Japan Trip (2018) Haul

Hello loves!

It's been three weeks since I got back from our trip to Japan. This time I went to Kyoto and Osaka. 

Japan is such a beautiful country and I've always wanted to visit ever since I got obsessed with Anime when I was ten years old. Haha! I'm so fascinated with their art, fashion, and food that I just had to go back. Last year I was in Tokyo and I really enjoyed that trip and that is why I just had to go back and see more of what the country has to offer.

My family decided to go during the spring to see the beautiful trees and flowers. My mom loves looking at them. Our trip to Tokyo last year was during the winter and it was too cold that we couldn't stay outside for a long period of time. Now we get to enjoy a view like these...

TSURURI Black Head Remover Cream Ghassoul

Good evening girls,

I'd like to share with you this heating mask which Dawn gave to me from Japan.

Tsururi, as I am guessing, pore cleanser with Moroccco Ghassoul, Andes Salt Scrub, and is infused with Power Hot Stone. Well, as you can see, I can only guess what it's trying to say.

At the back is the instructions which as you can see is all in Japanese. However, because I was too lazy to search for a translated instruction guide, I asked my friend to translate for me. She's quite knowledge-able with reading Japanese, but this was a little challenging for her so she took to Google translate. The translation just got me laughing hard.

But I found this online store, http://www.webichi.com/, which is a virtual equivalent of Daiso/Miniso. The link leads you straight to this product's information page. But for those of you who are curious about the actual translation of the instructions, here it is below as stated in the website:

Use after cleansing and drying face. 
Without lathering, apply to nose, chin, area between eyebrows and wherever roughness may be a concern. Massage in circular motion in those areas for about 60 seconds. Rinse thoroughly with warm water. This is an ideal time to apply nose pore cleaning sheet for additional nose cleansing,

This product is more similar looking to a black pore mask but less sticky and more gel-like.

The texture is grainy because of the andes salt mixed in it.

As soon as you start spreading the product you can instantly feel the heating factor from the tiny bits of power hot stones mixed in. The scent is mild and almost unnoticeable.

So did it work?

I am not so sure about the the sebaceous filaments falling off as you rinse but DEFINITELY improved my pore strip "harvest". I was able to pull out so much more filaments from my nose after the heat pack and my face felt super smooth afterwards. So below is part of the facial peel off mask, I think around my cheek area. I usually just get a few and only really small ones. BUT as you can see... there are so many bigger ones after.

So that's it for my heat mask. It's been a while since I've seen any heat mask that is packaged this way. They're usually the sachet ones. I forgot the brand name of the heat mask we used to buy but I haven't seen that at Watson's for a long time. If anyone remembers it, do comment on the name and brand. Also, if any of you know of a heat mask in this size, do share with us in the comments.

Cheers,

LIZ

Tokyo Trip 2017 Haul

Hello loves!

I just got back last weekend from a week-long vacation trip at Tokyo, Japan. It was COOOOLD, but every place we visited was beautiful! I enjoyed all the sceneries and all the delicious food! Even the food from their convenience stores are yummmm! Konbini food rules!!! 

I also did some shopping, mostly art materials and beauty products. It was fun looking at items, but it can be quite intimidating because most are in Nihonggo and I have no idea what they are about or what they are even called. They are quite pricey too if you compare them to the prices of the same products in the Philippines or even in South Korea. But I love me some Japanese beauty products, especially their eye makeup and cleansing lotions. So I still splurged some money and bought some goodies to take home with me. And in this post, I'll show them to you. ;)

 Miracle Romance Clear Compact Face Powder

I actually do not need this. I have quite a number of face powders at home... but it's SAILORMOON!!! I just had to have it!

Bifesta Cleansing Lotions

I already bought two just because I love how effective it is while still being affordable.

Shiseido Rosarium Rose Water Mist

This smells amazing! I wanted to get the whole line... but I don't have the budget for it. I like mists though because it makes me feel refreshed so I chose to get the mist. I bought two because the other one is for my officemate (she requested that I get her a mist and she'll pay me when I get back).

More mists! A Ladanomy Collagen Mist and Freshel Skin Freshener

Cure Natural Aqua Gel

It was only 2.5k Yen, so why not?

I ran out of some skin care stuff so I bought these (they're pretty cheap and pretty good!)

Biore UV Aqua Rich Gel Lotion (GEL?! I wanna try!!!)
Tsururi Pore Cleansing Morocco Ghassoul Andes Salt Scrub Power Hot Stone
Shiseido Oil Blotting Paper

Aroma Resort Body Milk in Dreamy Bloom Rose
CoenRich Q10 Whitening Medicated Hand Cream

Another cheap buys I used to keep my skin moisturized... I also finished off all the lotions I brought with me. LOL

Heroine Make Beauty Charge CC Powder

Not only does it look cute, it's velvety smooth when I swatched it... so I bought one! Haha!

Club Airy Touch Mist (more mists! Haha! This is a gift from my aunt actually)
DHC Lip Cream (It's a pretty good balm to keep my lips hydrated)

Chacott for Professionals Finishing Powder
It was included in a beauty store's best seller list so I was curious to try it.

Club Maji Karu Base
A makeup base with SPF50 and tint? AWESOME!

KATE Powderless Liquid for COVER
I've always been curious about this when I swatched it in the PH counters. It was sold in a more affordable prize there so I got one so I can finally try it out

LIPS and HIPS products
Includes a Makeup Base, True Skin Foundation, Spot Cover, Skin Veil Powder, Ever Long Mascara, and a lippie!

I bought this set because it was 83% off! I was able to get six products for only 2k Yen!

Ummm... I don't know how to read the Hello Kitty Liner... but yeah, it's pretty much because it's Hello Kitty that I bought it. And Japanese eyeliners rarely let me down. ;)

The other one is another product I cant't read... I just wanna try another product that I'm not familiar with, to be honest. :P

Hurria Eye Gloss Clear
I wanna try the watery eyeshadow look!

KATE Eyebrow Color
Because I need to do something about my dark brows

My sister also requested I get her some eye products! I got her these:

Love Liner Liquid in Rich Black
Dolly Wink Liquid Eyeliner
Dolly Wink Long Mascara

Kiss Me Heroine Make Eyebrow Pencil

Kanebo Media Eyebrow Pencil

That's all for the beauty haul... I shopped some more for art materials of course...

I wouldn't type each one anymore since it's not beauty related but I just wanna mention how awesome the store called Sekaido is! It's a building containing art materials! If you're looking for good pens, pencils, inks, and other drawing materials, then Sekaido is a must-visit!

And I just gotta share this beautiful package of their Meiji Chocolate! I got them as pasalubong for some friends. ;)

Finally, GREEN TEA / Matcha Food! I love green tea and I indulged myself with all the green tea drinks and desserts that I can when I was there. I also took home some which you can see above. Unfortunately, I didn't get those luxurious tea sets and real matcha leaves. Maybe next time...

Anyway, that's all for now. If you're interested to read a review about any of the products above, let me know in the comments below! ;)

Cheers,
DAWN