, BHA or snail inside this. The reason being I have not tried the products to talk about it(azealic acid&tretinoin) , have not met products that work (BHA) or the ingredient is not meant to clear acne. (snail is for healing&hydration).
1. Centella Asiatica
Centella asiatica
Centella asiatica has a lot of names from gotu kola, tiger grass (the tiger heal by rolling on it), pennywort. The component arrived from it are called Asiaticoside, Asiatic Acid, Madecassic Acid. So, the name with Cera, madecossine probably has their star ingredient as centella asiatica.
Centella Asiatica is 2017/2018 popular ingredient for calming the skin and acne.
I like centella asiatica in high concentration as it is actually a very mild ingredient and one would probably not see the effect if the centella asiatica is not high up on the ingredient list. Centella asiatica in topical form is to calm the redness, fasten the healing and reduce scarring. It doesn't have antibacterial or antifungal ability so so you need to pair it up with another ingredient that can clear those acne.
Centella asiatica is great for those that cannot use any sort of strong actives since most actives can burn the skin leaving it more prone to breakouts and sensitivity. One can wear it during the day since it doesn't have intoxication report. The plants itself can be consumed ☺ (I drank it fresh without sugar before for science but I would not recommend it- my stomach flip itself ๐ฃ. It is better cooked or in smoothies)
Centella asiatica has been one of the to go ingredients when my skin is raw and red from the acne breakouts and testing of products.
Neem is one of the ingredients that works for my skin. Neem is not for pregnant or breastfeeding mother since it has some sort of birth control ability in it. It works for people with hormonal acne and also for fungal acne. Combine it with some other ingredients, it just clear up the fungal acne that otherwise just stay and spread on my face.
I prefer the powder form since it doesn't have the stinky smell of the neem oil. I consume the powder if I have no time to apply it on my face. The powder can be consumed since it is from the leaves. Don't consume the neem oil because it is poisonous.
If you have hormonal acne, neem is great to help regulate the hormone and acne. It is a natural birth control in the past. As for male, it is best not to consume it but use it topically.
Ginger is great as a tea item and for food to deal with cold and inflammation. Drinking ginger tea with a little turmeric help with acne and to warm up the body. Some people find that their skin clear up with turmeric mask but be careful as it can dye your skin yellow and you will look weird.
For female, drink it on your monthly to help to warm up your body to reduce those cramps.
However, avoid ginger if you are having sore throat or migraine because of the heat.
Recommendation: Vicco turmeric cream
4. Mandelic Acid (AHA)
Mandelic acid
Mandelic acid is one type of Alpha Hydroxy Acid (AHA). It is made from bitter almonds. It is recommended for acne prone because it is anti bacterial, the weakest exfoliating acid if you count by the exact percentage of concentration, increase skin cell turnover rate and gently removing dead skin cells.
Mandelic acid that is 5%- to 10% is made for daily use on every skin type. It is best to use it daily at night to exfoliate the skin and accelerate the skin healing process at night.
Mandelic acid that is 20% is strong and should only be use twice or thrice in a month since you need a lot of healing time after that. Remember to use hydrating product after the 20% mandelic acid else the skin can burn. Don't combine it with other strong AHA, BHA, retinol or vitamin C on the same day as that is risking your skin to damage skin.
If you wanted AHA for your acne prone, try a mandelic acid first before trying other AHA because most people report back that it is easier to use mandelic acid and many see results of smaller pores, cleanser pores and lesser acne after they start using mandelic acid.
Tea tree( Melaleuca alternifolia) is a popular ingredients in topical products for acne prone skin. It is a common ingredients found in products for oily and combination skin. Do not apply pure essential oil on the skin because it will burn the skin, trigger the skin to produce more oil and cause more irritation to the acne. Now, tea tree water appears more in combination with other ingredients to calm the skin and be more gentle on the skin. Essence and serum that is made for acne usually use tea tree water to provide the benefits of antiseptic and gentle at the same time.
There are some people that develop allergic to tea tree products but then not everyone does. Tea tree oil product is antiseptic and antibacterial but then it doesn't work for fungal acne or hormonal acne.
Tea tree oil is not for consumption as it is toxic so only use it for external application. Sheet mask containing low amount of tea tree oil is great to calm the skin and treat the skin.
Recommendation: Naruko tea tree night gelly
Thursday Plantation tea tree oil (do not use it directly undiluted)
Aiken tea tree oil (local brand) 6. Green Tea
Green tea (camellia sinensis)
Green tea (camellia sinensis) is also one of my favourite ingredients for drinking since warm Japanese sencha always calm my skin. It is also one of cheapest ingredients for DIY sheet mask with compressed mask from Daiso. However, it is not recommended to drink it for during the time of the month especially if you tend to have stomach cramp since it is 'cooling' . Avoid green tea if you are someone with low iron since green tea reduce the ability to absorb iron.
If you do not have such problem, green tea has antioxidant to help with skin acne caused by eating too much heat food or lack of sleep.
However, it is a gentle ingredients mostly for calming. So, it is nice to use green tea as face mask or look for products with high concentration of green tea.
Recommendation: Japanese green tea
Isn tree green tea toner
TonyMoly The Chok Chok Green Tea Watery Cream (sorry have not try this one)
Nacific Fresh Green tea seed serum (the original name is Natural Pacific) (wish to try this one soon ๐ ) 7. Mugwort
Mugwort
Mugwort is know as Artemisia vulgaris or an ingredients which looks like weed. It is usually cooked or eaten as a dish for female cramp since it provides heat to the body. If one find that their stomach area becomes cold, then this is a good dish to eat.
There is a scent to it so it is also used to repel insect and moth. In skincare, it is anti inflammatory, antiviral and insecticidal.
It is not recommended if one have hypertension since it increased more blood flow and frequency of migraine. Digesting the oil is not recommended as it is toxic in the long term.
Recommendation: Hanyul Artemisia fresh calming water (hope to try this one soon๐)
Some of the first bottle are sent for review with no obligation, I bought the other skincare products myself.
However, the opinions expressed here are my own and honest as always.
*contains affiliate links. you won't get charged extra from buying from my link.please do use it if you like my blog ๐
I am sure you know that I am all about acne prone skincare products since I acne prone skin. Do you understand my pain of some people giving you unsolicited advise when they never have acne before? Oh, if only we could outgrown that acne phase just by using ONLY water. If only skincare is that easy ๐ถ๐.
I have been using this Korean serum for more than a month, iUNIK Tea Tree Relief Serum. This is a gentle and a plant based serum to treat acne and for even dry skin type.
iUNIK Tea Tree Relief Serum
iUNIK Tea Tree Relief Serum
iUNIK Tea Tree Relief Serum
iUNIK Tea Tree Relief Serum
iUNIK Tea Tree Relief Serum
iUNIK Tea Tree Relief Serum
iUNIK Tea Tree Relief Serum
iUNIK Tea Tree Relief Serum
iUNIK Tea Tree Relief Serum
iUNIK Tea Tree Relief Serum
iUNIK Tea Tree Relief Serum
iUNIK Tea Tree Relief Serum
iUNIK Tea Tree Relief Serum
iUNIK Tea Tree Relief Serum comes in a glass dropper style 50ml bottle. For the price of USD15.49, I think it is really affordable for the ingredients in it. The green colour comes from the ingredients and it has not synthetic colouring or fragrance in it.
What I like and find interesting is the simple ingredients consisting of Tea Tree Leaf Water 67%, Centella Asiatica Leaf Water 19.5% and the other 13.5 % are extract from plants and preservative.
There are butylene Gylcol, niacinamide, Broccoli extract, alfalfa extract, cabbage extract, wheat germ extract, rapeseed, radish seed, allantoin, beta glucan, adenosine, Ethylhexylglycerin and sodium copper chlorophyllin.
Sodium copper chlorophyllin is to reduce odor since not every plant smells like sugar and flowers since this product does not contain any added synthetic fragrance. It is a safe ingredients that had been using for a long time.
I like the short and simple ingredients. Still do check the ingredients list since there can be some people who are allergic to ingredients in it.
iUNIK Tea Tree Relief Serum is for calming the skin and to treat the acne at the same time. It does not dry my skin at all even when I only apply this serum as the last step since my place is at 35 Celcius (93 F) and humidity that is at least 92%.
Tea tree water is not the same as tea tree oil as it could be a steam distilled fraction from the leaves or is the left over after the tea tree oil is distilled from the plant. It contains part of the tea tree plant that are soluble in water and usually has a similar smell to the essential oil. So technicality no tea tree oil, but comes from the tea tree plant. In other words, tea water is much gentler that tea tree oil because tea tree oil usually will cause burn if it goes undiluted on the skin.
Terpinen-4-ol is a terpene that has an antibacterial and antifungal effect which is an active ingredient of tea tree oil. The water-soluble fraction identified as terpinen-4-ol, ฮฑ-terpineol, and 1,8-cineol. Terpinen-4-ol was able to diminish the production of TNF-ฮฑ, IL-1ฮฒ, IL-8, IL-10, and prostaglandin E2 by lipopolysaccharide-activated monocytes.
It means that it is a potential antioxidant. Tree Leaf Water 67% with Centella Asiatica Leaf Water 19.5% and other ingredients to soothe the skin irritation, whack the pimples into submission and then corn it with healing wound ingredients such as vitamin E, adenosine (for proper healing with no scars), anti-irritating and stimulate growth of healthy tissue.
Beta glucan, Broccoli, alfalfa, cabbage contains great antioxidants like vitamin A, C, and E work to support health function of immune cells and boost immune system. Our skin do absorb some product of what we put on our skin so serum does help the skin to heal faster.
iUNIK Tea Tree Relief Serum is a great nice gentle serum. The serum is unscented and it is a very watery liquid. It absorb almost immediately upon application on my skin. It is not drying at all given that I use it twice a day. My pimples actually get really tiny the next day and disappeared the day after. As for underground pimples, the one you can feel painful but there is no head to press, it does flatten them out and some immediately come up to a head the next day. I think it must be the high percentage of all the great ingredients put into this bottle of serum.
I actually stop using all my other acne products to try it for two days and the effect is still wonderfully fast and gentle. Given that the bottle is 50ml, I think it is a great deal and I myself would recommend it for someone who could not deal with strong BHA, AHA or just wanted something that they can use daily, show fast result but being gentle at the same time.
Overall, iUNIK Tea Tree Relief Serum is a great acne prone serum for all skin types. The simple short ingredients make it great for even sensitive skin like mine. Currently, it is one of my staple product for acne.
For more information, please visit official Unique4u website and iUNIK Korea.
Product is sent for my consideration. However, the opinions expressed here are my own and honest as always. *contains affiliate links. you won't get charged extra from buying from my link.please do use it if you like my blog ๐
Today is Skin and Lab Dr.Spot Clear Don't Touch Trouble made by Korean dermatologist laboratory.
This an acne spot treatment that I had drag the review to this day because I bought it and don't really have all the time to review everything. I had already finished this tube before writing this review to confirm my opinion on it. Besides, I must have caught some laziness symptom that I am unable to write much these few months.
So, here is the review on Skin and Lab Dr.Spot Clear Don't Touch Trouble.
Skin and Lab Dr.Spot Clear Don't Touch Trouble
Skin and Lab Dr.Spot Clear Don't Touch Trouble
Skin and Lab Dr.Spot Clear Don't Touch Trouble
Skin and Lab Dr.Spot Clear Don't Touch Trouble
Skin and Lab Dr.Spot Clear Don't Touch Trouble
Skin and Lab Dr.Spot Clear Don't Touch Trouble
Skin and Lab Dr.Spot Clear Don't Touch Trouble
Skin and Lab Dr.Spot Clear Don't Touch Trouble comes in a tube which is easy to dispense the product. The light yellowish gel smell of fresh leaves. The gel absorb easily into my skin easily. It does dry my skin.
The ingredients are of all natural extract that calm the skin and suitable for someone looking for plant based acne spot treatment. The ingredients are plant based such as Sophora Extract, Portulaca Extract, Dryopteris Crassirhizoma Nakai Extract, Plantain Extract, Akane Extract which is my opinion are just too gentle and more suitable for very mild acne and dry skin type. It doesn't have any 'actives' or strong ingredients that can exfoliate the skin.
For me, it only work for whiteheads, calm redness and get rid of the red acne marks. However, it is not effective for moderate acne, cystic acne, blackheads or fungal acne. Those other type of acne needs something much more stronger than this gentle calming spot treatment. The great thing about this Skin and Lab Dr.Spot Clear Don't Touch Trouble is that you can apply a lot of it on your skin without worrying that your face will turn red or burn your skin out of it.
If you have more than just whiteheads, I think you would probably need other stronger acne treatment products than just relying on this Skin and Lab Dr.Spot Clear Don't Touch Trouble. You can use it alone but I think you won't see much result compare to combining with an exfoliating toner or serum.
Overall, Skin and Lab Dr.Spot Clear Don't Touch Trouble is suitable for someone with very mild acne, loving plant ingredients, dry skin, redness and cannot use any stronger actives.
Product retails for
Skin and Lab Dr.Spot Clear Don't Touch Trouble 15ml Rm46 in Althea.
For more information, please visit Skin&Lab official website.
Product is not sponsored.
However, the opinions expressed here are my own and honest as always.
Today is a review to deal with those pesky red acne scars after the acne left your face. It is the sign of damaged skin (wound) on your face that should be treated gently.
Here is the By Wishtrend TECA 1% Barrier Cream that is made to deal with the aftermaths of the acne. It is not for fixing the 'holes' on the face. This is a transparent cream for hyperpigmentation and red acne scars or what people called Post inflammatory Erythema. (PIE)
By Wishtrend TECA 1% Barrier Cream has a beautiful teal plastic tube which is easy for dispensing product.
As for the ingredient list, this is one of the product that doesn't contain Butylene Glycol so it can be a choice for someone that wants to avoid this ingredient.
Centella asiatica extract which are Asiaticoside, asiactic acid and madecassic acid are somewhere in the middle of the list which make the products a bit slower to show effect since centella asiatica are know to be mild.
Glyceryl Stearate is EcoCert certified which offers skin conditioning, moisturization and hydration due to the glycerin. Cetearyl Alcohol is used fatty acid is used as emollient, emulsifier or thicker. PEG 40 - Hydrogenated Castor Oil is used as a solubilizer, emulsifier, and surfactant in cosmetics. Cyclopentasiloxane& Dimethicone are for the texture of the products which explains the silky slippery texture which most people describe as silicone feeling.
Tromethamine is to mask the scent of the product.
Allantoin as hydrating agent.
Other ingredients are emulsifier, lubricant,binders and etc.
By Wishtrend TECA 1% Barrier Cream is made for dry acne prone skin and for the post recovery of acne so it might feels slight oilier on oily or combination skin type(don't apply too much).
It has this silky slippery texture which resembles makeup primer for oil control. If you love to use vaseline on your face which I do not recommend if you have oily acne prone skin and live in the hot humid weather, I am sure you will like the texture of this cream very much.
So, the application is very smooth with a matte transparent look. It is suitable under makeup since it doesn't flakes. It doesn't contain added synthetic fragrance so I can't smell anything from application on my face.
By Wishtrend TECA 1% Barrier Cream protect the skin by creating a barrier of moisture around the wound and calm the skin with the centella asiatica. If you are the type that use vaseline when apply the skin at night for moisture or after cut yourself, I think apply this cream would be better and offer the same protection.
I use it as spot treatment on the area where I pick the acne twice a day at night before my moisturiser. It helps to keep the area moist, doesn't sting, heal the skin when I pick on my skin (I am just a human being ๐ ) and fade those red and black acne scars. It took around 5 days to reduce the red scars (depending on the size of your scar) from the PIE. However, it doesn't get rid of existing cystic or those underground acne as it is for a post recovery barrier cream.
Overall, By Wishtrend TECA 1% Barrier Cream is a mild post recovery acne cream for acne skin type to deal with damaged broken skin and lighten those red acne scars. A post recovery product for anyone that want to avoid Butylene Glycol.
Product retails for
By Wishtrend TECA 1% Barrier Cream 30ml / 1.05oz HERE
Made in Korea
Amazon Link Here
For September 2018:
Coupons: HEYSEPT (extra 5% off) (can be combined with other promotions)
Referral code: 7252756B (10% off)
For more information, please visit official Wishtrend website and Wishtrend Facebook . Product is sent for my consideration. However, the opinions expressed here are my own and honest as always.
*contains affiliate links. you won't get charged extra from buying from my link.please do use it if you like my blog ๐
'Simple but enough' is the principle of Klairs skincare products hail from Korea.
For one to look good without heavy makeup, one need to place importance on skincare. If you could spend 1 hour placing makeup on your face, you should also place equal effort if not more on your skincare.
I have been loving the Klairs Midnight Blue Youth Activating Drop and Klairs freshly juiced Vitamin E mask so here is a night skincare routine that I have been doing for a beautiful glowing effortless skin with minimal makeup.
Klairs freshly juiced Vitamin E mask
I only have my lip product on this photo.
Step 1: Use an oil cleanser at night to remove your sunscreen and makeup.
Ingredients:
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Cetyl Ethylhexanoate, Isononyl Isononanoate, PEG-7 Glyceryl Cocoate , Isopropyl Myristate, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil, Sesamum Indicum (Sesame) Seed Oil , Ribes Nigrum (Black Currant) Seed Oil , Tocopheryl Acetate , PEG-20 Glyceryl Triisostearate , Polysorbate 20, Fragrance, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter) , Carapa Guaianensis Seed Oil, Vaccinium Macrocarpon (Cranberry) Seed Oil
- One should put effort into cleansing at night.
- Oil cleanser helps to remove the sunscreen particles from the pores better without the harsh rubbing on the skin
Step 2: second cleanser
-Follow up with a second cleanser to remove any residue from the skin
-Use a foam or gel cleanser. Use a cleanser that is not irritating and mild for the skin.
- balance out the skin pH level
- to hydrate and calms sensitive skin after cleansing
- a hydrating toner help the absorption of other skincare products into the skin
- Vitamin C helps to build collagen and help speeding up the healing of the skin
- Brighten the skin, fasten the fading of acne scars
- Few drops of it onto my skin after hydrating toner is more gentle on my skin
- I have been loving this fun pudding texture of sleeping mask which light but hydrate my skin enough
- this mask can be used as night moisturiser in itself
- contains vitamin C and vitamin E is it for moisturising and healing dry skin
- has brightening, moisturizing and anti-aging.
Klairs freshly juiced Vitamin E mask
Since early 2017, the Korean trend of skincare has moved to have a short simple routine which is about 5-7 steps which include products that are effective for the skin and has nice texture. This simple routine does make my skin glowing and easy to remember.
Klairs and By Wishtrend Vitamin C 21.5 are Made in Korea.
Products are available in Hermo Malaysia.
For more information, please visit official website. Some of the products are sent for my consideration.
However, the opinions expressed here are my own and honest as always.
