{Vanessa Van Huynh} The ultimate dewy skin’s weapon [Etude House Nymph Aura Volumer]

Dear my lovely readers,

Have you ever wondered why Korean Idols have sooooo shinny dewy flawless skin just like plastic?

Today I am going to reveal to you guys the most effective way to achieve this year’s beauty trend: The “non-makeup” makeup look with healthy glowy natural skin.

First of all, I have to say that Korean actresses did it so well, we can’t help but wondering what kind of trick did they do to have that transparent glowing dewy skin.

Glowing skin gives us a healthy hydrated look that like our skin has just drunk lots and lots of water. However, dewy and oily looking skin are two very different thing so, remember to be extra careful, my beautiful girls (and guys).

Okay! Recently I has discovered this ultimate dewy skin weapon when watching a marketing CF campaign from Etude House which endorsed by Dara (2NE1) _ My favourite beauty singer. I was so impressed by her glowy dewy skin which brought her a healthy transparent makeup look.

I guess if you are a fan of dewy skin or you just want to achieve a flawless beautiful skin without looking too matte or cakey, this is a product for you.

Introducing: Etude House Nymph Aura Volumer #3 Transparent

Actually, there are a lot of products launched under the name of Nymph Aura from Etude House (which regards to dewy glowy look). For example: facial mist, volumer, bb cream, face primer …

I haven’t got my hands on them yet but I will try my best to review them in the future.

Back to our main character today: The Nymph Aura Volumer #3 Transparent

I totally adore that packaging. Etude House is keeping their mojo :”Wanna be sweet? Play Etude!”. Oh yeah, I know which products I’m reaching for when I want to achieve a sweet playful look.

Description: It claims to be a multi-functional cream that creates skin radiance and glow with pumped up moisture.

The bottle has an airless pump with no nozzle, so don’t be surprised if you can’t find it.

There are 3 kinds of Nyph Aura Volumers:

#1: Honey Aura: the most sticky, and dewy (almost oily) volumer out of the three.

#2: Pearl Aura: the most pinkish shimmery, the same texture with Skin food Lime Secret Shine Base  (Read my review about it here)

# 3: Water Aura: If you don’t like number 1 because it’s too oily, number 2 because it too pink. Then number 3 is definitely for you.

Testing time!

I got two sample of Etude House BB Precious BB cream therefore I decided to use it in this review so it matches my Volumer. I mixed the bb cream with nymph aura volumer with the ratio 3:1.

Do you see how glossy my BB cream became?

Result: I absolutely love how it looks on my skin. It creates a dewy glowing finish that natural looking, just like Korean idols.

  

TIPS:

1. Apply Nymph Aura Volumer #3 on your face (dry spots) when you sleep at night for moisturising effect.
2. If you dont want to mix the product with bb cream because it might make your bb cream have less coverage. Apply bb cream like usual, then use your middle finger to dab Nymph Aura Volumer on the highest point of your cheek bones, forehead, nose bridge, cupid bow and chin.

I’ve shared with you my beauty secret for dewy skin. Will you try this look out for Sring? Tell me in the comment below 

Good luck XOXOXO

{Vanessa Van Huynh} Skinfood Lime Secret Shine Base review

Hello my lovely readers, 

Today, I will review one of my favourite highlighter/ illuminator or base/primer , whatever usage you could think of for it. Although in my opinion, it's more of a highlighter than a base. 

If you are a fan of Benefit High beam, you absolutely gonna love this one since I do, too. Wanna know why? Keep reading to find out :3

Information:

Skinfood is a famous Korean cosmetics brand which embraces the image of healthy/natural ingredients. Their products always have cutesy yet freshly-looked packaging. Sometimes I just want to buy their goodies for the packaging only. 

Skinfood Lime Secret Shine Base: claimes to leave the skin naturally luminous which helps you achieve the glowy/dewy skin like Korean actresses.

The product comes in 3 shades : 

No 65: is a white pearly base. Suitable for fair skin tones. 

No 75: is a bronzy base. Suitable for tanned/ darker skin tones.

No 85: is a pinkish base. Suitable for pale skin tones. Personally, I think it's suitable for almost all skin type. I found no 65 is too white and no 75 is too dark for me.

Yep, I'm gonna review the no 85 : pinkish shine base.

It reminds me a lot about the Benefit High Beam. The texture is almost identical, although High Beam is a little bit pinker, while Skinfood shine base is more on the beige side. 

The base comes in a glass jar which is quite heavy and not travel - friendly, but you got a lot of product (30ml) for £10. This is quite a great bargain. Remember the Benefit High Beam costs you £18 for only 13ml. You can "scoop out" the product by a provided spatula. I'm not keen on the spatula so much because sometimes you might accidentally take out too much product. 

The open hole on the jar is quite big so you should be very careful or else you might spill the whole jar (we don't want that to happen >w<)

Swatch:

The product feel liquidy and won't clog your pores or turn your face into a frying pan. It has a silky pearly texture with really small shimmer and create a pinky finish. 

Swatch on my hand under natural light.

How to use: 

There are two ways you could use this shine base.

1. Mix with your bb cream or foundation with the ratio 1:3 (personally, I like my skin to be more luminous so I usually use a little bit more of the product, about 1:1). But if you apply this way, it might make your bb cream/foundation have less coverage. I don't find it a big problem since I prefer light coverage bb cream. 
2. Apply the product directly on to desired part of your face that you want to achieve dewy shine. This should be the hight point of your cheek bone, forehead, nose bridge, cupid bow and chin. If you choose to apply this way, you should only use a tiny amount of product to avoid a shiny shimmering pinkish face. Believe me, that doesn't look pretty at all. And we want a natural shine just like your skin is glowing. 

The product lasts all day and you can easily see the effect both indoor and outdoor. 

Have you ever try any bb cream enhancer or highlighter that you want to share with me? :)

Comment below to let me know if you would like to give this product a try. 

Good luck! XOXOXO