Review: Botanicals Chamomile Clay Face Mask

I love a good facemask and if I had my way I’d do one every night. I love how they make my skin feel – well, the good ones at least – so I was really eager to try the Botanicals Chamomile Clay Face Mask*. As facemasks go it’s not a bad one, but it’s not as therapeutic as others I’ve tried.

The mask is green in colour and has completely natural and organic ingredients, which is somewhat important to me when it comes to putting products on my face. It applied like a thick paste and only a small amount was needed to cover my whole face. I put on some cucumber eye patches and relaxed on the sofa while The Boy played football, but I couldn’t relax for very long …

The mask is made with natural oils that are solid when cool, but when they warm up they obviously loosen and melt slightly. Now I don’t know if you’ve experienced what it feels like to have a facemask melting on your face, but it’s not exactly pleasant. I couldn’t relax at all. The mask felt like it was dripping off of my face – although in actual fact it wasn’t.

Excuse the awful iPhone picture!

After about 10 minutes I was fed up, totally un-relaxed and ready to wash it off. I usually give my face a thorough rinse after a mask, but this one felt a bit heavy on my oily skin so I used a face wash.

BUT I can’t describe how hydrated my skin felt after this mask. I wanted to hate it, I was sure that the results would reflect the whole experience, but fortunately they didn’t. I’d say that this mask is perfect for people with really dry skin, or for freshening up your skin during the winter months.

Bottom line: if you’re after this …

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… then this is not the mask for you.
But if you want fresh, hydrated skin then I’d definitely give it a shot.

The Chamomile Clay Mask is available in the Face Care Try Me Set 2 on the Botanicals website for £9.50

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