The Holy Grail of Face Masks

I am a sucker for a good face mask. Chilling out while a face mask dries is my favorite stress reliever. I have tried so many different brands but none have truly done what they promise, sure they clear up my skin but I never get those fantastic results they promise, but I use them anyway.

One of my favorite face mask brands is Formula 10.0.6. I own every single one of their face masks, well at least I thought I did. Imagine my surprise and excitement when I was browsing Ulta and I came across this:

Now I am a sucker for anything that promises to clear up my blackheads because I have blackhead craters on my nose that would put the moon to shame. So I picked up this new exciting Formula 10.0.6 Three Times Sublime face mask for a number of reasons:

1. I have an obsession with face mask, as stated above

2. This is my favorite brand, also stated above

3. This brand is so affordable, perfect for my cheap ass

4. Is a 3 in 1, so that's a money saver, right?

5. Grapefruit is my favorite, so I obviously need it in a face mask

6. I need help with my crater-like blackheads.

7. There was a sale, BOGO 50% off, I also needed toner

So for the reasons listed above I picked this up and tried it out ASAP.

For this to work properly, like with all face mask you need to properly clean your face first. I used super hot water and a gentle cleanser so that my pores would be open and then dried my face with a clean towel. 

The first thing I noticed about this product was how wonderful it smells as soon as I broke the seal off the cap, a wave of grapefruit amazingness hit me.

Next the texture, it is a scrub so it had a very grainy texture. 

Spreading it on my face was easy, but with the grainy texture it was hard for me not to start scrubbing right away. With this product you let the face mask dry and then re-wet it to scrub after 10-15 minutes.  

Just like every other Formula 10.0.6 face mask I have used, this one is self warming and it gets a little hot after about 3 minutes, but then cools back down. I tell myself this it working miracles.

After waiting 15 minutes for it to dry, I re-wet the mask and got to scrubbing. It felt so amazing. Once I had scrubbed for a good two minutes, I rinsed it off and I was amazed. I really wish I would have taken a before and after of my nose, but I totally forgot. The difference was amazing. Now I still had blackheads, because like I said above my nose is a blackhead crater. However, I was super pleased with how well this product cleared some of them up. 

This mask can be used 1-3 times a week, so I will be using it again in a few days. This has been the best face mask I have used and it is going into my skin routine for sure! 

To learn more about this product and other Formula 10.0.6 products visit their website at http://www.formula1006.com/ 

xo,

Jess

I'm Alive, I Promise!

SOOOOO, it seriously has been MONTHS since I have made a post on the blog, but life kinda happened! Which I'm totally okay with, because sometimes it's good when life hits you in the face. Here's a quick update on what I have been up too in the months of not posting!

First the summer, I spent it taking summer classes to finish up my prerequisites for the Elementary Education program at my college. However, between classes I took on my mermaid life and spent a lot of time on the beach. My husband was gone for the summer, but my amazing mom came and spent an entire month with me, as well as many visits from my best friends. Enjoy these summer photos:

So there's my amazing summer, summed up by pictures. Lots of beach time, best friend time, family time, and of course mimosas.

After summer ended, I started my very first semester in the bachelors program for elementary education, which was extremely overwhelming! So blogging got put on hold while I got my school life together. I learned so much in my first semester (I'm now in my second semester, one down, four to go!)

Look at the cute bulletin board my group made!                    My first day OOTD in a 2nd grade class! 

We are going to be super teachers!  

After starting my fall semester and finally settling into a routine, my husband returned from his deployment! This was a very welcomed interruption in my routine because its always so hard when he is gone!

Jax was also so excited to have his daddy back home. Check out this super adorable video of him seeing him for the first time in months:

By the time we settled back into everyday life, it was time for finals and to go home for Christmas! 

           

               

Now that we are back home from 3 wonderful weeks with our friends and family back home, I'm starting to settle back into a routine! I'm in my second semester of the elementary ed. program so I can't guarantee that  I will be as active on here as I should be, but I really am going to try because I have some great things I want to share with y'all. Hopefully 2016 is kind to us all!

xoxo,
Jess