FACE MASK

I used to get mine from the True Blue Spa collection @ Bath & Body Works - I liked "It's All In A Clay's Work" Detoxifying Facial but they don't sell it anymore. As old as this shit is maybe I shouldn't be using it but this last jar still does well by my face

So I gotta find a new one - any suggestions? I want something I only have to use once a week - detoxifying is good, doesn't have to be for acne or moisturizing or anything like that, just getting deep & clean.

What's your favorite facial mask & WHY?

Thanks!

Does no one else do a mask every now & again?

no skin regimen ass mf's

skin masks make me breakout.

right now, everything is making me breakout. I was trying to use Oil of Olay's Total Effects to get a jump start on the anti-aging thing and it made me breakout like I was a teenager again.

So I guess in some twisted way it worked.


I have a friend who swears by Queen Helene's clay mask. Clinique may have one, I think...Burt's Bees makes a clay mask, too. Someone got me a Burt's Bees sampler for X-mas and the mask was a part of it. They tend to use pretty good ingredients and may be as close to Bath and Bodyworks' mask as you'll be able to get.


Good luck.

I use them occasionally.

Mud masks from NZ.

I use the Mary Kay 'Time Wise' collection,(cleanser, moisturizer, night solution) they may be old school, but the Time Wise set is updated. The microdermabrasion set is awsome. I have been blessed with good skin so I only use the microderm once a week.

It does great by me.

This is massively popular at the moment:

I have never used a face mask, I really should try it sometime!

What does it feel like afterwards?

Refreshing?

I always wonder if those masks actually DO anything.

But I like hanging out in the tub and feeling like I'm spoiling myself, so I use 'em sometimes.

I've usually gotten them at the Body Shop.

And this one, which is cheap and feels nice:



(2.99 at drugstore.com)

speciallove said:

I tried the Mary Kay microdermabrasion once and it HURTS!!
I don't think anything painful like that can be good for your skin.
Of course, my skin is quite sensitive too.

I'm amazed that nobody has made the obvious NSFW suggestion yet...

retina said:

Leave it to you...

Mon went shopping at Boots today and spent far too much. This is just the 'free' extra stuff they gave her probably owing to their complete surprise that she dropped nearly an average Thai's month's wages in one go

Vitamin E enriched bath cream
Vitamin B enriched shampoo
Vitamin B enriched conditioner
Multi-vitamin hand & nail cream
Garnier Pure A anti-imperfection wash x2
Botanics refining sauna mask
Botanics vitamin recovery mask
No7 Skin-care essentials pack (rebalancng day gel, rebalancing night fluid, beauty lotion, purifying cleanser, purifying toner - complete with gift bag) x3



I have to post a pic of this shit. And this is just the extra stuff they gave her.

CarrieMpls said:

Yeah, how is your lip?

This ain't funny, but here it is, the 'free' stuff Mon got for her spend in Boots. I don't think I've ever seen anything like it.



I'm using those masks though.

HereToRockYourWorld said:

Alomst back to normal. The remnants of red are still there, but it's not nearly as bad as it was a few days ago.
Darin couldn't stop laughing at me the other day.

CarrieMpls said:

Aw.

Glad it's doing better.

I think it was a sign from the heavens to appreciate your good skin and minimal facial hair.

CarrieMpls said:

Wow, you must have sensitive skin. or either you were rubbing to hard Sorry it hurt you, it works great for me

HereToRockYourWorld said:

I'm working on it!!

I picked up The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls. A historian goes through diaries and media images from 1830-present. An early interesting point is today we think of corsets and foot binding as totally anti-woman and yet look at what we do today. Also that in those times girls sense of self and identity had to do with being a good person, good works and not obsessing with self and those things were cultivated in young women and today nearly all sense of self and identity, improvement, etc. is about body and body image.

I think it helps me when I can intellectualize things.

I hear a smack in the face with a brick smooths the wrinkles.

AHAVA Dead Sea Mud Mask



a tad pricey, but well worth it!!

CarrieMpls said:

Me too.

That sounds really cool, actually. . . I'll have to track that down.

Yeah, if you think about it, wearing heels and removing most of our body hair. . . wearing bras. . . keeping our hands and feet all soft. . .painting our faces. . .most of it is kind of ridiculous. And what choice do we REALLY have? Be social outcasts?

for a time i used aztec clay, this was years ago, so i can't really recommend it.

now i just use honey mixed with cinnamon, i leave it on for about an hour, though the source that recommended it suggested sleeping with it on overnight.

um, that would be pretty messy, but i does a great job at clearing up the skin.

magnificentsynthesizer said:

imagine if you didnt put your hair up.

Calhoun, don't masks mess with your beard? From the pic in your avatar, it seems like that would be a problem...

magnificentsynthesizer said:

i should try that. how much honey and how much cinnamon?

JasmineFire said:

Clinique does have one, I saw the Queen Helene's but I'd never heard of anyone using it. It's cheap enough to try though, thanks for the tip!

speciallove said:

I've never gotten into the microdermabrasion - does it just slough off dead skin cells?

Diva said:

It's supposed to draw out impurities in your skin - oil, bacteria, etc. I do find that using one once a week helps my complexion stay clear. But I forget a lot of times, hence this old ass scrub I still have left

HereToRockYourWorld said:

That's 2 votes for Queen Helene, my have to check it out