[Review] Skin Food Black Sugar Cleansing Oil

Living in Hawaii has made it hard to get a lot of skin care products that I want. Sadly, Hawaii does not have a branch of Skin Food (yet). So recently, I bought a cleansing oil from Skin Food on eBay (from here).

Personally I am not a big fan of using cleansing oils to remove makeup and this was no exception. While cleansing oils do remove makeup faster and more effortless than other forms of makeup remover (water or tissue), it makes my skin feel incredibly greasy. While I dislike using the cleansing oils because I find it hard to completely remove all the excessive oils from my skin, my primary concern is how irritated my eyes get when I try to remove my eye makeup. 

I recommend using a cotton pad to put the cleansing oil on

Skin Food's Black Sugar Cleansing Oil removes all my makeup effortlessly. However, whenever I try to remove my eye makeup (which primarily consists of eyeliner and sometimes mascara), I feel like it gets into my eyes because they get irritated afterwards. I do use the cleansing oil every so often when I decide to wear BB creams or concealers. It removes the skin makeup so fast. I just don't really recommend using it around the eye area - especially if your eyes are sensitive towards irritants. 

After removing some BB cream

Rating 6/10

Pros: Removes makeup quickly and effortlessly, great with removing BB creams and foundation

Cons: Irritates the eye when removing eye makeup

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- J

[Review] Tony Moly Gold Black Sugar Mask

Oh my gods! I am totally in love with Tony Moly's Gold Black Sugar Mask. For someone who has dry skin over winter, this is one of the absolute best things you can use. 

"Provide enough nutrition and moisture"

Honestly, I am head over heels over how amazing this sugar mask feels on my face. Since Hawaii is usually warm or quite warm, any drop in the temperature would make me shiver. Especially in winter, my skin can act up. I occasionally have dry and flaky skin but with the Tony Moly's sugar mask, most of my problems are gone. 

Honestly, I do not find this product any different from a sugar scrub. For the most part, I just treated this product as a sugar scrub. Right before my shower, I would smear the sugar mask on my face and massage my skin. After that I would leave the scrub on my skin for a couple minutes. Although the instructors are all in Korean, I did a little bit of research. The recommended time for leaving this mask on is 5-10 minutes. Apparently the sugar mask contains black sugar, honey extracts, and gold (which I cannot tell by looking at it). 

This sugar mask feels tingly on my skin (kind of a slight warm sensation). After I wash it off, my skin feels super soft and moisturized - which might I add, I am super thrilled about. Overall, I feel that this product exfoliates the skin very gently and does not damage my skin. Alongside that, it makes my skin softer and smoother - improving the health of my skin. I feel like this product does what it advertises and I will definitely be going back to Tony Moly for more.  

Pros: exfoliates lightly, moisturizes and nourishes the skin

Cons: can get messy

Rating: 9.5/10

Occasionally, the Tony Moly branch in Hawaii has sales on their products. I purchased this when it was on a 20% sale. The original price is about $9. This is by far my favorite Tony Moly product of all time.

Thanks for tuning in my pretties and see you soon!

- Jessica