Face Masks from Ebay

A while ago I had ordered a big package of face masks from ebay. The face masks my friend got me from Korea were used up very quickly so I decided to get the biggest bundle I could find. This package included 36 face masks that are made up of 16 different types. The package also included some charcoal nose cleansing strip packs and a black charcoal chin pack. I paid $21.69 in total. Shipping as usual, takes a long time but it was around 3 weeks, I believe. One surprise is that it also came with a small pack of toner and lotion. It was a very thick package and the face masks were split into four.

Below is the description taken from the ebay page:

1. SNAIL
-The snail mucus extract with EGF ingredient recover your skin effectively and keep your skin nutrition plentiful.
The natural aloe-vera extract sooth exhausted skin. Sufficient moisture supplying make healthy skin.
2. COLLAGEN
-Hydrolyzed collagen skin has a high affinity and prepares to light skin there is
elasticity giving your skin rough and tired. Collagen and promotes regeneration of
skin from has the effect of activating the metabolism of skin cells and improve immune function.
3. ALOE
-Long time ago the aloe is folk remedy, the aloe is a treatment of inflammatory disorders,
promote the cirulation of the blood. Help cellular reconstruction and promote discharging waste from the skin.
The phlegmatic polysaccharide in aloe is long humectant with Antioxidants.
4. GREEN TEA
-The polyphenol that is a kind catechi in green tea keeps your skin clean by soothing skin and
giving astringent effect from blocking off harmful oxygen.
5. CUCUMBER
-The cucumber has much moisture and kalium ingredient. The cucumber cool down and
relax stimilated skin under ultraviolet rays. Specially, the cucumber is good discharge natrium
from human body and stabilize blood pressure.
6. COENZYME Q10
-"Q10" Keek your skin moist with helping skin-turnover,"Q10" Keeps your skin vital with supply water and
nourishment. a coenzyme is a substance that works with an enzyme to initiate adenosine triphosphate or
aid the function of the enzyme.
7. RED GINSENG
-Red Ginseng massage pack, containing extracts of Red ginseng and several cosmetic ingredients,
nourishes and leaves your face and providing your rough and tired skin with pleasant softness and resilience.
8. VITAMIN
Contains Vitamin essence to enhance skin clarity and improve skin health.
It richly moisturizes and clarifies skin, and cares for damaged skin and
prevents dehydration, leaving skin silky and smooth.
9. PEARL
-High grade pearl extract keep your skin soft and moist. The amino acid and the mineral
in the pearl makes your skin bightly with whiteing effect.
10. POTATO
 -Potato mask pack that is containing potato extract moisturize skin damaged by UV rays immediately,
Whiten tanned skin, Nutritional contents make your skin feel soft and smooth.
11. ROYAL JELLY
-Royal jelly contains 10HDA, a flavo-noid, a nucleic acid, decanoic acid, enzymes,
and other skin nutrients to help play much contained. Skin aging delaying
the ingredients to promote collagen formation allow to maintain skin elasticity.
12. SNAKE
-The snake ingredient that is good skin wrinkle keep your tightly stretched.
The herb complex ingredient sooth tired skin and make skin water retention power higher.
13. STEM CELL
-Stem cell mask pack, containing extracts of plant stem cell and several cosmetic ingredients,
nourishes and leaves your face a bright and healthy complexion, deeply moisturiaing your face and
providing you rough and tired skin with pleasant softness and resilience.
14. PLACENTA
-The Placenta is good with whitening effect by promoting discharging and suppessing
composing melanic pigment. Also remove wrinkles with revitalizing fibrobast from promoting cell division.
15. POMEGRANATE
-Pomegranate massage pack, containing extracts of pomegranate and several cosmetic ingredients,
nourishes and leaves your face and providing your rough and tired skin with pleasant softness and resilience.
16. SEAWEED
-Skin, Seaweed mask rich in minerals you need pack a large amount of water is supplied
to the dry skin moist and smooth skin elasticity and increase oxygen to the skin cells,
dark and dull skin to life giving vitality and radiance of a healthy grant will restore the skin.

To be honest, they all seem about the same to me. They mostly even smell the same. The masks themselves don't fit my face very well. The hole for the eyes are oddly shaped and I usually make them large so the serum doesn't get into my eyes. However, I will say all the masks leave me skin feeling very nice. I tend to put them on and take a nap. My skin feels so moisturized and fresh afterwards. I would definitely buy this whole pack again but I need to get through all of the ones I have first!

In the heart of Times Square

In September, I went on a family trip to New York City just for the weekend. The good thing about these family trips is I never have to drive. We headed there Friday. Stopped by New Jersey to catch up with some family that we don't get to see to often. They brought us to the Garden State plaza mall which is where I finally got to try the Max Brenner chocolate bar/cafe. I love that place by the way. I need to schedule a date to the one in Bethesda with some friends. Afterwards we made our way to New York.

We knew our hotel was near Times Square, but sadly our GPS led us right through Times Square. Now that was a very irritating drive. After we checked in, my parents went out to dinner while my brother and I walked around Times Square. Anyway, my brother is ten and he was highly amused by all the characters in the city. There were also lots of half naked women, which made him laugh and he referred to them as the "naked butt cheek ladies."

For Saturday, we had brunch at this place called Cafe Un Deux Trois. The food was really delicious and came with chardonnay. My stepdad didn't want his drink so I happily had two glasses first thing in the morning. Later, we watched the matinee showing of the Lion King Broadway. It was amazing and the sound track is amazing. I recommend seeing it. Afterwards, we went to the nintendo store where I bought some plushies. I just could not resist buying such cute plushies. Although, most people may not think my Tingle plushie is cute. We also stopped by the NBC store.

We went to mass at St. Patrick's cathedral, which is where the pope would be doing his visit the week after. Then we went to this ramen place called Ippudo. The food was really good and surprisingly not far from our hotel. We just walked back to the hotel from there but not after spending a shit ton of money on star wars merch at the huge Toys R Us in Times Square. Sorry, just had to have that new Kylo Ren lightsaber.

The next day we had some delicious waffles from this place called Wafels & Dinges in Bryant Park. Then we got some take out for lunch at the sushi place down the street called Wasabi. Then we were back home. Definitely a short stay and hoping to go back already. There are still so many food places to be visited!

Larz Anderson House, Washington D.C.

I went on an outing recently around Washington D.C. with my friend. She has a list of places that sound cool to visit and I like it because I don't have to make much of the decisions to choose where to go. The house is owned by the Society of Cincinnati and is located by Dupont Circle.  The house was the previous home of a diplomat of revolutionary times, Larz Anderson. The gist of what I got was that this diplomat brought home pretty much anything that caught his eye during his travels, and as a diplomat he traveled a lot, and displayed them in his home to show off during fun parties.

Anyway, the house is definitely a must see. They often hold events and are even available for weddings. Just take the red line to the Dupont stop. Here is the address to come check them out:

2118 Massachusetts Avenue, NW

Washington, D.C.

Aricole Hair Mask & Sea Salt Spray

I now bring you products from a small business called Aricole. They sell products that are all natural, organic, gluten free, and chemical free. They are most known for their hair mask but they also sell sea salt sprays and four types of scrubs. I discovered them because I follow one of the owners, Ariella Ann, on instagram and was totally in awe at the hair extensions she made. Her ombre skills are awesome. Also, she would make these all natural products to keep her own hair, damaged from heat and frequent coloring, soft and smooth. I've seen good reviews also of the product and since Ariella Ann seems to be an expert on hair, I decided to give it a try.

Hair Mask 4oz. $25.99
This hair mask is made up of many different types of oil. It is essentially a hair oil in texture. It is very thick. When applied, your hair will become very oily. But that's the point since it is trying to moisturize the hair. The smell is really pleasant. Like many other reviewers, I decided to keep it on my hair overnight. It is sort of inconvenient because my hair feels really heavy and oily. If you have naturally oily hair like mine, definitely shampoo well because it is a bit hard to get off the hair. However, once out, my hair does feel very soft and it smells great. Although the bottle is small, a little does go a long way. I don't have thick hair but length wise, I do have a lot of it. Even when I'm applying the product liberally, I still haven't gone through too much of the bottle.

Sea Salt Spray 8oz. $14.99
The packaging of this is so cute. It came with a bow around it and the bottle itself is actually coated in specks of glitter. It does need to be shaken before use. What I love about it is the smell. Oh my gosh it smells like the ocean. It just takes me back to times on the beach. It really smells like the beach. Also, it isn't as drying as other salt sprays I have used. My hair stays quite soft even though I applied it very generously. It makes me look and smell like I came from the beach.

Face Masks: Lush "Sacred Truth" & Korean Sheet Masks

Korean Sheet Masks
A friend of mine came back from Korea with some face masks. As you know, I am huge on skin care and Korean products are simply top of the line, nowadays. How could I pass up the opportunity when my friend offered to get some for me? She got me twenty in total. A pack of ten of the honey mask and a pack of five of the bamboo mask and the green tea mask. I don't know where she bought them from though but it was $1 per sheet so these 20 masks cost $20, much cheaper than the alternative at Sephora.

Honey
This honey mask is very syrupy and gooey, not to mention the smell is very sweet. I was almost afraid it would attract ants. The sheet mask is definitely soaked in this honey and since it is so thick, it does take a while for the mask to dry. To make the most out of these masks, I leave it on as long as I can. My face ends up feeling so moisturized. Once I use the initial face mask, there is actually still a lot left of the serum in the bag. I end up saving the bag and keep constantly using the mask to get more of the serum to spread on my face. I'm not going to Korea anytime soon so I want to make the most of these products. This honey mask definitely left my skin soft and smooth. Though caution to oily faces, these masks are meant to be moisturizing. This will make your face oily.

Bamboo
This mask only has a slight fragrance, barely noticeable actually. It is like the green tea mask where the serum is more like water rather than the syrupy thickness of the honey mask. The shape of the mask itself doesn't fit me as well as the other two. I felt like the eye holes were too small and the lip hole was too big. Anyway, I did think this one would dry out faster than the other two but my face still feels moisturized when it is removed. The product absorbs into the skin quite well and my face doesn't feel overly oily afterwards.

Green Tea
This mask does not have a strong smell like the honey mask and the texture is more like of water. The mask applies nicely and dries quickly since it is more of a liquid than a syrup. There is also not much left in the packet so it really is a single use thing. However, it does still leave my face very soft. I feel like it absorbs easier because it is more like a liquid and it doesn't leave my face feeling too oily.

Lush "Sacred Truth"
This has actually turned out to be my favorite face mask from Lush. It has the texture that I like that makes it easy to spread on the face as well as a pleasant and not too strong smell. It is definitely moisturizing. It does feel like it leaves a film of some sort, like a layer on the skin after it is washed off. Some people don't like that sensation but I feel like it helps protect and moisturize the skin. Of all the face masks I've tried from lush, this is my new favorite. I definitely recommend it.

Fake Leather Jackets

I emphasize fake because I can't afford real leather jackets. These two jackets I bought at Target. The top one is brown although for some reason it doesn't look all that brown in pictures. It was on sale for $27.98. The bottom one is a short gray jacket that only cost $19.98. Both are very good quality and fit me perfectly! Sometimes I think Target just reads my mind. I was at Tyson's all day that day looking for a nice affordable leather looking jacket and couldn't find one and then I go to my local Target and suddenly I find two.

Legend of Zelda Collectibles

I had an ebay gift card and I was just simply looking for things to buy. I got the heart piece necklace for $3.51 from this seller. The item comes in either red or blue. I chose red. The golden harp necklace I got for $3.99 from this seller. Both items are quite good quality for their price. Obviously not real gold or any type of real gem however it is still quite good quality. Just more things to add to my Legend of Zelda collection. I'm thinking of buying an amiibo too... probably of Link.

Also, Hyrule Warriors is so much fun. I know it's a huge deviation from the usual Zelda games but going through the stages is quite easy and it's fun to play with a second player. My brother plays usually plays as Link or young Link. We bought the whole DLC package. My favorite is Twili Midna. Seriously, I didn't expect to like this game as much as I do. So, give it a chance if you can.