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Volcanic Ash products might be the latest ingredient in beauty products, but does it really work? Refinery29 tests a few and you can see the results.
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00:01Get off of me! Hey I'm Larisse. Hey I'm Megan. And this is Test Lab where we try
00:08out the internet's craziest trends so you don't have to. Unless we think you
00:12should. Today we're trying out a bunch of products with volcanic material in them.
00:18So volcanic ash is actually supposed to be really great for your skin. It's
00:22supposed to help with eczema, stretch marks, it minimizes pores, it pretty much
00:26does everything. It's supposed to be a great exfoliant for oily skin. Well I've
00:30got really oily skin so this should be good. Me too. So today I'm gonna be trying
00:35this bio ionic straightener. The package says it's infused with natural volcanic
00:41rock material. Also gonna be trying this Alba Botanica cleanser which has
00:47volcanic clay in it. And I'm gonna be trying this really cool three-step nose
00:53strip. This is the Face Shop's Jeju. Jeju? Jeju? Not really sure but I'm into it. The
01:01Jeju Volcanic Lava. And it's just like from Urban Outfitters so it's super
01:06affordable. I'm hoping it works really well. So we have all our stuff. I think
01:10it's time to get started. Yeah let's do it. Let's get the coats. I'm gonna go ahead
01:16and try out this cleanser. So I'm gonna get my face nice and wet and give it a try.
01:21Smells pretty good. Smells kind of like a peppermint. You wanna smell? I do. Oh it
01:28does smell kind of minty. Good right? It smells like peppermint oil. It's very light
01:31feeling which is kind of nice. Coming out of the package it's like a like a kind
01:35of a jelly texture with it almost looks like there's like black dots almost
01:40like peppercorns in there. Oh you can definitely feel the volcanic ash on your
01:44skin. It's still like very wet and like slippery like it's so wet that I've been
01:50like going like this to sort of spread the wealth all over the rest of my face.
01:54My skin feels really smooth. I definitely felt the exfoliation from the volcanic ash
02:01particles. I do feel like in about five minutes that it might dry out my skin so
02:07if you're gonna use this I definitely recommend a moisturizer immediately
02:11afterwards. There's nothing really on here. I guess I didn't really expect anything to be
02:15on this one because it wasn't like. Yeah probably some of the sticky ones. Yeah. Step two. Wet the nose
02:19area thoroughly. Already kind of did that with step one.
02:23This one is kind of more like what I thought of when I was gonna be trying this.
02:29Do you feel like it's stickier or drier than step one? It's super sticky like it
02:34almost feels like tape. I will say that this is definitely the prettiest hair
02:39straightener I've ever used. I love this matte finish. You know I will say I was
02:44really skeptical that the volcanic ash would do anything especially in terms of
02:50hydration as it claimed but I definitely feel a difference. Okay I think this is
02:55like as dry as it's gonna get y'all. Oh you could hear that. Oh it's kind of gross. Oh
03:02God. Oh
03:03wow yeah it's like three-dimensional. Crusty. Oh another jelly one. Let's see if it'll dry like the first one.
03:12So this stays on for like ten minutes so and then I'm done. I just have to like absorb. It's
03:18like the spa part of the routine. It definitely looks a lot more comfortable than the other two. It is.
03:26It's like soft and smooth.
03:27My hair definitely feels healthier than before I got started with it. Okay my
03:33time is finally up. Ew. I don't like this.
03:43I don't know that I would commit to it again but I feel like step two really
03:49really got all of that like junk out of my nose which was good because I feel like
03:54I don't do that often enough clearly. So I don't know if I would use the cleanser
04:00again. I feel like even though I have really oily skin it was definitely really
04:04drying so if you have combination or dry skin it might be a little too drying for
04:08you. As far as the hair straightener I would definitely use it again. I am really
04:11impressed with the overall results and I definitely feel like it lived up to his
04:16claims with the volcanic material. Thank you for watching Test Lab. See you guys next time.

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