Beauty Product Reviews

Sampled and didn't agree with me....

I was SO excited to receive a sample of this toner with a recent palette purchase as I'd heard and read so much good about it, and I think good molecules produces simple effective products overall. It did not agree with my combo skin, and I found it quite sticky on application. The texture really surprised me, I expected it to be more runny/watery...rather than a thicker serum or essence type consistency, just to make note.

Though I only got a sample sized vial, I religiously tried to add it into my routine to be met with breakouts on jaw and hairline (very unusual for me) and an abundance of white heads (also unusual). My skin is combo- dry cheeks, oily t zone, oilier in summer with stubborn SFs and occasional blackheads. Generally speaking pretty tolerant of new products or changing up of my routine, not particularly sensitive to irritants. I try new items as I hit pan so to speak, and add or replace with similar formulas from other brands to compare and contrast etc..but this was the only culprit I could find for my horrible reaction. I even tried cutting my routine back to bare basic minimum steps and just using this as a toner without layering or complicating...but no dice. Definitely a bummer, this one didn't agree with me. A disappointing example of YMMV.

Happy to try it...

I got this face wash as part of my luckybag and have enjoyed it. I don't know if it's that exceptional, definitely a great water based formula, but I don't know that I'll repurchase. I incorporate acids generally speaking as toners or serums layered after washing and before moisturizing, so I don't know that the "AHA" component is really doing anything for me in this step of my routine. Maybe it's the concentration or maybe just not particularly effective given my usual regimen. All in all its a nice luxurious face wash, but nothing totally special or unique. I had no initial reaction or purging and was able to add it in to my routine seamlessly, so that was a plus. I'd also note the pump bottle is wonky, I've had trouble with it picking up product from day one on and off.

A killer clay mask

I've tried seriously every high to low clay mask out there- this one is great. I received it as part of my luckybag this year and it is definitely a repurchaser. More like a treatment and not overly drying. I'm not bothered by the scent, I find it quite nice and fresh, but those who are sensitive to fragrance may not enjoy it. It doesn't 'crackle' as it dries like so many "pre-mixed" type clay masks do (as opposed to those you mix yourself using a dry and wet component and brush on)...and I don't get that painful baby-hair-pulling removal that is common with many clay formulas. All around a great mask, I've been ramping up use as weather has warmed and I feel it's doing a good job at keeping my usual summer skin explosion of oil and ocs in check.

JSC really did the damn thing with this one. And beautylish gets another gold star.

Yes, this pallette was everything it appears to be. The bold, insane colour selection is as creamy, blendable, pigmented & intense as you expect. The neutral/transition shades make for some gorgeous diffused/smokey looks. Though the packaging leaves something to be desired (it's really big and bulky and the connection point/hinge is a little flimsy feeling) I can look past that as the quality of the product is what I've now come to expect. This as my second JSC eyeshadow palette I 100% will be a forever customer. Even more to the point, my parcel arrived nearly overnight to Canada, packaged like a gift, with an amazing premium size extra/sample in the package (100 ml of bioderma micellar water) I cannot say enough good about beautylish- whenever possible they have my business from here on out. I contacted them with a customer service queries and they solved my problem within 20 minutes, without having to do any back and forth, only getting in touch to apologize and let me know they had fixed the problem. So the maybe 4 stars I would have given the palette I will up to 5 stars due to the service at beautylish that is now, in my experience, unsurpassed by any other beauty outlet.

Beautylish takes the cakes

Yes, this pallette was everything I hoped it would be, incredible pigment, easy blending, bold colours that sheer our easily. Even more to the point, my parcel arrived nearly overnight to Canada, packaged like a gift, with an amazing premium size extra/sample in the package (100 ml of bioderma micellar water) I cannot stat enough good about beautylish- whenever possible they have my business form here on out.