Tony Moly Peach Anti-Aging Hand Cream Review

Tony Moly is known for its adorable, realistic beauty products.  This cute hand cream is no exception!  According to online descriptions, the Peach Anti-Aging Hand Cream contains peach and apricot extracts and other vitamins and ingredients to improve wrinkles and aging.  The result is supposed to be smoother, softer and whiter hands.

This peach is about life size, fitting in the palm of my hand.  The packaging itself is very similar to its nature counterpart.  The finish is matte, mimicking peach fuzz.  The color gradient, from cream to peachy pink from bottom to top, is also like a peach seen in Asian culture (red envelopes, cartoons, etc.).

The top half of the peach twists off, revealing a flat, white lid.  Surprisingly the lid doesn't have 'Tony Moly' imprinted, but instead is just a flushed lid.  This is to prevent the cream from spilling if the product weren't placed upright.

The color is white, from seen inside the peach, there is a slight, pale pink hue.  The texture is very rich, creamy and smooth.  This hand cream is definitely very moisturizing for even the driest, chapped hands, making my hands feel very smooth and soft despite previously being dry and rough.

Pros

• The packaging is too adorable!
• 30 grams is a lot for using just on the hands, so this can go a long way.
• The peach and apricot scent is very strong and lovely.  I smelled it right after I opened the lid, it's so intense!  Also with my hands typing, I can still smell the cream.
• This cream has been ranked as my go-to cream for when my hands are super dry and seeking moisture.  I'm amazed at just how healthy, smooth and soft (not to mention yummy-smelling!) my hands are right now.

Cons

• Maybe if you're sensitive to fragrance, then this product could be a problem.  But I see nothing wrong with this hand cream!

Overall, I love this product.  It is definitely another win for Tony Moly!  The sugary fruit scent reminds me of peach gummy rings, which is pleasing.  I didn't actually know that this product is supposed to whiten your hands until I read up on it, so I really hope the cream does just this.  This cream already moisturizes my hands to perfection, so if it whitens as well, I'd be a super happy camper!

SkinFood Good Afternoon BB Cream Review

SkinFood has an adorable BB cream line called Good Afternoon BB Cream, with five different tea flavors that target specific needs, though many of these features overlap with one another. All of the creams in this collection have SPF 20 and come in two shades.

Besides its function, this line's packaging is very adorable. One tube of BB cream is placed in a small, foldable, brown paper bag similar to fancy tea bag packaging.

I bought the lightest shade of Honey Black Tea from C&C Korean Cosmetics at a fair price of roughly around $10. According to the back of the package, the Honey Black Tea is meant to moisturize and brighten skin.

Here is a swatch of the lightest shade offered:

This cream smells more like generic sun screen rather than honey black tea.  The product comes out quickly and is a bit runny.  The amount shown is enough for moderate coverage (1-2 layers).  1 layer is very minimal coverage, so just keep layering for your desired amount of coverage.

The directions say to apply the cream in a gentle patting motion, though I prefer rubbing it in a small, circular motion. Either way seems to work just fine.

Pros

• I absolutely love the finish!  This BB cream leaves my skin looking and feeling smooth and healthy.  It doesn't look too matte or dewy or unnatural.
• (Similar to the first point): My face doesn't feel greasy or gross like other face creams I've tried.
• This color matches my skin very well.  Because the consistency is so runny, 1 layer is very translucent and can be used by a range of skin tones.
• The cream dries quickly so layering doesn't take much time.
• The small size and convenient shape make this cream easy to bring around.
• The packaging is adorable.

Cons

• The smell is tolerable, but could be more fun and pleasing.
• 1 layer is still very translucent, so try 2-3 layers.

Overall, I love this BB cream!  Though this is only the second BB cream I've tried, I definitely love its quality and will continue to try this afternoon tea line.  The finish gives my face a polished, naturally healthy glow and stays throughout the day.

Montreal: C&C Korean Cosmetics

In Montreal, Canada, I had the pleasure of finding a Korean beauty heaven, known as C&C Korean Cosmetics! There is a flagship-like store in downtown, a small satellite-like store in Chinatown, and an online store. This company carries popular products of popular Korean brands, such as Etude House, Innisfree, Missha, Skin79, Skin Food, The Face Shop, Tony Moly, and much more!

Downtown Location
1837 Sainte Catherine West, Montreal, H3H1M2

Based on the photos I saw of the downtown location, it looks very high end and modern. However, at the Chinatown location, I found all of the products I was looking for, and more that I didn't need to come to this location.

Chinatown Location
Swatow Plaza, 2nd Floor, CRU2-7
998 Blvd. Sainte-Laurent, Montreal, H2Z 9Y9

The Chinatown location is located inside Swatow Plaza, a kind of rundown Chinese mall. Despite its super small size, there are a lot of products inside. I was so thrilled to see majority of the items on my wishlist (practically all the Tony Moly products that are cutely packaged) were in this store.

There was one worker on duty, and she was very friendly, helpful and engaging. My mom was interested in Tony Moly's snail line, so the worker threw in two free samples of that.

I bought a lot of products, mostly from Tony Moly and one from Skin Food. The prices are all very reasonable, much cheaper than Amazon, which would be my only other option of buying these goods. There is also a promotion of which I think is ongoing, where if you purchase $60 or more, you get 20% off, which is a pretty steep discount on top of great prices! The worker gave me the choice of choosing one of three Laneige sample sets (I chose the Basic Water Bank Moisture Kit), and she also gave two Tony Moly Floria Whitening Mask Sheets and the Tony Moly Intense Care Snail Lotion as mentioned before. I'll be sure to review all of these products soon!

If you're in the area, check out their stores! Or check out their website, which ships internationally (I haven't actually ordered online from here, so I don't have a say on the quality of service and shipping through an online order).