One part of my skincare routine that I quite regularly forget is a good face mask. I’m a little bit lazy and often want to complete my routine faster – and so skip over in favour of serums and exfoliators. But the Beauty Pro Black Peel Charcoal Mask caught my attention because I’ve recently been getting getting bad blackheads.
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Black Peel Charcoal Mask
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Ingredients
Activated Charcoal, Deep Sea Water, Extracts of Grapefruit, Lavender, Strawberry Ginkgo Biloba Leaf, Orange, Green Tea, Tea Tree, Lemon.
Ingredient Benefits
Activated Charcoal binds itself to dirt and excess oil and can help pull it out of pores, which minimises pore visibility.
Deep Sea Water is said to be purer and rich in minderals such as magnesium, calcium, potassium, zinc and vanadium. It has supposed anti-inflammatory properties.
Citrus Grandis (Grapefruit) Peel Extract helps tone and exfoliate skin and includes sources of Vitamin C and other nutrients. It can be sensitising for some skin types.
Lavender helps reduce redness, blothciness and scaring. It’s anti-inflammatory properties make it great for soothing and healing irritated skin.
Strawberry Ginkgo Biloba Leaves are rich in antioxidants, which help to protect the skin from free radical damage. It also has anti-inflammatory properties to soothe inflammations.
Oranges are a natural mild exfoliant as it contains AHA’s. It is also a natural astringent to shrink pores and control oil production.
Green Tea Extract helps treat dark circles and puffy eyes, has antioxidants that can delay aging, and also help with acne.
Tea tree has antibacterial and antimicrobial properties to help combat acne. It also has anti-inflammatory properties to soothe skin irritations.
Lemons are natural astringents to help shrink pores and remove excess oils.
How To Use
Apply a thin layer gently to dry skin using your fingers or a mask brush.
Avoid the hairline, eye area and lip area.
Keep on for approximately 15-20 minutes or until it feels dry and elastic.
Start from your chin and slowly peel mask upwards. Always use an upward motion when pulling.
When fully removed, rinse your face with warm water to remove any reisidue and continue with skincare routine.
Step in Skincare Routine
- Cleanser
- Masks and Exfoliators – As it’s a charcoal mask, use before toning to get best results.
- Toner (+exfoliating toner)
- Treatment Products (acne, antioxidant serums, acids, retinols/retinoids)
- Mists
- Serum
- Moisturiser
- Eye Cream
- Oil
First Thoughts
Honestly, my first thought when choosing to use this mask was “oh my god it’s going to hurt”. I’ve seen many a social media video of these masks feeling alsmot impossible to remove because they’re so painful! But fortunately, this was not the case. It does hurt a little bit where it pulls hair, and if you get it in your eyebrows. But it just needs a gentle touch when peeling and your hair won’t be pulled out and the pain passes quickly.
My other thoughts about the Beauty Pro Black Peel Charcoal Mask were mixed. It promises that it targets blackheads and acnes, rebalancing skin in oily zones and clearing impurities. It also claims exfoliation and hydration, repariing skin damage, brightening complexion, boosting skin firmness and improving overall ski calrity, tone, and elasticity. This is a LOT (and some of these could be the exact same thing – so maybe it was a copywriter gone rogue).
My main hope for this product is that it does help clear some of my blackheads, but I’m not expecting a miracle product.
During Use
First thing to note during use is that it’s super easy to apply. The satchet version of the Beauty Pro Black Peel Charcoal Mask already has a line for you to rip off, which only opens one side of it. This made it super easy to remove the product form a satchet, which can be messy. The satchet also holds the right amount for one use which is important to note, as I hate feeling like I’m wasting product or that I don’t have enough.
You can use a generous amount too. When I first opened the satchet, I have a very transparent layer on my chin, but then realised how much product you actually get. Although small, the satchet contains more than you would expect, and you can use enough to have the deep glossy black rather than a transparent film on your face. This also made it easier when it came to peeling later one.
As you can see from the photos, the formula does stay quite liquid and glossy once applied. But I found that it did actually dry quite quickly, and when the photos were taken I could touch it without getting the mask on my fingers. I liked that it dries quickly without immediately being dry underneath as it means you can do other things for 20 minutes without the risk of accidentally messing up your house.
When it did start to fully dry it did feel very tight like many face masks. I was trying to drink some water as it was the morning, and I was struggling to open my mouth properly because of it! Despite it being tight, the Beauty Pro Black Peel Charcoal Mask wasn’t uncomfortable until you try moving your mouth.
After Use
After using my skin defintely did feel better for it. My blackheads weren’t completely gone, but they had been reduced and I felt like my skin was a lot cleaner in general.
For spots, my skin had actually cleared up a bit from a hormonal spell the week before so I didn’t have many. The ones I did have however, felt like they’d calmed down a bit after the mask. They were still red, but looked smaller and less angry. I did also have a scabbed over spot on my chin, and luckily the mask didn’t peel that off and make it worse.
I don’t think the Beauty Pro Black Peel Charcoal Mask exfoliates really. It does pull away dead skin cells with the peeling motion, however I think you could use an exfoliator beforehand to make this work even better.
There’s also a claim that it hydrates the skin, which I don’t feel is completely true. My skin felt cleaner and clear of dead skin and blackheads, which could reduce dry skin – but my skin didn’t feel hydrated like if you’re using a hydrating mask. The mask doesn’t dry your skin out though, which is what some charcoal and clay masks do.
I also didn’t think it brightened my skin – similar to my last point, it’s not a hydrating mask. Beauty Pro Black Peel Charcoal Mask’s main use is for cleaning and removing impurities and dead skin cells. So whilst your skin may look brighter in that you’ve reduced dryness a bit, you won’t get a hydrated glowy look with the mask.
Another claim, that many other masks use aswell, was that it improves skin firmness. I don’t believe this is true but my skin doesn’t suffere from this much anyway. What I would say is that helping reduce blackheads reduces the look of pores, which can make your skin look a bit firmer.
Would I Re-Purchase the Beauty Pro Black Peel Charcoal Mask?
Yes I would. Whilst it doesn’t live up to all the claims as a cult beauty product, it worked for what I was using it for. I was aiming to target blackheads with a peel mask and I found that it helped clean these out well.