Drunk Elephant Bouncy Bright Facial Brightening Mask

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"The Drunk Elephant Bouncy Bright Facial Brightening Mask [...] has niacinamide and phloretin, which is another brightening ingredient that also has anti-aging benefits and helps improve skin tone and brightening. We've got glutathione, alpha lipoic acid, and ergothioneine, which [...] helps suppress melanin production. It's a great brightening product. Drunk Elephant has done a few things right and that is one of them."

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"It's kind of a mask cream. You want to use this in your evening routine. It's got 10% azelaic acid, 1% salicylic acid. Then it's also got ferulic acid, vitamin E, ceramides, rice bran, and pomegranate extract. So, it is really nice. If this one were more affordable, I'd repurchase it again. This is [...] expensive, but it's pretty nice."

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"The Drunk Elephant Bouncy Bright Facial Brightening Mask [...] has niacinamide and phloretin, which is another brightening ingredient that also has anti-aging benefits and helps improve skin tone and brightening. We've got glutathione, alpha lipoic acid, and ergothioneine, which [...] helps suppress melanin production. It's a great brightening product. Drunk Elephant has done a few things right and that is one of them."

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"The Drunk Elephant Bouncy Bright Facial Mask has azelaic acid 10% and 1% salicylic acid. It runs upwards of 64 bucks."

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"The Drunk Elephant Bouncy Bright Facial is 69 bucks and that one's got 10% azelaic acid, 1% salicylic acid, ceramides, vitamin E, squalane, marula oil. It's really nice, it's expensive. In my opinion, all these other ones I mentioned are also wonderful, so I don't necessarily need to spend a ton to have a nice azelaic acid product."

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AliceintheRabbitHole

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"The Drunk Elephant Bouncy Bright facial mask, I really enjoyed this, but I'm just stuck in the affordable azelaic acid products again because I also want to be able to afford groceries. I do actually think they came up with a really smart system if you hate the pilling associated with azelaic acid."

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"The Drunk Elephant Bouncy Bright facial mask, I really enjoyed this, but I'm just stuck in the affordable azelaic acid products again because I also want to be able to afford groceries. I do actually think they came up with a really smart system if you hate the pilling associated with azelaic acid."

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"This bouncy bright facial mask is so good for my skin type. Ten percent azelaic acid is a great level, the research uses fifteen to twenty percent, but I feel comfortable with this level as long as you stick with it, I don't need to use it as often, I use it on alternating nights and still get the benefits. One percent salicylic acid is lower than the maximum level for acne, but it's a good level for my skin, and then there are calming ceramide ingredients and antioxidants too. It's a product that helps with acne scars, especially the PIE type, helps prevent breakouts, and helps clear them, it's such a multitasker. Even though it's expensive, I have come to love this product, and I only need two to three pumps."

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"My last step is the Drunk Elephant Bouncy Bright facial mask with ten percent AHA and one percent salicylic acid, this is where my main hyperpigmentation fighting ingredients come from. This one works for me, it works really really well for me. I was worried it would be irritating since I have to be cautious with salicylic acid because of my skin sensitivities, but for some reason this works for me. I think AHA is a great hyperpigmentation fighting ingredient for sensitive skin. I find I don't need to use this as often as I was using my other AHA products, there must be something special in this formula, the Drunk Elephant team must have really good formulators because their products are really strong."

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"This is the Drunk Elephant Bouncy Bright Facial, with 10% AHA acid and 1% salicylic acid. I recently repurchased this because I had been missing it. AHA acid is a wonderful acne treatment, most of the research is at 15% but there are a lot of anecdotal reports at 10%, which is what this product uses, combined with 1% salicylic acid, which is also an acne treatment. What makes this special isn't just those two ingredients, it's the full formula. The full formula is wonderful, every night that I use it my skin looks that much better in the morning, that much more glowy, that much more clear. It does also target hyperpigmentation, though on its own I don't think it's the strongest option for that, but it does help."

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"The Drunk Elephant Bouncy Bright Facial is a 10% glycolic acid plus 1% salicylic acid moisturizing mask, and it's not a wash off mask, which surprised me. I have to admit this felt extremely dry, drying on my skin. I read through the reviews and saw that other people had the same experience, it was okay for me but drying. I would never buy the full size of this, it's too expensive for a leave on 10% glycolic acid product when I have a favorite that costs so much less."

Nipun Kapur

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"For the longest time I have always carried the drunk elephant azelaic acid. the bouncy bright facial. It is an expensive product but it is one of the best in the market."

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"This is an actually really good product. Some people I really trust, some influencers that I really admire have given great reviews of this product, and given the fact that it is an ingredient AIC acid, this is 100% purchase for me."

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"I finished these two and this is my bottle and this is tub number three I love using this on my face as a treatment everything has improved"

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"For the longest time I have always carried the drunk elephant azelaic acid. the bouncy bright facial. It is an expensive product but it is one of the best in the market."

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"This product has help my acne in a way that you can't even imagine"

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Allie Glines

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"The Drunk Elephant Bouncy Bright Facial mask is a great one to add at the very end of your skincare routine, it's just going to add a little boost of brightness. This is so good, this has salicylic acid and glycolic acid in it, so it's going to really brighten the skin and clear the skin, which is so nice. I love it. [...] I notice a huge difference when I use this. I feel like this is one of my favorite discoveries of the year, I have never tried anything like this."

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"The Drunk Elephant Bouncy Bright Facial is so nice. This is one of those masks that you add as a treatment at the very end of your skincare routine before sunscreen during the daytime or just at the end if you're doing your skincare at night. I love that this has a little bit of acne fighting ingredients in it and it brightens the skin as well. It's supposed to correct and clarify. It's got 10% AHC acid and 1% salicylic acid so it really just helps with any sort of acne issues and brightens the skin which I love."

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"The Drunk Elephant Bouncy Bright Facial mask is a great one to add at the very end of your skincare routine, it's just going to add a little boost of brightness. This is so good, this has salicylic acid and glycolic acid in it, so it's going to really brighten the skin and clear the skin, which is so nice. I love it. [...] I notice a huge difference when I use this. I feel like this is one of my favorite discoveries of the year, I have never tried anything like this."

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"Used as a leave-on mask at the end of a skincare routine, unlike a mask you wash off, this really does the most, she says. She's obsessed with brightening vitamin C type products, has talked about this before on her channel, and loves these Drunk Elephant leave-on face masks so much she says the similar F-Balm product should have won an award too."

Dr. Jenny Liu

319k subs

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"Azelaic acid can help with brightening the skin, improving post-acne marks, hyperpigmentation, and salicylic acid is a great product for unclogging pores and helping with acne. All around this is just a really elegant product to use, almost like a treatment for me with my hormonal acne kicking back up postpartum leaving post-acne marks. I really loved using this a few times a week almost in place of my chemical exfoliant because the 1% azelaic acid itself is a chemical exfoliant. If you have more oily skin, I can certainly see that you could probably use this more frequently. I recommend leaving it on like a sleeping mask, finishing off the rest of your routine and avoiding other chemical exfoliants, any other serums that have alpha or beta hydroxy acid, and certainly probably want to avoid your topical retinoid, then just finish off with a lightweight moisturizer and apply this on as like a sleeping mask or just in place of your moisturizer depending on your skin needs. This would be like a moisturizer and treatment in one."

Common questions

Frequently asked.

What is Drunk Elephant Bouncy Bright Facial Brightening Mask?

A leave-on brightening mask with 10% azelaic acid and 1% salicylic acid, designed to clarify, brighten, and treat acne and post-acne marks.

Is Drunk Elephant Bouncy Bright Facial Brightening Mask worth it?

Mostly yes. 4 of the 5 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 85%.

What is Drunk Elephant Bouncy Bright Facial Brightening Mask's Guru Score?

Drunk Elephant Bouncy Bright Facial Brightening Mask holds a Guru Score of 85%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 5 expert reviewers we have collected. At least one expert has named it a Top Pick in its category.