About the Brand:
Kiehl's is an American skincare line, that was originally founded by John Kiehl (a pharmacist) back in the 1851, and are now owned by L'oreal. They are making their way to contain more natural ingredients, with 95% of their formula containing at least 1 naturally derived ingredient (doesn't sound like much, but hey its a start), with the aim in 2020 is to contain at least 3. They pay hommage to their apothecary heritage through their packaging and their staff wearing white lab coats.
Product Claims:
Energises and invigorates your skin
Instantly brightens dull, fatigued skin and restores skin’s healthy, rosy appearance over time.
Micronised Cranberry seeds that can be used to gently exfoliate the skin Infused with Cranberry and Turmeric
For all skin types
Thoughts:
I bought this masque online on a whim, without reading the ingredient list. All I looked at was it was 'energising' and for 'radiance'. First impression, it felt like a clay masque, which prompted me to look up the ingredient list online (their actual website only listed the 'key' ingredients - so I had to look it up on the Sephora website) and yep, Kaolin and bentonite listed as the 2nd and 4th ingredient. I personally don't really like this type of clay masque (I'm use to Charlotte Tilbury Goddess Skin Clay Mask or the Skinceuticals Clarifying Clay Masque which doesn't dry down to a 'I can't move my face feel. While wearing the masque I could feel a tingling sensation, both cooling and warming which was quite intriguing. For what is essentially a clay masque, it had quite a bit of slip when applying, more like a moisturising masque instead of your traditional clay masque (definitely more slip than Skinceuticals)
As it dries down to a hard consistency, to remove you do have to really wet your face and massage the skin to remove, this process also helps with the exfoliation process. It can get quite messy trying to rinse the product off - I would probably reserve this kinda of masque for just before I shower so the washing off is done in the shower. You can see and feel the cranberry seeds that are designed to exfoliate the skin. They advertised it to be 'micronized' - but there is nothing 'micronized' about it. Even though they are decent size, they are not in anyway harsh, it didn't feel like I was causing micro tears in my skin (but I was sure to be very gentle, and to only used my fingertips - no wash cloth to remove the product as I felt this would be too rough).
After washing off the product, my skin felt soft and smooth to the touch, there was a bit of redness to the skin from manual exfoliation which quickly disappeared. My skin didn't feel dry, it had a bounce to it, but I did feel that it needed more hydration so I followed with a Korean hydrating sheet masque I had laying around, followed by my usual skin care of serum, face oil and cream.
It is advertised for all skin types, but I would say for those that are more normal to oily. Dry skin may find this too drying due to the clay aspect of it. You could use it to spot clear/exfoliate (I would sometimes apply different masques to different areas of my face depending on what my face needed). The product comes in I'm in 2 sizes 28mL and 60mL.
Ingredients
The product contains kaolin and bentonite to absorb oil, some good humectants in the means of sorbitol, capryl glycol, Jojoba seed oil and glycerin. Anti-oxidants wise, it has Cranberry seeds and seed oil, Tumeric root extract, Ascorbyl Glucoside (vitamin C), Eucalyptus Globulus Leaf Oil, Camellia Oleifera Leaf Extract. It also contained Peppermint Leaf extract and menthol which explains the cooling sensation I experienced (though it provides a cooling sensation, those with sensitive skin may find this being an irritant)
Full ingredient list:
Water, Kaolin, Sorbitol, Bentonite, Butylene Glycol, Silica, CI 77891/Titanium Dioxide, Vaccinium Macrocarpon (Cranberry) Seed, Pentylene Glycol, 1,2-Hexanediol, Simmondsia Chinensis Oil/Jojoba Seed Oil, Caprylyl Glycol, Xanthan Gum, Polysorbate 60, Polyacrylamide, CI 77492/Iron Oxides, Glycerin, C13-14 Isoparaffin, Curcuma Longa Extract/Turmeric Root Extract, Ascorbyl Glucoside, Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate, Laureth-7, Eucalyptus Globulus Leaf Oil, Camellia Oleifera Leaf Extract, Mentha Piperita Extract/Peppermint Leaf Extract, Menthol, Epilobium Angustifolium Extract-Epilobium Angustifolium Flower/leaf/stem Extract, Aminomethyl Propanol, Vaccinium Macrocarpon (Cranberry) Seed Oil.
Repurchase?
Probably not, I prefer my clay masque not to dry down too much that I can't move my face. The exfoliation was nice but too messy in my opinion, I prefer chemical exfoliation with acids, or if manual a finer product such as in the form of sugar or a powder that dissolves as well. The product does contain good humectants to help with the hydration but not enough for my skin type. I probably use this once a month, maybe on my body instead of my face just so I can finish the product.
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