i've been lacking in writing my review as usual. this pandemic thing is slowly eating everyone. though i've been staying indoor most of the time even before the pandemic, it still eats me sometime. especially when the kids are acting out. plus my husband changed my phone to other brand, which make photo transferring a bit troublesome. so i've been lacking in editing my photos as well, that's why i've been late in writing my post. anyway.. school has been slowed down now, so i'm trying to catch up with my post. anyway.. i hope you all well despite this pandemic. it's been depressing with the lockdown and now with the racism protest and riot, but i hope we can endure it and hope for the best outcome. for the pandemic to end and for the racism to stop. anyway.. i had the chance to visit japan last october before the pandemic began and luckily i did my usual haul, so i managed to buy several new items to try, one of them is this face foam from minon. minon is famous for targeted sensitive skin, so i hope this facial foam is not as drying as other japanese face foam that i've tried before. so let's see...
this is the description from their website: hypoallergenic facial cleanser that comes out with foam. contains vegetable amino acid-based cleaning ingredients. the type that comes out with bubbles. a moisturized finish with no feeling of tightness. cut off allergens as much as possible. mild acidity. slightly fragrant.
the packaging: actually, i didn't know that minon has three big lines. i've been used to seeing minon amino lines, which has white body and orange peachy top, but this facial foam comes in orangey body, so at first i was confused whether it's the same minon, but it turns out that it is the same minon. minon has 3 lines, the general one that has entire products for hair and body (including face washes), the amino moist (which i've been seeing often, and i've tried the sheet mask before), and the men products. they have two facial wash, one in tube version, and this one is in foam version. as usual, japanese is very minimalistic. it comes in just the foam bottle, covered in plastic sealing. the face foam comes in orangey plastic bottle with white pump head, covered in transparent plastic cap. there's description at the back of the bottle but everything is in japanese. the only english text that i can read is "mild facial foam" so i know that it's a foam wash. i choose the foam type because with hada labo, the tube is still drying for face, while the foam isn't. that's why i choose the foam. but i didn't know for sure about the tube and foam difference in minon, so i can't be sure about it. anyway, the pump head has line grid so your finger doesn't get slippery when you push the button while you're in the shower. i can also control the amount of the foam by adjusting the power i use to push the button. half pump is enough since little goes a long way with this foam.
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| the bottle |
the scent: as written in description, it's slightly fragrant. it smells like baby powder, which is a bit fragrant but not overly strong. i quite like the scent. but since minon is targeted sensitive skin, i don't know why they add fragrance to the face wash. but i do like the scent. it's a bit refreshing since most japanese products that i've used are mostly scentless.
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| description at the back of the bottle |
the product: as i've said earlier, i just need a bit for my whole face because the foam can hold its body. unlike the previous foam from sana that disperse before i use it with my foreo. but this one holds well so i only need to use a bit for my whole face. it works well with my foreo, and it works okay with bare hands too.
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| look at the fluffy foam |
the result: this is one is definitely moisturizing a bit, definitely not drying at all. similar to hada labo gokujyun face foam. but this one is scented while hada labo one is scentless.
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| you can see that even though i've put it on my face before proceeding with my foreo, the foam is still there |
i am glad that i bought this one. i think it will suit all skin types. though i'm not sure that it has refill package, i'll definitely repurchase this foam if i could go back to japan after this pandemic is over. definitely will haul even though there's no refill package. price wise, it's not as cheap as hada labo, but it's still affordable. but if you count the price in per ml, then it would be much more expensive as this one only comes in 100ml, while hada labo comes in 160 ml. if you like hada labo but you want a scented version, probably you would like this.
