Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask Ex – Berry
Tried Vaseline on your lips? It’s fine, of course. It does the job but it’s not especially hydrating. And it’s one ingredient, or a few, if you use the lip tin.
You might have tried sleeping masks for your face: this is one for your lips!
The texture of the Laneige is so much better – just like you’d expect from a K-Beauty product! It applies easily – it’s a little sticky but that’s what it needs to stay on your lips for as long as possible overnight.
The extracts are also where this product shines: lots of nourishment that will condition your lips and prep them for your lipstick the next day.
It smells nice, too, not sickly sweet or artificial. That’s the thing about fragrance in K-beauty make-up and skincare, it never seems to smell artificial.
This is very short review – unusual for me but some products all you can really say is “this works exactly as described” . Plus, there’s a mini you can try to see if it works for you!
Etude House Mask Proof Fixing Tint
With lipstick, I’ve found that there’s usually a trade off of some kind based on the finish of the product. There are exceptions I imagine but I’m thinking more product products that are comparable in price to the Etude House.
Matte products can adhere really well but as soon as the film is broken (eating, drinking), they can become very patchy and are hard to reapply. This is especially bad if the colour is intense or dark! These products tend to be drying and colour can be a bit one dimensional, too. But they can be excellent for social events, not so great for everyday wear.
Satin and gloss finish products don’t adhere well, in my opinion, and transfer to everything that touches your lips. They are easy to reapply, though. You might also find that these don’t always have a good colour pay-off, either – in my experience at least. Or they might temporarily, if you don’t eat or drink!
But I am glad to say that the Etude House had the perfect balance of qualities and is ideally suited to everyday wear.
Here’s what’s great about them: the coverage and how it wears, plus the perfect MLBB (“my lips but better”) range of shades.
The Etude House Mask Proof Fixing Tints have a great matte finish but it’s not too drying. It is mask-proof like they claim – I’ve tested it!
You’ll also find that it wears off without patchiness or flaking: it’s easy to reapply on top of a half-worn layer and if you don’t need to reapply immediately, you can put on lip balm and once that’s worn off or removed, the Etude House goes on perfectly.
The shades are great as a daily lip product that is likely to be close to your lip shade but more fun. The advantage of this is that when it wears off, you don’t have obvious patches of lip colour showing through.
I love the way different shades bring out different tones in my skin and eyes. I wanted to try something that would lean orange without it being too orange – the Ginger Milk Tea was the perfect shade for this because it goes makes my hazel eyes pop!
I got my hair coloured bright purple and of course an orange shade wasn’t quite right for daily wear. After copious research, I went for Midnight Mauve: it’s a cool pinky purple that is a true MLBB on me and compliments my new hair look.
Despite it being darker than the Ginger Milk Tea, it still looks great as it’s wearing off.
Oh and did I mention it smells nice? It doesn’t have an artificial fragrance smell and it’s quite subtle.
One day I will own all the colours and wear a different one every day!
Heimish Dailism Smudge Stop mascara
The Heimish is my first tubing mascara and it’s a total win. If you haven’t tried one yet, a tubing mascara doesn’t apply the mascara in like paint, it really does coat your lashes in a tube of mascara!
The tube effect means less clumping, less flaking and maximum length whilst holding a curl all day. I absolutely love super long lashes so I’m a massive fan.
It doesn’t give quite as much volume as some non-tubing mascaras I’ve tried but I’m happy with that, whilst I like a bit of volume but length and curl are my mascara goals. Granted I do have lashes that are easily lifted into a big curl by mascara but I suspect this would have a nice effect on straighter lashes.
I have oily lids and watery eyes so literally every mascara I try transfers to my eyebag area, even super waterproof Japanese mascaras which are known for their staying power.
The Heimish has the least transfer of any k-beauty make-up mascara I’ve ever tried – the very tiniest transfer and not every time I use it.
Removing the Heimish is easier than any other mascara, too: just use water. You can use a cotton pad, although I have reusable ones and it’s kind of hard to get it off them. But it is very simple to remove it this way: you just press the pad gently on your lashes and use a little pressure. The mascara comes off your lashes with no effort.
Instead, I prefer to wet my fingers, press them gently on my lashes and then lightly massage the mascara to the end of my lashes. It doesn’t take very long and it will stretch a little and become longer but worry, the mascara slides off your lashes in little tubes!
I then rub my fingers together and it sort of balls up and you can just put it in the bin. That’s what I do, anyway.
If you have super dry eyes like me, you will feel that your eyes are a little drier but then my eyes feel drier if it’s windy so there’s not really that much difference!
I find there’s no issue with using my dry eye drops when I’m wearing it – the eye drops don’t smudge it.
At last, a mascara that lives up to its claims! I’m a customer for life
Final Word
Just like skincare, K-Beauty make-up is a game changer: well worth trying if you want something effective that’s also great value!