Review: Freeman Beauty Feeling Beautiful Facial Masks

It's been a while since I've used a facial mask of any sort. I used to love to get into my mom's cabinet when I was a kid and get into her cucumber peel off mask, put t on my hands and then freak my brother out by pulling it off and saying it was my skin. Yep, I was THAT kid. lol 

So I was interested and excited to get to try a few new to me facial masks. I was sent: 

Avocado & Oatmeal Clay Mask

Charcoal & Black Sugar Polishing Mask

Honeydew & Chamomile Sleeping Mask

Cucumber Peel-Off Mask

I used the Cucumber peel off mask first and the first thing you notice is the scent. It smells so good and when you apply it to your face it's cool, refreshing and just feels good going on. It only takes a few minutes for it to dry so you can peel it off and my face felt smooth and clean. 

I tried the Charcoal & Black Sugar polishing masks next because it jut sounded intriguing. I didn't know what to expect from it at first but it actually had a nice scent and as I rubbed it on my face I could feel the tiny sugar crystals being rubbed on my skin. After I washed it off, my face felt smooth and clean and not dried out at all. 

I haven't tried the sleeping mask yet but I did use the Avocado & Oatmeal Clay mask and I really liked that one as well. All of these asks left my skin feeling clean and smooth and had a nice scent to them. I applied them before entering the shower and washed them off in the shower because I found it less messy that way.  @Freemanbeauty @Influenster  #FeelingBeautifulin5 #contest

Disclaimer: I tested the Freeman Beauty Feeling Beautiful™ facial mask for free from Influenster, but all opinions are your own.

Review: Mary Kay Clear Proof Acne System

I was sent this Clear Proof Acne System from Influenster to test at home for free. I began using it right away. It's a 4 step system that contains a clarifying gel, blemish control toner, acne treatment gel and an oil free moisturizer for acne prone skin. The active ingredient is Salicylic acid. 

I've tried over the counter Salicylic acid so I knew my skin wouldn't break out into a rash from using this and it's gentle enough to use each day. I have mild acne and it comes and goes but it's mostly on my chin, probably because I lean my hands on my face while at the computer. 

I did find that if I didn't use all 4 steps that it left my face feeling dry and tight. I highly recommend using the moisturizer each time to help with that. I've always had a hard time keeping my face especially my forehead oil free without using astringent several times a day and drying out my face. I used this system once a day and saw a great improvement in my skin being less oily, less shiny. 

I started seeing an improvement in about a week. It really didn't take long at all for the breakouts to start diminishing and go away completely. 

This is my before and after pictures taken just a week apart after starting to use the Clear Proof Acne System. I have a few blemishes on my chin and that's where I usually get them but they cleared up after using this system. 

Freebie Friday!

Welcome to another edition of Freebie Friday, where I tell you what free samples and full sized products I received in the mail and how you can get them too. Someone asked me why I do a 'Freebie Friday" each week, so I'll tell you.

A while back I listed all the free samples and wins that I had received that previous year and so many people didn't believe that I could have gotten so many free things. So I decided to prove it by taking a picture every week and sharing the sites that I found the links to the freebies at. So now you too can get great free samples coming to your mailbox each week. #InfluensterChamp 

  I received this box from Influenster.

In my box was:

2 Rimmel Scandaleyes eyeliners

1 Rimmel Lash Accelerator Endless Mascara

2 Rimmel Show Off Lip Laquer in colors Big Bang and Nude Eclipse

I love the eyeliners. The go on smooth and stay on until you take it off. I like the mascara but I'm not thrilled with the brush that comes with the applicator. It's skinny and I like a bigger, fatter applicator brush. I tried both of the lip laquer's and the Big Bang is very red, not really my color but I love the Nude Eclipse and it stays on for a good long time. 

I also received a bunch of free samples and won a few things as well. 

I won a book Angel Kin by Tricia Skinner which I reviewed earlier on my blog. 

I cashed in my points at Skinny Cow and got this Skinny Cow notebook. 

And I got a box from Smiley360 with a full size bottle of Children's Advil, Children's Advil Tissues and coupons to pass along to family and friends. 

So did you receive any freebies this week?

Gain Fling & Fireworks, Influenster and What's a Voxbox?

Recently I saw someone post on Twitter that they got a Voxbox from Influenster and they loved their free products. Now if you've been reading my blog for very long you know I'm always on the lookout for websites and companies that let you test products at home in exchange for a review or sharing samples and coupons with your friends. So I decided to find out what this Influenster was all about. 

I went to the Influenster website, read through what the site was about and signed up for an account. I completed a few reviews for products on their site that I had already used and completed a few lifestage Badge reviews and surveys. Within a couple of days I was sent an email telling me that I had been selected to receive a Gain Voxbox. 

A Voxbox is a box from Influenster that has a product or products in it for you to try at home and then complete a few tasks on the Influenster site such as a review, share on Twitter or a blog post such as this one. 

As you can see from the picture above my Gain Voxbox contained a bag with 5 Gain Flings pods, a sample size of Gain Fireworks scent booster and a $10 iTunes gift card. 

Just in time for Laundry day!

I received my Gain Voxbox yesterday and did a load of laundry this morning. I did a small load of my shirts I was planning on throwing away because I had gotten grease splatters on them while cooking and I thought the grease spots would never come out. So I washed 7 shirts and was pleasantly surprised when 5 of the shirts that had just a few grease splatters came out completely clean, the other two still had a couple of visible grease splatters but they were much less visible and I decided to just wash them again with a larger load of laundry and one came out completely clean while the other that had the biggest grease stain just wasn't going to come clean so I just tossed that shirt. *I really need to buy an apron to wear when I'm cooking*

I did a load of cotton baby blankets and fleece throws that I use in my rat cages and used the Gain Fireworks scent booster with the Gain Flings to see if it would help with the urine smell that can get on the blankets and throws and was pleasantly surprised to find that it really did. I cleaned both cages and changed the bedding in them this morning and I can still smell the Gain Fireworks scent coming from the blankets, it's subtle but nice. 

My old man rat, Marbles is comfy and sleeping in his upper box in freshly washed blankets. 

Lucky is hiding inside his pink igloo with his freshly washed cotton baby blanket. 

So my thoughts on Influenster and the Voxbox are as follows:

This is a great program for people like myself who like to do surveys, tasts and blog posts in exchange for free products and product samples. The tasks are really easy like posting tweet, fb post or blog post about what you received from Influenster and in exchange you get to keep and use free products. 

If you'd like to give Influenster a try just sign up for an account at this link. 

Disclaimer:

I received a free sample in exchange for my honest opinion. All opinions expressed are my own.