SKIN MONTH | A BIT OF A WEIRD ONE

Every teenage girl can tell you without a doubt that Montagne Jeunesse are the best face packs ever. Now most will not actually know what the brand is called but EVERYONE knows the packaging. A French brand, these face packs come in individual sachets that cost £1 each from Boots or Claire's accessories and are the perfect quick or sleepover companion.

(Every girl in the world knows this packaging design immediately)

After the last face pack disaster (which I will go into more detail on later this week) I popped into Boots and picked up my favourite one, the Passion Peel Off. The ingredients of this mask are not the thing that appeals to me, it's the fact that, once dry, you peel this mask off like when you were a child and covered your hands in PVA glue just for the fun of peeling it off when dry. Childish, I know.

The thing that struck my most when I opened the sachet was the nostalgia I got from it, every summer I go on a group holiday with my dad's friends from uni and the three girls (me included) buy masses of these and have daily pamper evenings. This smells really great but comes out of the packaging in a thinner, pink colour so it does look like you've got a bad rash all over your face. I really can't fault these face masks, they are so fun and come in loads of different types (my other favourites being the red one that heats up on your face and the chocolate one that you have to physically resist eating). My skin feels all smoothy smooth after taking this off and they make the best presents or things for a sleepover or pamper day with your friends (also I cannot explain how much fun it is to peel this one off when it has dried).

The one problem I have with these is that there is too much in one sachet for one mask, but then you have to leave the packet somewhere safe is you want to use it again but it may dry up. That being said, it only costs a pound so only being able to use it once is really not that much of a problem.

SKIN MONTH | BODY SHOP REVIEW

So here is the first of my Love Your Skin Month product reviews, and we're starting with the Body Shop...

Seaweed Iconic Clay Mask:
Normally I get the Tea Tree Face Mask as tea tree is soso good for your skin, but this time I decided to mix it up a bit and go for something (hopefully) a bit stronger. Due to the 'clay mask' bit of the name, I was expecting a very hard product, but when I opened the tub the product was surprisingly soft and smooth and went on really nicely with a great coverage. It also smelt really good, like a subtle salty water scent, but the longer I kept it on my face the stronger the scent got until it was a rather unpleasant fishy-seaweed scent. You have to leave the product on your face until it has dried (the colour changes from dark grey to light grey so you know it's dry) but by the end the product had almost started to burn and I was itching to take it off. When I did take it off I remembered that there were small, gritty, exfoliating particles in it (which is great, I'm all for removing dead skin) but felt like rubbing sand on your face and actually hurt when taking it off. To take the product off I used the Body Shop Muslin Cloth and I was actually so surprised at how easy the face pack came off! Which most face packs it takes a lot of scrubbing to remove it once it has dried, but this one came off really quickly and easily (I only use a thin layer because the product is very thick and I want it to actually work and not just sit there). I'm not sure how I feel about this product, but my skin does feel very smooth afterwards and it dries super quickly so you don't have to keep it on for very long which is great. I am going to keep on using this product despite the negatives as it feels quite good for my skin, I will update if my opinion changes in the next few weeks but now we will just have to wait and see...

 

 

 

Vitamin E Gentle Facial Cleansing Wipes:

These have got to be the best makeup wipes I have ever used. They remove makeup I didn't even know I still had on without hurting your eyes. They can make under your eyes feel a bit sore if you rub it for too long and too hard but that doesn't last long. There's not much I can say about this product apart from the fact that I absolutely love it and it's not scented which is great if you're using it on your eyes like I do. The Body Shop Vitamin E range is one of the best and is good for your skin and so far I cannot fault this product in any way- I am a very happy bunny.