WistfulBeauty

It's been a long time without doing a single skincare review. The product I'm going to be reviewing today is the Fresh Black Tea Instant Perfecting Mask. I do want to put a disclaimer, I do not have the full size of this, but rather the sample version of it.  I don't know if anyone cares for that information, but I just wanted to say it before people ask why the mask looks like a tiny pea in the photos.
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CLAIMS
Black Tea Instant Perfecting Mask with advanced antioxidants is a hydrating treatment that reveals smoother, healthier-looking skin while enhancing luster and immediately softening the complexion. The innovative mask’s velvety whipped texture has a cooling effect to refresh the skin and the senses.
 It claims to be the solution to fine lines, wrinkle, loss of firmness, elasticity and dullness and uneven texture.

INGREDIENTS
Water, Glycerin, Rice Ferment Filtrate (Sake), Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Pentylene Glycol, Sodium Polyacrylate, Betaine, Saccharomyces/Xylinum Black Tea Ferment, Litchi Chinensis Seed Extract, Polymnia Sonchifolia Root Juice, Rosa Damascena Flower Oil, Cucumis Sativus (Cucumber) Fruit Extract, Avena Sativa (Oat) Kernel Extract, Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil, Sodium Hyaluronate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Adenosine, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Poloxamer 407, Phenoxyethanol, Butylene Glycol, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Menthoxypropanediol, Silica, Silica Dimethyl Silylate, Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891), Hydroxyethylcellulose, Disodium Edta, Sodium Citrate, Caramel, Citric Acid, Hexylene Glycol, Caprylyl Glycol, Potassium Sorbate, Iron Oxides (Ci 77491), Biotin, BHT.
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STARS OF THE SHOW 
-Black Tea Ferment (Kombucha): An advanced antioxidant that helps to defend against wrinkle-causing free radicals while softening, smoothing, and enhancing luster. 
-Lychee Seed Extract: Supports natural collagen. 
-Firming Polysaccharides: Help to reduce the appearance of fine lines. 
-Jicima Root Juice: Hydrates and nourishes. 


DIRECTION
❀Before using, cleanse your face and towel dry it.
❀Apply it over the desired area while avoiding the eye area
❀Leave it on for 5-10 minutes
❀Rinse afterwards.
❀Use 2-3 times per week.


DETAILS
To buy the full size version of the mask it would cost you $92 in US money without taxes. $92 isn't really walking around money or at least for me. I could buy a cart filled with Hershey's bar and call it a day. However, if you're someone who likes to invest in skincare than I guess you won't mind this price tag. The full size of this mask is 3.3 fl oz or 100 ml. I will say this, I didn't  need to use a lot of product to spread this across my face which is why I'm assuming this will last you quite a long time.  I don't know what in this product, but it has a refreshing smell to it. There's almost a slight banana fragrance in it, but it's like really slight.  The texture of this product is nicely whipped I guess the word will be and reminds me of finely mash potatoes. The product has an yellowish/whitish color to it, and I didn't really notice any color when I applied it.


FIRST IMPRESSION/THOUGHTS

Hey, nice to meet you. This is crazy, but here are my honest thoughts on what we commonly do wrong in skincare. Honestly, I make this mistakes without even realizing it...I hope this help you in some form and make sure to follow/ subscribe to this blog or my google profile to keep updated!Also check out my insta:thefallenwaddles

Just a couple of days ago, the sole winner of the $700 million lottery was just announced and with that lottery fever slowly died down. I might never see a sight such as an ordinary woman purchasing $200 worth of lottery tickets in a single day, or to see my father race around Chinatown to purchase a single lotto ticket from numerous stores for the fun of it. This will be an image that will probably stick with me till my untimely death, but hey I'm only like a teen! I got years to go... I hope... (That turned dark)

If you're curious about why I am talking about a lottery that no one can win, then I'll inform you. It made me think about this particular comment I read on Youtube one day which prompted a debate about this particular human being who happened to well known in the social media business and quite wealthy. This particular human being which I'm not going to name didn't feel contempt with their life at one point and felt pressured by society to act a certain way.  I noticed half of the replies to the comment was things such as, "Yes, because there are so many things to be depressed about when you made millions of dollars on stupid little things."


This led to me to become curious about a question that has no true answer.

                                           "Does being wealthy bring happiness?"

H-E double hockey sticks yes it does! (I'm basically saying Hell the way my Catholic school made us say it.) I mean I could pay off my loan, my mortgage, my house! Scratch that, I could sell my house and move into the nice part of New York City where thousands of tourist crowds around and there isn't any horrible traffic.  Wait that doesn't exist... New York traffic is cruddy. Plain cruddy.

 If you haven't caught on, I'm joking. I can't actually buy a lottery ticket now, can I? That would be an "illegal" action. Well unless I hire a certain somebody to make me a fake ID which I am of course joking again.  These are what I'm assuming are the thoughts that pass through the lottery buying human beings participating in this craze.
Out of all seriousness, the idea of having money is fascinating. The ideas seem to be endless when you have a cash flow for once. You could buy a nice fancy car, clothes or even friends that are real as a unicorn. There are always two sides to every story though.

My global teacher once told my small class a life lesson on greed and how it changed a family. I'm not actually sure if this story is actually true or false, but I'll tell you it anyway. There was a family who was like a tightly knitted glove, and by a miracle, they won a lottery.  This became the tipping point for the family. The once tightly knitted family that everyone knew broke and crumbled into pieces. Eventually, they became broke and homeless and the saddest part of all is when everything else failed they didn't have each other.

This basically shows how sometimes money isn't meant to be in the hands of a select few. It's probably why rich people remain rich people. It's not like they burn through their cash like some of us will. Money is like a flame. If you're not careful with it, the flame could manifest and become uncontrollably. It would consume everything in its path whether past relationship, friendship and your sanity. However, if you learn how to tame the flame, it could transform into a fire which can be a tool to your disposable and help you through life.

I'm now going to assume that not most of the human population is tempted or gullible enough to be consumed by the greed and think about what factors could being rich bring out. Here one, fake people.

We all had our share of fake people at one point in our life. It's something we can't control and sadly can't being out among the masses. If you were slightly richer than your peers, you might be surrounded by a few. People are attracted to wealth after all.


Negativity assigned, wealth can be a pretty neat thing as long as you're not a fool and spend it all in the first get-go. If you're surrounded by the right set of people and mindset than that's fine.



I hope this post happened to be randomly entertaining or didn't bore you death. This was my second attempt to write this post, so hopefully, everything made sense as I wrote this at 1 am and re-wrote this at 11.26 pm which is a bit late.... : I

Hey! How is everyone? I'll be reviewing the  Etude House OH! M' Eye Lash Volume Mascara! I never thought I would actually put out a makeup review, so hopefully everything makes sense.

Before I start the post, make sure to subscribe to the blog to stay updated with all my contents. Also follow my Instagram Thefallenwaddles! I've been feeling depressed these day, wondering if I should still post content to the blog or perhaps even slow down on the content. Cause I do post 2-3 times a week. It depends on my mood. School is approaching, so I might just time my post to help out with time managing.... Anyways, let's just get on with the makeup review.

Sleep. There are probably thousands of thing we would rather do than drift off to sleep. Instead of being productive for 24 hours, we are stuck in the cycle of sleep. Trapped inside our own dreams we weave of our perception of life rather than binge watching Goblin. What's the point of sleeping when there's coffee.

Sleep is actually important for us. It's not only a natural way to start the day fresh and energized rather than chugging caffeine loaded with cups of sugar; it can be a game changer when we are talking about our skin which is why we have the expression beauty sleep.

When you get your beauty sleep, you will be less likely to have wrinkles aka have fewer wrinkle. When we sleep, our skin produces new collagen which allows our skin to become plumper and prevents wrinkle. The more sleep you get, the less wrinkle you'll secum to. If you don't have enough beauty sleep, your skin will be left drier exposing the lines.

As we sleep, blood flows through our body including our skin. Sleeping allows the blood flow to make it's way to our skin giving us a healthy glow rather than looking like a ghost or dull. If you notice yourself having dull skin try getting more sleep

The most visible sign of lack of sleep are dark circles and bags under your eyes.  When you have enough sleep your dark circle will be less visible and your puffiness will decrease. You might be able to get away without wearing concealer. Just make sure to keep hydrated to help reduce swelling. Also, before you sleep keep out of contact with any electronic devices cause tey might irritate your eyes.

As you drift away to dream land, your skin is working it's job which is repairing itself. It is able to focus repairing since it's not distracted by the daytime factor like sun and harmful bacteria that you come in contact with through out the day.

Hello! I decided to do another school related post cause I'm here freaking out about taking an exam in a few days even though technically school starts next month. Oh, I'm going to be salty in this post... I think that is the term, but I probably will be extremely sarcastic.

Walking into freshman year I was petrified. I was honestly expecting the worst. Fights, drugs, a whole lot of indecency that can be called "youth"! No one really told me what to expect. The only advice my brother who was a senior was I think not to get into fights or something. I forgot...

I'll give you a list of tips based on my high school experience. I really do hope this helps.


Do Not Focus On Losing Your First Time 

I really wish I didn't have to type this out, but I think it needed to be said. I have met a fellow freshman who had a goal of losing their first time either by the end of freshman year or end of high school. At least pass biology or health first.... There was a girl in my school who wanted desperately lose her first time. She asked an older guy in our school to make out. He rejected the offer but got swoon in. Long story short, her nudes were spread around and the guy was either expelled or in jail.  Also, does it matter if I say they didn't actually use protection...Just saying.

Surround yourselves with good nature people. 
They can give you the most honest and helpful advice you can get. The girl that I mention had pretty nice friends. They told her it was a bad idea and tried to stop her. Words only get you so far though. She did it anyways and since that incident they have't been on each other good side. One of her friends even asked the guy not to spread it and delete it. In the end, their friendship got broken. I might be a bit bias considering I am friends with the ones who gave her the advice, but I really know that they cared for her to actually try to help her. They didn't fake it trying to help her if you might think that, since I bare witness to their long discuss which really should have been done in private...

Don't send your nudes. 
Please don't. It's a bad idea. Your nudes will either be spread around to the whole schools and you now have rumors about you spreading. Or your ex might have your nudes hanging about in his photos which is quite dangerous.

Friendship Aren't Forever 
When you start high school, you will probably have over a billion friends. Let me tell you this, by the end of your senior year you will probably only have 3 that you will still talk to. It's life and not every friendship last forever. Just live in the moment with your friends that my honest advice.


Dating a senior isn't the best idea.
If you made it work, great for you. No offense to senior, but they're usually either fooling around with you or in it for sex. Freshman after all the naivest of the bunch if I have to say.  I know someone who dated a senior and the boyfriend got called pedophile. In the end her heart was tragically broken...

Be active in clubs
I wouldn't say I did this at all, but I did join an academic contest if that counts. If your school does not tell you all the clubs that it features like mine did ask. Clubs is not only great for college, you do meet a lot of great people.

Get close to teachers
When you get close to teachers, things can go your way. If you're ditching one subject cause you don't feel well, head over to Mr.Glob class and claim to help out. It really does depend on what type of teacher this is cause it doesn't always work. In my case, I was able to change my schedule even further and get Ap Psychology which wasn't accessible for people in my age because I actually knew the person in charge of that.

Take advantage of your free period
I'm not sure if all high schools have these free period classes that students get. I think people basically call them study hall? If your high school happens to have those classes, don't waste time playing game on the computer. It not the best use of your time. If you know you have an exam coming up, or didn't do your homework you should focus on those first.

Be yourself
You really shouldn't change your personality for someone else. It doesn't matter if they happen to be your boyfriend or friend. There really shouldn't be any circumstance where you need to change the way you act. Just be yourself and original. The more you force yourself to go with the other person flow the more miserable you'll be.

Upperclassman Won't Harm You 
When I went to high school, the people who were consider seniors were my brother age. Honestly, I had people his age who were jokingly scared of me. That was an interesting thing to say. The upperclassman won't hurt you unless you annoy them. I see a lot of freshman who I  wasn't acquainted with go run around screaming for NO REASON AT ALL! It's annoying and someone might curse you out to stop.

Some of these were way depressing to type out. Freshman year can either be a positive or negative experience depending on your attitude. Remain positive and try your best.   You got 4 years of high-school. They will go by in a breeze..

Hello! How is everyone this fine evening? I'm munching down on some Spicy Cheetos. For a while, I thought it would be interesting to do a couple blog post centering around food (YUM) and the benefits they have on our skin.  It's going to be called Skin Food 101 and if you couldn't tell the first food I'll be talking about is Aloe Vera!


What is an Aloe Vera?
Aloe Vera is a plant that grows in tropical climates around the world. You can usually find it as an ingredient in drinks or yogurts. I have an Aloe Vera plant and I probably will be killing it after this for the gel...There are several benefits that you get from Aloe Vera, but I'm just going to focus on the skin benefits...

 Essential for Summer
 If you weren't aware, Aloe Vera helps with sunburn! Sunburn occurs when you had too much exposure to the sunlight which could be prevented by wearing sunscreen. It makes your skin irritated, red and burn.
Aloe Vera soothes and moisturize the sunburned skin allowing it to be less inflamed and helps it heal. Here a bonus, it's rich in antioxidants and minerals to help the skin heal faster which is great cause I'm assuming you don't want to be a red tomato for the rest of the week right?

Moisturizes Te Desert Skin
If you're suffering from dry skin, you'll like to learn that Aloe Vera moisturizes the skin. *I said this already, but besides the point.* It will soften your skin and won't clog your pore in the process. You gotta appreciate that. If you're someone who happens to shave on a daily basis and nick yourself a lot Aloe Vera gel can be an aftershave treatment to help the nick and razor burns heal. I will be sure to tell this to my older brother who really needs to shave off his goatee.....

OOF I'm getting Old. Aloe Help Me
Aging is something we dread. Yes, we all have to grow up at one point, there no denying that. But when you think that in about 10 years from now, you'll have wrinkles the appeal of growing up just dull down at least for me. I was happily surprised that aloe vera gel can help with aging. Aloe leaves contain a heck of a lot of antioxidants. This will include vitamin C and E and beta-carotene which will help your skin's firmness.

Dang Pimples on Picture Day (TE STRUGGLE)
If you're a fellow teen or just an adult who knows the struggle of acne than you're in luck. Aloe Vera gel can help with it! Aloe vera gel has anti-inflammatory properties helping you with redness and healing attributes helping acne heal with a lessened chance of scarring. The credit due for these amazing properties are the two hormones Aloe Vera naturally product which is Auxin and Gibberellins.

I hope this was helpful and I'll be sure to do more in the future if this does well!

I went into Nordstrom and randomly got a CLINIQUE Acne Solutions Cleansing Foam. 
I needed a solution for my acne and this was what the counter of Clinique recommended. When I bought this I was not aware that this was in steps like Proactive nor was I fully informed that this was well you'll see in my thoughts. Long story short, I was annoyed. Wait before I go to the review follow my   Instagram thefallenwaddles and comment what type of posts you'll like to see in the blog please thanks. 



The product comes in an aqua plastic container and a white pump. With some cleansing foam I have used, the liquid just leaks out from it or it just won't work. I didn't have a problem with this pump.The product comes up as a white foam. The amount of product that you receive is 4.2 Fl.OZ.LIQ/124 ml. If you're someone who is particular to smell, I will have to say it oddly smelled like rubbing alcohol for me. Also, this is step 1 in their acne solution line.

This product claims to be suitable for all skin types including dry and acne prone. It will prevent and clear acne. While gently removing the dirt and excess oil in your skin. It will leave your skin feeling soft, smooth and comfortable when you washed it out. Apparently, it will reduce any active blemishes you have by 37% with continuous uses over the past 3 days. Also, it is allergy tested,non-acnegenic, and is free of oil and fragrance.


My thoughts This was not the ideal product for me to compact my acne for a few reason. While using this product, I noticed my skin was getting dry. I used this for 2-4 days in the morning and night and saw that skin condition worsening. My skin started to flake off in the area like around my smile line and nose. My skin felt irritated from the dryness which felt uncomfortable this still occurred when I used it every other day.  I was not aware that this was step one out of XXX steps since when I bought this the woman didn't inform this to me which I wish she did... 


Do keep in mind that my skin type is different from you, so products that won't work on my might work on you.