i had a serious JAPANESE FAIL moment today.. -____-
was at the japanese store, buying snacks and goodies and whatnot.. eyed some dorayaki, saw the cashier (who had only spoken to me in english so far) had finished checking out my stuff, so i handed it to her and said (i don't know WHY), "kore mo" (this also).
she gave me a BIG smile, started talking to me in japanese (the traditional cashier-customer conversation), pointed at the sign taped to the front of the register that said "arubaito" (part-time job), etc etc.. except, i spazzed and didn't even try to read the sign (for fear of me taking forever? i don't know what i was thinking). she smiled, talked more (i could understand her).. and..
i. could. not. respond.
i don't know! my japanese just FAILED. i couldn't even think of how to say "i'm interested, but is it ok if my japanese is really bad?". and i didn't want to reply in english for whatever reason--even though it would then be obvious that i could UNDERSTAND japanese at least. i probably seemed incredibly offstandish and rude for not replying, much less talking for the rest of the time.
so i just smiled dumbly, signed the receipt, mumbled a quiet "thank you" (in ENGLISH) and walked out, ready to smack my forehead into the steering wheel of my car, mortified.
on another note, my upper cheeks near my nose are not happy with me.
went to go wash off my face last night and found two bumps (not pimples, just.. bumps), one on each cheek. now, i don't know what product caused the bumps. it could've been from the hanskin caviar bb (that i wore that day) or from the revlon foundation (that i wore the day before).. or maybe a mix of one or two of those PLUS the fact that i'm probably nearing my period.
i doused the general area on both cheeks with my acne treatment cream, let it sit.. went to go wash my face, decided to try COSMEDICINE healthy cleanse for oily skin (massaged it into my t-zone and cheek area).. applied MORE acne treatment cream (far more than i normally do) along with my normal face routine.
slept.
woke up in the morning to find that part of my cheeks VERY dry (and flakey). of course id on't know if this is from the cosmedicine or the fact that i probably used too much of my acne cream (which is probably more likely, considering that acne cream is drying, right?). who knows.
tried using an extra dose of korres moisturizer and did not see immediate effects (d'oh, probably didn't wait long enough) so i put on a face and went to walgreens (FACE SHOP MASKS ON CLEARANCE! of course the SB one wasn't clearance.. and was mostly empty).
bought:
- YES TO TOMATOES facial hydrating lotion
- MERLOT hydrating toner
- 4 total faceshop masks
had a really good conversation with the beauty dept cashier.. found out she's going to attend brooks (my school) in september! also asked if she wanted to model (need to find 2 couples to shoot for an asgn due friday) with her bf.. and got a tentative "yes". she highly recommended the "yes to tomatoes" and the merlot (though not from personal experience).
not that i've been using my witch hazel toner for very long.. but i've been eyeing the MERLOT stuff for awhile. i guess i'm just not patient enough with skincare (unless it's a product benzoyl peroxide, which i have complete and total faith in)..
i was also asked about the revlon foundation.. and my answer is, i can't respond or review it, since i haven't used the product more than once. therefore it probably wouldn't give you a very good idea of the product.
the reason why i review the bb's is because i've been using the skinfood mushroom bb and know that it hasn't given me adverse effects before, therefore it's a pretty safe thing to be putting on my face. plus i'm mostly seeing its color match to my face/neck and its oil control. BUT i will be testing the hanskin (along with the revlon foundation) further to see which one (if either) caused me to break out :)
QUESTION
have you guys heard anything about the MERLOT line or the YES TO TOMATOES (or carrots or.. whatever the other one was..) line?