Bliss Multi-‘Face’-eted Anti-Aging Clay Mask

I bought the Bliss Multi-‘Face’-eted Anti-Aging Clay Mask at the same time I bought the Bliss Triple Oxygen Mask. And seriously, the title is cute but again with the novels. How about something simple for once, guys?

The title is technically Bliss Multi-‘Face’-eted All-In-One Anti-Aging Clay Mask, but that’s a pain so I shortened it.

Anyway, I love the Triple Oxygen Energizing Mask, so I thought, why not try another Bliss mask? On the Bliss website, the product is described as, “a flexible clay mask that helps correct the six most visible signs of aging.” It’s supposed to smooth the appearance of lines, even skin tone and texture, soften, brighten, and shrink the look of pores. The website also boasts pretty positive reviews of the mask, so I had high hopes.

The active ingredients in the Bliss Muti-‘Face’-eted Anti-Aging Clay Mask are 10% glycolic acid, to dissolve dead skin cells and help clear skin; quartz, to smooth rough texture; kaolin, a mud that draws out impurities; carbon, a natural purifier; kojic acid, an antibacterial that has brightening properties; and jojoba oil, a non-greasy moisturizer that leaves skin soft and supple.

With a lineup like this, I have high hopes.

Plus, it’s Bliss, which is historically an amazing brand. So I wash my face, and as per the instructions on the side of the cute glass pot, apply a thin layer. The application feels like it’s exfoliating my skin, which I assume is the small pieces of quartz, and is a sensation that I really like. Having grown up with tough, oily skin, exfoliation is heavenly.

I wait around seven minutes, remove with a wet washcloth, and pat dry, as per the instructions. And my skin looks…kind of dirty. I’m prone to blackheads and clogged pores on my nose and T-zone anyway, but this seems to have magnified the problem.

However, I’m no quitter.

Plus, for a brand like Bliss which has so many great products, I figure maybe this product has a cumulative effect and the results will start to show in a week or two.

So I try again. And again. And again. And…see where I’m going with this? I become the very definition of insanity. Unfortunately, the mask provided the same results every time. And I had such high hopes.

Maybe I got a bad batch. Maybe it’s my skin type. Maybe I’m using the wrong stuff for my skin and I don’t need this level of anti-aging yet. But this is not a good product for me.

Cost and Where to Buy

By all means, try this out for yourself. Not every skincare product works for every person. You can find the Bliss Multi-‘Face’-eted Anti-Aging Clay Mask on the Bliss website for $40 (which is 20% off their regular price), and on Amazon for $50. I’m thinking it might be being discontinued, because Ulta and Sephora have stopped carrying it.

In other news…

I had a whole bunch of stuff to talk about before I started writing this. Then husband and I came home from the grocery store and discovered that there seems to be a dead animal under the house. There is a very distinct smell emanating from one of the screens on our raised foundation, as well as a family of flies buzzing around. Ah, the joys of homeownership.

Pizza Float - Beauty Chaos — I don’t have any photos of dead animals. And I don’t hate you guys. So here’s a photo of me on a pizza float that my nephew bought us for our wedding.

Having never experienced anything like this, my first thought was, “Who do I even call for dead animal removal from under my house?” Fortunately, the Internet exists. Yelp immediately told me that a pest control company can come out and take care of this problem.

Husband is having a crisis about this because he feels like he should be the one to don a hazmat suit and respirator, crawl under the house and find whatever the source of the stench is. Being who I am, I have no idea why anyone would have this sort of existential crisis. Why would you want to go under the house to find the dead animal? Why is this something that you feel should be your job unless it is…your job?

So the pest control guy is coming first thing in the morning.

I think a couple hundred bucks is a reasonable price for someone to crawl under my house and remove something dead. Especially something that has been dead long enough to start to smell and attract flies. As I’m starting to gross myself out (and hopefully haven’t grossed all of you out too much) I’ll leave it at that. Oh, and needless to say, WINE.

Do you have any home horror stories? Or back to the subject of the post, want me to try some other face mask treatment? Leave me a comment or message me here!

Perricone MD Face Finishing Moisturizer

August 14, 2017

There’s no doubt about it – my skin is changing as I get older. Not necessarily for the worse (yet, LOL), but I’m able to use things that I wasn’t when I was younger. The Perricone MD Face Finishing Moisturizer is one such product.

As a teen and in my 20s, anything not oil free was a no go.

I would spend time looking at night creams and products that promised to stop aging in its tracks with moisture, but as soon as I got one of those miracle creams near my skin, I would break out. Looking at the description of the Perricone MD Face Finishing Moisturizer, I thought I would have the same problem.

The Perricone website describes it as, “A luxurious, rose-scented anti-aging moisturizer that helps to restore moisture, radiance, and firmness to the skin for a hydrated, smooth and luminous complexion.” To me, that translates into one thing: breakouts. Combine the fact that the lotion is perfumed with the oil that it surely contains, and I thought I would be fighting a breakout for weeks after using this new lotion.

Here’s the special part.

Perricone’s moisturizer has some elements that make it special. First, there’s a fat soluble form of Vitamin C. Vitamin C is an incredible ingredient for anti-aging. I haven’t tried a product yet with Vitamin C that I didn’t love. This particular strain of it is good for sun damaged skin, and it brightens the appearance and reduces discoloration. As someone with melasma, this is great for me.

The cream also contains something called DMAE, which I didn’t know much about. Dimethylaminoethanol , or DMAE for short, is a vitamin supplement that can be taken orally or found in skincare products. It is an antioxidant found most frequently in fish that stabilizes cell membranes, helping protect them from free radical damage. In skincare products, it is used to increase the firmness and tone of skin.

Then, something amazing happened.

I started using the Perricone MD Face Finishing Moisturizer, and I didn’t break out. Instead, my skin felt…pretty amazing. I hadn’t read any of the information on the product before use. To be honest, I wrote it off immediately as a lotion that wouldn’t work for me. But it did. It worked wonders. My skin was hydrated, toned, and as a bonus, I smelled like roses.

Unfortunately, I only had a small sample pot of the Perricone MD Face Finishing Moisturizer that came in my Sephora July Play! Box, so I didn’t get to use this one for very long. But that’s the beauty of beauty boxes (see what I did there?): you get to try little samples before investing in the big product.

The sample size was big enough to give me a sense for what this moisturizer can do. Also, as with a lot of skincare products these days, a little bit goes a long way.

Cost and Where to Buy

The Perricone MD Face Finishing Moisturizer can be found at Sephora, Ulta, or on the Perricone website for the same price, $69. One Amazon store has it listed right now for $51.83, and with a Prime membership, shipping is free. That sounds like a pretty good deal to me.

Summing Up

Overall, the Perricone MD Face Finishing Moisturizer is a great product. I will be adding it into my rotation as soon as I run out of my current lotion.

And now, random things.

Not clouds - Beauty Chaos — Not clouds, smoke. Pretty terrifying.

The weirdness continues in La-La Land this week, y’all. There’s a huge fire raging north of Burbank, and it’s wreaking all kinds of havoc on the city. According to Variety this morning, it’s the biggest fire in LA City’s history. That’s a pretty crazy title, considering that there are fires all the time here.

We can see the smoke from our backyard, which is also crazy. I thought it was clouds when I went outside yesterday, but nope, huge plume of smoke. Couple the fire with the heat wave we’ve been having (over 100 degrees for the last week) and the conditions in LA are less than enjoyable right now.

The Van Nuys Animal Shelter is evacuating their animals and placing them with the East and West Valley Animal Shelters, which means those shelters are looking for temporary fosters for as many animals as they can find to make room. Do I need more cats? I mean, they’re like potato chips, right? You can’t have just one, or five, or…you know, 100. I don’t think husband would be very pleased if I brought home more animals right now, but we’ll see.

If you’re in the LA area and have the resources, please consider temporarily fostering. If you want more info, leave me a comment below or message me here. And stay safe.

In other news…

I bought husband’s birthday present this week, and it’s kind of also a present for me and I cannot wait. Unfortunately, I can’t reveal what it is, as I believe he has actually started reading the blog, LOL. If you want to know what it is, message me! Otherwise, you’ll have to wait until late October…