It is said that masks should be done about weekly. It is tough to do so. We do go through stages don't we? I may go months without and then have the urge to slap some goo on my face. I have been caught at the front door with a mask on, thankfully it was a girl trying to sell me something so it was not too embarrassing and an easy one to palm off!
Masks are good for deep cleansing and if they are mineral based and great for re-mineralising the skin. Cleansers, exfoliants/scrubs and masks are all part of the cleansing step of skin care. Cleansers help remove makeup, dirt, pollution, sweat etc. Exfoliants help keep our skin bright by removing the top dead skin layer that can make our skin look dull. Masks are great for pulling out deep impurities.
Miessence masks are based on clay and come in four different types to suit your skin. Balancing for normal to combination is a pink clay, soothing for sensitive skin is an red clay, rejuvenating is a white clay for mature/dry skin and purifying is green for oily/blemished skin. These masks come as a powder that you mix with water.
My secret weapon is to combine the mask with chocolate. I mix 1 tsp of Miessence mask with 1tsp of raw cacao powder. (You can buy raw cacao in good health food stores, however if you can't use normal cocoa powder and preferably organic). Cacao is rich in magnesium and extremely high in antioxidants. Magnesium is an important mineral for relaxation of muscles so I figure it may work like botox without the extreme loss of facial expression. Antioxidants fight free radicals which are known to lead to chronic diseases and the aging process. So my anti-aging, re-mineralising and facial relaxing mask was applied today. I should put my feet up for 15mins and relax while it is on but as a typical busy woman, I did 50 million other household activities while it was on! At least 30 mins later I figured it was time to have a shower. The effects of the cacao in the mask significantly raise circulation so my skin was red after the removal of the mask. The redness faded in less then an hour and would likely have been less if i had left it on for a smaller time frame! Today my skin has felt fabulous and I know when I mask every week my skin is in better condition.
This increase in circulation will be particularly helpful to skin that is blemished or dry/aged. The increased circulation will assist healing and it can help to plump up the skin. Miessence purifying and rejuvenating masks already have this quality and the addition of the cacao supercharges this effect.
To be even more decadent, a tsp of Miessence Berry Radical Superfood can be used with the mask. Berry Radical is an antioxidant superfood powder containing cacao powder with freeze dried berry powders of coffee berry, acai, goji and more.
Take the mask challenge with me and do a chocolate clay mask twice a week for the next 6 weeks and see what the result is.
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