Drunk Elephant Bouncy Bright Facial Brightening Mask

What the experts use it for.

The concerns the experts tie this product to, in their own words. Paid and founder takes don't count.

Breakouts and acne2 experts

“I love that this has a little bit of acne fighting ingredients in it and it brightens the skin as well.”

Allie Glines, watch at 16:59

Dark spots and post-acne marks2 experts

“I think AHA is a great hyperpigmentation fighting ingredient for sensitive skin.”

AliceintheRabbitHole, watch at 14:59

What the gurus are saying.

Every take we've logged from this product's reviews across YouTube. Click any row to watch the moment they said it.

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No BS Beauty

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"The Drunk Elephant Bouncy Bright Facial Brightening Mask [...] has niacinamide and phloretin, which is another brightening ingredient that also has anti-aging benefits and helps improve skin tone and brightening. We've got glutathione, alpha lipoic acid, and ergothioneine, which [...] helps suppress melanin production. It's a great brightening product. Drunk Elephant has done a few things right and that is one of them."

All 7 takes from No BS Beauty

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"It's kind of a mask cream. You want to use this in your evening routine. It's got 10% azelaic acid, 1% salicylic acid. Then it's also got ferulic acid, vitamin E, ceramides, rice bran, and pomegranate extract. So, it is really nice. If this one were more affordable, I'd repurchase it again. This is [...] expensive, but it's pretty nice."

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"The Drunk Elephant Bouncy Bright Facial Brightening Mask [...] has niacinamide and phloretin, which is another brightening ingredient that also has anti-aging benefits and helps improve skin tone and brightening. We've got glutathione, alpha lipoic acid, and ergothioneine, which [...] helps suppress melanin production. It's a great brightening product. Drunk Elephant has done a few things right and that is one of them."

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"The Drunk Elephant Bouncy Bright Facial Mask has azelaic acid 10% and 1% salicylic acid. It runs upwards of 64 bucks."

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"The Drunk Elephant Bouncy Bright Facial is 69 bucks and that one's got 10% azelaic acid, 1% salicylic acid, ceramides, vitamin E, squalane, marula oil. It's really nice, it's expensive. In my opinion, all these other ones I mentioned are also wonderful, so I don't necessarily need to spend a ton to have a nice azelaic acid product."

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"So Florin, and it's used in a lot of products by Drunk Elephant, so this is their Bouncy Bright Facial, which I finished the cap at the bottom fell out but I did like this. It's on the pricey side, 69 bucks. [...] This also contains Azelaic acid and Ferulic acid, which is another anti-glycation end product, and then it also contains Sorghum Thiamine, so another anti-glycation end product. So it's pricey but it is a nice mask and I love Azelaic acid."

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"This one I really actually like. It's expensive for what it is but I like it because I love azelaic acid. It also has a little bit of [...] salicylic acid in it. And then for this one we've got in addition to azelaic acid and salicylic acid, pumpkin oil, [...] marula oil, niacinamide, [...] amino acids, ferulic acid, glutathione, cholesterol, some other brightening things."

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AliceintheRabbitHole

59k subs

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"The Drunk Elephant Bouncy Bright facial mask, I really enjoyed this, but I'm just stuck in the affordable azelaic acid products again because I also want to be able to afford groceries. [...] I do actually think they came up with a really smart system if you hate the pilling associated with azelaic acid."

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"The Drunk Elephant Bouncy Bright facial mask, I really enjoyed this, but I'm just stuck in the affordable azelaic acid products again because I also want to be able to afford groceries. [...] I do actually think they came up with a really smart system if you hate the pilling associated with azelaic acid."

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"I've tried a lot of other AHA serums with ten percent AHA acid, and some of them can be a little more intense on my skin, they don't always contain that salicylic acid ingredient. [...] I think it's the formula as well as how we use the AHA acid here that has really made a mask that gave me incredible results. I felt like every night that I use this I wake up with clearer skin."

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"This bouncy bright facial mask is so good for my skin type. Ten percent azelaic acid is a great level, the research uses fifteen to twenty percent, but I feel comfortable with this level as long as you stick with it, I [...] don't need to use it as often, I use it on alternating nights and still get the benefits. One percent salicylic acid is lower than the maximum level [...] for acne, but it's a good level for my skin, and then there are calming ceramide ingredients and antioxidants too."

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"This one works for me, it works really really well for me. [...] I was worried [...] it would be irritating since I have to be cautious with salicylic acid [...] because of my skin sensitivities, but for some reason this works for me. [...] I think AHA is a great hyperpigmentation fighting ingredient for sensitive skin."

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"What makes this special isn't just those two ingredients, it's the full formula. The full formula is wonderful, every night that I use it my skin looks that much better in the morning, that much more glowy, that much more clear. It [...] does also target hyperpigmentation, though on its own I don't think it's the strongest option for that, but it does help."

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"The Drunk Elephant Bouncy Bright Facial is a 10% glycolic acid plus 1% salicylic acid moisturizing mask, and it's not a wash off mask, which surprised me. [...] I have to admit this felt extremely dry, drying on my skin. I read through the reviews and saw that other people had the same experience, [...] it was okay for me but drying. I would never buy the full size of this, it's too expensive for a leave on 10% glycolic acid product when I have a favorite that costs so much less."

Nipun Kapur

413k subs

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"For the longest time I have always carried the drunk elephant azelaic acid. the bouncy bright facial. It is an expensive product but it is one of the best in the market."

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"This is an actually really good product. Some people I really trust, some influencers that I really admire have given great reviews of this product, and given the fact that it is an ingredient AIC acid, this is 100% purchase for me."

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"I finished these two and this is my bottle and this is tub number three I love using this on my face as a treatment everything has improved"

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"For the longest time I have always carried the drunk elephant azelaic acid. the bouncy bright facial. It is an expensive product but it is one of the best in the market."

Translated from the guru's original language.

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"This product has help my acne in a way that you can't even imagine"

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Allie Glines

829k subs

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"The Drunk Elephant Bouncy Bright Facial mask is a great one to add at the very end of your skincare routine, it's just going to add a little boost of brightness. This is so good, this has salicylic acid and glycolic acid in it, so it's going to really brighten the skin and clear the skin, which is so nice. I love it. [...] I notice a huge difference when I use this. I feel like this is one of my favorite discoveries of the year, I have never tried anything like this."

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"This is one of those masks that you add as a treatment at the very end of your skincare routine before sunscreen during the daytime or just at the end if you're doing your skincare at night. I love that this has a little bit of acne fighting ingredients in it and it brightens the skin as well. It's supposed to correct and clarify. It's got 10% AHC acid and 1% salicylic acid so it really just helps with any sort of acne issues and brightens the skin which I love."

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"The Drunk Elephant Bouncy Bright Facial mask is a great one to add at the very end of your skincare routine, it's just going to add a little boost of brightness. This is so good, this has salicylic acid and glycolic acid in it, so it's going to really brighten the skin and clear the skin, which is so nice. I love it. [...] I notice a huge difference when I use this. I feel like this is one of my favorite discoveries of the year, I have never tried anything like this."

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"Used as a leave-on mask at the end of a skincare routine, unlike a mask you wash off, this really does the most, she says. She's obsessed with brightening vitamin C type products, has talked about this before on her channel, and loves these Drunk Elephant leave-on face masks so much she says the similar F-Balm product should have won an award too."

Dr. Jenny Liu

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"All around this is just a really elegant product to use, almost like a treatment for me with my hormonal acne kicking back up postpartum leaving post-acne marks. I really loved using this a few times a week almost in place of my chemical exfoliant because the 1% azelaic acid itself is a chemical exfoliant. If you have more oily skin, I can certainly see that you could probably use this more frequently."

Dr Alexis Stephens

582k subs

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"I really do love this product for helping with brightening the skin"

What the evidence says.

Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.

Frequently asked.

What is Drunk Elephant Bouncy Bright Facial Brightening Mask?

A leave-on facial mask from Drunk Elephant, designed to brighten the skin and used as a final treatment at the end of a skincare routine.

Is Drunk Elephant Bouncy Bright Facial Brightening Mask worth it?

Mostly yes. 5 of the 6 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 87%.

What is Drunk Elephant Bouncy Bright Facial Brightening Mask's Guru Score?

Drunk Elephant Bouncy Bright Facial Brightening Mask holds a Guru Score of 87%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 6 expert reviewers we have collected. It is also Guru Certified, our mark for products that hold broad approval across many expert reviewers.

What is Drunk Elephant Bouncy Bright Facial Brightening Mask good for, according to the experts?

In their reviews, experts say Drunk Elephant Bouncy Bright Facial Brightening Mask is good for breakouts and acne (2 experts) and dark spots and post-acne marks (2 experts).

Is Drunk Elephant Bouncy Bright Facial Brightening Mask good for breakouts and acne?

2 experts who reviewed Drunk Elephant Bouncy Bright Facial Brightening Mask say it is. Allie Glines put it this way: “I love that this has a little bit of acne fighting ingredients in it and it brightens the skin as well.”