HAUL DECEMBER 2015

Hi everyone!
So...it's almost the end of 2015 therefore, I've just used up my little money by buying things to welcome 2016 hehe.

In fact, I only bought 5 of them and the rest are gifts embedded which means "buy 1 get 1". Alright, unfortunately, I have use only 2 of them so I guess I can only review 2 and a half products by now.
Here are what I bought:
- Anessa SPF 50+, PA ++++ sunscreen          350,000VND
- Dickenson's original witch hazel toner         280,000VND
- A'pieu Pure Clock waterproof sunscreen     150,000VND
- Nivea cleansing water                                   104,000VND
- ZA Deep hydration lasting moisture gel       245,000VND
Total:                                                            1,129,000VND
WOW, this is completely big money to a poor girl like me.
Here are my gifts:
- Nivea extra white makeup starter serum: I picked the wrong one. In fact, I wanted a primer but I picked a night serum one-my fault. So I'll give this to my friend as her birthday present.
- ZA Deep hydration cleansing foam: I hope this will turn to be good (acceptable PH), and it has foam formulation so my mom will love it.

That's all for the very last haul of the year.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!

[COLLECTION] SUBSTANCE CAUSING ACNE LIST

Here are some substances that may lead you to break out. I think this list is valuable for girls so why don't we take a look.

Comedogenic	Ingredient:
Ranking:
High	Acetylated Lanolin
High	Acetylated Lanolin Alcohol
High	Algae Extract
High	Algin
Medium	Almond Oil
Medium	Apricot Kernel Oil
Medium	Arachidic Acid
Medium	Ascorbyl Palmitate
Medium	Avocado Oil
Medium	Azulene
Medium	Behenic acid
Medium	Benzaldehyde
Medium	Benzoic Acid
Medium	BHA
High	Bismuth oxychloride may cause cystic acne
High	Butyl Stearate
Medium	Butylated Hydroxyanisole (BHA)
Medium	Cajeput Oil
Medium	Camphor
Medium	Capric Acid
Medium	Caprylic acid
High	Carrageenans
Medium	Cetearyl Alcohol
High	Cetearyl Alcohol + Ceteareth 20
Medium	Cetyl Alcohol
Medium	Chamomile
High	Coal tar
High	Cocoa Butter
High	Coconut Butter
High	Coconut Oil
High	Colloidal Sulfur
High	Corn Oil
High	Cotton Aws Oil
High	Cotton Seed Oil
High	Crisco
High	D & C Red # 17
Medium	D & C Red # 19
High	D & C Red # 21
High	D & C Red # 3
High	D & C Red # 30
High	D & C Red # 36
Medium	D & C Red #27
Medium	D & C Red #40
High	Decyl Oleate
High	Dioctyl Succinate
High	Disodium Monooleamido PEG 2-Sulfosuccinate
High	Ethoxylated Lanolin
High	Ethylhexyl Palmitate
Medium	Evening Primrose Oil
High	Glyceryl Stearate SE -MUST have SE after the stearate
High	Glyceryl-3-Disostearate-(MUST have a "3" with it)
Medium	Grape Seed Oil (extract is OK)
High	Hexadecyl Alcohol
Medium	Hexylene Glycol
High	Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil
High	Isocetyl Stearate
High	Isodecyl Oleate
High	isoproply linoleate
High	Isopropyl Isosterate
High	Isopropyl lanolate
High	Isopropyl Myristate
High	Isopropyl Palmitate
High	isostearic acid
High	isostearyl acid
High	Isostearyl Isostearate
High	Isostearyl Neopentanoate
High	lanolic acid
High	Laureth 23
High	Laureth 4
High	Lauric Acid
High	Linseed oil
High	Mink Oil
High	Myreth 3 myrstate
High	Myristic Acid
High	Myristyl Lactate
High	Myristyl Myristate
High	Octyl Palmitate
High	Octyl Stearate
Medium	Octyldodecanol
High	Oleic Acid
Medium	Oleth-10
High	Oleth-3
High	Oleyl Alcohol
Medium	Olive Oil (but Olive Oil Extract is OK)
Medium	Palmitic Acid
Medium	Peach Kernel Oil
Medium	Peanut Oil
Medium	PEG 100 Distearate
Medium	PEG 150 Distearate
High	PEG 16 Lanolin
High	PEG 200 Dilaurate
Medium	Peg 75 lanolin
High	PEG 8 Stearate
Medium	Pentarythrital Tetra Isostearate
Medium	PG Dipelargonate
Medium	PG Dipelargonate
High	PG Monostearate
High	Polyglyceryl-3-Disostearate (the "3" must be present)
High	Potassium Chloride
High	PPG 2 Myristyl Propionate
High	Propylene Glycol Monostearate
High	Red Algae
Medium	Sandalwood Seed Oil
Medium	Sesame Oil
High	Shark Liver Oil
High	Salt - Table Salt or Sodium Chloride
High	Sodium Laureth Sulfate
High	Sodium Lauryl Sulfate-leaves a film on skin-clogs pores
High	Solulan 16
High	Sorbitan Oleate
High	Sorbitan Sesquinoleate
High	Soybean Oil
High	Steareth 10
Medium	Steareth 2
Medium	Steareth 20
Medium	Stearic Acid
High	Stearic Acid Tea
Medium	Stearyl Alcohol
High	Stearyl Heptanoate
High	Sulfated Castor Oil
High	Sulfated Jojoba Oil (Jojoba beads are OK)
High	Syearyl Heptanoate
Medium	Tocopherol (Tocopherol Acetate is OK)
Medium	Triethanolamine
Medium	Vitamin A Palmitate-(ONLY this form of Vitamin A)
High	Wheat Germ Glyceride
High	Wheat Germ Oil
High	Xylene

Thanks for your attention!

Retrieved from http://www.caryskincare.com/acnecomedogeniclist.html

[REVIEW] SANA Namerakahonpo Face Cream BN

Hi everyone!!!
Welcome back!!! hihi
First of all, I want to share that I'm completely busy today, honestly but at just one moment, something has recalled my experience with this product so I think why I should not share my view with you.

I'll make it short so go straight right away ====> I have a negative attitude toward this product.

SANA Namerakahonpo Face Cream BN is very famous, especially in Japan thought there are a few English corpuses reviewing it (wow I'm above the trend, finally).

My skin: acne prone: super easy to break out.

               oily skin (I live in a tropical area)

I heard many beautiful compliments from my best friend, and she give me one. At that time, I believe her knowledge of skin care and use it without caution. When I use it, it's extremely sticky and uncomfortable; in other words, it never set into my skin, unfortunately....but that didn't bother me (I don't know how to excuse for my silliness.) until one day. I then notice that I got a lot of  hidden pimples which cannot be seen but felt. OMG, I was so scare and I stop using it immediately. (P/S: I had to treat my pimples' problem more than 3 months). Naively enough, I didn't know why.

But today, I read the ingredients and I dare to say that oily skin should stay away from this moisturizer because of OILs (mineral oil and even healthy oil like olive oil).

I know some of you have a wonderful experience with this product but not me whose skin is oily and super sensitive.

I hope you find this helpful!!! Time to get back to work. Bye, See you...

[Review] Yves Rocher Moment de Bonhuer - Eau de parfume

[Review] Yves Rocher Moment de Bonhuer - Eau de parfume

Hi everyone!
This is the first time I share my blog as a beauty blog, so I could call myself as a "so-called" beauty blogger, right? Wow, this status sounds unfamiliar with my personality, but I still love making myself better and better everyday.
Moreover, I really apologize in advanced on not making my blog fabulous, because my purpose is practice English writing. Please forgive my selfishness; however, all of you - my beloved friend- fell free to have a look at my reviews and give me your honest comments; therefore, this is a win-win situation. I will appreciate all of them (your comments).

Thank you for your attention! Now, let's begin!

The star of today is a drugstore perfume which is obviously affordable: Yves Rocher Moment de Bonhuer - Eau de parfume (We can search its images on Google easily)
Here are my personal comments:

1. Price
In Viet Nam, it will cost more than 1 million VND if we buy it in the showroom. Frankly, I have no idea about that unacceptable price for a medium-quality drugstore perfume, so it is not a wise decision to buy things in showrooms in Viet Nam.
What is my solution? - I bought it, no, actually, I discovered it from an online shop. Aha! It is another long story which I feel no hesitation to share it with you guys...maybe later.

Briefly, I bought it for 500 000 VND (What a deal!!!)

2. Packaging
Well, it is simple, and... that's it. The theme is white, and there is a kind or rose printed in the front of the box while in the back, there are a description, ingredients and the company's address (which are all) in France, so that I cannot describe detailedly to you. So...sorry!!!

Now, we will move to the bottle.
My perfume is the largest size - 50ml (1.7 oz), so its shape is vertically rectangle literally. If you buy the 30ml bottle, the shape may be a square.
From my point of view, the bottle doesn't look cheap at all. In fact, I was amazed at its design. Let me explain: The bottle has 2 colours pink and green. The former is seen at the top while the latter is at the bottom which create a very miracle feeling to me. However, the cap is a disappointment which is completely loose and weak.

3. Smell
This is the bottom line for everyone when we choose a perfume.
Before discuss about it, I would like to inform that my tropical city's climate  is so humid that local residents frequently get sweat which may cause many drawbacks when they use fragrance. In other words, I have a love-hare relationship with this perfume.
Now, let's move into the smell!
I know! There is no point describing a smell because only I've smell it. Speaking of that, I want to say that I've read so much wonderful reviews about perfume but none of them are persuasive. Therefore, after reading this review, I strongly suggest going straight to the showroom experiencing the smell yourself. There is no hurt to do such a practical thing.
The smell is 100% lovely: it feels not childish, or old at all. It is just a safe choice for everyone. However, this perfume is not suitable for women who want to be sexy, strong and attractive; instead, a young and lively girl will love this perfume, especially for daytime.
The main note of this is rose which is of course the signal of women ^^

BUT.....hold on... we've not finised yet!

I dare to say that this perfume is not very long-lasting. For instance, when I use this perfume only around my house, it smell so good, nice and sophisticating. Nevertheless, when I went out, spraying this perfume was useless, actually, no one could smell anything as wonderful as I did.

4. Overall
PROS
I love the smell and I think you will love it, too
The price is affordable so you can give it a shot
I've heard through grapevine that this is a dupe of Chloe perfume (I've not tried the latter yet)
CONS
The smell is not long lasting
The bottle is too big to bring with me
The cap disappoints me

Overall, I used to love this perfume and give all my heart to it, but now,to some extent, I just like it.
Score: 6/10
Repurchase: no ... there are still some with better quality.

Thanks for reading! I hope you feel it entertaining.