Tuesday, April 24, 2007

I've recently decided to switch my beauty regimen from using a hypoallergenic baby soap (yes I know, it's not my age group anymore, but it works - well, before anyway) and Mary Kay moisturizer to well some products that are more suitable for my age group (I'm not pretentious anymore), products that can easily be bought from stores (Mary Kay products can only be bought from direct sellers and costs an arm!) and are of course, more affordable.


Since I'm hearing a lot of good things from The Face Shop, the Korean beauty line who recently opened shop here in the Philippines, I decided to give it a try. For facial wash, I decided to try out their Organature line and got the one with detoxifying nuts. Tried this out for a few weeks and well, it was good/ok in the sense that I didn't break out or anything. Next, for moisturizer, I tried out their Dewy flower emulsion



(seen here in toner, can't find the emulsion one), which didn't really satisfy me. I didn't break out or anything (thank heavens!) but it doesn't seem to do much for my skin, or the little pimples I'm prone to having (unlike Mary Kay before). Also, I'm not really sure if the product has SPF protection, which is a must-have for today's season (or even any season for that matter). So I then gave this to my Mom, who seems to be quite hiyang to it and switched to






Olay Total Effects. Yey for the powers of advertising. But so far so good. It seems better than the Dewy Flower Emulsion (or is that pyschological.. hehe)

I'm still using Face Shop's Organature cleanser, Phytogenic face powder and cheek tint though.