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What we finished this month:
- Tony Moly Delight Tony Tint in #red
- Shiseido Perfect Oil
- Mizon Black Snail All-in-One cream
- The Body Shop Vitamin E Mist
- L'Occitane - Cleansing Oil 5% Shea
- Bioré - Perfect Face Milk SPF50+ PA++++
- Clarins - Gentle Peeling, Smooth away cream with primrose extract
- Holika Holika - Soda Pore Light Cleansing Oil

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Caudalie SOS Thirst Quenching Serum

I’ve been using this serum for about 3 years now (and by using it I mean that I have always had a bottle of it opened ever since, either using it in the morning, in the evening or both). I first discovered it reading Lodoesmakeup’s blog (in French) I bought it a few weeks after and fell in love.

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Source : The Face Shop

The sheet mask is soaked in 20g of lotion which is a decent amount, under is too little in my opinion. The lotion is quite runny so I think it would fit even oily skin types. The mask itself is very thin and the fitting is OK (not the best I’ve seen, but not the worst either). 

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All the products I use regularly.


So after the morning one today I'll present my evening routine.

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A few month back I realized how little I exfoliated. And I wondered if it could be the reason why my skin wasn't smooth (of course it was) this is when I bought Tony Moly's Gold Black Sugar Mask. Tony Moly has been doing pretty good quality products for an inexpensive price, so they had my trust.


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All the products I regularly use in the morning.

One thing you should know about me is that I don’t believe in using the same products every day without exception or else you’ll die. I do believe that using a product for an extended period of time is needed to see its effects, I do believe in being consistent: if you start a product you finish it and I don’t think that having a bazillion opened products is needed, but I do think you have to adapt the products to your needs and my skin does not have the same needs everyday of the week. Let me explain: most days I’ll simply apply hydrating products, but then one day for some unknown reason my skin will feel drier, well then on this one day I’ll use something a bit richer, if one day I have more pimples: then I’ll use something taking care of this need. That’s why on each category I have up to 3 opened products that I switch between depending on my needs.

Now that I’ve explained myself here is my routine:

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So recently my skin has become less soft. At first I thought it was because I changed my facial cream but I have discovered the real culprit: Winter. My skin is combination but dehydrated (i.e. my skin lacks water so it produces more sebum to protect itself). So since it is winter my skin has been even more dehydrated. At the same time I realized that my sister offered me to use her Hada crie (CM-N810, with the sheet mask mode).
And I thought it could be nice to be a review that I would update as winter passes.

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My haul includes :
- Water In Lip Ume softcream lip balm SPF 12 
- Pure Smile Peach essence mask
- Kracie - Naive Snow White creamy cleansing oil
- Herb Day 365 Aloe cleansing foam
- The Face Shop Baby leaf freen tea Waterfull serum
- Sana Hadanomy collagen cream
- The Face Shop air cotton make up base SPF30 PA++ in Mint

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What EOS lip balm should you get ?
Source : Playbuzz

When I first saw the EOS lip balm in one of Michelle Phan videos I was in complete awe. And since packaging and advertisement works really well on me (too much?), I ended up buying it. I loved them immediately, they were nourishing, they smell and taste good. After some time I started to get weird pimples on my upper lip line and I just didn't even imagined that it could be the lip balm I was using. Then they disappeared after I finished my EOS lip balm. But again, since it wasn't immediate I didn't make the link.

Recently though, I bought another and the pimples reappeared and then it hit me: the EOS lip balm was the cause of it. Trust me I really wanted to love it, they are sooo cute and tiny, and in fact I did love them for a long time before I realized that it was what gave me those pimples.

So I'm not saying you shouldn't buy them, for most people it won't cause pimples, but if you're prone to having those maybe you should consider buying another lip balm.
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These are the beauty tips that I apply to myself, some I found myself, some I collected over the years. I hope you can try some!

- Never use soap that isn't designed specifically for the face.
- Hot water will dehydrate your skin.
- Know the difference between dehydrated and dry. Dry means your skin lacks oil and dehydrated means it lacks water. So oily skin can be dehydrated and in fact, It will almost always be the case because if your skin lacks water it will produce oil to protect itself. So if you have dry skin look for nourishing creams and if you have oily skin, look for hydrating ones. The word moisturizing is quite tricky because it can mean both depending on the company. Generally speaking you can guess which one it is when you look at the main ingredients: shea butter will always be for dry skin while aloe, green tea and so one will be for oily skin.
- Everybody need to use a moisturizer, even the most oily skin types. Again, the more dehydrated your skin is, the more oil it will produce to protects itself.
- Don't touch your face. You probably do it a lot more than you realize.
- If you're trying to get rid of acne scars or if you have acne right now, you should use sunscreen. Without it your scars will last a lot longer, trust me.
- The higher the SPF the better: FALSE. High SPF means more chemicals that probably aren't worth it. SPF30 offers around 90% of UV coverage, which is plenty enough for most people.
- Always choose PA+++ if possible. UVA are said to be the main cause for wrinkles.
- If you have a zit, cover it with a little bit of toothpaste during the night.
- Results won't come within a day, not even within a week. When trying new products, wait a month before stopping them because you think they do nothing.

Please tell me what are your own beauty tips!
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Hi, my name is Sarah I'm a 22 years old student from France. I love skincare and makeup! I'll mainly review affordable beauty products from Japan , Korea and French pharmacy. Skin type : Combo dehydrated skin / Mild rosacea / NW20

My sister Rébecca is with me in this journey to perfect skin. She is 28 years and starting to look for anti-aging, mainly high-end western products. Skin type : Normal (can get oily on the forehead if I don't use the right products) dehydrated // NW20

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