Holika Holika Make-up Starter Review

I got a sample of the Holika Holika Make-up Starter with my order from TesterKorea and decided to try it right away.

This make-up starter is an innovative makeup priming cotton pad. One one side is an exfoliating pad that removes dirt and dead skin cell, and on the other side is a soft cotton that brings moisture to your skin. The priming essence is suppose to make makeup adhere to my skin longer. So it's test it out. 

Here is a translated list of the ingredients of the essence. Nothing pops out at me as horribly bad so I decided to use it on my whole face. I'm really bad at patch testing, I basically patch test with my whole face. Especially when I only have one sample to test. 

Water, Alcohol, Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, Butylene Glycol Dicaprylate/Dicaprate, PEG-60 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Triethanolamine, Methylparaben, Collagen, Hibiscus Sabdariffa Flower Extract,Phenoxyethanol,Vaccinium Myrtillus Fruit/Leaf Extract,Saccharum Officinarum (Sugar Cane) Extract,Acer Saccharum (Sugar Maple) Extract,Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Fruit Extract, Citrus Medica Limonum (Lemon) Fruit Extract, Cereus Grandiflorus (Cactus) Flower Extract, Fragrance,Sodium Hyaluronate,Laminaria japonica  extract,Undaria pinnatifida extract,Enteromorpha compressa extract, Disodium EDTA,Sodium Citrate,Xanthan Gum,Adansonia Digitata Pulp Extract,Anastatica Hierochuntica Extract
(http://www.prettyandcute.com/Holika-Holika-Make-Up-Starter-p5002.html)  

Here is a close up of the exfoliating side of the pad. It looks coarse and painful, but the little exfoliating dots are very gentle, compared to my Mia brush head. I'm not sure why I need to exfoliate right before applying makeup since I usually start with a clean face already. But it's fun to use since this little pad actually has little pocket for my fingers. 

This is the close of the moisturizing side of the pad. It's very soft and full of essence, almost too much essence since there's only one pad and I want to use the essence more then once. But due to sanitary reasons I only used it once. 

I really liked this slightly gimmicky primer pad. It has a lot of essence and made my face feel moisturized. I'm not sure where to stick this in my routine. If I use it last, then the exfoliating pad will scrub off all my previous skincare. If I use it first, then will my skincare products reduce it's effectiveness? 

I would love to get more of these and test out my questions to decide the best way to use them. Looks like someone's making a TeskerKorea order soon (excuses to haul lol).