Skincare review: Daiso charcoal peel off mask

Price: £2.96 

I've seen countless videos on these black peel off masks, I really love watching them. The peeling off of the masks looks really satisfying (yeah I know. Weird). These videos are what them disgusting pimple/blackhead removal videos are to most people. 

I purchased "Daiso peel off face mask" on eBay for £2.96 with free delivery ALL THE WAY FROM JAPAN. My inner weaboo was jumping for joy at the thought of something coming all the way from Japan, but my normal side was worried. Say if it didn't turn up?

Well it did and I was chuffed! 

The packaging is pretty cute and luckily there are English instructions on the back. You have to cleanse your face and apply a thick even layer. Then wait 5-10 minutes until the mask is dry and then peel off. But from experience I've seen that steaming your face and opening your pores helps a lot too, so out the shower I applied this.

Seeing as I've had experience with other face masks, with peel off versions I find using a flat foundation brush works best and it's a lot less messy. It's even more less hassle as I actually have a bottle of the stuff, you should have seen how awkward it was when I was trying to apply the packet face masks I bought from superdrug.

There isn't much product in the bottle which I'm kinda pissed about. The bottle itself is probably 25% air. Crisps aren't the only item that is mostly air!

The product comes out thick and black, like my soul. I found that patting the product with the foundation brush was effective to cover up thin areas, it looks grey if it's applied too thinly.

After a few minutes I felt the mask tightening as it dried. But don't be fooled! It's a lie to make you think it's completely dry. I happened to get product on my finger by pressing the areas because it felt tight and dry.

10 minutes passed and everything was really super tight. I'm pretty glad I didn't do my whole face.

Peeling this stuff off was SO HARD. I just assumed that the videos I watched, where they mentioned this, was because they didn't apply enough of the product, or because they couldn't get it off due to there being a camera and it being super awkward to film the peeling off process. This shit was stuck to my skin! I got it off though. It's quite painful actually though I think that's more because was frantically pinching parts to get a tab going on. Seriously, a few minutes after peeling it off my face is still stinging.

Anyway you have to peel upwards to get everything out. The parts that hurt the most was my cheek and forehead surprisingly. I thought I would be tearing up just on my nose, but surprisingly not. 

Okay verdict time:

"Meh"

It didn't clean out my pores properly, probably because I didn't steam my face properly. It was also a bitch to get a hold on once dried, which will leave your face is sore though there is a warning saying that you can only use the product twice a week.

Friday faves/fails: Amazon Prime Day

Okay so I personally feel like it's my duty as a complete and utter bitch when it comes to shopping, to inform you peeps of how I felt the overly anticipated, and over hyped, "Amazon Prime Day".

This was a complete let down for me. I'm usually bumming the shit out of Amazon but Wednesday's event made me really annoyed. There was fuck all on there that I would have bought and the deals weren't even that good. Definitely not like Black Friday, even I thought Amazons Black Friday thing was a load of shit. Sorry but that's what I think. 

I also feel sorry for anyone who has used the 30 day free trial. I've used it and it's not even all that either. Just think of a more glorified version of standard Amazon but you get £79 ripped from your hands for "great deals" and "unlimited fast delivery" which by the way only works with anything in the trusty Amazon sweatshop- I mean warehouse. PLEASE GO AND CHANGE YOUR PRIME SETTINGS IF YOU ARE LIKE ME AND DISAPPOINTED! You have to do this a few days before it needs to be renewed but to be safe I did mine as soon as the trial was activated. Amazon will not give you your money back and basically blame it on you for being an idiot.

All in all, I'm starting to hate both Amazon and eBay just as much as each other.

Monday madness: fake merchandise?

I recently got into buying these cute little charm gashapon, that has been selling in light of the new re-release and re-boot of sailor moon. It all started when my lovely twin sister bought me the transformation and weapon brooches set (set 1). Which made me thought "I have to collect them all!" So I did.

(Sailor moon die cast gashapon set 1, which I'm pretty sure is 100% real)

So I knew that there were fakes hovering around on eBay and (less likely) Amazon, but I didn't expect them to sell a particular item for near on the same price as the legit Japan versions. That is up until recently. 

Apparently on most of the legit merch, there should be markings of some sort and they should all have the same markings, which brings me to believe the first set I was given is real. Also the quality of these charms are very good, which is something else to watch out for. I honestly don't want to believe I've paid £19.50 for a fake set of gashapon, as these sets have questionable painting, very washed out looking, and don't have the weight or the marks. Then again the sets in question are really slim. So it brings me back to hoping that they are in fact real.

Okay so my pal told me to read the item description for "Engrish" (really bad spelling/grammar English) as that might be a fake seller. So I did this and, you know when your reading something and then in your head your like "it's good it's good" but then I read the terrible English shortly after thinking it was all good.

Again, I really don't want to admit to myself they are fake but all signs are pointing to the obvious. I mean, all of these charms have a plastic paper tag thing on them for crying out loud! This bitch needs to get a grip haha.

What have I learned? Never buy Japan merchandise from eBay and expect it to be real. To jlist I shall by me goods!

(Also I got annoyed that some stall at Hyper Japan were selling these petit chara sailor moon figures for £13 a pop, not thinking they might be real and, yet again comparing to eBay. I am a fool!)

Midweek madness: heat waves and online store faves closing down

Okay, I just read something that I found sad.

My favouite wig store Geisha Wigs is closing down. I honestly have to say, this shop closing down will mean for both myself and other wig lovers and cosplayers out there, we will have to do a lot of guess work on eBay and Amazon now. I love this store because not only was the products of a great quality, it was good value for money. You wouldn't open up a package and be met with a thin or unwearable wig that shows the wig cap peeping through. You wouldn't have to guess if your wig is heat resistant or not. You wouldn't have to worry about bad customer service or being met with broken English (most sellers online shop from countries such as China).

Not only that but the owner is genuinely a lovely person, I've not met her in person but she damn seems it and honestly it's a shame but there are reasons behind these decisions. So you go and do you girl.

R.i.p geisha wigs, you shall be missed I hope for the very best for you Maria.

In other news....

I am burnt like a motherfucker. I swear I litterally get to a certain tan colour and my skin is like "nope". The heatwave is taking its toll on my skin despite using factor 20. Already my news feed is filling up with grumbling Brits not dealing with the heat too well. And honestly I don't blame them but there are ways to deal with the heat. So go figure it out!

But what I can't understand was a few days ago people were like, "oooh we're gonna get thunderstorms this week!". I would like to know where the hell are these thunderstorms we were supposed to have?? It's gonna get muggy soon and that means more people I will have to unfollow (lol).