LUSH Cosmetics: Love Lettuce [Fresh Face Mask] Review

Hey Readers!

I apologize for the lack of blogging lately. I've been totally swamped, stressed and insomniac such that I have been breaking out and I think my hair is thinning too! Ahhh! From this post onwards I'm gonna slow down the pace of things and not over exhaust myself. One of my destressing regimens is using LUSH cosmetics. Today I picked up Love Lettuce at LUSH.

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The Claims for Love Lettuce

"Balancing face mask for normal to oily skin. Love Lettuce is a mask that gives as it takes away. On the taking away side, you've got fuller's earth and kaolin, which are clays to dig deep and extract dirt. Then you have ground almonds and almond shells which you massage in to exfoliate away old skin cells and smooth your skin. On the giving side you have a decoction of agar agar seaweed with lots of lovely minerals to be absorbed into your skin, plus moisturising almond oil and balancing lavender to control oils. All fair in love and lettuce. Keep chilled to make sure it lasts as long as possible."

My Experience

Price: $6.95 for 60g
Ingredients: Agar Agar Gel (Gelidium cartilagineum), Kaolin, Honey, Fullers Earth, Glycerine, Almond Oil (Prunus dulcis), Ground Almond Shells (Prunus dulcis), Ground Almonds (Prunus dulcis), Lavender Oil (Lavandula angustifolia), Chlorophyllin (CI 75810), *Geraniol, *Limonene, *Linalool, Perfume
Scent: A light earthy lavender and sweet almond.
Texture: A smooth, thick and consistent paste. I found the texture of Love Lettuce was not as abrasive or thick as Mask of Magnaminty.
Lifespan: Fresh face masks have very short life spans that is two weeks and they must be refrigerated. I can get about eight to ten uses from these Lush masks.

Pros: A refreshingly cool, gentle exfoliating and hydrating face mask designed to for people with normal to oily skin. I can feel the mask deep cleaning and tightening my pores. After I washed the mask off and moisturized the bumps and red blotches on my face seemed to calmed down and my skin feeling clean, smooth and soft.

Cons: I personally enjoy wearing face masks for greater than 15 minutes. I was quite disappointed how fast Love Lettuce dried which was under five minutes. Also the mask started to flaked off my face at the seven minute mark and caused a big mess around my house, since I was getting my chores done. At that point I had to wash the mask off.

Removing Love Lettuce: I used warm water and washed off sections of the product off my face. I moved my fingers in circular motions for a deep exfoliation experience.
Bottom line: Love Lettuce is an okay face mask but I won't be repurchasing this product. I would recommend people to check out A Crash Course in Skincare, which is still by far my favorite LUSH mask.