Hi! How was everyone's weekend? Mine was good but I'm sad that it's over and now back to the grind again.
Today I wanted to review a few products that I have recently tried. I feel like I do a lot of haul posts but not enough reviews because I always end up forgetting about them!
Lush BB Seaweed Mask
This mask came with the 9 for $25 deal and I picked the BB Seaweed mask to try out. The SA said that this was really good for your skin.
Description: Relaxing and reviving, mineral-rich mask to cleanse, soften and beautify all skins. This blend, inspired by the sea, contains fresh and nutritious seaweed and seaweed absolute. Cleansing kaolin, antiseptic honey, calming aloe vera and rose absolute make this a great mask for everyone. Apply to clean skin, avoiding the eye area. Leave for five to ten minutes, then rinse with warm water. Keep chilled.
Quantitative Ingredients
VEGETARIAN, Lime Tree Flower and Sweet Violet Leaf Decoction (Tilia europaea and Viola odorata), Kaolin, Honey, Glycerine, Ground Almonds (Prunus dulcis), Toothed Wrack Seaweed (Fucus serratus), Organic Aloe Vera Gel (Aloe barbadensis), Millet Flakes (Panicum miliaceum), Extra Virgin Olive Oil (Olea europaea), Bentonite Gel, Fresh Rose Petals (Rosa centifolia), Rose Absolute (Rosa damascena), Patchouli Oil (Pogostemon cablin), Rosemary Oil (Rosmarinus officinalis), Seaweed Absolute (Fucus vesiculosus), *Citral, *Geraniol, *Benzyl Benzoate, *Limonene, *Linalool, Perfume}
Texture: Thick oatmeal-like paste with bits of seaweed.
Since the directions advise you to refrigerate the mask it felt really cool and soothing when I applied it to my face. There is a salty fishy smell which I guess makes sense because it is a seaweed mask.
The directions tell you to leave it on for 5-10 minutes then rinse with warm water. After leaving it on for about 3-4 minutes the mask started drying and tightening on my face. I actually used this mask a few times and experimented with leaving it on for the full 10 minutes but for me leaving it on that long started to feel uncomfortable for me. My skin started to feel really tight and started to feel itchy so for me leaving it on for just 5 minutes was better.
After I washed off my face I noticed a difference right away! It made my skin super soft and really brightened up my complexion.
The few bad things about this mask is the fishy smell, and the fact that it doesn't have a long shelf life. From the time I bought this from the store I only had 2 weeks to use it before it expired.
Overall this is a great mask, just make sure not to buy a big size if you're not going to use it right away!
Relaxing Steam Eye Masks
After reading Kathi's (Lotus Palace) review about this I couldn't resist and get myself some to try! I know, I have such weak sales resistance.
These are disposable eye masks that supposedly heats up when you put them on your eyes to relieve stress and relax you. The mask comes in different scents and I picked Chamomile to try out.
The mask itself looks like a eye mask that people where to sleep and they come with ear attachments to hold it in place.
A few minutes after putting in on my eyes they started to slowly heat up! It was a pretty interesting experience but in a good way because it felt very relaxing. I don't think this would be good for hot summer nights but on a cold day this felt heavenly.
Overall these are nice to have around but isn't a must have for me. They do feel really good and I would probably get some more if I run out. I got them on ebay from the seller that Kathi put on her post (alphabeautyuk).
French Food
My bf took me out to lunch at this French Cafe near work. It was delicious!
He got the pan friend steak with butter and seasoned fries on the side.
I got this sampler platter that had ham and cheese quiche, calamari, pate and mini toasts.
I'm actually getting hungry again looking at this!
Porcelain Doll Themed Party
On Saturday night our friends invited us out to this club/event that had a Porcelain Doll Theme. It was encouraged that you wear all white so I figured it would be fun to dress up a little!
I realized I didn't have many white clothing but I manage to put together a white dress, white blazer, white head band, and white flats. I'm also wearing some Koji Takako falsies which miraculously stayed on me the whole night! I wore some skinny grey jeans underneath since it was super cold out! I also got a chance to sport some red lips since it was a "doll" themed event! The sad part is I lost my lipstick during the night, so now I'm going to have to go get a new one.
That's all for today, time to go watch The Bachelor and then 24!
