Review: CLINIQUE Repairwear Laser Focus Wrinkle & UV Damage Corrector

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Some people say this serum can be a dupe for EL ANR, well, for me it may be not the case.

The texture is slightly less thicker than EL ANR. If I do not apply any moisturiser right after this serum, my face feels tight and dry.

It claims to reduce wrinkles, sun damage and lines in 4 weeks. However after finishing the whole bottle I do not feel any difference. Maybe I do not have wrinkles yet and cannot see any result. But I don't even feel my skin is moisturised or in a healthy condition after this.

I would rather to spend on something else than buying this.

Review: ESTEE LAUDER Double Wear StayinPlace Powder Makeup SPF 10

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Comparing to other higher end powder foundation I owned, this is an OK product.

The coverage can be built up to full, the staying power is more than 8 hours and it does not change colour.

However I found it is a little bit dry for my skin during cold weather.  

Sadly, there's only SPF 10 in this powder, and there's no refill available.

For $45 CAD plus tax, I can find a better dupe in the department store such as Clarins everlasting compact SPF 15 or Shiseido sun powder SPF 35.

Review: LANCOME DualFinish Versatile Powder Makeup

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This powder foundation does not impress me too much. The sales lady said it has been on the market for more than 30 years. Well, maybe it was a nice products at that time. After trying and collecting so many powder foundations, this is not something I would buy again.

The coverage can build up to full-coverage as it claims-from soft matte to flawless matte finish. 

However there's one big con that I cannot stand at all.

What bothers me the most is the smell of the powder. It's so overpowering that I feel so sick after applying it on. It seems that the scent can stay there forever.

As a department store brand, it's not that expensive. The pressed powder has 19 grams for 49 CAD plus tax. Sadly there's no sunscreen ingredients in it.

We can easily find the dupe for it at the body shop. The body shop all in one face base works exactly the same as this lancome dual finish powder without overpowering perfume in it, and the tbs powder has quite wide selection of shades as well.

Review: SHISEIDO The Skincare HydroNourishing Softener

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I got this in a gwp. It's in average not bad toner. It's hydrating and can be used like light serum when my skin is not dry. It has a nice scent to it. But nothing fancy. It's very similar to lancome tonique confort. This one is more expensive, 140 ml for$44 CAD plus tax while lancome has 200ml for $35 CAD.

Review: SHISEIDO Eudermine Revitalizing Essence

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After trying so many lotions (toners), this is nothing special to me.

It may be a great product in 19th century--Shiseido claimed it to be introduced in 1897.

It is not a revitalising essence to me, it's just pure lotion with hydrating function. It does not dry out my skin, but does not work wonders like other toners that I reviewed in my blog.

It has a scent which I am really fond of. But that is the only thing that I like.

It's on the pricey. The essence toner retails at $78 plus tax for only 125 ml.

Review: SHISEIDO Refining Makeup Primer

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I got this in a gwp. I must say I am happy to get it free because it does nothing for me.

First, It has no SPF in it. I know the US version has SPF in it. So it cannot be used as sunscreen.

Second, the tint-colour does not match me. It's a Asian brand, and I think it is supposed to have some shades match Asian skin tone, which is usually olive and yellow base. However it appears very pink and red on my face. It does not look natural on me at all.

Third, it's so dry for my skin. I may be able to use it in the summer time. I do not want and I do not need any primer to absorb oil from my face.

The only advantage this primer has is probably the good coverage. It evens out my skin tone ( strangely in a pinkish tone) and covers well the imperfections.

Overall, it's not a product for me. It can be best oily skin with pink skin undertone.

Dupe for Estee Lauder ESTEE LAUDER Advanced Night Repair Synchronized Recovery Complex- New ESTEE LAUDER Nutritious Radiant Vitality Energy Lotion review

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This is the dupe for EL advanced night repair serum. In fact, it's much better than it.

Let's compare the price first, the EL advanced night repair serum is $96 CAD plus tax for 50ml while this nutritious lotion retails at $55 for 200ml.

You may say it's not fair to compare a serum to a lotion (toner). But to me they work in a similar way.

This nutritious lotion claims to infuses skin with  moisture and energy for a look of radiant vitality. It does help my skin look radiant. I usually put it on before sleep, next day I wake up with hydrated, refined glowy skin.

It's a real high-performance treatment lotion that works like serum. The texture is similar to advanced night repair serum, but less thicker than it. To my surprise, I only need 2 drop of it to put on my skin while with the night repair serum, I usually put more than 3 drops of it.

The first after I bought it, I use only drops of this lotion after washing my face. My skin did not feel tight even I did not put the moisturiser on immediately. It can stay more than 20 minutes on my skin alone without making my skin feel dry.

I have not finish this bottle yet and I believe it can stay quite long time if I use it as a serum. Will update later and say how long does it take for me to finish this 200 ml serum like lotion.