[Review] Daiso Silicone Mask

Price: RM5.30 

Verdict: 9/10

Repurchase: Yes.

Price

This is stupid. I'm stupid. I took a picture of this without the silicon mask in it (because I was already wearing it). :') I've been curious about this mask for a little while so I went to buy one for myself after bugging my bf to drive us to Boulevard, Kuching. The Daiso store there, like all Daiso stores in Malaysia, sells everything for RM5.30 so naturally, this was RM5.30. 

When my bf asked me what this was, I told him it was a sheet mask for my sheet mask. He's gotten so used to my skin-care mumbo jumbo, he just nodded and accepted that explaination. <3

Since this is technically a mask, I'm going to review it like a mask. :) 

Purchased from: Daiso, Boulevard, Kuching

Fit & Texture

The one that I bought was a little pink, which is a nice confusing-serial-killer colour. Perfect for scaring family members. The mask is made such that it curves inwards to conform to your face, so placed onto a table, it won't lay completely flat either. As for fit, it was a little tight for my round-ish face even though parts of the mask doesn't exactly stick to my skin completely, as you can probably see in the picture above.

It pulls against my ear a little, but not enough for me to want to rage about it. (minus 1 point here even though I know everybody's face shape is different). The mask kind of curves downwards around the chin, which is great since I hate having the flaps of masks just below my lips.

The texture is silicone and feels oddly comfortable. It feels like a face-hug.

Ingredients

100% Silicone. Woot? That's it? Yeap. That's it. It can be boiled to sanitize or you could be lazy like me and just wash it off with soap every time you're done using it and hang it somewhere to dry.

Performance

Based on the instructions on the back, it can be used over a sheet mask to prolong the mask-face-life (or something), or as a standalone as a face-steaming mask. I don't think I'd use it as a steam-mask though. It can be washed and reused multiple times.

As you can see from the picture above, the mask really does it's job well! Even after 30 minutes of having my mask on, it was still ridiculously moisturized. It allows my face ample time to absorb the essence of the sheet mask and sits on my face comfortably while doing so. I can talk and move around without being worried about the mask falling off and that's just glorious.

The few times I've used this, I actually removed the silicone mask after 30-45 minutes since I sheet mask at night and I've got to go to sleep eventually. I can't do that with my mask still wet. So what happens now is that I'll sheet mask, apply the daiso silicone mask, take it off after 30-45 minutes, then wait for the mask to dry a little before taking it off completely. For something so simple and cheap, it does it's job perfectly.

Price: RM5.30 

Verdict: 9/10

Repurchase: Yes.

[Review] Guardian Snail Mucus Moisturising Face Mask

Price: RM5.70

Verdict: 0/10
(Skip to Performance to find out why)

Repurchase: Lol. No way. 

Price

I bought this from Guardian during one of their 3 for 2 sales. It's normally priced at RM8.50 per mask. Guardian does quite a lot of buy 1 get 1 free mask, I've tried another mask from this line and I remember being quite happy with it. I have now sworn off all Guardian masks... once I'm done with my stash. 

Purchased from: Guardian

Samples: None. 

Delivery Time: Not Applicable (bought in-store)

Fit & Texture

The mask it made with pure and natural cellulose tencel sheet, which, as you can see, is somewhat transparent. The snail mucus does has a sticky sensation on it but the sheet mask itself feels nice and soothing on my palm. I've put this in the fridge for a little while before so it was cooling on top of that. 

The mask fit very well on my face and I really enjoyed how the mask feels. The essence felt smooth and moisturizing and the mask itself had a faint perfumy scent. There are ample essence leftover in the package and I smeared that on my neck and hands. Bad, bad mistake. 

Ingredients

I had a little trouble looking for the ingredients for this mask since it is no longer available on Guardian's online store for some weird reason. I do, however, have the package still so here you go. :)

Water, Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, PEG-60 Hydrogenated Castor oil, Phenoxyethanol, Arginine, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrlate Crosspolymer, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Trehalose, Snail Secretion Filtrate, Sacccharomyces/Camellaia Sinesis Extract Ferment Filtrate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Allantoin, Tocopheryl Acetate, Disodium EDTA, Parfum, Scultellaria Baicalensis Root Extract,Yucca Vera Extract, Salvia Hispanica Seed Extract, Sodium Hyaluronate, 1,2-Hexanediol.

I checked the ingredients on Cosdna here and there was only butylene glycol as a possible acne trigger. 

Performance

This particular mask is the Yuca Vera Extract, which promises intense moisturization. The Snail Mucus is supposed to enhance skin elasticity and reduce the depth and appearance of wrinkles as well as improve skin smoothness. It achieved a total of ZERO of that. Why?

Because my skin rejected this mask the moment it touched my face. At first I thought the tingling sensation was from putting it in the fridge. As I took a picture of how the mask fit on my face, I began to notice pink undertones on the mask. I thought, "Oh, that's cute. The mask is slightly pink."

NOPE. My face was quickly turning red. I pulled it off immediately, and washed the serum off my face.

This mask gets a zero out of ten. I didn't know I could hate anything more than the Guardian Jeju masks I've tried but this one... this takes the cake. I have never reacted so drastically to anything before in my life, so while I understand everybody's skin is different, I would caution you against trying this mask. The fact that it's no longer available on the guardian online store is suspicious. I have seen still being sold in stores though. Avoid. Avoid at all costs. 

Immediately after washing this, I put on an Innisfree Green Tea Mask to soothe the redness and it definitely worked. Stupid Guardian masks. I would give it negative a million points if I could. Actually... I can do anything I want!

Price: RM5.70

Verdict: negative one million /10

Repurchase: No!