Korean Makeup Samples

First impressions! Quick review!

Lioele Blooming Shimmer Pearl Base

- very PINK

- has super tiny shimmers/sparkles/glitter in it

- leaves slight pink cast and dewy finish (more like shiny)

- slight residue feeling after applying

- fills pores

- THIN and super spreadable; little goes a long way!

- slight floral scent

- hard to wash off with just soap and water, left some product on hand

Works like a primer, but might have made my concealer and BB cream "cakey"

2/5

 Etude House BIG Cover BB Concealer (Beige)

- yellow

- cakey (might be from base/primer)

- too bright for my skin tone/dark circles

- thick enough to blend easily

- feels thick on skin

- pigmented (don't need that much product to conceal)

- hard to wash off with water and soap (waterproof/sweat proof?)

I didn't have any active acne to test this on, and this was too light for my skin tone/dark circles.

4/5 nice, but thick!

 Tonymoly Goat Milk Pure CC Cream with SPF 30 P++ (no idea what shade)

Update: I bought some skincare, and I got another sample of this product. This time, I just washed my face and applied this.

-pink, but you cannot really tell once applied

-too light for my skin tone, need like 1 shade darker

-creased on my eyelids, but no where else

-better to use with a sponge or hands, brush leaves lines

-has a residue feeling

-doesn't do much to the pores, little to no coverage

-wouldn't recommend if you have bumps/trouble on your skin, this accentuates them

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(before update)

- PINK (hard to tell in pictures, but pink undertone)

- cakey (might be from base/primer)

- slightly thick, but easy to spread

- too white for me

Because I already had 2 other things underneath this, I can't give it a rating.

4/5 not bad! very natural!

Hope y'all like this review.

I got the samples from buying Korean skincare online.

These are all first impressions; I have never used any of these products before.

And I was not sponsored. I basically "paid" for these because online Korean stuff are overpriced. 

Review of Three Money Making Apps

My definition of money making apps: let you earn money (with almost instant feedback) without anything other than a fast Internet speed and your phone. Also, you should not have to go outside.

I've tried and seen many, and these are the ones I am most impressed with. 

- Google Opinion Rewards
- Whaff
- App Nana

My thoughts:
Google Opinion Rewards
As you can tell by the name, Google created this app. Unfortunately it's only available on Google Play, you receive cash immediately after completing a survey. That cash is actually "credit", but it is convenient to use to buy apps or music without having to input any payment methods. Trustworthy, easy to use, and actually worth a try!

Pros: easy to use, instant update to balance, can immediately use credit for purchases
Cons: Android only, only receive Google Play credit, each survey gives less than $1, may take a few days/weeks to get surveys

Whaff
I've used this app for 2 years now on and off, and I have cashed out three times. After some research, this app was created in Korea and to get some sort of revenue, they take a small amount of your cash each time you cash out. For example, if you cash out $10 on Paypal, you will probably only get $9 and some odd cents. I tried getting a $12 of Google Play credits, and I ended up only receiving a code with only $10 in it. Since no where on their FAQs or tutorials say this, I emailed the company. They tried explaining how Paypal took some of the money as taxes, which made sense, but they never replied about the Google Play credit. Either way, I still got my money, even though I couldn't get those painfully earned $2.

What I really like about Whaff is that whenever you play a game for 4 minutes or more, it is tracked and the app tells you how many more times you can do that until you received the max amount from an app. There are surveys and other things to do from third-party apps, but I feel like Whaff is constantly updating the app enough to have plenty of interesting apps and games for you to enjoy. Whaff also has a list of all of the apps that you have played and the amount you have earned from them. Sometimes, the same apps will appear again and give you more chances to play and earn money from it. 

Pros: easy to use and navigate, tracks your apps and times you can earn from them, instant update to balance, many cash out options (Google Play, Steam, League, etc)
Cons: earn only a few cents per app up to around $1, takes a long time to earn enough for cash out, must earn a certain amount to cash out

App Nana
Honestly, I only used this app for a short period of time--enough to get a single cash out. I am listing it here only because it worked. 

This was the second money-making app I tried. The first just didn't cut my expectations. This one has a great interface; everything was very easy to navigate and you could see all of the trade-out options easily. The only problem, as with the first app I tried, was that it was hard to tell which apps you've already tried and which you haven't. I would download an app and play it for 4 minutes, but I would still not get any rewards possibly because I already played that game before or because I did not use the link provided inside the app to download it. And even after you receive rewards from an app, a few days later, that app would appear again. Of course, you will not get the credits if you already played it before, but there was no way to see which apps you've tried and which you haven't yet. 

After I earned enough to get $2 from App Nana, I cashed out and left. I got Paypal credit, and $2 was exactly what I got. The app is promising and actually works, but the point system that it had wasn't doing it for me. It was hard to see how much me playing an app for 4 minutes could actually earn me, so I opted to switch to a different app. 

Pros: easy to use, instant update to balance, quick cash out process
Cons: uses a point system instead of $, apps reappear again but you cannot earn from them

I am not sponsored. These are my humble opinions of these 3 apps, and they all worked for me. After finding so many horrible "money making" apps from those "10 Best Apps...", "Top Apps that can..." lists, I decided to make my own. 

PandaCashBack Review

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Hello hello!

Here's a fancy review on how to get money back on your purchases! (but it's not in the least "fancy", but good enough)

I have recently discovered PandaCashBack.com, and I wish I found it a lot sooner!

It is a site that basically pairs up with certain companies and makes money off of your purchases on those sites. In return for helping them make money, they give you some too!

For example: you buy some groceries on Walmart.com and have it delivered to your house/pick it up from the store. The website will receive a percentage of your purchase, but in return, they also give you a small percentage! I do not know how much the company receives, but assume you buy $30 from Walmart and the cash back percentage is 2.5%; you get $0.75 back! 

Yes, that doesn't sound a lot, but how much online shopping do you actually do?

Me? A lot! I like to look for deals, and the cheapest (though probably not the highest quality) site is AliExpress. I saw on PandaCashBack that you can get 7% back from your purchases on AliExpress! It still doesn't sound a lot, but if you calculate how much you would get back from ALL of your purchases, it can probably give you enough to treat yourself to a nice meal! 

Upon registering, the site also gives you $5, and once you reach $15, you can cash out! This is only available for people residing in the USA, but there are plenty of other sites that will do the same for those in other countries! I know for Singapore there is Shopback!

Updates:

So I got my $5, and I have already made quite a few online purchases and of course used this site! The cash back will be under a "pending" status until after you confirm your goods and don't get a refund. If you get a refund, then you can't get the cash back (of course, no one is going to be making money!). 

I know one of my orders will arrive soon, so I will update once the "status" of my cash back changes! (By the way, the statuses are "available", "pending", and "declined"). The site only tells you where you bought your goods and what date, but nothing else. So if you want to keep track of your purchases, make sure you do it yourself!

Cons and more of me rattling on:

This site sounds too good to be true, and I am very skeptical. The site is very easy to navigate and figure out, but there is so little information! Also, the fact that there are so few reviews and people talking about this makes me wonder why it's so underrated? Apparently this company got started in 2012, but it has been 4 years and there is almost nothing on it! 

Hopefully, they will do what they say they do, and I get some money back! 

Overall: 

Easy to use: 5/5
Many store options: 5/5 (they don't have Amazon! but I'm fine with that :D)
Speed: 5/5 (your account is updated almost immediately after a purchase with the cashback value!)
Reliability/works: ? 

I will give PandaCashBack.com a rating of 4/5. There isn't much to say about it until I actually get my check in the mail, so the rating will be out of 5. I am quite satisfied with how quickly the information is processed and updated, so I give it a 4!


For all of those that are like: where are the pictures? Why so much text? I hate reading!
Well, I got lazy. And this is an actual, running website. With its own pictures and stuff. And copyright laws.

I'm not sponsored. I'm just a friendly person that wants to save money but keep buying stuff. Shopping online is tough. You just keep buying. Non. Stop.