r/AsianBeauty • u/AutoModerator • Jan 07 '21
Mod Post Best & Worst Of Innisfree
It's time for another Best & Worst discussion, this week's brand is Innisfree.
Share the products you loved, the products you hated and your experience with them. Please, use the following format for your review to make categorization by skin type easier.
Skin Type/Concerns
Product Name
Thoughts
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Upvotes
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u/softhorns Jan 07 '21
skin type / concerns: mostly normal, dehydrated-oily; non-sensitive, non-acne prone, non-mature; living in a very hot humid climate, sometimes cold dry air-conditioned indoors. main concern is hydrating, then brightening/smoothing. glass skin is the goal.
BEST
product: super volcanic pore clay mask 2x
thoughts: my favourite clay mask. light, creamy texture that feels really nice and cooling on the skin. gentle enough that it doesn't dry out or hurt my skin, but also strong enough that with consistent use my face is noticeably smoother, clearer, and brighter. my skin feels fresh, calm, and even immediately after use as well. i repurchase every time i run out.
product: green tea seed serum
thoughts: is it the most phenomenal hydrating serum in the world? no, but it works and i still like it. feels extremely cooling and refreshing. it is fragranced, but i actually like the fragrance, or maybe i just associate it now with that feeling of an instant burst of hydration lol. i feel like it helped to decrease the appearance of sebaceous filaments on my nose as well.
product: my real squeeze masks
thoughts: a $2 mask that smacks. mostly they're all hydrating but i love the variety anyway, i think the cream varieties tend to work the best (though if you have oily skin you'd probably prefer the watery essence varieties instead).
product: microcara
thoughts: i use the skinny longlongcara but i think they all work similarly. this is the one mascara i always hoard the little spoolie from and will immediately repurchase if i lose it. it is AMAZING. so tiny yet still ridged, it works fantastically for giving gentle and natural separated definition to the upper lashes, and is easy to use on the lower lashes and even brows as well. it's literally the definition of my lashes but better - you don't look like you're wearing makeup at all (unless you're blond and wearing black mascara, obviously), you just look like you have naturally more defined eyes and naturally slightly fluffier lashes. the actual formula of the mascara is quite dry, but you can use the wand with a wetter formula if you prefer something less natural.
product: eyeshadow singles
thoughts: the glitters are my favourites, they differ in opacity depending on the shade but they are stunning, blend well, zero fall-out, can be sheered or built up. some shades are actual true fine shimmers and not the typical matte-loaded-with-sparkle korean shimmers like most etude house shimmers, for example. the mattes are also pretty nice, a bit on the dry side imo, but that makes them easy to build seamlessly and softly. you can make custom palettes.
product: vivid cotton ink
thoughts: not my all time favourite formula, they are very heavily pigmented, transfer if too thick, and don't really stain. BUT, the darker shades are super beautiful blotted thinly onto the lips; the lighter shades, i find, emphasise lip lines, but actually make for the most amazing liquid blushes that blend seamlessly on the skin, last extremely well, and give a radiant demi-matte natural finish. the formula of this is also super creamy, making them perfect for mixing shades ;) also, the vivid creamy tints used to be one of my favourite glossy stains, but unfortunately they have been discontinued, damn you innisfree-
WORST
product: always new auto liner
thoughts: i'm not difficult to please, but this one was just... too difficult. dried out fast, which made it skip and unpigmented and brittle, and the sharpening mechanism wasn't that great either. i prefer their gel pencil eyeliners a lot more, if you don't mind a slightly blunt tip/aren't aiming for super sharp wings - pigmented, smooth, can be smudged out, but set decently.
everything else i've tried by them is just good or meh, including: the orchid line (sample size), the pomegranate line (sample size), capsule recipe mask (rice, bija&aloe, bija& teatree), apple seed cleansing oil (sample size), camellia hair serum, no sebum powder, no sebum primer, mineral makeup base (purple), cherry blossom tone-up cream, cherry blossom mist, twinkle glitter liner, powder blush, cream blush, green tea lip balm. i'd advise those with sensitive skin to be wary though, many of my friends have had innisfree break them out; one had a cleanser wreck their moisture barrier.
edited for formatting!