Lush Love Lettuce Face Mask

Once or twice a week I make a point of getting 30 minutes to myself for a bit of a pamper session. This always involves a face mask and I thought it was high time I tried out one of Lush’s ‘fresh’ offerings. For £4.95 you get 75g of thick green sludge which surprisingly does not actually contain lettuce. Instead it has goodies like: (taken from the Lush website)

“Agar Agar Gel (Gelidium cartilagineum), Kaolin, Honey, Fullers Earth, Glycerine, Almond Oil (Prunus dulcis), Ground Almond Shells (Prunus dulcis), Ground Almonds (Prunus dulcis), Lavender Oil (Lavandula angustifolia), Chlorophyllin (CI 75810), *Geraniol, *Limonene, *Linalool, Perfume”

You simply slap it on generously and leave it for 5-10 minutes. It does set a little but it doesn’t go dry and crusty like a traditional clay mask does. It has an unobtrusive scent, half kaolin clay and half like erm.... lettuce actually. Weird. Then you wash it off with warm water in circular motions to allow the ground almond shells to exfoliate your skin. 

Ordinarily I favour masks designs do deep clean my pores. This doesn’t do that however I’m still a huge fan. As an exfoliator it is fanbloodytastic, not to rough but not wishy washy either. My skin looks brighter afterwards and feels smoother. I often find that using masks too often makes my skin feel tight and dry but I’ve used this two days on the trot (I was trying to use it up) with no ill effects. It is certainly gentle enough for my sensitive skin. 

This brings me to the one down side. I like that you have to store it in the fridge. It’s a strange but pleasantly refreshing sensation when you apply it but the very nature of the fresh ingredients and lack of preservatives means you don’t get long before the best before date is up. All the more reason to pamper yourself more often I suppose? Oh and the pot says if you return 5 empty ones you get a fifth one free. I suppose I’d better try the rest of the range then! X

*I bought this myself*