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I am a big fan of Korean skincare in general. You'll find many reviews of Korean products on my blog. OOTD Beauty is a brand I wasn't familiar with, but as soon as I read their ingredients list, I thought those were the kind of formulas that I would love. And I was right. There isn't a single product I have tried that I didn't like.

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Review: Avon Anew Essential Youth Maximising Serum and Anew Nutri-advanced Eye Cream

Hey Beauties!

I have a lot of Avon products, but I've never had anything from the Anew line, which is in my opinion a bit more anti-wrinkle targeted as well as pricier. Today's reviews are of a serum and eye cream. 


Avon Anew Essential Youth Maximising Serum

It's a youth maximising serum that should help to bring the best out of a cream that you put on top, minimize the appearance of wrinkles and make skin hydrated and firm. It's a lightweight texture that soaks into the skin quickly

They also promise you visible results and after three days skin is suppose to be better looking and has a nice glow, after one week it should smooth the appearance of fine lines and make visibly smoother skin in general and after two weeks it should minimize wrinkles and any discoloration as well as make skin firmer


The packaging and design is gorgeous in my opinion. It's a rose gold metallic paper box with gold details. Tube is transparent plastic with metallic rose gold inside and gold details. The prettiest combination possible. 


Pump is silver and it works fine. One pump gives you enough product for the whole face. I use one and a half pumps, because I also apply it on my neck. 

The regular price of it is 27€ (currently it's on offer for 22.50€) and in it is 30 ml of product. 



It's a very smooth liquid gel (almost slippery texture), orange tinted and it spreads on the skin with the utmost ease. It's really very smooth and it soaks into the skin quickly. At first it leaves behind a slightly sticky layer, but then it becomes matte. I love the texture of it.

I am also really in love with the scent and that doesn't happen often, since I'm not one of those people that likes scented skin care products. But this smells somewhat like a sweet mandarin


I've been using it for about a month and a half (and some of my other family members have also been stealing it from me) and it's on its last breathe. I'm kind of sad. That just shows you how much I like it, because I very rarely finish skin care products (except for creams). 

I'm 27 years old and I don't really have a lot of wrinkles yet (fingers crossed). I have fine lines around my eyes and slightly more prominent smile line. 

As far as the smoothing and minimizing of wrinkles goes, I didn't notice any visible difference. I like this serum so much because of it's hydrating effect. It really did help with my skin retaining some moisture and not feeling heavy on the skin. I also like it as a base for face creams, because it stays slightly sticky and creams seem to really stick on it and don't move. It's a very lightweight serum that is surprisingly also a bit soothing and great for my sensitive skin. It has completely replaced my must have jojoba serum. I guess it also keeps my skin firm, but as I've said before, I don't have problems with that yet. 

Avon Anew Nutri-advanced Eye Cream

This is supposed to be very rich eye cream for all ages. I guess this is like a universal first step eye cream for those that need hydrating. 


As with the serum, this one also has gorgeous transparent pot with silver details.


Top has nice plastic beige shade with silver ring around it. I also like that it's very small and travel friendly. 

Regular price of it is 17€ (currently it's on offer for 11.90€) and in it is 15 ml of product. 



It's a very rich and thick beige cream. It's probably one of the richest eye cream that I've ever owned. I love thick creams, but at first I was a bit hesitant. It was kind of hard to move it around the eye area and it still is. You need to apply good amount of it and then slowly break it down with the warmth of your fingers and tap it into the skin.

Once you massage it into the skin it becomes smoother, almost a bit greasier and it spreads nicely. 


A little warning though. It says on the packaging to gently massage it around the eye area and then tap it until it absorbs. I wouldn't recommend you to massage it into the skin for a really long time or with hard pressure, because then it can start peel off and it's impossible to get it all off. 

I recommend you to gently massage it for a few second and then just tap it a little and be done. 

At first it stays slightly sticky, but then it absorbs into the skin and creates a very smooth layer on top of the skin. 


This won't minimize your fine lines, but it will hydrate them a bit and mostly create a smooth surface for you to apply makeup on top of it. It almost feels like a silicon primer has been added to it. 

It has an artificial scent, which is faint and I don't smell it once I apply it on the skin. 

I really like this serum. It might not seem like much, but I love a good serum that hydrates and soothes the skin and this one does just that. I also really like smooth lightweight texture of it as well as nice scent that feels luxurious whenever I apply it. Eye cream looked very promising because of the rich texture, but it needs a bit of work and getting used to applying it. I think it should have been slightly more slippery or greasy and it would be easier to spread as well. This might be good for those that don't like greasy eye creams and want a smooth matte base. I highly recommend serum to anyone that wants something lightweight underneath their creams. I don't like eye cream as much and would not repurchase it, because I find the texture hard to work with. 

*Products were sent to me.



Imam kar veliko Avon izdelkov, ampak še nikoli prej nisem preizkusila nič iz njihovih Anew linij, ki se meni zdijo namenjene bolj koži s problemi in gubami, prav tako pa gre za dražje izdelke. Današnja ocena je o serumu in kremi za oči. 

Avon Anew Essential serum za pomlajevanje obraza

To je serum za pomlajevanje obraza, ki bi naj okrepil pomlajevalno moč krem za obraz, ublažil videz gub, koži povrnil bolj čvrst videz ter jo navlažil. Prav tako naj bi bil lahkoten in se hitro vpil v kožo.

Avon obljublja vidne rezultate in sicer po treh dneh naj bi bila polt izboljšana in koži bi se naj povrnil sijoč videz, po enem tednu naj bi se ublažil videz tankih linij in opazno zgladila koža in po dveh tednih naj bi se ublažil videz gub in razbarvanj kože ter naj bi se obnovila čvrstost kože. 

Embalaža in dizajn sta po mojem mnenju čudovita. Gre za roza zlato kovinsko škatlico z zlatimi detajli. Steklenička je prozorna plastična s kovinskim roza zlatim dizajnom in zlatimi detajli. Najlepša možna kombinacija. 

Pumpica je siva in dobro deluje. En pritisk da dovolj izdelka za obraz. Jaz uporabim en in pol pritiska, ker nanašam tudi na vrat. 

Redna cena izdelka je 27€ (trenutno ga lahko dobite za 22.50€) in vsebuje 30 ml izdelka. 

Je zelo gladek tekoč gel, oranžno obarvan in z lahkoto se razporedi po koži. Res izredno gladek in hitro se vpije v kožo. Najprej za sabo pusti rahlo lepljiv občutek, ki pa kasneje postane popolnoma mat. Tekstura mi je res zelo všeč. 

Obožujem tudi vonj seruma, kar se pri meni redko zgodi, ker nisem ljubiteljica odišavljenih izdelkov za nego. Vonj je nekako slakasto mandarinast. 

Serum sem uporabljala mesec in pol (s tem, da so mi ga kradli tudi nekateri drugi družinski člani) in trenutno je v zadnjih zdihljajih. Sem kar malo žalostna. To je dokaz, kako zelo mi je všeč, ker sama zelo redko porabim kakšne izdelke za nego do konca (razen krem).

Stara sem 27 let in nimam ravno veliko gub - še (upajmo na najboljše). Imam majhne gubice okrog oči in bolj definirane smejalne gubice. 

Nisem opazila nekih vidnih rezultatov glede glajenja in zmanjševanja gub. Serum mi je bolj všeč zaradi vlažilnega efekta. Moji koži je pomagal ohraniti vlažilen sloj, ki ni bil težek na koži. Všeč mi je tudi kot podlaga pod kremami za obraz, ker ostane rahlo lepljiv in se krema dobro prime na obraz in tam tudi ostane. Je zelo lahkoten serum in presenetljivo tudi pomirjujoč in odličen za občutljivo kožo. Trenutno je popolnoma zamenjal moj jojobin serum. Verjetno je tudi ohranil kožo bolj črvsto, čeprav kot sem prej omenila, s tem še nimam problemov. 

Avon Anew Nutri-advanced krema za oči

Naj bi bila globinsko hranilna nega pri vsaki starosti. Verjetno gre za univerzalno kremo za oči kot prvi korak za vlaženje vseh tipov kože. 

Kot serum ima tudi ta krema čudovito embalažo. Prozorno plastična posodica s srebrnimi detajli. 

Pokrovček je plastičen in bež s srebrnim robom. Všeč mi je tudi, da je majhna embalaža, saj jo je lažje prenašati s sabo. 

Redna cena izdelka je 17€ (trenutno ga lahko dobite za 11.90€) in vsebuje 15 ml izdelka. 

Gre za zelo bogato in gosto bež kremo. To je verjetno najgostejša krema za oči, ki sem jo kdaj koli preizkusila. Meni osebno so zelo všeč goste kreme, vendar sem bila na začetku zaskrbljena. Težko jo je bilo premikati po obrazu in še vedno je težja za razmazanje. Najbolje je, da naneste majhno količino in jo počasi stopite s toplino prstov in potapkate v kožo. 

Ko jo masirate v kožo postane bolj gladka in skoraj malo bolj oljnata. Takrat se lažje razporedi po koži. 

Majhno opozorilo. Na embalaži piše, da nežno vmasirajte v kožo in potem potapkajte, dokler se popolnoma ne vpije. Ne bi vam priporočala, da jo dolgo masirate v kožo, ker se lahko začne svaljkati. Potem je te svaljke nemogoče v celoti odstraniti iz kože. 

Priporočam vam, da jo res narahlo vmasirate samo nekaj sekund in nato potapkajte in končajte.

Najprej ostane malo lepljiva, ampak ko se vpije v kožo ustvari zelo gladek sloj na koži. 

Krema ne bo zmanjšala videza gub, jih bo pa rahlo navlažila in ustvarila zelo gladko površino za nanašanje ličil. Skoraj se mi zdi kot da vsebuje silikonski primer. 

Ima umeten vonj, ki je sicer rahel in ga sama ne voham, ko ga nanašam na kožo.

Serum mi je zelo všeč. Mogoče se ne zdi kot nekaj posebnega, ampak dober serum, ki vlaži in pomirja kožo je stalnica v moji rutini. Zelo mi je všeč tudi gladka lahkotna tekstura in seveda prijeten vonj, ki daje občutek luksuznosti med nanašanjem. Krema za oči se je na začetku zdela zelo obetavna, zaradi goste teksture, ampak se je potrebno navaditi na to in prilagoditi nanašanje. Meni se zdi, da bi morala biti malo bolj gladka in mazljiva, mogoče celo bolj oljnata. Tako bi se lažje nanašala. Krema je mogoče bolj primerna za tiste, ki ne marajo sijočih mastnih krem in si želijo gladke mat podlage okrog oči. Serum vsekakor priporočam vsem, ki iščejo kaj lahkega za pod kremo. Krema za oči mi ni všeč in je ne bi znova kupila, ker se mi zdi težja za uporabo zaradi teksture. 

*Izdelki so mi bili poslani. 

Review: Rexaline Hydra-EyeZone Hyper-Hydrating Rejuvenating Eye Contour

Hey Beauties!

The same company that sent me The Balm products to try out also offered me to try one of Rexaline products. I just recently saw that this brand is also available in Müller, so this review might be helpful to Slovenian readers as well. Because I am in desperate need of a good hydrating eye cream, I wanted to review Rexaline Hydra-EyeZone Hyper-Hydrating Rejuvenating Eye Contour.


It's a rather unusual packaging for eye cream. To me it looks more like a serum packaging. It comes in a shiny silver packaging, which seems to be metal, but has the weight of plastic. 


It has a plastic pump which is really nice because you can control the amount you want to come out. You can pump out the smallest amount possible, which means you won't be wasting product. The hole in pump is small.


One thing I really love about this packaging is the fact that you can see how much is still in it. Don't you just hate when you suddenly run out of the product and have no back up?

It contains 15 ml of product and it costs 49.95€. For Slovenians, you can find this brand in Müller: Ljubljana (BTC,Supernova,Čopova), Celje, Maribor and Koper. 


It is formulated with Rexaline Complex with 5 times more Fragmented Hyaluronic Acid. Rexaline Complex is enriched with anti-aging botanical ingredients: vitamins and minerals or royal jelly, energizing benefits of ginseng and cooling effect of centella asiatica. It also contains smoothing Gatuline In-Tense and anti-puffiness and anti-wrinkle Actiflow. It's free of parabens. 

It's formulated for fragile and sensitive eye area, has no fragrance, texture of a fresh and light gel cream and it's enriched with green pearls for light-reflecting effect. It promises to reduce wrinkles, dark circles and bags in 1 month. 

Read more about it here.

I've been using this cream for two months, so I can finally declare my thoughts on it. It really is how it says a nice mix of gel and cream. It has all the aspects of a nourishing thick cream, yet it looks like lightweight gel. It's smooth and feels very creamy

It has a very light green tint to it and if you look closely, it has very small shimmer in it, which looks multi-colored. 


I personally love thicker consistency of creams, although I know many don't. It doesn't mean that the cream is more nourishing, if it's thicker, but it's just an idea in my mind. This one goes on really thick, so I prefer to warm it up between my fingers and then slowly tap it into skin. In the beginning it feels sticky, but after a while it absorbs a little (not completely), although it still looks shiny. My guess is that this is due to the small shimmer, which in fact does light up under eye area and makes it look a bit brighter. When you apply it, it feels a bit cooling, but the feeling goes away quickly.

I feel that it is moisturizing and I like to use it underneath makeup, because it keeps concealer more moisturized and not as dry looking, which I don't like under my eye. I like it to be well moisturized. 

I don't have much problems with darkness or under eye bags, so I can't really report on this. I will dare to say that I might have noticed that the blueness under my eye is not as prominent as it was before, although I can't say if it's because of this cream or because of the fact that I've been going to sleep at normal hours lately. 

I also didn't see any major change in my wrinkles. They are still there and look as deep as they were before. 


What I like the most about this cream is thick yet gel like consistency, which I just love smudging around my eye area. It does a good job of moisturizing and it forms greasy layer, which makes it seem well nourished. I also like light reflecting shimmer in it. As far as reducing wrinkles it didn't do much. The packaging is well made and pretty elegant. I think the price is ridiculous for an eye cream. I'll let you decide if you have the budget for it, but all in all it's not a bad cream - just don't expect it to reverse or reduce your wrinkles and keep in mind that it is thicker. If you prefer lightweight well absorbing creams, this is not for you. 

Review: Bioderma Sensibio Eye, Eye Contour Gel

Hey Beauties!

You know my love for the Bioderma Sensibio H2O Micelle Solution. Well, I needed to repurchase it and Lekarnar.com had an offer. I bought Micelle Solution 250 ml and got with it this eye cream. I also got a lot of Bioderma testers from their page and I had this eye cream in between those and I really loved it. So I decided to buy the bigger version.


This moisturizing gel is supposed to reduce puffiness, soothe, erase lines and moisturize. It doesn't contain parabens, phenoxyethanols and perfumes. It's for those with sensitive and intolerant skin.

The packaging is a tube, which has a little point in the end so you can really squeeze out the tinniest amount of product, which is really nice. It contains 15 ml of product and it costs around 13 €, depending on where you buy it. I got it with Bioderma Micelle Solution (250 ml) for 16.92 €.



I don't detect any smell at all. It's gel, which makes it very easy to apply. No pulling on the skin to try and spread it. I really like the texture. It soaks in the skin quickly, but it definitely leaves a moisturizing feeling on the skin. The skin does feel moisturized and it feels also a bit soothing. I especially like to put it on after cleaning my face and it does soothes the irritant skin around my eyes. I also have a feeling that moisturizing effect seems to last for a really long time. The gel doesn't irritate my eyes at all and I do have very sensitive eyes and skin in general. I can't talk about decrease of lines, because I would need to be using it for a long time to see the results in that department. I also don't have puffy eyes so can't rate this, either.


I really like it, because I believe that the most what an eye cream can do is moisture the sensitive skin around my eyes. I love it int he morning when I haven't had a lot of time to sleep, because it feels pretty soothing for me. I put it on at night and like the fact that when I wake up I feel like my skin around the eyes is still moisturized and soft enough. At the same time the gel is not like some eye creams, which just feel tightening and actually don't do anything else.

Conclusion: soothes, great for sensitive skin, love the gel texture, feels moisturizing.