March 18, 2010

Beauty Abroad: My Beauty Diary Black Cherry Chocolate Mask Review

Ahh cherries and chocolate. I guess some folk consider it ambrosia, I happen to hate it. Cherry cordials? Gag me with a spoon. Can’t stand them. I swear they make me literally ill. I mean it’s chocolate which is ok (I’m not the biggest choco-aholic around) and slimy gross cherries inside so when you bite into it you get a surprisingly gross texture in your mouth that’s supposed to make you roll your eyes back in your head and sigh in delight?

I think not.

I like cherries and I like chocolates but the two together I’ll skip on!

You know My Beauty Diary combined chocolate and cherries to make their new facial masks and I honestly wasn’t so disgusted but more excited!

Jump!

My Beauty Diary Chocolate Sheet Mask is actually one of my favs from the brand so I was right on board when they cocktail’ed cherry with chocolate. I mean I don’t wanna eat cherries and chocolate but I don’t mind a sheet mask that smells like one!

And it’s a fail….only because it lacks cherries.

Here’s the deal.

If you already own the My Beauty Diary Chocolate Sheet Masks and you have plenty to keep you busy you do not have to go and purchase the My Beauty Diary Black Cherry Chocolate Mask as they pretty much do the same thing or at least I think they do.

The chocolate masks are a seasonal, limited edition item anyway so that alone may make you want to jump on board and stock up on these particularly because it appears the black cherry chocolate have replaced the chocolate from last year. However, I have two boxes of chocolate already and felt kinda ripped off indulging in the black cherry as it’s kinda the same mask?

The mask works as any standard mask. It’s saturated heavily with essence and is meant to be worn from 15 to 20 minutes. It promises to brighten skin which I find it successfully does. I find the chocolate mask always makes my dull skin look so much more lively, brighter, and refreshed.

However…..

I hated the fact that it didn’t smell like cherries and chocolate. It simply smells like the chocolate masks I already have. Kinda disappointed in that.

There isn’t any question that the mask is a great one and I absolutely adore it. Chocolate is one of my favs but I admit I was kinda disappointed at the lack of cherries….

You can purchase from AlphaBeautyUK on E-bay if you’re lemming some chocolate but just not the cherries. (Not affiliated with this seller).

Disclosure: The following item was purchased by me for review purposes (and because I like flinging my money at makeup products of any kind) on Musings of a Muse. For further information please see my FTC Guidelines or my Disclosure/Disclaimer posts.

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  • Ling

    My beauty diary’s range is available at a drugstore near where i worked, the whole dumpbin was isolated in a corner of the store…. was thinking of trying it initially but.. hm.. having second thoughts now…

    • the Muse

      ling the chocolate masks are ideal for dull skin and brightening however bit disappointed it doesn’t smell of cherries and chocolate, I’m such a kid 😀

  • Phyrra

    Aww I love chocolate and cherries, but I prefer them to be fresh cherries and me dipping them in hot dark chocolate <3

    • the Muse

      that I can LIKE dd 😀 just cherry cordials OMG gross. tastes like snot in your mouth due to the texture lmao!

  • Chelle Chioa

    Aaah! I saw this on my Vivi magazine and oh wow I’m tempted to get one!

    • the Muse

      hey chelle have you tried the choco ones beforE? they are nice 😀

  • Dao

    I’m slowly into this My Beauty Diary mask fiend and I have to say I love the pearl masks and the Bulgarian rose mask very much. I’ll hunt this down and try it as soon as I can.

  • Tiffany

    In Taiwan you can get 4 masks for less than 4 dollars… there’s a huge collection of it and they’re pretty famous. But sadly my skin is sensitive to most of them so I prefer washable facial masks that comes in jars ^ ^