Etude House Shini Star

Hi there! It's been a while since I have written a post~ I've just been very busy with school and life but I'm back with a review of two things I bought from the Etude House Shini Star Special Edition line featuring SHINee<3

Etude House Shini Star Clear BB Lotion
Packaging: This bb lotion comes with a vacuum pump which I found to be kind of hard to use. I feel like it's not really a vacuum pump seeing how every time I use it, I have to pump once or twice before the product comes out but who can complain when the packaging is this cute! (30mL)
Scent: This has a very clean baby powder scent that isn't too strong and it disappears soon after application.
Coverage: This is a bb lotion, not a bb cream so don't expect a lot of coverage with this. This gives a very sheer tint and overall brightens the face. It doesn't cover freckles or acne scars so if you want something that covers that, this isn't a product for you.
Consistency: I love the consistency of this bb lotion~ It's not thick at all, it's a very thin and smooth lotion that absorbs into the skin very well.
Comments: I like how it gives a "no makeup" effect when applied and the staying power on my skin. This leaves the skin with a very natural skin-like finish where it's not matte or overly dewy. This product controls oil pretty well, which shocked me since this is suppose to be a moisturizing bb lotion. Another plus to this is that this bb lotion is free of parabens, mineral oil, benzophenone and ethanol.


The other product I bought from this line is the Shini Lip Balm in #2, Grapefruit. This one has Jonghyun's signature on the bottom of the tin after all the product is used up. I don't know what to say about this product though since I don't love it or hate it. The product is solid in the tin but once it comes into contact with heat, it melts into a non-sticky lip gloss texture. It has a really pleasant citrus scent but I feel like the pigmentation is lacking on the lips even though it looks really pigmented in swatches. I like to use this balm over a lipstick as a gloss.

Here's the ingredients list on the side of the box for the bb lotion.

The color of the lip balm is very orange/coral in real life.

 

On the top corner is a swatch of the lip balm, below that is a pump of the bb lotion and on the left of that is a blended out swatch of the bb lotion.

I've been buying things like crazy on ebay for the past month but I don't have time to share my hauls anymore</3. I will try to update more with reviews of products I've been using though~