A tasty review: My Beauty Diary Chocolate Truffle mask

Good evening everyone! How is the weather where you are? Here in Adelaide it is winter and whilst I prefer winter to summer here, the cold impacts on things…. Like my level of motivation to walk my dog (as during weekdays I usually have to take her at night time when it is much colder!)! However, as she loves walks so much I take her anyways. :)

Here she is in one of her winter coats!

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I have now had the pleasure of trying a few of the masks from the My Beauty Diary range and this is my favourite so far (don’t worry, I will be posting reviews of each one that I’ve tried in due course :) ). The Chocolate Truffle sheet mask is designed to:

moisturizing & softening the face in a 20-minute treatment

Price: approximately $12 USD for a pack of 10.

Where can I get it? For Australians  your best bet is online, for example via sasa.com

As soon as you open the packet you know you’re in for a treat. I could smell a notable but not overpowering smell of rich chocolate syrup – yummy! :) This scent dissipates once you have it on your face, so it is quite pleasant.

This mask range is developed in Taiwan and so, understandably, they are targeting an Asian market. As such I found that the sheet was not the greatest fit for my Caucasian features. It didn’t cover my nose well and was a little small (claustrophobic!) around my eyes. However, this is easily fixed with some careful adjusting of the mask, and there is so much serum that you can apply it to areas not covered by the mask.

This is the plastic backing sheet attached to the mask, which is something I haven’t seen in other mask ranges that I’ve tried. This also gives you a bit of an idea of the mask’s shape:

The mask sheet has an extremely fine texture and it is very light on the skin. The My Beauty Diary mask sheets have the BEST texture that I’ve tried in a sheet mask to date.

So, how did it perform?

My skin is combinaton to oily and heading towards 30 years of age. I found that on my skin it had a moisturising effect but did not notably soften anything. When I read “softening” I assume that this refers to moisturising or reducing appearance of fine lines, so as “moisturizing” was already mentioned I assume they are talking about lines. I am starting to get fine lines near my eyes which are not obvious to others but I can see them! The mask did not have any effect on these. (As I’ve only used this product once, it may be necessary to use it on a more regular basis to fairly evaluate the softening claims.)

I would recommend this product to those with normal to oily skin, as it does not over hydrate. There was a lot of excess serum after I removed the mask which I gently tissued off; if you have dry skin you may wish to massage this in.

I would purchase these for use as a pick-me-up, general moisturising mask. :)

Beautiful rating: 8/10: quality 4/5, value 4/5 (had to take 1 point off each aspect due to softening aspect!).

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Ok after writing that I now feel like some chocolate – but I want to be healthy – OK I’ll just have to drool over this photo then! ;) I take no responsibility for any chocolate cravings this review may generate! ;)

image: francetourism.com.au

Have you tried this mask? What are your thoughts?

 

 

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6 Responses to “A tasty review: My Beauty Diary Chocolate Truffle mask”

  1. 29/05/2012 at 1:03 PM #

    This is cute, I'm not much a huge face mask fan but mybeautydiary has good face masks (in which I've tried) :)
    My recent post Just Plain Delirious' Favourite's Giveaway!

    • beautstoryblog
      29/05/2012 at 1:05 PM #

      Hi Joline which is your favourite in the range (that you\’ve tried)? :) Ooh I notice you have a giveaway on will be sure to check that out!

  2. Rachel
    29/05/2012 at 1:05 PM #

    mmmmm…..reminds me of the chocolate shower gel I used to buy…..I should try and find that again – made the bathroom smell like chocolate sauce!

    • beautstoryblog
      29/05/2012 at 1:07 PM #

      Ooh that sounds awesome Rach let us all know the name of that product! :)

  3. 03/06/2012 at 3:19 AM #

    Omg yummy not sure to eat it or put it on my face!

    • beautstoryblog
      03/06/2012 at 7:26 AM #

      Lol :) it is very tempting but it is definetly for the face!