The GlamGlow tingling and exfoliating mud mask. I work for a big high street store and have had so many customers come in asking if we have it in stock or if they can try it, and after about the 20th person asking I finally gave in and gave it a look up. And no wonder they've been looking, it has some stellar reviews, and a tagline claiming its "the best face mask in the world". To make a claim like that, you gotta be pretty frikkin spectacular in my book! So after thinking about it for a while and realizing I had a sample of it it was silly not to give it a go.
So this is what it looks like when it comes out of the pot:
Not the most attractive looking thing but looks can be deceiving! It's a really thick consistency with little bits of tea leaf in it, and doesn't have a particular smell to it. The directions on the website say to apply a medium layer with a foundation brush but as mine wasn't to hand and quite frankly I couldn't be bothered cleaning it after I just applied it with my fingers. After doing that I can see why the brush would be easier, it would give a more even application, but the fingers worked out just fine!
And now here we have a funky camouflage looking face! The mask goes on wet but it dries SUPER fast so you need to work quite quick with it. As soon as it starts drying, that's when you start to feel the tingling and tightning. And it really tightens. I mean REALLY tightens. I quite enjoyed the feeling but I can see why others wouldn't, because it almost feels like its pulling at the skin. I left it for about 10 minutes but it says 5-10 mins so its just personal preference.
I took it off with a facecloth and buffed it in circular motions while removing so I could get the exfoliation part of it. Once it's off my face still felt like it was on almost, my skin was really tight and it did feel a bit strange. But a good strange! My skin felt really soft to the touch too which is always a plus. I waited a little bit then put on a moisturizer and the tight feeling faded away, but even writing this 3 hours later I can still feel it slightly. Which I think is a good thing!
All in all I'm really impressed with this product so far. I'm going to continue to use it and see how it goes but as far as first impressions go I'm really impressed! You can buy it from QVC, Marks and Spencer and Love-makeup.co.uk, it's not exactly on the cheap side but if it delivers everything it says it does then it's worth it!
Anyone tried it? What did you think? Hope you're all having a good night!
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