Today I want to tell you about a lovely product that has been perking up my skin no end since its trial on my trip away! It's the Boots No7 Beautiful Skin Hydration Mask, purchased as an alternative to the Origins Intensive Drink Up mask. Now I love my Origins mask but it can be a little pricey and as those generous lovelies at Boots were dishing out No7 vouchers a couple of weeks ago I thought I would pick this up and use this in conjunction with my Origins to make it last longer otherwise with all this insanely cold weather I'll be slapping a mask on almost nightly to rescue my winter skin!
Normally my skins quite oily so winter always catches me unawares and before I know it I have dry patches! I must say that on purchasing this mask it swirled round in a beautiful patter in the packaging however obviously travelling did not agree with it and it seems a little scrambled.
Designed for dry/very dry skin this mask has been 'created to help your dry skin behave like normal skin' so with cheeks as red as Rudolphs nose from walking back to my hotel that night I quickly pulled this out of my bag of tricks and descended on the bathroom, cleansing first to take off all my make up. For best results the bottle suggested sweeping generously over your face avoiding the eye area and leaving on for 3 minutes before rinsing off or using tissue to remove. It also suggests 10 minutes for a more intense treat.
I quickly pumped 3 larges pumps into my hand...it was as if I could feel my skin getting drier than a camels bottom! Quickly massaging it on it instantly felt soothing. The smell was pleasant a bit like sun cream and baby lotion but wasn't overpowering. Face mask on, pyjamas on, room service ordered... WORLD SAVED! Or at least it felt like it! 30 mins later I still had not removed the mask but the threat of room service knocking on the door was imminent so I took myself back to the bathroom to tissue off the mask before rinsing except there wasn't a lot to tissue off! My thirsty skin had drunk the lot! So I rinsed my skin and patted it dry and took it for closer inspection to the zoomy mirror thing. So far so good, redness gone! I touched my cheeks and they felt lovely and soft. It hadn't left me greasy at all! Bargain! And the best surprise was the next morning when I applied my make up it left me with no cakes dry patches at all!
I also used this again last night as I knew I had to spend several hours outside today in the cold and wow when I got back no dry patches and it didn't feel like I'd subjected my skin to the Arctic!
A lovely product I intend to keep using this winter!
What are your favourite winter skin treatments?
Much love,
SJ xxx
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