MEMEBOX Thanksgiving Box Collection #1 For Me – Unboxing

Put this on your own wish list: K-Beauty junkies will go nuts over this limited edition “Thanksgiving Collection #1 For Me” Everyone knows the best gifts are the one you get yourself, so say thanks to yourself this 2014 Thanksgiving season, packed with the perfect collection of K-Beauty selects. Considering all the 2014 stress- think overtime work, juggling kids, etc – you really deserve it. Memebox put together a special box full of Holy Grail K-Beauty goodies that we want to gift this Thanksgiving.

•  Clio Virgin Kiss Tinted Lip #22 Electric – Full Size $10

A pop orange under daylight, Virgin Kiss Tinted Lip in #22 Electric transforms into a glow in the dark electric orange under the blue LED lights. Its feathery lightweight formula glides onto lips smoothly and steins it with color radiance and adherence of a matte lipstick. Plus, its vivid color formation is based on software components which were used as natural lip steins by Koreans geishas back in the days.

• Jaminkyung Gokmul Care Ampoule Toner – Full Size $46

Jaminkyung is Korean natural cosmetics company with its brand value set on achieving ‘lasting beauty’ through a combination of naturally-derived quality ingredients and its safe & effective manufacturing technology. The Gokmul Care Ultra Ampoule Toner is 2Phase essence with a blend of lightweight, whole grain-infused toner and deeply nourishing camellia oil in a 6:$ golden ratio. It will deliver a rich moisture boost while controlling the moisture/oil balance for dry, sensitive skin.

• 803 Cream – Full Size – $34

The 803 cream series is specifically designed so that each cream targets different parts of the face. They’ll all enriched with shea butter, adenosine, adipophilin, niacinamide and borphlin which have effective skin brightening and firming functions. The Sam N Cream targets dry, sagging neckline with a blend of purified caffeine and collagen extracts.

• Sally’s Box [Love Recipe Apple Mask + Delight Panthenol Hydrogel Mask + Delight Ceramide Hydrogel Mask + Delight Collagen Hydrogel Mask] – Full Size – $13

The Love recipe Apple Mask is enriched with abundant apple extract for smoothing and balancing out rough skin texture and delivering moisture and nutrition into the skin. The 3 Delight Hydrogel masks are made from the ‘garden complex’ containing more than 10 herbal ingredients from Mother Nature and each work to deeply  hydrate, firm up and relieve coarse thirsty skin.

• Tonymoly Hello Bunny Perfume Bar – Full Size $11

A stick-type bar packed into a lovely bunny design. Its infused with a top note of lemon citrus, a middle note of frisia & white rose and a bottom note of sandalwood & musk.

• Ariul Stress Relieving Purefull Cleansing Foam – Full Size $8

Abundant, cream like foam bubbles penetrates deep into your pores, cleaning away any makeup residue, skin impurities, blackheads and dead skin cells piled up and leaving your skin freshly cleaned, moist & brighter overall.

• Pisteo Bright & Pure C Serum – Full Size $100

Made up of Pure Vitamin C concentrates, this bottle of nutrients will replenish moisture balance, firm up fine wrinkles and brighten overall complexion with continuous application.

This was the only box that I bought from Memebox in the month of November. In my opinion the box is worth the amount paid for it. The products are all full size. I do not see any product that I would not be using, infact I have already stated using the Ariul Stress Relieving Purefull Cleansing Foam and it feels good on my skin. Will be boxing the Thanksgiving Box 2 soon.

L’Oreal Paris Youth Code Luminize Serum – Review

*Guest Post by Pallavi Bose*

Hello lovelies..

We all get tired from long tiring office hours and our body needs some revital to refresh ourselves. But what gets more tired than our body is our skin and this tiredness is clearly reflected on our face. It lacks the sparkle and shine. I was really interested to try out the “newbie” in the skin care industry- “SERUMS”. Serums propose to revitalize your skin by keeping them soft, supple and giving that luminous glow to the face.

So, with this thought I went one day to my favorite beauty store and came through this product. The SA was all singing praises for it so, I thought why not give it a try. So, here comes the L’OREAL PARIS YOUTH CODE LUMINIZE SERUM for all you beautiful ladies….

About:  A precious,  light-infusing  serum  developed  for  women  aged  25-35  to  help  correct  dark  spots and  reveal  more  even,  youthful  looking  skin. The  Serum  is  enriched  with  patented  Lumi-GenTM technology to even and illuminate your skin tone. Clinically proven results: Immediately, your skin is deeply hydrated. It glows with a new luminosity. In 1 week, your skin is more even. Correction of different types of dark spots begins. Marks start to fade: dark spots, sun spots and age-spots. In 1 month, dark spots are visibly reduced. Your skin tone is even and more luminous.

Innovation: LUMI-GENTM TECHNOLOGY

After 10 years of research, L’Oréal scientists have cracked the code to more even, luminous skin by discovering a specific set of genes that are responsible for correcting discolorations and enhancing skin’s luminosity. Introducing: Lumi-GenTM technology, which regulates the skin’s pigmentation to reduce the appearance of skin tone imperfections.

Usage: Apply this serum by itself or before your daily care, morning or evening, on your freshly cleansed face and neck. The light formula penetrates your skin leaving it intensely hydrated and incomparably silky and soft to touch. For best results, follow with Luminize Day Cream.

Packaging: It comes in a silver pump dispenser bottle with a silver nozzle cap which has to be twisted in order to be closed or opened. The nozzle dispenses a very small amount of product. So, this prevents product wastage. But, the bottle is opaque so one can never found out the remaining product.

Price and Quantity: This serum costs Rs.1499. It comes in a 30 ml bottle which lasts quite long. I use it twice daily (morning and evening) and I have been using it for last 1.5 month and I think I haven’t sued even 30% of the product. In this way it can easily last 5-6 months which makes the serum quite economical.

My views : My skin is dry so I am always in need of products which hydrate my skin. Since my facial skin is always prone to tiredness so, a boost in my skin is just what my skin wants. This serum claims to deliver both the promises. So, I took it without second thoughts. I came back from mall and cleansed my face at night and applied it on my bare face. As soon as I took out the product it felt very light. It is basically a cream translucent white in color, runny in nature which blends into the skin at one go. The cream has beautiful floral fragrance which stays for a while and then disappears.The cream post application blends into the skin quite fast. It gets absorbed instantly and skin feels soft and velvety to touch. There is an instant glow to the skin. But since the skin feels too light and I have dry skin so, I need some strong moisturizer to keep my skin hydrated. This serum doesn’t solve the hydration issue. Now coming to the long term I used this serum for 15-20 days religiously twice every day.I witnessed a subtle glow in my face which imparted a healthy look overall. I noticed mild spots disappearing with continuous use of 1 month. I cannot comment about pigmentation issues because I don’t have any major pigmentation. But this serum works fully to hide minor flaws. I have quite a few discoloration issues because of tanning and this serum worked effectively to protect them.

Rating : 4/5

Recommendation : In overall, this serum is good if you want to give a healthy boost to your skin. The price tag is more but the quantity is perfect. It is also effective in covering mild pigmentation.