Review: Biore UV Aqua Rich Watery Essence water base SPF 50!

Slap on some Watery Essence! Ladies, as the majority of us beauty and skincare obcessed junkies would know, sun protection is essential to better long term quality of our skin. Like many I avoided any forms of sunscreen growing up hating the texture, the feeling and the hassle of applying anything on unless I definitely was going to be in direct sun for sports or an activity that will take a while. It's only been in the last few years that I've been using both make up and skincare to protect my skin.

I've already tried Biore's UV Aqua Whitening Mousse base (my review here) which was lovely, lightweight and easy to use beneath my make up or on its own. Today I bring to you a quick review on it's other famous version, the watery essence base!

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Biore UV Aqua Rich Watery Essence water base SPF 50!

Review: Biore UV Aqua Rich Whitening Cream SPF 50 pa++!

Biore's UV protection time! As we all know sun protection is essential in a skincare routine. We all need to somehow get sunscreen in some part of our skincare or make up routine in order to protect our skin from deep and future sun damage. I've never like sunscreen. It's never made sense to me to purely wear sunscreen on my bare face and go out. 

For two reasons as my skin is super sensitive and all kinds of sunscreens sting and I used to have oilier skin which combined with the hot and humid weather in south east asia is crazy! In recent years I've discovered using sunscreen below my bases and powders and more importantly getting it in my make up too. I've already tried, used up and loved Biore's mousse version of this sunscreen, do check out my review here!

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Biore UV Aqua Rich Whitening Cream SPF 50 pa++!

Skincare review: Biore Cleansing Oil!

Super cleansing oil! I've yet come across a cleansing oil that I really love ever since a bad experience with a cleansing water product a few years ago. Since then, I've completely swept aside trying out any cleansing oils or water make up removers! 

After seeing so many wonderful reviews of cleansing oils being miricle make up removers with no tugging or pulling and trying a travel kit size of a Shu Uemura cleansing oil I immediately was in love and knew I had to pick up another one from any other brand to try! Biore is very well known for their variation of make up removers and awesome wipes, so finally I bought my first full sized cleansing oil very happily!

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Biore Cleansing Oil!

Skincare review: Biore Aqua Rich UV Face Mousse!

Mousse me up! After having seen this line from Biore many times again in store and having helped bought a blogger friend a version of this sunblock I decided to pick up the mousse formula! I'm someone who doesn't ever wear sunblock, even though I'm developing pigmentation and skin needs protection I've always just been lazy or hate the feeling of sunblock products!

This product is meant to not be sticky or dewy and with the high sun protection factor I had to pick this up to try and use beneath my make up!

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Biore Aqua Rich UV Watery Face Mousse SPF 50+

Quick look: Make up removing wipes (Biore, Elianto, NuFresh)

We all know we should be removing our make up with cleansers, scrubs, make up removers or some sort of oil but then there are those lazy days...or times we need to get it off quickly!

Here are different wipes I use for removing make up and cleaning make up brushes on the go!

 

NuFresh Facial Cleansing wipes! From NTUC Fairprice in Singapore!

Review: Biore pore strips! (photos & application!)

One of my must-have, cannot-live-without, everyone-can-do-it products of ALL TIME!! (yes, i'm that amazed by it)....are the "Biore Pore Pack nose strips!"

Ever since I begun using these years ago, I've never stopped being amazing by their ability to remove nose gunk every single time. When applied and used with proper techniques these simple strips can do miracles. If I could only purchase a few beauty items for the rest of my life, these would be on the list! 

Continue below for photos (some yucky ones!) and my review!! 

  

Biore pore strips - Original, pineapple, orange, rose & lavender (scented ones are limited edition!)

Biore pore strips -packaging for the original nose strip and the 'Resort' edition which has pineapple and orange scented strips!

Overview: Scrubs and cleansers! (photos!)

I meant to post this a loooong time ago, so apologies to myself (mostly) for not doing so. My facial regime has changed quite a bit since I took these photos but I use them. 

My skin is sensitive and is combination (oily and dry) Hence after doing a lot of research and looking around, I've come to realize the importance of moisturizing and using products with no alcohol for more sensitive areas of my face (eg above lips, cheeks, around eyes) Alcohol strips skin of too much oil sometimes and even causes pimples/acne to get worse, which I've experienced.

Here's a round up of things I've used/use!

NOTE: It's actually 'theblackmentosbeautybox.blogspot'!

All in a tub! Yep...I came up with the sign in  a moment's notice, and that's a 'blackmentos' you see there!

Introducing my holy grail tool! A silicone scrubber that comes with the L'oreal face wash...you can easily buy this at Sasa outlets and watsons in Singapore!