Review (3/5): A bit disappointed.
I love this mask. I love it so much that I have been buying it for over 10 years. But this purchase I am unsure about. Part of me wonders if they are "fakes" even though the packaging looks legit. They came with a heavy chemical smell on them when I pulled them out of the plastic and while I do have a very sensitive sense of smell I have never had that issue with this mask before. I have been airing them out in the weeks since I received them as there is no way I can handle that smell on my face and near my nose. Also one of the masks is sewn a bit unevenly but I figured for the price of two I couldn't complain. One of the other things that makes me wonder if these are the real deal is that the pattern is slightly lighter and the fabric is a brighter blue. You can see my old one for comparison in the third picture. Now it is totally possible that maybe the brand has switched things up in the years since I bought and of course my old mask has probably darkened a bit in time but you can see in their ads that the fabric does indeed look darker and closer to my old one.
I am hoping I can use these soon and that they are the real deal and I am not going to end up putting some tainted fabric over my eyes. As you can see I was seriously in need of a new one as my old one I have a hair tie on the strap to keep it from falling off my head as the strap is all stretched out now. A kind of disappointing purchase with these though over all as this has been one of my most loved products for so long... I did not contact the seller before leaving a review as I didn't feel up to getting into it for something of this price and I just feel that would be pretty pointless if all the ones they are selling are the same... So either the product has changed some (which I find odd as all years previous it hadn't) or I got a not so great batch or these are fake and not the real brand...