You know how I wasn't impressed by this sleeping mask?
I tried it again, this time without wearing my usually cream first.
Then I tried it again, slathering a thick later onto my face.
Then I tried it again when I was suffering from pimples and wanted my face to calm down a bit.
Each time I woke up, without fail, GREASY T-ZONE. Totally as if I didn't do anything to my face at all! No balance, whatsoever. It would get absorbed the same way, even that one time that I globbed it on so generously I was scared that my skin would stop breathing halfway through the night.
It smells so clean, so fresh. It has a great consistency that is like a matte gel. But it doesn't do anything to me! At least, I cannot tell. All I can tell is that it doesn't balance out the dry and greasy parts of my face like Donkey Milk 3D Moisture Cream does, and for that, it makes me feel like I almost didn't put anything on at all.
This product was a fail in my book. Smells great, but I can't seem to see or feel a difference that I am happy with.
Rating: Will use, but only out of fun, not actually for results. Such a pretty box and packaging, but I would gladly trade it for something else less pretty looking that actually gives me a bit more oomph.
Showing posts with label Super Aqua Snail Sleeping Mask. Show all posts
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Monday, December 14, 2015
Thursday, November 26, 2015
Review: Missha Super Aqua Cell Renew Snail Sleeping Mask With Snail Extract
The Missha Super Aqua Cell Renew Snail Sleeping Mask With Snail Extract was a part of my Missha Thanksgiving-to-myself haul.
First off, it is a beautiful silver and gold package. Sophisticated, not cheap or tacky looking at all! And instead of having Korean and English on the package, it was English and Spanish, which I thought was pretty neat. The bottle itself only had a back label in Korean, but it made me feel good that the US branch really put an effort versus just having stickers over the box in English.
The freestanding tube is also very pretty, and it comes sealed, something else I also really like. No mess!
The texture is interesting and it squirts out in perfect little lines that look like immaculate play-doh rolls. Only it's much smoother and it feels like it goes into your skin almost as a moisturizer. I almost forgot that this is a sleeping pack and not my nightly cream. In fact, it's a bit sticky, but feels much more matte than my actual cream.
Instructions say to put on an "appropriate" amount and rinse off with water in the morning.
What qualifies as an "appropriate" amount? Did I use too little because my face felt a little tacky, but not really? Or is there supposed to be a layer of too much product? I am not sure how "appropriate" my amount was, but I hope it was enough.
In the morning it is my habit to wash my face with water, a kind of perk-me-up wake-me-up call. So, following that instruction was basically like telling me to keep breathing.
Night came, I applied the mask, and I went to bed. Eight hours later I woke up and for the first time in a long time I felt like my T-zone was oiler than usual. Actually, my WHOLE FACE felt rather oily. Even after rinsing my face with water it felt a little greasier than I usually am.
Back in the day when all I did was wash my face with water, I would wake up with such a greasy face that I would ten again wash with water to get back to normal. Why would this Missha Sleeping Mask have the same effect?
Masks are often used for their "instant gratification" prize. However, I did not really get any of that sort! My face felt like my face, but a old greasier version of my face. It would be a lie to say if I felt any effects or saw any effects. Just using a night cream alone did the trick, this sleeping mask seems to be a bust.
However, since I have a whole tube of it and I only got it for 13 dollars and change, of course I am going to try it again.... next week. Maybe I was just using it wrong and put an "inappropriate" amount on my face. Usually I think less is more, but maybe in this case more would be more? We will see.
Bottomline (tl;dr)
Woke up with a greasy face, so I was not impressed, but always open for second (and third, and fourth, and fifth) chances. Update May 2016: I keep trying, but I keep getting disappointed. Wish someone would take this off my hands, especially since other people note that it works for them. It just doesn't work for me... at all.
First off, it is a beautiful silver and gold package. Sophisticated, not cheap or tacky looking at all! And instead of having Korean and English on the package, it was English and Spanish, which I thought was pretty neat. The bottle itself only had a back label in Korean, but it made me feel good that the US branch really put an effort versus just having stickers over the box in English.
The freestanding tube is also very pretty, and it comes sealed, something else I also really like. No mess!
The texture is interesting and it squirts out in perfect little lines that look like immaculate play-doh rolls. Only it's much smoother and it feels like it goes into your skin almost as a moisturizer. I almost forgot that this is a sleeping pack and not my nightly cream. In fact, it's a bit sticky, but feels much more matte than my actual cream.
Instructions say to put on an "appropriate" amount and rinse off with water in the morning.
What qualifies as an "appropriate" amount? Did I use too little because my face felt a little tacky, but not really? Or is there supposed to be a layer of too much product? I am not sure how "appropriate" my amount was, but I hope it was enough.
In the morning it is my habit to wash my face with water, a kind of perk-me-up wake-me-up call. So, following that instruction was basically like telling me to keep breathing.
Night came, I applied the mask, and I went to bed. Eight hours later I woke up and for the first time in a long time I felt like my T-zone was oiler than usual. Actually, my WHOLE FACE felt rather oily. Even after rinsing my face with water it felt a little greasier than I usually am.
Back in the day when all I did was wash my face with water, I would wake up with such a greasy face that I would ten again wash with water to get back to normal. Why would this Missha Sleeping Mask have the same effect?
Masks are often used for their "instant gratification" prize. However, I did not really get any of that sort! My face felt like my face, but a old greasier version of my face. It would be a lie to say if I felt any effects or saw any effects. Just using a night cream alone did the trick, this sleeping mask seems to be a bust.
However, since I have a whole tube of it and I only got it for 13 dollars and change, of course I am going to try it again.... next week. Maybe I was just using it wrong and put an "inappropriate" amount on my face. Usually I think less is more, but maybe in this case more would be more? We will see.
Bottomline (tl;dr)
Woke up with a greasy face, so I was not impressed, but always open for second (and third, and fourth, and fifth) chances. Update May 2016: I keep trying, but I keep getting disappointed. Wish someone would take this off my hands, especially since other people note that it works for them. It just doesn't work for me... at all.
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
New Product Excitement!! - MISSHA Thanksgiving Haul
Can it really be called a haul when I only purchased two things?
My Missha Haul came: a Time Revolution Starter Set and SUPER AQUA Cell Renew Snail Sleeping Mask. The samples were stingy, I guess I came to expect much more than just two little night repair ampoule samples. No complaints though, I will use these and check how they work with my skin.
So excited!!! Though my trial period with Freeset's Donkey Milk 3D Moisture Cream is only in the sixth of fourteen days, I have used a mask (ugh, more on that bad choice later) and this is a sleeping pack, so it's an additional to whatever is usual. In twelve days though, I will introduce the Time Revolution Set which will incorporate a toner and a first essence prior to any additional serums and creams.
However, I really do NOT like the Clinique City Block SPF 40 that I have been using. This is probably because I am not used to wearing make-up and it reminds me of wearing make-up. It has this tint to it that I can see pools in the fine lines around my eyes (I am very expressive, so I am not surprised). My biggest turn off to this product would have to be the fact that this color comes off when I blot my face with a wet paper towel, which I often do after I was my hands in the restroom.
Perhaps this is odd, but I do not like to touch the bathroom door handle, or any other door handles really. It is gross and covered in germs. So usually, I go to the bathroom, wash my hands, dry my hands on a paper towel, and with this damp paper towel I blot my face (it's very refreshing) and use that same towel to cover the door handle as I exit.
Today I blotted at my face and it felt like I was just blotting all the SPF away. It made the paper towel so... brown, and I did not like that ONE BIT. Nope! I do not like at all and will probably just stick to my Aveeno SPF 30 instead. Seriously, that's one item I have not lived without. In college I started with their other line of moisturizer with was a cream bottle with a pastel green top dispenser. It only had 15 SPF and that was not enough as I would still suffer from slight bouts of sunburn, even on the least sunny of days. Lots of the reviews complain about it's smell-- I think it's a nice fragrance though I admit it is heavily fragranced.
Anyway! My excitement has carried on long enough. Tomorrow I will divulge my snail sleeping mask experience!! Yay!!
My Missha Haul came: a Time Revolution Starter Set and SUPER AQUA Cell Renew Snail Sleeping Mask. The samples were stingy, I guess I came to expect much more than just two little night repair ampoule samples. No complaints though, I will use these and check how they work with my skin.
So excited!!! Though my trial period with Freeset's Donkey Milk 3D Moisture Cream is only in the sixth of fourteen days, I have used a mask (ugh, more on that bad choice later) and this is a sleeping pack, so it's an additional to whatever is usual. In twelve days though, I will introduce the Time Revolution Set which will incorporate a toner and a first essence prior to any additional serums and creams.
However, I really do NOT like the Clinique City Block SPF 40 that I have been using. This is probably because I am not used to wearing make-up and it reminds me of wearing make-up. It has this tint to it that I can see pools in the fine lines around my eyes (I am very expressive, so I am not surprised). My biggest turn off to this product would have to be the fact that this color comes off when I blot my face with a wet paper towel, which I often do after I was my hands in the restroom.
Perhaps this is odd, but I do not like to touch the bathroom door handle, or any other door handles really. It is gross and covered in germs. So usually, I go to the bathroom, wash my hands, dry my hands on a paper towel, and with this damp paper towel I blot my face (it's very refreshing) and use that same towel to cover the door handle as I exit.
Today I blotted at my face and it felt like I was just blotting all the SPF away. It made the paper towel so... brown, and I did not like that ONE BIT. Nope! I do not like at all and will probably just stick to my Aveeno SPF 30 instead. Seriously, that's one item I have not lived without. In college I started with their other line of moisturizer with was a cream bottle with a pastel green top dispenser. It only had 15 SPF and that was not enough as I would still suffer from slight bouts of sunburn, even on the least sunny of days. Lots of the reviews complain about it's smell-- I think it's a nice fragrance though I admit it is heavily fragranced.
Anyway! My excitement has carried on long enough. Tomorrow I will divulge my snail sleeping mask experience!! Yay!!
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