Do You Need a Toner? Witch Hazel ? Tony Moly Toner?

Toners

Toners are the understated and misunderstood step in a good skincare. What a toner is supposed to do is remove excess oil or makeup that is left over after your usual cleansing routine. You can also think about it like this; a toner is the last part of cleansing and the first part of replenishing. It’s a multitasking product that can be used on the body as well.

Why do I need a toner?

Well a toner is not only useful in the removal of oils/makeup it also removes left over cleaner. Left over cleanser can do more harm than good. Left over cleansers can clog pores, dry out the skin, and even leave a film over your face, blocking moisture from penetrating. Depending on the form of toner you get it can be a multipurpose one. For example, it can be depuffing, or disinfectant or even moisturizing. You can chose whether or not it will have key ingredients such as hyaluronic acid for moisture, witch hazel for disinfecting, remove swelling and tightening, or vitamin C for brightness and an even skin tone.

All of this provides a clean smooth base for any additional makeup or skincare products. As well as help acne prone people to prevent the formation of more acne.

A toner can also prevent pre-mature aging. Depending on the one you chose… you can chose one that can help tighten the skin. The effects won’t be dramatic but over time a difference will be noticeable. 

What toners do I use?

-          Pure Witch Hazel

-          Tonymoly Floria Nutra-Energy toner

 

Pure which hazel

            Witch hazel is a plant that grows wildly. It’s well known in many cultures as a disinfectant.

·         Acne fighter

·         Eye depuffer

·         Helps the appearance of varicose veins.

·         Can help the heal bruises

·         Treat razor bumps

TonyMoly Floria Nutra-Energy toner

• Anti-Wrinkle Functional Product with Argon Oil 0.01%
• highly nutritious & energy for skin
• This velvety soft, highly moisturizing gel type toner instantly gives concentrated hydration and replenishes skin intensively.
• Is perfect for dry skin
• The skin becomes deeply moist and feels energized.

Skin looks immediately glowing and feels more elastic

3B - Beauty beyond borders

Hello everybody and I have a new subscription for all of you. we all know the more common asian subscription boxes such as Beauteque and Memebox.  But a more affordable subscription box is the 3b box which stands for beauty beyond borders Asian beauty/ skincare  products in America. It is $12 a month cancel anytime. They offer 4-5 sample size or full size products. This is my first box, which I received within 3 days even though there was a tweet list of two months to even be able to subscribe.  All the instructions in English are on the card because these products tend not to have English instructions.
In this box I received :
- a skin food false lashes
These are very pretty eyelashes they are crisscross, very long and it has the glue inside. I am very familiar with skin food this is a very nice and popular brand.
-TonyMoly lovely eyebrow pencil in brown
Once again everyone knows Tony Moly if you read any of my blogs, this is a light medium brown it doesn't pull too red. In a very sleek looking pencil with a nice tip that isn't too thin and has a strange bristle brow com does super soft very unlike the ones I'm used to. But it does give a very natural look.
-Etude house baking powder BB deep cleansing foam (sample size)
This is another common Korean brand this deep cleansing foam smells like a oranges and a gritty texture. 3b claims this is a popular gentle cleanser that is formulated with baking powder to exfoliate and deeply cleanse the skin. it helps remove makeup dirt and excess sebum to keep the skin smooth and clear. To you apply a small amount onto wet face  after lathering it up and gently massage on to face then rinse with warm water.
-TonyMoly tangerine whitening hand cream.
When I saw the screen I was amazed by how cute it was but terrified the tangerine / orange smell that it would give off. But to my surprise the smell wore off within a couple of minutes. It has a nice thick consistency and a slightly yellow tint. the smell also remind me of my childhood orange juice that they give you in elementary school. I don't know why but it just smells like it lol.

Overall I'm really impressed with this. The sample sizes were very good even bigger than my Birchbox. TonyMoly lovely eyebrow pencil is so cute and so useful and will get a lot of things out of that, the tangerine hand cream is definitely going to go into my purse and the eyelashes I will give it a try but I'm not a big fan of them in general. Overall this box is definitely worth what I paid for and the shipping was very fast so I will continue to repurchase this box.

Beautique mask maven May 2015

This is my 2015, may view of beautique mask maven bag.  This is my last month because I only signed up for a three month subscription. But I will be trying something different very soon. this is $15 a month plus shipping and includes mask products some Korea and Japan sometimes face packs, wash off packs, mask sheet, hand mask and hair mask and occasionally something different.

this month I received 8 sheet mask one hand masK, exfoliator pack, and a wash off face pack. 

The sheet mask

•leaders step solution pour scaling black aqua

• Etude house coenzyme q10 for tightening and firming

•pure source pearl sheet mask

• day light hue avocado essence mask

•  Han Aka hydration, camellia hyaluronic acid sheet mask

• pomegranate sheet mask By Baroness

• My Beauty Diary Apple polyphenol mask

OTHERS 

•nature Republic shea butter him and nature moisture hand mask

• todaK todaK pack by its skin

• etude House scrub massage yogurt in sugar apple