While most single-use sheet masks go straight to the trash, our Blemish Mask can actually be composted right at home.
Made with 100% Bamboo fiber, our Blemish Mask can break down in something as simple as plant soil within a few weeks. So after a self-care session with our mask, you don’t have to throw it in the trash, simply plant it in the ground or in a planter with some plant soil to help break down the mask.
If you want to compost your mask at home too, follow the steps below:
How to compost your mask:
First off, we started with some simple materials:
- Planter
- Plant soil
- Pieces of plastic and rubber bands (to cover the top of the planter)
- Small shovel
- Gardening gloves
And lastly, you’ll need the Blemish Mask.
First Step:
Start by filling up a planter with soil, using a small shovel and gardening gloves to make the process a little less messy.
Second Step:
Place the used Blemish Mask in the planter and cover it up with a bit more soil. Make sure to keep the soil watered enough that it doesn’t dry out.
Third Step:
Using small pieces of plastic, cover the top of the planter and secure it with a rubber band (or tape). This step will create a warm environment to help the sheet mask break down faster. However, this step is optional so you can also keep an uncovered planter in a warm place to achieve the same effect.
P.S.: Keeping the soil warm helps bacteria grow which then helps break down the material of the Blemish Mask.
Fourth Step:
Continue to check on the planters over the next couple of weeks to make sure that the soil does not get too dry.
By the seventh week, the mask will have broken down completely and you can continue to use the plant soil as you normally would.
Check out the results from our experiment:
To keep track of the decomposition of the sheet mask, we observed the progress of the masks about every 10 days. As you can see in the images we took, the Blemish Mask gradually broke down as the weeks went by and by week 7 (day 43 of the test), the sheet mask was completely broken down in the plant soil.
Weeks 1 - 3
Weeks 4 - 7
During our compost test of the Blemish Mask, you can see the mask break down bit by bit each week until it has fully broken down by week 7.
If you want to try this at home, you can follow the steps outlined above for your own little science experiment. Or, to make things easier, you can simply bury the sheet mask in your garden or any existing planters you may have.
P.S. You don’t really need to check the progress like we did.
