Some lunatic gave me a book when I was twelve called "Home Beauty". I spent many weekends forcing my unfortunate sister to trial my honey face mask and olive oil and egg conditioner, the latter turning into scrambled egg the second one's head heated up. I have never really got on with face masks, believing them to be more of a signifier of 'pampering' than anything actually useful probably because they are always used in films as an indicator of 'I am not to be disturbed and aren't women prepared to look daft'.
The feeling of masks tightening over your face is slightly claustrophobic and I dislike being beholden to a beauty product, in that for twenty minutes you have to march round the house looking chalky, unable to talk, smile or open the door to anyone. Then you wash it all off, carefully leaving a bit caked round your nostrils for you to discover in a meeting at 11am, and your skin either dries out completely or rebels by breaking out in angry spots.
After all that I wasn't exactly gagging to try Aromatherapy Associates Overnight Repair Mask but dear reader, things have REALLY moved on from my old Body Shop deep sea mud mask days. This goes on beautifully, with a slightly grainy texture that tethers it to your skin, smells pleasant but not too strong and does not come off all over the pillow which is what I suspected would happen. It doesn't tighten, or certainly if it does it occurred after I was snoring away contentedly, and when wake you're not in a death mask but your skin feels slightly gritty until you wash it off when it feels WONDERFUL. Smooth, hydrated, generally lovely and I didn't feel I needed to put moisturiser on afterwards. As someone whose night time routine mostly consists of peering at myself blearily in the mirror whilst muttering furiously and giving my teeth a cursory brush you will understand how fabulous this stuff is when I tell you I am going to use it again this very night. And every three days for the rest of my life. The idea of this stuff working away at my skin while I sleep is a very attractive one.
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