the "world's most powerful facial"

I came across Aztec Secret Indian Healing Clay (100% Natural Calcium Bentonite Clay) in a health food store.  I was drawn in by the fact that the jar stated (in capital letters, no less)  “WORLD’S MOST POWERFUL FACIAL”.

Of course it also said “Use it once per week for the family, more often for problem skin” but I decided to give them the benefit of the doubt and assume that their product was better than their English.

Aztec Secret Indian Healing Clay (aka Calcium Bentonite Clay) is purportedly amongst the most detoxifying forms of clay in the world.  It comes in powder form. You mix a little with apple cider vinegar to form a paste. (Just to forewarn you, the combination smells a lot like peed on kitty litter.) 

First, I put a warm washcloth over my face to open my pores.  Then I applied the clay mixture.  As the mask began to dry, I started to panic (I’m not kidding) because the drying clay was tightening and vacuum-sealing itself so tightly to my skin, that I felt like a giant octopus had attached itself to my face. 

And if I ever star in Octopus 3, I’ll be able to draw on my Aztec Healing Clay experience and hopefully win an Oscar. 

To remove the mask, I suggest using a warm washcloth to loosen up the clay. (It’s either that, or a chisel.)

My face was a little red right after.  But wow was my skin clear.   There were no pores in sight and my skin was so smooth and firm that it looked like I’d been Nicole Kidman-ized.   (I imagine if you have acne or blackheads this stuff would be a Godsend.) 

So was the sensation of sniffing a dirty kitty litter box, while being attacked by a giant mollusk worth it?  You betcha.

Just curious, does anyone have any other clay masks they love????

Feel free to use the "search the web" box to the right, to find out where you can get the Aztec Healing Clay at the lowest price.

Little known fact about Octopi:  They like to collect shiny objects from the ocean floor and decorate their caves and build gardens with them. Ringo Starr (The Beatles) said it was one of the happiest things he’d ever heard.  He then went on to write the the song “Octopus’s Garden”. (Can you tell I’m unemployed and have too much time on my hands?)

Comments

[Danielle]

Just stumbled upon your blog at 11.30pm. It made me shriek with laughter, really loudly, in bed in the dark. My family are slightly worried but thankfully tolerant. Keep up the good work! I have this favourited already...

[jenny]

Thanks Danielle!!!! I hope your family has recovered from the fright you've given them and their heart rates are back to normal:)
Jenny

[Jo]

A note on the octopus's garden: a pal of mine who's a master diver once was diving off the PNW coast and ran across an octopudlian who made for home.

He followed and found the octopus in his crevice and the garden out front. My pal then picked up a couple of the octopus's rocks and rearranged them, then sat back and waited.

In about five minutes, he said, one long arm came out of the crack in the rock and put everything back the way it had been before.

I love octopi. I got nothin' for you on the clay masks, though.

[Danielle]

Ah, they're used to it!

I love Eve Lom Rescue Mask (don't know if it's available outside the UK?). It's a clay-based mask which I can't live without when I get those monthly breakouts.

[Kim]

This stuff is scary in a good way. I can't use it with the apple cider vinegar now but with water it still does the trick. Sensitive-skin girls may want to forgo the vinegar too-it's a killer!

[Ashley]

I have to throw in a mention of the classic Queen Helene Mint Julep mask. It is cheap as can be and helps suck all kinds of ugliness out of my face. It is also widely available at pretty much any drugstore if you live in a sleepy backwater with none of those new fangled "health food stores."