Order date: May 23, 2016

Shipped on: May 24, 2016

Arrived: May 31, 2016

This is only the second time I've ordered from alphabeauty, but I really like them already! Their prices are better than a handful of other sites that sell Japanese makeup and skin care products and they ship super quickly! If your total order is more than $50 USD, you get free international shipping with a tracking number. I ordered the night of the 23rd, which was roughly morning on the 24th in Hong Kong (where alphabeauty is located) and my stuff shipped that same day (the 24th). And then I received my package only one week later!!! That's really fast (compared to some of the standard shipping I've had at other online stores), which is really good for me because I'm very impatient.

There's a The Face Shop Store in the state I live in, so I used to buy their products often to check them out. (I control myself a little better nowadays, haha.) Prior to studying abroad in South Korea in the summer of 2014, I only used Etude House cleansers. Right before I studied abroad, I received a bunch of samples for The Face Shop's Acne Solution Foam Cleansing from The Face Shop at home, and because I liked it so much, I bought a bottle from Korea before I came back home. I continued to use this cleanser until March of this year (2016). I only stopped because I wanted to start trying out some Japanese foaming cleansers. (If you can't tell by now, once I find something I mostly like and does what it's supposed to do, I use it for a long time.)

Order date: May 10, 2016

Shipped on: May 12, 2016

Arrived: May 16, 2016

What I love about Sephora is that online orders have free three day shipping on orders over $50 (at least for the U.S, I'm not sure about other countries). I know I wrote in my last haul post that I wouldn't be buying things online soon, but obviously I can't stay away for very long. (I have more packages coming in in the next few weeks as well!)

Hello~! It's almost been two months since I last posted. ㅠㅠ I graduated with a BA at the beginning of May and was busy finishing up my senior thesis, but that's all wrapped up now, so I can finally write blog posts without feeling guilty. Yay!!! Anyways, this time will be a short review on two products from Shiseido's IBUKI line: IBUKI Refining Moisturizer and IBUKI Softening Concentrate.