Review: Holika Holika Red Wine Therapy Sleeping Mask

Already getting behind on my posts! Today I will be reviewing a new mask I got in the mail from an eBay seller.



Holika Holika Red Wine Therapy Sleeping Mask



Cost: $21.99 (shipping included)
From: Seller bello-girl on eBay.

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For the most part, Korean sellers ship their goods in boxes like these.


Bubble wrapped inside.


Came with two small bbCream samples and a note.


The note always says some variation of this and is usually on cute stationery with abundant hilarious Engrish. ;)


The box.


Inside.


There is a super cute little "wine cask" inside. It holds the product.


Bottom of the product.




You have to peal the seal!


The actual product inside is kinda...gelatinous. It's odd. If you pick up the container and shift it to one side as if you are going to spill it, the product will start to gradually, slowly, spill! It's nuts!


Comes with a scooper for hygienic purposes.


Here's what it looks like on my skin.

Pros:
- Spreadable and soft, nice texture.
- Cute packaging!
- My skin was softer the next day but I still had bad acne/oil when I woke up.

Cons:
- Smells kinda odd. Like grapes, only very artificial!
- Smell may bother your skin if it's sensitive.
- Texture may be too much for some.
- Doesn't really seem to do anything for my skin.
- Expensive for the size and had to ship from Korea on eBay. Some may not like this.

Overall thoughts: I doubt I'd buy this again. Like I said, it made my skin softer, but I didn't notice anything else. It claims to have some kind of dead skin cell removing properties but I can't verify that. It's also supposedly good for anti aging so if your skin is pretty dry/mature, I'd recommend this product for you. Also I have only tried it out for like 2 days now and no results yet so you MIGHT have to use it for over a week or month to see results!

Brief Beauty Review: Japanese Face Mask by Kracie

So the other day when I went to Eons, I was browsing for sushi-making ingredients (yumm) at my local Japanese Food store (Tokyo Food Store) on Ellsworth Ave when I saw these face mask things.

I decided to go ahead and try them out despite the price. @___@;

It was about $18 but you get 5 masks. I guess that's not TOO bad for an imported product.

Anyway it's not much of a review, and there's one hilarious pic of me wearing the mask but anyway...click the Read More button, as always to read more. :P You know the drill!

BTW I apologize for lack of beauty or gyaru or even lolita posts lately. Everything has been mori girl or dolly kei as of late. I realize this but hey it's my blog and right now I am more into those styles. xD But don't worry I didn't quit lolita. But I am selling a lot of my old lolita clothing so stay tuned for a post about that. xD

Onto the pics!



The front of the box. Hmmm intriguing.


This is what one of the packets looks like. One front, one back.


So I was not aware of the fact that inside of each individually sealed packet, is literally A MASK. It's not a cream like I thought it was.

Since I forgot to take a pick of the folded up mask, here's a GOOFY as hell pic of me wearing one.



Err yeah. AHEM. Anyway. LOL. (Wow do I look way less graceful than the package or what?) O__o;

So I wore it for about an hour. BUT it wasn't until I peeled it off that I realized I had forgotten to take off my foundation. ICCCK. I may have to try it again some other time with freshly cleaned skin! >_<;

What I noticed about it: each felt like a "wet wipe" and was kinda slimy/sticky. I hated that. When I put it on it was cooling and soothing and a little relaxing. Nice!! I did notice it moisturized my face without causing me to break out. I have majorly oil skin, so yeah, that's a plus.

All in all? I am still kind of on the fence about these since I have no idea what's really in it or what it's supposed to do. I can't read the package. But next time I am in the food store, I am going to ask the woman who works there about it. I completely forgot to this time. If you know what these are and what's they're supposed to do, specifically, let me know. It might even be an anti-aging thing for all I know, which I definitely DO NOT need, haha.

So there we have it, Bizzarro beauty review of weird Japanese product Numba One! xD