Memebox: Korean Beauty Box Service

[blinded]

I have been looking for a new eye cream too.  I have a lot of the same issues that squared does (although I think I am probably a bit older than she is).  I have dryness and crepeieness (is that a word) but not dark circles or puffiness.

I am also wanting to revamp my skin care regime this year.  I have tried a few K-beauty items from trades, and really loved the masks.  But I don't really know how to pick out the best ones for my skin.  Does memebox offer good mask boxes?

Also open to other suggestions.  Generally I have aging skin that has become pretty dry as I get older.  I also have some acne scars as I use to be an oil pit, so brightening products are good too.

My skin issues sound fairly similar to yours. I'm currently using the Mizon Snail + EGF eye cream (sounds similar to the Secret Key one Biancardi mentioned). As far as your dry skin w/ acne scars I can't recommend the Benton High Content Snail Bee essence enough! When I started using the essence I was also having fairly serious hormonal breakouts on my chin (oh the joys of perimenopause). I still get breakouts, but not even remotely close to the same severity and when I do they clear up a lot quicker. Once the breakouts subsided I noticed just how many red marks I had from previous breakouts on my chin. Thanks to the essence those red marks have faded dramatically and are almost gone.

I also love the Benton High Content Snail Bee Steam Cream as a moisturizer. I know some people find it to heavy to use as a day cream, but it works beautifully for me. The right amount of moisture and doesn't feel greasy.

I've also recently fallen in love with the Mizon Snail Recovery Gel. I think it's helping to further reduce scarring and redness on my face and makes my dry, rough skin feel smooth.  

 

[WillowCat]

I've had five boxes scanned onto flight AF267 on various dates in Dec which all got scanned as arrived in the Uk on New Years Eve. I get mine delivered at work but I've not been in work since Tues and I've had an email to say a Memebox arrived at work NYE. So I don't know which it is and I can't get at it until Monday. ARRRRRGGGHHH!

 

[Paulina PS]

I will probably get 5 Memeboxes on Monday as they finally scanned in Warsaw yesterday! But these are my last ones, nothing else after that.

Well, it's off to honestskin, beauteque, testerkorea and non-Asian subs now...

 

[Luxx22]

I will probably get 5 Memeboxes on Monday as they finally scanned in Warsaw yesterday! But these are my last ones, nothing else after that.

Well, it's off to honestskin, beauteque, testerkorea and non-Asian subs now...

Still waiting for my Mask winter essentials and than none after that /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[MissJexie]

Still waiting for my Mask winter essentials and than none after that /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

Mine just showed up yesterday after the tracking hadn't updated at all, so I'm hoping yours shows up soon too!

 

[Paulina PS]

Winter Masks is one of the boxes I'm expecting on Monday. Also Global 18, Cleo, Empress and Superwoman - those last three shipped express but got stuck somewhere in holiday turmoil. Luckily, they're already in my town!

On one hand, it's hard to imagine next months without new Memeboxes but, on the other, I definately have product overload and I'm quite sure my love and addiction have partly faded.

 

[Alidolly]

In hoping they've had time to get a bit more organised and that they've got the new stock ready to go (with themed boxes already curated). So its a case of releasing the box(es) on Monday to be shipped say two weeks later. The old stock "should" almost be gone now..surely? Ready for new well curated boxes...like they promised would come...

If not...plenty other shops out there that'll take our money with glee!

 

[Fae]

My last Memebox arrived yesterday! It's the empress one! I really like the box! ^^ (although the wipes are a weird addition)

Still got the lip crayons and pony 2 coming!

Due to lack of boxes, I've placed 3 TK orders, one Beauteque bag + the 3 month subscription! ^^

 

[Luxx22]

Mine just showed up yesterday after the tracking hadn't updated at all, so I'm hoping yours shows up soon too!

It looks like such a great box! I will probably see it on Monday /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[ceredonia]

My god, the Etude House order I'd made on November 5th FINALLY SHOWED UP TODAY. I can't believe it. Only 2 months later!

Hoping Memebox does another Choco-themed box, those have definitely been my favorites. :3

 

[OiiO]

Sort of off-topic, but does anybody know what happened to Memebox Affiliates thread? I can't find it and I had a question :x

 

[biancardi]

Sort of off-topic, but does anybody know what happened to Memebox Affiliates thread? I can't find it and I had a question :x

it is here https://www.makeuptalk.com/f/topic/133367-memebox-affiliates/page-80?hl=%2Baffiliates&do=findComment&comment=2359227

it isn't in the memebox forum, but the beauty bloggers /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[Lorna ljblog]

Sort of off-topic, but does anybody know what happened to Memebox Affiliates thread? I can't find it and I had a question :x

https://www.makeuptalk.com/f/topic/133367-memebox-affiliates/page-80

 

[veritazy]

did anyone miss me lol.

happy new years, babes~

omg this feels so weird...to not be expecting alot of boxes. sob. kinda miss that but need to catch up with too much stuff too.

 

[Jane George]

Welcome back miss @veritazy. Hope you had a lovely holiday

 

[biancardi]

did anyone miss me lol.

happy new years, babes~

omg this feels so weird...to not be expecting alot of boxes. sob. kinda miss that but need to catch up with too much stuff too.

welcome back Veritazy!  Where did you go?  I hope you had fun /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />  

 

[Saffyra]

My Tea Tree box just showed up!!  At last, at last!  No updates, my mailman just dropped it by /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[biancardi]

I finally received my Pony 2 palette & jade eyeliner.....  my thoughts and swatches in the spoiler...

Spoiler

This palette flips open to reveal a much more economical design for the eye shadows that the original one and there is a mirror so you can apply the shadows.   There is also a useless brush in this palette and I do not recommend using it.  You get eight eye shadow colors, where two of them are twice the size of the other size.

• Left Side: Shine Peach
• Top Row: Glam Violet, Shine Rose, Shine Beige
• Bottom Row: Shine Dew, Glam Mocha, Glam Cocoa
• Right Side: Glam Bronze

Glittery ~ lots of glitter and shine, with lots of fall out.  Satin ~ some glitter with little or no fall out

• Shine Peach ~ Pale peach-white color, very light, glittery
• Glam Violet ~ Beautiful African violet color, medium pigmentation, satin
• Shine Rose ~ Warm peach-rose color, light pigmentation, satin
• Shine Beige ~  Warm white color, light pigmentation, satin
• Shine Dew ~  Cool white with pink and gold glitter, very light, glittery
• Glam Mocha ~ Warm brown, pigmented, satin
• Glam Cocoa ~ Deep bittersweet chocolate, pigmented, satin
• Glam Bronze ~ Copper-brown, pigmented, but with lots of fallout, glittery

I am recommending that you use an eye shadow base primer.   The lighter colors have a lot of fall out as well as Glam Bronze.  These shadows are very soft as well, so be careful about what brush to use.  I used a stiffer brush, as I do for all of my swatches, and it really dug a hole in the colors:



SwatchesI swatched all eyeshadow using UD eye shadow primer.   The lighter colors took about 2-3 swipes and they were the ones with major fall out as well.  The darker colors did not experience major fall out, except for Glam Bronze, and were quite pigmented ~ these swatches for the darker colors were just one swipe from a brush.  The left side of the photo is with flash and the right side is natural daylight.

1. Shine Peach
2. Shine Dew  
3. Glam Violet
4. Glam Mocha

Shine Peach and Shine Dew had lots of fall out and were not highly pigmented

1. Shine Rose
2. Glam Cocoa
3. Shine Beige
4. Glam Bronze

Strangely enough, Shine Beige didn’t experience as much of fall out as Glam Bronze, which is a darker color.  

I found that Shine Peach and Shine Dew are the most with the fall out with a barely there pigmentation.   Shine Beige was also lightly pigmented, but it didn’t have the mess than those two had.   To my shock, Glam Bronze, although highly pigmented, has tons of fall out.    When I rubbed my arm to remove the colors, the following colors faded quickly:

• Shine Peach
• Shine Dew  
• Shine Beige
• Glam Bronze

These colors did not fade that quickly and still left their color behind on my arm:

• Glam Violet
• Glam Mocha
• Shine Rose
• Glam Cocoa

This set does not have any mattes, so I will use the easy base color from my original Pony Palette and perhaps some of the other mattes to complement this palette.  The colors are beautiful and I will get use out of this palette.  I do feel that the original is more versatile, because of its mix of matte and shimmer and this palette seems to suffer from fall out quite a bit, with its soft shadows.  

 



I’m Lip Crayon in Bella ~ Okay, enough with the hokey names and the I’m stuff! haha  It is a good thing for Memebox that their makeup, so far, is really good.   I choose Bella as my lip color ~ Memebox has 6 to choose from:  Bella, Giselle (nude pink), Mary Jane (warm rosy pink), Chloe (scarlet red), Matilda (salmon-pink) and Juliet (hot pink). 

Bella is a bright cranberry color, not red and not hot pink, but a true vibrant berry ~ Memebox describes it as magenta red, and I guess that is pretty close to what I would say it is.  This is a very creamy, high color lip crayon, no taste or scent to it.  This color screams to people to LOOK AT YOUR LIPS!!   It is a beautiful shade.  I hope that Memebox will come out with some more colors, even some muted wines, red-browns.    This lip crayon is really nice and I would like to have some more colors, even though I don’t need anymore lip shades!  

I’m Eyeliner in Jade ~  I picked up the Jade eyeliner  as that was the color I was most interested in ~ they have 5 colors to choose from:  Jade, Moonstone (gold-flecked espresso), Blazing (burgundy), Immortal  (plum) and Night (black)

This is a beautiful Khaki color with lots of gold shimmer.  Even though it is a retractable eyeliner pencil, it also has a built-in sharpener to make nice fine lines, a smudge sponge tip for using this as an eyeshadow ~ as green seems to be sorely lacking in the Pony palettes.   Work fast, however, with the smudger ~ these are Korean eyeliners and they set quickly!  Once they are set, they don’t budge.   I am now interested in picking up Immortal, as I love a good plum colored eyeliner.  

 

• I’m Eyeliner in Jade ~ the right hand side is smudged slightly
• I’m Lip Crayon in Bella

 

[biancardi]

My Tea Tree box just showed up!!  At last, at last!  No updates, my mailman just dropped it by /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

I think you will like this box!  I loved the mask - it was so wonderful, hydrating and it fit!

 

[catyz]

@@biancardi, that looks lovely! /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> I am going to get the eye shadow set as soon as the codes come out for this month. (hopefully there will be some!)

Still didn't hear anything back about missing eye shadow duo though.. /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />