Plum Green Tea Clear Face Mask Review

Green Tea has gained popularity among beauty enthusiasts in past few years due to its beauty benefits. I love drinking green tea as well as try using it in some home remedies for direct consumption and topical application. 

And when there are busy days to try my hand on home remedies, then I turn towards adorable cosmetic products that use green tea as an active ingredient. Such a product that I bought recently is this Plum Green Tea Clear Face Mask.

Brand's take on the product:

Get instantly brighter, healthier-looking skin. A soft, creamy formula that applies nicely and is also easy to wash off, without drying your face. Gentle exfoliation of glycolic acid removes dead cells and impurities, while antioxidant benefit of organic green tea extracts helps control acne (pimples) in the long run. A must-have product for oily and combination skin types.

Ingredients: 

Kaolin & Bentonite: Naturally occurring clays, known to be effective for absorbing excess oil, exfoliating, cleansing and refreshing the skin. Some things are best left natural.

Green Tea extracts: Concentrated source of polyphenols and other antioxidants, to stop the acne formation cycle in its tracks. Oxidation of skin-produced sebum is a key step in acne formation – something we are looking to stop here.

Glycolic acid: Sweeps away skin debris and prepares the skin for self-renewal. Our goodness chemists know exactly what’s required to do the job without overdoing it.

Packaging:

The green tea face mask comes in a glass tub pack which has an inner disc to avoid spillage and a screw cap over the top. The glass packaging is not a big one, but heavier as compared to plastic tube packaging. But on the other hand, it reduces the wastage of product that is left in the towards the end of tube packaging. It might be slightly tough to carry it around, but would fit a bigger travel/makeup kit. 

You may order this product here at Rs 475 for a 60 gm pack. 

I appreciate that its a premixed mask, because I have many face masks lying unused in my collection just because I usually don't like to mix powdered/granular masks and make a paste out of them. The mask has cream-like consistency which is not extremely thick. 

The color of mask reminds of homemade fuller-earth mask. The mask is quite convenient and smooth to spread. To apply the mask, one may use fingers or a mask brush depending on ease of use. It has mild fragrance that lasts until the mask stays on face.

The mask gives subtle tingling sensation on face that subsidizes after a minute or so. Its quite normal with clay-based masks, so nothing to panic about. The clay masks are more effective for oily and acne prone skin type as it is meant to absorb excess skin oil, but I tried it despite having dry skin because Kaolin clay used in the mask is very gentle and detoxifies the skin by removing impurities plus Green Tea is rich in antioxidants. 

The mask has a tendency to dry out sooner than expected, so to keep it moist and obtain optimum benefits of Kaolin clay, I spritz some plain water or rose water on drying mask. After having the mask on my face for 10 mins, I rinse it off before it reaches the crumbly stage. After the rinsing, the skin looks youthful and deeply cleansed, but little drier. Being a dry-skinned person, I apply Plum Green Tea Mattifying Moisturizer to fulfill need of required moisture. 

Tip: I also experimented adding 2-3 drops of cold pressed almond oil,in the mask while applying on my skin and it did not make the skin stretchy then. You may try using olive oil, avocado oil to avoid feeling dryness after using a clay mask.

Hope you find the review useful. 

Plum Wild Cherries & Kiwi Luscious Body Lotion Review

Isn't that a great feeling when you get to revive your never-ending love for something!! My love for purely blissful Plum products got revived when I got to use Wild Cherries & Kiwi Luscious Body Lotion after almost 2 years of using their Chocolatte body lotion. Yes! I've used many other products from their range and liked every product to my utmost satisfaction.

About Wild Cherries & Kiwi Luscious Body Lotion, Plum says:

Indulge in a luscious fruity moisturizing smoothie!
Softer, suppler, hydrated, healthier skin in a jiffy! Thanks to shea butter, nourishing sunflower seed oil and the antioxidant goodness of wild cherry distillate and kiwi seed oil. Smells beautiful, feels luscious!

Ingredients:

Actindia Chinensis (Kiwi) Seed Oil, Aqua (Water), Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Cetearyl Alcohol, Ethylhexylglycerin, FDA Approved Colour, Fragrance, Glycerin, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Phenoxyethanol, Prunus Cerasus (Wild Cherry) Fruit Water, Stearic Acid, Triethanolamine

Price: Rs. 390 (order online at Plum website)

Qty: 200 ml

Shelf Life: 2 yrs 

Plum Wild Cherries & Kiwi Luscious Body Lotion is bottled in a convenient pump dispenser that can be gently pressed to take desired amount of product. The bottle and pump are quite durable in terms of quality and won't ditch you ;)

The lotion is a sweet-smelling, moderately thick lotion. Its not watery thin, but not thick like a cream. It has faint pink-toned color which is more prominent if you unscrew the main cap and peep into the bottle (like I did). The fruity scent of the lotion is remarkably delicious, specially for the kids at home ;)

The lotion is a brilliant blend of several ingredients which are great source of skin nutrients. Kiwi Seed Oil helps keeping the skin firm and supple while preventing some minor skin diseases & is an intense emollient. Wild Cherry Fruit Distillate on the other hand is the store houses of antioxidants that delays wrinkling of skin and slows down the ageing rate. Shea butter is well-known for its capability of imparting a deep hydration effect to skin for many hours.

This body lotion, despite its viscosity, spreads on skin with total ease and penetrates deep within no time. It gives my skin mild cooling effect for few seconds and disappears without showing any oily shine on the surface of skin. Its nectar for dry skin and my skin drinks it up like it was thirsty for long. When I apply this lotion after evening shower, I need not look for a moisturizer the next morning. There is some sort of plump and revitalized feel on skin that I like. During day time, I don't need reapplication for many hours and skin remains softer than usual.

I don't recommend the product for oily skin type, but normal to dry skin type should definitely go for it. Even combination skin and sensitive skin can take it occasionally.

Here I would specifically mention that the brand Plum is against animal testing, so their entire product range comes with a promise of being cruelty-free as well as parabens free. A must-own product certainly!!

Nykaa Sale & My Tiny Plum Haul

There are two reasons when I do not miss a 'Sale', firstly when I know that my favourite products are gonna finish soon and I need to restock those for sure & secondly, when my long-cherished products being sold at slashed prices and I can save few bucks buying them in time ;)

I saw some of my friends going gaga over ongoing sale at Nykaa. Without anything specific in my mind, I clicked on a link to check what's getting everyone crazy. Among all the great offers, what caught my eye was a n irresistible offer to get Plum Grapeseed and Sea Buckthorn Scrub free on purchase of any Plum products worth Rs. 850 or more ;)

I had used this Grapeseed and Sea buckthorn scrub last year and its mild texture made me love it a lot. Because of its gentle formulation, I would use it almost three to four times a week those days. Also I was quite eager to try the Plum Wild Cherries Lucious Body Lotion since the day this range was introduced. So I decided to add my favourite Plum products in the cart to avail this offer. For the first time, I placed an order from Nykaa consisting of Wild Cherries & Kiwi Luscious Body Lotion priced at Rs. 390 and Green Tea Clear Face Mask priced at Rs 475. And I got Grapeseed and Sea Buckthorn Scrub absolutely free (which costs Rs. 335 :) yeyy!!

My order came pretty soon..Check out what all I received..

This is how the products inside the outer cartons look like ...

The Grapeseed and Sea Buckthorn Scrub is already my choicest product which I've reviewed here and I've already used the newly bought product range for a few times and will share detailed review shortly.

And yes! shopping on Nykaa.com has been a smooth and fuss-free experience, so that calls for many more future purchases from them ;)

Have you used any of these products? What's your experience was like? I would love to know ...

Celebrate Mothers' Day With #PlumAndMum Giveaway

Mother's day is around the corner! It's the time when you all will be planning to gift a token of love to the most affectionate woman of your life. I am soooo excited to choose the best gifts for my mom and apparently decided to send some love to other great mommies out there too ;) Sounds exciting !!

I present a cute Mothers' Day Giveaway in association with Plum that lets 3 lovely mommies win a Green Tea Renewal Shower Gel ...yippie :) 

Read the rules below--

• Follow Plum and Alive n Kicking on Facebook. 
• Follow me and PlumSpeak on Twitter. 
• Subscribe to my blog via email. (Don't forget to verify by clicking on the link received in your email)
• Post a mother-child duo picture on my Facebook timeline and answer in not more than 3-4 lines, "Why do you think is Plum as loving & caring as mum?" Tag both the pages with hashtag #PlumAndMum while posting the pic. (Posting only 1 pic is allowed) 
• Share the giveaway on your Facebook timeline tagging the pages n hashtag. 
• Retweet the giveaway post link on twitter tagging the pages n hashtag.
• Don't forget to leave all your details including email id in the comment section of this blog post after doing all the steps. 
• The giveaway is open to all male and female residents of India above the age of 18. It starts on 6 May,15 and ends on 21 May,15. 

Winner Selection Criteria:
There will be 3 winners, each of those will win an awesome full-sized skin care product from Plum. And this is how we will choose them...

• 1 winner for Best answer to the question.
• 1 winner for the most adorable picture.
• 1 winner for maximum interaction on the blog.

So get into the groove..We are waiting to see your lovely pictures :)

P.S. Its a sponsored giveaway and the prizes will be sent by the sponsors directly to the winners addresses.

#XmasMakeup With Plum Contest (Closed)

Hey beauties...

Here is a quick festive giveaway in association with Plum Goodness ..the Christmas eve has already begun and many of you might be celebrating with family n friends as I'm about to finalize the post ;) So here are the contest rules--

1.Follow Plum on Facebook.
2.Follow Alive n Kicking on Facebook.
3.Post a picture that shows your beautifully done Christmas makeup on my FB page here. The pics posted in the comment section won’t be accepted.
4. A maximum of 3 entries per person are allowed.
5.Use #XmasMakeup in all your entries and tag both the pages properly to be eligible.
6. The contest starts on 25^th December,14 and ends on 28^th December,14.

7. Three lucky winners will get an Angel Eyes Kohl Kajal (worth Rs. 425/- each), one of the most popular product from Plum range.

8. The winners will be declared by me in sync with the brand as soon as I get an acknowledgement from the brand.

P.S. This is a sponsored giveaway. So I'm only responsible to forward the winners details to brand who will be sending the prizes of winners directly.

So, no more waiting and start posting your beautiful pics :)

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas !!