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Cremorlab - second impressions
(Wersja polska na dole wpisu).This is going to be a long mega-post, so go grab a sandwich, or a coffee. Yes, you may need some caffeine just to stay awake.Go on, I'll wait.I'm going to get a drink...
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Best and worst of Tatcha - Indigo cream and Silken sunscreen
I mean productwise, not PR or marketing stories. I already wrote about what I think about Tatcha's nonsensical claims of ancient geisha beauty secrets and mystical lost books full of Japanese skincare...
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K Beauty online shopping featuring Cremorlab haul from Brush and Powder
I don't normally do store reviews.Why?It's been proven time and again that I am a bitter and miserable human being. I love to complain. I live for complaining. No kvetchin', no life.That makes me a...
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SainTFengel Camellia Quintessence Revitalizing Cream (day and night)
Do you love tea?I do. Though despite living in Japan, I am not that crazy about green tea. My preferred kind of tea would be Earl Grey, hot. Bonus points if you recognize this reference ;-)While I...
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Dior Capture Totale Dreamskin Perfect Skin Cushion SPF50 PA+++
It's so damn hard to come back to blogging after an extended break. Even harder when you are feeling sick. And it's cold outside. And you have a crapload of work to take care of before Monday...
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Koh Gen Do Watery UV Gel SPF50+ PA++++ a.k.a. Koh Gen Do Sun Protect UV Spa...
Hello... It's me...Is there anyone still reading this blog?I am back and hopefully, this time, I will stay back. I mean, I will stay here. Blogging.So...What was I doing when I wasn't here? Many...
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Meishoku Placenta Whitening Eye Cream
Or Medicated Whitening Eye Cream, or whatever the heck this thing is called.I bitched before about the names that Japanese beauty companies give their products. You have one name on the front of the...
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POLA Muselle Nocturnal Lip Gloss
I always get asked why I don't post more often about makeup.The reason is simple. Point makeup does not really interest me. And when something does catch my eye, you will see it either on my Instagram,...
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The Myth of the Ten-Step Asian Beauty Routine
***Wersja po polsku pod wpisem anglojezycznym.***Why don’t you write about the multi-product Asian beauty “routine”? Why don’t you talk about the steps involved and magical techniques used? What about...
View ArticleRavissa UV White Protector SPF50+ PA++++
This is probably the first time ever that I've been terrified of a product. Not just terrified to use it, but terrified in general. You know the feeling... When you are about to bungee jump and you are...
View ArticlePaul & Joe Sun Protection Gel Milk SPF50+ PA++++
Paul and Joe? What the heck? The name alone would always make me stay away from this particular brand. My personal history with Pauls and Joes did not bode well. I've met a few Pauls in my life and...
View ArticleBiore UV Milks (Face, Perfect and Bright) SPF50+ PA++++
I bet you never thought you'd see such an entry on this blog. Don't worry, neither did I. But since summer is almost upon us, it means the inevitable sunscreen questions keep piling up in my mailbox....
View ArticleCinderella White Esthetic Serum-in UV Protector SPF50+ PA++++
Cinderella... She was never my favorite Disney princess. In fact, if anything, I found her to be annoying as all hell. Maybe because I always felt closer to the evil stepsisters. I mean, I could...
View ArticleBiore UV Aqua Rich - Whitening and BB Essences
Biore part 1 is here. When someone proudly tells you that they are using a Japanese sunblock, chances are they mean Biore. And when they say they are using Biore, chances are they mean the one in the...
View ArticleIm;BEAUTY Cloud 9 Whitening Anti-Aging Cream
Don't scream at me and don't tell me in the comments that I can't spell. Though that is true, too. I can't. But this thing, up there in the title, that's how it is spelled on the box. The brand is...
View ArticleMŪN Skincare - first impressions
Last year, sometime around October, I took a look at MŪN (pronounced "moon"), and thought it would be nice to try it. Then, I guess it was in November, I actually commented somewhere that I was...
View ArticleAmazon Japan Prime Day 2017 Haul
Amazon's Prime Day sucks. It's all hype and no real deals. Yeah, it's better now than it used to be, that's for sure. I still remember one of the first prime day events and a lightning deal for a five...
View ArticleEvermere Moist Tec UV Gel SPF50+ PA++++
Back in March Miss Y went to Saitama for a work conference and apparently she had enough time to visit an esthe salon (a.k.a. a spa) to get a facial, a full body treatment and gods only know what else....
View ArticleSpa at The Burj Club in Dubai
IMPORTANT:This is NOT a sponsored post. I paid for my visit to The Burj Club.I also asked and got permission to take photos and write about my experience. When I was planning my vacation and it turned...
View ArticleMT Metatron - MT Essential Serum
Do I still remember how to use this strange thing called a blog? I hope so! *** There is a reason why I don't really like doing sponsored reviews. Actually, there are many reasons. One, that usually I...
View ArticleKorean beauty versus Japanese beauty - revisited
I wasn’t going to take part in the grand Japanese beauty versus Korean beauty debacle of 2018, because how much more can you beat this very dead horse? To any thinking person with even the most basic...
View ArticleKanebo Media UV Cut Gel Base SPF50+ PA++++
A couple of years ago, while reading various blogs written by foreigners living in Japan, I found one authored by a young woman from Eastern Europe. One day she posted something about her massive...
View ArticleHow House of Rose lost a fan
I used to love House of Rose. It's a Japanese skincare and beauty brand that this year will celebrate its 40th birthday. House of Rose prides itself on providing cosmetics that are "friendly for the...
View ArticleLes Merveilleuses LADURÉE UV Protection Base SPF50+ PA++++ and Translucent...
You wouldn't know it was still spring according to the calendar. The weather has been silly hot the past few days and it feels like the middle of summer already. Crazy! That means we are bombarded...
View ArticleDHC Lip Cream Star Wars Edition
I've realized that reviewing Korean cosmetics is, for the most part, pretty much pointless. Many brands are here today, gone tomorrow and products are constantly changed and discontinued. That is good...
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