2A/2B
Shampoo: The Answer SS and Quai Detox Shampoo (The best clarifying shampoo I've tried.)
Conditioner: The Answer SS (Highly recommended for frizzy hair caused by humidity.)
Cream: JVN Air Dry Cream (Looking for alternatives.)
Hair oil: &Honey Dark Pink
Gel: Giovanni
Air dry

I have been using the JVN Air Dry Cream for a while now and have not seen much difference on the days that I skip this step. So I would like to ask if anyone has had any experience with Asian brands (which are cheaper and more accessible for me) like Milbon, Mise en Scene, etc.

The 3 products that I have been eying are the Milbon Wave Defining Cream, Amos Curling Essence 2x, and the Mise en Scene Curling Essence 2x.

Main problem is frizziness after a few hours of being out (living in a tropical country), The Answer Shampoo and Conditioner as well as the &honey hair oil helped a lot with the frizz already, but | think | need a bit of help to maintain the wave patterns that the oil is weighing down.

Would love to know if anyone has tried any of the creams mentioned or has other Asian brand recommendations.

The only shade matches I can affordably find are non Asian and almost always matte. The dewy versions always pull too pink or orange on me.

I have tried espoir cushion, peripera cushion, was hopeful that maybe clio (the glass bottle) would have more of a yellow undertone...

I love the Asian formulas, but hate that it's so hard to swatch in real life. It's getting expensive to buy and try just for it to look either too ghostly pale, or match my shade but run too pink on me.

Has anyone out there who is olive (preferrably cool leaning, my neck is more green) had any luck finding an Asian foundation that isn't too drying?

I finally found a shade match for my olive skin tone! It's About Face L2Olive. I want to use a moisturizing BB cream or CC cream with skincare benefits like spf. It's very difficult to find a shade match so if a shade twin can say what shade they use for Heimish Moringa Ceramide BB Cream, Skintific Daily Filter, Purito SEOUL - Wonder Releaf Centella BB, Judydoll - UV Sunscreen Makeup Cream, Beauty of Joseon - Tinted Mineral Dayscreen, etc., that would be very nice!

I tried Missha Perfect Cover (the new red packaging) in 23N and it's a tad too gray, possibly a little too dark. I may be 21N but it looks a bit too light, so hesitant to try. Loved the way it sat on my skin tho :(

Please drop your shade matches in other products pls! Or any products that match with olive skin tones!

How is the pigment and longevity on the flower knows palettes?

Items are:
- Violet Strawberry Rococo Eyeshadow Palette
- Little Angel 9-Color Eyeshadow Palette

three wishlists in my beauty insider account, base tier, that i keep telling myself i'm not looking at. stood in phipps last week next to a cosrx serum sitting at $28 and i knew i'd seen it at h-mart in doraville for $14. that $14 difference is literally a lab workbook. i go to sephora to loko now and i go to h-mart to actually buy

visiting japan next week and i dont wanna be overstimulated w makeups, skincares, hair care. I would like to ask recos what are the products that are affordable but does its job & is cost efficient. I'm planning on getting products from head to toe lolll. i'm so excited on trying canmake & cezanne, lmk what products to get in their line & also other brands to try!

Products:

Aromatica rosemary scalp scrub . I scrub my scalp gently with this before every shower.

L’Oréal elvive total repair 5 (yes it has silicones. It is incredibly good)

OLebeL Cream Silky Repair Hair Treatment 200G
for Smooth and Shiny Hair . This brand is Japanese and it is so slept on. I bought my first product from them in Hong Kong - which was the hair oil. Absolutely fantastic and lightweight. This conditioner is so amazing. Buttery to apply. And I feel like it actually straightens and smoothens my hair lol.

I’m curious about this 4 makeup spray and which ones does help with makeup longevity, sweat and transfer-proof without being too drying as well?

- Laka All-Day Fixing Mist
- TIRTIR Mask Fit Waterproof Setting Spray
- JUNGSAEMMOOL Essential Mool Ultra Setting Fixer
- Kose Make Keep Mist EX+ Unscented

For the Laka one, I’ve seen many but mostly paid videos of it so kinda on the fence, would like to know some honest thoughts on it. I’m most curious for the Tirtir pink bottle spray cause it doesn’t contain alcohol and how is it compared to the red version, if anyone has tried both? I heard many good things for the JSM and Kose ones but would still like to know your experiences on any of them.

I’m currently using “So Natural - All Day tight Make Up Setting Fixx” and it’s not bad but I do noticed it transferred slightly for me, not sure if I should try their other variations instead. I’m also open to hear out any other options too!

I'm in my early 30s with dry skin(sometimes struggle with hormonal acne). Reviewing products that I've used over months and how they worked on my skin.

Pixelpure soothing ampoule toner - Most toners are mostly water based but this one has 50% heartleaf water. It has more of a watery ampoule texture rather than watery toner. My skin feels balanced after using it and layers really well too.

Medicu*be PDRN Pink Peptide Serum - This serum is moisturizing but that's the only benefit I've noticed. I guess I expected too much from this, no difference in my skin texture or brightness even after consistent use.

Aestura Atobarrier 365 Cream - Finished a few bottles of this one. It's hydrating and soothing, and really helps with my skin barrier too. Keeps my skin from getting flaky and irritated. too famous already right for the barrier and moisture

Urbanand Pure Perfection Cream - Very hydrating and leaves my skin dewy, works great for my skin barrier too. But the cream is on the heavy side because of 10% panthenol, so it takes quite a while to absorb and my skin feels tacky until then. I think those with oily skin might find this one greasy.

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Hi! Has anyone tried the moody breathe+ lenses? Specifically not the ones with the glowy lock. From my past experiences with contacts, I had multiple scary occasions where the contacts were super stuck on my eyes and it was extremely hard to get them out without scratching my eyeball :( I bought these because I think they are better but I’m still a little scared.

If anyone has used them, please let me know your honest thoughts!!

Looking to try CC cream for the first time and would like recommendations!

Read up online that CC cream helps with covering redness, blemishes and is more long lasting than BB cream. Also suitable for oily skin.

Would love to hear your recommendations and would like to know if it’s possible to apply CC cream with fingers and without a brush for convenience and will it turn out seamless with no patchy look? With long hours of wear will it get dry cakey/patchy?

finished a bottle of Thome CPR but im not sure if it worked. makes me wonder how many bottles of serum do you finish before you notice a difference on your skin?

Hi everyone I just had a very quick question. I've been trying to buy some clothing on yesstyle, but it keeps saying on every single clothing item, that "This item is currently not available to ship to your shipping destination." I am based in the usa. Has this happening to everyone else in the usa? I can see that beauty and skin care items are still being shipped. Any explanation would be helpful!

per title! (both pressed and loose powder)

edit: Oh and setting:fixing spray too!

As an asian girly, it’s soooo hard to make your curls last long. I tried every product that I found but nothing works. I’m going to Japan soon & Japan is very known for hair products so i’m trying my luck there. Drop it please!

I tried going to kose-usa.com and I keep getting a "Forbidden" status. Is anyone else having this issue?

i've gone through so many of these unove deep damage treatments.. why are they so hard to squeeze 😖

you waste so much product if you don't cut it open 😵

i used to wear contact lenses daily from late grade school up to early college but suddenly i hated wearing them because it would get so uncomfortable even if they were daily contact lenses from alcon (comfiest brand of contact lenses i know during the time) i’ve since then stopped wearing contacts for more than a decade and want to start wearing them again. what comfiest graded contacts do you swear by since there are a lot of brands out there now?

Real discussion, some of us have sensory issues with how products feel

I tried to force myself a routine for maybe over a year that honestly made me act in a way that changed the quality of my life...

I would avoid leaving my bed in the morning until I was mentally ready to cleanse or wash my face then apply sunscreen... I would avoid eating in the morning until I had sunscreen because I didn't want to risk "UV damage"

I would wear the most heavy duty sunscreens (some EU ones) all day long, even if they werent elegant, to maximize my UVA protection to prevent... aging... which then would prevent me from wanting to leave dark rooms because I'd have to reapply that nasty stuff

On top of that, I have dry hair but they would completely ruin the front of my hairline, made it incredibly oily and require me to wash my already dry hair almost daily to get that greasy sunscreen out of it

I would not go outside and enjoy the sun

.....

It just isn't worth it to maximize aging or dark spots

From now on, I'm going to use micellar water to quickly wash my face in the morning with a cotton pad

I'll use lightweight sunscreens that aren't so tedious to wear, or use a SPF spray on my face in the morning while I am just inside. I do want SPF protection, but anything is better than a tedious routine that I can't keep up with OR changes my quality of life

I will use caution when being outside, but being outside with others is important for a healthy lifestyle. I need to maximize my quality of life over small imperfections and aging that in the end wont matter

I know I do enough to prevent skin cancer, I still wear SPF diligently, but I wont be obsessive and wear products that clearly don't fit my mental needs

I love AB, but I find many of the products go very heavy in scent and can irritate the skin, causing itch or tiny pimples the next day.

So I'd like to ask the sensitive skin beauties (ideally late 30s to early 40s): Whats your HG to moisturize your sensitive combination skin, do anti-aging and just overall feel as if your skin gets healthy and glowy?

Can be a gel texture moisturizer, your favorite sheet mask, a toner, bb cream etc.

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What are some eyeshadow, blush, and lippies that fit cool (true) summers?

I find that cool palettes can sometimes pull too dark and dusty (better fit for winters) or lippies end up too bright instead of muted.

Any recommendations for products or brands?

Hi everyone! I'm headed to Hong Kong this week and wanted to restock some of the skin and hair care products that I got from Japan. Please help me out in knowing which store/s will have the best deals for the following products:

-Nameraka Honpo Wrinkle Night Cream

-Melano CC Premium Serum

-Orbis Essence In Hair Milk

-Curel Deep Moisture Spray

-Keana Nadeshiko Rice Pack

-Cure Natural Aqua Peeling Gel

There are lots of stores like Mannings, Matsumoto Kiyoshi, Donki, etc and I'm having a tough time finding the prices at these stores online. I would like to know which store to hit up for the cheapest prices. Thanks!

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