Review (4/5): Removes about 30-40% of blackheads and smoothens the skin
I heard about this type of black cleansing Japanese masks from different sources and saw some youtube videos people trying it out and saying that it hurts, but works and some saying that it does nothing and got very curious to try this out myself. My skin is medium type in pretty much all senses. Its not dry, not oily, I have very little acne and some blackheads, so trying this out I don't expect massive results either.
Firstly, I felt a bit weird when it arrived with no instructions at all in the box and the instructions written on the box are not in English. So, not knowing how long should I keep first couple of times I kept the mask for about 15-20 minutes. I put a relatively thin layer and it got dry pretty quickly. I felt no pain at all taking it out and had very little effect if any at all in a sense of getting rid of blackheads. The main struggle with the mask is that you are not sure how much to put to keep it "whole" on your face, so that you can peel it later, but I feel like no matter how thin the layer is, and sometimes it might seem it gets disconnected, but actually it will be peeling off altogether.
Another thing is that after listening to all these scary reviews, I was worried to try out on all of my face, so first few times I put some only on my nose. I only have blackheads on my nose. The effect was there, but very weak (I kept about 15 mins).
Today I decided to try it out for all my face and keep it longer. I shall say, that my pain tolerance is higher than average. This time I understood why people were complaining about pain, but still I would definitely say that it is very much tolerable pain, and nothing even close to extreme. In a scale from 1 to 10, where one is a touch and 10 is a bee sting, it would be a 2,5. But this time again the results were not super massive, but better than I expected to see (after first few times my expectations went down). I feel like it handled maybe around 30-40 percent of the blackheads, but also made my skin softer and smoother. Also while applying you should be careful not to put any on your hair or eyebrows, since you might have them removed with the mask. :)
Overall, though there are no super extra massive effects, considering the low price, I would recommend people to try it out!