After a long, drawn out battle with crappy pores (more scientifically defined as big, occasionally dark and oily), I decided to exchange my sword (read: face wash) for something much more intense (read: face wash PLUS face mask).
I’ve been battling these crappy pores since sometime around middle school, but the sudden appearance of hips and small boobs was enough to keep me distracted from the unsightly pores that had been plaguing my face. The boobs didn’t grow much past 8th grade, but the hips and pores just kept on going (like my son’s favorite movie character would say, “to infinity and beyond!”).
Today’s experiment was with Lumene Matt Touch Deep Cleansing Peat Mask. It went on velvety with a deep brownish black color. The smell was faint and mild (and trust me, that’s a good thing when you’re trying to do a face mask while cooking breakfast for a 3 year old). The fact that it’s paraben-free made me feel safe using it and even safer when he dipped his little finger into a particularly deep spot of mask on my left cheek to double check that it wasn’t something more sinister.
“Mommy, you have poop on your face?”
“No, Benny, it’s a special face cream.”
“Oh, you’re going to look extra beautiful today.”
“Thank you, baby!”
Lumene boasts real arctic peat as the main ingredient in their magical mask to purify and brighten the skin. Apparently it also improves micro circulation and cell renewal (I like the way those sound), but the real genius part of the mask is that it’s anti-bacterial. That means it’s killing the grimy little buggers on your skin on contact so they can’t pester you anymore by way of future zits. BAM. Upon rinsing this muddy magic off your face you can expect to see visibly tighter pores, and a slightly flushed look to your skin (hey there, girl with no blush!).
Definitely worth a try.
