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Category: The Face Shop

KOREAN BEAUTY SECRETS: A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO CUTTING-EDGE SKINCARE AND MAKEUP

June 29, 2015 /

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It’s officially official, we wrote a book! Like an actual one, that you can hold, and buy, and that would look so incredibly cute on your coffee table.

I’m going to take the words from my co-author and soul sister Kerry (Skin & Tonics), and let her give you her take on it before I put in my two cents 😀

“We set out to create a book that would be useful, interesting, and fun for complete newcomers to K-beauty as well as the more experienced, and I wholeheartedly believe we accomplished that task. It has everything you need to know to assemble a Korean style skincare routine, including :
• Detailed information on each skincare product categories
• How to assess and address your skincare needs
• Tips for determining layering order
• Shopping and ingredient cheat sheets organized by skin concern
• Ingredient definitions
• Detailed example skincare routines by several of our favorite bloggers
• Nearly 250 English-Korean ingredient translationsIt also features:• An amazingly thorough makeup section that provides detailed descriptions of all the different makeup categories
• Guides to achieving some truly beautiful Korean-inspired makeup looks.
• A lot of gorgeous photography

One area where Coco and I were particularly fortunate is that we were given full control over the book’s content and design. Being given design control is not typical in the traditional publishing industry, so this was a really big deal for us! Coco art directed the photoshoots, and I handled the layout and information design. We both developed the cover design. The finished product is a beautiful, glossy, full-color, hardcover. If you don’t want to wait for November to order it, you canpre-order it on Amazon and receive it the day it’s released (November 3, 2015).”

I’m so excited to introduce you guys to this book. It’s coming out in Nov, but like Kerry said above, it’s available on Amazon right now for preorder, which you can also access via the link on the sidebar of the homepage. I’m so proud of everything and I’d like to give a special shoutout to the stellar team we put together to bring you this baby. Truly, it was a labor of love, and I think you might love it just as much as we do.And like I said, it’s going to set your coffee table off so very nice 😉

THE FACE SHOP FACE IT WATERPROOF BB CREAM REVIEW

March 4, 2014 /

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In a highly unusual step, I did not personally test this product out. My friend Kat, who is an avid adventurer, told me about the outstanding performance she got from this BB cream. After hearing about the crazy extreme conditions she tested it in, I had to give her a spot to do my first ever guest review. If any of you lead an active lifestyle, or just really want a hardcore waterproof bb cream, I think after reading this you can safely bet on this one.

The Face Shop’s Face It Waterproof BB Cream is available in two shades, #1 Light Beige and #2 Natural Beige. Here Kat is using shade #2.  She has combination skin with an oily T-zone, and dry cheeks in Winter. I had her send me some product photos and tell me her story. This is what she had to say:
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“I went to explore ship wrecks and check out a shark feeding! Even a male shark bumping my face didn’t take the cream off! I wore this scuba diving in salt water going down to about 60 feet deep. I was in the water several times, usually about 40 minutes each go. Taking on and off my mask on and off and this stuff didn’t go anywhere. A little bit of residue got on my scuba mask but that was it. Overall it stayed on my face! My dive instructor was actually like “Wow where did you get that makeup? My wife would totally love that!”. Yeah it’s pretty impressive! It stays on your face, it goes on smooth. Unfortunately it’s only for paler people, if I would have gotten a tan beforehand this wouldn’t have matched my face. But as you can see it oxidized on my face pretty well, and as you can see in the picture of it on my hand it repels water very, very, well. It didn’t dry my skin out, it worked really great as a sunblock. I was in the sun from about 8am to about 2-3pm every day and I got not even the slightest tan!
You have to shake up the bottle to make sure it blends really well. The best part of it was it didn’t make my skin look dry, it didn’t dry my skin out, I wouldn’t say it moisturized it either but it did allow my moisturizer to not get washed off by the salt water.”
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Above is Kat being a boss bitch swimming with sharks, and after her dive with a still flawless BB cream finish. Amazing!
So there you have it. My girl wore this in the most extreme of conditions and it passed every badass test I could ever think of.
I bet this would work just about anywhere for anyone looking for a BB cream that’s able to go hard!

Available here:
Ebay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/The-face-shop-Face-It-Waterproof-BB-Cream-SPF50-PA-50ml-02-Natural-Beige-/271249065234?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f27b44512


Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/The-Face-Shop-Water-Proof/dp/B00821FIOC

THE FACE SHOP MILD PAPAYA PEELING REVIEW

January 21, 2014 /

 

TheFaceShopMildPapayaPeelingEven sensitive skins sometimes want the satisfying feeling of a good exfoliation, but most products are entirely too harsh. Or maybe you have normal skin and just want something gentle to get the job done without any irritation. Enter The Face Shop’s Mild Papaya Peeling.
This is an extremely mild gommage style gel. If you’re not familiar with what a gommage is, it’s a gel that pills up into little balls when rubbed. As you rub the product around, the little balls gently pick up dead skin and roll it away. All the while the gel consistency lubricates and keeps the irritation from the friction to a minimum. This is an ideal manual exfoliation process for sensitive skin, especially if you’ve found scrubs to be too harsh in the past.
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As you can see here, this is what it looks like when first pumped out and then how it looks after some rubbing. It’s so easy to use, you apply it to a dry face, and then massage in a circular motion. This both exfoliates and stimulates circulation. The more you rub, the more it turns into these little balls, facilitating your exfoliation.Here is the official product information from The Face Shop’s English language website”

  •  150 ml
  •  All Skin Types
  •  Sensitive

Description

Now is the time when even peeling has to be smart

A smart peeling line that customers can choose depending on their skin type and needs

A mild peeling product that softly exfoliates while providing skin with moisture

*Natural papaya enzyme ingredients softly remove dead skin cells without irritation

*Minimizes irritation with 5 free formula (Free from paraben, alcohol, anima ingredients, mineral oil, artificial coloring)

Application

After drying face, pump the product 1~2 times and apply it on the entire face, avoiding the eye and mouth area. Massage for 30 seconds and wash off when the dead skin cells come off.”

 

 

 

This claims that the papaya enzymes help with the peeling. It may indeed contain them but you’re just washing them all down the drain once you rinse. It’s not like you’re leaving it on your face for a chemical exfoliation. What actually does the exfoliating here is the manual motion, and it does a pretty nice job. Of course this isn’t going to be as effective as a scrub, but it’s also not going to bring the irritation and roughness of one either. You can also get away with using this way more often than you could a harsher manual exfoliant. Theres no suggested usage but I would say you could safely use this a couple of times a week if you’d like.

I really enjoy using this product for what it is, a gentle alternative to scrubs. It’s a pleasant experience and it could work for a very broad spectrum of skin types.

Available on Ebay here
http://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Face-Shop-Smart-Peeling-Mild-Papaya-Peeling-150ml-Korea-cosmetic-Peel-/261166113957?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cceb6a4a5

and Amazon here
http://www.amazon.com/Face-Smart-Peeling-Papaya-150ml/dp/B00BKOXBR4/ref=sr_1_1?s=beauty&ie=UTF8&qid=1430702284&sr=1-1&keywords=the+face+shop+mild+papaya+peeling

The Face Shop Mild Papaya Peeling get’s 4.5 out of five turtles.

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