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 BEGINNING: SIX AMAZING BRANDS WITH THE SAME CONCEPT!

It has been a long time since The Ordinary broke the skincare industry with their main concept: simple, effective, affordable, and easy-to-use skincare products, that have nothing to envy to luxury brands, at all! The western taboos were broke, and that, plus the Asian beauty products revolution, finally democratized the beauty market, expanding it even more, filling it with highly effective and inexpensive options.

Now we have products from 3USD to 15USD from so many interesting brands that are challenging luxury brands at the same time, with high quality formulas and ingredients like: The Ordinary, Revuele, Beauty Drops, Truelogie, Revolution Skincare London, and Revox.

What is the beginning in this blog? Me trying all these products, and making a highly detailed post, sharing my experience, and maybe full of happiness, since I’m actually loving Revuele skincare products, asking myself every single day how they can create such a good products with those prices (1USD to 6USD).

Everyone knows brands like The Ordinary or Revolution Skincare London (thank you social media), but it seems like no one knows what is Truelogie or Revox… so I really want to taste their products, and create my own conclusion.

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Must try affordable brands: discovering… Revuelve Cosmetics.

One thing that is absolutely true, is the fact that when we buy an expensive skincare product from a prestigious brand, we expect high quality ingredients, fast results, with a long lasting effect. But to me, what is really exciting is discover an affordable cosmetic brand whose products are really effective, being the reason why I decided to give Revuele an opportunity. 

The price point of this brand is ridiculous affordable! From 1E to 3E - 5E, but what’s really freak me out was the ingredient list, and the formulation of their products: they are better than some expensives skin care products. So, once my attention was caught, I decided to buy: face serums, face foam cleansers, face toners, face masks, face moisturizers, face oil, hair remover creams, hand soap…. and I don’t regret the purchase! 

• HAIR REMOVAL CREAM. No bad smell like others, it does not sting, it leaves the skin soft and conditioned, removing every single body hair without rubbing. 

• FACE CLEANSER FOAMS. They were particularly designed for people with sensitive skin, and problematic skin types. My favorite was the blue one, for being more creamy, conditioning, and gentle. 

• FACE PEELING GEL. At first it looks like another gel cleanser, but once it touches the skin, in a few seconds it starts to gently dissolve all the dead skin, leaving a soft baby face. To me, it is the perfect alternative to Cure Peeling Gel, or The Ordinary Peeling Solution.

• LAVENDER HAND LIQUID HAND SOAP. It cleans hands without drying the skin, but the fact that the main ingredient is almost at the end of the list, it disappointed me, and personally, I prefer some panthenol in the formula, for a calming effect. 

• FACE TONERS. They are really good! The ingredient list, and the formula, they really do what they claim to do. No irritation, no itchiness, no bad sensations...just nice products that balance, refresh, and plump the skin, leaving it ready for the next step. 

• FACE MASKS. Not the best one that I ever tried in my life, but actually, for the price, and the ingredient list, they are pretty good! Being my favorite, the vegan one, it smells a little bit weird, but it leaves the skin soft, calm, and plump.  By the way, the other one from the line Hemp Me, it calms the skin, but is a little bit dry for my skin, being the reason why I combine it with the first one. 

• FACE SERUMS AND MOISTURIZERS. One of my favorite skincare ingredients is hemp, so imagine my happiness when I discover that Revuele has two lines! One of them is vegan and more moisturizing than the other one, but both of them have the same concept, and the most important thing: they really works.

1. Hemp Me: I really love this line to start the day, it is rich (+++), fresh, not greasy, and fast absorbing. These products combine the benefits of hemp seed oil and hemp extract, with other wonderful ingredients like Aloe Vera, Sweet Almond oil, and Shea Butter. 

2. CBD: is a 100% vegan skincare line that has as its main ingredients Cannabis Sativa oil, Cannabidiol, and Cannabis Sativa seed extract. The moisturizer and the serum are very rich (+++++), deeply moisturizing, and not greasy.

I personally prefer use this line at night, to wake up with a completely renovated skin. My experience with both lines is very good, having sensitive/combination to oily skin, they targeted pretty well all my problematic areas: blemishes, sebum, dryness, and texture. 

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• FACE OIL. Particularly formulated for sensitive-dry skin types, it only has two ingredients: olive oil and rosehip oil, perfectly infused, developing a nice lightweight product that moisturizes, and softens the skin. To me, is my second option behind the purple one by Breylee, with the difference that I prefer to use The Apothecary Soothing Elixir only at night, as my last skincare step. 

1. It really calms and repairs the skin. 

2. It is the ideal last step in a nightly facial care routine.

3. And is no-comedogenic (won’t clog pores). 

• BODY SCRUBS. Nice smell, and soft skin, they really remove all the dead skin, but to me they aren’t enough, since I prefer more moisturizing body scrubs, like the ones by Ziaja or Farmona, that leaves my skin soft and moisturized. But, if I have to choose one, I would stay with the chocolate one, for being richer than the tropical one. 

• BODY WRAPS/MASK. My favorite is the chocolate one for its texture, and how it leaves the skin: moisturized and smooth. 

FINAL THOUGHTS!

I still can’t believe all the product prices! Why? Because they really work! Good ingredients, formula, and concept. As any skincare brand has its holy grails, and its standard products, in my case, as always, I buy products based on the ingredient list, and this time, even taking in mind the ingredients list, I’ll never wait for such a decent quality. 

My favorites products were the CBD line, chocolate body wrap, chocolate body scrub, face peeling gel, centella asiatica face toner, coconut water face toner, and the No Problem Bioactive Complex face cleanser foam. 

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