Glotion is a thing... and it's Top Shelf Worthy! Boscia's Tsubaki Glotion is the summer supreme for glow queens!

By: Amanda V.

I give this 4 stars, not the most intense hydration for my severely parched skin but still great enough for a spot on my Top Shelf, for everyday use. 

I’ve recently ran out of my go-to moisturizer and needed a back up. I saw this bottle of Boscia's Tsubuki Glotion Instant Luminizing Moisturizer just chilling on my shelf and decided to give it a go. HOLY GLITZ! This is an instantly brightening and hydrating gem! This lightweight moisturizer has a crisp, cool feeling that is silky to the touch and very quickly absorbed into the skin (My skin drank it up but then again, if you've read my previous reviews, my skin is thirsty AF). It doesn't leave a gross sticky residue (pet peeve!) or leave my T-Zone like a greasy oil slick. It gives my skin a light dewy glow courtesy of the light reflecting pigments in the product, that make me look well rested. This "Glotion" hasn't negatively affected my sensitive, dry skin or added more to my recent stress breakouts. I absolutely love the crisp, clean and calming scent. The scent is not overpowering whatsoever (so satisfying).

A before swatch...

... and an after swatch. It leaves a nice, moisturizing, dewy sheen.

The Packaging is great!! The pump perfectly controls the product, dispensing just enough in 2 pumps to instantly hydrate your face. 

The antioxidants and anti-aging ingredients in this lightweight moisturizer provide the result of a youthful glowing complexion while strengthening your skin's natural moisture barrier and protecting against free radical damage and premature aging. 

Although it is great and it is enough to quench the dry/combo and normal skin gals.. It is still not enough moisture for MY SEVERELY skin. I still love it, I just find that i would have to use more. Being that my T-Zone didn't grease up, I would recommend this to those on the Oily Combo side... But I just wouldn't use more than one pump. (If you are skeptical and prefer something more mattifying, maybe try Boscia's Green Tea Oil-Free moisturizer and add a drop of Becca liquid shimmering skin perfector to get that brightening, glow effect.

You can purchase Boscia's Tsubaki Lotion at your local Sephora, sephora.com and Boscia.com. You get the average size for the average price of facial moisturizer at $38 for a 1.7oz bottle. 

I will continue to use up this moisturizer completely and see where it leaves my skin.

Charcoal Pore-Minimizing Hydrogel Mask by Boscia

Please add this mask to your cabinet. As a matter of fact, add two of them. Boscia is a Japanese skincare line who is famous for their black skin care products. Most notably, the peel off Luminizing Black Mask. But I would not be surprised if this Charcoal Pore-Minimizing Hyrdogel Mask is a close second for their most loyal consumers. 

I prefer hydrogel sheet masks to fiber masks. I find hydrogel to be more soothing on the skin. This Boscia mask comes halves. It is most likely so the sheet mask does not tear when you apply it to your face; not that it is super fragile. 

My skincare concerns regarding my pores always fall back to the pores on my nose. I've told you how they're so deep you can pack a snack in them for long car rides, right? Because of this, I am always skeptical of products that claim to be pore-minimizing. I have some pores on my cheeks just around my nose as well. You can imagine my shock when I slid this mask off my face to reveal a 98% smooth nose! (I'm just guessing lol! I did not graph my nose) My skin had been nearly perfected. And, folks, that's way more than I'm aiming for. It works!!! This hydrogel mask would be great to use before applying makeup for flawless skin. My mom is in her mid-40s (30s, if you ask her) and she has porous skin. She picked up her own Charcoal Pore-Minimizing Hyrdogel Mask and she loved it too! The results lasted for a few days, too!

Pour yourself some tea, you've got time to kill. 20 minutes to smooth skin. So freak your friends out on Snapchat. I'm so guilty of having the longest stories on snapchat and IG stories! 

The only reason this mask doesn't have a full 5 stars is because it oversells. It claims to "remove" and "draw out" blackheads and whiteheads. I did not experience that myself. Just rein it in! When you oversell a product and it doesn't live up to the claims, that is when a product receives negative reviews. It was the only thing that disappointed me. That being said, I would certainly keep this mask in beauty arsenal. 

              Why snapchat always be shading me??

Do you prefer fiber masks or hydrogel masks?

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Available at Sephora; $8

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Boscia Makeup-Breakup Cleansing Oil Review

Written by Ada H 

Boscia Makeup-Breakup Cleansing Oil Review

I woke up with one fake eyelash hanging on for dear life. I turned my head and saw the missing pair smashed onto the pillowcase. At this angle and with sleepy eyes, it looked like a caterpillar/insect out of a horror flick. Lipstick was smeared down my lips. I sat up from bed and groaned. What the hell happened last night? I was at the club dancing with my gals, having a great time. Suddenly I wake up in bed. (Thank goodness I’m fully clothed! A personal success if you ask me!) I stumbled into the bathroom and turned on the lights. I stared at myself in the mirror. Dear Lord Almighty.

Oh well, time to wash away the remaining evidence of the prior night. I stripped down ready to hop into the shower. I grabbed my bottle of Boscia MakeUp-BreakUp Cool Cleansing Oil. Don’t let the long name confuse you. It’s like a magic eraser for your face. I can’t think of anything or tried anything that works as great as this. Every time I wash my face with face wash that promises it’ll wash all makeup off, it doesn’t. I take my toner and cotton ball and wipe, and it comes back brown.  This, oh this is the real deal. No water is needed. Dry face, dry fingers. Slap it on and gently rub in circles. Your eyeliner – what eyeliner? Your eyebrows – you don’t have any anymore. Your mascara – zilch. Everything comes off.  My old facewashes would all leave dried up, clumpy mascara which I’ll try and gently rub off with my thumb and index finger, but end up pulling eyelashes out by accident instead. Boscia’s MakeUp-BreakUp Cool Cleansing Oil turns everything as it was. Baby smooth, virgin skin. It doesn’t strip your skin away of its natural oils. It gently cleans and removes all impurities.

I wash the remaining remnants off with water and pat my face. There. All as it was before! Like the prior night never happened! I mean I should say, like I remained a good girl and only had 2 drinks and went home by midnight