Price: £2.96
I've seen countless videos on these black peel off masks, I really love watching them. The peeling off of the masks looks really satisfying (yeah I know. Weird). These videos are what them disgusting pimple/blackhead removal videos are to most people.
I purchased "Daiso peel off face mask" on eBay for £2.96 with free delivery ALL THE WAY FROM JAPAN. My inner weaboo was jumping for joy at the thought of something coming all the way from Japan, but my normal side was worried. Say if it didn't turn up?
Well it did and I was chuffed!
The packaging is pretty cute and luckily there are English instructions on the back. You have to cleanse your face and apply a thick even layer. Then wait 5-10 minutes until the mask is dry and then peel off. But from experience I've seen that steaming your face and opening your pores helps a lot too, so out the shower I applied this.
Seeing as I've had experience with other face masks, with peel off versions I find using a flat foundation brush works best and it's a lot less messy. It's even more less hassle as I actually have a bottle of the stuff, you should have seen how awkward it was when I was trying to apply the packet face masks I bought from superdrug.
There isn't much product in the bottle which I'm kinda pissed about. The bottle itself is probably 25% air. Crisps aren't the only item that is mostly air!
The product comes out thick and black, like my soul. I found that patting the product with the foundation brush was effective to cover up thin areas, it looks grey if it's applied too thinly.
After a few minutes I felt the mask tightening as it dried. But don't be fooled! It's a lie to make you think it's completely dry. I happened to get product on my finger by pressing the areas because it felt tight and dry.
10 minutes passed and everything was really super tight. I'm pretty glad I didn't do my whole face.
Peeling this stuff off was SO HARD. I just assumed that the videos I watched, where they mentioned this, was because they didn't apply enough of the product, or because they couldn't get it off due to there being a camera and it being super awkward to film the peeling off process. This shit was stuck to my skin! I got it off though. It's quite painful actually though I think that's more because was frantically pinching parts to get a tab going on. Seriously, a few minutes after peeling it off my face is still stinging.
Anyway you have to peel upwards to get everything out. The parts that hurt the most was my cheek and forehead surprisingly. I thought I would be tearing up just on my nose, but surprisingly not.
Okay verdict time:
"Meh"
It didn't clean out my pores properly, probably because I didn't steam my face properly. It was also a bitch to get a hold on once dried, which will leave your face is sore though there is a warning saying that you can only use the product twice a week.
