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WISHTREND x THE BEAUTY WOLF KLAIRS BE CLEAN NATURAL SOAP GIVEAWAY!

September 8, 2014 /

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Wishtrend (my first stop shop for my beloved O.S.T vitamin C serum) is hosting a giveaway via The Beauty Wolf featuring their newest Klairs product, Klairs Be Clean Natural Soap! This soap looks pretty damn amazing, it comes in five different choices, each addressing five different needs and areas of the body. 
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I have the body, hair, and foot soap on my wishlist!

This contest is open to international entries from anywhere in the world Wishtrend ships to, prizes will come directly from Wishtrend to your door! Three winners for the soap will be chosen, but everyone is a winner! That’s because if you sign up for a Wishtrend account here and enter my personal referral code 022463306 you’ll automatically get a FIVE DOLLAR gift certificate to use toward your first Wishtrend purchase! (Might I suggest some of that holy grail OST Vita C serum again, or even this amazing Klairs box, which are the two things in my shopping cart right now). You can earn more entries by following The Beauty Wolf on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Bloglovin! I will be checking entries, so please play fair! Be sure to leave me a comment below after you enter letting me know which Klairs Be Clean Natural Soap you’d like to win and why!

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MEMEBOX MEME BRUSH LAUNCH! 50% OFF & FREE SHIPPING

August 14, 2014 /

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You guys know how much I love a good deal. I can’t pass up a bargain and I always try to pass along the news of a good deal if I think it’s worthy. Today I received a package from Memebox containing the cutest little brushes and word that for a limited time, specifically until Sunday, August 17th, these brushes will be 50% off and come with free shipping! Yaaaaassss please! You’ll get a perfect little travel set for under $20! At $18, these are cheaper than the cheapest travel set at Target, and a hell of a lot cuter 😉
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I had a chance to play with these this morning, and I really dig them! They are on par with the quality of the Mac Holiday travel brush sets I’ve gotten in the past (but a lot more reasonably priced). The hot pink wooden handled brushes have metal ferrules and come in a sleek little black glitter travel pouch. Each set contains six brushes, including a gel liner/point eye shadow brush, duo fibre powder/highlighter/blusher brush, highlighter/eye shadow brush, a blusher/shading/highlighter angle brush, a slanted brow/gel liner brush, and a cool little retractable double ended lip brush with a concealer brush on the other side. My favourites are the lip/concealer brush and the duo fiber ones so far. I was in need of a good little portable set and this one fit the bill perfectly!

Follow this link to get your set for half off and get free shipping until August 17th! 

NATURAL COCOON SILK PEELING BALLS REVIEW

May 5, 2014 /

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I’ve tried some pretty ‘out there’ things on this journey of reviewing products for you guys. I’ve tried bird poop masks, snail slime & bee venom concoctions, donkey milk cream, the list goes on and on. Honestly, there’s not much I wouldn’t do in the name of discovering new cool things for you all to add to your beauty routine. When I came across the opportunity to review these cocoons, I jumped at the chance.

Natural Cocoon Peeling Silk Balls are the actual cocoons woven by silkworms. They are made of 100% silk with no other additives. But I’m getting ahead of myself here, first I should explain what these little guys even do. These are meant to cleanse and exfoliate your face. If your face is doing anything other than the “lolwut” look right now, kudos to you and you’re a better man than I am, because that’s exactly what mine was doing at first. I’m going to let the Memebox website (where I found these little guys) explain everything:

“Close in composition to skin proteins, Grand Plan’s Natural Cocoon Peeling Silk Balls are made with 100% natural silk and no added chemical ingredients. These luxuriously soft cocoons will gently exfoliate and hydrate your skin, removing impurities, dead cells, and makeup residue to reveal the all-natural, baby-smooth complexion underneath.

 
WHAT IT DOES
Exfoliate
Cleanse
Hydrate
Nourish
 
KEY INGREDIENTS
100% Natural Silk“

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Makes sense now? Awesome. Now let’s get to how to use them:

“HOW TO USE
Soak peeling balls in lukewarm water for 3 minutes.
When moist and soft, place on fingertips through opening (if too small, cut slightly to widen).
Massage skin with fingertips in circular motion. 
 
Any impurities on the cocoons are harmless and gained naturally through the production process. Simply wash them off with warm water. “

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So after I followed the instructions and fit these little silk balls on my fingers, I got to work massaging my face. It didn’t feel weird or strange, but to be quite honest it wasn’t the most pleasant of smells emanating from the wet cocoons. However, it wasn’t all that bad, just real…uh, natural. With that being said these did give a gentle, effective manual exfoliation and my skin was left feeling extremely soft and smooth afterward. I’m not a huge proponent of manual exfoliators, but this one felt very soft while still being thorough enough to make a difference.  I noticed after using these they picked up a lot of oil and dirt, as was evident on the formerly pristine white balls. Afterward they darkened and had schmutz on them as you can see below. It was surprising how much stuff these picked up as I had already washed my face beforehand.
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These are quite the novel thing to use. Not exactly practical as you have to soak them, fit them on your fingers, and then dry them (you can reuse them a couple of times apparently). But, they do honestly work! And to those of you who worship all natural products, it doesn’t get any closer to nature than rubbing a moth’s bachelor pad on your face! If you’re into having odd new experiences and love nature, I suggest giving these a spin 🙂 Make it a theme night and eat the worm out of your tequila beforehand.
Nature Cocoon Silk Peeling Balls get a 4 out of 5 turtles (but a 5 out of 5 turtles for novelty and overall fun!).
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Edited to add: These are no longer available on the Memebox site where I originally got them, but Wishtrend has them for even cheaper here ! At only $3.90 that’s a great deal considering you can reuse them. And you can get $5 off your first Wishtrend order by signing up for an account via my link here https://www.wishtrend.com:48598/?s=022463306 and entering code 022463306 upon sign up 😉

You can also find them on ebay here
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Organic-Natural-White-Silk-Cocoon-for-Cleanser-facial-Massage-Scrub-/261649847305?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item3ceb8bd409

and here
http://www.ebay.com/itm/500-Silk-Natural-Cocoon-For-Face-Massage-Scrub-/331322547976?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4d245cdf08

 

 

 

INNISFREE FOREST FOR MEN FRESH MOUTH WASH REVIEW

March 20, 2014 /

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The first word I ever learned in Korean was not “I love you” or even “hello” it was ?? dambae. If you don’t speak Hangugmal, dambae means cigarette. And while I’m not a smoker any more, I certainly was at the time. It is important to try to quit smoking, be it a cigarette or cannabis. You could try a vape with the best 510 thread battery to help. If this is something you are not familiar with, it may be in your best interest to look into a site like www.gourmeteliquid.co.uk to understand the basic idea of vaping and everything that surrounds this method of giving up smoking. It is definitely something worth checking out, especially if you are hoping to become a non smoker as part of your new year resolution. It’s never too late to change your life. You might want to check out a vape shop uk if you’re hoping to drop smoking for an alternative or if you just want to try out the various flavors of e-liquids that are available.
My then boyfriend and I would sit in anticipation for the first one of us to break down and ask “dambae?” so we could finally light one up. Now that I’m an old boring mum (i.e. painfully aware of my mortality and healthier), those days are behind me. I stopped smoking for good about 3 1/2 years ago. Go me! I was talking to a friend recently and they told me that she got this cool new invisalign brace for her teeth. Its like a brace without it being visible and you can eat what you want. She got it done at invisalign Manchester and she says its made a world of difference for her self confidence with her teeth.

My husband on the other hand, well, he took a little longer to get off the dambae train. To be fair, he has been burning the candle at both ends for the past few years. In the past 3 short years he’s gotten one degree, became a father, and has been hard at work on a second degree all the while working on the side. He’s the most wonderful husband and father I’ve ever seen in motion, so when he’d break down and have a cigarette every once in awhile to unwind, I wouldn’t jump all over his ass too much. I used to tease him that the cigarettes would stunt his growth (he stands 6’3″) and then he’d joke that he should smoke more often then. A 9 inch height difference is hard on the neck, ha.
He’s since quit smoking completely. But in the name of this blog, I didn’t have to twist his arm too much to have one more nostalgic puff just this once for the purpose of this review.

Innisfree Forest Fresh Mouthwash isn’t exactly a traditional mouthwash. It’s a mouth spray meant to be used apres cigarette to cut the nasty breath. Aside from the obvious xylitol and menthol I can’t find an english ingredient list for this spray so I’m sorry I can’t really be of help there. There are two available flavours, which are Before Kiss and After Smoking. Each spray is good for about 250 uses.
Innisfree Forest for Men Fresh Mouth WashsI wanted to test this product one of two ways. It says it’s “for men” but um, fuck gender roles, seriously. It’s for *anyone* obviously. I wanted to test it as just a plain old breath freshener and then as it’s intended use as a cigarette smoke masker.My first thought when I sprayed the After Smoking mist was “OMG WTF”. And not necessarily in a bad way, it was just very shocking! This stuff tastes exactly how cologne smells. I don’t mean like when you accidentally spray perfume in your mouth and it’s the most foul acidic taste in the world, I mean it tastes exactly the way it smells. Like the smell of a pine scented cologne was somehow synthesized into a pleasant tasting spray for your mouth. It’s really bizarre. It doesn’t taste like anything akin to any gums or mints I’ve ever tasted so my brain didn’t know what to do. It does absolutely freshen your breath and leaves your mouth feeling very clean.When it came time for my husband to test it out we had to go through the ordeal of procuring a cigarette without buying an entire pack. Thankfully we live next to a major University in a very Asian/Korean neighbourhood so there’s no shortage of smokers lol. He managed to get a girl to give him a smoke and scurried upstairs to hang out on our balcony and catch up with his old friend nicotine. Once he was done he sprayed the product 3 times in his mouth and I could tell he had the same reaction I did. “This is weird!” he said. I asked him if it was bad and he said no, just weird. He said that for him, it cut through the tobacco smoke taste in his mouth pretty much completely. Then, in the name of science, I decided to make out a little bit to see if it made a difference in what I would taste. I know, poor me right? lol The things I do for my Beauty Pups! I mean just look at this hideous monster 😛
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I have to say, it really did do what it claimed it would! It did an admirable job of erasing that very distinct cigarette smell. It didn’t cut it 100%, there’s still that lingering musty feeling/taste that only brushing can completely get rid of, but man, what an improvement. If you or the person whose mouth you’re currently putting your mouth on are smokers, you should considering picking this up!

Since they were so cheap, I also picked up the Before Kiss flavour to test out as well. I waited until the next morning when I was sure we would be nice and disgusting in the throes of morning breath to test this out. Once again, holy hell, this stuff is strong. This one however, despite being billed as an apple flavour, tastes overwhelmingly of xylitol (Much like the Etude House Lip Perfume Breath Mist I reviewed before). It has only the faintest hint of an apple aftertaste. I am not a fan of the way this one tastes, I much prefer the After Smoking pine cologne version. Despite the jarring taste, it certainly did freshen up our breaths, and we had a lot of fun testing it out 😉

I really like the weirdness and ingenuity of the After Smoking spray, but the Before Kiss spray has been done better by other products. My rating of 4 out of 5 turtles is for After Smoking. For Before Kiss I’d only rate it 2 out of 5 turtles, that taste is just too foul for me. However, both really are on point in terms of knocking out stank ass breath.
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