What are sheet masks?

They are a soft and thin paper masks that's presoaked in something called essence or sometimes they are called gel. Each mask is usually individually packed. Some might come in small boxes like wet wipes. All you do is you take the mask out of its packing and carefully place it on your face. There are openings for your eyes, nose, and mouth so you would use those to help line up the mask. There's a bunch of different kind of masks. So depending on what your skin needs you can pick from collagen, hydrating, whitening, lifting, or calming. There might be more out there that I might have missed. And depending on the brands you can leave them on from 10 to 30 minutes. I've read from other bloggers that some would leave them on for hours. But of course you do this on your own risk. The company would not give a time frame to use these masks for no reason right? Since I've just started using these masks I don't see any long term effects from them yet but I do feel cool and refreshed after using them. A sheet mask, again depending on the brands, can range from $1-6 US dollars each. And sometimes if you catch a sale it might be less.

The first mask I've tried is from My Beauty Diary. It's a Taiwanese mask. Since my sister gave this mask to me I don't know exactly how much it was purchase at. I know for sure it's under $2 USD. The mask I used was called Japanese Cherry Blossom Mask. The packaging is extremely pink and cute. I've heard that this mask is one of My Beauty Diary's best sellers.

Since this was my first mask I don't really have anything to compare it to. The mask was very sturdy. It's not extra thin that makes it hard to manage. There's a lot of essence in it. Not too much that it would drip but enough that it keeps the mask in place so it doesn't slip off. Everywhere but there's enough that you can use the extra lingering in the package to massage it around your chin and neck area (I hate to be wasteful).

After using this mask my skin feels much moisturized. It did brighten my skin a little but I noticed it was just a short term effect. Maybe if I use this mask on a regular basis it would brighten my skin more. This mask was very cooling and relaxing. Did I mention the fragrance of it? It's a light Cherry Blossom floral smell. Just love it. Overall I like this mask. It's affordable and it has elements that you would want in an everyday mask. It brightens the skin and that's also good for anti-aging. I would recommend this mask to you.

Thanks for stopping by. For those who tried it please leave a comment on how you feel about this mask. For those who haven't...go out and try them out for yourself.

Here are some details on the mask taken from sasa.com:
My Beauty Dairy Japanese Cherry Blossom Mask delivers the following benefits:

• Whitening and refreshing
  Japanese Somei-Yoshino Cherry Extract perform triple functions including whitening, soothing and firming. Blended with Extracts of Lemon and Kiwi, it refreshes and softens skin. Soaked in thread of Sakura aroma, skin appears pinky white.
• Brightening and soothing
  Extracts of Arnica and Aloe soothe, repair and nourish skin. After use, skin glows with freshness.

For all skin types, especially tired or dull skin.

how to use it
Put the mask on cleansed and toned face. Leave on for 20-30 minutes and peel off. Gently massage the remaining serum for better absorption. No rinsing is necessary. Follow with usual skin care products.

suitable for
all skin type / combination skin

My first purchase from Sasa.com

What should I talk about first? Let's start with sasa.com. I'm sure everyone knows about this site. For any reason, if there's someone out there who don't...someone like me, who recently learned about this site...than let me tell you a little bit about it.

Sasa is a huge cosmetics retailing group in Asia. They have hundreds of store and a huge variety of Asian to European beauty products. They have things from skincare, makeup, and beauty health supplements. And if you don't live in places like Hong Kong, Macau, Mainland China, Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan than the next best thing to purchase their items is from their website, Sasa.com.

So my little sister recently introduced me to sheet masks. And you guessed it...that's what I've purchased from sasa.com. I brought three boxes of them. I brought two boxes of My Beauty Dairy sheet masks and one from My Scheming. I will talk about these products in detail in later posts. So what's my experience with sasa.com? Well, I've gotten 10% off on my items. I know it doesn't sound like much but every little of saving helps right? Also they had a promo that any purchase over $29 USD would get free shipping. And how often do they have free shipping with such small purchases. I ordered my stuff on July 16th and the package came today, July 30. It is a pretty decent time for an overseas order. And I'm very happy with their packaging. Even though the box was a little beaten up (which is not their fault) everything was well protected with bubble wrap and those little white popcorn thingy (I suddenly don't know what they are called...head is hurting thinking about it). That site always has different kinds of sales too. So you might stop by a couple of times first before you go ahead and make a purchase.

Well if you guys go and check this site out...Happy Shopping ok!!  Everything purchased is out of my own pocket.  I'm not affiliated with this site.  Thought I had to mention this.  :)

Welcome everyone!

Welcome everyone!  I was never into beauty products or makeup. But now with two kids and getting older I want to start looking into these issues and hopefully I can help myself look and stay younger. So everyone out there please come and help me through this process. ;)