Esther's Opinions

My opinions on products I have used

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 So in my make up purge I noticed that I never really used them. I think I used it the first time I bought it and then it stayed in my lip jar container thing so i decided to get rid of it. They have a good choice of colors and they all come with glitter pigments that you can swipe on for impact. They weren’t super comfortable, but I mean its a matte lipstick that’s just par for the course. Pros: they are cheap, available in most Walmart and Walgreens stores, have many colors, can be found half price, come with glitter, and they last a fairly long time. Cons: will not last after food, difficult to reapply, not the most comfortable formula, difficult to reapply/layer.

Will I be repurchasing? No unless I buy the half sizes. 8/10

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So i bought a bundle of these off amazon for about $7 and they were alright. I mean you get what you paid for. If I remember correctly there were five - brown, pink, blue, purple, and black. Honestly, they were just ok, they weren’t as creamy as I wanted but I usually just used them to smudge under my eyes. 6/10 I won’t be repurchasing because they weren’t good enough for my life

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Ignore the mess. I loved this mascara just like everyone else in the world. I’ve tried the Better Than Sex by Too Faced but that one always flaked on my eyelashes and I don’t have particularly greasy eyelids. This one did no such thing. It lifted and separated like a good bra for a fraction of the price of the Too Faced one and no flaking! I want to buy it again, but I have to go through some of my new buys that I am trying out.

10/10 cause its lovely. Would I buy it again? Hell Yeah

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I’m back. So I did a make up purge and I am back at it again with the terrible pictures and reviews. This is the Milani retouch and erase concealer. The first time I tried it I was ecstatic because I thought it hadn’t creased on my, but when I used it again I found that no - I just hadn’t worn it long enough. I like the color and consistency, but it would always crease on me in a notable fashion. I don’t like the delivery system as you can tell from the ripped off bulb. All in all it was an ok concealer. I’d give it a 6/10 would I buy it again? Nope. Just too mediocre for me.

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This says that I did not want to buy the beauty blender soap. The smell is amazing and I was tempted to use it in my hair, though I think that it would go over well. I used this to deep clean my brushes every two weeks. It smells wonderful and would leave my brushes smelling wonderful as well, like some sort of tropical paradise without the pineapple. I think of all the methods of deep cleaning I have tried, this is my favorite method. Now heres the issue - this was 14$ for a small circle soap. It’s basically just a soap. I can not justify this purchase over and over again just for the wonderful scent. So theres that. Would I repurchase? Yes once again because I have no control. Rating: 8/10 deduct 2 points for price

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In my journey to find a deodorant that is not an antiperspirant and doesn’t have metals in it, I came across this gem. I’ve tried a couple of others that are not pictured in this list because I either lost them or threw them away. Now to reiterate I do not perspire much and when I do I do not smell strongly, just lucky that way. I bought this deodorant last summer in Texas so let that sway your opinion how it will.  I got this at Whole foods for around 6$ and I based my decision purely on scent alone. It smells so lovely! Of flowers that I can not name and I feel as though I am running through a green house. It is wonderful. The downfall of this deodorant is that it is a solid gel based formula and it does not even last on me. I would find myself reapplying this after a couple of hours, which I was not enthused about. I don’t want to have to take something with me. I want my deodorant to be something that I can put on once a day and then forget about it. This is not that product. It would fade fairly quickly - average amount of four hours per application. Albeit during those four hours you would smell of a garden of flowers but then something would die in the garden and you’d have to reapply. If you are applying this multiple times a day you are using up the product at a faster rate than usual and I still think that 6$ is a bit more than I want to pay for deodorant. I applied this solely for the scent and after about a couple of weeks of use I decided that it was a waste. If you want to smell lovely I’d suggest it, I think it could perhaps work well as a roll on perfume with slight deodorizing powers. Would I buy it again? No Rate: 4/10 for the scent

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These were good while they lasted. I bought these on a whim after hearing about this company from Jaclyn Hill on Youtube. I ordered a sample set that came with three scents, but I lost one and I can’t find it anymore so its gone to the void. I liked the peppermint scent most of all. I couldn’t form a great opinion of these before they went bad. It was about a month into having them when I noticed a change in color and I tossed them in the back of my empty bin. I think honestly I just got a bad batch. They were good at moisturizing and the scents were good. I would need to try them again to form a solid opinion of them. Would I repurchase? Maybe Rating: Unknown/10

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I lost the cap to this pore bunny headed mist. It was cute as most TonyMoly products are, but it would fall off quite often. I liked this mist. I am fairly certain that this did not prolong my makeup’s life any longer than its regular life span, but I still liked it. It was 15$ at Ulta and I bought it on impulse because I’d really wanted to try a foreign makeup setting mist and try it against my favorite setting spray (Ben Nye Final Seal). The spray itself when it came out was very fine and that was a bit of an issue for me since I felt like I couldn’t feel it on my skin. I don’t want droplets falling on my skin, but I want to be able to feel that angelic kiss of cooling on my skin that lets me know that it has made contact and I am blessed for the day. This did not give me that blesséd feeling I was looking for. It smelled of baby powder which kind of threw me for a loop the first time I sprayed it since I was expecting it to smell floral, but that’s just me. I like this more than some of the setting sprays I am using now. I am a bit conflicted on this because it was good at making the powdered look go away, but for prolonging make up this is not the spray you are looking for. A good aerosolized water can do the same thing, this just has a little bit extra. I am a bit on the fence about this product. I’d say it’s not worth its 15$ price tag since you are basically paying for the packaging. Would I repurchase? Yes I would because I am a sick individual with no self control. Rating: 5/10

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Honestly I loved this and was a bit upset when my husband wasted it because he didn’t know how to use it. You’re only supposed to use about a half a walnut sized amount on your face and then go from there. Also I greatly suggest doing this right before you are about to jump in the shower and not to put it anywhere close to your eyes and especially not between your lip and your nostrils. This will foam up and it will get into your nose and then you’re going to have a bad time. Besides that don’t lose the spatula you will need it to spoon it out and make sure to close this up tight or you will waste the product because it will activate and then you can’t use it since it will no longer foam up. This didn’t harm my skin at all even though I have sensitive skin. I loved putting this on cause it tickled my face like crazy. The first time you put it on you will want to scratch at your face, but just hold out as long as you can before doing so. I will admit it takes some effort to remove which is why I suggested that you do this before getting into the shower. I usually had to spend a couple of minutes scrubbing at my face in order to get all of this off and sometimes I missed some spots. It kind of feels like its a soap when you are trying to remove it...a really foamy soap. The packaging said that you could use it to remove make up and I believe them, but I never tried it myself so I don’t know if it is good at removing make up. Now to be fully honest, I didn’t notice it doing spectacular things for my skin, although it did leave my face intensely soft after each use. Would I repurchase? Absolutely. Rating: 8.5/10 for unmeasurable results

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Disclaimer: Those black dots aren’t mold. On to the review! I got this because of a Buzzfeed article that put it in a list of asian beauty products that everyone should try. I didn’t really like it as a mask. I don’t think leaving it on my skin for an extended period of time did anything for me. After the first couple of times where I left it on for the recommended 15 minutes each time I gave up and just used it as a scrub. It was a pretty good scrub, whatever oil the sugar is suspended in is very thick and moisturizing. It smells of sugar and lemons so basically lemonade...Anyway, I wasn’t the most thrilled about this product. It didn’t wow me. I should have known since I don’t like sugar scrubs for my face in the first place and this one no different. I used this completely, but it took me a while. It’s not a bad product, just not to my liking. Would I repurchase? No Rating: 6/10 

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Ok so this is probably my 20th or 30th bottle of this stuff in three years. I have used this stuff for so many things. I’ve used it for washing my makeup brushes/sponges, to wash my clothes, as shampoo, hand wash, as face wash the uses are endless! I usually buy the huge bottles, but this one was on sale at Marshal’s so I picked it up. I have only used four of the scents that are available in this line of soaps which have eight scents and my favorite of those scents is the peppermint, but the one that I have repurchased most often is the unscented baby line. The other two that I have tried is the scent pictured above: hemp-almond which is a good neutral scent and rose which smells pretty, but is not my favorite. What I love about this line of soaps is the versatility of the many ways in which you can use it and that it comes in so many sizes. If you want to try it just buy the travel size bottle. They are also readily available in many different places - HEB (here in Texas), Walmart, Target, Whole Foods, you can find it anywhere. Well anyway if you can’t already tell - I am quite enamored with this product. Would I repurchase? Yes a million times. Rating: 10/10

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This is a pretty basic soap for your face. It has barely any scent if I had to describe it I would say soapy.  It is gentle enough that my sensitive skin never reacted to this formula. You only need about one pump to wash your entire face. I used it as my second cleansing step. First I cleanse with the oil and then I would go in with this.  It took me forever to get through this bottle of face wash and I was sharing it with my fiancé. It took us about 8 months to finish it. I don’t think there was anything extremely special about this - it cleaned well, didn’t irritate either of our skin, and was a great price for the longevity of the product. The only downfall I would say is that I don’t think it is made for skin with any sort of issues. Its just what it is a face wash. Simple and without hassle. Would I repurchase? Yes Rating: 9/10

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I got this in a Christmas set last year and I used both of them up. I can’t find the other one and thus I don’t remember the scent of it, but this was my favorite of the two anyway. The scent was heavenly! It was sweet without being cloying and it lingered long after I applied it. Sometimes I would just wear this without applying any perfume. The lotion was thicker than I was used to and was very moisturizing. Now I am the type of person that doesn’t mind going to be looking like a greased chicken so base my review on that. It would sink into the skin pretty quickly though so I wouldn’t mind putting it on before going out just leave allow some time for it to dry and you should be good. The only issue for me would be the price. This little tub by itself cost 12$ and the full size cost 32$ on sephora. My favorite lotion that offers the same results is at least half the price of this product for the same amount. Therefore: Would I repurchase? Maybe as a treat, but not in the near future. Rating: 7/10 due to the price on its own it would be a 9/10

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This review isn’t so much about a specific product as it is about what it is. Raw Honey has helped my skin a lot since I started using it on my skin. I tend to use it at least once every two weeks. I use it either by itself or mixed with different ingredients: tea tree oil, clay, activated charcoal, tea leaves, chocolate, etc. I always notice a difference in my skin after using a honey face mask - especially if I have a breakout. It usually calms my skin down and helps the breakout disappear that much faster. I recommend everyone try adding honey into their beauty regimen. I have noticed that it helps that much more if it is raw local honey probably because it helps to get your skin used to allergens or something like that. Would I repurchase? Yes I would and I have many times. Rating: 10/10

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I got this for about $10 at Walgreens after one of my friends recommended it to me. I hadn’t bought it for myself even though I was curious because the scent of the shampoo was too heavily antiseptic for my likes. I prefer to smell like a desert or fruit - basically edible or a forest nymph...anyway eventually she told me to just take the plunge because the scent never lingered and I did. Another reason that I bought it was because I wanted something that would help to heal the damage in my hair after I bleached the life out of it and then dyed it five different colors. Even after I had cut off all the damaged hair; my hair was still not happy with me and refused to grow or be soft. I think this is one of the products that helped to rescue my vindictive hair. The smell was really a non issue it reminded me of peanuts and a slight peperminty clean smell. ( I know what you’re thinking it says peppermint on the package and shea comes from a nut!) Anyway the texture of the masque was different from what I was used to. It felt heavier than other masque’s and clung to my hair better than any other masque I’ve used. I couldn’t just rinse it out of my hair - I had to comb it out while under running water. Even though it weighed my hair when I applied it in the shower once it was rinsed off I didn’t notice it weighing my hair down, but that could also be because I have curly hair that takes an elephant to weigh down. It feels like you have to use a bunch, but you really should use it sparingly and add more in small amounts until you reach the desired amount. Would I repurchase? Yes. Rating: 8.5/10 for odd texture and extra work combing it out.

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This almost smells of vanilla. I used it up entirely. Now for the tmi portion of this broadcast- I don't sweat very much and when I do I don't smell very badly so I may not be the best person to test this out on. I used it everyday during the "winter" months in Texas. From what I noticed I didn't smell. It does leave an odd residue on whatever your wearing if you don't let it dry before putting your clothes on. It's ok. I'd say it's good for everyday use if your not a person who sweats profusely but beyond that you'll need something stronger. Would I repurchase? No it's 14$ for average performance. Rating: 5/10 I don't hate it

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I got this monster of a bottle at Walmart for about 4$ and it lasted for ever and a half. I didn’t like it and I didn’t hate it. It didn’t hurt my skin but I didn’t really see a difference at all. I bought it for two reasons: it was cheap and on a recommendation from my best friend. I have seen so many post corroborating her love for this product but I felt like it did nothing for my skin. After I use toner I want to feel refreshed, renewed, and blessed and this did not give me those feelings. It felt like rubbing water on my skin and for all the good it did me I may as well have been. Another downside is that it attracted gnats I don’t know how and I don’t know why but I could usually find them buzzing around the cap which didn’t endear me to this product in the least. Would I repurchase this? Maybe when I forget the amount of nothing it did for me. Rating: 6/10 for my wishful thinking of it magically cleaning my skin