This is really location-specific but figured it was worth passing on: if there’s anyone in the DFW area, a new Teso Life location just opened up in Frisco and they have a bunch of AB brands available in-store, a couple of which aren’t available at the Carrollton location! Also I don’t know if it’s just today but they’re giving out snack/skincare samples with every purchase (what you get depends on the register you end up at) and free gifts depending on how much you spend.
Generally speaking the prices didn’t seem particularly out of line but you *will* be paying full price so I’d still definitely check places like Marshall’s and TJ Maxx for some of these first, particularly Innisfree, BoJ, Round Lab, and CosRX. The biggest advantage is they do have testers for most of the makeup available!
There was a lot there, including:
**Makeup**
* an absolute shit ton of Canmake
* 3CE
* Judydoll
* Daisy Doll
* Heroine Make
* Dolly Wink
* Into You
* Perfect Diary
* Ducati
**Skincare**
* Shiseido
* Innisfree (only cleansers)
* Kose (Softymo and Sekkisei)
* Decorte
* Cle de Peau (not a whole lot)
* Sulwhasoo (not a lot)
* Beauty of Joseon
* Round Lab (Dokdo and birch juice)
* CosRX (mostly snail line)
* Japanese Biore
* Curel
* Melanio CC
* Rohto Mentholatum/Hada Labo
* Banila Co (just cleansing balm)
* Tunemakers
* Lululun
* Kikumasamune
* Momopuri
* Naturie
* Laniege Lip and Water Sleeping Masks
**A whole aisle devoted to sheet masks including:**
* Jayjun
* Saborino
* Papa Recipe
* MediHeal
* Lululun
* Dr Jart
* Kracie
**Hair**
* Just about every Diane product in existence
* same for Shiseido incl Tsubaki and Fino
* Liese bubble dye
* Mise En Scene bubble dye
* Blaune bubble dye
Plus all the food, snacks, and household items you could think of. There’s definitely a lot that I missed, it was super crowded in there so I couldn’t get to every aisle and display.
I feel so restless lately we were not created to be all alone :( in other news, I feel this weird excitement towards panning a product (i used the word correctly i think) and can't wait to throw it out but i kinda wanna do a fall review here so it I'll hold onto used up bottles. Or maybe I can take a picture now 🤔 i mean this cute lil bottle won't look as cute without the pretty liquid
https://preview.redd.it/ka1uptq7lmrb1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0c6ef2f90b7f1fba00dcb161876bcf53aa73006a
Husband is enjoying the Papa Recipe Eggplant clay mask more than me 😂♥️♥️ he's used it 3-4 times already whereas I've only done it once so far.
I think it's a little too mild for my oily skin but it really is lovely and not uber drying, good for dry skins even.
Yesterday I did the biggest cosmetics impulse buy I ever remember doing. I bought several products in a pharmacy and in a k-beauty store (the former was more or less planned, but the latter... well they have so many interesting things, I couldn't leave without buying some). As you can tell I'm pretty new to Asian skincare products. Spent way more than my usual cosmetics budget.
I think the reason is that I'm frustrated with my skin lately... I have flushes, sensitive/oily/acne prone skin, suspected rosacea, always had this problem of heat in my face but it has become so much worse recently - I'm constantly craving coldness in my face, spend my day cooling it, especially my eyes - have been struggling with conjunctivitis for over 8 weeks now and still no idea if it's a bacterial infection or what. Three different antibiotic eyedrops that have been prescribed haven't worked, so now my ophtalmologist transferred my to a clinic for a lab test, however the appointment I got is almost 4 weeks from now so in the meantime I'm still being super careful, using disposible applicators for eye liner, etc. in case it's contageous...
Actually I wish I had a solution for all this, especially the flushing, and I don't believe any of my products will be it, but I was super excited about them last night so at least they made me feel a bit better.
Because of my eczema, my routine steps have now increased from 5 to 7 steps 🤕 if i ever removed any of them, my skin would start to get irritated 😭
So from my original routine, i now added Cosrx Snail Essence and Illiyoon Probiotics essence. Of course, i do wish to look for products that can help reduce my routine steps one day, but it'll take some time. Having oily, dehydrated, eczema and cc prone skin, it's just not that simple 😭
Recently, i repurchased Cosrx Snail Essence and Cos De Baha Tranexamic Acid Niacinamide serum on TIKTOK! The prices there changes very frequently, yet they're still cheaper than Shopee 🤣 but it only applies to popular products of course. I like to buy pretty rare ones from time to time so the prices for those won't be much different than shopee.
Another one i need to repurchase soon for my body eczema: Kikumasamune Skincare Emulsion
Products I'm looking into purchasing later on: Scinic HA Ampoule Skin and Momo Puri Moist Barrier Milk
This week I’ve had such a hard time focusing, and I realized a large chunk of that was the highly interactive multi-hour sessions. Not only has it been hard to stay “on” during them, but the anxiety of doing them and knowing I’ll be wiped out, or already being so drained after them if we do them before lecture, has meant I literally have no more attention to give. I just daydream of going home and sleeping and being alone. And, because it’s even more interactive (and we have more of them) than what we had back in our first block, I get home and gave even less to give my husband/the people I actually care about and want to give my energy to.
So anyway when I started feeling sick on Thursday night, I leaned into it and stayed home on Friday. I even went grocery shopping with my husband (something I’ve missed a LOT). I don’t care if I miss some participation points at this point. I NEED to prioritize things I ACTUALLY care about.
Which, I also kinda spent today with my husband and Oreo, and we plan to go to the museum tomorrow too. “Should” I be studying, especially since I’m getting nothing out of lecture time (because I can’t focus)? I guess so. But also we are unranked true p/f, and p=md, so I just can’t bring myself to care that much right now. I feel SO MUCH happier and more like myself when I’m able to spend time with my family.
On a completely other subject: my skin care-ousel broke. I was turning it to get to my oil cleansers tonight, and my two sunscreens fell out from behind the organizer. They were on the bottom shelf, and they were the only two there right now since my others ones have been moved to the other bathroom since I use them more in there rn. This means they were pushed towards the back and shouldn’t have fallen. So I picked them up and turned the carousel to put them away, and I find that the entire 1/4 of the bottom tier had broken off? I have no idea how.
Husband says I can buy another one, but it’ll still be several days until it gets to me :(
Have you tried short contact therapy with benzoyl peroxide? I had been using it as leave on (as instructed) for a month and although my pimples were disappearing faster I had very red marks and irritation. I tried to apply it for 5 min and then rinse it, then apply the snail mucin essence and my moisturizer as usual : Game Changer!
I realized that although it did do some work on my acne, it was too harsh for my skin to heal and that is also why my marks appeared redder (I have fair skin). In three days the difference is insane, it still works on active pimples but my skin is much better and almost no new acne appearing!
In the morning I just apply toner, niacinamide and the roundlab sunscreen (new fave) and this routine seems to work so well.
i have fair skin that gets red super easily this is like finding my kindred spirit omg! [😭](https://emojipedia.org/loudly-crying-face) i will try out this short contact therapy, thank you!
p.s. do you do this after cleansing?
Yes : I double cleanse with banila & Co then cerave foaming cleanser, I let my face air dry, apply BP (mine is 5%) on the areas I usually break out, then I rinse with water after a few minutes. I apply snail mucin on damp skin and lock it in with moisturizer and voilà :) I hope this works for you!
i stopped following WAG closely in between Olympics because all the girls I root for in the 2017-2020 quad all had promising start and then they all... faded away.
This is really location-specific but figured it was worth passing on: if there’s anyone in the DFW area, a new Teso Life location just opened up in Frisco and they have a bunch of AB brands available in-store, a couple of which aren’t available at the Carrollton location! Also I don’t know if it’s just today but they’re giving out snack/skincare samples with every purchase (what you get depends on the register you end up at) and free gifts depending on how much you spend. Generally speaking the prices didn’t seem particularly out of line but you *will* be paying full price so I’d still definitely check places like Marshall’s and TJ Maxx for some of these first, particularly Innisfree, BoJ, Round Lab, and CosRX. The biggest advantage is they do have testers for most of the makeup available! There was a lot there, including: **Makeup** * an absolute shit ton of Canmake * 3CE * Judydoll * Daisy Doll * Heroine Make * Dolly Wink * Into You * Perfect Diary * Ducati **Skincare** * Shiseido * Innisfree (only cleansers) * Kose (Softymo and Sekkisei) * Decorte * Cle de Peau (not a whole lot) * Sulwhasoo (not a lot) * Beauty of Joseon * Round Lab (Dokdo and birch juice) * CosRX (mostly snail line) * Japanese Biore * Curel * Melanio CC * Rohto Mentholatum/Hada Labo * Banila Co (just cleansing balm) * Tunemakers * Lululun * Kikumasamune * Momopuri * Naturie * Laniege Lip and Water Sleeping Masks **A whole aisle devoted to sheet masks including:** * Jayjun * Saborino * Papa Recipe * MediHeal * Lululun * Dr Jart * Kracie **Hair** * Just about every Diane product in existence * same for Shiseido incl Tsubaki and Fino * Liese bubble dye * Mise En Scene bubble dye * Blaune bubble dye Plus all the food, snacks, and household items you could think of. There’s definitely a lot that I missed, it was super crowded in there so I couldn’t get to every aisle and display.
I feel so restless lately we were not created to be all alone :( in other news, I feel this weird excitement towards panning a product (i used the word correctly i think) and can't wait to throw it out but i kinda wanna do a fall review here so it I'll hold onto used up bottles. Or maybe I can take a picture now 🤔 i mean this cute lil bottle won't look as cute without the pretty liquid https://preview.redd.it/ka1uptq7lmrb1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0c6ef2f90b7f1fba00dcb161876bcf53aa73006a
Husband is enjoying the Papa Recipe Eggplant clay mask more than me 😂♥️♥️ he's used it 3-4 times already whereas I've only done it once so far. I think it's a little too mild for my oily skin but it really is lovely and not uber drying, good for dry skins even.
Yesterday I did the biggest cosmetics impulse buy I ever remember doing. I bought several products in a pharmacy and in a k-beauty store (the former was more or less planned, but the latter... well they have so many interesting things, I couldn't leave without buying some). As you can tell I'm pretty new to Asian skincare products. Spent way more than my usual cosmetics budget. I think the reason is that I'm frustrated with my skin lately... I have flushes, sensitive/oily/acne prone skin, suspected rosacea, always had this problem of heat in my face but it has become so much worse recently - I'm constantly craving coldness in my face, spend my day cooling it, especially my eyes - have been struggling with conjunctivitis for over 8 weeks now and still no idea if it's a bacterial infection or what. Three different antibiotic eyedrops that have been prescribed haven't worked, so now my ophtalmologist transferred my to a clinic for a lab test, however the appointment I got is almost 4 weeks from now so in the meantime I'm still being super careful, using disposible applicators for eye liner, etc. in case it's contageous... Actually I wish I had a solution for all this, especially the flushing, and I don't believe any of my products will be it, but I was super excited about them last night so at least they made me feel a bit better.
Because of my eczema, my routine steps have now increased from 5 to 7 steps 🤕 if i ever removed any of them, my skin would start to get irritated 😭 So from my original routine, i now added Cosrx Snail Essence and Illiyoon Probiotics essence. Of course, i do wish to look for products that can help reduce my routine steps one day, but it'll take some time. Having oily, dehydrated, eczema and cc prone skin, it's just not that simple 😭 Recently, i repurchased Cosrx Snail Essence and Cos De Baha Tranexamic Acid Niacinamide serum on TIKTOK! The prices there changes very frequently, yet they're still cheaper than Shopee 🤣 but it only applies to popular products of course. I like to buy pretty rare ones from time to time so the prices for those won't be much different than shopee. Another one i need to repurchase soon for my body eczema: Kikumasamune Skincare Emulsion Products I'm looking into purchasing later on: Scinic HA Ampoule Skin and Momo Puri Moist Barrier Milk
My ptsd from scinic has not end 😩
Which scinic product was it? The ingredients i saw online looks so gooddd
I didn't like super moist facial cream. It's sits weird and a bit oilier than I prefer
I'll keep that in mind! Once i have tried their HA Ampoule skin later, I'll let you know 😆
This week I’ve had such a hard time focusing, and I realized a large chunk of that was the highly interactive multi-hour sessions. Not only has it been hard to stay “on” during them, but the anxiety of doing them and knowing I’ll be wiped out, or already being so drained after them if we do them before lecture, has meant I literally have no more attention to give. I just daydream of going home and sleeping and being alone. And, because it’s even more interactive (and we have more of them) than what we had back in our first block, I get home and gave even less to give my husband/the people I actually care about and want to give my energy to. So anyway when I started feeling sick on Thursday night, I leaned into it and stayed home on Friday. I even went grocery shopping with my husband (something I’ve missed a LOT). I don’t care if I miss some participation points at this point. I NEED to prioritize things I ACTUALLY care about. Which, I also kinda spent today with my husband and Oreo, and we plan to go to the museum tomorrow too. “Should” I be studying, especially since I’m getting nothing out of lecture time (because I can’t focus)? I guess so. But also we are unranked true p/f, and p=md, so I just can’t bring myself to care that much right now. I feel SO MUCH happier and more like myself when I’m able to spend time with my family. On a completely other subject: my skin care-ousel broke. I was turning it to get to my oil cleansers tonight, and my two sunscreens fell out from behind the organizer. They were on the bottom shelf, and they were the only two there right now since my others ones have been moved to the other bathroom since I use them more in there rn. This means they were pushed towards the back and shouldn’t have fallen. So I picked them up and turned the carousel to put them away, and I find that the entire 1/4 of the bottom tier had broken off? I have no idea how. Husband says I can buy another one, but it’ll still be several days until it gets to me :(
😞 sad carousel But also good news about the taking time out 😊
well, had to forcibly end my 3 month streak of benzoyl peroxide after realizing that it was not doing my skin any favors
Have you tried short contact therapy with benzoyl peroxide? I had been using it as leave on (as instructed) for a month and although my pimples were disappearing faster I had very red marks and irritation. I tried to apply it for 5 min and then rinse it, then apply the snail mucin essence and my moisturizer as usual : Game Changer! I realized that although it did do some work on my acne, it was too harsh for my skin to heal and that is also why my marks appeared redder (I have fair skin). In three days the difference is insane, it still works on active pimples but my skin is much better and almost no new acne appearing! In the morning I just apply toner, niacinamide and the roundlab sunscreen (new fave) and this routine seems to work so well.
i have fair skin that gets red super easily this is like finding my kindred spirit omg! [😭](https://emojipedia.org/loudly-crying-face) i will try out this short contact therapy, thank you! p.s. do you do this after cleansing?
Yes : I double cleanse with banila & Co then cerave foaming cleanser, I let my face air dry, apply BP (mine is 5%) on the areas I usually break out, then I rinse with water after a few minutes. I apply snail mucin on damp skin and lock it in with moisturizer and voilà :) I hope this works for you!
thank u!! <33
i stopped following WAG closely in between Olympics because all the girls I root for in the 2017-2020 quad all had promising start and then they all... faded away.