Hello Tea peeps! Today’s post will be something a little different. Usually here at Oolong Owl there is tea samplings, tea ware and chubby tea owls. Today we will be looking at TEA COSMETICS!
Similar to monthly tea subscriptions, I enjoy monthly subscription beauty boxes – I get Ipsy and Birchbox – both are great to try new makeup, skin, and hair products and experiment with products you’d never buy normally.
I heard about Memebox and was interested. First off – everything is Korean products! Korean skin care products are quite popular, with lots of really cute packaging. Memebox isn’t a monthly box, but a mystery box. Each box is a theme like Tea Cosmetics, Anti-aging and Foot Care. You purchase one (or more for a deal) and you’ll get a box filled with full sized products and samples. Often, you’ll get a great deal as the products inside are worth more than what you paid for the box.
When browsing the site, I came across the Tea Cosmetics Memebox and purchased it immediately. I love tea, why not in my facial creams?
Tea Cosmetics Memebox Unboxing!
Let’s unbox! My fellow pretty tea owls are the assistants today!
Inside the box!
Some links to the products go to Memebox, others to other sites if I can’t find them on Memebox.
1. e choice – Fermented Tea Skin Drinks Sleeping Pack (full size, $2)
Very little English on the tube. On the card, “Infused with jasmine, rose, chamomile, green tea and white tea extracts, this sleeping pack boosts its oriental tea complex that works to deliver deep nutrition, moisture and soothing effect overnight… spread the sleeping pack evenly over face and rinse off with warm water the next morning.”
The smell is a really nice jasmine rose. I applied it before bed and it was nice and cooling – in the morning my skin was very soft!
2. A;T FOX – Tea Toc Water Clear Tablet (technically a sample, as full size you get 8 tea bags. Full size is $14)
This product is really cool, yet breaks my heart. It is a tea bag full of Jeju Island tea – I WANT TO DRINK IT! But it also has a cleasing tablet. You steep the bag until the tablet has melted, then you pat the water on your face.
To sum up this product, it is a “Make your own cleansing water!”.
3. A;T FOX – Gyoolpy Tea Fresh Water (full size, $10)
This product is a tea and tangerine infused mineral water that you spray on your face. The instructions state you can use it for dry skin, as toner or base. I love these mineral water sprays for sun burns or to refresh your skin after a long day. The scent is quite light, a little sweet citrus, which disappears after you spray it. Like other facial mists, this feels really refreshing and leaves a light moisturizing feel.
4. The Skin House – Lavender Lightening Emulsion (full size, $40)
Wow, very nice packaging on this one and a big bottle! Purple Tea Owl loves this product!
This is a cream with lavender tea that evens out skin texture and tone, along with adding moisture. It also has 104 fermented ingredients! Mmmm, can I have 104 pu’ers? The smell is an amazing lavender and the cream feels really nice! I applied some and I smell really nice. This product more than covers the price of what I paid for this box!
There is one final product – it looks like a tea tin. Little too heavy for tea. I flipped over the information card and open the tin – more products!
5. A.TRUE – Miniature 5 sample set with Black tea.
1. Sweet Song Black Tea One-Step Cleansing Water – a black tea infused makeup remover with softening/purifying powers.
2. Vanilla Black Tea Day Relief Body Wash. A “Ceylan Vanille” black tea infused soap – which is a really sweet scented vanilla. The body wash is quite thin but quite soapy.
3. Himalaya Black Tea Watery Gel Cream. This is a Darjeeling black infused cream for dry skin with deep hydration. Watery Gel. Why not call it lotion? This product has the feel of a thin lotion. It is super moisturizing, not oily and melts right in. My skin is so moisturized it feels like baby skin. The scent is lighter than the other creams in this box, but quite nice. Apparently, the tea in this cream is a Himalayian Black, grown in high altitude arctic conditions – I want to drink it!
4. White Snow Tea Brilliant Essence. A moisturizer, this one infused with white tea to help with skin tone. Smells really good, like a floral silver needle. This one isn’t as super moisturizing as the Himalaya Black tea watery gel cream, but pretty good. Man, I’d wear this as perfume!
5. Black Tea All Day Long Sun Cream SPF50+PA+++
Why yes, I would like black tea all day long! This sun cream has black tea, orange peel and cinnamon, and along with SPF, it add some extra moisture. The scent is quite nice and it did it’s job protecting my skin without making me get super oily faced.
YAY I GOT TEA TO DRINK! Admittedly, I would of been disappointed if I didn’t get a tea bag in this box. This is one of those teas I’m going to squirrel away, since it came all the way from Korea.
Comments
I’m no beauty blogger – I think I’ll stick to tea reviews, ha! All the products in Tea Cosmetics Memebox smelled amazing and preformed well. After spot testing everything, I smelled like I got department store beauty counter spray attacked by floral teas in the most pleasant way possible. With all the full sized products in the box (especially that Lavender moisturizer) I got $52 worth of full sized products (not counting the sample sized goodies) for $29 – I got a deal getting the Tea Cosmetics Memebox!
With that said, I will be orderings from Memebox again – they had a green tea cosmetic box not too long ago, so hopefully I can catch another cool tea themed memebox! These boxes sell out fast, but Memebox is always coming out with new, fun themed beauty boxes!
Anyways, if you are interested in Memebox and love Oolong Owl and the Tea Owls – give us some love and purchase via my affiliate link – http://us.memebox.com/user/oolongowl
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