Storyderm Collagen Silk Mask

I've been suffering with this dryness around my mouth area and my chin lately and its been annoying me because I've found it difficult to blend bb/cc cream or foundation around that area without it looking like I have blotchy patches of to much product on my face. I've tried extra moisturizer which caused me to break out and also a serum which is supposed to give you an extra boost of moisture but the minute it soaks in the dry patch is back again. Now if someone had told me to try this cloth face mask that I had actually received in my #CPTBloggerMeetUp goodie bag that's been lying in my draw for weeks I'd have shrugged them off. But my husband was working late so I decided to do a pamper session and give one of them ago and am I ever glad I did because this stuff really does work.

I went with the firming, moisturizing and brightening mask.  The instructions are pretty simple: After cleansing, dry face and soothe with toning water. Gently apply the mask to fit your face contours leave it on for 15 - 20 minutes. Remove mask and do not rinse. Allow excess moisture to be absorbed. The way the mask is designed to work is that it creates a protective layer over the skin, and heats up with the body temperature and keeps this heat in allowing the moisture to be absorbed into the skin helping to nourish and soften the skin.

What I love about this mask 

• They are reusable and you can get more than one use out of them, I so far got 2 and there is totally enough product for a third use.
• They are not messy, one thing I hate about facial masks is the washing off after and most of the time you need to moisturize again because the water drys out the skin leaving it tight. All you simply need to do it remove the mask and that's it 
• At first when you remove the mask your left with some really wet patches but I just rub the excess into my skin all over and leave it to dry naturally so the pieces that the mask did not cover also get moisturized.
• It leaves the skin with this really soft layer and that area around my mouth it totally soft even after washing it the dryness hasn't come back yet.
• My skin was not left oily and it looked natural and bright not dull at all.
• You can look like a SERIAL KILLER for FREE that's always a bonus for me.

The Storyderm brand is a Korean skin care brand which is distributed in South Africa by Cherryink Group.

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Wishing Wednesday - M.A.C

I think browsing a brands online page is probably one of the worst things one can do, because all I do is add things to my list that I NEED to try next (there is no want there is only a need enough said) This past weekend while waiting for my husband to get done in the bank I decided to click on my MAC email and check their store out BIG MISTAKE cause just look at all these gorgeous products that I now need in my life now *cries

♥  Strobe Cream  ♥  Bronzer powder  ♥ BB cream  ♥  Lacquer in Snob  

♥  Lipstick in Heroine  ♥  Golden Bronze Powder  ♥  Blush Petal Power

Stila Sweet Treat Bronzing Powder Review

If you read my Stila post before Valentines day then you would have seen that Stila released the most gorgeous limited edition bronzer as a sweet treat for Valentines day this year! And although Valentines day has LONG come and gone I wanted to share my thoughts before this oh so pretty palette has to be packed away for winter *cries

Every year Stila releases a limited edition item just for Valentines day, its always affordable and budget friendly. And being Valentines day inspired it is always gorgeous and pretty! This year was no different when they released the Sweet Treat bronzing powder, which was inspired by a bar of chocolate. And I don't know about you but I would choose a bar of chocolate like this every year over a real bar of chocolate given the choice *hint hint

There are 9 blocks containing 3 different shades: matte brown, shimmery brown and peach. I absolutely hate shimmery bronzers and was really scared that this one would be another shimmery glitter pot but the shimmer is so subtle and the 3 shades balance each other out and work perfectly together. Your meant to swirl all the blocks together and use them all at once to create a natural sunkissed glow. The blocks contain raised letters spelling Stila as well as pretty little hearts but unfortunately this was gone with in the first couple of uses.

I personally found this bronzer to be highly pigmented it is easy to over apply and look like you have really dirty patches on your face so you really need to have a light hand. On my tanned skin I found that the brown and peach shades work really good together and the shimmery block adds the perfect natural glow to where ever your applying it. The powder picks up really easily on your brush and applies really smoothly, it has a velvety texture when applied and it blends really well so it doesn't look like its sitting on top of the skin. Even applied on its own I found that it stays really well on the skin, but my combination skin causes it to wear off around the middle of the day.

This has become my everyday go to bronzer and is a very high recommendation from me if you can still get your hands on it. They are going for R175.00 so hurry hurry and see if you can still pick one up!

Can be purchased from Woolworths and Rubybox

Friday Find - Retail Box Online Store

A week or two ago everyone was raving about the amazing sale Retailbox had and it was the first time I heard about the store. I honestly love finding stores like this online because yes I probably can find all these products if I looked hard enough but finding them all in one place is better than anything else! The bonus also is if you order more than R500 you get free delivery and in my books free delivery is always a bonus because I HATE paying for delivery ;-) Here are a few things that I am eyeing from the store, is there anything you are dying to get?