Quick Review: Murad Clarifying Mask

Ola beauty lovers! I am just on a role with product reviews lately. I have been trying out a couple products to give you guys and gals my feedback on if it's worth the money or not.

As you may know from a few posts back I had a horrifying experience using the Murad Clarifying Facial Cleanser. WELL I was a trooper and that did not scare me away from Murad completely. I feel that I have this want to try products out to save you guys some headache and/or money if I can.

Now don't think that I went and purchased this product! Hell no, the girls at Sephora gave me a couple samples for me to test out for the week. Today's topic is the Murad Clarifying Mask. Ideally this would go in conjunction with the Murad Clarifying cleanser, BUT since the cleanser is a big no no in my books. I just used it on its own.

With any facial mask, before applying always ensure that you cleanse your skin well. Pat your skin dry and then apply the mask. This mask is a creamy white texture, easy to apply, slightly tingles on the skin like most clarifying masks do.

My thoughts on this product you may be wondering? Well.....the good news is that my skin did NOT break out in hives like it did with the cleanser. To be completely honest, the mask did not do much at all. I have used clarifying masks before from different brands, so I know when it's working and when it's not. This Murad clarifying mask only worked as an average drug store mask would.

Which brings me to my next point. The price is $37.00 for 2.05oz. Since the product works equivalent to a drug store brand, why spend triple the money when you can pick up a freeman mask or queen helen mask at a lesser cost?

Oh but I am not done my friends. Looking through the ingredients of this product, the product contains, not one, not two, but has five different types of parabens! Methylparaben, Butylparaben, Ethylparaben, Propylparaben, Isobutylparaben....YIKES

My total thoughts? Well, I won't be spending close to $40 on a mask that works as an average mask. If you consumers are unsure for yourself, pop in to Sephora and ask for a sample size for you to try. Some products that don't work for me may work for you. Or they may not work for you. It's up to you to make your own decision. Based on reviews on the Sephora Website, there are a lot of people who enjoy this product. This is just my views on the products and how it worked for my skin. P.s. I have oily combination skin on average, in case anyone is wondering.


Until next time beauty lovers!
MacGirl25

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Clarisonic Diaries January 19th 2014

Hello everyone! Welcome back to my blog. I thought I would give you all an update on my skin care and using the Clarisonic Mia. The last entry I posted on this topic was about two weeks ago and I am happy to report that my Skin is doing much better now.

The last entry I showed you just how nasty my hormonal break outs can be. Well, there is a few items I have changed in my daily routine that I think has to do with the improvement on my skin.

1. I changed my diet. Cut out more junk food, and eating more clean and drinking more water and tea.
2. Started the gym. I have been going three time a week so far and breaking a serious sweat. Which is good, and it helps me feel better over all.
3. I changed my cleanser to the Estee Laudier Oil Control cleanser. This baby removed un-wanted oils without stripping your skin of the natural moisture it has during this cold weather season.

But the major change that I think did the trick was....are you ready?
4. I started using the Lush Mask of Magnaminty a couple times a week. Let me tell you, that this stuff does wonders!

Now I am going to do a full review on this baby as a different entry, BUT I have to give props to this product for the improvement on my skin because after the first couple sessions of this mask, my skin was looking better and better after each use.

I still use the Clarisonic Mia, but I reduced the number of times I use it per week to about twice a week. Sometimes three times if I feel like I have been wearing too much make up.

Honestly last month this time my face was looking like it had a party of pimples/breakouts all over my chin, and this month, my chin is still healing of course but it doesn't have any redness, and the minor pimples it does have are just the odd ones that stuck around a bit longer from my escapade from last month. Not fun let me tell you.

I honestly think that with all four methods combined above, that is what is helping out my skin so much. The Lush mask has been a HUGE help. So look out for my next review on this product because I am definitely going to share the goodness that comes out of this product with you all in the future.

If you did not read my last entry from the Clarisonic Diaries Series please check out this link below:

http://macgirl25.blogspot.ca/2014/01/clarisonic-diaries-jan-6-2014.html 

Here is a updated photo on my chin below: Notice the improvements compared with the photos from the link above of over two weeks ago!

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Until next time beauty lovers!💜
MacGirl25