Fresh Black Tea Kombucha Facial Treatment Essence

Been using this 150mL/5fl. oz. bottle of Fresh Black Tea Kombucha Facial Treatment Essence (now known as Kombucha Antioxidant Facial Treatment Essence, without the "Black Tea" part) as part of my morning routine for a few months now and really like it. This was among the goodies from a very generous care package that Caty sent me a couple of years ago (thank you again, Caty!), but it took me this long to finally get to it.

Fresh Soy Face Cleansing Milk

I was happy to receive this 20mL/6fl. oz. GWP tube of Soy Face Cleansing Milk. Finally, something new, because I was getting bored with many a tube of Fresh Soy Face Cleanser. Sorry, I sound like a spoiled brat, I know, but I have little, if any, attention span when it comes to products and so I'm always looking to try new stuff.

Fresh Lotus Youth Preserve Dream Night Cream

Had two 2mL/0.06fl. oz. packets of this Fresh Lotus Youth Preserve Dream Night Cream and used them up in just a week so here's a quick post.

Fresh Creme Ancienne Soft Cream

Almost done with this 7mL/0.24fl. oz. of Fresh Creme Ancienne Soft Cream now. Been using it in the mornings, after I finished Sisley Black Rose Skin Infusion Cream.

Fresh Rose Deep Hydration Face Cream

From the same Rose Set as the Fresh Rose Floral Toner is this 30mL/1fl. oz. glass jar of Rose Deep Hydration Face Cream, which brought my skin back to life after Tatcha The Water Cream deep fried it.

Fresh Rose Floral Toner

Half way through this 60mL/2fl. oz. spray bottle of Fresh Rose Floral Toner so here's a review for it. It was a part of the Rose Set I picked up for myself and my gal pal J. at Nordstrom last holiday season, when Fresh ran a nice promotion there.

Fresh Soy Face Cleanser

I thought this 20mL/0.6fl. oz. sample tube of Fresh Soy Face Cleanser would last me at least a couple of weeks but I burned through it in half that time :(

Fresh Black Tea Age-Delay Eye Concentrate

I forgot where I got this 3mL/1fl. oz. jar of Fresh Black Tea Age-Delay Eye Concentrate, but it was from a GWP and I'm really enjoying it!

Fresh Sugar Mini Tinted Lip Treatment Part II

Every holiday season Sephora runs tempting promotions and of course I fall for it every time -.-' 2013 was no different, and there were these interesting sets of deluxe sample bags with items I've been wanting to try. So I ended up with 2 small separate orders because two of these fours bags appealed to me ^.^ This 2.2g/0.07oz. tube of Fresh Sugar Mini Tinted Lip Treatment Petal is a part of the Holly Jolly bag.

***Screenshot from Sephora USA.

Holly Jolly bag and contents.

Fresh Sugar Mini Tinted Lip Treatment

Read some really great things about these Fresh Sugar Tinted Lip Treatments but been refraining due to their atrocious pricing. Which is why these Sephora Give Me Some Lip trial sets are a great idea ^.^

I don't remember whether Sephora has been releasing a different set every year, but I have to say this 2012 set is way better than the 2010 set both in terms of value as well as selection! I was already curious with that Rose Mini one, not to mention the full size Tarte LipSurgence alone is $24! The bonuses are Bite Beauty and Hourglass, two brands I have never heard of and will happily try ^.^

All pictures taken in natural light without flash.

Fresh Sugar Lip Gloss

Look at how adorable this trial size of Fresh Sugar Lip Gloss is! It's itty bitty yes, but hey, I'd rather carry around this tiny trial size than the gigantic and tacky tubes of whatever cosmetic item that are turning up in the drug store these days. Sorry if I offend anyone, but I sure don't have room in my bag those whales of lip gloss and mascara tubes! I understand perfectly the concept of "bang for your bucks," after all I just complained about the disparity between the price and size of LostRiverRags soaps. But, damn, we're not talking about bars of soaps here. It's lip glosses and mascaras! Have you seen those tubes at Target/Walmart/Walgreen/CVS/wherever? They're freakin' enormous! Instead of making those humongous tubes, can't they just make it half the size and cut half the price? I guess more packaging costs more money, but is it just me or do you notice too that American consumers just prefer big everything? Whatever happened to quality over quantity? We want big food portion, big whole sale packages, big cars, and, surprise surprise, big shopping carts! I remember coming home from Japan I was shocked to see that the shopping cart had doubled its size during my year abroad. Talking about reverse culture shock! Tsk tsk tsk *head shakes*

But I digress. Fresh Sugar Lip Gloss is not a drug store brand, and its full size isn't huge either (good for me, but may be not so for others). Sugar Flirt is the color I have, and given this small trial size I used it up in a few weeks' time, which is awesome since I rarely ever finish any of my cosmetic items! This may sound twisted and wrong, but finishing this tiny vial actually gave me a sense of accomplishment :P

The gloss was okay. Just another gloss with no special characteristic to blab about, really. The color looks red, but it was actually translucent, giving me lips a sheer tomato red wash. Decent, but nothing unique.