Product Review : Tony Moly Fresh Aqua Cooling 24 Eyes Stick

Hello hello! Here I am, blogging around midnight again. Have been busy the past weeks with work and various birthdays. Can't believe the number of September babies I know!

I went to Korea last year and purchased a product I had meant to review but forgot about :x I meant to review it! I swear, even the pictures are taken in the hotel room~

Take a look :D

I'm really no expert when it comes to the ingredients so... Be your own judge yea. OR just try the product out at the store to get the feel of it!

Comes in a short little tube.

With a plastic stopper that protects the product

Looks familiar? I've reviewed a similar product HERE but the product for this is a milky blue color.

What I think of this product :

Unlike the Etude House Eyes Cream that I reviewed previously, this does NOT claim to be an eye cream. It's described more as a simple "pick me up" product for the eyes, hence the 24 in the product name. You can apply this handy little eyes stick anywhere, anytime as long as your eyes are feeling tired and need a little boost. If you're looking for a proper eye cream, skip this. However as a pick me up eyes stick, it's just lovely. It's really cooling and refreshing on the skin. It has a very light minty floral-ish scent. My sister bought this as well and she spams it. She carries this around the house and reapply constantly while doing her homework / studying. (Am not sure if she brings it to school) It helps make her more awake due to the cooling effect.

For me, I've gotten pretty lazy so I no longer bring a make up pouch out. Which means if I were to use this over my made up face... My dark eye circles will show through. Instead I use this in the mornings when I'm feeling really sleepy or like now, when I'm blogging late in the night.

I forgot how much this costs though as I bought this in Korea. I do remember it being extremely cheap but that's Korea. Everything's OP in SG :x You can check this out in stores though, I believe there's an outlet at Bugis!

*This product performs almost identically to the Etude one so if you opt for that as an alternative if Tony Moly one is not available or not as accessible or cheaper! I honestly do not know which is cheaper but personally I'd just get whichever is nearer to me cause I am a lazy bum.

Scent : ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ (Nothing very attractive or negative about this scent)
Texture : ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ (It absorbs quickly and is extremely cooling on the skin, similar to the Etude one)
Effectiveness : ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ (Instant boost and hydrates eye area a little)
Overall : ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ (I still love such handy products :D) 

Cheers,
Domo ❤

Disclaimer : I bought this with my own money in Korea!

Product Review : Etude House Eye's Cream in Vanilla Moist

If you've read the announcement area, you'd have seen that I promised to be reviewing an eye cream today! I'm keeping my promise so here it is!

Today's product,

The Etude House Eye's Cream in Vanilla Moist! Don't be fooled though, it's not your average kind of eye cream. I'll show you why later.

There you have it, the ingredients list along with the instructions and description. There's the oh so popular hyaluronic acid to help moisturize! Also, see the many citrus-ish ingredients this product contains? They help to awaken your eyes and you can definitely sniff it to "freshen" yourself up too.

The directions you should apply your eye cream...

The packaging is very cute isn't it, the shape of the ice cream is there for a reason, at least that's what I interpret because the eye cream is as cool as ice cream!

Yeap that's right, this isn't your traditional eye cream. It's not your usual roll on eye serum either. In fact, some of you may find this product similar to this :

Image taken from nordstrom

Very similar right? Of course there's a price difference. The Etude House one is retailing at $22.90 UP whereas the Kiehl's one is retailing at $45 UP!

You can buy two of those Etude House ones with the same amount of money as opposed to the Kiehl's one!

But then when there's dupes, everyone starts wondering if the high end one is better so let me review mine for you :D

When you uncap it, there's this little plastic stopper thing that I believe is there to prevent any accidental smooshing of the product onto the lid? And of course prevent the product from coming into contact with any germs.

Remove that plastic stopper and you get this shiny gel like stick!

This eye cream works like a lipstick, turn it out and then apply to eye area!

What I think about this product?

This product says that it's supposed to be an eye cream, but do not be mistaken my dears, your eyes will shrivel and get wrinkly if this is your only eye product. I'm not saying it sucks, nor am I saying it's perfect. It's like a luxury product, it gives your eyes a temporary boost of coolness and moisture, refreshing it.

It works just like the Kiehl's depuffer, it moisturizes and lowers the temperature of your eye area by a teensy bit so that you'll feel more awake. You can feel a layer of moisture on your undereyes after using this and you can choose to leave it to evaporate but personally I prefer patting it in. I prefer bringing this out to freshen up my eyes just because this little stick is soooo handy. Just dump it in my mu pouch and go! You can use this over make up if you're not afraid of it smudging your make up. I personally don't care because I can touch up but I will clean off the top layer of the cream if I use it on my made up face. I also enjoy using this late at night when I'm rushing reviews for Domokie!

This is something I'd consider great for touch up and definitely worth purchasing if you have to extra cash to spare. What's more, it's on discount now and it's only $18.30! So why not give it a go when you pass by Etude House outlets?

Scent : ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ (I consider this a very normal orangey scent along with a tinge of vanilla.)

Texture : ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ (It absorbs quickly and is extremely cooling on the skin)

Effectiveness : ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ (It hydrates a little but it's temporary, awakens tired eyes~)

Overall : ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ (I recommend buying one to carry around for touch ups!)

Cheers,
Chiharu ❤

Disclaimer : I bought this with my own money too!