☂ Holika Holika Aqua Petite Jelly BB Cream SPF20 Review ☂

      Hello lovelies!~ 
Before I begin I must apologize for my sudden absence with my reviews as I've been dealing with some silly personal issues. ; o ; But I will be writing and posting as many reviews as I possibly can !~
So without further to do here is today's lovely review on Holika Holika's Aqua Petit Jelly BB Cream SPF 20! This is my 3rd Holika Holika product review and I'm just so happy to be review such a great make up brand! Ｏ(≧▽≦)Ｏ

 (Holika Holika Aqua Petit Jelly BB Cream SPF 20)

Personally Holika Holika is one of my favorite Korean makeup brands as well as Tony Moly, Etude House and Lioele.~ So here are some wonderful details about this BB cream;

❤ Contains Mint Water (hydrates facial skin) and Marine Jelly ( makes your skin feel soft) !

❤ Good for covering up facial blemishes! (ᅌᴗᅌ* ) (Yay!~ As I still get my breakouts ; o ; )

❤ Is Water Based! ( Water Base = Ideal for oily/combination oily skin!)

❤ Creates fully hydrated and shiny skin

❤ Makes skin texture smooth like jelly and make spreading on skin easy

❤Rich moisture for skin

So seeing some of the details that I had read about the product I knew what to look for when wearing it. （ｖ＾＿＾）ｖ I ordered my BB cream in their lightest shade "Aqua Beige"(I'm way too pale ; o ; ) which is just a light beige. The delivery time for my foundation was right on time and without any issues (ノ＞▽＜。)ノ and the box was damage free ^ u ^!~ My BB cream was securely and safely wrapped up in bubble too. Though the design of the BB cream was a tad different than advertised (as you'll see below) but I wasn't too bothered about it as it still looked cute as heck! * u *

(Holika Holika BB Cream delivered condition)

(Bubble wrapped o u o )

(Front and back of the box)

(Aqua Petit Jelly BB Cream)

As you can see the design of the box was much different compared to the photo I was shown on the item description. As for the bottle, instead of the cap being aqua it's blue with cute dots. But regardless I still found it cute and I got a free sponge with the BB cream n.n (Even though it has a mini spatula inside it xD) and did I forget to mention I got some cute samples again :D

When it came to applying the BB cream it was very simple. I dotted the areas of my face such as cheeks, forehead, chin, etc., by using the spatula that is attached to the lid. While I was rubbing in the cream with my fingers ( my skin is sensitive and pretty acne prone so I try not to use sponges or brushes for my foundations, unless it's mineral makeup) the BB cream felt like jelly * w * and it really doesn't have a scent with it which is quite nice. ^ u ^  After I blended in the cream I noticed how light it felt compared to some of the BB cream brands I had used in the past (i.e. Maybelline) as well as how much more glowing my skin was! As for hiding small blemishes it did great though after some time you have to touch it up only a tad which made me pretty happy a lot because I sometimes get small blemishes on the far side of my cheeks! 

The make up gave a nice shine to my face and the hydration was great! I never found such a nice water based BB cream for myself until now c: So as this loooooong review comes to an end here are the pros and cons:

Pros:

❤ Great shipping!~

❤ Feels great on skin!

❤ Water based!

❤  No heavy perfumes in it

❤ Nice and light

❤ leaves your face feeling bright, refreshed with a bit of shine

❤ Covers and stays on pretty well

Cons:

✘The small need to reapply often ( not everybody may have this issue but I slightly did TT A TT)

So in the end I decided to give Holika Holika Aqua Petit Jelly BB Cream SPF20 5 stars out of 5 because my con is about how my skin was with holding the cream. n.n 

★★★★★

☆ Holika Holika Aqua Petit Jelly Pink Plumping Tint Bar Review ☆

   
      Hello again lovelies!~ 
I'm here again to write another review on Holika Holika Aqua Petit Jelly Pink Plumping Tint Bar. Now as I said in my other Holika Holika review, I've heard many wonderful things about Holika Holika's makeup and skincare products so I decided to try this wonderful brand out. I also added that I didn't purchase my Holika Holika products from the U.S. website as many of the items didn't quite fit my budget so I bought them off eBay *Brand New!* for a tad cheaper ( 4 items total ). I do plan to purchase from their website in the future though! So I do apologize that I'm being cheap here! > n < 

(Holika Holika Aqua Petit Jelly Tint Bar color: 03 (not 01) Pink Plumping, Image from happychan12 eBay shop)

I mentioned before that Holika Holika's products have ingredients that seem much more beneficial to your skin compared to many other makeup brands here in the United States. ( mind how I said "seem" as for I do not know much about Holika Holika and don't want to make full on statements that aren't true). Originally when I was going to purchase this item I was planning on buying it in color 01 Cherry Kiss but they were out of stock during the time so I had to choose between colors 02 Orange Kiss and 03 Pink Plumping. I chose Pink Plumping as the only two lipstick shades I ever wear are red and pink (and on a rare occasion black due to it only being around during Halloween (╯3╰) ). I purchased this lovely jelly tint bar from an eBay shop called " happychan12 " I paid $7.97 for it and it had free shipping (◡‿◡✿). This shop didn't list the features/benefits like the other shop did in my Jelly Shadow review so I went looked up the lovely benefits for this item and they are :

❤ Plumps and moisturizes as well as tints

❤Helps heal sores on lips.

The delivery time for this package was great just like the jelly shadow as they both arrived on the same day together!~ (✿◠‿◠) The packaging arrived in lovely condition as it was in a bubble wrap padded envelope and the lipstick was wrapped up in bubble wrap as well. Unlike the jelly shadow this item came without a box but was still in brand new condition (of course) ! (because who sells used lipstick? (°ロ°)).

I also got cute sample goodies from this seller as well ~

(Innisfree Apple Juicy Liquid Foaming Cleanser, front and back)

( Luke Charcoal Nose Cleansing Strips, front and back)

The color for the lipstick showed up much easier than the jelly shadow. ( Thank goodness!~) When applying this you need to apply for 3 seconds and let it melt with your lip temperature. When I applied it to my lips I felt a nice cool, soothing sensation run through my lips which I enjoyed as well as the lipstick had a sweet minty strawberry scent. ∩(︶▽︶)∩ My lips felt moisturized and soft too !~ 

( Uncapped and uncapped close up)

(Lips with lip tint *No Flash* )

(Lip tint with flash)

Now for the rating!~~(◕‿◕✿)

Pros:

❤ Super cute shade

❤ Soothing sensation when worn

❤ Smells nice ~

❤ Cute sparkles= lip attraction (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

❤  Helps heal sores on lips

❤ Moisturizes lips making them soft

❤  Beneficial ingredients

❤  Affordable

❤  Great delivery

❤  Water Based!

❤  Got cute samplers

❤ Color shows up lovely

Cons:

✘ none

All in all I give Holika Holika Aqua Petit Jelly Pink Plumping 5 stars out of 5 ~

★★★★★

❤ Holika Holika Aqua Petit Jelly Pink Shadow Review ❤

   

    Hello darlings!~

Today I'm writing a wonderful review about Holika Holika's Aqua Petit Jelly Pink Shadow. I've heard such great things about Holika Holika's makeup as well as skincare items so I decided to search for this wonderful makeup! Now normally I check shopping sites for the product because sadly, you can get the brand somewhat cheaper on a shopping site such as eBay or Aliexpress compared to the actual site > o < (I know I sound cheap and terrible for not buying the actual brand from the legit website but money is quite hard for me at the moment so I have to make such sacrifices). Aliexpress does carry Holika Holika but not for an affordable price! I mean you can pay $50+ for a lot but when you want to by it by piece its just as expensive as buying in a bulk or lot! So I crossed Aliexpress off my list. Next was eBay and I found a great collection of Holika Holika products on there that were quite affordable but I compared prices from eBay and the US Holika Holika shop and eBay was a bit cheaper for me so I purchased through eBay( Mind you Holika Holika's website prices are quite affordable but I was purchasing more than 1 item so that is why I bought through eBay). Though in the future I will purchase from Holika Holika's USA website as it will be much better to write a review for the amazing brand/website so as for now I apologize for being cheap. ; A ;

Now I don't know very much about Holika Holika's makeup but I do know the products in the makeup, I believe it's much more beneficial for your skin compared to many of the brands here in the United States. I bought my eye shadow (which comes in 4 colors: white, pink, purple, and teal) from " iamlove-shop " . I chose pink since most of my nice clothes have some shade of pink in them (and the fact that I already own so many dark eye shadows : A : ). The shop also put the lovely features/benefits of this item in the product description , which I liked very much (◡‿◡✿),The features/Benefits as stated in the shop are: "Has beautiful pearl like textures making eyes shine/twinkle" and "Stays on very well". It also states that it is a water based formula ( a water based formula is makeup that contains water and sits on the surface of the skin and not in it. Pretty ideal for oily skin/troubled skin in my opinion!~)

(Holika Holika Aqua Petit Jelly Shadow Color: 03 Pink, Image from iamlove-shop's store.)

The delivery for the item was great as it arrived a day earlier than the actual expected date ∩(︶▽︶)∩. When I received my package it arrived to me in wonderful condition! No dents or tears! When I opened the package it was securely wrapped in bubble wrap and in its original box ( the tear you see in the photos below were from me though as I was anxious to see the shade xD ).

 Also to my surprise I was given a lovely gift of samples as well.~

(Etude House Sweet Recipe Baby Choux Base Front and back)

(Tony Moly Red Appletox Honey Cream, Sorry I forgot to take front and back photos befor I used the product > n < )

When I opened my lovely jelly shadow the color was perfectly as described!~ Though the color was very hard to capture due to the poor lighting ( I apologize for the terrible quality photos as my nice camera isn't working at the moment > n <) but the color is similar to the photo without ( maybe a tiny bit lighter) flash. The texture of the makeup feels very jelly like ( Hence the word jelly being in the title :3) but is quite hard to apply to your finger so I recommend using a makeup brush for it. I also had a hard time capturing the color on my eyelid as well as hand so I apologize if that part of the review is quite unhelpful :c When I applied the jelly shadow to my eyelid and hand it did have a very nice sparkling effect to it as it said and I stayed on my eyelid very nicely (✿◠‿◠) (took 3 wipes to remove most of it from my eyelid with my makeup removing wipes so if you got splashed with water or anything like that it stays on nicely! (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧ ) So below here are the photos of the jelly shadow itself as well as in use.

(without flash, Ughhhhh the horrid lighting ; . ; )

(with flash)

(It looked less pink on me)

(both color comparisons had no flash as flash made it disappear off my pale flesh ; A ;)

(without flash)

(With flash)

I assume that it didn't come out quite pink since I didn't put enough on as it was late at night when I took these photos. n.n; But anyways on with the BIG rating ! ( ಠ◡ಠ )

Pros:                                                                                     

❤ Super cute colors                                                          

❤ Sparkly= more eye attraction (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧          

❤ Affordable

❤ Stays on great!

❤ Water Based!

❤ Beneficial ingredients

❤ Super comfy

Cons:

✘ Small amount of shadow

I give Holika Holika Aqua Petit Jelly shadow 4 out 5 Stars!~

★★★★

Click here to read my short review on Tony Moly Red Appletox Honey Cream