Monday Mask #1
@Rita
Hello beauties,
If your skin is dehydrating like mine you will see that most of the
produced oil is due to a process named "rebound effect".
This can happen, because the skin receptors receive a wrong message
that the skin is dry. And to compensate there is an increase of oil production.
Sometimes just when I wash my face more than two times a day, or
when I abuse of the matifying cream, my skin gets oily.
The result? An already oily skin becomes oilier!
The solution? Hydrating! Hydrating! Hydrating!!!
Drink water every day and put a good moisturizer mask once a week.
You can and should wash your face in the morning and at night with a good
product and, always use a moisturizer with SPF or a solar protection after the
moisturizer if yours doesn´t have SPF.
My personal experiences show me that it´s not good to choose rich
nutrition mask but a hydrating mask is perfect.
I love to try new masks and my usual hydration
mask from the pharmacy was finishing soooo I decided that it was the perfect
time to go and buy a new one. When I entered at Sephora, I was immediately drawn
to the Korean section. After several minutes trying different masks, I chose
Philippines Coconut Hydrating mask from Skinfood. And I have to alert you guys,
that I bought it with no feedback and no previous research (I never do that).
When I got home, I put my phone working on finding everything about
this mask. Some reviews said that it was a no-no for oily skin and
others said it was the best. I was confused but I decided to give it a try!
Before I give my opinion, let me tell you a little bit about what I
found.
There are six freshmade masks from skinfood:
·
watermelon soothing wash off
·
cranberry toning wash off
·
coconut firming sleep pack
·
lemon brightening wash off
·
Apple hydrating wash off
·
pineapple peeking gel
So let's talk about the one that I bought. According to the website,
the coconut mask is:
"A firming treatment mask for cultivating smooth and resilient
skin. its bursting moisture droplets promote soft and complete
absorption".
Coconuts have excellent moisturizing
effects that firm and smooth the skin for a more radiant complexion. Great!
Let's look at the principal ingredients: water, cocos nucifera
(coconut) fruit extort, chamomilla recutita (matricaria) extt, aloe barbadensis
leaf extort, portulaca oleracea extort, cocos nucifera (coconut) oil and hydrolyzed
collagen water.
I was a little bit septic on the coconut oil because I have
occasional breakouts and the coconut oil is well known for cloaking pores.
But moving on...Directions (still according to the website): after
cleansing, prep a refine your skin texture with a toner. Liberally and evenly
apply mask all over your face, avoiding the areas around your eyes, and let it
absorb.
Recommended use: once or twice a week at night.
What I have to say...
The mask come in a white jar packaging ant there is a safety seal so
you know if it has been tampered with or not. The texture is a very liquid gel
and it smells like a soft coconut tanner, it has a beautiful summer vibe. (I
absolutely love the smell)
I already used this mask three times once a week, before I go to
bed. I gently massage the mask in my face (just I little bit, don't put too
much if your skin is like mine) and leave it all night. Don't worry you won't feel
it in your sheets or hair. Next day you can rise off or leave it (I always
leave it).
The morning I woke up after my first time using it, my skin already
looked and felt different.
And my pimples fear? In my skin, this mask didn't irritate them and
it even made the opposite (yeahhh) because they looked less noticeable. But I have
to say, I don't suffer from acne, so if you have a pro acne skin, make a test
first. Put just a little bit in a small area and next day see how your
blemishes are.
I know that not everyone likes to sleep with a mask on and I
understand it. When I bought this for my oily but dehydrated skin I was a
little bit septic, but don't! You will not feel oilier, what you´re going to
feel is a moisturized and soft skin because it equilibrates the oil.
I made my mother try it, she has a very dry skin and every week she
begs me to give her some mask.
Verdict: I believe that there are more popular brands and more
priced masks, but I tried this and I don't have a single bad thing to say. Oh,
and it only cost 13€ in Portugal and according to the website $13.00 for 95ml.
If you want more information about this mask, you can go to the Skinfood website (www.theskinfood.us).
A side note, I want to try other products from this brand like:
·
black sugar honey mask wash
·
egg white pore mask.
The black sugar says that it exfoliates and softens skin for a clear
smooth complexion (who doesn't want this?). And the egg white, according to the
website is a rich albumine pore refiling cleanser that penetrates deeply into
pores and remove pore clogging oil (I need this!).
Unfortunately, this doesn´t exist in Portugal so I'm going to make a
little research in the website and see if they send to my country. (Cross
fingers)
Did you try any of these masks? Leave a comment below
As always, all these
thoughts are mine, I bought the mask by my own and decided to give my opinion.
Great review
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