Face (mask) Off

Hello there lovelies

When I asked the beauty blogging community for recommendations for a good face mask there were two clear winners. I’d wanted to try these for ages and after numerous recommendations I decided to go for it. I really couldn’t choose between them so just got both (obvious choice) to try and see which I liked best. I felt my skin needed that little extra as it was looking a little dull following winter and needed a little pick me up, I’m not sure if it was dehydrated, dry or just plain dull but it just wasn’t as peachy as I wanted it to be. With a little bit of help from these masks my skin is looking much better in preparation for the (hopefully) better weather and lighter makeup bases.

Antipodes Aura Manuka Honey Mask. Firstly the smell of this is so good, I thought it was going to have some kind of honey scent which isn’t my favourite but no it smells of light vanilla, not the horrible sweet artificial vanilla though. It’s got a lovely velvety soft texture and feels great when you’re applying it to your face. Leave it on for 15 minutes and just enjoy the light aroma while your skin absorbs it’s manuka honey goodness then wash off with a clean flannel. It leaves skin feeling silky smooth and looking clearer, brighter and smelling fabulous.

Origins Drink-Up Intensive Overnight Mask. Again this smells absolutely gorgeous unless you don’t like the smell of apricots then it would smell hideous. I think it smells like apricot yogurt (which is my favourite therefore I have to resist eating it) really fresh and sweet but not too sweet or zingy, just light and fruity fresh. The idea of an overnight mask baffled me, I wondered what I did once it was applied; do I wash it off in the morning? Why is it called a mask if you don’t wash it off? Is it going to go all over my pillow? And I did think that as it doesn’t need washing off then surely it’s just a night cream. You’re meant to tissue off the excess then leave it to absorb, I don’t do this as the thought of applying cream to my face then putting a tissue near it makes me cringe, thinking about the tissue being stuck to my face and tissue fluff being stuck all over it, yuk no thankyou. Instead I apply a thin layer about an hour before I go to bed so it’s well absorbed therefore a messy pillow is avoided, I put on a less thicker layer than I would for a normal face mask but a thicker layer than if I was just using a regular night cream. I had high expectations for this one as it has all night to work it’s magic on my skin. My skin feels nice in the morning after using this but it doesn’t blow me away, it does feel soft and hydrated but I think I could get just as good results from the 10 minute version of this beauty treat. I don’t find this mask as silky smooth in texture as Antipodes but it does have a nice light creamy feel when applied to the face, it doesn’t feel heavy or greasy at all which I was worried about due to it being an overnight use product.

For me the Antipodes mask just pips the Origins one to the post (only just though) and it’s only because I personally prefer the texture and the results were more noticeable for me. I think that once I’ve used up the Origins one I’ll replace it with the 10 minute version as I feel I’ll get more use out of it.

What face masks do you enjoy using?

Until next time