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It’s February. I know we’re only in the second month of 2022 but I literally feel as if I’ve lived half of this year already! Any particular reasons I feel like this? One word…LIFE! But it’s fine, I will roll with it as usual. What I can’t roll with at the moment is temperamental skin. My face feels like it’s been drained of every drop of moisture that lives in it which I hate! So it’s time to drag out a mask. My facial skincare mask collection is pretty varied but I thought I would grab Simple’s 5 Minute Reset Hydrogel Mask. I didn’t buy this. At some point this would have been a birthday or Christmas gift of years past. But it retails for around £3.00.
Why did I decide to use this?
My skin doesn’t look dry, but this last week it’s felt dry. Not to touch, but you know when your skin feels dry because it feels a little tight? That’s what I’m experiencing. I’m not feeling comfortable in my face, and a facial skincare mask is a quick fix and gives me a few minutes of much needed pampering. This one I chose because the range tries to keep their ingredients ‘simple’ e.g no fragrance or colouring. I don’t have sensitive skin but I didn’t want to set it off right now, I wanted something basic. And this sounds and looks like something that will deliver what I need it to do, moisturise me!
What is this supposed to do to your skin?
Within 5 minutes, this mask is supposed to deliver hydration making your skin look and feel fresher, hydrated and smoother.
What does the mask look like?
It doesn’t come in one piece but two. One is to cover the lower part of the face, the other covering the top half of the face. Both are made of an almost jelly like material. Totally clear and see through with a slight rubbery feel to it. The lower section has a piece cut out for the mouth. The higher section has areas cut out for the nose and the eyes.
How to use
Take the mask out of the sachet, peel off the backing and put onto cleansed skin. Leave on for 5 minutes and remove. Any excess product left over, pat into the skin with no need to wash off.
In use
I ripped open the sachet only to find it full of solution that the mask was soaking in, which is just what I wanted to see! Nothing worse than seeing a skincare mask dry and void of solution or serum. The two sections of mask needed to be peeled off some paper before they could be applied.
Since the material the mask is made off is quite slippery, I did find I needed a minute or two to take them off the backing, unfold them and pop them onto my face. There was an instant cooling feeling when I put this on. Positioning of this was a bit fiddly, you couldn’t just throw them on. There were adjustments, pulling, tugging etc, but I got there in the end! They were reasonably secure on my face although at one point I did feel one was slipping down a little. The cooling sensation remained throughout which I enjoyed.
Did I have this on for 5 minutes? Probably more like 10 to 15 minutes! 5 minutes just seemed wasteful and my skin thanked me for the extra time. When I took it off I could see the solution from the mask was on my face because it looked damp, so I patted it into my skin. My face looked and felt hydrated, although there was a slight tackiness to it when I touched it. I wasn’t too sure whether this would be moisturising enough hours later as I used this at night time without adding anything onto my skin. My skin didn’t need anything else and the following day it didn’t feel or look dry.
Recommended?
Skincare face masks like this are products I treat as quick fixes because that’s what they are. I don’t expect miracles or long term results. What I do hope for is an instant result in that particular moment. And this mask delivered it 100%! It felt nice on the skin and relaxing. My skin feel moisturised during and after, and it gave me exactly what I hoped for. The slight downside is how fiddly it can be when taking it out of the packaging then applying to the skin, which some people won’t like. But I would happily buy this again and again and use when my skin feels like a prune. What I love about this is the fact it’s not expensive, you can pick it up on the high street pretty easily and the range is something that should be suitable for sensitive skin. Result!
This can be picked up from places like Boots, Superdrug and supermarkets such as Tesco. Easily available, does what it says on the packaging and now on my repeat purchase list!x