Review: Myeonghan Miindo Yeon Chajin Moisturizing Sleeping Pack

I love Korean skin care, I always get good results from using Korean products. Most of them are relatively affordable. There are expensive ones but I do find most Korean products affordable and the quality are usually pretty good.

The Face Shop, one of the popular mass product skincare brands in Korea. I've only tried their Chinese herbal line because I love herbal formulated skin care products. I've tried a few brands and they all gave me amazing results. I don't normally change skin care brands as I'm quite loyal to the products I'm normally using so I when I try out new brands I normally try out serums or special treatment products. As if the serums and masks don't provide me with amazing results, I'm not going to bother trying out their other products as this is just a waste of time and money.

I heard good things about the Myeonghan Miindo line as some of my friends in Hong Kong love Miindo more than Sulwhasoo claiming that Miindo gave them better results than Sulwhasoo. I love Sulwhasoo products so this got me curious about this brand. I already have a lot of serums at home so I didn't want to add a new serum to my skin care regimen so I chose to try the sleeping mask.

The product I tried from Myeonghan Miindo is their sleeping mask. From what I remember they have two sleeping masks from the Miindo line. I'm not sure do they have more as just from Miindo there should be four sub-lines  One is anti aging plus moisturizing and the other is purely for moisturizing. I chose the anti aging one as it's never too early to start using anti aging products. Once you have lines on your face, they stay on your face forever.

I got this from the local My Face Shop store at Pacific Mall. I remember paying around $30 for it. This is a premium line from the Face Shop so at $30 I do find it an amazing value comparing to the price of Whoo or Sulwhasoo. 

This is a thick cream mask which is something I prefer. it absorbs quickly and doesn't leave my skin sticky like gel based sleeping masks. It does an amazing job in moisturizing my skin. I actually leave this at work and use it when my skin looks dull and tired. After applying it, it gives my skin a healthier glow and doesn't look as tired. The mask is lightly scented. There is a light floral scent to it. I personally prefer herbal smells of Sulwhasoo and Whoo but this does have an amazing smell and does an amazing job at a much lower price. 

What is your favourite sleeping mask? 

UGBang Sleeping Pack 熊果素精華甜睡保濕面膜

Sleeping mask is an important part of my daily skincare routine so I'm always trying out new sleeping masks. I'm biased towards cream based sleeping masks as based on my personal experience I find them work better on my skin. They absorb better and they are non sticky. I don't need to worry about getting the mask on my pillow.

UGBang sleeping pack is a new mask in my collection. My aunt bought this last year when she went to Korea. She claimed this to be the best sleeping mask she has ever tried. A lot of people praise about this sleeping mask and brand claiming their products to be great. I love Korean brands and I find most Korean brands make amazing products. For this sleeping pack, I find it on the pricy side. It retails at $48 CDN a jar which is similar to the price in Hong Kong. Most gel type sleeping masks retails at around $20 CDN in Canada so this is relatively expensive for a Korean Brand.

Product description taken from their Chinese website:
" With Ginseng extract, Natural Botanical Oils with sesame, jojoba and wheat germ. Various Natural Plant extracts soak into the tired and rough skin rapidly and make your skin moist and smooth. Arbutin and Green Tea make your skin transparent & clean"

So for this sleeping pack, the beauty advisors and some users claimed that if you have acne scars and you use this mask for three days, the scars will start to fade. As arbutin is used as a skin lightener/brightener in skin care products so this mask should have some sort of brightening effect.

This came in a relatively heavy glass jar. Given it's price range this is the type of packaging I expected. What I didn't like was it didn't come with a spatula which makes it unhygienic. I hate products that doesn't come with spatulas. Seriously this is a must for products that come in a jar.

This is a light watery gel that absorbs quickly into the skin but it still leaves the skin feeling sticky which is something I don't like. I love it being fast absorbing but I don't like the stickiness it leaves behind. I sometimes still feel the slight stickiness when I wake up in the morning.

It's a light gel that spreads out easily. What I love most is the smell. I love the ginseng smell.
They have such a strong ginseng smell it makes me enjoy putting it on. I don't notice any brightening/lightening effect from the mask but it does leave my skin soft and moist in the morning. If you don't like the smell of ginseng, you should avoid this mask or this brand. If you love the smell of herbs, ginseng, this is worth a try. 

I love ginseng skincare so I will probably try other products from this company. There is a peeling gel that I'm interested in trying. I also heard that they make awesome paper masks. 

Have you heard or tried this brand before? 

Holy Grail: Sulwhasoo Overnight Vitalizing Treatment

I am a beauty junkie and I love trying out new products but there are products and brands I always go back to. Sulwhasoo has to be one of them. This is probably one of my favourite skin care brand. I have tried a lot of their products and I will definitely recommend a lot of their products. Their herbal soap, First Care Serum and their overnight sleeping mask are the three products I love the most.

I do have to thank the Koreans for making sleeping masks so popular. With all the different brands and types out there, you really have to test around to find the ones you love the most. The ones I like are cream based with herbal/medicinal scent. I personally love the scent and find them soothing. I stopped using gel based sleeping masks as I find them a little bit too sticky for me. With all the sleeping mask I've tried, I find Sulwhasoo making one of the best sleeping masks in the market. 

( size shown here is their deluxe sample. Regular size is 120ml. It basically looks the same but bigger)

Product description: 

Formulated with Korean medicinal herbs, this overnight mask awakens a radiant looking skin with nourishing moisture and herbal extracts. - Acutelobed Angelica and Pomegranate help brighten skin tone and Walnut and White Mulberry restore skin's vitality by delivering essential nutrients - Creating an essential moisture layer on the skin, this mask assures optimum penetration of nourishing herbs while you rest.

full size and sample size all come in the same tube design.

This is a cream based masks that spreads out easily. It's fast absorbing and doesn't leave your skin with a sticky feeling. 

Well basically this is a mask that doesn't require washing. I call it the lazy mask. All you need to do is slather some on your face and go to bed. It's great when you are lazy and when you don't have time to do a proper facial mask. Or you just use this as the last step of your daily skin care regime. 

I have been using this for the last two years and after I started using it, I don't have dry flaky skin during the winter anymore. It makes my skin super hydrated and soft. 

This is a product I try to use daily during the winter time. I slather it on my skin after my face cream. Even I already used as mask, I still put it on my skin unless I am on a skincare diet that night. I don't really use this much during the warmer months as my skin tends to get a little oil during the summer. I might use this once or twice a week during the warmer months. 

For a Sulwhasoo product, I would say this is great value. If I remember the price correctly it is 120 ml for $60. Are there cheaper alternatives that give similar results? Yes, a lot of Korean brands make sleeping masks and Myeonghan Miindo by The Face Shop does make amazing sleeping masks at half the price. I prefer Sulwhasoo because I'm basically using their entire skin care regime and I prefer using the same brands. 

Have you tried any Sulwhasoo products? What's your favourite sleeping mask?