Introducing ✨@rovectin_global✨ Lotus Water Calming Toner 

This is a new product launching 16th August and I’m so excited to be a beauty tester for this toner before it’s official launch. 

Key ingredients: 
- 392,000ppm Lotus Water (calms and soothes skin with self-purifying effects)
- Aquaxyl (builds a healthy moisture barrier)
- 7 layer Hyaluronic Acid (hydrates and locks in moisture from inside out)
- Juniperus Mexicana oil (soothe irritation, eliminates acne-causing bacteria, guards skin against environmental pollutants and toxins)
- Magnolia Kobus Bark Extract (anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant & anti-bacterial properties)

What it does: 
🌷An extra gentle and refreshing watery toner to deeply hydrate your skin and prep it for the next steps of your skincare routine. 

How to use: 
🌸 Most people would use this calming water as a regular toner or soak multiple cotton pads and apply onto their face as a quick DIY mask.
🌸 One very popular tip amongst the Korean & Chinese beauty community to boost the effects of your DIY mask is to apply a layer of facial oil or mask (gel/cream) on top of the soaked cotton pads. Let it sit on your face for around 10mins before flipping the cotton pads around so that the facial oil/mask side is now touching your face. Leave on for another 10-15mins. Do this routine 3 nights in a row and you will instantly see an improvement in skin brightening and hydration levels.

Verdict: 
🌷After trying this 3 night routine for myself, I personally find that the pores on my cheeks do look more refined, possibly due to the increase in hydration levels. My dry skin definitely loves this Lotus Water Calming toner a lot and I believe it lives up to its claims to deeply hydrate. I’ve used so much of it (6 days, 3 nights + 3 hydration booster DIY mask routine) that I’m already 1/4 down 🥲
🌷A foolproof choice for anyone looking for a super gentle and lightweight toner that will not clash with any strong actives in the rest of your skincare. (P.S I’m on Adapalene Gel 0.1% and this toner is definitely safe to use prior)

Rovectin’s Lotus Water Calming Toner

I bought Krave Beauty’s Oat So Simple Water Cream during a time when my face was going through consistent cystic acne outbreaks and I wanted something simple. 

Now that I’ve switched to using differin gel every alternative night, I’ve been yearning to try a new moisturiser with more omph (but still nourishing and gentle) if you get what I mean.

I’m contemplating between these 2 rice based moisturisers and I’m wondering if anyone has tried both or could give a comparison review? Their common ingredients are Rice Extract/Rice Bran water and Niacinamide. 

Would really appreciate any help I can get in making my choice 😬

Battle of the Rice moisturisers

There are only 60 pads so if used once daily, one container will only last for 2 months, which does not seem very cost effective.

I have been using this product for a week and I really love it. My skin is enjoying the ingredients - mugwort, centella, tea tree and salicylic acid 💜 I simplify my morning routine by just using this pad and finishing with tea tree oil and sunblock. I can really feel my skin texture improving.

There are seriously no bad points about this toner. I foresee using up my bottle really quickly with how often I’m using it.

Key ingredients: 
- 392,000ppm Lotus Water (calms and soothes skin with self-purifying effects)
- Aquaxyl (builds a healthy moisture barrier)
- 7 layer Hyaluronic Acid (hydrates and locks in moisture from inside out)
- Juniperus Mexicana oil (soothe irritation, eliminates acne-causing bacteria, guards skin against environmental pollutants and toxins)
- Magnolia Kobus Bark Extract (anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant &amp; anti-bacterial properties)

What it does: 
🌷An extra gentle and refreshing watery toner to deeply hydrate your skin and prep it for the next steps of your skincare routine. 

How to use: 
🌸 Most people would use this calming water as a regular toner or soak multiple cotton pads and apply onto their face as a quick DIY mask.
🌸 One very popular tip amongst the Korean &amp; Chinese beauty community to boost the effects of your DIY mask is to apply a layer of facial oil or mask (gel&#47;cream) on top of the soaked cotton pads. Let it sit on your face for around 10mins before flipping the cotton pads around so that the facial oil&#47;mask side is now touching your face. Leave on for another 10-15mins. Do this routine 3 nights in a row and you will instantly see an improvement in skin brightening and hydration levels.

Verdict: 
🌷After trying this 3 night routine for myself, I personally find that the pores on my cheeks do look more refined, possibly due to the increase in hydration levels. 
🌷My dry skin definitely loves this Lotus Water Calming toner a lot and I believe it lives up to its claims to deeply hydrate. I’ve used so much of it (6 days, 4 nights + 3 hydration booster DIY mask routine) that I’m already 1&#47;4 down 🥲
🌷A foolproof choice for anyone looking for a super gentle and lightweight toner that will not clash with any strong actives in the rest of your skincare. (P.S I’m on Adapalene Gel 0.1% and this toner is definitely safe to use prior) 

Plus points:
✔️100% Vegan and Cruelty Free

🍚 After washing my face, my skin feels clean and refreshed, but not hydrated and plump. For people with dry skin, we would need to quickly follow up with a more hydrating toner and essence. 
🍚 One thing I realised is that not all the powder grains will dissolve in water. No matter how much I foam up with water, there will always be small bits of grains left on my face to provide gentle physical exfoliation. I don’t mind it at all but just something to note

Key ingredients: 
- Organic Rice Extract
- Rice Bran Extracts, Rice Bran Water and Rice Bran Oil
- French walnut powder 
- Various flower extracts: Chamomile, Cornflower, Linden and Calendula
- Papaya enzymes 

Function: 
🌾 A powder cleanser that foams up with water to remove impurities and blackheads.
🌾 Papaya enzymes gently remove dead skin cells from skin surface and rice bran water cleanses deep into pores. 
🌾 Slightly acidic, EWG certified, preservative-free and fragrance free. 

My thoughts:
🍚 This really reminded me of the OG Daily Microfoliant exfoliating powder from Dermalogica
🍚 Only a small amount of powder is needed to foam up this powder. The packaging is very lightweight and definitely travel friendly. Would be so convenient for holidays once we’re free to roam the world again. 
🍚 I love how the bottom half of the bottle packaging is transparent so that you can see how much powder is left. 
🍚 I’ve used this cleanser day and night for a week straight and I can tell my blackheads have significantly reduced. This is pretty amazing considering how even regular use of salicylic acid couldn’t help with the blackheads on my nose.

This product will separate in its container so please keep the spatula given to stir it up each time before use. You can’t apply too thick a layer because it will drip down your face.

My oily acne prone skin friend introduced this mask to me and it blew my mind upon first use. My skin have since changed to dry combo over the years but I still love this mask. I love how this mask improves the texture of your skin immediately when I want instant gratification. Even using chemical exfoliants regularly does not give me the same baby soft skin results.

Might not be very suitable for sensitive skin. Despite the chokeful of calming ingredients, I think the high concentration of tea tree leaf extract might be too much for people with highly sensitized skin. 

✨I received this product for free from Picky and COMMONLABS in exchange for my honest review. 

🌿This ampoule contains 72% tea tree leaf extract, Gesolza, Tocopherol, Madecassoside and Allantoin.

🌿Focuses on purifying and soothing acne prone skin. 

🌿Only had the chance to test this ampoule over 1.5 weeks and I don’t believe it’s enough time to see a big difference yet. However, I am glad to say that I have no new angry cystic friends popping up on my face this week so maybe this ampoule is slowly working it’s magic ✨

🌿Overall, the texture of the ampoule is thicc and I enjoy slathering a liberal amount of it on my face. Also loving the refreshing tea tree scent 💚

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