It's crazy to think how day to day things are changing globally and even within my mental state. I think what has made me more fearful is that I am still having to go into work. I have been given the OK to leave if I feel uncomfortable, but it means going on EI which given the current climate, I feel like I should be grateful that I still have a job. Our hours are reduced and it's actually safer for me to go to work then to the grocery store as staff and client contact are very minimal. I have interacted with one client in 2 weeks so my overall exposure risk is low, but we're at a point where we are all feeling the anxiety of a world in quarantine. You would think that with the extra time at home, the house would be spotless and the blog posts would be comin' a mile a minute, but stress and anxiety are a funny thing. They incapacitate and cripple you and normally, I work through stressful things in life in a methodical way, but this is the first time in my life (and I'm sure your lives) that I feel this general sense of WTF that I can't shake. My husband has asthma so I don't want him going to the grocery store if he can help it so I decided to do a bulk of it on my own today and I felt so panicked trying to carry all the stuff on my own. It was also eerily quiet in Loblaws as they have restricted the number of people in-store to allow for social distancing so shopping for groceries was rushed and even though I was already carrying stuff on my shoulders (I broke blood vessels because my bags were too heavy!), I came home and realized I'd forgotten things like green onion and ground beef which means another trip that I will have to mentally prepare for. Then came disinfecting all of the groceries and keeping track of what we touched and making sure we put things down on sanitized surfaces. It's crazy times, but lemme tell ya, even going through virology and biology in school, I have learned so much about what true sanitization means!
When it comes to my beauty routines, nothing has changed and I still love my skincare and truly look forward to using something that I don't have to sanitize first! Though I do find myself feeling anxious most days, it's nice to know that I can come home to a routine of "the way things were". As time has slowed down in many ways, many have chosen to pay attention to areas in their lives previously neglected like pantries, an old jigsaw puzzle and in my case, the neck! The Clarins Super Restorative Mask is currently the only sheet mask that Clarins makes (hopefully there will be more!) and is a face-hugging sheet mask designed to lift, plump and smooth using featured ingredients of organic harungana extract (antioxidant), oat extract and shea butter.
This mask is also soaking in 30mL of serum so save this for when your skin is either parched or in need of some serious hydration! The mask itself is biodegradable and made from 100% natural cotton fibres and wood cellulose.
INGREDIENTS: AQUA/WATER/EAU, GLYCERIN, METHYLPROPANEDIOL, BETAINE, BUTYROSPERMUM PARKII (SHEA) BUTTER, DICAPRYLYL CARBONATE, C14-22 ALCOHOLS, MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE, SODIUM STEAROYL GLUTAMATE, PHENOXYETHANOL, AVENA SATIVA (OAT) KERNEL EXTRACT, GLYCERYL CAPRYLATE, PARFUM/FRAGRANCE, C12-20 ALKYL GLUCOSIDE, TOCOPHERYL ACETATE, SUCROSE PALMITATE, CELLULOSE GUM, HYDROXYETHYL ACRYLATE/SODIUM ACRYLOYLDIMETHYL TAURATE COPOLYMER, ESCIN, ISOHEXADECANE, BUTYLENE GLYCOL, GLYCERYL LINOLEATE, CITRIC ACID, SODIUM BENZOATE, HARUNGANA MADAGASCARIENSIS EXTRACT, POLYSORBATE 60, GLUCOSE, SORBITAN ISOSTEARATE, POTASSIUM SORBATE, PROPANEDIOL, PECTIN, SODIUM HYALURONATE, GUAR HYDROXYPROPYLTRIMONIUM CHLORIDE, TOCOPHEROL, ACETYL TETRAPEPTIDE-2, DEXTRAN, [S2985A]
Mask Summary:
Price: $26 CDN
Scent: Strong floral
Essence Type: Gel
Duration: 15 minutes, but I would go for 30 min seeing as this mask is NOT cheap!
Thickness: Medium
Mask Fit: Quite fitted and tight. I liked the extra long neck pieces as the entire neck can be covered.
Tackiness: Medium
Hydration: Intense
Other notes: The neck pieces can feel a bit uncomfortable around the back when I had my hair down, so definitely put your hair up! It can also feel weird to put the ear loops on because they will be wet with essence as well, but once they are on, you forget about it.
Final verdict: So yes, this mask provides a whackload of hydration so definite points for that and I would expect nothing less from Clarins as they generally have some beautiful skincare formulations. I feel like they could have done better with minimizing the amount of fragrance as you can see that it is actually found in a higher concentration than the featured ingredient harungana extract! While I like the neck and face aspect of the sheet mask, I would like to see if Clarins either comes out with more sheet masks with less of a fragrance or reformulates this one. Until then, this mask will just be a nice to have for me, but not something I would actively spend almost $30 on.
You can find the Clarins Super Restorative Mask at all Clarins locations and www.clarins.ca
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