GlamGlow skincare - why putting mud on your face makes you sexy...

Mud... on your face? Gross, right? Don't be soft. I am not actually chatting about real dirty mud here, I am of course talking about the wonderful innovative 'mud' skin care treatment range from GlamGlow. They are marketing this to be a really big thing in the world of skin (an asset that we all own), so I think it would be silly to not give this a go.

GlamGlow has been hailed by celebrities such as Alexandra Burke (hmm...), Jordan Dunn (who?), and Rebecca Ferguson (babe) as a must have/must try skin care treatment. It was initially created for behind-the-scenes use in Hollywood, as a way to help all of the celebrities look camera ready. So yeah, if it's good enough for Hollywood, it's obviously good enough for me to have a crack.

The lovely and very fabulous lady Bonita, who does my nails at The Nail Base in Widnes, very kindly gave me a few sachets of GlamGlow mud to give a try. I was given 'Youth Mud: Tingle Exfoliate Treatment' and 'Super Mud: Clearing Treatment'.

So both the Youth Mud and the Super Mud are very similar in consistency; they are a thick, grey, clay like texture, which sounds pretty gross, but actually feels really nice on your skin. There is definitely something really satisfying about slathering your face in mud. Now, this can be quite messy, as I found it stuck to my fingers quite a lot, so it's maybe best to apply it over the sink... although my mum did go mad when she found mud all over the sink. Both sachets actually had a very generous amount of mud in each, which was also great considering how scantily companies usually give out samples - don't get me started on the sample sizes of Pantene Pro-V conditioner.

Bonita advised me to use the Youth Mud first (the black sachet) and then the Super Mud (white sachet) to finish up. This Youth Mud is a 'Tingle Exfoliating Treatment', which as well as offering multi-level exfoliation, also absorbs impurities and tightens and tones the skin. I assume the tingling is the treatment toning your skin, but I'm no skin expert so I'm actually not really sure... but whatever, it actually feels pretty nice. The tingling is a bit of a strange sensation at first - it feels a bit like putting lip plumping gloss on your face - but once you get used to it, it is quite a fresh feeling. Now, this treatment does make your face pretty stiff when it's sat on your face, so it is quite difficult to talk, smile or move your face in general; don't do what I did and try and eat an Indian takeaway with this mask on, it was not easy and not very pretty.

My wild Saturday night with GlamGlow

Youth Mud is also supposed to penetrate into deep layers of your skin, relieving and softening fine lines and wrinkles. As I am only 20, I obviously don't really need to use anti-aging products, but I guess prevention is the best cure. I was always put off using anything that was marketed to be anti-ageing, as I was convinced I would wake up the next morning looking about 5 years old. But no, silliness aside, using a product that works deep into your skin (regardless of what it is trying to do in there) does feel great and a does do a lot of good.

I left the mask on for around 15-20 minutes, and then washed it off over the sink. Even though the mask did go all hard and stiff on my face, it was pretty easy to remove. I just needed to apply water to rub it off, and then whack some makeup wipes over it to clean off the excess. After the treatment, my skin felt sooooooooo soft (count the 'o's, it was actually that soft), and really tight, fresh and glowing. I felt bloody lovely.

Next, onto the Super Mud. Although it does sound like a really bad super hero, it was a very nice treatment. It is a detoxifying mud mask that is intended to fight off all of the yucky skin problems we all have to endure. Super Mud declogs your pores, by pulling all of your face gunk out to the surface - you can actually see this as it dries, which is a bit gross, but actually really cool.

I look like I have a skin disease... but first, let me take a selfie

 Super Mud can be used as a full face mask, but it can also be used to target problem areas. I had a lovely pimple on the side of my face, which near enough disappeared after using this treatment. It took away all of the redness and inflammation, which was super great. Here are a few closer shots of the mask in action:

  As you can see, congestion is being pulled from my pores, especially around my nose. I left this on again for about 15-20 minutes, and removed it in the same way I did the Youth Mud. My skin again felt really soft, really fresh and really clean. It had also evened out my complexion and energised the overall tone of my skin. This is indeed a really great home treatment that does really work!

The only downside I found with this product is that a few days later I did find a few spots surfacing on my skin. I think this is only down to the fact that Super Mud dragged the impurities to the surface of my skin, so this may have allowed a few pimples to form. No big, I did the treatment again, but left it on for a good 30 minutes to rid the buggers and all was well again. I think the first time I did this treatment, I didn't actually leave it on for long enough, so the congestion in my pores was not fully removed.

You can purchase both of these treatments from the official GlamGlow website. Super mud is £44.99 for a 34g tub containing 17 treatments, and Youth mud is £44.99 for a 50g tub, which will probably get you around 25/30 treatments. You can also purchase these treatments from any local salon that stocks high end goods and products - GlamGlow does not provide any old salon with their product, so you will have to go to the very best to find it! I know that The Nail Base (of course) sells the products and is starting to do facials with GlamGlow. I will post their Facebook page below so you can keep updated if you are interested!

I have also posted a few links to the GlamGlow website if any of you keen ones want to read more about it!

Thanks for having a read everyone, I hope this was useful!

Tah x


Youth Mud:
http://www.glamglowmud.co.uk/glamglow/products/glamglow_face_mud_mask50/

Super Mud:
http://www.glamglowmud.co.uk/glamglow/products/glamglow_supermud_mask_34g/

The Nail Base:
https://www.facebook.com/theglitterranch?ref=ts&fref=ts