Skincare 101: MaryKay Timewise Microdermabrasion Set

I love it!!!love it!!!! love it!!! and won't ever lease it...

Been using this set for the past 2 years. I even join as a MaryKay Ambassadress just to avail the discounted price for these products. And some of the product of MaryKAy that I did use. :)

But first of, Timewise MICRODERMABRASION SET tends to substitute the effect of Diamond Peel treatment (the main reason I did try this). Cause this product state that they can effectively removes dead skin cells; fight fine lines and refines pores; and contains the key exfoliating ingredients used by dermatologist to achieve beautifully smooth skin (which is very similar to D.P. treatment), the only difference is while using these your using your hands to do the process, and uses a sandblasting tool to shoot tiny aluminum oxide crystals at the surface of the skin while diamond peel is crystal free, but using a wand that contains an abrasive diamond tip that do all the magic as the same time vacuum all the dirt away with the wand suction.

The texture:
Step 1: Refine. The product is pure creamy white with a sandy (bead-like) texture. For fragrance no scent at all. 

Step 2: Replenish. For the step 2 of the microdermabrasion technique, the replenish do have a lightweight, opalescent lavender color serum, without fragrance at all. It can easily absorbed to the skin.

Without further a do. I will walk you through the process of Timewise microdermabrasion. 


First you need to wash your face with your regular face wash....While your face is still damp, place a pea size of your step 1: refine microdermabrasion product onto your 5 major area of your face (forehead, left/right cheeks, nose and chin). Then using your middle finger, and ring finger (make sure it's wet) massage your face in a circular motion for 3 to 5 minutes, avoid your eye area while doing this cause these areas are very sensitive. Note: if it becomes a bit dry make sure to put a little water on your finger as you continue massaging it.

After 5 minutes.... Rinse your face and make sure all the crystal product are removed. Pat your face dry with a towel, don't rub it cause if there's a crystal left on your face you can  scratch your face. Then at this time you can see the effect of it, it makes your face glow, fresh and refine. There will be slight red color on your skin after, but don't worry step 2: replenish microdermabrasion product will handle it :) 

After you pat your face dry, apply the step 2: replenish product onto your face and massage it like what your doing with your serum/moisturizer, including your eye area. And voila... presenting your fresh and refined face...:) After these activity you can continue with your daily regimen :) 

The visible result will be after a week from the first time you use it like a diamond peel session.

They said you can do it twice a week but I'm doing it twice a month.


Pros:

• Can make your face fresh, refine and glowing.
• Can make your pore smaller.
• It's very efficient for people don't have time to go to there dermatologist to set a schedule for there diamond peel session.
• You can also save money though if you purchase these, it might be a bit expensive but compare to going to the dermatologist for every session it will save you tons of your budget :)
• For me using these product for fighting the fine lines is very effective, I'm 29 years old but I still can't notice a sign of aging on my skin,
• And I notice if I do have a pimple and I do my session of microdermabrasion, my pimple can easily be dry on the next day.

Cons:

• While doing these technique you need to be careful, or else you will scratch you beautiful face :)
• And you might fall in love with it like I do :D

Definitely wants you to try it!!!! and tell me what can you say about the product.

For US area got a few sample here if you want to try it just hit me up or email me: emmelynanne_diaz@yahoo.com

Judgement Day!!!!! Innisfree Jeju Volcanic Cleansing foam & Benton Snail Bee High Content Essence (Part 2 of 2)

Hey Ladies!!!!

Hope everything is well .....

     On this blog I'm giving you the 2nd part of my 1st review and this is for Benton Snail Bee High Content Essence. I bought this product @ Memebox_US for the price of $11, last March 14, 2016.  
     
     I know it took me awhile to deliver the 2nd part of my review cause I've been trying to read and research a lot of information of this product that can give you guy's a lot of idea before trying this product.

   There's an incident before about the spoilage of this product and upon a series of investigation the head of the company state that since this item contains a natural preservative exposure to extreme temperature can cause spoilage. That's why it's not recommended to order this overseas especially in summer.

 ALL ABOUT BENTON SNAIL BEE HIGH CONTENT ESSENCE

Ever wonder what are serum, essence and ampule and their differences?

     I know a lot of us are not familiar with these kind of skincare, it's mostly belong to the Korean line of skincare and maybe some known brands are adopting these kind of merchandise too.

    When we say ampule these are a supercharged serum with higher concentration of active ingredients that you're meant to use for a finite amount of time as a booster. It comes in a smaller bottle with droppers.

   While Essence and Serum are mostly the same thing it can be thicker or thinner in consistency but they contain a high concentration of products ingredients. 

What's this product all about?

  Generally marketed as being anti-acne, anti-wrinkle, whitening/brightening and moisturizing. It has an anti-irritation and antibacterial effect. This is good for any skin types including sensitive and trouble one. Even males can also use it (my husband's using it).

Characteristic of this essence

     These essence is a clear gel-like not to thick liquid. It has no fragrance or scent at all, good for those who's sensitive when it come to scent in there skincare regimen.

List of ingredients in this product with their function

• Snail Secretion Filtrate  -  *active ingredient
• Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice  -  antioxidant; antibacterial; anti-inflammatory
• Glycerin  -  solvent; moisturizer
• Arbutin  -  whitening
• Butylene Glycol - solvent; moisturizer
• Human Oligopeptide-1 - stimulate collagen production
• Bee Venom  -  *active ingredient
• Plantago Asiatia extract (aka Chinese plantain)  
• Laminaria Digitata Extract (aka algae aka oarweed)  
• Diospyros Kaki leaf extract (aka persimmon)
• Salix Alba Bark extract (aka willow bark)  -  anti-inflammatory;  astringent
• Ulmus cam pestris extract (aka elm)
• Bacillus Ferment
• Azelaic Acid  -  whitening
• Althaea rosea flower extract (aka hollyhock) 
• Aloe barbadensis leaf extract  -  moisturizer; emollient
• Beta-glucan  -  anti-allergic
• Betaine  -  viscocity control; antistatic; moisturizer
• Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Cross Polymer  -  viscocity control
• Adenosine  
• Panthenol  -  antistatic; moisturizer
• Allantoin  -  anti-inflammatory; anti-allergic
• Zanthoxylum Piperatum Fruit Extract (aka sichuan pepper)  
• Usnea Barbata extract (aka lichen)
• Pulsatilla Koreana Extract (aka Korean pasque flower)
• Arginine  -  antistatic; moisturizer

     The 2 active ingredients of this product are the snail secretion and bee venom. It might be a little wild/exotic to hear especially to a newbie like me. But snail secretion in Korean product are usually use as one of the ingredient in there beauty products cause it contains a number of useful chemicals that can benefits the skin. And these are the following:

• Enzyme - this chemical are vital for the skin health, it includes gentle exfoliation that removes dead skin cells and the reduction of inflammation that has been correlate with the aging process of the skin. So by means of reducing it, it can potentially slow the process  of aging.
• Hyaluronic Acid - it's a molecule that naturally occurs in the human body. This is significant in skincare because it has an ability to attract moisture to the treatment site.
• Glycoproteins - this snail slime chemicals also do wonders for aging skin by improving communication between skin cells. It can also improve the efficiency of cell function thereby leading to a healthy skin.

      Now let us discuss the Bee Venom . One of the most important qualities of this ingredient is that it can cause very mild damage to the skin, which stimulates the body's natural healing processes. This, in turn may stimulate the production of collagen in the skin; a vital protein that forms the basis of the skin support structure.

     So over-all the main intention of this products is to attack several aspects of skin aging by boosting the support structure underneath and improving cell function in the uppermost layers of the skin. 

Application

     After cleaning my face with my usual cleanser and toner, I just put 4 to 5 pumps of Snail Bee High Content Essence onto my face before putting my moisturizer. I usually applied it in the morning and at night. It can be absorb in the skin so quickly without leaving some residual stickiness.

Outcome

     After weeks of trying this product I'll give it an A+ for everything, not only it gives an awesome result on my skin but also for my husband's skin. My husband has been dealing from over drying and redness on his nose area when he won't put any cream as soon as he gets out from the shower but after I let him try this, the result was so fascinating. And even premature wrinkles are slowly making improvement. It did brighten my face and my pimple marks.

    Attached on this blog is the image of the forehead and nose area of my husband with a promising improvement after using this product.

Will I recommend it to you guys??

    Definitely. I won't make a list of the pros and cons of this product because all I can say are all pros. This product is really good most especially for men and women on their mid 20's and up. And all skin type. 

    And we come to an end. Hope you get some beneficial information on this blog. For my US friends who would like to try this product or some korean product Memebox gives a 20% discount for a $25 worth of products http://share.memebox.com/x/yDoeoo, and there website is www.us.memebox.com. And for my Filipino friends this products are available in www.jolse.com & www.beautynetkorea.com and they give discount and freebies also.

      Would like to acknowledge the writer from skinandtonic.com; cosdna.com and thedermreview for some of the reviews of this product that leads me to give you a useful and beneficial blog. Thank you :)  

     Till next time guy!!!

Kisses...... Emmelyn