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Review: Mario Badescu’s Strawberry Clay Face Mask for Combination Skin

Using this face mask at night is a bad idea. It always make me crave strawberry cheesecake with a dash of cough syrup. Yum! For my dry/oily/combination skin, clay masks are great because they absorb oils from the t-zone area. But I do worry because they can also further dehydrate the dry parts on my face too. During application: very cooling, refreshing, skin tightening. After rinsing:…

Review: Lalisse Exfoliating Peel-Off Masque

Lately I’ve been really into peel off masks, mainly because I have a lot of white and blackheads (especially around my nose area). My sister had the Lalisse Exfoliating Peel-Off Mask lying around and recommended me to try it. (But was a bit hesitant as well because I had a look at the ingredients list.) Nevertheless I tried it because I was a bit curious to see why it is so popular!

My thoughts?

Using clays in soap

Natural clays have been used for millennia in skin care for their cleansing and purifying properties. They have become popular in soap making, because they are considered a natural alternative to colouring soap, and they come in a variety of colours, most commonly green, yellow and varying shades of red. The different colours depend on the mineral composition of the clay, which is determined by…