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By Lollie Hancock
Beauty and Self Care Reporter
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It's a well-known fact that many skin-loving ingredients can be found in your kitchen, with DIY face masks full of honey, avocado, yogurt, and much more often finding their way into at-home recipes.
Even the pantry can be a great place to find surprising skin boosters, but while flax seeds and rolled oats make sense when it comes to skincare, an item you'd never consider is now going viral as a skin-firming solution.
A woman named Jamie Nicole shared her unconventional food choice for at-home facial treatments, gaining over 1.4 million views and 162,000 likes as viewers reacted to her unconventional use of rice paper rolls.
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In the viral video, shared to her profile @jamiesskin on May 21, she said the at-home remedy is perfect for tightening and smoothing the skin, demonstrating how she prepares the paper before applying to her face.
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Showing the camera her process, she said, "Once you cut out the face-mask strips,
you're just gonna soak them in the egg whites."
As she applied the DIY mask, she explained, "Rice paper is actually known for its
antioxidant and exfoliating properties, which helps with skin tone, skin elasticity, and strengthening the skin's natural lipid barrier.
"Both egg whites and rice paper will help reduce the appearance of your pores over time
if you do this mask consistently."
Nicole had got the idea from her followers after sharing a video using toilet paper as a tool for the same effect. The comments section suggested she try the food product instead.
After the rice paper dried, she peeled it from her skin to reveal a fresh, glowing complexion, telling viewers, "Guys, look at my skin. This is actually unreal. Can literally see the dullness where I missed [with] this mask—the rest of my face is so tight, and my skin is completely glowing."
What Does the Expert Think?
To find out more about the unconventional skincare hack, Newsweek spoke to Stephen humble, medical director of the Hedox Clinic in London.
Humble said, "This has been around for a few years and although it is a relatively safe thing to do, I am not massively impressed by it. At the end of the day, it is just rice paper and water, she is also used a bit of egg as well and it is not going to work miracles."
He went on to explain that improvement in her already amazing skin is likely not due to the ingredients, but instead "Probably down to exfoliation from pulling off the rice paper which has stuck to the top layer of skin—there is a nice improvement, however she is making other comments that would be hard to substantiate."
He continued, "The claims that it is rich in antioxidants and has lots of benefits for skin I am skeptical about. Essentially, it is a sticky mask, and you are pulling it off your face, which takes a layer of the skin and looks smooth.
"In terms of face masks, there are plenty of other masks which have proven [to have] highly active ingredients like antioxidants, which I think are better and are much more convenient."
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