The Best Mask Ever

The moment we see that first little red bump on our face, we embark on a rollercoaster ride of skincare routines and frustrations.  It takes years to figure out what works with your skin, what irritates it, what dries it out, and what is just a waste of money.  And just when you think you got it right your skin decides it doesn't like what you use anymore and you have to start all over.  It truly has a mind of its own.  It's like a baby.  When a baby cries, you have to figure out what it wants with trial and error.  Babies can't tell you what they want, they just cry and scream until you get it right.  And you might realize that one day a pacifier is what calms the baby down, another day all the baby wants is to be held by it's mother and another day by it's father.  But you can't just give up because, well, it's a living being that is completely your responsibility to take care of for at least the next 18 years.  This metaphor might be a little extreme (especially because the closest thing I have to a baby is my dog, but she might as well be a human baby) but you see my point.

My skin has been difficult for years and I have spent so much money on "the best" products and "the best" skincare regimines, and guess what…nothing works.  I've realized that you have to keep it simple.  You know the Clarisonic spin brush that is suppoed to work wonders on your face and is apparently the greatest skincare product since the beginning of time? Yeah, that didn't work for me either.  What all the reviews dont tell you is that while it works on most people, there is a small number of people (like myself) whos skin actually becomes WORSE beause of it.  But after working all day in New York City, I want to do nothing more than scrub the city air off my face.  And then I found this. 

The Freeman Charcoal & Black Sugar Polishing mask is incredible.  I use it twice a week and it leaves my skin feeling amazing and clean.  No wonder it was recommened by Allure.  Like any skincare product, it caused my skin to get worse before it got better, but that's just part of the process. And it's cheap too! sometimes we think that we have to spend a ton of money on a designer product (which I am guilty of) but this is $5 and works better than anything I've ever used.  So save yourself some money and a trip to Sephora and try this out.