Skin Food Black Sesame Hot Mask

This mask is another ‘interesting’ product which I bought from Skinfood. The packaging is so lovely, looks like a tiny tub of sweet paste. The mask opens up pores with a warm heat of salt and sugar powder and eliminates waste material in a rough skin affected by the accumulated keratin. It also nourishes the skin with black sesame extract.The product also consists of little tiny pieces of the black sesame seeds so it helps with exfoliating the skin.

This mask smells quite lovely, if anyone has had the Chinese black sesame paste dessert before, this smells just like that and even the texture is similar! You apply the mask after you cleanse your face, gently rub it on your face in a circular motion and let the tiny seeds exfoliate the skin, then let it sit on your face for around 3 minutes. You will feel your skin getting warmer and warmer. The heat opens up the pores and also helps with blood circulation, which is all very well. But then again, I don’t know exactly what is used in the products to create such heat on the skin. When skin products gets a little too scientific for me, I will usually try to use less of it. 1 tub is enough for me. I wouldn’t like to use this all the time on the skin. I am more comfortable with using products which are more natural, like Dr Hauschka's cleansing cream.

The result is not bad. You will end up with shiny and smooth skin, but this product will not get rid of clogged pores and deep blackheads. It works quite superficially. But it does give a nice pick-me-up silkiness to the skin. Not a bad product to use prior to a night out. If you have sensitive skin though, I would get a test patch done first.

- Not too expensive, around AUD35.

- Makes the skin appears more smooth and glowing.

- The warming sensation can be too much for people with sensitive skin

- Cleanses well for surface oils/ dirt, but not deep enough to bring out pore-clogging dirt/sebum underneath the surface of the skin

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