Hi guys! Today's post will be about an essence that I've been using for months now. It is Moistfull Collagen Essence from Etude House.
But, before I go to the actual review, I would like to explain my 'journey' before choosing this essence as my daily moisturizer. I don't really know how the Korean skin care system works, so I just go on with what I feel right.
From the beginning, I had always thought that moisturizers were only for those with normal or dry skin. My face has always been on the oily side, and acne prone. I have been on various dermatologists to cure my acne prone skin, but none of them really worked out well.
I found out that people with oily skin still needed to apply moisturizers, to trick the skin into thinking that they had enough sebum, so then they would stop producing more sebum.
One learning experience, on one morning, I woke up with the oiliest face I could have ever felt, so I washed my face. I forgot to apply moisturizer, so after about 10 minutes, my face became oily again, but my cheeks were flaking off from dry, dead skin cells! I was really shocked, so I went to wash my face twice, and immediately applied my mom's thick moisturizer after that. Then, my skin started feeling better.
Moral of the story: always apply your moisturizer, even though you have an oily type face!
I got some skin care samples from an online store, I just got myself what is available at that moment.
DISCLAIMER : I only tried out the sample size of these products for a few days, so my opinion may not be solid true, but these are my thoughts and opinions after few days application. I have an OILY, ACNE PRONE skin.
Here are what I got to try on myself.
I had the highest expectations with the Innisfree Green Tea Seed serum. So I tried it first.
Innisfree Green Tea Seed Line
I was quite thrown off by the cream because it feels quite thick. The smell was kinda strong too. I tried it on anyway, but it wasn't what I was expecting.
Because of the thick consistency, I found my face becoming oily quite quickly. I really like it when moisturizers give cooling sensation upon application, but it didn't give out any cooling sensation, or even feel fresh. My face was quite sticky after application, but it still feels moist.
Rate : 3/5
Overall, I didn't really like this one because of the smell and thickness.
The Face Shop Chia Seed No Shine Hydrating Cream
I took a few days off, so that my face can 'neutralize' itself from the cream. After a few days, I tried on the other cream, which is from The Face Shop Chia Seed line. I really hoped this one would work, after my luck with the green tea seed cream didn't turn out well.
This one has a clear colour and was quite thick, but not as thick as the Innisfree Green Tea Seed Cream. It gives a cooling sensation upon application.
The funny thing is, it really reminded me of a cream that I used to use from a dermatologist, which didn't work out well for me. I always remembered that when applying this cream.
I kept using this until the very last bit of product, mostly because of the cooling sensation it gave me on every application. But I had to stop myself from buying the full size product, because I felt like this product broke me out on my cheeks.
I really liked this one too, but it was quite pricy, about IDR 250.000-350.000 on online shops. The full size is in a glass jar, and comes with a spatula, I believe.
Rate : 4/5
Overall, I really liked this one, but because it broke me out after I finished the product, I closed my mind on buying the full size product.
Etude House Moistfull Collagen line
After a few days of taking a break for my skin as well, I tried out the last sample and really hoped that one of them really worked. One of them had to!
This product has the largest size, and has 3 variations of products to try out from the line. I only tried the cream and essence. I gave all the eye creams to my mom.
First, I tried out the Etude House Moistfull Collagen Cream.
I'm really sorry that I don't have the photo of the product, I think I accidentally deleted it because I procrastinated this post for quite a long time. But, oh well.
I liked the product, but it didn't give cooling sensation on the face. Or at least, my face didn't feel fresh after application. But the product itself was pretty good, and it didn't break me out at all.
Rate : 4.5/5
Overall, I really like the product, but it didn't give fresh finish that I've been looking for my oily skin.
After a few days, the sample ran out and I tried out the Etude House Moistfull Collagen Essence.
Upon application, I knew that this was the right moisturizer for me. It gave off cooling sensation and my face felt really fresh after application. After it got absorbed into the skin, my face didn't feel oily at all.
I compared the essence and the cream on COSDNA and I found out that the essence has more safe ingredients than the cream, so it gave me more reasons to choose the essence instead of the cream.
Rate: 5/5
I really like this one and I chose this essence as my daily moisturizer. Full review on this link.
So, I hope you guys found this quick review helpful. Feel free to comment your thoughts down below and I will see you guys on next posts. Bye!
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