The Spa Sample Series (8) : Le Masque Hazelia Cucumber Hydrating Scrubbing Gel

When I feel like I've been having too much "good skin days", I feel the need to torture myself by continuing with my reviews on the Spa Samples my friend passed to me. It's like I feel like I owe him to try out EVERYTHING that he worked so hard to procure for me. When my skin is good, I reckon that there's nothing that Le Masque Hazelia can do to worsen the condition. Or if it could, my skin is at such an awesome state that it has shields ready to protect itself against Le Masque Hazelia.

On a travel moment, I took along the Cucumber Hydrating Scrubbing Gel, which by its name, you reckon sounds quite good. Cucumber = cooling + Hydrating = Moisturising + Scrubbing = That Squeaky Clean Feeling of Being Thoroughly Cleansed. I actually had high hopes that this would go down well!

The sample was just enough for one face wash, and the product had that weird rubbery texture that I've grown to associate with Le Masque Hazelia products. The exfoliation beads felt like sharp stones against my awesome face and I did not dare to be too vigorous, less I start bleeding.

As usual, after rinsing off, I didn't feel 100% clean, so I had to find another face wash and wash my face over again. I actually took along the "Cucumber Soothing Cream" that is supposed to be used together with the face wash, but I honestly did not dare to use it. I think I was just too jaded by Le Masque Hazelia at this point.

I will probably use the soothing cream on my feet or something. Definitely not my face. *distrusting*

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The Spa Sample Series : Le'masque Hazelia

Finally got started on the "spa samples" that my friend got from me from some roadshow. As mentioned, I got a whole stack of samples from Le'masque Hazelia, and I was very, very, very scared of starting to use the products because there are no ingredient listings and no directions on how to use them! I decided to get started on the whitening cleansing foam because --- hey, how much directions do you need to use a facial cleanser, eh?

So this is the "Whitening Cleansing Foam" from LE'masque Hazelia (it's actually a Malaysian brand, but "Doesn't it sound so French" <--- my friend who got me the samples). Each packet is good for ONE use, so I don't think that I can really give a good GUESStimate on how effective the product is for my skin.

Upon opening the packet, this is the sight that greeted me :
The smell from the lotion was... zomg, so strong! It smelled REALLY citrusy, so at first I was really excited to use it. Except that when it was ACTUALLY ON MY FACE, it smelled more ACIDIC and less CITRUSY. Hahaha. I was really scared that the "whitening" was by bleaching my dang face!

Aside from that, mmm... yeah, it foams up nicely, but the strong acidic / citrus smell was a bit distracting. Also didn't like the initial texture, and my skin felt a bit "tight" after everything was washed off. Would probably not buy again, but then again, I don't know where to repurchase it either. :\\

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