TesterKorea • Shop Review

안녕!

A few weeks ago my friend Mari from Winterskin Makeup messaged me to tell me about the Apieu x Rilakkuma collaboration. She is a huge fan of the bear and so am I. 

The products had just come out and I’ve been looking on the usual sites where I order from like KollectionK and Rinishop.

But Mari suggested to order from Testerkorea because it would be cheaper there.

I like trying out new websites to compare them and see what works best for me so I figured why not give this one a try. 

Price comparison between Testerkorea and KollectionK:

         Testerkorea                        KollectionK

Price for 2 cushion blushers            10,70€ / 11,80$                              21,00€ / 23,18$

Registered Air Mail                              4,90€ / 5,50$                                   4,50€ / 4,99$

Total                                                      15,60€ / 17,30$                               25,50€ / 28,17$

As you can see it’s about 10€/$ cheaper which can be a lot for students or trainees. The money you saved can be used for something else and doesn't have to be wasted. 

Navigating through the website is fairly easy. If you know what you are looking for, you can just type it into the search bar and look for it. If you just want to look, you can look through the different categories like Beauty or the Hot Deals they have.
I also really like that they have the different currencies up there and how much it would be.

Once you have found what you are looking for, you just need to select the color and quantity and then add it to your cart, or your wishlist if you wanna buy it another time.

One of the things I love about this stop is that you have 5 (!!!) different shipping methods. They are really giving you all the possibilities to choose from. Others only have 2 and Gmarket only offers one, which is the expensive express shipping. Express shipping does nothing for me because germany always holds the packages for 1-3 weeks anyway.

Several payment methods are also good. I'm just happy that they accept paypal and I don't have to use my credit card ><

Timeline

20th June  Placed my order
23rd June  Package was shipped
2nd July    Received the package

It took less than 2 weeks once I placed my order to actually receive it. For me it's really fast. I usually wait for a month or even longer when I order from other sites or ebay users that are located in asia.
I might have been lucky this time and it will take longer the next time but for my first purchase, I'm quite happy.

It was also really well packaged. The items I got were wrapped in bubble wrap with bubble wrap at the bottom of the package and those styrofoam balls on top of it.

 Fast Shipping

 Quite cheap

 Shipping methods

 Paying methods

 Good packaging 

 A lot of samples

 Restock often!

 Some products missing

I had to wait a few days for the colors I wanted to be restocked but that wasn't a problem at all and I didn't have any trouble with this website. I will definitely order from them again!

I hope I could help you a little and if you have any questions, please comment. 

Urban Decay x Gwen Stefani Blush Palette

안녕! Before the actual post about the palette, I wanted to share some personal thoughts. Those who don't want to read that, can just scroll past this.

I said I would work on more posts and I did sit down and wanted to write, but then I just didn't find the motivation. Most of the photos I have saved for future posts, are for beauty related reviews and so on. But the more I thought about it, the more I'm dissatisfied with the direction this blog is going into. I still want to continue posting these beauty related things but I also want to include short personal posts like OOTD and stuff like that, since I do not intent to be a beauty blogger but want to give this a personal note. I do enjoy writing these reviews, since I'm also always looking for some, when I want to buy products and I hope that mine can help people. I thought about taking more pictures when I'm going places or just meeting friends and then also posting about them, including nice places to eat at and just my life in general. So, if you have any thoughts or suggestions, you can share them in the comments below

I wouldn't even have known about this collaboration and the palette, if it wouldn't have been for my friend who works at a cosmetics shop.
She kept on telling me about it and how she never used blushes before but started now because of this palette and how well the colors compliment pale skin like ours.

The palette has a really nice design, at least in my opinion, with the golden color and UD's logo on top of it. The dots give it a nice touch and I think it looks more high-quality this way, than when it would have been fully gold. It looks really simple but elegant. 

I really like that there is a big mirror on the top part of the palette. The Naked palettes also have mirrors but they are really small and you can only see a little bit of your face, which would be enough to apply makeup to your eyes, but not to see the full outcome of your makeup. You can use this palette while applying makeup and don't need another mirror, which I do need when I use the Naked palettes.

It's really hard to capture the actual color of these blushes on pictures. >_<

But you have everything you need in this palette. Two of these are perfect to contour and highlight your face. You also have an orangish tone, which you can use as a coral blush and the usual pink blushes. 

I really like that these blushes are very pigmented. Other than my MAC blush, the others are barely pigmented and I need a lot of product to see the color on my cheeks. For this palette, I just had to lightly dab my brush into the product and I didn't need any more. 

I'm still playing around with this and will add it to my post, if my thoughts have changed.
But for now I think that the price for 6 colors of this quality is a good deal.
You should definitely check it out yourself!

Real vs Fake Etude House Etoinette collection

I feel like each one of my posts should start with an apology because it always takes me months to write up a new post. So, I'm sorry for taking so long, once again ><
Then I also want to thank the 1-2 new readers, who subscribed to my blog. It might not be a lot but it's still one more person who wants to read my blog and I'm really grateful!
Now on to the post:

A few weeks ago I bought an Etude House Princess Etoinette Lipstick from a private seller. They said they bought it from the online store for about 25$, which was weird already because it's not that expensive and just costs about 10$ plus shipping, but I thought that they might have exaggerated because they wanted a little profit and it was still cheaper than the 50$ lipsticks on ebay and the lipstick was sold out everywhere.
Then I got this:

It looks fine so far, doesn't it?

This was the next thing I saw. You should always check if the number actually exists. The Color POR211 does not exist for this collection and that was when I started being suspicious.

The next thing I noticed was that the cap was dirty and had several black lines. A new lipstick should not look like this.
I also compared the logo to the one on the Blush I have from the same collection and then I googled what it should look like for the lipstick and it was definitely different.

1. The circle is a bit thicker and the open spot in the middle is not as big.
2. The circle in the E is not as round but quite small and more longer than rounder.
3. Those 3 strokes should have a nicer form which is smaller on left side and gradually becomes bigger, looking like a drop.
4.  The end of it should curl inside but it just ends in the middle of the logo.
5. The same as Number 3.
(I'm not exactly sure how to explain all these differences but you can just look at the picture and I will post another one so just scoll a little more or ask me in the comments)

When I opened the Lipstick, I noticed that the E is missing. The Emblem should be on it.

I googled an official picture of the lipstick and put both the lipstick and the emblem on the outside together to show you the differences in one picture.

I contacted the seller and they kept telling me that they bought it from the official store but when I asked for a screenshot of the order, they kept on giving me lots of excuses.
If you're ever in this situation, make sure that the seller can proof that it is a genuine lipstick.
Please DO NOT use it, if you do not know if it's genuine. There can be a lot of dangerous ingredients inside of it and you don't want to have it on your lips. Your skin can absorb it and you will be licking your lips or just drinking and feeding your body with the toxic substance.

The seller told me to just keep it and use it or to sell it to someone else myself. Do not agree to that! Do not use it and also do not sell it yourself!
1. You don't want to give someone else a fake lipstick and have them use it!
2. You also do not want to be in the same position as the seller who sold you the item.

Open a paypal claim and ask for your money back!

I luckily got my money back and did not use the lipstick. Always make sure what you bought is a genuine product from the brand!

If you have any more questions, just leave a comment below or send me a message!

Review: Berrisom My Lip Tint Pack

안녕!

[QUICK UPDATE ABOUT ME]
So, if you just want to read the review, you can skip this part!
It's been A WHILE since I last posted and honestly, I was just too lazy to take pictures and edit them. 
I've celebrated my birthday in June and I'm still waiting for my friend to come home next week to celebrate again with her! 
Another reason is that I always think about what to say and can't really come up with much. In the end, when I do start writing, it's a lot more than I would have thought before I started. But I always have the problem that I need to kick my butt to start. 
It's been really hot in germany and that also made me lazy. >__< Working when it was 38° outside was horrible!! 
I've also been reading a lot. I finally finished the 'Pretty Little Liars' book series, which I started earlier this year and it's probably better than the show but the end is kind of annoying. I don't want to spoiler anyone, so that's all I'm gonna say about it. If you do want to talk to me about it, send me a message, comment below or talk to me on tumblr. 
I've also started watching korean dramas again, which is a huge surprise because the last drama I watched was in 2010 or 2011. 
I started with Heart to Heart (하트 투 하트) because of one of my favorite Idols, Wonder Girls' Ahn Sohee. And it was quite interesting with a surprising plot twist. I thought I already figured everything out after two episodes but they still succeeded with surprising me. Also, Sohee's character was adorable! I loved how bitchy and snarky she was in beginning but then showed a loving and caring side at the end. 
The second drama was The Producers (프로듀사) and I just watched this one because I felt like watching another korean drama and everyone was talking about this one.  
The episodes are quite long, about 80-90 minutes but it's really interesting and my best friend and I both felt like you could watch for one hour without checking the time and how much is left. Usually korean dramas can be a little boring because they are so long and the others aren't even as long as this one. 
Again, I fell in love with the bitchy character. Cindy, who was played by IU, is a bitchy singer but you just can't be mad at her and she was really cute when no one was watching. 
Okay, enough about me!
If anyone wants to talk, send messages. We can also talk on kakaotalk or facebook. ^^ 

[NOT SO QUICK UPDATE ABOUT ME OVER]

Make sure you get originals and not fakes from China. You never know what could be inside of it and it might be bad for you!

This is the product, that I want to review. I randomly found a video of these on youtube and they looked really interesting. 

You apply these lip tints on your lips (Obviously, duh =_=;), the coat dries and you can peel it off. They leave a stain on your lips, which won't smudge or anything.

This is the video that I saw: 

I bought this set off of eBay for about 35$. 

I've seen the lip tints separately for 8-15$, so I was really lucky with the price for this set. 

This mask sheet was a free gift that I got with my order and I really appreciate it when sellers pack in a small gift like that. 

I also added a tracking number to my order and it just costed 1$ but it was useful. Some tracking numbers stop working in germany but this was one didn't! 

I bought THE SET from THIS USER.

I think the box looks really nice and even elegant with the black color and the drawings on the edges. The lip tints stay securely in the package and didn't fall out when I turned it over. 

I also love the different colors of the tubes and that they have small lips all over. It's not just a boring tube but has a really cute pattern.

★★★★★

I really love all of these colors, except maybe the 'Lovely Peach' one. I applied them around 4pm and they only faded slightly til the next morning, even with me rubbing over the stain A LOT. I also applied one color on my lips and it lasted me for almost 24 hours. 

That's why you need to be really careful when you apply it. If you overdraw it and it looks bad, you have to deal with it for a day. I've seen a video where someone applied it with a brush, so that might be a good idea! 

 

I'd definitely recommend this product and if you have any questions, leave it in a comment below. I'll try to help as much as I can ^w^