Holika holika aqua petit jelly BB cream first impression

I have been waiting for this bb cream to come in the mail for the longest time! Since my skin79 hot pink bb cream is on its last leg, I decided to venture out to see what other company's bb cream had to offer.  Now I have seen this on Michelle phan's how to be a Korean pop star video and have seen it in other guru's on youtube talk about it so I thought I would just check it out on eBay to see how much it is.   I don't know why but I was convinced that this bb cream would have been at least $30 but it was only $12-$16! I was crazy surprised.  This is one of the reasons why I love bb creams from asian.  They are utterly awesome, does the job while not being heavy and it is inexpensive!

 I was super excited to open the package when i got it in the mail seven hours ago.  There was so much mail in our little mail slot.  Two magazines, five letters and sitting in the back of the slot was a little box. I was thinking how on earth is it going to come out because the dimension was the same as the slot.  I got so scared because it wouldn't come out! Freaked out for a moment but it finally came out.  I couldn't get home fast enough.  This is one thing I like about online shopping, when it comes and you can open a package.  Christmas all year long :D!

I got my bottle on ebay from a seller under the username "cosmeticmarket2012".  If you are interested, link is here.  I bought mine for $12.33 USD which is an amazing price.  If i buy anything from asia, espically bb creams, I would usually try to find a seller who actually lives in that country to aviod counterfit as much as possible. Consider the country of origin and also find a reputable seller.  This one is a top seller so most likely I didn't buy a fake ^_^.

88 warm palette

Yet another super rav on Youtube, the 88 warm palette is the sister of 88 color palette. This one I like a whole lot better because more the 80% of the colors are usable and aren't chalky or unpigmented. This is the first palette I got out of all the other ones, so this one is quite special to me.

*Tip: Don't get it from coastal scents because plus shipping is about $30. If you get it on ebay, its just $20 included shipping and its the exact same thing.*

Each color is about the size of a Canadian dime, so about 0.5 in radius which isn't big but it is big enough to last you a long long long time. The warm palette comes with a lot of browns, grays, white, purples and a whole lot more. The finishes are matte, frosty, and metallic. When you look at the swatches, you'll notice that there aer colors that you can't see at all. This is because a lot of the lighter colors are very chalky and isn't workable =S but the shimmery/metallic colors are super pigmented.

Swatches from row left to right:

Conclusion:

-price: C-

-packaging: C

-product quality: B-

-Overall quality: B-

-Buy again? maybe, if i ever run out of any of the colors

88 color palette

Yet another thing I was introduced by Youtube. This comes with 88 colors with a mixture of shimmery, frosty and matte colors. Most people buy from coastal scents, but I bought mine on ebay. It is the exact same thing, just it doesn't have the printed label on the packaging.I had the impression that the palette would be much bigger, so it was surprising to me that this is actually quite small. Each eyeshadow is the size of a CDN dime (around 0.5 cm in diameter). The palette comes with a nice quality mirror and two sponge tip applicator but those I threw away.

As you can see here, the palette is a lot smaller then a regular sized paper.

Swatches from the left to right, top to bottom.

A lot of the lighter colors are not pigmented and are very hard to the touch. Most of the shimmery and frosty color are the most pigmented. So whether if this worth almost $30 from coastal scents or $20 (both included shipping), that would be your choice.

Conclusion:
-price: B+
-packaging: B-
-product quality: B-
-Overall quality: B
-Buy again? Maybe