Review: Laneige water sleeping mask

A little profile before I start my product review; I have always sleep late - A little googling will tell you that having not enough sleep will result you with dull skin. As an office worker, I'm always under the cool - sometimes too cold air conditioned. Back home, I'm sleeping with the air condition too. So I'm always exposed to cold air that will dehydrate the skin moisture.

On my lazy days, I'd like to keep my skin hydrated especially while I'm asleep! I put on the Laneige Water Sleeping Mask.

To me, sleeping mask is a work of genius! Whoever introduce this idea of mask, I LOVE YOU!!

See, I have been using sheet mask before I was introduced to sleeping mask. I almost ALWAYS fall asleep while having it on. That's probably because I always put them on at night before bed time. So my excuse was, "It's alright, just let my skin absorb fully all the serum from the mask while I was asleep. That way I can even make full use of the mask!"

WRONG!!!

I was told by my beautician that we should not leave sheet mask longer than the prescribed time. "Why? The mask still has its serum and it's such a waste to throw them away while it's still wet!", the question marks on my head were popping one after another after I heard the warning.

The reason was that, when the mask was wet and your face is dry, your face is absorbing the serum from the sheet mask. That is how we want it to be. After we left it for 15-30 minutes(the normal prescribed time), your skin has fully absorbed all the needed moisture or serum from the mask. You should remove the mask by now. If you leave it longer and as the sheet gets dry, it'll be its turn to absorb moisture back into the sheet. The moisture it could get from is from your skin. The sheet sounds like a moisture-drinking monster here.

Believe it or not, that was what my beautician told me.

Alright, let's get back to the product;

This product comes with a small spatula as shown in the picture above. As soon as I open the aluminum lid behind the cover, there is a tinge of fragrance. Not sure how true, but I've read elsewhere that fragrance in beauty product should be taken with cautions for people who have sensitive skin. So far for me, I didn't (I hope I wouldn't) get bad reaction from it. I actually like the scent. Apparently the scent can help to relieve stress according to the instructions and helps you to sleep better. I don't know how it would help because I still couldn't get to snooze earlier.

The texture is somewhat gel-like. I felt a little cooling sensation when applied to my face. It can also be applied to the neck area.

The application is very simple. Just take an appropriate amount(2.5cm in diameter is recommended), mark on nose tip, cheeks, forehead and chin area and enjoy the scent for about 3 seconds (Ohhmmmmm~~ Must relieve stress after a long day of work~~) 
Then gently spread over the face from inner to outer part along the skin texture.
Then go to sleep! Leave it on till the next morning and wash it off.

It says to use it once or twice a week on the instructions. But on its product explanation, it says "Every night before going to bed, apply lightly on skin and leave it on overnight without washing it off".. Someone please let me know if I should apply it once or twice or EVERY NIGHT?

Photos are captured with phone camera. Please don't mind the bad quality.

After applying, my skin does feels more hydrated, plumped and softer the next morning. I like the smoothness feeling that it leaves on my skin.

I guess the main concern about applying sleeping mask is if it is sticky and how fast does it "dries up" so that it wouldn't smudge over the pillow.

The answer is: Don't worry! It dries up after a while and it's not sticky. Yet, it still does its job and leaves you to more hydrated skin the next day!

Tips: This would be great to slop it on to the skin on a long distance flight to keep the skin hydrated.



Summary:

Effectiveness: YAY! (4/5)
Price: Uhmmmm.... (2/5)
Re-purchase: Likely (3/5)