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!

gmarket haul 7

Gosh i've been purchasing more stuff form Gmarket, my oh my!!




EMS parcel box: this time it wasn't that huge, just a small-ish haul

It is more skin care products and samples................ again! I'm so into skin care ............. sigh. What an expensive hobby.


So what do i have here today?

More sum 37!! the newly released waterfull line's gel cream!

Sum 37 Waterfull: timeless water gel cream. This is newly launched and it is a much lighter version of the earlier waterfull cream. The waterfull cream has also been upgraded but i have yet to purchase those. I'm thinking to finish this first as there are quite large sachets compared to the normal sample size sachets.
The texture is pretty light. I have yet to really fall in love with this one though. It seems it does not plump up my skin as much. But i'll give it longer try before i conclude.




Pore Care
Next up, i've been dying to try some korean pore care serums. So far i've used western ones like :
1. cellnique's sebum gel - it seems to be softening my blackheads but the black and white heads still persists
2. and even the exorbitantly expensive sothy's skin mattifying solution. - this is far too drying and expensive
3. Also tried estee lauder's skin refinisher. - this clogged up my pores! i think it's because of the silicone or some other ingredients. This is also expensive!

What did i purchase:
1. Hera's pore control serum (right on the pic)
2. Sum 37's pore corrector (left on the pic)

I will try these out and let you know the findings. First impressions: i like Sum 37's much better because it is a clear slightly sticky gel like texture that hydrates and plumps. Hera's really mattifies and is slightly drying. But i'm not sure of the effectiveness of each. Gotta give both more time to tell. So far i have no sensitive reaction to both.




And still on my quest for the perfect sunscreen:

1. Charmzone's albatross powder sun spf 41PA++
2. Ohui's newly released: Sun science perfect sunblock red Ex, SPF50 PA+++ waterproof
3. ohui's newly released: sun science perfect sunblock black ex, SPF50PA+++ waterproof

Look out for my post on first impressions of these sun blocks.





More Hera stuff:

Hera's aquabolic balancing water and emulsion. I figured that the aquabolic moisturising (for dry skin) is a little heavy for my combo skin so i decided to try the one for oily/combo skin.
Also, item on right in pic, Hera's white program effector. Hera's whitening line concentrated serum. Unfortunately this gave me bumps and it made my skin itch! how sad :-(



Hera:

I'm so in love with the aquabolic line that i stock up on the preperfection serum, aquabolic waterfall serum and the aquabolic waterfall cream. I don't think i can spend a day without these, especially the first two items. And i'm not prepared to be in a panic position where i have none left  and have to wait for a re-purchase from gmarket to arrive. No! not a day without these.



Some mixed samples and purchases:

Erm, I'm not really sure who the man is and what's in the packet. I suspect it's a man's sheet mask. This was a free gift from one of the seller's. I'll have to find a time when my man have some time in his hands to try a sheet mask on before i can rip it open.
Next to the mask, in the jewel floral encasement is history of whoo's secret court lip and cheek balm.
I also purchased history of whoo's whitening sun cream which has a creamy texture with a very light pink tint to it.
The other 4 items on the front of the pic are free samples with history of whoo's hwahyun serum and sum 37's wrinkle corrector. Does anyone know how to use the wrinkle corrector?



A more detailed view of history of whoo's secret court lip and cheek balm:

Isn't the casing simply beautiful?? it makes me feel so royal using it! It's got sparkly bejewelled-like floral gold round casing. The colour of the lip balm is simply gorgeous! i tried some on my lips and the colour is like you just ate some refreshing strawberries! it sure doesn't look like you've got any lipstick on. It looks pure natural healthy looking reddish lips. Have not tried on my cheek though.

A description on the box:

especially designed for both lips and cheeks. it will add not only color but also liveliness onto your face.

More english descriptioni from royalcosmetics.com website:

Secret Court Lip Balm
Secret Court Lip Balm is a super-moisturizing lip balm specially designed to protect your lips from excessive dryness.  Containing 32 herbal medicinal ingredients that were once available only for the court royal members, Secret Court Lip Balm will help to retain healthy and youthful lips.  Its condensed ointment type lip balm stays on your lips long enough to make your lips moist and shine all daySecret Court Lip Balm moisturizes and give elasticity to the delicate lips.  Heavily uses the ancient formula Milchaekdeol to quench the thirst of dry and dehydrated lips. 
Direction: Use as an intensive treatment before going to bed, and apply liberally in the morning to give the lips protection against the elements.




Secret key's honey bee venom AC control serum:

It's a set of AC control spot serum using bee venom to kill of your acne and pimples. They gave a free tube of bee venom foam wash which i don't think i'll be using. Somehow i have a feeling that it will be very drying for my skin type. Also samples of snail repairing essence and snail repairing cream.


An inside into the AC control serum box:

2 serums inside, labelled serum I and serum II.
You have to dab it on your spot and acne. Can't wait to try these bee venom stuff and see those ugly bumps get poisoned and stung by the venom!!



Secret key gave me more samples:

Great stuff! i've been wanting to try most of these and i'm so glad they gave me a variety of samples.
1. Snail repairing bb cream
2. Moisture cream
3. deep cleansing powder wash, acai berry (to brighten skin)
4. deep cleansing powder wash, rice
4. more snail stuff: repairing cream and the repairing essence, both of which i have full sized products


That's all for today!