Innisfree No-Sebum Mineral Powder Review

Innisfree is a korean brand of skincare and cosmetic, they are really famous for their Jeju Volcanic Pore skincare line, Green Tea skincare line and No-sebum cosmetic line.

The selling-points of Innisfree's products:

1. Natural.
2. Environmentally friendly.
3. '6-Free system' which is Paraben, Talc, Coloring, Animal Ingredient(?!...do they mean animal testing ? maybe they meant 'all botanical ingredients'?), Mineral and Fragrances.

Just like it's name, this loose powder is highly raved for it's oil controlling properties. It claims to have Dual Sebum Control System and coverage/smoothens pores and fine lines. It's oil control properties is relatively good, lasting almost 5 hours before my face started to shine. As for the coverage/smoothening of pore, i can't say my pore are really covered, but my face does feel really smooth after application ^^. There's a light herbalish scent? Can't really figure how to describe it, but it fades after application.  

sorry about the pictures, getting a new camera this june so bear with me^^

The Innisfree No-Sebum Mineral Powder comes in white unlike your conventional loose powder which is skin colored. Quite surprised at the color when i first got it, was wondering whether it'll give a white cast, but lo behold it does not (unless you decided to put tons of it onto your face -.-). Application is as per normal, lightly pat the loose powder onto your face after BB cream or foundation. They don't sell replacement puff (same as the 3W Clinic Natural Make-Up Powder) so same advice, pat and not drag the puff when applying to prevent caking of the puff.

Got this loose powder from Qoo10 during a time sale at SGD5.90, the usual price is aroung SGD8-8.80, so quite a buy actually. The Innisfree No-Sebum Mineral Powder is a really great loose powder, but SGD8-8.8 for 5g is little too pricy. I can get 3W Clinic Natural Make-up Powder (30g) at the same price. Unless you can't live without this little pot of powder, 3W Clinic Natural Make-Up Powder would be a better substitute.

Hoped this post helped, thanks for reading!!

3W Clinic Loose Powder in No.21 & No.23 Review

The 3W Clinic (previously known as DoDo Palgantong until 2009) is a Korean brand, and its cosmetic line has been greatly raved about in Japan and Korea. It's the #1 loose powder in Japan and used by korean artistes to create long-lasting make-up and flawless finish.  

Since i have oily skin, i always set my BB cream with loose powder to reduce shine and for longer lasting make-up instead of using pressed powder since pressed powder feels heavy and often causes creases around my eye. The first loose powder i used from 3W Clinic was their Limited Edititon DoDo Palgantong Make-Up Flower Collection, it came in Original Beige and Lavender Purple (for highlighting). Finished the Original Beige, and repurchased the 3W Clinic Natural Make-up Powder in No. 21 and No. 23(for sis) on Qoo10!! 

So when i first received  3W Clinic Natural Make-up Powder in No. 21 and No. 2, i was really wowed by the size of the product. This product is 30g, which is really huge, compared to the Original Beige(10g)  from the Make-up Flower Collection. It costs SGD 7.90 on Qoo10 and the last i checked, SASA sells the simliar loose powder but with more shades for selection for SGD 22.90 (bloody expensive!...). 

No. 21 (right)                     No.23 (left)

No.23 (right)                  No.21 (left)

No.21 is more suitable for really fair skinned individuals with pink undertones, or you can use it on BB cream that are too dark for your skin tone to brighten it up. No. 23 is quite similar to Original Beige from Make-up Flower Collection and should be suitable for individuals with yellow undertones or the common asian skin tone, it's slightly darker with more beige in it. Would recommend getting No.23 if your're unsure whether No.21 is suitable for you, because No. 21 can give really harsh white cast on individuals that are not fair enough. 

Finely milled powder and it does have a light baby powder smell that goes away after application. 

It comes with a soft and white puff applicator, they don't sell replacement puff applicator on Qoo10 and i don't remember seeing it being sold in SASA. so take care to pat the loose powder in and not drag the puff applicator across your skin to prevent the applicator from getting too caked up.   

Would i repurchase? Economically speaking, yes, the usual size of loose powder sold in the market is usually around 10g(other the Skinfood Buckwheat loose powder,23g) and to pay only SGD 7.90 for 30g is really worth it. I took like 4 months to finish my Original Beige(10g) so i'm guessing that 30g would last me 1 year. But the shopaholic in me would like to try loose powder from other brands, like the Tony Moly Baby Doll BB Powder and Skinfood's wide array of loose powders *squeals... 

Hoped this review helps ^^