Hi Beauties,

Its Sunday today and it's raining season where I am staying in Malaysia. So, today I am back with a review on skincare rather than makeup which is the Tony Moly Aloe Daily Fresh Sheet Mask. Tony Moly is a Korean brands which is quite affordable for those who love to use sheet masks everyday or maybe twice or thrice per week. Sheet mask basically soaked with all the essence and all those good stuff to boosts your skin with hydration in 15-20 minutes. It normally leaves your skin feel very soft, smooth and supple.

The claims of this mask from the Tony Moly Website

A mask sheet with aloe that moisturize and soothes the skin

Tony Moly US

Ingredients:

Water, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Sodium Citrate, Xanthan Gum, Betaine, Allantoin, Panthenol, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Disodium EDTA, Sodium Hyaluronate, Hamamelis Virginia (Witch Hazal) Extract, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, PEG-60 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Chlorphenesin, Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) root, Japonica Root Extract, Zingiber Officinale (Ginger) Root Extract, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Fragrance

Aloe Daily Fresh Mask Sheet

This is the packaging of the sheet masks.

Inside of the packaging, it contains 10 pcs of sheet masks. As you can see from the picture above, you can see that i am left with 1 pcs of this masks. So, I have been using it for some time. In fact, this is my second packet of this sheet masks. The sheet mask is in a resealable bag but the masks will not dry out eventhough I have opened it for a month at least.

The material of this sheet mask is a soft cotton. It is quite a thick cotton compared to the more expensive masks from Tony Moly.

As you can see, the mask does not fit my face perfectly at the nose area, but I have a wide nose . Its fine for me. But the rest of my face is covered by the sheet mask pretty well. But if you have a larger face than me, I dont think this sheet mask will be able to cover your whole face perfectly. 

My review

 I would rate this mask a 7/10

Advantages

• It is definitely hydrating.
• After removing the mask, it does not leave a sticky residue which most affordable masks tend to do so, and I hated that feeling of stickiness on my face.
• It does not dry out even after opening, but you must seal it after usage.
• It is easy to apply, it does not slip and slide around you face, which means that you can walk around with the masks on your face without worrying that it will fall off your face.
• It does leave your face soft and supple with lots of moisture on your face.
• It is easy to store as it is all in this one packaging where I can keep or bring around for travelling easily.
• Really affordable

Disadvantages

• It contains fragrance and it did not state that it is phthalate free. Phthalate is a component used in Fragrance and it allows the company to state 'Fragrance' instead of the ingredients that they used for the fragrance. The fragrance on this masks is not over-powering. it has a slight scent of Aloe Vera (Nature Republic Aloe Vera Gel) but it is not the natural smell of aloe vera though. It is fine for me.
• The size of the mask is a little too small where my upper lips and nose are not fully covered by the mask. I am afraid that someone who has a larger face size than me would not be able to cover their whole face perfectly in this mask.
• It may not be hygenic as it is all stored in one packaging where you opened and seal it many times before you are able to use finish all the 10 pieces of the mask.

Recommentdations:

This mask will be perfect for those who just started out using sheet masks. It is a really good mask to start as it is not sticky but also hydrating enough. If you are looking for a mask that will brighten your skin complexion, this is not the mask for you. This is mainly just for hydration. I do not recommend to use it daily as too much of something is not a good thing. For daily use, I would recommend to use different types of masks instead of one type of masks. This mask is also really affordable and easily obtained online or in stores.

Price:

RM39.90 in Malaysia in Tony Moly Stores

$9 in USD from Tony Moly US.

Please let me know what you think if you tried it. Thanks for reading. Till next time.

Hi beauties,
Today I will be reviewing the lipstick from Shu Uemura. It is the ROUGE UNLIMITED SHEER SHINE lipstick. Shu Uemura is a Japanese brand which is popular for the CLEANSING OIL. I am going to review this soon but I can tell you that I used the purple, blanc chroma and the pink one which is the sine-free version, both are really awesome but I love the purple one a little bit better. Now, back to the lipstick.

In CR350

The claims on Shu Uemura website :

The new rouge unlimited sheer shine is a lightly melting lipstick enhanced with hybrid pigments to create a beautiful sheer finish. The formula blends easily with your own lip color and lets you create a one-and-only style all of your own with magnified shine and vibrant color. A fusion of natural emollients provides superb moisture to the lips that is ultra comfortable to wear. Your lips will love the smooth and lightweight sensation and bright sheer coverage. The soft melting texture of the new lipstick formula contains macadamia nut paste mix and candelila extract wax to give a glossy finish and easy spread ability. 
This lipstick is created with an incredible new technology: shu uemura’s 2nd generation hybrid pigments produces a more vivid, wider range of color while retaining the pureness and transparency.

Basically, breaking it down to :
-It has pigments which creates a beautiful shine finish with shine and a vibrant colour.
-Moisturising
-Lightweight and sheer coverage

http://www.shuuemura-usa.com/product/rouge-unlimited-sheer-shine,default,pd.html?dwvar_rouge-unlimited-sheer-shine_color=RD%20164

Below are the swatches of the Shu Uemura Rouge Unlimited Sheer Shine Lipstick in CR350

One Swipe

Three Swipes

Me wearing the Lipstick in CR350

Bare Lips

With Shu Uemura CR350

From the bullet

My review on this lipstick will be rated a 8/10.

Advantages:

• It does live up to the claim that it is moisturizing. It does not dry up my lips even though I wore it for more than 8 hours on my lips, It is like a tinted lip balm but of course not as moisturising as a lip balm as well as not as healing.
• It is not highly pigmented but it is not a lipstick that has a poor pigmentation as well. With this lipstick, you won't get a full pigmentation on a single swipe. It is not that sheer that when you put it on, it gets streaky and hard to build and layer up. It layers beautifully and it is a lipstick that you can reapply without a mirror.
• It is definitely lightweight. If you know how a lip balm feels like, it is just like putting on a lip balm. It has that emollient texture which most shiny lipstick do have which is good as it is not as drying as a matte lipstick.
• It does not cling to dry patches on the lips. Because it is quite emollient, it is really easy to glide across the lips. I have no problem using this even though I have dry patches on my lips. It is quite forgiving on my lips.
• I love the colour CR350. To me, it is a corally-red colour which suits all skin-tone. The colour is really unique to this lipstick. I never seen other lipstick with this colour. It is pink, with a little red and orange at the same time. On my pigmented lips, it came out more to a dark pink but the color differs with how pigmented is your lips.

Disadvantages:

• It is not a long-wearing lipstick. If you are looking for something that you can wear for 2 to 3 hours without fading, this will not be the lipstick for you. After eating, i will have to reapply and even without eating, it does not last on me. ( I tend to smack my lips a lot ). A long-lasting lipstick are mostly drying, so this will not be ideal if you need a lipstick that will last whole day without touching up.
• It can bleed on my lip line. I have no idea why lipstick tends to bleed on me, but this do bleed but just a tiny bit. It is fine for me, because it look fine as it is not that obvious but you can fill in your lips with a MAC PROLONGWEAR lip liner to solve this problem.
• It is quite expensive for a lipstick. Retailing at $30 in the US and RM88 in Malaysia.

Price point: 

• $30/RM124 (Conversion of USD to MYR)
• RM88 in Malaysia

My recommendation for those who wants this lipstick:

Definitely purchase the colour CR350 as this is the most unique colour in the bunch. For those that are travelling to Malaysia, you should drop by to Shu Uemura counter to purchase this as it is cheaper. Basically, most HIGH-END makeup are cheaper in Malaysia compared to the US. Ie, Chanel, Burberry and Dior are definitely few of the high-end brands that you should shop if you are form the US/UK to Malaysia.

Thanks for reading. Till next time. Have a nice day!!