Aroma Zone "Lush-style" face mask

Hello my lovelies,

So today's post is going to be about AROMA ZONE, a boutique (which I like to call heaven) that I discovered whilst I was living in Paris. This little piece of heaven is the place to go to if you wish to create your own beauty treatments from scratch at an affordable price and most of importantly from all natural products. 

Aroma Zone specialise in Essential beauty oils (those that can be found in literally all skincare and make up products) such as "Jojoba, lavender, argan" oils to name a few. As well as this they also offer a vast variety of clays which can be used to create hair and facial masks once you add the suitable oils to them. 

I was amazed by this shop because besides the amazing products that they offer, the sales assistants are also specialised pharmacists and aromatherapists. Thus they are able to give you advice depending on your problem and guide you towards the oils that will help you to resolve or help to alleviate your issues.

Personally, I have a combination skin; which makes it really difficult for me to find suitable products that can combat one thing without working against the other. I often find myself having to use a variety of products particularly face masks, in order to help each skin issue. 

Nevertheless, one of my main issues is black heads and large pores in my T-zone area. I have been combating against black heads since I was a teenager. I have tried them all from nose strips, face scrubs, to ensuring that I maintained a healthy lifestyle. 

Of course these things have helped to tame them down a bit, but not as much as I would have wanted them to.

Whilst I was looking into Aroma Zone I discovered that on their online website they have hundreds of recipes that you could make with the products that they offer, from skincare to hair masks to make-up which you could make yourself at home. So of course, I selected a couple of recipes which I wanted to try out (one for hair and one for my face) before going in to buy the ingredients. 

I chose to try out one of their "anti-spots" face masks and a "princess hair" mask. I am yet to make the hair mask but I have made the face mask (which I already love) last week. 

The "anti-spots" face mask is essentially based on 3 main oils: thyme, lavender and citron. As well as these there are also a few other oils which I hadn't heard of before such as: Nigella (a cumin derivative), Cosgard (a natural preservative) which helps to keep all the runny oils together and Patchouli (plant derivative) which really adds notes to the amazing smell of this face mask. Finally the main product is "Argile" essentially known as a clay which helps to create the thick mask-like mixture that helps solidify the oils. 

So far I have used this mask twice on my skin and you can really notice the difference. When I put it on I start to feel a slight tingly sensation which you get used to after a couple of minutes. The recipe says that it should be kept on between 5 to 10 minutes, however I always like to leave my masks on for slightly longer so on both occasions I have kept it on for 15 minutes before rinsing it off. 

Overall, I have found that my pores and black heads are a lot less visible, in fact this face mask has certainly got rid of some of the black heads that I had in my T-Zone area. So I am super happy and satisfied with it :) 

I definitely reccommend Aroma Zone to those of you who wish to make you own beauty products from scratch. Currently they only have stores in France, however you can order their products online and have them shipped to the UK. The only downside is that their website is currently only available in french. However, it is pretty easy to search for things. 

I hope that this blog post was helpful for some of you, particularly those amongst you who can speak french and are able to order online through a french website. 

Do be warned that you may be required to buy separate equipment, such as pots, spatulas etc. which are all available on the website. Although each recipe will tell you exactly what equipment you will need to make it. 

Another helpful thing is that not only do they tell you which oils you will need for the recipe but the website also states the exact mesurements for each one. This is super handy to ensure you have the right quantities and sizes of each one of the ingredients. 

Do let me know if you have liked this post. I would be more than happy to help you find a recipe and to get you through the process.

If there are any of you who have heard of Aroma Zone do let me know which recipes you have tried. Or even, if you have made your own "lush-style" face masks with different ingredients do let me know what you used :) 

Thank you so much for reading. Take care! 

  ❤️

      Love, ML x