Wine and Winged Liner

Hello Everyone!

It's been a few days since my last post, I've been very busy with school and work, so I figured I'd make a quick update. I recently purchased a few new products and I thought I would do a quick review on a couple of them (the third will be it's own post here very soon!).

The first product is a hair product. A sea salt spray to be exact. I've been on the market for a while looking for one, but hadn't purchased because I have used Herbal Essences Totally Twisted gel for years, and it's always managed to give me a pretty beachy look. Since cutting my hair, I hadn't been using the gel because my bangs are always blow dried straight and I didn't want straight bangs with crunchy hair. My hair waves slightly naturally when I let it air dry, but it needed a little help, so I started looking for a spray.

Generally when I'm looking for products, if I haven't been given a recommendation I buy whatever product is cheapest, and that's what I did this time. I bought the göt2b beach trippin’ saltinfusion WAVING SPRAY from Walmart. Its instructions say to spray on damp or dry hair and blow dry or let air dry. Pretty low maintenance if you ask me. After using it a couple times, the product is pretty good, however it does leave some crunch in my hair, and I have to brush it out. I think I will continue to use this product until I've emptied it, and then try a different one.

The next product is a face product, a face mask. I've only used a few face masks throughout my years, most of them being when I was in my early teens. Back then, almost any face product dried my face out, so I stayed away from them. As I've gotten older, my skin has evened out a bit and I wanted to give it another go. I decided on Freeman Facial Polishing Mask in Charcoal and Black Sugar. I bought it after reading a blog post from a former high school classmate who raved about it. I know that a lot of higher end face masks contain charcoal, so I thought this would be a good one to try, and it was cheap. I have used it twice now, and so far it's alright. I don't think two times is quite enough to see how well it will really work, and I plan to make another post after using it a few more times.

The mask creates an interesting sensation on the skin, it feels very hot. It could be the charcoal drawing out the impurities, or just my skin being ultra-sensitive again. I kind of enjoy the sensation though, it's not uncomfortable, it just feels as though the product is working. After rinsing off the mask, my skin felt very, very clean and soft, but didn't appear any different. Which, again, is most likely because I've only been using it for a week. I have tried cleansing my face before and after the mask, and I prefer cleansing my skin before. I remove my makeup and use a light cleanser and then apply the mask, leaving it on for about 5 minutes. I plan to continue using this product and will post an update after some more use!

P.S. –I also recently bought the Sephora Collection Beauty Academy Blockbuster palette for a 'school project'. I'll have a review and some looks using the palette up very soon!

xoxo,

Caitlin.