Isqueen Whitening Essence Collagen Mask value pack

I´ve been indulging in more stuff from Isqueen with my recent Sasa orders as there were quite a few products that looked worth trying.

Isqueen offers 2 value packs of sheet masks of which each contains 2 packs of masks (6 pcs/each so 12 masks total of either the Whitening Essence Collagen Mask or the Moisturizing Essence Collagen Mask) and a 15ml tube of their Crystal White Moist Peeling Pack. The whole bunch costs are mere US$12.40 which is a steal in my opinion.


I purchased both packs but will review the Whitening Essence Collagen Mask set which comes in the pink box today.

The Crystal White Moist Peeling Pack is a lightweight gel which you spread on your cleansed dry skin and massage it in until you feel small grains forming (those are supposedly your dead skin cells and pore-deep dirt!) and then you just wash it off. It really works as almost instantly after starting rubbing the gel into my skin I can feel those small beads forming.


I think this makes my skin very smooth and soft and it´s a perfect prep for the mask afterwards. My skin doesn´t get tight but it looks a little irritated (as in a bit red) afterwards so I am not completely digging this stuff. I use it but only once in a while... and the scent is a bit weird but it´s bearable.
I use this stuff on and off to exfoliate as my skin gets smooth and soft but I think if you have sensitive skin like me you shouldn´t use this too often.


What Sasa has to say about this stuff:
"IsQueen Crystal White Moist Peeling Pack brings you bright, smooth and instantly whitened skin.

• Natural papaya proteinase can instantly soften aged keratin, speeding up the flaking of freckles and colour patches.
• Vitamin PP can effectively improve uneven and dull skin tone and help retaining a long lasting whitening effect.
• Amino acid moisturizing factor can replenish water and nutrient to skin, solving problems of roughness and dehydration.
• Hyaluronic acid can effectively balance the water supplying system of skin, constantly moisturize, smooth dry skin lines and prevent formation of tiny wrinkles."

The Whitening Essence Collagen Masks are nicely cut thus fit my face well. The (slightly thick) cloth is soft and is saturated with lots of liquid (can´t see the amount written anywhere on the box). The mask stays on well on my face so I don´t feel it slides down constantly.

I expected the masks to be heavily perfumed like some other Isqueen masks I tried before but to my delight the Whitening Essence Collagen Mask have only a very light nice scent so nothing bothersome there in my opinion.


The masks feel nice and cooling and leave my skin moisturized and soft (like pretty much most sheet masks unless they irritate my skin). I also can notice a slight brightening effect so I am pretty pleased with the masks.


The masks contain Collagen, Aloe Essence, Nano-Vitamin A etc.
Overall this is a decent mask set and a good value for money. It´s not my favorite (which are currently the Simply/Sexy Look masks) but a good buy nonetheless!

Bison Grapia Peeling Massage Cream Programme EX - Stay away if your skin is sensitive!

Since my skin has been stable for the previous months I got a little more adventurous and decided to try a mild AHA peeling from Bison's Grapia line. Bison btw is the same company that makes Baby Pink and other cute little drugstore items(Murumuru Lip Butter etc.).
Grapia products contain Italian Fermented White Grape Essence. Sasa lists 4 products from this line.

The Grapia Peeling Massage Cream Programme EX (what a name!) comes in a huge 250g tub so you'll get plenty of uses out of it.
When I received this huge thing I thought I had mistakenly ordered a bodycare product but it's indeed meant for the face (Sasa says that this dissolved makeup and it's listed under skincare, not bodycare).


Anyway, you get a tub full of white cream heavily scented with a sweet artificial grape scent (Sanrio used to put a similar perfume in their cute little grape-scented fineliner pens I used to love when I was a kid!).
When I first scooped out some cream I thought it felt quite nice and thick. I applied to my face and massaged it as instructed on Sasa's website.

I then washed the gunk off and followed with my regular cleanser, toner and face care.
That's where the itching began! Before I used my toner (super mild stuff from Kanebo Freeplus) etc. I noticed that my skin felt tingly even though I had only used the Grapia stuff for less than a minute on my face. My skin felt itchy and big red bumps started to show after a few minutes.

Big no-no! I removed the tub from my bathroom right away as I am sure I will not use this again. I only wore a thin layer of cortisone cream with a layer of Hanskin Magic BB Cream the next 2 days because otherwise people would probably have run away screaming when they would have seen blotchy red me =(

I don't know if this is actually exfoliating but I can say that ladies with sensitive skin should not really consider buying this. The product got a positive review on Sasa though so perhaps it does work if your skin can tolerate it.