Chocolate is not good for your skin after all (Lush Cupcake)

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Product:	Lush Cupcake
Date:	24/11/05 (247 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Might work for you

Disadvantages: smells revolting, causes spots, dries out skin, messy

For ages I really wanted to try Lush's "Cupcake" facial mask, as I had heard so many good things about it - and because the idea of chocolate actually being good for my skin just thrilled me. There was just one slight problem: My local Lush gets its deliveries on a Wednesday - and by Saturday the "Cupcake" facial mask is always sold out. I work too late during the week to make it to Lush before closing time - so my only hope was my fiancé.

I instructed the poor man to purchase a pot of "Cupcake" facial mask. As he walked in he was utterly embarrassed twice - once because he was not sure what he was long for and had to ask a salesperson who pointed him towards a little fridge in the corner. And then again he was embarrassed when they declared they he could not pay by debit card - forcing him to have to go to the cash machine and return. So was all the torture worth the facial mask?


***The product***

Lush's "Cupcake" facial mask is described as a minty cocoa mask that us primarily intended for teenage skin and chocolate lovers - but it can apparently also be used if you have outgrown your teenage years. In essence, it was designed to combat teenage spot-prone skin. Lush recommends using the product regularly to prevent spots from appearing.

The main ingredients are rhassoul mud, cocoa butter and mint. Rhassoul mud is supposed to keep the skin cleat and oil-free. Cocoa butter is supposed the skin soft. And the peppermint/spearmint combination is supposed to keep the skin balanced.

Like all fresh facial masks, the pot must be kept in the fridge and used within three weeks. One pot containing 100g of "Cupcake" facial mask will set you back £3.


***My experience with the product***

I was really excited when my fiancé handed me the little pot. The excitement slightly decreased when I opened the pot. Unlike the wonderful purple "Catastrophe" mask, the substance in the "Cupcake" pot looked rather like pretty soft poo - both in consistency and colour. There were little grainy bits in it as well that very much looked like undigested food.

The smell was less "chocolatey" than I expected - in fact, I struggled to detect any chocolate smell at all. I could smell a slight hint of mint - but otherwise I felt like the whole thing has a bit of a poo smell to it, which may very well have been my mind playing tricks on me as I already had poo on my mind.

Spreading the mask on my face was quite weird as well - it is thick and very sticky, making it difficult to disperse evenly on your face. A lot of the mask stuck to my fingers like chocolate chip cookie dough.

After leaving the mask on for ten minutes, I proceeded to wash my face with warm water. The mask proved very hard to wash off. Even after two minutes, large chunks were still sticking to my face. In addition, brown streaks of water kept running down my arms, staining the clothes I was wearing.

After a few minutes, I got really annoyed and simply decided to dry my face. This left some seriously brown stains on my towel. The stains did wash out again, but that was not the only mess that the mask left. Looking at my sink area, I could see chunks of the mask lying about messily.

On a second application of the mask a few days later, I actually found an easier way to remove the mask - simply wet a small towel or facial cloth and rub the mask off with it. You will see that the mask comes off very easily - however, you will have to wash the towel afterwards.

As for the results - well, I immediately felt that my face was very dry. That obviously is good for those of you that have oily skin. The real downside, however, was that the next day I had a sudden outbreak of spots - the exact opposite of what the mask is trying to prevent. Looks like chocolate is not good for your skin after all!

Lush promises that this pot will last for at least four applications - I would in fact estimate that it will last about five applications.


***The verdict***

At £3, this is in fact the cheapest facial mask that Lush has on display - but I certainly would not buy it again. The application is messy, the results are undesirable - and the look and smell of the product are simply revolting. The good news? My fiancé will certainly not be forced into Lush to shop for this product again.

Summary: A messy facial mask with an unpleasant smell and look.