Review: Avon Planet Spa Lavender and Jasmine Purifying Face Mask

This is the peel of type of mask, which are always fun. A treatment and a toy in one! 

First impression:

The smell of this, while being gorgeous, is very strong. I was a little unconvinced that something so heavily perfumed could be good for your skin, but I've had no bad reactions to it. You might want to avoid it if you have super sensitive skin. 

It's appearance is also quite strange. By which I mean it is incredibly shimmery. That plus the smell makes it feel very wrong to be slapping it all over your face, but after using it for a while, I've decided that I love both of those odd traits. 

It makes a nice change from the dull, beige, cucumber scented skin care products that we're swamped with. Of course most of them do that on purpose; to make us think that they're natural or medical and so must work. 

How does it work:

This mask claims to be "purifying", the idea of these kinds of masks is to "peel away" impurities, like blackheads and such. Obviously it's not going to work like a pore strip and rip them right out (although that would be amazing, the satisfaction of porestripping your nose, ON YOUR WHOLE FACE. They're not very good for your skin though, so maybe not my best idea..) but it does peel away any bits of dry skin flakes (yum). 

Because of that I like to use it over my eyebrows where I get a bit dry. It's not strong enough to rip out any hairs, trust me! Although it looks like it might when you first put it on, which is a very scary thought. 

It takes a little while to dry completely. 5-10 minutes assuming you didn't apply too thick of a layer. Also, if you eat a scone while wearing it, it will peel itself away around your mouth. That might be a thing that happened to me..

I put some on my hand to spare you the sight of my shiny alien face.

Verdict:

It can be quite difficult to apply because it's so sticky. You will want to make sure all of your hair is back, but even so, you will end up with some hairs stuck to your face. 

It leaves my skin feeling very smooth. I find it brightens my skin a lot, too, which may be some of the shimmer in it being left behind. 

Also, it's purple! :D

Laura x