Phantom of the opera mask!

Well its not pretty, in fact you are pretty much guaranteed to scare small children with it on, but the Olay Total Effects is really really good (worth looking like a nutter for 15 minutes per week!)

I love that it comes in seven individual packages and the mask is literally a mask with slits for the eyes and nose that you spread over your face and stretch into shape. So no messing around with products, just slap it on and go about your day for about 15 minutes, although I left it on around 30 minutes.

When you take it off you are left with a film of the product which you massage into your skin and let dry before finishing off with your usual moisturiser (you might be able to skip this step if you have an oilier skin). A tip is to squeeze out the mask before you bin it, theres lots of product left on it and I used it as an overnight hand treatment.

So here's what Olay says it will do and my findings as to if it really delivered...

• Line Minimization: Reduces the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles

Yep, would have to agree with this claim - it definitely helped with lines around the eyes.

• Nourishing Moisturisation: Intensively hydrates the skin

Skin feels lovely and soft after the treatment and well into the next day.

• Tone enhancement: Balances colour and reduces appearance of age spots

Not sure on this one, I think you might need to use it regularly before you see this effect.

• Gentle exfoliation: Smoothes and evens skin texture

Hmmm not sure on this one, I exfoliated before I put it on.

• Pore Refinement: Minimises the appearance of pores

Yep!

• Brightening: For a radiant, healthy glow.

Yep!

• Spot minimisation: Reduces the appearance of age spots

I'm not too sure how this is different to the earlier point above but again, would need to use it for a bit longer to see if this is true.

All in all a good purchase and works well with a decent exfoliation before hand.