the body shop nicaraguan coffee intense awakening mask

this is the description from their website: give your skin an energy kick with our richly textured nicaraguan coffee intense awakening mask. enriched with a powerful blend of coffee bean particles from nicaragua and community fair trade ingredients from around the world, this mask warms and gently exfoliates your skin to help reduce the signs of fatigue. this leaves skin feeling awakened, cleared of impurities and looking more radiant and pores looking refined.

warming and energizing face mask. for skin burnout (skin that looks dull, uneven, rough and ashy). helps reduce the signs of fatigue so skin feels awakened, cleared of impurities and looks more radiant and pores looking refined. rich exfoliating texture. intense coffee scent. enriched with coffee and community fair trade sesame seed oil from nicaragua, community fair trade shea butter from ghana, cocoa butter and organic sugar.

ingredients list: glycerin, polysorbate 20, glyceryl stearate, PEG-100 stearate, propylene glycol, sodium chloride, isopropyl palmitate, euglena gracilis extract, sucrose, coffea arabica seed powder/ coffea arabica (coffee) seed powder, parfum/fragrance, sesamum indicum seed oil/sesamum indicum (sesame) seed oil, theobroma cacao seed butter/ theobroma cacao (cocoa) seed butter, butyrospermum parkii butter/ butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter, xanthan gum, aqua, caffeine, phenoxyethanol, potassium sorbate, tocopherol, biotin, citric acid, caramel.

the packaging: the full size ones come in dark brown box but with different color label according to the type of the mask. the full size jar is made of glass, while the smaller one is made of plastic. but they look exactly the same. it comes in dark jar with screw cap, similar color label as the box. for the coffee, it's brown label. there's a bit description in indonesian at the back. the small size comes in 15 g size while the full size one is 75 g.

the scent: this one smells just like coffee. if you're a coffee lover, you'd have to resist not to lick it because it does smell like legit coffee. i don't mind the strong scent as it's only strong at the beginning, but as you spread it around and leave it on, the scent dissipates. 

the product: the mask is quite thick and sticky. maybe because it contains sesame seed oil, shea butter and cocoa butter. i think using a spatula or brush to pick up the product is a better way rather than using your finger as it's quite sticky. but it's easy to spread around. the mask is brown with dark bits as this is an exfoliating mask. i think it has gel based similar to the acai one and not cream based like the ginseng one. i put it on for about 10 minutes and then massage it in circular motion while washing it off. using a cloth to wash it off is easier than using just your fingers. the bits in the mask is similar to acai one, smaller bits and not bigger chunk like ginseng. it's not that harsh compared to other exfoliating mask that i've tried, but still don't use it too often or your skin would suffer.

the result: afterward i can see my skin is soft and smooth, a bit brighten as well. maybe because it does shed away all dead skin cells and making my skin looks more radiant. i honestly forgot how it would compare to other exfoliating masks that body shop has. 

i have to say that this one is quite interesting as the coffee scent is quite strong, so it awakes me as well just by the smell. i also like how the bits are not as harsh as the ginseng one. i think it's similar to acai one. i think it would be suitable for all skin types, but don't use it too often. if you're not sure, they come in small size so you can try it first. as for me, i think i would like to repurchase in small size mainly because i still have lots of wash off mask in my collection. i need to work fast on my other masks. but if they're finished, i would consider buying this and the strawberry one in full size.