Mieza Everdeen

Assalamualaikum and hello! I hope you all have chanced upon my review on Acne Solutions I Love because I'm about to bring the acne treatment game to a whole different level in this post, yeehaa! So, as you all might already know, a fraction of my mentioned and unmentioned beauty buys were from Luxola because from them, I get to buy many beauty brands that are not available locally or too expensive to buy at physical stores here. Since the brand Mario Badescu is only available locally at Sephora and the price tag kills me instantly, I get them from Luxola because they are reliable, fast and they often have interesting sales, hehe ;) 

Recently I received two Mario Badescu products from Luxola to try and after using them for a period of time, I feel obliged to share my first impression with you all here so that you can make your decision now if you too are suffering oily, acne skin like me. I have Mario Badescu Special Cucumber Lotion and Mario Badescu Whitening Mask to review in this post, so let us start with the Special Cucumber Lotion first okay?

Mario Badescu Special Cucumber Lotion

It is a toner. It acts as a refreshing, pore tightening toner and contains antiseptic properties to combat current acne on skin surface and to help heal whatever nasty acne building up from the inside of your skin. The suggestion is to use  Mario Badescu Special Cucumber Lotion twice a day after cleansing. To me, it smells like baby powder, it has a cooling sensation on my skin, and it feels so refreshing when I wipe my face with a cotton pad soaked with it. It does not give me a dry or tight feeling on the skin upon use, and so far it helps to make my skin feel really clean. In the past 7 days, I did not have enough sleep, I did not eat well, I was (and still am) under pressure and I wore lots of makeup. These actions usually lead to a healthy growth of uninvited pimple army on my face. To my surprise, only one appeared on my forehead and the size does not even grow bigger. Oh, one more thing, my skin is less oily than before in the past 7 days! I can conclude that this Mario Badescu Special Cucumber Lotion does help my skin to fight acne growth as being an astringent lotion, but at the same time is able to retain moisture and keep my skin feeling fresh. I will continue using this toner only until I finish it, and I will update (maybe it will take 2-3 months) about it later ya :) I promise!

Mario Badescu Whitening Mask

This is what I am so happy about! I have several very stubborn acne scars on my face. On my cheeks, on my nose, on my forehead, and on my chin. They're everywhere and they are dark, they make me look splotchy I iz sad (T_T) Enter Mario Badescu Whitening Mask, a grape-scented white coloured soothing mask which aim is to help brighten uneven/dull skin and lighten acne scars over time with consistent use. It contains these super ingredients of Kojic Acid, Licorice Extract and Grape Extract to reduce minor hyperpigmentation and acne scarring, while its soothing botanical properties is to calm inflamed and sensitive skin. I thought masks for acne skin would always feel super tightening on skin and makes the skin feel stung a bit, most of them are like this as I've had my fair share of testing them. However, Mario Badescu Whitening Mask is a different story as what it gave me was a pleasant smell, fast drying time that does not make my skin feel like they're pulled, and it actually works! One acne scar on my chin, which was quite faint (I'll say it's 50% dark) has disappeared completely from sight, and one very dark like 100% dark acne scar on my cheek has now appeared lighter by 30%. These happened within 7 times of usage. I will update later on how many usage I took to get them disappear completely okay? I just need to write this now because I will feel bad for not sharing it with you guys as Luxola is having a 30% OFF on this mask right now!! don't you think you should get it while you still can? hehehe~

Overall, I am most impressed with Mario Badescu Whitening Mask as I never thought my acne scar would disappear this quick. It's a shame I don't have a before and after picture as my phone camera is not capable of capturing such detailed image. I tried but it won't show up, I'm sorry for that. Before I pen-off, please remember that all these results were obtained after 7 days of disciplined usage. It may vary depending on how you take care of yourself generally :) hope this review helps! Do tell me if you're gonna get your Mario Badescu skincare products from Luxola ya? ^_^

Love,

Mieza

Assalamualaikum and hello guys! I have been silent for days, and I feel sorry for my blog due to the emptiness. Anyhow, I'm trying to get back on track so please stay with me okay? Well, today's topic is simple, I need your votes on "which item should I buy".

I received RM50 voucher on Luxola, which I am sure many of my readers have received too because I believe most of you have been spending and splurging there as well :p The dilemma here is, I am torn between makeup and skincare. There are 3 items I wanna buy, or I feel like buying, or I feel like I should get them :p

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Assalamualaikum and hello!

I think in my previous reviews I mentioned quite a few times that my skin had experienced a very bad acne outbreak from November 2013 till early 2014. I think I can blame it all on the hectic and stressful schedule of my final semester, a haywire eating schedule and a mess of unhealthy food intake. I also found out that since I hit 22, my skin has developed an allergic reaction towards excessive intake of cheese and processed food (i.e : canned pasta sauce). I used to have no problem eating cheese and carbonara as much as I want coz it does not make me gain any extra weight at all, but now it give me pimples (T_T) bye food. HAHA~

So the reason I'm making this post is to share with you guys some products I used (and still using now whenever needed) to help me with the acne/pimples outbreak. They are within my budget as a full time student and I am happy that all of them helped me in their own way. Seriously, having a face scattered with pimples is the worst nightmare of my life. This is because I already had my skin well taken care of after I used Yadah Bubble Deep Cleanser (reviewed here) and its Vitamin Toner and Vitamin Emulsion. I was so happy till the acne outbreak ruined my happiness and scarred  my confidence for one and a half semester. I don't have that much money to see a dermatologist as my best friend told me that the cost is kinda expensive because she always had to see one for her skin allergic. So without further ado, lets see what products I love to treat acne/pimples ^_^

I bought Mario Badescu Drying Cream from Luxola because the price there is way cheaper than what offered by our local Sephora. Plus Luxola seems to always have good sales so yeah, it is better to buy there :) As for the Ciracle Pimple Solution Pink Powder, I only bought it from HiShop but you can also get it from Muse by Watsons at Sunway Pyramid, the price is the same at both shops. Nexcare Acne Patch can be found at pharmacies/drugstores like Watsons and Guardian, while the tea tree oil I got here is obviously from The Body Shop. However you can get it cheaper than normal price if you look out for blog sales or at Carousell ;) I hope I have helped you guys to learn a bit on my favourite acne/pimple solutions and where to get them. If you have any further questions, just drop it at the comment section okay? I'd be happy to help ^_^

Share with me, what is your holy grail acne solution?