Missha The First Treatment Essence VS SK-II Facial Treatment Essence

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Awhile ago I saw the WishTrend video by Liah and in the video Liah was talking about a SK-II Facial Treatment Essence Dupe which is the Missha The First Treatment Essence and I got baited by the video; I ended up buying two 215ml bottles of the Missha TFTE (shorthand for "The First Treatment Essence") because the Missha website was having a 30% off sales which I've just gotta take advantage of. PLUS, Missha was offering free gifts of their expensive masks. You see, I really (actually) wanted to try the SK-II FTE (shorthand for "Facial Treatment Essence") because a couple years back my older sister bought the 215ml SK-II FTE and I tried it on once which I fell in love with the feeling it felt on my skin.

HOWEVER, the SK-II FTE is just so so so expensive that buying a bottle will burn a BIG hole in my credit card and being a college student myself, I just couldn't afford to waste too much money. Therefore, I opt out for the Missha TFTE instead which two bottles of 215ml only cost me $88 USD (compare to the SK-II FTE which cost $195.00 USD for a bottle of 215ml). I did my research online and it seems that a lot of people love the Missha TFTE one better the SK-II one and gave positive comments about the Missha one. Anyway, when I received my Missha TFTE weeks later, I just couldn't wait and tried it on right away. Here is my verdict on the Missha TFTE:

- It is super sticky for my oily skin (a lot of people online who preferred this one over the SK-II FTE tends to have drier skin which I don't).

- It smells nothing like the SK-II FTE (people online who did review for the Missha TFTE mentioned that it smell of yeast like the SK-II FTE BUT it doesn't. The Missha TFTE only smell like rice water. Yes, rice water like when you soak uncooked rice in water for a long time and smell the water; it smell like that. The Missha TFTE probably has very little fermentation process going on, I think. Personally, I believe the effectiveness of the products are not the same too.)

- It doesn't help with redness (again, a lot of people who did review for the Missha TFTE claimed that it helps relieve redness almost immediately so I was having high hope that the Missha TFTE could be better than the SK-II FTE)

- Break me out (I am kind of sure that this product is the culprit for causing acne to appear on the side of my cheeks because it is the only new product added to my skincare routine. Another reason is because my acne are usually limited on my chin area only so having cheek acne usually mean something is wrong with my skincare.)

Conclusion: I did not enjoy the Missha TFTE because it is too sticky for my super oily skin. If you have yet to read my story about my oily skin, please read it here because I have very oily skin. Anyway, I was sad because I end up buying two bottles so I ask my sister to buy one off of me and she did which is lucky for me because I know I couldn't use two bottles. After pondering for a long time I decided to buy the SK-II FTE. Yes, it totally burned a BIG hole in my credit card with one SK-II FTE 330ml bottle at the on sale price of $180.00 USD. Anyway, it was actually a good deal so now I am waiting for my SK-II bottle because it's still finding its way to me (airmail delivered from HK). I tried the SK-II FTE before and love it so I know I am not going to regret this purchase. Catalina (Youtube Beauty Guru) also mentioned that she stopped SK-II for a while because of the price but had to go back to SK-II FTE because she couldn't find another replacement.

This side had the worst breakout. So Freaky! I really didn't know what to do with my face except cover it with make-up and stop using the Missha The First Treatment Essence for awhile.

This side is okay. Not too many breakout.

DISCLAIMER: These pictures are in no way altered for the purpose of bashing another company/product(s). I purchased the product with my own money and reviewed with my own honest opinion. I just happen to have a bad reaction to this product. I still buy Missha product because I love their stuff. One more Missha Haul coming soon.

Last Thought....I will do a thorough review once I get my SK-II bottle and use it. I will try to finish my Missha bottle if it doesn't break me out any further. I DID LOTS OF HAUL AND WILL POST THEM SOON. More review to come since I bought quite a few things. My limit for haul this time was suppose to be $500.00  USD from my saving for haul but I ended up using almost $800.00 (mainly because of the SK-II FTE) and had to use my other saving to cover the haul. *Sigh, no more shopping this year. To be honest, I usually do not buy this much but I totally ran out of all of my skincare and thought I'll stock up on some that I had been eyeing; however, I end up buying clothes, skincare, and make-up so now I am totally broke. SO SAD ^_^ but it's fine because it's my haul of the year and I probably won't run out of skincare for another 2 years. I can save up another saving by then. *crossed finger*