Review: Benico 3D Sheet Mask

You know you won't keep your wallets shut when you are waiting for friends in Watsons. I recently bought MORE MASKS to try just because they looked interesting. =P

This Benico 3D Sheet Mask retails for S$2 at Watsons.

The cool thing about it is that they have 2 different main types of masks - heating masks and cooling masks.

This means you either use them while they're hot (dip in warm water, etc) or cold (refrigerate for 5 minutes or so). Obviously, those that come in warm colours are meant to be used hot, and those that come in cool colours are meant to be used cold (like duh!).

Of course you can use the masks at room temperature! Just that the effectiveness may be enhanced when you tamper with the temperature of the essence!

I'm reviewing the Benico 3D Sheet Mask in Aloe in this post, and it's meant for skin elasticity.

What intrigued me the most were these points:

• made of 100% Pulp Fabric
• tailored with a specialised 3D cutting to enable the mask to adhere closely to the contours of your face.

Before I opened the package I had no idea what it meant by "specialised 3D cutting", hence I was rather excited to use the mask!

Ingredient list for the paranoid.

And yes, I did use the mask cold, as suggested. It was a good move as it calms my very tired skin. I think I'm going to refrigerate my masks before using them in the future! :)

The mask itself is VERY thin, and it's very well-soaked with the essence; so well-soaked that I poured half the essence out of the packet. =.=

Here's the interesting part!

The mask is actually attached in the middle (I don't know how else to describe this) and what you do is to open up the mask and fit it accordingly to your face. Because of this "attachment", you are supposed to be able to fit the mask to the awkward curves on your face, like your chin area, your nose, etc. I think what the company wanted to do was to tackle the problems faced when using normal masks - not fitting on some parts of the face that may be the parts that some individuals want to tackle.

So did it work? No, I don't think so.

It's not a very easy task to do because it tears way too easily, and I don't think it fits the contours of my face that superbly also. =S

To show you what I meant by "attachment", here's a photo of the mask on my big nose.

It's actually kind of annoying because instead of fitting on the contours, it bulges out instead and those parts were not covered by the mask. Also, notice that I tore the mask just below my nose. It tears too easily! Such fragility irks me seriously. =.=

But, did it deliver its claims?

Yes and no.

The positive thing was it was a really refreshing mask to use. My skin really did feel smooth after application and the essence was well-absorbed into my skin after I removed the mask. No sticky aftermath, which is always good.

The frustrating thing is that actually I think it breaks me out even more. The morning after I applied this mask, I had 2 new pimples (not that I need anymore, eh?) and they were at places where I never had pimples before. WHAT IS THIS HUH?!

Bad design, so-so effects. Thank goodness I didn't buy the entire box.