korean drama review: The Greatest Love

The Greatest Love!!

Rating: 9/10, very very good.

Genre: Romantic Comedy (my fave genre!)

Synopsis:
Gu Ae Jung is a downfall "back-then" actress whom people take no notice of and their disdain for her borders on digsust. Whatever she does, she is classed as unfavoured, down-the-dumps, good-for-nothing actress. In spite of this, she continues her difficult journey and tries to make whatever money she can by singing in night clubs and accepting the most minuscule roles in the media arena.

Dokko Jin, on the other hand, is a top class celebrity, cream of the most top crop and is highly favoured by the society. He endorses many an item including widely available vitamin drinks. However, he has a very lousy personality. He is totally ill mannered and snobbish, and does not mingle with any celebrity with status less than himself.

Haha, imagine these two personalities clashing together. There you have it, a very loud CLASH BANG! These two meet and Dokko Jin gets entangled into a love web. Beyond his wildest dreams, Dokko Jin falls head over heels for Gu Ae Jung and the comedy begins..................

In between, comes a handsome, first class husband-material doctor who falls for Gu Ae Jung. Dokko Jin has to fight off his jealousy and struggles hard to maintain a sane mind.



Starring:
Cha Seung Won as Dokko Jin

This guy is Grrreat! i love him in this drama. Before that, i've already watched in him in Athena and City Hall and i thought he was good back then. With this drama, he's now been upgraded to "Great" status. He is so original and funny here.

From hancinema:
"Irritable celebrity who pursues perfection
Korea’s top celebrity! His next move is a foray into Hollywood, but none of his movie projects get green-lighted. After getting enmeshed in a relationship with Koo Ae-jeong, his career and life start to spiral downwards. Whenever she’s around him, his heart rate goes up because she drives him crazy. "

It's totally hilarious the way he falls for her. He makes up all excuses as to why he keeps thinking of her and why she has such a hold on his heart.

Gong Hyo Jin as Gu Ae jong

Ah, this lady, i find her un-entertaining and boring. Her acting seemed a little off and blank to me. Her facial expressions remain on flat hill throughout. She was in "Pasta" and again, i found her to be the same.... flat notes and lacking in expression. 

Thank God Cha seung Won made up for it all. He was excellent. 

So don't be put off by Gu Ae Jong, it's still a good drama.

From hancinema:

Intolerable and obsessive ex-celebrity
A former member of one of the early popular girl groups. She was a sexy figure. / She used to be the sassy one in her group.
At the height of her group’s popularity, she was the most popular member. But now she makes a living by making guest appearances on TV where she is fussy and annoying. After getting involved with Dokgo Jin, she receives hate mails from his fans and is also blamed for his faltering career. 

Yoon Kye Sang as Yoon Pil Joo

He is doctor in the drama and supposedly a great catch as husband material. I did not think he played his part well enough. He did not make me feel like he is all that gentleman-ly and kind. Somewhere in there it seems he could not connect with his character. He keeps popping out here and there as a "hilarious" comedic character instead of the retrospective, passive, kind and gentle doctor character.

Well, still passable i guess.

from hancinema:

Handsome oriental medicine doctor
He is a well-mannered, thoughtful and caring person who has it all. He has no interest in celebrities and their outrageous lives. Under pressure from his mother, he agrees to appear on a TV dating show, but after finding out that Koo Ae-jeong will also be appearing on the same show as a guest, he becomes very eager to meet her.

Yoo In -na as Kang Se ri

She is another good and upcoming actress. She plays her bitchy role very well. 

She falls for the doctor and tries in all ways to come in between Ae Jung and the doctor's relationship.

Good acting.

Also, her figure is admirable and so is her skin. Nice and glossy and smooth skin. 

From hancinema:

Celebrity wannabe
She dated with Dokgo Jin for just a month. Despite their breakup, Dokgo Jin and Kang Se-ri pretend that they’re still dating to avoid negative publicity. When Koo Ae-jeong was a star in her heyday, Kang Se-ri was a nobody. But now every girl wants to be just like Kang Se-ri. She is also the host of a popular TV dating show. 

Overall, i thoroughly enjoyed this entire drama. From start to finish, with each episode, it's never boring and the climax is well done and so is the ending. Although the plot and story line are a bit cliched, however, the script writing is excellent persevering until the end, very nicely paced out. This 16 epsiode ride has been nothing but fun and heart warming.

The OST is not bad and they used many cartoon/hero background music in comedic scenes like batman, mission impossible, james bond etc (haha, i may have made up a few, hope i got it correct) and it makes the entire comedy all the more entertaining and enjoyable. Very good!

I'm giving it a 9 instead of 10 because of the Gong Hyo Jin. Minus-ing one point for her. hehe.

Gmarket haul 9

It's time for another haul! hooray, i love hauls..


Crushed down EMS box:

Oww, this time the box is big . However, it has been heavily crushed.


Inside of the box:

Plenty of smaller packed boxes by the individual sellers.




More sooryehan products:

More sooryehan fermented vinegar essence, 3 mini bottles.
These have managed to help the problems in skin aging. Feels more moisturised, bouncy and plumped.
The other 3 sachets are gifts.



As i mentioned earlier in my snail cream review, i have not given up on snail creams. So i purchased the Graymelin Vintage, Smiley Tonight, Nutry Snail cream.

This was a steal! I got it for only 8900wons which is a big discount to its original price of between 17000~20000 wons.


It comes with a mini 5 piece trial kit.

Sample sized tubs: White Balance cream, Matt Pore Primer, Hydro skin cream, SMiley Tonight nutry snail cream, white balance waterful toner.


A closer look at the snail cream:

Comes in a glass tub with aluminium/steel screw cap. Pretty neat!
"Highly concentrated cream that contains mucus 70% of snail, it is deluxe repairing cream that protects your skin from getting dry or rough".
This contains other emollient ingredients for better moisturisation. Also contains some anti-aging ingredients such as centella asiatica.


The texture is a white gooey cream, typical of snail creams:

Sooryehan Hyo Fermented skin care sets of toner and emulsion:

10 sets of trial sets with toner and emulsion at 6ml each.




A closer look. Maroon bottles with gold caps:

Products from Charmzone, in particular, control creams:

NewCon cream, New Control Cream, Deage trial set, a large packet of NewCon samples.



NewCon cream:

"A product for maintaining a clean, balanced and lively skin."
This can be used daily and may even take the place of a peeling gel/exfoliator. It also helps in removing oil and sebum and other impurities from the pores of the skin. On top of that, it , moisturises. This is simply a multi functional product. I'm liking it so far.




A large bag of NewCon samples given by the seller:

Charmzone's New Control Cream:

Two tubes in a box: 200g + 50g. This works the same as the NewCon cream above. A multi functional cleansing/exfoliating/nourishing agent. However, i'm not really sure what the differences are with this one and the NewCon above. What i find is that this one is less emollient than the NewCon and i would recommend this for oily skin types.




Charmzone's DeAge red wine sample set given by the seller:

Essence, cream, emulsion and toner. Will try this out soon.






More from Berrisom:

Lipstick, Skin recovery blemish balm, peptide serum, total eye perfector (eye cream),



A small array of samples given by the berrisom seller:

This included the HD lifting and tightening pore mask which i wanted to try, so whooppee! i get to try it before purchase.



In each and every Berrisom product, the ingredients include their antioxidant power AO5 formula which contains a blend of berries and flowers for high potency antioxidant oomph.
This Skin Recovery BB cream is no exception. Packed with antioxidants it is a triple function bb cream. It's main functions are anti-wrinkle, whitening and sun protection (spf 21)

Click to enlarge the picture below for a more detailed description on the bb cream:

So far, i've tried it and i really really like it. It contains camphor tree extract to soothe and nourish.
Colour tone is perfect for my skin colour and it gives me a dewy look. Loving it so far.



The bb cream is on a promotion with free gift on Berrisom's antioxidant lipstick:

The colour is a sweet pink colour and feels smooth. This lipstick itself costs about 12000wons on Gmarket.




I also bought the total eye perfector which performs a 6-in-1 function. Anti-wrinkle, whitening, dark circles, smoothing of expression lines, lifting, anti-oxidant.
It comes in an elegant silver packaging and it looks quite grand on the dressing table!

By purchasing the total eye perfector, the seller has included this full sized peptide serum FREE! For anti-aging purposes.With copper peptides and their signature AO5 formula for anti-wrinkle solution.

I have been loving sidmool's natural care products so far. No irritation at all.
More from sidmool to try:

Jojoba lip care essence, Pore ampoule, Aloe Essential gel, Aloe Herb shampoo



An array of face masks and samples given by the seller:

6 pieces of sheetmasks, vitamin C sweets and 3 pieces of natural hand made soaps.




A closer look at the Jojoba lip care essence:

10ml tube. contains other moisturising ingredients like vitamin E. Upon application, it makes lips beautifully full and juicy! love it!



A closer look at aloe gel:

a large tube of 165ml aloe essential gel with peptides. This comes in 2 formulas, one for oily skin and one for normal-dry skin types. I've chosen the normal-dry skin type.
This tube is so huge i'm not really sure how we will manage to finish this!
So far, this product has received many a good review and comment in the sidmool forum. Seems to be their best selling item!


 The gel is a clear transparent gel:

 Texture is lovely and spreads easily with no greasiness or any feeling of heaviness. So far feels just right and it seems to provide a burst of moisture too.




More on Pore Care, Sidmools does have a few varieties on pore care ampoules. I've simply chosen this EverMat Pore Ampoule:

It manages sebum flow, pore size, skin shine and for pore tightening purposes.




The ampoule is like an emulsion serum :

White in colour. Totally fragrance free and spreads easily. However, i find it quite hydrating. It does not zap away oiliness to the extent that skin feels tight and dry. Nope, it feels gentle on the skin.
 This is suppose to help sebum in the pores, and within 28 days, results should be seen.





Aloe Herb Shampoo:

Wonderful product! It leaves hair soft , manageable, lively and light. My hair felt tamed and soft and shiny after one wash.
It moisturises the scalp and cleanses gently with aloe and other oriental herbs.
Pretty good i would say.



That's it for this haul! Hopefully we can manage another haul before the month ends. My cousin is even butting in now to join our hauls........ she has been plagued with the Korean skin care disease too!

Introducing Re:NK in Can you Hear my Heart Korean drama

Can you Hear my Heart is now up to 28 episodes.
Just two more episodes and it'll be ending.

Kim Jae Won is great! so is Hwang Jung Eum. They are so cute together.


The drama,  heavily "advertises" Re:NK, a Korean skin care brand!
Kim Jae Won is the director of Re:NK in the drama. With his pasty and "white" face, he is a walking testimony for the skin care brand. His skin is super smooth like baby's bottom and there is not a single pore or blemish close up! His skin is perfect! But it is too casper-like. In fact, it is absolute "white".

Take a look at his oh-so-perfect skin:

My gosh! i can't believe what i've been seeing. His skin is just too smooth. And seriously, there are no pores visible at all on all his close up shots. Even Hwang Jung Eum, with her radiant, smooth and healthy looking skin, close up shots made her pores visible.
He should be crowned king of porcelain and flawless skin! there is no maiden comparable, seriously!



Here are some of the shots from the drama with the backgrounds of Re:NK in them.

Re:NK has a few skin care lines under its umbrella:


Their whitening line, cell luminous:

Face up line:

Essential Moisture Line:

Extra Moisture Line:

Skin Renew Line:

Time Lab line: (to turn back time for your skin?)

Sunscreen UV line;

Men's line:

They also have make up products but i did not get the details on them.


The whitening cell luminous line seems to be the more popular line. And i would love to give it a try too.


Their spokesperson is Ko Hyun Jung:

She is born in 1971, making her a beautiful woman of 41 years in age.
she is super gorgeous for her age!
I would suppose than Re:NK serves to cater to the women above 35. As such, the products may be too rich for younger skin types.


Do let me know if you have tried out Re:NK's products.............