Say HELL NO to cucumbers soothing facial masks!

Hey hey. :) So, like most people who peruse Target, I've seen this brand "Yes to _____" around the cosmetics area.

I decided to pick up one of the single use Yes to Cucumbers calming facial masks for sensitive skin. I don't have sensitive skin, really, but I love anything melon/cucumber scented, so that's what really swayed my decision.

 I decided I needed a little "calming" in my life a few days ago, what with preparing for finals and everything else going on in my life. The word stress is seriously an understatement when I think of my life right now. So, I decided to put on a face mask. I have a bunch of bottles from Avon, but I was going through my samples/one use products drawer and figured I should use one of those. This product smells amazing, just like I thought it would. And when I put it on, I noticed how smooth the consistency felt. It was like velvet. I followed the directions to a T. I was about 3 minutes in when I started feeling a strong tingling sensation on my face. It didn't feel BAD, and a lot of masks I use have a tingling sensation as well.

HOWEVER, at 5 minutes when I went to take it off, as soon as I applied water to it, it felt like candle wax on my skin. I seriously felt like I was burning and my face was being ripped off.

It left my face looking like this:

Which, I'm not a face mask n00b, I know a lot of them will leave your face a bit puffy and red from taking off the dead skin, etc. So, at first I wasn't alarmed. I was though when my face was still red the next day, and still hurt. In total my face was red for like three days and hurt like a bitch even after the redness went away. Even my dermatologist was stumped to find an answer as to why my face reacted that way. :/

I don't know if I just got a faulty product or there's something in it, but I seriously felt like I had a chemical burn on my face.

Even though I want to like that brand, after this experience, I'm not buying anymore of their products.

Has anyone else had shady issues with this brand?

Love, Noralee

Hit or Shit: Rimmel Clean Finish Liquid Foundation.

Full price this foundation is under five dollars, sorry I can't recall full price nor find it online, but I know for sure it was under five. I snagged it at Target with a red tag, clearanced to about $1.70.

I was honestly so completely stoked about this foundation for a week or so, because it was the first time I'd gotten a shade that completely matched my skin tone, and half the time I could go without concealer because it was brightening and FULL COVERAGE AS FUCK!

I LOVED this foundation... Until, it started breaking me out. Which is seriously strange for me and my skin type. I don't have sensitive skin, if I did, I seriously wouldn't have a face for the kind of shit I put my skin through sometimes, haha! But I started getting these monstrously huge breakouts ALL over my face. I also was getting patches of redness on my nose and cheeks. It was crazy, my skin has never reacted to any product like this before. So, I stopped wearing this foundation for a week and switched back over to my beloved Loreal Magic Souffle, and within a day the redness was gone, and I never got new breakouts since switching off the Rimmel foundation.

 This foundation is "clean" feeling and it will keep the oil under control, but for me personally and my skin, this is a huge SHIT. Honestly, if you have sensitive skin, I definitely wouldn't tell you try this, your skin might fall off or something, and that would totally be lame. So, not saying this is a bad product, because obviously I said like three times that I loved it, but my skin did not, which is why this sucks.

I'm mad that I have a whole bottle of this sitting in my makeup collection now, man. :(

Anybody else have any bad experiences with Rimmel? This was my first time branching out to face products from them, previously I've only used their mascaras and lipsticks, which I love.

Love, Noralee