Okay, so I abhor spiders. There was time in my childhood where I didn’t hate them, growing up in Maine there ware alwayyyys barn spiders on my porch and it was disgusting. The house I grew up in used to be a cabin and has a pretty large porch with lots of areas for them to make their homes in. They’d be above the door and my head— Way too close for comfort, so I’d just take them down with a broom, ruin their webs and move them to another side of the porch where they weren’t dangling above my head as I was entering my house. OK, so most of the time I killed them. Ever since I moved out of that house when I was 17, the thought of a spider near me freaks me out..If there’s one in my room, and I don’t kill it–I can’t sleep in there until it’s dead.

But when I saw the Juntenshi Spider pack it just looked fun–Don’t be fooled by the name though, I don’t believe it has anything from an actual spider–its just the name after the appearance it gives your skin.

http://www.beecrazy.hk/en/deals/juntenshi-spider-powder-face-lifting-pack

The above link was the closest I could find to the ingredients/application, and has a cute little video. And no, I did not pay that price. I got this for 28 dollars at Memebox.. It seems to be gone from their site now, and I honestly didn’t think to look anywhere else. But I had to try it, mostly because it looked cool and it does have some promising non-spider ingredients.

Before the mask (whoops, didn’t get both sides, sorry!)

First you start by mixing the product. it’s pretty clear when its the right consistency. The first thing I noticed was the smell, which reminded me of cooked rice. Does anyone else have those rice socks? And when you microwave them it smells like the rice is slightly cooked? It’s not an annoying smell, just something I noticed.

The application, as seen in the video is very deliberate. Stroke up your face, then starting at the nose, stroke to the outside of your face. So, of course I did the same. Almost immediately the mask gets hard, and very tight.

The goods. Think I got the right consistency? I look pretty sexy

And then I looked like this!

So spider Much sexy

I couldn’t help but feel–is this what Botox is like? My face became very stiff and facial expressions nearly impossible to make, which explains my RBF (resting bitch face) If I started to move your face that’s when the spider web pattern would happen, or just naturally as the mask dried. After ten minutes I washed it off, which wasn’t as hard as it seems like it’d be–2 minutes max, no cleanser, just warm water.

Ta-da!

Holy crap my skin feels the smoothest its ever been! I can’t stop touching it. It looks a little red, but I kind of expected that because it is a very tightening mask. As I’m writing this it has gone away–I also think my face looks a little brightener? Maybe its me just hoping there was a difference–but in person it sure feels good, and my pores don’t look as obvious, IMO. Unfortunately, iPhone cameras suck, but I wish i could get a better representation of this.

Overall: I would totally buy this again, and I’m happy with the results, they may not be too visible in the pictures, but they’re pretty awesome in person. Now I want all the packs like this! I’ve seen a zombie version, and a few others. I may need to try them out too.