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Tatcha Bestsellers Set Review

 

Tatcha Bestsellers Set Review

 

Why Hello There! If youโ€™re looking for the perfect skincare set this Motherโ€™s Day or in any other occasion, I truly recommend this limited edition Tatcha Bestsellers Set. All the products contained in this set are absolutely perfect and are also very useful for traveling.

 

 

tatcha bestselling products

 

Tatcha is an American luxury brand that promotes Geisha (Japanese) inspired beauty rituals or beauty products. This is my first time trying out Tatchaโ€™s skin care and my first impressions are very positive. The products are generally mild and innovative. The scents are not overpowering and my skin seems to like their products quite well. Additionally, it has a whole k-beauty feel and quality to it and pretty much neck in neck with Sulwhasoo or SK II. Also, their pricing varies a lot depending on the size of the product. Some are pretty much affordable, while some can be just really pricey. Itโ€™s always good to try some starter sizes to see if the product works for you.

 

Letโ€™s take a look at whatโ€™s inside their Bestsellers Set:

 

Pure One Step Camillia Cleansing Oil

  • Pure One Step Camillia Cleansing Oil (0.8 oz: $15, 5.1 oz $48) โ€“ This is a mild makeup remover and facial cleanser at the same time. Itโ€™s basically a lightweight camellia oil that totally removes all traces of makeup. Then you add some water to create a foam and it cleanses your face just like a normal facial cleanser would do. Itโ€™s basically like double cleansing but with just one product. For me, I really enjoy using this. It saves time and effort on my skin care routine and itโ€™s mild for daily use. Love the pump of the glass container as well.

 

Polished Classic Rice Enzyme Powder

  • Polished Classic Rice Enzyme Powder (0.35 oz: $15, 2.1 oz $65) โ€“ This product is nothing like Iโ€™ve seen before. Itโ€™s almost magical. It comes off as a plain white powder that you put on your palm and as soon as you add a few drops of water on it, it becomes a foamy scrub that smells and feels like little bits of rice or rice water. It exfoliates the face mildly and it doesnโ€™t irritate. The result is a smooth skin without the harshness of most facial scrubs. Love it.

 

Supple Moisture Rich Silk Cream

  • Supple Moisture Rich Silk Cream (1.7 oz: $120) โ€“ This is a gel-like cream that feels like silk and is also non-irritating on the skin. Itโ€™s ideal for combo to dry skin, but I think itโ€™s also very perfect for oily skin due to its gel consistency. In fact, this is very similar to Belif The True Cream Aqua Bomb, both in scent and texture. Itโ€™s almost hard to tell the difference between the two. This silk cream is an ideal moisturizer base right before any makeup product and it feels very lightweight. Wish it had Spf though.

 

Luminous Dewy Skin Mist

  • Luminous Dewy Skin Mist (1.35 oz: $48) โ€“ Probably the best face mist in the market to use during dry or winter season. Itโ€™s slightly oily so itโ€™s ideal when you need maximum hydration on the face, like when youโ€™re traveling or during the cold months. It may be too much for the summer as the effect of this face mist could make you look very dewy. The pump feels robust and it releases very fine mists. Also, the scent is divine.

 

 

tatcha bestsellers

 

Verdict: Tatcha makes award-worthy products and theyโ€™re really fun to use with. Every application of each product is an experience that is worth your time and has a very relaxing feel to it. Their Bestsellers Set is really worth it as each product delivers and their sizes are very versatile. The Luminous Dewy Skin Mist is definitely a holy grail for me, and I could see the Camellia Cleansing Oil and Rice Enzyme Powder as now part of my daily skin care routine for a very long time.

tatcha bestsellers set

 

 

This Tatcha Bestsellers Set is available exclusively at: Sephora.com

 

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Sulwhasoo First Care Activating Serum & Snowise Brightening Water Review

Setting my personal SK II beauty regimen aside, I embarked on two new facial products that Iโ€™ve been constantly using for more than a month now. Iโ€™ve been putting into test the Sulwhasoo Snowise Balancing Water as my facial toner, and the Sulwhasoo First Care Activating Serum as my daily facial serum. I know that the First Care Serum is the bestselling product of Sulwhasoo and a lot of people swear by it, so I was naturally intrigued and wondered just how good the product is, or if Sulwhasooโ€™s skin care line warrants a cult-following given the price of their products.

 

Sulwhasoo First Care Activating Serum & Snowise Brightening Water Review

 

Sulwhasoo is high-end Korean skin care brand owned by Amore Pacific, and itโ€™s much loved by a lot Koreans. The brandโ€™s philosophy believes in the concept of beauty and harmony of energies, combining traditional medicine with modern science. The main ingredient of most of their product is Ginseng, but itโ€™s not just any other Ginseng, itโ€™s the best kind of Ginseng thought to be found only in the Korean Peninsula. Ginseng, when used as a skin care, has a lot of potential benefits. One being good in the anti-aging department and it also has brightening properties.

 

Sulwhasoo First Care Activating Serum & Snowise Brightening Water

 

As a general observation of the two products I purchased, they both are in heavy glass containers that depicts a whole authentic Korean aesthetic vibe. The bottles are not necessarily too big or too bulky, and theyโ€™re both opaque, so you wonโ€™t be able to see how much product is left inside. Both the Sulwhasoo First Care Activating Serum and the Snowise Brightening Water smells very herbal-like, but itโ€™s not overwhelming to the senses, instead, itโ€™s pretty invigorating.

 

 

Sulwhasoo Snowise Brightening Water Review

Sulwhasoo Snowise Brightening Water (4.22 oz: $63) โ€“ This slightly hefty toner is meant to be applied with the palm of your hands and pat starting from the center of your face. With Broussonetia Kazinoki, a Mulberry extract known to brighten and soften rough skin. The toner is meant to prepare skin for other Snowise products like the Snowise Brightening Cream and Brightening Serum. However, I didnโ€™t plan to use this toner for that purpose, instead, I just wanted a good toner that can help brighten my dark spots or post-acne marks. So far, in my experience, this toner feels like a gel and itโ€™s tricky to use a cotton pad with this, as the consistency seems a bit too thick for a toner. You might really need to use your palms when applying this, but I prefer to still use a cotton pad because I want my toner to take off excess makeups that didnโ€™t rinse away after washing. Fortunately, the formula spreads very easily and it feels very soothing. As far as the benefits and changes Iโ€™ve noticed, this product did not irritate my skin and it keeps it plumped. Didnโ€™t notice any brightening effect so far, but my acne scars seemed to have not darken further.

 

Sulwhasoo First Care Activating Serum review

Suwhasoo First Care Activating Serum (2 oz: $84) โ€“ With Milkvetch that promotes skin circulation and Dwarf Lilyturf with Licorice to restore skinโ€™s radiance. This bestselling product is meant to restore the skinโ€™s moisture and nutrients. The serum has golden brown color and smells like Ginseng with some other herbs. It feels like a gel and it spreads easily onto the face, which then the skin absorbs easily and also has a relaxing feel to it. I truly love the consistency of this serum and a little bit goes a long way, perhaps 2-3 pumps will work per application. I also love the cap since itโ€™s very easy to take it off or replace it whenever you use the product. When it comes to its effect, I do notice an overall evenness of hydration on my face throughout the day. I no longer have dry patches around my mouth and my skinโ€™s not secreting too much oil. Itโ€™s still oily-prone, but not as much, and it looks my skinโ€™s regulating the sebum production well. This serum seems to work to balance the skinโ€™s chemistry, no wonder a lot of people have fallen in love with it.

 

Bottom line, I like Sulwhasoo a lot and Iโ€™m planning to try more of their products soon. Theyโ€™re really pricey, but you could sense that they put a lot of value and effort on their products. They feel luxurious, soothing, traditional, and thereโ€™s an element of care and wisdom to it. Compared to SK II, I definitely feel like theyโ€™re neck and neck with each other. I also like SK II a lot and will always be using them, but these two products from Sulwhasoo would be great add on.

 

Sulwhasoo First Care Activating Serum & Snowise Brightening Water Review

 

The Snowise Brightening Water is available at: Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus & Bergdorf Goodman

 

The First Care Activating Serum can be found at: Nordstrom, Bergdorf Goodman & Neiman Marcus

 

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