Product review: Glamglow YouthMud

In my life, I have never been into beauty products. Up until I was 16, I didn't even care what I looked like. And even then, all I did was change my hair. I never did makeup or a skincare routine. It wasn't until I was in college that I got interested in it, but not enough to actually research it. I just wore mascara and eyeliner and went on my way.

Now at 23, I finally am starting to care. And I spend a lot of time on Pinterest looking up makeup boards and watching YouTube videos of makeup tutorials (I will link some favs at the end). Unfortunately I am not rich enough to buy the good stuff. I live by ELF right now, lol.

Coincidentally, my best friend is going through the same thing, but has more money to play. So recently she went to the Sephora section in JCPenney and got this good deal on some sample size products. For around $30, she got a pretty makeup bag and got to fill it with 5 sample products. She had been hearing good things about Glamglow and got a few of their samples. Lucky me, she gave me one to try.

Glamglow is a skincare product out of Hollywood, California. The one I have tried is the YouthMud Tingle Exfoliant. It is a mask that goes on your face to exfoliate and tighten your skin to give it a younger, softer look. It is made with volcanic rock, green tea leaves, and French sea clay. So the directions say to put a light layer on clean skin and keep it on for ten minutes. The tingle is intense and many people say it hurts, but that was not my experience.

So I tried this stuff last night.

I did my nightly routine and just skipped the moisturizer. Then I put a layer on with my finger. I have watched videos where people use makeup brushes to put it on for a more even application. Whichever you choose is fine. Some places started drying quickly and would tingle almost immediate. It was intense but nice. I liked it. When it completely dries, your face is nice and stiff, you can feel the tightening. And there are peices of green tea leaves in the mud so watch out for that.

Once the ten minutes is up and after your kids try to pull it off (Ray kept trying to touch it and my niece told me my face was dirty and tried to wipe it off), you use warm water and a circular motion to scrub it off so that is exfoliates.

My reaction to it: The mask was nice and I felt it working almost instantly but the exfoliation was painful to my skin. Once it was washed off, my face felt raw. I put moisturizer on right after to soothe my skin. Which I would have done anyways because my face was also dry dry dry. But once I did that, my face felt soft and new. And for hours after, that tightening feeling stayed.

The next day, I forgot I even did the mask. My face was back to normal, and I saw no difference in my skin. Of course that was one use and you are supposed to do it twice a week. So after a second use, it may be different. I know people live by this stuff. I hope I see results before my sample runs out because right now. I wouldn't say it is worth the $65 for the full size.

Overall rating: 3/5 Stars

Links:
http://www.glamglowmud.com/youth-mud.html#.UtWD0mIo4uw

Favorite Makeup Channels:
Melissa Raymond http://m.youtube.com/user/Melmphs
Emily Noel http://m.youtube.com/user/emilynoel83