Happy Monday, everyone!
You probably know me and my obssesion for matte skin as I tend to be very oily on my T zone, forehead and chin more during summer. That being said I'm attracted to every mask/treatment/serum that claims to stop (or at least calm down) the sebum secretions in these areas.
One of the face masks that I've purchased last summer was the Apivita Face Mask with Green Clay, after eyeing the Apivita range for a couple of weeks in a drugstore near my house. It claims to be a deep cleansing mask, to remove excess of sebum, to tighten pores and to rejuvenate the skin, leaving it soft and radiant. If you haven't heard of Apivita, check their website out, they have an amazing range of high quality products. And they are from Greek.
This is not the type of mask that you can put on every night as it's pretty strong, the green clay is known to be one of the best skin treatment for unclogging pores and regulate sebum secretions so using it too often might dry out your skin. I used it about 2 times a week during summer, but now during winter, as my T zone doesn't look really oily and I'm using also another liquid exfoliant, I reduced the usage at oce a week.
For me puting this mask on means pampering my skin as I love the tingling feel on my skin, the fresh minty smell and the awsome clean feeling I get after I take it down. I usually leave for 15 minutes even though it says 10 onto the packaging as I like to be dried out when I remove it with warm water.
It has 40 ml and a classic dosage system, the formula is really thick but it blends out really well in the skin so you need only a small amount for the whole face. I've been using it mine weekly since summer and I think I still got 30-40 % left in the tube.
As you can see it's a light green mask as to expected from a green clay mask which dries out almost white.
I can't really describe the feeling I get after using this mask, my face feels so clean, the pores look smaller, it even takes out some of the blackheads and it definitely remove oil excess from my skin. The best thing about it is that it not only works for a couple of hours, I actually feel my skin squeeky cleaner for up to 3 days after using it.
It mattifies the skin but it doesn't dry it out as most clays masks do and it's actually good also for my dry patches on the cheeks, as it's gently exfoliates the dead cells.
Here's how it look dried out on my face (please ignore my undone eyebrows, dreamy expression and untidy hair, in my defense I've just gotten out of the shower:))) ). It doesn't pull onto the skin but try to don't do many facial expression with this on, you don't want to deepen those expression fine lines.
All in all, if you're in the search of a face mask for cleansing your pores, I think this is perfect, provided that you have combination or oily skin. For overy dry skin, I'm not sure it will work the same, you can try a satchet to test it. In drugstores such as Sensiblu, they have a stand with satchets for 1-2 uses for all Apivita masks.
I feel the price, while is higher than other face masks found in drugstores, is fully justified by the quality and the amount you get, about 11 Euro. This mask is the only one I tried from Apivita, but I definitely want to try out more. Their face scrubs, natural serums and moisturisers definitely lure me into trying them.
Have you tried any other products from Apivita? What do you think about them?
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