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Review: Rojukiss Enca AC CONTROL Sun Cream SPF 35 PA +++
OK, before I start this review I would like to sincerely apologize for my absence >.<" ~ I know I stated this in my last blog post but I have been uber busy catching up with my coursework and deadlines which are due soon and well lets just say I left everything to last minute, which I have a tendency to do... that I do not recommend anyone else...

That being said, I can now start on this review ^^ ~
Today I will be reviewing the Rojukiss Enca AC Control Sun Cream, As I have stated before in my previous Enca Review I believe it was, I stated that I liked this product, actually maybe like is a little too weak. LOVED this product.

But I do have some cons for this, I'm afraid... 
 

First of all, I adore the packaging for this, I must say that this probably is my favourite packaging from the whole line, I don't know why but I have a thing for packagings, I am known for being quite picky with how the brand presents their products because I am weird like that. But this comes in a clean white squeezy tube which I must say I prefer than a balm, spray or pump because you can really squeeze out every last drop of the product and you can even cut open the tube and scrape out every bit left. 



The details are in both Hangul and English which makes it easier for both consumers to understand ~


The product information/details also has quite big claims which I have learned over the years never to believe entirely in everything the packaging says or you will just end up being disappointed but I have to say the company is pretty confident in putting these claims out.
"Every time you look yourself in a mirror, those trouble spot and sensitive reactions on your skin can make you feel miserable and now, ENCA can restore the dazzling smile and confidence on your face"


This has a SPF of 35 and a PA +++. This is actually one of the weakest SPF I have tried from an Asian brand (not counting those from the Western/European market or those included in moisturizers, foundations or BB/CC creams). But then again this means I can use a BB cream or a foundation with SPF built inside it and not worry so much, since if we are to wear a sunscreen with an SPF of 50 and then layer a BB cream or foundation with SPF of 20 it may counteract the properties of the actual sunscreen and may lose it's full benefits. Obviously I am not a sunscreen expert but this is what I have just heard and apparently sunscreens don't really work if it's over 50... correct me if I am wrong please. 




"This is sun-screen cream working mildly and softly on sensitive skin which protect skin by blocking both UVA and UVB simultaneously.

Green tea water and chamaecyparis obtusa water takes good care of fatigued and sensitive skin softly, and herb extract such as rosemary, jasmine and lavender provide skin with moisture and nutrient to keep skin wet and soft

DIRECTIONS:
Spread evenly a proper amount on skin."

   - ENCA

This is a fairly thick cream texture, it's definitely not a runny/watery formula, so you might want to apply a small amount otherwise, yes you will end up having a very very obvious white cast to your face. I guess if your wearing make-up over it then it wouldn't matter so much but if you are someone who doesn't wear base make-up or if you are just walking around the house and apply too much of this on your face will look so pale it looks as if you have no blood circulation to your face... well that's what my mother asked me when I once put this onto my face, thank goodness I didn't walk outside otherwise I would have been so embarrassed.

These images were taken without flash photography, but if you look at the last image you can clearly see that on one side of the hand is much whiter than the other. This is fairly normal in photographs, it's not as noticeable as that in real life ~


Although the formula is a thick cream texture, the cream itself isn't very moisturizing, in fact I would say it is pretty drying.
Even if I moisturize beforehand, I find that if I then apply this my skin gets drier or the flakiness on my skin is accentuated o.O so I definitely would NOT recommend this to people with dry skin since I have combination/oily skin leaning more towards the oily side now as it's creeping up to summer and the weather is getting a little bit hotter though in England the weather doesn't really get that hot which is good in a sense so my oily skin isn't super duper oily and shiny. 
You all probably can't read this very well so as usual I will type up the ingredient list for you in English ~

INGREDIENTS:
WATER, CYCLOPENTASILOXANE, ZINC OXIDE, TITANIUM DIOXIDE, DIPROPYLENE GLYCOL, ISODECYL NEOPENTANOATE, DICAPYLYL CARBONATE, OCTYLDODECYL NEOPENTANOATE, PEG-10 DIMETHICONE, BUTYLENE GLYCOL, DIMETHICONE, DISTEARDIMONIUM HECTORITE, SODIUM CHLORIDE, CAMELLIA SINENSIS LEAF WATER, PORTULACA OLERACEA EXTRACT, CHAMAECYPARIS OBTUSA WATER, ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS (ROSEMARY) EXTRACT, LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA (LAVENDER) EXTRACT, JASMINUM OFFICINALE (JASMINE) EXTRACT, ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE, ALUMINUM STEARATE, DIMETHICONE/VINYL DIMETHICONE CROSSPOLYMER, METHYL METHACRYLATE CROSSPOLYMER, VINYL DIMETHICONE/METHICONE SILSEQUIOXANE CROSSPOLYMER, SORBITAN SESQUIOLEATE, POLYGYLCERYL-6 POLYRICINOLEATE, METHICONE, MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE, CELLULOSE GUM, FRAGRANCE, PHENOXYETHANOL, METHYLPARABEN, PROPYLPARABEN, BUTYLPARABEN.



Fragrance: 3.5/5
Texture: 3/5
Sun Protection: 1-2 hours
Effects: 4/5


Overall:
This product does contain quite a strong fragrance, I'm not going to lie. But I actually really like the scent, I'm not one that goes for overly scented things but this is an exception. Usually highly perfumed products either make my skin get rashes or break out in spots or they give me a migraine but this doesn't do any of those stuff.
I can not stress out enough how important wearing a sunscreen is because especially with me where I have had a past of suffering from acne and my skin is still acne prone whenever I switch skin care items or if I use a product and end up getting a reaction to the ingredients of that product, I am now left with horrible and very deep visible scars on my face especially on my cheeks and to prevent them from getting even more darker than they are I have to protect the skin from being exposed to UVA and UVB rays. Also I am currently on acne topical treatment gels which contain retina ingredients which make my skin even more sensitive to UVA and UVB rays now. But even if you don't suffer from acne scars or hyper pigmentation and your not on any acne treatments, I think everyone should wear sunscreen. A lot of people seem to overlook this step in their skin care routine and think it's just a extra step that is pointless, but actually I think sunscreen and cleansing is the two most important step that no one should skip out. The sun can do some serious damage to our skin as we grow older, I remember seeing this image on the news on the internet about this man who was a bus driver and on one side of his face it was sagging and aging and really damaged (which was the side of his face which was most exposed to the sun) whilst the other side that didn't get much sun looked young. But no sunscreen can offer 24/7 protection to the skin and is not actually good to wear it to sleep as it can block your pores, so be sure to remove it properly like a make-up item if you do not wear any make-up.
I do like this sunscreen a lot, it is hard to get your hands on it though and I have to order this online but since I love it that much I might just have to do that, I honestly think this may be my HG sunscreen until I find another one, which I am thinking of buying some of the Olay ones from Asia when I go to Hong Kong in the summer because so many people have been saying many good things about that product ^^
However, I do only recommend using a teeny amount of this, a little goes a long way and I would definitely 100% not recommend this to you if you have dry/very dry skin. If you have oily skin I think this will work amazing for you, and Combination/Normal skin may still be able to work with this just make sure you moisturize more on the drier parts of your face.


Would I Repurchase: Yes, and I already have, I'm on my second tube now actually ^^ ~


Take Care ~ ♥

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Saturday, 8 June 2013, 05:05 | 3 lovely comments
Review: Rojukiss Enca AC CONTROL BALANCING Emulsion ~
I apologize that it has taken me this long to finally do a review on a Rojukiss Enca product that I hauled a few months back, but I just have so much skin care items that I need to get through (especially moisturizers) and to me, emulsion/lotion/moisturizers whatever you personally like to call it is the most effective item in my skin care routine. Well I guess essences and serums do play quite a big role in having better skin because it is meant to be the most concentrated product in your skin care but I am the most pickiest person when it comes to moisturizers which is why I have so many because I always want to find something better ~

 Before placing the huge order on the whole Enca set, I had previously ordered the sun cream separately from wishtrend (review for that will be coming up soon as well) ~ but you can probably guess what my opinion was towards that since I ended up buying the whole set XD ~ I had high hopes for this line because of the sun cream.


"Every time you look yourself in a mirror, those trouble spot and sensitive reactins on your skin can make you feel miserable and now, ENCA can restore the dazzling smile and confidence on your face.

 DIRECTIONS:
Apply evenly on your skin, pad thoroughly until AC CONTROL BALANCING EMULSION is absorbed completely onto the skin."

 However, because I do not live in South Korea or in a country where Rojukiss Enca products are readily available to me, I have to take my chances and buy my products online or get them sent to me by friends living or visiting there for holiday ~ therefore, I was unable to check on the ingredients list before buying this, and with me I am quite sensitive to certain ingredients, especially one; paraffinum liquidum aka more better known as 'mineral oil'.
If you don't know what mineral oil is, in my understanding it is in a lot of cosmetic products in particular road shop/drug store/high street brand names. This is because mineral oil is an inexpensive ingredient to use in their products to replace other types of oils or ingredients as supposedly in a more higher end brand. However, there has been a myth going around that mineral oil causes acne since it can cause clogging in your pores, many people say 'if you have oily skin, don't use products that consist of mineral oil'. I guess that sort of makes sense right? if you have oilier skin type then your pores will be wider in the first place which means your pores will clog up faster than someone with dry skin, but it's also not good to use it in the long term for dry skin either. And now days you may notice many of the road shop/drug store brands claim to be 4 free, 5 free, 6 free, 7 free or more and what that means is the amount of ingredients that are claimed by the beauty scientists and dermatologists as being 'harmful' to your health and your skin which usually consists of parabens, SLS, mineral oil and etc.

Now I have used a variety of different products from foundations/bb creams, primers/base, cleansing creams to moisturizers that all contain mineral oil and some of those do cause me to break out and some don't. I can work with bb creams and cleansing creams that consist of mineral oil but the only reason is probably because I am not applying the bb cream straight off on my bare face like I would with a primer or moisturizer and with a cleansing cream well I have it on my skin for less than 5 minutes so it's not like my skin is absorbing any of the ingredients in it ~ OK enough of my rambling now, to shorten things basically this product broke me out, not in huge zits or as in acne but it caused me to have these tiny little pumps on my skin ~ I think this product may be too moisturizing on my skin or it's the mineral oil that is clogging up my pores around my cheek area which is where I tend to break out the most.
However everyone's skin is different and reacts differently to every product, so for this who have oily skin and suffers with trouble prone skin, this might still work for you, just because it broke me out doesn't mean it will for you as well ~


Ingredients list is in both English & Hangul ~ ^^

So to prevent you all from repeating what I had to go through, and to make things easier for you all I will also write up the ingredients list so you can check if your allergic to any of the ingredients here ~

 INGREDIENTS:
WATER, MINERAL OIL, BUTYLENE GLYCOL, GLYCERIN, CETEARYL ALCOHOL, OCTYLDODECYL MYRISTATE, POLYSORBATE 60, SORBITAN STEARATE, ARBUTIN, FICUS CARICA (FIG) FRUIT EXTRACT, CENTELLA ASIATICA EXTRACT, HYDROGENATED COCONUT OIL, TOCOPHERYL ACETATE, HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL OIL, SODIUM HYLURONATE, GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA (LICORICE) ROOT EXTRACT, PORTULACA ORLERACEA EXTRACT, ANGELICA DAHURICA ROOT EXTRACT, SOLUBLE COLLAGEN, ALOE BARBADENSIS LEAF JUICE, PAEONIA LACTIFLORA ROOT EXTRACT, PONICRUS TRIFOLIATA FRUIT EXTRACT, DNIDIUM OFFICINALE ROOT EXTRACT, PUERARIA THUNBERGIANA ROOT EXTRACT, CORYDALIS TURTSCHANINOVII ROOT EXTRACT, CELLULOSE GUM, HYDROGENATED PALM OIL, HYDROGENATED LECITHIN, STEARIC ACID, DIMETHICONE, GLYCERYL STEARATE, PEG-100 STEARATE, TRIETHANOLAMINE, CARBOMER, XANTHAN GUM, DISODIUM EDTA, SODIUM METABISULFITE, CAPRYLIC/CAPRIC TRIGYLCERIDE, CERAMIDE 3, CHOLESTEROL FRAGRANCE, PHENOXYETHANOL, METHYLPARABEN, PROPYLPARABEN, BUTYLPARABEN.





Now my opinion is set aside, I will get onto the packaging. Generally, I prefer my skin care products to be in a glass bottle because it not only looks nicer on my vanity table but it feels sturdier and higher quality than a bottle made of plastic. I mean the packaging for this isn't bad or cheaply made, it does feel sturdy but the pakcaging is quite plain looking which some of you may like, I personally like my skin care products to have a little colour to them. The one good thing is you get quite a lot of product 140ml which is a good value of money.



"FEATURES:
AC CONTROL BALANCING EMULSION will help your skin healthy and clear through mild effect on your troubled areas, providing perfect balance on your skin tone with active sebum control effect.

AC CONTROL BALANCING EMULSION rejuvenates problem skin with essential extracts of Stearic acid, Glycyrrhiza glabra (licorice) root extract, Pueraria lobata root extract to prevents your skin from moisture loss and clear away trouble and perfect your skin to a healthy youthful look."
  - ENCA
Though the company translates their products all in English, which is nice and helpful for international fans, sometimes their translations don't make sense or it isn't translated 100% correctly to what it should be but that is fine, I won't criticize them for that since their first language is not English and it's not so bad, we can still tell and understand what they are trying to say ~



rub rub rub ~ ^^


Or you can pat the product into the skin for better absorption as well ~


 
 
The product comes out as a white gel lotion texture. It does provide you with quite a considerate amount of moisture to your skin without it looking greasy but if you have drier skin then you may have to layer a more hydrating moisturizer on top since this is an emulsion it won't give you high moisture for a long amount of time.



Fragrance: 1/5
Texture: 3/5
Performance/Effects: 1/5

Overall:
I'm sad to say I didn't like this product at all, mainly because it broke me out. At first I thought it was just the purging stage which happens in a lot of products where you are meant to break out before your skin gets better and starts to show more results but it's been around a month since I started using this and my skin was getting worse and worse so I stopped using this and went back to using my Nanas'B Acness Emulsion and my skin instantly cleared back up.
I probably would have continued on using this if it wasn't for this scent of this, if I am correct from the ingredients list this product doesn't contain any fragrance/perfume which may be the reason why this smells so bad! but I honestly couldn't stand the scent, it would just linger on my face and it literally made me feel like I wanted to be sick and caused me to have headaches. Do take note though that I suffer from quite bad migraines and fragrance and light and sometimes sound can trigger my migraines easily.

Would I Repurchase: NO!

 Take Care ~ ♥

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