REVIEW: The Face Shop Oil-Free Control Essence

Presenting my secret weapon for beautiful skin!

The Face Shop Oil-Free Control Essence!

This is actually what made me interested in Korean skin care products in the first place. I've always wondered why Korean women have almost perfect skin, and all my google-ing proved that it was because of their more complicated skin care routine. 

Westerners have the Cleanse-Tone-Moisturize regimen, but Korean women have more steps in their daily (and nightly) routine: Double Cleanse-Mask-Tone-Emulsion-Essence-Moisturize! 

And it all makes perfect sense that "Beauty will never happen if you're LAZY!"

So to not bombard my face with so many products right away, I just started with the essence.

Essence or serums are very light, liquid concentrated treatments to correct skin problems. Essence is easier absorbed and penetrates deep into your skin, better than regular moisturizers.For best results, wait 5 minutes after applying serums before applying your moisturizer to allow maximum absorption. Because of their concentrated affects, serums are generally more expensive.

I have very oily skin, so I opted to get this one, just to be safe.

I love it because I already noticed the difference in a few days (almost a week)!

Pores have become a lot smaller, and skin texture is a lot better!! And it's not oily or sticky when you put it on your face either.

I wait about 10minutes before I apply moisturizer on top of this, and you'd wake up to glowing skin the morning after! :D

REVIEW: Celeteque Facial Moisturizer

Hello, readers (if ever I have any left)! It's been a year of post-less existence for ekalibrium, and now I'm bringing it back (I'll try my best) to life!

*evil laugh*

I'm already in my last year of college (4th year: Part 2!! aka 5th year) -- busy with thesis and other stuff (yes, I'm still dancing professionally  ~whew!).

I would like to start my reblogging with a nice review about a product that changed my life (err..or face) BIG TIME!

I'm a late bloomer in using beauty products and I've just come to realize (why just now?!) the importance of using such products.

Let me start with my skin savior: the facial MOISTURIZER!!! :D

The Celeteque Facial Moisturizer has been a long-ignored product in my house. My mom used to put it on her face occasionally, and me, well, if I feel like it.

But only recently did I research about the benefits of using such moisturizers even for oily skin. (google it na lang) 

What I love about this is it's water-based. Perfect for people with oily skin! Plus, it's non-comedogenic meaning it would not clog your pores! (yay pores!) It's also hypoallergenic and fragrance-free. When you put it on your face, it doesn't feel sticky at all.

Using this consistently every morning and night got rid of all the bumps I had on my forehead, and just generally improved the texture of my skin. :)

(sorry for the icky before-after photo. haha)

Since I stocked up on this way before (Buy 1 Take 1 pa), I still have the old packaging. Celeteque has long changed their packaging because of the DermoScience thing, if ever you're wondering why you can't find the same bottle anymore.

Now I just use this twice a day, in the morning and before bed. In between I use a different moisturizer (still from Celeteque), but that would be another post. :D