Etude House Goodbye Dark Circle Eye Cream REVIEW

Hello everyone! Hope you are all well~

Ok today i am reviewing the Goodbye Dark Circle Eyecream from Etude House. Pictures of the product are as follows -

Getting older (Im currently 19), late drunken nights out, unprotected exposure to the sun and not having the most healthiest diet are my unfortunate bad habits that have contributed to me now having dark eye circles. Like many others out there, I hate them and want to get rid of them by any means possible without covering them up (I dont use any kind of concealer). Whilst browsing Etude Houses online website I came accross this product and with the words 'Goodbye Dark Circles' I had to have it immediately.

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Product Overview.
The active ingredients listed on the product are broccoli, slim tea complex (male tea, green coffee).

Into more detail...

Brocolli- Now I have never herd of this helping dark circles but after a little research, summed up is that broccolli is very high in Vitamin K. This Vitamin helps blood circulation and one of the causes of dark circles is poor circulation.

Slim tea complex & Mate tea - I unfortunately was unable to find any real information about either of these 2 ingredients. *failure*

Green Coffee - I think this ingredient fits in with the 'slim tea complex' claim as when I was researching the main results for Green Coffee were assosicated with weightloss and slimming. I couldnt find anything that linked this to dark eye circles, again Im sorry about not being so informative.

Appearance.
At first looking from the outside of the packet I thought the see threw tube like thing that came with the cream was a sort of serum? However it is a massage stick, pretty decieving eh?
Overall I find the packaging really cute, I like the pale yellow and little racoon/badger (not sure?) character on the front.

How I use it.
I apply this cream to my eye as directed after I have toned my skin with my regular toner. I dont really use the massage stick provided as I find that by using it i apply to much pressure to the eye area, which Im sure wont do me any good personally so I use my ring finger and apply a pea size amount of cream spreading onto both my eye lids and under my eyes. Then as in the diagrams on the packaging I then use my ring finger and massage in circular motions around my eyes then dot using the same fingers instead of the massage stick around my eyes 3 times gentley. Once done the cream would have been completely absorbed.

Results.
I have used this eye cream now for a week included with my night time skin routine. Does it work? well I have personally noticed my dark circles to have lightened slightly, with only 5 days usage and slight results already visible I would expect for my dark circles to improve further and become fairly unnoticeable. My mother and non blood related older sister have noticed improvements and wish to try this product for themselves also.

My Comments.
I do like this product as I have seen suttle changes in only a short amount of time. However when i do apply it to the skin around my eyes, it stings slightly though goes away as fast as it came but occurs for me with each application and Im generally not sensitive skinned, so to those of you with sensitive skin try at your own caution but i wouldnt recommend it on this basis.

On the bright side, the cream is a nice soft texture that drys and is absorbed by the skin quickly leaving the skin feeling soft with no sticky residue at all.

Verdict.
I would recommend this if people want a simple anti dark circle eye cream to fit in with there regular skin care routine.
I wouldnt buy this product again for myself as I personally would like to try a new anti-dark circle eye cream once this runs out. My next eye cream buy Im pretty sure will be Skin Peptoxil Intelligent Dark Circle Eraser.

Anymore questions about the product dont hesitate to get in contact with me, Im happy to help. ^^

Etude House Precious Mineral BB Cream REVIEW.

[I will revisit this soon with swatch pictures i just wanted to get it up ASAP!]

Hello!!
Oh my days this is my first official post on this blog *yaaay*, I strangely feel nervous...But I hope this helps anyone that reads this review interested in the product. Anyway's moving on to the product.

Yes today I tried the Etude House Precious Mineral BB Cream for the first time, my mother purchased this for me from an Etude House store in Thailand, so I'm affraid i cannot give you the exact price I paid. :(

I have never previously tried any products from Etude House nor have I tried a BB cream before so this is item was one of my first BB creams (I got 2 on at the same time, will review the other later when i try it) and the first item i tried of the korean brand. :)

Pictures of the Item below ~

Product Overview.
This BB cream is part of the Precious Mineral Skin Project Line of cosmetics from Etude House released in 2009. The line of cosmetics claimed to 'Promote a lightened glow to your complexion with pearl mineral powder and the trouble-free efficacy of BB cream'.

I took a picture from the back of the box for you all to see (And to save me typing it all out hehe).

So as you can see the benefits offered by this BB cream are~

• Silky complexion/ sheer coverage.
• Anti-Wrinkle Efficacies. (Adenosine)
  
• Whittening Efficacies. (Arbutin)
  
• SPF 30/PA++.

There are 2 shades of this particular BB cream #1 Sheer Silky Skin (best for fair skin tone & oily skin types, said to give 'fresh make up look') and #2 Sheer Glowing Skin (best for light to medium skin tones & dry skin types, for a 'moist & glossy make up look'), Though I would think both are better matches for asian skin but as a most BB creams should blend into your natural skin tone in general. I Have the lightest shade #1 Sheer Silky Skin.

First i would like to go into a little detail about Adenosine & Arbutin because i think you should all be informed. (Through browsing websites i extracted this information and summed up to form these terms).

Adenosine- Is a compound naturally found in the body that helps to increase the production of collagen & elastin that are important proteins in reducing fine lines and wrinkles maintaining skin elasticity, thus helps towards anti-aging.

Arbutin- Is a natural skin whitening agent said to lighten and brighten your skin by inhibiting Tyrosinase (Enzyme that causes darkening of skin) thus inhibits melanin pigmentation and reduce skin damage from free radicals.Now with the overview out of the way, let’s go into what I think of this product.

Appearance.
The packaging I personally found quite adorable being fancy and girly. The BB cream comes in what appeared to be a squeeze tube however when I looked closer, I realised how wrong I was, it was no ordinary squeeze tube but it had a type of pump lid, I’m not necessarily to fond of the pump function since it was hard to get used to and work with, in my opinion.

Colour.
On first look when I squeezed the cream on my fingers, to me appeared to dark for my skin tone, however it once I rubbed it into my skin, it blended in well matching my skin tone. Being the lightest out of the 2 shades offered by Etude house on this product I would say is pretty versatile since, my mother who is 100% Thai with tanned skin is able to use this shade, without it looking sickly or un-natural (In other words blended with a medium skin tone as well as a fair skin tone). So I wouldn’t say this is ONLY for fair skin toned people. :)

Coverage.

The coverage was thick like a liquid foundation, smooth to spread on my face however was a little too quick drying as before I could really blend it into my skin, within a few seconds it was almost set dry once applied to my skin. However I think once gotten used to using the BB cream and its texture this shouldnt be a problem.

Once applied to my face, the cream nicely evened out my skin tone with a flawless matte finish that really impressed me, I used no more than a 1pence sized coin amount for all over my face, since this was such a little amount to cover my face I would say this product is good to last me a while before I would have to splurge out on a new one.

It covered my redness, pores, dark circles nicely however did not manage to cover my spots to my dismay ><, so for spot coverage while using this BB cream I would suggest the use of a concealer (I know that many people regularly use concealer but personally I have never used one as part of my make up routine). I had no need to apply powder over since my face was matte enough to my liking (infact looked like powder).

General Comments.
I wore the BB cream all day, on the skin I wouldn't say it felt heavy but at the same time not particularly light, in other words it I think best to describe it as it feels like wearing ordinary liquid foundation (Liquid foundation is not something I am accustomed to since I regularly use powder foundation which feels much lighter on my skin. It was only after approximately 5 hours did oil/shine begin to appear on my T-zone. I blotted the once and that was the only time i needed to till I removed my make up at the end of the day.

As for whittening & anti-aging effects of the BB cream, I cannot say how effective this could be as for one, I am naturally white skinned (although I do want to be paler) but since the BB cream lists containing Arbutin, I would assume with regular use over a period of time (1-2 months) a difference of lighter skin tone i would assume be noticeable but not extreme. And with anti-aging, well i am 19, I have yet to show any signs of aging (though i can dream and hope never to). The anti-aging ingredient listed, Adenosine, you can research this yourself but i have found through articles it is said to be an effective ingredient towards anti-aging and is regularly used in anti-aging cosmetics in asia. So perhaps again with continued use this could contribute to anyones range of anti-aging products?

Verdict.
Would I buy this product again, Yes I found it ok, However it is my first BB cream and I hope to try more so I wont be re-purchasing it anytime soon once it has run out as the next BB cream i want to try is the Dr. Jart+ Silver Label. Thank you to anyone that has read this review, I hope it has been of use to you in someway, If you have anymore questions about the product being reviewed feel free to comment, email or formspring me :).


Have a nice day, or night in my case. Take care!~