These were the first new My Beauty Diary masks I tried, and they almost put me off of the “upgrade” forever. In the space of 10 minutes, my reaction to my first MBD Squalene mask swung violently from Oooh I love this fit to Oh my God get this off my face.
The problem was that the first time I tried the Squalene, my face began itching like I’d just mashed it straight into the scratchiest wool sweater of my childhood nightmares. The itching reminded me strongly of that time I couldn’t take wearing a Hey! Pinkgo Girl lace sheet mask. It felt more like surface irritation than deeper skin inflammation, so I tried to tough it out, but after 20 minutes, I ripped the mask off and called it quits. I figured that the itching might have something to do with the fibers in the new mask sheet material not agreeing with my skin and looked mournfully at my three new boxes of sheet masks in despair.