Run Free

Heyo! As I told you in my earlier post, I have started working out. I started running about a month ago and came to a conclusion that barefoot running is my thang and decided to buy Vibram Five Fingers! I ordered mine from a Finnish fishing/outdoor/sports online store called Varuste.net and I paid 123.90 € for these, including shipping. The model I got is Treksport.


These are so far the most comfortable shoes I have ever worn and I love love love these! It takes some time to get used to them, but I think it is worth it. Some people say that these are ugly, but I think they're actually quite cute. ♥

I really have started to love running. I love challenging myself, the beautiful views I get to see, the fresh air and the nature. My inner hippie is about to take control srsly. Better to stop here, before I go full flowerpower. Have some pretty pics from my adventures. Bye♥

Review: Innisfree Apple Juicy Cleansing Oil

Heya peeps! Today I'm going to review Innisfrees Apple Juicy Cleansing Oil, which I bought from HonestSkin for $9.52 when they had 30% off from all products. You can check out my haul and shop review here. On to the review!

Description: This deep cleansing oil offers softness and healthy radiance to your skin like a freshly washed apple.

I wish I could return this bottle to Innisfree. Somehow I find this text very cute.

How to use: Apply appropriate amount onto dry hands and gently smooth over dry face to dissolve make up. Add water with fingertips and massage to remove make up. Rinse off with lukewarm water afterwards.

Packaging: It comes in a plastic bottle with a pump dispenser.  It also has a stopper for the pump, so it's very travel friendly as it wont pump itself all around your bag. The design is very simple, nothing extraordinary.

Consistency: The consistency of this is like watery oil. It is very runny and not so thick as one could imagine. It is easy to spread and you really don't need much of it to clean your whole face, one pump is more than enough atleast for me. When you add a little bit of water on it, it transforms in to a milkey white liquid emulsion.

Smell: It smells like fresh green apples with the sourness, which makes the scent even better. It doesn't smell too artifical and it's not too strong. I love it.

My Experience: It cleanses my make up off pretty well. Eyeliner, eyeshadow, brow mascara, BB-cream, make up base and concealer washes off perfectly. Only thing it doesn't clean off too well is my mascara, but it might be my technique and impatience that causes that. I'm planning on getting the eye & lip make up remover from the same line to take off the left over mascara.

One big big plus is that it doesn't sting my eyes at all, just makes my vision a bit blurry if a bigger amount gets into my eye, but it is easy to fix it with going through the lower waterline with a Q-tip. Cleansing my face with this doesn't even require intense rubbing and my fingers just glide on my face. I sometimes like to give myself a small face massage while cleansing my face with this.

This is also very easy to wash off, unlike you one would imagine, as it is oil. It also doesn't leave your face oily or sticky or anything, just smooth and clean.

I just recently went to my fathers for a weekend and forgot to take this with me and it was horrible. Removing my make up with anything else than this sucked so bad. I think I can't live without this anymore and I don't understand how I ever could live without this.

The Summary: I really like this product. It does what it promises and works for me perfectly. As this is my first korean cleansing oil, I'm going to try other cleansing oils, but this is a strong contestant and I'm probably going to return to this after my adventures.

Rating:  5/5

Beauty Haul: Rose Rose Shop

Heyaa ! I made an order on Rose Rose Shop quite a while ago, but didn't have time to post about it and I kind of forgot I even made one and well yeah, it's here now.

From top left:
Tony Moly Intense Care Eye Mask - Syn-Ake
A'pieu Anti Wrinkle Gel Eye & Lip Patch 
Etude House Collagen Eye Patch
It's SKIN Baby Face Magic Tint Bar in No.03 Peach
Etude House Precious Mineral BB cream Bright Fit in W13
It's SKIN Magic Shaping V Mask Sheet
Ciracle Red Spot Cream
Etude House I Need You, A to Z Mask Sheet in Tea Tree, Mango and Pearl
Etude House Black Charcoal Chin Pack  
Etude House XOXO Minnie Look At My Eyes Cafe in PK005 Minnie Peach   
The Face Shop Lovely ME:EX Make Me Trendy Nail Sticker No.03
Samples !
Missha Pure Source Sheet Mask in Pearl 
Beyond The God Of Patches Hippopotamus aka Bye Bye to Excess Fat and Seal aka Bye Bye Ugly Neck

My ultimate favorite product from this haul is surely the Ciracle Red Spot Cream. It seriously works, my pimples heals so much faster and the possible scars from a pimples are so unnoticeable! Totally awesome product.

Also my other fave from this haul is one of the samples, A'pieu Pure Block Natural Daily Sun Cream. I was in need for a facial sunscreen and was about to order some samples to test out which would suit my combination skin, which is more on the oily side on the summer. This one worked on me quite well, my skin was as oily as it normally is, maybe even a bit less oily. It didn't irritate, smell bad and the texture is pretty light, not sticky or heavy. I already purchased a full tube of this and have been using this for a few weeks and still happy with it.

I have always been curious about fat reducing cellulite killer miracle products but never actually purchased one before, because they are so expensive. So when I saw Beyonds The God Of Patches Hippopotamus aka Bye Bye to Excess Fat, I just had to buy it. It was only 2.80$ so I couldn't resist. I still haven't tried it, so I could make do a proper review on it. Haven't had my reviewing mood for a while.

So far this haul has contained only one letdown, which is the It's SKIN Baby Face Magic Tint Bar in No.03 Peach. It's not as pigmented as I imagined it would be, the tint is almost nonexistent on me. Atleast it is moisturizing and the packaging is pretty cute.

So yeah. Maybe I will stop rambling and go pack my stuffs, for I'm going to Estonia tomorrow with my wifey♥ Soooo buhbye !

Drifter

Heeeellooo! I have been super duper busy these past weeks. I had my university entrance exam and graduation on the same week and I have been also working, partying and working out like a madman.

 

The university exam didn't go too well, actually it went well for the other half and the other half didn't. But I don't want to cry about it at all, I can and will try again next year. Now I can work and save some money, so I can afford to move out next year.

Atlaaast I graduated! I was so extremely happy that day and I got a scholarship for being the most exemplary student of my class. Yayay.

I had two graduation parties, one on the day I graduated and one on the next weekend at my fathers for the relatives there so they didn't have to come all the way here. We also had a extended family reunion that weekend.

 

I also have started running/jogging and going to the gym! I'm so proud of myself. I wont spam gym selfies/belfies from now on, don't worry, but I will post about my sports gear at some point because it is fabolous.

I also started playing World of Warcraft again. It's like an old friend, who has a bad impact on me, but I still love it. ♥ The wisest words I have ever heard about WoW: WoW is a cancer, quit right now.

So I think thats all for now, byeee ♥

Review: Ing's Essence Mask Pack Arbutin

Heyoo ! Today I'm going to do my first proper sheetmask review. Very exciting. The mask I'm reviewing is Ing's Essence Mask Pack in Arbutin. I bought this from Tester Korea a long while ago and this only cost 500 won (the main reason I bought this lol). Back then didn't find any reviews, so I decided that someday I will review this. So here we are!

Description: With fresh and non-sticky feel, the Essential Serum lessens skin sensitivity, protects from harmful enivorments or social stress and gives vitality. Abundant humectants and hysiological additives control rough skin to be smooth and calm. Also various Botanical Extracts with Vitamins soothe the loose or irritated skin from irradiation, prohibit inflammation and so make bright, elastic and even. Without any reverse action, absorbed deep into the skin with good compatibility, sustains the physiological homeostasis.

The package also lists the main ingredients which are: Arbutin, mPanax, Ginseng root extract, Ginkgo extract, Dipotassium glycyrrhizate, Woogon extract, Sodium hyaluronate, Panthenol, Tocopheryl Acetate, Allantoin.

How to use: After cleansing and washing, apply the maque sheet onto the facial skin evenly and leave for 15 - 20 minutes. Then take off it and pat or massage softly.

Packaging: Well, the packaging design is very old and low-quality looking. The woman creeps me. She looks like the start of 2000. Might be the eyebrows. Otherwise it's just the basic facemask pouch, nothing to see here.

Consistency: I'd say the serum in this is in a scale from watery - medium - thick, in between watery and medium. Yiss. It wasn't sticky at all.

Scent: Actually I'm not sure about the scent, but it was not strong and quite pleasant.

My Experience: As almost always, this didn't fit my face too well and it was too big and the nose part was too small and the eyeholes were too small, so I had to rip them a little to make them fit. I really was going to take a pic of it on my face, but it looked overly stupid, so I decided to skip it haha.

Anyway, it moisturized my face nicely and calmed my skin, which was a little irritated for an unknown reason. My skin was pretty smooth and bright afterwards. Don't know if it was elastic. O.o

The Summary:  The mask fit my face poorly, as sheetmasks always. It did almost everything it claimed and I didn't experience any irritations or break outs. I think this is great for it's price and I'm considering buying a few of the other variations.

Rating:  3.5/5

NO. 9

Heyoo ! Since I got my awesome packages, I have been super inspired and excited to come up with new outfits. I snapped pics of the ones I was really comfortable in and had time to take pics of lols. I have been super duper busy lately again, but after this May I will have more time for everything.

These outfits are also a great sneak peek for the upcoming G-Market haul post!

I wore this outfit to tha ICT Expo. More on that later. Business woman mode on.

Blouse - G-Market

Jeans - H&M

Bracelet - Souvenir from my dad♥

Quality666 and awkward pose and wierd face because I was in a hurry. Casual outfit to work.

 Cap - eBay

Necklace - H&M

Bracelet - Souvenir from my dad♥

Shirt - G-Market 

Jeans - H&M

Shoes - Converse (duh)

I also went to ICT expo with ma work crew and had lots of fun there and we poor little shits grabbed almost all the free stuff we could get lol.

All the free shiz.

I also visited my dad and both grandmas last weekend with my mom and her bf. I also saw lots of other relatives there, so it was a very great trip, even though it was only two days and one night.

Oh btw I waxed my armpits and srsly girls, it is really not that bad if you're determined to do it! It doesn't really hurt that much as you could think. The results are totally worth it. Sleek as fuck.

Today I went to spend some quality time and watch the Finland vs Germany hockey game to my wifeys. ♥

Mauno wants some attention. ♥

But yeah, thats for it now I guess! Here is a happy doge.

Bye ♥

Review: Nature Republic Sleeping Tonight Lavender Sleeping Pack

Heeeyoooo ! This time I'm reviewing Nature Republics Tonight Lavender Sleeping Pack. I bought it from Honest Skin for $4.06, you can check out my haul and review post here.

Description: With delicate scent of lavender and the burst of water drops on the skin, it provides moisture and nutrition while sleeping by minimizing stickiness and oiliness and maximizing the moisturizing level to make fresh and moist skin in the next morning.

How to use: After cleansing face and using skin-toner in the evening, apply a suitable amount evenly on the face except the eye area and leave it while sleeping. Wash off lightly with water in the next morning.

 

Packaging: The product comes in a basic soft plastic tube. It is very easy to dispense the wanted amount and some may like it because it is hygienic. I don't care that much for the hygience matters, for I always use my products with clean hands.

Consistency: It has a cream-like consitency and it goes kind of watery when spread. That makes the spreading very easy and smooth. Also only a small amount of it is needed for the whole face, even though I usually like to apply more than enough lol.

Smell: It doesn't smell much like lavender to me, but more like some medical cream. The scent is very fresh and not too strong. It is somehow pretty soothing too, but maybe thats because my brain has associated that scent to going to sleep soon.

My Experience: This feels so good on my skin! It has a cooling effect, which feels awesome after a long day. It also feels moisturizing immediately.

I use this about two to four times a week, depending on my skins condition. I actually used this every night for over a week at some point and my skin could take it and didn't break out, which is a plus. This is very moisturizing, but doesn't make my combination skin oilier. My skin is so soft, smooth, even and healthy looking the next morning.

The Summary: I really like this sleeping pack, but as this is only the second sleeping pack I have ever tried (the first is Holika Holikas Honey sleeping pack in canola, as I had a sample of it and now considering to purchase the full product) I'm wanting to try out other sleeping packs with other features and also this is such a huge amount to use up, considering I don't use it every night, so I think I wont need to repurchase anytime soon and probably wont even in the distant future. But that doesn't make me like this product any less!

Rating: 4/5

Clothing haul : YesStyle

Hellohello ! I have been shopping like crazy this spring and there seems to be no end to this madness. Today I received three packages, one from Yesstyle, one from Gmarket and one from Rose Rose Shop. I decided to share all my three hauls with you guys and I'm going to start with Yesstyle, to balance the amount of beauty haul posts.

But first, let's have a moment to appriciate this holy trinity here.

So here is what I got:

 

Sorry for the painfully low quality of these pictures!

As always with Yesstyle, it took such a long time until the goods were shipped. My fab shirt was the cause, as they had difficulties (again) to get it from the retailer(s). Luckily they got it after all. I made the order on 27th of March and these arrived today, 5th of May. Yesstyle has alot of nice clothes with a great price, but it's always annoying to order something and then wait forever for one item and then ending up not even getting it. I'm really glad nothing was missing this time.

Happy materialist is happy. So yeah, thats all for this time! I have lots of posts almost ready, so I can maybe post more frequently. Seeee ya ♥

Review: Skinfood Peach Sake Pore Serum

Hey you all! I'm back once again with a review! Today I'm going to review Skinfoods Peach Sake Pore Serum. I paid $8.03 for this, for I bought this from HonestSkin and they had a -30% sale. If you haven't already, you can check out my haul and review here.

Description: A smooth serum that eliminates shine from enlarged pores and excessive sebum production with finest sake and peach extracts. 

How to use: After lotion, apply gently and cover face with hands, for deep absorption.

Packaging: The product is in a frosted glass bottle with a cute imitation wood like cap. It has a pump dispenser which pumps out just the perfect amount for my face. I also love the design of this, the peaches are so cool. Only con is the comic sans...

Consistency: The texture is quite light, creamy-like and easy to spread. It "absorbs" pretty well, leaving my face with a soft, matte feel.

Smell: The smell reminds me of some fruity/peachy drink or something. It smells like a slightly artifical sweet peach and maybe a little bit of alcohol ? I love the smell of peach in general, but this doesn't smell that good to me.
 
My Experience:  I have been using this for a month now and I think it is safe to say that this doesn't do much for me. My pores appear smaller, but I'm not sure if it's because of this product or the Etude House Wonder Pore Freshner. (Reviewed here!) What comes to the shine, my face is okay for the day, not too oily, but at the evening I suddenly notice my skin is super duper oily, like oilier than normally. So it kind of eliminates shine, but doesn't seem to do anything to balance the oil production.

The Summary: This serum is okay. I still have about a half of it left so I'll continue using it, just to be sure it really does nothing. I don't think I will repurchase.

My Latest Gets

Hello hello! I have been shopping a little lately, spring really wakes up the raging materialist inside me. So I decided to share what I have hauled so far! Also my mom went to Estonia and she brought me some souvenirs so I'm including them here too. I'm sorry for the slightly bad quality of the photos, I don't know what happened. They looked good on my phone, I swear!

 

These three are the souvenirs I got from my mom (Love ya btw ♥), the sweater and the necklaces are from H&M. I actually asked her to look for that sweater, because our local H&M didn't have it and I hate to order from the H&M online store (I have traumas) The skirt and stockings are from Terranova I believe. They're kind of wild haha, lets see if I can style them nicely.

The sunglasses are from Lindex. I really love them they're so perfect !! I actually haven't owned a pair of nice sunglasses since junior highschool maybe? Anyway, loving these a lot.

The dress is from H&M and it was on sale for 5 euros. The dress actually came with a same colored string belt, but I decided to use it for other purposes and wear some other belt with the dress instead. 

These I actually got today, when I went to the city with my mom and her bf! The nailpolish thinner (=kynsilakanohentaja, oh Finnish♥) is indeed from Trind and it cost only 5 euros, such a bargain. I really have been eyeing nailpolish thinners for a while, because I have so many thickened nailpolishes it's insane. The price has always made me not to buy one, I'm such a cheapskate lol.

I also got a Color Fresh Hair Toner from Wella in 5/0 light brown. I really like my hair color now, because it's so close to my natural color, so I don't have to color it almost at all and I would like to keep it that way. But somehow my hair looks so bland and boring to me, so I wanted something to change it a little. If this stuff is good, I might try out the other colors too just for fun. 

So thats all for this time! I have been writing some reviews, so if nothing interesting happens in my life, I can shower you with reviews. See you next time ♥

New URL and stuff

Heya! Today I decided to change the url, which is now:  http://anixhoney.blogspot.com !
I made a dump blog with the old URL aka http://lesoundofrain.blogspot.com and made it redirect here, so no problemos! I would appriciate it though if you could update your bookmarks (if you have bookmarked me) so I can delete the dump blog at some point. But not going to delete it any time soon, I will let it sit as long as people come to this blog through that dump blog.

I also put those cute social media buttons in the sidebar, be sure to check them out and follow maybe? ;---)

The biggest changes are done now, might do some little tweaks here and there, but now I can again just focus on the actual blogging yay!

 So what do you think? Is the change good? What do you think of the blog name? Let me know!

Dem changes

Hey guys! You maybe have noticed that I have changed my blogs name. I somehow just got fed up with the name "The Sound of Rain" as I didn't feel it really described me or this blog after all. So I came up with the name "Anihoney", which describes me and this blog pretty well.

Ani comes from my name Anni and it is close to the word any, which describes this blog pretty well, because I can't pin point exactly what this blog is (like beauty, fashion, life style, etc) and is more of a mix of everything I like.

Then the honey part is just because I like to put honey in almost everywhere you can and I love it. As a combination Anihoney has a nice sound to it I think and it's more memorable than "The Sound of Rain" and it is more usable in social media for example. "The Sound of Rain" was also kind of gloomy and somehow restricting to me when making tha layout (because I like things to match) and Anihoney is more light-hearted and doesn't give any strong ideas kind of like yeah. Okay maybe I'll stop comparing these two for now lol.

Also I'm going to make a few changes to the layout, so don't pay a lot of attention to that lol. I actually have made some changes like changing the fonts, but yeah. Maybe add a about me and about blog sitethingys and maybe some others. Just some minor stuff!

What comes to the domain, I think I'm going to change it in a week or so. I didn't want to change it straight away, without making a post about it first. Try to cope with the possible hassle!

Thats all for now, better to stop this messy thing here. I don't even have a cute fresh selca to end this with so have a cute heart. ♥

Review: Etude House Wonder Pore Freshner 500ml

Hey guys! Today I'll be reviewing Etude House's Wonder Pore Freshner in the bigger version, which contains 500ml of product. There are a difference in packaging between the smaller version and this, but I'll talk more about it later in this post. I paid $8.57 for this, thanks to HonestSkins -30% sale last month, you can check out my haul and review here. On to the review!

Description: This product is total solution for pore care, preventing enlarged pores, less firmer skin and skin troubles by eliminating what hurts skin health from within.
  
7 in 1 Total Pore Solution

• Deep cleanse pores
• Control sebum
• Keep the ideal pH balance 4.5 
• Tighten pores
• Brighten skin tone
• Prevent enlarging of pores
• Prevent skin troubles

Excuse me, but I have to comment on this a little bit here... Soo skin firmness is sometimes a good thing and sometimes a bad? What the hell Korean cosmetic companies? For example I have a few sheetmasks, which say that they will make your skin firmer? And this one makes your skin less firmer? Confused.

How to use: Soak the make up cotton with the Freshner and wipe your face from the center of your face to the outside. With gentle patting, let the skin absorb the leftover Freshner. You can carry the Freshner in a mist type container and apply onto your skin when there is too much sebum or you have itchy feeling.
 Btw, am I the only one who has the urge to write Freshener instead of Freshner? 

Packaging: As I mentioned before, this is the bigger version containing 500ml of product. The bottle is plastic and it has a pump dispenser with a cup-like thing, where you put your cotton swab/ball and push. Pretty handy, I think. It gives you a nice amount at one pump, but sometimes it just feels like its not enough and two pumps feels too much. Meh. Sometimes when pumping it somehow squirts and I have never actually seen where it comes from but it happens, even though I have my cotton swab covering the whole cup-like thing. A little bit confusing and disturbing, but I can live with it. I actually got this bigger version because of the dispenser, the smaller version containing 250ml doesn't have it. The dispenser is very handy and you don't have to lift the bottle and accidentally spill it all over or anything and you don't have to worry about accidentally getting too much of it.

Consistency: Well it is watery and very liquid, just like toners normally or atleast like western toners.

Smell: It smells faintly like alcohol, but not too much. I can barely smell it.

My Experience: I can't say for sure how effective this has been alone, for I started using Skinfoods Peach Sake Pore Serum (reviewed here!) around the same time. My pores really do appear smaller and the oil production of my face has lessened, but the baddest oily area aka my nose still likes to go oily, but I'm okay with it. I can't measure the pH of my skin, I can't say anything about the pH "correcting" claim. I don't know much about the moisturizing, but this makes my skin feel less tight after cleansing. My skintone has actually gotten more even, but I can't say for sure that it is solely because of this stuff. It doesn't feel too harsh on my combination skin and it doesn't irritate or anything.
Random thought! What if the moisturizing part means that it doesn't dry out your skin, even though it contains alcohol? Yes, this contains alcohol, beware.

The Summary:  As a toner, this does it's job in any left over dirt from cleansing and it really feels like it balances my skin after cleansing. Sounds a bit cray cray, but no can do.
I think I will repurchase, if I don't come across anything more interesting. After all 500ml is a lot, so I think it will last me a long time. It also is pretty cheap, so why not!  

So that is about it for now, buh bye ♥

My Fashion Wishlist For Spring

Lately my blog has been mainly about beauty, but that doesn't mean that fashion isn't a part of this blog too. I actually have restricted myself from looking at clothes for a while and decided to shop for clothes once spring rolls around. This has also led to me trying not to even get inspiration from anywhere, because in my case that leads to shopping pretty often. Now it is almost spring here, so I have started browsing clothing sites and have found a few wants and decided to show them to you guys! Most of these are from Gmarket and a few are from eBay.

 

Originally I had a few things from Yesstyle on this list too, but I already ordered them haha ! I'll make a post about them once they arrive.

Bye ♥