When you apply this mask to your face, you will feel some particles, those are the volcanic pore cluster capsules that will draw out your impurities and clean your pores. True to its claim, it does have a cooling effect. While I do feel a slight tightness from the mask, it’s nowhere near the extremity that I’ve experience from clay masks that I’ve used in the past. You can talk and you can smile, it won’t hurt. You may experience some slight cracks, but no worries there.