First venture into Mamonde

I had never heard of the brand Mamonde before I got a small skincare sample kit a few months ago from an eBay seller as an extra.
I didn't really try it (yet) but I was interested to try one of their powders as they come in the very pale color #17 most Korean brands don't carry.


So I ended up ordering the Brightening Powder Pact 10HR and their Natural Cover Lotion which is more or less a BB Cream.
Mamonde only carries a very limited selection of point makeup (eyebrow pencil, mascara and eyeliner...as far as I know that's all they have) but they have a selection of several powder pacts and bases.

-Brightening Powder Pact 10HR:


As I said above I was mainly interested in trying this because it comes in a very light color suitable for me. Also the light pink compact looked quite pretty and feminine so I decided to order it.
To my surprise it came packaged together with a 5ml sample tube of their Brightening Fitting Base 10HR SPF22 PA++ and a package of 50 blotting papers.


The powder has a light texture with sheer-medium coverage. It evens my skin out really nicely but has a slightly powdery finish. A spritz of makeup setting spray easily takes care of that though.
What I don't really like is the fine glitter throughout the powder as it can look too shimmery in bright sunlight.
The powder stayed on quite well today, I wore it for about 6 hours and there was no sign of caking, fading or oxidization.


Also this is quite strongly fragranced but I really got used to that as most Korean makeup products are scented (whereas the Japanese more likely leave perfumes out of their products).
I think it's a nice powder with a very good color match for me.
I paid 16000 Won (about US$15) for my 3-piece kit so it's not super cheap but not expensive either.


The Brightening Fitting Base 10HR SPF22 PA++ that comes with this is a thick cream in a green color so it does a good job covering the natural redness in my cheeks a bit. It makes my skin smooth and preps it perfectly for the Natural Cover Lotion and Brightening Powder Pact 10HR.


I haven't used the blotting papers yet.

-Natural Cover Lotion:


This is a typical BB Cream even though the tube doesn't say anything about being a BB cream at all.
It has a rather thick consistency and provides sheer-medium coverage. Together with a bit of concealer and the powder pact it gives me an almost flawless finish.
The Natural Cover Lotion comes in 2 colors of which I chose the lighter one (#1). It's lightly scented but that doesn't bother me really.
I paid about 16000 Won for this so it's not the cheapest BB Cream out there.
I believe my tube contains 50ml but I didn't check it now =O

All in all Mamonde won't make it on my top 5 list but the products offer good quality and pretty and simple packaging.
I don't really love the items though like I love most of my Cathy Cat, Etude House, Jadilla J and Castledew =)