Doing A Bit Of Unclogging

About once or twice a week I like to treat myself to a face mask and let the stresses of the day be drawn out of me like the dirt is drawn out of my pores. However with there being so many face masks out there with so many miraculous claims it can feel a bit daunting to choose one. Personally I like face masks which are designed to unclog pores and eradicate blackheads because that it probably my most major skin concern. Therefore it seemed the most obvious choice to go for Soap & Glory's quite bold No Clogs Allowed facemask which boasts its 'Colour Changing Active' and '1-minute hot Poreclear technology'.

Soap & Glory claim that this is perfect for people with greasy and blackhead prone skin and, according to the Boots website face mask contains salicylic acid for 'skin smoothing and cell renewal', jojoba beads which 'pop open when you press them' and pumice for 'polishing and smoothing the skin'.

Personally I really like this face mask! I think that the self-heating and colour change properties of it which are activated when it is mixed with water are a little bit gimmicky as the heat, although nice and warm when you first apply it to the skin, goes pretty quickly and the colour change is hardly noticeable. However when I wash this mask off I always think my skin looks a little bit more radiant, and the next morning (I usually do face masks in the evening) my blackheads do appear to be less noticeable. It comes with a sponge but personally I prefer to use a regular face cloth and that works just as well. I can't say for certain that it actually gets rid of my blackheads but when I have been regularly using this I don't see them as such a big concern. As for the ingredients the presence of salicylic acid is encouraging because this is an ingredient known to help get rid of blackheads. If you are looking for more of a gritty, scrub-like texture to your face mask this one isn't for you as, although you can feel the occasional bead I was surprised to find that it contains pumice for 'polishing' the skin and the fact that some of the jojoba beads pop when you press them was interesting because I've never tried this.

Personally I think I would buy it again, on offer, as I really enjoy using this product and I only use the 'grape-sized' amount recommended meaning it has lasted absolutely ages so you won't need to regularly repurchase it. The price has increased to £11.50 from when I first purchased this product making it a more pricey item (however Boots do currently have it on a 3 for 2 offer here).

I hope you have found this review helpful and please leave a comment if you have used this too!

Chloe x

First Post

So this is my first post (as you can possibly tell by the fact that there aren't any posts previous to this one). I'm not going to lie to you this is not the first time I've started a blog or the first time I've been excited about the prospect of writing one however this blog, unlike my other ones in the past, is based around something that for as long as I can remember has been an interest of mine...makeup! I don't know what it is about products that, essentially, you paint on your face to make yourself look different, but I have always been fascinated by makeup.

Even when I was little, my mum will quite happily tell you, I would sit on my parents bed while my mum was getting ready and ask; "What is that?", "What does that do?" "What's that for?" as she took each cosmetic out of her makeup bag. When I was little I was quite happy to sit and smear lipstick and eye shadow in the most outlandish and unflattering colours all over my face in order to try and mimic my mother's careful morning application, but I guess it still held the same principles and meaning to me then as it does now. After all I think there is something about makeup that feels grown-up, sophisticated and glamorous which I don't think anything else can replicate. For me this was encapsulated by my first experience of wearing, what in my mind I had dubbed as 'proper makeup' as in it wasn't worn as part of dressing up; mascara. I had gotten a tube free out of a magazine and my mum helped me to apply it (it was one of those with a white base coat upon which you then apply the black formula). I felt like my eyes were suddenly bigger and more beautiful, even if they were hidden behind glasses as I had yet to discover the wonder of contact lenses. But it wasn't just about the way it made me look, for me the mascara was a symbol of growing up and with that came all the sophisticated and glamorous connotations too.

What I guess I am trying to stress to you is that I have always, and as far as I can see, will always love makeup (just ask my long suffering friends who have to drag me kicking and screaming from the makeup counters in order to not spend the entire day in Boots). And therefore as my love for makeup has lasted so long I am hoping that this longevity will also apply to blog! Do you see my thinking? Anyway I hope you enjoy reading my blog and I also hope that you can find this as a place to share in my love for makeup too!

Chloe x