Review: My Beauche Experience

Beauche~ sounds to be a very good name for a product brand? I think so too!

I first stumbled on this in the forums of Girltalk. It caught my eye because it was said to be the beauty secret of flight attendants. Now lets go down short yet memorable experience in using Beauche and its description. It does promise too much benefits: eliminate wrinkles, pimples, & other skin problems, firm skin and has natural pink glow on face.

My honest opinion

• I can't comment if its effective on wrinkles as I have no visible ones yet when I used it but it does tighten the skin as it gets ready for peeling.
• It surely dries up pimples fast (but the product itself causes break outs on the first week as well).
• Eliminate other skin problems? Nope. It didn't. Actually it even brought a new problem to me because I now have discolored/darkened laugh lines.
• I didn't noticed any even subtle natural pink glow, but face will surely turn apple red at least on the first 2 weeks (which is geez~annoying)

What the product says:

Best suits people with: pimples, acne, pigmentation, discoloration, oily Face,open pores,old skin, black & white heads.

Yes, my pimples and acne was less to none when I was using the set and skin was still fine even I was only left with the toner and astringent. Doesn't help for pigmentation, discoloration (like what I said above it even cause additional problem for me). True that it does control oiliness, but no minimized pores for me. It does eliminate old skin because it involves a micro-peeling process. It did not helped much in lessening blackheads and whiteheads. The promised result: pinkish radiant white skin even without blush-on, sorry no.

My purchase:



Here you can see each piece of cream, toner and astringent of the set.

How much?
Whole set costs P710php but due to public demand (they are popular despite my rant on its side effect) the price increased now to P750.

Set includes:

• Beauty bar (which is actually a kojic acid bar) -nice soap but at 90grams per set its quite small.
• Skin toner (smells like fake strawberry, but I liked it) good make-up remover.
• Clarifying lotion (quite harsh at first but will become less to none painful afterwards) -Good for controlling pimples.
• Exfoliating cream -white cream with super harsh formulation. Hurts all throughout the process.
• Rejuvenating cream -Hurts at first; changed cream color from green into brown after a few weeks, they call this aging.
• Age Eraser cream -pinkish cream which is used as sunblock. Nothing special, but it doesn't help in covering up the peeling.

 How long will it last?
About a month or so. It depends on how much you put on your face or if you'll include your neck. Creams are used up faster than the toner and astringent.

Where to buy?
I bought mine in a mall here in Caloocan but now I heard they already have stalls near LRT Monumento station. There are certain Beauche shops in other places as well kindly check forums forums for more info. For international buyers there are online sellers of this product as well.

Update 6/2/2016
Do check out their website for other user's feedback: http://www.beauche-international.com/

Do I recommend this?
No, sorry. It's FDA approved but that doesn't mean that its entirely safe for everybody. However results can vary on different people. What doesn't work for me might work on you. But personally, I wont be buying Beauche set again. I'm not afraid of peeling but this product is just plain harsh for my face.The end result is nothing magical compared to my face before, not worth the P750 if the result is not visible.
Mianhe (sorry) for the long review...and that's it for now.

How about you, have you ever tried Beauche set before? Did it worked wonders for you?

Review: Strip It! Cold Wax

"Hairless, fair and smooth underarm for every girl in the world!"

...Fairy God Mother said to Cinderella and everyone in the village... and they all lived happily ever after. --THE END.

Geez, what an awesome finale but we all know that story is far from reality. To achieve a hairless under arm girls need to shave, pluck, go to waxing salons etc.

Razors are known to darken underarm after prolonged usage (not to mention that hair grows back too fast afterwards) and so does plucking that also results to chicken skin. Waxing salon is the best option but it's time consuming, not to mention costly.


Good thing, there is a process we call waxing, right? Now waxing is possible to be done at home --yeah I know, super convenient! The most common wax available in the market is hot wax. But personally I won't dare to buy one as I'm afraid to scald my skin, I'm quite a dummy on stuffs that involve heat.

Fortunately the good ole world came up with a whole new process once again called sugaring. The most popular brand in the market I know is Strip It! I was browsing my favorite buy and sell site -sulit when I noticed this lil' new product. Strip It is said to be the best hair removal sugaring in the Philippines

But... ~What is sugaring?
"Sugaring is also known as the ancient Egyptian sugar WAX. All natural, water-soluble and hypoallergenic thus safe to use even on sensitive skin."



Strip It! Hair Removal Sugaring promises:

Less chicken skin

Hair will only grow after 2-4 weeks

Skin Lightening

Safe to use on any part of the body


No long list of contents are included in this product but it says that:
"It exfoliates since dead skin are stripped off. It's laced with moisturizer making skin soft. And the Calamansi lightens the skin!"

How to use:

1. Using spatula apply wax to skin (dry/powdered) in the direction of your hair growth (hair should be at least 1/4 long).
2. Take a cloth strip, press it down firmly onto the wax and rub for a few seconds (Remember to leave a small space at the end for pulling).
3. Stretch your skin tight so all hair will be pulled when you strip the cloth (yeah strip, thus the name..neat ^^)
4. Immediately strip off the cloth in opposite direction (take note that process should only take a few seconds)

Don't worry you dont need to jot down the process as their package is already complete with the instructions, cloth, spatula and wax inside a very cute pink paper bag. Heehee.

I have been using this product for 3 months already and I must say I am impressed with the results. It keeps up with the promise that hair will only grow after approx. 2-4 weeks. I have no chicken skin already, that was kinda pretty fast but it might be because I don't really pluck a lot even before.

Here is a photo of my own purchase:



I bought their tint as well.~(mini review coming soon) Pardon of not being able to show the contents of the tub, camera was suddenly stuck.

Now off to Pros and Cons:
PROS

• Super easy to use, after 3-4 times of usage you'll get the hang of it.
• Cheaper than most brands out there and way safer than using the accident prone razors.
• Less painful than plucking.
• This is cold wax so no harm in getting a very warm wax or whatsoever. Hooray for cold wax!
• No allergic reactions or whatsoever, just redness that is just normal with the waxing process. It is recommended to use it after taking a bath or before sleeping because we should not wash the skin within 8 hrs after waxing to avoid pore clogging.

CONS

• Some really small stray hairs are left and need to be tweezed out.
• Might need multiple times of stripping if the person is new to the process.
• May be a bit painful to some like to my mom when I waxed her underarm.
• Not available in local stores nationwide, hassle of getting the item shipped every time you need one but that problem is not a biggie. Updated (04/13/13): They do sell this on Landmark now.
  

Where to buy?
You can easily browse for sellers online, or just drop by in Landmark.

How much?
> > Mini trial kit 100g - P130
> > Medium kit 200g - P200

> > Big tub kit 350g - P295
Suggested Retail Prices but it depends on who/where you are buying from.


How long will it last?
They say mini tubs are good for at least 1-3 months, medium for around 6 months and the big tub for around 10 months and is the best for you if you plan on waxing not just the underarm but other parts of your body as well like legs.
It can last a year after opening by the way and refrigerating the product is a no-no (because it'll affect the product's effectiveness)

Will I buy again?
Sure! I am even thinking of reselling them to my friends and neighbors. Teehee. Updated (04/13/13): I already finished 3 big tubs of Strip It! ...and just bought one again.

This is a keeper!

How about you girls, do you also use hair wax?
(This is my very first product review ever!)
Hope you like it~ *cheers!*

A Brand New Start

Hooray! Give way to the newest blog on the block! :))

Hello World! This new blog is owned and managed by an all time random fellow -ME! As the site title implies (My Name is Chien!) this blog will cover up MY current fascinations, addictions, lemmings and so on and so forth.

This will be a fun loving blog intended for people who doesn't just love the world wide web but are interested to become informed on the latest happenings on one simple girl's life.

I'll do my best to create awesome posts for this blog! So watch out!~
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