Welcome my darlings to Face mask, er, Wednesday. Yeah, Wednesday. Again because of the holiday some of my scheduling has been a little off. But no matter, today I masked!
Actually, I used this mask Saturday, Monday and today so that I could get a full week in with this mask. Wile after the New Year’s holiday I will be doing a week of the Herbal Dynamics Beauty Cacao and Chamomile Clearing Clay Mask, detoxifying masks have a tendency to bring things to the surface (which is part of their job, to be fair). And I know it is vain of me, but I will be doing a lot of friends and family video calls for New Years and I figured I would put off any potential detoxifying break outs off until after I did the video calls.
So this week I went with the Kiehl’s Calendula Petal Infused Calming mask. This mask came to me via the Macy’s beauty Bag and when you open the little glass jar the mask looks a bit like whipped honey. And since you know me, you know, I had to sniff it.
The scent is an odd cross between something vaguely medicinal and my grandmother’s dried flower arrangements. I know that sounds really strange, but after smelling it, and actually while I was wearing the mask, I looked up Calendula flowers and I believe she used them in her dry flower arrangements. However before we get further into my interpretations of the mask, let’s look at what Kiehls has to say about the mask…
This lightweight gel face mask refreshes and hydrates dry skin for a healthy-looking appearance. Experience a cool burst of hydration with our soothing face mask. Infused with Calendula and Aloe Vera, this hydrating mask leaves skin soft, smooth and refreshed.
Hydrates and soothes skin with moisture and helps reduce signs of distress; Bursts into a refreshing surge of cooling hydration upon application; Revitalizes skin over time for a healthy-looking complexion; For all skin types.
So on to my clean dry face the mask went. The whipped honey look fades as it is applied and like many gel masks it leaves the face just looking a little wet rather than looking like you have a full face mask on. There are little bits in the gel which surprised me, until I realized they were small flower petals, Calendula flower petals to be exact and I realized that Calendula petal infused meant that there were petals in the mask. I thought it would be like tea, you put them in when making the mask and then strain them out.
Apparently not.
I didn’t mind the petals. There weren’t that many of them and they are small so it wasn’t a concern. They are the darker spots on my face as I am wearing the mask. See, really not that noticeable. It was just the solid bits in the gel that threw me. I got over it.
I’d like to say that I lit my candles and lay back for the fifteen minutes of quiet, but this week that would be a lie. My Baby doll is on vacation this week and any attempt at zoning out was met with questions.
Why are you laying down, do you feel okay?
Why is your face so greasy?
What are you listening to?
Why is that timer running?
Are you done working for the day and can I use your computer?
Yeah, I love him but sometimes he can be like a sugar amped three year old, especially if he sees something unexpected. Then he has to question it to death. While sometimes endearing, it is not conducive to quiet masking moments. So this week’s masks were taken at my desk, as when I’m in my office, I am clearly working and to be left alone. So, I worked while masking.
Not exactly a fifteen minute break, but my skin enjoyed it. Actually, my skin enjoyed it a lot.
When I rinsed my mask off and patted my skin dry, my face felt healthy. It felt clean and refreshed, even without my attempts at zen. My skin looked refreshed. I didn’t have any real damage to the skin that needed repair, but my skin felt very nice after using this mask. After three uses my small jar is all but used up. I think I have one more use left in the jar. After that it will be gone. This Calendula petal infused face mask however will be going on my to be repurchased list.
And as an exciting aside, I have a jar of moisturizer from this same Kiehl’s line (the Calendula infused one) having used this mask, it makes me more excited to try it. I am currently finishing up a moisturizer, but I think I may rotate the Kiehls into the line up after so I can test it out and compare it to the mask. Clearly they are different products with different uses, but I think it will be interesting to see if there are any crossovers or if one is better than the other. Perhaps I will like them both, who knows. I do know that this mask is going on my repurchase list.
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