I have been using a lot more masks lately because the HK actresses on this show said they put on moisturize masks every night to keep their skin nice. Supermoist is one of the brands that I started using, I use it about once a week and use other brands during the other days. I decided to talk about this one and not my other masks first because I love the packaging a lot. At first I was afraid to buy it because I didn't see reviews on the site and the packaging was a bit more kiddish than other brands but I decided to buy it and try. Each type of masks have a different look to it. I bought the package with 16 masks with a pink clutch bag. 2 pieces of masks for each kind. The different functions from left to right, top to bottom are organic hops recovering, hibiscus toning, snail repairing, organic rose radiance, ginseng regenerating, oxygen antioxidant, rice germ conditioning, and tea tree treatment. The price was alright, $20.80 Canadian but sheet masks are usually around $1+ per piece, depending on the brand too. I just noticed this brand was created by Rick Chin, a makeup artist and hairstylist in HK/Asia.
Anyways, I have tried 3 of them so far, the hops, tea tree, and snail. The mask itself, I find it a bit larger than other brands like My Scheming that I have tried. I guess it's made that way incase if people have a large face? All 3 had a different smell to it (obviously). The most memorable one was tea tree because it had a strong smell. I have never smelled tea tree oil before so not sure what it smells like but I have this foot spray and it smells exactly the same with tea tree oil in it. It wasn't too bad and tea tree oil is actually good for you, especially if you have acne. The other 2 had a pretty good smell to it. The snail one had a familiar smell to it but i forgot what it was like. I'm not sure what benefit each has because it's written in Chinese and I don't know how to read it (can be a con for people that don't know Chinese). You can kind of tell what the benefits are by the names and ingredients I guess?
What I thought of it? I thought it was quite good, at least I didn't get any itchy, red bumps on my face after using it. I also use My Scheming masks and I get these red, itchy bumps on my face everytime. It goes away after 1-2 days but still pretty annoying. Maybe they have ingredients that my face doesn't like? After using Supermoist, my face is really smooth and moisturized (which most masks do). Overall, it's a good product at an ok price. You can try different function masks and use the one that's more suitable on specific days. I would repurchase again and I did because it was on sale and buy 1 get 1 free too. =)
I love trying new things and I had a coupon so I decided to buy the Fruttare popsicles. The price was alright, $3.99 plus $1 off for 4 popsicles. There were a few different flavours but I thought mixed berries was safer to try. The popsicle on the packaging looks really yummy and very fruity. The size of the popsicle is good, not too big, not too small. It said "made with real fruits" on the box, I don't really know but there were little blueberries on it. Not sure if there were other berry pieces (had it awhile ago). It does have a berry taste and kind of yogurt like because it has milk with fruits. Overall, it's pretty good and I would buy again. I want to try the coconut flavour next time.
My imPress Manicure VoxBox came today. I
received these products complimentary for testing purposes from
Influenster. I received two colours of the imPress press-on manicure by
Broadway. The colours are 130 control freak (maroon, brownish) and 060
stiletto (fuchsia). The packaging is really nice. At first I thought it
was nail polish because it's shaped like one, it's a cool design. Each
imPress comes with 24 nails in 12 sizes. On the box it says it lasts up
to a week and it's fast & easy.
I've never used these press on type of nails
before so I'm taking some time to figure this out. There are a lot of
different sizes and I have to match each one to my nail to see which
fits. I have round tip nails and imPress are flat tip so I would have to
file my nails to cover the white part. My nails are a bit longer than
these imPress. I wish imPress were a bit longer, that way I don't have
to file my nails down. No glue is needed, to stick them down, you just
have to peel off the clear plastic. The imPress sides don't cover my
nails completely but it's alright. I don't think people would look that
closely at someone's nails. Also, some of the imPress have this tiny
flat tip sticking out of the nail tip and I had to file it down or it
will get caught onto my clothes or something. The whole process took me
around half an hour (picking sizes and sticking it on), if people are
experienced with this, it will probably take a shorter time.
After I finish putting the imPress on I found this
prep pad behind this paper inside the packaging. The writing on the
prep pad are in French but I guess you use it to clean your nails before
sticking these on? Furthermore, I still have 14 imPress nails leftover
and not sure what to do with them because I already used the ones that
fit my nails. Overall, I think these imPress nails are pretty good. It's
easy to put on and there aren't any of those nail polish smell. I'll
have to see if they last for a week.
Update: May 12th, 2014
One of the nail actually fell off after shower... Good thing I got it back on by pressing onto it for awhile.
May 20th, 2014
The
last imPress nail on my finger came off on the 16th, which was less
than a week. I feel like the nails come off easily when I touch water.
My hair always get caught between the nails when I brush through it.
