First Althea Korea loot + Review

Many beauty bloggers and Butterfly Malaysia have been raving about Althea Korea. This cool new site sells Korean skincare and makeup at the GUARANTEED best price in the market and it ships directly from South Korea if you order more than RM150 worth of products, how awesome is that?! I had to be on the same bandwagon with them so my sister and I shared and ordered a few products to test out.

Our order arrived in less than 2 weeks as stated on the website so YAY for fast shipping! Also if you are unsatisfied with your products, you can return the products unconditonallyyy (cue Katy Perry's hit) in 30 days.

Wrapped in pink packaging and bubble wrapped so it's not damaged during its travel! This is the kind of little things that most online stores should practice because it shows how much you care about your products and it makes us feel at ease too.

Open to a pink lover's paradise with the pink interior and pink tissue papers! All of your items are individually wrapped with bubble wrap for extra ammo too.

I got myself one of the It's Skin serum Power 10 Formula in PO Effector (RM28 ONLY PEOPLE, TELL ME WHERE CAN YOU FIND A SERUM THIS CHEAP? AT Althea Korea of course, DUH!)and it's my first serum too! Here's what it does for your skin according to Althea's website:

Shrinks Enlarged Pores

Targets and shrinks enlarged pores to restore a silky smooth complexion.

Refines Skin Texture

Normalizes sebum production and balances skin's oil and water content.

Quickly Penetrating Formula

Highly concentrated Houttuynia cordata extracts goes deep within skin's layers.

It has a dropper to help you get the serum out so it's more hygienic and it has a very light scent to it.

My Naked face with no filters, just some lighting adjustments and toner and eye-cream. I have a lot of blackheads and whiteheads on my nose area so my T-zone gets oily really fast. So I was hoping this could help to control the oil and shrink them pores.

Just drop 2-3 drops and apply it on your skin. It absorbs really fast and it doesn't leave any greasy feeling at all. Then you can go to your next skincare step.

Before application. Kryptonites aka large pores, sebum and all those heads please leave my face alone now.

After application, my pores doesn't look that obvious anymore! I topped it up with my day moisturizer, Simple Regeneration Age Resisting Day Cream SPF 15 then end it with some spritz of Hydrating Water Mist Rose from RAW FOODS by Wedding Bash. After a long day, my face didn't turn oily super fast like the usual which is a plus and it sort of acted as a primer to make my pores less obvious too!

The second item I got is the Holika Holika Jewel Light Waterproof Eyeliner in Black Gem (RM16). I love the holographic printing on the packaging!

It's a gel pencil and I think I'm suppose to sharpen it once it get's blunt cause I couldn't twist the bottom end.

Swatch on my hand to test it out since my eyes needs some TLC. It's really soft so you don't have to press hard to get the colour out.

The top swatch is when I left it to dry and the bottom swatch I blend it out. This is after washing with water. Looks like it's not waterproof after all and I was hoping I can use this in my waterline to tightline my eyes. I think it will work nice for a smokey eye but will have to top it off with some eyeshadow powder to set it. 

So I got a hit & miss for this round. But at least now I know where I can get Korean skincare and makeup at the best price and without the need to leave my home too! :)