Showing posts with label witch hazel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label witch hazel. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Review: Beauty Bakery Clarifying Witch Hazel Facial Mist

The key in looking fresh all day is of course not with just makeup. To look good we also need to feel good. What can be the answer to achieve moisturized skin and makeup that stays the whole day?

*Drum roll* ~ Facial Mist!!!

The Beauty Bakery Witch Hazel Facial Mist
What is it? 
All the good stuff in a sweet-smelling bottle that refreshes and clarifies, Beauty Bakery’s Clarifying Witch Hazel Facial Mist is specially made to keep you feeling crisp and clean all day. Each delicious bottle contains an unbeatable blend of Witch Hazel Water and Tea Tree Extract to fight off inflammation and bad bacteria, and is infused with a bright, clean citrus scent to keep you smelling fresh no matter the occasion.

Net weight: 150 ml

Ingredients: Water, Witch Hazel extract, Tea Tree extract, Lemon extract.
Instructions: Mist onto face within an arm’s length to freshen up your skin. Product can be refrigerated to heighten cooling sensation.

I love witch hazel for my pores, ever since I have tried Dickinson's toner. Tea tree extract on the other hand is the perfect buddy in getting rid of acne. Lastly, lemon extract, can whiten and brighten the skin.

Packaging 
The mist is inside a glass bottle with spray type pump. Its simply labeled with the Beauty Bakery sticker. The pump is working perfectly, but its kinda heavy and I cannot bring it with me when I go out so I bought a mini plastic bottle with spray pump as well so I can have a travel friendly version of it.

Experience 
Beauty Bakery Clarifying Witch Hazel Facial Mist is my very first facial mist. The reason I bought it was to refresh my face. I use this before and after my makeup. Using it before makeup application makes its easier to spread the products especially liquid foundation or bb cream. Using it while on the go makes makeup fresh and reapplication easier. It smells like very very faint lemon, which I really like. It makes the morning smell like morning! (if you get what I mean).

I also tried a method wherein I spray mist onto my sponge with liquid foundation. It makes makeup more flawless looking and long lasting. Its confirmed as I tried it now without the mist and the makeup is quite draggy on my skin.

How much and where to buy? 
Php 265 for 150ml bottle

What I love 
  • Refreshes skin
  • Preps skin for makeup
  • Hydrates skin
  • Makes makeup last and more natural looking
  • Affordable
  • Paraben-free
  • All natural
  • Locally made!
  • Smells like lemon (I love citrus!)
  • Has witch hazel for the pores and acne fighting ingredients
  • Working spray mist pump!
What I don't 

  • I can only buy it online

TIPS 
1. Shake the bottle.
2. Hold it 5 to 10 inches away from your face (consult packaging for specifics).
3. Spritz the product liberally in an X formation.
4. Let the product set for a minute. Blot all excess.
5. Repeat whenever you feel like it—all day, every day, perhaps?

Will I repurchase? 
Worth another purchase! But I also want to try Etude House or Nature Republic Mist, are they good? hmm~

Overall~ 
 Beauty Bakery Clarifying Witch Hazel Facial Mist is an affordable mist for everyone. With its acne fighting and minimizing pore ingredient, what's not to love?

The saddest gif I've seen so far. Huhu~





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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Review: Dickinson’s Original Witch Hazel Pore Perfecting Toner

How’s your summer girls? Are you loving it? Well as for me I want to get busy thus I’m currently making my list of ‘must-do’ this vacation. *wink*

My blog has been so prone to hackers lately so if you still get the Attack page’ then that is a boohoo for me. I submitted a request for a review of my website, hopefully it’s already clean now, I did my best to delete the hacker files and restore my site! I was so hopeless when I can’t log-in my dashboard. My only tool is Google and the results it gives, even my hosting can’t help me. :(

I might try to post a quick how to next time on steps I did to recover my blog. I am sad on how foolish people can be. They hack websites just for the mere fun of it. I hope there are not much of broken links as I just reinstalled wordpress again.

Anyway so since my blog is back online (although other pips can’t access it yet due to the warning page) I will post a review of my old favorite: Dickinson’s Original Witch Hazel Pore Perfecting Toner.



Noticed how I added the heart in above photo? Haha… I’m just playing around with our photo editor here. XD

Ingredients: (since it was not fully visible in the shot)
All Natural Witch Hazel, containing natural grain alcohol 14% and Witch Hazel Extract

I am fond of using whitening soaps, unfortunately my face became dry after prolong usage. I can’t use alcohol toners as because it will also contribute to dryness (yes I’m talking about you Eskinol!) So I needed an alternative, something gentle that will keep my skin clean and moisturized. Let me clear that I have enlarged pores, but it’s not really my main concern when I was looking for a new toner. After a long day my usual routine of taking off my make-up:
  1. About 5-10 minutes facial massage of Pure Beauty Perfect Cleansing Liquid to remove all traces of make-up.
  2. Wash off the oil and dirt with Moisturizing Collagen Soap.
  3. With a cotton ball moistened with Dickinson’s Witch Hazel Toner I am sure that my face is squeaky clean.

Did Dickinson’s Original Witch Hazel Pore Perfecting Toner stayed true to it’s promise?
  • Refines pores -With continuous use it might work but do not expect drastic changes. I have enlarged pores so I can see whether a product does tighten pores or not. Hmm… is that a good thing? Lol. At least I’ll know if something is not working, haha.
* ” Witch Hazel is high in tannins. Tannins are found in any natural astringent because of their ability to tighten, dry and harden tissues.”
So as per my research, i can also be used for insect bites, chicken pox etc because it can soothe itchiness. Click here to learn 15 ways of using Witch Hazel.
  • Removes and controls oil -Yes it does remove oiliness and keeps my skin’s moisture. Which is a good thing. I notice that I don’t need to frequently use blotting paper anymore.
  • Soothes Irritation -When I first used Dickinson’s Witch Hazel toner my skin is irritated due to dryness. It indeed helped reduced itchiness. I also used Physiogel cream along with this toner.

Where to buy?

Healthy Options for P79/ 2 oz. bottle, very affordable. It’s their travel size,which is cute compared to it’s original size which is a really big bottle.

PROS

  • Cheap!
  • Effectively cleans despite being non-drying.
  • Refreshes my skin. So perfect for summer!
  • Accessible product, any SM malls with Healthy Options.

CONS
  • Sometimes I don’t like the smell. though it really depends on my mood. LOL.. The scent of this toner is like chesnuts.
Will I repurchase?

Yes, this is an HG material. I still look forward into trying out Hada Lobo but for now Dickinson’s Witch Hazel toner is enough. I am more than loving this product, I might get the astringent version of this too, Soooo excited!

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