The Body Shop’s Seaweed Balance Sheet Mask

Sometimes I love a sheet mask, sometimes I forget they even exist. As a skincare product they can be handy to provide a bit of a pamper and a moment of selfcare. Other times they just seem a hassle and a faff to apply onto the face, leave it on and keep adjusting its position because it’s falling into your eyes! But when the call of a sheet mask is made you have to answer it. The latest one I’ve used is The Body Shop’s Seaweed Balance Sheet Mask. This retails for £5.00.

Why did I use this?

Have you ever thought that your face hates you? Mine does as it’s decided to create a cluster of spots on my chin making me look like an extra from Hocus Pocus 2! I went through my sheet mask collection and found this one, hoping it would be ideal to neutralise the madness on my face and balance my skin out.

What is this supposed to do?

This sheet mask is designed to make the skin on the face feel refreshed, soothed and help to control excess oil on the skin. Skin should feel hydrated for up to 24 hours and suitable for oily/combination skin.

The Sheet Mask

Looks and behaves like the majority of sheet masks on the market e.g comes in sachet, mask shaped with holes for eyes, mouth and nose. I didn’t find the mask too thin or too thick, just the right thickness. White in colour.

It was very moist thanks to the solution it was soaked in. This is fragranced. Not too strong but I would’ve preferred this to have been fragrance free or more natural, marine like in scent. This sheet mask smelt like a synthetic floral. I didn’t hate it, but it wasn’t what I was expecting considering this sheet mask contain aloe vera and cucumber extract.

On the face

Since this was very moist there was an initial cooling feeling to this mask once put on. But all I could think about was the fragrance! As I’ve mentioned it’s not strong or awful, but I did find it quite distracting. On the skin the mask was reasonably secure with a bit of adjusting. The eye holes could have been a bit bigger but overall, it felt ok.

Taking it off my skin there was some residue solution left on it which I patted in. That felt nice and took very little time to be absorbed.

No irritation to the skin, and I didn’t feel the need to add any other skincare product on top as this was quite hydrating.

The Morning After The Night Before

I used this mask before bed. So of course, I had to check my skin the following morning. It did feel and look quite refreshed. It wasn’t dry, my cluster of spots were still thriving but at least I looked reasonably fresh.

Recommended?

I thought this mask was ok but not amazing. I don’t suffer from oily/combination skin in general but right now it’s closer to normal/combination so not totally for me. Although I never expect a massive change after using a product like this, I don’t think my skin would have looked or felt massively different without it. I’ve used lots of masks before that I’ve loved but I felt this was fine, nothing special. It does suggest on the packaging you will see results after 4 weeks using this twice a week, but who is going to do that? That would cost the grand total of £40.00. You could buy a potted or tubed skincare mask that would last 3 months, be more effective in results and cost less than 8 of these masks!

So, this isn’t a mask I would buy again for myself. There are more affordable masks on the market that perform better (for me) or priced the same that would give a better result. The fragrance should have been different, but overall I didn’t particularly fall in love with this sheet mask from beginning to end of using it.

Would I recommend this? There’s no harm in trying it but buy this when not full price, use on oily/combination skin and use it as a bit of fun not serious skincare. But between you and I, you could do better so maybe buy better.