Glow Recipe Avocado vs. Watermelon Sleeping Mask

I got a lot of questions about which one is right for you. People are wondering if they should pick up the Avocado or the Watermelon sleeping mask (UH... I would say, get  both if you can ;P)

Similarities: 
These are BOTH products for hydration and work overnight to help give you a nice exfoliation your skin glow in the morning. They are both great for uneven texture and dullness of skin.

Now for the differences: 

The Watermelon Sleeping Mask - for me, is best used during warmer weather when I have oily skin. This is more of a oil free, gel like formula that is more lightweight and bouncy. It provides AHA to gently exfoliate off your dead skin cells to give you the glow you want! It is packed with hylaronic acid and watermelon extract to add hydration to plump up the skin! Your skin will be hydrated, soft & smooth, and brighter.

The Avocado Sleeping Mask - is good for all skin types, but best for more dry skin. For me, this is the perfect mask for the wintertime! This is a more creamy texture, that adds a bit more thickness and depth into your hydration. It adds avocado to add that dense hydration (and collagen). This also exfoliates, but instead of AHA, it has PHA (which are larger in molecular size, so it works more closely to the surface of your skin rather than the deeper layers of your skin). It also has kaolin clay and manuka honey to help pull out impurities of your skin while providing soothing properties for stressed out skin. Your skin will be hydrated, smooth, brighter, but also firmer (since it also helps with the elasticity of your skin)

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So for me, it depends on how my skin is. When it's oily, the Watermelon sleeping gel provides a better hydration without my skin feeling greasy in the morning. The Avocado one is way more creamy and intense in the hydration and does a more gentle exfoliation on the surface on my skin to help with my eczema that might flare up during the cooler weather.

You can purchase both products at sephora here or here or on the glowrecipe site :) Will you be picking any of these products up?? :)

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Mamonde Highlight Lip Tint Swatches

Asian beauty - in particular Korean Beauty products... especially makeup... oof. They ALWAYS get me! With the amazing smells to cute packaging to innovative upcoming beauty trends, beauty really has it all.

Aritaum is like the "sephora" of korea - I've talked about it here if you'd like to learn more! Anyhow, Aritaum was nice enough to send me some pretty Mamonde products. Mamonde is a line of korean products that are inspired by flowers - so it's no doubt that all their products smell AMAZING-ly floral!

They sent me three of the Mamonde Highlight Lip Tints in #8 (Red), #10 (Midnight Singer), and #2 (Tonic Coral). They have a wonderful and subtle fresh scent of flowers that are not overpowering in any way.

Top to bottom: #8, #10, #2 

I tried my best to understand what these are, but  because Mamonde isn't as readily popular in America, most of the info for it is in Korean. ha ha.

However, after wearing these for a week these are the things I've noticed:

Color and Lasting Ability: Super rich and intense when you put just one layer. It lasts nicely (at least 3-5 hours), but once the color disappears the tint is still heavily intact. I didn't realize this would happen but was pleasantly surprised! As you can even see - after my swatches, it was difficult to even just wipe the product off because it left such a gorgeous stain!

I vigorously tried to wipe this off with an oil cleansing wipe lol, but no budge! 

Hydration: These were super hydrating! Because this is an oil tint, it left my lips super moisturized without compromising the color.

Texture: Even though this is a glossy and very highly pigmented product with long lasting features, there was no stickiness at all. It was a VERY smooth product.

One thing I do wish is that it comes in 7 gorgeous shades from rose, to red to orange. I wish it came in some 'nude'-ish colors. I think it would really broaden the scope! However, I know that in Korea, these are probably the most popular of colors.. so hopefully when it is more readily available in America, they will think about some other colors!

This is the color selection it offers :) 

I would highly, HIGHLY recommend these products to anyone if you can find them. This goes ahead of the lipstick game as its a hybrid between a gloss, lipstick and stain. Feels like a gloss, pigmented like a lipstick and lasts like a stain. 

You can pick these up at Aritaum Stores in the US :) 

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Asian Haul + GIVEAWAY! :)

I LOVE ordering goods from imomoko.com because I find that they have the best deals with some really competitive prices and the amount of stuff is just so fruitful!

I often haul stuff from them, so if you'd like to see my latest haul, you can watch it here:

 Imomoko was sweet enough to send me some goodies for you! So if you'd like to win these two awesome lipcare products and a sheet mask, feel free to enter below!
a Rafflecopter giveaway

IN ADDITION TO THIS: this is also a collab with my good and amazing friend misojenny, who is also a lover of buying everything in sight. she hauls amazing stuff and is also hosting a giveaway for a miss hana eyeliner and a bunch of awesome masks! Watch the video here:
 

Good luck ladies and gentlemen! This will end September 10!

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