UPDATE: Indian Aztec Healing Clay

Hey ladies and gents.
So if you saw my last post about this mask you would know that the first time I tried to use this stuff was an epic fail. I tried again today and it worked out much better.

Here's what I did:

1) First, I mixed in one part clay and one part lavender/aloe witch hazel toner...then I realized that I needed much more toner. This clay really sucks up moisture, so much so that I needed to add about 4 more tablespoons of toner before it would even mix.
2) Then I mixed it all together until I got a mushy-paste consistency. I noticed that there are quite a bit of clumps in this stuff, even after it's mixed. It's something I'll have to keep working on.
3). Then I just applied it to a clean face. It was a bit clumpy in places and watery in others but I just smoothed it all out until it was fairly even.

Now, I let it sit on my face for 20 minutes, and at about the 10 minute I noticed how TIGHT this stuff gets. I couldn't smile. If I did my lips were pulled out horizontally! With this kind of strength it was also drying, but nothing a nice penetrating moisturizer can't fix.

me trying REAAAALLY hard to smile. That's how tight this stuff is!

Also, I could feel this stuff sucking up the dirt out of my pores. It sounds a little to good to be true, but it feels cool and veeery slightly tingly in the places it's working it's magic. It's definitely not a super comfortable mask because of how tight this gets, but I would definitely say that it is effective.

To remove it I just used warm water and my hands. I finished off my hairline and jaw line with a wash-cloth, but this stuff stains so I use one that I don't care about. Also, something to keep in mind...this stuff is fairly hard to get off. It doesn't just caress away like all the other masks I've done. It has some bonding power. So I did have to scrub a bit to get it all off.

Afterwards, I toned my face and applied some olive oil to my face because it was parched. Also, keep in mind that you're face will be red afterwards. I'm not surprised with the amount of vacuuming my face went through.

When all is said and done, my pores are NON-EXISTENT. Like someone just came along and gave me the pores of an infant. It's beautiful. I definitely like this mask, and you can still feel it working even after you remove it. It is a mask you should do before bed because my face was inflamed for about 30 minutes before it started to calm down. Plus, for dry skin ladies like me, I would recommend doing this once a week only. No more, otherwise you might just suck all the moisure out of your skin!

END OF DAY UPDATE:
So I became more impressed with this as the day went on. I noticed that it did actually bring things to the surface because two of my pimples just dried up and fell off when I was washing my face this evening. Also, my pimples seemed much smaller and less red by the end of the night too. I wasn't expecting these kind of results so quickly, but I am very pleased with it!