Hello gems :) Today I'll be reviewing a beauty box subscription service called Jini Beauty. They sent me one of their boxes so I could check out the products, service and give you my overall impression of them. The biggest thing that makes them different from other Korean Beauty Box subscription services is they curate boxes for different skin types. So you can choose a box based on whether you have dry/mature, normal/combination, oily/acne, and sensitive/trouble. Neat right? Every month, you'll receive 1-2 full sized produces and 3-5 deluxe samples. Anways...

Let's get on to the breakdown...

Packaging...

Everything I got in my box was packaged very nicely. It came in a sturdy box and had a bunch of crate paper cushioning all the products. It also came with a card that had all the products listed and some other facts. 

 Products...

I got the box for Dry/Mature skin. Inside there was a 

-Sulwhasoo Overnight Vitalizing Mask

-Illi Ginseng Firming Mask

-Missha Time Revolution Night Repair New Science Activator Ampoule

-Etude House Moistfull Collagen Cream

-IOPE Super Vital Cream Bio Intensive

-Tony Moly Delight Tony Tint in 02 Red 

Pricing and Shipping...

These boxes are $24.95 a month. If you subscribe for 3 months, you get a 5% discount. For a 6 month subscription, you get 8% off. For a 12 month subscription, you get a 10% discount.  As for shipping, they only ship in the United States right now!

My thoughts...

When I opened this, I was kind of confused because I couldn't figure out which product was supposed to be the full-sized product since they all seemed like deluxe samples. I ended up emailing the company and I was informed that the sheet mask was considered the full sized products. I was a little surprised because in my head, I don't feel like a sheet mask is considered a full sized product? I don't know if I'm the only one who feels this way so it could just be me!! I'm assuming this is because there's a Sulwhasoo deluxe sample in this box. Its a VERY generous size and would probably last a while. I looked up how much the full size retails for and it's around $50. I couldn't find how many oz the sample in the box was, so I can't breakdown how much the sample is worth. This whole topic is subjective though so you'll have to judge for yourself whether you think it's worth it or not :) 

If you want to see what was in the other boxes, check out their blog post. I saw the full-sized products in the other boxes and they seem fairly reasonable! :) 

Anyways guys, that's my review of this Korean Beauty box. I always love Korean Beauty subscription services and think it's a great way to try products that you might not have gotten for yourself. Plus, it's like Christmas every month :D

xoxo,
Morgan

[Review] IOPE Air Cushion XP in N23 Review

Hello lovely :) Today I've got a review for you that a lot of you guys have been asking about! Since I showed the IOPE Air Cushion XP in my Biggest Korean Makeup Haul ever on my channel, The Beauty Breakdown, some of you have been requesting a review on it... and continually asking. So here it is for those who were curious :)

Let's get to the breakdown...

Packaging...

The packaging of this IOPE Cushion is very simply and classy. I like that it looks very clean and mature. 

Shade...

I have shade N23. The "N" stands for natural. This means the cushion is supposed to have a natural finish and light to medium coverage. I'll get to the coverage in a second but I LOVE the color of this cushion. I have about an NC 20-25 MAC foundation shade so this matched me very well. 

Coverage...

 I liked how it concealed my dark under eye circles but I don't think this had enough coverage on some red spots on my face. You can see in the pictures below, I have a pimple on my chin and this failed to cover it enough. Although, you can always just use a little extra concealer :) 

Finish...

When I initially applied this on my skin, I liked the finish. It was dewy but not too dewy. However, as the day went on, this got WAY too dewy looking. It made my dry skin look down right oily. Also, this never sets on its own. This definitely requires to be set with a powder. When I didn't do that, I had things sticking to my face all day. When I set it, it did help with the oiliness and stickiness, but I do wish they'd adjust the formula a little bit! 

Wear...

Like I mentioned above, I really liked how it looked at first. After a couple hours, it settled into my pores, creased all over the place, and moved around a ton. I was pretty much afraid to touch my face all day because I didn't want to disturb the foundation. 

Look at how much this emphasized my pores! 

Overall...

Alright, without a powder and primer, this cushion kind of sucks. haha. When I wear this IOPE cushion alone, it creases, emphasizes my pores, gets super oily, and remains sticky. I couldn't STAND it. However, when I do wear a primer and powder, it really is a bit better. It's still slightly sticky and dewy with the powder,  but I can live with this. For oily-skinned people, I'd say proceed with caution. 

Packaging: ****

Shade: *****

Coverage: ***

Finish: **

Wear: *

xoxo, Morgan