Miniel Skinlab Hydraque Boost Serum & Hydraque Gel Mask Review

I know many of you haven't heard of this new brand from Malaysia, Miniel Skinlab. As a Malaysian, I really feel so proud to look at these two beauty hydrating combo, especially the packaging. Then i was awestruck by the amazing texture of the gel mask.
Their mission and vision are to create stress free skincare products and to make skincare a routine people enjoy and love. I am all about the stress-free products! And I'm looking forward for more of their products.

Looking at their packaging is a joy for me, and I think that's relatable with their mission whic is to create stress free skincare products.
Do you know that these two products are Halal certified? I think it's a good move and genuine business, because the ladyboss does concern and care about the majority muslim in Malaysia.

So let's continue on my thoughts about these two products of them!

Miniel Skinlab Hydraque Boost Serum:

Description:

The best sidekick to add to your skincare regime. It’s formulated with awesome ingredients to revitalise & hydrate skin from the inside out for smoother, softer, younger looking skin.

-Mixture of Fermented Yeast Extract and Amino Acids: Prevents pre-mature skin aging.
-Sodium Hyaluronate: Locks in moisture and collagen for youthful and moisturised skin

My Thoughts:

The packaging is frosted glass pump bottle, the colour is mint blue, the texture is very lightweight,and the scent is very soft & fresh & nothing strong.

This booster serum has only 8 ingredients, and it does what it claims. I can see that it hydrates, it has a cooling effect on my skin and thus the calming & soothing feels great. I personally feel this serum exceed my expectation, because this is such a great daily serum, and it makes my other skincare absorbs well too. I almost sceptical with the satin like finish, but it does give me the satin-like skin after application. I only try this for few weeks, I will love to see the result more after another one month.🖤

Ingredients:
Aqua, Glycerine, Saccharomyces Lysate, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Hyaluronate, PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Ethylhexylglycerin, Fragrance, CI42090

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Miniel Skinlab Hydraque Gel Mask:

Description:

Get ready to glow with this refreshing gel mask! It’s packed with skin-loving goodness to hydrate & nourish skin, leaving it radiant, plump & youthful. Just the way you like it!

-Precious Kudzu Extract: Perfect to reduce redness and inflammation
-Sodium Hyaluronate: Moisturises and reduces fine lines
-Variety of Fruit Extracts: Your hydration booster

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My Thoughts:

The texture is actually so amazing, it’s a lightweight I almost thought I was putting a gel moisturizer instead, the scent is so refreshing, it comes in a glass frosted jar with spatula.

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My skin feels very cool (not mint) when I applied it, and when I rinse it off after 20 mins, my skin didn’t feel dry or tight, but soft & supple. I can feel it hydrated & soothed my skin. I personally do love this mask because if the cooling effect, and also the soothing part. It feels amazing.

Ingredients:

Aqua, Pueraria Lobata Root Extract, Butylene Glycol, Phenoxyethanol, Citurllus Lanatus (Watermelon) Fruit Extract, Pyrus Malus (Apple) Fruit Extract, Les Esculenta (Lentil) Fruit Extract, Sodium Lactate, Sodium PCA, Carbomer, Glycerin, Sodium Hyaluronate, Allantoin, Triethanolamine, PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Disodium EDTA, Ethylhexylglycerin, Fragrance, CI 42090

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Conclusion:

Hydrating, soothing, cooling, & calming. The combination of both them in one routine has brighten up my skin! It is also a Halal-certified products!

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Disclaimer:

A collaboration PR gift from @miniel.skinlab & @butterflyproject.my but my review is what I had experience.

THE FACE SHOP YEHWADAM Pure Brightening Skincare Line Review

THE FACE SHOP  Yehwadam Pure Brightening;

A Korean Traditional Herb Skincare Line

I have received this set of skincare line from THE FACE SHOP Malaysia in early January. THE FACE SHOP did asked me what my skin concern before deciding to sent me this Yehwadam Pure Brightening Line. These past few months my skin concerns are dull and tired skin. And because this year I already have been in my late twenties, anti-aging is something I need. I am so grateful when they decided to sent me the Yehwadam line, because this is something I am surely need because of the anti-aging and brightening in one.

And I have been using this set containing three products of the toner, serum and also emulsion religiously day and night for 6 weeks, and I honestly have fall in love with each one of the products.

Story:

THE FACE SHOP is introducingan anti-ageing care line YEHWADAM Pure Brightening specifically developed to reveal skin’s brightness and radiance, leaving skin visibly brighter by improving appearance of pigmentations, dark spots, and dull skin tone. Formulated with ‘Chil-baek-seol-yun-dan Complex’ which is a brightening formula consisting of 7 brightening and pristine traditional herbs harvested in Korean soil that are processed using ‘baek-ja’ method where natural ingredients are heated for a long period of time in order to maximize the efficacy and to eliminate any toxins in the extraction process.

Chil-baek-seol-yun-dan is a special brightening formula with 7 traditional herbs that reveals skin’s brightness by improving overall skin tone and reducing the appearance of dark spots and pigmentations.

Baek-ja method comes from the traditional processing method of ‘Jae-ja’ which refers to boiling traditional medicinal herbs in pure water. This method eliminates toxins that could irritate the body which resulting in the traditional herbs that are mild to the skin.

Yehwadam Pure Brightening Toner, 155ml

Description: 

A soft, fresh brightening, and ant-ageing toner that gently brightens the look of uneven and dull skin tone while infusing skin with moisture, leaving skin illuminated, radiant, and glowing. The light and fresh texture allows toner to glide and absorb into skin gently and softly.

My Thoughts:

The bottle is heavy and sturdy, and its like even when you hold it, you know you are holding a good quality and expensive product. It’s a pump bottle toner, so it’s quite easy to use it because you can just pump it straight on your hand. The smell is heaven! I like the smell. The smell is just so nice and mild and flowery. Don’t worry, it doesn’t smell like herb.

The texture is light and watery but essence-like. Easy to absorbed on my skin, and hydrates well too, I used around 3 to 4 pumps at once. And I totally like the result.

I can see that my skin hydrates well, and it is good for preparing skin before I’m using the serum and the emulsion.

Yehwadam Pure Brightening Serum, 45ml:

Description:

Luminous and fresh brightening serum with anti-ageing formula brightens dull skin tone and reduces the appearance of dark spots and pigmentations while infusing skin with moisture, leaving skin illuminated, radiant, and glowing.

My Thoughts:

This is love! I totally fall in love when I first pump it to my skin, the smell is heaven just like the toner. The texture is thick and white but it doesn’t make my skin oily or clogging my pores. The smell is heavenly nice and mild.

Honestly, I have a high expectation with this serum. Because I want that satisfaction of a consumer, of someone who really wants to improve her skin, and I am so happy when this serum meet my expectation!

I feel like I want to give this serum a standing ovation, because of what it does to my skin and how it improve my skin.

This serum does make my skin brighten up, my dull skin is gone, I can see some of my dark spots lighten, and some fine lines around my eyes improved. Yes, I did tap this serum lightly under my eyes area, I didn’t wear too much, just a little tap after I spread the serum around my face.

I actually do asked THE FACE SHOP for more time to do this Yehwadam line review, because I really wanted to experience this serum and confident enough to share with you guys the improvement.

My story.

The experience that I had when I used the products, because I know this is not cheap, this is a very high quality product. And I wanted to make sure, I am sharing genuine review to you guys.

I totally can see my skin looks more radiant than before, glowing, and my skin tone has improved so much. And I am just amazed by this serum. And I do think when I wore it together with the toner and the emulsion, it helps my skin to get the result faster. Which I really feel thankful because I got to try these three together.

Yehwadam Pure Brightening Emulsion, 140ml

Description:

A brightening and anti-ageing emulsion infused with intense moisture softly absorbs deep into skin to brighten dull skin  tone and to reduce appearance of dark spots, leaving skin illuminated, radiant with a glow.

My Thoughts:

I honestly didn’t know what to expect with this emulsion at first because it had been quite a long time since I used any emulsion type moisturizer. But I did feel excited and looking forward because I believe this would be good too.

The emulsion has a medium size and sturdy pump bottle. The scent is as same as the toner and the serum, which is heavenly nice and mild scented. The texture is medum light.

I love it. I really do. I love how it doesn’t make my skin oily or sticky or heavy. It absorbs fast and hydrates well. It gives me the glow, radiance, and a healthy skin looks.

Overall Conclusion:

This Yehwadam Pure Brightening Line does help with my skin improvement, and I do want to see more and what will they do to my skin when I wear it continuously, because I have faith in this Korean Traditional Herb Skincare.

I do think wearing all the three products have given me much faster result in 4 weeks, but I only dare to write this review on the 8 weeks because I wanted to make sure on how they help with my skin.

The Ordinary Alpha Arbutin 2% + HA - Review

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Description:

Alpha Arbutin reduces the looks of spots and hyper-pigmentation. It’s used at a high 2% concentration versus a standard concentration of 1% and supported with a next-generation form of Hyaluronic Acid for enhanced delivery. Alpha Arbutin is much stronger in effect than Arbutin or Beta Arbutin.

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My Thoughts:

After read so many good reviews and people kept raving about this serum, I finally bought it.

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I already finished this one bottle, and eventhough at first I was almost disappointed with this serum but I kept on using and after awhile this serum has caught my heart.

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First 2 weeks, eventhough this serum is not an acid. I had a little bit of bad reaction / redness. I stopped using it for a week and then i brave myself to continue.

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Oh dear, I can see my skin brighten and hydrates. The texture is clear and I would say a bit thick. I can see my old scars faded and my skin tone improved.

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A good booster to my snail serum too! Or maybe the snail serum is a good booster for this

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And I love the simple and minimalist packaging!️

Conclusion:

Minimal packaging, brighten my skin, hydrate, helps to fade my scars.

Cosrx Galactomyces 95 Whitening Power Essence Review

Hey there!

I actually already review this on my instagram. And now after so longggg, I manage to post it on my blog. haha

Okay let's get to the point.

Description:

Effect of ferment natural fermentation getting into the skin. Awakening with whitening skin.

This essence is made up of fermented component with a structure similar to skin, achieving dual functions of whitening and anti-wrinkle at once as dual function fermented essence.

It is formulated with 95% high concentrate of the best yeast for the skin, that is, Galactomyces filtered and fermented ingredient, endowing the previously dark, dull, skin glow and transparent.

My Thoughts:

This is actually my HOLY GRAIL!! haha

Can't live without this essence since first I started using this and adding it up to my routine. I love everything about this. It saves my skin many times.

And I also love the fact that Cosrx has no smell to their product. It feels organic. 

I actually really surprise with this essence because it does give me that glowing result. I don't really have many expectation when I wanted to try this out. I'm glad I picked this one out when I was considering Klairs at that time. 

The texture is really like, it almost watery. So light, so easy. I love the lightweight of this essence. For my oily and sometimes combination skin do love this essence.

And the texture reminds me of sheet mask's essence. And the result after wearing this essence, is somehow similar when you done wearing your sheet mask.

It gives me glow, moisturize my skin, soft, and bright. This product is really a holy grail for me, guys. I do think you guys should try it out unless you are allergic to fermented ingredients.

Btw, for those who used sheet mask everyday, you might want to skip this out. Because it won't give you any extraordinary result. But for those who have no time and lazy to wear sheet mask everyday, this essence is definitely for you.

The affordable price and the big bottle is definitely a yay for me. 

Morning Skincare Routine with Korean Products

Hello!

It's been such a long time I didn't really post any good things here.
Just wanna share my morning skincare routine here. I mean, this skincare routine is for today.😅
I do change my morning skincare routine according to my skin condition.

My skin doesn't feels good these days because I've been busy and didn't take care of them.

Products I used for today;

1. Cosrx Low pH Good Morning Gel Cleanser

2. Missha The First Treatment Essence Intensive Moist

3. Cosrx Galactomyces Alcohol Free Toner

4. Benton Aloe BHA Skin Toner

5. Cosrx Galactomyces 95 Whitening Power Essence

6. Cosrx Advanced 96 Snail Mucin Power Essence

7. Swanicoco Pore Tightening Serum

8. Whamisa Organic Flower Eye Essence

9. Swanicoco Glacier Cream Pore Care Tightening

10. Alive Lab SPF50 Chouchou Suncream Pink

And I used Bath and Body Works Body Mist Pink Chiffon.

I super love the smell.😄

It's Skin VC Effector Review

Hey there, yayy finally I have effort to update this blog. Yay!! Hahaha😂

Btw, I already reviewed this on my instagram account. You can check out my instagram account @skincarerants

Mostly, I rant skincare stuffs in my instagram. It is much more easier these days.😂

Okay let's back to the review.😘

Description:

Brightening serum containing vitamin c and green tea components suppresses the formation of freckles that can make skin look dull & dark, and tighten pores to leave skin fair and luminous.

Ingredients:
Water, Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, Polyglutamic Acid, PEG-60 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Ascorbyl Tetraisopalmitate, Carbomer, Methylparaben, Triethanol amine, Acrylates/C10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Chlorphenesin, Fragrance, Disodium EDTA.

My Thought:

I actually didn't like it at first because of the stingy feeling when I first applied the product in the earlier few days. (a few beauty bloggers said it was normal to feel a bit stingy when applying a vitamin c product at first)

BUT!

I started to love it when I wore it continuosly at night, and tbere was no more stingy feeling.

In earlier days, I wore it as my day routine, but then someone told me it is best to use vitamin c product at night. So I changed my routinne using this vitamin c at night.

It does do what it said.

And I am surprised in how good this tiny and affordable serum is.

My skin did look brighten up, my scars were fading, my pores look a bit better.

And every time I woke in the morning, my skin looked bright and fresh.

I totally love this It's Skin VC Effector.

I would purchase it again if i ran out of my whitening essence. 

For those who seek for something cheap and works good on skin, this is highly recommended!

Here are some previous picture with the vit c effector. Hehehe.

If you followed me on instagram, you'll know I always update my skincare routine when I have time.

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Love,

Zehan.

Hi, I'm back!

Hello,

It's been really a long time I didn't update this blog. My busy-ness plus my laziness, hahaha.
But I am still active in instargram tho. Oh btw, I already changed my instagram account username to @skincarerants

I think I rant more now than reviewing thing. And I also likes to updating my instagram stories. It feels so good. haha.

 

 

I know my pictures are not that good. But it's okay, I will try my best to improve my pictures and my grammar. teehee~

So, that''s all for now.

I will try to update all my reviews that i haven't upload in this blog. But you guys can always check out my instagram account @skincarerants because I do blog there. bahaha.

Oh, the products that I used in the pictures were;

Banila Co - Clean it Zero

Innisfree - Jeju Volcanic Pore Cleansing Foam

Missha - Time Revolution First Treatment Essence Intensive Moist

Cosrx - Natural BHA Returning A Sol

Cosrx - Galactomyces 95 Alcohol-Free Toner

Cosrx - Galactomyces 95 Whitening Power Essence

Cosrx - Advanced 96 Snail Mucin Power Essence

Whamisa - Organic Flowers Eye Essence

Cosrx - Ultimate Nourishing Rice Overnight Spa Mask

Yes, I am such a Cosrx junkie. Bahahaha. 

with love,

zehan.

My Serums (Skinfood, Tony Moly)

i love all these three serums.
and of course all of them are korean brand hahaha.

skinfood parsley and mandarin is very good to cure my acne and prevent any acne to pop out. so this serum is kinda like my holy grail for acne hihi.

and tony moly floria whitening capsule serum is working well in maintaning my skin color and skinfood gold kiwi serum cure my sunburn faster.

i highly suggest these three serums for those who are looking for serums.

good luck and all the best everyone!

Skinfood Black Egg Pore Serum Review

 

 

I really adored the packaging. It was cute, ain't no? :D

I bought this from the skinfood store because I really has big pores problem. Seriously, the pores are not nice. :/
I asked the sales woman for any recommendations,  so she recommended this Black Egg Pore Serum for me.

Truthfully, I kinda excited to try this product.


Description:


"A pore-smoothing serum with a powdery finish that contains egg extract to tighten enlarged pores while controlling excessive sebum and oiliness.Your skin will look firm and velvety smooth, like a fresh boiled egg."


My Impression:

The texture is very light and non-oily. This is not a serum for your whole face so I only apply it on the area which I have big pores (my cheeks and nose area).

The smell.. hm.. I don't know how to describe the smell. It is very light smell but not unpleasant.. but not really pleasant though. It was just okay. Not flowery nor fruity.

I don't see any changes for the first few weeks I used it. But I just continue to used it because the texture is very light and I feel comfortable to use this serum.

But after few months (3 months, I guess?) I can see the different. My pores looked less visible. And my skin feel smooth. And whenever I snapped pictures, my pores doesn't really appear eventhough I didn't use any effect.

I think this product is effective eventhough its not an instant result but still ny skin look smoother and the pores looked smaller these past few months. It is quite cheap anyway compared to another skinfood line. Hehe. I just ran out of this product recently,  and I have no time to go to the store and buy it.
My pores seems to appear back.. T______T


Conclusion:

Light texture,  non-oily
Smoother skin, minimize pore (not instant result)
Affordable, last long


Rating: 3.5/5

Repurchase: Maybe

Price: RM59.9

My Night Skincare Routine And Products

Hi everybody,
I just wanted to share my night time skincare.
I used kit kat's free gift bag to put my night time skincare. Because its easier for me to bring it anywhere, oh because I live in house full of people, that's why I need this type of bag to organized and easier for me to wear my skincare regardless where I am.
I am kinda like a nomad in my own house. haha.

Okay,
I know its kinda a lot to use at night time. But I just couldn't help it!
Every products has their own good to your skin.

These are what I use (step by step):
After cleansed my face, (oh, I didn't put my cleanser here, because my cleanser is at my bathroom)
I used The Face Shop Herb Day 365 Cleansing Foam anyway. :)

1. Hada Labo Arbutin Whitening Lotion
2. Skinfood Salmon Brightening Eye Serum
3. Skinfood Egg Pore Serum
4. Simplysiti C Bright Snow Night Cream
5. Mekar Semilu Pearl's Cream
6. Skinfood Fermented Pomegranate Whitening Mask


Seriously, with the combination of all these, every morning my skin looks brighter, fairer and glowing.
My aunt once asked me, 'did you put any bb cream or makeup on while sleeping?'
And I was like, 'seriously?' :O because I just woke up, and of course i didn't wear makeup while sleeping. But it's great for someone to noticed that my skin is better than before. :D

Before this, my face only looks fairer, brighter and glowing if I put on bb cream and makeup.
So, I loveee the result of using all these. hihi.
I have tried to cut one of those for my night time routine (because it was a lot, and sometimes i just wanna sleep), but it doesn't give me any result like when I used all this at once.

I am lazy, but my laziness would cause my bad skin to be worse skin.
So put aside the laziness for a better skin. :)

Skinfood Tomato Whitening Serum Review

 

I've been looking for serum that can brighten and even my skin tone. Because I have uneven skin tone on my face and face looking so dull. 

So because Skinfood is an outlet that I like and trust, I went to the skinfood outlet, and asked the salesgirl.

Actually she recommended me this Tomato Whitening Serum and Omija Whitening Serum, but unfortunately, Omija is quite expensive. And I decided to try this Tomato Serum.

 

Description:

This serum is packed with fresh tomato extracts which contains a variety of natural organic acids, vitamins and minerals to clear and clarify dark skin.

this two pictures was took in quite a different angle and so the lightning on the bottom picture looks quite bright. -_-'

My Impression:

It doesn't smell like tomato at all. The smell is so light and nice. I like the smell, it is a light floral scent, I think.

The texture is very light and really easy to absorb on your skin. And it is in a pump bottle which is very hygienic.

Well, I've been using this serum for 6-7 months I think. And I don't really my skin whiten. 

But it did give me a natural glowing skin, I don't really think this serum brighten my face, but my face do brighten when I used this with my other face cream (for whitening also)

But after months of applying this, and wearing it before my face cream (i will do the review later), it did even my skin tone (but if only i wore it with my face cream)

My skin is so sensitive and it is easy to break outs, but this serum do not give me any break outs. 

Conclusion:
Nice light scent, no breakouts
No extra oil produce, no whitening effect
Natural glow

Rating: 3/5

Repurchase: No (because i want to try another whitening serum which can show me much more effectiveness than this one)

Price: RM76.9