What I have been loving and discovering since January! April Update.

Hello, my readers! It has been a while since my last post in January 2022, but recently a lot of things have been happening in my life (and I’m grateful for all the good things), and now I finally can write again every week, sharing beauty content (one of my passions). So…let’s start!

As a beauty lover, I love to discover new products no matter the price, with only one requirement: they must be cruelty-free. Keeping that in mind, I must confess that this post is full of low-cost beauty products that work heavenly!

REVUELE.

If you have been reading my post you will know that months ago, I had the opportunity to test a lot of products of this brand that is the young sister of Revox, and I ended up loving some products, making me want to continue testing them. The latest products that I have been trying are the Retinol Forte Night Cream, and the Hydro-jelly Watermelon face moisturizer.

• The Retinol Forte Night Cream, is a moisturizer with an interesting list of active ingredients like Retinyl Palmitate, Shea Butter, Provitamin B5, Hyaluronic acid, Pea extract, Vitamin E, and Vitamin C. The main objective of this moisturizer is to brighten the skin, fade dark spots, treat, and prevent fine wrinkles, and nourish the skin. Having used it for a couple of weeks, even if is too early to have a conclusion, my first impression is great. It moisturizes the skin, and the formula is not heavy, but to see if it really works, I will need to continue using it a little longer.

• The Hydro-jelly Watermelon, face moisturizer is a moisturizer based in two main ingredients: watermelon and hyaluronic acid. I was curious to try it since it remembers me to another high-end brand with a similar concept called The Glow Recipe, plus the fact that it has a cream-gel texture. I just fell in love with this product. It doesn’t make miracles, but it moisturizes the skin really well, and smells delicious. By the way, it has a really nice creamy-gel texture, which makes the product fast absorbing. The best part? 100ml size!

ORJENA.

I remember discovering this Korean brand a while ago, and deeply falling in love with it, and now I still think the same. The products I have been using from Orjena are the Tea Tree Cica cleansing foam, and the Banana cleansing foam.

• The Tea Tree Cica cleansing foam, has turned into one of my favorite Korean face cleansers since The Saem ones. Even if the entire social media influencers have been talking about how amazing Cica is, as always, I was curious but skeptical, but now, I have no words. The product itself is rich, soothing, and moisturizing. It deeply cleans the skin, without drying it, but the most interesting fact is that I could feel like somehow it helped me to treat my problematics zones, non-causing any irritation.

• The Banana cleansing foam, is completely different. Even if is not a bad face cleanser, it dries out my skin, so I need to use it obligatorily only as a second step in my routine. On the other side, when it comes to the smell, it really smells like bananas, without being annoying.

LIYAL’AN.

When I say that I love to discover cruelty-free beauty brands from around the world, I’m serious. This skincare brand is from China, and their products are made from natural ingredients, making me want to give all of them a try to see how they work. So I ended up gaving their face cleanser an opportunity, and it really surprised me a lot.

Liyal’an Turmeric gel face cleanser is a soft face cleanser with main ingredients like turmeric, aloe vera, tea tree oil, and chamomile. My personal experience with the product is really good, it softly cleans the skin without drying it, but the most curious thing was that it has no soap, and it leaves the skin really soft and conditioned.

AQC FRAGRANCES.

As a sweet-floral fragrance lover, I love to perfume myself, but there are some days that I don’t want to use perfumes or any Eau the cologne, so I fill my body skin with body mist!

This time, I discovered a Spanish brand that make me want to buy the entire line. The fragrance lasts all day, being soft and a little bit intense at the same time, without becoming an Eau the cologne.

Fun fact? Developed in the EU but made in China.

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The Ordinary & similar brands!

Hello my readers! Today I came to complete a post that I wrote in august about some popular and affordable skin treatments (serums) that I bought to try them. I must confess that I already tried a few months ago, the vitamin C serum by Revox, and I loved it so much! It was my first time testing the brand, and that made me want to try more of their products to see how they works on my skin.

Since The Ordinary, a brand that every body in the beauty community know, there have been a few brands that have decided to imitate their philosophy: nice products with nice prices. They stand out for being minimalistic, transparent, and effective… so I decided to try some products of them….and see how they works! The Ordinary, Beauty Drops, Revox, Revolution Skincare, Truelogie, and Revuele: were the brands that living in Spain, I choose for this experiment! As you can see the list of brands and products have increased since the post I mentioned before.

The Ordinary & Beauty Drops.

I used them at the same time, as a essential part of my night skincare routine, first the Mandelic acid by The Ordinary, and then the Marula Oil by Beauty Drops…and I started to see dramatical improvements on my skin! My T zone started to be more balanced, and my blemishes more and more clear. But the most interesting thing was how the texture of my skin was improving day by day.

I was really shocked!!! I never expected to experiment such a results in a week! Since I know, and I always says that to see results in skincare you need to take your time, and let the products work for week of months depending on different factors. In my case, I decided to try them because for a long time I really wanted to try those ingredients on my skin and see how they works, plus the fact I didn’t want to introduce myself to retinol yet.

The Mandelic acid penetrates in your skin and remove the upper layers of the skin, promoting the skin cells renewal, meanwhile the Marula oil is a 100% natural thick oil rich in fatty acids that moisturize, calm, and nourish the skin: perfect combo to me.

Revox BB7 & Revuele.

Since my love for the vitamin C serum by Revox, I needed to try more products of this brand, to end more later discovering that the same enterprise/laboratory that produce Revox, is the same that produce Revuele! Now… I understand!

If you want to know specifically what I think of Revuele skincare products, I already wrote a full post in this blog: CLICK ME. By the way, about Revox skincare products, I only have nice words. The Marine Algae serum moisturizes and slightly plum the skin, even if is not the best marine algae serum on the market, is really a good one. On the other hand, the Alpha Arbutin serum, really exfoliates the skin, and refine pores, but if I had to choose among the Mandelic acid and this one, I will choose Mandelic acid by The Ordinary.

Revolution Skincare & Truelogie.

Least but not list, after all the social media aggressive marketing about Revolution Skincare, I decided to give the brand an opportunity to see what I can expect from them, so I choose the Rose Chamomile face serum, particularly created for people with sensitive skin, and having a sensitive combination to oily face skin, it was the perfect!

The only thing that I can say is that is a good serum but is not the best one you can find in the market. I really enjoy it, since is a good skin conditioner that moisturize and balance the skin.

On the other hand, Truelogie is really a nice face serum, with such an awesome ingredient list, and to me is not a surprise at all since this brand was created by one of my beloved laboratories: Niche Lab Beauty (ones of the best Spanish skincare laboratories). In the past I tried from them a CBD face serum from their line called Herbs, and it was incredible the amazing results on my skin after a few weeks using them. And now, once again, just happened the same… their products are phenomenal.

The only thing that I hate about this serum is the texture (very liquid) but using it every day I started to understand why it was designed like that: it deeply penetrates into your skin to revitalize the skin from within. In the same way, I noticed that I needed two layers of serum, a fact that I enjoyed a lot! (I’m a beauty junkie with no cure).

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Having tested all this brands, I can say that in general they are nice affordable options in the skincare market, some of them are better than other, but all of them have good products. So now, no one has excuses to not start taking care of their skin, and with that, you need to remember that to see results you need to be patient and diligent, and to maintain the results, you need to keep a good skincare and body routine.

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So far… favorites face skincare products: august-september 2021… under10USD! (Part 2! Final round.)

• Mandelic acid, by THE ORDINARY.

When I was planning to join the retinoids bus, Mandelic acid just arraived to my hands, dramatically changing my skin, and my night skincare routine! Helping me to remove dark spots, and improving (even more) my skin texture, and skin tone! I have been using it at night, just once a day, starting to see result in a week… it absolutely works!

• Marula oil, by BEAUTY DROPS.

Is the perfect definition of a non-greasy highly rich face oil: dense but fast absorbing, deeply nourishing the skin working together with the serum. To me, is one of the best face oils I ever tried.

• Calming and Soothing face serum, by REVOLUTION SKINCARE.

At first I was pretty skeptical with the skincare line by Revolution Beauty, but since everybody was happy trying their products, and the hype on Instagram was very high, plus the fact that they started to launch very interesting products, I decided give it a try, and… I don’t regret it!

Removing the fact that it has a very watery texture for my taste, it really leaves the skin juicy, calming, and moisturizer. I use it in the mornings, to face the day, and even helps me to control my T zone sebum production.

• No problem washing foam, by REVUELE.

I was very amazed with this face foam! Is very gentle, it deeply cleans the skin without drying it, and the ingredient list is very decent for the price. The best part? The foam feels rich!

• Volcanic Amazonian clay mask (anti-wrinkle), by NEW ANNA COSMETICS.

A few months ago, I bought the entire clay mask collection from this brand to check if they are really different or just a bunch of colored Kaolin (since is the only ingredient on the ingredient list) ….and then, the time to try this one just come…leaving me without words!

 

It calms, softens, and conditions the skin, far surpassed her sister’s moisturizing white clay mask.  

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SO FAR… FAVORITES FACE SKINCARE PRODUCTS: MARCH - AUGUST 2021… UNDER 10USD! (Part 1).

In November 2020, my skin broke out so bad, the flare up was really a nightmare history, I couldn’t look at the mirror! My skin was flaking, dull, with dry patches, dark spots, uneven skin tone, comedones, and uneven texture. My skin never ever had been like that since I can remember… so I decided to start again with a new skincare regime, testing new products, experimenting, and at the end…my skin started to heal! Therefore, I wanted to share with you, my favorites products.

IMPORTANT: Always remember that to start seeing results, you need to be commitment, and patient! The product can be good, but if you don’t follow a routine, you will never see the results you are looking for

• Hydrating facial cleanser, by CERAVE.

The art of remove all skin’s impurities without drying it! At first, I felt a little confuse since I’m used to use foams and gentles soaps, but this face cleanser without soap or foam, really surprised me the day I decided directly remove my makeup with it, removing all my sins, leaving my skin soft and plumping.

• Apple foam cleanser, by KUESHI.

Even if is not moisturizing, it cleans gently the skin, not drying it, and removing all the impurities, with a slight apple aroma. Among other ingredients, it contains: Aloe Vera, Centella Asiatica, Mentha Piperita, and Apple extract.

• No problem bioactive complex foam cleanser, by REVUELE.

The best face cleanser you will find under 3USD, with a nice ingredient list. It removes all the impurities without drying the skin, feeling very rich, and leave the skin soft.

• Centella extract and Coconut water face toners, by REVUELE.

They are the most moisturizing and conditioning low-cost face toners that I ever tried in my life: moisturizing, conditioning, and skin plumpers.

• Revitalizing face toner, by KUESHI.

I don’t know why, but this product reminds me to the hydrating face toner by Yves Rocher, but with different ingredients. I t leaves the skin full of youth, and with a nice healthy glow.

• CBD face serum, by HERBS.

My first contact with CBD, and everything is gratitude. Is amazing how use after use, my skin quality was improving: better texture, tone, and balance, helping me to reduce my blemishes. #Ageless

• CBD line (serum and face moisturizer), by REVUELE.

Unlike the previous product, this line only emphases on CBD and hemp seed oil. I’m not going to lie, I was really impressed with these products: the serum is practically CBD oil infused with other ingredients, and the face moisturizer is one of the richest and fast absorbing creams that I ever tried. The glow was amazing, ending up as ones of my essential’s skincare products. #Ageless

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