I'M BACK!!! feat. the "holy sh** I'm back in Japan"-haul

Hi Pandas,

How are you doing? I have been away for a while but I have good excuses: we were visiting my relatives in France and just a few days after coming back I was already in the plane to Japan. Upon arriving a lot of procedures and applications and registrations waited for me. And it's still not over. I still need to adjust to my new univesity and my boyfriend decided that he doesn't wanna be my boyfriend anymore after living together for just 2 days. So I'm single again and apartment hunting on top of that...it' still chaos basically.

But of course I also had quite a few chances to go shopping so far (Japan is insanely dangerous for my wallet...but who needs food if you can have pretty cosmetics, right. Right?...) and I thought, why not share that glory with you =D
(Please excuse the potato quality pictures)

 

[Empties] #12

Hi pandas,

how are you doing?
Time is flying as always and another month is already over again. But that also means that it's time for an empties post =D

[Review] IOPE Air Cushion XP in N21

Hello pandas,

how are you doing?
Despite being heavily busy with scholarships, apartment hunting, packing and finishing all the left-over tasks at my internship I actually managed to get around to type this review. I hope you forgive me if I'm writing non-sense somewhere along the way, I'm quite exhausted lately.
Anyways, on to the product:

What they say:
Whitening / UV protection / anti-wrinkle Functional Cosmetics Expression of moist and glazed skin Expression of smooth skin pores Care Add an Anti-wrinkle Function. Long lasting without darkening Expression of a clear skin as cover virtually grain.

[Review] Ciracle Red Spot Suncream

Hi pandas,

how are you doing?
I realized today that I have about one month left before I move to Japan. And there are still so many things to do. It just feels so unreal.

Anyways, today I'll give you a review of a product that I haven't seen people mention a lot:

What they say:
creates a powerful shield to protect skin from UVA/UVB rays and supporting a blemish-free complexion.

[Review] Skin79 Super Plus BB Cream Triple Functions Green

Hi pandas,

how are you doing? How was your weekend?
I wanted to thoroughly relax but somehow the weekend is already over again and I don't feel relaxed...

Anyways, here's is a new review for you:

What they say about it:
Multi-functional beblesh balm that maintain healthy moisture by whitening, wrinkle imprvement effect and protects the skin from a broad range of UVA and UVB radiation, leaving skin looking smooth, perfect and natural.

[Review] TonyMoly Shiny Foot Super Peeling Liquid

Hi pandas,

how is it going?

I wanted to write this review for such a long time but somehow I always felt like writing about other things. Now it's finally here:

Warning: contains pretty gross pictures of shedding skin on feet

What they say:
The foot peeling liquid removes foot calluses from rough feet fast and conveniently.
Ingredients such as AHA and BHA help remove excessive foot calluses, and peppermint extracts relieve stress from feet.

Summer Must-haves

Hi Pandas,

How are you doing? I'm just starting a week-end in Düssedorf, the city where I studied. It will be the last time for me visiting this city before I leave for Japan. So strange, I have so many memories here and I truly love this place.
Since I have some time to kill before meeting a friend I thought "why not relax at Starbucks and type something for my blog, while watching the city wake up?!".

So, depending on where you live, summer has officially started. Actually already for a while. In Germany, summer is strange as always. Some days are unbearably hot (aircons seem to be almost non-existant in this country....) and others feel much more like a rainy fall day than summer.

I've actually wanted to write this entry for quite a while and I'm probably almost too late but those unbearbly hot days combined with having a room on the 3rd floor without any air-conditioning and 8-9 hours working days have made me quite lazy.
Maybe (hopefully?) this post can be still useful to some nevertheless, even if it's just for next summer.

[Empties] #11

Hi pandas,

How are you doing? Can you believe it, July is already over...once again another month is over. Half of 2015 is already over. Time is flying by. I think I'm saying that in every empties post but these posts make me truly realize how fast time is passing.
This also means that I have less than 2 months left in Germany...

Anyways, here are my empties for this month:

[Review] Too Cool For School Pumpkin Sleeping Pack

Hi pandas,

How are you doing?
The weather here in South-Germany decided to freak out and now it almost feels like rainy season/summer in Japan. Saying, I'm busy wiping sweat off my skin 24/7. This also made my skin freak out and break out -.-

This also means that I feel so lazy and unwilling to do anything...including writing this blog. Because my laptop means even more heat...

Nevertheless, I kicked my own ass, and now I'm writing a review about this little guy here:

What they say:
A sleeping face pack with natural enzymes which removes dead skin cells and provides nutrition at the same time it also renews the skin in the gentlest way.

Mask Maven - Is it worth it?

Hey pandas,

how are you doing? The weather in Germany is being crazy. A few days it's super hot then it rains and cools down and this week-end it's supposed to be hot again. My skin is not really dealing well with it either...

Anyways, today I wanted to talk about a subscription service: Mask Maven

[Empties] #10

Hello pandas,

how are you doing?
Summer finally started here in Germany and everyone is melting. Strangely I'm doing fine with the heat this time (even though our aircon at work doesn't work properly); normally I'm the first one to suffer from the heat...

Anyways, another month has passed - can time slow down a bit?! It's all happening so fast - and it's time for another empties entry.

[Review] Etude House Color in Liquid Lips

Hey pandas,

how are you doing? I know, I  promised to update more regularly. Well sometimes things happen...in this case...life "^^

But of course I didn't forget about this blog and worked on a review of a product that I was really excited about.

What they say:
Color in Liquid Lips fills the lips with a light and smooth texture that slides onto lips for vivid color and a transparent shine.

[Aritaum] Honey Melting Tint

Hey pandas,

how you're doing? I really wanted to stick to my normal posting schedule but then I got a migraine on sunday and was down almost the whole day -.-
Anyways...after the last quite unusual entry I will now go back to my roots and write an oldie but goodie: a review!

What they say:
1.Lip balm and tints melt and gather as one ! Honey melting tints
2.Smooth spread honey melting formula

My first Cosplay

Hey pandas,

I promised I would write about the reason why I was kinda mia the last days.
Two weeks ago there was an event called "Japan Day" in Düsseldorf. While I studied there I always took part in that event and I wanted to do that one last time before I move to Japan.
And I took that as a chance to do something I always wanted to do: a real cosplay.
I tried cosplaying before but it always ended up only half-way done or something really, really simple.

[Empties] #09

Hey pandas,

some of you may have noticed (or not) that I have been gone for quite a few days. Apart from being busy with work - as always - there was another reason that I will tell you about in the next post.
For now, here are my empties for May:

[Review] Cosrx AHA/BHA Clarifying Treatment Toner

Hi pandas,

how was your week?
Yesterday was a holiday here in Germany and today I didn't have to work as well...freedom! XD

Today it's a review of a product by the brand Cosrx:

What they say:

[Review] Innisfree Green Tea Seed Serum

Hello my pandas,

how are you doing?

Slowly I'm getting used to my interneship even if it means that I'm only working, eating, showering and sleeping every day "^^

I present to you a long overdue review:

What they say:

A moisturizing and nourishing serum with eco-friendly Jeju fresh green tea & green tea seed

[Empties] #08

Hello my lovely pandas!

How are you doing? Can't believe April is already over...seemed like it started only a few days ago...
Anyways....of course I managed to empty some products this month as well.

[Review] Holika Holika Pro:Beauty Bloody Oil Tint

Hey everyone,

how are you doing? It's already the last week of April...wow. Time is flying!

This time I bring you a review of a product that made me really excited to try out:

What they say:
A highly pigmented oil lip tint for everlasting bloody tinted lips

[Review] Tonymoly Magic Food Banana Sleeping Pack

Hello pandas,

How was your week?
I hope you are all doing fine.

Today there is the review of a really cute product on the menue:

The Tonymoly Banana Sleeping Pack

What they say:
Banana sleeping pack that focuses on rich moisturization and nutrition supply.

[Review] Nature Republic Glow Lipstick

Hey pandas,

How are you doing? I pre-wrote this entry on the week-end and scheduled it to be published now so I can focus on my internship during the week and you still can regularly read entries here. Hopefully blogger did actually schedule and post this entry.

This time it's a review of a lipstick that doesn't seem to be so well-known:

The Nature Republic Glow Lipstick


What they say:
Glow Lipstick provides vivid color and moisture to your lips as it softly melts on your lips.

[Review] Cosrx Natural BHA Skin Returning A-Sol

Hello pandas,

How are you doing? I'm still being pretty busy with my internship, staying about 9 hours in the office everyday...but at least I already could put my Japanese skills to good use =D

Today I bring you the review of a product that is very well-known and hyped in the Asian Skincare and Beauty community:

The Cosrx Natural BHA Skin Returning A-Sol.

What they say:
Natural BHA Skin Returning A-Sol is a skin-type solution product that solves the daunting problem of complex skin trouble with a combination of Propolis, AHA natural BHA, and natural moisture-retention ingredients, as well as helping with control of sebum and clearing of dead skin cell.
Natural BHA Skin Returning A-Sol contains little oil, helping with managing sebum and pores, to give the skin cleanliness with no shine or trouble.

My current skincare routine

Hey pandas,

How are you doing? I became rather busy with my internship, I'm spending about 9-10 hours in the office each day ô.O
I still wanna try to keep my blog updated, hopefully I won't fail "^^

Today I decided to share with you my skincare routine. I will not only simply show you the products I'm using but also tell you what my thoughts were behind each purchase and if the products are doing what I hoped them to do.

EDIT: I totally forgot to include sunscreen....shame on me!! But rest assured, I do use sunscreen everyday. Sunscreen is important!

[Review] Aritaum Mono Eyes

Hello pandas,

How are you doing? I hope you had a lot of fun egg hunting and eating too much chocolate bunnies during Easter =D Since my family is reduced to grand-pa, mom and me and grand-pa is not that well anymore it was a rather calm and uneventful time for me.

So I decided to finally take decent pictures for a product review I had already wanted to post for quite a while:

What they say:
This trendy eye color can be selected according to style and taste. Compose your own makeup colors with four kind of Mono eyes.

[Empties] #08

Hello pandas,

How are you doing? It's been quite a while since I posted here...somehow the time was flying away without me really noticing it "^^

But here I am again with a classic: empties

[Review] Innisfree Apple Juicy Cleansing Oil

Hello pandas,

How are you doing? I got my results for my application to Tokyo University and it's final...I'm gonna study and live in Japan starting from this fall *yay*
Now I just need to find a job for the rest of the time I'm here so I can save money =D

Anyways, today is another review:

What they say: Innisfree Apple Juicy Cleansing Oil with apple juicy and green complex

Enriched with apple extract, this line offers softness and healthy radiance to your skin like a freshly washed apple.

[Review] Innisfree capsule recipe pack

Hello pandas,

How are you all doing? I'm still fighting with my university to finally get my certificate of graduation....you would think someone would answer my mails or calls -.- I'm slowly getting really tired and annoyed by it...

Anyways....today I bring you the review of these 4 cute guys:

What they say:

Pomegranate: A pomegranate sleeping pack with oxygen bubbles to enhance the firmness of the skin. 

Green tea: A supple massage mask with green tea to hydrate skin

Apple Yogurt: An apple yogurt mask to hydrate and soften skin

Rice: A massage pack with rice to make the skin clear and translucent

[Review] pa nail polish

Hello pandas,

How are you doing?
On my side it's still the same old song: hunting for jobs while waiting for news from my university application =D

This blog has been focused on skincare lately so I decided to write a make-up review today. At least kind of make-up ^^

It those cute little guys:

What they say:
Nail Color: A full line of 72 nail colors. A variety of primary colors, and pastel colors come in glittered, pearl, and matte styles. This collection of modest cost is a great way to try out new colors. These colors are made thin so that you can enjoy the look of 1 coat, 2 coats or 3coats, and adjust the color tones according to your own taste.
Nail Color Premiere: A nail color with specially formulated pearls and glitters.

[Empties] #07

Hello pandas,

How are you doing?
Lately it seems like times is flying by. Can't even believe it's already the end of february...

I didn't do an empties at the end of january because I somehow didn't have many empty things. I'm currently trying to use up all the things I've collected over the past months. If I really move to Japan at the end of this year I don't wanna take unnecessary things with me.

[Review] HadaLabo Gokujyun Lotion (Light) & Milky Lotion

Hey pandas,

How are you doing? I'm still fighting with the cold here and busy with university applications and job-hunting -.-
Writing this blog has become a very welcomed and liked distraction. It's really nice to test all those products, research ingredients and write entries like this one =D

So...today I bring you the review of two really hyped products. I almost feel like there's no way around them "^^

Top 3 beauty trends for 2015

Hello pandas,

How are you doing?

So, Beauteque asked bloggers on instagram to write something about what we think are the top 3 beauty trends for 2015 and I thought, why not, it sounds like fund =D

In case you don't know about beauteque, not only are they an online shop for Korean cosmetics but they also have an instagram with very nice staff on it ^^

[Review] Holika Holika Petit BB Cream in Watery

Hello my pandas,

How are you doing? It's still freezing over here and while I normally doesn't have anything against winter, I wish it would get warmer already...

Today I bring you the review of a product that was honestly a rather impulsive buy:

Description:
Watery petit BB provides smoothness and moisture with its green tea ingredients. The glacial millk ingredient cherishing a clear mistique provides oil free, fresh and moist skin. (There it is again...konglish XD)

[Review] Mizon All in One Snail Repair Cream

Hello pandas,

How are you doing? It suddenly started to snow again in Germany and it's so cold >____<

Today I bring you the review of a popular product. A product containing snail slime.

What they say:
This original snail mucus takes care of your all kind of skin problems in all in one skin care system on your first skin care step. It repairs tired and aging skin, leaving it refreshed. It also the first protector of your naked skin. (Konglish ftw XD)

Testerkorea haul and shop review

Hello my pandas,

How are you doing?
I admit, this is kind of a lazy post. I finally send one of my applications to Japan on Friday and spent the last two days relaxing~
So I thought I'll show you my latest haul from testerkorea and give you a little opinion about the shop overall.

[Review] Heroine Make Long & Curl Super Waterproof Mascara

Hello lovelies,

How are you doing?
 I finally have some time to relax and calm down, so I hope I can keep up with blogging regularly here =D

Today I have a review on one of my favourite Mascaras: The Long & Curl Super Waterproof Mascara from Heroine Make.

What they say: 

Contains 5mm fibres to extend lashes; they do lengthen lashes and give a very clean and natural look, but if you don’t work fast, you DO get some tiny clumps along the length of the lashes.

Curved brush allows you to easily reach corner lashes, and also helps you to lift and curl your lashes during application. 

Formula holds curl very well. I did not curl my lashes before use and the mascara managed to lift them. 

Expect clean fine length.

[Oh! Japan] Things I miss about Japan Pt. 3 Trains

Hello lovelies,

How are you doing?

I'm now continuing with my series of things that I miss about Japan. This time it's trains. You may now think that I'm totally nuts for missing something trivial as trains.

Source: http://www.japan-guide.com/g3/2019_02.jpg

[Review] Koji Dolly Wink Liquid Eyeliner in Deep Black

Hello my pandas,

I hope you're all feeling well!!

Today I will bring you the review of a make-up product that I feel you cannot not know about if you have even the tiniest interest in Japanese make-up:
The Koji Dolly Wink Liquid Eyeliner~

What they say:
The instant-fit liquid eyeliner dries quickly. Smudge-free formula is resistant to sweat, water, and tear. The vivid black line lasts all day long. Fine point brush.

[Review] Mizon AHA 8% Peeling Serum

Hello my pandas,

How are you feeling?

I had a little mental breakdown yesterday because there's just too many things I have to do right now (including fighting with bureaucratic shit from my old university, finding a job, applications for universities, etc...) but feeling a lot better today and I was feeling like writing a review for you guys ^^

This time it's Mizon's AHA 8% Peeling Serum, the "sister" of Mizon's AHA & BHA Daily Clean Toner (review here).

What they say:
Get your glow on with Mizon AHA 8% Peeling Serum. AHAs are a mild exfoliant which will smoothin skin and fade sun damage . Ideal for removing acne scars, and overall reveal younger-looking skin. Use on dry to very skin.

[Review] Mizon AHA & BHA Daily Clean Toner

Hallo my dears,

I hope the new year is being good to you so far. I just spend a few days in the city of my old university because I had to request some documents (German bureaucracy is lovely… not) and took the chance to meet with friends and eat a lot of yummy food ^^

Today I will bring you the review of one of my favourite products: The Mizon AHA & BHA Toner.

Toner and Peeling Serum

What they say:
A gentle toner and exfoliant all in one that balances the PH levels of your skin. AHAs work to gently exfoliate dead skin cells while BHA unclogs pores, leaving your complexion smooth, clear and even-toned. Ideal for all skin types.

[Review] Skinfood Tomato Jelly Tint Lip

 Hello lovelies~

I hope you started the new year well! I'm currently staying at a friend's house because I have some appointments at my old university next week and thought why not stay a little longer and reminisce about my student life XD
But I still wanted to post something here so I decided to bring my tablet and post some overdue reviews.

 

What they say:

This lip tint gel with tomato extract nourishes and moisturizers lips, while giving a long-lasting flush to lips.

[Empties] #06

Hello my pandas,

Today is the last day of 2014. Can't believe this year is already over. It has been a very eventful year for me and I'm actually looking forward to 2015. 2014 is also the year when I started blogging and although I'm still at the very beginning of this journey it has been really fun so far and I hope I can continue on this path =D
 I hope you have a great start into the new year and all your wishes will come true!!

As my last post I have empties (very fitting, I know XD)

very crowded overview XD