Trying 'the world's most powerful facial'

This is one of those masks, that I've heard so much about and never give in to buying... until now. I ordered this on amazon and it arrived on the same day... which I still find absolutely crazy! Now I've seen so many amazing before and after pictures from using this mask and before and after pictures really get me. There's something about them that really makes me believe in the product and think this is really going to work!

The mask isn't ready made, it does require a bit of DIY which can be messy, but if you get a good face mask brush and bowl it really cleans up the whole process. The powder is made from 100% natural calcium bentonite clay, which is famous for it's healing properties and it's designed to be mixed with water or apple cider vinegar. I have tried both and have had pretty different results with each mix. But one things for sure this mask has a bit of an odd smell. It smells like rotten seaweed which probably isn’t something that you particularly look for in a face mask but you do get used to it.

Mixing with Water
So when you mix it with water, it doesn't really turn into a liquid and just doesn't go into a spreadable mix. I find it turns into a clumpy mix no matter how much water I add or how much clay I add. This means it takes so much longer to dry and I feel like the mask dries really inconsistencies. When I mixed it with water, I didn't really feel like I believed the hype. My skin was red and I didn't feel any of the pulsing the mask claimed to give. So if you have really sensitive skin this may be the better option.

Mixing with Apple Cider Vinegar
Now... This is incredible. When I mixed the powder with the vinegar, it was instantly more spreadable and the mix was more of a liquid. The mask went on really smoothly and evenly in thickness which meant it dried pretty evenly all over. I really felt my skin pulsing when I used the vinegar and also felt like the mask went a lot harder as oppose to using it with the water. When I removed the mask, my skin was red but this is normal and says this on the packaging. But my skin felt supper smooth and once the redness had gone down, I found the majority of my spots appeared a lot less red and weren't as painful.

This is a really affordable mask and does feel really powerful compared to masks of the same price. The only thing is it does leave my skin really red, which no matter how many times I read it's normal it does scare the heck out of me. But once you get used to it, it just feels and looks normal!

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