Swanicoco Shining Luminous Mask Pack Review

This is my third mask review series I have for my PR from Swanicoco. Today's mask review is for Natural Bio Cosmetic Dr.Syul Swanicoco Shining Luminous Mask Pack.

This mask is one of the 5 masks I received from Swanicoco. To check the other masks and other skin care products included in my PR package, you can visit my blog post about it here.

About the brand:

Swanicoco is a South Korean Beauty Brand that is known for their naturally-based, fermented and safe beauty products. They become the top natural cosmetics company in the Republic of Korea for their ceaseless bio development research to create a natural biosystem. Interestingly,  the word “Swanicoco” means that they pursue the elegance of a “swan” (feminine), and “coco” means “coconut” (as they offer botanical natural cosmetics).

Mask Claims:

• Whitening / Brightening
• Firming
• Improves Hydration
• Improves Elasticity
• Regulation of secreted sebum
• Helps in Collagen production
• Stimulates the synthesis of hyaluronic acid
• Maintains the acid-base balance of the skin
• Supports skin-regeneration processes

Key Ingredients:

• Collagen Amino Acids - helps to prevent anti-aging effects
• Ascorbyl Glucoside -  helps to provide skin radiance and allows for a natural, healthy skin glow.
• Copper Tripeptide-1 - Anti-Inflammatory and Antioxidant
• Pentapeptide-20 - helps revitalize skin’s building blocks
• Niacinamide - improves the appearance of enlarged pores, uneven skin tone, fine lines, dullness, and a weakened skin surface

Experience:

It smells like a herbal root of some sort. The mask is drenched with essence but not drippy at all. The sheet mask was a bit big for my face and adherence was just okay. I left it for 20 minutes. My skin felt a bit sticky but not too much. My face felt moisturized and hydrated. However, I did not notice a great brightening effect. My face was left with a slightly dewy finish.

It retails at $2.00 here.

Here is the full list of ingredients:

You can also check my reviews of other Swanicoco masks, 2GF Bio Mix Mask Pack and Swanicoco Golden Time Leap Mask Pack.

Disclaimer: This product was sent to me complimentary by Swanicoco as part of their Project Swans 2.  All opinions are my own.

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Benton Dear My Best Friend Bar Review

I was fortunate enough to receive another skin care product to test and review. This time, I was selected by the brand Benton Cosmetic to review their Dear My Best Friend Bar.



About the Brand:

Are you familiar with the movie 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'? The one who gets younger with time since he was born already looking old? That's the story that inspired the name, Benton. The idea of the brand is to restore the skin back to its original, healthy condition with healthy recipes instead of harmful ingredients. Remember Daisy? Benjamin Button's love interest? She could have wished to turn back time and be young again like her boyfriend. So that's where the concept of this brand came from.

About the Dear My Best Friend Bar:

Are you curious about the name of this soap like I am? Well, if you are a skin care enthusiast like me, you consider your body and face as your best friend. And that's how Benton considers it too. They said that the soap is a letter with their heart to their consumer's best friend - their body and face.

Benton's Dear My Best Friend Bar (aka BF Bar) is a naturally-derived soap for both face and body. It's Benton's first natural soap made with vegetable oil base and various botanical ingredients, which enable moisturizing and cleansing. 

Claims:

• Helps improved blemish skin
• Moisturizes Dry skin by removing dead skin cells
• Smoothes bumpy and rough skin
• Cleanse skin gently that can also be used for sensitive skin

Key Ingredients:

• Coconut Oil
• Palm Oil
• Olive Fruit Oil
• Tea Tree Extract
• Propolis Extract

Full List of Ingredients:

Packaging

The packaging is simple but unique box packaging and an extra plastic packaging inside. I love that it comes with a foaming net for best storage. It's very handy and keeps my soap in its best condition.

 

My Experience and Thoughts:

I have been using this soap for almost 3 weeks now and so far I am loving it. But I will be honest, I do not really like the smell. It smells like dead meat to me (sorry!) I am not a fan of fragrances but at least maybe make it non-fragrance? Anyway, the smell is bearable and doesn't linger at all and thinking that it was derived from natural ingredients, I cannot really complain since it's good for my skin. Plus, the effect is greater than the smell itself.

I like that it bubbles easily but it is also easy to wash off.

At first, I am afraid to use it on my face since I really have a sensitive skin and I had troubles breaking out. But then, I started using it on my face everytime I shower and did not feel any harsh effect. It is indeed gentle to the skin!

 I have tiny red spot rashes on my left hand that I do not know what causes it and before I used the BF Bar the redness is so visible and it's itchy most of the times. Unfortunately, I accidentally deleted my before photo of it. 😌😏😑😓 Anyway, I noticed that with the continuous use of the BF Bar, the redness slowly calms down until I can barely see the red spots and it doesn't itch anymore. Yay!

Almost 3 weeks of using the BF Bar result. You can still see some tiny spots but believe me it was worst before. 

Also, I love how soft and moisturized my skin is after every use. This is the kind of soap I would like to stock up for this cold and dry season. It is a soap that the whole family can enjoy!

Disclaimer: This product was sent to me complimentary by Benton Cosmetic for testing and reviewing purposes.  All opinions are my own.

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Swanicoco Golden Time Leap Mask Pack Review

This is another one of the mask review series I have for my PR from Swanicoco. Today's mask review is for Natural Bio Cosmetic Dr.Syul by Swanicoco Golden Time Leap Mask Pack.

This mask is one of the 5 masks I received from Swanicoco. To check the other masks and other skin care products included in my PR package, you can visit my blog post about it here.

About the brand:

Swanicoco is a South Korean Beauty Brand that is known for their naturally-based, fermented and safe beauty products. They become the top natural cosmetics company in the Republic of Korea for their ceaseless bio development research to create a natural biosystem. Interestingly,  the word “Swanicoco” means that they pursue the elegance of a “swan” (feminine), and “coco” means “coconut” (as they offer botanical natural cosmetics).

Mask Claims:

• Firming
• Wrinkle-improvement
• Skin Moisturizing
• Nourishing

Key Ingredients:

• Hydrolyzed Collagen - can be used to help with firming and fighting against the aging process. 
• Acetyl Hexapeptide-8 - helps to diminish fine lines and wrinkles to reveal firmer skin.
• Copper Tripeptide-1 - helps to repair skin and fight wrinkles.
• Scutellaria Baicalensis Root Extract - serves as a skin-conditioning agent and help soothes skin.
• Adenosine - helps improve wrinkles and brighten the skin.

To sum it up, these ingredients help in anti-aging, wrinkle improvement, firming and brightening. 

Experience:

The packaging was cool and unique like the other Swanicoco masks. The essence was enough with almost a spoonful of leftover in the packaging. It has a scent that I can't determine (more of like a flower I guess) but it doesn't linger. The fit was okay, it was just a little long for my face and it bubbles up a little. 

I left it for 20 minutes and pat the leftover essence. Absorption was great and it left my skin feeling nourished and moisturized. I can't tell much about the wrinkle improvement part since I don't have that many of a visible wrinkle. But I sure did like this mask pack. I feel that it helps brighten my skin too!

It retails at $2.00 here.

Here is the full list of ingredients:

You can also check my review of another Swanicoco mask, 2GF Bio Mix Mask Pack.

Disclaimer: This product was sent to me complimentary by Swanicoco as part of their Project Swans 2.  All opinions are my own.

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2GF Bio Mix Mask Pack Review

On one of my previous posts, I showed you my PR package from the brand Swanicoco. Over the next few days, I will be posting a detailed review of each of the products I received from them. I will be starting off with the masks.

For today's mask review, I will share my experience on using the Nature Bio Cosmetic Dr. Syul by Swanicoco 2GF Bio Mix Mask Pack.

About the brand:

Swanicoco is a South Korean Beauty Brand that is known for their naturally-based, fermented and safe beauty products. They become the top natural cosmetics company in the Republic of Korea for their ceaseless bio development research to create a natural biosystem. Interestingly,  the word “Swanicoco” means that they pursue the elegance of a “swan” (feminine), and “coco” means “coconut” (as they offer botanical natural cosmetics).

Mask Claims:

• Firming / Wrinkle-Care
• Moisturizing
• Nutrition

Key Ingredients:

The 2GF

• Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF) -  a molecular chain of amino acids that stimulates skin growth at the cellular level and may also help increase collagen production. 
• Fibroblast Growth Factors (FGF) - responsible for stimulating fibroblasts in the skin to make more fibroblasts (proliferate) and manufacture more matrix (hyaluronic acid, collagen, elastin).

These two Growth Factors both have the primary function of repairing the skin and producing collagen. By combining these two growth factors, a product that focused on wrinkle-care, elasticity, and anti-aging is created. 

Experience:

This is a bio-cellulose mask. I always enjoy this type of mask since it has better adherence and better moisture retention plus the essence can penetrate more efficiently. There was no noticeable smell and the essence was just enough. I left it for about 25 minutes and enjoyed the slightly cooling effect on it on my face which is soothing. 

 I removed it, my face is still wet. It took a while before it dried completely. I felt that my pores are a little tightened, my skin brightened and it felt smooth as well. I love this mask and would like to try this again.

Here is the full list of ingredients:

It retails at $4 here.

Stay tuned for my other masks reviews from Swanicoco!

Disclaimer: This product was sent to me complimentary by Swanicoco as part of their Project Swans 2.  All opinions are my own.

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VITCHELO FT49 Smartwatch - Health Features and more

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I enjoy being a product reviewer especially when I get to test great products from different brands. Today, I am sharing a closer look of Vitchello's FT49 Smartwatch I received complimentary for testing and reviewing purposes.

I am glad I was chosen to review this Smartwatch from Vitchelo since it has far greater features than that of my existing one.

It comes with a pretty box and inside is the smartwatch itself, the clip-on charger and the manual instructions.

The smartwatch has to be charged for 2 hours prior use. Then, you can long-press it to turn it on when it is fully charged. Now, to be fully functional, you have to download the application called Wearfit from Google Playstore.

The App was easy to set up, just connect it to the health band via Bluetooth and populate the user info and it's all set.

Main Features: 

1. Heart Rate Monitoring - You have two options for monitoring your heart rate - single measure by one-time test and a real-time test. You can either do it inside the Wearfit app or simply go to the heart rate mode/screen of the smartwatch and it will automatically read your heart rate.

2. Blood Pressure Monitoring - Like the Heart Rate Monitoring, you can manually monitor your BP in the Wearfit App or simply put the smartwatch in BP mode/screen while wearing it and it will automatically measure your current blood pressure.

3. Calorie Counter - this is being calculated based on the number of steps and the distance you walked.

4. Step Counter - this feature accurately counts the number of steps you made.

5. Sleep Quality and Duration Monitoring - this feature monitors your sleep progress and analyze your deep sleep and light sleep hours.

With its accurate health monitoring, starting to live a healthy lifestyle is made convenient by this Vitchelo Fitness Activity Tracker.

It can also do the usual things as follows:

1. Show the time and date -  the time and date format are sync with your phone settings.

2. Serves as a timer.

Additionally, it can also serve as an oximeter that measures blood oxygen level and fatigue limits to avoid exhaustion.

You can also set up wellness reminders such as follows:

1. Sedentary alerts
2. Stress level reports
3. Fatigue level reports
4. Oximetry

Furthermore, you can sync your Vitchelo Activity Tracker to your smartphones and get notified of alarms, reminders, SMS, and calls as they come.

I think this smartwatch/fitness activity tracker has everything you'll ever need. The battery life is decent and can last for a week. Its stylish design is perfect for every style. However, it should have been better if it has the ability to change the strap for more stylish options.

Other than that, this smartwatch is very useful for those with an active lifestyle and conscious of their daily health.

This will be a great gift for your loved ones and for yourself as well! Check it out here.

See my unboxing and setting-up video below:

You can also visit my Youtube Channel here.

Disclaimer: This product was sent to me complimentary by Vitchelo for testing and reviewing purposes. This post is not sponsored. All opinions are my own.

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