Bentonite Clay Review

So I just tried bentonite, and I mean literally just tried it. I heard good things from people about it so I bought some from Amazon for $9 and I think so far I like it. It's supposed to be deep pore cleansing, so I figured it would help with the acne flareups i've been having. The acne I get is very deep into my skin it feels like so getting something to deep clean my pores has been a trouble for me.

I tried the bentonite clay as a masque and mixed it with a teaspoon of clay and some water, however, I think it was too much clay and too little water, so next time I will mix it more.

It turned out looking like a Queen Helene's Mint Julep Masque on my face, which is a masque i've always used and find helps my skin.

While the masque was drying I could really feel the "pulsating" feeling that the pack was advertising and it dried pretty well and felt like it was penetrating my pores. However, when the masque was drying toward the end of having it on it felt a bit itchy. At that point I couldn't stand it. I took it off with a washcloth and warm water and basically scrubbed it away. However I don't think I'm allergic to it or anything that this was just one small side effect.

The clay really helped with some pimples that were showing up for me and i'm glad that it worked for my money's worth. I think i'm going to start using this on a weekly basis, or when I have break outs, and try it with apple cider vinegar next time.

Before

After

You can tell In this photo that the pimples I had went down. There's some slight redness from taking off the masque but I was expecting that. Overall my skin looks much more bright and less oily and pimply. All that's left over is some scarring that I had previously.

There are plenty more uses for the bentonite clay that I found from YouTube. One video I watched was this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQi9XPx58o4 and it was really helpful to getting moneys worth from this product.