[Review] Chriszen Tear Drop Sponge

Hye lovelies, 

So, since I reviewed the Chriszen Moist Cake yesterday, I thought I should let you guys know about their sponge as well. I also wrote in the review post that I prefer to use this kind of sponge instead of the one they provided. I didn’t want to overload the post with too many pictures so I decided to give it a new one. 

The sponge comes in a really cute box with the sponge peeking through the transparent cover so that it looks like the Russian doll has a pink body. I think the packaging is similar to the one from Etude House since I saw it before (I don’t own one though). 

I drew the smiley face on the picture XD

Unlike the beauty blender, this sponge doesn’t really get bigger if you dampen it and its much more tougher and sturdier when wet as well as when it’s dry. No difference at all. On a video I watched, they said that you don't need to wet it before use but I find that if you don't, its gonna absorb a lot of your product and make it harder to clean. Explains the stain I have right now on the bottom, so I recommend wetting it.

So it's called the teardrop sponge. On the box, "a fine-textured synthetic sponge. It is even more finely textured than the traditional wedges, giving it a velvety texture that is perfect for creating a flawless finish for foundation, blush, self-tanner or other liquid-based products. Clean your sponge using facial cleanser or make up remover, can see how your face stay cleaner, your sponge last longer and your make up look better than ever"

The material is similar to any of the beauty blender dupes out there so if you own one of those then you would know what I’m talking about. If not, then maybe you should try to look it up online. There are plenty of videos and blog posts about them. It says you can clean it with your face cleanser/ makeup remover, I tried and it worked out fine but Chriszen moist cake is pretty hard to get off the sponge. So I used my usual olive oil and dishwashing liquid to remove the product from my sponges. 

 

 As for pricing, it retails for RM16.90 in Malaysia so this is definitely much cheaper than the beauty blender. I know I bought one dupe in UK which cost me about £2, so if you consider the currency exchange, it’s more or less similar. 

There’s also the Real Techniques Miracle Complexion Sponge which I would like to try one day. I heard it’s a pretty good dupe as well. It’s really hard to find where I stay right now but if you’re living in the UK, you can find it in Superdrug/ Boots retailing for £5.99. 

Hope you guys enjoyed the post

Cheers Jxx

[Review] Chriszen Moist Cake in 02

Hye Lovelies :)

So I've just finished my exams and having my super short semester break but I want to make sure I will be doing something productive for the internet community. That includes planning the movies I'm gonna watch to get a chance to go to New Zealand!! haha

In this post, I'm going to write about one of Chriszen most raved product on Instagram but it's not something that one can't really get a hold of on the internet for reviews and how-to etc.

In the post, I'll try my best to walk you through the good and probably some bad things about the product. Everything has its pros and cons right...

The one I have is in the shade 02 (pink), there's 01 (light pink) and 03 (olive). The store recommended 02 so..I got 02. I don't really know if 03 is gonna be more towards warm but from the video I saw posted by EvangelineHawa, it doesn't look like it.

So the product comes in a pink bulky packaging so you might not want to bring this in your handbag or something but I think it can withstand travelling. I hope

It comes with a round sponge. I prefer not to use it because it makes it really hard for me to apply the product especially around the corner of my nose and eyes.

When you open it up, you can see spirals which reminds me of the Etude House Nymph Aura Volumer Baby Glow balm that I reviewed some time ago. So, the coloured part is the foundation and the white part is the L-Glutathione (an antioxidant which fights radicals to prevent the production of melanin if my memory serves me right) part which serves to make your face whiter. What you do is mix the two parts to get the shade for yourself and apply it on your face.
Deng! It's really hard (especially with the round sponge) to get the correct amount of foundation and gluta to get YOUR personal shade because if you get too much of the white part, you're gonna end up whiter than Snow White. haha


What I usually do is use a blending sponge (Chriszen has their own one which I think is much much better than the round sponge) with a round bottom and pointy end. That makes blending much much more easier, What I do is I dampen the sponge and swirl the bottom to get a good enough mixture then dot them on my face. Using the pointy end, I blend the product and that usually gives me quite a natural bright looking face. I set it with powder and all is well even though they do say that it sets to a powder finish, I don't really see that though. hmm...Oh well. Doesn't really matter to me :)

The subsequent pictures show the ampoule that comes free when I bought the cake. (hehe cake). So it's supposed to moisturise the face before using the cake. It contains gluta as well as some gold flakes. I don't actually know if it's gold though, I might look up for something in the lab to test it but for know, I'll accept. It kinda reminds me of Clinelle 24K cream though...kinda. So what I do with this is put 2 drops as it directs me to, on my palm then pat it on my face. It actually has some kind of cooling effect but I have no idea what it actually does. Definitely not a primer.

Swatches

Unblended dot

 As you can see, I call that a dot. Just in case anyone wants to know. ^___^

Blended

 As you can see it blends well with my vampire wrist but my face is a bit more tanned so I had to blend it harder. I guess it has more of a cool rather than a warm undertone to it. My undertone is kinda neutral.

A dot from the Gold ampoule

Not much difference in looks but makes my hand feel hydrated and cool. The different colour is due to different lighting conditions in my room at the time. Cloudy Sun moment.

How I look with it

So...I do look brighter which is good. I put some on my neck just in case I go too white. It did manage to conceal a bit of my dark circles but I don't recommend applying another layer because it's gonna look super cakey. It covers some part of my blemishes and pores as well but I can still see them with my naked eyes. It definitely did not make my face smaller, it's just the camera angle XD hahaahah

Pictures

Ingredients!!

Longetivity

It lasts for half a day if you use it in the morning. If you want to reapply, maybe wash your face or wipe with a wet tissue before applying a new layer to get a much more natural look. It doesn't make my face oily but that would probably be because my classes are air conditioned. It feels slightly oilier when I tried wearing it at home because it's super hot in Malaysia right now. 

Price

I think it retails for RM48 something. I bought mine from Sharifah Trading with a discount card so I got it for RM 42.90...I think. A tad bit expensive but it comes with the free ampoule which retails for RM29 or 30 alone so it's a bargain. 

In a coconut shell

It's a good product if you can blend it to your skin properly but a disaster if you don't. It took me some practices with different applicators and I found that the sponge works best for me so I'll stick to that. If you just bought it or planning to then practice applying it before actually using before you need to go out or something because you don't want to receive any poisonous apples from no witch are you? I thought so.

I hope you guys enjoyed reading the post albeit it's a bit longer than I used to write but this is usually the case when I writing about foundations/BB/CC creams. 

Have a good day lovelies

Cheers XX