By Chrissy Iley
I’m a big fan of Hungarian things. My friend Ildi’s cucumber salad which is so fresh and vinegary and crisp – it’s the best cucumber salad in the world. I’m a fan of Hungarian puli like poodles but bigger with dreadlocks. I’m a fan of the sound of the language – the most impossible ever. And I’m a fan of every Hungarian I’ve ever met. Sometimes I have four people at one time speaking Hungarian in my house, I’ve no idea what they’re saying.
But I’m sure if they’ve tried the Hungarian Omorovicza range they’d all be fans of that too. I love the gold night drops because they’re transformational. I love the tinted moisturiser because it’s perfect. I love the rose plumping stuff because it plumps and smells of roses. The eye cream is top and now, so is the the Ultramoor Mud Mask.
I’m a fan of masks in general. I like the idea of you put something on your skin, it tingles, you wipe it off and you’re younger, cleaner, fresher. I particularly like this one for so many reasons. First of all, it’s mud: slippery, juicy, fabulous. I love dipping in my fingers and swabbing it around my face. I love the comedic value – a black mask which starts to go green and then less shiny and then you look like a dark green statue. You feel your face tightening. I less love taking it off, I less love the mess that I made in the bathroom and the towels which are no longer pink but mud-coloured.
However, it was worth it. It leaves your face looking visibly lifted. It makes the skin texture fresh and smooth and dewy. Smooth would be another good word. All that Hungarian moor mud with its calcium and magnesium compounds that are proven to accelerate healing and this certainly heals the face. It’s exfoliating, you notice how your face is smooth but you don’t feel any itchy stingy stuff. The cleansing is deep, your pores have shrunk and it’s even said to make your facial contours more defined. I checked this out, asked around and yes, it actually does this. It is a miracle mask.
All those old t-shirts I was going to throw away have now been consigned to be mud removers. At £65 it’s the cheapest facelift you’ll ever have and even if you don’t want your face lifted who doesn’t want their contours more defined?
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