Have you tried making your own face mask?
Recipes can be found everywhere online and since most ingredients are natural, i have heard great reviews of them from those with even the most sensitive skin.
Whilst longtime readers will know i am a really big fan of washoff masks, i am also extremely lazy. Which is the reason why i have never tried making them myself.
But after hearing raving reviews of the masks below…i crumbled and decided to give them a try
Face Wash powders
From left : MungBean [Green bean] , Coix Seeds
Mung bean face wash powder
I’ve only started using this one so i’ll have to review the other one in another post.
But this facewash powder doesnt just contain green bean powder
Contents: MungBean Powder, Coix Seeds Powder
So its semi premixed i guess?
The other coix seeds face mask powder contains a higher percentage of coix seeds powder and some other stuff, will review in another post.
Directions: Add distilled water to make a paste, can be used as a facewash, face mask and bath soak.
Also makes a good scrub to remove dead skin cells. Can also be mixed with honey or milk to make a mask.
Pros:
- very cheap. About USD$3 for the entire bottle.
- all natural, i assume its generally ok even for sensitive skin
- Can be used daily
Cons
- really smells like green beans XD
- messy. its powder afterall?
EDIT:
if you want to buy it too, i asked miss Sizbelle who told me sasa.com sells it and the brand name is kuan yuan lian. sasa.com ships internationally ^^
I have used it about 5 times so far and my skin really feels smooth after usage. I have tried it both as a facewash and a face mask. Its very gentle yet cleans out my pores well but does not remove the more stubborn blackheads T-T <– might have to keep on using it to find out. Will keep you guys posted.
You can learn more about these masks from the maker’s website [From Taiwan] : http://cucumber.com.tw/
For those of you who think its a little messy and troublesome, there are single packaged powder masks such as the green tea mask from SkinFood [green cup below]. And there is always those VOV washoff masks [NOT powder form!]
Remember how i mentioned i went to the flower market in Victoria Park Causeway Bay last week?
I dont really have photos to share as it was crazy crowded but luckily the husband took a few photos.
Click on photo below to see the album…
In other news, how was everyone’s lunar new year or valentine day’s weekend?
The weather in hong kong took yet another sharp turn and became oddly cold and rainy over the weekend.
Alas for me, i got caught in the rain on Saturday and my cold took another turn for the worse as well [i was already much better but now i am worse than i was before]
I might have to venture to a doctor tomorrow. My immune system is just not adjusting to Hong Kong T-T
Hope you are all doing much better than me
XOXO
Yumeko
Yumeko,
Thanks for the review! I ordered that too now I can’t wait to try it out now!!
The crowd was really overwhelming, but luckily u survived the trip.
U better visit the doctor for a thorough cure.. Hope u recover soon & take lotsa fluid!
ooh where did u order it? a few ppl asked me where to buy it online and i didnt know
Gal, I order from sasa.com. Here’s the link for the range of product under the same label http://sasa.com/SasaWeb/eng/product/searchProduct.jspa?brandId=118l
in case u dun see, the brand name is kuan yuan lian.
thank you thank you@ will edit my post and credit you <3
My pleasure! Use this link instead as the previous one contain an extra alphabet, http://sasa.com/SasaWeb/eng/product/searchProduct.jspa?brandId=118
are u feeling better already!
oooh i love it when you find new things i have never even heard of before! Have you tried taking zinc supplements?
need to work on getting well first heehee <3
those powders sound promising! I think I have the single-use packs in a recent order from sasa that should be arriving soon, haha.
wow, that crowd is insane – but those are some really lovely shots of the flowers in that album – so bright and colorful!
vov mask! love it!
O_> I’ve also been doing DIY skin care! Oatmeal, yogurt, manuka honey, cinnamon, nutmeg, cucumber juice, etc. for my acne prone skin. The mung bean/coix seeds sound good too! I might grind up some mung beans and try it.
Hi Yumeko! Thanks for the review of the masks! I’m really lazy too..I don’t think I can ever be bothered to make my own. I made an aspirin mask twice, and both times was just because I wanted to bash aspirin tablets in a pestle and mortar (I thought it was quite fun, stress relief!).
I’m sorry to hear your immune system isn’t coping with HK! I hope you have health insurance? I think my friend says the healthcare isn’t free in HK, plus to see an international doctor is expensive!! >< Drink plenty of fluids and keep warm! I heard it was really hot actually, apart from that obviously cold and wet weekend! O_O
I ate way too much over the lunar festival weekend. I hope you enjoyed yours too~ =)
I heard so much nice things about this masks…..great it worked on u….now I’m curious…^_^ and I so want to try those VOV mask….
wow…HK was crowded for the Lunar New Year….mine was ok..just had dinner with hubby & a friend…
& hope you’re feeling better…..I’ve been sick too for a month now…because of cold & dry air…drink a lot of water…it helps….
Is Cold FX available in HK? I hear good reviews on how it boosts your immume system.
I love those Skinfood masks in a cup! Have you tried all the “flavours” yet?
The masks look good! There’s not really any miracle ones here in aus.
The weather here has been super hot one day, then raining the next. D:
I’ve never seen a mask like that before! Looks really cool though
I am soooo lazy when it comes to skin care though lol…
me too but all the different varieties appeal to me hahaha
oh yumeko. please rest well and drink lots of water. i hope you feel better soon
i’ve haven’t tried making my own masks but i will one day. hehe
:] Thanks for the review Yumeko! The masks sounds very effective. The packaging for the VOV masks looks so cute! ): Too bad they’re so hard to find in Australia.
Hope you get well soon!!
I saw a simple mung bean mask recipe on Soompi so I bought ingredients as well! I planned to try it later this week so it was awesome seeing your post on the same subject ^^
This masks kinda unique! Powder type looks nice!
I heard a great review about this cleanser/mask too. I can’t wait to try it
oh no!! i hope you feel better soon.. let me know if you need nyquil or something
i’m not fond of green beans..so perhaps that wouldn’t work for me,haha i wouldn’t dare touch it..let alone touch my face for a couple of minutes
belated happy heart’s and happy cny!
I’ve seen that mask in reviews everywhere! Just can’t find it in Singapore
It sounds so cheap and good!
Do take care of your health, I think the pollution in HK makes people get sick more easily… Get well soon!
the powder mask looks good and affordable!!
look at the crowd!
do take care!!get well soon!XD
I’m sorry to hear that your body is not getting use to HK! Hong Kong’s pollution is quite bad too isn’t it? Is your skin suffering from all that so far?
Get well soon!!
Aww Yume! I was so hoping your body would be acclimated by now!
Do feel better love! I don’t like thinking of you being all sicky! Especially if the weather has been crappy too! 
Rest up and drink lots of hot liquids! 
Green bean mask huh?! Well it’s better then KITTY LITTER! LOL! O_o
it does look messy! Gosh, its crowded there!!! Have a safe week and Belated Happy Chinese New Year again!
I’ve never made my own masks before but I rarely use them anyway. I actually ordered a lot online recently but I haven’t used any yet because I find them so tedious and I’m so lazy. Yes, I know I need to get off my arse!
How is the consistency of the powder if you use it as the face mask?that look really interesting, where did you get them from?? i like paste or clay-kind of mask, in my opinion they are much effective than the sheet mask :p
feel better soon, Yumeko! ;D
i’ve also heard great things re mung beans. i also read a post somewhere that used yogurt drinks. too bad i can’t find the mung bean powder here too easily.
yogurt drinks! thats interesting! hope u can find some mung bean powder or maybe grind it urself
I’ve made my own masks before and it turned out to be such a hassle haha. So I prefer masks in a tube LOL.
I hope you get better soon!!
must be so exciting to be in HK for chinese new years. I never been in HK for any festivals b4. but then i get overly annoyed sometimes when i’m in a city/country full of chinese ppl lol (even tho i’m chinese)
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Happy Chinese New Year Yumeko! I guess I should wish you good health in the new year. I just got back from Beijing to find HK hit it’s coldest this winter yesterday. It’s gonna be cold till mid next week apparently, so take care! I love this face wash powder/ mask as a scrub! certainly one of the cheapest scrubs i bought and works like a gem.
thanks! hope u had a good holiday in beijing
i am sad that the weather wont be staying cold longer , i dont like humid weather haha
It’s weird that I find myself LOVING sheet masks and being too lazy for wash-off masks… maybe because I don’t keep the wash off masks in the bathroom!! The bean masks sounds super interesting but do not appeal to my sense of laziness right now… haha XD;
It’s lucky that the husband is taller than that crowd!! The market looks INSANELY busy!!
I hope you feel better soon! And that you are enjoying the cold[er] HK weather
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that crowd is crazy?we went on thursday when you could still walk leisurely. am back in tw by the way. hope you’re recovering
hope u are doing well back home and not ill anymore!
unfortauntely i am still sick XD sad right? aigoo its hard when one is old like me hahahahaha
hi dear, i’m using a facial soap cleanser which is made from Mung Bean too. So far so good and I think it stabilized my skin condition alot! It’s really cheap and organic. Loving it..
I might wanna give this a try too =)
Wow! That’s an interesting product. I really didn’t know you can use bean powder as facial mask.
Lots of love,
Hi hi
how do you prevent lumps from being formed when you do the mixing? By the way, does ur blog has a “send response to my mailbox” option? Tkz
i recently changed my comment form so all replies will go to your mailbox if u filled in an email address ^^
as for lumps..i get plenty of lumps so i dont think it matters? i just mix it randomly in my hand and put it on my face. i dont use a bowl or anything heee
I am way too LAZY to make my own mask..lol
I have one that I use in the summer, but that’s on a rare occassion..
i bought some made-in-taiwan powder-in-packs with similar green bean and mung bean ingredients, which can be used as scrub or mask too. i find them great, but haven’t been able to find those again – thanks for the review on this new product it sounds like a great alternative to the one i’m using. btw, plse ignore my email? i found the dekoden link!
I have both of the kuan yuan lian power masks too. I’ve used the green bean power once but, didn’t like the grassy bean smell. I will try to use it again soon. As I’m too lazy to make my diy masks too. VOV wash off masks are so much more convenient to use:)