While I am not an expert on face mask, I have tried out quite a few including numerous gel face masks. This mask I decided to pick up because I have never tried a "gold" mask before and thought it would be a fun, being snail as well is an added bonus. The mask worked fine as a normal gel mask, but did it do anything more above and beyond other I have tried? No sadly, there are some better ones out there but this one works fine if you just want a sparkly gel mask with snail in it at a decent price.