The Face Shop - Real Nature Mask Mung Bean

I guess technically its THEFACESHOP ?

I can't remember if this was one of the masks that Steve's mom bought me or one of the ones I got in Hawaii.. none the less I'm guessing that it was less than $3 lol.

What it does: A cleansing/purifying mask sheet containing mung bean extract. effective in purifying pores for a clean and smooth texture.

I use sheet masks twice a week so I can tell which ones are good and which ones are bad. This one was alright, not good not bad just neutral. The Face Shop usually makes ok sheet masks, since I know I can get better quality ones from other brands I probably wouldn't buy from them unless the essence inside was super amazing or cheaper than it is now but the sheet itself is a different story..

 My face looks like its literally melting

For some reason the hole for where your mouth goes is super big, 

WHY? WHOSE FACE IS LIKE THIS!?

I guess some people have extra big mouths/lips lol. The essence itself is nice and gentle. It smells good and doesn't leave a residue on my face. My only complaint is the quality of the actual sheet, it really needs to be changed, its the same for most of the sheet masks The Face Shop produces.

It doesn't adhere to the skin well, I had to push on my face every now and then to make sure it is sticking to my face. So I'm probably not going to repurchase based on the quality of the sheet, the formula of the essence is good though my skin feels quite smooth.

So I'm doing a little format change on the products I review. Since most of my previous review posts have the "where can you purchase this product" section I'm getting rid of that. I figured by now you can figure out where I usually purchase these products so I don't really need to tell you anymore (ebay, sasa, amazon) plus I haven't been posting much lately so yeah its quicker for me to write a post that way.

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April Update Part 2

Sorry for the lack of posts lately...

So... Steve's mom and sister are here...

His sister brought her dog... and then I get the news that his mom wants his sister to concentrate on school so she's making us take care of her dog. FUCKING DID NOT EVEN ASK!!!!!!! Not only that the dog isn't house trained, its not spayed so she'll get her period or something and is super whiny if you leave! 

This is why you shouldn't date an Asian person who's family doesn't live in the same city... make sure they have their own place to live and that their mom isn't inconsiderate -___-'

Not only that we found out that his sister is going back to Korea in July and when she comes back she's going to bring their grandma here to visit minimum 1 month to a maximum of 6!!!!! WTF!!

They want to open a business here in Vancouver, specifically a sushi restaurant... I was like really? Do you know how many sushi restaurants are here?! I don't think they could stand apart from any other sushi restaurant not only that they don't have any experience with working in a restaurant, they want the dad to be a chef and he has never worked in a kitchen ever! I told his sister that they should just open a food truck, seems less risky than paying rent for an establishment and they can change the menu on a daily basis if they wanted to, at least that's what I would do.

For example look at Japadog, they started out with a few hotdog stands and now they have an actual sit down restaurant and they even have a Japadog restaurant in New York!

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Ashley and her husband came up to pick up their friends and we were going to go do the grouse grind but it was closed. So then we had the plan to go run on the seawall instead -____-'

Such a gorgeous day for a run!

But... I didn't end up running LOL, I walked instead. They totally just zoomed passed me.. T_T I need to exercise more lol. Its a good thing we went when we did because it started pouring rain right when we got back to Ashley's mother-in-laws house.

The reason why I didn't run was because I walked some stupid trail to the gym the other day and that took me an hour to get through and my shoes sucked butt plus it was pouring rain, not a good idea. My shoes were digging into the back of my foot and eventually the skin on the back of my foot ripped >.< Yay! lol. Before I got to the gym I was like "oh I'm so lucky my feet aren't wet from the rain" and then I walked into a massive puddle -___-' WTF! lol. My feet dried from being at the gym and then I went to meet my friends at the mall across the street for a cup of tea and I walk into ANOTHER giant puddle that soaked my feet >.< I was not impressed lol.

 When Ashley was here they took me to the foundation restaurant in Vancouver, which is a vegetarian dive like restaurant. Her husband ordered this giant platter which was $12 O_O

Since they're on a diet they don't order crappy food but this place has MASSIVE nachos that I want, so I'm going to go back with Steve and get them lol.

 Ashley's Curry

 I got some quinoa burger thing which was a little dry to be honest but tasted alright 

it was quite big

We also had dinner with Ashley's friends from Montreal that run this company which is worth checking out :D and we ordered tons of sushi >.< which I didn't end up taking a photo of (wish I did)

I always feel bad when Ashley's husband pays for me, one day I'm going to stick like $10,000 somewhere in their house LOL, like seriously I'll put it in one of his shoes or something, its a nice gesture and all but I always feel like a user >.< 

I'll pay you back one day!

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April Haul

Technically I didn't really buy much this month until I went down to visit Ashley in the states, even then it wasn't much but when we came home Steve's mom gave me quite a bit of stuff! O_O I told her not to get me anything, I feel bad because I didn't really get her anything either.. maybe later but not now.

Picked up a pair of the Response workout three quarter tights 

at the Adidas outlet for $29.99 (originally $49.99 O_O)

They had a deal where you can get 2 pairs of the climacool pants for $29.99 but they didn't have any in my size (small) T_T so I got these instead

I bought just two new nail colors and a top coat

for some reason I've been obsessed with medium blue nails lately

The blue and clear Sally Hansen nail polishes were $2.50 each and the NYC one was $1.84

From Target

If you haven't figured it out by now I'm a really frugal shopper but the Sally Hansen nail polishes are such good quality already so I would say they're worth the money. The NYC nail polish on the other hand... 

 The NYC nail polish chips easily BUT it could be that my nail is super messed up because its only chipped on both my thumbs and not any other nails. 

Took a good few layers off T_T

 Ashley gave me the small eye makeup remover which I think is by Lancome?? Not too sure

I also picked up a few Revlon Lustrous Lipsticks for $4.50 - $5.50 as well 

as the Revlon Colorstay Ultimate Suede Lipstick in 045 Supermodel for $7.49

From Walmart/Target

I also bought a billion bottles of Organix shampoo and conditioner lol

I bought the Rejuvenating Cherry Blossom Ginseng, Renewing Moroccan Argan oil, Nourishing Coconut milk, Anti-breakage Keratin oil and the Repairing Awapuhi Ginger shampoo and conditioner.

I got a good deal at Target for a massive bottle of the shampoo and conditioner (50% extra) for the same price as a small one! But they didn't have many different types of shampoos oh well. I got them for $5.50+ each, I really wanted the Thick and Full Biotin and Collagen shampoo and conditioner but I could only find the conditioner and not the shampoo T_T maybe next time.

 Steve's mom went nuts and bought me tons of cute socks T_T

My favorite is the bunny one that says "I want carrot" lol

When I was in Korea cute socks were typically $1+

depending on where you got them from but I really needed new socks so yay! Thanks!

 O..O She also got me some stuff from The Face Shop!

 These are small wash off packs, great for traveling

I'm not sure if these are samples or not.. lol but they're a good idea

They look like the little individual butters you get at some restaurants

 She also grabbed me The Face Shop Herb Day 365 Cleansing Foam in Peach

and the Herb Day Cleansing Cream Fruit Mix

I'm running low on my current cleanser (by Laneige) so this is good timing! lol

She also got me and Steve a super soft Korean Blanket and mattress cover O.O

THESE ARE SO SOFT AND AWESOME

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Mini-Trip to Seattle Again

Because Steve's mom is coming we did a huge massive clean out of the house. I went nuts and bleached and scrubbed the crap out of the floors, forgot to clean the shower which I regret because I know she's going to flip her lid and be like "YOU GUYS ARE SO MESSY!!!!!!!!" >..<

We also re-arranged the living room so now there's more space plus she won't go super bitch and be like "turn off the heat cause its loud" doesn't bug anyone else but you!!! lol. Plus we unexpectedly got the news that Steve's sister is coming to Vancouver too lol, she randomly text messages me and says "I'm coming on Friday!" LOL I was like holy randomness! She didn't even tell Steve lol which he wasn't too impressed with, he wants his family to save money so he's going to lecture the shit out of her when she comes lol.

Anyways right now we're at Ashley's place in Seattle mainly because Steve wanted to get parts for his car -____-' but whatever I'm here cause I wanted to stock up on beauty supplies that I'm running out of at home and get some new stuff as well. I don't know why but I've been wanting to try out make-up more and more.

I started using the BB cream I got in Hawaii (Nature Republic Snail Therapy BB Cream) which I like a lot but I want to purchase some other ones to see how well it is O.O new brands! Lol.

On another note, Ashley tried to put on eye makeup on me (eyeliner, mascara) but it didn't show up well because my eyes are fucked up because I have the mono-lid LOL. I told her I looked like a tired hooker lol Steve liked it. Should go have a double eyelid surgery O_O lol or purchase some eyelid tape/glue.

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Lately my sleep schedule has been super fucked. For the past 2 weeks I've been going to bed between 4-6AM and waking up at like 3-4PM. When we arrived at Ashley's place last night I barely got any sleep the day before, so I'm hoping that it fixed itself and when midnight rolled around I was super tired but couldn't sleep so I decided to get super drunk which I totally regret LOL.

My skin totally broke out too because I put on too much BB cream the other day and didn't wash it out properly >.< but whatever I'll have to live with it.

We went shopping today and I totally stocked up on a lot of stuff! A lot of shampoo, some lipsticks and some other necessities for the house ^__^

We'll probably pick up more stuff on the way up since we leave tomorrow but since I haven't posted anything in a while I thought I would add a short update.

Will attempt to update in a day or two..

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April Update! Part 1

READY FOR APRIL UPDATES?!?!!??! I would say this is the most eventful month of the year so far! This is probably THE LONGEST post I've ever written lol

We went back to the hospital because I had severe abdominal pain again.
I got a ultrasound a few weeks ago because they had thought it was something in my uterus or something >..< but it turned out normal so they didn't know what it was so they ordered another ultrasound this time focusing on my stomach.

The doctor that was seeing me asked if I had accidentally left a tampon in there >..< apparently that's super common LOL I was like really?!

They made me get a blood test >.<

I'm no druggie!

I went to get the ultrasound for the second time and this time I got a guy technician (who was cute) and I sent Ashley this text message:

LOL

I was at the hospital for 2 hours >.< took a while for them to give me my result. The doctor came in and told me it was gallstones! I was like REALLY? My guess was WAY off! Apparently I can have an elective surgery to remove my gallbladder if I get the pain too often or I'll have to have it if I come down with a fever and severe pain (which I hope it doesn't come down too) but he said at this point he can't really do anything -___-' so I'm thinking of exercising even more and eating less fatty foods? maybe it'll help, perhaps taking a supplement to lower my cholesterol which isn't high but it might help apparently.

The doctor was like "its most common in obese patients" and I was like in my head "well that makes me feel better" T___T LOL. I was hoping it was my appendix since you know.. you don't need it lol and they can take it out but I wanna keep my gallbladder! Don't want no chronic diarrhea after the surgery! lol But I'm really considering doing it, probably in the summer time.

As soon as I got my result I tried to call Steve first but he was at work so then I called my friend who thought it was kidney stones and he freaked out "I FREAKING TOLD YOU IT WAS THAT! YOU SHOULD'VE LISTENED TO ME!" calm yourself! obviously I'm not going to listen to you because YOU'RE NOT A DOCTOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and then I had to endure like a 30 minute conversation of him bashing one of our friends that's having a difficult time in his nursing program -____-' so sick of his drama and how he thinks he's better than everyone.

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In other news! I got into the program I wanted! ^_______________________________^

YEAAAAH! I start in September and I have no intention of telling any of my friends only the ones I can trust LOL. So far only 3 maybe 4 people know? Ashley, Steve my good friend Kerry and probably Ashley's husband lol but that's it!

Lol its all blocked out

I know if I tell my friend I talk to most often he'll just try to convince me to not go to school and that I should abandon the program (what a good friend huh?) he's tried multiple times with various things (same one that thinks he's a doctor LOL) So if he finds out on his own then I'll just tell him I thought I had told him or I forgot hahaha. He told me before "You can't even do much with a Kinesiology degree and if you do become a physiotherapist they get like no pay they start at like $17 an hour" Obviously I didn't believe him cause I did my research before applying LOL. I even checked VCH's website (Vancouver coastal health) and physiotherapists start at like $37/38 or something LOL I think he thinks I'm super gullible or something or he wants to ruin my life.

He graduated almost a year ago from his make-up school program but never tried to find a job or try to work on his portfolio so now he's planning on going back to school for a lab assistant thing (basically you draw out blood out of people for testing, who knew you just had to take a 1-year class to do it?) but he's like $16,000 in the hole because of the make up school so I was pretty surprised that he didn't pursue it since he spent so much on it and he kept boasting about his super awesome makeup abilities lol. His mom is pretty upset about it which I would be too if I were her.

I'm getting a little worried about him, I think his mind might be slowly drifting, I can tell there's been a change in the last few years and its not for the better.. it could be stress related but who knows, I don't think I'll bring it up with him though unless he goes super mental.

I need new friends lol.

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My bangs are growing out.. and I'm not sure if I should get a trim or grow them out.

Creepy lol.. I got my haircut back in February so its grown out quite a bit

I think I'm going to just grow it out, I was pretty upset when they first cut my hair lol and I think it makes my face look super fat lol. Steve wants me to keep the bangs though but I don't care what he thinks lol. Hopefully it will be at a decent length by the time its summer :D

I also pulled out Steve's blackheads LOL

He has like super nice clear skin that he never washes/exfoliates (seriously he just rolls out of bed and puts on clothes and leaves) but he gets nasty blackheads on his nose. I do this about once every few months, especially when there's a special occasion, I'll just use tweezers since they come out so easily and then a pore tightening mask afterwards as well as toner and some other stuff to close the pores.

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 I also super re-organized the room but it still needs some more work.

 The super messy before shot

Before I moved everything (by myself -___-') I felt that the room had absolutely no space to move around and that everything was super cramped especially when it came to using my desk so I decided to rotate the bed in hopes of freeing up some room

 Yeah.. during the moving process I had to throw a lot of stuff onto this drawer where I keep my beauty products as well as our pants and accessories

More organized!

At one point I got the bed stuck lol but managed to move it and boy did it free up TONS of room! 

So much better now! I can actually sit comfortably at my desk without being squished! 

Steve likes to move around when we sleep he usually pushes me to one side but because the wall is there he can't push me off lol. I was sneaky and chose this side of the room to place the bed because my parents like to leave the heat on during the night our room gets super hot but since I sleep against the wall I can open the window a crack and Steve can get all hot and sweaty lol, this will be especially good during the summer :P

Still have to decide what we're going to do with the living room.. any suggestions?

 So messy! lol

 I blame Steve since I never go there and its all his parents crap in there lol

We want to re-arrange the living room so there's more space but its so cluttered! hmm... what should we do..

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Ashley's husband's mom got re-married and I got the chance to attend her wedding, which was interesting in its own way since I've never really met my brother-in-laws side of the family (except one of his cousins that I went on a date with LOL)

I've only been to like 2 weddings, Ashley's and this one. Are they usually quick? I would've thought they would be longer minimum like 30 minutes. I guess if you aren't religious then the ceremony would be super quick since you don't have to do any of the religious traditions... non-religious people let me know! But a short ceremony works for me! Since I have a short attention span lol.

Small ceremony!

Me and Steve talk about what we would do if we get married and had a wedding. I want a simple small one with close friends and favorite aunts/uncles/cousins lol but not ALL of them. Steve's mom insists that we should have a church ceremony (neither of us are religious only his parents are) and that we should invite ALL of his family (that's like 300 people) and do it in Korea, No thank you why the fuck do we have to do it in Korea? To accommodate YOU AND YOUR FAMILY?! And if my family and friends want to come they all have to spend thousands of dollars on plane tickets and hotels, how very considerate. If I had it my way we would just do it in Hawaii or some other destination with like 20 people max lol but I know that ain't gonna happen T..T If Steve insists on doing it in Korea then I'm not showing up LOL he knows that I don't want it and neither does he as far as he has told me.

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We're heading back down to the states at the beginning of next week since Steve has to pick up his wheels. I don't think we'll be heading back for the rest of the year. We always talk about going back down for Black Friday but I never really buy that much anyways so.. yeah its kind of pointless. We might come down for Christmas? but who knows Ashley and her husband might decide to come up this year

I doubt anything eventful will happen for the rest of the month besides the fact that Steve's mom is coming back which she changed her flight schedule on us again and didn't tell us so she comes on the 17th instead of the 19th -____-'

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Nature Republic: Truffle [EX] Wrinkle Sleeping Mask

Finally got around to using this product!

I bought this product in Hawaii back in December on a whim, I was thinking that I should start using some anti-aging products since I am getting older T_T (I'm 23 LOL) I wanted to start using anti-aging products earlier since prevention is key :P and I don't want to wait till I develop deep lines and wrinkles when I start, I'm sure most people don't.

Nutrient supply and wrinkle improvement sleeping mask

What Do I Think Of This Product?

This is the last step in your skincare routine it says on the box to avoid the eye area but I put it there anyways lol. If you put on too much you will wake up oily but if you put on the appropriate amount your skin will feel really smooth and your skin will look really smooth when you wake up.

 

Its very rich, thick and very creamy

It's also slightly oily when you first put it on so a little really does go a long way so make sure you rub it in real good so your skin can absorb it really well. It also has a really light mushroomy/earthy smell to it... lol its a little difficult to explain but its a very subtle scent.

So I would buy this again, as far as I can remember this product was less than $15 but I really can't remember but it was a really decent price.

Where Can You Get This Product?

So apparently NO WHERE SELLS THIS as far as I know >.< at least I can't find it anywhere I usually shop at online. If anyone actually knows where to get this comment below!

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Etude House: Red Ginseng Sheet Mask

Hoho! Have not posted anything in almost a week? sorry about that!
I've been quite busy this past week which I will post about later :P
But for now I'm going to tell you about Etude House's Red Ginseng Sheet Mask!

Smells like sticks! lol

It seems to me that the Etude House sheet masks are really hit or miss. I've tried some before that weren't so hydrating and the mask would just dry out after 5 minutes and leave a really strange residue on my face, I don't know... the surface of my skin would have some sort of resistance to it instead of being smooth and the next day my skin would be really oily >.< it could be just me though.. not everyone has the same skin.

BUT! this one didn't do that to my skin. According to Sasa:

Etude House Red Ginseng Mask Sheet, ingredients extracted from 6-year-old red ginseng, restores skin strength after exposing to harmful radicals including stress, pollution, debris and weather. It helps to maintain firmness and smoothness and provides nourishment needed to slow down aging process.

 Adhered to my skin quite well

This mask didn't dry out after 5 minutes of applying it on and it did smell like sticks lol but it wasn't a bad smell and its really subtle anyways so its hardly noticeable unless you are super sensitive to perfumes and scents.

What Do I Think Of This Product?

No residue this time

 My skin felt really smooth and moisturized after using the product. In terms of actually providing some nutrients... I can't say that much has changed, whenever I do use sheet masks my skin gets super moisturized anyways because its getting soaked into the skin, at least it didn't leave a residue nor did it make my skin oily.

Where Can You Buy This Product?

Currently Sasa says its currently out of stock but when you look at the whole Etude House inventory list they have its not listed there so I'm sure they have stopped selling this product.

You can get it on Ebay about 3 for $7 and up

This product is also available on Amazon but there's only one seller and its $3.38 + $4.49 for shipping >.< and I'm pretty sure its only one sheet mask since it doesn't say how many you will get.

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