REVIEW ON I'M FROM MUGWORT ESSENCE

Hi beautiful people,

A product that I gave in after the rave from friends and skincare community.

Mugwort has many names with scientific name Artemisia.  I'M From uses Artemisia Princeps from Korea.  There are food made from mugwort and I also eat them once in a while. 😁

So here is the I'm From Mugwort Essence review on my acne prone sensitive combination skin.

I'm From Mugwort Essence

I'm From Mugwort Essence

I'm From Mugwort Essence

I'm From Mugwort Essence

I'm From Mugwort Essence

I'm From Mugwort Essence

I'm From Mugwort Essence

I'm From Mugwort Essence

I'm From Mugwort Essence

I'm From Mugwort Essence

I'm From Mugwort Essence

I'm From Mugwort Essence

I'm From Mugwort Essence

This is a soothing essence made with the single ingredient of Mugwort Extract. The refreshing fluid formula adheres and absorbs into the skin to soothe sensitive skin and recharge moisture from within.

Packaging:  The pretty heavy glass bottle with the screw feels luxurious.  The opening of the bottle is just perfect for dispensing the essence into your hands.

Ingredients:  There is only one ingredient which is the Korean mugwort, Artemisia Princeps Extract 100% .  Still plant extract is a compound so I have no idea what is the exact other ingredient besides the artemisia and water inside this bottle.


Paraben free, sulfate free, alcohol free, silicone free, Eu allergen free. fungal-acne safe (malassezia).

So it is easy to know if you are allergic to mugwort.  Mugwort is one of the ingredients for calming hormonal acne.  It is also antibacterial so it is one of the ingredients that you can use daily without drying or giving you a burn like some essential oil can.


Texture and Scent:  This watery brownish clear essence just absorbs into skin fast without stickiness.  It very suitable for combination and oily skin type.  I pat it to my skin with my hands.   You can also use it for layering on a hot humid day.  As for the scent, it does have light scent of mugwort.  I am used to the strong scent of another varities but this is pretty light.

Review:  It has calming and hydrating effect on my skin.  It does reduce irritation, acne bumps on my face and heal it after using it for 3 weeks. The effect is not immediate but with consistent usage everyday.  It doesn't clogged or cause oiliness on my skin.  I like this mugwort essence and will continue using it.  Just becareful with the glass bottle.

Overall:  I think it is great gentle organic calming essence for acne prone skin and hormonal acne.



Product retails for
I'm From Mugwort Essence 160ml at Wishtrend
Made in Korea

At wishtrend: 7252756B (10% off) https://shorturl.at/TwsjP

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REVIEW ON BY WISHTREND SULFUR 3% CLEAN GEL

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Sulfur is an ingredient used since Egyptian civilisation to treat skin problems but this is the first time I see it appearing in Korean beauty products.  If you have acne prone skin like me, sulfur is one of the ingredients that you can check out.

So here is a review on By Wishtrend Sulfur 3% clean gel.

By Wishtrend Sulfur 3% clean gel

By Wishtrend Sulfur 3% clean gel

here is the video 

By Wishtrend Sulfur 3% clean gel

By Wishtrend Sulfur 3% clean gel

By Wishtrend Sulfur 3% clean gel

By Wishtrend Sulfur 3% clean gel

By Wishtrend Sulfur 3% clean gel

By Wishtrend Sulfur 3% clean gel

By Wishtrend Sulfur 3% clean gel

By Wishtrend Sulfur 3% clean gel

By Wishtrend Sulfur 3% clean gel

By Wishtrend Sulfur 3% clean gel

Sulfur 3% Clean Gel 
is a hydrating gel that helps with preventing acne, unclogging pores, and controlling existing breakouts. The ingredient, Collodial Sulfur penetrates pores to dry out the skin surface to absorb excess oil and dries out dead skin cells to unclog pores.

Usage:
Spot Area: Apply on spots by using cotton swabs at the last step of skincare.
Entire Face: Spread thinly all throughout the face at the last step of skincare.

Ingredients:
Aqua (Water), Methyl Trimethicone, Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, Sulfur, Acacia Senegal Gum, 1,2-Hexanediol, Cetearyl Alcohol, Sorbitan Isostearate, Polyglyceryl-3 Methylglucose Distearate, Glyceryl Stearate, Dicaprylyl Carbonate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Tocopherol, Caprylyl/Capryl Glucoside, Xanthan Gum, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Vinyl Dimethicone/Methicone Silsesquioxane Crosspolymer, Denatonium Benzoate, Disodium EDTA, Alcohol, Ethylhexylglycerin

Packaging: The yellow box comes with ingredients list in English as well in Korean.  The tube comes with a screw lid to avoid leaking during travelling.

Ingredients: As for the ingredient, it is a water based spot treatment and the sulfur being the star ingredient high in the list.  There are glycerin, vitamin E, hyaluronic acid so this product is not too drying.

No Artificial Colors, Oils or Fragrances. No Parabens. No Animal Testing. Sulphate free, silicone free, Eu allergen free.  Not fungal safe and it does have alcohol in it.

The ingredients that cause more fungal acne problems are Sorbitan Isostearate, Polyglyceryl-3 Methylglucose Distearate, Glyceryl Stearate.

The rest of ingredients are most for texture, scent controlled and solvent.  I am curious as why sufactant such as Glyceryl Stearate is inside this product though.


Scent and texture: It has more of a light lotion type instead of gel actually.  The light yellow gel absorbs into my skin leaving a matte finishing.  I could also use pimple patches on top of it without it coming off.  There isn't any noticeable scent.  It smell like how most unscented skincare products are.


Review:  I find that it is not drying at all even when I use it twice everyday.  It does treat underground acne which normally doesn't disappeared without treatment.  The underground pimples will come out as whitehead after a day.  As for whiteheads, it takes about 3days to disappear.  My acne such as whiteheads don't disappeared on its own without any intervention from powerful big gun acne treatments.

As for if it treats those red acne spot, you will need to add in some vitamin C or other brightening products since this sulfur is meant for treating acne.

Avoid this spot treatment if you have fungal acne since it will trigger more problems.  My jaw suddenly broke out in fungal acne.  Other part of my face is okay though.


Overall, By Wishtrend Sulfur 3% clean gel is a spot treatment for mild to moderate acne that needs a stronger acne treatment.  Not for fungal acne though.


Product retails for
By Wishtrend Sulfur 3% clean gel 30g at Wishtrend
Made in Korea

Discount code at Wishtrend: 7252756B (10% off)
Extra discount code: YueRain15 (15%) (up to 30 Jun)

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REVIEW ON SWANICOCO FERMENTATION PEPTINE EYE CREAM

Hi beautiful,

Dermatological brand with Ginseng extracted from a 100-year-old Ginseng (Panax Ginseng CA Mayer) as second ingredient followerd by all peptides, ceramide and effective plants goodness?

Have a look at this Swanicoco Fermentation Peptine Eye Care Cream which you can even use for your face.

Swanicoco Fermentation Peptine Eye Care Cream

Swanicoco Fermentation Peptine Eye Care Cream

Swanicoco Fermentation Peptine Eye Care Cream

Swanicoco Fermentation Peptine Eye Care Cream

Swanicoco Fermentation Peptine Eye Care Cream

Swanicoco Fermentation Peptine Eye Care Cream

Swanicoco Fermentation Peptine Eye Care Cream

Swanicoco Fermentation Peptine Eye Care Cream

Swanicoco Fermentation Peptine Eye Care Cream

Swanicoco Fermentation Peptine Eye Care Cream

Swanicoco Fermentation Peptine Eye Care Cream

Swanicoco Fermentation Peptine Eye Care Cream

Swanicoco Fermentation Peptine Eye Care Cream

Swanicoco Fermentation Peptine Eye Care Cream

The skin around the eyes are often the most delicate and the most susceptible to the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. Face care without eye care is not a complete beauty regime.
Swanicoco’s Fermentation Peptine Eye Care Cream is a symphony of nature and science, providing you with the gentlest yet effective eye care.

It is filled with popular dermatological ingredients such as Peptides and Ceramides. Peptides have anti-inflammatory properties, promotes collagen and elastin production. While Ceramides, are lipids that help repair and strengthen the skin’s natural barrier system.

It also contains prized ingredients such as wild ginseng roots and EGF (Epidermis growth factors, which are naturally occurring proteins in our bodies that declines as you age and hence the need for an external boost), both of which works to protect and revitalize your skin.

The special fermentation process breaks down these ingredients further, allowing it to penetrate easily deep into your skin, effectively nourishing and moisturizing your delicate skin around the eyes. A highly effective product in reducing wrinkles around the eyes and keeping the signs of ageing at bay.

How to use:
This could be the last step in your beauty regime, apply an appropriate amount on the areas around your eyes.  Use your fingertips to gently tap in the product

Ingredients:
Aspergillus/Rice Ferment Filtrate, Ginseng Callus Culture Extract, rh-Oligopeptide-1, Caffeoyl Tripeptide-1, sh-Octapeptide-4, Nicotinoyl Tripeptide-1, Acetyl hexapeptide-22, Butylene Glycol, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-38, Dictyopteris Polypodioides Extract, Stearic Acid, Niacinamide, Saccharomyces/Viscum Album (Mistletoe) Ferment Extract, Saccharomyces/Imperata Cylindrica Root Ferment Extract, Lactobacillus/Soybean Ferment Extract, Ceramide EOP, Glycerin, 1,2-Hexanediol, Polysorbate 60, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Saccharomyces/Asparagus Cochinchinensis Root/Lycium Chinense Root/Ophiopogon Japonicus Root/Panax Ginseng Root/Poria Cocos/Rehmannia Glutinosa Root Ferment Filtrate, Allantoin, Tocopheryl Acetate, Carbomer, Arginine, Centella Asiatica Extract, Magnolia Kobus Bark Extract, Scutellaria Baicalensis Root Extract, Polygonum Cuspidatum Root Extract, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Ruta graveolens Oil, Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract, Adenosine, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract, Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Leaf Extract, Citrus Grandis (Grapefruit) Fruit Extract, and Thujopsis Dolabrata Branch Extract

Swanicoco Fermentation Peptine Eye Care Cream comes in a tube which is really easy to dispense.  It is also a huge tube given that it is 45ml instead of the normal 15ml.  I think the price is justified for the amount of high grade ingredients inside this eye cream.  In fact, it is still cheaper than brands with ginseng in their eye cream.

As for the ingredients, I really love that Swanicoco put a lot of high grade ingredients in this tube of eye cream.  Fermented rice, ginseng, all the peptides, ceramides, centella asiatica, licorice, grapefruits and no colouring or added fragrance in it.

It is paraben free, sulfate free, silicone free, alcohol free, Eu allergen free. 
It is not Fungal Acne Safe since there are a lot of fermented ingredients.  I don't have problem using it on my eye's area though.

The cream is very light lotion and absorbs into my eye area keeping it hydrated.  It doesn't cause any milia or clogged pores which happen when you use something too heavy for your eye area.  There is no added scent but it does have very faint citrus scent.  I do think it keeps my eyes' area hydrated and reduce fine lines.


Overall, Swanicoco Fermentation Peptine Eye Care Cream is an affordable ginseng eye cream.

Shopping codes: Yuerain20

Product retails for
Swanicoco Fermentation Peptine Eye Care Cream (Tube) 45ml HERE
Made in Korea


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REVIEW ON ARZTIN REGENERATION NANOFIBER MASK

Hi beautiful,

Korean dermatologist skincare products from skin clinics?

Here is the review on Arztin Regeneration Nano fiber mask from Korea.  This is a mask made for especially sensitive skin even after procedures such as laser.

Arztin Regeneration Nano fiber mask

Arztin Regeneration Nano fiber mask

Arztin Regeneration Nano fiber mask

Arztin Regeneration Nano fiber mask

Arztin Regeneration Nano fiber mask

Arztin Regeneration Nano fiber mask

-Sold in skin clinics 

-Aired on Korean Beauty TV Show KBS Joy-Trend With Me 

- JTBC – MY MAD Beauty 3

It contains BASS 2 COMPLEX③ to promote skin regeneration and for elastic skin.
2. Brightening: Niacinamide and Bifida Ferment Lysate have a brightening effect.

① 3GF COMPLEX: 3 skin proteins (EGF, FGF, IGF) that help skin regenerating and prevent skin aging.
② EGF LIPOSOME: Essential ingredient for skin elasticity stabilized by coating with protein.
③ BASS 2 COMPLEX: Help regenerate skin cell. It helps make your skin elastic and healthy.

Packaging: The mask comes in red and white packaging with the Arztin logo for authenticity.  Inside the sheet mask comes protected by a piece of pearl paper (has holes).  The size of the sheet mask is pretty wide and big for my face.  It does have slits which making adjustment easy.  The flaps on the sheet mask for your eyes so that you can just lie on with this mask.

Ingredients:  no colouring, no Paraben free, sulfate free, alcohol free, silicone free, Eu allergen free.   The first ingredient is Nordenau water which is Germany' representative medical mineral water (known to be effective in curbing sugars and cholesterol). It also contains high-concentration calcium ions to prevent skin moisture loss and dryness.  The rest of the ingredients are to help speed up healing and hydrate your skin.  There is niacinamide which is good for brightening.

Other plant ingredients such as centella asiatica, panthenol, horse chestnut extract, caffeine, basil oil, mugwort are good for gentle hydration and healing.


Texture:  The sheet mask was soft and silky.  This mask sheet is 0.1 to 0.5 micrometer nanofiber mask and it can be used on any skin type.  There isn't any particular scent it.  The closest I can describe it how most unscented product smell like.

Review:  I was able to wear it for 30minutes up to 40minutes.   It was pretty easy to adjust this sheet mask.  It did adhere to my face but don't do too much physical actives such as jumping.  This sheet mask doesn't irritate my skin even when it was red from me picking on it.  It did calm down my skin and hydrate my skin.  My skin did look better and softer after it.

Overall:  Arztin Regeneration Nano fiber mask is a nice sheet mask for hydration and gentle care after skin procedures such as lasers.



Product retails for
Arztin Regeneration Nano fiber mask
Made in Korea




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5 REASONS FOR YOUR ACNE BREAKOUTS

Hi beautiful,

Acne won't kill you.  It is here to hound you and make you feel miserable.  No, it doesn’t magically disappeared overnight by going to bed.  Here are the 5 reasons that you have acne breakouts and how to deal with them in animation forms.  I hope that you will like them.

Here is the video version if you want to see animated version of this article.

1. Puberty

Growing up is hard enough but acne has to mess up your most exciting time.  The triggers are testosterone and androgen.  These hormones just change your skin structures and thus  all the sudden eruption all over your face.

If you are female there are chances that you will get acne even when you are over 21.

2.  Allergies

It is the hidden killer of your skin.  Your skin doesn’t have a mouth that you are poisoning it.  Contact dermatitis is skin allergies.  Everyone has different kind of triggers so get checked.  It could be anything from food such as dairy, sugar, gluten, fragrance, essential oils to rarer ones such as tea, snail, grass, pollen etc

3.  Cosmetics

For those that get their makeup done by others, dirty makeup brushes and low quality makeup can lead to irritation on the skin.

For skincare products, using too many skincare products at the same time without trying them out one by one for at least one month can just break your skin out.  Look into skincare products for your skin type and not what your favourite youtubers are using.

The non comedogenic is tested on rabbit’s ear and not on human so it isn’t accurate to how the skin products will work on your skin.

4.  Clothes

Just make sure to clean your hat, your glasses, change your bed sheets, gym bags and pillow cases every week.  Dust and oil on those clothing can trap unwanted stuff to your skin.

5.  Genetics

Some people just get the end of the short sticks.  So you can’t just the same bar soap for your face and your body else hell break loose.

So what are the solutions for this acne?

If you have access to dermatologists, then they will give you some options.  The last resort is usually accutance which has to be given by medical professional.  It is not a miracle with zero side effects though so read them up first before jumping to this head first.

Dermatologist can also prescribe you pill antibiotics and for females are birth control pills.  There are steroid injections but not recommended.

The topical products are usually just combination of antibiotic, benzoyl peroxide, BHA and AHA which you can buy from pharmacies. 

What if you just want to skip all these nonsense?

Of course you can.  Just read few thousands of articles, google up every single ingredient name from the ingredient list, 180 degree lifestyle changes, food changes and read up hundreds of reviews of skincare products. Good luck with that.

Before I leave it here, make sure to not buy into those weird natural remedies using lemon and vinegar on your face.

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FOOD REVIEW ON 10CENT COFFEE

Hi,

Millennials can't save money because we eat avocado toast and drink USD5 coffee😂

How many of you hear that often?

I don't even know how avocado toast taste like. As for the USD5 coffee, I think I had like less than 10times in my 30years of living.  While the blaming goes on and on , I am here with my RM3(USD0.70) which you can drink 8times.  So the maths came out to USD0.10 coffee.  If you want to be even more cheap then make it two cups so it will just be USD0.05😂 . 

You don't even need a coffee machine and it is not an instant coffee.  However, the coffee we have in Asia is actually robusta which has stronger caffeine.  'S' shop use Arabica so it has milder taste.

I have been drinking this Kluang coffee which comes in resealable zipper bag.  Inside, there are 8 coffee mixture bags.  Place one packet of the coffee bag  into your cup and then pour hot water into it.  Tadaa, coffee without all the trouble of cleaning those coffee machine.  It has 70% coffee beans, sugar and margerine.  I usually drink them with a little sugar.  It is also possible if you want to do cold brew.

To be even more frugal, you can use the leftover for your plant or for beauty.

Product retails for

Kluang coffee 8bags at RM3

Made in Malaysia

Available on Shopee,  Lazada and on Amazon .

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