Etude House Beauty Shot Face Blur

Cameras are offering a beauty mode to make our skin appear smooth & flawless. Well, no need for that now because Etude House has introduced an all new Beauty Shot Face Blur SPF15/PA+ to recreate that soft-focus effect on our face for that flawless, beautiful radiance in real life!

Beauty Shot Face Blur has a lightweight texture that's pretty similar to a CC cream. The formula consists of Airy Skin Powder, that allows the skin to breathe comfortably. It also helps to smoothen the skin's texture by blurring out pores. Enhanced with Sebum Control Effect, it helps to control the production of sebum, giving you a satin-matte look! 

The key ingredients in this little bottle of photoshop (hehe) includes Airy Skin Powder, Baby Pixel Powder which has extremely fine particles to smooth out your skin texture; Cover Powder to correct skin blemishes lightly; and lastly Plate Powder and Amati Pearl which has fine glow particles for a bright and glowy complexion. 

With a nozzle pump, it dispenses the product easily. Pump out a small amount and apply a thin layer in a circular motion on your face, paying special attention to your concern areas with enlarged pores. I prefer to apply an additional light layer over these prominent areas!

Dispensing a small amount on my hand, and applying it to half of my hand to show you how it looks like!

It may appear light pink on first application, but after applying it in a circular motion, the color lightens out and blends extremely well onto my skin tone. I can hardly tell it's on! Definitely more of a primer than a CC cream, with very very minimal coverage.

I have enlarged pores near my nose, pretty bad, I know! So I was pretty excited to see if Beauty Shot Face Blur would help the presence of these pores.

The difference is minimal, but there is visible evening out of the skin tone, and filling in of the smaller pores. Because of the cream's light texture, it would not help to fill in the bigger pores.

However, with a bit of powder (applied light-handedly with a brush), it is definitely working its magic here! 

(Pssst... I'm wearing the new Color in Liquid Lips from Etude House in PK006, such a happy pink shade! More details to come about that later this month.)

I can have photoshop skin 'naturally'!!! It is a new addition in my routine and I reckon it's here to stay. I know I've said it wayyy too many times, but I am a huge fan of make-up that's light & natural, hence I don't usually put on much on a regular basis for work / errands. 

I only have on Beauty Shot Face Blur, powder that's very lightly brushed on, concealer, blusher, eyebrows filled in with a pencil, and lipstick! Ta-da, a look that's fuss free!

It feels light, and goes on very smoothly on my complexion, and works tremendously well for a primer, setting my make-up perfectly. 

However it is not to be confused with a miracle worker for enlarged pores!

All in all, I'm really happy with how it evens out my skin tones, and blurs out some pores for a better complexion. It works perfectly as a make-up primer that isn't too heavy for our skin! :)

Only $27.90 and available at all Etude House Singapore stores!

xx

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Etude House Wonder Pore Freshner

It's that time of the month again for... My Etude House review!

This September, Etude House is bringing to you a refreshed line of Wonder Pore with Wonder Pore Freshner, a toner that contains a patented blend of Mint Vinegar and Anti Pore-Dex Complex. The all new Wonder Pore Freshner now boasts of 10 in 1 benefits (up the previous 7). 

The new Wonder Pore Freshner now boasts 10 skincare solutions:

1. Removes leftover makeup 

2. Lightly acidifies skin to optimal pH 5.5 level

3. Controls sebum

4. Minimises pores

5. Treats uneven skin tone

6. Maintains skin elasticity

7. Hydrates skin

8. Smoothens skin texture

9. Gets rid of impurities and dead skin cells

10. Refreshes and cools the skin

I've received the Wonder Pore Freshner Kit which comes with 500ml of the Pore Freshner, and 50 cotton pads.

It is the essential Summer toner (Singapore is Summer all year round so it's perfect for our climate!) with Mint Vinegar, which prevents the widening of pores, tightens pores, sterilises and soothes pores with a strong astringent function beneficial to widened pores and skin without elasticity, and even helps with itchiness, inflammation and pimples! Mint Vinegar also removes and inhibits the growth of Demodex, which is one of the causes for enlarged pores. 

Another key ingredient is the Anti Pore-Dex Complex that is made from Pasqueflower, Western Dandelion, Chrysanthemum and Cypress Leaf extracts which deeply cleanses and purifies the pores to effectively remove the last traces of makeup. It also possesses a light acidifying quality which balances the skin and preps it for better absorption of your moisturiser in the following step!

Here's a look at the cotton pad. It's of a better quality than the usual ones I've used because it's slightly thicker, and I could separate more layers of the cotton.

I could generally tear it up into 4 pieces (with some layers still being quite thick), whilst I can only separate up to maximum 3 layers with my usual ones.

The Wonder Pore Freshner also comes with a push dispenser (is there a proper term for this?), which I absolutely love because it is a lot more convenient for me to dispense some toner on my cotton pad by just pressing it down!

The Pore Freshner is dispersed adequately on my cotton pad without any mess or spillage, yay!

Fun fact: Did you know that there are about 20,000 pores on the face? 

And each diameter of a pore is about 0.02-0.05mm.

That would mean a lot of pores to care for!

The Wonder Pore Freshner can also be complemented with other Wonder Pore products to tackle skin woes. New products from the Wonder Pore Line includes the Wonder Pore Facial Soap (available mid October) and Wonder Pore Modeling Ultra Clear (available 1st October). 

The Wonder Pore Line helps tremendously with sebum control, dead skin cell removal and the eradication of red pores, resulting in smoother and tighter skin. In our hot & humid climate, we are prone to producing a lot more oil, and constantly battling enlarged pores due to the excessive sebum production, so get cleaning, and make sure your pores are cleaned thoroughly with Etude House's Wonder Pore Freshner today!

The Wonder Pore Freshner Kit (500ml + 50 cotton pads) is now retailing at all Etude House stores for $32.