New addition to the Hall of Shame? Sheiksho black beauty mask

tsunamino

Here's another product I found interesting: The Sheiksho black beauty mask. This mask claims to:

"Add radiance to your skin! This cleansing mask helps remove impurities to enhance skin's translucence and beauty.

Unclogs pores to help reduce blackheads.

This black mask helps increase clarity and add radiance to your skin. It helps remove dirt and impurities to thoroughly clean skin and enhance translucency of your skin.

This mask adheres closely to the skin surface and lifts away dullness with a mild tingling sensation. Remove the mask to reveal a glowing, smooth complexion.

*Formulated with Oriental herb extracts.

Made in Japan"

Here is a review with a picture of the black mask: http://www.beautysnob.com/2007/03/sekkisei_black_beauty_mask.html

I've actually tried this mask out myself (free sample) and I have to say that it's one of the more worthless things out there. I don't like masks in general because I don't care to peel of layers of skin, but I believe the company sometimes claims that this whitens your skin. Well, yeah, because after you take it off, your skin looks much whiter when it's not covered in black stuff! I do love the part about Oriental herb extracts because what's better than regular herb extracts? "Oriental" herbs. This just ups the ante on the nature bandwagon.

Also, would anyone want translucent skin? Don't they realize translucent skin would be clear and we would just have a giant bruise for a face? What do you all think?

PurpleRules

Once when I was in high school, I was wandering around the house wearing a mask. It was one of those gel masks that came in a tube. You'd smear it all over your face, wait for it to dry and then peel it off. So there I was, lounging in front of the TV waiting for my mask to dry and my father says something like "What the hell do you have on your face?" I explained that it was a mask and that I was going to have gorgeous, glowing skin when I removed it because it was going to remove all the dead skin that was keeping me from glowing. After I removed the mask, he looked at it under a microscope and pointed out that there weren't any dead skill cells on it and that I wasn't glowing any more than usual. I've been down on masks ever since. Thanks, Dad.
All I can think of when you say "translucent skin" is Japanese anime and that's just not a look I'm going for.
As for the Sheiksho mask and any other mask, I've never really thought about how they work and what they can do. What can a mask do that any other topically applied product do? It seems like a serum or lotion would be just as effective. Is there something about a mask that makes the ingredients more effective?
Maybe the brains will weigh in on this. Now I'm curious.

tsunamino

Well, I believe that particularly with the masks that do dry and you peel off, you peel off some of the dead skin that's ready to come off, but I wouldn't say that it's any different than exfoliating. I usually only use honey and olive oil masks because they're moisturizing and calms the hyper pigmentation of my face down. They aren't really the same as traditional masks, which I find don't work on me very well or dry my skin out.

Janis

My gawd Purple, I think I know exactly what mask you were talking about. They came in various scents -- I remember one was green and one pink, and ... what else?

PurpleRules

Mine was orange. The brightest, most unnatural shade of orange you've ever seen. It smelled like St Joseph's baby aspirin.

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