Did I just hold up three fingers?!
I’m bad at math.
Hey guys, this is part two of my Asian beauty haul.
If you haven’t seen the makeup and hair care portion of this I will link it in the
description box below.
This is a bunch of skincare and a few random things at the end that I picked up on an incredible
trip I had this summer in China and Japan.
I was there for just over a month and, if I’m honest, I was most excited about the skincare.
So this is the good stuff right here.
I’ve laid it all out in front of me.
I booked this trip a whole week before leaving because I guess that’s just how I roll.
Can’t plan ahead.
And the first thing I want to show you kind of set the tone for the whole trip.
I was really looking for sheet masks because I love them.
If you’ve never tried them, I actually did a blog post which I can link below as well.
And when I landed in Hong Kong they gave me a gift bag, which has never happened before ever.
They gave me a sheet mask in my gift bag along with a teddy bear…what was it?
A teddy bear, a sheet mask, a cell phone kind of toy and then a luggage tag.
It was amazing.
And that really set the tone for the whole trip. It was incredible.
This is a snake revitalizing face mask with snake peptide in it so I’m going to use
that as soon as I feel like putting snake peptide on my face, which will be very soon.
I also got these animal masks in Hong Kong: shark and swallow.
And they actually have the picture on the mask itself imprinted.
So you can see on the back there.
I got my friend a cat one because she’s obsessed with cats and she sent me a photo
and it looks like this picture on your face is tattooed.
And having a sheet mask on your face is kind of weird enough looking to begin with.
When you try it you’ll know what I’m talking about.
And this just adds a whole other level of weirdness.
Along the same vein, I picked these up in Tokyo and these are traditional geisha and
maiko and I believe they also have the imprints on the sheet mask.
And then this was a brand, Lululun, that I kept coming up against in Japan.
They have convenience stores it feels like on every street corner practically
and they always had these.
And I saw a lot of Japanese women buying them so…when in Rome.
I was like, “Well, I should probably try those.”
There’s seven sheets in here, it was a really good price and they’re supposed to
be very moisturizing which is good for my skin.
I also picked up a Hello Kitty set of face masks: Pure Smile.
They’re green tea essence with collagen and hyaluronic acid for moisturizing.
I have tried one of these already and it was a little bit too much for my sensitive skin.
I got a little bit red and tingly so I might have to pass those on to somebody else.
And then last but not least for the face masks.
This is a brand that actually I wrote about in my blog post called My Beauty Diary that I love.
They’re available in limited supply at my local Asian supermarket, so I had an eye out
for them, and there was an aisle with, like, 15 to 20 different just kinds of sheet mask.
And so getting four felt like quite a victory.
I know it seems like a lot but it’s not.
There’s only two in each box of these. So I thought I reined it in pretty well.
This is Sake Yeast mask…yeah, Sake Yeast mask, Japanese Cherry Blossom,
Imperial Bird’s Nest - I have no idea what that means - and an Apple mask for oil control.
So I’m looking forward to those.
In Hong Kong I also picked up a couple of products at a pharmacy that are from an organic brand.
This is called the Honey Nourishing Gold Mask and it’s got lemon balm water and lime tree water in it.
And then, irresistibly, inside it looks like a honey pot and it smells exactly like honey.
The woman said it would be ok for sensitive skin as well.
And then at the same time I got this Lily Hydrating Sleeping Mask
which I had seen recommended.
I did a little bit of research before on what to look for and someone had recommended this.
It’s got cherry extract, bamboo extract, and lily essence and inside it looks like
a little flower pot which is adorable.
Why don’t we make packaging like this? I don’t know. I can’t wait to put this on my counter.
So that’s awesome.
In Japan I also stocked up on sunscreen because I try to wear sunscreen every day.
These are SPF 50 by Bioré and they’re a really good price.
This is the Water Essence formula. I got gel and the cream formula.
And the nice thing was that because I was there for over two weeks I could kind of buy
a product, try it out, you know, in my hotel or whatever and then go back and stock up
which I definitely did with these. I think I got six and I’ve been using them
every day since I got back from the trip and I love them.
And then in Beijing there was a store called Modern Lady, which I absolutely loved,
because the inside smelled incredible and the packaging is gorgeous.
So I picked up a few gifts for, like, my Mom and my sister there too.
These ones are for me. They’re jasmine scented.
And while I was in China I got completely obsessed with jasmine tea, jasmine ice cream.
And so when I found these products I knew they had to be mine.
This one has a beautiful box which I’ll probably keep and then a little tin inside.
This is a body cream.
And then this has just a tube of hand cream for your handbag inside.
And then just at the end here, these are kind of…a lot of people are going to think
this is weird, which maybe it totally is.
But that’s ok.
This is a tongue scraper which I picked up and then I got some toothpaste.
And I know this seems strange but I often pick up toothpaste when I’m traveling.
I read an article years ago about a woman who liked to do that because it’s not something
that’s going to clutter your house, it’s something you use, and you use it every single day.
Or at least hopefully you’re brushing your teeth every single day.
And, you know, you kind of are reminded of the trip every time you go to brush your teeth.
So it’s a little daily ritual of “Oh remember when I was in China? I was in Japan?
How great was that?”
And I don’t know. It sounds cheesy but it actually is really lovely and so
whenever I travel now I tend to pick up a tube or two or obviously three of toothpaste.
However, I’m a little bit nervous about this one because I don’t speak or read Japanese
and I bought what I think is condensed milk that looks kind of similar to this.
So if I attempt brushing my teeth with condensed milk I will let you know,
but I’m pretty sure this is toothpaste.
Anyway that’s all I have for oral hygiene and skincare from China and Japan.
I hope you liked this video.
Again, I’ll link the other part one in the description box and I’m going to be making
more kind of beauty videos so please subscribe if you haven’t already.
I hoped you liked watching this and I’ll see you in the next video. Bye!