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REVIEW: Beyond Alice Blooming Base

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REVIEW: Beyond Alice Blooming Snow Cushion -2/5 ("beige" is ghost white!)

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Brand: Beyond Line: Alice II Make-up Type: foundation pact Origin: South Korea Cruelty Free :  Yes   REVIEW Summary: Price:     2/5   Their website has no price information, but needs to be imported via sites that sell internationally. I found it for $21, which is ghastly. Size:  2 /5  15 g  Large pact, but hardly any content inside. Packaging:  5 /5  You will buy this solely for the package design.  It comes in a little paper box with Alice designs, and the pact has a beautiful Alice design. And a mirror inside. Scent:  1/5 Floral. Again. It reminds me of something you'd smell your grandma putting on when you're little. Dislike. It also does not fade. Color/ Shade: 1 /5   #02 Natural Beige  is the   darker of the two, but it makes me lighter. I hate it. Texture:  3 /5   Average. It's a thin cream. E ase of use:  4/5  Pact has a sponge to apply, snd you dip that in the sponge that holds the product. Effect : 1/5 It is said to have a bit of lus

REVIEW: Beyond Alice Blooming Snow Cushion -2/5 ("beige" is ghost white!)

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Brand: Beyond Line: Alice II Make-up Type: foundation pact Origin: South Korea Cruelty Free :  Yes   REVIEW Summary: Price:     2/5   Their website has no price information, but needs to be imported via sites that sell internationally. I found it for $21, which is ghastly. Size:  2 /5  15 g  Large pact, but hardly any content inside. Packaging:  5 /5  You will buy this solely for the package design.  It comes in a little paper box with Alice designs, and the pact has a beautiful Alice design. And a mirror inside. Scent:  1/5 Floral. Again. It reminds me of something you'd smell your grandma putting on when you're little. Dislike. It also does not fade. Color/ Shade: 1 /5   #02 Natural Beige  is the   darker of the two, but it makes me lighter. I hate it. Texture:  3 /5   Average. It's a thin cream. E ase of use:  4/5  Pact has a sponge to apply, snd you dip that in the sponge that holds the product. Effect : 1/5 It is said to have a bit of lus

REVIEW: Beyond Alice Blooming Aqua Cream - 2/5 -Zero Effect

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Brand: Beyond Line: Alice II Make-up Type: Hyaluronic Acid cream Origin: South Korea Cruelty Free :  Yes   From website {Beyond} REVIEW Summary: Price:    2 /5   Their website has no price information, but needs to be imported via sites that sell internationally. i found it for $17. Size:  5 /5  55 ml Large and I will probably never use it all. Packaging:  5 /5  You will by this solely for the package design. It comes in a paper box with Alice designs, and the cream is in a pink plastic jar with an Alice design on front. Scent:  2/5 It's not terrible, but it is very floral. I don't like it. Color/ Shade: NA Texture:  3 /5   Cold gel E ase of use:  4/5 Package includes a little shovel. Effect : 2/5 It's supposed to make your skin very smooth and moisturized, but it does literally nothing for mine. Like using water. Last ability :   5/5 Large jar. Claim:  [Beyond] Alice In Blooming Aqua Cream This aqua cream contains lotus extract and Micro Hya

South Korea to follow in footsteps of the EU & UK & Ban Animal Testing for Cosmetics

The Korea National Assembly has passed a Bill banning animal testing of cosmetics and cosmetic ingredients on animals by 2018. Not much additional information, such as details or loopholes is available right now.  As we know, companies can still sell in the UK if they test in China, and that is a big loophole. It remains to be seen if there are bigger loopholes in the South Korean ban. This will not effect my buying personally, as the brands I can't buy now are brands that sell in China now, and will still sell in =China in 2018, but it's a great step forward formally.  A step that puts the US not just behind EU, but also behind South Korea. In more than just figure skating!

REVIEW: Beyond Alice Lip Oil Tint [4 & 5]

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Brand: Beyond Line: Alice II Make-up Type: Lip tint Origin: South Korea Cruelty Free :  Yes   photo from website {Beyond} No, it really isn't that purple! REVIEW Summary: Price:     2/5   Their website has no price information, but needs to be imported via sites that sell internationally. The average price online is $9. $$ for a small tube. Size:  3 /5  4.5 g  Average Packaging:  5 /5  You will by this solely for the package design. It comes in a little paper box with Alice designs, and the lip color is in a hard plastic screw on container with Alice card character on the body. Scent:  N/A Color/ Shade: 3 /5   A tinted pinkish  purple Texture:  4 /5   Lip oil E ase of use:  5/5 Easy. Brush applicator Effect : 3/5 It's an okay color, but it doesn't last long at all. The color vanishes and leaves no tint behind. Last ability :   2/5 Gone pretty quickly Claim:  BEYOND Disney Alice Collaboration Royal Black tea contains the essence - Give you

REVIEW: Beyond Alice in Glow Cream Shadow [#7 Choco Fudge] - 3/5

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Brand: Beyond Line: Alice II Make-up Type: Eye Shadow Origin: South Korea Cruelty Free :  Yes   from the website REVIEW Summary: Price:     2/5   Their website has no price information, but needs to be imported via sites that sell internationally. The average price online is $9.50- $10. Pricey for a small pot. Size:  3 /5  3 g Pretty small Packaging:  5 /5  You will by this solely for the package design. It comes in a little paper box with Alice deigns, and the shadow is in a hard plastic screw on container with Alice on the lid. Scent:  N/A Color/ Shade:  5/5   A beautiful pigmented and sparkly deep brown Texture:  5 /5  S mooth and creamy.  E ase of use:  4/5 Very soft, fingers over brush recommended. Effect : 3/5 It's beautiful, and would get a 5/5, but the color fades to a opaque brown glitter in a few hours. Last ability :   1/5 Terrible. All that's left is a tint and glitter after only a few hours. Claim:  BEYOND Disney Alice Collaboratio

KPOPTOWN *REVIEW* -NOT RECOMMENDED!

I wanted to share my experience with KPopTown, and to tell others to avoid them. No start with, they are not one of the many online K Beauty stores that offer free shipping. I added 6 very tiny items to my cart, and went to check out. ! $10 shipping and handling!  According to their invoices, they are located in San Jose, California. Even priority mail would not cost that much. I also found the same items on another site the day before (the ones I wanted were not available) and shipping was $6. So they are charging almost double what another company is charging for the same product. But left with no other options... These items were available on many other sites previously, and some sites sold them for around $2.40 with or without shipping, while other sites charged double that and most of those included shipping. Logically, the sites that do not mark up and charge shipping are actually better deals in the end. Even with shipping. Why? 2 times 7 equals 14, plus 6, equals 20. 4 t