Shani Darden

Shani Darden Signature Nourishing Facial Mask.

Masks & Peels

About this product

A fragrance-free clay face mask designed to soak up excess oil and soften the skin, sold with an application brush.

Full ingredients

Water/Aqua/Eau, Glycerin, Kaolin, Bentonite, Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891), Sorbitol, Glyceryl Stearate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Glyceryl Caprylate, Squalane, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer, Avena Sativa Kernel Flour, Bisabolol, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Caprylyl Glycol, Chamomilla Recutita Flower Extract, Citric Acid, Coco-Glucoside, Ethylhexylglycerin, Gluconolactone, Hexylene Glycol, Polysorbate 80, Tocopheryl Acetate, Phenoxyethanol, Farnesol

Guru Score

66%

Mixed

Early verdict · Few reviews so far

What the gurus are saying

Clay that soaks up excess oil from within the pores is the main draw, and gurus who liked it found it not drying. Apply it to clean, dry skin, leave it on for about 10 minutes, and rinse off, with no cleanser needed. The sticking point is a burning that grew with repeated use until the mask could not stay on, pointed at farnesol, an ingredient near the bottom of the list.

Synthesized from 2 expert reviews · most recent take July 2024

What they liked

Rinses off easily
Absorbs excess sebum

What they flagged

Farnesol can sting sensitive skin
Increasingly irritating with repeat use

Best for

Oily skin

Type

Masks & PeelsCream

Key actives

Vitamin ESqualane

Formula notes

No drying alcohol

Where to buy

Sephora → Amazon → Google →

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What the gurus are saying.

Every take we've logged from this product's reviews across YouTube. Click any row to watch the moment they said it.

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Kelly Driscoll

90k subs

~Nay

"I put the mask on after I got out of my bath and [...] my skin feels like it's on fire. [...] My skin is really burning. I've used this mask so many times, [...] but my skin is increasingly on fire and so I just washed the mask off within just a few minutes. I could not keep it on my face, my skin was burning so bad. [...] I went back and looked at the ingredients the next day and right at the bottom is an ingredient called farnesol."

Dr Dray

2.69M subs

~Yay

"It's a clay mask that's fragrance-free and [...] it helps to soak up excess sebum from the surface of the skin from within the pore. I rather enjoy this."

What the evidence says.

Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.

Sunscreen filters

Sun protection is the best evidenced way to slow visible ageing, and the filters are what does the work. Mineral and chemical filters both protect when a product is applied thickly enough and often enough, which is where most people fall short rather than on the choice of filter.

Source: DermNet

Humectants and emollients

Ingredients like these draw water into the surface layers and slow how fast it leaves. The evidence is for comfort, softness and hydration rather than for changing the structure of the skin.

Source: DermNet

Vitamin E

Vitamin E is an antioxidant, and it is often in a formula to keep the other ingredients stable rather than as the active itself. It pairs well with vitamin C, though on its own the evidence for visible change is limited.

Source: NIH, National Library of Medicine

Frequently asked.

What is Shani Darden Signature Nourishing Facial Mask?

A fragrance-free clay face mask designed to soak up excess oil and soften the skin, sold with an application brush.

Is Shani Darden Signature Nourishing Facial Mask worth it?

The gurus mostly approve it, but with enough reservations to keep it in the middle at a Guru Score of 66%.

What is Shani Darden Signature Nourishing Facial Mask's Guru Score?

Shani Darden Signature Nourishing Facial Mask holds a Guru Score of 66%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 2 expert reviewers we have collected.