![]() Not only did the Mindfold block out all of the daylight coming into my house when I napped, but the deep eyecups on the MINDFOLD also kept the mask from rubbing my lids or lashes, so my makeup was mostly untouched when I removed the mask. I don’t go to bed with makeup on, but I’ve been known to take a midday nap or two in my life-especially if I’m traveling for business-and in those cases, I don’t want to have to wake up and fix my face before I’m ready to show it to the world. The sleep mask is quite thick, sticking out a good bit from the face Napping with the Mask I even fumbled to turn my bedside lamp on while wearing the MINDFOLD just to see if shining a direct light at it would nullify some of its blackout properties, and no light snuck through. It’s a really surreal feeling to wake up, open your eyes, and see absolutely nothing. But because the foam on the MINDFOLD pushes the mask far enough from your face that you can open your eyes fully while wearing it, I was able to test the promise when I woke up, and the mask certainly delivered. The MINDFOLD was my first experience with a mask that offered total darkness, and I was skeptical it would provide the blackness it proclaims twice before you even remove the mask from its packaging. I got there, eventually, but going to bed shouldn’t take that much work. I had to do a lot of adjusting and readjusting-of my pillow, the angle of my head and neck, and the mask itself-before I was able to fall asleep. And moving the mask so that it put less pressure on my pillow meant that it was squeezing my bottom nostril shut. Unlike a traditional sleep mask made of fabric, the plastic front of the MINDFOLD, while reasonably flexible, did not wrap around the sides of my face when I laid down, and with it jutting out so far on either end of my face, it pressed into the pillow before my head did, redistributing the cushioning in a way that made it less supportive than I like. And because of its size and the materials used, the MINDFOLD didn’t make it easy. I can’t sleep on my back without having a coughing fit, so the most important criteria in a sleep mask, for me, is whether it allows me to sleep on my side. When I watched the video of myself in the mask, it looked like I was wearing those glasses that your optometrist gives you after your eyes have been dilated … but if they’d been hit with a growth ray. It covered almost all of my forehead, went past my cheekbones, and jutted out a bit beyond the sides of my face. The MINDFOLD occupies a lot of real estate. And as expected, the double-Velcro strap gave me trouble, both in terms of adjusting (I didn’t ever know whether to pull the right strap or the left one) and getting caught in my hair. The foam pushes the mask out quite a bit from your face-for me, it came out about as far as the tip of my nose-rather than laying flat like the more traditional sleeping masks I’ve used in the past. Wearing the MINDFOLD takes some getting used to. ![]() The Mindfold Sleep and Relaxation Mask My Experience Made from stretchy elastic, the strap has not one but two Velcro flaps, presumably allowing you to adjust the mask bilaterally but also opening you up to double the Velcro-induced tangles, and double the likelihood that the straps will get caught on, or pick up, something they shouldn’t. ![]() I noticed right away that the MINDFOLD’s headstrap was unlike anything else I’d seen in sleeping masks. The high-density foam used on the inside of the mask is springy, and the outer plastic cover is light and flexible, so the MINDFOLD isn’t as heavy as you’d expect it to be from looking at it. When I held my eyeglasses up to the mask’s eye holes, the edges of the MINDFOLD went about two inches beyond the arms of my glasses. It’s a Relaxation Revolution!” -these people love their capital letters. On the reverse side of the insert, we’re told: “MINDFOLD isn’t just a sleepmask. A zip-top plastic bag that proclaims “I’M NEW Try Me!” and “Total Darkness With Your Eyes Open!” contains the MINDFOLD, a pair of earplugs, and a text-heavy cardboard insert that reiterates “TOTAL DARKNESS WITH YOUR EYES OPEN!” A woman with 1987 Princess Diana Hair wears the mask, which covers her face from hairline to cheekbones, in a photo occupying most of the left side of the cardboard insert, while a smaller, inset photo shows the reverse side of a mask, which looks like blacked-out aviator goggles. The MINDFOLD sleep mask’s packaging manages to be simultaneously comically dated (the MINDFOLD website says the product has been available for twenty years, and the marketing collateral clearly hasn’t been updated since) and extremely intimidating. Looking to improve your sleep mask game? Check out my best reviewed sleep masks! First Impressions
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