How can you tell if it is not real? The most important factor was the fact that the product was in Japanese! WtF?!?!? Lioele is a Korean company and the product was shipped from Korea so why does the product have Japanese on it? It just doesn't make sense. It wasn't just a little Japanese like some products have explanations of the product in multiple languages. This one was entirely Japanese on the back of this product.
So I gave the seller (kgoodshop) a bad review saying the product was not authentic (he's lucky I didn't ask for my money back!). The seller actually emailed me asking me to change my review and said he sells only authentic products and that the product is in Korean... totally making it seem like I'm an idiot and can't differentiate between Korean and Japanese. Ass! So I emailed him these pics to prove my point and his response was.. "That's weird. Lioele Silky Highlighter doesn't have SPF" Apparently the real one doesn't have SPF while this fake one says SPF 27 on the back. This makes sense because my Lioele Beyond the Solution doesn't have SPF either. After that.. no more emails.
However, what confuses me is that when I looked at fuzkittie's video closely, her highlighter is in Japanese as well and she got her's from prettyandcute.com. Does that mean prettyandcute.com is also selling products that aren't authentic or are all the Lioele highlighters in Japanese??? I don't know.. you make the decision.
I think sellers like the one I bought mine from are preying on the non-Asians who wouldn't be able to tell the difference between the languages. Since this BB cream craze is translating to many makeup gurus who aren't Asian, they are exploiting that fact. The seller even had me (A KOREAN) second-guessing myself on my own language. Ass! So non-Asians and even some Asians.. BEWARE. There are people in this world who will take advantage of your trusting nature. :(
As for a review on the product... after being duped, that just left a bad taste in my mouth. I don't like it. First off I don't like the brush that is attached to it. It's hard to gauge how much product is coming out especially if you don't use the brush to apply it. When too much product comes out, I'll only transfer a small amount onto the back of my hand and the rest will just sit in the brush (eek!). Then the next time I use it, I feel like it's unsanitary because there are remnants of cream from my previous use.
All in all.. DO NOT LIKE.
