Review: Glam Glow Super-Mud Face Mask

 

Hello! In case it isn't clear from the first few images, this is going to be a review of a one-use sample sachet of the Glam Glow Super-Mud Treatment Face Mask. I'd love to be able to review a full pot of the stuff, but wait until you get to the end of the post and see just how much it costs (sorry in advance if this post makes you want the full size! I want it too, if that's any consolation). This was a 2.1ml size sachet and I found that I barely had enough to cover my whole face, which is odd for a sample as usually there's oodles of the stuff inside. I can usually get about 4 uses out of a foundation sachet! But anyway, I made it stretch across the majority of my skin surface and here's a little collage of the next 10 minutes:

A little bit photo-heavy crazy? But who doesn't love a face mask selfie? I genuinely did stand and face a mirror for 10 minutes while this was on my skin and I watched it dry and change colour as the time ticked. One of my captions on an Instagram photo of this was that it made me look like 'the world was on my face', especially in the 2nd and 3rd photos - you know, like land and sea on a globe? Or am I losing the plot completely? Probably. 

There's a whole list of problems Super-Mud can target, including: visible pores, blemishes and breakouts, blackheads, whiteheads, and even razor burns and ingrown hairs! This is one of the best de-clogging masks that I've ever used and it was perfect to use before an important event. I'm thoroughly impressed with how instant and dramatic the results are after just one use. Glam Glow say that 'you can visibly see the congestion pull out from your pores as it dries', which it definitely does. Look closely at the following pictures and you'll see:

 

This is one of the lines of the Glam Glow description that particularly struck me: "The 'Pore-Matrix' will reveal Dots of Extraction, Absorption and Encapsulation of Problematic Sebum Oils, Bacteria and Toxins". What I love about this is that you can actually see it working, while it's still on your skin. Just look at that around my nose, and a little bit on my chin too - that is disgusting!! Honestly, I feel a bit ashamed of myself for sharing the above picture so publicly and letting you all see excess oil and bacteria being extracted from my pores, but hey, at least you can see that the mask is working and actually doing something. I love the idea of the 'encapsulation' of the nasties onces they've been drawn out of your skin - can just imagine oil being sucked up and put into a little bubble, haha. 

Sorry there's no photos of my skin after removal, but my naked skin isn't something I want you to see because it's far from perfect and a personal insecurity. But for me and my eyes that have become accustomed to it's imperfections, I can clearly judge very accurately when there has been an improvement, and Glam Glow results were astounding! There's a reason why celebrities go ga-ga over this and it costs an absolute arm and a leg. Everything that you'd want to be improved in your skin, just happens ..in 10 minutes! Noticeable pores are reduced, redness is reduced, oil reduced, plus general skin surface is smoother and clearer. Bye bye existing blemishes, regardless of the size - All of the bacteria they live off is absorbed away so all blemishes are effectively killed off. I love it!

This is why samples of products are a terrible, terrible idea for somebody who already buys too much! You think 'yeah sure, I'll try a sample, just use it once'. Well yeah, you use it once, realise how good it is, love it and then want more and end up tempted to buy a full size. Gah! Okay, £45 for a face mask is ridiculous. Really, ridiculous. I don't want to pay that for it, but should a 20% off code arise for a stockist of Glam Glow then I know what my first purchase will be! I am now dying to be able to use this mask again - the visible results are phenomenal. 

Glam Glow Super-Mud Face Mask - £44.99 / 30ml | link

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*This sample sachet was gifted at an event --- Check out my October Gold advertiser, Tasha, and her amazing blog: Hello-Freckles.com ♥